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THE PIES THAT MOTHER MADE.

SaaMi&M vnca^appMUo U ahy. »oJ Doth- So m.ntrr what Ua BUlax, Ttbaa ulTh* dalaftu that abooad 1 can not ' J ‘ioiijU ■*« •aUUKomatlow

oat a bit wu klu* of all tno nM,

i »--> -- >-—>70 haakatfac, whleb alwata Od« tblo« that greatly |4« —

algh, raoh <>oold rat bla Dll,

the niUag, twas aura to ha

that pumpkin

Wlt n> ih l *^ i,4J h ^ ^grn«rou* placa of With no Inar\j7 InJlgratioh, or a Uoirtby I taatr again IU flaky cruatjuat malting on Their alwayawaa a-plenty, for aothar knew ray tongue, the ornwJ— . Tand memorlre ot lu goodnaaa for yaare to And the appetite* they carried—and grnerCouId*l h but ch^e juet what I'd eat. why Somr ul ■l.t-'lu'drrame I aoa the rowa : oh !

you can bat I'd take bow 1 halo to wake

A pie—nay, half a dozen plea—Ilka mother And rind the plra hare ranUbed. that

uaed to make. raoihcr uaed to tnaka.

Whaji^tnothor ralnoa plea fpr ua. aha My trlrude and nalgbbore nail me a mighty Of aome atranga compound at the store. They aay, ' Ue baa a barrel,''and naad only

enongb to make ua sick: turn iha tap

She peeled the Juicy applet, the fattest To bus what erar ha may wish." You sea]

raisins popped tbay do not know

Into the fragrant, ipley mrsr and chop|>cd That money will not buy tha plea, the plea of And moistened It with clder^ir orange juice Aud I romri’lmca think with anry of a little And n'.lrrrd again, and tasted, and pro- Who badu’t any money, but a hrart brimful

nounood It rery line . of joy.

And when thApie (datxa all were filled, and With juat two things to opmfort him. for

aome began to bake— * every, pain and ache: Gee 'VtlUttker^: 1 amell those plea that A kla*. and than a piece of pie.

then a piece of pie. that motbar

used to make.

-Helen Combes, la Colller'a Weekly.

dog almost within striking dlstane* of

a 111130 python.

Our warning t ry as w* sprang to onr

ed to break the

PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

feel seemed to break the spell that bound him. for. with an agonized how]. Rover swerved lo one aide and sprang far out Into the river. Where he sank the water was churned into foam by the lashing tails of the alll-

ihey fought over their prey,

ripple* gradually died away, i * ,,not pr ° l * rl J'

and a few flaw of blood-red foam 0ur hearts aud arms ore never so the only traces left of the trag- , as when Justice Is behind ua.

j Those who know most nay least, un-

fell back on the raft overcome J til there Is a special call lo testify.

gators Then t

edy. Ws

Philosophy Is the salve ht disappointment. To be In the swim Is all right—if you don't drown. Great men. unlike great deeds, have s limited vocabulary. Unleas you have suffered agony you I

Joy.

but a strange last'll us to turn our gaze

‘nl He

poor

Inatlor

ibib; | [jelled ti

‘all to

I to boget

w^m

r.nd -dangerous

tponlonsblp upon i died np on the loi

lay. t

than

i-oqu-d almoa only by a s

wrath, a.

•f* 11 I quickly.

their I

Adrift on the Salwin River.

By ALEC. J. GRANT.

J

!t _was a

early part of November. 1870. The gi ) Morning Light was lying at

Saturday afternoon In.the

» Wni

chor opposite-alarge lumber mill the Salwin RIvcT'l«-Hr»tt*h_aur

k-wOod he day.

The work of loadii logs had been diset and the crew had just finished washing down the decks, for-the next day was a veritable day of rest, and every part of (be ship must be clean and tidy before knocking-off time. Moored alongside the vessel were large rafts of teak-wood, ten logs to a raft, all well secured by ropes made fast to the outer logs and hauled taut, and hitched Inboard to the pin-rail. These rafts made convenient 'floating stages for the crew to wash and bathe on. and on this particular afternoon, as soon as the men had finished work, they swarmed over the rails and hand over hand down the mooring rope*, and were soon deeply immersed in riv-

>-suds.

i slow-

r. who Jquetti

‘ captain's aide-lad-

on the raft.

•r-water and soa; TVs the westwar

* ly sinking behind a threatening bank of tloucjs that betokened a heavy rainstorm elpse at hand. On the riverbank the lumbering; ungainly elephants. the working corps of the sawmill. were tramping slowly homeward from their evening bath; and on deck two tired, impatient youngsters were hurriedly polishing the brass work,

nplate their

ishing befor came on. One of these boys was the writer, then on his first voyage; the other was Phil Daly, my chum and fellow victim to the tyranny of the petty officers In whose berth-room we were

quartered.

With a “wipe and a promise" we 'finished our brass-work, hurriedly disposed of some cold tea and hardtack, and dropped down on the raft with our bundles of dirty ciothea as the last of (he men climbed over the rail Inboard. U was almost dark as we dipped the first pieces of our washing, laid them down well soaped on the ontside log. and proceeded to pound the dirt , out of them with a heavy stick in the

tire fashion. Our only comp the skipper's, dog. Rover, trmry to all nautical etiquette,

bounded down the captain's aide

Rer and Joined us on the raft.

The heavy rain-clouds had by this time entirely overspread the sky. the Mind waa whlatllng fltfuljy through the rigging, and now and again sheet lightning gleamed brightly along the horizon. Silently and rapidly we pounded and rinsed, rinsed and pound- » our efiorts to get back on deck

e the rain fell.

But. swift as we were, the elements were swifter. With a deafening crash and a blinding glare that seemed ‘ soorch the eyeballs, the storm was ' on us. The rain descended in slanting sheets before the fierce squall, -and flash followed flash, and peal followed peal, until the sky was one blazing,

thunderous chaos.

In the lull that followed the jjutburst of (he storm I heard a sharp, startled cry. from my companion and. aa the lightning again blazed forth. I saw that the palls In which were our washed clothes, had slid from the log and were fkatlng off down-stream. Already the™ were carried far beyond our reach by the fore* of the wind. Picking np a boat-hook that lay ngar, are ran to the rear raft Casting off the after-mooring rope era pushed with hands and boat-hook until that end of the raft swung clear of the ship's counter and almoet Into the.track of the approaching bucket*. Then' running across to the outer corner, we fcast out our boat-book and carefully hfulec them in. Bat the about of triumph had hardly left our lips when the forward mooring-rope panad Witt the strain, the raft swung' round broadside to tha current and dropped astern, and the hull of the ship rapidly disappeared la Che gathering gloom of the storaL We shouted for help, bat wo might as well hare caved nor breath. The chip waa already a good cable's length www, aad the storm had driven all haads below u> their aapg quarters H might bo hours befor* w# wore missed. aad then— I might aa well enafaaa that osf first Impulse was to Us down aad have a good cry. far or* won then

conquered all morbid feelings, end we prepared to make the best of a bad •predU-amenf. As If to cheer us up a little the storm hgd abated almoet as rapidly a* It had risen, and as we swept round the first "bend below the ship the thunder and lightning dlfd away, the rain ceased, the clouds disappeared aa if by magic, and the stars tame out clear and

bright.

Our first mdve was to provide some means of steering our craft so that ■ might be able to make the shore d avoid bolus carried out-to sea. Unlashlng one of the crosspieces of scantling that held the logs together, had a strong 11 rather clumsy steer--oar. and by adrok sculling, aided the force of the five-knot current, soon brought the raft within fif-

en yards of the bank.

But here we feund to our dlsappolntent that (he water shoaled sudden-

lBg-0 by tl

Impossible

to reach the shore with our craft, and being unwilling to tempt fate by wading or swimming in the dark In an alligator-haunted stream, we sat down on the logs and contented ourselves for the preeeot with keeping as near the bank as the depth would allow. As we sped along, strangp sights and hounis greeted us. Under the dewp folllige of the trees wlll-o'-lhe-wlsps flashed to and fro. the every patch of hushes that overhung the stream was •flam, wuh dancing myriad of fireflies, short, sharp bark of the Jackals, jaktng of tree-toads and the

ed. In c before t

■d to sup--

Bat the dog kept I to th* toher of us. I

t the hay mb spirit of advent nee

ivery now howl of t

e splas > the i

t promt of

hung

s up and d that .our

weird hooting of owls made a nocturnal chorus that grated on our nerve*.

and again the some large beast

dash of a heavy body

Ing into the river made us start

feet with a fresh realization of-^J the dangers of rur position. we floated along hour after

hqur. steering and dozing by turns. Gradually the current became leas swift aa the river began to feel the

pressure of the flood-tide from the bay. About midnight .the sky became overcast, the thunder

and rolled, the lightning flashed athwart the heavens, and the rain'came down In torrents. Just as one very )right flash lighted the scene and bowed us that we were nearing the point where the river widened out to an estuary, a sudden shock threw us on our faces. The forward end of the raft rose clear of the water; then it

swung round with the tide and there. We picked ourselves Ulooked obout us. only to find craft had stuck hard and fast

snag (St old roots firmly grounded In

the bed of the river.

We unlashed another crosspiece and poled, with all our strength, but hi vain. We succeeded only In pushing the raft onto the snag until the lower entirely submerged and our position was rendered more precarious

than ever.

If there was lltUe fear now of drifting out to sea. theta was still leas chance of getUng ,t6 shore. By the glare of the lightning we could see a

number of dark objects “

around us that we knew were alii

ton. and it .was certain that

would eelse us the moment we entered the water. Retreating to the higher side of our raft we cowered down, cold and wet. to wait for daylight and the reocue we hoped would come with ft; for we knew that as soon as oar absend oat a boat's crew in search of

discovered the captain would

us. But the adventures of th* alfiM

had not yet cocne to an end.

The weary boara had dragged along until nearly five o'clock wnen Rover,

had been coddled between ns. only rone to hie feet aad. tremb-

ling in every limb, stood pointing at

lag on the farther end of the

raft. Following his gaze w«e could

make out a dark round object like a small coil of heavy hawser.

About a foot above It. agpareaUy Mgsndsd la the air. were two bright, rad-like points of light that sparkled Uks diamonds la tha glare ot the

alliga-

they

, Little

"hat had fori

There

logs not more

ion fifteru fee: fiom us. Its vmall. flat j n ' brad reared above the huge coll, and | " ’ wavtnir to and fro with a rhythmic mo- j 10

almost lo hypnotize > ” ri,c ^ strong effort of I P re Ju<«™ at home will-power mat we at last averted our

eyes, and turned to .look about us. Who Is afraid of The lightning that had revealed our "* a shirk, and ue’ Sl im rempanlou must have been the [ good work, last flask of the etorm. lor the clouds j Never make had cleared away, the stars had come | wont a rich man's out and were already beginning to pale ; perous or plucky,

before the advancing light of dawn. | Chance is a respecter o

With lightem.I hearts we turned j (Jm. force Is not In the in

again to look at the python and found. | chance can bring It out to our horror, that he had moved up R^^ia your umtontnneoaa lorglv-

He was nearly ten feet > lng tmilency ir your boys will never 1 at least nine Inches ^ wroa , ln true colors,

he thickest part of his body. „ , , .. . .

To be beautiful Is the desire of : and yet. In spile of the potd. j

irizea

New Y’oric f'liy.—Short Jackets aud Etons are receiving a large amount of

Its kind, attention at present for tailor made

to > suits as well

water :

n separate garim-iit*.

rage t eu do.

il obarrve^ft be '.bo bos left 1

> and sees without j

of an honest criticism lever would have done "poor mouth" If you 's favor. 1-ouk proa-

of persons. If

nearer

in length, i through the

Unarmed, we were no match for In our rear were the river and the alligators; we could Tv treat no farther unless we wished to share the fate

of poor Rover.

So overcome were we by a sense of mr helplessness and the horror of the ttion that 1 believe if the pythi

sbou

omen.

achieves only secondary pri:

puls thai

iped a wet |

But ^ust

then we heard a loud shouting, and looking down-stream we saw a native flshlng-boat. manned by a crew of wild-looking, ^’s If-naked Burmans, skimming lowatii us under the 1mmlse of a half a dozen long, paddle-

•cps.

We would hare welcomed anything in the shape of a rescue party, e'

anibals;

and as (he boat grated alongside the

reft.

tention of boarding

started back in then glided up

the gtniwali

had we known them to be cannibals;

Ir Joy a 'he Bur

alarm as the pyo the boat and slid

gunwale Into the stern sheets. The men. Instead of showing any fear, med to rejoice In the advent of this strange passenger; and It was only afracted welcome to his snakeship that. they again turned (heir at-

tention to us.

In pldgin-Engllsb the men at the helm Invited us to get In and go ashore with them to their village, which was

amoi — - -

the pi

ence cf the snake, and the longing greedy looks th; men cast on our raft, made us hesitate, and as we hung back a hearty British cheer startled us. and

turned round just In time to grasp gunwale of cur gig and steady her

alongside. Then the boatswain and four others of our shipmates tumbled

the raft and fairly bugged us in at finding us alive and well. ;urmans had shoved off with

their python as our boat came alongside. and were already well on the way lo their village. As we lay back, wait-

for the flood-tide to set, that we

might get the raft off and tow it back to the ship, the boatswain told us how the native fishermen make a domestic pet of the python or subba-gyee. as they call It, and use him as a barometer when they go fishing. He will remain colled up comfortably In the bow of the boat until a storm Is coming on. when he promptly slips overboard and beads for the shore. The fishermen then make sail and follow him with all

possible celerity.

The pet subba-gyee is fed on a diet of rice and eggs, and lives In the house companlonably with the cat and baby. This, of course, explained the situation as tar as the snake wu concerned, but it did not in the least mitigate the horrors of the put night And to this day. whenever 1 partake too freely of an unusually heavy aup-

the all gators

are generally part and parcel of the that visit my restless couch. We towed the raft back to the ship, and the skipper wu so pleased to have us ail.back safe and sound that Phil and I escaped with * very

rth’s

mild reprimand.—Youth's Companion.

“ WIM Aotmat*" of KncUo*. A corespondent thinks that some one ought to write an account of “the wild animals of Great Britain.” A horse which escaped from Colcheater barracks wrs actually able to rogm at large for a mouth before being recapIt is cot long since that a ot fire storks at Portsmouth. aad thought that be kaul made a valuable zoological discovery until he found that they had

to a

t usually included la the fauns of

panther la thl* way aad going hnate

A ana can ha married u Molboarat cheaper tha* to ssy other fort ot «hs world. MtoMst* adrerttoo to th* gh »»rs aaktoat each other. Om» rniumrn odors la uaH* taring magise ter Ms •d . another tor to. fid., aad so on dowa to to. fid. la sea* eaass vaddtos tMi*

toataaad rtaas

The delusions of love are manifold,

shade

by the egot

•doing.

but those of youth

if youth a itlsm of a

have jumped from the raft to be torn

pieces by th*- alligators.

philanthropists might n during the seuon of

rs

re to Tine-

jjolle Df t*

Ing a i

plants, cc

bidder

Milk

Unemployed phllanthroi

find occupation during the seuot

Dowers In rescuing unfortunate hon-

es aq^ bugs of leu degree from Itfalls of the milkweed blosi If you will examine these flow «unny day you will be pretty i

find them decoratol with a miscellani ous assortment of struggling or dead insects, with their legs fut In the slits of the peculiar blossoms. The lien of this common plant. Instead being a powder, u lu the case of

sists of sticky, waxen within the blossom.

When a visiting msoct thrusts a probo* els or leg into the opening of such a flower some of these masses stick tc it. and the natural course Is for the Insect to.fly off to another flower and fertilise this with the adhering pollen All insects, however, are not strong euough to extract their legs from the sticky places, and then ensues the slow torture of hanging there until death or a helping hand releases them from misery. Under the name of Virginian swallow-wort onr roadside milk weed used to be. and perhaps still is. cultivated in English flower gardens Besides being beautiful It could be quite a useful plant if we cared to d» \elop Its virtues. Thus Its milky Juice contains caoutchous; brown sugar has been made from the flowers; the silky hairs of the seeds are ser vlceable in the manufacture of textile fabrics, as cotton Is; and a fibre ol

phis Record.

BLOCHS ITOX WITH SLOT SEAMS. new and very slyllsh l>lou*e In shown here, developed In dark bine Venetian wltb black moire and bands of white

taffeta for trimmlnj

moli

trimming.

The back U fitted with »eara* that

A Worlds DlMochantmoot. Down In Florida a few years ago at one ot the famous summer resorts was a email street railroacy—a little affair that did not amount to much.

iroprietors

be sufficient for all ordinary

rappos

Iciest for all ordinary pur One day In the course of a

discussion the owners ware accused of being old fogies and behind the limes. "Why don't you ge( together and be up to date?" they were asked “You really oufht to have a modern equipment for a place of this charec ter, instead of an old road of mule drawn cars that data back to the

flood."

After considerable/deep medltalior and with manj- misgivings the road was ordered changed, to an electric line, and an 80-horse power equlpmooi was ordered. The outfit arrived and was Ins tailedbnt for some reason failed to operate properly. An out tide expert was then called In to ex amine the plant and locate the trou At a special directors' meetini

bg reported that the rated efficlcnc) of the plant was 80-horee power, and that 80 horse power were being used tor the actual operation of the road At this one of the directors jumped

and exclaimed excitedly: “Eight)

- w * r

with six'mules? I guess we had bet

torse power for what we used to do

ter go back to the stulra"—Electrical

A Taat Do»«ln. The Duke of Sutherland's enormour territory In Sutherland, extending U nearly 1,600,000 aoreo. Is largely mode tip of dear forest and grouse moor There are large expanses of mountaU aide, glen and moorland which art

The late duke encourages gzrae and leased out hug* strips of thh Und at considerable reels to sport* men, aad the present duke derives the

eluding Loch Mora. Loch Stock

Lfrom shoulder li

toward

tuck at each side of these seams U flatly stitched to produce the fashionable slot seam. A smooth adjustment Is maintained under the arms. In front, seams reach from the shoulder to correspond with those in the back, and tbe garment blouses orer the

black ebeiillle. which gives an odd

finish! f .

Goals In ibis style are made u< biscuit

aud a»b colored duUi. i

CtTely plain r bauds of

clot^ for triinmlui:. and make splendid gu(jucuu for automobile and carriage To make the coat lu the medium size will require three aud one-half yards of forty-(<jur-lui-h material with oae yard of silk for trimming. An All-Wbll* Hal In 9‘u all-white hul, a big flat one has the w bite rihbou trimming put on the lop lo give the effect of two big rosetten, the only trimming, with the ezception of a line of single while dahlias set on under the rim on the left side and carried well to the hack. tSIit'a Mress. Green In all spades Is very fashion-

will he u

able, this seasou and will he used for children's dresbe* as well as ladies’ costume*. It is shown here in a light

lade, trimmed with white liberty satin

ud darker green velvet.

Tbe foundation Is a fitted body lin-

green velvet, latlon Is a fitt*

lug. adjusted with shoulder aud under•sins. It is faced with velvet [jointed yoke depth hack and I with a shallow

ullar.

The backs are arranged to outline the yoke, plain across the shoulders, and blousing stylishly at the belt. The fronts are crossed Just below the yoke

In double-breasted style. sailor collar outlines tbe

down the front ed|

A tancy

yoke aud exteipb

the right side fastei

with a small rosette

Iges.

mug on the left of velvet ribbon.

LATEST MONTE CARLO COAT.

velvet belt. This Is narrow at the back and extends to a point In front Shaped tabs of velvet are applied. The fronts are deeply underfaced

ad rolled back

vert. The neck Is fomplet

deep rolling oollsr of moire. They ai finished with bands of white taffeti machine stitched. The garment may be made without tbe collar and finished plain at tbe neck, giving a collarless Eton with long revera,«nd slot seams. Tbe bishop sleeves are shaped wltb inside seams and fit the upper arm closely. Two tacks- on top of the sleeve are Inverted to form a slot and stitched down almost to the wrist.

provided by i t that Is gather*

I and ar-

The fnbn makes a puff ranged on narrow wrlstbanc Any light weight cloth Is appropriate for this mode, with silk or velvet trimmings Some severely plain tailored effects have the collar and revere of

the a

To make the coat in the medium size win require one and three-quarter yards of material forty-four Inches wide, with one sod one-quarter yards, of silk for trimming Koato Oort The latest thing In outside garments Is the Monte Carlo coat which Is In re-

sllks. rich velvets and brocades wl exquisite lace* and applique for trimming The Urge Illustration shows a coat made ot black velvet trimmed with Ivory satin. Tbe adjustment U made with shoulder and under-arm seams only. Tbe garment fits well on the shoulders, but Cares widely at the lower edge. It ctoeee in effect with Urge pearl fronts are

caps, the Joining being concealed by ribbon that ties In a bow at the back. The sleeves are finished wltb narrow vetret cnifs. The skirt is made In one fclece, full at the waist and the body portion doelug in the bock. A ruffle of the material. beaded by rlbbou, provides an-at-tractive finish, and gives an extra sweep to the back of the skirt. ^. Very stylish frocks In this mode may

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