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OLD WEDDING RING. . .1... ..t.i from cuiiit-a iml.l . mtar, i ; Bill' " rn 10 I l ' . ... I ...trri-t .,,iIl-1 oU II. Ld of love, twa fine, so frnaili. irsu frull and old; tbreud, for ah! It bat nt lli my baud while I whisper I all' HI I bl ! ., . i I t.. lritia ,i,e aiifw ui ............ J i eo back to the yean that lltseu. look that nil nuri- tip ,i. mo Mm law . - r .. , .. . ...... I . . . t n.r ium i ii im ii i.i.i. nwr : i ............ ... With " kW ,w ' v ,-, an l'vcd, nni' kWtd, n,l 1 d . . tl 1 J ha-siile u'" " ' ''" . kill ..MM tk.( .In..',,,. tVre the voice of her fortune rand hnlf an hour ago, the girl hat her VarlOttl mtlroadf, nml at th death of 'SPANISH SOLDIERS AT HOMt. wli:he vnnisneu a wag now a. id joj-a and ragTVU mm w e uu mui tti"'. , . u I I At.. ........ 1 1 Itt WIU uit loicr, iu iuuni. Ian repose, perchance remenibcra It all. kaawal Inquirer. Who afternoon off tn day. mid l'w locked myself out of the Hat. I forgot all about there being nobody to let ma In. and my latcb key li in my pocket book down on the draettr in my btdroomr 'Ami tha Juiillor ban gone out. too; I inw blni, ami be said be was going down town!" put In Oliver, excitedly. "And the engineer hasn't any keya, for I asked bin yesterday when 1 did the tame thing," exclaimed Mr. Hmwnlng, sympathetically. Mrs. Staeey stood as If paralyzi-d. Whcii she would have called to the baby, creeping stendily across the broad window sill, Mrs. How land re strained her. To startle the child would almost certainly make It lose Its balance and fall. "Unwind me down!" directed Teddy suddenly, once more adjusting the ropes of the cherished swing about his bod. A moment later be waa twirllug is not known yet whether his father In rapidly toward the child. Ills face was a little pale and set. f r tn selw the child meant to lake botb lUUldl from the lope, and Teddy, while privately entertaining great hopes of some time swinging up ami down the shaft In triumph, holding on to the ropi by his teeth, still felt dizzy nt the thought of trusting to the rope round his waist alone. Hut when on n level with the bnbf he set his Jaw firmly, llgtuUcd Oliver to hold the rope as steadily na possible, and kicked rigor ously against the wall beside which he his father bv lino the head of one of the greatest ral.road systems in the world. Until recently he headed the directorate of Hie New York Central and Hudson Itlver ltallroad and Har lem. Michigan l'entral ami other ro.nl. BtOIUM of falling health bis place as chairman of these Isiards was taken recently by Chuuticcy M. DeptW NpNOintntlrO of the large Vamlerbllt Interests. His fortune, consisting of the controlling Interest In the New York l'entral. Chicago and Northwest ern. Lake Shore and Michigan South ern. Michigan Central. Ontario and Western, New York. Chicago and St. Louis anil oilier railroads; the Wagner Palace Car Company and at least gin. 000,000 In United States bonds, la es timated at not less than f liai.iNM.ooo. Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr., the eldest son, is now the band of the house. It in: Rowland boys were the ter- nf all the other residents Lit th cltv apartment bul.ding to they had lately been trans- ,.,.,1 in, in ine country. DUI lor in." - - - - . (act that ,r- Rowland was part uf the Iloylstan Hats bis sous Lid not have been tolerated In them t an tartan t, . . i.i rrv , t nil..... In N'nt tliat ciuier tvuuj oi uutci iu Ij tu In- troublesome to those uuini tbem; they were merely two ltd., hi a I h V Hivs. accustomed ui - - WUm woods and the open country Itlirr than prim corridors. bikjUcss barlde stair cases, and never a place nlay. The sultrv August day upon which at crowning Incident of their city ex erletices happened wns so rainy that Uie.lailv trip to the parts was given up t) the boya amused themselves as best ii-r rati Id: teased the elevator man Entil In' drove them from the elevator, lil told them to keep out Tor a vee, ayeil "hunter" with every pet cat In be bolldlug. and finished by throwing fir eapa down the oiH'n space In tin Iter of the curved stairway, sliding killv down the polished Iron rail In er to recover them, ami tramping his displeasure over his marriage has cut him off with only a few- millions, or whether the second son, Alfred i i wynne Vanderbllt, now on a tour of the world, comes Into the greater part of the Immense fortune. The third son, Reginald. Is living, and there are two daughters, liertrude, married to Harry Payne Whitney, and (iladys, who re cently made her debut In society. There was nothing showy about Mr. Vanderbllt. He dressed simply and with modest taste. He was an elder In St. Bartholomew! Church aud rery A HK-rKUAlK. I.INOK." 3m noisily up again. J They were making Wtk great fun this way when Mrs. BOW- passing along the corridor on her to call on Mrs. Browning, who I'll on the second tloor, appeared. Mlh, boys, boys," she cried, laugh aly stopping her ears ns they raced ward her. "you must, you positively nst, be a little qutoterl Qo into your ru riHims, dearies, and don't come It again until I return." Ten minutes later she was nearly Ightened out of her wits. Looking t of Mrs. Ilrownlng s window into light shaft, which furnished light il air to all the apartments In the llillng. she saw her son Teddy sus- liliil In a sort of Improvised sling, Ideiitly patterned after the linriiess I hy the Janitor when cleaning iiilows. mid helped out by sngges aa obtained from n traveling aero- t whom the boys had recently stH'n. lame bow knot had been tied In the Ipe used for hanging out clothes on ke roof on washing days, and In the wer loop of this bow I eddy rested if In a seatless swing; the smaller . passing around his waist, assisted lui in retaining an unsteady sitting )sture. At a small pantry window Igh above, alternately raising and mrlng his brother, by means of an Drorlaad windlass strangely resem Dng a mutilated clothes wringer, Eu Oliver, grinning with delight Teddy, to his Indignant disgust, was eeremonluoaly hauled through Mrs. fownlnfa window, ami his mother, kompanled hy her hostess and Mrs. tacey, who lived upon tile seventn ir of the building on the opposite e, and who had called to return a ak loaned her by Mrs. Rrownlng. "led upstairs to look nt the Ingen a contrivance. Pleaae, manima. let It stay." pleaded Hldy, Is'seechlngly; "Just for a little Rah any way; It might come In My, you know." Oh, yes, it might." admitted Mrs. Viand, laughing, "but I don't think will. So remove it at onee." At that Went Mrs. Stnroy, who had been Deed Inspecting the rois? and finger, gave a startled ery. Six Boors below them, swaying aliout 'he window sill of the Staovy apart- nt, sat the year-old baby that Mrs. taeer had lft nsben In Its cradle. was peering dowu Into the court hair drawn up close to the window POWed the means by which the little pie had reached Its dangerous porch, 'he floor of the light shaft was paved tltb atone, the window was unguarded I bars or railing, and the jxxir nioth- groaned aloud as (he realized that p child might at any moment fall and p dashed to death. What shall I do? What shall I doT' the moaned wildly, wringing ber I let the nurse go upou an or- A iy;4 ev;l h ! THE VANDEBBIIT BE8IDBNCH IN FIFTH AVENUE, NEW XOBK hung In order to swing his body across the court Twice he failed to reach the window opposite Mm, and the baby. Interested In the Hoor of the court, did not look up. The third time he approached her she saw him and crowed with delight, stretching out her baby hands toward him 'and trying to rise to her unsteady little feet Hut Teddy was swifter than she. With a desperate lunge he Hung him self against the window sill, let go his hold of the roiie and snatched the child Just as she tottered on the slippery edge of the polished stone. The sud den and violent movement, combined with the Jerky action of the rope, which swung sharply across the court again on the rebound, upset his bal ance completely. The eager spectators at the Window high above, their hearts still thumping WtMly from the excite ment of the baby's danger. gasied with apprehension ns the lioy. firmly clutch lug the baby, fell heavily backward, slipping out of the loop on which he petted entirely, and dropping to a hori zontal posture. Hut Teddy was game. "Wind me up -iulck:" he shouted to Oliver, and up he came, w ith only the loop around his waist to keep both lilin and his charge from the stone tloor below. The baby, who fancied the whole nffalr n new kind of piny, kicked, crowed and tqnlrmed In his arms. Hut the loop held tl rm. Teddy managed, lifter a few efforts, to catch hold of the other loop with his feet, nml presently he was being drawn In through the Row land window, red Iu the face nnd breathless from the partially Inverted position In which the upward trip had lus'ii made, Mrs. Staeey matched her babv and fell to wildly kissing it. and the other ladles hugged Teddy, In spite of his objections. "I'm all right, mninma; Indeed I am!" he cried, wriggling nway from hi9 mother's affectionate embrace, and you needn't cry. I'm sure. My Jacket split when the rope slipped, but you can mend It, 1 know, and wo won't ask you to let us keep the sw ing now, If you feel so badly about It. Hut 1 told you It might come In handy. And say, mammal Cau't I have a piece of Jelly cako'f" I'm hungry, too," remarked Oliver, plaintively, "and, really, mamma, 1 WU the one wlio tlrst thought of Using up the roiti like that nml I've done most of the work, anywny. Can't I have some Jelly cake, too?" Before Mrs. Rowland had time to answer Mrs. Hrownlng was trying to kiss both boys at once, aud laughing heartily ns she did to. "You dear, funny, blessed little an- beis!" she exclaimed, drawing them out Into the corridor nnd downstairs with her. "I've got a great, big. lovely Jelly enke In my pantry, and I'm going to make you eat every bit of It!" Teddy and Oliver, tsdng simple, nat ural, Jolly urchins, said not a word to any one about the afternoon's doings, but the story spread through all the building, nnd they have hud many champions since thnt time. True, at they have lieeotne more accustomed to mM nr.. that have crown less noisy and boisterous, but the other occu pants of the Iloylstan ITnts are far more gentle In their Judgment of them than of old, nnd It Is doubtful If Mrs. Staeey could ever again bring benelf to the point of calling Teddy a "dn-ad ful !oy," even should he chased DOT ptt cat ns often ns he caught sight of that Interesting animal. -Chicago Record. corInTlius vanderbilt. The Head of ,he 'mo,, Hh" Pled Recently. Cornelius Vanderbllt, head of the great family of railroad magnate, died tuddenly at hit residence on West TO ty-teventh street New York. He was tt.e eldest son of William II. Van.b r tu. a -m luirn tin titan Island. N Din nun il iru "7 lvl.'i. lie risen. ,i Charitable, his gifts amounting to half a million yearly. 1 ll-ir I'll I,. ,,- I on ! it mil Bpetl '' ' ... n inn fi.im I uli . h-'.I rirt, ' 0 . The conditional existing ou board (he tranaportt that carried ihe Spun li tol tilers home to Spam, from Cuba nnd I'orto Rico, were ut.speakab horri ble. Kvcii the ivii,,n,i accounts arb eb the Spanish Journals were permitted to publish are too offensive to decency to bear repetition. A wrltir tu tie Anglo American, who was at Malik! when the tris.pt consigned to that place disembarked, glvoa a plttabl) graphic description of the hnrrowliiii lOenei the witnessed as they mad, their way through the city. Many helplessly wmk from disease ot star ration, or s.ek unto death were Jolted along in carriages. Hehliid follow.,' their mini mil BO. a ghastly pro,-. on In a piteous travesty of a march swaying, tottering, reeling; famine In their pinched and aslieu facet, their skeleton forms clothed in noisome rem Hauls of garments, or swat lied Ui th tattered remains of blankets. One unfortunate, a mere lad. fel fainting by the wayside. A WOUMI hastened toward him. knelt to lift bit head, and tender'.- supporting it on bi shoulder strove to comfort blm. A kind-hearted cake -seller thrust a or lion of his wares Into the loldter! nerTelaa hand. Then, at the soldler'i comrades, catching sight of the food broke ranks, and threatened to deopoll the Vender, he threw hit Block broad cast among them, "Hoys." he said, "It's nil I've got. I wish I had more for you!" "Just nt that moment an oflCW passed .accompanied bv his wife, 9 large, white-fined, fat person, and th otliccr shouted Imperiously to the i" " pie, QuHanel qnltaraeP (Ont of tin way there: Make way there!'! Tin crowd parted a little, and at that mo meal the woman, sitting on the ground. supHrilng the sick soldier, cUUghl sight of the Jewelry on the Officer! wife. "In nn Instant the pity In her fact vanished. Advancing her head like a snake over the prostrate head resting upon her shoulder, with gleaming eyes nnd bared town, ber voice rising to a harsh scream, she cried, threnteulngly : "'Mujeres, nilrar a esta mujer:' ('Women, look at that woman!') And then, Txnik at her Jewelry, btacaletl nnd rings! Isik at her cursed fat body and look at this boy!" tearing open his cotton coat an! showing his miked skeleton form. "The otlleer nnd his wife, badly frightened. a they bad every reason to lie, hastily retreated from the ring of threatening faces and made their HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY. telegrama relate to birtht OLD WAUKEGAN LIGHTHOUSE. The ne Which Wat Meet Betabtiehed Hack in ih-io. The extinguishment of the lamp In the old lighthouse nt Wiuikegau mark ed another step In the history of that port. The lighthouse was establish, ,1 In IS41I and was rebuilt Iu lStH). In earlier years, when there wns much shipping carried on from piers, the light was of great local value aside from Its us., as a coast light. This new light. Wblcb Is of the fourth order and much more powerful than Ihe old one, Is both a coast and harbor light. The location of the light so far back from the wateri edge was reaponalbla K IfUMI iniiinnriTnTTiTiTTf , i , in in 'iiitMiii a- - m.ki W Al'KKOAX MOIITltOfSS. an V Nov. academic education and a ius,ne. In bank and rauroau one he had been an omc.al :n training SU.ce IMiT for nt b ast one beaching over twenty years ago. when lumber was received at a pier In front of the lighthouse. The Captain of n sainll achooner coming over from Michigan with a load was told he could sail up and knock at the lighthouse door. Arriving at Wanke gan late at night, lie tried to do this, but found himself btached, with the tight Itlll afar off. When morning came the townapeoplo saw the schooner high and dry and were hilarious when they learned how it had happened. The lum ber was unloaded and the schooner, scarcely hurt, was launched again. Jobn Will'amH, a one armed veteran of the civil war. kept the light from 1805 uutll his death thirty yean inter. To n Horseless I nrrlago. Smooth, sleek uud uilient of wheeling things, I cannot find in my imaginings, In mitural or in sus'i nuturhl wnyi. The slightest reason to prolong thy day Of nil the vnln conceptions of the mind TbOO nrt the vainest that the ages fin... ICxcept for those whose blood doth chaucu to fl'.W In dull uud melancboly-wUe, nnd slow. What is the joy of driving? Is It mere Traatportment of the tlenh from there li. here? A method whereby sltisirlsh mnn may he Iteiuorid from A to lzzard ipeedily? Or Is It pleaeaat for the eye to view, And hnnd to master utreds. or one or two, When, prandai "'er the hard aud well pa veil street, With champing bits, and lithe limbs run ning fleet? Avnunt! thm horrldest of modern thlngal Vamoose! I nto thy ugly self take wings! Think not with all thy gaud and glitter cot rse Thou'lt e'er supplant that best of friends, the horse. Woman's Home Companion. youthful llaKKer Wleliler. The art of self-defense la Inculcated enrly among tome of the wilder trlliea of the Can a-mt who lurruct their chil dren, as sis'ii at they can walk. In tho ute of the dagger. Flrtt. the little onet are taught to "tab water without mak ing a splash, and. In the i-ourae of time, Inoeaaant practice glvet them an extra ordinary command over the weapon. We have often wondered that In the eraze for reform, and the craxe for -urgery, It bat tn v. r ls-n decided to nit off a thief t hands, to cure bin of si way asipilckly ns possible down a liar row side street, followed by the how ls nnd taunts of the now angry crowd They were lucky to cscaio so easily from the mob." When people of the Bngtlab-epeaklni nice wish to do honor to n man, they give him a dinner; when human misery la to be alleviated, tin y get up a sub scription. True to this characteristic of the race, the Kngllsb ami Americans sojourning at Malaga bounteously pro vided motley to buy medicine, food and clothing for Spain's sick, starving and ragged defender a duty their own government had neglected. Among the applicants for nl.l wn-- I youthful sailor of Cerveru's tlovt, whoOa presence brought the DOO glcnin of hap py human Interest Into the depressing picture of misery. "He hnd been a prisoner In Ports mouth, N. S.i nnd was still dressed In the clothes with which he had been provided, nnd, thank Qod, tiny were a credit to the people who bad given them. A warm, blue serge suit, g I underclothing, shoes nml socks, every thing well made, stout nml strong, ex actly the same as those provided for our own 'bluejackets.' "lie said, taking hold of his sailor Moii-e. 'These clothes were given to me by the Yankees. They're very nice, aren't they! "We agreed very cordially Indeed, and with suppressed smiles we nskisl If they had Im-vu well treated by tin' 'Yaakoea,' nml he, tu blissful ignorance of our nationality, launched out Into a delighted and eager panegyric iiimiii our people, their works nml ways. "'Kind? I should think they wen kind. They gave us meat every day I He certainly though earthly prnlw could not go beyond this." No incident of the war conferred more honor upon our own nation thai: our treatment of OoTTeca'l wen, and the comments of the young sailor show ed that it was appreciated. Most deaths. After a yor.ng mill and woman get married, tin ) quit bttgg) riding. Whit we are lo king for Is a glr w hose shoes are not a mile too large. People hate a man or woman wh tell everything; particularly a woman Wh. u a paper speaks ill of a mini h bagtM to discover that It bus u larg circulation. No need of casting hiead gpofl th water; there are plenty of p.ople at baud who need it WbeU a man pays hi wife a compll ment, he adds, but ," aud then says something to spoil It. W hen a church get! n new preacher. It has the same effect for I lime on the members as a New Year's reoolutiott, A young man's troubles are partly with the people. They won't give htm a chance to do business if the old mat is around. Are the men hypnotlz, d? They bav. allowed the buatle to creep into see ety and glow larger aud larger without w ord protest. For about six months In the course o' u man's life, unless lie marries twice he does not slitter by comparison wttb any novel hero. Most neonle believe that r. n.ai should be permitted to do a reaeonataV amount or lying about hlmaalf. with out calling him dowu. When the boys begin to hang ground a house whore there are m itrlageabh girls, the girls' father begins to under stand his father Iu law belter. Society is that place where young people tulli their digestion while look ,ng for buabunda ami wives with whom they are not happy afterwards. The world It gelling easier for thi Women) they cau buy everyth'ng COOked, ever; thing ready made, and men are bccomlug more subdued ever) day. What has become of the old fash lonisl ten tl men I that regarded It a great Joke on a man, ami something b lie ashamed of, If lie had never lu.d ail) children. livery g rl WbO has a brother tnusi often be Impressed wlib ihe fact tha' boys talk a great deal, ami she govoiait her actions when Willi young men ac cordtngly, It It terribly bard for a boy to believe In the veracity of his father when he hears him declare that no otic Is truly happy and contented uuhtts he Dal work to do. The p, pillar Idea of a woman who goes to lots of trouble Is one w ho "sets the table" for the Sunday supper. In stead of compelling her fuinlly to eat off the pantry shelves When a merchant sees ail the buyen going next door to look at peaches, uud pasxlng his by, be can UUderatUUd how a mother feels when all the marriage able young men roost next door. IMtl3Sm nan' She If 1 were die you would nev er get mother w ife like RM, He What makes you think I'd ever want another like you?"-Wasp. Illtllna h' le Stubb Cleveland Is t gTeat place for strikes. IV nn Yes; their bav hall team It re sponsible for most of them. i in. i deratood, Peati W hat are those colore you have over the mirror? Ruby Those are the colors of our college Iwiyt. 1'earl Qood gracious! Red and black boys? A Qaeatlou In Ooogvnphga Teacher- Now, proper to say, itothln'?" Patty Yes'm. Teacher Why? Patsy 'Cause Traveler. Patty, wr.nld It he 'You cau't leani me you eai '..-HostOD ?!1 I VI. 1 t I J. 7Vv Not the ' pnee Wrlter' Opinion. Johnny Pa, what Is nieaut by "de scriptive wrlttngf Pa Dltcrlptlve writing, my ton. Il that part of a book that It generally skipped- Stray Stories. just Happened Ho. "And now," said the man, as he fold ed up his pnHr and turned to the pas senger on his left. "If you've got through with my watch PO take It back." "Certainly-of course," replied the other ns he extended It. "And my card cam', cigar case and handkerchief 1 "Here they are. Sorry to buve trou ble! you. but "No excuse; I understand. It simply happened to." "Simply happened so. liood-dny." "Pay. teacher, w here are four corners of the earth that they talk about'" PuUchlncllo. ( h int-eil Color. Larry To say after th' folght at Fin nlgan's ), saw mlny BOW faces? Penny Yls; th' faces I hot were tan an' red ln'fore th' tcrap were black an' blue. a Deeleebte Condition, Hwlc I see where l-'unstoii't In fu vor of pence. Park Why, certainly. Dt'l mar ried, yon know. Kansas City Inde pendent. he Porsn'l I'eull? Think Ho. May Do yOU believe that man should be classed as an animal? Kay Of course. Aren't the most of them perfect bugbear-.'.' Philadelphia Bulletin. lie Knew II m. "Horesome ssike for nearly an bout nt the meeting last night." "Yes. I left when 1 heard him say that there was really nothing new to lie said Upon the subject. 1 knew that meant that he would go ou Indefinite ly." Bottoa Transcript A Chance In Rrfu-e. "Won't It ls terrible when women propose to men?" "I don't know; I think we will be safer then than now. w lien they lure us on In say the word."- Detroit 1'reo Press. Another hmnilnn. "What Is that there medal, friend?" asked the sociable barkeeper. "1 win that," answered the man who wns leaning against the bar, "for beat- in' everybody out by Uatento' to a piano for thirty eight hcurfc" Indiana poMi Journal TlHi LIHIT. STEVENSON'S BOYISH PRANK. In lileu of a Fee. Through the observance of a curious old custom a remarkable collection Of horse -h... s Is forming at Oakham Cat tle In Rutlandshire, Bttgland, When ever a is'er of the realm rides by he Is required by the constable to contrlb Ute a horse shoe In lieu of a fee. These are then hung upon the walls of a room In the castle. Nowadays noblemen generally Contribute shoes Of some pre clout metal, richly decorate! and Is-ar-Inir their coats of arms, i.iulle lately the constable of the eastle received from n traveler a new horse shoe rich ly decorated. Inuring the Inacrlntion, 'William HUller, fourth Karl of On alow." Another nobleman who was driving a tandem through the town a Blu.rt time ago was called upon fol the customary shoe. When It arrived It was found to be of pure gold an I beautifully chased. Makiou miliar I Hall. It requires skilled labor to turn out a billiard ball One-half of It Is llrsi turned, an instrument of the finest steel being uaed for the work. Then the half-turned ball 1" bung up In a Bat and It allowed to remain there for a yeor to dry. 'Then the second half Is tnrued, and then comet the polishing. Whiting and water and a good deal of rubbing are r.-qulslte for this. It Is necessary In tin- end Hint the ball shall, to the veriest fraction of a grain, be of a certain weight Harmed Nothlua Raoept Ilia Tender l.utie t-rotthih Cenacteneoa Stevenson was still a rather little boy, says Chambers' Journal, when iu the summer holidays, having beta reading B number of "detective" novels of a bad kind, he was passing one Sun day afternoon along a road which led through one of the suburbs of Killn burg, and saw a deserted bouse, left furnished, but apparently without a caretaker. It lUdenly struck Stevenson that It would be a very gallant tiling to break Into this house. No one was In sight, nnd stealing round he found II Dotal ble to open a Window Bl the back and so climb In. It really was unoccupied and he prowled from room to loom looking nt the books nml picture In great excitement of spirit until he heard as he thought a noise In the garden. This sent blm li dlttely In an instant collapse of courage under a bed BAd then terror sel. 'd blm. lit Im aglntd himself pounced upon, charged with robbery, inarched home with gyves upon ids wrists aud arriving Just as the family were Btatmbllng to at tend evening service, lie burst out crying and couldn't stop, and his to ha echoed In tha empty in, use. He crept out where he bad crept In. having done no barm to anything ex cept hit little tender Scottish con science. But the spirit of adventure wat native to him, as exemplified la the story, nnd nlso a sort of solitude, nt of a boy obliged to play by himself for want of other pirates and bttrgUUI to combine with. Iteleaseil on 1'arole. Criminals In liuenos Ayres who are aenteneed to long terms of penal tervl tude are frequently released on parole for certain hours each day to that their private buslueat will not suffer. Itarrtl or C.etnt. Among the rarett of precloua atones the green garnet Is probably the most valuable. Ilils gem Is of superb, rich tbade, far BOTt brlliiunt than that of Ute amerald. How Kate Had I'oinpany. The beuttkeeper knows no luch con tent at that which follows Die solution of the servant problem. Afu-r a dozen misadventures a Washington lady se cured a colored woman Who summed up all the virtues of waiting mal.lt. She was tidy, quiet, reipOCtfUl, alert, never atkad for an extra afternoon, uud never had a visitor. Judge, then, of the amazement or her mistress, when one nay, ii we unij o-- Hart the New TOR 'Bun, she heard Ihe girl cry out Lu thurp, hysterical ac cents: How d'ye do, Aunt .lane? Weil, ma'nan l dnclarl And Unci! Job, to! Ptt glad to tee you, 'deed I Is. Well well, de buby't come, too! W y, you d. ah UP cully bend pickaninny. Jut" vou kiss me ills minute! W ell, I natal To think Aunt Sallies along wnu )ou all. I Berth wns so glad to MO you in fo', nevahl How'i mothahl W'y for didn't the come 'long? She Jus' mlght't weU't not Mary, you Jus' tell her how I hollered nlsnit In-r!" The mistress isiuld stand It no longer. If all the darklet of Virginia were lo come trooping In. the kitchen would presently overflow Into the parlor. She Mapped to the kitchen door and optUtd It There tat the girl entirely alone, busily thlnlug her Una, "Why, Kate!" said her mlstreta. "Where are all your relatives? Weren't they all here excepting your mot her'" ' 'Deed, no, miss," replied Kate. "I'ae Jut' homesick, so I hud to prlttent like I'm talking to the folkt't, else Pd got to Jut' tet down and cry! I hope I ain't done nothln' wrong?" "No," replied ber mlatrett, kindly, "you've done nothing wrong. You're a good girl, Kate, and I'm glad to have you talk to your family whenever It will wake jou feel beiu-r." DllgUtted party kn background Great Neptune! She doesn't believe III the s,a serpent, but she belle Vet that fellow w heu he tellt her the It the only girl be avtf lOfldl New York Journal. A I'endr Answer. "I am so ambitious," an Id the egotisti cal man, "that some day you may too me bring the rniih hntne." "If you bring It on your feet," cau- lloned the meek wife, "don't forget the door mnt slnnds In the vestibule, and that the Inst time these halls Were aerubbed I ll'l it myself." Mio'i I.Ike It Thai War. Iteggy Aw, Maud, to me you nre weal gold Maud Hold on. Iteggy! The Other day you said I was n "brick." Now, 1 want you to understand that I am no gold brick, t.nr. Hilly When dey pinched Jimmy dey tom' a list of Samoa marked: "Well-to-do eMatna." What did dat mean? Micky It meBBt Oat dey wui well to "do." Anticipation. Mlsa Hhe Didn't Need To. "Po you .la m-e on your toea, Qulekwttr "Never. Mr. Clumty. Other people do It for in,'." And he didn't know Jutt what the meant until he tried to get nnntlu-r dance with her. Colorado Springs ia. xette. The Wla lnm or It. When we reflect how often thlrt waists ought to be washed, we perceive the wisdom of having the world three fourths Wattf, Detroit Journal. A Siifllclent Incnma. "What do you consider a eu flic lent Income?" earnestly asked one club woman across the table the other day. "Always a little more than you hnve,'' dished back the fair philosopher, with a imlle. Tit Hits. "Bamy day skirt. It It? Must have been made In anticipation of a water apout." Pnr What lle'n Worlh. "Her Hanoi is Bngllab. He own a duiiiImt of old castles aud such." "Pear me, how cau she marry a man whose fortune It lu rulus?"- Philadel phia Bulletin. A ee lata at to it. Van Habbler l aee the faahlon la coming In again for ladles to wear ear rings. I tuppoee now you'll need to have your ears DOTOd, Mist BSBUl I'm used to that Tlt Blta. I i, ... . In lo. "So you are the only oue of the fam ily now at home?" "Oh, I'm not lonesome. My wife left the house plunts In my cure." Cleve land plain Dealer, I aplnlneil i-allafartnrllr. Little mau I understand, sir, that you have culled me au unmitigated Marl Big man No. I didn't use the word "unmitigated." Utile man Then 1 accept your apol gy Tit-Bit fietnargte. Stubb Are the people of thlt '.own heulthy? Pelm Well, half the lime they're lu bed. " StubbIll? I 'euu No, ilccp. Another View of tha Matter, "I flrinly Udleve," the told, "that woman ahould have the right to pro pone." "Of course, If woman propoaee," he replied, "she would give an engage ment ring and other presents Instead of leeeh lug them." "(in second thought," the answered, "isihaps It would be better not to change existing conditions." Philadel phia Call. Win (ioliUinlttia. An Interesting commission has lieen given by the French government to a lady urt worker lu gold for a necklace detlgned us a gift to the Kmprosi of Russia. It consists of twelve medal lions lu gold, each ls-arlug the portrait of a French woman ttlebtattd In po litical, literary or social history. The series begins with Ihe tlrst Christian QUOM of IfrattCe and ends prior to the, great revolution. The art work of the goldsmith wat declared at the recent woman's congress lu London to be pe culiarly aultable for women Kent Hiiar Dlualna Cellars. "I ain't only got but one objection to beta mortal about house an' all, by these 'ere cyclouea," remarked the old Vetteai fanner. "What Is that?" atked the Eastern tourist. "W hy, I've got f dig a uew cellar un der my house about ever two months." Obit Stnte Journal A button let! thlrt It a new lnvtntlon. It wat probably Invented hy a wifeless man. If a man It loo Uy he la apt to get lata the soup