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a perfectly lovely time. What shall you

perfectly lovely time What shall you
wear?"
her. 81 haven't brought a single party
dress with me- You said there would be
nothing of this kind going on. can't CO..
''Oh, dear oh, deart' walled my friend
ito think of being obliged to miss any
thing so delghtfulI'
"Of course you must CO." 1 said. AN
swer your invitation at once. 1 will stay
home and read" But after she was fairly
out of the room, I nearly cried, for 1 dear
ly love dancing. and / was dying to see
the prince.
''oh. mew I exclaimed ruefully, eff I
only had lovely blue silk dress trimmed
silk stockings and a fan and an opera
cloak, how happy L would be!' The words
were no more than out of my mouth when
l heard a queer rustling inside the trunk
on which 1 had been sitting all this time.
l jumped UP in a hurry. for 1 had taken
everything out, and suddenly began to be
afraid that the witch was really going to
play some trick on me. Maybe she was in
the trunk! I certainly heard something
move. Then / thought how foolish it was
of me to be afraid for if the witch had in
tended me any harm she would not have
waited so long to crafty her spite. Slow
ly but resolutely 1 raised the lid-waited an
instant, but nothing happened. and with
quick movement I threw it back far as
1t would go and jumped back. I hardly ex-
pect you to believe me-indeed, I could not
DeHcNe my OWN eyes, at OTSI, Out tlieFe IN
that trunk which ten minutes ago had been
empty lay the lovelest blue silk dress
ever saw in my life-trimmed with the fin
est coowebby white lace-just as I had
wished. Underneath were slippers, stock
ings and beautiful white silk opera
cloak with long white gloves and charm
ing little fan with carved ivory sticks
1t all came to me then in flash, and I
sat right down on the floor. I simply
hadn't the strength to stand up, I was so
surprised. That blessed witch had given
me magic trunk. By sitting on it and
just wishing, 1 could have any kind of a
costume l desired, and the best of 1t was,
everything fitted me perfectly. pulled out
the blue silk. and closing the lid sat On 1t
and wished for a white muslin; again I
heard the soft rustling sound, but this
time I was not afraid. but threw the lid
back In a hurry. Sure enough, there 1t
was! Such dainty little gown, too. Just
the thing for lawn party, and of course,
I could get the proper hat to wear with
parasol to complete the costume
I flew to the stairs and called to my
friend that / had found that my trunk
contained things that I had not known
about, and that 1 could go to the dance
after all. I wish you could have heard the
of course, it would not be nice for me to
repeat them. Even the prince himself
oh. well, won't bore you, but did have
a beautiful time.
But you can see for yourself bow easy 1t
Is for me to accept invitations now. People
stare when I come to visit them with such
q small trunk, and they stare harder when
I come down stairs In all sorts of stunning
costumes, suitable for all occasions. morn
ing, afternoon, evening, church, riding,
parties dinners or balls, it makes no diff
ference, 1 am always ready.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
News From Toydom.

In spite of the imposing displays of toys
during holiday time, toy buyers declare
there is little If anything that is new in
toyland. Even so-called novelties are mod
eled upon the same old lines with which we
have long been familiar. One toy, how
ever seen in the maze of holiday delights
has absolute newness to recommend it, and
pleased beyond words is the boy or girl who
received one in the Christmas stocking.
The toy is a miniature chocolate machine,
the exact reproduction of the "penny-in-
the-slot' affairs seen in stations, confec-
TONERS and every place where passers-by
must stop for a minute. The model Is
about ten inches high, and through the
glass front can be seen row of "penny
chocolates exactly like those In the big
machines. AT the top is a slot to receive
the penny, and handle below, when drawn
out allows the piece of chocolate to drop
out. This process is repeated every time
penny Is deposited. When the last cake
has been eaten, tiny key unlocks a panel
in the back, the pennies are collected, more
chocolate is purchased, the machine filled
for further action. This novel little choco-
late bank will go on pleasing the children
and delight their stomachs just as the
clever toy makers In Germany intended
they should. The bank costs so cents and
the chocolate bears the name of a first
class manufacturer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Fireplaces of Ye olden Times.

In the home Of your great-grandmother,
the fireplace was not the little affair of our
times No indeed! In the oldest house now
standing in Rhode Island, the fireplace Is
ten feet long by four feet deep: the back
and sides are made Of stones nearly two
feet thick, and the chimney thirteen feet by
six feet. Such a fireplace made an excellent
playhouse for the colonial children (of
course when the fire was OUT and afforded
them great delight at night when they
watched the stars from their seat in the
chimney corner. Wouldn't the people of
those times have laughed at the tiny bun
dies of kndling that we buy at the grocers?
The logs they used Were six feet in length,
and three or four feet in circumference.
these were called back logs" and were
brought into the huge kitchen by the old
white horse who dragged them behind him.
These great fireplaceS not only Wramed
the people, but cooked their food as we'll;
the great brick oven which was formed by
one side of the fireplace, was heated with
brush and light wood, which soon roared
briskly; in this pans of "ryen injun" bread
were put when baking day came around.
Then the 'pandowdy'' or great apple pud-
ding and the Indian pudding were placed in
the front. While these were baking, two
smaller tin ovens were brought in These
were called Dutch ovens, and were nothing
more or less than sheets of metal curved
into more than half a circle, the opening
being placed toward the fire. A long iron
rod ran through the oven from side to side,
on which the roasts were spitted. A piece
of beef was placed on one spit and a fat
turkey on the other. A little daughter of
the household always assumed the task Of
turning this spit SO the meat was evenly
roasted.
After the meats were finished, pies, ap-
pies. mince. squash and pumpkin were bak-
ed then in the ashes on the hearth pota-
toes and corn were roasted.
When one thinks of the fire places Of
those days one cannot help smiling at our
tiny gas ovens where, in our tiny kitchens,
the baking is done for our equally tiny fam
lilies
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bed breathing entirely. However, I have,
hs you know. great deal of curiosity: and.
although l was just nearly frightened 10
death. I couldn't help wondering what In
the world she was poking about in the
grass for in that queer way. She would
creep along. bent nearly double, brushing
aside the yellow golden rod and purple as
serS with her funny little hands. then turn
Ground and come back few steps, moving
her head this way and that, feeling with
her feet as we'll as her hands, and all the
while sobbing and talking to herself, as II
distressed beyond measure.
Now. I am naturally kind-hearted, and
that, together with my curiosity, made me
go far forgot my fright that I suddenly
beard myself saying. What is is the matter!
II had stuck her with pin. glared at me
with eyes that shone like balls of fire, and
Dried in voice that made my hair stand
fight straight up again:
'Eow dare you spy upon me? I will kill
Soui"
nered in trembling whisper. IT was just
going home, that was all, and happened to
See you looking in the grass. If you have
lost anything 1 should be very happy to
help you find it." / thought, you see If I
gould make her understand that 1 was
kindly disposed toward her it might make
her change her mind about killing me. for,
Of course. nobody likes to be killed. But
she only glared harder. and stamped her
loot; Then. with spring like a cat, she
Sered, and, with her fiery eyes burning my
face said in a hoarse whisper:
Did you see a broomstick as you came
through the Meadow
Now II there is anything that makes me
thoroughly mad II Is to be shaken; 1 don't
care whether 1t is by witch or my grand
mother My fear vanished as If. b. magic,
and twitching myself from her clutching
fingers, l answered in q cold. icy tone:
Il have seen nothing of your broomstick
madam. If you had treated me in p polite
anu ladylike manner 1 would have taken
great pleasure in offering you new one
which | purchased today, and which is
now standing behind the door in my
Kitchen. AS 1t is I paused lifted my
eyebrows expressively and turning on my
heel walked away.
Just here let me give you a valuable hint
When you meet witch. don't cringe If
-Four knees are like melted butter and your
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had mistaken for the beat of the rain, rose
and grew in volume until it drowned the
Kissing Of the storm and filled the arroyo.
Around a bend Of the gully only few
yards ahead came wave of turbid yellow
water, bearing above it great rolling bank
Of white froth.
For instant Ray gazed. Then, heart
In mouth, he swung Scamp on his launches
and tore madly back the way he had come.
He knew on the instant what had hap
pened. There had been cloudburst on the
mesa or among the foothills. and all the
little gullies had emptied their water into
the mouth of the arroyo. He knew also
that If the flood caught him there between
those prtson-like walls he would be drowned
like a rat The nearest place of refuge
was mile and a half away!
After the first moment of wild terror he
grew calm. On his courage and GOODNESS
rested his chance for life. He crouched far
with the dripping quirt. Urging was un-
necessary, for it seemed the horse knew
that Death was rushing along behind them
He raced as Ray had never seen him run
before The wall rushed by, dim and
misty. In a minute Ray gathered courage
to glance back over his shoulder. His heart
sank-only a yard or two behind them
rushed the foam-topped wave. Here and
there the sides of the arroyo melted in the
flood and tcppled downward, yards at a
time, sending the yellow water high in air.
but making no sound above it's roaring
Behind the first wave perhaps a half hun
dred feet to the rear. came second show
Ing no froth on its crest, but higher and
mightier And farther back the arroyo
seemed filled almost to the tops of the
banks with the rushing waters. Ray used
the Quirt ruthlessly. searching the banks
as they sped by in the forlorn hope of find
ing some place that would offer a means OF
egress, yet knowing well he did so that
the nearest way out was still full mile
distant.
He wondered what death by drowning was
like. Somewhere he had read that it was
painless and quick: but that was in story
Then he wondered what his mother would
do without him to fetch the water from the
cistern back of the kitchen, and feed the
chickens and look after the hives. He Won
dered, too. if they would ever find his body
and Scamp's! The thought that poor. gall
liant old Scamp must die, too, struck him as
the hardest thing of all. He loved Scamp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Facts About Chocolate.

In the United States the taste for choco-
late is growing with the greatest rapidity.
In twenty years the importation of cacao
(the chocolate beam has grown from nine
million pounds to sixty-three million
pounds Right here Is a good place to
settle the differeqce between the words
cocoa, cacao and coca. Cocoa is the name
OF the palm tree which produces the cocoa
nut fruit too well known to every one to
need description.
Cacao Is the fruit OF another tree which
grows In tropical America, and In some
parts OF Asia and Africa. It Is from
this tree that we obtain chocolate
Coca fs the name given to q shrub OF
South Africa. the leaves or which are used
By the natives to allay hunger and thirst
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
ana to deaaen pain. From these we get

cocaine.
Having once tasted the. thick, delicious
chocolate grown, made and breTed In Gem
trail America, you cease to wonder at the
early enthusiasts who named the plant
'sTEeodromo'' (the nectar Of the gods) One
reason why our chocolate Is n inferior to
that Of other countries is that ours is adnl-
terated with pipe clay. Pipe clay is cheap
and heavy. Weighing five times as much as
the cacao. and Yankee n,anufacturers are
not above using as much Of 1t as they can
without being discovered ~
The finest cacao bean in the world comes
from Luzon, In the Philippine Islands.
These beans grow In very odd fashion.
In large. pear-shaped pods, from five to ten
inches in length. They are ATTACHED to the
trunk Of the tree by short stems. Ripeness
is indicated by a delicious aroma Of choco-
late that pervades the orchard. The pods
are cut OF with sharp shears. or with a
keen-edged hooked knife, fastened on the
end of bamboo pole. They are thrown
into heaps and within twenty-four hours
are opened. Each fruit is cut In half to
remove the mass OF pulp and seed. The
beans are separated according to size, the
largest bringing the highest price in the
chocolate markets of the world.
Monkeys, rats and parrots are the enc
mics the cacao farmers have to fear. All
three of these animals cut open the pods
and eat the beans. being quite as fond of
chocolate as boys and girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
THE MAGIC TRUNK.
BY MARY @. BURNAP.

Now. of course. 1 don't know that you
will be at all interested in what l am about
to tell you. but it was rather an unusual
adventure and-well, whether you are in
terested or not. please don't say anything
about H. for 1 am only telling 1t to my
most intimate friends, and don't care to
have IT go any further.
You see, it was this way. 1 had been
spending the day with a friend, and stayed
rather later than / had intended, so that
when / started for home across the fields
1t was quite dark. 1t was beginning to
rain. too. and the wind was telling the pine
trees something in a creepy kind of voice
that made me wish to goodness I was
home, in nice. comfortable room. with
plenty of people and two or three bright
lamps.
You can imagine then. how I felt when 1
suddenly discovered a small, dark figure
moving along just in front of me, and
when through the thick gloom 1 saw that
Il had on the pointed hat and long, dark
cloak that only witches wear, 1 assure you
my hair stood right up on end, and I stop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
Travelling in olden Times:

In the early days of railroading the old
stage travel custom of booking passen.
gers was observed This was. simply the
entering of passengers In a book at rail-
road stations, and was in ouseIin Pennsyl-
vania as late at 1910. The old ledger used
at Phoenixville ON the Reading railroad is
still preserved.
The first entry was made on July IT,
1885, when the full names of passengers was
employed. In year or two there was
falling off in. the care with which names
were entered. Instead of Christian names
and surnames some descriptive word. as
boy, Lady. Stranger, Friend or Whiskers,"
was written In 1S41. The total monthly
receipts of this road were $I45.10, which
was considered a goodly shower by the
pioneers in railroading. a8a yoq
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
DEBoRAH's LAST DREAM.

Twas one day when her mother had far away
That Betby, tired out With her usual play,
Thought Now is the chance make
Then over to auntie's plateful III take
So good natured cock let her have her
And she messed and she messed good half day
There was fudge the there
There was fudge cooks ire
There was fudge the table and fudge chair,
There was fudge Deb's dress and fudge In her
There was fudge in the pantry and fudge in the
Ihee was fudge on the observation-disclosures fudge
when mother came home there wrath lei eye;
Deb couldn't appease her. for all she might try.
NO supper you'll get, Mistress Deborah Green
You've made the worst that
80 Deb without bed a
Ana her dream imagine. quite in a mix,
FOR she d eaten Of fudge till she felt like
VI k-eolored chocolate, each layer ache.
reward morning small Debby lay quiet bed,
ana THIS dream tee the pcure) through
Wnea Debby awoke at Just morning
she said by that dream would surely warning
Sns made up her mind she'd dream any more
And with whoop jumped ON the noor
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~ NEW0
SPUZ2LES|
|GkD ~

HIDDEN NUTS.
1. hope candy Will be cheaper at the fair this
2. The bee chased the little, cat away.
8. Take the candy of the stove when it Is thick,
or you will let it burn.
4. There is beautiful and new kind Of palm on
deck
5. The European uttered an exclamation of Joy
as land was seen.
CHARADE.
My first is proposition, my second is crime my
third Is personal pronoun, my fourth is deyoured
my whole means to hint.
HIDDEN WORD SQUARE.
1. Eva never talks much.
2. am entirely at fault.
B. Only edited the book.
f. Send Sadie for pound of starch.
BEHEADINGS.
l. steep. rugged rock and leave a torn cloth.
2 light particle and leave a body Of water.
g. To talk foolishly and leave value.
4. Tremhled and leave something used In woman g
dress and in catching fish. % -
PRIMAL ACRosTIGo
The primal letters of the words defined below
spell frozen raindrop: 81
l. To roar. 2. Heat. g. To set into. a. Free.
8. Grand g. To color slightly. s7yTo excel. 8.
NUMERICAL ENIGMA.
am composed of ten letters and Spell pleasant
winter marty: Tiff 81 o.
My 8, 4, 8, 2. 2, 10 means fair.
My 1, 2, means angry.
My Z. 8. 8. means last. 81 3 So
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Wrongly Named.

Titmouse is bird. au-9 - To-
Catgut is sheepgut. z.s3 - ~ ~
Sealing wax has no wax atm s..
Blind worms have eyes and can see.
Irish stew is unknown in-lIreland.
Rice paper is not made OF rice or the rice
plant. - lug IN
Kid gloves are not made of kid. -l
German silver is not silver nor of Ger
man manufacture; 1t having been made In
China for centuries. VA 1Hf"
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If Only.

I'd like to be poet,
And / could be, every time,
II only when / had a thought
I'd find a proper rhyme.
/ should like to be an artist,
Portrait In the Hall of Fame;
But the picture that / dream of
ON the papers not the same.
I would like to be singer
And the world by storm I'd take;
If only when tried to sing
My poor voice did not break.
So, after all. try as l may,
With anguish or with joy,
III have 10 be content, | s'pose,
With being just boy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
The Boastful Acorn.

One morn beneath a sheltering oak
silly acorn strayed !
And fell asleep. When he awoke
And saw the shadows made,
''See, see," cried he to the kind old tree,
1--WE thrown you In the shaded
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
National Flower Emblems.

FIeur-de-lis, France.
Violet, Athens,
Shamrock, Ireland,
Sugar Maple, Canada,
Linden. Prussia.
Mignonette, Saxony.
Rose, England.
Sacred Lotus of Nile, Egypt.
Lily, Italy.
Corn Flower, Germany.
Leek, Wales.
Thistle, Scotland.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-19
TEACHERS BILL.
;Js6ts tsna sf ilssi1sn aal sssasss
 Ja1sen Atainss Ie.

The latest reports from the Capitol regarding the pension and tenure of office bill for the public school teachers are not at all favorable to the measure. The general impression is that 1t will he killed in the committee room. The bill has for some time been under con sideration by Judge Fem of Meriden on a point raised by Senator Phelan Of Waterbury. He held that 1t was un- constitutional on the grounds that it was not measure on which the teach CTS were united and that it was com pulsory on them to accept Its alleged benefits. It is now believed that Judge Fem has reported to the judiciary com mittee unfavorably on the bill. claim ing that to enforce 1t in fits present form would be grossly unfair to at least many of the teachers. not to speak of its features as legal nseas- ure at all. sfsc 7efif
 Another fhiHg which is considered as unfayOrable to the bill is the length of time it is now before the committee Senator Judson of Stratford Is said to he bitterly opposed to, the bill. and sas he is always acting chairman. in the absence of Chairman Paige. his vote must necessarily carry good deal of influence
 There appears to be feeling about that as a last resort to ascertain prop erly about the bill. the committee may accept Senator Phelan's. invitation to come to Waterbury and get the senti- ment of the teachers regarding 1t by having strictly private vote.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-19
IMMIGRANTS OLD BEDDING.
Said to Be Sold to New York Dealers
 for Use in Their Trade.

Said to Be Sold to New York Dealers for Use in Their Trade. New York dealers say that the lux urious dvans of the rich are not in- frequently constructed from materials which at one time formed part of the humble couches of immigrants from the region of the Baltic sea.
 A considerable part of the mattress stuffing used by manufacturers in New Yorks consists of sea grass harvested on the shores of Barnegat bay. Follow ing big storms this variety of eel grass is found uprooted and driven close in- shore in large masses. Men come from as far as Philadelphia to gather it. The grass is spread on the beach, where it is cured very much as hay is. and after being baled is shipped to New York dealers. who sell it to furni- craze of S22 ton and finds market as far west as Denver. About 115 tons is received by the New York market fin a year and most of the stuff goes to make up the middle layer of filling in mattresses for beds and divans. For long time the American grass had no competitor except from Canada. But Of fafe afioflisr sStirce of supply has been found. t a -eesizaTT ;. 4 sea grass similar to that found on .fhe coast Of New Jersey is produced on the shores of the Baltic sea and is Drought to this country in the bedding of immigrants.
 After serving the uses of the steam ship companies in the hunks of the steerage the sea grass is sold to small dealers. and resold by them to the large dealers in New York for $15 a ton.
 Many dealers at first refused to carry this sea grass, remembering its strange history and fearing infection, but competition overcame their scru- ples and they felt themselves obliged to handle tine stuff. An average of 1J0 tons year is now used by the New York mattress trade and is made up into mattresses and upholstered chairs.
 One New York firm which handles the Baltic grass received word recently from a Philadelphia firm that the grass shipped to it contained very lively colony of feas. The dealer wrote back that feas were foreign to the nature of the grass and received the reply that there could be no doubt of that. since the fleas had shown marked de- sire to exchange their abiding place for the person of the buyer.
 This incident caused an investiga- ton. which brought to light the origin and history of the Baltic grass. The dealers say that the Baltic grass sold to them is not disinfected. being put up in bales as it is taken from the i'm migrants hunks and supplied 10 the trade. with any additions which it may have received on the passage over.
 Dr Bensel of the health department said when questioned about the matter that in cases in which there had been disease aboard ship all mattresses were burned on board and that section 152 of the health code provides for the in- spection of all bedding which comes ashore. He expressed disbelief in the story of the trade in immigrsnfs' mat tresses. but the dealers stoutly assert that the stuff is sold ot so low price that they are obliged to use if to pro- tect themselves.