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ALOKE IN THE WINTER WOODS, a Bill**; Kxplerrr's Aslrettfare* In Ihe Wlleu er wDtarte. Ktrly in 1K74 I was twe hundred and fifty nilss north of Lake Superior in charge of fifty-three men a* 4 twenty deg trams, en- gaged in exploring a path for the Canadian Pacific Railway. My line had been ran to boat twenty miles fiem it* starting point when an order cam* that I ihonld survey, to their northerly sources, if peieibss all lake* and *tream* touched on the route. Asll.is wo-jM M a difficult task, 1 left my transit-man In charge ef the main trail, and went back with a small party to " Ira- verse the water* w had paeaed. I had teen working on this for some time when our stock of provision* ran low. We were then *oine Unity mile* north of the camp where mr transit man would probably be. A very difcult, broken country lay between us. I held my me* to work a* long as I dar- ed, heping te complete the travene of the tream I was surveying ; but om*> night, when the thermometer stood at twenty-five degrees below acie, it became elear that there we* nothing for it bat to start for th ' i IUM nexl morning ia erder te get food. This might perhaps be found at some cache of provision* much nearer us than my tran- sit man's Lsmp.fer suc-b oaobe* were intend- ed te be maintained about five miles apart on the main line for the us* of dog- teams pasting up or down. When I called "Camp" that nirkt, the men used their snow shoes te shovel oat * hole over whic!, to place our tent. While oone covered the remaining mow with birch bark and then with evergreen twig* for oar bod, otlisrs laid in a iteuk of fir* wood and a pile ef birch bark with which te start the blaze. Bat when I ordered the lighting of the fire, we found there wa* but on* match loft in the party I The men were afraid te take the respon- sibility of striking it. They insisted I bourn do so. A strong wind wa* blowing over and eddying through the wood*. I took Ib* match and bent down in 1** of th* now thrown up from the camp. That wa* a moment of intone* anxiety. If the match failed, we should have to walk all night te keep ourselves from freening. I loosened my sash and my Hudson's Bay coat for an unfrozen surface te strike oo, whilst th* men iteod by as if waning blazed, they thrust bits of birch bark te it se tagerly that it was almost put out. But one paper like bit caught, and im- mediately the whole heap of blroh bark we ar* ail broke out snow was crunched more distinctly and I saw advancing two luminous balls which seemed M large as eg*;*, and of prismatic colcra. Just then a log of the fire fell dewn, and a fine bias* rose There stood, but a few yard* away, a grant mooce I He gued ler full five minutes, a* If spellbound by ths firelight. I bad no fire- arm*, and wonld not kave shot at the grand creature in any case. At a ilsgkt movement Bin*, h* uttered something between a snort aad a whistle, wheeled into the dark wneda, and I law him n* u ore. In my loaelineei I felt he loss of even the animal's tiompany. Sum* distance above the fall* both streams unite in a leng, deep rapid. The island between thi* junction is lofty with precipitous banks. A* I ought to have been on the north cide, there wa* nothing for me te do bat to croc* the rivar, or go back t* the lake and follow the northerly outlet, or else itrik* oat from the lake and make a bee- line far oaoip. There wa* no crossing below the fall*, ao far a* I could see, for the bank* were high and precipitous. To gfl back to the lake would be a dangerous less of time. But it appeared net Impeeeibl* to ere** *o narrow a stream at ths brow of the fall*. There the spray and mow, advancing broadly from each tide daring the winter, had termed an irregular ioe- bridge. In the centre it wa* narrowed to about six teet wide limply a nu** of frozen foam and pray. I bad no oholo* but to venture on this or retraoe my iteps. A* either choice seemed aooot equally desperate, I reoolved to e roe* at all hazards. If the frail bridge ihould give way, no ene weuld know my fata unless I left some trace on the bank. For that purpoee 1 cut a large chip out of a biroh, and wrote on the white wood : "Feb. --.!, 1874. I must crow this ioe bndge orar the** fall*. If it break* you know my fate and my name" which I ap- pended. Out on the bridge 1 went till I reached the narrow place, which wa* about six feet across. On it* edge I looeened the pack and threw it to the wider bridge beyond. Then I &aag my inow-ahee* and satchel acroa. Ifsxt moment I wonld have given toe world to have them back again ! But now the die wa* oast. I must go on or loon free**. It wa* impossible for ma te travel without mow-ihoe*. With a pol* to toady me I advanced, with my heart in my month, to the narrew space of frozen foam. It seemed honeycombed, but hard. The roar of ths water just below m scar ed me, and the eight of the nhasm below the fall* mad* me giddy. I felt my feet crush ing the foamy mass; but I dared not epring on the frail sir uc tere. Mv only hope was in going gently .ami euhimt ting it te no such shock all should give it by a jump. Then all was suddenly over the perilous place WAS passed ia a few seconds I wa* safe '. Now it aeemed aluno*t childish te have left that mraaags on the tree. I would have given a good deal to be able to blot it out; but crew* again? Not Probably the penciling remains there unread to thii day. [ adjusting ny snow-shoe strings for the rest of my journey 1 missed my knife, but soon remembered thatJJ had put it in my satchel after lunching. Turning out the unchmg. sat krl I Well might we, for wai flaming, while into sbeut* of relief. it wa* not impowible that we ihould have perished had we been unlucky with that match. Kariy n*xt morning I or lere<l the men to *et out for the neareet cache on the main trail. It was between ten and fifteen miles from where we etood. If they found pro- vieioa there, they were to return *t once. Otherwise they were to pn*h on for my transit-man's eamp. I would wait for them till the following day at neon, and if they failed te return, would follow a* beat I might. That day 1 wa* engaged in keeping up my fire and writing up my note*. Though the men had net returned at night I felt no anxiety. Tne food they bad left would lilt three day*. It wa* true that I had no matches, but 'Ae weather had moderated. I meant te strike across country next morning for my traruut man'i camp, and I did not luppaae skat I should be out alon* and without flre for mere than one night on the way. A* my men had not arrived next day at noon, 1 concluded that, finding no provi- sion* nearer, tkey bad gone on to camp a* agreed. My pack wa* soon made of blanket and overcoat. I carried toma- hawk, tea-can and drink ing-ovp in my ash. Then with my little ealehel of note- book* slung ever ioy ihouldsr, I started straight for the point where I expected to find my party. The course took me to a lake of which I knew something, and I diverged a little to have the a (vantage of travelling on the ice down a long bay and outlet stream of which I bad heard from an Indian. The sun wa* ol cured all day, and yet I was so perfectly nre 1 wa* right that I w*nt along the ragged coast without once consulting my com pan. A (mat four o'clock in the afternoon I wa* a*toni*hed to hear the sound of a waterfall, I'ushing on, I soon *aw the cloud of mist. Then 1 knew I wa* off my coune. The c. ret wa* that there were two outlet*, and I had mistaken the imaller for the larger, which begin* five mile* more to the north, and flow* to the fall* on a course almost at right angles to that which I had followed. Musing on my situation that night before a bla/.ing fire that threw it* light fr out among the tall birches and spruce*, I thought I heard a noise of seme one coming. It could not be my men; they oould not be back eo soon, and they wonld come from the oppn*ite direction. It could not be the wind; there wa* none now to tir the branches. Soon the sound ceased. luit as I wa* crediting It te my imagina tion, I hoard it nearer and almost behind me. It might be a stray Indian, who would keep me company for the night. But why should lie not cone boldly into the firelight ? And why should h* move from place U> place beyond lit rays Now I heard the sound to my left, and wa* peering in that direction when the contents of the latckel I found not only the knife, bat two n-.atcbes. rsh lHisST or Vrampinfr all night around some tree to keep myself warm. After a frugal *upp*r I did red well be- fore a great fire of branch** that I wrested from dead and tiring tree* 1 . To keep the fire smoldering till morning I hacked down a birch with my tomahawk, cut it into thrre long lengths and " niggered" these each into two by turning them on the coals. Then I put them all on theffire and.lay down. On awaking I found three inches of new snow on my blanket*. But lalt night'* ember* still smoldered, and I soon blew them te a blaa*. Again I breakfasted alone, and resumed my lonely way ovsr fallen timber, hill* and rock*. About eleven o'clock that morning I cam to what looked like a river about fifty yard wide. When I had nearly crossed it the ice became "glare. " The water apparently bad risen be.-e over the fir*l ice formed, had then run along the bank till it swept, away :he mow, had then been re-covered with oe, and had finally receded, leaving a shell of ice. Her* and there a inag pro- truded. I did not think from appearance* that there was deep water under the shell and near it, but a* I advanced I kept poking autiously wi'.h my pole. When I wa* not more than five yard* from shore my right inow-*hoe broke bodily through a* if a great bubble or mere acal* of ioe had been just there. I had time to throw my weight on the other foot, but there I was stuck. My right siiu -shoe had turned, and wa* held under the ioe, I tried every conceivable plan for extracting it, and all in vain. I dare not try to kick my foot loose from the snow-shoe, for if I lost it in the current I could not travel further, I dared not lean back to loosen the strings, and so haul up the shoe, for thus I might lose my bal- ance on the left foot and plump down through the hole. 1 wa* wholly miilaken, too, a* te the depth of the river : by my pole the water wa* nearly seven feet deep ! If the ice under my left foot ihould give way I wa* done for. 1 dared not struggle lest it should break down. At the end of a quarter of an hour I wv* worse off than ever, for my left leg was weakening with the strain. I was at my wit'* end when a way out of my peril suggested itself. There wa* a imall snag near, but it wa* juit beyoud my reach. 1 could catch my tnmahawk'e head on the mag, but not firmly, and I dared not pull with lo slight a hold for fear of losing it and falling btok ward It ooenred te me that I might chop away tne ice around the *nag, ana thea pall it i>ear enough te clutch. In this I succeeded tfter many minute*' labor. Now I oould pull myself free, but darad not try leit I should foe* my snow-shoo. The hold I bad enablnd me, however, to move my right foot, which I did in every conceivable way for perhaps ten minute*. Al last, when I had *l:nat given up hope, a lucky tarn brought the shoe op edgewise), and 1 carefully made my way ashore ovor the most treacherous of ice. My right leg wae wet nearly te ths knoe, bat the weather wa* not now very cold. I made a fire with my last mateh, warmed my- self well, and resumed my journey. Three hour* of precious daylight had been lost, but I managed te reach the main dog-trail about sundown. There I might have spent the moderate night, even without a fire, bot my pluck was reinforced, and I resolved te try for camp that night. There wa* a good trail and a clear moon. The line might have gene ahead about. even mile* after I left it, I eoppneed. But it seemed I bad been on it for twenty mile* when ihe trail led me on aad ot a long, narrow lake. I wa* so tired that I felt that I oould go little farthei when U hap- pened to see eem pan use in the mow. Stooping I found them te be bite of rabbit*' fur, and I knew some Indian wigwam wa* probably near. Soon I came acre*)* new *now-*hee tracke diverging from the trail. Thee* I followed about fifty yard* and found the wigwam bankc/d np te the middle with mow and cedar bark. A friendly column of smoke reel up from the peiated roof into the clear moonlit air, and there I resolved te itay for the night. I entered, with the sver las ting "boeloo" a* my salutation, and a* the Indian eti- quette demand*, shook hand* all around. There were two big Indian* making snow- shoe* at ene (ide, and two squaws with an old en* and two papooMiat the other. A bright fir* blaze*) on the "cahoot*, ' with some flat itone* around it on which piece*) of rabbit*' flesh and beaver tail were roait- ing. After the firtt talute no on* teak the slightest notice ot me. The men went on with their work, and ths three qnawi look- ed vacantly into the fir*. 1 put off my pack and aatehel, and sat for a while in solemn silence. Then I took oat two whole plugs of tobacco, handed one to each of the men, and gave my whole remaining stock of sugar and tea to one of the squaw*, whom I supposed to be the ' 'inixtre** of the bouse, 'i This called oat all round a series of "mequitche*" thank*. Again there was leng silence, after which the squaw te whom I had presented the groceries) roe* silently, and put aom* water into a tin can with some tea from one of the little bag* I had given her. Then aaolh jr long silence. When the water boiled, she handed me the can of tea and my little sugar bag, which, after sweetening my tea, 1 returned te her with the usual "mequitch." She then pointed te ths roast on the hot stone*, and muttered, "Huckate" Youar* hungry. 1 certainly was, but that mess a* too much for me, although I appreciated lor hoopitalily. I excused myeelf on some plea or other, and at* initead the remainder of my cheeee with eome biscuit and tea, dividing the remaining biscuit between the two papoose*. ILAXsX I:il4ear**ran A lrl Bare M Its Ferns rr l*essr**era. Mr. Rider Haggard i* likely te be vin- dicated by the conqueet of Matabeleland and the consequent development of the gold field* of lha", region and Mashonaland, undisturbed by Ixibeiigula's raider*. When Mr. Haggard published "King Solomon's Mine*" a great many readers thought that he had liberally overdrawn his imagination for hi* account of the (lately ruin* and abandoned geld workings where in* action of th* romance p.ir*ed. Nuw that Mash onaland i* being developed, it i* found that not only are the ruin* there, but the gold. The gold reel* extend far upuitoMataoele land, and along their extent are evidences that in far off time* they were wotked by a civilized, powerful race, who built temple* and fortresses quite beyond the constructive capacity that any negroid people has yet manifeeted. Al Ximbawbe.in Mashonaland. the state- ly front of a fortress temple rears itself from the jungle. The structure wa* evidently constructed by trained engineer*, who worked on a plan preserving mathematical unity throughout. Near by are the gold mine*, and explorer* have found some o th* ingot moulds used by those who toiled there thousands of year* ago. A* the hawk, the symbol of the goddess Haiiior, wl presided over mines, i* found in the ruin* in Mashonaland a* well a* in the Kgtptian quarries, the theory of the antiquarian* is that there was an Arab-Semitic race once in control of what is now the latest sd.liti n to England'* possessions in Africa. Thii race, they hold, may have been subject* ol the (Jueen of Sheba. Whoever they were, they were evidently powerful and highly civilized, snd held their ground by their military strength a* woll as by their in* genuUy. THE FARM. Good Winter L*yen. The moot t'lfficnlt thing te do is to pro- vide proper quarter* for the laying hen in the winter time, although some have an idea that this is a simple matter. Bnt the fact it, if the hen* are givn comfortable quarter* i i th* cold season they will lay almost as many egg* a* in the summer, and so very few do this that it is trite to re- mark that there is a failing *ome whore. Given the same food and proper protection in the winter, there i* no r-ason why th* egq production should not be as great. The trouble i* now that so much of the food digested is required to snake animal boat te reiist the cold that there is little left for egg making. Some poultry raisers attempt te make up for this by giving the hen* more good food, but tins doe* net alone reach the trouble. The winter quarters must be attended to. New the i.ens must be mad) comfortable twenty hour* in even day, and quarter* that will be comfortable for the Plymouth Rocks may be very uncomfortable for the mailer and less heavily feathered Leghorn*. The two oannot be placed in the same poultry houae in the winter and both be expected to do the beet in egg producing. A* a rule, hos-ever, the olimat* of the average [.onltry house i* nit warm enough lor either breed. We need a complete) re- adjustment of matters, and the construction of such sanitary house* that the poultry will be made entirely comfortable. It would be well even U we could supply artificial heat aod geod ventilation in thereof. Then the heat could be regulated to suit the de- mands of the poultry. But a* thi* se-mi te bo nearly out of the question it i* well te consider th* best method* that w* can now adopt. The floors and sidee of the building must be perfectly tight M thsU no air oaa circulate through them. Kven th* trap door through which th* bird* enter ihould close so tightly that oo draft oan come through. If window* are supplied they ihould bo doable one*, and all of th* wall should be lined with tar- red paper and deoble wooden sidiug*. The house should not be a high one, only a* high a* a man's head, for if ths honee) is high there will be cold layer of but torn air that will chill the bird*. Most of th* rootling places ihould be placed high, (or they are always warm compared with the lower one*. They ar* fro* from dainpo.au also. Very little ventilation is needed over night in such a place. The ventilati should be placed a* high a* posait above the roof, and it i* better to have a wooden chimney running up several fe*t, a* thi* will be lees liable to can** cold wind*. The venlilftter should be o arranged that it oan be tightly shut or opened so a* to give ilenty of air. On rerycold night* it ihould opened only a very little oo that the foul air can eeeape, and on comparatively mild light* it should be opened wider. Karly in he morning the house mould be thrown all ipenaad thoroughly aired, and just before he bird* go to roost at night a jood lot of resh air should bo allowed to circulate h rough the place. The heavy feathered ireeds of fowl can stand mare ventilation and cold than the other breeds, but a poul ry house properly constructed will do for ith*r. It can IMS regulated to suit any birds, or all ventilator* and entrance* are under he control of the owner. raver no be Male ! f AnvlbUx Paper can be mvle oat of almost, any tiling that can be pounded to pulp. Over fifty kindi of bark are employed, while old lacking or bagging make* a good article. Paper i* mad* out of banana (kins, from been stalks, peavine*. ooooanut fiber, clover and timothy hay, straw, fresh wator weeds, sea weeds, and more than 100 different kind* of grau. Paper ha* been made from hair fur and wool, (rom asbestos, which furnishes an article indeetructanle by fire from hop plant*, from huik* of any and evry kind of grain. Leaves make a good strong paper, while the husks and stem* ol Indian corn have also been tried and al most every kind of 110*1 can be ma.le intr paper. There are patent* for making paper from sawdust and *li wings, from thistles and thistle-down, from tobtcoo stalk* anil tanhark. It is laid that there are over 2,000 patent* in lh is county cot erini; the Manufacture of paper. No matter wha the substance, iho projau i* lubitAntia the itme. The material is ground to a pulp, thn spread thinly over a frame am allowed to dry, the subsequent treatment depending on the kin 1 of paper to be made A vein of mineral wax whi h reiemUle Sure butter ha* been sVhooveied by pea iggei* in Ireland. Batcher in? Outfit Farmer* who batcher their own hoge in he fall, all know the old way of butchering * very inconvenient and tiresome. The ollowing illustrated arrangment make* the) abor comparative easy. The top piece is a thick adherent mucus or cheeey matter in the throat or nvnth, stopping the breathing and making the (wallowing difficult. The bead swells and of course the bird* step eating. The remedy for thii disease is to wash the mouth olean with warm vinegar and drop a pinch ef pew.ler- ed chlorate of potash in the throat. The food ihould be left, and a little hype-eul- plii'e of soda should be dissolved in the drinking water. Kicesiive warmth is not dsir*bie for fowls in the winter, only such ' will keep a temperature at night of not lea than SO degree*. Another frequent disease i* that of the hv. by which the nerve* of the lower limb* are so affected that the birds cannot walk. Thii disease resemble* that of pig! by which the hind legs become useless, and are dragged about a< the. animal moves. Overfeeding is the common c*nse of this disorder, and the remedy is to stop the cause, riving no food for two or three) day*, but only water, and then beginning with email feed*, grad ually increased. Tapping Mplc Tree* Maple tree* ihould he taprnd with a mall auter or bit to fit tnemeta spontenow used. The barbarous and injn ions use ot the aze to out a gash in the tn es ie to be wholly condemned, a* i* also the use of the old fashioned sap troughs, hewed out of small pine Ing*. The prese- t method i* to me the tapping bit, and the metal spout* on which u a book to haag a tin pail, rounded hollow to fit the tree . o the back, and covered to keep oat trail, and dirt. The finest quality of sugar or *., -up may then be mad* by using ons of the evapor- ator* instead of the old fashioned iron kettle. The aaod that aettle* at the bottom ol the syrup is the mineral part of the tap, which, if the sap had become wood, would be the at^es of the wood. It i* meetly lime, potash, and lilira, the ash of the maple having 60 pur cent, of lime, 8 per cent of silica, and 12 per cent, of potash in it, and as the wood u made up of the solid part ol tlie lap. it is, of course, ol the name composition. And tbns the residue of the isp boiling must be the me a* the ash of the wood. Good Corned Beef. To have good earned beef in the summer it is necessary to use some precaution*. The following method u usr>l by the be*t pack- ers. Tne meat is first steeped for two or three day* in a weak briue to remove all the blood ami liquid serum. The barrel i* then well soiked with boiling hot water two or three time*, the meat i* packsd in the bar- rel, and U covered with brine made in '.his way : For each 100 Ibs. of meat take U Ib*. of salt, 2 Ib*. of sugar, '2 ounces of *ltpetr> and six gallons of clean rain water. Boil the niter and dissolve these in it, let the brine cool and *kim it, and then bring it to a boil again, then skim it once more, and pour it on the meat. To keep the meat in the ram- mer the brine most b*> drawn off and boiled and strained aad skimmed, and while boil- ing hot turned on to the meat. It i* this heat of the brine that kill* the germ* that would otherwise cauae the meat to ipoil. .x.'S inchei>, and lift. long. Tho mortia** for B B to tit in, are made 5 inches from he ends of piece, and are J inch deep,<) inches wide at bottom, by I ; niches at lop, thai only one bolt is needed to hold them together at top. The upright pluci* U B are '.V s .411 1 7 ft. long ; croenpircr, IJx'JJ and al one end this should be bolted on upright pieces, down low enough so that the beaoh will set over it. Thi; lever is.Sj .! at ntsplc, and shaved down tol| at end. Staple* made of 3-16 inch tod irou, and long enough to clinch. Clevis wherechamU fastened inmaleof i) inch iron. IV. I is iron, 0x^x4 bent, a* shown fcr gtn- brl stick to reit 0*1, while lifting hog to Fig. I, which i* made large enough to dip back and forth easily on upper piece. Hods J inch, bent to hold gambrel stick, Fig. 2 is ijxl.1 inches long, on which lever rents while luting to Fig. t. Fig. :t. j inch iron, on which levor reels in scalding, ISenoh, l!xl J inches, '.M inches high, 8 ft. long. Barrel to let in the yround ] it* length. Too Hair Small Potatoe* In far too many potato crop* the propor- tion of marketable tuber* are very small. This may result from such a drought a* widely prevailed last summer, but quite of- ten it is caused by putting too much seed in the hill. Planting whole potatoes) of nine varietiee will surely bring a crop near, ly all too small to he marketable. There are other kind* which have fewer eyes, auti if a whole potato bo planted cot more than two or three ey* will grow, the other*) having their lubslaucu taken from them to make larger growth of those that took the lead. Cutting thn potato in two pieces or even three and then putting two pieces in the hill is another causu of tmall potato**. If the grower i* entirely sure he ha* a tiong eyo with a piece of potato attached it will miik* a vigoroui start, anil in most case* produce more marketable potatoes than will a larger amount of seed. DilrMMOf Fowls- Hens are subject to several disease*, but mostly to those of the throat and the mteo tiues. The first class is due to exposure to cold and damp, or to contagion. The latter ie the result of bad feeding and indigestion. The most prevalent of the firm class of di- eaics is one known a* jroup, which i* very similar to the human diphtheria, and like) that excjedingly contagion*. It ap;i-j tr* s> Practical fointers. Witn every animal raise I on the farm whether tor milk, meat or for breeding again in turn, early maturity i* oaw of the conditions that have a direct bearing OB the profit. Work toward this all the? time. The profit in an animal fed. for market does not always lie in it* heavy weight, but rather in what it ha* coet to secure that weight. Other thing* being equal, the an- imal that is fed up to a good full standard i* the *no*t profitable. fall-en yon feed *o well that your nock make* a constant gain, you ar* losing youi feed at least and probably something,, more. Keep your eye open all the time to note any possible loa* of appetite, a* that will quick- ly be followed by a loia of flesh. Uniformity of feeding is required in order to keep the cows up to a uniform production Kvery time that they fall back a little, it will require twice the ordinary feeding and care to bring them back to the former standard. Keep them from shrinking by the clo*e*t pouibl* attention to their every need. It is a bad habit to get to thinking that you can buy this product or that, which you need for use in your own family, as cheaply as you can grow it. Produce every- thing possible that is needed for home use, and so aave the middle-men'* profit en both thai which you would have to tell and that which you would have to buy. For if you do buy, you must, grow some other thing with which to pay the bill, and someone be- side yourself make* the profit on bath transactions. The growing of etrly lamb* i* a nice busi- ness when one is properly fitted up for it. It require* good, warm housing and a knowl- edge of loine ol the finer phase* of feeding. The two items to aim at are, earlinew and good weight, giving a rariety of food and taking care not to undo your work by over- feeding. Ae soon a* the lambs are in mar- keuble condition, rush them off without further delay, as a few day* will often make an -h a change in the price a* to reduce the profit to a loa*. Ii you can raise one or two good colt* each teaaon, you may add materially to the profit* of the stock department of your arm. But it will hardly pay to do it nu- ss you have some good mare* to start with. 1'oor mare* bring poor colts, and those are not in any great demand. Be sure hat the mare* you breed are eoun.l in body and limb, of a kind disposition, )ct spirit- ed and plucky. Then if you have u*d a [oxl stallion you will be very apt to eecure colt that can he readily marketed at a >rice that will warrant all the care thatyou can bestow. Too Remote to Offend- He "They say tht the light from that star take* 230 years to roach the earth." She " Oh, in that case, I guess there i* no need for me to get offended at it* wink- ing al me the way it doc*." Rather Orerdoing It " 1 believe in trying to put a* good a face a* possible on everything in times like these Maria," aaid Mr. Billus, looking ag%iu at the bill that had just been brought in, "but it dors *ocm to me that $3. 75 for complex- ion wa*h in oue month i* putting it a Uttle too thick."