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dull blue or golden brown, with
simple border outlined in gold thread,
will be very pretty and cheap. The
cloth is dime or less yard, and
comes in many colors. If no decora-
tion is wanted, outline the hens on all
sides of the curtains with the gold
thread. The mirror frame may also be
gilded.
The cabinet is set on two stout fancy
black or gilded iron brackets. 1t
should not be set too high on
the wall, as that would prevent
an easy look at the bottles. The top
can be used as O shelf to hold o clock
and mantel ornaments, particularly in
room without a mantel. The mirror
and curtains give it fanciful decora-
tive look, so thatit is pretty furnish
ing" in any room. but where the house,
hold is large the cabinet is very prop
crly placed in an upper hall or bath
room, to be readily accessible to every.
one-Detroit Free Press.
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Tho LAWYER Didn't Tapsle Him.

The satisfaction that everyone must
feel at the triumph of the boy, about
whom the Massachusetts Ploughman
tells this anecdote, is due to the same
feeling that prompts big-hearted man
to take the part Of the "undermost
dog" Walter was the important wit
ness. and one of the lawyers, after
cross-questioning him severely, said:
Your father has been talking to
you, and telling you how to testify,
hasn't hep"
"Ycs," said the boy.
"Now," said the lawyer, "just tell us
how your father told you to testify"
"Wcll," said the boy, modestly,
"father told me that the lawyers
would try to tanglc me, but if l would
lust be careful and tell the truth, l
could tell the same thing every time"
The lawyer didn't try to tangle UP
that boy any moro.
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PIN MONEY POINTERS.
How IA Woman May Acquire McthOdlcal
Business Habits.

How a Woman May Acquire McthOdlcal
Business Habits.
Whether woman is poor or rich, 1t
bchooves her to acquire methodical
business habits, keeping her little &C.
counts accurately, and knowing to o
cent Just what she docs with her
money. An allowance is the first step
toward this end, if at the same time it
is impressed upon her that every sum
spent should be set down with unfail-
ing regularity.
In black and white one notes how
much more easily the money can be
spent, how quickly it goes, and just
what foolish little nothings have lured
it from our pockets. Without setting
down each item, it is ten chances to
one that you will conclude you have
lost some money, when you cannot
see how that ten-dollar bill went.
when you only bought such very few
things.
The neat little figures are genuine
restraint, besides installing o habit
and system that will be OF great value
if fortune smiles, and great estate
comes to your hands, and still greater
if economy is q necessity and the dol
lar has to be forced into doing duty
for two.
Unless the accounts are kept accu-
rately and cash made to balance every
evening, you had better not attempt
any bookkeeping at all, for slipshod
methods are worse than none, andonly
confuse everything rather than help
matters.
If anything is worth doing ut oil, 1t
is worth doing we'll, and there is moth.
ing so productive of future good as the
habit of looking carefully out for the
pennies when school-days are the only
trials and the allowance of fifty cents
week goes for candies and pickles.
If this is once established in child.
hood, the girl will grow to womanhood
with clear knowledge Of where her
money goes and what she has to show
for it.
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FOR DOMESTIC USE.
4 Simple Way to Make a Tele
phone at Home.
Il Ia Better Than Speaking Tubes and
Can Also be Connected with the
Houses OF Neighbors-Get Your
BOY to Construct One.

Most of the readers of this paper are
no doubt familiar with the method of
constructing the mechanical, or, as it
is sometimes called, the ''acoustic"
telephone, and nearly every boy has
seen or made telephone of this sort.
The one shall describe can be made
easily and in n short time out of ma
terial that is ut hand in every home.
Carefully constructed its capacity for
transmitting sound is remarkable, and
it will be found a practical instrument
for short distances.
To make the '.transmitter," which is
also the receiver" take tin baking
powder can, the hnlf-pound size being
preferable, and with sharp knife, or
can-opener, cut out the bottom. Now
take piece of tough writing paper, or,
better still, some sort of thin parch-
ment paper, as the latter is less liable
to tear, and cut out a round piece
large enough to cover the mouth of the
can and leave margin of about half
an inch all round Through the center
of this piece of paper stick good sized
pm uHu Dchu bHc Polht oo uS W Ioiiu u
small hook.
Now take the lid Of the can and cut
in its center hole about onefourth OF
an inch in diameter.
Place the paper over the mouth OF
the can, being careful to get the pin
exactly in the center of the can, so that
the end with the hook on may be
drawn through the hole in the lid, and
press the lid of the can on over the
paper, taking care to keep the latter
stretched tightly over the end of the
can. If the lid will not go on easily
pry up the edges of It's rim little SO it
will not cut the paper. The lid
stretches the paper tightly in the man.
ner of drumhead and you have dia-
phragm, that responds to the slightest
vibration of the line.
Now attach your line, which is to be
of coarse linen thread, to the hook on
the pin, first drawing the latter through
the hole in the lid until the pin-head
strikes the diaphragm. The telephone
is now complete and may be fixed in
position by passing strips of leather or
tin over the can and mailing the ends
to the window-casing, shelf or wall, as
may be desired.
1t is best to avoid angles in the line,
but, if it is found necessary to make
them, pass the thread through n hook
made by bending the end of pin, to
which must be fastened short string
or thread to tie to the support This
hook allows the line to slide freely in
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A HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

Not such u Pleasant Period as SOm~
Would Have Us Relieve.
A story is told in Sunshine of fami-
ly living in colonial times. whose ex-
travagant habits excited the alarm Of
the village The oldest son bought q
pair of boots, the second son invested
in an overcoat, the third brother
bought watch, and the fifth pair Of
shoe bucklcrs. The neighbors all
shook their heads and whispered to
each other:
"That family is on the high road to
ruin"
Legislation in New England tried to
restrain extravaganza in dress. and
laws were passed against wearing
laces embroidery, needleworls caps and
'immoderute great sleeves"
BY way of silently reproving the van
ity of their wives and daughters, the
sterner sex appeared in immense pow
dered wigs, stitfiy-starched ruf1les,
glittering knee and shoe buckles, em-
broidered silk vests, white silk stock
ings, and coats of every hue but black,
trimmed with great gilt or silver buc-
kles; with these elaborate wardrobes
to keep in order, the women had very
little time to cultivate their "squir-
rels brains," to quote one Of the gal
liant (?) croakcrs of the time. Mrs.
Adams, however, hnd a will OF her
own. She wrote to her husband and
asked him to send her from Philadel-
phia, in ITS. two yards of black Gala
nance for shoes, saying she ''would
not wear leather If she went bare
footed"
The shoes were of the same material
as the dress, often slsillfully embroid-
cred Country girls sometimes carried
the broadcloth shoes with peaked toes
in their hands until they reached the
church, but the pink satin and yellow
brocadc shoes of city maidens were
supported on clogs and pattens.
After all, we fancy the most ardent
lovers Of the past would not be in favor
of reviving the time-honored customs
Of the early days of the republic. With
the mahogany sideboard rescued from
oblivion, the spinning wheel set up In
the parlor, and the quaint china teaset
upon the closet shelves, we can all cry:
on! those pleasant times Of old, with their
chivalry and state,
l love to read their chronicles whlcn such brave
deeds relate.
l love to sing their ancient rhymes, to near
their legends told
But we'yo reason to be thankful that we ive
not in these blessed times Of old'
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turn to the land when his master called
him.
At the house of his owner lived a
dear little baby boy. One day baby's
mother rocked him to sleep and
laid him in his little bed. Then she
went out, leaving the door open, SO
that she might hear him If he awoke.
He did not awake; but after awhile
mamma came into the room again.
There was the great seal close to
babys cot looking into his face just
as if he would like to kiss him.
Mamma was frightened and
screamed. Then the seals master
came and ordered him out. He
floundered away to his shed. The
seal would not have hurt the baby.
Seals are very loving creatures. s.-Julia
A. Tirrell, in Our Little Men and
Women.
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thing extraordinary; and even as 1t
was many a person, after examining
the case with care, left without seeing
anything but the plant, and with the
opinion that what the placard told
them to look for was some minute
object too microscopic for their sight.
Even those who knew what to expect
had often long search to discover what
was in reality in full sight.
The same was true of the living
specimens at Edinburgh. OF one Of
them Murray says: "For the greatest
period of its life it SO exactly resem-
bled the leaf on which it fed that when
visitors were shown it they usually,
after looking carefully over the plant
for minute or two, declared that they
could see no insect. 1t had then to
be more minutely pointed out to them;
and, although seeing Is notoriously
said to be believing, it looked SO abso-
lutely the same as the leaves among
which it rested that this test rarely
satisfied them, and nothing would con-
vince them that there was real live
insect there but the test of touch.
1t had to be stirred up to make 1t
move"
Undoubtedly this initiative resem-
blance is most striking In the walking
leaf, but it is quite as complete in
many OF the walking sticks proper.
The naturalist Wallace, familiar with
them in tropical forests, says that in
the Moluccas they are found hanging
on the shrubs that line the. forest
paths; and they resemble sticks SO OK
actly In color, in the small rugosities
of the bark, in the knots and small
branches initiated by the joints of the
legs, which are either pressed close to
the body or stuck out ut random, that
it is absolutely impossible by the eye
alone to distinguish the real dead
twigs which fall down from the trees
overhead from the living insects. I"
And he adds that he has 'often
looked Mt them in doubt, and has often
been Obliged to use the sense Of touch
to determine the point. Samuel II.
Ecudder, in Harper's Magazine.
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Where's your eyes-don't you see 1t
coming right under the door,"
And SO it was!
Fortunately, the first speaker knew
where Mr.. Gray's brother lived, and
fastening to the place, he told Mr..
William Gray that there appeared to
be something the matter. Within an
hour the front door was unlocked and
dcplorablc sight was revealed. The
bcholders might have said with the
Ancient Mariner, that there was
water, water everywhere for 1t was
flowing gently down the front stair
way, dripping from the ceilings, and
each floor was full of little pools. All
the carpets had been left on the lower
story, and they had been saturated to
such an extent that the sensation was
that of walking on spongcs; from the
parlor walls hung long festoons Of rich
velvet paper.
Uncle William, almost raising an
umbrella in his excitement, rushed up
to the third-story bathroom, and there
was tub overhowing on every side,
and full head on in the spigot Jacky
had forgotten to turn back. Well,
they stopped it, you may be sure, and
THE long tongue" as the Indians call
the telegraph, said to Mr.. Gray, down
at Cape May: Come Mt once. House
damaged by water" He came by the
first train and he sent for women with
cloths and buckets, and for plumbers
and carpenters and painters and paper
hangers and upholsterers, and he spent
more than three thousand dollars
cleaning house that autumn.
Now, how old do you suppose Jacky
must have been to have done all that
mischief? "Ten," did you say9 No.
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either direction when the line is
stretched.

either direction when the line IL
stretched.
With two telephones like the above,
connected in the manner shown by
coarse linen thread or very small cop
per wire, conversation can be carried
on for quite distance, and it will not
be found necessary to place the ear
close against the opening in the can
in order to hear, as is the case with the
electrical telephones. Three, or even
more telephones Of this kind can be
used on the same line by simply rum
ning branch line to the intermediate
phone, care being taken to keep all
the lines taut. To "cnll' the distant
office simply tap on the cnn, or the dia-
phragm, with pencil or stick. The
noise will be heard distinctly some dis
tance from the distant instrument.
The accompanying diagram may be
found useful In constructing the tele-
phone. ]. A. De LA VERaNE, JR.
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MEDICINE CABINET.
How = Nice One May BE Made NJ Small
Expense.

Expense.
1t is a convenience to have q place
In the house devoted solely to medi-
cine bottles and boxes. Medicine cab
inets can be bought, but they IRE some-
what expensive for modest purses. A
very satisfactory cabinet can be made
with little skill, at slight expense.
Get carpenter to make long box
of pine, of whiteweod, or walnut II
you choose. Have it about eight
inches wide and six deep; the length
must depend somewhat on the place
where it is to be set up, but from
twenty-four to thirty inches will be
right Stain or paint it to match the
woodwork of the room in which it will
be placed. Then fasten small framed
mirror, whose length is the width of
the box, in the center of the open side
or front of the cabinet; it can be hung
to small brass rod that passes
across the upper side Of the front. On
the same rod hang curtains of plain
stuff on either side of this mirror
panel. Danish cloth in some shade Of
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Dlscoloration OF Plano Kcys.

The process of discoloration in ivory
proceeds more rapidly when light and
air cannot get to it than when 1t Is ex-
posed to their influence. This is cspe-
cially the case in the keys Of piano
forte, which often exhibit distinctly
yellow hue. A recent invention is de-
signed to prevent this discoloration,
and consists essentially in SO construct
ing the casing Of the keyboard that the
keys shall always be exposed to the
light and the atmosphere. Silvcred
glass gathers and reflects the light on
the keyboard, to which the air also has
free access, and the inventor claims
that py this arrangement the attract
ivenoss Of the exterior of the instru-
meps is greatly enhanced.
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The Man who hould he Happy.

lie cannot be an unhappy man who
has the love and smile of woman to
accompany him in every department OF
life. The world may look dark and
chcerless without, cnomies may gather
in his path, but when he returns to the
fircsidc and fools the tender love Of
woman he forgcts his cares and
troubles and is comparatively happy
man. lie is but half prepared for the
journey of life who does not take with
him that friend who will forsallc him
in no emergency, who will divide his
sorrows, increase his joys, and throw
sunshine amid the darkest scenes
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BUILDING AND SCIENCE
THE BEST OF MlMlcs.


An insect Which Looks Exactly Like =
Lssf-why the PhyIlium scythe Is Ex-
ceedingly Difficult to Detect In Its
Leaves.
There is, perhaps, no other group Of
insects which in form and color are SO
generally initiative, and which
naturalists have found more difficult
to detect in their haunts. Their
bodies often resemble the roughened
bark of the trees among which they
live; or they seem to have growing to
them little f1ecks of lichcn or moss,
which add to the deception. The dis
guise of the walking leaf Phyllium is
the more striking to a naturalist be-
cause he will notice that whereas
among all other members of the tribe
the wing-cover (when they exist arc
greatly abbreviated, the very opposite
is true in Phyllium, the wing-covers,
the only members which could be
made to resemble leaf to perfection,
being greatly developed, while the
wings are aborted, as if the wing cov-
ers were here, developed for the ex-
press purpose of this mimiery.
Twenty-Five years ago, at the Jardin
d'Acclimation at Paris, some of these
walking leaves were exhibited aliye.
They were placed on growing plants,
from which the larger part of the
leaves were stripped, that the insects
might not too easily conceal them
selves. II large placard announcing
the presence of these creatures had
not drawn attention to them, certainly
no one would have recognized any
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FOR THE TooTHAcHE.
Read and Remember Thfs Whom Your
Gums Are Racked with Pain.

Read and Remomber Thi9 Wn0n Your
Gums Are Hacked with Pain.
Toothache is little thing in the
books, but many physicians would
rather meet burglar at the door on a
dark night than coll to cure bad
toothache OF several days continuance.
A hypodermic of morphine only post
pones the evil Cay, and usually the
patient is respectfully referred to the
dentist. The tooth should not be ex-
tracted while the jaw and gums arc
in1lamed and the latter swollen, and 1t
is the physicians duty to treat the
case until the above conditions are re-
moved. Always keep small vial con-
tanning the following mixture: Chlo-
roform, git. x; glycerine, git. X; sat.
sol. &C. carbol, git. x; morphine, gr. j.,
with q small wad of absorbent cot
ton. If the offending tooth has cav
| ity or decayed surface saturate small
pellet of cotton with the above mix
ture and put into the cavity or against
the decayed surface, as the case may
be-never pack the cotton in, or the
more is the trouble, but have the pei
let small enough to enter without
crowding. In most cases this will end
the trouble.
| When the gums are swollen and ten
der paint two or three times, two min
utes apart, with q four per cent solu-
tion Of cocaine. This time of year your
patient may have been eating good
deal of fruit. The tongue and mucous
membrane of the mouth are pale, he
has sour stomach, and next day the
toothache will return. Give ten grains
of sub-carbonate Of bismuth and ten
grains of phenacetin at once and q
smaller dose before each of the three
following meals, with laxative II
needed, and to stop all fruit for few
days, and 1t will not return. Tho same
powder every two hours with cessation
4 Of fruit-eating will stop the persistent,
tormenting neuralgias SO prevalent 81
this season.
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he was more than that. 'Twelve9"
No, wrong again. 'Thirteen?" l see
| shall have to help you guess-he was
twenty-six years old, and weighed one
hundred and sixty pounds; and it was
q good thing he was so old and big, for
II he had been a small boy 1t would
have seemed q very careless trick in
deed; but us it was, people only said:
Dear, dear, dear! Well, accidents
will happen!'-Mary Bentley Thomas,
in St. Nicholas.
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A barometer Tree.

Attention has been called to re-
markablc property of the Fontaine-
blcau service tree (sorbus latifolia).
The leaves of this tree (Which are green
above and white below turn SO as to
present the white under surface to the
sky just before rain. Those who nre
well acquainted with the peculiarities
OF this vegetable barometer say the
Sign" never fails.
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A Great Success.

Young Mr. Fitts-'rhnt pie you gave
to the Commercial club for the poor
has been one of the most successful
contributions of the year.
Young Mrs. Fitts-lndeed!
ayes. indeed. 1t has been presented
to no less than seven poor families SO
far."-Indianapolis' Journal.
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CURIOUS ILLUSION.

A Trick That Seems to Defy the Natural
Law OF Grav,tation.
A curious trick may be performed by
means of two conical bodies and
couple of walking sticks. Take two
lamp shades and fastcn the edges to-
gether. Then make an inclined plane
by means of two walking sticks in tho
manner shown In our illustration. Let
the space between the two sticka be
wider at the higher than at the lower
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A Mammoth Object Glass.

The flint glass disk used by the
Clarlks In making tho great objective
for the Lick telescope was cast
in Europe by NJ. Fell. Its original
diameter was 1910 inches, its thick
ness 2l.65 inches and its weight 375
pounds. 1t was 90 days from tho date
of the casting before Prof. Fell consit-
cred that it had cooled sufficiently ia
allow of safe removal from the mold.
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bottom of the incline, and it will roll
to the top Although at first sight the
trick suggests q disturbance Of the
natural law Of gravitation, it is only
ON adaptation of that wcll-known prin-
ciple. As the sticks widen the cone Is
correspondingly depressed, and the
center of gravity is equally lowered.
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FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
ALADDIN'S LAMP.

You have read the famous story
OF the lamp Aladdin owned;
How 1t brought him wealth and glory
Won him wife o'er realms cnthroned;
And have wished, no doubt, when reading,
You like magic power possessed
That desiring aught or needing,
1t might come ct your behest,
But methinks deeper meaning,
Ono may in the fiction find;
Truth moments thoughtful cleaning,
VIII reveal unto the mind.
For deem the lamp Is waiting
Still the touch OF hecdful hand;
'Tis not fancy's idle stating,
Man to-day may fate command.
Would you then the gift be granted,
L ike Aladdin, now to do?
(Rccollect his lamp enchanted,
Seemed mere copper to the viow.)
We'll, the charm In which such wonders,
Little guessed. yet latent lurk,
Is, unless my judgment blunders,
Just old-fashioned, common workl
Philip B. Strong, in Golden Days.
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California Pearls.

Many California pearls are black and
speckled. They are considered more
valuable than tho white pearls Of
Europe.
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THE tanned SEAL.
He Went Into Baby's Room aud Looked
Wise ms an Owl.

Wise ms an Owl.
A great many seals are killed every
year for their soft. fine fur. Among
the Shetland islands the people used
to think that harm would come to any
one who killed seal.
A number of these animals were
caught and trained. One was very
large fellow. Two men could hardly
manage him. He was soon tanned, and
had shed for his home. Every day
he would 60 to the sea for food, and re-
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