WARQERV.
ory I chsnced tn view
biT garden s gay -uecaeu space,
gown f purple Due.
with all lOWtl'i erace.
spun my urari m.
.. mi tir "T rruse
MaiJ lu violet!
L. I. t.r VPS. W hose bill
..... ..nr.. sccincn il trace.
i to woo!
i. II..T ...... .Is nniBt fnoo:
mit w . .
lortn M MH sue
, without days or grace,
Ma. If Inviolate.
11 -
BIGGEST PUPIL.
i
up ''-
ffblrli Miss Mury UrowisUT
m jgrnauvi un i unmj in,.,.,-
k( stalwart form perched on
Jot an easy chair.
enters his eye brightens, ho
in l dropping mm nro.iu unui
ha the floor hi- rises.
Tou wished to set' me?
Miss Mary. (He eagerly
his hand. She takes It in a
IK iniinner.l Vou dOO't know
ran iifrnld you wouldn't Flf
Irs. nnd a beard, autl any mini
lard knocks do change a man.
why. you've scarcely altered
Icle. Can't you gui-ss who It Is.'
I You remind me something In
etco In your smile reminds me
bov I once knew.
'delightedly I'm the boy.
Not not Jim Thrasher?
eei... ........ i .i ... i
hand Impulsively.) Sit down.
It Is so kind of you to hunt
I've thought nlsiut you many
ii ii.' i to wnuncr v u . i m
inn s lory gooti oi you, .uihs
1 n.iin.. iuiiunt'ti (uuu enr
i,i,dt tint. 11 lVli.il n ir.iti'l I
icuu i .11. i :ie nun you uud uny
wlth me. Let me see. I
20 that last winter In the old
II I 1 1 I : I S I T. IS 1 I 1 '
I'll lil ' ' I 1 In) (Mil III 1 1 . l
bin tu whip.
-Ah, but you never needed
hiv nmn. in v I'ncournirt'mtMit. 1
1 .... . w li t I . 1 1 i I . I liot'u ilnnn
those big boys from down the
If It ' 'i, it. t 1 ,, . ii !.,r rtiiir atriifirr
l Ik V M .VS , WS.SV1SS;
1 In rnn fr tit n m 1 mt lintr fAll ttll-
l I I II s IIIIV 1 ("MIIII1 II) S ' H .
ifltli rlink'it -m-t' KfiinL' ,..t t-
it 1. 1 'i niiiMij kj mi". iiiii
' iit'd li) ill ii n . i ii . '
III! 1)11 II I V S hill i iT U'L'L'I'i Illl'
bury the good that wu tu Die,
ami rrom th.it moment l re-
i in ii 1 1 1 ' i ii :i ii i ii n
tferfoJ pleasure to feel that my
.'. 11111, IIUDU I ltl'.l' ' l-lll
something nbout yourself.
-I't. ...... I.. ........ Ilttl., ... .All I'm
Ult'tl lilt n ii ii I in i i ii 1 1 . i j ,,ii ..-ii.
ml 1 had to return home and
m aun tai ami alter a .ms.
alone, and ufter he found a slt-
ii. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 lit I :l lllllll III II fever
to keep you lierel
. V......
And ma I nsk
Mow 1 support myself? I hnve
Imctits. and I do some line sew-
got alotiK very well only there
VS llll' Iflir Ol hit M1C3S. uvt
atiout yourseir.
ine moment, i want to sav to
lu Mar, mat 1 vi I ice n rrvlns
you out for n lung time. I
to the old neighborhood, asking
in if. .'it'll ii ii I hi hiiiv
llt'lt.' JOII lllttl .'.i''. 1 v. '"11' ill i
awau you uowu nere u n iniiiu i
" ' '.'' ' . . ''.I I, UlCIUI'll
. well, he enme out to Montana,
tor work, and I gave him a Juti.
i lliid nnr.i I,,, 9i mm I., il.l
That's how I came to be here.
myself? Well, whatever I am.
u that gave me the start. I fancy
1st nil. I I'. . ..'.. I n Imm. I,.
enough Idle cash lying around
1 please. Vou understand I'm
gratllicatlou there Is In It and
i a personal gratllicatlou to blow
I.' ii ii Hi1, '.,..,., I.., ,.u ir
W " kVV..tt.lt.hl 1, . ,
i it- iiiji'l.' ni UlUM-
you called my attention to llf-
ui iit.v giau to near or your
I knew you bad It In you.
" ni,- . " J in; " ' f. " '
ui uoi vei tpuie sure wneiner
a lirigui Mai lor lilt ur inn.
.1 18 I. ii 'iiii r,, ndL- i-.i.i n
- "l 4 1 uui iv . J u u
- .n.iij.
-a rnvor, Jim?
V - mm .
t. a great tavor. i -i warn
our tilggest pupil again:
"lI don't understand.
ci i want to tie your oniy pupu.
Jour ludp. They're talking of
ine governor next fall, and I'll
l"is of isilishiug up. Ob. It
liard work, but you'll find me
- I"H'. i
"I don't know what you mean.
(rising and coming cl.iseri I'll
They say, you know, that a
r. I (..... .. .ii. i.. i .. .
And most well ordered boys get
Hut this boy Is different. lie
no. i. iri . . i.-. i.
' i uirr ii. i uui tent ner luu
Dim the one Ideal of sweet-
manhood through all his fifteen
f hard knocks and growing
Do you understand now?
r. guide, friend, will you be that
boy's wife?
Mary (covering her face with bet
hands) t)h, Jim. Jim. I'm so old!
Jim nuking her hdl) XoMWttl
And you are growing youuger every
mluute. Kesldes. don't forget for a
moment that I am two years your
senior! Come, Mary; I need you.
There Is a home waiting for you In
the West, and comfort, and love. 1
don't ask you to love me yet. Perhaps
1 can teach you that. There, then.;
don't cry. Surely there's nothing you
leave behind worth these tears.
Mary (rlslng)-Tbcy are tears of bap
plncsk, Jim.
Her head drops on his shoulder
Cleveland rial n Healer.
A PACINQ OSTRICH.
A NIECE OF KRUOER.
She Is Now In Thl. Country unit I. u He
murkublx Will Hi.. I iilrl.
Miss Satiule Kruger. a grandnleee of
President Paul Kruger ami of his wife
as well. Is uuw a resident of Philadel
phia. She came from South Africa
several years ago In company with her
brother, who Is Interested In mines In
Arlzotia. Miss Kruger's sympathies
are strongly with the brave men who
arc defending her native laud, hut she
can see that they have no chance for
ultimate success. Miss Kruger was
educated lu Kurope and Is protlclent
both as a musician and artist She
says the popular Idea of the liners lu
this country docs them Injustice. The
burghers are not, as a class, she de
clares, coarse, uneducated and brutal.
Ou the farms no more attention Is paid
to dress than by the agricultural por
tion of any community. In the cities
and tonus, however, the Hovr womeu
jscksonTHtc Boasts u Bird tht Bacsa
In Humes.
The most unique ttsod ever attached
to harness Is oilier V of Klorldn. s
loo-pound, fall blooded Afrleaa oatrteh.
Not only u.li the distinction of balBg
the tlrst pacing ostrich ever kBOWn,
but he cau get up a speed that would
trouble the fastest uf horses.
Hitched to a light carriage, drlveu by '
bis keeper and manager, the big poetBf
ostrich may be seen .la ly in the road
Dear Jacksonville and It Is doubtful if
ever a more peculiar and Interesting
sight was seen. Ills spe.d is simply re
markable and nothing ou the road can
pass or ereti hold him. He bai gone a
mile In Isdl several times and once It Is
said went lielow the two-minute mark.
He has already won OOTI ral big tnat.'h
races and also came out tlrst tu the
most unique trial of iptsd ever per
formed In this part of the country, a i
on thougln rery tuueb about the rre-,
iiuency of Ma calls or speculated as la
their meaning. He was not the hvu
tbOBi H' "as a piabt, n i: lot. tiuassum
lng fOMBWdOWi lie was ordered to
the PblllpplMO. and It Is sa d that win u
he went aiv.iv he carried with htui Mis.
11:1.. u s half way pfoolaa mat WbtM
bis ship came sailing home again ae
uughl claim her for his bride.
There were many weary but event,
fill months btfofa that time came. Let
tcrs crossed the sea and told of his
busy life, his lopes, of his longing to
get back to his native laud. Uui the
secret was welt kept. No one g Housed
th.it Hewey had left Ma heart btlilml.
No one knew that a woman's prayers
uud love WON cheering him In his he
roic achievements. Not until the tlirn
eaine fof Admiral Hewey to go to
Washington to receive the Jeweled
sword prcsttitcd to him by Congress
did the tosslps DOgU to whisper.
Mrs. Dewi-ycontessesto IS years, but
PATHETIC CHINESE INCIDENT SUPPOSE WB SMILE, j -no you "rk""' enough to
support two.' asked her father.
"Two?" answered the young man
QUlsMcalljri "I've only askisl for one
a Mother's kttosapl to Ptspal tki RUad'
n. ss of Bar Cktld.
This Is what the fair Samaritan saw
after she had climbed the dark slain
b h ml Ibo tore nml peeped luto a room
Unit was In st ml darkneMi, while sh
npressetl l.ee filling with a warning
tluger that enforced silence. It was a
room of considerable dimensions, with
a low ceillug. The windows were
k.i ill placed, besides being barricaded
that the room was lu twilight gloom
alihougti the day was bright without
Its furniture wua curiously disposed
HUMORCUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
"I HE COMIC PAPERS.
ri. lrcldrnls tkmrrlns Ihr
World Utir h UBgatfcal An i.tier
fnt to Old or Yuuna Kanny Selec
tions tbm kWorjrbodJ Will Hujoj.
The Ross -See here. JlmmlOl I
thought you told me your grundiuother
wus dead When I let JfOU off jeu r
close against the w alls, thus leaving I jaj 7
WHW space tu Its midst. Ami lu tn The OHIee Hoy Yes, sir; she Is dead:
KOa the woman Su.y Yep was taklug ,,t,. ,,,,,, four ,.,. ,,, .,WM ,hc
part with the llltle l.ee Moy lu 0l I phUllaa got laid out ylstlddy.-Phllu
was evidently a dally occurrence. I delphla llulletln.
With palms folded suppllantly U'fort
su regarded l.ee Mov with a look A" Ar,u,
of Inexpressible loTO Uagod with sad "Mv ,vlf'" na J'.Ht '""i J-7 . '?
lie was hitting wildly HtH.ut him """" ","' " ",v"''
your wne tin any rancy worn;
"Does she do fancy work!" roared
I of your family. Who else are yon go
ing tn ring In on me?" Philadelphia
NOfUl American.
Ill Captain.
NOWtyWOd (after the ceremony! -Ho
you rcallv think I shall make a good
mate, darling?
Mrs. Newlywed- Oh. you're all right.
How do you like your captain?-Philadelphia
Record.
A vi in laslnwatlooh
The Man lnn't you thluk that she's
out of the common?
The Muld-Ycs, anil not long out,
elther.-Kansns City Independent.
i in ii. 1.
11.
lih a toy whip, ami shouting angrily
his language being punctuated by
strong Anglo Saxon expletives.
"1 u jou. mother! Why cometb nol
the sun?"
She submitted with the patience ol
an Oriental to the Imperious iMgVAgl
of my lord, her Mtiu-Chlld.
' Oh. son of mine," she replied, with ,, ,e,.th In 11 month.
Infinite tenderness; "the situ Is still all "How did It come out?"
11. Pack, "You ought to mm. her when
I go home late from the lodge." Phil
adelphia North American.
Where 11 Pill I Counted.
TbOM tWO deDntti have hud a con
test to see which one extracted the
ONTiY PACING OSTRICH IN Till: WOULD.
race wtlh a bicycle aud n well known
trotter. Oliver W. beat boll man aud
horse In a one-mile sprint In tile re
markably fast time of 2:11.
miss sannik Kiirnan.
dress as well and as much uttsntlon Is
paid to the amenities of life as In other
countries. Miss Kruger expects to re
turn liefore long to South Africa and
will Bpend the remainder of her life
there.
He II' turned in I'ursp,
Miss H. was taking a railway Jour
ney. A suave old gentleman sitting
opposite to her presently bent forward
aud said, with gentle reproof:
"ExCUSe me, but do you think It wise,
when there are so many thieves about,
to carry your purse so conspicuously?"
As he spoke, he xiintod to her purse,
which wus projecting slightly from her
pocket. Miss II.. considering the
stranger rather olllclous, thrust the
portemonnule dowu Into her pocket
and thanked him with a stiff reserve.
erhaps a trifle scornfully. At the next
station the old gentleman got out As
he did so. he turned to bis pretty vls-a-vls
with n polite bow and the mischiev
ous Indulgence of his yours.
"Allow me to restore your purse. You
see, It was nut so hnrd to lose as you
supiKised!"
So saylug, he held out to her the
purse she had supposed was safely re
IHisIng in her pocket Miss II. received
It. coloring with childlike mortification,
thanked him profusely, aud her old
friend took bis lenve with a friendly
smile. A few minutes later, when the
official came round to collect tickets.
Miss II. discovered her purse to be
empty.
Pigeons as a. Nnv.tl force.
A uumbcr of pigeons are now official
ly recognized by the Rrltlsh Admiralty
and form part of the uuval force, States
a writer lu the New Penny Mugiulue.
Whale isiami ut Ports moutb is the
headquarters of the homing pigeons
belonging to the navy-the birthplace
Df the birds supplied by other lofts at
Hevonport, Multa and Hong Kong
This particular feature of the Iloyul
Naval Barracks was Introduced In
1801 at tiie Instigation of Capt Login.
w ho was then the commanding Officer,
ind has boon del eloped and bronchi to
Its present state of efficiency by that
gentleman's successor, Capt. Bayly.
The cost of keeping the hlrds-aboiit
2 per mouth- was defrayed by the
officers and men. The pigeons are
used, of course, for the conveyance of
messages, of which several thousand
have been received since the establish
ment of the loft. There Is electric com
muulcutlou between the huge cote nml
the buildings, so that when n bird en
ters Its domicile it causes n hell to ring,
ami so announces Its arrival. Many of
the missives brought by the pigooni
have boon of great Inioprtance, and
have been telegraphed to the Admiral
ty. Some of the birds, too, have dull
excellent performances. The flight
from Jersey has often DOM made In
two hours; but the "ninrd." nt least
for dlatance, Is from n ship off the
Kddystoiie, 183 miles away u big "lly"
that wus accompllahed in three uud u
bulf hours.
they dwell lightly upon her. She Is a
woman of perfect manner. She baa
enjulslte grace and really aristo
cratic bearing. The years of expert
cnoe she has had In VrVahlngtwU so
ciety have brought her ODaqtutlad tact
and culture, together with rure couver
sattonal ability. There Is In her talk
the very slightest suggestion of the for
eigner. She Is as enthusiastic and talks
as rapidly as a French woman. Thero
are momenta when her gesticulations
are even more elOOjUOnl than her words.
She Is never at a loss to couvey her
meaning.
MRS. DEWEY.
I'linilstsknlile Evidence.
CIinrmlnK Pcntonullty of Hie WOSBU
Wlio la Now tile Admiral's Wife.
Admiral Dewey has known the wom
an who recently became bis wife Blnce
sbo was a chubby, roay-choeked girl,
with two long brown braids of hair
hanging down her back. Mildred Mc
Laan was beautiful and Joyous. Life
to her was roseate. She had never
known n care. She was simply a merry.
light-hearted gtrl. with Infinite jsissl- 1
bllltles. About this time she met Will- j
lam BabCOCk Hnren, afterward briga
dier general, who wns known as a sol
dier and an author. He fell at once lu
love with the charming girl. She lood
li l'. Weapons.
Here In Muscat I saw the pure bred
Arab mall, sinewy but not lull, .1 dom
ineering, swaggering nobleness lu his
glance, ami a brace of daggers In his
waist. When I recognized a Is'iiutlful
haft or noticed a sh inier Inlaid native
gun or singular shield. 1 offered to buy.
Hut nothing could Induce them to sell.
"Sahib." said one man, "I killed my
deadliest foe with tills blade, right
through his black heart! You see this
dint tn my shield? Ah! that dint was
caused by a Bicar. The shield saved
my life; shall I. then, sol! It for B0B0 I
My gun? No, sahib! I am au Arab,
and my gun Is my other self. How
could I be an Arab If 1 hud do gun?
This sword It belonged to my grand
father. It has killed forty men. lly
Mohammed'. It Is true. These mnrks.
satilli you see these marks -only oue
of these marks Is put there when a
man Is killed." I offered three times
the value. The answer always was
"No, sahlh. I will not; I cannot."
Eyorybody, from the frolicsome boy
or 8 to the tottering Imbecile of SO,
curried a Weapon. Tho old men had
rusty swords that reminded me of the
un wieldly 1 double-bladed monsters that
Richard Coeur do Lion and his knights
swung In the face of the Barm-ens.
These Muscat swords are four feet six
Inches long, the blades three Inches
wide, nnd the handles provide room
for both fists to grasp. Law Is an un
known quantity In eastern Arabia.
Agulnaldo: "Why do you suspect he
Is an American spy?"
Filipino: "Hist! He has on a 'Un
ion' suit!"
A Journey of 850 Years.
A well-known astronomer calculates
thnt If an express train running sixty
miles an hour day and night, without
stopping, kept It up for 00O years, It
would Just ubout complete the dlumeter
of the circle mude by the enrth In Ita
yearly Journey round the sun. Now
let this Immense circle be represented
by the lady's linger ring, nnd taking
that as the standard of measurement
the nearest fixed star would lie a rnllc
distant, and Hie farthest visible through
the telecope at least twenty miles.
vn. 0K010B prwet.
Age of the Yew Tree.
It Is believed that the yew tree even
exceeds the oak In age. In Kiiglutnl.
Scotland and Ireland it is nothing un
usual to And yew trees which, accord
ing to authentic accounts, date from
HWO A. I). Many of these trees are
celebrated In history and legend.
There Is an Immense yew tree In
Wiltshire, Eng., with a hollow trunk
capable of acconiinoduting a breakfast
party.
Slam ae Hnperstltlon.
The Siamese have so strong a super
stition ngaluat even numbers that they
will have none of them. The number
of rooms In a bouse, of windows or
doors In a room, even of rungs on a
ladder, must always be odd.
It Is useless to ocuulre knowledge un
less you have a little common sense
with which to sesson It
The people are more easily foolede
ary year than the year before.
him In return. They were married soon
after and went to his post to live.
Life lu an army post Is somewhat
narrow. The years passed quietly for
Mildred Baaon. Her marriage was
very happy. A daughter was Isjrn to
her anil died. Then there wus u Sou.
and Mrs. Baaen lived In those early
years for her husband and child. Her
Ufa flowed smoothly on until tw.he
yeurs ago, when her husband died.
She was left a widow, still young,
beautiful and rich. She went to live
with her mother, Mrs. Washington afo-
L'an-
Again Mrs. Har.cn met Hewey. She
wns older and sorrow-chastened now,
but to blm she was a thousand times
lovelier than the light hOOrtOd girl be
bad formerly known.
Mrs lliin n made a distinct place for
herself In the gay life at Ibe capital.
She soon became known as the most
brilliant In Washington society. Her
extraordinary conversational powers,
her aptness st repartee and her ready
wit caused her to be sought by the
most prominent men In iK.lltlcal life.
Through It all she retained the gentle,
unassuming msnner that has made ber
so especially lovable. Admiral Dowtf
wss a frequent vlsltor-but so were
many other distinguished people, so no
oid Olory.
One may pay anything from a cent
to one hundred and fifty dollars, for a
Mag of the United States. The cheap
est tings nre stamped ou muslin with
(he colors red and blue, and nre then
tucked or pasted uimui sticks; they are
not guaranteed to wash. Of this kind
Is the llltle penny Hug which the small
boy wears on the biH'l of his coat
Sm h lings nre put through a printing
press like calico skirts, and come out all
colored st the rate of one hundred a
minute. Anybody Is nt liberty to make
United Btntes Hags. Thus It comes
alsiut that all sorts of patterns of the
national ensign are on the market and
In use. Hut If any one desires to have
the colors ss they ought to be, refer
ence must lie made to the standard
adopted by the army and navy. This
standard, altered from time to time by
the ndditlou of fresh stars, Is (reserved,
and will continue to be kept by the
secretaries of w ar and nnvy. The prop
er design for the blue Held of Old QlolJf
Is fixed and absolute; other arrange
ments of the stars, which commonly
an- distributed more or less higgledy
piggledy, nre wrong.
Chair and Desk.
The height of the chair you alt In
while writing and thai of the desk you
write at nre mutters of some lmsir
t.nnv. Kvery js'rson who writes habit
ually ought to bavo a atoll specially
made to suit his or her height, and the
! scat of the chair should be exactly one
quarter of your height from the floor.
TbUe, If you are six feet high, the chair
seat should Ih' eighteen Inches. The
w ill tli of the sent should exactly equal
its height and It should slope Isick
nard three quarters of an Inch to the
foot The bsck should Is- a trifle higher
than the sent ami sloped slightly, not
t.si much. Finally, your desk should
1 is- two thirds ss high again as the seat
of your chair. Thus. If your chair seut
Is twenty-four Inches, the desk should
I l forty Inches In height rThaa you
have attended to all these little details
you con sit Slid write all day without
feeling that b.i' kiicl.c that cornea from
choirs and desks that don't fit you.
1 in- Pope Itoouia.
Of tho ratlcan'l 11,ssj rooms Pope
Lao lias I Poor led for bis personal use
only three 1 small parlor, a little din
lug-room and a bedroom.
A bridegroom can get a good deal of
credit for helping his wife with the
I housework, by going out once or twice
s week, and upsetting a few things In
the kitchen.
Women have the tuost to wesr, but
ui. u have the most to eaL
Pfklu, drying his hair for he hath hul
now risen from his 00000 bed. Whec
lie bath had his morning meat, ami
washed his face with dew and decked
himself with marigolds, he will mount
loads of purple sml gold aud ambei
and come to San Francisco."
"Ho they of Pekln see more of hits
than we do?"
'Yes. BOO Oh, would we were there!"
she sobbed; "for the sun slwuys shluei
there, but here It b mostly dark."
' l a will go there, mother, nt once!"
He held up bis hand for his mother to
take.
ilut It Is a long and stony road fron-
here to Pekln, and we must cut ami
drink before we start"
She led blm to a little table, and so'
cakes before him. and a cup of lea -
which she fortified with a generoili
draught of snm shu.
When he had satisfied his appctltt
she prepared him another cup similarly
sophisticated and set It before blm.
"Drink once more," she said, "for
when we have left Sun Francisco we
shall have 110 more tchah (tea) till w
reach Pekln."
And the little man drank as he was
directed, ami prepared for his dally
flight across tho world. -LIpplucott'f
Mugnxlne.
ROQUEFORT CHEESE.
The Toottmonie it, 1 , llua lieen
Known Hlnce I'lln x' Time.
RiMii'fort cheese Is of very ancient
tinea gO) ami lilny mentions It In his
writings. Few epicures who linger
over the subtle llnvor of this solidified
mixture of gout ami sheep milk know
the number of details which have to
Is? ohttt-rvisl liefore the toothsome mor
sel is rcntiy ror tne la tile. The core
ucccsiinry throughout every stage Is
shown even In the milking of the
ihoep mid gouts. This Is done In the
evening after their return from pas
tures. Rut In order that the anlinuB
shall not be In the least heated or ex
ited, they are allowed to rest for un
hour before the milking Is begun. Af
ter bt-lng beutisl uliimst to Isilllng
(Milnt the evening's milk Is set aside
lu tho morning It Is sklmiiusl, healed
to IW degrees and mined with the
morning's milk for coagulation. The
end is well kneaded with the banda
and prctwisl In layers luto molds with
perforated bottoms, a thin layer of
moldy bread Is put between each layer
jf curd. This bread, which hustens
the "iisnlng" of the cheese by sup
plying the germs of Uie characteristic
given mold, Is made liefore the preced
ing Christmas of about equal purls of
lUmtnOf and winter barley, with plen
ty of sour dough nnd some vinegar.
When moldy enough It Is ground and
dflcd, moistened with water and kept
from the nlr until used In making the
SbeOOO. The curd remains In the abas
ing receptacles for throe or four days,
Hid Is then taken to the market In
BoqOefOTt, where It Is sold to the dif
ferent makers of RiMjuefort cheese. It
s they who undertake the critical "rip
iilng" of the cheem-, which Is placed
In tiie very dump caves alsmndlng tn
the precipitous walls of the limestone
mills which surround the village. Dur
ing the mouth or more that the cheese
ire left In the caves they are niblied
with salt and hrlue. and are pricked
frisiiently with long needles to allow
Uie salt to penetrate Into them, and
also to accelerate the process of ma
turing. When this has rcuchisl a cer
tain stage the chiiwc Is ready for ship
ment. St. Iiouls (ilohcncmoTat.
Twentieth (eniurjr Fabrics,
There are signs thst In the twentieth
century the humble spider, whose crea
tive tuleiits have long Ih-cu wasted lu
spinning endless trups to cutch miser
able little files, will lie promoted to S
higher sphere of usefulness, according
to a writer lu Cussell's Magazine. He
seems predestined tu furnish the love
lier part of Immunity with her most
choice apparel, although the skeptical
might fancy that a dress of cobweb,
boWOTOf sultuble to fairies, would
Scarcely puss muster In the city of
London, Adopted by muu and relieved
from the necessity of earning a pre
carious livelihood by exis-dli-iib) of
doubtful morality, the spider Is cspv
Ma of much. Already the French mili
tary hulloonlsts uie Inc. ding and tam
ing spiders to yield llla-rs for their bal
loon cords. Alsiut a dozen tume spi
ders furnish tin- flls-rs to make a
thread. The spiders are placed tu a
machine sml the IIImt Is druwu out
automatically a certain length at a
time. These (lls-rs are pink in color,
and nfter Ising washed to remove the
sticky matter on them sre united In a
thread. Slid them- threads lire spun Into
colds for the balloons, which for their
weight are much stronger than silk.
Scleral s-ies of the Insect are adapt
ed for this doinestleutlon. but the most
promising Is the "Hulabu," or silk spi
der, of Madagascar.
A womsn knows uf no more effectual
way of showing ber anger at kin than
by fsillng to call and see the kin's new
baby before It Is a month old.
Some men bare so many diamonds
that they sre made mleerable In gusrd
lug them.
The silent man tuny be a mine cf
wisdom, but a talkative fool aomstlmee
explode) the wine.
"oh, it was a draw."' Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Proof of ( rent new.
alia tab Smlff Hat Aggetnuldo am a
womluliful mnu!
Mlstah Mose Indeed beam! I can't
fo de life ob me see how- dat iilgguh
gits his wool to stau' up isiiupadour.
Kansas city Independent,
Ills Idea.
i A 1
V5
1
Indignant Young BoOJOwlfa- O. Mr.
I bibbs. 1 am sorry to say you Cheated
! me over that Ice you sent me yesterday
i morning. You said it weighed six
pounds. Well, I had It Weighed last
night before dinner, and It was barely
three pounds. - MiMinshlne.
No Kt'ononiy.
"It will cost yog i,H snld the Jewel
er, Inspecting the works of the time
piece through his eyeglasses, "to put
this watch lu thorough repair."
"Hand It Imck," haughtily replb-1
the young HUM on the outside of the
counter. "I can get s new oue for OS
cents."- Chicago Tribune.
"What's your Idea of supremo pun
ishment, Weary?"
Weary Wallace-Workln' In a sosp
factory.
Change of Aiipeuranre.
'Isn't he stuck up? Why, he doesn't
recognize the gllis now thnt he was so
thick with at the shore last summer."
'No wonder. Those same girls look
quite civilised now." -Philadelphia
llulletln.
Not What She Maant.
"So vou have given up your music
since you got married, Mrs. Msngo?"
Oh. vis; I seem to have forgotten
all 1 ever knew nlsjut linnuouy." Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
Killhtly Culled.
"Isn't her new gown stunning?"
"Yes; her husband must have been
stunned when bo got the bill." Pbiiu
dolphin llulletln.
Merely HouiiiW-d the Alarm.
"He Is a brave man," sultl one Paris
tali citizen us the persouuge who fights
duels lu the newspapers passed.
"A rery brave mini." answered the
other. "I have known him to call out
a dosen men In oue day!"
"Impossible!"
"Yes. They were BMBlbtM of the
Ore department!" Washington Suir.
tine Mnn'a Thaorj,
Mrs. Wedcrly Men talk alsiut the
Joys of single blessedness, but statis
tics show that more bachelors tbeu
married men commit suicide.
Mr. Singleton Yes, that's true.
Mrs. Wedorly Oh, you admit It, do
you? Then, I suppose, you can ex
plain why It Is true.
Mr. Singleton Certainly. They sre
driven to desperation by other people's
babies.
Misunderstood,
liff
Bhe - Yon s.ild before we were mar
ried Hint your Income was tA.OOO net.
He You wrong me. my dear. I suld
16,000 nit.
Poor Consolation.
"Stone wulls do not a prison make,"
quoted the prison visitor,
"Mnybo not," said the convict, "but
they make It darned hard fer a feller
to get out." -New York Journal.
Action and Reucllon,
"Daughters are a great anxiety."
"How so, Mrs. Nooch?"
"If you don't dress them handsome
ly they ore not attractive; and If you
do dress them handsomely men axe
afraid to marry them."
Not Ki lined.
"Mrs. Sparks, flMb Sam hub gone to
sail on a warship."
"Hat so. Mrs. White? Well, Ab guess
he's what dey call a 'tsr.' "
"No; he slu t bin ou de boat long
enuf to lie a tar yet."
"Huh! Hen Ah guess be must be a
common turpentine."
How Things Work.
"New shoes make old ones last bet
ter." "Wbst do you mean?"
"When you kmrw you hsve a new
pslr in your rluaet you feel Ilka wear
ing the old ones a while longer."
Tha Might Word.
Mrs. Wlckwlre Our washerwoman
alwsys tslks about "wrenching' the
ekKbee. Instead of rinsing them.
Mr. Wick w in- Mayls- she says what
She means. She has wrenched all the
buttonholes out of half my shirts. In
dbuiairolla Journal
HI Hutlafaetnry llsaminallnn.
"1 am told," snld Hlunche to Kilni.
"(hut the doctor has been examining
your eyes."
"Yen."
"What was the result?"
"He seemed to be perfectly satisfied.
He said ho always did prefer blue
eyes." New York World.
Strnteay.
flBIBlB TlB cau't have another ap
ple now; so run off and play.
Ostend -We can't play without the
apple, mamma.
Mamma- Why not?
Ostend -Because we're going to play
'William Tell' ami I w ant to shoot tho
apple from Belle's bead.
lioand to Iluvo Their War.
The Klondike Miner (as the era
Inn. in. swinqm him away) Ourn them
Canadians! They'ro hound to have
their way about this boundary line.
More On I
"nrown," said the partner of the
corner office, "you put that notice on
the wall, 'No Iionflng,' and there aro
now actually live men lounging direct
ly under It. lo out and tell them to
move on."
"No," responded nrown, by the way
of a Joke, "I won't do It They are
beneath my notice."
they
With t..oi.l Din.
Mack O'Uell-DId you know
make watches of gun metal?
Luke Warms Certainly! But I think
It would be a better plan to have alarm
clocks mads of It.
Mack o'K.il why so?
Luke Warme Because then there
would be no difficulty In getting them
to go off.
Ilrlefly Daflnad.
"Define dlrorcee."
"It's the Interlude to rag-time matri
mony." A Dob Shad.
Ida Maud Donlah Is going to cut all
the fur trimming from her skirt
May Is It moth-eaten?
Ida No, Indeed; But ber French
poodle shed all bis fur and Msud sins
shoil hsve to get rid of hers to har
monise the effect when he trots by her
side.
Cuptd In a iinir.
"Our engagement Is off again."
"What's 1 in- matter uow?"
"1 gave her a belt buckle with my
photograph on It, and she uses It to
fasten her dog's collar."
I mo 1 11- Funds of Animals.
Nearly all of the animals that ston
sway food for a time of famine live oi
vegetable substances In a concentrate!!
form, whether It lie beans or grain
hoarded by the hamster, or nuts urn!
bard fruits by the squirrel, nuthatct
uud possibly some of the Juys. Bui
there Is oils vegetuble-eutlng anlinu.
whose food Is neither concentrated not
easy to move. The beaver lives during
the winter on the bark of trees. As II
Is not safe, and Is often Impossible, for
the unlnial tu leave the winter when
the Ice has formed. It stores thest
branches under water, cutting tbeni Into
lengths, dragging them below the sur
face, and fixing them down to the bot
tom with stones and mud. This It
more difficult work then gathering bay.
Nlr Arthur Hulllran. larssitor.
sir Arthur Hulllran bss corns out li
a new guise; be bss Invented an appll
ance for attaching to carriages, by
which hs claims that safety la obtalnot
for ths occupants of a rehlclo In cast
the horses run away. The vehicle Is at
constructed that the occupsnt, by
touching a spring, can release tin
shafts, thus leaving the horse to go 01
aluae. st. A. P.