At lh* r>.l of fha U»y. rr» put nay toys all la thslr box. My Inin of oans my kjio. my blooba. Tts matched the animals In the Arfc. Because, you see. It's nettlax dark. Tve been a food boy, and I'm *<ad. Mamma nov will sot look so sad: Norse will not stumble, and shake her head, When she romee In to flx my bed. —New York News.

II up O'

think, irlfl I

iy arc

r seotlmental rvapy think it worth

ns a relic, either for «onx or because they more than It* face rnlue.

stances the dale or the inscription has been worn away and It U impossible to read it. even widt a strong glass. The following method, originally practired at the mint to discover the genuine coins when silver was called In. will enable anyone to read'an obliterated inscription: Make the poker red hot in the fire and then plate the slU ver vein on It; the Inscription will be plainly visible in a greenish hue. which will fade as the coin cools.

{ that required serious

Five-

great I

puzzles, anything tl

thought and disec .... played a stratltng astuteness In thinking out original answers to wellknown queries. l?P--wt* cnnUnualjy astonishing his mother and his famll}'' by the oddity and quaintness of bis re-

marks. . *

Especially was he fond .of having stories told him. and every night at bed time the penance of going to bed was compensated for by an original story, a feat that sorely taxed the Imagination of the mother. One night the story was' about a fishing expe-

dition with make it Intel

7 the telephone bell rang,

iptlon. The story

was resumed at the point where the alluring bait was cast into the water and two little fishes swam up to look at It and concluded that It was worth trying. One of them snapped at It and found that it was different from what

Just 0| loud i Vou'd o dWn t

Towger s '^The ne

pstlng.

elephom

hlng es essorles

the other fish who was looking at

him?"

“I know,” cried Charlie. "He said.

Mine is busy, call again Boy* Who Swim for Work.

Most boys go in swimming for fun. doesn't make much difference to me of them how clean the water I*, for they don't go in to wash, but to

eyes if It

ik a<

5 of then

they don’t go

dive, swim under water with their

; open, explore the bottom, even i is muddy, to find old cat bottles, and once in a while a >

But in the East river there are a lot of boys who swim and work at the same time. And it is not easy work

either.

A big log comes floating down river.* It has broken loose from, of the piers.. Some ferryboat has crashed too bard Jnto Its slip. Now watgh. As the log goes rolling, bowling along, three or four boys Jump Into the river and with quick strokes swim out into the stream. They are experu. One strikes an eddy, goes down a minute. and then comes up. spouting like porpoise. Now, the foremost one has it the log. and now the others

a grip on it.

The boy. swimmers kick with all their strength. By their united efforts they swing the log out of the current, ud push It to land, where their father

a porpob caught I

and mother carry It off to their ment house home. In this way the family gets enough wood to last them

through the long winter.

Many a life has been saved along the river by strong men who t>egan by

) the shore when they

towing logs 1

—New York Tribune.

r Showed ••S«n.l.”

I don't know which

i tb

s ipre

and over to the school. It’s Sand here and Sand there,' and Sand yonder. HU

best of i Every be and it 1

. why. I ■ans I've

looked sort of pleased, as If It was

something nice: and if it is, don’t mind. They say It

got sand, grit—not afraid, you know. That’s the best of it But there’s Aunt Mamye (be sure you spell It with a ye); the teaches me etlquetl*. and

orribly vulgar;

says the :

Tom—he> my brother, you know—he nays It’s Just short for sandy, that’s the color of my hair. If that way. the/ name Isn’t no x That’s the worst of 1L You see, these fathers and tuithrrs can’t always be depended on,fbr a straight tip about their own b^’ys. They'll soften things and give taffy. But then, brothers like Tom and aunts like Mamye can’t always be depended op. either. They’re liable *ta go the other way and show you that things are blacker than you

thoui

But maybe I’d better tell the whole story and let yon see for yourself. First, though. I want to say I was scared, whew! I shivered so that when Tom heard -about it the next morning he declared all my buttons had been shook looss. They hadn’t, of coarse; for they came loose playing bn!) the day before. But Tom was closer right than he knew. When t think it dot

elf. as I

You tee. It was this way. Ftps and Tom were off on business, to he gone all night, and mamma was sick with a'Meadache. That left only me in the bouse to look^lfer things. It aeemrd nice till I went up stairs to bed; then things grew awful dark and lonesome. But I pulled the clothes tight up over

my fate and tried not to there’s one thing In this

afraid of it’s the dark. You can’t see the thhigs you know are creeping up

around you.

Well, some time In the night came a loud barking from Towser. Just like somebody scolding somebody else for forgetting, and I knew in a flash what It meant. I’d forgotten to leave the woodshed door open for him to go In. But 1 slid lower down In the bed and thought to myself I wouldn’t, though I knew all the time 1 would. 1 couldn't go to sleep If 1 didn’t. So after a while l shut ray teeth hard and crawled out, pretty scared and shaky, for It was awful dark, and got into my clothes the best 1 could. Then I felt my way out Into the hall and down to the back

door, for there.

. sir, mble

be. 1 heard some!

If it had not-been for mamma sick and papa and Tom

away. I'd havo scooted up them staint quicker than 1 ever came down. But that wouldn’t do for the man Of the house. No. sir. not if he died. But I was too scared to think much, so I oi>ened the door and yelled ”Boo!“

ever I could. And. well, ought to see them fellows turn! steps—for there were two—

and across the yard and over the back feme, dropping their tools and having

square on their heels,

next day papa und Tom came home, and Uncle Bob came over from the store. And (Uncle Bob said the tools were a burglars kit. and papa looked at me as he does when he’s pleased. That’s all.—N. .Y. Tribune.

Camas That Bor* Wlay.

A boy yes »me chi ld re

One of the boys covered bis eyes in the old. familiar way. and the Boy of Yesterday was (onfident that he was to witness the good old-fashlon game of ’’I spy." But the subsequent developments were so at variance with the

tlnctly

puzzled. So he sought counsel of his nephew. Major (feged 11). ■ Wh. that was Run-a-Mile" Major answered. The Boy of Yesterday explained that RUn-a-Mile was foreign to his experience, and drew from-Ma-jor the following: ^Mlle the boys count out and ’’If hldcs~his eyes. He If then touched by one boy. who immediately conceals himself with the others. When "It" has counted 100 <jr so, he starts oAt to find the “toucher.” Each 'er. when discovered, steps from his

WOMEN GOLD BEATERS. D OF WORK littLe IS

plain as plain could (body trying to get in for mamma be- j

ilagj

ops

hiding place, but offers no Information

as to the v

in

ne'

whereabouts of the "toucher” —unless. Indeed, he be that same,

which case the exciting race to homi occurs, and if “It" gets there first he may set any task he pleases for the "toucher" to perform, even to the Tunning of a mile. But it Is safe to assume that this penalty Is seldom ex-

acted—or paid.

Now. that is a far cry from hlde-

too. Is willy-willy wolf, is the "wolf and re-

verses the usual method by hiding hlmspif. The others then try to find him. and the successful boy sets up a shout of ’’I spy!” The "wolf cries

md the I

»»et« la Hazard (• i|,. ladaMry — a

Judxmani and Skill ■•qalrml by Iba Workiaaa—ftareaaafat Oppoalllan mt Iba • Maa-kaaiar. la Warn.a Kmplayiaaal. The recent strike among the gold beaters, the issues at stake being the increase of wages and discharge of women employed In the business, must have caused a good many people to Inquire what a woman gold beater Is. Gold beating is one of the smallest of American Industries, as It Is, In come respects, one of the most peculiar. Tlie cdodltlun* under which It extols enable the workmen to dlcnte terms to their employers, the latter frankly admitting that the)- have to either give | u or go out of business. There are only about find gold beaters in this country; the work Is export.

very one can loam It. The ul German workmen are too

well paid to think of emigrating; and of course the contract labor law stands In the way of sending for them from

this side.

The recent strike was really on account o? the women. The Increase of wages would have been granted the men for the asking, but employers were reluctant to discharge for no cause women who served faithfully tor low wagec. did their work better than the men could do It. and were. In many cases, widows and orphans of the strikers' fellow-workmen. They held out for seven weeks, hoping that the men would soften, but the hope was not realized. The w omen had to

am n EnglU

go. It is pleasant to know that one firm, the largest In New York, kept the dlschsrged women’s names on the

pay-roll, and them their i

and-scek; i In which ’

must not move

Up-willy, ashes of-

“Stand:” and the boy he shouts "I spy ’’ At this the “wolf

ter him. and when the boy Is caught he becomes himself "a wolf." and must help to capture still another, until all are "wolves.” An interesting technicality of this game is that, should the

"Wolf.” the "wolf may not stir from Its position. Prisoner’s base also survives, but In two novel forms. In one of these.’Red ..Hover, ‘'It" stands in U>e middle of the street and

calla: *

Red Rover. Red Rover! Someone come over!” "Someone" may be Tom Brown, or Dick, or Harry, but the player must be called by name. The boy so Indicated tries to cross without being caught. If captured, he

helps to

iread out into the streets'j-Red Rover, and

rest. • - r

The second variation U known as One-foot-off-end-two-feek^off. In this “It" commands those on the sidewalk. "One foot off!” AU must promptly put their right foot id the gutter, and at the order ’Two fsel off!” all run to the opposite curb. The captured as-

sist. as In Red Rover.

Another new game fs “Stealing Hats.” In which the boys choose sides, each side placing its hats on the curb-

to the others, and trying

ie time

dring all the hats, of course, wins. It is bard on the hats, as mothers

testify.

isp frog is seldom played as of •old. but Is father to two Important ofi-

* ’— the

to protect them while at the same tl endeavoring to stda) the bats of the enemy. The side which succeeds in

acqnli

But will

.l^ap

" ‘ 11

In the favorite. Bombay,

neper tries to take several "basks" at one spring. "Back*’' are also offered in msny various and difficult positions

"back.”

but Is

leaping.

a "Captain." "Johnny dump the apple cart" is one at which the leaper tries to throw tbs frog to the ground.

••Cut butter” and “Cut

merely different ways of smiUi

iy vario

Spanlen-fly Is the second form, wbi in the leaper takes but a tingle "bac but Is required to “do stunts” while . the commands Ming given by

straight and square to mysall

have to sometimes. I'm sure that Tom' and Aunt Mamye 1 * fun hits me than papa’s and mmma’s praise.

5

frog" In the ribs with the ’Mamma, spank the baby."

ilUng the s edge of

the handa.

explanation—’Us as obvious

hits me closer I aa It is unpleasant for the "frog#’—-Ban

Francisco Chronicle.

will continae

age* until employment can be found for them.

Small as the goid-beating Industry I». and little notice as Its troubles attracted. the results of them might have been very far-reaching. Manufacturers. It la aald. actually considered whether It would not be as well for then) to go out of the business as far as the beating Itself was concerned. If they had done so the price of gold picture frame* would have advanced at least 25 percent on account of that tariff on gold leaf. ArtIcta would have felt this very serious 1>\ since their frame-maker’s bills are heavy enough as It Is. Decorators, palmers, sign makers, bookbinders, cabinet makers—a dozen trades would have been affected. All on account of about 100 women—or rather on account of the ungailantry of about 600 men towards those women. Gold beating la one of the few handicrafts left. In Germany some machinery has been Introduced, but the work accomplished Js Inferlpr. The knack of striking exactly die proper blow has not yet been transmitted to

a steam hammer. ,

The gold. 2Z carats fine, is melted and run through heavy rollers, cornribbon about an Inch wide the thickness of blotting paper. The ribbon Is clipped Into Inch squares and placed between the leaves of a parchment book three Inches square. This book Is called the cutch. and contains two hundred leaves. When it b& been placed In a heavy parchment envelope it Is given to a brawny workman with arm

Ing out a r and of the

He stands before s

pounding

Ite, and. with an ling 15 pounds.

the

or. He

block of solid grani Iron hammer weigh

beats the cutch until the gold wl

dead of one is not the

crushing blow of a butcher's ax; K must rebound lightly. The effort Is expended In the upward swing of the arm and not In the stroke. Women, of course, have no part in this work. The gold is next cut In quarters and placed In another book called shoda, which contains some leaves. This book consists of a culiar substance made from the trails of oxen. It is its fine and smooth and flexible aa the lining of an eggshell. It Is very costly, the price of a single book being $60. A book will stand 150 beatings, after which It is sold to manufacturers of imitation

gold-loaf.

Tho shod* is beaten with a lighter hammer and a more expert stroke. The idea is to make the leal a little thicker on the edges than In the middle. This is in order that when he leaf is finally trimmed and sold the manufacturer and not the buyer will get the

part.

The man who beats the shoda was really the cause of the strike. Up to this time all the work It in the bands of men. The transferring of the leaf from the shoda to the next book and the final beating has always been the work of women. A light touch and a deft hand are required to do this without breaking the leaf, which has now been beaten to the thinness the thinnest tissue-paper. Some of the men say they wanted to take the work away from the women because they knew they could do it, and they thought they ought to be allowed more chance to sit down and rest from their severe labor. Other* admit that they simply wanted to earn more money. One is Interested to observe that the men are rather awkward In the accomplishment of their new task. AM seem'd to work slowly. The last book is called the mould,

tls* MU-

rate thickness, and then the men are through with it. In time the# mar

come to think they can t ther. but at present they

last s

i prese pe to v

n may » It fari It in

The girls sit at little enclosed desks

it airless room. The small-

est draught of u

in an almost airless room. The smi

wind must be excluded.

so’llght Is the substance handled. It Is, quantlMes fly about, and settle in j

r and clothing. The walls i glisten with It. la front J It a fine-leather cushion i

suli

Is, quantlMes fly

the girls’ hair and clothing. The and corners glisten with It. In front

of each girl

and at her side are pded the moulds She turns the leaves and with the aid of two slender wooden tools, one a pincers and the other a kind of stller to. lifts the shimmering gold, drops it on the leather cushion, and breathes on It gently to flatte:i It. This must

all be done llgh

void breaking, wtxwlen stamp

thing like a cooky-cutter, cut Into a three and three-elghl

ches square. The trimmings are swept hack into a box. and the gold is again | lifted and dropped between the leaVC* J of a tissue-paper book, where It bt- | c<*mes the gold leaf of commerce. T*enty of them are sold together j In a package. The reUM|p>rlce Is $7.50. [ An expeit Workwoman can make ; from 60 to 80 books a day. The work Is delicate, not tiring, and but for the closeness of the room would be a de- |

pleasant oc

York I

ORIENT’S FOREMOST MAN.

Ightly . With

mp called a wagon,

, the s

quickly to s strokes of a

gold is liths In- :

New York City.—Simple waists always possess an Inherent charm and are-essentially smart. This attractive May Manton model It shown In pea

LATEST 'HEW'YORK r^SttS0N5

gore give a they fall fn

* oflh*

’. 5."' Cast as

< opporti >ake hi* i

■ ■•rfiil ArhUn

in the East as well as In the West ! l here are opportunities for a strong ,

i'n way. In proot ol

thla. the life story of Baron Shlbusa- j wa. the Japanese financier, who was , iccently so well received here, is told | throughout the Orient as an lllustra- { lion of what a plain citizen may be-

come.

s of birth !

m

mm

mm*

’outh to the great Tokugawa family, irganlzed the unsettled finances j

clan.

He it >

rhief

Hit

CHABXISO, SIMPLE SHIRT WAIST.

made him a government officer,

ity was quickly shown la

the minor office he obtained and he rose rapidly. First ne was tax comptroller, then Assistant vice-minister, next Junior vice-minister and. finatl;

vice-minister of finance.

Then, when the highest places witi-

V itllstate-

e cynge. ortlcelll :

x reseda with stltchlngs of Ilk lu a darker shade. Is

trimmed with drop buttons of openwork silver and makes port of ;he entire gown: but the design suits all gown and waist materials, the odd

bodice as well as the costume. foundation lining is smi

ugly fitted and clos Ire front. The waist

and si

smooth! t the cei r consists

ly gave up st private life.

craft and returned to private

a plain citizen he planned, he labored,

he c

Japan. Largely through bis influeu-.-e the empire set aside dreams of military glory and chose the sober Iri-

of a plain back and deeply tucked fronts and closes Invisibly beneath tuck to the left of the centre In < formity with the accepted style ( season. The back Is drawn dot the waist line but the fronts 1

stylish flounce effect where

free.

The skirt is cut in nine gores tbit widen *$>erceptlbly n* they approach the lower edge and are specially adapted to narrow goods. At each

gives the requisite The lower ponlo

■t provides fi .onion falls !'

deep plea t i

flounce depth,

verted pleat that give* snug tit about (be hips y

ness Ik.-Iow.

soft full folds that give a flounce effect To cut this skirt lu the medium size ten and live-eighth yards of material twenty-one inches wide, seven and one fourth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, seven and oue-fonrih yard* thirty-two Inches wide or four and three-fourth yards forty-four lui-hej wide will be required. >■' -

.Something of an Innovation

rtltlcial flower tid corsage ui rivet violet. as near the lanufacfnre i

most sensitive olfactory nerv.

dng o

artlflcial flower field. Isith for mlllinc wsage use. is the violet scent ! violet. In v-hape and shading it near the naluraf product as aa}

the

and e

velvet v roduct a

manufacture may l»e. and only I

olfactory nerve* could delect a difference In odor.

Invisible

latest and smartest \

Ish May Manion model includes 1 features, the nicking being graduated

with

•u ii[K)n many o i waists. This

*tjl both

ratures. the nicking being graduate i give a yoke effect at the front, wit lie of the !iewe*t.eol!ars and the fosl

at but

loulKlne silk.

:h pipings of

and carved metal buttons, but all ■walsting materials are appropriate, wool and cotton, waist Is made over a fitted lin

glory i

umphs of peace

He extended b ping and bei mixer has <

ttdzailou

if thirty-five yea

Is either the head or the (

Iway*

her Industrie*. A Ji

i cot

organizations and companiei

extern

lapanese ad-

iunted An J tabulated the

of which

afte[ tiding ley i

hundred and fifty and include every j kind of business, every form of m-

ional. in

tarest. civil and nation

In the <! d evefy

devel-

CUAINT AND CURIOUS, It Is thought that crickets and some allied insects hear through their forelegs. On the outer side of the tibia is a small space where the covering of the insect Is reduced to a membrane communicating with which from the in-

1 the

side of t

e leg is the end of a nerve.

The most of the Filipino people do not wear shoes, and the consequence is their feet have soles on them that proInjqry. 1 usual thing to skin on the bottom of their feet onoelghth of an Inch thick. Nature makee provision lh cases of that kind, and ther can walk all day long and they are never troubled with corns;

suburb of Chicago. The pontract for erecting the church wax signed on Friday at midnight, and the building was dedicated on Sunday morning. No floor was laid, the ground being simply covered with shavings;’ but modern conveniences, such ss furnaces and electric lights were not omitted. As three Bavarian officers were experimenting with a balloon at a height of 6000 feet they noticed a tiny black speck which seemed to accompany them. They thought at first Is war one of the cards, which they carry for throwing out reports, and that ths dropping of the balloon drew It along but on looglng at the barometer they found the balloon was rising and not dropping. Suddenly a loud chirping showed that It wa* a .lark, which, flying at this extraordinary height, had been frightened by the balloon. Says The Westminster Gazette: A Beckenham charwoman is under remand on the very singular charge, of having personated the sweetheart of a local servant girl. The servant was

Wilson presents and regarded aim as a lover, although never seeing him. It has been found that this particular

Wilson does not live at Belfast; the charwoman is believed to have been the only person involved, and It is charged that she received the ser-

vant's money and present*.

Whn B Mbb 1 * Too (Ureas. Too much self-reliance often brings on a man’s friends more care and trouble than weak dependence. A man who Is too strong breaks and his friends must care for the pieces, while he who is weak takes few chances, prudently looks ahead into every nook and up every'lane.—New York News.

BLOUSE OB SHIRT WAIST AND NINE-GORED SKIRT.

slightly over the belt. Over the shoulder seams sre applied pointed strap* that fall over the sleeves and give the long shouldered effect. The sleeves arc full and are finished with pointed cuffs

At the neck Is a stock that Is

centre troi

s cut to i

at the c

The quantity of material required for the medium slxe 1* four yards ity-one Inches wide, three and n-elghth yards twenty ; seven inches

;hth yards twet

axtt th,

forty-four Inches v

seven-eighth yards rwemy ; seve

wide or two aiid^thjv^-elghtb yards

t> essemlal-

Grmeafal And r.ffrrtj.

Double breasted waist's are esi

ly smart and have tbe added mer|t of being generally becoming. The stylish May Muntou model shotvn In the large drawing Is adapted to all -waist materials, silk, wool, linen aud cotton, and to the fashionable shirt waist suit ns well as to the odd blouse. In tbe case of tbe original It Is made of sage green albatross stitched with

black ant thowlni

The

the walsi

•Ith sr

ug black, green and gold,’

lining fita snugly and extends to alst line only and close* at the

fronts

aud hack I stitched

for Ita entire length, the ! .depth, and are orrunjeed

itre front. Both the fronts of the wafcrt are tucked and

flat, the back

gathered and t

right f

f tbe

are amply full above seek la finished with a

; slightly. Th* ver the left to

The and

to yoke depth, au

over the foundation. Tne dock is smooth and snug, but tbe fronts Ure

red and the blouse sllghtl; front Is Upped over tbe

close in double breasted style sleeves are tbe new bishop sort

the cuffs. The band over which

Is the reguUUon stock. Tbe quantity of material required for the medium slse Is four yards twen-ty-one Inches wide, three and threefourth yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three and one-half yards thirty-two. Inches wide or two and one-eighth | yards forty-four Inches wide. Skirts Is Id In generous pleats that conceal the Mams and are stitched flat at their upper portions, are among tha latest shown and are eminently graceful and effective. The smart model shown In (be large drawing la shaped with nine gores that allow only narrow ! spaces between tbe pleat* which provide fulness and with the flare on each

Ing that closes at the centre flftnt separately from tbe ouulde. but which can be omitted whenever washable fabrics are used or less warmth U dc sired. The waist consists of a smooth ting back and of fronts that are Itched In tiny tucks at the neck and nlders. with a wide tuck on each

should front.

ering Is id draw

-ugh which the Invisible

Is made. The back Is gathered

down snugly at the wnfat

line, but tbe fronts blouse slightly over tbe belt. Tbe right front edge le lapped over the left beneath the wids tuck* so bringing the edges together. The sleeves arc full and are finished with cuffs cut to match the pretty col-

A SMART BLOUSE.

Ur. The stock Is tbe with the addition of

portion. The qu

tbe medium a!

yards twenty-one Inches wid and Seven-eighth yards Inches wide, three and one-eighth yards thirty-two Inches wide or two and oncelghtb yarda forty-^our Inches wide.

tbe turn-over

wide, tbn wenty-aevt