IEMEJ11
W BOTH
I -
4
UK word echoed
Mly In Ilruntoii's
mind. Softly the
thrill of the die
tnut music roue
iiiul fell upon the
, mill n!r. Then on
affected I a u s ii
stung his ear. and
It r u ii t on turned
afresh toward soli
tuile.
To-morrow h e
.. rlnti.t to loin bll rcgi-
SutiM icn.c i."t. -
nent and fen seemao 10 kh -
S... .... iw rl.no he felt constrain.-.
' i,. ..f a near relative
,1 MiD over bll departure
ills cumins to Mrs.
i kail Wn a mistake
....... ,. , -ienr he lit I match.
Which a sportive aspbff playfully ex
tliiL'iilshed. Among the shadows hi.
a rattle arbor, and stepping Inside the
.i,..ii..r .,f its iliH.rwav he struek a fresh
fleam. Flaring up brightly It revealed
loi, Idled no ehise to the hack wall of
DM :i rl.r. a shrluklng. girlish form,
nli. please, plenae. dou't tell any-
body, i only came out here to get away
from the people."
"Did yonl Well, I say that should
be a bond of union between us, for so
did I."
"And you won't tell anybody about
OX Coming Otlt here. It would seem So
Hide to Mrs. Derrick, you know."
".Not a sold, honor bright. Hut sure
lj yotl didn't leave the house to crouch
up here lu the dark'"
"Mli, no. It was lovely among the
Derrick's
too.
.1!
"i;i slIK 1IIR Ot.n FOUNTAIN STOOD
SYLVIA."
tan Uld flowers mid things; and then
1 beard Mine one coming and rau In
ben till lie should go past, and you
cangbt me."
"Won't you como out and walk
again T' He was longing to see bar
To darkness of the summer-house
Wffll tantalizing and chivalry relielled
at the rudeness of striking another
light.
The starlight that revealed to Sylvia
a soldierly form, with short-cropped
daik hair and a quite erceptlhle mus
tache, showed Ilrunton a petite tlgure
whose robe of white satin draped close
h from the odd lace that outlined Its
npiare-set bodice, a string of pearls
round the slender neck the only orun
incut.
l'.efore they had completely encircled
the lawn Sylvia knew that Ilrunton
::s a scddler; that to-morrow he would
lor ludla to Join his regiment. And
ere they emerged from the long arch
way of roses BruntOD knew that this
wai Sylvia's llrst party; that she was
an orphan and lived with her grand
inatmna.
And have you never been any
where V" This pityingly, from the
height of his experiences which were
yet to come.
"No. never. We always go to Tor
quay In winter, but that's nearly Just
the tame as la-lug at home. Do you
know, Pre never, never once been out
Of doon at night before."
Toot little girl! I say" struck by
- den nlea "your guardian will be
some time over whist, won't she'r"
"Why, yes; the game has Just began
nd they won't finish under it rubber."
"Wi 11. suppose I take you somewhere
for 1 half hour or so to a theater or
music hall? My cab Is waiting."
"Oh!" A gasp of delight, followed by
the inevitable, "Hut would It not be
WrongT" and, "I can't go dressed like
this."
"Ob, nobody will know. Walt here
for moment while I run to the house
and forage for wraps."
Leaving Sylvia in the safe seclusion
of the nrlmr, he vanished, returning
ipeodlly Clad in light topcoat and crush
kit and hearing a heavy cloak of vel
vet and furs.
"That:" breathed Sylvia in a horri
fied whisper, when he showed his spoil.
"Why, you've brought grandma's sable
ni.iutle!" fc
To Sylvia the hansom was a chariot
tent direct from talryland for her COO
Veyaace to some enchanted world. The
leietj and glitter of the Loudon night
';' - led aud nmnxed her. At Picca
dilly circus Sylvia was entranced; lu
'' ' Mler show she wns lu ecstasies,
Md uhen, having reached the snug sc
ansion of a curtained tox. she could
raze across a valley of dim, smoke-
a:hed figures, which the moving
marvel of form and color detlned as a
1 1 '. she acted and moved as though
la a dream world.
Bylvla remained oblivious to all Brun
bui's hints as to th' lapse of time until
be murmured that the hour had neared
11- Safely In the hansom speeding
homeward. Sylvia returned to earth
'-aln. and sighed as she felt Ilk.'
Cinderella In having to leave the ball
t Its height
Ves, Sylvia was sorry, very, very
orrjr, be was going, and perhaps when
be returned In three years he would
btfl forgotten her. Aud Hninton was
"malty convinced of bis own faltbful
eaa, but reared the strain of time and
absence on ber.
Ilrunton thought he would like the
xt meeting to take place, aa this one
bad, In a garden; and Sylvia remem
bereu that a certain green door In the
high wall encircling m-. grandmother's
grounds opened on a quiet side road.
Thereafter the stars witnessed a sol
emn compaet that, that day three
years, at the same hour, gytvla would
uuloek the green door to give llruutou
entrance.
Athwnrt tho little green door the
tnooullgjt glinted softly, and Ilrunton,
standing In near the shadow or an Ilex,
would willingly have dropped the com
ing nour out of bin Hf,..
Sluee his return to Kngland. a few
days before, the memory of this a
proachlug assignation had persistently
occurred to him. As a mail of honor
he knew he dare Hot shirk it. And vet,
how painful to be forced to see Sylvia,
to look into those lunoccnt, trustful
eyes- and confess how he had changed,
and to tell her boldly that their meet
ing had proved but an Incident, of no
moment In the ordering of his life.
He must uudeeelve her as tenderly
as possible, speak of Kleanor regret
fully, at least not let Sylvia guess how
entirely happy their union was, or that
she. Sylvia, had long ceased to lie nugbt
but a pretty, sentimental remembrance
to him.
Bven as he schooled himself a dis
tant clock struck the hour, mid with
the first faint chime came the stealthy
sound or an opening loek. She was
there!
(iently turning the handle he passed
through the greeu door am) entered
Ltdy Martingale's garden. Bealda the
great stone basin of the old fountain
stood Sylvia.
Her eyes met his In questioning ap
peal, and for a moment a mail rush of
pity, romance, nffectlon, call It what
you will, overcame him, nnd. spring
ing forward, he caught her hands.
"Sylvia!"
"Yes."
"You had not forgotten?"
"No. And you?" ' '
"I am here."
After the greeting there fell a sense
of constraint, which Ilrunton realized
wns not all of his own making. She
wns lovely, even more lovely than of
yore taller, too, added something In
her expression that was new to him.
"You you have changed. Are not
the same. Of course yon look older
and bronzed. I dou't mean that. Hut
there Is something else your man
ner "
"Sylvia," he began, breathlessly,
"three years Is a long time "
"nli, yes; is It not?" she Interposed,
eagerly.
"And. you know, one's circumstances
niter- uew people Intervene."
"Yes, yes; so they do."
Her Unexpected quiescence wns dis
concerting, but he doggedly stumbled
on.
"And, Sylvia, I wish to tell yon I
know It seems mean and cruel but
last year 1 met Klennor, and "
"Hush!" whispered Sylvia, suddenly
raising her hand and turning lu an at
titude of listening expectancy toward
the lighted windows of the house visi
ble across the expanse of lawn.
As they paused, mute, from nn open
casemate came a feeble cry -vague,
plaintive, sending its message Into the
night.
prayer have been offered for htm In
anmoroai convents ami churches and
votive Offering! made. He has sev
ployed the bent medical talent but
5 there seems to tie u Improvement u
tlie ooy condition. He is devoted to
him. The Duke of Norfolk Is a com
paratively young man, u Utile over .".'
wara or age. He Ii a widower, and
has never s. emed to wuut to marry
again. His brother, who was Cardinal
Howard, lost his mind shortlr before
he died. Arundel castle lu Sussex Is
one of the great showhouses of l'n
gland. Pome y. urs ago a rumor was
etarted that the Duke of Norr.dk was
paying devoted atteutlou to Miss Vir
ginia McTUVteh, or Haltlmore. Mrs.
and Miss M.Tavish have lived abroad
for several years, making their winter
residence In Home, where they have
i become Identified with the "liiacks,"
or th papal aristocracy, which Is the
most exclusive In the holy city. New
York Times.
DISTRIBUTES GREAT
WEALTH.
ivrn 4l,.
IT FLIES AND FIGHTS.
I'rnf. I.iinsltT'a C'onitilor.l Airship
mid Dxiiamlte thrower.
If current reports from Washington
nre true Professor S. P. Ijinglcy lias
invented a real Hying machine uu.l the
most powerful engine of war known to
civilized man. So mighty Is the power
of the little forty seven pound engine
of I he Hying machine which he has
originated that na model army oouM
withstand It. A Seat of Ironclads could
be destroyed by It lu llfteeu minutes.
( oast defenses would be broken up
like rail fences before a tornado If once
the aerodrome passed over them uud
dropped bombs Into their midst At
least this Is What Professor lauiglcy'a
friends assert.
l"or three years past Professor I.nng
ley has devoted himself to the prob
lem of aerial navigation. He claims to
have solved it at hist and to have built
a machine which w ill render American
armies Invincible by means of Isunbs
thrown from his airship. He calls It
the aerodrome. This machine will be
not less valuable 111 peace than lu war.
A man can settle himself to sleep In
the i nr of one of these Hying machines
In the evening nt Chicago, and wake up
to Sad himself in New York by morn
lug. Air travel will be more safe than
transportation by land. The aerodrome
can dart unu a sinking ship and
snatch Its passengers rrom peril. The
airship, It Is claimed, is ns completely
under control of Its pilot as a locomo
tive Is under the guidance of an engi
neer. The aerodrome which PrOfOSOOl
I. augley has constructed and tested
cost JIT.ihki. This sum Included the
cost of numerous experiments. The
machine can probably bo duplicated
for less tbaO $10,000, Professor I.UIIg
ley says his perfected aerodrome Is tho
result of between twenty-flve and thir
ty unsuccessful experiments, with
various engines and motors. His work
has been carried on In the Kast with
the utmost secrecy. The professor was
convinced that mi airship could lie
constructed which would fly by Its
own power. The problem was to In
vent a machine thai could depend up
on Its momentum for support and nt
the Slime time furnish considerable
carrying capacity above that required
In sUs;illl Itself. After ten months of
effort a dying machine was actually
launcbed In 1807. lu the tirst experi
ment It worked well. Subse.pieut
trials showed that It was not and could
not in tlint shape be put under perfect
control.
The aerodrome resembles a metal
Jiarot) II. I i titlT, 1. I Use I
imhi in Hervsr t
The charities of Jacob n Scblff, of
New York, who has given ttOCMNM to
Harvard, are very Urge. His first
large gift was made about twenty
years ago. w hen he gave 135,000 fr n
building for the Hebrew t'rtt BchooU
Association. lie established a nurses'
settlement on the Kast Side, a aon
sectarian charity. The !: very cost
f3ii,(Hs.i. sud It costs 7..'. " to maintain
It. A handsome stone fountain In Hut
gers Square, bearing tbe simple Insi-rlp-I
ion. "Preseuted to the !ltj of Sew
York 18U0," was for a time an anony
mous gift from Mr. SchitT. which cost
JIo.ikki, In ls.vj.s3, when the Kuiaial
Hebrews were flocking lo N. York
city. he gave $10,000 to cr.-. t temporary
shelters for them. Two years ago he
presented to the Young M. :i's Hebrew
Association a Kto.000 hon-e. He prom
ised them a larger, handsomer build
ing as soon as the BOmbi rsb p should
serving to maintain the combustion.
All the beat Is compelled to pass
through the wet straw before reaching
the air, and In co, sequence the wagon
Is burled lu a dense fog, ur.d as It pass
es between the rows of low trees It
envelops them In a mist so thick that
the driver is frequently compelled to
!. ad the horses.
LANQLHY'S NEW b LYING MACHINE
Sylvia's eyes sought Hrunton's Ills
wondering, hers lambleut with mater
nal ecstasy.
"My baby," she sald.-Chlcago Jour
nal. Where Women Never Hp"k.
The severity of the Heriiardlnes of
Anglet, Sisters of St. Bernard, most re
sembles that of the fnuious Trapplst
monks. The uuus take a vow of per
petual silence. The nunnery Is situ
ated in the southwest corner of Prance,
on the borders of Spain, and under the
hadOW "f the Pyrenees. It was found
ed by the AIiIh; Cestui-. Kvcry hour of
the day is carefully mapped out. Bach
time the big clock of the monastery
chimes the hour, every nun falls on her
knees and sionds a few moments lu
prayer. Out In the fields. It Is mar
vellous to see how well the oxen know
th. s,. chimes. Directly they hear them
they stop Instinctively, starting on
their way again the Instant the Sisters
rise from their kuees. The Bernar
dines have no fear or death Indeed,
on the contrary, they long Tor it. When
the first Siqierlor or their order lay dy
ing, she had an Interview with oue or
the nuus. who Implored her to Inter
cede on her leliuir In heaven that she.
too. might die soon. The Superior
smiled, and In nn Inspired vol..
that In a month her request should Is
granted. n the dny of the burial, Just
as the coffin w as to be closed, the nun
drew near the body, whispered In its
ear. nnd slipped a note Into the dead
hand, Imploring the Superior not to
forget her promise. Just a month from
timt date tnc nun. ... i"" " .
ajid so the promise was
fulfilled.
of
lcr, lliimb and sn Idiot
Ti.a ,,n.in of age of the Earl
Vrundel. son of the Duke of Norfolk,
the premier ier of England. M a sad
episode of the fear. The Is.y Is field to
be Idiotic snd deaf and dumb. For
years the fattier, a stanch Roman Cath
ollc has frequented Lourdcs and other
shrines with bl son, but In vain, and
w hale propelled by the wings of an ill-
batroaa, it is built largely of alumi
num, nnd the body, or ear, Is about '
feet long. Q feet wide, nil. I H feet high.
Liquefied air is tbe substance which
ghes life to Us body and its wings.
The aerodrome Professor I.angley
has constructed can cany five or six
people with ease, and it is only u mat
ter of building n sufficiently large ono
to sustain any given weight On en
tering the machine the doors are first
to be securely fastened, and then the
liquid gas, which has leon Htorod with
the refrigerating tanks Is vaporised to
till tlie ball As the lifting Kwer
I omes SUfldenJ tbS machine Is grad
ually llfbsl bodily from the ground,
and after clearing all obstructions the
engines are started. As the vessel
gains headway and Is thus maintained
In the nlr by Its own momentum, the
gas lu the balloon la ngaln grndually
lliiietled and the balloon la drawn
down closely over the top of the car
In order to present ns little surface for
wind obstruction to the movement of
the flying machine as possible. Chi
cago Inter Ocean.
Many Hells Deed by Farmers,
The farmers really use more bells
than any other class of people or any
trade or Industry. A single foundry
In New Jersey casts annually 28,000
tic!ls for the farmer and about 4,000
for schools, churches, engine-houses,
etc. It Is estimate.) by a foundryman
that at least MyOOO are sold every year
In the country to tillers of tbe soli sud
breeder!.
It Is always a great shook to a
woman to hear a preacher express a
dealre to go to Paris; his longing should
be to visit the Holy IJiud.
Y tx
m
JACOB ii sciurr.
grow large enough to support such a
home. He has Just redeemed his prom
ise by giving tlie association n plot of
ground at Mini, second street and
Lexington avenue, ami instructing bis
architects to erect a building thereon,
the ground and house to cost H.VUhsi.
He originated the plan which led to
the birth of the Motitellore home. He
gave a few years ago JPL'o.iski for a
country sauitnrltii i lu connection with"
the home nt Bedford Station, on liar
leu) Railroad, lie has also given S".
imhi as tbe nucleus of a fund In mem
ory of the late Michael Qellbron, $10,
IMHI to the Hebrew I. -an Society, and a
large sum to Barnard College. The of
ter of Ills gifts to Harvard for the Ben
Itlc Department was mnde June ST.
The next day President Eliot said In
effect the university would accept the
conditions Impost d. These were that
about seventy other persons who have
contributed to the fund for a Semitic
hall and museum release their contri
butions fur that purpose to a fund for
the purchase of material for the muse
urn. lu addition, Mr. SchlfT founds a
number of Semitic scholarships lu the
university, his tidal proposed gifts
footing up, ns Stated, to $lisi.tHKI. The
time WbfM the gifts become available
Is uncertain until the corporation has
acted upon them. Chicago Times Jet
lid.
QUE: R WEDDINGS IN JAPAN.
Odd Csrtmony In theLaadof Sis wan
and SUVJOhlsjOi
A woman who lived many year In
Japan has an article lu a late niniibei
of the Loudon tiraphlc on Japanese so
! clal customs. Of courtship and mar
' rlage among tl little brown people"
she says that ImMi are very curious
ceremonies mid that they still savor
SOHMWhat Of barbarism. ThaSS cere
monies are doacribed In an Interesting
manner in bet communication. "When
a young man." she Informs us, "has
tlx. si his affections upon a maiden of
suitable Standing he declares his love
by fastening a branch of n certain
shrub to the house of the damsel's
parents. If the branch be neglected
tbS suit Is rejected; If It be llccept.sl
so Is the suitor. At the time or the
marriage the bridegroom sends pres
ents to his bride ns costly as his menus
will allow, which she Immediately f
fan to her parents lu acknowledgment
of their kindness lu Infam y and of the
palnS bestowed upon her education.
The wedding lakes place lu the even
ing. The bride Is dressed In a long
white silk kimono nnd white veil nml
she and her future husband sit facing
each oilier M the Hour. Two tables
are placed close by; on tlie one Is a
kettle Willi two spouts, a bottle of sake
and cups, on the other table a minia
ture tlr tree- signifying the strength
of the bridegroom; a plum free, signi
fying the beauty of the bride, and,
lastly, a stork standing on a tortoise,
represent lug long life mid happiness,
desired by them both. At the marriage
feast each guest lu turn drinks three
cups of the sake and the two-spouted
kettle, also containing sake, is put to
the months r the bride mid bridegroom
alternately by two attendants, signify
ing that they are to share together
Joys au.l sorrows. The bride keeps
her veil all her life ami after death It
is buried w ith her ns her shroud. The
chief duty of a Japanese woman nil
her life Is obedience -whilst lllllll.tr
lied, to her parents; when married, to
her husband and his parents; when
Mowed, to her son."
Aa an extra precaution every cooking
school should be tun lu Connection with
an eating school.
Dinner In a State prison la usually
served In three courses coarse bread,
coarse meet and coarse vegeUUtat
Holmes' comet, which was dlSCOV
ered in IMC, and which in aiscd great
Interest because of an unexplained
outburst of light that It exhibited w lille
retreating Into space, was rediscov
ered coming sunward once more, by
Mr. Perrtne. or the Lick Obeervatoryi
)n June 11. Its period of rurolutlon Is
about seven years.
The uew satellite of Saturn, recently
discovered by I'rof. W. ( . Pickering,
with the aid of photography, bsi bet D
named P hoc lie. Owing 10 Us small
lie, probably not exceed Ii i 200 miles
in diameter, and Ita great d stance from
the planet, about 7,787,000 miles,
Phoebe Is-nrs no resemblance to SUCh a
satellite as our moon. S. i n from Sat
urn, It would appear only ll I Mar, mid
i faint star ut that, probably Just no
ticeable to tbS naked eye
Wide currency having been glien to
the statement that liquid nlr promises
to do the work of con! nt next to no
cost, bees use an experimenter claims
to have produced "ten gallons of liquid
air by tlie use of three gallons In an
engine," president Benrj Morton, of
the Stevens Institute, has pointed out
the fallacy of tbe claim. He shows
that It really takes twelve times ns
much power to make a gallon of liquid
air ns that gallon could develop lu an
Ideally perfect engine.
The waves of the Did an m ean In a
strong west wind are three hundred to
four hundred feet long nnd sixty feet
high and have a speed at thirty thr.-e
miles an hour. Such a wave weighs
8iH tons to tin foot If a ship six hull
dred feet long lies In the trough or the
sea a wave sixty feel high hurls
against It L'ls.li") Ions, more than nine
teen times It own weight. This
weight does not fall UpOB the ship at
sea, because Its buoyancy enables It to
rise but If It drifts upon the lee shore
the Hitter of a succession of L'ls, Psi
ton blows "ill tear to pieces any ship
man has the cunning or tbe power lo
build.
Mr. Darw In ones wrote a book, which
many reader! prononnos as interesting
as a novel, on earthworms and the
wonderful way In which they plow up.
turu over and Invigorate the soil. In
a recent sddresa, I'r. I.. O. Howard, of
Washington, showed that many species
of insects nre also ImpotftSSl agents
Id soil making. "They are found be
m-ath the ground." he says, "In luered
Ible number", nml they !enetrate to a
surprising depth, The minute Insects
of the family Pudorldae which are
wingless have been found swarming
literally by the million at a depth of
all to eight feet In a stiff clay subsoil."
Among the meaaa of protecting fruit
trees against frost, practiced In Call
fornla. Is tbe production of fog by a
generator In the form or a wagon. In
vented by George K. Dtfsssr, The
wagon carries a sheet-Iron tank, the
upper part or which is filled with wet
straw, or similar material, kept moist
by the automatic Injection or Water
from a cask, while near the bottom !
a grate upon which tar Is burned, a
blast, operated by a revolving
MUTUALLY PtRPLEXFD.
fwn 'ii I'topls l.o 1 l.o.i.lit 1 hrr
KuOfI .r Asulh.r.
The ships that pass In the night do
not trouble us. It Is Hie th ps that pass
in the daytime, eboee signals can
not rend, that perplex us. Here Is a
case mentioned by the Chicago Trib
une: "Why, how do you do?"
Smilingly the mail lu the brludle suit
and brown derb) hat held out his hand
to the little woman lu the gray travel
lug dress.
Weil, this is a surprise." returned
tlie little woman, shaking htm by the
band, and raying to herself, "1 might
to know this man. Where have I met
him before 7"
it Is alxuit a year since I saw fOU,
I think," be said.
"Y yes. I believe It Is." she an
swered. "By the way- -er w here nre
you living now 7"
"Same ..Id place." he replied, waving
bis hand.
She hadn't made any progress. She
tried again. "What are you doing these
da) s r"
"Oh. Just the same old business." he
said, airily, as before. "Wasn't It too
bad. the way they treated you?"
"You mean that that time"
"Yes. that time, you know. It was
a shame, wasn't it?"
"till, yes," she rejoined. "It was too
bad. It- It was a shame."
"It w as. Indeed. Well. I am very glad
to have nut you again. Qood day."
"Thank yon. Qood dny."
"1 don't think 1 could have been nils
taken," he muttered, as he walked
along; "and pat "
"l wonder, now." mused the little
woman In the gray traveling suit, as
she hurried down the street. "If 1 ever
did meal that man before, ami I'd give
worlds to know who the people w. re
that treated me so badly, and when
and where they did it!"
LONG TIME ON THE WAY.
(ritcr Halted ih7ii only ieeantli
Uolteered la Parte,
lu Prance s utile whfle ago letten fen
BOO pet pie w. re delivered to us many
i me "addressees" as w ere hi ill liv
ing which hud been muii.d nearly
twenty-eight years before. T hey were
delivered, moreover, at tin-earliest poe-
Ihle moment, although lbs distance be
Iweeu the sender a ml tin- receiver was,
in many eSecS, only a tew miles.
The Story Of this long trip Is Intcrrst
ng. During the Blogt of Paris by the
lb-minim In lsTii, the pot,, nice admin
istration hit upon the expedient. In ad
dition lo balloons, of in. losing the let
ters In small nine globes. WSlcr tight
mid hermetically sealed, mid r drop
ping them Into the Seine. There they
limited ir they were not captured by
the Hermans down the river to the
"ranch Hues, win re a net stretched
across the rival gathered them In. aud
they were scnl on their way in Paris.
V af ortuna tely fr the Kronen, th
Hermans discovered the character of
these sine floats, and as they could not
hope to see and llsh out by ordinary
means all the letters that ureal down
thus, they stretched across the river,
at VUleneuve-Salat Georges, a net of
their own. mid cfTccluallt stopped tbla
new system of postal communication.
The nine balls nnd their use were
pretty nearly forgotten, when, a short
lime ago, a tlsheriuan found In the
Seine, near VUlonoUTO, a queer looking
gl.die of line. Willi n large knife he
(polled It to see what might he III It,
mid found :UMi letters, still legible, and
all dated In December. 1N7U. They
were delivered to the postal authorities,
snd after tills long wait In die river.
went their way: but th.tr news of the
state of things lu the count rj was a Ut
ile stale. Youth's Companion.
COUliHINU PHOPtHLY.
Krw I'rnide
ii s teii in "Bobtaaon Orueoe "
humorous Incident happened in
Cleveland scleral years ago. A certain
pastor, widely known and greatly be
hind, was not as careful ns he might
have bean in the preparation of his
sermons. He was hampered but nitie
by his manuscripts, mid had n way of
wandering far from the written screed.
However, he had the good sense to sub
mit his texts, endUUnlly his manu
script sermons, to Ids highly Intelli
gent wife. He usually did this Satur
day night, but 00 one occasion the lady
happened to be away from home ail
the evening. So on Sunday morning
she asked him for the chosen text.
Ha gave It very glbly.
"Hook, chapter and verse?" she
qui rled.
Tlie pastor hung his head.
"T he fact Is, my dear, I was In such
a hurry that I couldn't Qttita turn to It,
but I've built up n most Interesting
sermon around It."
"And you couldn't find It?"
"No, my dear."
"Well, It Isn't very much to lie won
dered nt." said his helpmeet, dryly.
'That text of yours Is from 'BoMUSOn
Orueo .' "
"No!" gasped the shocked pastor.
"What win I do?"
"Hive me (lie ltlt.lt-." said the wife.
Ami It wasn't but n few moments be
fore she had picked out a text that
titled the sermon almost ns well as the
Crusoe quotation.
WHAT THEY REALLY SAID.
siiiir.t Rhetoric Md Mol Oeaae Nat
ural to ISM Koldlrrs.
Deeds of valor ami seir sacrifice In
face of the enemy nre not always ac
companied by rhetorical fireworks.
During lbs Zulu war, after nn engage
meal In which thS llrlllsh tr.sqw were
defeated by Oetewayo's black war
riors, ami were compelled to ay 101
their lives, mi English cavalryman,
whose scraggy little pony limped from
an assagai slush, detached himself
from tlie retreat and galloped buck up
on the charging Zulus.
A glance over his shoulder had shown
him a dismounted comrade. Stumbling
painfully along trying to Jain some
cartridges Into ids clogged revolver.
When the trooper's pony trotted up the
Zulus were nlniost upon the two sol
diers. Fortunately, however, they bad
discarded their spears, and were mis
handling captured carbines.
Now, lu a melodrama, or In a realistic
novel, the language of these two gal
hint soldi 'is, one to the other, would
have been noble, lofty and Inspiring.
This Is w hat th. y really sold:
"lo t out of this Hill, ye blooiuln' IJIt
- the black beggars will skewer ye,"
gllspc.1 the wounded man.
"You climb up on this 'orse or I'll
punch ycr 'end off!" was the reply of
the other.
"Ami It Is delightful." says a writer
In Collier's Weekly, "to be able to Sg)
that he did climb up. mid they both es
apcd from the 'black beggars,' and
that the trooper got the Victoria
Cross."
American sinner's Bnooaan
Miss Louisa Homer, Hie iiuw atllHl
can soprano, who has proved audi ac
acquisition to the Coveiit Harden com
puny, lias already scored successes in
tola In "Cavallerla," as Aiuuerls It
"Alda" and other parts. She Is a charm
lug singer, with a clear, full voice, and
Is slight nnd pretty In parson. Mist
Homer Is a native of Pittsburg, Pa..
nnd since her marriage has lived In
Huston, where her husband Is well
known as a musician and composer
Three yenrs ago they went to Pnrli
that she might pursue her vocal stud
ies under Mines. Jullanl and Koeulg.
She also studied dramatic diction un
der Paul I.herle. Her debut was made
at Vichy In WPS, anil, after singing at
Alxdes llolns, she wns engaged fot
the ehler contralto parts at Angers, nn
Important operatic center, where sh
created quite a furore us the gueeu In
"Hamlet" as Lsonora in "La Payor
In." and as Ainnerls. Among her olhet
favorite robs are Dnlllu, Orlrud mid
Herod las Neat winter Miss Homei
is engaged for the Theatre ds la Men
mile In llrusacls i..r several principal
rolea,
A Horn in lo Htorjr of i.ulog
Tlie prettiest story ir the giving or
presents thai 1 know- anything gboflt la
a chapter In the lire romance or an
adorable little woman who Is the wife
of all ex Senator from u state In the
middle West, writes a correspondent.
She wns a widow WhOS the Senator
first met her, and he a widower. It
was the afternoon or lire with ioth of
them, but lo' a d her with the ardor
of a boy and the persistence of a man.
At one time SOS bad dellnllely made up
h. r mind that h r duly forbade her to
mnrry him, and she told hlin so. Shu
was d.-uf to his pleading and he weut
a w ay, asking only that he might give
ber some gift lu token of bis unaltera
ble affection. She would accept noth
ing but a trifle a bwk she said; and a
book he gave ber. It was the most
liiagtilftceut edition to be bad, and ou
the back was ruiblaxoiied the title,
paradise Iist."
Hut later he ad-b-d to his library
tl lr library, In fact-'Taradlse lie
gained.
i si to Swath Africa.
Coal mining Is making great stride
In South Africa. Last year tlie on l put
lu the Wit wateraraad district ano. nut
.I to MU000 tons. There la -oiislder
a I.'.- BOal development going on In oilier
eastern districts of Cats? Colony aud In
NalaL -Philadelphia Itecord.
t Is an Art th.it but
BS I rr l.curn.
Few pvoplc know how to cough prop-
trly. lu fact. It never occurs to the
Ordinary linh.Mual that there Is any
right way and a wrong way of doing It
Yet It Is ii matter of no small iiu-
porlame. If eel) sigh melius n drop
r bl I out ot Hie heart, lis people
ay. every cough ineiilis some greater
jr less proportion of Urns knocked off
jne's life.
Most people cough as loudly and
forcibly as they Can. Some chroulc
Ottgboei seem a bit proud of the terrl
lie Doles they make. Hut It Is a rather
ostly iiols. . for the simple reason that
It tears and Intlmiies the lungs.
rhoiutigs consist of an extraordinarily
delbnte sMinge like tissue which some
times gels InflSmed ami choked with
phlegm. When we try to get rid of this
inbslniice we cough. Hut obviously If
we remove It violently we must uccea-
MrUy Injure the delicate lung tissue.
Therefore, train youreelf to cough na
gently us possible. After a little prac
tice you will tlii.l It tpilte easy to do
io. In Hint way you will do a mini
mum of mischief to the lungs ami add
rears to your life.
A Ii. Main Of Monkey Wrenches.
The buyer of the Jobbing BOMS
listened to Hie young man's convincing
talk mid examined the new monkey
wrench with clire. He seemed Im
pressed and asked the price per doxcii
gross. It was given to him, mid ho
Sgured o'i a desk pad for a w hile mid
then aakedl "What kind or n price
COUld you ghc us If we took n hundred
doacO gross?"
The young man cams very m ar hav
ing heart failure, hut he figured lor a
few moments and made u price.
"Come back tomorrow," said the
buyer.
Tlie salesman was elated, for he fell
sure that he would make a sale.
Next day wheu he went hack to the
wholesale house the buyer Midi "We
have been llgurliig nml we Ixdlovo we
can handle this wrench to advantage,
of COUrae, If wn take hold of It ivii
want tlie closest prhe you can make,
and we will bo willing to give you a
big order. What Is the output of the
factory?"
The salesman ttd md know.
"You (In.) out what yoOl output for
the next the years will be an. I make us
II price oil the w hole thing."
I hi- young man telegraphed his house
ami received the Information. The
bii. i gave the Immense older and the
salesman wired It to Ids house. In n
tew hours he n Ived tlie following
message from his employers:
"Congratulations. Having sold out
put for five years, services no longer
required."
Next day he was back III Chicago
looking for another Job. Cblcugo lb-cord.
At ibe Peaoe Ooefbeoauo.
Tin- note puiM-r used at the pence
conference at Tho Haguo wns pro
vldod by th"' manager of the hotel
which served ns heinlqunrteis, nnd
was decorated with u tier leslgii ut
cannon, rltles, bombs, swords, and
bayonets. A spider weaves his web
across the bayonets, the swords lie
broken In two, the cannon Is spiked,
and a dove ls-nrliig an olive branch In
its beak, sits safmly spaa the ntnsaVk
Antl.ulljr Of Hi" tirlp.
The grip is generally supposed to tic
a modern disease, but the Hrltlsh . d
leal Journal shows that epidemics or
the disease not only broke out so long
ns fifty years ago, but that they oe
curled at leust 7U0 years ago, the
llandlM.ok of Illrscb listing the epl
demies from 1 17a to lh7 lu ten pages.
Htie Always Has It.
Willie Say, pa, Is every word lo th
dictionary?
Pa No. I guess not, my eon. Every
little wlille a new one comes luto use.
Willie What'S the last word, then,
pa?
I I don't know. Uo ask your motb
er. Chicago News.
It's only half as bad lo matte a mon
ocW of yourself aa a spectacles
l.awn Playhouses.
The latest novelties In the smart toy
shops are large play 000000, to be set
upon the lawn for the use of the Utile
girls of the family. These BOOM th ery
pretty designs, counterparts of the
i.i ii Anne cottages III which the III-
tie mothers real! lien They are largo
enough to accommodate three or four
Utile girls and their dolly families.
The Interiors consist of one large
mom, which Is furnished with small
chairs, tables, couches, beds, bureaus,
bookcases mid so on, all of which arti
cles of furniture come In very nttrao.
the forms mid can Is- purchased nt
any of the large shops dealing In chil
dren's toys and games.
These houses will be welcomed
gladly by tlie little misses, for they
open out n rlstS of afternoon tens, pur-
ties and n pilous at which tlie hostess
can play at being a real live mamma
and Mdal leader. Placed III a shaded
corner of the lawn, or out In the or
chard, the girls of the rmiilly w ill pusa
many a happy hour when the sun la
too hot ror outdoor exercise.
Cldrr sn.l Itaolerla.
Ciller is sometimes made with Im
pure wilier, and there are makers who
aAlU 'hut dirty water makes the best
cider. Hence the Pasteur Institute of
Prance has been examining Normandy
elders to see how tnr they are fres
fr bacteria. It appears from their
results that the malic add In cider
tends to kill bacteria. Ordinary elder
eon tains at least 'i pet cent, of am III
acid, nml when the percentage does
md full below that the bacillus of ty
phoid dies In It after eighteen or twen
ty hours, liood elder, then, may be
drunk twenty Tour hours after It' la
made without any fear or catching ty
phoid. New liaby Incubator.
What the Preach call a "coiiveuse,"
or "Imby hatcher" of u new kind, has
been lincnted by Dr. Dlffre, ami rec
ommended by Dr. Budln, of the AeneV
emle de Msdeslna. Paris. It Is de
sig 1 to foster new Isim Infants, espe
cially those who are nt all weakly, aud
Is virtually a copper cradle closed by
movable plate of glass, warmed by
s boiler lo-aled by an oil lamp under
neath, nnd VOOtttntad by narrow air
boles. A moist sponge Inside keeps the
air humid, and a thermometer shows
the temperature.
World's Telephones and Telegraphs.
The ruSOdOO Engineer suys the ai
proximate mileage of the telegraph and
telephone lines or the world is aOSS,
mi;i and the miles of wire amount to
K.'JM.lJtM. Of telephone Hues only
there nre SS8,417 miles. Involving the
use of 3.LVJ.l0u miles of wire.
The Moon May Come ITaok.
Professor Darwlu, of Ciiiubrldge
prophesies that the moon will ulti
mately return to the earth, whenes tt
was cast off lu the remote past
A OUant'o Map.
A map 137 feat high and 22.1 feet
long, showing the railway system of
he United States will form a remark
abla feature at the Paris 1UU0 Exhibition.
A lady writer aaya a klas on the fore
!, ml denotes reverence for tbe Intel
lect. Perhaps tt does, but the average
girl doesn't care for that style of Intel
lectual reverence.
Tbe portrait artist's work Is asety