m
THE LAV Of THE SCARLET KING.
. ,m. kiint llilng U rh-borJ Kin!
P'.ii ...-' h.ii,"
H..I ,n Mir majrallrally rur.rall
',. , .I..u.aiii.arl " Iw-nfbjr axulaln.
,., ..a I '" wralher l 1n,
,ri. t- " "'thaat !"".
1,rrA,,,; lt,r i,ilior nuutl. Ilk a stair.
tlrtu,a. ntt-d f"U" doe not hamper nif
11)1 ui.
i- ,r I maoe "' W'" el a time;
J', ,. rwl ra-.. sgalnat '' Baat.sd.
f. r
i ,i,ru I il illwlwl pantomime.
Uiw,, i,, mi ai.lrladaaliliiguuiigbrlde
vv bv a.at-i-a "'I "' b,rd l command;
t,.,urr. iNi kiiiglila-ibueiuif ,rid ah
,a Initial
, a "f her nondescript hand.
II) i
aata-r a King tout am laughter,
..... .rt lU
' . , L. b .il ffniflllUB iff llilsla.
).,. ,IIIM --.
li , n.r I" IM " " h hlaa.-ajha.rtadlaijU)ral,
In r.4111 i ,
. r , r,l ami marina;
hgtiirrs.
am rimng in uicir a sua.
i. i.nrk and can suacor th weak.
j, a. in""" .......... ....
Tl. lai.guag ' I bree gulden balls.
I'tMCII.
,,1, . ii ful tiling la a rubicund King
i,.,.eilviiai) claiac In sr.
1,A' a are lilt liara, amiuuifii aaiaaacr Ilia
am-a.
Hat ml r 1. 1 rlmlira anil Ma Ivor JT waM,
Ami rr.l la Ilia weltering guru.
-I,. anui Waddle In Yuuib's Companion.
.Mi '
Jl) "
A IIKKOIXE.
ami lliumi tmt without atari.... i.
La.l been c..ntructed fr l)0 ., h weight
" .. Katlieni.e ,lar.-d u..t
take time to run to the top of .. kntlll
for further oh, rvt,. Every utunma
u prti'ioiin.
A blanket utnl a tm ,.,,.
lalliltiK l.r. H.1 Hii l , , lllrllti , f
t.-r Hint I,, r r..t).r Ul trmuht frm
tlie diatant Minn tlut tii..ri,nU. Hr
liiitl!y li t ilowti t.i U'lihih. an.l l.,.t f
II. the U.y. w,.T, jw
hulhfntie h. rvlf waaul,,t to ilrwrml
Iipii a l.r. ih of h..t wiii.l ,w..i,t , riwg
hvr tm-t.
She rwoyminl ti,.wwhiit tin- kn-iu-r
lliatitiftaof thB.-i.lt hl l. ,, lf,,re.
The (iruinv a un tiivl
In Hint tiiiiiiii-i.t ini.'iiM' in. ntiil ui;,.iiy
tik m ..iii i.f tliH l,r;,u- Kirl. Tli
Hrewui i-i.tuinK atr.iuht t..ar.l th.iu;
thut thi r . ti,. .li,,t. What roiilj
he Jo? Sh cliii,U,l ,ttiiUj up Uu. h,,).
tltTlltlil lonkl'il uroiin.l.
A lur(u line ii,vi ri-. UurJ. f,,nii. rly
! to pit iiinl. r the kit. ln u tuvr.iu
ImiiiIiii j lii-iir. Ii iiuiiii,' iikMiii,t the liutiH..
Thi ulie ilraKiil to the iimutli t,f the
extern ami ,ull,., u ,.arv ov,.r ,li0
cijwiiiujr. u'.nl wu rejuii-1-.l to nrtliut it
WHi lartfu eiiniinh to rnr the .-titire
pme t lri pt a few im hi un eiu h ai.le.
Then ahe ran to the km In n uti.l jjot
Kunu tnatchi'4.
I niiiHt try Lack firing." ,he aai.l. "It
li our only chatire i-ithi r to avn the
Imtiaeor ourM-lvea, but fan I tin Una lf
f,ire the Iinliatia jji-t i,-u ':"
Fear Hi rv.-. her tn-iiiblin.' Iinml aa ahe
iM'rati'hi'il a tiiati li iin.l, tiNiniitf ilowu.
npiliil it to the graM a few rl away
from the Iioiim-.
A inll of H tml t xliii(,'uilie,l it U fi.re
the J,Ti '!IUht file. Almtlier Mini yet
unotlier hiiri il the Mine fale. h.-r lian 1
ahak Hit; o that alie wcinl. r.il h,,w aiie
IiiM the Itcht. AtiotluT alt.ln.t w.ia
MU'feaafti), iilnl ahe adw a fivblti blazii
run iiImiik the yrmiii.! at In r feet. Akmui
ami anam ahe ni,,!ie.l the tire, until a
litilit, thin flame i xt. n.li ,1 fur ulmtit X
Vanla eai h al.le of the houae. Thia ah."
knew wotil.l main burn over mi.) g;vt
the I'liiiiiii;; tlatliea II, ,tlim to f,-v, m ill.
while the liht tire ahe alarteil wool, I ma
!e suflicietit to burn the 1ii.um or htable. '
She ulam-fi) nruiiml la-fure attain ile-n-einliiij;
into the l iMern. Notlniii; wan
ill i-ik'ht except a wall i,f t-nmke, black at
the bae, r.'l alaive ami blue w ith the
writhitiK. curling raor that awirll ami
apreiul alaive lill it waa MbaurU-il in the
aliuoiliere.
I'itIihj.s the Imliaii have ymie to the
ravine for protection." ahe thoiiKht: "if
ao, it ia well we di, I not try it."
The air waa crow iii( hotter; the w iml,
feil by the coinhuMinii of the inlvalicitiK
fl.'imea, waa blowing the fire in the rani
cloaiT every tiiiimte. There waa a .lull
roariiu; la'voml, w here the hit;h wall of
tin rolled like liery breaker, nathenn I
force with each breath of wiml. Clearly
ahe could delay no longer. I
"Help me pull up the la.l.li r. IWulah," '
and Una removed, ahe aat down with her
fi-t over the of the fiatern and
kiJnapiinf. and that 1.a thau a uitlefl'i I 1 1 Vl ' I W TUP l III
a) aUndof th.-ti,urderouarrtche l.l.KI. lllh .Mil
la rre hidden In a praine aloujih or ravine
M-I....1. .1..... II.. - . '
....... r, ,m,i ma ie a aafe rrtrrat by RECORD FOR LONG
a nrirtf. waling t..r iiight to fall
la forethi y .., ,.,,ilK1the littlecau
intowriak tlmr bKaalthiraty iiittinct
iy n Ita inlialiitaiita.
lUulah tn.w r, pi'Mt) that Kathume
thoiild :o up and put down the la'li-r
for In r to limn out luto more comfort
al'le ijiuit. r.
"Stfine hko I ditie I nut out bv all dn
Winn I'lojd (iardner and hii wifede-
ri.liil to leave home for few dayi. for
the pin of making aome uifenaary
,nM.ai . tliey did it with many mia '
null;.'-. Lit lie Crow and hia bund had
,,n fuiiiiuiitiiiu aoine rmi'iit depnilu- ;
tii.na HM-ral inlli-a away, but had la-en
f,,i:,i., by two regiment of (,'oveni-
Uirtit IriNipa and dnvrli over the Dakota
J, r,l r. 'i lu re waa really no fattae fur
aUnii. t In y .u,l. but neighbor bad
kii.illv, 'lb-red to aend hiafolori-d woman
H-n.ml. lately brought from Kentucky,
tn , k a(t r hoiix'hobl inattera and May
uli tin- cliil.lreti, and Mr. (iardner told
ti.wile tli.it they could not leave the
hi'tiM- hi U tter rare. The family con- ,
I,. ! K.itherjie.a girl of 14; Harvey, I
a.;.-.! U. aiid l!t uce, the baby, 3 yearn old.
With many injunctiona aa to the care
uf the colt III the atable, to look out for '
jirnne tirea ami to kwp the children
1 r. (ii i.triyin too far away on the prai
r:r. Mr, tiardm T departel, feellim that
j.e w.i very utireaaotiable to entertain
(ur a nioiiietit thevatctie fear that filled
Ut iiilinl and made her auae with her
f..t on the wagon atcp, uncertain w belli- ,
rrrvi'ii at I ln hint minute it would not
be la tter to abandon the journey.
At la-t, however, they were off, and .
oiK-r i.iil aigni oi tne nonae alio tell
bi-r ini-nivinga grow wenker.
A f v hour after they went away a
(tr.iti.-e Miltriin"a waa apparent in the
it:n',.liere.
"What makea the light ao ipueer, sU
t.ry" a-ked Harvey, atanding in the open
tl-r.
K ith, ritio went to the door and look) d
aiuiiti'l. Twelve or fifte-n inilea to the
l.,,rtli a belt of wooded country the
(ireat Woo. I of Mlliueaotil nme clear
-. i ii -t the horizon, while in every other
direct n in the prairie, atretched away ill
uinliil.iling I,,k-, yellow with golden
nl. No cloinU were to be aeeii in tho
ky. w Inch hung above them, dull and
luiiiky, like a copper dome. The aim
i k .1 luu a braaay aphere suapeiidel in
ii'i'Uir
A cloe, aultry ntiuoaphereHurrounded
tliem. a dead calm, only relieved by an
co.i-li'li.il nitT of hot wind that utaaed
tn at). I left the mine dead calm as be
fore IVnl.ih. the colored woman, came to
the d.r and atood baiking off to the
t her hand ahadiii) her blinking
Je
Lnwa! Mi Katherine. dat ar cilt
am Iniitiyiu right amart. Kain't be he
gwihe to die on u, honey? Ver paw tuk
a r n liaik at him W fing to' he lit
nut. ahilah:'"
She waddled aloti( slowly, for the day
warm and Ik-ulah was fat, toward
the lumber ahop, or stable, where the
cult was kept at night. beiliK tethere.1 on
ttir oj.-ti prairie during the day in sight
ot the h, iue. Katherine, more swift of
f,,t. tli-w on la-fore and quickly gained
il.e Minn. lit of the gradual ascent on
fu, h the barn was built.
II, r hand was on the latch and she
a nlK.ut to enter, when on the diatant
lr-.Z' ti ahe aaw sight that laid her
Ua.tii.t.leaa with sudden terror.
Tne It, 'liana were coming!
Away to the uorthweat an Irrfgular
In.a o( horeuieu were riding directly
dou ti Ua,n them, and though at that dis
tance !, could not diatinguiah clearly
lie knew by their peculiar inoile of rid
that they were not white men. For
en moment her heart sank in terror, the
nnt her reaolute spirit aaaerted itself.
Save thi tnvlves they mnst, but hov f
fuor. fuoliali old IJeuIali, clever enough
t ccriojctiiig choice dirdieaOVrr the kitch
en raii.-e. was an added burden in this ... i i.-'. l-.r nl.-.l at 'em. boner
""''-''"y. Could Katherine take the j Yon must hold me np, IVulali, and
cini,lr, n with her on the colt's back and ' ,.t me take a loik out," said Katherine.
f ,lu with thefii tn Ilia near4.t rabiu? I tt-i.u . mwf hp e-eat To the
in ancb caae would become of m the left, as far as she could see,
l.la.-k aal.en t'lain xtended. Oone
and her brothers tulght gain the were te goldeiirod and the prairie grass,
H'lea. of tl.M raei.iA V.v nin.lrf..pl'Ml ' 1.. I...u .1 .f n,Ml,liri7 In
- - ""w n. j ."-- - - Willi lis lit . J i naua v. .. ..... n ...
J hide securely in the caves alonrf the ii,ewiud. On every side only aahes, that
. hut there was U.-ulah. ! rne in dense clouds with every paasinif
" papa were only here, shethought, I ghtt except here and there diiuple.1 :
hollow where tho Art) still auioked od
ji-ri-aiwaiirpiti.au 1 j. a' a piiung f.-r
a cup u' tea. honey. Ie waters v.-ro all
handy, an I II j, . take a few t-bs from
de stable fi r a lire, an u U I r.jy
illik'u je can bat i r eye."
Hut, alu: in the hi at Inovement that
she iiia.le lU ulah ov. rtiirned the pail,
and once on t. rr.i lirina the difficulty
grew more pning. They muat have
a,metl.iiig to eat. f,,r It Waa paat mi.l
afterinaiu and they bad had nothing.
since bn-akf.u-t.
"I'm not afraid, (iive Hie the
said Katherine l.il.llv. and starts) im
swift run toward the apriug.
At the t..p of the ridc ahe paused a
tin iiii-nt. and mring iiotlitng ran on.
Uilt the liiotlielit ahe took another atep
he km w by the liu'ht covering of aahea
that the htai,.t of the tire bad Hot
pid over the ground, and it miiat
have la-, n bai klired. While ahe iaued.
mm it. uu what to do, a fearful jell
aoiiiid. d i-U to her ear. and a burly'lu
ill.ui, hid.-oti in warpaint and featiu ra,
gratd h. rfr. in behind, b apid into hia
saddle and w ith another Jell to hi pony
rode aw ay like the w ind, followed by his
band.
Falign.il w ith the excitement of the
day, Katherine, atrotig and brave aa ahe
waa, auccilliilail to the aeiikatlolis of
deadly terror that km-mm-i1 her. She
made no sound, for fear choked the
ahri, ki upon In r lijw. She made no re
alat.mce, but. white ami hclple-a with
fright, ahe felt heraelf dragged w ith bru
tal force to the pony'a back and borne
with incredible awiftuefa acroaa the
prairie. Sick with a deadly faintnca,
she aalik into iiiaeliaibility.
When alio regained coiiacioiianeaa she
waa in an Indian camp. There were loud,
hoarae alioiita and aavage Jellaaa ritle
ball w blatled through the air. The .e
lilea of the Indiana, tethered cI.imi by,
tugged ami tore at their fastenings.
There Were shrill cries of dirinny from
the aipiaws ami warwluaijia from the
braves as they hurried alamt in vain at
tempts at defeuao from a Midden sur
prise. Then voice called, "We've got 'em
tin time!" and Katherine waa wide
awake flow, for in those tones she recog
nized a voice, loved always, but never ao
Welcome aa now tne Voice of her dear
father.
"tine night uioreatid they would have
eM-aMil u." said Mr. (iardmr. as he
held Katherine in his anna, trembling
and aoblniig, and oh, how- happy! "And
if we'd taken the north trail instead of
the south ou our wav to town
dropped into the strong arms held up to ' shouldn't have met the troops w ho were
tatch In r.
"Don't pull me dowti; I muat pull the
board over," she g;isied. And this task
accomplished, she sank dowti exhausted
bcaide her brothers.
Harvey had been reciting to little
Ilruce the most blood curdling tales of
Indian atrocitiea, and, frightened at the
pictures he himself had conjured up to
Irighteii his blother, sat with his brad
bent forward upon his knees, sobbing
loiiill',
liruce threw his arms around Kather
ine's neck, too fnghteneil to apeak or tit
ter a cry.
"Katy," he whispered, hia breath com- '
IngiiMiiiick gasps, "are thej'fomiug.aiid
! will Little Crow acalp us mid burn us at
' the stake, with little bnrtiiug snliiiters '
stuck all over our bodies:-" j
Harvev, brought face to face, aa it
were, with tho realization of his own
bloirdthirsty fancies, gave an agonizing
howl.
"Hear 'im roarT he cried. "O-o-h,
why don't papa roine? What did he go
and leave us for?"
"It is the roar of the fire," his sister
answered, with white lips; "it is coming
nearer; but don't be af rani and don't cry.
for it cannot touch us here."
The tide of living fire swept over
them; the air. almost rxcluded from '
their cramia-d quarters. ,rew hot and
suffocating; they could hear the crackle
of the lurid flames, and a spark or two
fell upon them through the crack over-1
head. Hut this fire was slight compared '
with the flaming wi II. 12 or 13 fi-ct high, j
which rotred louder ami still louder
it came leaping, crackling on.
in pursuit of the w retches. As it was
we turned back under their escort, and
when I found that my brave girl had
been carried off captive 1 rode on w ith
the soldiers. Thank Uod, my child, I
iilid you safe!"
Katherine is wumau now, with chil
dren of her owu to w hoiu she sometimes
tells this true story of the Sioux uprising
of 172.
"liut, mamma," cries little liruce,
whose eyes and hair are so like those of
the babv brother she remembers so well,
( though he has slept under the waving
I grass in the prairie cemetery theae many
year; "but, mamma, why didn't you
light back!'" And w ith these words the
incipient warrior lu atles sleepily in her
arms, to un-am oi iiiijioasinie inniaii
fights in which he is the chief actor.
Montreal Star.
A 1 hraabuard 11 rata.
The most wonderful deformity in the
human brain that baa ever beeu noted
by the scientists and made a matter of
record was that of the phenomena! chess
player, Kichnrd Kockwoode. lba kwoials
could play 12 games of chess simultane
ously, but no more, not even being abl
to la-gin on the thirteenth. After death
his brain was carefully examined by
skilled anatomists, who found ill the re
gion known to phrenologists as "local
ity" that the molecules of that artioii
of the brain had actually arranged them
selves into combination of squares re
sembling cliesalaaird and that each of
these squares had certain marks Uan it,
... ...v. .u.l .k ...-..., f tl. ffltiul unaitiitiia
I of the pieces in the lat 12 games played
This large tire, finding nothing to con- v.v lh9 eat xtiert while he w as blind-
sum, thanks to Kathenne's foresight in fjl. ThediK-tors w ho make this won-
back tiring." divided, when it came to dt-rfut reiairt declare that it is true in
every particular, but that the arrange
ment of the atoms of the brain into the
l ..I- 1 .. l.l.V.lA.I ...-A. u.t.l au-A.it '
me aaii nrii-n'ij m.ii ...'. v i. . , - - i'
each side of the cabin.
Hut the air was full of flying cinders,
great clump of graaa were taken up by
the w ind and blown in every direction,
sometime falling down throngh the
oiretiitig. where they were promptly
caught and extinguished by Ueulah. w he
bal slowly recovered her wit.
Laws, chile, dem c hanks boun ter
chessWird square referred to could
tiuly las distinguished by microacojies of
the highest power.
More than 40 years ago, when Sir Wil
liam Dean Dakkermade au examination
of the brain of ForUs. the shipbuilder,
and reported that the molecules of the
brain had arrange! themselves (tlie
distance con
versation WITHOUT A WIRE.
i e.
llutj arl..lla .ut aa Aaualaar Kaaiooatol
. Hi Mile I la the Air- Urr
Vulra Itrarlird Oirr Bar Mlln-du.
laaga Arlad aa Itverlvrr.
!
Tale are plenty of long iliatance over
which men's vonva have U-eii cinvi-ytd
It the mediuiii of plai-ld water. Au
Adirondack guide tells of having talked
in ordinary tone, tut a very atill day,
with companion I mile diatant at
the other end of lake, and another
guide cap this story with one i f yell,
which were heard and n turned mar
Water extent of three liillea. Theo tale
ire quite outdone by a Well aiithiiitl
rated story told by Carlotta, otico tlm
m ,it famous woman ba!loiiil in the
world. In her story air, lnti .il of wa
ter, was the medium, an I the diatauce
of the cotiveraatioii waa four miles. It
look lare alaive the outkirt of M
Louis some years ago.
"Il was au acMiiautic exlnl ition. "
says Carlotta in telling the story, "mid
a v, ung man uaine.l While, who was
im xpericuced In balbHiniiig, bad agreed
to make an ascension. I bad alrcinly
gone ti i ami was quietly drifting east
on au eaT air current w hen he started
out lie had had enough i ipcricuce to
know how to handle l!m valves and
sandbag, and he iuteiiih-d to go up a
mile or Miami then di aceml t aily. Now,
the upra r air i full of vanring current.
You mar I. going dun Wi-at at a half
mile altitude, and when you get up a
few hundred yards farther you may
strike current that rnrries you due
east. Mr White becked hi upward
can r in a west Isuiml draft, so that
when he finally drited out of that cur
rent into mine we W ere a gaal long dis
tance apart.
"I always have awcrful glass with
me w hen I make an aaceuslon. When I
turned this mi him, 1 saw that he vva
in trouble. His balloon had twisted a
little In such a way that 1 judged it
was likely totwit more, and he was
clambering around the mpes trying to
right it, but without much apparent
conception of w hat was best to do. I
was frightened lor him, for when the
bag of a balloon tun s too much the gaa
begin to eaca' rapldlv, and the n-siilta
are likely to he serious. I knew that
voices could I' heard long way in the
air, for I h i, I often beard p)ople a mil
below me shouting, ao without know
ing how far the two Lathams were apart
1 decided to hall the other one, I gath
ered all my breath and hontel:
j " 'Hello, hello, hello!'
' "Then I turned my glass on the other
balloon again. I p w here the air is so
rlear as it is a mile alaive the earth one
can see at gn at distances with wonder
ful ilist l m-t ins-. Through my gla-a I
could M-e Mr. White start and liaik nil
round 1 1 i in. Thai w.wiiuite aw hile aft
er I ha I all, nit' d He didn't seem to till
derstatid where tlie Toiii- came from,
but finally 1 aaw him put his hands to
bis mouth, evidently making NHaking
trumi t of them. 1 waited niid w alt.il
and was Jut alamt to shout again when
the huge gasbag alaive ine In-gan to
thrill with sounds. They aocmed to hnra
along its sides and diffuse the air, only
to collect and mine whirring and rum
bling down the funnel to tai pouri-d into
my ears, and they formed in a tone that
seemed luado up of a million other
tones:
" 'Hello! Where are you?'
"It was the most peculiar sound I had
ever heard. When it had scattered Itself
Into silence, I took out my w atch, and
timing myself shouted:
" 'Throw out ouo sandbag. I'll come
to you!'
"Forty seconds later my balloon bo
gau to vibrate again, finally forming
the words:
" 'All right In trouble!'
"There was method in my telling
him to throw out the sandbag, as it
was afterward of use. I threw out
number myself, for I reckoned that
little alaive me I would tlnd current
to carry me toward Mr. Win to. This I
diil and was soon within a short dis
tance of him, aerially conndeniL The
trouble with his balloon waa a slight
disarrangement of the ropes, which I
had myself experienced, so I told him
what to do, and lie was soon all right
As I explained to him when we reached
the earth, we had been talking over an
a-rial telephone, the gasbags being the
only material object up there collecting
all thesouud and acting as huge receiv
ers." " 'Well,' said lie, 'you got me out of
a very bad srrapn, but I never was so
scared in my life as when thut voice
surrounded nut I thought the balloon
waa talking, and that I had gone crazy.
" 'It waa a pretty long talk,' said I,
'for, allowing the voice to travel five
sM-ouds to a mile by my timing, waniaat
have laa-n close In four mile apart'
" "That's simply impossible, ' said he
Very well,' I said. 'That why I
8WANCO SOUGHT A CONSORT.
Aaal Tfwlaal I ha r oiraa f ul a MalrlasvaUl
Ailtarllsrinrnl.
Henry Sarsiig.i. a fanner vl Co.,ntown.
Full. hi county. I ml , hss achieved great
ilulin, 11,'H r.-.-. in I jr through lua endeavors
to nl'ialii a w Ife lanpsiiiti-il In a pre
i Vl.'iia innlrliiioi.ini afT.or and left a grass
widoMi-r' l y llie detriei f Ida curt, ha
! laid Ida Una to a.-.-,. in) ll.li a la. f.'ld nli
J. t by advertising for an. 'tin r inalr In
I a cal. ulatlng im ml he nrkoni-il that tie
tulglil llni. mi ura hia rlinlce i f a liiimla r
of ih "I rn I I" I'arlli' and at the aauia lima
vialt i oiifiialoii uHn his formi r wife y
Ida spi'iirv lit illarvanl Aiionlliiglr hs
Mil ns follows to a t'hli-ng'i uv r, In
i loalr.g II
! ' I would rather have a woman not over
3.'i ii'-r iitid.-r I'll, one imt afraid of work
preferred. We keep a'Veii cowa sn tin our
nan hakin an wa-htn. U s a little l. iu Iv
hrri- ruayl) for a cliy woiuan, but t wuuld
A IJXigL'K FACTO It Y.
TMtRE ARE WONDERFUL MACHINES,
BUT NO VISIBLE PRODUCT.
W.'lC':':
'
lit Mil SH IMMl
try to make it l,:i'' for a g d wlfi
There I no ngur In 11,1 a. . lion cut more,
an the aceiierv is g.l I will pay railroad
fare here for the rigl.l woinau all will
meet her at the tl. h. lo t aa lion h of
tlilaaa you can III J.'iir 'n r f. rtl an
ohllg Ultra, IlKMiV . JVI.ll. "
The lie It ntniilay ' 'Hunk.' aa all the
CiKiiitnw ii Hiile fsuilliiirlv dull Mr
s-wnngo. re-i-lil a coijr of the 'nM-rcon
tiiiiilnu hi ad., and had It not la-en for a
Idne 'iicll mark eiicln ling II he would
Ina rally have la-eu aide to tlnd It For his
dollar lie ns-elvrd line hrli f line, which
aald moot lervly hut Irnllifnlll .
' Wanted A wife Henry Saraimn,
Caintown. 1 ml. "
, ' line dollar' .tiinilii .lehoaliaphnt !"
walled Swang.i ' My num. a 1 1 . r, . w J
away. That diirn line II never do me any
gir'
Hut he was deat I uil to I, agm-aldy
aurirlacd. The in ltlhiy reitlea U'gnll til
conic, ntld for over two wi ka Hi. jr alfled
Into the Ciauitown mi..(IIit at the average
rate of 87 per day The letters are still
I coming, and aa neither Swnngu nor the
I Hwtuiaati-rran (h-viarsny way of abutting
them of! It Is hard tu tell what the end
' will be.
I "laive letters" aald !-wngo when a
Cincinnati Kn,iilrvr n 're iilailts railed
on him. "Will, I ahniild amlle. Uaiky
here, stranger." And with a duhlnus grin
I he polnli-d to a niaiiiiiinth dry giasla Inn
I that was doing duty as au caen-tolm
There were gn at aim ka of letters, w ritten
on rv. rjr rolorevl ma r under the sun ami
liicliwcd In eim-,'M-a nf every conrelvahle
slin and design Sune eniltled the repul
sive odor of iiuesiliinalilii (a rfiniie, while
other were written 0'ii cheap while
note paper and were tacked In a hand
whloh Indicated that milking the cowa or
even splitting the wiaal lulghl lai Im for
eign tak to the w rlti r.
I There are several Inli n-allcg letter
among the coll. lion, l.nt ,waiigu saf s he
may yet mako his sileclloii (mm auiong
the li u tn ln-r. and he di-s not wsnt them
plildlaliiil for that renaoli There has laa'li
a rumor afloat that lwaiigo Inleinls after
msrrlage to niilillh the letters In laaik
form and thus n-onp the cia'iise lie hss
llicurnal. He Informed the re.rlcr, how
ever, that he will not pursue this fourae
las-aiiaeof the delicacy nf some nf his nioal
Intenwtlng correasniileiila Mr. tawaugo
I has succeeded In sorting the lot down
' to six and says his selection will Iss
' made known sain. The lucky woman,
IwlWver she may be, limy expert a hearty
rvoi'litliin, aa the neighbor laiys for mile
around have promtaad Hank and hi
prMNf live bride a mualng chsrlvsrl.
BANK EMBEZZLEMENTS IN 1894
anal
Thar :sasai All I'rvaluas Hasrurala
Aaaiaauat In Over i.i.ooo.oasu.
Twenty five million dollars warn lint
last ya-ar through viiilN-xleinenl, alefalca
tlon and other swindling, which ah pleleal
lunik ruaoun-aia li juat that extent and
wlpad out Juat so much vlalhle wealth
Here la the record hy alales and terrl
torlasi for 1M
burn de house plum down ef dey shin I -gray matta-r" separating from theotlu r told yon to drop that sandbag. I thrvav
rotin dat way. Ntta-r seen aath befo'. ! ct,natitueiita of the brain and "lining some out, t.ai, and we can find out how
What
IVtilal.?
i-d w ith the thought came. like an in
I ration, a suggestion of hiding place.
be turned to Benlah. who had juat
1 11. 1 np to the atable. "Untie the
c''-t sr.,) mm him loose. Benlah" b
; rapidly and with authority "and
ti'-n hurry back to the bou:u and help
! 'it tiie children and aome thing we
!,: H...J duwn in the cistern. The In-
.'.. re coming."
" treat day in de niawnin!" exclaimed
'aa. turning sickly gray and sink-
a tnau of quivering flesh, to the
UL,L
' screatrisd
but she
kr
Ka
iLt,
fr ATI
'i-a-ritie in B,-uUh'a ear,
"it have Uiked to stone as well, so
'"'fied was the poor creature with
'r-.-M.
I in going to leave yon here." ad b-d
h':.eriiie in the hope of rousing her.
I atarte-J f,,r jj,, w hen IV-nlah.
"':t f ai,e.-r terror, gathered hr wits t.
af-'t'-r an.l m, rl,...,i.
I airi.....cri-d. j
! Hut the houae was still standing ;
, With a glad cry she called out. "lieulah,
tii" hoile an 1 stable are save.1! Now we
will ga t out of this hot plaa-e."
"Hut where are the Indiana?" howled
H.irv.y. ina- we don't want to get
1 sa-alja-l, do we'" j
1 Sure enough, wha re were they? In her
exultation at ea-aa from a na-arer dan
ger, Katherine had alim-t forgotten tlie
greata r one. She aw ept the b'TUoll with
her kea iia--t glance. In that murky at-
mo"pntTe tlie view. ll-,iai. aia -'-
one. narrowed itaelf to closer Umndanes.
Bat so far aa she could sea? no moving
ubji t met Iwr view.
TJiey must have lsen driven wet of
this jaiiiit by the fire." argrja.1 Kathenne.
iisdllig her eVrt with ber ban.L
aitbenne knew that military da fense
Lad l-eri provide! by the gvvenniiei.t
after a si k'tnng l "f bfe aniwig tlie
T'i a iatern had la-en newly plastered t-l. rs. and that Little Crnw and hi
'1 s vet a lml al.int. l.nt an water I .! 1. ),,! t litis la-rn driven over th
Ul i
i conducta! into it
' down that Udder," commanded
V. T- . V - i 1 I . . 1. -
. . auv lau'iri
in bean left iD th cistern by the work
atd IVuUh, not without difficulty,
Iakota l..r la-rs. But she did Hot mo
that preaUtory bands were making occa
sional detour fr m the main roote of re
treat about the less thickly settled part
if the country, etealir-g, murdrntg ai.4
np") iuto rude form of vassa l hull, far tin y lamieai apart
ha was only laughed at. Th lbs kwW "It wasn't much trouble to find peo.
investigation proves that Bakker knew pie who IukI fonnd the bags and knew
what he was talking about. -St. La mi ) Just w hare lliay were. Fortunataly they
hail laii'li! near a railroad traa-g, so tlie
diatancu a-stiiuuting was made easy for
1 us. It was 4 '4 mile. I guarn that I the
n-cord up to date for long distance talk- ,
lug without a wire. "
j Aa laaf-tdt-nl aif Keeaaaw Moajalalaa. j
j In the c'ltirse of the battle there oe
rurreal a pathetic iiii ida-nt showing that
I "bbasl i thuka-r than water." Atone
plaa-e on the mountain the dry leaves
and brtiah lagan to burn, anal thea-ra-ep-ing
flaini-a cm it, ld many a Jsja.r fa llow
lying helpba and in agony on th
ground. The otifa-ab-rata- at that por
tion of th bne were ordera-l toraaao
tiring, and tin n one of their offii-cr '
ralla-d to the Fa-deral and offered to '
suspend haadiliti. a long enough to allow
the ra moval of the dioableal. While the
I'liloli aaddo rs I- re their comrsdi-s to
the rear, the C.i, fa-da rate looke! on,
and then the fighting waa renewed.
Blu and lit'
Iralag aaal Mia Tarrf'a llrssia.
Thsy arar talhr.g I ha ataary In Sao Fran
riaro. whrre Mr Irving aud Miaa Ta-rrj
ta I iiiinanal s. ml atla-ntlona. that at a
g,niaer gust) in tt.eir tiMHiv by .Vr ami
Mrs lap Voti'.g ! m Terry waa uitahl t
tw .r--i.t ou a .o.o.tof bar neuralgia
Ttaia Mr. Irvu.g kindly riolairsrd. "Hut.
I aaatir )"U. muniiun! Mr. Irving la.
tie biastama. " M ia 1 etry la maast diaau- I
pointasl. and alar ha t a Dew dreaa, taai, for
Its orraai..b " 1 L-u a bsppy tb'suaht
stru'k Sim " But Im Is tbsdrraav Stand
up, fc-lith. and show them all ymr tuotb
er s lis Lruad. ' New Yixk fcua.
Alatialiia
Arkanaaaa.
I ailfurtila ...
I'aalairaalia
ollllia-tleut. .
Ik-laarare
KloruU
N. Ilaiuiilrv.
New Vi.rfc
N. I'ara.llna ..
N. Isakota
latitat
Oregon
IVtitiavlaanla.
Ororula
Mah.1
III111.1I
Indiana
Ina a ...
Kanaaa
K.tilu. kr
lymlaiana
Mallir
War; land ....
MaaaaMv-liusv-tta
Ml.'hl(an ....
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this
Wlalrrlag Halls aaal Whlrlleg rallars la
fcaalar W aakaliai - anaua a. I III lldal
THIaaga lua by W waaare - Salggealaal a
I aaalla tailaaa laa lla Uaasorlar.
Without any ineati"ii whatever, it it
the most iiiiiine f.ta t.,ry in New Vork.
Whi ll Von elita-r the d.a.r, the whir and
bmt of ma. hiiia rr ilit rea ls your ears.
You see la-Its and pullets in rapid mo
tion; Voll fail the heat of the engine
win, h kea a all the Ina. Inio ry g.iiug,
ami joti know that you ar in a place
w 111 re aa iiia tlutig or id her la being llianu-l.i.tiir.-d
It la bard, boweva-r, to dlrn-ov , Just
what the manufactured product may be,
and the polite atleudatit w ho meets you
at the door give you 110 clew of It as h
Uahera Voii into the In 'lay w orkahop.
I Vlaited this eataldlahineiit the ollur
day at the augga-atnui of a fi lend, who
said It waa the ati-a-ri't f.lace in (i.-thalll
and had "never Wu writta-u no."
The iiiachim ry w aa pla, ail on one side
'of a long, sunny r,'iu. I'n the oth.-r
sldeof the r'lu Were alamt a doii-n vel
' Vat couches, on which were nvliliing
' iiMiMla-.! up tigura-a. As I eiiten-al, a tig
lire arose and walked over to one of the
! macliuii-a. It Waa the figure of a woiu
! au. She drew up a hair, sat alow n and
J placed ln-r hands on a little horuonlul
metal bar. The bar j.-ik.-d and tremble.1
1 and the lingers gave little simamodio
' jllllv III ra s,lae. Thla ijlli-a-r J lforill
auce contmii.il for several miuuti-a, and
I llt.il. II.M 1a11i10.11 . I11.11, '...I li.-r ixMOtiiiti
- "" - a I
and I laca-d her fai t III a aort of saUar
stirrup at the aide of the machine.
The stirrup Immediately ah. 'k back
ward ami forward, half revolved, spring
ing baa k and revolving again with moat
asl.'iualiing ii-centrii Itn-a. The f.sd wa
shaken into the semblance of half a dos
en fi-et, and the movement was all from
the ankle joints. What any foot had
ever done to ibm-rve such tii atuielit, or
what giasl to the foa.t the treatment wa
enplaned to do ultimately, was to me an
ineiplicable inv ata-ry.
At snoth.-r machine a second woman
tat, with her arm claspeal by two rubla-r
ami mi-tal plates w Inch rapidly rcvolveal,
rit-eilitig and retiirniiig, pn-aaiug th
arm until it 1, Hiked like a vv.-e Hat band
of aaarb't riblaili (the woman wore a real
gown i and then receding agaiu. whirring
and whirling with wonderful veha ity.
1 was invatillcd at II rat, but as the
miniita- Hew by 1 la'gan to lav a bit
alarineal. 1 did Hot relish the idea of lass
ing ill a lunatic aaj luiii, w ha-re the pa
tient ran machina-ry and thrust their
Inula into the revolving wheels without
any apparent fear or ra-aaaiti.
The atteiidauta, however, seemed to
take everything aa matter of conns
and left me to my own resources. On
of thes attendants went to a couch on
which young woman waa lying fac
downward, and without moment's
warning one end of the couch rose to an
upright paiaition, leaving the young
woman in an attitude which would It
eaaieat ata-scrihea! aa standing on her
ahouldiTs, ha-r hands clas-d over ha-r
beaal. The couch was lowern) and raised
gain, and this aerformance waa repa-at-tsl
four or five tiiiu-. Then the young
woman lay down and went to slea-p.
Chie ina hine waa work a I by hand ap
parently. It colialatiMl of a horixolital
bar, paddi! with leather, iu front of
which was a movable rod of metal fur
niahe.1 with rrsisting spring. Kvery
few inlnuti' aome one would brae
against the leather arm and pull tlie rial
in front. When It sprang up. It carried
thesubji'ct alimaat iuto the air, ami to
retain the grasp of it the eubjevt waa
obllga-al to breathe hard, stand on her
bat ami pull with all her might. A
casual observer aaka-d to gua - vhat thlt
uiachine maiiufaetured would certainly
reply, "Long arms."
But the (ua-reat machine of all war
two couches, in tho center of which were
moving wiaalen Italia. These Italia moved
slow ly up and down In regular motion.
Just aa I waa getting very much iuter
eateal iii this apparatus some on gently
puahe.1 me aside and plaa-a-d herself on
one of the couches, lying deliberately on
top of the moving balls. Far from being
dlacoucerteal or annoyed, thla peculiar
MTaainag seemeal to enjoy her nasties
resting plaa-e, and after few liiiuutea'
atay she w ent to the other couch to test
theeffat ts of theothiT balls presumably.
All thi w as very intermting, of course,
and iu the Intervals of manufacturing
every one struck snituui-s, swung iiiem-
a.ura aadvaaj around by placing their feet firmly
' together on the lhtr and grasping Iron
K.STJ ""at tM sv th'lr lu-ada,
I.inhiau I Another tiiisiiiily game which they in-
vmm; Julga-al in wa to kna-l uu couch, with I
SK oai "le I'0'''1"! ,rlr band ml some I
aa. uu on else uoiuingiueir leei, ami men ning -irr.ivu
' tbemaelves forward the entire length of '
lit!,o ..lr tasliist. They were certaiuly ener
getic, ami the expresmion of dignilled j
' gravity on their faces at they performed
icon these pn-ulisr gyration waa ludicrous in .
'.1 tbe extreme.
il" T1" l"'','l'r ttctory undertake to
t manufacture have you gueaaedf health
I without mi-allclue rosy cheek, palule
liat are the figures bodies, supple musclar and sound orgaut '
BRILLIANT AND BRAINY.
la Xrs. laaaler l ashlar u I ha lUaratU.
tlaaa Haai aa A 1.1 rlalaal Uvaaarai.
Mrs. John W. r',t.-r, the new president
genrrsl a.f tha Hanghta-r aif tlie American
Hevailull'.n, la the w ife of r Secretary of
Ststa John V Koata-r, who wa recently
Iliad mi of China s peace envoys In th
negottatt. ms with Jmii. Mrs Kaater bss
long ihtiii.-.I a high ptsre In Wsahlngton
Si lety, and her rtl. n-lv ris-rlrnre Iu
Itiisalnn, Siniiiah, Meilcaii and Washing
ton at 1 1 1 math- a lr lea has lnadlii-r on of
the I at lnf,,ruiea worn, n In A inertia eon
rrrntiig tlir etl'iuetta of iitlh lal Ufa. Iter
maiden nam waa Mel'heraon, and early
III ll.'aa ahe resldi-al III I'lka caillllty, Ind.
She waa but 10 Jenraif aga. and young
Koaterwna but Ittwheii tha-y Urt met,
and a-lglii year Inla-rlhiy were marrleal.
Mrhl. r was In ilellaalai hawllh, and Ida
wife made him ,r ,mlaai that tin Would not
g'l I i tin' war. I ut his father, Jiiatgaa Ko
tcr, rul. . I ..th i rw I..-, niul Joilli.t Foatrr
w. nt i.i il.at front a maj, r Iii an Indiana
n-glmeiit.
After the w.ir Mr. Koater nrwonipauleal
her hiialuinil to Ma ti. ,,. hem be served as
ChIIihI M.it. a inltil.t. r nodi r l'n.ldeuls
tarsnt ami II iv, s, and ah" nlaai vialled St.
1'i ta rstiurg when he wns'iiilnlata-r to Una
sla. In l.i ahe havaill famlllnr with
dliiloiuailc life In Madrid while Mr. ry
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Mllineaa.t
Mlallipl .
Missouri ... .
Montana
Na-vaata .
Ni-liraaka.
New Jeraa jr.
Illi'.l. I. land
H. Carolina .
H. Itaknta....
Ta-tllia-aaaaa
Ta-ias
Vrniaafflt ....
Virginia
Wa-al Virginia
Wtaaatnaln ....
taaalilngtaas. . .
Wyoming
Aria, ma
Ii.of ('..Iu mlile
N-w M. lleai
flah. .
lint T'rrlta.rjr.
Oklarean.,...
Ala-ka
r.siuo
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ku.sis
K.UaJ
Mil. Joh w. roariR.
ter wss niliilatar to Spalu, and she hs
since llvi'd In Waahlngtnn. The foster
heliacal tha catdtal Is am I street, next
,,r to the real, I,. n. -e of the Mexla-an inln-l-ta-r.
S-iior ltomero, whose wife Is tha In
IIiiibIii friend of Mr i',ii r In the par
lor hang an liiinn-n-e uilnilng of a group
nf la'ggnr alamt a ehiira h il.a.r This pic
ture Was pra-sa llta-al to Mllllata-r Fiaater hy
Drill. h nil, I I ra ni h nald. iits of the City
of Mi'ilcia who were protactaa hy him
during the trauilihuis tlniea following the
aaansainalli.il of Maximilian. At the same
time Mrs Koata-r was presented with
Vnliiahle allaunilid brnaa-let.
Mr. Koata-r Is a very brilliant and brainy
woman, and she has always la-en her hus
band a vsl ileal adviser. She Is a devout
meinla'r of the I'ra-al.) la rlnn church and Is
as familiar a figure at prayer meetings as
she Is at reca ptions In Washington's most
exclusiv e rln la-s. She Is familiar with sev
eral langusgaw snd Is a woman of rare cul
tivation, liiU lllgriiee, tact and gentleness.
In her youth she ra-celvrd a thorough clas
sical ciliiiatlon, owing til the efforts nf an
linclaa who wss actillegn praifeaaor, and she
tins allien maale the niisst of the great edu
cntloiuvl aiiMirtuiiltlcs her husbtvnd't ca
reer has given her.
WASHINGTON'S COLORED 400.
Republic
The iMIlgrraaaia Naalliarg.
Caea are not ii.frrapient ly rea.ria-. in
whn li chil'lreii iin.l aoiiici uiu grown a-r
sfins are tiaaaiia-a hythe fn-e ue of nut
niega.lt not U-inif i:enerally ktiow n tl. it
this artnle of i-a.tniiion hon-ehold n- i.
really a ala-nallv ih.i-.ii. This I Inn-. Inf.ait.
of niael a-olllllioli a-ondlllia-tila, hut ai l.a n
miaiiaeil thee artiel.-. sin h n- s r. a.aj.
alclllll. etc.. are sal ohn..l alia t.i the trwle,
excejitiiig when taken in -ry minute iiian
titles, that the i-ol.a i n.a r l- av.iri.a-l in a
Very ltle UlMlil.rr la-fore he hna had igi
ppirtunity to do him-if aenoiia Injury
Thi I li' at the aa-e. however, n itla tlieimt
ina g.
1 hi no'. I.H hioi.t.nn a ,ia,ou rna
c-..le a.f a v.rj deadly rharu ler. may I
Cot,alimal Without llic.ativelilelii'e III lU.1!a
tllia-a ailffiilel.t Ol ppalua-e falsi oiti
aiiei.i. and it la iiri.n-.ng ret thai death
laxaaionaily a- ora fr .r.i it uae. l.nt that
de,l!.ire tt-'t more fra-aleit. . llaliaae
haa lii reo-iit !y n-a.r.l in huh a If.)
if sjeara fell into a comat'-at ri.nditioii
aftt-r rating t't liu'tii' a' and alia-l within
U hours. Allasi.y Knprt-a.
found hy winding up financial Inalltu ml giaal digealiolis just by mechanical
linns Ilia I wrra w ra kro the pravioiis year, iera-ae.
as In Tennrsaee, where a nuinla r a.f large n-ruits from the raiikl of th lam,
hanks siia lidiil wh.ava total llahllltles jjj , i,!,, C0II1, here I-
hsve only recariilly ln aa.ri.led. hut , t.rw, UytU.nm tight
,h Sa.,,11, Dakota, ngures are na.t ., eluded. 1)fr,,wllllttlI)( aend patient, here,
aalavlors ah fah atlon was made puhllo " . ' ' . .. . .
sln.a, the I.I of January. , ' whT AJ t0
The figure, of emlah mi nts over the the inexperience.,, like so many lrr
whnla country began to laa ra-gi.ltrly ki- t sponsible lunatic. It Is simply another
In laTs. Krom that time a.n to last they version ol th Chicago boast that in
amounfa-at to ahout U.iasi.isai r year, that western I'lty they have Inai'hiiia- III
The amounts einta-idral since then are at rn.l of which tbev nut a tug which
follows:
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14
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r,
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tUf.t'a 'to
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. S.Taunil
. liVI'lll
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lauj
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IWI .
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'comes out th other end a plump and
I;ju '4 luai ions saeiaage. You began at the foot
h kcmi shaker here and end by being able to
it MaiVI play footUII-o they say. New York
. Advertiser.
I IIIIJV , a
They ar both llttl b UlM ""'' tnanner. An i
For ova r 400 year N'jV. IS wa ob
served in England feativaL It ca,m.
mem irate-1 the ileath of Hardicanot
and the a"-i"n 'if Ealward th Con-f.-as,,
l y which the country wa dtliv-ra-d
from the yoke of th Dane.
Amnlct ar now w rn ly rvyal nobl
famille in India thai avm UlieveJ tu
hav been haudl down from father to
on f'jr ntarly J.O'jO year.
Ilia a
A pair f tw ins was born in the Back
Bay district. A bright Is.y set about to
try to nam Hu m. Haaaid, "Will they
la.es I la-.! fa tar and K. a star?" But no.
His motha-r would not listen to the
name I'a tar Th-n herald, "Let them
im rallasl Mx ami Climax."
"No, " tha said.
girla, so we cannot name on of tbero
Max" 0
Than he said afta-r much thought,
"Ut tha tn m ralleal Kate and Dupli
$atn." After that hi bead wa baud-aga-al,
and b wa sent ct to play
L'ui'Si Signal "
Tk t.ttasr aat Haabaatah.
It Is said that under tlie InUuttirai of
r.ahfh you know raelthrr tlm nor spaca,
sod thst If you have jour thoughts on
someplsra you !, narrrsasn you obtain
a claar and atxursl Image of
Tk raasat asf Aaaass.
Tha Faatum Asinorum, or feast ef
aasea, waa formerly held Jau. 14 to
commi-moratH the flight Into Egypt.
There are still extant several ritoalt of
this festivaL n", rd Ileauvaia, in
France, oraler the priest fto bray tri
time and th congregaliou to raavouiid
dnaTitfated with caaitly txivering, waa ted
to the altar In pruoession aud with
byniut of rejoicing. Q
A Naaas Thai ailrka.
a in.a,lV,.kliii roaiaitrv lad. ta whose
- - e f i - - - .
lot fell Ih leaalisg question to th rate- 1
Chlain. "What la your naniaf" repllaal "Car-
Who fs you list tisroa'"
"All the boys la th psrlUi, sir," whia
Ingty answrml tht rl hairs! urchin.
LubdoB Tit-Hit.
O
Tbr Hav Wealth aaal Ar ArlatoeraUe
ana I'llra I Mklataaatl.
A ncgroarlatoamcyl Pounds isld, doesn't
It P Yet such an arlatocraa-y rxlata In Wash
ington, ami II Is, relatively at least, th
eiiial In wealth, culture ami refinement of
that of our heat clrt law of whit aatrlety.
Washliigton la a rolorral man' paradise.
The term "roloreal man" la the on they
luvarlalily employ In M-aklng nf thiu
selvea. They tell you thry ar nut D eg roe
t hat 1 1 eg roe are the low black; that
they are caihireal people, aud that whit
ladle and gentlemen appreciate that fact
ami sd.lraaaa them aa-cordlugly. The stand
ant of gentility among the wbltea I fliaxl
by their ua of theae terms. But, call
them what you please, Washington I Ibelr
paraallata the one e.t on earth wharrea
utrt of their im in Iter hsve a social stand
ing, and where they are BoitiHhliig trior
than mere bawer of wood and drawen of
water.
The cobireal aristocracy of Washington
really iiuiiila-ra alamt 400 all told, and Iu
that rea-t they stand on an usl foot
ing with Wsral McAllister's Kamr llundreal
In Ih New York lnrlroills. Tllns Wash
ington colored swells live In flu lion saw.
They ar aianeaned In many rasea of large
Wealth. They keep their own rarrlagaaa,
ami they have sa-rvanls In ahundance w bat
mlulater to their wauta. Thry have every
thing, Iu short, that money anal good taste
ran suggest.
In their rhun-h worship the colored
Four llundreil are quite aa exclusive as
their while neigh lair, and a roloreal day
lalanvr would bawitate as much to enter
one of theae aalictiiarlaw aa a whit man
of the same degree would In presenting
himself at Ibe portala of (Jrare church In
New York. There are other ralorwi
churches there where the poor and the
fairly well to do mean on eapial term, but
they are not Ih churches of lb Four Hun
dred." Th awfllrsl roloreal church In Washing
Inn Is the Fifteenth Wln-et lmbytertan.
On Stindsy mornings Fifteenth street In
the vlclulty of the church Is nileal with
rarrlsgea. The church Is small and ultra
fashlonabl. The moat of th mem tsars
keep rarrlaga, and thry ua them on theae
nrraalnn. In thla respect thry ar aping
ths worst form of white ennlihery. Iu Fug
land every gentlrmsn walk to church.
He may own a hnmlreal rarrlagr. but he
doesn't lis them lo lake bitn to and from
the church. Sum of theae days Ameri
cana will rep y this custom from Ibelr Eng
lish rainaliia.siid when the American white
aladlah Ibe pment fsahlon of riding lo
church the Wsahlngton color) swells will
profit by thsohjea t Itaaaoa. Buffalo Com
merrtal. A lllal rr SI i.(l atater.
Two sisters ran help each Mher graait
di al hy wearing gowns Ibal suit each other
and hy pasting slanit harmoniously, making
pictures of themselves. It Is ornamental
tat the rooms loo I know a pair of girla
who nw half their Invitations to th fact
that they make a point of posing In eortvsra
and lis, king sweet aud Interesting. Tbay
devote themselves so much to lb It tbat
Ihrysr not at all particular about garttlng
th usual altrntlou girla expect, atvl bossv
raers real iu how decorative they ar and
useful, too, In a way Of count girla whe
go In for this kind of thing should set each
other off. On might be, for InsUDoa, a
vivid red blood and th other a dull asbe
blond. On ought to be either distinctly
prettier than the otbsr, or one should h
quite anajtbrr type from th other. Uajeton
Courier.
A Bar Rale.
Gneet So yon always want pay tn ad
vance now, oaggaa or do baKgagef
Hotel Clerk Yea. You see, a great dr
of moory ha been lost lataly by botela
burning down. ! York Wklf.
l-maalasal Sllaa.
"I don't see why I lose so many
place," taid Jltuaiie, th x -office boy.
"Day ain't smarter kid on de block
dan m. Dry ain't single on of 'em
kin smoke cigarette mud whistle at d
sain Uu like I kin." iodlaaapolU
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