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her m anufacturing «Opacity tenfold
In German cities merahnWe are not
allowed to put up “selling out" signs
unless they are houaav In Mayeaee a
fine o f too mark« is inflicted for every
transgression of the law.
T h e German exploring vessel Mows
»topped on Its last cruise a t tw o small
Isolated ialamis, M atty nod Durour,
the inhabitants o f which strikin g ly re
semble the Japanera, though the
Island» are only a short distance from
Mew Guinea.
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I t is an extraordinary fe a t th a t np
to the present tim e dead s a lma l c were
le ft to decompose oo the Parip streets,
aa there were no facilities fo r remov
ing them. The prefect of police h aa
at last taken stops to have such nui
sances removed on application. The
ccet le a c t to exceed ooe dollar. This
Is to be paid by the applicant
According to a decision affirmed by
ARMS AMD TO OL 0 0 .
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Cm corss r * i u , M x a . U . » . A .
• The two country girla were on
a. ria tt to town, aad they were en-
Joying them selves immensely.
But somehow there aeemed to be a
conflict of ideas between them and
their hostess. She had strict ideas
of propriety, sad they bad appar
ently only thought they had. They
had determined to show that they
wore folly up-to-data ia social
matters, bat,— well, here’s what
occurred.
Two young fellows from their
pa<f of the country happened to
be la town at the same time, and
they invited the girls to go to the
theater, w ith a little supper to
follow.
The girls promptly accepted.
The hootess in whose charge
they were raised ber hands in
hprror when she beard of it.
" I t will never do,” she said.
"You must be chaperoned on any
sash occasion is that.”
"Chaperoned!” exclaimed oo»
of the girls. "W hy, of course
wom be chaperoned. Ton don't
suppose we’d neglect such an irn
purtaat feature as ftiat, do you?
W e’re not entirely ignorant of
social usages.”
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"Then it ’s all arranged?"
“O f course It’s all arranged.”
" I ’m glad of that,” said the hoe
lass, w ith relief, "but it would
have been just as well to consult
■ a. W ho is to chaperon you 1"
"W hy, Ethel will chaperon ma
and I will chaperon her,” was the
lagenoous reply.
For“ Cartridge, Wood
cock, Squirrel or Rabbit
Shooting the
old lady wrapped 1« • tttto ri w alkin g
along the poaaage I * fro n t o f her. T he
old lady appeared to know ber way and
hurried on w ith ou t h r a lt a r ie n Into the
unuaed room. T h e g irl railed ber ajatci
and they followed th e d a m e In to the
room. B u t all wae alien»: ao one waa
there; the duet i y h * about abowed no
i signs of footprints.
Shortly a fte r the aaine young lady
waa reading on the hearthrug by flrc-
I lig h t Looking np ahe beheld the old
' lady standing in the doorway watching
' her. G reat!y frightened, ahe sprang up
1 and, ruahing downataira, waa found
I fain tin g at the drawing-room door. A t
htat the fam ily returned to Dublin. Ona
day when a friend wae calling the curi
ous incident which I have narrated was
referred to. The young lady eery un
w illin g ly told her experiences. T h e ria -
Ito r aeemed much struck and aaked to r
M> e rv ira t» draerlptioo of the old lady.
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Thar« era »131« tenements i a the
borough o f Manhattan, ia which lira
1,«M,»13 persona.
T h e population of the tine and. lead
fields of Missouri and Kansas Inereaaad
over 90,000 laat year.
T he product o f tha potato farms in
D etro it In 1800 was 10,00 bushels, pro
duced at h coat o f about eigh t cents a
bushel.
The Bland o f Tutulla, o f the Samoan
group, which comes under American
sovereignty by th e partition treaty, has
about »,000 Inhabitants of tbs Poly
nesian race.
Some o f the picturesque features of
the cataract at Niagara Palls are slow
ly disappeartag. Uecently a large mass
o f rock close to the Horseshoe fall gave
way. Tabfe.rock and Goat island, are
said to be fia l'i' .-gratlsr.
tho Foil Narut
The Tempe reports a curious case o f
catalepsy which for several w eek* has
been rugnging the attention of the doc
tors a t »be Ilo p ita l de Pont-l’Ereque a t
DcauvUle, reports the New Yo rk Harald.
On the morning of J u ly ts last a
young man, quite naked, waa found on
a seat a t Deauville sleeping soundly. I t
naa found impossible to awaken him
and he waa carried to the hospital.
During three weeks he remained in a
cataleptic condition a t Deauville. Pho
tographs were taken o f him and circu
lated in the district, but w ithout being
recognised. On Thursday eveolug the
unknown man awoke and, surprised a t
finding hlm nelf in a hospital w ard,
questioned his neighbors aa to how
he ceiBA io be tim e . *
“B u t i t ia impossible!” ha exclaimed,
on being told where hnw aa. T am In
Pari» nnd I hare never le ft it. Only
Cares • Cold in One Day, Grip in Two,
MCKENZIE & POOLE
t h i n g s to eat and. wear”
P O R I* O R P O K O
tag eommwntfjr. D e a p a lr W ito ld flu th e
a blot upon It. Thoaa who hose Inst
h eir fortunes dlsappaaV like magic,
and while the newspapers announce
on th e ir drat page. “ Monsiear Is Doc
has le ft the aaura coast and has re
turned to his sumptuous apart-
k * t In tha ocean o f Parisian room,
•ays Harper's W eekly. But a ll have
not the eouraga to go away. Many
stay. O f each not n word In beard.
Tha oold. the rain, the fog. rain , and
death are and ought to be, according
to the annoehcement o f the company
and the p'reaa. Wholly unknown In
M A T C H -M A K IN G SECRETS. - thia favored spot. Orange trees al
ways In fiowar, palm * trees always
t o t e r a a t t n a S t a r t « o f W a d S ls e s B r o s g b t
green, and the sky always blue, a
A b o u t b y T a c t.
I f I t were sot gou ip I would write continual fate, winners, fo rtu n ate
something about maioh-maklng, not la gamblers, nobles, m illionaires, counts,
general, but In particular, now Interest dukes, grand dukes, highnesses, and
ing official circles, writes the Spring- princes, princes, princes— th a t la
field Republican'» Washington man. w hat people w a n t nt M onte Carlo.
They any official society is made up el A plstqj shot la, never heard, never
broken sentences. W ell, the pleoea are
—gossip. Every body talks it, every
body reads it, and every body scolds
about It.
When
the
Chamberlain-End too«
oourtahip began, it was by the design
and deliberate management of other
people.
Mr. Chamberlain and Mias
The summits ot them bills command
Endloott met a t the Chinese M in lrtc r'i unobstructed views of practically all
ball, and took a turn or two, arm-in-arm,
tha grazing land moat tapped by the
about the bell room. I t waa enough.
thieves, and I t la proposed to keep
T h e ir friends a t onoe began the dinners
the beams o f d au lin g ligh t sweeping
and little maneuvers, at which M r.
over the flocks all night to detect at
Chamberlain and Miss Endloott were In
variably guests. They were thrown to once any commotion In the herds or
gether doily in this way by the people the presence o f unwelcome rieltora.
who gloried in making such a “ good I t hns been shown th a t five men w in
supplant the M or SO who now ride
matoh."
One hostess gave a luncheon to young the range a t night, aod the cost w ill
women and asked M r. Chamberlain, lie be practically nothing In comparison.
flaring W head o f horam In tw o
waa the only man present among twen
ty or more lqdiea. Even th<-hueband of years w ill pay for the entire plant,
the hostess was sot naked. I need hard and the security from th e ft of e th e r
ly say that M r. Chamberlain's seat at animals w ill mors than pay operating
table waa next Mias Endicott's.
A e xp enses, m a k in g th e « « v ln g on th e
thousand and one well planned social present range riders, at 9M a month
affairs favored and urged along the ac and board, quite a respectable Item .
quaintance to friendship and friendship It is proposed to have ooe man at the
generating station and another on
to courtahiD.
>- I t was nil plain aa day, end I t waa a ll each o f the fou r towers. These in
legitim ate, but none the lees amusing. tu rn w ill beuooaaseted by telephon«,
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And now the match-makers are busy which w ill also he entooded to aa
•A
many
of
the
ranches
aa
possible,
so
again. In tha a»me way, managing a
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widower and two widows, tha three very that, should anything auaploloua OW
prominent tn official circles.
eur «van n t th e outer edge of tha
The gentleman, though not a young lighted area, aome persona can ho
man, la a “ g rM t catch,” the match
makers any, not paly on his own ac
count, hut because of his high position.
T he ladles who have Just laid aside
their mourning—*a d i t waa the deepest
mourning—era attractive women, one
younger than theothov—perhaps fifteen
years younger, T hey are not only nt-
tractive Io personal appearance, but
both am women ot fascinating meaner.
Thny are not rich, but are too comfort
ably off to a u k a a mercenary marriage.
T h e sentiment of love would hardly con
trol cith er of them, for th a t is with
th e ir post. B a t th e ir ambition .(a for
position t s l tho power that goes with IV
T h e only temptation to a second mar
riage would ho to regain th e ir old place
and power.
T h e »Idow er and the
widows are nt a ll the notable dinners,
not the three a t the same dinner, hut
the ladies as alternates. For Instance,
the gentleman and ooe of toe ladies are
guests a t a dinner. Then the gentle
man and the other Indy are gusata nt
another dinner. T here ta nothing lik e
» d in n e r to bring out the beet of men
and v o w s In attractive qualities
K L. Par jeon, the Bag Hah novelist,
la a son-in-law o f Joseph Jefferson.
Conan Doyle's first year o f w ritin g
•reek.
Mrs. Am elia K B a rr waa tha mothar
of IS children before she over w rote •
book.
The first visit o f Thomas H ardy, the
novelist, to America waa made aa a col
lege lecturer upon architecture.
Upon being protested w ith to r “tu rn
ing oat novels w ith the reg ularity of n
railw ay tim e tablet'' Sir W a lter Beaant
replied: “ W hy should not my bnaineas
be as regular as any otherT"
W illiam M orris once began a story of
Roman life, the other side o f “ The House
j f the Wolfing»," bat abandoned I t la
liagust. H e lo ft six completed poama
—“Troy poems” —which hare never ap
peared in p rin t, eave in the form of az-
tracts In M r. Maekall's biography o f
their author.
AD necessary operations m
writing, biDing or statistical work
are accomplished from die key
board of die light running, easy
action Model 10 (Visible)
FOR THE HOT SKASOR.
Even too much well w ater w ill mol
ooe sick on a hot day.—L . A. W . Be
, letin.
! When la a oold spring moot appre
I ciated? On o hot summer day.—B o ra l
Rew Yorker.
People who can't afford to summer a t
the reaorts may w rite to those who can,
telling them how nice aad enol it ia to
home.—D etro it Journal.
When a man has hla h a ir ehiagfc
close to his head everyone ia r e n in
ed th a t ha waa one« a boy, aad hi
cuts and hruiaeapn his ^ead.—h |to la o a
1 Globe.
S o tti Render
I
M r. Bodkin. Q. C.. te ll* the following
anecdote of the late M r. Francis Mao-
donagh.. Q. CL, who. says the Green
Bag. waa for upward of *> y « *rs the
recognised leader of the Irish Oar:
o f my wig and gown I got a aaae fo r
aa opinion. The solicitor thought it
a very simple earn, or he would not
have seat It to m a I thought so,
too. W ith the touching eonfiflynev of
the neopbytd, I took my poo nod bta
gun:
“ 'I am clearly of ophtloo.'
"Row i t happened tk a t I sot Io th a
law lib ra ry beside the sltver-belred
silken neater o f the Irish bar, a load
er ot unfatbomahlc astuteneea This
elder eh.used to glance over my
shoulder as I wrote.
" •M y deer young M e e d ,' he raid,
softly—we were a l l hts dear young
friend«—'never w rite th a t you am
eleariy o f opiates oa a law poloj.
The m ost you can hope to discover ta
the preponderance of the d o u b t . '"
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