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A LETTER OF REFUSAL. b &3 Up. AV I come In?" The curtain from bo- i i.iml which tbe musical i.anad shook a little, but uo MM Pv I ... 1 man at UM eni atrlously. POttlKf " BUDbot ky .mm even strokes. - kM On.,! tho Hull ur """ - "I Uiuopcuueucv )'"' be i pgao. hi., i.i i . . i (a,-,, made Us appearance ni uie L,.... ,.r i In' cill'tnius, it rare truiuiii aiu, . ... ., ......... irU wnvv hair, wirn nig, sworn ,!!.. soft ly long curling lashes . r,.,i red mouth Just uow diuop- ,ltlfiilly at tne corners. ri.ov uia'ie an rum - i..i. cik'il the Hi"11' never once uni- nil, I since then a lot or ladies KhMVUtted hair und petticoat L. beCD strug-img to nan WOW Bex L IflflepeOOWW wuu "UBiurra IlNCH'S." km 'I lie horrid." pleaded the red B.h seconded ly the shining eyes. fruerrforc, I Mi bkoui lo any, ne It ou. calmly. "I don't see how I lopa i" prevent you from coming If you choose to uo so, l itoppad Inside, but did not ad Into the room. h know you're going to be horrid,' uilil. plaintively. k laid down his brush, and. turning but surveyed her deliberately as stood, her slender shape outlined uinst the eiirtalns. Hiey were bur curtains, which she had painted a brick red ("I'ouipelan red," she 111,,! Hi. and which ane una ornn- Mted with a Greek border In yellow Las uuil hung In the doorway, herself, spite of his Broiling and ribald pro- sta. Il'licy Ml pretty bad, those curtains. tit whatever their limitutlonB from an fcthcilc point or view, they certainly liaile au effective background for the .lilterolH'd tlgtire, and big eye lin er, I approvingly on the picture a mo bi-i. i before he said, severely: "What bare you been doing't" "Why. tbe Idea!" she exclaimed, In gauntly drawing her tlgtire up to Its 111 1j I ir I j t and Hashing a protesting bet at him from under her long llie. 1 notice that you generally take It granted that I'm going to be horrid ii a you've been particularly horrid ins. If." he observed blandly. Dm did not reply to this daring re irk, hut, crossing the room to the Htel, carefully selected an especial ugly bulldog pipe from the collection contained This she filled, with ctlced lingers, from a battered to tro Jar that stood near, and then, psing to the easel, offered It to the a with a most bewitching little air eoaxing humility. My dear young woman," he cried. lug tbe offering away steruly, "do k like a man who would accept a J'o my features bear the Im- t of vulnerable virtue, that you Mil, I thus seek to gain my favorable incut for your nefarious goings m Isuch a palpable ild uo more, for Just then the in ni the pine was dexterously in (li'il between his teeth, ami, deftly Hkltig a match on the broad sole of shoe, conveniently presented to her the careless nttitude of Its owner, 1 girl applied It to the tobucco lu the howl. Ba spite of himself, he closed his eth on the stem and drew a loug Tenth, and as the first cloud of am am If npor rose to bis nostrils bis mures relaxed. Well, who Is It?'" he nsked, as tbe llrl seated herself ou a hassock and Led her eyes on him npiieullngly, "Its It's-lllusdule,'" she replied, plefully. "Hinsdale. Why I thought we dls- Ipseil of Hinsdale three weeks ago, rtf since then let me see there wns tilth and Devereux and bow many pliers . I 'Oh. never mind the other," she tied, petulautly. "If Hinsdale now. (.id dispose of him or at least, I nought we had and rui sure thut let rr I wrote " vn. i TOO write to him. too?" he Iblteil pulling a M,- eloo.l of imnl,, Ver Ills SUIlset nil, I u-ntnhlnir !.. m. .. .... .... 1Q . v- it of in vivid hues shining through me ciouai or grayish vapor with an ar st deliglited appreclatlou of color. Kit. well-the letter you wrote fen, she said. "Though I'm sure vou on t no it all; you only helped me jeS, be answered tioloh.iitl v broken out celllngward to hide a lltUe "Oh, Put HlnsdaU I ie a Minr M V ' "rse than ev?r." nml aim dm tlsmally, "and I want you to uie write hi 111 fllltttlinr I, If, r ado r fli It so he'll understand Peres no hone - no noxslhllltv 1 tnenr H)f nir ever being anything more to r "ere she tloundereil and broke III t down. h 'ln t do It to-day," he said, decld- 'ni.irmw unlur rnn lrnrtn-.niwl It'll a Kritcfa If I ninnace to do it It WM Knxng nil nlgfal as It U.w Jwlin. von ti.iKt wl, ..rl...l "I'VC lllut r,.t a onewi U Kin, ' nfternoon by a messenger toy or " sure to come up to night and e a scene 0r something, belles- It s no go,'" be said, cnielly. lllg Up Ids brush. "Yniril hni-B tn ' rld of him somehow and come to- rrow . "B"'. oh, John." she burst out tears "img to her eves. "I I enn't come ""lOrrow. Aunt .Mnrin l.n. Ine,t tipr """ ""I"- the fiat has gone fortb rorbWdea to come here any more." 'ne deuce you are.'" And he laid his brush and faced quite around 'louisnment es." gne replied, furtively drying ar on one of tbe ends of her muslin L!'l- (Jtnn nor... i .a i.j i i - wmg aiwa.VM wlttiout WCK ne avH it'g aj WCII enough for T" laLrw nalntU. KrQ tO r.llnt laM Ifarala I. r n uuv .i ail tm ww if r.vUt ,bout UCD tWn you know." i know." Blowing rln of smoke smile. "And she doesn't mind my having a itudlo. If I'll ax one up at home, but she doesn't think It looks well for me to have one lu this building and run in and out of here all the time and so I've got to move to-morrow." This time she forgot to dry the tear. aim It ran forlornly down her cheek and fell with a splash on a study of the MM or Johu the Itnptlst that lay on the floor. Tor a moment there was silence, then Johu uddenly pushed back his easel and pull a writing table toward him. "Well, If you cuu't come to-morrow, I suppose I'll bnve to help you w rite your letter to day." he said, but there was an unnutural sound lu his voice and Jeuu looked up bustlly through her tears. John's face was grimly set, however, and told her nothing. "Iet me see It wns Hinsdale, I think you said" ho went on, still with that gratlug sound In his voice. "Yes," she reviled, miserably, ngaln having recourse to the crumpled sash. "And I think we told blm, lu our lust, that we'd be a sister to him," he pro ceeded, nibbling the end of his pen. "Something of that sort." And she flushed warmly, clear up to tbe curly waves of durk hair ou her temples. "Evidently tbe 'sister' racket won't go down with Hinsdale." be said, re flectively. "Vou might offer to be bis maiden auut, you kuow " 'There! I knew you'd be horrid!" she exclaimed, Indignantly. "It's a delicate Job," he went oo, re flectlvely. "Are you quite sure you mean to refuse him this time?" Of course I am," she burst out In dlgunntly. "Vou don't suppose I could care for a boy like him, do you?" He bus a nice eye for color," pro- ceeeded John, drawing faces on the margin of the paer- faces that had big, soft eyes and outlng lips, strange ly like the girl ou tbe hnssock, "and his drawings are wonderfully strong. He's a gifted fellow, Is Hinsdale the best pupil I have." Yes, he's gifted enough," she as sented. I've often wondered why he fancied you, said John. Ob, Indeed!" she exclaimed, flush ing once more. Yes. He's a dreamer, you know an Idealist and It seems to me some angelic creature a little too pure and good for human nature's dally food, and that sort of tblug, would lie more In bis line than a little human bundle of naughtiness like you," went on John, cheerfully. "You'd make a fel low like Hinsdale unutterably misera ble, you know." You're very kind," exclaimed Jean. crimson with vexation. "Hut I shall not make Mr. Hlnsdnle miserable. I have uot the slightest tnteutlou of ever doing o." Ah," replied John, coolly. "Then tbe sooner we write this letter the bet ter. Now what do you want to say to hlmr "Oh!" she cried, struggling with her anger. "Vou are so dlsagrcruhlc, I hate you hut I've got to have some body to help me with that letter." "Of course. Aud you really want to refuse blm for good and all?" "Certainly I do. I want him to un derstand definitely that there is abso lutely uo hope of my ever caring for him In In the way ho means" and once more she broke down, blushing but dellnut "There'B only one way to make a man understaud that," said Jolm medi tatively. "Anything so long as he under stands and leaves off being -being sil ly," she cried Impatiently. John made no reply to this, but nfter a moment's deep thought mmmonced to write rapidly. Five minutes passed, during which John's pen scratched ludustrlously over the paper aud Jean sat bolt up right on her hassock, stnrlug nt the picture on the cauvns. It was a pale watery sunset that shed greeu gleams of light on a wide, lonesome lundsenpe, In tbe center of which n woman stood alone, gazing with desolate, hopeless eyes at the retreating figure of a man on horseback. It was painted with In imitable skill and n strange wild power that bud ninde John Steele the most famous of tbe youuger school of paint ers. What an artist he wns and what a friend he bad boon to her! And now she must go away aud perhaps MVdr see blm again, except In the class with tbe others. All those hour of merry comradeship were over never to come again; all the sweet work and piny together. A great sob came up In Iter throat, but Just then John threw down his pen and she choked down the sob and rising, reached out her hand for tbe letter. But he did not give It to her as she expected. "It Is a difficult thing to do," he said. "To make a man understand that no mntter bow much be cares for you, you can never care for blm." "Yes, I suppose It Is," she assented "But you have done It, I'm sure." "Indeed, I may say there's only one way to couvlncc a fellow of such au unpleasant fact" be went on. "But you employed It?" she asked. eagerly. Yes. You may think It an extreme measure, though. I'll read It to you. And he read aloud: Hear Mr. Hinsdale: I thought I had made It quite plain to you when, several weeks ago, you asked me to lie your wife, that sucb a thing was quite Impossible. I ccrtaluJj tried to have you understand It, and I deeply regret that I did not succeed, because this renewal of your offer can only result In added pain to both of us. Believe me. I am deeply grateful for your pref erence, but yon will reullxe, I am sure. bow bopelesa It Is for you to ask ror more than my esteem when I tell you that I am engaged to be married to Mr. John Steele. Hoping that you will be lieve In the sincerity of my friendship, I am very sincerely your. pi,, .ii... ... . . HKXKV CLAY FBICK. nwm ma reading ami lulil tbe epistle buck ou the table. Jeun stood rigid, gazing with a flvd and haughty tnre at it,,ul the wall above John' head, when he turned mid confronted bet with us lit tle embarriiBsineiit as he would liuve show n lu faciug a new pupil. ' Well what do you think of It?" be asked coolly. "I tbluk." she flashed out. "that How (Ire,,. I'.tr.on romrllmr, .rt l Urate I i ut of Their Vonc. " 'Short-changing' or 'tllui flamming,' II practhed bj an MJMCfUpuloni cMM of ticket sellers," said au old time cir cus ticket seller, "the opiortunitic that the business offers being greater than that of uny other that I know of. Everything is bustle and Confusion, liiau loses Ins lead, doesn't think to count bis change, ami becomes an easy NEW HEAD OF THE CARNEGIE 4TcEL COMPANY. A lnr llonkkerper In IsTO, He ! n,w ,, MattlMlllleaalre and Cm trnla I ntrrprlar Involving II im drcla nf Million of Ilollura. you're the most conceited beuit I ever victim, wh. u under ordinary urciiiu '" stance he'd detect tbe fraud. I ll at- "My dear girl." he protested. "I told tempt to describe to you one of the you thut extreme measure were nee- j commotio, tricks of 'film tlaniuilng' eary. It's tbe only way to get rid of , on an extensive scale: A man up blm. and I'm w01la to sacrifice myself pronchea the booth, bunts In bit pock In a good cause." et for change, and finally pnlll out a With greut dignity Jean turned to $! bill. The ticket seller takee the leave the room, but somehow he was at preliminary performance In at a gliinco the door Is'fore her, with his arms out- anil knows to a dead moral certainty stretched "Vou're not golug to leave me. little Jean!" be cried. "I can never get nloiig without you any more, for, oh, I love you love you-love you!" A se, she stood hesitating then, with n little sigh, she went to blm and burst out crying comfortably on bis shoulder. "Jenn!" came a voice suddenly from behind the burlap curtain. It sounded like the clinking of Ice In a pitcher. "Aunt Maria!" gasped Jean, lu hor ror. "Oh, come In, Miss Chester," said John, drawing aside the l'ompelun red draperies. "We were Just going to find you und ask you to come to our wed ding to-morrow, at 12." "Jenn-what does this menu? Why didn't you tell me this In-fore?" ex cluluied Aunt Maria, aghast "I thought I ought to consult John before I told you," sold naughty Jeuu. Chicago Times Herald. SHOULD HAVE ASKED. Vexatious Wny In Which a Name WU Hnmetlmee Mlp the Memory. Names of persons will sometimes es ape the memory iu n most vexutlous fushlon. One does uot like to admit Ids failure to recollect, and ask a friend polnthlunk for his name, and efforts to ascertain It In n roundabout way do not always meet with success. Au Englishman who hud tried vainly to recollect a friend's name said to him: "There Is a little dispute as to how you spell your name." "Oh. with two p's," was the reply, which left the question er as wise us before. Mr. Yates, a London gentleman, aa the story Is related In Richard 11. Kur mini's "Reminiscences," met a friend In the street and invited him to dinner, but was unable to recall bis name. Ranching home, be told bis w ife what be had done, and described the gen tleman. They bad often visited at bis home In Bristol. "Oh, yes," snld Mra. Yates, "I reuiem Ikt him very well, but what Is his name?" Neither husband mr wife could re call It. The day of the dinuer came, and the servant was Instructed to nsk the name of every gentleman who came to the dinner, and to annouuee It dis tinctly as he entered the room. As luck would have It, this gentleman came Into, was let lu by another servant, and heuce entered unannounced. Several indirect attempts were mado to get tlio name, but without uvall. Oood bys wero finally exchanged, and Yates was conirratulntlim himself that all had passed off well, when tho nameless one said hastily: "Oh, by the by, my dear Yates, I for got to tell you that I bought a Erencb clock to-day at Hawley's, but aa It Deed a week's regulating, I took tho liberty of giving your name and order lug It sent here, and said that you would forward It. It Is paid for," say ing which, lie entered the hall aud was descending the stairs. Vntes recovered breath und hurried nfter blm. "Stop!" be Raid. "To mnke sure, you bad better write the address yourself." "No, no. I can't stop," returned the guest "I shall be too late. The old house near the cathedral-you kuow It. (iood by," and he was gone. How the affair terminated Is left tc tbe Imagination of the render. thut the man hasn't anything smaller. He Uoks at the bill a moment, then UM up his cash, us if lu doubt, then suddenly he turtis to bis victim und lays: " 'Is this tbe smallest you've golf "The man tells blm thut It Is. Ml of this bus consumed but a fraction of a minute, you'd say. but III point of fact It has given the sharier a CUMM to fold the bill In such n way that none of the figures are lsible, and there Is nothing to Indicate what its denomina tion Is. The bill is passed deltly from the right to the left hand. In the polm uf whieh is concealed a 1 bill folded III precisely the sumo manner. It Is the work of only a second to substitute one for the other, the ticket seller apol ogizing all the while for bis Inability to make change, and the victim walk off unsuspectingly with (1 where bo hud $111, und the eh. noes are that lie doesn't discover his mistake until some moments biter. And then be fulls to get satisfaction, for, of course, tbe short-change artist denies the fraud emphatically. "The ordinary way of handing a DJUU short change lu silver Is bountifully simple. Say. for Instance, n man buyi two BO-cent tickets ami tenders u $." bill. Three dollars and a half lu siunll change Is placed lu his bund hurriedly and he walks off without counting It. Eventually be finds out that he's 50 cents 'shy.' but It Is too lute to liuike n kick. The short change man knows who to Ml I in tin hi' and who to treat squarely. He sizes up his man at a glome and CM) come pretty near tell ing whether he'll count his money or uot before leaving, That's where his knowledge of human nature comes In to piny. " Ticket selling Is n profitable employ ment outside of any Illegitimate gains. A man can always count ou tin, bug Ids rush $3 to $li 'over' at the end of the day. The per cent of people w ho get excited In the confusion of the mo ment and leave their change on the counter Is always great. This overplus ocs to the seller, and the economical ly Inclined showman doesn't have to toacb his salary during the mouth." Atlanta Constitution. As the bead of the new Carnegie Stit'l Company, the greatest of all the recently consolidated ladWtfial COS torus, Henry day I'rlck bus become a man of world Hide Inlcrcst. He is a man of uncommon mould. At 2 be was a iXMrly paid DOOIIUMPW In n ills tlllcry. Today, at 10, be Is tin- owner of the greatest coke making plants lu the world, has a prhute fortune tmontlni to lo,000,QOO or more, and Is the active head of enterprises luvolv lug the use of hundreds of millions of dollars lu capital. A mail who can i make this Kind of a record for himself I can bo truthfully doscrllied as "uu Common." Mr. Met Is the builder of Ills own fortune. He secured wli.lt lie has without the aid of family liill ieu, e or wealth and it Is the creation of Ills own brain and Industry. Henry Cluy 1'rlck was N.rn In Fay ette County. Ohio, lu IMP. His futlier was a farmer lu moderate clrcuiu stances, who had lived in West Over ton, 1'a. With nothing but a common school education young I'rlck went to work as n dry goods clerk, but soon gave up that to become a bookkeeper lu the distillery owned by his grand father at Bradford, ra. Tills took young I'rlck Into the rerj haul of tlie coke region. Although be was only 81 years of ugo then, be bad developed the huhlt of accumulating money, and saved most of Ids earnings. He took a great Interest lu the DMM failure nf coke, studied the process, and made up his mind that he would some day go Into the business. At this time, too. he was a close student nf the labor situation lu the coal and cuke regions. A short lime nfter passing his ma jority Trick and two other young men scraped up enough money between then to buy ItiNi acres of laud ami .'si coke ovens. They begun to manufac ture coke under the linn name of I'rlck A; Co. Prick succeeded so well iu the ' coke business that within four years be Increased his omih from fifty to LAW AS INTERPRETED. la in A. "Per little FUNNY? The Over-Critical Grammarian Hpolli a Comic HtorT, Under the title of "Ills Funny Sto ries" Harper's liasar makes fun of the too crltlcnl person who Is always on tin watch for small errors of speech. Not content with being grammatical blm self, he must teach every oue else to bt so. "I want to tell you something funny that happened to me this morning," said Spatts, cheerfully. "All right," said Hunker, "tlo on." "I started down the street after my laundry, and " "You mean you went down nfter yout washing, I inppoee," Hunker Interrupt ed. "I Imagine you do uot really owl a laundry." "Of course that's what I mean," salt! Spatts, n trifle less cheerily. "Well. 1 had went-" Hunker interrupted him again, haps you mean you 'bad gone,' " "Certainly. I bad gone but a ways when I " "1 presume you mean a little way, nol a little ways," said Hunker. "I presume so," said Spatts, but the cheerfulness had all gone out of hit manner. As l wns going to say, l liml gone but a little way when It happened It tickled me so I thought I'd Just have to lay down and die." "Lie down and die, not lay downi Ii the correct form of the verb." "Ob, yes, I know; but those klud ol errors seem to come natural " "Not those kind of errors, my deal boy. Say that kind of errors. But gc on with your funny story. I'm getting Interested." "Are you? Well, I've lost my Interest In It I don't believe there was any thing funny, after all. Oood day." "Now, I wonder If I offended blm?" Hunker thought, as Spatts strode off. Onida's Writing freak. Oulda does not use a table for writ ing ber stories. She alt on a low stool, with an Ink pot on tbe carpet, and write on her knee. A provision that none but union bor shall be employed is held, Adams vs. Brenan till.), 42 U u. "IS, to be beyond tho power of a poli tic corporation, such us a board of edu cation, to make lu u contract, as It con stitutes a discrimination between dif ferent clusses of cltlzeus, and is of such a nature as to restrict competi tion and Increase the cost of the work. An act changing election districts nfter they have once liecu estubllshed by u statute bused upon the lust cen sus aud before a ucw census has been taken Is held, lu llarmlson vs. Ballot Commissioners (W. Vu.), 41! h. It. A. uul, to be lu vlolnllou of West Virginia constitution, art. U, sec. 10, which per mits but oue npiKirtloniueiit, after a ceusus until tbe next census Is taken. A statute pinking a lire department association the recipient of privilege or occupation taxes collected from Insur ance companies aud Imposing on It tho duty of disbursing or administering the fund is held, In Phoenix Assuraiico Company vs. Eire Department (Ala ), 42 h. It. A. 4U8, to be not unconstitu tional on that ground, where the mon ey is npplied to a public use. An attempt to commence an action In a court of record by delivering a luminous to the sheriff with Intent that it be served, which is made equivalent to the commencement of an action In New York, Is beld, In Hamilton vs. Itoyal Insurance Company (N. V.), 42 L K. A. 4S3, to be sufficient commence- I ment of an action on a lire Insurance policy under a statute requiring the nc- I lion to be brought wltldu twelve months nfter t he fire. 1IEMIY CI. AY VaiCK, Common sense la easier than non sense. It Is common sense to believe what yon know; It Is nonsense to be) lleve a lot of unreasonable stuff that otber people tell you Famous IH The Bloane-Belmont wedding in New York nnd the recent cuse lu Washing ton whore a man sent a check for $Im),- bUO as a wedding present to ms n- vored wife are reminiscent of the most famous divorce case of modern times Hint of Mrs. John Ituskln from tier husband, the famous author und nrt critic. When they were namOU John Itusklu was threatened with consump tion. His wife was n young and lively woman. Sir John Mlllals, afterward president of the Royal Academy, camo to paint Bnakln'i picture. Ho fell in love with Mrs Iluskln nnd she with blm. Mr. Ituskln MW how things wero golug, but liistutil of objecting he ns slsted his wife In getting divorce. Then, a little later, be went to the church with his former wife and actu ally gave her sway In marriage to Mlllals. Without Doubt. A blight girl In one of the New York nubile school applied to her teacher for leave to be absent half a day. on tho idea that her inotn, r iiuu receiveu a I teleatam which stated that company was ou the way. "It's my father's half sister and her three boys," said tbe pupil, anxiously, "aud mother do, -n't see bow she can do without me. those boys always act o." Tbe teacher referred her to tbe print e,t list of raaenni which Justify ab sence, and askisl If her case came un der any of them. "I think It might come under tbla bead, Mis Totter," said tbe girl, point log aa she spoke to the word, "Domes tic affliction." Youth's Companion. one hundred. The coke business kept on booming nt a great rate until :t,ii7;t ovens had been built In the region. J hen came the panic of l.NT.'t. Tin price of pig Iron declined enormously the price of coke fell lu sympathy, and everybody wanted to get nut of the coke business. Nnt ho with Mr. Erlek. He invested every dollar that he bad or could raise In purchasing tin ke propertiM and ovens which others were so ready to sell at low price. All through the panic be kept his ovens going. Iu 1H7U be separated from bis old partners and took E. M. I'crguson ' ns a new partner. Heal success came tn this new linn In 17(1, when (hero came nil unprecedented demand for coke, and prices went up from f 1 to 8 n ton. Under the Impetus of this I,,.,, m Mr. Erlck continued to buy cuke ovens and coke binds until In 1KS2 his firm had B.0QP acres of coal land nnd l.OL'O coke ovens. It was thut year that Carnegie Itros. & Co. (limited) became partners In tbe firm of EL 0. Krlck tc Co. The success of the linn from IWC! to 1800 wns phenomenal, ami It is gen erally acknowledged that It was In the greatest degree due to the energy nnd push of Mr. Krlck himself. In 1H!K) tbe corporation owned and con trolled 2.1,000 acres of coal lands. 42 of tbe 80 coke plants in the region, with nn aggregate of 10,046 ovens, three water plants nnd a pumping capacity of 0,000,000 gallons dully, . miles of railroad and 1,200 curs. Eleven thou sand men were on the pny rolls of the Company then. On the death of David A. Stewart, lu December, ikhh, An drew Carnegie offered Mr. I'rlck nn In terest In the firm of Carnegie Ilros. & Co., which Mr. Erlck accepted and paid for. He was nt once made chairman of the directors of Carnegie Urns. & Co. As an employer of lalsir Mr. I'rb k earned the everlasting hatred of the Amalgamated Association. When he was put at the hind of all of (be Car negie steel Interests, the Amalgamated Association felt that the light for its ItOM s hygienic stiindiMiint. to he mic ovcrbcutcd l n grest an er ror in fur un iuticldcr to nicta s ground Int. E.iistnrliil cliUMM Briti their dunlin hest do not destroy their prOpleOi Down close to the eqaatOTi where the ami gets a full tilt at the earth, sunstrokes are COesparatlvety rare. Up here, where a tempenlBN Ol 100 degrees I'lihreiitieit is rare, sunstrokes or their twin alHIctloiia, heat prostrations, are very cnninon. Why it should Is- so Is a topic Of interest. Wheii it is known tint in neiiher MO, the heslth l-cing good, should s US IMP be iu any grave dsnger, the frequency nf death in summer fnun MCI causes U a marvel. Il all depend Oe Ike mnn. Some persons will wnlk smoothly nnd placidly slung the street without nn innbrellu, with the sun milking ridges of heal letON the avenue. Collar Slid ciiITs will not wilt and the mnn seem unconscious 1 tint the weather is playing em an usual pranka, He euy cur ry Hilliils (OO much weight, yet suffer but little, if at nil. Another mini nf thin figure will pant and nioim nnd mop his fevered brow in nu Ifony of OMt Why this Is thus Is what n OOMCOBOOdonl would term s mystery. Hut there is 10 mystery iboOt It. One knows he Is not hot, the other thinks he Is. Keep cool Is not a unit ler of clothes or their link. There sre men on Mrth who wear nothing hut a brow clothed in thought, whose sunburned pells Indicate the iiilvntitsge of snrinents, even If the garden of Edeii hud not pre maturely discovered the mime thing. Some punitive directions spply to the nrt of keeping COOL The first is the most Important and if well obeerved robs the weather of nine ttothl of Its terrors. Thst rule is a simple one nnd la merely to (Ire the mi a chance. Let him get n gissl, si pin re whack at you early in the season. To avoid the nun with nn umbrella when he first burin savagely la to invite the hent prostration habit Therefore get onl nnd mingle with the rays na MOB pa tho aenaon opeOa, Tbla will do three thing! give you a beautiful tinting. All yonr lungs with fresh a i in ml adjust your hi, Is to the Incoming heat. Custom rules in this na in other things. If you accustom yourself to the nun he will be your friend. The baseball man playa when the ther mometer apt uka of 101 ami does not I hat Ids exertions n tritle. Any mnn or wom an who ao wlaliea may do the anme thin in a smaller degree without the hard train ing of athletes. Having thus prepared your system for sunlight ami lots of it sen thst yOnl health is kept up properly. I., t the vascular s)ntcin the circulation, nr, terlali VtnoOJ nnd capillary nml the ali mentary system be In proper running or der anil you will Buffer little from hent. liming thus laid the foundation for Mceeeefal maaoa do not spoil it ail by in- sanely rushing alsuil your uudcrtskiiiga under the apparent belief that to day la the laat uu rurth. If yon do It may ba the laat. Hurry never acciiiupliahc any thing hut the dlacoiuHture of hint who rushes unduly. A sunstroke uaually conies from exposure directly due to th rays of the sun. Heal prostration may overtake a man who has been ill the hade all day. lo not overeat, do mil overdrink, do not overdress Take exer cise lu moderation. Do not fear the nun, for imleaa airk or reduced ill vitality by overindulgence It la your friend rather than your enemy. Carry out the forego ing Indefinite rules aud you will lolsl winner In a summer of scorching heat. life had come, and lu June, 1SP2, came the bliHidy Homestead riots. It was a time of great political 01 d lenient and putty managere brought the greatest Influence to tsuir on Mr. I'rlck to get blm to agree to the terms domanded by the men. Hut be wus deaf to nil entreaty. The only question he would consider was how to defeat the strikers. He thought of nothing else, even after the Anarchist llcikinan hud shot liiiii und he wns iihi a bed from which It was feared be would never rise. The bloody battle of llouic- tead, when the Pennaylvanla state troop were culled out to protect the Carnegie Works, and in which so many llxes were lost, did not swerve Mr. Erlck lu his purpose. He fought the strike mil nml won It. Mr. I'rlck nnd Other! were Indicted for manslaughter us u result nf the Homestead riots, but the Indict incuts were afterward dismissed on the mo Hon of the prosecuting olllcers. Sin. e that time other anarchists have threat ned to kill Mr. I'rlck. It is a fact thut be has Ih'cii nervous on that score. He Is always very careful whom he re cclves. either at Ids home, bis office, or Ids hotel. 1'p to the time tbe Anarchist Berk man made uu attempt to kin him, and Succeeded In wounding him seri ously, Mr. I'rlck gave Utile heed to the threats made against blm, but since then be has shown more concern for bis pcrsonnl safety. Personally Mr Crick Is n very pleasant man. He spends very little lime In snclnl picas tires und Is wrapped up completely In his business. OLD NEWQATE PRISON Thla Thnuaand-Year-Ill, I t i i Olve Way tn a New Htructurr. Newgate prison, the cable durpatchM say, Is to be torn down. On Its site n new court building Is In be erected. Newgale is a place nf bloody memories. Standing In the heart uf London, It has licoii for a thousand years the scene uf tortures and executions. EnglUh men M III probably Is- glad to see Its an cient walls give way to a new structure Which will I tend fur more dvilttod and merciful methods of punishment. Newgate bus uot been used since 1881, except for the detention nf iiH- ooere awaiting triui or execution, it Is one of the oldest buildings In Im dou bow old no one knows. It wns used ns a prison ns far back as 11 vs. as the records of those times show. It wns probably built several hundred years before, Hundreds of thousand of prisoners bnve been executed within lis wnlls. In l.Viil It was almost alto gether destroyed by fire ami again In ltk'to, but was rebuilt, ami has always A MIRACULOUS SPRINQ. Kreah Water Ouahra from an Oak In Hwilsrrlantl. This Is not au optical delusion, but a fresh water spring In the trunk of a healthy oak tree, situated in Onchy, Switzerland. It is more than a passing mystery how It has succeeded In making this outlet for Itself, and It K Ill -ill WATKII rilOM A TltKE. Is hnrtlly tn Ik.- wondered nt that the villagers regard It as superuuturul and having some miraculous powers, espe- chilly In cas 's of courtship. The water was found so pure that a pipe was In troduced to assist Its flow, and a tank made to receive the sparkling Ibpild. Tbe spring Is the trystlng spot of the adjacent vlllnges. NKWOAT I'lllBOM. served the same grim purpooa, The names of tho distinguished men who have been Imprisoned lu Newgate would fill u volume. Among them aro VTUUam Pean, founder of pennayl vanlai Defoa, author of "Bnttlnaoa Crusoe;" and Sir Robert Wright, Iinl Chief Justice of England. Inside Newgate Prison ninny prison ers have lieeti tortured. In fact, as late as 172.'! torture was used, ami un til 1808 the executions were public and wero made the occasion of a holiday. In 1807, when 40,000 people bad gath ered to see one Hollwuy, n murderer. MeCUted, a panic ensued, and 100 men. women, and children were trampled to death. As late as 1788 women were burned to denth In front of New gate prison for counterfeiting, nnl tho stocks and pillories were always full uf unfortunates. Dickens thundered against the alsiiiilnatlon (lf the public executions at Newgate, and It Is large ly due to his great Influence that the re form was accomplished In 1808. ENDOF WAR ROMANCE. TWO STRIKING C05TUMBS, Although tbe gas meter never fall to register, It Isn't allow! to veto. Mils. BtTCHAn. A Wlfa Who Followed llar Foldlar Husband lo the Philippines. ('apt. Ii E. Iluchau'a return boms from tbe Philippines on tbe United States transport Valencia was sad one. He brought with blm tbe body of bit wife, who succumbed to the climate lu the Philippines. 51 ra. Iluchau had been a bride but a few months. When tbe Kansas regiment left home to fight Its coiin try's buttles in the Philippines there wns an understand ing bet wees ('apt. Buobea ami his sweetheart, Mis I.uclmlu M. Smith, ol Lawrence, Kan. Separation was more than the two could stand, so with the exchange uf letters came a determina tion to Join their lot In tho fortunes of wur. They were married and tho young bride followed ber soldier husband to San Francisco. Here the first cloud fell across their houeymoou. The olllcers were uot permitted to have the coin puny of their wives ou the transports and separation seemed Inevitable. Hut the Kansas girl had pluck. With tho wife of another OfBcor, Col, l'n d l'tin stoii, she became a stowaway oo tho Indiana, and although tbe Government tried to prevent It she Journeyed as fur us Honolulu on the way to Manila be fore she was parted from her husband Though compelled to leave the trans port, she followed ('apt. Ituchun with in a few days on the regular steamer and shared his lot up to tbe time of her death. New Aro Lamp. Au electric arc lamp for use under water o consummation that has baf fled electricians for years bus been produced by a German firm. The man who drinks to stimulate hla appetite, stimulate his appetite tot drink.