Tno Braok'i Son,
Through all ths drifted uok y
In taping music flows
The durk, unlilied brook.
'
While winding swift along
I Upon its ley way, C'
Its son ft in but the song
, It sang io rosy May.
Ah, happy brook, to sing.
While winter days depart,
The melody of spring
That ripples in its heart!
R. K. Uunkittriok in Harper's Weekly.
He Finished the Prayer.
The Rev. W. H. Holmes, of the Meth
odist church of South Evanaton, was
notified whileconducting- prayer meeting
Tuesday night that a burglar was ran
sacking the parsonage next door, bat he
did not let it disturb his devotions.
He bad left his 5-year-old son alone in
the houses and the boy was lying on a
ofa when lie saw a strange man enter,
fie maintained his presence of mind and
pretended to be asleep until the man had
passed oat of the room and gone upstairs.
Then he jumped up and ran to the church.
Mr. Holmes was in the middle of a
prayer when he was startled by the ex
clamation: "Papa, there's a strange man in the
house!"
The minister hesitated for a moment
nd then calmly finished the prayer, be
traying no sign of excitement. Mrs.
Holmes, however, harried out of the
church, followed by three young men of
the congregation. They hastened to the
house,, but the thief evidently saw them
coming, for he departed by the back
door as they entered the front. The
young men gave chase, however, and
overtook him, but failed to hold him
He broke away from them after a strug
gle and succeeded in making his escape.
The party then returned to the prayer
meeting and continued the service'
The thief was interrupted before he
had secured anything of value, although
he had gene through some of the draw
ers of a bureau that contained many val
uable articles. Chicaaro Tribune.
Druggists Who UlHSgme.
A correspondent of a St. Petersburg
contemporary has published the results
of an inquiry he made into druggists'
charges, and by so doing he has caused
fear and trembling among the apothe
caries of the city, who dread some gov
ernment order on the subject. The in
quiring individual presented to fifty
nine different apothecaries a prescription
for a solution of boracio acid 1,000
grammes in quantity and 3 per cent, in
strength. For this he was charged vari
ous prices rrom tnirty icopeu&s up to a
Table 1100 koner-JcsV and mmi nn ts nna
sable seventy-six kopecks. And he made
uie eoiuiaon at noma tor aoous two or
three kopecks. This was bad, but worse
follows. 1 hero was as great variety in
strength as in cost, for out. of fifty-nine
drnggiets there were eight different ways
of reading 3 per cent In the 1,000
grammes of water there was anything
rrom naif an ounce to three ounces of
boracic acid. London News.
Because Willie Went Skating.
Parental solicitude is natural and
proper, but it has its ridiculous phases.
It wasn't very long ago since Willie
went skating. His mother was filled
with apprehension, and spent about half
the day standing in the front door to see
wnetner ne was coming home sun! and
cold on a shutter or otherwise. His sis
ter waded through the snow to tell his
father, and the old gentleman got his
feet wet standing on the mIito nf
pond trying to make his son bear his
command to come home. Nobody but
wiuie naa an appetite for the evening
leal. His mother now Inn lrn after- t)u
hired girl a little when she can leave her
room; ma lamer naa sucix a cold in his
head that he cannot talk, and his sister
has such a cough that she is afraid to
leave the house, and when any of them
wants any medicine Willie goes out and
bays it. Washington Post.
WHmm Hill KILu. .. 411
In Chertsey, writes a correspondent, is
a house which, if rumor says true, is of
immense interest to readers of Dickens,
and it is for sale. It is believed to be
that into which Bill Sikes put Oliver
Twist for burglarious purposes. The
house is a good one, and ought to fetch a
good price apart from its value of asso
ciation. If any one of a philanthropic
disposition and a keen admirer of Dick
ens were mindful to erect yet another
memorial to his genius, a purchase and
endowment of this house as the home
for destitute boys would be in every way
suitable. London Star.
Time They Were Tapped.
Mr. Francis Davis purchased a pair of
boots twenty-two years ago to be worn
at his wedding which are now in good
preservation and are good for further
service. They have been in use for party
wear during the entire time, and this
week were improved by the addition of
a pair of taps Gloucester Times.
Rudyard Kipling is coming to this
country in the spring to enjoy a bunting
tour in the west before he goes to India,
where he expects to spend much of his
time during the next few years. Mr.
Kipling's father is a clever artist, and
has prepared a series of elaborate illus
trations for his son's book. -
Blankets are loaned to the poor daring
the winter months, free of cost, by a
kind hearted citizen of Brunswick, Ger
many. They are stamped, to prevent
them from being sold or pawned, and
they are returned at the close of the cold
weather. ,
: It is proposed making engines of alu
minium to develop thirty-four horse pow
er, to be used for directing the move
ments of a French war balloon of 8,000
-cubic meters capacity, experiments with
which are to be made in April next.
The Weimar Society for the' Circula
tion of Good Literature has distributed
since last March 300,000 copies of whole
some tales and novels. At the same time
it has increased its membership to 5,000
and has laid by $10,000.
AN ACTRESS' HARD LOT.
SHE HAS TO WORK HARDER THAN
MOST PEOPLE DREAM OF,
With from Seven to Nine Performance!
a Week, Traveling ana Dally Rehears
als, She Has Little Time Left for
Pleasure The Story of One.
"Seems to me it must be lots of fun to
be an actress. I should so like to be one.
You have such nice times traveling
around, and then you see so much of the
wona." it was a sweet little bit of in
genuosity with large brown eves whe
made this remark. Her vis-a-vis, whose
name is well known to the theatrical
world, looked at her a moment much as
a fond parent listens to the sometimes
startling chatter of a child and rophed,
half sadly, "You have much to learn,
my -dear.".
Then, after closing her exquisitely
curved lips over a succulent Blue Point.
Bhe poshed her plate from her and added:
"But don't try to learn the truth or fals
ity of your belief by experience. Put
full confidence in me, little one, when I
tell you that this time you are very
wrong. There is very little fun in the
life of an actress none that she might
not have in some other vocation and as
for seeing the world, by which you
doubtless mean taking in the sights of
the different cities in which mha nlno
well, listen to me a moment, t
REHEABSDJG.
"A week ago Sunday night in New
York, after rehearsing for three hours in
the afternoon a play which we had been
producing nightly since the beginning of
the season, we took the train for Boston.
We got there Monday morning, and after
breakfast rehearsed at the Globe theatre
till naif-past 1. Then we lunched and
took the 3 o'clock train for Worcester.
where we arrived just in time to get to
we ineaire and dress for the play. It
over, we reoacked and took . train tha
next morning at 8:30 for Albany, where
we amvea ai a o ciock m tne afternoon.
We rehearsed till 6 o'clock, got supper
ana rusnea DacK to the theatre to dress.
My cue comes a few moments after the
curtain goes up, and that night, owing
to a delay in getting my trunk, I was
late in getting dressed and kept the stage
waiting not quite nrteen seconds, for
which I was fined $5. We rehearsed two
hours the next morning, and the after
noon was spent listening to the manager
read a new play and give his directions
as to how he wanted the different char
acters interpreted.
"That night after the nlav w trnfc
the 1:35 a. m. train' for Rochester, where
we arrived in time for breakfast Then
we rehearsed the new play till noon, and
in the afternoon we rehearsed the eld
one. The hotel we stopped at was a poor
one, and the meals were worse. My
dressing room at the theatre was so cold
that I got a sore throat We took the
2:20 a. m. for Buffalo, after almost
freezing to death at the hotel, and in
order not to mar the even tenor of our
way there was no fire in the car.
"We all counted, however, on being
able to get some rest at our hotel in
Buffalo. But immediately we had break
fast we were ordered to report at the
theatre for rehearsal. We rehearsed till
1 o'clock, and were told to be back at 3
to rehearse an act of the old play. I lay
down for a moment after dinner and did
hot awake till supper time. Of course I
missed the rehearsal, and of course I
was fined $5.
ON tub road.
"The next day being Saturday the
manager was good enough to leave us to
ourselves in the morning. But, my love,
you may be sure that if unv nna mont
the time taking in the sights of the city
n was in -ms areams, lor no one got up
till dinner time, and after dinner we had
all to go to the theatre for the matinee.
After the evening performance, which
was cut at every possible point, we
packed as quickly as possible to catch
the Chicago train at 1130. I had an
upper berth over some old man who
snored so I couldn't sleep, and when we
reached Chicago Sunday afternoon at 5
o'clock I was worn out. But I managed
to snatch an hour's sleep at the hotel:
then I had to rush to the theatre, for in
Chicago, you know, we play Sunday
nights. No, we don't play in many
other cities on Snniiav. nnlv fn Wn rw
leans and St Louis, but in the after
noon wo must always nave a long re
hearsal, which is about as hard.. .
"Well, because the nlav wrfnt a HfH
badly in one or two places Sunday night
(and it was no wonder, considering that
most all of ns were nearlv lnasl tn-r mant
of sleep) we had to rehearse it twice on
w a ... .
jaonaay, once in tne morning and once
in the afternoon. TnnulaT wa k,mmji
the new piece twice, and on Wednesday
xuuiiuug we renearsea it again. In the
afternoon we had a matinee. This mora
ine We had to rphrR a-nti -aja K.J
other matinee this afternoon and when
we nave finished our supper, little one, I
must hurry back to the theatre to play.
"Is this the way I always work? Yes.
And too. as I exnect to hnin r nnrV
long as I remain on the stage, and as
most all whom von see rmfnrft tha fnnt.
lights with smiling faced and who, you
uixoM, must nave sucn lots of fun and
see so much of the world, h&va mnrt
Now, do you like to be an actress?" The
little one stunned for the moimnt 1 w
death of her ideal life, looked mourn
fully into the face of the actress, then
slowly shook her head. Chicago Herald.
Bis Opinion.
The m&trimnninl atnta haWn. k.
said to have been extravagantly lauded,
either explicitly or by inference, by the
bachelor who exclaimed, "I'm glad of
itf when he heard that an acquaintance
of his was just married, and then, after
moment's reflection, mused aloud,
'And vet I don't know whv I orionM Via.
he never did me anv harm " ah hl
Year Round. ,
Making- Duty Pleasant.
Sheriff (to culm-it whom h hu w
arrested) This is a verv unnleanKnt Antnr
to me, I assure yon.
Well, make it pleasant for both of ns
by letting me go." Epoch.
MAKING DIAMONDS GROW.
It Is Not Very DLmeaM If Too Tarn Then
Over Often Eaaugh with Profit.
"Look at this stone," said a young
journeyman jeweler in a street car the
other day, removing a tissue paper wrap
ping from a piece of white wax, in the
center of which a beautiful diamond
blazed. "That is worth at the least
180."
"How is it that you can afford to buy
such a valuable stone as ' that?" asked
one of his friends who knew his circum
stances." "I will put you on to the snap," said
the jeweler. "That stone has been grow
ing for a year, and I think it has got its
growth.-" . . ' -
t "What do you mean by a diamond
growing?" asked the friend.
"I will tell you. Yon remember the
little spark I had in my scarf pin Christ
mas. Well, this is what it has grown
to in less than a year. That little stone
cost me a dollar and the pin cost me
3.80. I sold the pin for $8, and bought
an eight carat etone a. litt.la nff .i.. v
a trifle over $5. I bought a stud setting.
x ou mow you can get those things quite
low now. Thev are marie tit. w tha
thousands by firms which do not taJta
finished goods. Well, I put the stone in
the setting on a srriral and sold it t.h
same week for $18. Then I went to the
office and bought the best stone 1 could
get for $13 and mounted that in the
manner. I wore it a. Tnmrr.h anil
then sold it for $30, and I put $35 into
another stone. It was a little beauty,
and I traded it for another one of about
the same size, and got $5 to boot. That
put the stone down to $20, and I put it
into a setting wmcn cost me $3, and sold
it a few days later for $35. I got another
stone for $30, and had it two months be
fore I made a turn with it; then I cleared
$12 and put the money into a beautiful
stone, which brought me up to $60, when
I sold it in a handsome stud setting.
J.nen i got a chance to sell a ring for
$75, and 1 made it to order, putting in a
stone wnicn cost me $112.50. I put the
wnoie 57a into another stone, which I
carried around for a while, and harl
fully made up my mind to keep, but a
putcner onered me $100 for it and I sold
it to him. It was in a crown setting,
which cost me $6.35. For the hundred
I got a dandy stone, and I was sure I
could keep that one, but I have had four
better ones since, and have got up to
$180. I can't go much higher than that
I guess, for there are few men among
my acquaintances who can afford . to
tempt me with a profitable offer for it
I wouldn't sell it to-night for $300, be
cause I know that I have got a bargain.
I'm a pretty good judge of diamonds.
and when I put-v that stone into a nice
ring 1 will mak-e it look like $350 worth,
and I don't think that anybody can per
suade me to sell it for anything less. In
all the changes I don't think that I have
put in more than $16 or $18 of my pocket
money. The rest has all been profit on
the stones and settings." New York
Sun.
In Mortal Peril. .
Dr. C. C Abbott, in "Outings at Odd
Times," tells a tragic tale of an advent
ure which once befell an old lady, "long,
long ago." The spot where she lived
was almost a wilderness, and was beset
with the perils of a new and scantily set
tled land.
The now almost forgotten Camden
and Amboy railroad was in operation,
but though scarcely a mile distant it
was as nothing to her. She knew nei
ther what nor where it was. But where
the best whortleberries errew. in th bar-.lr
swamp, that was knowledge worth her
piKKKaaouig.
Althoueh herconain A ViiiaK Viul IrillaA
a bear there during the winter, she did
not stop to trunk of that, bat one day
started for berries where few men
would care to follow.. With a light
heart she gathered and gathered, until
at length an ominous shrieking fell upon
her ears. .
"Could it be another bear?" thought
sne, and turned her face homeward. Her
big basket was not quite full, and there
were such loads of fruit within easy
reaeh! This was tantalizing, but all her
doubt vanished with the second shriller,
more unearthly scream.
The path was no longer plain, nor was
she surefooted. As she pitched reck
lessly forward the berries were bounced
by handfuls from her basket and finally
in despair she threw aside the basket
itself.
And still sounded through the swamp
the terrible screeching of that angry
bear. At last she could see her cottage
through the thickly, set trees, but not so
plainly the tortuous path. One misstep
and she sank waist deep in the yielding
mud of an old well, and there she stood
screaming until her husband came to the
rescue.
"Do be still, Hannah," was his first re
mark, after she had chokingly called his
attention to the still audible cries of the
bear, "that's only the new f angled steam
ingine whistlin'!"
"And to think," the old lady was
wont to remark, on concluding this
story, "to think' I lost all them beautiful
berries!" , ,
Wanted Lymph.
One of the local churches furnishes a
calendar every week on which are an
nounced the various services and meet
ings during the week. The pastor usu
ally has a hand in getting up these cal
endars, and a few days ago he described
a new "disease" which affects church
members, and he calls it "Morbus Sab
baticus." He describes it thus: "It at
tacks church members; comes suddenly,
on Sundays, morning and evening. The
patient sleeps well on Saturday night,
awakes refreshed, eats a hearty break
fast, perhaps reads a Sunday newspaper,
but at the ringing of the first church
bell (10:15) the sickness begins and con
tinues till the service ends. ' The patient
is then well enough to eat a hearty din
ner, after which a walk or a rida in m.
joyed. Returning home the supper is
greatly relished. But about church time
there is flTinthor nf-fur-lr rf AiaAn
MWU. A. U 1J J
attack the head of the family at first, but
uio timureu soon are anecxea Dy tne con
tagion. "Springfield Republican.
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