iTrrt r'.Tn rt.' 1 1 1 1 i. :
RUTH'S
IIKN Rodney ,nro 'nm
Immc frmii Hi" wnr without
his -.T..IIS rlitlit ami Kmli
jtxot 1 in--
any , , ,
Of course "ii" '"
. - 1...., "VVIiv ili,. ill. l-i't
BO . . I....I,...,- Il.r.. ..
' 8 111 Willi' IV" J "' "
. iie uui rbn he promlaed u mar-
hni if"'1 '"' '
yM but than'! ft dISainaeu," wai
it "riu'ii lit- IhkI ido thee arm
' -r . . ... t r III. V.....
ni" .. . ...
III.' KlIUC "I HIV HUH. ."MI
I impose II won i mane mi) tin-
gee "iiii " uij
Ettar."
"Thank Cod 'or ut'11 peculiarity,
M her friend. p wnuiuii i ie mo
.....II I 'III' IIII1.IJ" '" .1' .... ...
.... ..I 1 ui Oil I ll.iF Ij.
Illllii i.
If !,,. rcfus.tl to marry niiu nocauao
bad lout an arm- 8ho will take It
. . t I It. 111. 1W'.R ....
Ij,,. ll H IM. I Ml"" 'VI WW
H iii Ih'IIi'VP that me hkii nns over
Barred I" be tbi tlil loas need make
ie 1 (fhti-tt illtTiTiu-e In their plana."
Awl liff friend won right. Win n,
oeiliO'. Kodliey fart? saui io uuui; i
,,p , to in it'll yim tiint nr course i
0 0 t' t?pt?vl 11 BUN Ju i" ;vui yiw
. ... imv miller CXlSsllllIT o li'lllll-
. 1 vnit enre In ivmulraw If.
UK -I - '
II ri ft' up ueiurs nun vriui nonu-i.iiiig(
kin m anger I" l""1' r'"''' looked
im iq oi rely in the oyea.
"Bare I aree given you tuiy ronaon to
bhik l cared to allMiiw it'" the
feed.
.No," m the reply. "Hut when you
It I ii-.t .1 "lull NllVL' I I'n lull
of one."
I'll take that part of the man that's
I." !.. si. "II the Hart lit t tin
peak of this to me again, sue aiiiicti.
ad he never did.
But he would not talk of marriage
Bill he hail olrtalned employment of
...... oi-t mill for this ho betran io fit
Imscif. It w.n almost like In-glnnlng
Iff over In learning to make one arm
art ami a -iron will, and love stood
idy to help dim lu the ttunti when he
elt Inclined to lieeome discouraged.
Oue day Kiitli said to him:
"I'm going away for a month or two.
're had n letter from Aunt Martha.
bo lives In the prehtlettt Utile country
Mage you ever saw, and she want
e to visit her. 1 shall enjoy n bronth
f pure air so much! Only, I wish you
ere going with me, Kodney. I shall
bluk of you hack here lu the elty, and
eel half ashamed of myself for huv-
i:.' such n good time that you cannot
Ihare."
"I shall share It lu thinking how
much Kd It Is doing you," lie said.
tine in" n inn 111 wiiy n uini' i" unv .i,i
ii the nlciisurc.t of others to lie 1 !.
led hy Ihem. There's n sort of reflex
.'' .. ... MM I. 'Hill "
'Tint sounds tjulte mnlnpli.sleal,"
laugh' il Ituth, "hut I think I under-
via. .ii .1.1.11 ,11.11 iin.iii .ii.ii .i.'i..mi- 11
njoy myself to the utmost In order
litt you may feel this 'reflex llitluonce'
tn tin' fllllnftll I'Tt.xlli "
Before Huth had bdu nt Aunt Mur-
tbas two days she found that she had
Been invited there for n purpotW.
"Your eousln Hugh Is (Mining next
week," snld Aunt Martha. "I wnntttl
u io until in ni. i kiuiw you u pn
iltn .if lea9t, I hope you will, and the
vi-i.ii-i iiiii line mi l I li' lii'lier nunru
H I"'."
Kuth lookitl nt her o,ue-tlonlngly.
"You wonder what sort of a plan I
have In my bond. I suppivsc," said her
aunt. "I'm not going to say anything
niore about It now, hut Hugh knows."
"I Infer that It Is some sort of matri
monial plan," said Huth. "If It Is, put
It aside at once! I may like my cousin
ery mach I hope I shall but I could
not marry him."
"Why V" asked Aunt Martha.
"Because I am to ninrry Hodney
are. answered Huth
"And who Is Kodney Pare?" demand-.
M Aunt Marrlin.
Then Huth told DM about her lover.
"A man with one nnn, too!" crlel
Aunt Marlha. "and a poor man, too!
You're foolish. Until."
"IVrhaps so," said Kuth, quietly, but!
lth a hruvo atcadfutnes In herjl
Tnli'.i "n.. tn..ti.k ... i l i.im I
' "ill, llil'l.eil "1 '"'.. I line i ii
1 have promised to marry him and I
null keep my word.
"You're got the stublmrnnoss of thol
Trevnnt lu you, I see," said Aunt Mnr
'Ha, grimly. "Hut this -this obatiDBcn
Of yours may make a gri-at difference!
with your future protpeetfi well ns
i plans, i have eonslderalile prop-i
that must go to the ehlldren of myj
two brorliifs. You riptvoiir one of
them, EI ugh the other. I wanted you to
marry eaeh oilier and keep the prop
erty together. If you peOdtrt lu your
Mtermlnatloti to marry this Rodney
I'nre. Hugh tuny got It all."
"Let htm have U," Raid Huth. "All
tlie wealth In the world wouldn't Infill
pea me In thi least In this matter."
"You're a Trevor, nil through." said
Aunt Martha, angry, yet admiring the
Plrlt of her niece In spite of herself.
"W. II, shut' jou've HMUM up your mind,
We'll let the matter drop; but If you are
not mentioned lu my will you needn't
Ik- surprised."
"i haven't asked to be remembered
'a It," said Until. "I don't want you to
think for a moment, Aunt Martha, that
I eare flip MM MAMA I iiKanre Villi. I
.. ........ J . .
nave never given It a thought."
"l'erhnps not," resiiiiled Aunt Mnr
tna, "but money cnniiis handy some
Unii's, ami one wants to think twice be
fore throwing away such a chance ns
Hi's."
"I could not chnnge my mind If I
re to think n thousand times," Bald
Oth. "I am Just old-faahloned enough
to lielleve that there arc other things
niore neti-Ksnry to one's happiness than
nioiiey."
"v,ry well, you'll do ns you choose
Mout it, of course," said Aunt Martha,
frlgld'y. -Hut I think my opinion wortn
considering, notwlthataudlng."
Cousin Hugh came. Ruth liked him.
nt he wasn't Rodney Hare! Millions of
ttonoy wouldn't have tempted her to
"arry him If she had had no loTeT.
"I eupnoso you haven't changed your
mind about matters and thing?" aald
nt Martha, one day, the Week liefore
um wetH borne.
. "Not In the leant," replied Huth.
.n ran rtm
ft
m
eh
EG
LEGACY.
"You're
n foolish (jirl.
said Aunt
Marlha.
Huth,'b' ' "''"k l"""1"'1
When she got home she told Uodney
all about Aunt Martha's pinna
"Do you think I mu f.H,si,r she
MlMd, smiling Into bla fnee.
"I think you're a noble, true-henMl
Ittle woman," he answered, ami kissed
her. -I hope you'll never regret giving
np your share of your aunt's fortune
for a man with but one arm to proteet
you with. 1 feel unworthy of sueh a
aaerltlcc."
"There was no s.n rlilee nliout It "
said Huth. "I didn't .-art' fr the f'r.
tune mid I do eare fur you."
Nix months Inter a telegram CUM
saying that Aunt Martha was dead.
Would Huth ,.,,, t ,!, f,Tn
Huth went, and after the funeral she
and cousin Hugh sat down In the old
faahloiMd parlor together, with Aunt
Martha's old lawyer ami one or two "f
her Intimate Mend, to listen to the
reading of h.ir will.
In It she bequeathed to Hugh Trevor
"all property now In her powtesnlon, to
Which she had Just title ami claim,"
with the exctithn of the old family
Hlble. That weiu to Huth.
"I have brought my legacy home
with me," she told her mother, mi her
return, as she deposited a package
wrapped In thick brown paper, and se
curely tied up, on the parlor table. On
the wrapper was written: "Huth Tre
vor, to be given her, unopened, nfter
my death," lu Aunt Martha's prim
penmanship.
"You don't mean to say that you
were left uothlng but that?" cried Mrs.
Trevor.
"It's as much ns I expected," answer
ed Ruth.
That erasing Rodney Dnre came In.
Suddenly Ruth bethought Iwr of the
package, which had not been opened,
"I must show you my legacy," ahe
suld, bringing the package. "Cut the
strings, Rodney, please."
He did so and Huth took the old worn
Itlble from Its wrappings. As she did
so, some papers slipped from between
Its pages and fell to the Moor. She
itOODed and gathered them up. One
KlUiNKY (ILANl'Kl) n
VBB TBH BALP
was n somewhat bulky document. The
oilier was au envelope, on which her
inline was written.
Herd's a letter from Aunt Marina,
tshe said, and opened It.
As she read It a tender iignt came
'Info her face. Then n look 01 surprise
land bewilderment.
' . .... . i ., nnl.l
nun i untie minim, n......
looking from notlney to her mother.
"She says something nbollt deeds.
What does she mean by that, I won
der?" Rodney took the large document from
Ruth's lap niid unfolded It nntl glanced
over the half written, half-printed
pnge.
"It means," he said, "that you re a
wealthy little woman In spite of your
self, Ruth. Your Aunt Martha had
half her property deeded to you lie
fore she died. That which she spoke
of In her will was the other half of It,
which hnd not lieen deeded away, and
you, of course, supposed that rcpn
sented all. She lenves you her old
home, and other property In Its vicin
ity, to the value of n good many thou
sands of dollars, I should say."
"It can't bo!" cried Ruth, excitedly.
"And yet It must be so. Head her let
ter, Rodney rend It aloud, nud maybe
It'll scorn clearer to me."
Rodney read:
"My Hear Niece Huth: I do not think
I have very long to Ufa, therefore I
shall so arrange matters now that
there need be little trouble In disusing
nf what 1 leave behind, when I nm
'dead. When you una me you wiwi
'fall In with my plan about a marriage
with Hugh I was Indignant, ii i nan
died then, yon would huve got little
from me If I could have had my wn
nlN.ut It. Hut by and t-y i "ogiu.
think It over and I came to lielleve that
you were right and I was wrong. I
;,lll.l..lt,.,l from the head, y-u from the
heart and the heart Is to be trusted
most In such matters, I think. I admire
you for your liouesty to your woman
hood, nnd your loyally to your one
nrmcd lover. You did Just right, my
lU.ar niece just right!-and to prove
, vou that i bear iron ' f,,'r
not falling m win. nn old womani
foolish Plans. I shall have half m,
property deoded to you at one, so that
, v time after my death, which
Kare reason to Ml.-ve may happen a
v ,,'. and inddenly, ell n
Ik- for you will ! to take iH.ssesslon.
id bless you. dear Huth, nnd make
, very haPP.v with the man
,.1V(.oll(,sen. He ought to be proud o
, loyal l.enrbsl a wife ns you will
male hit-.. Sometime, think kindly of
woman who never got much ha,.
ness out of life, and may this legacy
Crig you more enjoyment than It h..
W wtth t'rs raDteg swiftly down her
checks "I cou,d kn"
SS I thank her for her le:acy-and
her letter. To yu know, R,.,ltieT t'm
not sun' mx I ratue it,ai raeatr
for answer he bent gad kissed her.
"Your love and lojraHj nre worth i
tbooeaad legactearM Mid. And Rath
in., w h. r arms about his neck and
'rl.tl: "I'm s Ud rr vllr pjM. ,. ,.
ney!"- New York Ledger,
O'HGIN OF LACE.
Invented by ., i:u,,,ran Wnmnn ns
Lute on the PtftMMth Ceatarr.
In nu Interesting nrtlele on Dm nub
J -"t "Lace," in the Woman's Home
Companion, Orl.-na I.. Shack leford. af
ter giving the history f machlue niade
biit', got to say:
"Handmade lace has n history tar
mnr.' fascinating. Some have siipp.ii.-d
that it originated la Bgjrpt, the land
that gave birth to nearly all the arts;
but st-an-h dH'getitly as you may ntnl
you win never dlscorec in mnmmjr'i
tomb, on sculptured "r painted wall or
In any ntvluielogli &Bd whatever the
pictorial or actual mnalM of Qua
isitie tissue; neither is then documen
tary evldeutv of Its pnoUOM there.
Iuil7.es and nets, line muslins ntnl ev
qnisite embrolderiee, fring-s. knott,-i
and plaited, yon may mint with fre-
qnently, but this fabric without a foun
dation, this ethereal textile, uaiii.il by
the Italians punto In aria isilteh In
Bin, you will never ehajMI Upon. Why?
Boca nee it did no) exist before the iir
tee nth century; hecuuee it was Inrent-
til by file Kuropeiin woman, forming
her contribution to the Renaissance,
and was unknown to Orientals, who
have even now no love for Its pale ler
ftftloti, and do not use It lu tJielr cos
tnmee nor in household decomtlona, its
lack of color makee it unlovely in ttielr
OJSM,
"PandfUl stories have been woven
1.1 neisnuit for the Invention of the art.
ami the honor has b. en claimed by both
Venice and Handera Yet it did not at
once spring into being in full perfec
tion, but was rather an evolution and
came by degrees.
"In punto lagllato (cut point) we first
piTcelve a groping In IN direction, for
With the piercings of while embroidery
no have a lighter olTivt. In drawn
work (punto tlratoi another stop was
gained) and in reticulated gmtuuis or
network we have a decided adranca
Upon this lu-t the pattern was darned
In, nntl In France It was called lads,
the iioatvut word we have to lac. After
these efforts came a total emancipa
tion from all foundations, and the pun
to In aria was nn ussurnl fact.
- WBITTBN, BALF-PB1MTBD PAQB
"The llrst la CO, It is thought, was
made with the needle (point), tjie pal'
ti-ru being tnictsl uMin parchment or
paper nnd the outlines marked by a
ihn-sitl caught MW and then to the
paer to ktii) It In place. 1'imn this
scaffolding the slight superstnii-tlire
was built, and the method Is still the
same. Soon afterward tbe bobbins
came In as a factor, nnd the needle
atul the bobbins remain to th's day the
only means employed to produce band
made lace. So that nil of It resolvis it
self Into flic two generic kinds -point,
which Is made by the needle, nud pil
low, by the luihblns; or there may lie n
composite article, made by both."
Tlieorl s of Oconn Tt lc.
Prof. 1. H. Darwltt, In his lecture In
the LOWell InatltUte course, explained
the cau of dally high and low tides.
"When the moon Is over any spot on
the earth the wat. r Is draw n up toward
It by tlie force It exerts, and at the
point directly oppMltC, on the other
side of the earth, tho water Is also
ralsisl In the form of a big wave," said
l'rof. Darwin. "BKweeu these points,
on either side of the earth's clrcumfer
ems', the oe.. an Is di-prt"ssisl, the unmn
thus tending to form a spheroid of the
waters, and giving rise to two high and
two low tides lu tho course of one revo
lution of the earth.
"To understand the bi-monthly spring
and neap tides we mut take luto ac
count also the effect of the sun on the
oceans. The force exerted by the sun
Is 'J''. BOthl ns powerful as thill of th"
moon, nnd when there is a full moon of
a nt-w moon t.lie force of both bodies !i
noting together, and gives rise to the
i I!t Ion known ns spring tides. Hut
when the moon is half-way between
new and full, waxing or waning, the
force of tlie sun Is acting at right nu
ghtt to that of the ;noon. As the I0U
exi-rts nlmut half the power of the
moon over the Hill's, the difference be
hreea the cffe-t of the two acting Io
got her and In opposition Is about as
Hirer to one, so that the tides arising
from the conflict of the force of sun
nntl moon nre only one-thlid ns gTi-nt
ns the spring tides. These mint r BdM
are called neap tldea.
"The observitl fnct that high tides do
got oovur wIk.'U the moon Is overhead,
but several hours later, was explnlmsl
as tlue mainly t" tlie comparative shal-Iowim-ss
of the oceans and to the dif
ferent velocities of all points on the
earth's surface bctwivn the maximum
of l&OOO miles a day at the equator
ami aero at the tK,l.-a."-Hoton Trnua-crlpt-
,
Lady iln railroad train on wlndj- day)
p. ir I 1 Fn't get thlsTRndow
up." Gentleman (behind) "I would
assist you, niadam, but ptMBBM the
rallroatl company bss gluetl the win
dows down to prevent the looe of pat
rons by pneunioula." N-w York Wit a
1
SIZE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
the '.i.i. I. Coitiiureil " Hi ftaOBO of
llnr Kenltnaril sinte,.
A good Idea of the size and extent nf
the Philippine Islands, about which so
any COadlctlM statements have been
made since the group came Into pronjl
nelli'e a few months ago, BWy In' oh
laliust from an tdiserviitloii of the a.
IWpgnjIni map. The Islands arc
there shown superimposed upon a map
ns a part of the Atlantic iCQ hoard of
:he Dnltad States, Is'glnulng at the
uorth with New Y'nrk and extendlnj
through South Carolina. The Philip.
?lue group and tbe States are drawn to
precisely the same scale, mi that the
compertaon ' accurate.
The total length of the group, from
the northernmost polut of Luzon to
the southern extremity of Mindanao, Is
about PoO miles, or fifty miles less than
the distance from the northern boun
dary of New Y'ork to tho southern
point of South Carolina. The Philip
pines have never been thoroughly sur
veyed or explored, and conecqttootly
the estimates of the total area of the
tereral hundred islands of tho group
have differed widely. The nnt trust
worthy calculations fix this total area
to be between lH'WO nnd liri..'s"
tunre miles, nn exlent of territory
equal to the combined nrens of the
States of New York, Now Jersey, Teim
lylranla nnd Maryland. The largest of
the Philippine Islands, Luzon, upon
which Mnulln Is situated, has nn ana
of 40,STo sipiare miles, being thus of
almost exactly the same site ns the
State of Virginia and over 8,000 square
M.K OF TIIK I IIII ll l'IM-S.
miles smaller than New York State.
In length Luzon extends for about 475
miles nntl would reach from a polut
lightly north of the northern boundary
nf New Y'ork almost to the mouth of
the PotonUU River.
Mindanao, the next largest of the Isl
anils, has nn nren of M7.-."1 square
miles. It would rtsnulro the combined
territory of Went Virginia nud Mary
land to equal the Island In size. Min
danao extendi nearly 3(H) miles from
north to south, or, In comparison with
the part of the map upon which It Is
superimposed, It would reach from tho
mouth of the Roanoke River, Id North
Cnrollna, to Charleston, 8. 0. Project
ing from Its western const, Mindanao
has n long, Irregular peninsula, which
makes the extreme width of tho Island
something over BOO mllea.
Tho two smaller Islands of Mlndoro
and Panay, upon the latter of which la
the port of Hollo, am oarh over 4.000
square nilloa In area. Together they
iqnal In size the State of New Jersey.
Samar Island, southeast of Luzon, Cov
ers 7,000 square miles.
There arc estimated to bo about L
jimi Islnnds In tho Philippine group
though nny accurate statement la Im
possible. Probably not mora than one
third of these nre Inhabited, It la aa
difficult to obtain correct statistics ro
ganllng the population of the Philip
pines an It la to get a definite statement
f their nren, beonuao a careful ceosua
hna never lecn taken. Various wrltera
stliniitc the present population at from
1,000,000 to 10,000,000.
HERO OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Capt. IIlBKlnsnn, of the Msasacha
aetla, Una a Nplendid Record.
CapL Francis J. fllgglnson, of the
Massachusetts, la a naval hero of tho
tlrll war. Hy a singular coincidence
lie Is a native of the States for which
his ship was named. He baa a aplen
ild record, lie came out of the aead
pmy In 1801 and Juaf In time to go Into
ha war of the t'nlon a finished young
mval officer. Da fought In the bom-
rai'T. mooiNsoa.
Mrdmanta of Porta Jackson and Hi
PblHp, of tbe Chalmetta batteries, In
the capture of the Judith and In th"
taking of Sew Orleans. Ho assisted la
the bombardment of Port Sumter, and
In 1M wee aaatgned to the academy,
where be remained until after the war.
Then he wal tranaferred to tbe Asiatic
station, neat to the European elation,
and then to various poete In many
parte of the country. He got bla com
mlaeioD aa iaptaio Id 1641.
BEAR CAME BACK.
Mulnr Tr.ini'ir Mud I'uilutit Mini Tril
Veuve Ann.
Alex. McLaln Is the greatest Is-nr
killer lu North America, lie acknowl
edgea thai himself. Not long ago he
was up on Bradley itrunk after game,
when he had a queer USperkMCU,
It appears that ten years ago Me
Lain re mem ben ii because it wm IM
year he killed only Iw out eight U'ars
- he was up on llraillcy Knsik lis. king
after his trups. lu a trap near the
hniok he found a big hear, which was
caught fast by the left fore paw. The
animal was thrashing about with the
trap on his foot, tearing at the drag
with his bMth ami wild with pain.
Mi Lain started to get a dub to put the
K'lir out of his misery. While lie was
gone he made some mental comment
upon the lieur's proportions ami specu
lated upon the probability of his cash
value. Hears In Maine pay n bounty
of nj n Mad In the state Treaaurer1!
office at Augusta; the skin sells at a
high price, If the animal Is young, nnd
market men anxious for bcarstiiik a I
xvuys can be found lu Maine towns.
When McLaln had made a stout club
he approached the Ivor. As he did so
the animal gave a terrlllc tug on the
drag chain and the strap tlew clear of
the heavy log to xvhlch It had been
fastened. Instantly the bear was upon
the num.
IfcLnln, WBO bad seen liears liefon',
li st no time In taking to his heels. The
bear followed with savage growls, and,
In spite of the trap, w ith still hung to
Its foot, gained on (he man. Mel.alu
ran toward a nearby Indian camp, lie
Cried lustily all the xvuy, nnd this nt
tnicbil the attention of the redskin
hunters, one of whom ran out with a
t itle and shut nt the Is-ar. The WMpM
was n heavy army musket, and Its ball
wus a tremendous projectile of lead It
hit the bear In the neck, but the nninial
turned and made off Into the xvoods at
such a apeed that pursuit was out of
the question.
McLaln followed the trail for days
after that with no success.
That was ten years ngo. Since then
McLaln has killed many bears. Not
long ago he came out of the woods Into
the clearing around a sMirtsinan's
camp and stood face to face with an
enormous bear. This time Mel.uln was
loaded, and he pumped several forty
five nineties luto the big fellow from
bis Winchester, and brought the pn-y
dow n liefore It could run three rods.
On looking at the bear McLaln xvus
I astonished and pleased Io discover that
i Its left forepaw was gone and thai In
bedded In Us neck was n big bullet
I from nn army musket. The bear wns
so old that Its nose was gray.
McLaln took out that bit of lead and
brought It over to Hill Backutt, who
fought at Hull Hun with a Maine regi
ment. Hill knows all about tlrcarms
and war Implements In general.
"What's that look like, Hill'" iiskcd
UcLaln, showing Hie lead.
"That," said Hill, with conviction, "Is
a slug ritnn a reg iar old narpei s
Kerry musket. I hain't seen one for
fifteen years. Where'd you get HT
"That settles II," replied Melialn,
happily.
Now he says the bear xvus the same
one he enoountored ten years ago on
Bradley Hnxik, and from which he was
saved by the Indian and his musket. -MaHawnmkeag
i.Me.l dispatch.
HISTORIC COFFEE HOUSE.
Illck'a, n I I in .n k nf I Mr i hi . Lon
don, Hue llauiieuri'tl.
Another landmark of literary London
has just dleappeerod, Dick's coffee
lnu.se having closed lis doors. Already
the work of demolition has begun, nntl
the quaint little room to which brief
less barristers and Bohemian Journal
Ists used Io Hud their way for dinner
down the narrow passage In the temple
leading out of Hare court stands roof
less and gaping open Io the sky. Dick's
WHS one of the oldest places of pllhlli
resort In London, for It Is snld to date
from 1080, when OOffoe houses nil. . I the
places of the more gorgeous clubs of
today. Many generations of literary
men ami politicians, Including, of
course, Dr. Johnson and Oliver Cold
smith, have In limes past dined IbfN
Of late years much of Its QaaUtMM
has been lost, ami an aspect of second
or third rate modernity has dune much
to chase away the literary ghosts who
were supposed to people II. For those,
however, to whom (he creations of Hie
novelist's brain are a little more real
and lovable than creatures of actual
flesh nud blood. Dick's will always he
dear, for here II was thai, on a meiiior
able occasion, as lovers of Thackeray's
"Pendeiinls" will Hot need to bo re
minded, John I'lnucaiie, Ksq., of the
Upper Temple; Mr. Hungay, the pub
lisher; und Mr. Trotter, Hungay's read
er ami literary man of business, dluod
together when discussing the prospects
of the proposed Pull Mall Palette,
xvhlch wns afterward to afford Mr.
Arthur Pemlennls the means of acquir
ing fame nud moderate fortune. It
wus then and there that Hungay, nfter
Hie dinner and a secml round of bran
dy and water, was so overcome by the
prospect which the silver-tongued John
iflnocane and the projected paper
opened up before him that he Insisted
upon paying the bill, nnd actually gave
James, the waller, eighteen pence for
himself. As n matter of fact, (tie win
dow of this room looked out upon Hie
entrance to Thackeray's ow n chambers
In the temple, and the great novelist
himself must have often dined In the
dingy room which he made the meet
ing place of the characters which were
tt ffsprlng of his genius. Now the
POM Itself hns followed the novelist
Into Hie shadowy land of Hie men and
things which have bMB, Iuulop letter
In the Philadelphia Ledger.
i. r .iii" ' I the Wrong Musi.
There is a now lender for the hfchea
bm of a West Philadelphia church
where music has long lfii a most en
Joyable feature. The orchestra Is coin
plate nud has proved a d rearing card,
the ptayert are mostly profcniloBnl nn
slelans, nnd their leader, who plays the
violin. Is nlao orchestra leader at one
of the theaters In the city. Now, Un
church orchestra reln srses on Krldny
afternoon, aud a brilliant program had
bean nraparad vh the Baaday in ques
t ton. Sunday morning the lender aroso
late and was MCTtJkfd to find he had
but u few minutes Io reach the church.
He hurrh-dly dressed and grablx-d hi
music portfolio, not Itbllclng thai he
bad taken hy mlatake the one In which
he carried his theatrical music snd
rushed Io the chinch.
The entire orchestra was waiting. It
being late for the opening number, and
the leader quickly opened Hie portfolio
niid look out the illlYereni parts fnun
where he remeinlHTc'l having put the
proper B)Mle nt the rehearsal. One
minute Inter, Instead of "The Holy
I'lly," there floated out nn the saintly
atmosphere the carnal strains of
"There'll He a Hot Time." There was
a breathless silence nnd It wns fully
half a minute before the players real
laed the filial mistake. Then there wns
an uproar, nntl Hie result was the ills
mlssnl nf the unfortunate leader,
BRIDE POSSESSED SENTIMENT.
Hhe Objected, However, to llavlnot Mit e
uini (Mil hline Thrown at Her.
"Not quite enough sentiment there."
remarked the man with the skull cap
and gray mustache nfter the flutter
caused by the urrlval of a nexvly mar
i Id pair In the pnrlor car had soun
what subsided. She objected to the
rice ticca use It lodgcsl lu her rlhlnus
nud there wns some auger lu the encr
gy she displayed In gathering those old
slioes from the aisle nnd throwing them
out the whitlow. She should have
blushed, protcsltsl and looktsl happy
Whlli that crowd of young people were
iM-slowIng such substantial evidences
of good will,"
"Nothing of the sort," snorted the III
He xveuzened man. xvho tinned his
paper with such violence that he lore
off half a page. "That girl has sense.
If they hud X'ppcrcd DM with rice ami
ruperannuatod rihboni the way they
did her I'd have thrown the whole ping
off Hie train. It's luirhnrous. She's a
practical young wnmun ami has none of
that muudlln softness thai makes Hie
average girl of the ihtIinI so objection
able. Pity there's not more wives like
her. Most brides get the fool Idea that
nil they have to do Is to go through
life billing and cooing."
".Married?" Inquiretl Hie llrst sKaker.
"No, thank heaven. I'm not married,
but I know the cxccptlonall) good
woman when 1 see her. There's one
In a thousauil und she'll help that
young man succeed aa sure na "
Hut the eulogist stopped with mouth
and eyes open. The bride liatl her arm
about Hie new husband's neck and was
punctuating her sentences with kisses.
"This diamond ring Is Just u honey,"
she was saying. "Now, darling, you
must get me a big plain ring for n
guard, and Just ns soon as you can
earn the money I'm going to have a
watch and a set of enrrlnga, can't I,
old precious?"
The observer with a skull cup nnd
gruy mustache smllitl n superior smile.
The Utile wiiizemsl uinii glared, swore
under Ills breath ami ordered his lug
gage taken Io another car. The hrhle
and groom were not aware there was
nnyone else nlsmril. Detroit Kree
Press.
One twelfth of Hie impiilullon of Kng
land suffers from gout.
An Kugllsh penny changes hands
P.Ti.nisi times In the course of life.
(ileal Britain OB May 1.1, iv. I, France
on June 111, IStll, Hpuln on June IT,
1MII, rcingnlaed Ihe Confederate Stutes
as helllgcreiils.
A passenger car on n steam railroad
costs from bum to S.vnon. n baggage
car from $2,000 (o J-.M a sleeping car
from fill,!"!" to f-t ,.
Dead bodies, w hen taken ns cargo on
n ship, are ul ways described as either
statuary or natural history specimens,
owing chiefly to tho siqicrstlHtou of
sailors.
The Ink plant of New (iriinmhi Is u
curloslly. The Juice of It can be used
us Ink without any preparation. At
llrst Hie writing Is roil, but after a few
hours It changes Io black.
II Is said that herrings are so prolific
that If a pair of them could be left to
breed and multiply undisturbed for a
period of twenty years, they would
yield an amount of fish equal In bulk
to tho entire earth.
Attached to the army of Norway Is
a corps of skaters mined with rifles.
They can ls mnmivered on the Iw or
over Ibe snowllelds of Die mountains
with a rapidity equal to that of the.
best-trained cavalry.
The large rabies of the Brooklyn
bridge were made on Ibe bridge. Wires
oue eighth of an Inch In diameter were
pnssed forward nntl back from one
anchorage to another; 27H wires were
bound into one rope, and nineteen of
these ropes were bound Into one cable.
A telegram from Vienna, received at
the suburban residence of Colltit de
Waldeek, Informed bill) that It was the
Intention of two burglars, pretending
to bo Insurance agents, to call nn 111 III .
Tho police received the visitors, and
they were Imprisoned. They were
reully Insurance agenta, representing a
New York company. The telegram
was a trick of a rival company.
Rome of the primary schools In nor
mally have their own physlclun. He
watchea over tho claairooms, and Is
there to show that questions of warm
lug, ventilation, lighting and cleaning
havo entered Into the kingdom of
aclence whereof ho la king. Once In
every fortnight he la to give Instruc
tion to every clasa In the achool, aud
the i eit he preacbee from Is "Sanltns
sanitation, omnia sailltas." In short,
he Is the health officer of the whole cs
labllshment, the priest of llygcla, aud
Ihe philosopher and friend of the teach
er ami Hie taught. Tho experiment
wns llrst Bade nt W iesbaden, and hits
been pronounced a success.
I'lgmlns llelna; I'Uteruilnmtod.
Pigmies are repreaeuted to duy by a
small number of tribes In Africa,
threatened with curly extermination,
and by 2.220 Wcddas of the Island of
('e)lon, xvhoni the British government
Is nliout Io destroy under Hie pretext
of the lieneflte of civilisation. These
dwarfs were the advunce guunl of the
human race. They were Ihe llrst In
habitants of India. They occupied all
Africa from Ihe Capo of Quod Hope
to Sahara, and during the alone age
the center of Kurope, where they lived
probably It-fore the arrival of the men
of lull stature who annihilated tin in.
Of every man xvho disappears," It Is
- ii. I that he was the lust twrstui In the
i worltl who would have beeu suspected
I of such e thlug.
"FIRST LA.PY" OF HAWAII.
Wife nf the Former Republic's Amer
Irun-Huwullmi I'rceldrnt.
Now that Hawaii Is annexed It la
proH'r to Inquire who Is to be the "llrst
laily of the land," or of the Islands, to
be more explicit. It Is possible that
there mny lie, as la the raio of the
I'nltod States, numerous succcssIto
"first ladlea" of IlawaJI. but at pi
Mrs. IMe, the wife of the American
Hawaiian who wns Hie President of the
former republic, occupies the i-uvlnbln
position. Mrs. Dole mod to be Miss
Anulo P. Cnte of Massachusetts. She
Is only a few years young, r than her
hushnnd, and Uie roporti that come
from Americans who have traveled In
Haw-ail any that she Is o if the most
fascinating women In nil the delightful
Mils. I10I.U.
Islands. There Is no limit to her tact,
and a woman better titled fur a dig
nified poslUon In life than Is Mrs. Dole
could not be found. Mr. and Mrs Dole
llvo In very simple yet comfortable
style In thnlr Honolulu home. Both
are loved and respected by cverylsidy
In the capital, and eveu the moat bitter
enemy of the republic cannot but ad
mire tho President and his charming
wife. President Dole, It should be said,
Is a native son of the Islands, although
his parents were Americans. His
father aud mother both went many
years ago to Hawaii ns Christian mis
sionaries. Mr. Dole was educated in
Massachusetts, and It was while a stu
dent there that ho met Hie girl who
wiw deallned to lie "Uie first lady" In
tho Land of Kalnknua.
To-day. iNever wns the Chliatlafl re
ligion ao effective as It Is to d t) H.-r.
T. T. M linger, Unitarian, New Batata
Conn.
A Noblo Motive. The motive of our
nation It an unsisflsh and noble one.
nev. w. ii. Motaiaud, Bplecopalhuaj
Sau Francisco, Cat,
Olory. DenMi menus for each one 0t
ua tho entrance Into glory or the en
trance Into gloom. Hev. Mr. Harbor,
Baptist, Columbus, Ohio.
A Pulpit Artist.-A preacher should
be an artist whoso business It Is to
make men feel his message. Itev. P.
James, Episcopalian, Philadelphia, l a.
In Need. There are times WbM "in
wants to bo comforted, when we pray
to bo kept nearer to the heart of liod.
ll.v. 0. 0. Hall, Presbyterian, New
York 01 ty.
Power. The secret of power In I hi
material realm consists In our ability
to lay hold of the forces In nature.
Rer, Lyman Abbott, Congregational
let, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Ohrlat. It la far better to kimw
whom we trust, and Unit he Is able to
kenp all wo commit to him until the
hut great day. Bev. Dr. Cuyler, PTM
bytorian, Brooklyn, New York.
Religion -The ( hrlstlnn religion Is to
aome a acrlea of propositions concern
ing Ufe, and divine purposes require In
ellectual aasent.- Bev, I). S. Jordun,
( ultarlan, Palo Alto, Cel.
Ood Will Help.-IIowever difficult,
arduous or responsible your work mny
be, real aaaured Uiat Uud xvlll prove
your aufflclency. BoT. J. A. Henry,
Presbyterian, Philadelphia. Pn.
No Reform In Spain. Spain standi
untouched by tbe reforming Ideal
which Influenced even such barharoM
countriee as Russia and Turkey. Iter,
J. II. Bcovell, Baptist, Phlliub Iphla,
ft,
Revelation. What doel faith In Ood
mean unless It mentis Uiat be haa
spoken to ua and revealed himself to
ua In the peraon of humanity? -Rev. J.
W. Atwood, Episcopalian, Columbus,
Ohio.
Evolution. The evolutionary theory
la beginning to impart something of Ha
largeness and scope to all our concep
tion of human life aud destiny. Hev.
J. II. Ecob, Congregatlonallat, Denver,
Colo.
Ohrlatlan Peculiarity. Truo Chrle
tlan peculiarity lies In differing fr.uu
tbe world In character. Ai to conduct,
decent men everywhere nre Hie MM
outwardly. Rev. Dr. P. Craue, Metho
dic, Chicago, 111.
Deatha from Snake llllea.
Pully 20,000 of the population of In
dia are annually killed hy suake-bltea.
The moat deadly of all lodlun reptiles
appears to be the cobra til capciln,
which Is greatly dreaded by tbe bare
legged Illodooa. With a view to re
ducing tbe mortality, the government
tried tbe effect of offering a rewind for
snakes' heada; but, Instead of diminish,
log the number of these reptiles, It only
Inrreaeed It, aa It wns discovered that
the aatlvee were breeding the auukca la
order to secure the reward.
An Out-oMhe-Way Verdict.
Oeorgla Jury recently brought la
the following extraordluary verdict:
"We, the Jury, find the defendant ul
most guilty," New York Trlbuue.
"That hospital," suld Ihe guide, "wal
built and endowed by a deaf mute."
"Indeed'" said the loquacloua luuatlci
"then It la the flrat authentic ease of
being dumb fouudvd that I ever en
countered." New York Journal.
Moat mea ipeod too much time ace
lag oa committee