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r O «» a • •• • .aÆXijcwrep o X * <> e The Disappearance Of Miss Griswold By GEORGE ET HEI.BERT WALSH I was Instantly alert. If the cloak had dl»api»eared it bad probably bron used to cover Miss Griswold In her hurried aud mysterious kidnaping. "Describe the cloak," I commanded iu rather (»eremptory tones. "It was a beautiful cloak of blue silk, embroidered with peacocks In gold. It was a gift to me from a friend in China. No such cloak was ever made iu this country. My son valued it highly.” "And be couldn’t find It anywhere In the bouse, nor the police either?’ After a moment of alienee I asked meaningly, "Where do you suppose the cloak is now, Sing Tung?” For the first time hls eyes showed change, and an expr«»slon of wrath or fear entered bls Immobile face, was quiet for a moment and added: “It was a magic cloak, they say. son believed it, but I do not. It woven for one of our Idols In China. There Is a story that It shielded a pair of lovers from the vengeance of the au thorltles, and it was stripp«*d from tlie idol by profane bauds, but its spell autl magic lasted. Once on the shoulders of a lover, no barm could befall the wear er. It had the power of shielding”— "And spiriting away." I interrupted sarcastically. Tlie Chinaman's face showed sudden grief and sorrow. "You do not believe it," he added slowly, “and you distrust me.” "No,” I Interrupted, "not you, Klug Tung, but your son. We must find the magic cloak, and then I think we'll find Miss Griswold.” "Yes; If you find the cloak Miss Gris wold will be found too.” It was quite evident to me by this time that the old Chinaman was not concerned in the spiriting away of Hel en Griswold, but in ills desire to shield hls son I thought he would go to any lengths to deceive me. The story of the magic cloak was Intended merely as a blind. The following morning an advertise ment In the morning papers offering a reward for any one who could give In formation about a blue Bilk cloak with peacocks worked In gold on it brought me several repll«». After an hour’s study of these I sifted them down to one. This seemed genuine and the oth era “fakes.” Down by the water front on West street an old waterman assured me that on the night of the disappearance of Miss Griswold he had rowed a cou pie out to a small schooner yacht an chored tn midstream and that one of them was partly concealed by a cloak of the description I gave. It was very dark, but the waterman saw the dazzle of the gold embroidered peacocks in the moonlight. "DI<1 you get the name of the yacht?” I asked anxiously. "No, but I heal’d one of 'em give the order to go up the East river through Hell Gate,” was the reply. With a fair description of tlie yacht, obtalnetl from my informer, 1 lost uo time la chartering u tug az id sailing up the sound In pursuit of the elusive blue silk elouk. Toward night I was c onsidering the ad- Visability ot returning to the city when In the mounllglit we discovered a boat In dlstr -ss near one of the rocky Islets which arc sprinkled along the north shore of the sound. The boat had evidently run too close to the rocky Islet, and It was strand ed on it. In the darkness we could not make out the size or character of the cruft, but when we hailed it a voice re- sporuled: "Hello! take us off? We've been shipwrecked two days here." A small boat was rowed alongside of the stranded craft, and when. In company with two of the tug's crew, 1 climbed abouril a light of Joy entered m; eyes. The yacht was a two masted schooner, and on either side near the stern the sides were blackened ami scarred. A young man greeted us. He was so handsome and strong looking that I re sented the thought of Implicating him In any plot to kidnap the daughter of Henry Griswold. New York's most prominent banker and financier. "We’re mighty glad to see you." he said. "We’ve been signaling for help for two days now. but nobody saw us. We want to get buck to the shore tonight." "How many have you aboard?" I ashed, walking across the deck of tbe yacht, "and what are tlielr names?" "la It necessary to take names?" he asked a little anxiously. "Shipwrecked people generally give their names.” "But 1—In this case—If you could keep the matter quiet"— 1 suddenly Interrupted hls sentence and strode away. The flash of something at the head of the companionway startled me. In the pale moonlleht I .ras «ore that 1 suw gold peacocks on a held of blue. "I am afraid that all depends upon what sort of story you can give me." I re plied slowly. Then, fearing trouble, I de cided to adopt strenuous methods at once. The crew ot the disabled yacht stood back ot the man, and they outnumbered us two to one. "You need not give your name to me." I answered, approaching him, "but later you can give It at headquarters. For the present you are my prisoner." The mar. «»»rt«>l Kaolr n«|«d a Httl« and men. seeing that 1 held a weapon In my hand, laughed harshly. "So you have trapped us! If It hadn't been tor this confounded rock, we'd given every one the slip. Well, I suppose we may as well give up." "Yes; It may prove dangerous to offer resistance. But where Is your prisoner— In the cabin?" "Prisoner!" He started In unfeigned as tonishment. "Miss Griswold, you mean?" "Yes, Miss Griswold.” 1 answered. "Oh. she's there In the cabin, but I didn't know she was a prisoner." Before our eyes a fair vision suddenly appeared, wearing over her head and shoulders a blue silk cloak with golden peacocks scattered over It. Sh« w>iir«a straight toward us and Inquired. "What Is the trouble, lawrence’" "They’ve caught us. Helen. This man holds me a prisoner and"— "For what?" was the Indignant Inter ruption. "For kidnaping.” I replied, somewhat weakly. A light, sflvery peal of laughter was my answer. That some mistake had, been made slowly dawned upon me. and I low ered my weapon "You can probably explain your pres ence here. Miss Griswold," I said coldly. "I am open to conviction, but matters look very mystifying " "Did papa and mamma send you? Oh. ,i see. you are a private detective But how tn ths world did VOU And US? I • • e • O • * thought we had covered our tra« ks com p lately." “You did-ex< ept tor°t’. tt cloak, the betraj ed j Chinaman'« cloak' Oh I had t< use that to dieguise myself. It wa> spread out over one of those funny Idol when I walked out of the room and house. 1 thought it was beautiful und costly. i intended to return it, but this accident’’— “And your father and mother think some horrible accident has"— A serious expression appeared on her face. • "I know. They must be terribly wor ried, but wo did not anticipate thia. 1 had a letter ready to post as soon as— a»"— * "As we could get married," interrupted my- prisoner "I am sorry that I have misunderstood." I stammered tn some hesitation, "but 1 CHOICE STORIES MISCELLANY HUMOR OF THE HOUR WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT . • Good Buys at *100 Per tear. Mill« Ihe.e Lteppiluna. The cost of a school for the develop ment of good boys is thus stated by Eugeue Wood In hls article, "A Schoo) For Boys,” In Everybody’s. "It costs the state of Ohio about $160 a year for eueb boy. A useful, capable uiuu Is worth to society on the average 110,000. These 11,000 boy* cost the state of Ohio, then, say $2,000,000. Say 7,000 of them were rescued. That Is $70,000,000 recovered to society on the Investment of $2,000,000. It has been figured that every criminal do«» about $2,000 damage a year, leavlug entirely out of the estimate what it costs tu maintain our plant for the detection, prevention and punishment of crime. Each man will be a criminal not less than twenty years. That's $40,000 dam ages multiplied by 70,000 boys, or $2.so,000,000 damages saved, not count ing the cost of the anticriminal plant. Hus it paid to run this Boys' Industrial school at Lancaster? "And even if it hadn’t paid financial ly isn't It worth while?” Landlord—W ell, has everything bMB all right since you've been with us? ln^iarting Guest Y’en, ouly you kuow that when cup- ---- we ... cauie came and found uo no cup taiard in our room you promised us you'd put up some books, but you didn't. "Ob, “And you told us you'd give us a ta ble to ourselves, but you didn't." "Well, but look here"— "Aud you said you'd give us a room where we'd get the ocean breexe, while in fact you gave us one opening against the wrather boarding of uu- other bouse and facing directly away from the beach." "Oh, well, you"— •'Ami you said the hotel was on the tx-eaii eud of the parade, while ns a matter of accuracy it is half a mile ! from the sea.” i "But they all adver”— "You said the place was orderly uud ' that the table was good, yet we have not been able to sleep at all, aud wbeu ever we wanted a decent bite to eat we had to go out after it.” "Well, my dear sir”— "Yes, with the few exceptions named everything has been perfectly satisfac tory, and we shall take great pleasure in telliug our friends bo .”— London Tit Bits. lulek'u Lo«« of Memory. “ oh , i kee ; you ark a private detec tive .*’ may make amends. I promised your par ents to return you to them dead or alive and to arrest the perpetrator of the deed. There Is no other course for me to choose.” “But we have committed no crime, and you cannot arrest us,” Miss Griswold re plied sharply. “No, but you can't get ashore without my assistance. If you will come with me, I will—will give you time to find a min ister, and then If you will go with me tny duty has been performed. I might in —er—emergency act as best man at the marriage.” The mysterious disappearance and re turn of Helen Griswold did not reflect much glory upon my professional life, for there were circumstances about it which I could not give to the newspapers, and Mr. Bromley, who had determined to marry her against her private wishes, was prone to talk too much for one who knew very little about the circumstances. Henry Griswold was so overjoyed to re ceive hls daughter back that he was will- ing to forgive her for marrying the man of her choice, and, what Is more char acteristic of him, he paid my fee without a question after he knew that I had aided and abetted the couple in their clandes- tine marrlage. — Better Than th«- Toothpick. Borne months ago Dominick Maison- vitcli, who had beeu working In the mines of the Lackawanna compauy, hurried to Europe to bring over hls wife and family and neglected to draw hls pay. The other day he returned and, remembering the undrawn mon ey, made application for it. But to the amusement of the officials and his own consternation he could not remember the name under which he had worked. There are few foreigners who are known by tlielr proper names in the mines, for the reason that so many of the names seem to be so similar that it is necessary to give them an English name. Dominick may recall his former payroll title in time, In the meantime he will be known as ltlke smith, al though for a time he did think rather seriously of making it Mike Mitchell or Mike Roosevelt.—Scranton Tribune. Not the tenni Thing. "Chillum is a very original person.'' "Wbat makes you think so?” “He looked me over after my sum mer vacation without telling me that he never saw me looking so well.”— Washington Star. A Scheme. "So Gailey really had to pay Miss Pertman $10,000 for breach of promise, eli ?” "Yes, and now he wants to marry her for her money.”—Baltimore News. Setting Him Hight. Sahl He—Are you quite sure you not fishing for a compliment? Sahl She— Of course I am. The Parent of lladloni. If the earth, says Professor E. Ruth would l>e foolish to fish In such a erfonl, were supposed to have beeu low pond—Chicago News. composed Initially of pure radium the activity 20,000 years later would not be greater than the activity observed In pitchblende today. But since there is no doubt that the earth's age vastly exceeds 20,000 years It is necessary in order to account for the existence of radium at all In the earth to suppose that it is continuously produced from some other substance. At the present time it seems most probable that ura nium Is this parent substance. The ob served activity in a good specimen of pitchblende is about what should be expected If the uranium contained 111 it spontaneously breaks up Into radium. Itadium itself is continuously trans formed into an emanation, which In turn is changed into other types of matter, and there is no evidence that the process is reversible. We are tokl that the health and pros perlty of the teeth are greatly promot ed by the prompt use of the toothpick immediately after eatiug anti that this being so only a “Miss Prim” or an "Aunt Betty” would presume to object to It. We reply that if this is so the person afflicted should at once repair A Home For Wornont Fire Borneo. to the dressing room and, away from If there Is any one class of horses de the observation of others, should relieve serving of special care and considera his teeth of their fatal bunleu. It Is tion above any other it is surely the advlslble, however, that lie should em faithful animals that serve the public ploy for the purpose the highly hygieu til the tire departments of our big cit 1C dental floss. This Is pronounced by ies. It Is gratifying to record the fact all good dentists far less harmful to that a true lover of dumb animals has the teeth than the ubiquitous tooth risen up In the person of Mr. Nicholas pick, which has, as we firmly believe, F. Brady, one of the youngest of Wall pushed Its way into pretty good so street's successful men, who proposes ciety by false pretenses aud a species to see tliat these worthy old veterans of of blackmail.—Leslie's Weekly. the tire wagons are hereafter treated according to their just deserts. Mr. 1‘olitrneNM of Children. Brady will buy at hls own expense and The politeness of children is only pension off for life all the horses dis skin deep. One cannot help sympathiz carded by the New York department, Ing with the little London girl who and they will spend their declining said sleepily to her hostess at a party days on a big farm, where rich pastur she had not been old enough to enjoy, age In the summer and warm shelter “Please, will you tell me which is the in the Inclement season will never be lady what’s giving this party, ’cause 1 lacking —Leslie's Weekly. promised mummy to say, ‘Goodby, thank you very much for the nice par Cnrlous Burial Whims. ty,’ and I can’t go home till I’ve said The glass coffin in which Tamagno, It, and—and I do so want to get away from this horrible place!” But one’s the great singer, was buried the other wholo heart goes out to the little boy day was not the first which has in who, having greatly enjoyed oue small closed a curious character. There was Insufficient chocolate, was asked sharp a miserly Sir 'Thomas Bancroft, who ly, “Well, Johnny, wbat do you say?" in old London days heaped up great riches. Even when his time came to “More,” answered Johnny. die he could not bring himself to give his property away, and so he left his A Stone With a History. A stone with a remarkable history is ♦‘state to be Improved until he should kept nt the British naval offices It rise again, which he expected shortly Portsmouth. In the fifth» of the Iasi: to do. 11c had a window built in his century It aavad a vessel of the queon -, coffin, movable from the Interior, and navy. ’Ill«» frigate Pique rau ashore oi windows nnd a glazed door to bis the Japanese coast, but was refloated j tomb, and ordered that at frequent In In wbat was thought to be an undam ( tervals these should be opened and aged condition. It proeetsled to Port- | himself inspected by the trustees, Bur mouth and was docked, when It was > the latter had had enough of the gen found that the stone had Imliedded It I tieman. They built almshouses with self firmly in tlie planks of the slilp - hls estate. bottoni. Tbe slon«> prevented leakage 1 and bad it dropped from Its position Japanese Paper Making. during the homeward run there is little | The striking point in the manufac doubt that the Pique would have ture of Japanese paper is the absence lost. of machinery. Everything is done by manual labor. Factories are almost Size of «he Sun. unknown, the Industry being carried We sometimes see a huge ring or on in a small way by each family sep halo round the moon, occupying a arately. Except where the members space in the heavens so large that nine of a family are Insufficient, there Is no ty moons’ breadths would but just suf hired labor, and consequently paper fice to span It. Yet the body of the sun making families are less affecttM by would fill all that space ere we had ap the rise and fall in prices which fol proached within 2,000,000 miles of him low the variation In the demand. Late Once on hts apparent surface were we ly one or two paper mills have been permitted to travel thereon ami with erected, notably in Osaka and Ojl, a the speed of an express train It would suburb of Tokyo. require five whole years of continuous journeying before we could make the I’he Town Jsy Gould Fonntled. circuit of this orb. Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county, which was named for the late Jay A Mnn nt HI« Word. "I've been trying that physician you Gould, who was the founder of the r«!CGmmend«>d so highly to me." town, he having operated a tanuery at "Ah! And you found him all that I that place before he became either rich •aid, reliable in every respect, eh?” or famous, la a deserted village. Ac "Well, he assured me he would put cording to the report of School Super Intendant Taylor of Lackawanna coun me on my feet inside of two months.” "And did he do It?” ty, its public school has dwindled to a "That's what he did. I've Just sold paltry attendance of fifteen pupils, ami my automobile In order to pay his Its tanneries anti sawmills have entire bill.” ly disappeared.- Philadelphia Record (Special A'ori'espoieWiiee.) Au interesting controversy lias anseu in M ti'liiu. on regarding the date with' which the architects for the bouse of representatives office building have in scribed the cornerstone of that struc ture. As engraved, the stone bears the line "MDCCCCV,” whereas mauy of the savants in the uutioual capital claim that it »liould read "MCMV," and the plain propie are asking why it would uot be better to iusi-rib«- It plaiu “1905," so that even members of cougress would be able to read the inscription. 1'arrere A Hastings, the architects, are said to be resi»onsible for the unique method of Roman notation ern- ployed, am! they maintain that they have n precedent for this method of indicating the date l'J05 in the Inscrip tion they place«! on the New Y'ork Pub- lie library. They also claim to have submitted the question to Harvard and Yale universities and to the French in stitute and to have been support«*d by the opinions of all three. A Meir Counterfeit. t hief Wilkie of the United States se cret service has announced the discov ery of a new counterfeit ten dollar United States ("Buffalo”) note. It Is reproduced on two pieces of paper, be tween which blue and red silk fiber has been distributed. The counterfeit Is fully three-elghtbs of an Inch longer than the genuine. I’he back of it Is a very dark green. It was passed In New York on a subway ticket agent. Kularr'a Gift to the President. Captain Hebbinghaus, naval attache of the German embassy, has presented to the president a valuable collection of engravings Illustrative of the life of Frederick the Great, the gift of the German emperor. Captain Hebbing- haus, who has just returned from Ger many, was also the bearer of a per sonal message from his soverelgu to the president. The president asked Captain Hebbinghaus to thank the em peror heartily for the gift and the greeting. The president will aso ac knowledge them In a letter to the em peror. The collection especially ap pealed to the president because of hls study of the life of the great emperor. New Civil Hellrenient Plan«. "Jolies is just married.” "Ha, ha! That's a good joke on Jones.” “A gotxl joke?” "Yes. He's always boasted of being independent.” Well, That's n Good Deal. “I hope you help ma all you can about the house,” said May. "Yea. When she's busy,” answered Nan. “I keep out of the way.”—Phila delphia Press. Dark Outlook. Tom—I told Miss Gotrox last night that she was the light of my life. Jack—Well, what then? Tom—Then the light went out.—De troit Tribune. True Love. lie—Would you love me as much, dear. If 1 didn’t own an automobile? She—Yes, If you promised to get one at once.—Kansas City Times. A Snre Test. He—Does she still love him? She—I think so. She always listens with admiring interest to everything he says.—Somerville Journal. Dan*er. She (meaningly)—I>o you believe kiss ing is really dangerous? He (meanly)—Yes. It often brings on marriage.—Puck. In Splrflt tíreles. "Wbat sort of demonstra tions dld tney have at tbé seance last nlglit?” "Just médium.”—New York Press. Another plan for a retirement sys tem hi the government service seems to be taking substantial form. A civil service retirement association has been organized. Its members are not de manding the creation of a civil pension list, for they know congress would not be Inclined to grant such a request. What the present organization does want is permission from congress to create n pension fund out of a certain small amount to be deducted monthly from the salary of each clerk. Such a system Is now followed In many cities of the country with reference to school teachers, firemen, policemen and other municipal employees, and many of the government clerks believe there should be uo objection to trying It on the larger scale here. Civil Service i'ositian«. The number of persons who would be affected by the legislation proposed Is surprisingly large. The first civil service regulations, Issued In pursu ance of the law of 1883, Included 13,924 persons, and by March, 1885, tills num ber had been Increased to 15,573. Last year the grand total of classified em ployees was 154,093. The number of excepted and noncompetitive positions was 80,789 and of unclassified positions 49,764. Under late executive orders, however, substantially the entire civil service has been brought either direct ly or indirectly under the scope of the civil service scheme, with the excep tion of regular presidential appoint ments. It is today estimated that there are approximately 287,700 civil service positions under the govern ment, with 6,200 presidential appoint mental additional, leaking a grand total of 292,900. The Hrali'nlc Laboratory. The treasury department recently let the contract "to clear a plot of ground, When ma put on our boy’s fust pants I vow you’d oughter seed plow and sow In rye for use of the hy How that skeered Infant slunk around gienic laboratory.” This tract Iles to An’ sorter hawed an' geed. tlie south of the hygienic laboratory, an As though, in spite of all our talk experimental Institution for investigat That he was growln’ old. He kinder balked, unconscious like. ing the common ailments of man, trop At what them clothes foretold. ical diseases and surgical problems. The- prosecution of this woik calls Tt wam't no use ter tell that child That he was ’most a man for every manner of experiment, many An' that some day he’d be like dad. of them of an unusual character. Guin A-drivln' of a span ea pigs, rabbits, occasionally a dog and He Jest contln'ed. atulBiorn like. Ter slink an’ make a fuse. now and then an old horse too old and As though hls little heart was full « Infirm for much else are subjects of Of shame or somethin' wuns. the experiments. The guinea pig and An’, come ter think, tain t re’lly stranga the rabbit have given the best results He took ter pants so slow In au experimental way, and at present An’ sorter hated like ter l'arn the hygienic laboratory has several Thet he was bour.d ter grow. thousand of those prolific rodents, to I reckon some w her»»» jn hls sou! He had ther feelin strong say nothing of sundry rabbits and cats. Thet babes Is always sweet an’ right, In tlie building erected some years ago While men Is mostlj’ wrong. »I.urana W. Sheldon In New York Times. for that purpose in the rear of the In stltutlon. CARL SCHOFIELD. Isfnu« Intuition. t Carriul Wlfg. ninth I p. Knnninir the Gantlet. Get out o' the valley o' lkesolatlon. ’Thinning the gantlet.” a punishment It's only a step to the bills of Joy, supposed to be peculiar to the Ameri where the stars are shining and the can Indians, was originated In the Brit morning breaks In splendor to the mu- ish navy. Every sailor In the crew but •ic of the trumpets of God.—Atlanta the offender to be punished was pro Constitution. vided with a switch, which he was re- Mo IndnrrnirRt. <jifire<1 to lay briskly on the bare shoul Gamoetta once •ffpred a prefecture, ders of the man who did the running with a »alary of (1,000 francs, to an In between the two lines. 'The Indians corrigible Bohemian, who. however, observed the punishment inflicted lo declined with thanks, saying. “1 can Virginia aod Canada and copied It as a make more than that by borrowing” forip of torture. • Hubby (desperately >—Give me your Her I.title Composition, clothesline. I'm going to bang myself. A class was reciting In a school. Wifey (sweetly!—Oh, George, I'm so "Who can give me,” said the teacher, sorry. This clothesline la go rotten it “a sentence in which the words 'bit won’t bold you you'll have to buy ter end' are used?” one. dear!—Cleveland Leader Up jumped a little girl excitedly. "I can. tearher. 'The cat ran tinder the Snd H«-«ult nf Experiment. Aunt Ann—You think Jobu no longer burenu and the dog ran after her and loves you? New Wife (sobbing,-! 1 bit her end.’" know It auntie! I p-put on an ug-uglv To produce the largest sized young old hnt this morning and 1» never no tlctsl’ the <1lf-dirdlfferpnce._c«ul(.n)..1 the parents should be large, heavy and full Ijgeasted birds.—Farm Journal Trihdne i Gems In Veree Mothe«« Were Vol Needed. The Rev. Fisher Howe Braith of Ten •fly. N. J , tells the following st^y oU oue of New York's prominent clergy meu who Is noted as a reformer: Re eently stopping at a certalu western city where Sunday is uot very rigidly observed, the New York diviue was called upon to address the eongrega tlon of the church of a brother miu Isterial frieud. The New York clergyman was Jos tied by several intoxicated Individual.- on his way to church Sunday morning The theater box offices were selling seals for widely advertised Sunday aft eruoon aud evening performances. Th« saloons, billiard halls, bowling alley« and shooting galleries and stores were open anti doing a large business, on» saloon In particular Itelug unusual!; well patronised by the male Inliab ltants, in the window of which the vis lting minister was shocked to see a large sign prominently displayed bear lug die words, "We nets! no mothei here.” When lie arose to address the congre Ilu«ed on l‘re<-edeut. gation Ills face was very long nnd very It Is expected that some eminent grave, an<l In substance- he remark- scholars in cougress will have not a tew words to say ou the subject when they reach Washington, aud Elliott Woods, superintendent of the capital, seems to appreciate that the end is not yet, although he Is determined not to commit himself Irrevocably as to hls opinion on the subject. Meanwhile the average man Is wondering why the su perintendent, the congress committee mid the architects do not solve the problem by the easy method of going around it and writing the date in plain Arabic figures, which rural visitors could read without hesitation. John M. Carrere says that the in scription was based on ample prece dent, since the Institute of '’ranee had some years ago decided that the longer method was the correct one. When a similar question arose in regard to the New Y'ork Public library, Mr. Carrere added, the matter was referred to Co lumbia university, which decided In fa vor of the longer form. V ■ Waiting For the Train. Placid old lady, reading a kou!.. Another, whoa fussy, to Judge by ber look: Man with a suit case who can't find hls train; Offi. ii .»• duty too bored to explain. Restless small boy a-squlrm like an eel; Proud college widow with ejes that eon- geid; * Man from far west, with a napping felt hat; • Grandma and basket containing her cat; Hunter with »logs going two ways at once; Dutchman with bundles, who wheesea and grunts; Two < oloiml gentlemen, rigged out to kill; Boy with big water can. coolers to till; Small girl, an immigrant, green shawl on head; Nursemaid in picture hat. purple and red; Man with a "phis ’ a pirate might wear; Girl at a mirror arranging her balr; Lady, too stout, munching apples with seel; Freshman with bulldog and fancy silk vest; Two politicians, both talking too much; Sweet, bright eyed child, with a smile— and a crutch; Tall modern beauty, blooming as "Who in the world," whisper "can she be?" Widow, deep mourning, face marble white; Jot lai drummers a-grln with delight; Baby In arms, the most recent urrtvai; Octogenarian, latest survival; Girl doing sums. and. what Is worse, I. in a corner, writing this verse, Hissing of steam pipes, loud clanging gong. Rumble of freight cars bumping along; loath In the news stand, manners blase— "AU aboard! My train!—I run away. —Tudor Jenks. ,---------- ------------------------- — Hard Times. Let us pause in life’s pleasures and count its many tears. While we all sup sorrow with the poor. There’s a song that will linger forever in our ears Of hard times come again no more. CHORUS. ’Tis the sung, the sigh of the weary, Hard times, hard times, come again no more; Many days you have lingered round my cabin door. Oh, hard times, come again no more! While we seek mirth and beauty and music light and gay There are frail forms fainting at the door; Though their voices are silent, their pleading looks will say, Oh. hard times, come again no more! There's a pale, drooping maiden, who toils her life away. With a warm heart whose better days are o'er; ♦■<1 satily that he had been greatly pain her voice would be merry, ’tis ed to note bow the Inhabitants of the Though sighing all the day. beautiful, thriving western cities dese Oh, hard times, come again no more! —Author Unknown. crated the Sabbath day. THE H1IK.NI> TUGGED AT THK MI.NIBTKB** t '»AT TAIL. "And,” be continued severely, "1 uni grieved to state that for nil I have vis ited a number of towus lu the tu'.nlng region it has remained for me to re ceive my greatest shock ou this beau tiful Sunday morning In this lovely municipality of yours. Ab, my lieloved hearers, the drink evil is bad euougli. but I fear for the future of the town In the window of oue of whose largest gin mills Is allowed to remain thu sign. ‘We need no mother here.' ” "Doctor,” whispered Ills ministerial friend, tugging at hls coat tail as a smile spread over the «xmgregatlon and there was ail audible titter from the rear pews, "they are exhibiting a new incubator In there."—New York Times. Alone. I miss you, my darling, my darling! The embers burn low on the hearth, And still Is the stir of the household. And huslied is the volee of Its mirth; The rain plashes fast on the terrace, The winds past the lattices moan, The midnight chimes out from the min ster, And I am alone. I want you, my darling, my darling! I’m tired with care and with fret, would nestle in silence beside you And all but your presence forget. In the hush of the happiness given To those who through trusting havs grown To the fullness of love in contentment, But I am alone. I cull you, my darling, my darling! My voice eohoea back on the heart; I stretch my arms to you In longing, Towel Was Done Brown. And. lo, they fall empty apart! whisper th*> sweet words you taught me. Senator Pettus of Alabama on a The words that we only have known, bright April morning was defending Till the blank of the dumb air is bitter, tile government’s bestowal of seeds up For I am alone. on the farmers. "Those who oppose this custom,” he said, “are ignorant of the farmer's work nnd of the farmer's needs. They are as ignorant as a little Alabama girl of whom I heard the other day. "This little girl’s mother handed her a damp towel. ” 'Minnie,' she said, ‘take this towel into the kitchen and hold It In front of the fire until It is dry.’ “ 'Yes. mamma,’ said the child, and she threw the towel over her shoulder and departed. "The mother continued her work. She forgot all about her daughter. Ten or fifteen minutes passed. "Then there sounded from the kitch- en a clear young treble voice, “ ‘Mamma,’ it called, ‘Is the towel doue when It's brown?’ Halt Lake Herald. Buck, Back, Ilnck to Duluth. A story was told in a Duluth restau rant recently of a man who had se cured a position in Chicago and was to leave Duluth to go to work. However, lie got mixed up with some friends while saying goodby and was soon In such a condition that he didn't care whether he went that day or the next. So be hit upon the brilliant Idea of sending a postal to hls new employ er saying he had missed hls train as an excuse for not being there on time. When he did get to Chicago he asked Ills boss If be received the card. "Yes,” the boss said, “I got the card all right, bnt what I can't undenrlaud Is how you could miss the train when the card didn't.” Neither did the Duluth man under stand. That Is why the story comes from Duluth. He returned.—Chicago Infer Ocean. Hls Memory- Failed. Richard Golden, «tar of “The Bad Samaritan,” says Unit he once traveled with a company whose property man wag a Scotchman with a weakness to indulge In liquor occasionally notwltli standing a sincere devotion to religious principles and a compliance, however perfunctory, with hls Ideas of worship and reverence. On one occasion he ar rived at homo very late, undressed with considerable difficulty and knelt down baalde Ills bed, muttering ineo herently. "Whnt’s the matter. John?” askisl hls wife. “Ar* ye no feeling well?” “Am feelin' a' right." said John, "but a canna mind a wlr««d o' me prayers." Ost r«,rnn«. I need you, my darling, my darling! With its yearnings my very heart aches; The load that divides us weighs harder; I shrink from the jar that It makes. Old sorrows rise up to beset me; Old doubts make my spirit their own. Oh, come through the darkness and save me. For I am alone. — Robert J. Burdette. Nocturne. Up to her chamber window A slight wire trellis goes, And up this Romeo's ladder Clambers a bold white rose. I lounge in the ilex shadows; I see the lady lean. Unclasping her silken girdle, The curtain folds between. She smiles on her white rose lover; She reaches out her hand And helps him In at the window— 1 see it where I stand! To her scarlet lips she holds him And kisses him many a time. Ah, me it was he that won her Because he dared to climb! —Thomas Bailey Aldrich. The Balance of Power. We take some states, not less than three. Let’s call ’em “A” and “B” and “C;” Not Russia, France and Germany, But each a simple letter. Supposing “A" should buy a gun; Then "B must purchase more than ona; "Then "C," who will not be outdone. Must go a cannon better. Then “A,” If not entirely mad, Another gun or so will add, As many as the others had, Until he overtops them. And "D” nnd ‘C will purchase more. Exactly as they did before. And heap up Implements of war Till lack of money stops them. And this Is “the balance of power,” Diplomacy's climax and flower. If we were not afraid of the guns we had made, We should all be at war In an hour. —Boston Transcript. The Point of View. Johnny, age ten: “Tho mean old maid who runs our school, Because my sums I did not do, Just made me sit there, like a fool. Among the girls. Boohoo, boohoo!” John, age twenty; "Although our persona have gone back On old time creed of ecorchlng hades, 'Tis she al still, as there we'd laok. Of course, the company of ladlea." —Clara Marshall. All human history attests That happiness for man—ths hungry tin ner— Siace Eve ate apples much depends on dinner. —Byron. Grnnt-Who-WIII Tower. Anne, the duchess in wooden shoes, who brought Brittany In the pocket of her wedding gown to her husband, the king of France, kept the government for hers«lf, and when the bishop of Bt. Malo protested a garnet the strong hold which she built to cow the too Independent MalotSls she carved on her tower the Irreverent Inscription, Huxley's tables of the weights which maj »till be read there, "Grunt man show that the human body M who will, io Bltall It be; 'tis ufy pleas made up of thirteen different elements, ure," and the toWer "Grunt-Who-Wlll” of which firs are gaMa and tQufc,|«Fen .groguet ft remains to this solids. dav • • ’ "I want ten two-cent stamps.” said Mrs. Youngwed, “and please charge them, because I have no change.” "We don't do that, madam,” replletL the clerk In the postotfice. “The Idea! Why nop We always our letters from you."—Philadelphia last ger.