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ni l I lit Im p of J 'trie.
ifitl I lirM.li In
J !.-' I 1 NllikUirf It fa If iff t' sw-.fl.
ti j.! - llll . trf tliw ruo ti.,j
I
lf t,'t I t :nl-i itit urwld Ihr inf
' l I j& " Hon Ii I). ,r itij.
Lit ''4 ! I , ' t U.l.
,f . !l ! l liw ii' jnii
J..w Hi turn I ri l. ami n I ihr Met.
i l I r i.r..w ii im M 11 tttl Ki..r .
r,;n.r Invr Il.r "( u-t tf.Hirn. t.
i in) im tkMMir .. f ni ir -
- Nr V rk ..nlrr
OVKII-Tilh-ttAY.
Over He-Way queer nam fur s
woman, itii't It? It wa Iji i .tun Cray
,r a t"l graph operator oil it limming
n. -;u; r- who gave i.-r t:ie name t if
r..ur-e we found out Inrrcal name after
w ir I. t.ut li'Mio f im at Mr. Smith's
,. r .' "I tier except it i iv. r t h."
S .iv It waat t!n hrcakfi-t tabl
we are nil in-lit winker, and tne lr'.-t-fi-th"iirnt
Mrs. stiiiili's in ii''ii mi l
Jim m' wnero In- f.-tii l.'lt unt if tin
1 1 1 1 V Ml-' tili: "' ' "111' "il
ft. ly" on another In.. i i.ing paper u:i I l
ll,t" VlV.llloll. lllltll'l il tn.it J i 111 was
li .! -t 1114 Im plate of Inn kwucat cake
ill !ariii,'wi!li all liin eye acne. the
i rnt. Now Jim la it master hand at
I, h Li al i n !.. iiihI Mis lalii.lt. Iiav
n r j'Ht.Hin fur vivacity to Mi-t.uti
-1 ;-rtivtlv JM-Ulii' l in ri'liinrkiiu 1 1 : :il
.Mr drav 1 1 1 lint m iin lumi- lf
W't' I null' "I. in in inliti-m- Umii I. mi. I
tt. it l.p.uht .l.lil Imck Hi' 'iit lljl Mil. I
ii. i ! a tli.nn-.il wittt Ihh n ii-kui ntnl
Ltl'll AM) (SlNTLtMliS-It lloW
rtvi-H me 'n at pica lire l.i ppM-tit to
.11 til" u U'lilxir We liave Inn
bcell f
I'
,11,'. liver th.'-Way."
We weie m Int. re-ti'd that we t t
ri.l.t up I mm the breakla-t table 111:. I
rt"U''i"l to the wiii.l,i-.v K1.11 that
ri. rvcd and an-.-tic L:ii,.ab.-tli Haw
kit.- -i."a telephone prl. and I hi;,
p.-e i.e' Jiii-tilu-d in hnini; a p.. r
i;. nioti of 1 .! an. I tryniL! to f I
fv. 11 out oi i.t.ue 11. ;., - Inrot In-r 1I.4
mtv ( r i.iic and wait at ii,ti t.-t.-, a.
atiy,"l' You w. the worl.'tii.-ii lia I
Ui-ii i.ii-yo'i a little cottage ru-iit ncr. .
th-:rei t fur two inon: !i or mute We
ih. I not pay liny particular attention lu
It until in. v Ii -k'au to nt In a mi-oii.1
: ..ry i-av vmii.Iow that wan alinmt us
hi 4 a th" r.-"t of the cottage Alter that
bay window ha. 1 il.nio duty a a family
joke for f.vo or thr.-e we, k we fell to
Ki h, rit:4 what mrt "f ' pi" li.nl built
it. an. I Ii.) wouiil mviipy iich a funny
little lloll"".
i! in l-otiie Henry KoU-rt.H lie' a win
d w ilr' . .-r 111 a I114 State uni t dry
g.!-t tore, and A Kfat hand with tin
prl" aid he knew Mime woman was
ti -pnilile for that window un. I nop,-, I
ii- Would I.e piod looklln;. It would be
a .'V to fH,il m il a line wtn.tow
Vii. r. uiK,n lear o. Miv Uruoki :
Bae jo- kni4 even if mio im furtv, uml tia
run., down from liettcr ilay to proof
f4l.n0; r-iiiirii-it liiiu. 111 In-r preeiw
r n;.-. I w.iv. that yor.114 ini-ti iho lia I
Bui jen f.,r any tiling but a pretty worn
ti koii:.-! .iih'k c ame to "ricf The n-.eo
levi l!..ny re.-ponde.l ttiat a lioiuoly
kiniiati ua a real 'rief. mid a pretty
w." a j-iy lorever Hi-re lue M-.nup
I" -If I hard nt I.lir iln-tli llaw kiii
b.: , .. tii ll nvkiii iH'l;c. back at liar
ry. an l I tiioitltt In-w.1.1 tniti4 to kiV
"l'ii"y. wu it' voiit tiuml.i rr' And John
1'.. 11 v - In- ...iiKi ort of an editor and
iln. -n t kiv in 111)1. beini ai r --rv.-d 11
LIi.ai-;h lUwkiiui mid vuiiarlikt
-w llartj :i : . I M-owled
vil li, as 1 as avtii. we had many a
diM ;.- i,.ii i , r (hat btlle cottage, and
lii.aliy i.iiae to f 1 el a M-ine of propreti r-
nip in what we called "Over th- Way."
0011,11 ,-.. it una a L'reat 1l.1v tor u
wi.ni l)v, r-tii.Way herelf nppe.-;ri'il,
lolw Mire, there was-n't flinch tone
wh-ti We iln I .-et to the winduw-ju-t a
b ' ti nnier wanii loaded with Hew fur-
tutiire. 1111 expri-" W,i;:oti h.-aji.-il bi'li
with l.ou hiad belniiini. two driver
an ui.i ue-ro wotnaii wiili a nor'eu
tura.ui. and a dear liltb.- woman 111 a
luirt j u ki t nn 1 a wi le bniuined hat.
Harry Ib.U-i t detlan'd he wa" miiii!y
peri"iai!4 for exercin- a id fn li air. ai.d
put . 11 hi" overcoat and troii, I pa-t the
co:t.i4" He came ba -k and r,-j.r1.-d
that tae little woman wan a beauty, in
f t. ho (fev ijnite ebxpi-nt over her
charm. And tin-it, of cnure. we ha l
to t.tik it uil over whether !!" wa
inarrn d. and if khe wa, wln-rew ia lu i
liti.-li.in, I, and if he wa-u't. wa khe
1114 t' live all nloue with the oi l colored
aunty, and ni on
r the Vay wa evidently a capa
1'! little body, for khe bad tila furniture
ii an 1 the hoie to r.'iit in no dm.
An l the way old Aunt Amanda that
tii" 11 uie we five to I tie colored woin.iu
an. I ii. -r turban made tintij.' fly muvi-d
Mr. Siuitb to wih. wttlitiur in l r
v .t, e, tlial tiie day of iavcry were back
A4111.
li'.t though the ne.t w.i reaily, no
bird ajipiarrd. Aft.raweik had
K'uie by we w omen U-irati to hate "hiui.'
A we i-albil the Ii.an OviT-the-Way a
aitit,4 fr ','e knew there wa a
"him" I y the way Mie Cew to 11m t
po-tiuait u::d fairly Li: .'.'i d ihe letti r
iini o. .t one. anl k.nd o' !n j d
h-n ai:e cidu'L And tmre weremiaty
dii; at v Imi he ilnx jikd too
tut lji t!. iat linlu't k" tu t bother
0.-r tiivW'i.y a Lit She w:i buy
i-'jrt.:i. jj and niiit Cx.i:' up the c, '.tarfe
1-iiu. The bt,; bay window wa evi-
--'-. y tiie j :: i of her life tirry afier
b-r-u iie'J pLt ou a pre'.'y Loure !re
- '','le down in a bi una chair nnl
16 tLe Uii.lile of It. and read ovt-r bif
'""-r. Harry Kolwrt thjncht it wa
t-r hi in 1,. !.t ni.til be founl .'al
r."'-t'i 1 tn.. that :ie ba 1 lio eye f 1 r
'"UlU.e'.t t ( find !;-. fial.ee ail I atti-
1 1.
-- a ;.vt of itiirtu And then ot.r
u-y e f ., .:n I out wny it w as she Lad I.i-
- f .r l..rry i r any ' r m- v. . t
c:.e
It i tue wi-otnl Sun lay. Just b-f r
1 t-'.- r t:i:ih-r ditU'r tune .'.ti l she
"i:it;,.. wtr.-low h nsuaL Hut
ba-l n a i.w i!r.-. and to av l,.-r she
r !n't nt stij iu her chtr more than
tiary .,. !. t a t. tne All of inil-
n i.j ... i i,.r ...' K-.l e nas a
J in.;, at. 1 k.----1 h'T baL l t
iue?! if i w- anl ran fr-ta
tt." wir, i-,w And tle-ria'i n.anir toar.g
W"M tn-l;::4 if.- the rt
i ran nn t!i t. t Ti. f r r.t d -r
I. tew ti' . . - ... ..III,., ,1.
ot-n wtto a Lar.2 and Over the- !
War t i l I..,., i - .i.. - . t v. ,ir.-.
'0J
;l.:mi!..ile n,kvollll ilrn ,L.
Irt
all. r !),, .,
v.. ii. iii in ntirrr an. I r. i.
. . - ,,uu ii.nrriMnt
lli'il tl Ha lv..t. I . i i .
riiii mrni on
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lv
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w t!i, v'.
k.-. ... i ' " '
1 1 Kj,'n r i r itr
nn 1, nre
-'i"'i-.i j.i-i nr,r
ii'iii-r tii.v ram!
li 1 -'iiu to Li arm
" 1 j'l.l H.IM .; - :, ., r ;..,, ,1. WiM ,
I '! I'V. 111. 1 ju-t i. k.i ru-ljt in ti1P
l:n !-t f t.ll. i,,' li;in lii.w tine it nil w.i.
n n i.v. r. I ii. t tin' win ,,w
n.iii.i a. 11,. -i .r n,,.,, t )
r mTi.
in- :r.- l, i.. 1 1,, r
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lill llll.klll 1
l .k.-.l .lik-,-.-r, ,
t' t)l lH'(.i.;iri
roiuit hii.I li..t in 1
r i
Ian !y II . I,., I
Ik. i Ti
- lit i jn.t 1; .!
lilt lilt i.nl in 1
t ,' nt nt, 1 he t,.,k (,:T
!e r.iv r.!.;. tfnl mi l
fra n.liv
l.K". u. tiirj. 11 1, uy, "We r
v.. it, .ir" An l :e wuin.n
n:ij'j-i i.ur Ii iinU 111: I n:nlr.. n mm h
t.. viv. " f,i -ii,,! i. , ,.1I1B M, u,t
An l ti -ii hit ti.i-U'ay i,i,, .r hu
tan I : it wa nil rurht an, I 1 1 v
tii!l' .1 an I Uiw-i 1. 1 ivi r tli
Way patted !
111111 tti ti
II- rr- he
V'.'llirf In:
1111:1 ie In';
l- i't be In
in.! I . t In.
.1 Ii to MlV, ;
.'" Ali.l th
arm urniitid
r n Unit' lit! ;
lU r tin- W.iv
Il!l ! I :Ve I
ru-i.t 1
i. line 1 u to mv.
-It' all ti. t n
tune." .,, t:
. I'll la 1 e tip f.,r ..-t
11 w. l ii'ii" away frntn , '
tin' Wltl.l.iV. .
V1.1H14 Mr
fti-rwar I th
traVi l.Mi ;;!,
H.ivh tliriv
iv. r tln-Wny-we f.mn.l
;t 1.1 -.ib!.o ii.',. . wa
-:ii ;:i l..r a tlrtijj ftrm
1 1 Then :h went nwav.
AndOver-th" W avw.-nt tin into In-r bav
window and bravely kiwi her hand to
him till be turned tln'c rtn r Then khe
(lrop-. down into h, r 1.14 armchair and
turn. .1 It bro.nl l ack t. it I
He wa K'U" two will.-, and tiny:
Were I0I14 Week for I Vi-r t lie -Way IStl't ,
everything human ha an en I an l he
came back at lat. Well, it wa the
t une t!uii4 over n 4:1m. Only ho ktayed
but one day Then ho ;; t'one ten '
day Next tune it wa wn-k. and uf- I
ter that It wa every Sutid ty when we
kat down to bp-a);fa"t we found them to
gether in the I114 bay win. lour. Hut Sun
day are invariably followed by M.-n-day,
and Hi.r Over tl.o-Way ha I hard
Work enough to lay in happim-wi etioii-h
In one day to lat her nt. Still, from
Monday illumine; to Vcdtieday hiijht
kae lived on reiiietnlirauce, nn I from
Thur-day iimriiuu to Saturday tii'ht on
nticip.it 1011, kOkheijut alon pretty Well.
Hut one day. after !! or kevetl month
of tin alt -mate nui-dniie and khaduw, ;
the cluud iM'ttled down in ramct over
the little cottage llerame home III the
middle of the week, ntnl Over tun-Way j
met him at the door with a reared face.
The next uionnii4 he left with a big
trunk. He bad In hat down over In;
eye nn, I never looked hick at the hay !
window He knew Over-tin-- Way wasn't ,
there to ki- her hand to In in We!
didn't her nt all that day. fur by and
by Aunt Amanda came ami pulled down
the had. I
He bad IWn ordered oil on three
month' trip ( South America, and John
1'ierry aid "reciirocity" or ome kticb
tiling wa. tint caii.Mj of it. I know we
Women all hated it. whatever it wa.
Ov.-r-the- Way came l ack to In-r bou
doir after u wh:!e. hut khe didn't keciti
to lie unite the atno old Over-tl..-Wav.
She i;ot letter, but they didn't come
every iiav now Somelitm- we fairly
tinted the pnttnati jii"t a if it wa hi
fault! I!ut w In 11 rhe did Ket one w hy, j
we could tell a hh k (.If when the . t
mati bad a letter by the way he walked
I'.y mid by Overt lie-Way had a broad,
comfortable lounge put in her window
and deert.-d her armchair for it There
he would lie for hour re.-iding or look
in 4 id!)' out of the w indow. And Jim
(iray ml one day that he hoped Over
thi-T.v w.i"n't K"'"4 to (.-neve henu-lf
intu a ilecliii". If khe didn't chirk up
pn-tty m.ii he U-lieveil he'd (M her I111
I .iikI'h aildri -iitnl write to him to throw
up hi job and come home. And Harry
KoU-rts mid that may Ixi Over the-Way
wan't much lietti-r than every other
woman aft'-r all. mid liked to lie around
in a bne Kuwii and read novel junt like
the r-ft i f them NoUxly aid A word,
and the t ext day Harry Hubert told
Mr. Smith that he unc-n-d he'd leave at
the end of the week, and he did.
Hut Jim tiray didn't write, for Over-the-Way
did chirk up rijjht away. She
t,'ot an in.lii.-trioiM treak all of a ktidden
and kat in her Li 4 armchair and cut and
b.e-tfd and rewed until Jim Mild he wa
afraid "lie wa p-ttiti vain and thitikiti);
too much of her clothing for kticb a ken
kible voting woman Then he dincovt red
that nil II r kt-wii 4 wa white, and he '
kiiL'4"-ted that nnt likely khe wa ift-t- I
tin
ready to join her liUkbaml in South
Atueiica; it wa an hot there that every
one bad to wear white all the time. We
women ull In-gan to talk about Hiring 1
biin.et and Mr. Smith left the room.
She u.l.h -lily rcmctiibcrrd that alio had
left soti.cthiiig lu the ovi u
Jim grew reconciled to the aewing.
but he found other thing to worry him.
He elected himself a bulletin commute
. I 1- f ....... ....t h....rl,
of one and made frequent resrta
When there were uo facts he gave us ths
hem lit of his stssculatioti. One dav he
announced that beguess-.! O-er-the-Way
would begin to pack np liefure long, she
had pretty uiucb finished her sewing.
He could see that she was just puttering
and putting tu (aucy stitche. - Another
tune he sal J he was afraid that Over
the-Way wa ill. there wu a light in
the bay window when he gut home at 4
oVlm k that morning
A few uiorniUgs afr that there was
n -.v Wewotm-u all Knew ii long oe-
Cure l r.-ilifa.-t t. uie sn l John I'-crry and
the other m.-n w.-re tol l by Mr. r":iiiti
when they came down The bulb-tit
t,.ni!i;"!. wa a little late and we west
a'.i a: bre.i';!a t when he ap;-ared. The
tii"iu"!.t h" -n: -re.l th" r.m he kaid he
Wis sure that Ov-r the W' iy wa ill.
wie u h" g-t home everything wa ablaze
w:tti bght and tli- re wa a doctor
phaeton m front of the house We cil I
.- f r o'jr- ive tnat tho lay window
ti.-ld- were il . n
"I'mphr n I Mr Smith. "Uthat sll
f ,n have to t. II Us?"
U,- -. .' Ii-i'.-wik!'
...... .. - - - -1 i
Ov.-r '-V.' iv (,.i a vtit.r."
". i..- :.t hist. 1 he? Well, if
feme."
"1 w.-b l.'-r tri -band waa here; it M
dear little g-.rl "
i.s-l I.r 1 n l Jim.
N. tssly Iau4:.el r.'ht then, bat
niitni'.n-1 it.-r. wh-n M.s K.lmtt m.l
one of te-r v:v i. o'i remark every !!y
r. ar.-l -m ' ' t J.m t"i John IVrry
and Kl ..' ' a !la k;r.. wh-i v. ere ..k
i:,4 js.werf-il.y gl-Jtn. 11 to langh,
Ti.in.- ft '"it -i in boar lir.g boaso.
We .. kr.. U.1 b bl pr)p-eJ ati l
ii..u u.ln .
Just as we were g'-t::rg thr-iugh
breakfast John IVrry gave a groan at
'in. win iw ,l turllr.i to u. wl,b In
u ... l i u... . n;. .
I "I" irrraiuiiij,.
He
cunun t tivuk: itui tiuii.teJ
I '
tcrwi Ilia
r.rfi. fj
: , ...... , . . ...
auui .imam! was lying b iiiin
in-uiurr (.r hit m ' t. the Jmr u IL
1 1.. I . I .1. .
i v.i iiK-.iiii iiniii, mii( auiun vii
in a iraliir. w hi-;-, r
"WUite' f..r little 1 !ii!!r.-n." Mr.
Smith. "It tv. r tln-Vv littlt, l.al.v
Od. url Udi ir!" Ati.l tlio j;il wnnau
tor! out fc.liUn,;. N.mu .f ua ,r
uinrb U tt. r i !T. f r tint tn.itt. r. Q
So it lia.i in-. I tliat tli.-ti wb iilvId our
Crt rail urr. the ttrii-t. J. Im Id rrr
tn. I Mr, hnntli w-tit. Mm. Smith went
In. but Julm iiri-1 tip an. I ilown In fr.nt
ofthebuui. r.hjc .lK th llawkiii ut v. r
tMik her ryu i,:T lam Sim w.i at .ai
M Kluwt. an l j i t h ili.lu't loi'k rim I
ly ttulmt'tiv eith.-r.
t- I 'l ..
n.i im uii v raino i.ju k. A fcxin i
m they lame 111 J,. I, n fk out i imII 1.1 I
UiMliey an l ilri.p a 111 in In Int.
"Flower!" I he, an. I l.vkeU uroun.l
iniirh a to 111-k If uii)tHxly watiti J to
(.liiiw auit. all nit lu m.inetliitirf. I
LliuU-th lUwkina mt In a dollar. I I
knew h ha.l av,,l it to luiy .,ine Sun
day Rlov.t After John ha'l jf.me wit j
Mr. Smith ti.M u li,.w rho liu.t taU,-1 1
with tlie iHH.r )untis n;t!ier in the datk
ene.l room. an. I Imw the little haby wiu
to lie bnne.l the m-t day. ainl Imw' John !
u to to everything utul to tli 1
r.1111 1. ry, mi l bow tin, bttle i-nflin wm 1
' ,0 1,8 I"11 ' tho vnult and kept till th 1
- """'' K"t home.
by John ranio Iwck with a
. (f'Bt U. It waa full to the brim with
hlie of the valley not another tlow. r.
I Well. Joliu n-rvi.-i were nut tn-edi-d
after all, for that very ni4ht the yuiiinj
husband came home from .South Amer
ica, and the next day, vt hi n the carn.140.
drove away from the little cottage with
littln white cai-kct on the front nat
hea-. hi4h with bh. of the valley,
the poor joiitijj htt-batid lookeil over tu
u in the window and made a urt of a
bow and put In hand on hi heart
That evening-, when it wa tune to go
to work. Joiin Herry came down with a
ante he I 111 In band and l---an to ay
guodby to ti. kayitirf he wa Koiui to
leave. When he came to the lat one
Klizalieth Haw km he lu-.it .it.-.l. then
held out In hand tit a he had to the
rest of u.
She Just barely touched It, !
and both of them looked white and
trembling Just a he waa Jjuiuj; out of
the door khe calk to him.
John!" It wasn't a bit like F.lizalieth Hawk
in' voice, and we 11II ktan-d. John came
back, but didn't any a word jut ktianj
waitni;. And now they both were red.
"Are yon coing Ix-caiiMt IkH'auM)"
John nodded. 1 don't Ik'lieve he could
have kind a word tu ave luui.
Well-well-lJohn. don't eor
Loll 4 In-fore khe finished John had her
In hi arm ru'ht Ix-fure u all.
"I aaid 'No,' John, beeatnut I wa
fraiJ you were hard and unfeeling'
till today. Now I know U tter.''
"Uod Ides you. my children!" aaid
motherly Mrs. Smith. The ktereotyed
old phr.UKi wa a relief, and we all
laughed io A tcary aort uf way, then khe
Added:
"When trouble ctmij and you ne-d
patience and forbearance tx-uieiulx-r
what brought you totjethi-r."
And we all aid:
"Ovtr-the-Wayr Chicago Tribune.
A a Odd Tlui la M.U. a Arh.
There is a remarkablo atory of Dr.
Folleii, which i told thus: lr. Follen
had been u Ci. rinau atriot, and he be
came a fervent American patriot; for he
Valued jiolitical liU-rty a u necessary
conditioti of the development of Chris
tianized humanity. And he never
ceased to wonder, during hi w hole resi
dence in America, at the want of reli
pious (-aroint tuna iu American patriot.
I rcuicmbcr once when he waa in Dr
Channing' pulpit, and wa thanking
Ood for the privilege of American citi
tenship, in behalf of the hole congre
gation, he paused and iniide an addresi
to the li ple, to call their attention tc
tho deep character of the bleiwing Rlnl
it bearing on their rc-ligioua privilege,
In order that they wight join with him
more fervently than he feared they were
doing, and afterward went ou with Li
prayer. About thi there waa at least a
nubility, however remote from ordinary
tiractice. SL Loui (ilolw-Democrat.
Ml Niulth' I'rrnlUr Nult.
Mis Margaret Smith's lately deter
mined claim fur I'.M.IsiO aguinst the
estate of the ib-ceased Mr. l'ark almost
rivaled the baccarat case. Mis Smith
waa dewribed a "an Irish lady of gentle
birth, good elucation utul coii"iilerable
attaiuineut. Mr. l'ark ilied four year
ago, aged eighty two, leaving i'luo.OW)
1 hereuisin Jlis Stnitli prisiuetil a con
tract which Isjtmd Mr. Park to pay her
30,0u0 if she Rucceesled in marrying lu
son John. Twenty thousand sutiil
wa guaranteed to her in case of failure.
Tbe trial showed that Mis Smith wa
ponsessed of a passion fur litigation
She hail had fifteen of them fur all sort
0f purpo-. In thi case she swor that
l- I. I l Il . :
yotlng Park had askeil her to marry bun
and had given In-r a ring, all of which
the young man denied, and at lat Mis
Smith Imt her ca-. London Letter.
I'rrfulur la Anrlrat II).
Old a the hi-tory of the World lt-lf ii
thai of the que. u of tlow. rs. The ln li-nl
Greek and Huinan reveleil iu roses; thry
were Usnl lavishly al t lieir fiasis. In tli
tune of Ihe republic Ihe proplr bail their
cusi of f ai. riii.ni wine sw imming with
bii'iiiis, and the Spartan sohoers. after th
battle of L'irrha. refuxil to drink any
wins that wu not erfiiuml with rose,
wlnleal th ngaila if IbiiJ- the wia.lr
aurfaee of ti.e l.ucrine lak was strewn
Willi rlowi r.
Nero al hi luiiiqueting ilinwi-re rise
wau-r iie.u lostui .is from an os-nmg iu
the r.-l.llig. and w lieu boimrili tlie house
of a noble ith his prrseti. r tne lust
Compelled to bme l.i foiiutu. ns playing
rUM-w iter. In the n put it if r'- foiimi
pi, e in tbr form of a lis .a.J.ni.g Pmla
drlpbia Tunc.
Iwe.lbl la th l.t.
A g"sl story i told of a Uv lial.Iin ibc
tor, famous I it lo sknl ai.d also l.i. great
love of tle'tiey llrli.ul a oli-' itll afel en-
(Tyirbiiiit patniil In an o. i si,i,,k - -r Tin
old laiiy wka terrin.y rbe'iitiaiii- me! una
i blc to bav her sufa. I'or.i, ti t ili tor'
I Visit St. krpt a "lie J.ll.. le.tr in L-r
; Laud, wni'li duly went u.'o lr (' ' rk-
. One n.ornin h found lur lying led
oo th of. selling i-.p:r. in .-ior
, ( ;.rlil. sic! taking l -r i.si.d tn L. h
. saw II. fingers ' "e.1 on h. fee
' "I'lSST h ! I- p'" ke'e it;
k-us.biv Ui t,r iai: .s . lora ioru.
A lle.lsrd Trl..a.
nn Ilr4her-Til n.e a sti.wy 'l;nt ir
O.d woman w lei hvl la a i..r.
little h,.ler-Uh. I'm tired of ti.t. I'll
U-ll yota 'ts.ut an oel wmau at.o iiinl id a
fial ao Lal D snr Lielreo i.e Lad
tO tirep Ml 111 likSifUiat. liuud Nrw,
MONGOLIAN GLNirS.
CLtVtR ACT OF A CHINAMAN WHO
STOLE A BOX'OF JEWELS.
turf nt tlurgUr la ( hlna A fira,
u ui4 With m hrr Mat,
mUH th klnmt lti ir mm 4.0 '
Iraa taibuwiliir-Th Thirl f:rapr. '
"My lun-bnii l wan, a yi u know, ttt '
lh Ani.tn.tn dipl. in.ttic m rvtre." .u.r
AnAiiirri.au woman win ejn,.nri.
t.f divrr Un 1 had Iwti 111. mt rit titve, '
"and of coure the number of innjent '
In our vary ;v it life ha I wen h (jimi. Hut
thero wa one udvetiture wlm h mvnrre-1
While we were attached to the embaioy
III I'liln i that k ootnbine.1 the Iii.Iutoum
With really aenona that 1 hall never for-'
fc-et IL j
"After w had Uwn there Alxutt a year
tlu ro incurred mine j;r'U'l jubilee or
clli. rat the rmirt to iflebrate the em- '
ror' In-tin lay or aoiiio other fmtivn
tHvall.n. mi l llanui It. had Urn netit '
innu t ieiiii.- n pe-iiti i-oiivor to tender
cotii.-r.ittilatii.ii, tti". lie. i f ronrM,
t. p d at the legation. Th ni.-ht b
fore he ;n to leave he returned verr
I . . I . ,, , 'I
late for dinner I could kee dtinnn the '
vvrintitf that he wa distrait and wor
ried, and after our picrt had K'tin he
roiiti.led to tho count and luyaelf In
trouble.
"Ho wa a nervou. fuy little man.
and wa evidently greatly iiiturleil. 'I
have had koine nnurtaiit jewel con
fided to my care,' lie told u. 'tu be iriven
to our cmiN-ror a a memento of tin w
caaiun. Tomorrow I kuI, a you know,
in the Kovernmeiit ateamer for Imme,
and aa toon a I am aU.ard hip I khall
not f.vl any anxiety; but I 11111-t confer
Illlf loiil 'lit I mn I .I..1
that tonight I am nervou why, I do
nut knnw; but 1 have the feeling, and 1
thought 1 would confide it to yon. and
perha you would khar my responsi
bility.' "My hiikband. who h.ia inherited from
hi Irish mother a lold carelmMn-.
which ha often tid him in goodktcad,
althongh disastrous in tins instance, mud
Ifood iiatunslly: 'tiive them to In, if
you like. 1 have an irou lai bv mv lsl
i where I lock up any imitortant paper
,,mt 1 ,UV8 '"X rw,,n t night, And I
win Keep mem mr von. ills baron.
Itrvatly relieved, gladly handed over the
little case that held the coMly tnnketa,
and shortly afterward we all retired for
the night
bTOHY Of TllaE Ut Illll.AHY.
"The count' rim adjoined mine, and
the last thing I n ineinU-r wax wring the
glimmer of In light under the d. sir a
bnk.it w riting at hi d.fk, titiislung up
hi dispatche fur the morrow. I wa
awakened from a di-ep aleep by the noise
of a kcuflle, and immediately afterward
the khotit of my husband, ami in a few
unnuteatho whole house wa aroused.
"Catch the t hi. -v. !' shouted the count,
and for a kin irt time all waa in confu
sion, no one understanding the why ami
the w hen-fore of tho uproar, the count,
lu the light. nt of attire, having torn
down the ktuirs and into the courtyard.
After a UM-les pursuit he returned,
breathles, to tell his story.
"The bos waa gone; that I had wen
at once, and had already communicated
my fear to I la run II., who had also ap
peared npon the kevno, and who wa
nearly frantic. Hetwit-n ga for
breath for what with the excitement
i and the chase and hi emlioiipoitit my
: poor husband wa completely exhausted
: we finally elicited the following fact.
After he had put the jewels in the strong
box, which stood on a table at the head
of hi bed, he nat down at his desk, and
; finding that ho had more to do than he
' expected, wrote until the small hour oi
the morning.
I "Notwithstanding the lateness of the
I hour he wa restless after be filially got
! to bed, and did not fall into a sound
sleep: so that the light liolse of the open
ing door aroused him at once, and by the
dim light from the hall he saw a mulllcd
figure approaching his bed, win In an
other form, also shrouded in drapery,
stood by the ilinr. Count A. la a brave
man and a strung man, and has alwaya
been a famous athelete; so rather enjoy
ing the idea of the denouement he lay
quietly in wait, knowing by a flash of
intuition that the jewel were the object
of the midnight marauder.
A UKfcAKt.D lll'lIllljtK.
"Tlie roblier came steadily and noine
leasly toward the box a if he were s-r-f.i-tly
familiar with the location, while
the count feigned sleep and allowed linn
to come near enough to lay hi hand
Ukiii it Then with a sudden movement
bo threw hi powerful ami around the
thief and shouted for help, but by an in
diwnbable wriggle the rrealure lipHi
with the dexterity of a fcertient from un
der the heavy sheetlike drapery, leaving
it iu my husband's clutch.
"Wiih a bound the latter wa out of
bed, and for the second time he had the
miscreant iu his grasp
but again he waa
foiled, thi time by a uew device which I i
will venture to say ha never been beard
of in the police refKirUof any rtvilized
country. The man wa completely nude
and greased from heal to foot with a
soft, buttery subktsnce that made him
slippery a an d. Notwithstanding that
the count caught him several times he
made good his escape, never relinquish
ing the box.
"Yes; the jewels are gone," continued
Die counteas. in answer to an inuuirr.
"And what is tuore we could never trace
them; there ts no, detective service in j
China that amount to anything, and
the wretches were cuinpleb-ly successful.
Baron Ii., although terribly afraid of (
the consetjuenres of hi having r-h iate4
Lis trust to anotlier, behavel nmt hand- ,
somely, and completely exonerated my
bnsband from all blame.
"Both gentlemen wished to give the
money value for the loaa, but this bis '
Imperial maj-ty would not permit
The story of the 'pressed Cbinaiiiau' got i
About, however. And, ws are told, vexed
the Chines cC'.ial not a little; and
Whether it was fur this cause or for oui
ether reason, we were shortly transferred ' ' number. These at the wind furtll
to another put Aa it was ia the path iaed fluwrrs. And here nature must pro
of tirotuotiun w e were more than tati- ' vi le for an iinineu loss of material
fled, J t.k t, pains to
discover the
reason." New Yur Tribune.
Ceoklu la Farls.
It Is a cunuu fact, by the way, that
the French, w ho cannot cook a real beef
steak to the Atlu-Saxtkr1 palate, ran
convert the horse into a savory dish,
i Th opportunity fur dj,tlon put their
culinary art u;",n it mettle. I suplm,
'Just a if yoa give thetn the prunes t
' green turtle out of th West Indie, tbry
will ;j.l it in Uie pot, while from a
; calf's head, sod veal scraps and the
stuck kettle they will make yon a mock
turtle so up to deiol any on but Lon
don ai lerman. Alfred Tremble in New
i .
lurk Lt.a.
o
A LAZY MAN'S PAftACiSE.
Tfc r...l nt rrguT Tali Thlag
.. il ! .. ik ta nrk.
flutter i very rare in the Paraguayan
capital. UvaiiM. the pi-aaiit will not at
tend to their row, lead tin lit to it'!
pAKture and work a churn At Atitu ion
we have keen the en a turned nut Into
thentreet to Kfa wnere there I neit
to nut In 11 to eat At Villa t 'oticeiKioii
the cam U the .mie, wlierva if the row
Wereb-I half a tulle to the etl-e of the)
Uwn tliey would tiinl alititidant pasture.
and give k'oo.1 milk Tin i only one i
instance out of a thotiandQ
Take, again, tln-e obi an, I young 1
women we ww aipiattuu In the market,
with little craM of produce .re,i. out
liefure them Supuke they wll tills fur
ten cent, they havernotigli to buy mate,
tobacco .9,1 mandiiK-a, which are their
chief aliment, and thus they keep the
houM'lmld going, with the help of or
ligea, that lie lu llriliv place a foot deep
on the ground A caii"tic olerver ba
aid that the Paraguayan peasant llvi-
on mate and the n-ll of a greax-d rag
The greaMil rag i an exaggeration.
Male, maiidi.H-a. tobacco, m-arrane,
orange, and caua rum as a luxury, such
," ' ,1 , .H'l i.llllll . HI-
tn-1.- .,f coti-umptmu. With p.n.r f,..
re tlie ordinary and extraordinary ar-
atich A tin the tin 11 nre naturally weak
and indolent; and U-inu at the aaiuo
time the lord of creation they pa their
live in ineilitntive latitie and leave the
women to do what little work i abso
lutely required to keep a roof over their
hra.1.
Thee Paraguayan, jtour and Ignorant
A they may lie, are proud and umi--
tilile; they never nay thank you except
a A formula of refiikal; it I um-Ii- to
order them alKitit; they mtit be treated
with geiitleiies and ivmnaston. ae.iual.
, .. . 1 . 1
and even then not much ran begot out
of them. So I waa told by a dozen men
who had varied rxerieiiee in the coun
try. The educated Paraguayan them
selves admit this much, but without
notable disapproval, and with an impa
tient click of the tongue against the
teeth and much writhing and shrugging
of neck and shoulder they will pmte-t
against Americanism, progre and doing
thing quickly.
"It I nut in the character of the
nation," they will nay. "It i in our
nature to go on klowly, quietly, without
effort; and fortune comes to ti almost
while we are sleeping. "Theoilore Child
In Harper's.
Kvlrey's Hill (ur Tronr.
Herliert Keh-ey's iligmfieil appearance
Is a art of his reputation. Hi fault
lea coats and his well creams) trousers,
which never seem to have discovered
tliat their wearer i jointed at the knee
like the rest of the world, have been tho
envy of plenty of fellow who raunot
sit down once in a pair of breeches with
out letting them into all the secret of
their ham. It t not generally known,
however, how much care Kelcey takes
to keep up his apN'Arance.
Of course in New York it is erfi'tly
easy to keep one's self pnwd, but when
he is traveling on the road it is quite a
different matter. The actor rcaorts to
various method to retain that U-autiful
crease down the front of hi trousers,
one of which I to take hi tmner when
he undreme, stretch them carefully into
shape, and lay them between the mat
tresses of his bed when his beat has two
mattnwM's.
Last year ho left a western hotel in a
hurry and left a pair of trouser behind
him, for which he telegraphed back from
the next town. In the meantime Mr.
and Mr. Harrymure had arrived at the
hotel the next night and been amignetl
to the room Kelcey had occupied. The
bellboy was sent to the rin to ask the
occupants' permission to look for the
nether garment. They were found be
tween the mattresses, and Harrymore
undertook to do them np and forward
them to hi brother actor. When Kel
cey received the package it contained, in
addition to the trousers, a bill stating
that Mr. Herbert Kelcey was indebted
to Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Harry more for
pressing one rair of trousers. Huston
Home JoornaL
Ths Tratk la Hot Weather.
We are accustomed to say that the
Americans are generally a truthful peo
ple. Is it owing to our climate? That
has great extremes. The mean is fair,
and produces national veracity. Whence
comes, then, the habit of playful exag
geration, usually harmless, and perfectly
understood as humorous? Is it the re
sult of tho extreme of heat ami cold, es
pecially of heat? Observation ought to
tell as whether we are more truthful in
the winter than in the summer, and
whether the national habit of using ice
water for a beverage i an attempt to
counteract Die veracity dctroylngiwer
of a high temiieraturo.
There is no doubt that we antssnd in
summer: moral reform n.lr llm ritv
rhnrrh .r. el,-,!- l.'.t. f,.ll. i,.t.. .
flirtj.Uot1ai wav. and or.lv round, en Intn
seriousness of intention with the advent
of Dm bracing autumn. Apparently It
la the first frost that tone us up into
veracity. It Is a humiliating depend
ence. Charles Dudley Warner in Har
per' A
The Trod actios mt r alias.
The Immense number of pollen grains 1
produced by a single flower apparently
miliUte against the saying tliat nature I
allow nothing to be funned but what is
tteedfuL It seems, indeed, a vast waste
of msterial to hare loch a multitude of
grains when so very few would answer
the same purpose. Inaningle flower of
the peony there are about three and
half millions grains; a flower of Die dan
delion is estimated to produce nearly
two hundred and fifty thousand; the
number of ovules in a fluwer of the Chi
nese wisteria has been counted and the
number of pollen grains estlinsted, aud
It is found that for each ovule there are
even thousand grains.
While few fall below the thousand.
many ne far above the peony In point
Professor Juvpn F.
Jaiao In Popular
Science Monthly
Th -I th Thro Italia.
To Ihrr fc-ildrd balls unl by pawn
brokers ar Ik tbrre glided pilus which
Ui i'lorrutiii banking Lous of tli Medici
assumed a thrlr arm bm ttiry brcain
waailhy. Tb founder of Ik family bad
bars a otiliuui his children wriit Into
banking and got nib; I Ley asaumxl tb
canting eU of artuaof tli pill, and hong
lhm out W show w her their bank was
their bus, ce bring largely ia tb nature
of pawntirok i'ig. Tbnr rivals caugbt oa
to tb Me ud buog up tbrre goidra
beJia, and u ibrir aucccks,-, having glvea
op banking, reiaia lb ball a tb iuUia
of lb pawb broking sul of tb Imslniw
Kw York sua.
SLAUGHTEniNa THE BIROS.
Vaeoanl,! NumWri klllril by C'alirurala
lliifilrr.
Tlie wild pip-on i nut yet extinct In
America no. 11. l liy manr luilhon.
And, Ihoiuh tlieibiv nf Ikeir t.lnnl.i.l
bvi- ..nu lutic-r uiwM.l in all the tatr f.it
of the .tiwiwiii. Hi. ) i iaiiiiiay anine
th teople 1 1 mmr r.-m. te xi tiiiii .( tlie
ri by coiuniK in iiiillnui (ri.111 no one
know hrre. Mn h a eae nan thai of the
reertit iiivaMi.n of (he (niiiU I'nil nioiin
Urn. in labforni.t. which rx.itnl all the
H,rtimii and would be nirliiirii of th
late.
Nut many year 4"throld ettlrrof tlie
Cent ml rt erv often limnl Linu-iit in-
tueilipnriiue of the w 11. 1 piiMU. Thi-y
Vt.
v ' r.
5.V
eVSV.
TIIK nM TAU l i t-n.rnx.
told bow nt various liine the hinU would
com In cloud that literally shut out the
ray of the sun. how they rrnwil Hi Ohio
In rertaiu statist plaeea and n.iisl In ii-r
tain forest In -ui h masnrslhat the soil and
tltnlier kluiwnl th rltects for yr-irs after.
More than on urh district la still known
as Itgeoii Ittsiat. In soutlirrn Indian one
such tract Pttrmbsl for six mi lea, and old
rtllei-s ileelare that every In- ou the tract
Waa l.mihsl with pigism a long aa lb
IIiiiIm would bold thrtu.
Why th binl mas lu this way no one
klion. but a few il) sine they roiireii
traletl along Itoulib-r rnvk, California,
ami soon hundred of npl were banging
away at them with every known fir
ami Th ground lu many place looked a
If feather bed hail been rtiHl open and
scattered along It In lb village th
barroom tal,n were piled high with them.
Tbry ram lean, but feasting on lb ma
dron la-rrtea noon made them fat Th
variety la that called III t'oluiliba faariata,
or baud tailed pignut, and ranges ou th
Pacific from llrilish Columbia lu (iiial
uiala. Ita main mulravou I went of the
Pocky niounlalu lo th Coluuibia river.
Ao ornilbulouist of t'olunel lying's rel
brated exidilioa uf llrst discovered
the variety.
C'allfoniia aclentist Is-lleve that tbry
bsve brenliug ground lu th far north of
Uritlsh Columbia, I lie Northwest Territory
and AlbalNtM-it. Th region of th wiksj
buffalo would aparrntly suit them wrll.
They were driven south by Ihe storm. That
la agreed Uxin, and aa they fly with aa
touniluig rapidity tliey might bav reachtsl
California even though coming from the
remote region of Hudson' hay.
Th fan tailed visitor are ashy In eoler
and hsv a Iln bluish cast on lbs rump.
Their primary feather and th basil por
tion of lb tail ar dusky, and lb larger
wingeoverta are edgnl with whit. Th
bill and Irga ar yrlluw. There I a harp.
Whirring sou ml when they fly. At last ao-
rounta iliey were Mug slaughtered wan
tonly by ten of thousands, and 111! there
were million more.
Aa Kreaulrl lua.
The eccentric people in the world are
more plentiful thi summer, it would
earn, than ever before. A lady verging
on forty, attractive withal, and excel'
lently bred, approached a friend with an
astoulshiiur proiKstitlun.
"I waut to borrow your little daughter
for the summer, if I may," said she.
"Why. what for, ' laughed the friend.
"Oh," she replied, "1 have a plan.
Ton know bow odd I am. My oddity
baa kept me single all these year. There
never waa a man that cared for me over
week, though I've had a hundred of
'em desperate for that length of time.
Well, I've been doing the gill ai t up to
the present moment, and have had all
the fun I wanted. Last summer, how
ever, I noticed that tny fam-ination was
waning, and that the men were neglect
ing me for the younger beauties.
"1 didn't like that, and I wt to work
studying out some way for getting my
self into condition to compete with the
freshest of ein. I ve got it now. I iu
going to be an interesting widow this
summer. I shall go to a jolly little
quiet hotel where no New York ladle
are ever found, and I shall be Mrs. Ho-and-Ho
of New York. Hut I must have
a child. I want a pretty, sweet little
girl child of eight, aud your Perth is
just the one I want Now, you lend her
to me and let me pass her off as my
daughter, and I'll invite you to go to
Europe with ine in the fall Do, now,
there's a dear. Take pity on a poor
failed creature who ran only make a hit
by being a widow. Lend me Bertha,
and make my summer happy."
Out she did not get the child. New
York Letter.
A Oswr iiatlaa.
If you happen to we a pretty woman,
smartly dream-d, leading two or three
valuable dog in leash In the park these
fine day don't lose your heart to her un
der the Inipreaniou that it is one of th
Athletic young datight -rs of inherited re
aU that you read aliout In English
novels. No; she Is one of the new dog
UAids, taking some line lady' pel out
for an airing. She will tell you, if you
chat with her on the benche. that the
dog belong to her and her sister or
chum, that she is devoted to the dear
creatures, and so fond of lovely stroll
in the park with them for protection
btufft
She 1 paid by the hour for exercising
the brute. My lady's maid tliat can-
for the son and heir must wear the badge
of servitude; not so with she who cares
for my lady's dog. She is different sort
of an Individual, as is fitting to be out
with dear doggie. She is intelligent and
chic. Any girl likes to stroll in the iark.
Any girl likes to lead a brace of hand
some dogs, snd of course tlie good y
I she receive for it is not objectionable
for new glove and bonnets.
Advertisement in tlie papers Ilk "A
lady, experiences!, would exercise dogs
In tb park," are not at all unusual. The
only Diing that aurjini" yon alsmt It i
th style and apparently good place of
the girl who preaeuls herself for tin
novel occupation. A dog In leash is only
Die mark of luxury and wealth. New
W.IU la the Uwr.
Tb nrrwf ul burin of an artesian writ
In lb Colorado dnwrt 1 of hopeful orara
for lh reclamation of that region. A
mighty stream of walr rosa from a gram!
djb eool, pur water and continue in
Sow. Other borings will doubtlne b rar
j rted out and the will tb dtswrt bkuasuat
' as a garura.
oo
THE FLOAT AT WELLESLEV.
A llres rr. uf Cullrg filrl the
I k r Thrlr s-hal.
Few New Yorker know what A gala
occasion t th floU at Weill sh y college.
It i the annual dr"a parade, as it were,
of the college girl on th pretty lake of
W.il.in. which border one side of the
eoll'-ge gr ind. Four bun IpnI acres of
rolling and pvi tly w.ssl.-d fi. . extend
alsitit the coll. go h .!! an 1 dormitories,
with plenty of t 'lini court for th girls
ml si. le. will. and well kept drives
In diiTereiit direction. Tho II. Mil at
tr.tct many vi-itor. and nil day lontj
g-iy eipiipagin and groiii of young men
and maidens make briinant the wens.
The function take placeat earlyeven
Ing. Ily fl o'cl. k a throng ba collected
on Wahiu' bank. Trees Isirder the
beautiful lake and lliin.-se lantern deck
th trees. Many huti lre. guest are aa
einblisl by the lake.ide waiting for Dm
crew to aps-ar. The gown and black
quarecapare wurn by many of the girls,
and one had i hoeti In-m of dark red with
charming ellect. A group of ivrhaps
fifty student are waiting at the landing
to cheer off the crew a tiny pa
through the crowd of spectator and
descend the bank. The sun i alimmt
setting and tho light over Ink and land
is enchanting. The evening songs of
bird an beai l among the hum of voice
The quiet expectancy of the moment is
Impressive.
Presently eight girl wearing dark
green gown and large, round, fiat
topped cait appear. The group of sing
er spi ll out gavly "W K L-L-U S L-E-Y
Wc!!eley'U!" followed by the quick
"'Rah! 'rah! "rah!" The kiectatr ap
plaud and the crew seat themselves in
the eight oaml boat and put out klowly
from shore, A crew In gray follows.
The freshman crew in white flannel step
daintily down the sandy plank to their
boat One crew in dark blue waists and
ra and striil blue snd white skirts
make a pretty snowing, ami th. in
old rose wem to la-long to the evening
colors of sky and water.
The row ing is dignified. Somerral
e caught, but not many, and usually
grace prevail. The boats move gently
off toward the middle of the lake. The
pennons of the crews and the Japanese
lantern add their beauty to the scene.
The spectator cheer heartily and the
girls shout their "'Rah! 'rahl "rah!
Wellesleyr bravely. Ten or a doxen
crews thus move away from the crowd.
and the senior nearly raimize a little
craft with two men in it which had run
awkwardly tinder their bow.
Hum of the last crews numbered but
Ix, and the "specials" sang as tbey
pulled off:
Fur claas may earn and class saay rn.
Hut guoa fiirevsrt
Dy and by, as twilight deepens, the
boats come slowly back. Two stroke
oars clasp hand and steady their boats
Into position near tbeshore again. Two
more row In between them, joining
across and holding themselves there
while five or six more draw up. their
bows pointed together, making a star of
boat. A Ull and graceful senior, with
ribboned baton, rime from her seat And
lead, with a clear, strung voice, all Die
crews a they sing song after song, "A
Maid Lives by the River, The HtnltU
Uirls Have Much Wit." "Listen to Mr
Tale of Woe," etc.. but the notes of
"Lan ringer" ring out more sweet and
full than all tho rest
Applause from tho shore follows all
the seng, often so hearty aa to bring a
welcome encore. The moon is shining
brightly on the scene, and now colored
light are thrown upon the star of boats
As their fair crews sing on and on. By
o'clock the voices seem a little Dred.
Tho crews betake themselves with their
guests to the college halls, and the float
la ended. Cor. New York Tribune,
A Crawn I II llaabaad.
The editorial writer of one of t he ablest
and largest Journals of the west is a
Woman. She ts the Journalist's mouth
piece on all questions pertaining to the
tariff, and few editorial are mure widely
copied. Her ofllce Is the library of her
pleasant home. She does all her writ
ing on a typewriter, compiwing aud
writing at the same time. "The printer
devil" drop Die proofs In a letter bos
outside her dining room window nt the
lunch hour.
A peculiar rattle at the shutter la a
cipher dispatch from the editor, "Turn
down or turn tiff itearn." "That means,
explained this brilliaut woman, "that I
must temper tomorrow's editorial a lit
tle wanner, a little colder." A womaa
of Infinite resource, she is a daily power,
and earns asplendid salary. Sh repeat
edly ruftMce to be "written np," tnough
solicited by all sorts of syndicates. "My
work," she says, with her proverbial good
sense, "is being done by hundred of
men all over the country. There I no
desire to larn of their personality or see
their picture. Why should there be any
curiosity about tnu? Until I am able to
do something that men have failed lo do
I refuse to give tairsonal information or
my photograph for publication. 1 think
Women defeat their beet interests by run
ning into print with every little thing
they accomplish outside the beaten
track." Columbus (O.) Post
A SkBSBr Ho lor Jlk Olrla,
Through tb effort of the friemU of
working girls a working girls' club, com
posed exclusively of Jewish girls who
work for a living, baa been organized.
Thi association has recently opened a
summer borne for the girls of th club.
It 1 to differ from the homes of th other
working girls' club in that It will be
near Dt city. It will afford a homelike
and pleasant place At which to spend a
vacation at a very reasonable rate. A
wealthy Jewish woman has offered to
tak charge of th house, and baa closed
her own hum for tb summer In order
to enable her to give her entire attention
to th work. New York Letter.
A Dalai Tratsaat for Asparafua,
A delicious dainty for hot weather
lunchea Is asparagus salad. After the
talks are bulled they should be plunged
at once Into Iced water, which prevent
tbeni from hating their natural color and
also keeps them straight Mak a dress
ing of oil, salt aud pepper, substituting
fur vinegar a generous amount of lemon
Juice. Thi succulent vegetable ts never
eaten nnder more delicate and appetizing
auspice than these. -Nw York Times,
Th Philadelphia School of Design ha
awarded the first prize for illustrating
to Miss Almee Tourgee, the daughter of
Judge Albion Tourgee, Sh ts only
twenty year old. and expect to go
abroad aftrr a preliminary course of
study at tb New York Art League,
The prixe Mia Tourgee ha jat won ia
a gold medal worth fifty doUart, pre
acted by Ueorge W. CLUJs,
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