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Show 'f Hay. floiaeltnies the wetld la eesay, li a dlsay o am 1. Mr brain l twirling- all atoms!. And whyf 1 know net why Semetlilna inakta me haftey, hst t II? I ilo net ears. 1 know thai I m hpry And sit the world Is tsif. (temethtna brlnKa me aarrow, Why la II I am not cladt I know that my heart Is heavy-Tbe heavy-Tbe world Itarlf la sad New listen to my eidrwet, ly soulful, sulirn eeyi Hut nature hss Its clsdfteei Its syinpathlslng sllh Uwtrt nature's pmtllnr with ma, Hweet nature a sun baa awl! Oh my you're smlllna wlis us Oh, say eur seul hss flt John Davenpetl CConner. Oilrlili I'raiiitrs. Ostrich feathers have been utad for personal adornment from tlmo Immemorial, Imme-morial, alike by aavage foi and clvl-Hied clvl-Hied man, both In battle and the courts of kings, At the present time, and for some hundreds of fears probably, prob-ably, no court lady's toilet would be tonsldcrcd complete without the headdress head-dress of nodding oatrlch plumes. In tbe paat oatrlch feathers re a luxury that only the wealthy could afford, be-cause be-cause tbo feathera could be obtained onlyJiy hunting the birds In their wild state. sejdjjjissn Hut ilnco ostriches have bWU reared I artificially, the value ot tha feather has much dccrcaaeJ, at the unio tlmo the vatuo of tho feathers ot the domesticated domestica-ted ostrich la much leu than that or i the feathera' ot the wild bird Kew wild natrlchra now exist, nnd thoao only north of tbe Vnal aid Oranco rivers tn fiouth Africa. Oetrkites btlong to that genua ot blrda called struthlo. Ihe nnmo struthlo has irfercnce to tho fact that thla order ot tlrda bao undovel-' undovel-' oped or rudlmenta7 wings, tho wlnga belug abaolutely oielesa for (lying I When running tbe oitrlch spreads out Its feathery atumpl and uses them as satis to steady It la this way It laablo I to greatly accelerate tho rato at which It runs, nnd they ro also ot use In enabling tho bird to twist nnd turn I with extraordinary sxtllty. Tho speed ! with which ostrlchu can run la almoii .Incredible! they are ablo to o or take j tbo swiftest bone. IH.h.Mhlnr. Few women bata the courage nfter dinner, when the diy Is done, to wnah dlabea That Is drudgery. It means putting the cups ind saucers, plates, I 'altera and vegetable dishes Into a big pan of hot auds, rubbing them with a i 'ish cloth, setting them to drain, and wiping each piece wltn & towel Noh's uiroa dishes were cleaned In tho sime way and probably Koah'a wife lament-d lament-d her reddened and roughened hands aa the wives of less dlatlngulshed men have done ever since I'rnbably, too, she found that her beat pieces of tableware table-ware got scratched In tho process or slipped out of her soipy hands and smashed to bits. If any ot ber daughters havo bothered both-ered their heads much It has been to mighty little purpose, seeing that they have not greatly Improved tho process. Men that keep hrtels, though, found that the bill tor broken china was ruinous ruin-ous flu est Instated upon being corvrd upon flue porcelain, nnd refused to cat from alaba of Ironatone, so aome way out had to bo found. A machine was Invented, rnpablo ot being operated by anrbody, and that could bo trusted to wash thoroughly, rinse nnd dty tho moat dellcato ware without chlppagn or breakage, nil at tho rate of C.000 pieces an hour, aaya Atnalco'a Maga-tine. Maga-tine. Think what nn nrmy of dishwashers such a machine mutt displace, and what an economy It must bcl Tor not only Is tho hatclkeeper rid of tho se-ceseltr se-ceseltr ot giving standing room and subsistence to that army, but of providing pro-viding captalna and gencrala for It, and of enduring the damage that It must Inflict upon friend nnd foe alike, after the fashion of alt armies. ULOUHE OF BILK. Illouse of white china silk handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, with little tucked vest of the same color, and double collar with Its sailor's knot giving distinction. Ko Cunnrit IlixKtt for lllnv. "Your majesty," said the elite! cook timidly to the cnnnlbul king, "the now missionary Is enveloped In a complete suit of nrtnor from head to foot." "Then aend him nwuy." returned his majesty Indifferently. "I nover could bear tinned gooda " |