WIFE OF OHIO'S GOVERNOR. y "t- ALP a dozen years before the I j civil war broke out Dr. John -- Ludlow kept the best known flrmr store In Rnrlngfleld, Oblo. He bad a daughter, Ellen, an exceptionally pretty girl, who combined with her l.pnutv a rhnrmliiz personality, much Intelligence and that IrreslBtlblo fern lulno trait, a ready wit. In short, she bvas a Springfield belle, In every mean Ing of the word. Dr. Ludlow at the same time employed as a clerk Asa Bushnell, then about 20 yonrs old. The clerk was not ttlow to see and appre ciate the beauty, wit and lovely char acter of his emnlover's daughter. She An turn liked the young umn who drew eoda water and sold herbs and meat clnes. Love's course did not run smooth jfor them at first. Dr. Ludlow was an V. V. O. and young Bushnell was a stranger from York Stnte, about whom little was known, and worse than that, t chose prospects were not what Is call d flattering. The apothecary didn't Uhow much of an Inclination to In)' i. , . MItS. ASA nUSIINEIX. rove what prospects his clerk bad by becoming his son-lnlaw. But the clerk and Miss Ellen Ludlow bad Cu pid on their side, "and," as the novel ist would say, "so they were married." History Is reticent as to how much wouug Mr. BuslineU's salary, wuicn was ludicrously smnll, was raised after the wedding, but it does tell bow he grew to be a partner of his fnther-in- law In the drug business, and thnt now be Is a wealthy mun and honored by his adopted State in being made the gubernatorial successor of William Mc- Klnley. The Bushnell residence, in Main street, Springfield, Is a massive btructure of bluo limestone, with a beautiful lawn, and It Is furnished with an artist's eye ns to beauty and com fort In the evenings at nil times of the year the house is socially animated, for Mrs. Biislinull is a hostess by na ture, who loves to gather round her her friends that she may give them an evening of pleasure. Her admini cle domestic qualities and pleasing manners have endeured her to a large circle of acquaintances. Mrs. Hiisliuoll takes great Interest lu Church work. She also hns pronounced Ideas upon woman's suffrage and thinks the right should be extended to her own sex be yond a voice In school elections. Her jtwo daughters, Mrs. J. T. McGrcw and Mrs. II. C. Dlmond, live In Springfield, near her. Mrs. McGrew Is the wife of an attorney, and Mrs. Dlmond's bus band Is a physician. Mrs. Itushiiell's only son, John Ludlow Bushnell, is now 23 years old, and a recent gradunto tfrora rrincetou. Four children call Mrs. Bushnell grandmamma. They are Asa Bushnell and Douglas Mar jquand Dlmond and Misses Ella Lud low and Fanny McGrew. The Penalty of Publicity. 1 The true woman, the true man, with a soul sensitive to the delicate Influence of that higher soul wlthlu the soul, 'shrinks from publicity. The personal ity Is more Bucrcd than the person; both would be shielded from the public gaze. nen woman chooses a public 'career, in whatsoever capacity, she Is jtoo often compelled to lay hiiro her very coll to the Idle, curious eyes of a jeering mob, to cast her finest sensibilities to khe earth for the rabble to trample. It may be her duty to make this sacrifice, but it Is none the less a sacrifice; and though there is a compensation In add 'ed strength there Is a loss (or which no' amount of strength can make amends. Woman must always pay a pennlty for publicity. Man has paid the penalty so 'often and for so long a time that soci ety has ceased to regard It a penalty, and only when we find one of those rare, sweet souls, born out of time, that seems like a violet transplanted Into now, do we realize what man haa lost But we seldom fall to see the effects of the penalty In the life of any public woman. Womankind. Oransee and Lemon, i Lemons, with their powerful add, are most helpful, frequently, in reliev ing a bilious condition. A whole lem on's Juice passed Into a glass of hot or cold water, with or without sugar, and taken before one or two meala or at bedtime, will often work wonders for a torpid liver. Such may be the treat ment the first day or two In a marked attack of this nature; then, for a few daya, a half lemon in water will be enough at one time.. .Thereafter oge or two oranges each day will have the milder effect desired. In midwinter, nice little oranges may be had at from fifteen to twenty cents a dozen, which are especially adapted for such use, as the Juice may be easily pressed from these oranges luto the mouth, the use less pulp remaining within the rind. Grain of Ootd for the Housewife. I'rlck a nutmeg with a pin, and If It Is fresh and good oil will instantly spread around the puncture. A little Bultpcter added to the water in which cut flowers are put will keep the flowers fresh for a long time. To ascertain If an egg Is fresh put It in a pall of water. If good It will sink Immediately; if it floats it is doubtful. Sliver spoons that have become dis colored by eggs may be cleaned readily by rubbing with a soft cloth and a lit tle dry salt. To extract the Juice from an onion cut the onion In half and press It against and move It slowly over a grater. The Juice will run off the point of the grater. Fresh meat should not be allowed to remain rolled In paper, for the paper will absorb the Juices. Remove the paper and lay the meat on an earthen plate. To bronze a plaster of Paris figure cover It with a thick courlng of shellac varnish. When this is dry mix some bronze powder with the varnish and apply to the figure, theu cover with another coat of clear varnish. An excellent cure for hoarseness is to roast a lemon until It Is soft all through; do not allow It to burst. While still hot cut a piece from the end and fill the lemon with ns much granulated sugar as It will hold. Then eat It while hot. Crowd In i Out the Men Bourbon and Waubansee Counties, Kansas, chose female registrars of deeds at the last election. Miss Stella L. Strait and Miss Emma Little being the respective win ners. The salaries attached to these positions are near ly ns high ns 'hoso JV-8 pn:a 10 any ouier iW fykr ow.ra In the coun 1ii' tlos named, and the miss strait. mvcedeiit estoblish- ed In the Sunflower State may well en courage women In the West to cherish aspiration for office. Each of the wom en named had served as deputy regis trar. Both had shown unusual fltnota for the work, so perhaps their success Is not much to be wondered at. Ml Stella L. Strait, who succeeded to the olilce of registrar of deeds of Bourbon County Is 2(J years old. She was born at California, Mo., and Is a daughter of the late Cnpt. O.-Stralt, who nerved In the Forty-first Illinois Volunteer In fantry from Decatur. Her office pays ?2,000 a year. She supports her moth er and sister. Miss Emma Little, w.io wafl chosen regis trar of Waubansee County, la a typical Kansas girl. She is 10 years old, hav ing been born in the county which she s now serving. In MISS LITTLE. 188S she finished school, and since 1889 hns been deputy In the office to which She was elected. The question of her qualification for the office was not raised In the campaign, nor did her sex militate ngnlntrt her election. Her sal ary Is about $3,000 In fees. Modish Tailor-Made Toilet. Doctors Starving In France. In the Itrltlttb Medical Journal a Par- Is correspondent says at least 2,500 physicians lu France are battling with starvation, and he adds that physicians themselves are largely responsible for this state of affairs. They "have taught lady patronesses of different societies to dinguose diseases, to dress and band age wounds, to vaccinate their own children and those of their neighbors. Medical science is vulgarized in every way. Doctors write In Important dally papers explaining how bronchitis and cramps of the stomach are to be cured, and In fashion Journals they teach how to cure pimples and avert headaches. Five hundred thousand gratuitous con sultations are given yearly in Paris dis pensaries, and In this way a large amount of fees is diverted from the medical profession." Tart of Ia homey Is to be colonized with Alsatians and Lorrainers who have served In the French army. The shortest way to glory U to be guided by conscience. Home. M THE DAUGHTER. There's one I miss a llttlo questioning maid Thut licld my finger, trotting by my sldo, And smiled out of bor pleaded 6yopcn wide. Wondering and wiser nt each word I Wild. And I must help her frolic If alio played, And I in un t foul her trouble if she cried; My lap wnt he!K past rlfht to tie denied; She did my bidding, but I more obeyed. Dourer she Is today, dourer and more; doner to me, since sinter womanhoods meet, Tut, liko poor mot hern, some long wblln bereft, I dwell on towurd wuys, quaint memories left, I miss the approaching sound of pitput foet, The eager baby Yule outsldo my door. Augusta Webster. NO ONE KNEW HIM. "I ain very sorry, George, but this was really what she said. " These were the words of Florence Lnrkin to her brother. George bad in trusted her with that difficult commis sion to find ont why Gertrude was off and on with him why she was some times so cordial and sweet and some times so distant. And poor Florence had to explain to George that Gertrnde bad virtually said that he was too common place. She conld not marry a man that nobody knew and nobody talked about. He was good, he was successful, he was kind, he was everything that Miss Edge worth would require in one of her novels, bnt he did not attract people attention. Nobody ever heurd of George Larkiu. After Florence had explained this in the minutest way possible twice, George seemed to understand what she was talk ing abont. Does she want to see my name in the newspapers?" "I shonld not say that, " said Flor ence. Does she want me to ride down Broadway in plate armor and nail on the doors of Trinity a notice that she is the prettiest girl in the world?" "She did not say so," said Florence. "Does she want to see me more?" "I should think yon would do better if yon went there less," said Florence. "If all she wants is to have me talked about, she shall have her way I" And George Larkin flounced ont of the room. Ten days after, as Gertrnde Clark came down, rather late, to her breakfast, the servant brought in a pile of letters on the salver. Gertrude's little sister counted tbein ; there were 23. "What in the world has happened?" said she. The little sister cnt them open, and Gertrnde read : Dear Miss Clark I think yon know Mr, George Larkin. Will you have the kindness to put his address on the note Inclosed? Dkar Miss Cubk-Do you know your friends 11 r. Larkin well enough to ask him to come round to our reception? It is very informal, but we shall be so pleased to see him. Dear Miss Clark I am so annoyed that I forget Mr. Larkin 's first name. I want to send him a card for our party. May I trouble you for bis address? Twenty-three notes that contained such references to George I Yet for these ten days past George had not sent her no, not a carnation. He did send her a note to excuse him self from driving with ber in the park. He was not even at her aunt's regular family party, where he had begged ber to have him invited. George had whol ly dropped out of her life, and Gertrnde had begun to wish that he had not drop ped ont. The reader shall know what had hap pened. The reader shall know how a nice girl may be suddenly waked np to find that her lover is not the unimpor tant person which in his humility he had made her believe. The reader shall know how one young man got himself named from one end of a continent to the other. All this happened in a very large city of 8,000,000 people, which is the capi tal of a very large oountry, which conn try is next to the repnblio of Altrnria. This country was governed partly by the principles of the nation of Altrnria,' partly by the principles of the devil and partly by a sort of happy go lncky system which had worked very well for 100 years. In the course of the happy go luoky arrangements it fonnd itself in a sorape for the sort of ready money that it wanted. It had some ready money, which the people did not much like, and it wanted some ready money made of beaten gold. And so the chief magistrate of this happy go lucky oountry bad issued his proposals for what was called a "popular loan." Nobody knew very well how the pop ular loan was to be taken np, bnt every body was qnite sure that his next door neighbor bad better subscribe to it Peo ple went so far as to say how muoh Mr. Jones ongbt to subscribe and bow much the Widow Smith onght to subscribe. Bnt, np till the moment when Gertrude sent that unkind message to George by Florence.nobody knew very well how the thing was going to turn ont. It might be that the popular loan would all be taken np by a set of sharpers, or it might be that it would not be taken at all. It might be that it wonld be a very unpopu lar loan. And everybody was very curi on" to see. There was once an occasion when all the nations of the world agreed that ev ery person in the world shonld scream as lond as he conld at a particular in stant of time. When the instant came, there was a horrible stillness over the mundane creation. For everybody, in stead of screaming himself, had listened to hear somebody else scream, and no one screamed but a dumb man in China and a deaf woman in the Sandwich Is lands. It was something like this abont the popular loan.' But at last the great day came when, at Washington, they opened the bids. Now, the credit of this nation was pretty good and pretty bad. In very bright, gilt edged times it conld borrow money 'at less than 3 per cent. In those times when there was trouble abont the sort of money that it wonld give and take, it generally bad to pay ft on $104 that is to say, its 4 per cents were placed at 104. The different sharpers and the different old ladies, the men and women who had been coaxed tip to sub scribing in different wsya, were In gen eral sending in their bids at 10S and 108 nd 107. . But when at Washington the bids were opened, the weary clerks hearing i07 7-u.""104 11-12." till thoy went almont to sloop as thoy wrote down the scarcely vuryiug numbers, all or a sun dun a holt fell like lightning from Ju niter. Tlia reudiun clerk, almost as sleopy as the rest, cried ont: "One nun dred and twenty-five I Mr. George Lur kin of New Bedlam offers 125 for 10 bonds of the new issue I" Evcrv sleepy clerk in the room start ed np in amuzemout. "Who is Mr, enrie Larkin?" And his bid was en Lured as by far the highest bid in the calendar. The next evening every journal in that great empire, which extended from ocean to ocean, hud a mogrupny oi jar. George Lnrkin. These biographies were made nn iteuerally from tne inrorma tion given in the directory of New Bed- lam. One of them tneroiore uesoriDeu Mr. George Larkin as the loading man at the Varioties. Another said mat air, Geome Larkin was engaged in a profit able thread and needle business in the lnwnr wards of New Bedlam. Another said that Mr. George Larkin bad won his distinction as a reporter for the uress. But all persons agreed that Mr. George Larkiu was a person of great irnuortance in the finauciul community, and that he was a patriot of the first water. It was generally agreed also that his foresight with regard to na tional affairs was well nigh perfect, and that no person knew so well as be did when stocks would rise and when they would fall. "Our readers will remem ber how on a previous occasion the whole turn of the stock market was chauged by the sndden pnrchase of P. F. and L. This pnrchase is now attrib uted to the foresight of Mr. Larkin." Gertrude, on that particular evening, did not happen to open her newspaper. If she had, she would have known that her lover was that day the man most talked abont in the whole world. After this, she was so overwhelmed by ber correspondence from different people who wanted her to introduce them to Mr. George Larkin that she had no time to open the newspapers for six months. She never knew, therefore, why Mr. George Larkin suddenly attained the prominence in all social walks, in walks of finance and indeed in the es teem of his fellow countrymen, which she had guined. She did know that, two or three days afterward, bo came in to see her looking like a new man. He stood erect where his bead had hung low, he had a cheerful smile on his face where be bad looked dejected when she snubbed him. In fact, she did not dure to snnb him. She knew that he was a person of much more importance in the estimate of the world than she was. And when George Larkin, for the first time in his life, gained the courage to ask Gertrnde if she wonld marry him and make bimhappy for the rest of his life, Gertrnde bad no thought of saying any thing but yes. So mncb is even a good girl governed nnconsoionsly by the tone of the people who are around ber. It is an unimportant thing to add, bnt this great empire rose from its depres sion on the strength of Mr. George Lar kin 's offers to the treasury. Everybody saw that he was right, and nobody else was right. Fonr per cents rose to a high er line than had ever been known in his tory. The repntation of Mr. Larkin as a financier was established. Rothschilds and Belmonts and other bankers of the world begged for bis advice, and offered him places in their firms. These be was not so foolish as to accept. But he lived a happy lire with tne woman ne naa loved, and be had the glad consciousness that, by the way, he had saved bis coun try. Edward Everett . Hale in Chicago Inter Ocean. Tale Fires. Do not the "kitchen middens" of which geologists tell ns those singular remains of gigantio fires and roasted bones which science has disoovered on many a northern shore mark the site where the Yule logs of the king's fires i .. . - - .... - - .. I were first kindled? Quantities of fossil-1 . . l j j j i i i .1 l j lzea nones are emueuueu in me uiu wui ju ash heaps bones wbioh careful investi gation as8nres ns have been roasted. Hnge cooking places they mnst once have been. The bones strewing the ground after a carouse seem to have been a spe cial feature of a Danish feast. We have only to recall tbe death of Elphage, the patriot archbishop of Canterbury, in the days of Ethelred, who, although a pria oner in the Danish camp, steadily re- j fused to deliver himself by ransom, say ing it would be treason in him to pay tbe enemies of England. "Gold, bishop, gold I" shonted the Danish troops, thirst ing more for gain than blood, until, ir ritated by his constancy, tbey ran to a heap of bones and boms of oxen the relics of their repasts and showered them from all sides upon tbe aged Saxon. Elphage soon fell half dead, and was dispatched with an ax by one of the pirates. We may gather some idea of these gi gantio Yule fires from the ancient edicts and the allusions in the sagas to the all important doty of kindling the beacon fires at the approach of an enemy. Wher ever the Norsemen settled these beacon fires were established and their wardens appointed. Olaus Magnus and Snorro both prove that large trees were cut down in the nearest forest and piled upon tbe beacon hill until the blazing pine wood must bave resembled a burn ing mountain. Yet the king's fire at the feast of Tbor exceeded the beacons on the Norway headlands, as it burned for weeks, for tbe feast of Tbor was also tbe appointed time for regnlating all borne affairs. Notes and Queries. Ome or the Other. "It's hard to give satisfaction," said the new congressman wearily. "It's very difficult to tell what people are going to say abont you," assented bis wife. "Yes. But it's pretty sure to be one cf two things they'll either say you're extremely ordinary or else that you're a freak." Washington Star. INDIAN GIRLS A3 TEACHERS. Graduates of Philadelphia Normal School, They Take I'mltlons In the West. Lnnv Gordon and June Eyre, tho young Indian girls who received diplo mus lust June with the companions with whom they hud marched shoulder to shnnlder thronub throo years at the Girls' High school, und whose names wore entered with tholr classmates ut the Normal school lust September, bade goodhy to the bouutiful school ut Thir teenth and Spring Gurden streets yester duy to tuke appointments as teachers in Indiun government schools of the fur west. The two girls have very pretty Indian names and interesting histories. Win- cincnla (Miss Gordon) is tall and lithe, with refined, interesting fenturos and a retiriug manner. She is of the Sioux nation and came from South Dakota when abont 10 years old and has been living at the Lincoln institntiou. She received a thorough preparatory course JANE ETRB. at the U. S. Grant school, which waa also attended by Miss Eyre. The latter's name in the Indian language is Chitah kah. Miss Eyre is from the Pawnee tribe, in Indian Territory, where she at tended a reservation school prior to go ing to Carlisle in 1883. Sjie was a stu dent of the U. S. Grant school with Miss Gordon, and both entered the High school and completed the course to gether. Miss Eyro goes to Kansas to become an assistant teacher at the Pottawato mie Agency boarding school. Miss Gor don has been appointed a teacher in tho Fort Peck Agency boarding school, Montana. They are t lie first of their race whom the Normal school sends buck to become teachers of their own people. The two girls were very much affected at parting with the teachers, and when tbey left the school carried with them very sad young laoes. fhnadoiphia Times. Definition of a Good Wife. Following is the letter that won the New York World prize for the best an swer to "What constitntes the best and most contented wife?" The best and most contented wife is one who has marched in line with wago ear jers through every stage of mental and physical tiredness ; who from the severely practical standpoint of experi ence in earning a dollar has learned the valne of it ; whose contact with the out side world has broadened her sympathy and general knowledge ; who has been denied core and consideration, and who, though earning enough of a salary, per haps, to partially satisfy her taste for the beautiful in life, in art or study, i.i allowed no time for anything bnt an in satiable longing for the same. To snob. i a woman the care and protection of a husband and tbe shelter of a home are a heaven. Any womanly woman from out the ranks of the business world will prove by a lifetime of devotion and helpfulness her appreciation of and her fitness for domestio life if her hnsband be half worthy. Mrs. E. Van P. Cum mings. Miss Mary Lord Drake. Iowa's "first lady of the land," Miss Mary Lord Drake, bids fair to be a sno- A ; . I ,L. 1 . ;1 cess as the mistress of the gubernatorial Mnnatnft Tlai. fafhai Dnirornnr 17vnnr.t(l ,uu,"i Marion Drake, is a widower, and this daughter is his only unmarried child. She is cultivated and dignified. More over, she has no whims. "No, I haven't any particular fad. I am not a girl of fads. I like all good things," she said to some one who ask ed her if she was making a collection of anything, or bad any hobby that she would undertake to popularize. She is an extensive reader in nearly ail liter ary lines, especially with current maga zines, and she keeps np to the times in the newspapers. Her devotion to her fa ther is so deep that she strives to keep pace with him in everything that he does, and she thorongbly understands and sympathizes with him, taking tbe place, to a very large extent, of her mother. She Gave Him Ber Note. A yonth who has worked in an Au gusta store long enough to absorb tbe idea that he is a business man was asked by bis sister for a loan of 50 cents a few days ago. He insisted that she should give him a note for it. This she did, and he, in his hurry, pocketed it with out reading. When be thought it time for her to pay tbe debt, he spoke of it. She replied that it wasn't convenient for her to do so. "But I have yonr note," he said. -. He polled it from his pocket, and on reading fonnd out that, for value received, she promised to pay 60 cents "when convenient." Chicago Inter Ocean. Winnie Davis. Miss Varina Annie Jefferson Davis, better known as Winnie Davis, will, it is reported, make New York ber perma nent residence and literature her profes sion. She has displayed considerable ability in essays and fiction and has a very well written story in a current magazine. The ability to write short stories in first class style is exceedingly rare, and if Miss Davis can keep sp the successes she haa already made she has a bright future for her literary career. Now the timid, doubting suitor, By Professor Itocntgeu's art, May, before he speuks, discover If she has a marble heart k-Indiauapolis Journal. "Am so glad you had tbe doctor; did be rellove you?" "Yes; of $20." Bos ton Courier. Teacher What was Joan of Are maid of? Bright Pupil Made of dust. Boston Transcript. Elsie My huBlmud Is very bard to please. Louise He must have chang ed considerably since be married you. New York Herald. "How many people will this car eat?" Inquired the loquacious passen ger. "Women or men?' asked the con ductor. Chicago Evening Post There was once a professor who, be ing asked what be knew upon a certain subject, replied, "Nothing; I have not even lectured on it." Argonaut. "Do you bcllove In luck?" "I should say so; snow last night blew off my neighbor's walk and drifted to tbe full length of mine!" Chicago Record. "Will you be my wife, Frauleln Paula, and make me happy?" "I am sorry, Doctor, but I should like to be happy myself." Ilumorlstlsche Blaet ter. Willie I know Bister would be glad to go skating with you. IMugway What makes you think so? "She says she haa been dying all winter to have you break the ice." Life. "You're the only doctor who advises me to stay at home. All the others say I ought to go to a winter reRort." "I suppose they have all the patients they want." Fllegende Blaetter. . Willie What's the matter with your nose, Bobby? Bobby Tommy Hlggln hot ham an' me hnd a fight in school about some marbles. Willie Who got 'em? Bobby Teacher. Judge. Lawyer (a few years hence) Make your mind easy. The jury will disa gree. Prisoner Sure? Lawyer I know It Two of the members are man and wife. New York Dispatch. "Dad, what's a running account?" "It's an open account with a dry goods store, my son, which keeps your moth er running down-town all tbe time to buy something." Louisville Courier Journal. She He whistled as he went for want of thought. Of course it was a boy. You wouldn't find a girl whistling for want of thought He No; she wouldn't whistle; she'd talk. Indian apolis Journal. "Man wants but little here below" So runs the good old song; If he but advertises, though, He doeon't want that long. Printers' Ink. He Oh, dear! t wish I could get hold of some biscuits like mother used to make for me! She And I wish I could get some gpod clothes like father used to buy for me. Indianapolis Jour Sal. , "I wish those electric sleighs were in use in Pittsburg," remarked Miss Point Breeze to Mlsg Schenley Park. "Why?" "I understand they can be guided by the feet alone." Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph. Charles Really, I think that Miss Gray takes a good deal of Interest in me. Henry But you should remem ber that where tbe interest Is large the security Is apt to be pretty poor. Bos ton Transcript. "Ah! that's a great strain!" exclaimed tbe tenor, who was exercising his voice In his bedroom. "A great strain it Is," replied his room-mate, "on those who have to listen to it" Pittsburg Chron-lcle-Telegraph. WVll let these "barons" do their will, Nor try to thwart their little game, If, when the price of coal goes up, The mercury will do the same. Washington Star. Susy Say, auntie, dear, you're an old maid, aren't you? Aunt Emma (hesi tatingly) Certainly, Susy; but It is not nice of you to ask such a question. Susy Now, don't be vexed, auntie; I know It isn't your fault Herrledener Laubfrosch. "What is the trouble between Ax lelgh and his wife?" "Only a little family jar. He was saying that he would give anything If he conld have a wheel, and she suggested that he might take one of those be had In his head." "I am going to propose to Miss Jln kles," said Whyklns, thoughtfully. "Has she given you any encourage-1 mem?" "fshould say so. Why, she is afraid I am pending too much mon ey for bouquets and matinee tickets." Washington Star. Mother Now, Willie, you've been eating mince pies till you've made yourself lit I shall have to send for the .doctor. Willie I say, If you are sending for tbe doctor may I have an other mince pie? It won't make any difference, yon know. Moonshine. "Excuse me, Mr. Barnothlng," said the London lady to ber very wealthy acquaintance, "but Isn't mining very Interesting?" "Very, ma'am." "I am very Ignorant on that score. Tell me, do diamonds come in quartz?" "Oh, I suppose some people that work on a small scale get 'em that way; but I ba-1 'em comln' In gallons, ma'am." Wash ington Star.