PQORIIOUSE BY MARY CHAPTER H.-Cootioued.)' At last Frank, pulling th old bio Jacket from nnder hit head and passing It to Mary, uil: "Take It to Bill Bender he offered m a shilling for it, and shilling will buy milk for Allie and crack er for mother take it." "No, Franky," answered Mary, "yoa would bare no pillow; besides, I've got aometning more valuable, which i can ' aell. I'rt kept It long, but it must go to keep us from starving and she held to view the (olden locket which Ueorge Morels ml had thrown around her neck. "You ahan't aell that." aaid Frank. "Ton miist keep ft to remember George; and then, too. yon may want it mora noma otner time." Mary finally yielded tha point, - and gathering up the crumpled jacket atarted In quest of Billy Bender. Ha waa a kind-hearted boy, two years alder than Frank, whom he had often befriended and shielded from the jeera of their com panion. Ha did not want the jacket, tor It waa a riat deal too small; and It waa only In reply to a proposal from Frank that be should buy it that he bad casual ly offered him shilling. But now, when ha aaw the garment, and learned why it waa sent, ha immediately drew from his old leather wallet a quarter, all tha money he had In tha world, and giving It to Mary, bade her keep it, a aha would ead It all. Half an hour after a cooling orange waa held to Frank's parched lips, and Mary aaid, "Drink, brother; I've got two more, beside some milk and bread." but tha ear aha addressed waa deaf and the eya dim with tha fast-falling shadow of death. ".Mother! mother!" cried tha lit tie girl. "Franky won't drink, and hia forehead ia all sweat. Mrs. Howard had been much worse that day, but agony made her atrong. Springing to bis aide, she wiped from his brow the cold moisture which had so alarmed her daughter, chafed hia handa and feet, and bathed hi head, un til h seemed better and fell asleep. Fast the shades of night came on, and when all was dark In the sick room Mary sobbed out, "We hare no candle, moth er, and If 1 go for one, and ha should die " The sound of her voice aroused Frank, and feeling for his sister's hand, ha said, "Don't go, Mary; don't leav ma the moon ia shining bright, and I guess I can find my way to God Just as well Nine ten eleven and then through the dingy windowa the silvery moonlight fell, aa if Indeed to light the way of the early lost to heaven. Mary had drawn her mother's lounge to the aide of the trundle bed, and in a state of almost per fect exhaustion Mrs. Howard lay gasp ing for breath, while Mary, aa it con scious of the dread reality about to oc cur, knelt by her side. Once Mrs. How ard laid her hands on Mary's bead, and prayed that she might be preserved and kept from harm by the God of the or phan, and that the sin of disobedience resting on her own head might not be visited upon her child. After a time a troubled sleep came up on her and she slept until roused by s low sob. liaising herself up, she looked anxiously toward her children. The moonbeams fell upon the white, placid face of Frank, who seemed calmly sleep lug, while ovesr htm Mary bent, pushing back from his forehead the thick clus tering curls, snd striving bard to smoth er her sobs, so that they might not dis turb her" mother. "Does h sleep?" asked Mrs. Howard, and Mary, covering with her hands the face of him who slept, answered: Turn sway, mother don't look at him. Franky is dead. He died with his arms around my neck, and told me not to wake you." . Mrs. Howard was in the last stages of consumption, and now she lay back, half fainting upon her pillow. Toward day tight a violent coughing fit ensued, and she knew that she was dying. Beckoning Mary to her side, she whispered, "1 am leaving you alone in the wide world. Be kind to Ella and our dear little Allie, and go with her where she goes. May God keep and bless you my precious chil dren and reward you as you deserve, my darling " The sentence was unfinished, and in unspeakable awe the orphan girl knelt between her mother and brother shud dering In the presence of death, and then weeping to think that she waa alone. CHAPTER III. Just on the corner of Chicope Com mon, and nnder the shadow of the century-old elms which skirt the borders of the grass plat called by tha villagers the "Mall," stands the small red cottage of Widow Bender, who in her way was quite a curiosity. All th "ills which flesh is heir to" Widow Bender, if she could ascertain the symptoms, was sure to have In the most aggravated form. On tha morning following the events narrated in tha last chapter Billy, whose dreams had been disturbed by thoughts of Frank, arose early, determined to call at Mrs. Howard's and aee if they were . In want of anything. But bis mother, who had heard rumors of the scarlet fe ver, waa up before him, and on descend ing to the kitchen Billy found her sitting before a blazing fire her feet In hot wat er and her head thrown bark in a manner plainly showing that something new had taken bold of her in good earnest. "Oh, William," said she, "I've lived through a tight, but my time has come at last. Such a pain in my head and stom ach. I do believe I've got the scarlet fever, and yon must run for the doctor, quick." "Scarlet fever!" repeated Billy; "why, you've had it once, and you can't hare It again, can you?" "Oh, I don't know I never waa like anybody- else and can hare anything a : dozen times. Now be spry and fetch the doctor; but before you go hand me my muff box and put the canister top heapiu' full Of tea Into th tespot." Billy obeyed, and then, knowing that the green tea would remove his mother's ailment he hurried away toward Mrs. Howard's. The sun was just rising. Within the cottage there was no sound or token of life, and, thinking its Inmates were asleep, Billy paused several min utes upon the threshold, fearing that he should disturb their slumbers. At last, with a Vague presentiment that all was not right, he raised the latch and enter ed, but Instantly started back In aston ishment at the scene before him. On the thundlc bed lay Frank, cold and dead, arJ near him, in the same long, dream . less sleep, was his mother, while between them, with one arm thrown lovingly across her brother's neck, and her cheek pressed against his, lay Many ber eye lids aaolst with tears which, though eltep- TO IPALAGE J. HOLMES Ing, she atlll ahed. On th other aid of Frank, and nestled to closely to him that her warm breath lifted the brown curia from hia brow, waa Ella. But there wer no tear stains oa her face, tor ah did not yet know how bereaved ah waa. - For a monient Billy atood Irresolute, and then, aa Mary moved uneasily ia her slumbers, he advanced a step or two to ward her. Tha noise aroused her, and Instantly remembering and comprehend ing th whole, she threw herself with a bitter cry into Billy' extended anus, a it he alone were all the protector she now had in th wide, wide world. Ere long Klla, too, awoke, atd the noisy outburst which followed the knowledge of her loss made Mary atill the agony of her own heart in order to soothe th mors violent grief of her excitable sister. Billy's tears war flowing, too, but at length rising up, h aaid to Mary, "Something must be done. The villagers must know of it, and I ahall have to leave yen aloa while I tell them," In half aa hour from that time th cottage was nearly filled with people, some of whom came out of Idl curiosity. But there were others who went there for the sake of comforting th orphans snd attending to the dead, and by noon th bodiea were decently arranged tor burial "There will be no trouble," said one. 'In finding a place for Ella, ah is so bright and handsome; but aa for Mary, 'I am afraid she'll have to go to the poorhonse." "Were t in a condition to take either,' replied Mrs. Johnson. "I should prefer Mary, for in my estimation th Is much the best girl; but there is the baby, who must go wherever Mary does, unless she can be persuaded to leave her." Before anyone could reply to thia re mark Mary, who had overheard every word, cam forward, and, laying her face on Mrs. Johnson's lip. sobbed out, "Let me go with Alice; I told mother I would," Billy Bender, who sll this while had been stsnding by the door, started for home, never once thinking, untlf ha reached It, that his mother more than aix hours before, had sent him in great bast for the phystcisn. On entering tha house be found her, as he expected, rolled up in bed, apparently in the last stage of scarlet fever; but before she could re proach him he said. "Mother, bar yon heard the news?" Mrs. Bender hsd a particular lor for news, and bow forgetting "how near to death'a door" ahe had been, she eagerly demanded, "What newt? What baa hap pened?" . When Billy told ber of the sudden deaths of Mrs. Howard and Frank, an expression of "What? That all?" passe.) over her fsce, and she said, "Dear me, my snuff. Billy. Both died last night, did they? Hain't you nothin' else to tell?" "Yes, Mary Jndsos and Ella Campbell, too, are dead." Mrs. Bender, who, like many others, courted the fsvor of the wealthy and tried to fancy herself on intimate terms with them, no sooner heard of Mrs. Campbell's affliction than her own dan gerous symptoms were forgotten, and, springing up, she exclaimed, "Ella Camp bell dead! Wbat'll her mother do? -1 must go to ber right away. Hand me my double gown there in the closet, and give me my lace cap in the lower drawer, and mind yon bare the teakettle biled agin I get back." . "Before yon go anywhere, support yon stop at Mrs. Howard's and comfort poor Mary, who cries all the time because she snd Alice have got to go to the poor house." "Of course they'll go there, and they ort to be thankful they've got so good a place." "I want to ask yon," said Billy, "can't we couldn't yon take them for a . few days, and perhaps something may turn up?" "William Bender," ssid the highly as tonished lady, "what can yon mean? A poor, sick woman like me, with one foot in the grave, take the charge of three pauper children! I sha'n't do it, and you needn't think of it." "But, mother," persisted Billy, who could generally coax her to do as he liked, "it's only for a few days, and they'll not be much trouble or expenxe, for I'll work enough harder to make it up." - "I bare said no once, William Bender, and when I say no, I mean no," was th snswer. Billy knew she would be less decided the next time the subject was broached, so for the present he dropped it, and tak ing his cap he returned to Mrs How ard's, while his mother started for Mrs. Campbell's. Next morning between the hours of 0 and 10 the tolling bell tent forth its sad summons, and ere long a few of the vil lagers were moving toward the brown cottage, where in the same plain coffin slept the mother and ber only boy. 1 Near them aat Ella, occasionally looking with childish curiosity at the strangers around her, or leaning forward to peep at th tip of the new morocco shoes which Mrs. Johnson bad kindly given her; then, when her eyee fell upon the coffin, she would burst into such sn agony of weeping that many of tha villagers also wept in sym pathy, and aa they stroked her soft hair, thought, "how much more she loved, her mother than did Mary," who, without a tear upon her cheek, sat there Immova ble, gazing fixedly upon the marble face of her mother. Alice was not present, for Billy had not only succeeded in win ning his mother's consent to take the chil dren for a few days, but he hsd also coaxed her to say that Alice might com oefore the funeral, on condition that he would remain at bom and tak car of her. . CHAPTER IV. Scarcely three hours bad passed sine the dark, moist earth was heaped upon the humble grave of the widow and her son, when again, over the village of Chic opee, floated the notes of the tolling bell, and immediately crowds of people, with seemingly eager haste, hurried toward the Campbell mansion, which was soon nearly filled. , On a marbl table In the same room lay the handsome coffin, and in it slept young Ella. Gracefully ber small waxen hands were folded one over tba other, while white, half-opened rosebuds wer wreath ed among the curls of her hair. "She Is too beautiful to die, and the only child, too," thought more than one at they look ed first at the sleeping clay and (hen at , the atrlcken mother, who, draped In deep est black, sobbed convulsively. And yet she was not one-half so desolat as was th orphan Mary,, who In Mrs. Bender's kitchen sat weeping over ber sister Alice, and striving to form words af prayer which should reach th Gsd f th tatae "My mother, h! my mother," ah cried, a ah stretched her hands toward th clear bin sky, now that mother' horn. "Way dtdnt I die, too?" There was a step apon the grata, and looking no, Mary saw standing near her Mrs. Campbell's English girl, Hannah. She had always evinced a liking for Mrs. Howard's family, and bow after finishing her dishes, and trying ia vain to speak a word of consolation to Dor mistress, who refused to b comforted, ah had stolen away to Mrs. Bender's, ostensibly to see all th orphans, but la iaM'J a see Ella, who had always been her favor ite. Tha sight of Msry's grief touched Han ash' heart and sitting down by th lit tle girl ah tried to comfort her. Mary felt that her words and manner wer prompted by real sympathy, and -after a time ah grew calm, and listened whU Hannah told her that "aa soon aa her mistress got so anybody could go near her, sb meant to ask her to tak Ell Howard to fill th place of her own daughter." ' "They look aa much alike aa tw beans." aaid she, "and s'poslu Ella How ard ain't exactly her own Bean and blood, ahe would grow into liking her, 1 know." . That night after her return home Han nah lingered for a long time about th parlor door, glancing wistfully toward her mistress, who reclined upon the sofa with her face entirety hidden by her cambric handkerchief. "It's most too soon. I guess," thought Hannah. "I'll wait till to a-orrow." Accordingly next morning, when, is ah had expected, she was told to carry her mistress' tnat and coffee to ber room. ah lingered for awhile, and seemed sot desirous of apeeking that Mr. Campbell: asked what she wanted. j "Why, yon see. ma'stu. I was going to j ssy a word about about that youngest! Howard girl. She'a got to go to the poor house and it's a pity, she's so handsome, Why couldn't ah come her and live? 1'U tak car of her, and 'twouldn't bi nigh so lonesome." At this allusion to her bereavement Mrs. Campbell burst into tears, and mo tioned Hanuah from the room. "I'll keep at her tilt I fetch it about." thought Hannah. But further persuasion from her waa rendered unnecessary, for Mrs. Uncoln called that afternoon, and after assuring her friend that ahe nevet before saw one who was so terribly af flicted, casually mentioned the Howard and th eitreni poverty to which they were reduced. Here Mrs. Campb. ll commenced weep ing, and as Mrs. Lincoln soon took her leave ah waa left alone for several hours. At the end of that time, impelled by something nh could not resist, sht rang the bell and ordered Hannah to go to Mrs. Bender's and bring Ella to ber room, aa ah wished to se how she ap peared. (To b continued.) ATCHISON GLOBE SIGHTS. Coaaaseat ea Everyday Matters by aa Orisriaal Genlns. Piano playing ia not music; It Is a bad habit Sawlug wood ia the better axerclat, but golf 1 more popular. people revise their list of heroes every three or four years. Some men canuot even tnck up ad vertising signs, and do it well. There's one thing about s liar: It I difficult to deceive him with a lie. Unless she Intends to sptit kindling, a woman baa no use for a hntcliet. When a man quotes "prominent elti sens," be Is really expensing bis own opinion. Down In every woman's beurt is a longing to be loved like they love on the stage. If It comes easy for some people tc do a thing well. It I the result of con stant trying. An ornery person receives a lot of appreciation when be docs do a.iytblug commendable. ; One - of the fuuulest things In the world la the man who speaks of bit "spiritual adviser." Many men who can tell you exacUj where to go to catch fish, cannot catch any fish themselves. We Imagine that some women must be as bard to fit as It would be to fit garment on a rocking chair. -After i girl has prepared refresh meuts for a party, ber next step Is to hide them from her brother. It la some people's notion of a Joke to talk about the worms In applet when the hostess passes the elder. A man nerer knows until after bt marries how much of ber time a wo man spends with balr pins In bet mouth. Sentiment is changing. When a min ister calls, there is no longer conster nation when he sees a deck of cardi on the table. ' When we see a man with a long beard, it always occurs to us bow much worse it must look when he bat bis nigbt clothe on. When a woman has been away a few weeks, she says when she returns tbnt bo found the dirtiest house tbat ever disgraced a civilized country. Boys should be taught early tbat they don't have to go to war to learn courage: there's the fire to be lighted on cold mornings, for Instance. Science and progress hare done away with many old time notions, but w notice ; that hot water and mustard have lost none of their prestige. . By the , time a boy has made hit mother believe he Is sick enough to die, be forgets himself and asks for pie, and hope In her heart revives again. As people grow older, they begin tc grow more alarmed over the brief time In which a family looks seriout after there has been a death In it. Some women Is always undoing some other .woman's work: the boy whoss mother fed him his breakfast In bed marries, and has to light the fires. Many a modest girl gives her photo graph to a young man, and It appears later on his dressing case surrounded by pictures that come with cigarettes. There Is no doubt that every woman, if given her choice, would rather bavt a diamond less Id her crown In heaven aud wear It In a ring while on earth. When a new preacher moves Into town, be la as full of hope as a young girl Is who takes a trunk full of new clothes off. to visit In a strange town. When I woman goes for the proof of a picture she has had taken, It Is with the hope that she will turn out better looking -' than she has always been thought to be. When a man resolve's at a revival to be a better man, his wife conclude she will make less work of her cook lug, since be will no longer get crow and Impatient HAGQIN'S GREAT HORSS FARM Embrace Seven Bqaar Mite of Finest Bluenrsa Land, Millionaire J. ft. llaggtu la erecting at KlmctHlurf, near Lexington, Ky, a WO0.W0 resident". Ho Intends to spend the renin liK'.er of his day In Kentucky, aud will widow the place so that after bis death It will bo ruu aa a breeding establishment. He has now 4.5H acres and ia buying aa fast as owner cau be Induced to sell, tu ordc to put tha establishment In a square tract The main tract la that which waa settled by the great-grandfather of Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago. The new residence stands upon th summit of the long i!j; within a hundred. yarde of the old Harrison home. Hundreds of men are working In tat attempt to have the place ready for occupancy of the owner ami his young wife by fall. x3L 'rj J. B. UAUtU.VS Mr. Hagglo's reasous for making this Ills permanent residence are that bis wife, as well as himself, Is a native of the State, After his death Mr. Hag- gin desires his widow to live In the greatest comfort and to continue at the bead of the greatest breeding establish ment In the world. He will rename the establishment "(Ireen Hills." The house Itself sxtmls out like white landmark against the sea of green on every side, and cau be seen for miles around. In this home of his decllulug years Mr. Haggtn purposed to spend a quarter of a million dl lara, but so many alterations have bees made since the beginning that not even the architects can tell what the cost will be, The house, apparently. Is al ready on the verge of completion, but so elaborate will be the fiulshlng touches that ten months or a year will probably elapse before the mansion is really finished. Some Idea of the estate which Mr. Haggln Intends to make of Elmendorf may be obtained from the Improve ments already made. The blacksmith's and wheelwright's shop, completely equipped, is. of course, an essential, but oo this farm the blacksmith's shop Is the central office of a complete tele phone system, connecting twenty-five different points ou the farm, and run nlng to the town office of C. J. En right, who has the management of the estate. A grnia elevator, with machin ery for cracking corn and oats ami mixing them, Is au Institution which no other breeding farm In the world boasts. The power station, with two large gasoline engines, will furnish lights and electric power, and there it now In prospect a plant involving the expenditure of several thousands which will cook food for the brood mare dur ing the season that they require It, Many of the brood-mare burns are to be torn out and more Improved ones put In. and countless other Improve- 4 Sl'ALUU.N UAU.N O.N UAUUl.N H HOUdfci r'Ali.U. ments on Hie place are In project. Four or five years' time will be required to put It In the i edition that Mr. Hag gln wishes. NEW USfc FOR ELECTRICITY. Oninea PIk Are Fattened by th Em ployment of ths Flatd. ; This is the age of electricity, so that one la not surprised to bear that an electric diet has been discovered. Naturally, you would conclude that it is designed to aid Invalids of weak digestion, but It is something of a shock to learn that the latest scientific dis covery has no nobler object than the fattening of pigsl f Certainly, there is an element of novelty In the notion of eating electrici ty fattened pork. Besides, from pigs we may yet rise to higher things. Anyway, Dr. 'W. J. Herdman hat found out that the galvanic current pro motes the growth of tissue that Is to say, the increase of flesh, It had pre viously been ascertained that plants de velop more rapidly under the electric stimulus and there was no obvious rea son why animals should not be equally responsive to It. Hence the Idea of Dr. Herdman, which promises well, though Its application cannot as yet be said to have passed beyond the expert mental stage, ' The doctor began his experiment! with guinea pigs, half a dozen of which he put In each of two cages, taking care tbat they should all be of exactly the tame age, so at to make the conditions of the trial at free from flaw at pos sible. Around one of the cages he strung several wlret, through which a current of electricity was passing night and daf while nothing of the kind was done with the other. Mean while, for a ttated period, the anlmali In both cages were fed with a precisely equal quantity of provender of the tame kind, ao that there should b no ail vantage In thla reaped on either side. Aa a result, It waa found that the guinea pig that lived tu aa electric environment gained In weight during a measured ttuit 10 per rent uor than those In th nonelectric cage. Dr. Herdwaa I confident that ordi nary pigs. If subjected to almllar treat- utout, would exhibit like result. 1U propose to build suitably wired pens aud to furnish the growing twine wlib regular supplies of electricity, much In tha same way aa wa don with th guinea pigs. Nobody can ay what may be tha flual Influence of thla new discovery upon the pork trade, or whether the "electric bacon" of tie future may not command a special price In the market. The Imagination extends to almost any tengtb. - Why may not th day come when every cow In her stall shall have -rr- ..V S0u,imu ttUDIDENCK. her private wire? And if electricity Is good for pigs. It may serve to fatten babies, or even grown persona who are desirous of Inereaalug their avolrduimln. aud thus most Interesting possibilities for the Improvement of the human physique are oix-uoJ up.-Loutlou Ex press. nrroonM or the Illshop, The people or England are much In terested these days concerning the working of the plan of the Bishop of Chester for dealing with the evil of ex cessive drinking. Tim Bishop thinks that prohibition does not prohibit aud that regulation Is much better. As reg ulatlon has In view the evil dime by drinking, special pains are taken to supply only the purest drinks. The house under the Bishop's scheme are to have a uniform external appear nuce, distinguishing them from ordi nary licensed houses, notices promi nently displayed that food and non intoxicants are supplied at popular prices, the Intoxicant to be placed At one eud of the bur aud the noulutoxl caota at the other, with tables at which buna, sandwiches, tea, coffee, etc., can be served. In villages the houses are to have elub, temperance and recreation rooms, and where space la available a billiard room and library, with backgammon, drafts and similar games, are to have also a bowling green and other counter attractions to the bar and tap room, The Idea Is that It t hopeless to try to extinguish thirst for stimulants, but wise to reduce the danger arising from excess or from bad whisky and beer to the minimum. The good of the drinker, not the promotion of a theory, ta the main object, Rxhllaratlns; Kserulse. To the unaccustomed a drive In the automobile coup In which most visi tors decide to see- Washiugtnn. Is ex- Vi- ff?,a W s ,;W" . -te-V - " ; hlllaratlug to a degree. The man at the helm makes a practice of missing the wheels of coal carts by a hair's breadth and of swerving only the sec ond before It seems that his vehicle must be struck by a trolley car. If It were not foe the tacit aduiUalnn It would convey that an automobile Is not her every-day equipage at homo, the feminine vltltor to the Capital would feel mueh like leaning from the window and shouting directions In forcible Eng. llsh to the uniformed coachman. As It is, the calmly keeps ber seat aud says .- "Isn't that a pretty hotel r when she's passing a park and vice versa, But when she alights the does not, fall to the pavement In a frenzy of prayers of thanksgiving. She's restrained by Twentieth Century shame, but her gloves nre worn out from the trlght grip her fingers have bad of each other dur ing the ordeal from which the has J 11 -ft been delivered. The Symptoms of rove. A German tclentlst has recently de terlbed the symptoms of love as foil lows: The oscillations In the Interior of a person's body, as may be teen In the case of vibratory attraction, ore In liar' mony that Is to say, they are at the. nrst movement in complete concordant' iieordnncei Interior oil It Is, of with the oscillations In the Int sorao other person's body course, necessary that the reactionary sentiment In the case of the two sub jects should be of an agreeable nature, since the two vibrations facllltnte the movement of the atoms, which In this case accumulate and emit their rays without disturbing the diffusion. When a man Is homesick, he lieg'tu to refer to tils old home at "tioJ't Country." Time well arranged .Indicates a well ordered mind. LET US ALL LAUGH. JOKES FROM THE PENS OF VA RIOUS HUMORISTS. I'leasaut Incident UccarrlBg th World Over- fur lags Ibat A ro I hear ful to Old or Yomg - eWI lloua thai Vuu WMI Kiijoy. While watching the circus pitrad 'ltastus became separated In some un accountable way from his sweetheart aud he asked a pol'ceuiau to help bltu find her. "What doe she look llkef queried the ottlcer. "Welt, anh," replied 'Itastus. "ahe's the'a a brunette, salt, with a Vwisiah hat oa her hald. au' ber uame'a Jopliee uy, sah." A Literary Hound I'm "1 Rtutiblu the finished writer be claims to be 7" "Yea: he was dune for as soon as hit book came out." Chicago lleeord. Aa Kas Methol, Parke l think, after all, I shall put my sou Into politics. I.aueUow are you going to manage It rarkeOh. get him Into th army. Ilarper's Basar. Abnormal ItratrnctlvsnM, rhrenologlstYour bump of deatrue tlvenea Is very large. Art you a Mi dler or a pugilist 1 Ruhjevt Neither; I'm a furniture mover. flanse-Clcaniasi I), The boy knocked at the front door. The bell waa out of order. , ' I 'recently eumehody. waa heard try ing to climb over the furniture la th front ball and a moiuuii's voice asked: "Wholatberer Telegraph messenger," loudly re plied the boy. "(Jot a message tor the man of the houae," The attic window (lew open, a cob webbed head was thrust forth, and a man with a wild, despairing vole yell ed out: . "Wrap It around a atone and throw It up here!" Chicago Tribune. Hat 1hr Vs Tronbl. Mr. Maun Can you-er take pilla, my dcarl Mrs. MannOh, yes; without a bit of trouble. Mr. Mann-Thank goodness! I have a bitter one for you; 1 Just aat down on your new Easier hat aud squashed It a flat aa a paucake.-ruitadelphla Bulletin. Took Him at IIU Wont. Mother-My dear, how could you re fuse blmr lis may never propose again. Daughter-Hut, mamma, he said be would. t'sefu'. Hrlggs Md you And your French anv assistance to you while In I'artsf Griggs Oh, yea. I could swear at the waiters by the hour utid they never knew It. , A Compliment. "1 understand that one of your ances tors was a horse thief," said Hilling to Klekett. "He waa. Glnd you mentioned It 1 regard that as a compliment." "How'a thatr "It la an acknowledgment that I have Improved 011 my am cstori." A Natural Tbnnnlit, Urlgga Ollson tells us ho has made t lot of money In Wall street. Orlgga-llow mm-h bus he lost ? Th tlstiut t'aiMr, MunuI wonder why Haxby Is al way railing agttlimt society? Tullier I tliiuk It Is because society seems to have put up a railing against him. Indlauapoll Tress. Bid Anybody liver lo Thatr Homo one auks what Is tact. It Is that feeling which prompts a woman to dig up the photograph of a friend who Is coming to visit, from the hot torn bureau drawer, and put It on the parlor mantel.Atclilaon Ulobe. "Th Window's I'aue 1 In Its Pauli," Klndllmnn-Whnt'a the mutter, m little man? You seem to be In great pain. Little Boy (groaning dlmnlIvlXn t ain't, but there teeing ter be a great pulu In inc. Trny Times. Lesson I, 'Wlint do the I'lllnlnos nrmmir tn learn most easily In connection With our civilization?" asked tho eager In quirer. Without hesitntlon tho strateirlst rm. plied: "The vnluo of mouoy." Wayhlmrtoii Star. Won'd Know I,ne-, railent-Now, doctor, tvbai't the mat. tcr with me, anyway? The Head Consulting Ihvalcian My dear sir, do you suppose that If we knew what was the matter with you we would nave decided to hold a post mortem? Harper's Baxnr. Wasted There, He They say the teninerntiir In Florida ha been about 75 nil thi month. She Isn't that nco-t-nvnii think that they should bnve tempera- turn line mat mere where it'a 10 warm anyway that they don't really need It." -l'hlludelphla Press. Out of Their Class. Manhattan They are only amateur actors, are they not? Broadway-Yea, but they are Jealous enough of one another to be profession-ala.-Life. Not (' of Alvl. "These peopl tbat are always preaching evolution and the survival of tba flttt are ao lueonalstent," re marked th girl In the fur Jacket, "How sor asked tha other glrL. "You know that youug professor who waa trying to act ao gay the other evening? Well. I called him a ml rhlevou tit -nkey, and do you know be got real mad about It "-Chicago Trib une. Oa IhT Contrary. "I understand that visionary chap la regarded aa being twenty year ahead of 1.1s time." "No," answered the grava looking cltlxeu. "I am his landlord, and 1 kuow better than that. He la about sit mouths behiud tlu."Vasblugtou 8tar. . Her Caaiaiaak "r'atuo," aaid tba youth with tha ear neat Intellectual tiprvaslun. "la ao hard to attain! It la ao difficult fur one to get himself talked about!" "Humph!" rejoined tha woman with wild blue eyea and a firm Jaw. "You Just ought to llv In our neighborhood." -Washington Star. A Lack af stMlareeltr. "What makes tuatDook ao haughty V "He Is proud of his ancestor." "I tee. Aud I suppose It never once occurred to him that hia ancestor might 1 mora or leaa ashamed of him." -Washington Star. What H MM, Mrs. Qulta-What did your aueband lay when tba stovepipe fell oa blmr Mrs. Mek-0, I wouldn't repeat It for tht world, but It'a equivalent to dasbea and iclamatlona In a Mwipa-" per.-Ohlo State Journal. A Her' Nalar. It makes no difference bow much a woman stuffs her boy before tending him with hia father' dinner, be always looks atarved when bis father opeua tha burket-Atcbteon Globe. The Hatter Way. "Maud aaya aha taa't going to atng for nothing any more." "Il'ml If I bad bet voice I wouldn't ilng for aiiything."rtilla1rlphla Bul letin. HmI He tanld Da, "Look at my desk; lau't It In aad die order?" 'Terhap you art cramped for timer "That's to; If I had mora time I could make It look worst than It doea now." Chicago Record. Il' llorrll (triad. "It'a ao tiresome!" tlghed tht girl In tha fur Jacket "No sooner do yon get bark from your winter trip to the South than you bavt to begin to make up your mind wntrt you art going to spend tht aummer. (lometlmea I think lift la hardly worth llvlogr-hk-ago Tribune. A IHIaaaaia. Mrs. Von Mutatr ! don't know what w ahall do about that cook. Von Blmner-Wbat's the mailer now? "8bt threaten! to itay."-Llf. Mamdrnas Ksltteaea, Mrs. Muggins-Hut tayi her life it monotonous. Mrs. IlugaliM Yes. she nver;ea teems to hart any trouble with her cook. I'blladvlphla Record. A WIn'cs, Judge You are charged with stealing six turkeys from Colonel fiiullni. Have yon any witnesses? Itustua-No, sah; you bel I ain't I uonu' itcul turkey befu' wltno.se, sah, Tin-. "How do you pass ihe time?" In quired the city vlallur of the fi-leml who had moved to the country. "I don't pats It," repllrd the lady who could always find something to do; "It pnc me," How Pasclnutlnu. Halt! the mistreat of a Marsi lilci simp to a young and Impecunious- lournnllat: "Thla la ttiu llh llmu v.in have been here without saying a word atmut the money you owe me, ntou tleur! What am I to understand b itr "iM madnnie," said the witty Jour nalist, "when one sees von one foriret ovcrythlng."-I,e Voleur. Peenllae lllt-l. "What a phenomenal girl Helen Is!" "Why?" "8he aavs all men look allka tn har Chicago lleeord. Awlu'i Iade,l, Buster-1 am bavins- awful tnck I am now down to my last dollar. Ih-arlbroke rthaw! that nnthlna-. Walt till you are down to the last dol lar of your laat friend. Lift. Mleplaced Worda. According to French dictinnaeia lorgnette la an opera glass, and a lorg- non an eyeglass, but tht two worda have become curiously mixed. In con nection with thla a highly cultivated Philadelphia woman tells a good atory. Not Ions ago ahe went down tn buy a lorgnon for a friend. "Let me look at some gold and allver lorgllOlia," She Utid to tha nlaelr In ti, Jewelry shop, "I want to set tht pret tleat you have." "You mean lorgnettes." th. salesman superciliously, "That's the word, lornet," pronouncing . It very slowly. "Perhapa I do," aaid tha lady amia bly: "at any rate. It'a VAFV kllWi tf vaii to toll ma about It Now, If you will snow mo aome 111 he atlll further In debted to you." And he did, but he lost no opportu nity, Juat the aamo, of rubbing that "lor-net" In while he waa displaying hia wares. Solomon aaid: "A good name la rather to be chosen than great riches.'' But Solomon waa a millionaire and could afford to lay It, -