V. K. R.?Wash the khaki clean, then soap well, using water in which has been dissolved about one-fourth pound to the gallon of soda; the soap solution should fill the fabric through, then, without rinsing, the canvas should be soaked and rubbed in the following solution: sulphate of aluminum, ten parts (alum will do); sulphate of copper, one part, water, 100 parts; strong vinegar, ten parts. Rinse well and dry. The fabric will be waterproof.

Two Girls.
Why do preachers say so much against drunkenness and so little against gluttony? Why are there more advertisements of patent medicines for the ills of the stomach than of whisky? ANXIOUS.

We do not know, unless the former is by far the more common and the more disastrous practice. We do not know that what you suggest is true. If it be, the reason lies in the fact that great numbers of people believe they are afflicted in the region of that interesting mechanism which you mention, and are supposed by the advertisers to be willing to try anything once.

"In framing his note," says the Fredericksburg Star, "General Carranza seems to have overlooked the fact that William Jennings Bryan is no longer Secretary of State." He has discovered his mistake before now. 