toaoooooooooooooooooaoooooj
If Polly Larkin. f
ioi . . !
iooeonoocaoeasooMOotMMs
lump of wisdom cnii titki; euro or itself,
i r the field sj-orts need liking after
mid portraying on onnvus and pnjier.
i y jt
And "lo, the jMHr liidlnn" In war
paint mid feathers and fantastic nrruy
'I'l... I.rl.,1,1 m.l.U- lif.llvU.nl.. ft.,,., irolll AlusKn'S ieo-is.umn-iinr.-i - ui
One night In tin? nihh-t.nf Mssneceh on nirmun. ..r (iiri.imi.u. .-tniu. i-iirlv Miuhim-kN-ed plains and valleys of South
old fellow -osc the hack of tlio year, somewhere nU.ut the middle of ''' 'alirornla and Arlma are depleted
house and sold: H.i- i... .w i....,..t..u t.. In calendars mid ornamented with
iiiittrtiii. in il II ill? uiiii
(Governor Urown una ho drunk nt Hint
BANDON RKCORDKII.
rriMvn'-i UiKlprril Wnli-riuftliin.
Colonel George V. Anderson, a man
of splendid jrenlim and rare oratorical
gifts, wn slumping for Greeley and
i-rown down in southwest M svetirf.
i . . . i . . . ...... ...I.
llii.lriiiiiw.nr.,i.1.iiiiili1.Hlri..f1.rKl. ni'x'ii'lsmKI claws anna lew wiuiieain
Yiili. iili.i...,i .ii,,.,,,,. .1.... i... i ten eeillM a l.imeli ny llie Mower vend- " .-""-
. I t I ti.. I I... I .W.I
l.u I ith. fir ui.n In I hi' mm U nf thii-si u in I ihvii uiiui-ii uui, um ikh nun.,?
till- UiriUII X I ' " I f . lit! I I
Cnli.ii,.! A,,.l.,ran.. i I.--.. .... i.i. uu been mi u mint In 1 leeolllilrv inn Millie oi me limn uihiim .-neimm- iu
nm, !.-! 1) I 1,111 III IJIIIt) UU IltD I " . . . - ,, , . f ..
I'SKterii JolnlH. straightened himself to loturncd with their hands mid arms wv I'lotureii one-, mane not., seen -s ,.,
hlM ( feet mid with n IIoii'h roar nn
swerod
"Ych, Ii In true that fJovernor Ilrown
Inittered his wnterinelon nt Hie Yale
nliininl dinner, and I am linimy to In
r, 111,1 Villi ill,., tll.t. lu .1... ..t.t.. ....... I.I
which watoniieloim nr.. h, -rwiiit.. I X-niutliI, the Heiison that prompts all
society." I""1' Ix'.V mid Klrls who eoutlnuo to
laden with the U-niitlfiil clustL-i-s of r Golden Male, nearly mi 01 inem
crimson berri.-siu-stllng In their setting ,-v-l, 11 P-eturo of the (ioldeli (late,
ofhrlglit Kreeii leave-,, mid who were the Cllll' Mouse, the old .Mission-, Yo
envled hy the less fortunate who fairly uU- views and the big trees. "Sou
covclc.l the lienullfiil reinlmler of the venlr" ealendars one dealer enlls them.
Hut enough nlioiit ealendars for tin
Anderson's hnppy retort wns erected dwell in the happy thought that inukort iirenl. I want lo tell you how one
with u Hhoiit of laughter mid a roar of Kan In Clans or Kris Krlngle, us the utile lady, who excels in her Clilne-c
.. , mi ...... i... i.i.. ........ ..... ..... I K. I
s inn Minium . mi iiin-i- en-.-inirv is, n jouy on. icnnw n un w ill plcfunx, got per Hllhjeels. Mie Is a
ropiior mil down dlHcoinllted, and that potxl-st in IlkhiK KmmI little lH,yH mid n,. nhoioL-rapher and would tru-t no
7, T'7 T' , "'r,,"n; KlrN, n"d nhows his appreelallon hy OIH. el-e lo take her plet.ir.-, hut with
of the huttered watermelon all of i, ... ,t i,,r., ,,,, n , , . . ,
which Ke.s to demonstrate the value r. " 1 " r ' uer eau.eni in nan i sp in .u.ys hum-..
of Dmiton'H fainoiw motto: Intiil.-u-'- w . " ,K '" Klr" ei K in and oul of the alleys and streets
I.'illidliee! ToiilourH I'liuilncel" "'" lTi,w" ' "i-I'iensiiio nun are ,,r rhilialown. .Nor did she lake liei
Colonel Andeiwm was n wondeifiil l('rt mt 111 Iheeold so fur as presents k. siihleets from the pisirerelassi-s, lull tin
ctuuiper. lie was most emplmtlenlly Ht strange lo say, all the had llllle IMIh.t nrlstocratio Utile Chiiii-e lad-
a 1'oiikIi dluiuoud. In (lie ronuli mid Inds mid lassies, no matter how very ..ml lassli-s Ih!ihi-iiil- to the iiierehant
uii.ioie, cuicn-iis yoii-enti Hiyie or ilelial Iliad tliey have U-cli thioiiKliolit the prinei-s of ( 'hlnatowii po-ed for tin
... H"',L,n"' .'" ," year, have:iM;asoi. of repentance com- n(.tl,res. It would U- safe to miv that
liieneiiiKiilHiUt five or six weeks iK'fore Solomon In all hlsulorv was not array
Christmas, mid lH'eomeBo(MMl that the ;,. ,KVU nwy-eheeked, eoiper-eolored
iiearoiiiMimy eairt linn ineiiiu u- Utilo Iniys mid girls. They were nt
pills, mid they get llielr slime ol gilts tr,.( r Hk eosliuui-s in
Just Hie snme as thoiigli they had Ih-. ii vh.( R.d, y,.,,w mid
Kooii mi llie year rouim nun nun not ,,,,.(. Their Iiroldeied slippers
iiirned over tlm new leal jiisi lor ine xu.rt. worj.H ()f Hrt lini t.lr j0-..,.
sake of llie reward. ndornnients for the head wonderful ti
jt Ik-IioIiI. I'lvery child was pretty, inn
.i.wi iiu -..Mm Iv l,.,llvlu.rrl,M ,n rt,M,,lt t111' Pictures me lovely and
make ll.elr nppeurm.ee the little folks "'"'''.lly " ' "' P'""
LcKln to think of writing letters to I 11 - - ' . . V . . "
the hlir I iney im huh-iim iiuiiiiii-'.
Hour!, which Is unylnjrn great deal. Hi
was an adept lu the use of every spe
cles of oratorical weapon. Champ
Clark In Saturday Kvcnlng Post.
Wlll.lll.l't Ml-ll III.- Iln.lap,
The house lu which Joan of Arc was
horn Is still faithfully preserved In
pious veneration nt Domreniy, where It
Is looked upon almost In the light nf a
shrine. I'assershy Invarlahly cross
themselves and utler a prayer for pro
lection an Ihey go hy
The story goes Hint a rich mid cceeli
trie l?i)illslmiin Irli-il luird l.i lint- flu.
plnce III IS.-I7. It was at that time Hie Sn,1,u ,'l,ll,t, disclosing to
property of a fanner named (ilranlln.
The i:iiKllHliliieu offered to let lilui
mime his own price, hut the old man
held llrm. "No, no, no," he cried. "I
would not sell It ccn lo a Frenchman,
much less to a foreigner mid especially
an IJiigtlshmau. People here would call
ine it traitor and a coward were I to
hearted glftmaker Just what they want
In their stockings and on the pietly X-
mas trees. They are not alone In the
art of general limiting for what they
want for the other uiemlK-rsof the fain-
BRIEF REVIEW.
Amrrldii Tool Mimilacturtrs,
rin wholi, ir ri 1 1 1 1 1 of suitill machine
uy, iueg.oi. .ii . niiu. .!.,. in ..snMig ....,. , 11.1,l.1.1,.,. ......n,,,,,
.... i I 1.1 1.1 til .... I 1 '
us iiii-MirL u,.i huh., nags.... o. .... ... .,. , , .... v
part with the house from which .loan J"- ""l'l",M " Kvmgnuci iceen- (.a ,.xi,)lt t pars Wlls meompfirahlv
or Arc sel out to servo rrmiee." "ogui iir.-in.as un.c. in-;i rn- ., , ,MlM, ...... .,.... .,.,,.
'I-. i. ...,,UUI ,.,..,...,..... I.l,..u..lf I .till. .i.tKkii.t. .if it, vul..ri- In Mn, vi.rr dlr
. ... . ..... .v i iiiiiir.... i j"- ' ' - ,t ,tr,.l .niu.r in I V III till. VI. rv mini 1 1 Inn
I-.....I...H I... I.. I.... 1 1. 1.... i I , I .... I I. M .1 1 I n I .
",,,Hl K" """" '" l"-i.Mc.y .-.M... .aiming, a,,., i-...,.. i,,,.,,,,!.. MSIM.,
wl.l-peill.g n. Iiupnllleat oilier limes , Uml (i.(..lt ,,rll ttw HHirl.
is given mil sway, .-eeieis , your .,..,.,. for It would 1-e dllllelilt to
llnd the mulerlals in I ugluiid to inak.
a good show. I here me at icu-l lour
linns in Amei iea making a speeiulty of
mid went his way
Soon after mi ollleer from the Mug'
household arrived In the village anil
nikcil to speuk with dlrmdlu. Itefor.
the whole village, ussciuhlcil In Hi
street, he Hit lit : "Clrarilln, Hie king lia
ln.t mid Iriie-t fiieiids me In onl,r and
no eutio-lty, even though you me
"nlniiNt dying" from its ell'eels, Is al
ien!' I that you have refused to sell lowed in legnrd lo Ihe many mysterious I ml ,.,,.,,, ,lu.aiK appliuliee-
your house to an l.ugllshuiuii. lie ill
sin's in reward you. hut not hi coin
Il knows that Jim no more wunl tin
money of the I'leuch than of the Kng
Huh. therefore lias he commanded nn
lo piciicut you Willi the cross of Hie I.,
gloli of Honor."
.d , . Slrlcl.rn W'll.im
"I well lemeiuher. said a veleian
lawyer, "the trial or a -. ti wtiini.
.Indue Henry T. Itaekus was doing It Is just as well lo lake a glum e into
cross exatnlnlng. .Now, Hie Judge was
noted for his Invlsh use of six footed
words, mid he used frequently In
ualound If not confuse nn unprepared
witness with a plethora of high sound
lug phriKcs. The ease 1 speak of wns
tried In Snult !s"to. Marie, mid there
was a Dimple, Inoffensive Pre m-limnu
on Hie wllness stand. He iiiiiIithIihhI
Utile of the attorney's profound Inter
rogatories mid gave his answers hi a
roufused and stammering way euleu
luted to rullle the sweetest tenner
I'lnully the attorney piiosed In the mid
die of his cross examination ami oh
Jeeled heeiuise the unNwers of the wit
netw were not responsive. He wns ml
vised hy the court to couch Ills ipies
Hons In simpler lungmmc. Then .liultti
llackus, poliitlug his llmier at Hie meek
looking witness nuil looking lilin
strnlght In the eye. thundered
i ii i i 11...1 i.. ... i
iniiiiii-n noil paei.l.ges nun i iiiiu- nun ..,,. ,,.,, ........... .I,,,,,, u mil nn.. In
the hoiLeat thlssensou of anticipations. ,...,. -vstei.mlleallv
Ifhy somemeieeliance you happen lo ....... Ms,11111.,,.,f (he heanlv of Amer-
.11 ..ll t t . til I..i .. l .. I
uiriiwi uir ruiiu'iHH. n i vuiu nmv 111 t iiiril( 1 ul. l(Ji ..t.tlu,ttuutu .Mt. U
it....i .....1 t i 1 ..1... " I
v,. -.Ill-Ill Ullll Hill ll-.ll- l.-n Iie, I milllllitleil U'llll.illl limit, mill Will n.
I I I...1 I . I...- 1 -1..I.I.. I ' 1
1.1.1. Hing ...... .s rniiiu.g iinmiiiiii- -r In everv nn.. wl... .mvs ntt eiilinii to
It ..il'il. . ..I f .-I... I 1
.....Ti. , i,, ,,, . .L- ,,.-... , (lif?s lllt) ,1(H(-. , -lilera-
ug m.d ..reiving us well. As long us , of ,.,,,,.,,, X(.,.,.nee, the
.11 .v.sm.h-s u. wiem.is no i ''-''' Nlt-,.f Ainerieun t.s.ls I-ussW.sl liy the
. 1.. "no iwi i". n "1 1 ..Mko i Hit filiii thitv nri nhtniiuwl
mill llii-lr iiiilfiirm iiunlll.-. It Is itiol
lhestor,.lele.,aml nolo w hat Is going I ,,,,, nmimrm.tllrm mV(,
1.. I ... .....I.... It.... ..l.l... ..I I - '
10 popular 10 ...e gm line .ornii. ...... ..,,,.,,, , ,, ,,. r u,1(,ther good
i.viiniiil.M nf nil I n. tnuU hi 1 lei . and
tliut they me prepared to make them
You would le ii-tonl-dicd If you could more or les ipiiekly uceoidlng to the
Mr the inimU'i-nf struggling artists who pn-ssllieof their em 'cut work. Ameri
have lurii ileslguliig and making eul- can llrni-, on the oilier hand, who ad
emlars galore Ilils year. It Is the Is--1 veil ie certain elassesof tisil- can gen
ghming of Hie new eenlur.v, mid deal- erully supply them from stock, uml
ei -ay If their ever was a calendar I every salesman knows the advantage
year, IIKII will he that one. Con-e- of helng ahle to oiler his gisxls for m-
ipicutly calendars in every cniicclvahlc spcctloii or for immediate delivery,
shape and size have Urn Invented and especially when their llnhh and a
placed upon the uiatket, mid they me peuiaiice Is such as to tempt the pur-
lludlug it sale, loo. There are euleu- eha-er
Hngliud's C0.1t Problem.
American coal lu Kuglniid Is a large
nuil vital .piextlou. It I- vet In its ini
tial stages, hut It is sail-factory lo note
Hint the American coal leeeiitly lui-
Idars of our own unlive ic.Iw.hmI mailt
in a U1I11 panel ami a icdwisid tree
hurucil lulu Ihe wisul and a tiny calen
dar seemingly tucked upon the trunk.
'Sir, I deshe ,ou lo respond to my Then there me Chlne-e ealendars lu
Interi-ii-iutorles cateuorleally uml with
oul provnrlc.iHou or (like the eons.- . ,,,., .,.H f .., i,-.,,.. ...... ki...,. I'""' l hy the .--.iuUi MetioMllcmi (.u-
tiencesl' ,.. t ..... i.rt.ii v Hi.enklntr me taken from ' "inpui.y has undergone a trial wltn
1, .1. M ..V..I..I....... ..... ..-r.i.ii.liuin., Klu I "
,-u. v.. ..ii.... .... " nr., I., . 1... 1, ...... . .r . . i .......... . i,.
1 11 K frum Ills ehulr In fear. 'Oh! What ' '
. I c ii.oei-.'ii. ...i' 1..1-i..'... ..in. iiiiiiiii-,
"Of PoiniH' the Incident connl.sl ttie "wiiik to ine war nu lima ine iner-
sii-cltiir and Hie court, uml It an chants or dealers lu the-e goods me not
some time hefore older wh restured laying hi a vast supply. The sentl-
aud the pnse could proceed." -Hetroll lnienl Is t.s. pronounced at the pier-enl
I' ice 1'i'otn. tillu, .lM,i i u not lu favor of CIiIiiom'
ciili'inlain or anything peilululug In the
denlM'iis nf the iiienl sent t war.
Then llieie arc the hlack cat enleudars,
'I'l.i. "II" In rlu-.-l.rr.,
Analyihig a -nunc Just pln.isl at Hit
dnti hv Iwn elns-ker evnerts keellis ti
- 1 , 1 1.1 t ...i..i 1
he a llliwt as fliselnatlllg a urn-alUm IH'l""'" ' isniu-e a niucMiii i-iiieiuch-
In Hie pertalors nn any oilier In unci, lt thing III the world, isitticiilarly if
of the game Time mid ngalu have wt It imiiihw to your hou-e and takes up Us
watched a half loen checl.erlsls nho lalle under vour hsif. Theie me hig
excellcnl u-siilts. .miriy H"i ions 01
coal ut shillings a ton was imported
from Philadelphia, mid It is-tnted upon
authority that it is superior to l'ngll-li
coal in Illuminating potter mid in the
ipiantltv of coke produced. ToU'sinv,
the American coal is denier than even
the present high rate of Kngll-h coal,
hut II Is held that Us superior ipiulity
more than compeiiHitet. for the dltl'er
ence in price.
were himy siignesllliic "this mow- i.
ilniw" or "Hmi uioxw to win." while
an etiunl niunlM'r would ie just a.
euner tli proie Hie misoiindliess of Hi.
line lu iiieltou. Hy the time hoth
shies are thloimh. Hie mwIIoii ha Pirn
thoruilRllly lfisl nud Its lutrlcaele.
are apNiieiit to nil. Many player
however. Mre ant very uiivloiis to tut v.
tbflr "good Hilnitk" dlsplajisl mid ad
Dens-dy PopuUtfJ Countrirf.
Acetinling to the mo-t usViit cen-u-,
the Hpulutinll of Itelglum i- ll,T.rS),(Hl),
eat and little eats, In fact, whole fmu
III., of cuts, mid on one of the isipulnr "hlcli for lis 1 1 ,7s sipuire miles ofter-
eul enlcndarsa catsltsoii a .klill giulug rilory, gtviw AWt lulmhitmit- a wpiare
fh.m a cloud "hlack a- Kgypt's daiki-t mile, making Helglum themo-.t thickly
hour" Into Hie hrlghtno- of a now lH,Plated country in Ihe glols". Ilol-
lawn. What I- the inclining of Ihe laud's sipulatlou is l,tlV,l. which
eul on the skull'.' in.- lsn nkisl unit glv.w for the lle'v-:: Miliuiv lllllis- of
this Istheslorv us It wiu told to Pollv: KuU h territory las luhahiimits to a
Tile old eeiiturv I- dead, mid from the sUaiv utile, making the laud of dlko-.
veriiiini 111 nn milliner mm genernuj rus , ,,olatlou of the isl the uml w indmill- the mvoiuI ino-t den-ely
ilKllM to mi.wer "lending - Muesilon ,m.ky l(lm.k xHtt ,mU ummUxJm,nu country.
."":M..: ' ' ... . Hie skull, the home of the hmin mid
bhuiw. nwi the ..lee s. n certnh. no "' R.V,",H'1 "f ll'. P"""- ",1, KwPl,,S 1 '"'' aft,"
Hltloi" mid Hlil, "Mr. WWIlo. If I had 1,ul "M Isrn, ipues Into the dawn of Pmls I- -aid to U the olemiest city in
played so hltnd of my original move, Ha" new century a If to try and foretell the world Kvcry innriilng IA-ihI male
I think I would have drawn thf w hat Hie futiiie may hold, and lUKI female -eavengeo, divldtsl Into
v- 1 1 111 hrlguder., turn out to perform the
U-t y.-ar their was a gieot ilenmnd 101101 ,,f ,lu" ,'"l,l,ul' 'rlu' 1"u'" "",rk
for ealenda.-. in Hi.. Slut.. Inlv.lU- tro-- ' '' morning I III t in llie
mid Stanford eoloi-s. hut thev ,.,.lv evening, i.-r-iwo noun, on tor m.-m-, or
-.nireo I.HI..1.. -I'liU v..r ..v..rv -in UH lioui-s a day.
HHIMC-," Hit' "Herd Ijiddle" relorl.sl.
"Thy are nil dniwu If )on put ihen.
Iwek far enough!" -.Shaefer's Checker
Ut.
Trl i iir.l t'i.
Tint women are en-
Mm. Newrlh - I licit Sir llyart Is a donler ha- laid In a supply, and' they WW- the morning only.
on u.ii it;, i miow jiui a inucii aivlit all shas mid site; lu fad the
wiii uiiigi-- nn -imc .iocs one iic.-tiu I
Bet funny
Mr, lliowue- Why. whal lui she
dsn
Mr. Nitwrlfh-Oli. he tried to trip
me up May-asked me If I'd eer
California ha- isinlrlliiit.il to the
tol id'- -ti-'k of llie pis'loll- inolal-
slnce .Mnrshull'sdisi-overy lu the f-utter
mill mount Colluia, over jl,4t-d,U"i,U-i).
two university fad- have Urn carried
iutOMifa pillows u- well, that will U
tipprociatisl hy the -Indent- and their
friends if hy noUsly eUe. Hut In the
university novelllei, Polly has yet to sv
tieiird -.uiiiflKnty' 'SunKs Without Mne is'rtalning to lltemtniv, study or .i..... m .n ,. i.rr.,1 ..ii,,ii,,. i.mi
If... ... .. I...... . .... .. .. I.. .... .. - I l n'.' " n -
i.uiua. i iiiiHiniioiiia rress linearis, luevmo-iiv iviirtHiu some .... t m.... ....... ... no ,i...
- ... I git. ..Ml- ...Mil , ii-.n... ... nip ... ......
m-i'iii- in tin- iti.iieiit' -ini. in nr -nine
l.i.l.-iinlir. vounvr ladv drtwMsl lu crimson or hhn.
A notice which attracts the attention ,.. .-,i,i iu..hii,l. uiil, h i
"ninr&o!:;;. rrr ,m,,lin",,, r
llttlo nillwuy Ma. I,m The .apor uu KH1 . ! . V M'""K "Mv
which It I pi luted iH-nra evldcnco ot "- ' -"'" w "- ""'M There are on an HVemia' eight lswt or-
.. .....II.. ... il. . ...1 I... .1.. ill.
long nun ituiurmue .crvlco. i-ivuj k.u "i k ninioigiii (- I r,,i nm-U- In ltii't tail.
iowee: ixiaung eillicr III or about t'ver ncr suuiu-s tr n.iuc re-smiie .xoniig I
till room I mrletly forbMilvn, nud maiideh ing Inlothe iii.Nslirlc-iif cliiin The entirtaliiuniit of royalty itn'l
mum iw oMervca. Ulry mid . thcr knotty pnMcm Iho llrilUh society fi.ih venr lit,Ui,u
Two men have wugensl JlO.U-i) that
lu Hungary theiv are tlni-muls of
Villages anil liuuunsi- oi small iuwil
wltliout a doctor within ton iull-.
SHORT NEWS SfORIES.
Il--aii'l III..- Cnrlr .nr Store On
of VrnV Sliirl--"oiT tL
U tire ii )lnnuur.l II.
Thf chief of Mie of the bui-enon In
certain department has been beset, re
cently hy new "paper men desirous of
Interviewing lilin concerning a subject
upon w hich lie will soon be compelled
to act. So assiduous were they that
the poor chief. n..i.I" desr--,r--t- by their
pursuit of him, remrt.-d to every possi
ble subterfuge to avoid them. Tor
weeks he nrose with the sun mid slip
ped out of the hack door, the front
door even ut Hint curly hour being in a
state of siege. At the dcirtment his
faithful cleik stissl between him mid
Ids persecutors, whom he managed to
escape lu the afternoon hy driving far
Into the country.
Hut one pursuer, more persistent
than the rest, una not to he outdoue
nnd followed on lior-ebaclc. Hvarliic a
horse galloping behind his Victoria, the.
other day, the hunted chief looked buck
mid saw a man following him at a furi
ous tiace. wn vim: n naner above his
head nnd shrieking to hhn to bIoji.
"Drive on," lie rndered. "Don't let
Hint man ovottiiki- us. Drive for your
life."
"Walt, wait a Moiui'lit," screamed
the man on horseback. "I've got some
thing for you."
lint the victoria bowled on at all pos
sible sliced, the rider following fast
behind. The chase was n long and hoi
one. ending with a victory for the
equestrian
"How do you do, Mr. XV" he asked
when In- came up to the carriage.
"What me you rtitiiilng nwny from mo
for?"
"lleeause I'm tired of you Infernal
newspaper people," he replied, "and I
won't ghe you u bit of Information un
til I render my decision, so that's all
you've got for your race."
"Newspaper people?" queried the
brcalhless rider. "Pin not a newspa
per man. I'm clerk to the law llrm of
It. & 1!."
"And what do yon want of me?" ask
ed Ihe chief with n sickly smile.
"You grubstaked a man to go to the
Klondike two or three years ago, didn't
you?"
"Yes," le-ponded the chief. "What
about It?"
"Well, he struck pay dirt and sent
us u cheek for you covering the stake,
with InteioM, nud Including a hand
some bonus, wllh thOreiUest that It
should In- delivered III person. I've
been luo weeks trying to get at you
mid almost lost my position becail-e I
did not sueireil. Today Mr. It. told me
thai If I could not give )im that check
he gues-eil I a too !ow for them,
and I need mil ciiine back. So here 1
am. mid heie's the check. Please give
me a M-elpt."
Since this Incident the chj'if has
abandoned his habit of early rising for
fear he may miss snme other debtor
de-lrous of paying up. Washington
Cor. New York Tribune.
Oik- of Vr.l1, -lorli--i.
Senator Vest has a story he some-
li...tu -ji P- in--. -.-... j.u..m. i.
ncter ol the Hourbon mossbnek type.
Accnrdliig to the narrative the senator,
hi thi'dujs following the civil war, was
.tkW, ll OlM!"
on a wild ci'imtn road which had been
blocked hy a huge. iree. The unlives
were trying to drag It out of the way
a- a whole when Senator Vest arrlwd
jii Hie scene, looked at the tree and at
Ihe helpless ciowd of Arkau.-as natives
ami then said, "Wlij don't you cut the
tree In two at the middle mid haul the
.lids out of the y?" There wns a
moment of sllcu.v, broken suddenly by
uue or the crowd who reached for hi
gun and exclaimed, "Yankee, by gum!"
llu.. III. l MnniiKt-il II.
line of the rot a I huuseuialds fell 111
recently in Whi.Uur castle. One of
the clergy attached to the royal resl
deuce It tvn one of the canons of
Windsor went m Ult the ailing girl.
I'he siitTerer wn- In a bed In a room
which was high up In the building and
could only tie approached hy several
lllghts of stairs. The ennon, who, by
the wa. Is not lu ihe tlrsl tlower of
youih, wn- a little tired by the nsceut.
When he m lived at the room of the
rick girl, he remarked uhmi her pe
eiillHi'ly in.hant evpres-lun mid also
made a half Joeulnr ullu-ion to the nl
lllude of her bedroom sud the dhllclllty
he had es rieiicisl on the stairs. "I
hiii tmi. sir. -a lit the Housemaid
T.slat il. ineeii herself lias been to
inn Jes t.t in me Into this
.lowu by me. Then he
ol wy from them all
ee ,ou. Do jou know
- I uiniMKsl by silting
Hilril tHlr."--t'nilor the
f-"IGUfES AND EYES.
An Imllrntl'jii of AitHiiclnc Alt
Tlial Idhilta .if .No Cmiproml.e
As v.e (.low jldcr." remarked the
uiati who v.as doing that at the late of
a week etery seven days, "we begin
u oli-erte that we seem to need more
HUu when we rend or that the print
of the newspaper that we have been
reading wllh case for ever so many
yenrs Is not quite as good as It used to
he. or that we enn distinguish me lei
ters a little better If we hold them far
ther awar than usual, but wo are very
slow Indeed to observe that the real
cause of It Is that we are growing old,
nnd we rnther resent the suggestion of
some klndlv friend that we need
glasses.
"We resent glasses especially be
cause they aro llie visible sign of our
weakness, and nil the world may Know
by them what we fondly think thev
have not yet discovered to wit, thnl
our eyesight Is falling. I am that way
myself, or was, mid I stood the glasse
otf as long as 1 could, nnd really
could get along very well reading al
most any type. Of course, I could not
mnke out every letter, but I could gi
enough to complete the word, nnd of
tentlmes I could supply whole words
thnl weie Indistinct by the sense of
what I wn- rending.
"Hut II wii the (ignres that got me
down nt last. Ah. those llguresl There
Is no context there, nnd when I saw
dates or numerals of any kind the blur
of the years shut out all their outlines,
anil to save ine I could not tell whal
was before me. I mndo mistakes so
often In reading aloud to my wife that
she would laugh nt me. though she
never caught me on the letters, not
withstanding many was the time I
guessed at nbotit half I was rending,
Hut figures would not stand any fool
lug like Hint, nnd nt last I ncknowl
edged that It wasn't the type or the
paper or the light or anything of that
sort mid got myself a pair of glasses
Now I can tell u figure as well as a let
ter. nnd I dlsonior they are printed
quite us plainly as ever, though I wai
sure they were blurred before."-New
Yoik Sun.
ROSE TO THE OCCASION.
'Mi.- iiierlenM lilrl. i.n I lial. Mini
nue.l In Win 111.- Trick.
A man who Is back from a visit to
Purls nud Cei ninny t.s telling u story
which ought to mnke Ihe great Amerl
can eagle Hap his wings with pride It
happened al a little railway station
in lii.inauy. (riiiieiiwuld hy name,
iWiMc Hie man who tells about It was
v tiling for a train on a branch Hue
which connects with the main Hue ut
that place Iteshles hlm-clf there were
ut the station u parly of Anierlran
tourists of the kind jou read about In
English books and an KuglMi finally
of the kind you read about hi Amerl
can books. The Americans were loud
voiced and imgrmiiuiatlciil They laugh
ed a great ileal and they ate peaches,
the stones of which they tluew at a
post tu test their uiui ksmau-hlp They
weie persons I'm whom t'ncle Sam
himself would have fell apologetic.
mid they displeased the haughty ttrit
Inl. ........ f. ItllllH. . . . - .,' ...
younger iiiembcis of her family,
gawl.y hoy and a bulky and "leggy
ghl of the typical ehnigatcd Ihiglish
lurlety- the.t were objeits of great In
tcie-t, huweicr. mid the girl lu p.i it leu
lur edged neaier mid nearer, to la
mother's great ili-gu-l At last s
was so nea i that mamma could en
dine It no longer.
"I'lnra!" sl.e called lu her loudest
voice, "come away ut once. You might
be ir taken for one of tho-o disgust
tug Americans:"
A pietty joimg American looked up
mid swept Clara fiom head to foot
with n culm glance Then she went
uu eating peaches.
"Don't worry, madam." she culled
out cheerily. "There's no danger of
Hint with them feet!"-Washington
l'o-t.
Dp.pl-i.it Tiilint-co,
The healthful or icverse action of to
hacco has been mi ub-orblng question
for decades mid one hard to settle.
Ktnersoii, cautions as he was, was once
drawn Int.. a discussion on the subject
and. being a lionuscr of the weed, was
an anient adwicalc of Its abolition as
a marketable commodity.
"Did you ecr think about the logic
of stimulants?" he usked. "Nature sup
plies her own It I- ii-tonlshlug what
she will do If ) on give her a chance
In how short n time Hie gentle excltu
Hon of a cup of tea Is needed! Con
lersatioli Is an cu-itum, and the series
of Intoxications It ercates Is healthful
Hut tobacco, tobacco ith:u rude crow
bar Is that with which to pry Into tin
delicate tissues of the bruin."
II.
nee on
ro. ci ii
-II l.l I I !'
.11 1 . Ill
... t '
,1. ' 1 1 I 'I .
I'Uion I I, k
Tbo l.-legiapb line which 1'mtuv has
tttfu ervt-ilag from Unit in; o. on the
Must of Hie Trench Kongo region. P
llrnxaniille I- completed. The line '
kilometer king, and thf work
till I shed lu Is mouths. It doe. uot t.
Hi) fnrel-cu u-ruiluu.
Tlirlr II u I ii .
Has Man Hello. Tom! What are
you doing these days?
Pork Pucker I'm In the meat bust
lie- Wlinl are you iioiugr
lias Man I go ' dogree bet
ter. I'm tn tbo meter iiusiuoss.-ttx-
ban;
ItoU-it Itiiru-. ihe i-vt. divided tbt
scale of god wlfeshlp Into ten tart
(i.l iialuie . gissl sense. 'J, wit. 1,
I- is. ii.il . n s. I Tin. rvmalliiug two
hem-. ... - nil fortune, cducatlou.
fiu I , ! etc
III. l.l llrfr.i.e.
"An enlUtcd man once put the presi
dent of a court martial lu a dltllcult po
slllon." says a writer In Cassell's Mug
axlue "The court martial was trying
the soldier for -ouie fnuli or other
When ihe evidence-mid It tistk an tin
usually long time had turn glveu. the
president asked the prisoner If he had
miythlng to suy lu his defense.
" 'Well, sir.' sii Id the man, '1 enn't
see how this 'eio court can scuti-ucc
me. for Major .loiics 'as Is-en reading n
paper under the table the 'ole htooinlii-:
tlme, nnd Captain Smith 'as been inak
lug me Into n karlcntoor on the bint
tlug pad, nud as for Lieutenant Brown,
'e 'atu't 'ml his comuiUslou n year, and
duu't count anyways!"'
l'o-rra at l.uilurH.iep.
"When my gr.nidfather was a yuns
man." said the loy with a sunt, uo-e,
"he could run ten miles without stoo
pin."
"I hi-nnl my grandfather make it
prayer 35 minutes loug once at a pray
rr uuvtln," n'Soiideil the boy with 1 1, .
dirty face, "an It didn't fi-nao bliu"
Chicago Trlbutie.
A single tlrui of chalriuakers In tlock
Inghaiusbire. Itugland. will turn out
tuany gross weikly. Pile Ihou-and
were made for ihe Alcinudm tuUiv In
six dns; S.lni fur the Cr)tal pala.e
The reoonl order U llt.lXO cbalr- Uu
Ubed ami delivertsl wliblu a few wivk
to tbe unler of Messrs. Mitod) an.
nankoy.
An astronomer divlares that .lupin
Is in the state that our earth was 34
UXU-i-O j cars ago. T,hoo who cau ri
memlvr hack 3t.AX).0t.X) year wtU uu
dentand what thU mean.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR.
She met him at the door and whis
...i. ..n..,.'. Inru tn inme lu. Ht
would declare ihe engagement off. and
he has n baseball hut in me coruc.
the dining room. Keep quiet till I get
my hut and wrap."
"What's wrong?" he Inquired as the:
walked nwny on tiptoe.
f-,.r.ini.-s. I never saw niitia so nn
. nr..' Whal wns that game
r .solltuire ou showed him the other
night ?" ,
"Chinese," Inughcd the cureless
,i, "Mv.r llinre the tirohHetors of
the tninlng cstiibllshmeiits charge 10
cents to piny the game and give SUJO
If you 'get' It. You know how the old
.....'.ii. .Moiii limnr iiround. You told mo
he was da ffy on solltnlre, so I had a
hunch nnd showed him Hint one. He'd
be lucky to get It twice In a lifetime,
but It left us to ourselves, don't you
..... ... i.-u i.niiu' Whv. he
I M'e, mil m..........
worked over that thing till btenkfii-t,
riaut iii it iil'iiIii when he tins
through" eating, telephoned the otliee
that he would be down later uiui piaj
ed nwnv till the next midnight, when
he went to sleep III his chulr. We got
him to bed. mid he waked up violent.
He wanted to bet $10,000 that nobody
eier got the game, said that you were
a eard shark and n swindler and thai
If you eier eniiie Into Ihe house again
he'd kick yon out. lie's staying rli-'ht
nt I ie phiylng the game ami lUtelilns
for von. That's the reason I was nt
the door before you could ring. What
In the world me we to do? It's nwfill."
..f..i,! .I....L- him. That Is. I'll fix up a
deck so that he will win. You manage
lo sub-tltute It after he has sliutiicu ine
cards."
It was done without creating su-.pl-clnii.
The old g'litlctnan cheered and
met Ihe young man as though he were
n welcome prodigal. "You are the sec
ond man between the Alleghany and
llocky mountains Hint ever got It." lied
the youth glibly. "It's simply wonder
ful." The pio-pcctlve fnllicr-ln-law strut
ted around for a couple of hours brng
glng about himself anil Is now prepar
ing nn article for the newspaiters. De
troit Pree Pre.
lit- N-i-rMtr.
I
"Ileie's er quarter, druggist. Olb me
er do-e of carbolic aeld wot's crnulT ter
kill er boss, mi gib It ter me quick"'
New York I. veiling Journal.
'I'll.- I,ll-ri.r ll.-rr t: l.'n llinunl,
l.'illlnr Voting wnuiaii this story of
yours-thai Is, nu account of pressure
on our o..iuiimi in raci. I am mrccu
to say
Young Woman (airily Oti. that's nil
right -speak out; don't lie bashful: I've
110 feeling in the mutter; It bus already
been declined by 11 better uinga.lues
than yours. -Indianapolis .lourmil.
-r l'ur(i.....lr.
Cus-ilu-Ju-t aftah I -tallied out II
began wah g. and I laid to turn
back.
Miss Konique How fortunate thai
there was some one there to tell you:
(iil-sle To tell ine what?
Ml-s Kostlque That It was raining
Philadelphia Itccord.
III. Ilillniillui.,
"Is It de truth da de leglslnliir' gone
en pas- a law ter tav dogs?" asked the
old coloicil citizen.
'Ye-, if, n fact."
'Well, -lib. tl:i t belli de cn-e, heilh's
one nigger .hit's teetotally mint! Dey's
seien dog- en one mule hi my fuuiblv'"
- Atlanta Constitution.
lil..rl..u I'.ii.irH.i.
Ill oterhaiilhig the uitildv. Mono
eaten trunk ihey found a newspaper
ui enrs old
"Yellow." Ihey said WOlldellllifli 11.
the.t IihiKisI m P. "lint n--,iH.i!l.l
How evtieuiely old fasliloned!"-riil
ago Trlbiuie
l.rnil Si'liruir.
Turn Your father has been following
u- iiriiiiiiii all 01 cuing. Cun we si. , n.
eiiiliiinnsnneiit ?
Ida e; I will drop 11 quartei .mil
paw will keep his foot on Ii it tit 1 1 in
'mpanj have till goue.-Cln. .1 ...
New
Her Dm. Di.lrr,
llul..-Well. Mau.ly. hyar we be 10
""ii A ui thine te wiimer ,r
uckler?
Midy-j laud. It nil... I !.. w.ini.i
I'te lew go ihr.iiigh the money iuus
lei: l'hillldelilu.l Iteeoi'il.
-lllr I'Ih.i.
I'lillidll I wiiiii in iiiinlinvi.ii li,,..v.
tut am tit a lo liou I.) n-ieiialn lo.
Ige.
iloJlU-That'- 1-a.v A.l: n... .1....1...
lud iniililpl.v Ui- a'u-wer by tlum-
llll'ttgo .NOW-.
Duiilii nf 11.
"1 I el I yon w ha I tlier.. ! tin 1 L- niif
sok for thai ymmg man."
wuyf
"He has a ulght Job in signal low
r. -Chlcii'.-n 'I'lin... 11.. ...i. 1
- ...... - .... m. I
ll Illu.lnn Kud,!, Ur.imjra,
Naoey -Thai was a li.iiri.i t.
orolby limught you.
Iltt I.. 1 ihouhi ... In.. ,,,.,11
OUnd out t was u.urk.1 to ......
llRuapoll- Jnurnal.
me i-ru-l or lb-- ennh umler .(aa
iuat Ii- ts.iiiuiaiu,.i ibln. Jud-ii
by tb nui.iU-r of .anb.pjak suil
lu that n.noirt n.... mi
j..r
TbMs' chief fea!. .InHn.. u.i.l.i. ....
. .. , . -.I.I..I III'
1 blu.s-s lake hgai 1 ,,1 ,1,,... ..... .1
, t , - t - tl' I II"--
nf '.-. Iiunit ihe . iKin and the )tr
A 111 mix 1
is n 1, i .
i. 1
a! pa , -,
1 .-. H'.i. i, gruiue hilt.
1 'to t 'n.idiiin goveiti
"I, . f Siwilainl
" f -i. s t..f uniti ,u
A LIFE SAVING PIGEC
An incident occurred recently
family oi o. v. .tiarsu, n raemlJ
the Pact He Const Pigeon sot lotyl
the smi i rancisco l.xmnltier,
prov.sl lo bliu in a most ImprJ
innniier the vnlliniile services
may sometimes be rendered by t)J
rler pigeon. Ills little baby bojJ;
tiikcn slightly sick with most
lug symptoms of diphtheria. Tuei
it, wnlclilng by the bedside of tH
lie one, dispatched n message tlodl
carrier pigeon lo her husband -I
store on Market street. In the ine.
she wrote the nature of tin
alarming Illness mid made nu
appeal for medicine to s.nc Its!
The lilin was sinricii rruin ii,G .
of (he family near the CHrt IIouiJ
miles iroin .Mr. -Mnrsns Mailiei 1
store.
The bird Hew swiftly to the
where .Mr. .Miirsli received It Uel
the iiies-age. inllcil u doctor, oxnli
the child's symptoms as his wlf.J
....... .1 I 1
tieiiiiieu inem 111 tier message q-.
celved the proper medicine Tlieil
us the Utile vial containing tin.
cine to the tall of thf pigeon, hp
go I lie nlgeoii sped nway tu-l
Hie nlr straight for the cliff, it ,
the ill-Innce, live miles, In ton ml J
r d -lunce which would have rerr
the iloclor Ihree-qtmrtei's of an hoi
inter - In 'JO minutes from the I
the mother's message wns sent ti
hiistiunil the baby wits taking the d
clue. Niitumlly enough Mr MaH
partial to pigeons, for he consMcni
he owes his baby s life to one.
The I'l.-tMtor !)t-.rn-.
It looks as though people wit In
hearts had. after nil, belter cllmS
lllghts nf stairs thmi efTect the al
b means of the lift. This court!
Institution Is becoming iililqultou-1
soar up to the topmost story oj
skyscrnplng Hat; we descend tlirl
geological -InHn to the twopenny j
by Its assistance. e thought we I
thereby saving our vltnl energlojl
Iciigtheiilng our lives. The ilc
seem to hold another opinion. I.li
tcndaiits have died sudden dci
People wllh weak hearts hate nol
ominous sensations when in thel
valor. We nre told the sudden trj
Hon from the heavier nlr nt t lie to
the lighter nlr ut the top Is extrca
ti t log to the constitution. Cvrnl
Ii.. unites uml bishops and alilermoil
now voliuilurlly trumping up
nud molding the swifter but InsliJ
route In fact, n new disease
swung Into our ken. "liftman's Iih
We have all of us been risking
iiialady without knowing IL
true mo-t people have experienced!
singular sensation of Internal colli
when the lift Hoot- sinks bcnofttb
feet, but none of us suspected thrJ
suits might be serious. livery
notion for health nnd comfort seca
bring Its particular Nemosls.-Lo-J
News.
Ilrntli lli.le In Hie llo.-r War.j
Now Hint the war Is drawing t
close we can reckon up Its ccstl
chu-eil the Itocr republic for firlS
with their lives, not to speak of I
times that number who have
wounded, many of them crippled
life. It Is u terrible record, but ti
con-ollng-lf there enn be consols!
lu such u deplorable event to it
that the mortality bus li-en less tl
was cpirled when the full streM
of the army In South Africa
known The chances of war are!
Ihe men lu 11 hundred will be kllM
battle or die of disease, but the d
lu South Africa have been only I
per hundred. This Is nearly - per
lower than the mortality In our
polcniile wurs, uml It compares fail
bly with the dentil into In sonic ofl
principal wurs of the century. W-1
Chronicle.
Turin uml Iter II.-I.U.
Paris, lu spite of lis gayetv. Is
paying city. Its llnmiccs for 1001
11 dellelt or nearlv f.'uO.OoO. This.
Ie It Is colored bv new taxation,
bring the luml debt of Paris to
71.iiNi.u)Nt. Paris owes sw--Imlf
the municipal debt of France
one-third of the local debts of all lj
hind. The debt of Paris Is twli
heavy us that of Loudon, and e
Parisian owes '.'() more than
Londoner. The explanation lies In
expen- .e government of Paris, w
Is Hie dearest of nny capital In
world. The government of Paris
.' per head as compared with W
liigton. 1; Home, f.l lSs., I.o
11 13s.: Slock holm. ;t lis.; Copi-nlA
1 IL'-.; VUmm. i 10.-,; P.erllii. 1
St. Petersburg, tOs. Hven London
s.lllli. lit II t. ri.f I,. I, tic., 1.. till. Ill
of cheap government. Loudon Cb-W
Icle.
i liller ...III I'kk-i.
A Chicago modiste who bus a h
trade nnd u bad temper was recti
brought Into a police court cl'"
w itli throwing eggs at her sert ant
servant claimed that she was late 1
the breakfu-t, nnd her mUtrss rt
Into the kitchen to uscertnlii the
son. Not being satisfied with the H
ant's evpianatlon. the modiste pi'
up a dish of eggs and hurled tuc
the girl one by one, grout splasliej
the eggs sticking lu the sen aid
and on her dress. The mistress
tiued st for each egg thrown.
M'reeU nl Uu- .M.ili.r,
All that remains of the battle
Maine Is to he taken from Havana
Ur. ThU has been decided upon
ihe uavy department on the repre?!
Hons of (loveruor Ueneral Wood, t
ays the wreck U a serious obtnH
to navigation. The tangle of pll
md beams is slnklug dceiier ami tl
r Into the mill) of the harbor an-I
lay will ouly make the work of It
nioval more dlttlcult.
iit.tr... .... i.m.t fnl
stmuas or veres of courage nnd t.
eue-fr, written on small papers auo
tsl up like powdered modulm. 0,
to be iinmllu.1 r.m.t .....1 nt.l,.vid
wornlug. Each one Is a mystery
" turn comes. And the surpff
pari of the pleasure.
The Mayflower, after her rnenon
trin arm... ..... . .. i. .I,
- iiauiic tmu i
en,,. ... . . .
... . ai hits . f -t.w Euglaca,
tuto the .,sf IriUiau co,ou ,raj
Ult i.i-f t .. . .
iu a cjcloue.