ou h saonc.
'j"li«*re’B Jape Sophia,
And Ann Maria,
With < »tediali,
And Ji-dekiah,
In our choir.
And Jane Sophia soprano sings
So high you'd think her voice had wing*
To soar above all earthly things.
When she leads off on Sunday ;
While Anu Maria’s alto choice
llings out in such harmonious voice
’lhat sinners in the church rejoice.
And wish she’d sing till Monday.
Then Obedlah's tenor high
Is unsurpassed beneath the sky;
Just hear him sing ’’Sweet Ry and By,’’
And yo.t will sit and wonder;
While Jedekiah's bass profound
(Joes down so low it jars the ground.
And wukcs the echoes miles around,
Like distant rolling thunder.
Talk not to us of Patti’s fame,
Of Nicolini's tenor tame.
Of Cary's alto—but a name—
Of Whitney's ponderous basso!
They sing no more like Jane Sophia.
And Ann Marla. Obediah.
And Jedekiah in our choir,
Than cats sing like Tommaso!
—Musical Record.
The young woman fixed her large
liquid blue eyes on a distant sail In
the liquid blue of the lake and dreami
ly answered that she supjtosed most
girls did.
"Have you?" asked the sprawling
young man.
■‘Perhaps I have," the girl admit
ted.
“Tell me what he's like."
“My ideal?” She withdrew her eyes
from the sail and fixed them with a
cool stare upon her questioner. “I—
.‘hl nk—you—have—your—nerve,”
she
said, very slowly and distinctly.
“Perhaps I have,” said the young
man. “I always try not to leave it be
hind when I go anywhere. I so often
need It In my business. Be a good fel
low and tell me. I won't give you
away. Honest, I won't. Come on,
now; you and I are good friends.”
"Why do you want to know?”
“I’ve got an Ideal fellow In my mind
and I want to see how near he could
come to the plans and specifications.”
"Is he nice?”
“Nicest'kind."
“And you wouldn’t—If he should
come up to them—you wouldn't tell
him?”
"Not much. What kind of sewing
society do you think I am? Certainly
"HONESTLY, I DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF
HIM.”
I wouldn't. This shall be our own
dark secret. I’m the closest kind of a
fellow, me.”
“I know’ you are and I wish you’d
move farther away,” said the girl.
“You never know who’s out on the ho
tel veranda with field glasses. Well, if
It's a secret then I’ll tell you. To be
gin with, he's tall. I've got to look up
to him. you know, and I'm not what
you might call petite.”
“How tall?" asked the young man,
drawing a small memorandum book
and [»encll from his coat pocket.
“Rather over 6 feet than under.”
“Well, I suppose you know what you
want,” said the young man, ‘but I hate
these lanky guys myself.”
“He wouldn't be lanky
He'd be
broad In projiortlon.”
“Then he'd be altogether too big for
a flat. You'd find him horribly In your
way. There wouldn't be room for the
piano.”
“He’ll have a house—two houses;
one In town and another in the coun
try, and a retinue of servants. He'll
be wealthy.”
“That might help some. Go on! Rut
I tell you honestly I don't Ilka the look
of him so far.”
"If you Interrupt me I cnn’t go on,”
said the young woman. "He will have
a high, white forehead------”
“Merging Into pink where It meets
the back of the neck,” suggested the
young man. “I can Just see him. I
beg your pardon. Pray proceed.”
"If you say another syllable that's
the last you'll hear." the young woman
said, severely. "If you are really In
terested you’ve got to keep quiet and
listen. A high, white forehead and
crisply curling dark hair. His eyes
are dark, too, and they can look very
soft and tender, but they flash like a
storm cloud when he Is aroused to
anger."
The young man whistled under bls
breath.
“He has a drooping silky mus
tache------ ”
"Excuse me, Dellcla, but that won't
do, doL't-cher-know,” said the young
man. “You wouldn't want any back
numbers. I know that. Cut out the
mustache, or cut It off or make him do
IL"
"He s got to have something to gnaw
LATEST IN FIRELESS STOVES.
EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD.
LEGAL INFORMATION
German Improvement Makes Frying
«nd Itoaallnw l*o«*lbl<- by Cooker.
In reply to a Kansas City eorresjiond
ent Deputy Consul General John W.
Dye of Berlin furnishes the following
The last Minnesota legislature re-en Information ixtnceruing the newest form
acted tile "spite feme” law which was of tireless stoves in Germany, says the
reis-aled by the 1905 Revis
I-aws. Dally Trade and Consular Reports.
It provides that "any fence
other
Fireless stoves, or self cookers,
structure maliciously erected
main- they are variously known, have been In
talned for the purpose of
use in Germany for a number of years,
the owners or occupants of
so that they may now be classified as
property shall be deemed a private successful. The earlier types were
nuisance,” etc.
| merely boxes constructed with double
In the pop.thir mind a disinfectant,
The last Minnesota legislature pro walls, or by secret pro-esses built so as
an antiseptic and a diuslorizer are one
vided for tiling a lien u|x>n horses, etc., to retain heat w hen sealed. These cook
and tile same thing; even Littré, who
for shoeing, within six mouths after ers, which are still ou the market, are
was a physician and should have
such shoeing. It does not seem that used as follows; After a thorough
known better. In his dictionary of the
such a lien would be of much benefit heating, food to be cooked (stewed or
French language, defined a disinfectant
to the blacksmith as he must begin boiled I Is placed Inside the box. sealed as a substance
which destroys bad
action to forelose the lien within the and left for a sufficient time, when It Is odors.
next six months. -phe cost of enforcing opened and the food, cooked by the re
A deodorizer may neither destroy
the lien would be more than Its amount tained heat, is ready to serve.
germs nor even prevent their growth ;
in most cases.
| Recently a company here 1ms
an antiseptic prevents their further de
A homestead of 80 acres (on which proved upon the apparatus and
velopment. but does not necessarily
the owner livesi Is exempt from sale dncisl a tireless stove that not
destroy them; Imt a disinfectant must,
i on execution and may be mortgaged cooks, but fries and roasts.
to justify Its title, kill all the germs
or sold free from any Judgment recov : by past failures and successes
where It is applied. Nevertheless, It
ered while same was a homestead. As puny has perfected a cooker
may not remove tile odor of putrefac
to a government homestead, tile U. 8. though on the market but a year, has tion. for it may have no destructive
Frying action upon the already formed prod
i homestead law provides that "no land already proved very
I acquired under the provisions of the and roasting ar
In the ucts of bacteria, and it is these that
heated one smells.
I homestead act shall In any even be- I new cooker b.v
heated
| come liable to the satisfaction of any stone. The stou
The principal disinfectants used to
■e, and prevent flic spread of an Infectious
debt contracted prior to the issuing in an oven, ove
I placed In the co
jf the patent therefor.”
eak or disease are corrosive sublimate, car
"I hired out to a man to work on ' roast. The box i Is sealed up and left bolic acid, chlorin, chloride of lime,
a farm and I worked six months at $22 for an hour or • so, ns required, then caustic lime, sulphate of copper, for
per month. He paid me $20 and I sued opened, and the • Mod is fully prepared maldehyde nnd sulphurous acid, and
him and got judgment, but now find and hot. In the i> double boxes all three heat, usually in the form of steam.
|
at one time One or the other of these is used, no
that he does not own the farm or any processes may proceed
of the property, but that his wife owns i without care or difficulty.
cording to what It is desired to disili-
the farm and that he was working for I The owners of the patent on this feet.
her. Can I collect pay from her?" . latest apparatus claim that the sales In
For the disinfection of a room a gas
Ans.—Yes, If you did not know that I the coming year will exceed 50.000 eons substance must be used, but to
EGYPTIAN TEMPLE HEWN OCT OF SOLID ROCK.
the husband was acting as agent for ! cookers In Germany nnd Switzerland.
render Innocuous the discharges of a
Abu-SImbel stands on the west bank of the Nile. 7<12 miles from Cairo. his wife until after you got your Judg
fever patient, a liquid or a readily so-
The chief object of Interest Is the huge temple built by Ramesis II. to com ment. Of course if you knew that the
luble solid Is necessary, The most gen-
memorate a great victory. It Is cut out of solid rock to the depth of 185 feet, husband was acting as agent and not
erally useful, all-around disinfectant
the front having been hewn out to form a doorway, which Is ornamented by for himself when you sued him, you i|
Legal Information I is probably formaldehyde, or rather its
fo'flr colossal statues of Rameses sixty-six feet high. The interior of the elected to hold him Instead of her, and
solution, formalin. This is volatilized
temple consists of a large hall, Into which eight chambers open, and two cannot uow change.
in order to disinfect a room which has
other halls. The sculptures in the temple are extremely Interesting to the
been occupied by one with an Infec
“Can a single person who has not
Egyptologist It Is certainly curious to see a modern river boat in close lived on Ills claim steady, has had to
tious disease, or the solution is added
That a railroad company owes no
proximity to tills monumental creation of old Egypt.—London Sphere.
be off to earn a living, but who lived duty to one who, In violation of law. to nnv discharge which It Is desired
to disinfect.
on it the last eight months, when he
attempts to board a moving train nt a
Sulphurous acid, obtained by burning
when he’s puzzled, or to stroke i new, “I want to know if there is any comes to make final proof, if It is not closed vestibule door until his position
thoughtfully,” said the young woman. ’ thing you haven't mentioned, for I must satisfactory, can lie prove up by pay- I of danger is made known to employes sulphur, is also used to disinfect the
sick-room; but It Is regarded with
“Couldn’t he make the crisp curling i have a complete list of everything that lug $1.25 per acre, or what would he
in charge of the train. Is declared in
sone disfavor, because it dot's not act
hair do? He couldn’t gnaw it grace burned to send in to the company with : have to do?" Ans.—He would better
Graham vs. Chicago & N. W. R. Co. well if the air of the room Is very
consult a local lawyer to whom he can
fully without considerable practice, of my reiiort”
(Iowa), 7 L. R. A. (N. 8.) 003.
dry.
course, but he could stroke it thought
“Do you remember anything else, slate all the facts. We should think he
A statutory provision requiring rail
For mixture with the discharges of
fully or scratch It thoughtfully.”
Susan?” Mr. Glenwood asked his wife. could not commute at $1.25 per acre,
"Now, don't you Interrupt me again.
"Why, yes, James, there was Annie's but it is possible he could. If any one road companies to sell mileage books th' patient, chlorld of lime or caustic
He will be gravely courteous In his little trunk in the attic,” she answered, I should contest such a claim he would at less than the rates regularly charged lime, corrosive sublimate nnd carbolic
for transportation Is held. In Com. ex add nre used. Copperas sulphate of
manner, chivalrously resjiectful to all I softly, and a far-away look came Into probably he successful.
rel. Anderson vs. Atlantic Coast Line Iron—Is often employed for tills pur-
women and devoted to me alone. He i both her and her husband's eyes ns i
SNAKE xiuH TERS IN INDIA.
It. Co. (Ya.), 7 L. It. A. (N. S.) 1980, pose, but It is useless unless the con-
will be proficient In all manly exer I their hands involuntarily met.
I
to
l>e void ns depriving the corporation tact is to be very long.
cises and a connoisseur In art and he
Great
l.naa
of
I.lie
I
nuaed
by
These
“What wak the value of the trunk?"
of Its property without due process of
Corrosive sublimate solution is used
Poisonous KelilHe«.
will be a musician of unusual ability asked Mr. Munn, breaking the mo
Last ye-’r the number of men. wom law. and of the equal protection of the to wash tile woodwork of the room
and talent. He will have muscles of mentary silence.
laws.
after the fumigation, and the linen
steel and a low, exquisitely modulated
"Value?” repeated Mr. GI oiiwimh I. en and children who met a terrible
A son of consumptive parents Is held, tisixl by the patient should lie soaked
voice. What are you sighing about?” tremulously. "Well, I know your com death in India from the bite of jioison-
“I hnte to see you have anything to pany is worth millions of dollars, but ous snakes amounted to 25.837. Be In Grover vs. Zook (Wash.), 7 L. It.
do with a skate like that,” replied the I can tell you that there Isn’t enough sides this there were about 4.500 killed A. (N. S.), 582. not to render himself
young man.
money In all the Insurance companies by wild animals—chiefly tigers: to say liable In damages for refusal to per-
In the land to pay us for the toys and nothing about (Mi.000 cattle. Every form Ills promise to marry a wontan
“He won’t smoke clgnrettes,” contin keepsakes we laid away In that trunk conceivable measure has been taken to afflicted with pulmonary consumption,
ued the young woman.
years ago. when we lost our one little mitigate this appalling annual destruc although he knew at the time of mnk-
tion. but with little avail.
| Ing the promise that she was so af
“I thought you said you didn't mind girl.”
The venomous snakes of India, most flicted—nt least where such marriage
them a bit. Why don't you give it to
"I understand—I understand.” said
me on the square? I’m no mind read Mr. Munn, unsteadily, as the vision of destructive of life may be placed in would violate the spirit of the statute
To Iteinove n Cinder.
er. All I've got to go by is what you the laughing baby face of his own little the following order: First of all cor es against the spread of such disease.
When a cinder blow« Into the eye-,
the
deadly
cobra,
responsible
for
near-
i
say.”
A homestead settler who, after th» close the lid and rub gontiy with the
daughter at home flashed Into Ills mind.
“And he'll manage to express him “I think—I think we'll have no trouble ly nine-tenths of the fatalities, and then death of his wife (lending the lionie-
finger or a soft handkerchief toward
self Intelligently and agreeably with coming to terms about the other the kralt, kuppur, Russell s viper, the stead (»erlod, commutes the homestead
the nose. Often when the rubbing Is
out the use of slang.”
| entry, and, u|sin paying cash for the accompanied by blowing of the nose,
things,” he continued, with sudden ten hatnadryas, and Rajsamp.
The water snakes kill a good many, land nt the government price, receives
“He’ll have his nerve with him, derness In Ills voice.—Youth's Compan
the offending particle Is removed. For
as we shall see, but they are compara a (latent therefor, is held. In Cunning
won't he? Well, I tlilidfc. he'll tie too ion,
a stubborn cinder use a solution of I m >-
tively rare. A regular organized war ham vs. Krutz (Wash. I, 7 L. R. A. (N. raclc acid. Drop some Into the corner
sweet for anything. IWF the boy I
Plenty of Government I.nncl.
fare is waged upon India's myriads of S.) 907, to miptlre the absolute title, of the eye nearest the temple and wink
was thinking of does not come within
Despite Uncle Sam's prodigality In reptiles, and In each district a regular free from any homestead Interest un the IM. Roll the eyeball around so
a hundred miles of filling the bill.”
the matter of giving away public lands, I head tax Is paid upon each cobra and der the laws of th«' State, which might
"Tell me what he’s like.”
that the solution may run over the pu
"No use.
He wouldn’t have any there are still millions of acres await other snakes killed.
i pass by th«' will of the deceased wife. pil. Close the eyes for a few minutes.
ing apportionment and settlement. At
Last year the numlier of snakes de
show with Archibald.”
To bring a homicide within tile stat Frequently the add moves the cinder
tile close of 1905. for example, the fol stroyed was 792.221. for w hich rewards
"Well, tell me.”
ute defining murder in the first degree to the corner of the eye, where It may
“Just a sandy-haired fellow. 5 feet 9 lowing tracts were still held by the amounting to nearly 50,000 rupees were as one committal with delllierntely pre he easily removed. Do not allow the
and scaling 150 without his siloes. I'ses government:
paid. The greatest destruction of lite meditated malice aforethought. It Is finger or any foreign substance to
Acres. appears to have been in Bengal, where held, in Com. vs. Tucker (Muss.), 7 •ouch the eye.
a safety razor regular and would rath
........................... .........
1S3.4NO 11,131 people were killed and nearly
er hear Joe Weber than Mansfield. Alabama
Alaska ............................. . .......... 36«.
f»7."
L. R. A, (N. S.) 105(1, that all that Is'
Doesn't pull down more than two hun Arizona............................. .......... 47,082.321 1.000 cattle. In this province alone 55,- . twessnry is that a r(*s<>lutlon to kill !
dred and fifty per and thinks himself California .....................
No State In the Union Ims larger o,
.......... 33.156,877 051 (»oisonous snakes were destroyisl. ■ must have followed delilieration and
In luck at that. Common dub. Doesn't, Colorado........................... ............ 80.110,586
The officials charged with this curi premeditation, and that the killing more numerous springs thnn Florida.
Florida
.............................
..........
1,121.173
cut any Ice. Cross him off; he won't Idaho ............................... .
.......... 33.M45.3M9 ous work were scattered over the whole must have Ix-en In pursuance of the Many of them form good sized streams
do.”
Kansas ............................. .........
912.483 vast area, from the Himalayas to resolution, regardless
I
of the rapidity from the start, and some of them are
156,390 ‘southern Madras, Including Bombay
“He might like me, anyway,” said Izotilslana......................... ........
Michigan ........................... ..........
with which i the commission of the navigable. The largest spring In the
323.947
the girl.
Minnesota ......................... .... 2,822,.M3S provinces, the Northwest provincesand , 'rime followed its first Kiigg«*stlon.
State, nnd one of the largest and prob
110,401 Oudh, the Punjab, Central provinces,
“Don’t you believe it,” said the Mississippi........................ ..........
ably the best known In the United
.........
149
039
young man. “He's daffy over you, If Montana......................... .......... 55.738.400 Burma, Assam, Hyderabad and others.”
Proverb« of Slum.
States, Is Silver spring, which Is lo-
you’re at all Interested to know. It's Nebraska ......................... ........ 4.481.958 —Technical World Magazine.
It hns been said, “Tell me n people’s rated six mlles east of Ocala. Tills
51
"
‘
MJ
774
Nevada
.................
a case with him. If he knew anything New Mexico ..................... ......... 52.095.312
proverbs, and 1 will tell you what sort spring forms the source of the Oklaw-
He XVa« Too Sure.
besides estimating on bridge contracts North Dakota ................... ......... 7,050.306
Herbert Parsons. president of the of people they are.” Judged In this tin river, n tributary of the St. Johns,
Oklahoma
.........................
........
1.983.249
and getting 'em once In a while------ ”
Oregon ........................................ 20,180.261 New York County Republican Commit way, the Siamese an* a shrewd peo- nnd steamboats traversing tlm river
"I won’t have you talk that way,” South Dakota ................... ........ 9.932,11.3
(tie.
enter the spring basin, which has an
.................................. ......... 3.8.847.341 tee, was talking In Albany against self-
said the young woman, severely. "If Vtah
The Menam. their chief river. Is to area of several acres. The water Is
Washington ....................... ........ 8.566.563 confidence in (sdith-s.
1 knew as much as you do I'd be Wisconsin......................... ........
51.149
“To win,” he said, "a mon should Slam what the Nile Is to Egypt, and from twenty five to thirty feet deep
Wyoming........................... ......... 87.fl23.329
mighty proud if I were a man.”
never
tie sure of winning. Confidence the elephant, tiger mid crocodile are nnd is wonderfully clear, appearing ab
“------J might get a little closer to
Total.................... v . .......... 817.527.157
and
boasting,
to my mind, always Im I found In Jungle mid stream.
solutely devoid of color.- Minneapolis
your Ideal, Dellcla.”
In addition to this enormous htph .
Here are a few of their proverbs: tourrial.
“Oh, I’ve another Ideal,” said the there were 183,717.208 acres of public ply defeat I'll tell you a story.
“A man came shooting from a "When you go Into the woods, do not
young woman. "But I—I'd sooner die lands reserved from settlement for the
A Story of (lean Nnnh.
brightly
lighted window one night and forget your wood knife." "Place not
than tell you. Billy, do remember time 1*1 ng by the gov ernment. Most
your bout across the stream” (because
Beau Nash was not entirely n butter-
landed
with
a
crash
dti
the
sidewalk.
those field glasses' I didn’t say he of this territory will1 eventually be
"‘It's all right,’ he said to the crowd of the current). “An elephant, though tty, ns Is proved by the following anec
was you. Billy!” — Chicago Dally thrown open.—Baltimore Sun.
that
had gathered, ns lie stiffly rose. ho lias four legs, may slip, mid n doc- dote: Ills father was a partner in a
News.
glass business at Swansea. This was
That's
my club, the Eighth Precinct., tor Is not always right.”
>11« Modent Bequest.
“Go up by bind, you meet ■ a tiger ; little known, and the Duchess of Marl
PRICELESS.
“I am your friend.” Bald the doctor, I'm a Smith man, and there’s ten go down by water, you meet 1 a croco- borough once twitted him with the ob
“and must not deceive you. You have Jones men in there. I'm going back to dlle” (there are dlffieiiltli'S on nll scurity of bls birth. "Madam,” replied
them. You stay here and count tuern
On« Article Horned that the Insnr- only a few hours to dve.”
sides). “Nobility is seen In the race, Nash, “I si'Idom mention my father in
■ nce Company Couldn't for For.
"Well, doctor, do me one last fa as ttiey come out of that window.'
"He limissl back Into the club. There manners In the Individual.” ‘ “If a dog company, not because I have any rea
Mr. and Mrs. Glenwood sat with a vor.”
was a great uproar. Then a figure -bite you. do not bite him again.” "He son to Is* ashamed of him, but because
sadly discomfited air In the neighbor's
“Name ft."
crushisl
through the window and struck who lives under the sky should not be he lias some reason to be nslimmsl of
bouse which had sheltered them since
“Take care of my wife and thirteen
i afraid of the rain." "Nourish rm worms ne.”
the
sidewalk
with a grunt
their own home had burned.
children !”—Atlanta Constitution.
that eat timber” (be careful In the
"'That’s one,' said the crowd.
Mr. Munn, the Insurance adjuster,
F v <>l u Honnr y Inipro«ement,
"'No,' said the figure, rising. ‘Don't •bolee of friends). London Rcra(>a.
Holding Him Down.
who had come to settle the loss for the
A fond grandfather nnd father wer«
company In which the property bad
“He has a wealthy relative, hasn't start counting yet. It's me again.'"
Old I.eproBiy I.Mwg,
admiring the new baby.
been I rum red, looked at them a little he?”
Don't Know It All.
In the earliest code of British laws
Fond Grandfather I declare, that
impatiently. He found It hard to deal
“Yes, and she delights In keeping
“What do you study at school, my now extant namely, that of Hoel I ihn, youngster Is a great deni more Intelli
with these old people, who gently dis him poor.”
a famous king of Cambria (the p rea- gent than you were at his nge.
little man?"
agreed with each other on the number
"Keeping him poor?”
I "I am studying the history of France, ent Wales!, who died about the yes r
Insultisl Parent Naturally; he lias
and value of the articles destroyed, and
“Yes, she gave him an auto on bls sir.”
950 A. D. we find a canon enacting n groat deni brighter father
who corrected. Interrupted and remind birthday.”—Houston Post
| "Indeed.
What can you tell ma In plain and unmistakable terms that
ed one another so frequently that It
any married woman whose husband
How
about Charlemagne?”
Old Faithful, or Something.
was almost Impossible for him to make
i "Oh. sir, we have only got as far was afflicted with leprosy was entitled men: '
an estimate of the amount due them.
Gentleman—Who is that talkative as Adam and Eve.”—Paris Journal.
not only to separation, but also to the bodyI”
“Now,” he said, after listening to a man spouting away over there on ths
restitution of her gmsls.
,
No,
Alonzo,
a
man
who
kills
time
| Ami every man Is afraid of sorne-
tedious discussion as to whether the corner?
There never was a circus or a Christ- thing; If It Isn't anything else It's a
Newsboy—That's only a plain, ord1- isn't necessarily lazy, but be Is Just as
parlor set of haircloth furniture bad
rood.
mas us good as expected.
womau.
co«» seventy or eighty dollars when uary guy, air.—Harvard Lampoon.
ÍÍ- / j TOJTOi )) TO TO) ÍTO i ) J 3 l) JJ ) ) j'TOJK TO