'MftCKSON'S "
PURCHASE.
sMA'BTHA M'OULLOOH WILLIAMS.
ipyrtgMB b" Martha McCulloch
.Mtt&Hg Williams.)
' jyitaUufftwo .Mary Dlekersons cauie
jfcmowflglil.'' The l'urchase knows
atcmootillo-ht Is. Otitlnu'J folk,
iver.Unuy require to bo told that It
.ajKbtp!culc lit'lil when the moon
coinltlfoii to full. It prevails from
f jyWtolSeptt'Mliur. the young people.
inUjdjlaiuc to tlicm. preferring dew
kd "-coolness ami the delicious scclu-t-iu
ofhalf lighted uooks to the crass
lid -"garish brightness of a broiling
ifbeftwo Marys were the occasion of
ds'foueV? It came off In Uncle Hob
ayiieryaril, which was level, cov
elyltlt while clover turf ami set
jCtntigiilaily with maples and honey
(fustsAll the rosebushes were strung
ItutChlueM' lanterns. Tin sconces for
iidleffiuiug against some of the tree
iSHJSPSN tl'w 'i1"8 lanterns hail been
SteuedJ upon pendulous bough".
lierHtue 1 gilts were thickest there
.enluug plank benches. lu reuioler.
7udovyTu(ioKs I tide Hob had Insisted
(onTtting camp srools In alrs.
VXiiSifcS " "lla' fl"' "" ,"mK!, 'yv"
itTfTTngl I ain't forgot that If I am mi
t lindfpld, he had Mild to Ited Mary.
"llUltwIjlkling eyes lied Mary was
JowuTnlece. -Mary Spec his wife's,
liojtwo were Ill's t cousins, ileal'
'lendSrUellghtl'ully alike, still more
llglitfully unlike and dllTerellllaled
I tluuTuths of their world according
i complexion
?Botl)lMtii.s were out In the yard.
Wlngjiilther and yonder, though It
"'as'barel.v sundown and nobody likely
) coTuTJfor an hour Major Dade had
Dnii3but he did not count, lie prop
'cdllitsTclmir back against Hie trunk
fiflTunple and let his eyes follow tho
wol-Marys Hi their while frocks and
rltterylrod ribbon I licit Itah. who
"atttUree feel away. hW chair planted
quarelyjupou lis lour feel, his elbows
;n"lilsTknees. caught the glance, set his
attfUngers together with a Utile soft
lotennl said ru in ina lit ly:
' "NIceTspan n" blood llllies."
' "Thoroughbreds clean'" the major
Jnculated, then with a sigh: "If only
uiancollltl iIii jw off lit) years' Choos
ng.ljctwecii iliem limn be a big pusude
uiSrlgirt down sorry for Itert Selby
Jpoatmy soul I ilon'l believe he knows
vb'icbThc loes best, for nil he's been
lercftrn'ry day since they came and
xlghuand S unlays thrown In!"
"Uvelhnd " ""1,or sneaking notion
lllfaIong he was In love with both.
UuclcTUob said
jMajSanaile latig
''Thejyoiiug mau
lied.
ui must remember he
ruuulng for congress In Kentucky.
lOtUtah." he said "Tell those young
idlesTfor me please, that the one who
Jon'tTtake him Is mighty apt to live to
tie.sorry for It.
I'lltold 'em so ylstiddy." Uncle Bob
returned. "Lord, how Ited Mary did
InitiriilRSlio Is the sassiest piece nl
r irTl.. 1. 1.... ..., ... .I,.. ..-m. It.
Bert
talks:!
"lFcan hardly blame her but poor
HerttjjMaJor Dade said, with a frown.
"ItjuntUi; gieatest shame, the greatest
olt'ySue was left to grow up with
tjjtfb"
thosepoor white I.Iseiibees. A liner
geuUemau than his father never trod
shoulcnther. and his fnther. Hurt's
grandfather, went to congress from
Tennessee."
"Bert will get everybody's vote If
onlyh'o gets the nomination," Major
Dade.fcoiitluued thoughtfully. "But
tlierejsjtho rub. Politics ain't what It
usedflo be, I ncle Bob not by n long
chnlkTjg Money has a heap of friends.
Yoitjilon't need to be told that. Bert
hasjjust one man to fear, Duke Wll
loughby. ami Wllloughby has money to
throvftat the birds. II u throws It, too;
cblpsmi for anything going barbecue,
pIcujcTfblg ineetlng. preacher's salary
orjmlsslouary collection. Then he has
leutfraoney to a dozm fellows who are
tujtlgbt places. Of course there has
beenjob talk of buying their Inllueiice,
b"uttuey are bound, Just bound, to do
tliehbest for hint. I tell you Wll
teuifhtiy U smart, lie has got a mighty
tnkingwnv too. If we don't look
shorpTlbcil sweep the convention"
'"And then Bert Selby Is Jest fool
enough" to pull olf his coat and work
llke?jtjnlggcr to elect him." Uncle Bob
urokefla. "Bert has had whatever he
cuos'ejto ntk for been sherlll, assem
blyman tint nil that. He Is as uiiibl
tlouTas I.utlfer One term In congress
wllljrub ol) that poor, white tang. Aft
er that well, there's no telling what
he may not be and do."
"Sister I.lscnbee to the contrary not
withstanding'" Uncle Bob nsked. with
U'Jioverlug smile. "It's amazing, but
BertTwIU stand by that oor creeter as
longfaa she lives."
jMajor Daue scowled, "tr sue n coin
lnBltTOlght. 1 shall leave ut once." he
Mld.W Uncle Bob laughed until he
Bboolrall over
jfcjYou cau't be so cruel, major!" he
sald.ferlpplug the other's arm. "Sle's
cow(u n purpose to see you. We had
to4t her couldn't think of raising a
ToWjte church by slighting n sister that
gl(nell plotting" lied Mary called
Kyly? rusl Ing at her uncle as she
cpekefoml sating his necktie straight
Suewns as roguish ns she was rosy, u
pleJof diuipled prettiness. with ver)
liriU dark eyes and a saucy tip
ItlWaftcoM nithal delicately vlrgluiil
'SoiSthlng clnlcllike. wondering, an
liUkiif the limpid gayety of her glance
SJmovcd I gUtly and spoke In u
rouM. k.lviry voice. Mary Spec. win-
b4ud had her roses powdere! i
1wtw,uin g.iwen rrccK.es. anc un
gwjfTcycs, set under the Qnct arched
titjijbri ws, and was slender euo'i':'
Wjcgrst a gold decked Illy si"i
waged lu myriads out In the old mi'1
knew Ibyor Dade is aboe plot
ly Dcwtll and the band here to- done ole Solomon'"
!f you l ad t- ld Bert Selby," Major , ...
Mary made n face at him.
"You n ie conjured, like the rest,"
she Mild. "You seem to think the world
begins iiml ends with Ilert Selby."
"It does-Hlown lu the Purchase,"
Uncle Bob said, with n gurgle. "Lord,
Bed Murj. when he Is president nnd
vnu nn old woman an old maid most
likely you'll be forever telling how
he used lo come courting you nnd have
etn saylug. 'The luck some men nre
bom to. "
"There comes Wllloughby," said Ma
jor Dade. "I see his tunning mate,
Amos Tandy. Is along too. Wonder 11
the old man, old Duke Wllloughby,
pays Tandy to run n round with this
boy of hlsV"
"Suppose yon nsk him," Bed Mary
said, with a smile of Innocent malice.
"1 cau tell you, though, so can Mary
Spec, that the two are n pair and go
nil the gaits."
"A good looking pair confound
them!" Major Dade said ns Bed Mary
ran to make them welcome. She held
out n hand to each and smiled up lu
Tandy's face. In spite of herself her
eyes fell before Wlllougliby's. She felt
rather than saw that his glance passed
over her lu search of Mary Spec, who
had slipped out of sight amoug the
shrubbery. While her hand was still
In Wlllougliby's Bed Mary caught the
sound of slow wheels.
The buggy waR big and low swung,
but spick and span. An oldish woman
drove It, n fat woman with mild blue
eyes and a happy, vacuous face. She
had on a white frock, a book muslin,
-hort enough to show her feet In slip
pers that their pudglness oveiilowcd.
tier hat, which sat awry, was a won
derful concoction of lace nnd pink rib
bons, with pinker roses nodding Jaun
tily above It. In dellance of Its youth
ful gajety there was n black baud
about her neck, clasped under the chin
with a funereal miniature. She had
black gloves, too, old fashioned lace
niltts. not on her hands, but pushed
back around her plump wrists.
"Look out, major! Sister Msenbee
has got ou nil her war paint," Uncle
Bob said In the major's car. then
aloud: "Sister Mscubce. you are a
sight for sore eyes. Howdy! Howdyl
Bless my soul! All these chits of girls
will have to git out of your way."
"I.awsoy. Br'er Mayncr! How you
do talk! I.Ike 1 was good set out!"
Sister I.lscnbee said, waddling through
the gate. "But whut If I nlr set out?
Sciipchcr tsays, don't It, that man was
made ter niouruJ But men ain't worn-
inilnuy'il"! .t ;it beside her.
en. and the good Lord knows I've been
a-mournlJig poor olo I.lscnbee better'!)
ten vear. I conic ter the moonlight
though. Jest fer nothing but not ter
hurt Slsf I.ucy Mnyner's feelings. I
didn't have no Ideeeiir of seeing the
major. I am mighty glad, though, I
have saw him. He makes himself the
skneest at our hotie ever senco he
lirouiused me one of his flue pcegs"-
"Ah, major! I always thought you
were it gay deceiver!" Amos Tandy
said, shaking his linger at the major.
"Mrs. I.lscnbee, I'm a lawyer, but have
never had a case. Won't you give mo
one? I see a first class breach of
promise suit right ahead."
Major Dade grew scatlet. Anger al
wavs set him stammering. He trlod
ii.n-d to snv something, something cool
uud withering, but not a word was In
telllglble. Sister I.lscnbee ambled up
to him and caught his nriii.
"I believe Pi my heart you're struck
uilli the slinking ngur," she said. "I
kin cvore It In three shakes of er dead
lamb's tall. All you got to do Is ter
take nnd swnller nine whole grains of
black pepper ami then hold ycr breath
while you say over yer name and iigo
backward. It Is the best thing. It
coreil noor ole I.Isenbee. and the fust
jear we lived down In the Purchase he
shuk so they used tor hear him over at
the neighbors .
Wllloughby had found Mary Spec
nnd was talking eagerly to bur. Amos
beckoned them to him. As they came
i up be said, with n nourish: ah iionor,
like a pleasure. Is doubled by sharing
It with friends. Let me present you
to a lady w horn It Is nn honor to know
-Mis. I.Isenbee. the mother of ex
Sheriff Selbl"-
"Next Congressman Selby fits bet
ter," Uncle Bob Interrupted. Major
Mini., swore silently nnd said In Ills
mind: "Of nil the low down tricks! Try
lnz to make Bert's sweetheart bellev
he Is blood kin to that blessed old eh
nhniit!"
Mary Spec took Mrs. I.Uetibee'a fat
hand between both her own anil aw
pressing it gently. "I am so glad to see
you. Mrs. I.Isenbee. Someone has been
ii.l In;? mo nbout 'mnmtiiJ ever since i
came."
"And I been a-waiitlug ter see you the
very wust way, Miss Mary Spec. Mrs
I.Isenbee sa d earnestly. "1 been a-try
IM at In r bark, was taller by half u I iUj. tur j0 jti t00i ovor hi,ucv seen how
my boy Jest couldn't eat uo wrt of vlt
ties wheu he come home frum seeing
you. That's the very shorest sign of
deep love. Why, It wus only at the last
barbecue I felt Jost as hearty untel I
teen the major go ou the stump. Then
1 ses ter Sis Sarah Jane Beasley. ra
si - said, holding out her hand rnu jaue, not n inosscl kiu I telcli-not
in, i alu.ost wish lie was not. ,.f vou wus ter stay me with uugous
1 I ak hiui to help us entlM auj comfort me with apples like they
I She stood rumluantly, topping her
at Is Just the ery meanest nUfr mull with one forefinger. Wll
!' Bed Mary Interrupted. "I i0Ughby was at hur elbow. Amos Tan
mr t w uM lie. though. . The urn ,iv the other. Bed Mary cwrtwi up i
I saul wie-n i narley Jiayner tiiem "You are a nice parcel, you rur
I they were going to have the moon- , fci,e Mid. "giving u
was Muhc sure of the ltand be- ....... without music! Dou't you know
1 you u t.Ji u ,jht.' " ., u n4 , . - cucumber without
ie begau, st It hold ng Mary bpec .. .. mur,ii.r us. i.hase," Wlllough-
by said; "at least not until you near
how turn! we tried for the baud. There
Is onlj one band, you know, that Pur-chaw-
folks inie nltout. Amos, didn't
we t'.iih try for an hour to hire or coax
or s. :ire that old nlKger Into playing
heie tulilglitV"
"Well, we must do something. I
rit'kon we can fall back ou Wevllly.
(.'an you trot?" Bed Mary asked mis
chievously.
All ulght with you for partner."
tiio snld, catching her hand.
"Partners' Partners! Partners right
now! Partners for wevllly Wheat!
Amos called aloud. "The sun Is down,
the iiioiin Is up. the flttl ought to be go
ing."
Willourhby tried to take out Mary
Spec, bin "-he shook her head. Her
eyes were I.nlf dreamy, half expectant.
he lei them rest upon the house. It
as a double log one. with shed rooms
it the lack, a wide, middle passage
iiul a diep. Iiopltnble piazza across
finni Otilj last night she had sat
upon the piar.za hearing a voice whose
limine left her soul curiously vibrant.
slie listened the moon (lowers had
kept opening all nbout her. and the
parse while honeysuckle sprays had
made the air odorous. She wondered
if she would ever again smell the tlow-
is without bringing back the thrills,
the tremor. Memory of them was half
terror, half delight. She might have
proinlscd-nnj thing, and she was free.
Daddy Do well came around the
liouse corner. His sense or dererence
never allowed him to approach "cpiall
ty white folks" by the front way. He
was Ncry tail, very black, withered.
hut hale, with a fringe of grizzled wool
around a shiny bald bead. He held n
touch hat at his side and dropped It
before prnklug. So did his son aud
Ids three grandsons, who came behind
with llddles. a banjo, a flute and n
tambourine. Dixie, the youngest
rnnddaughler. bent time upon the trl-
ingle She was small and neat and
precise In speech ns became the show
pupil of the free school.
Bed Mar.v leaned upon landy s arm,
(lushed and blight eyed, more than
ver beautiful. Wllloughby glanced
overtly from her to Mary Spec and
Imosl s ore :il himself In thinking
that lie could hut Uud himself charmed
bv the girl so evidently within reach
by ihe one of whom he had such
it hope. Still he did not ipilte
Irspalr If she had refused lilm thrice.
be hud dull) II hesitatingly, more than
.'intl.v. with eyes that had seemed to
iiv "1 am not sure of you I am not
ore of iinvlhliig."
Here Knrlj ami to Slnj-.
In the very oldest fossil bearing rocks
no Insects are found. The very oldest
fossil Is n kind of polyp, making reefs
of limestone when ns yet the Insects
had not appeared, and It "nourished
lu Canada.
The llrst Insect known to have exist
d. a creature of such vast antiquity
that It deserves all the respect which
the parvenu man can summon and of
fer to It, was- u cockroach. This, the
father of all black beetles, probably
walked on the earth In solitary magnifi
cence when not only kitchens, but even
kitchen middens, were undreamed of,
possibly millions of years before neo
lithic man had even a back cave to of
fer, with the remains of last ulght's
supper, for the cockroach of the period
to mjny. His dlsco.-ery established me
fact that In the Silurian period there
weie Insects, though, ns the only piece
of his remains found was a wing, there
has been room for dispute as to the ex-
net species.
Mr. (Joss In his preface to the second
edition of his book notes says that
what Is probably a stilt older Insect has
been found 111 the lower slluiian In
Sweden. This was not n cockroach, but
iinimrentlv something worse. If the
Latin name. Protoelmox siiunus, no m
crally translated It menus the original
slluiian bug.-Spectator.
Allliiml" Will t ('ret.
The hoofed animals, like tho horse
nnd the stag, have, strictly (.peaking,
no feet, for they wall; on their nnllH,
and their feet have become part of their
legs. The advantage seems to be n
lengthening of the stride, Just ns n
trained athlete lenrim to mil on his toes
to Increase his pace. There Is nlo the
fnither ndvantage of no soft pait to
be Injuied by contact with the ground
Some monkeys have four hands, which
must l.e n great ndvantnge lu climbing
The absence of legs ns well ns feet Is
nn advantage to many animals that
have to travel rapidly through tho
water or between the branches of trees
or other obstructions.
Legs would lie but nn obstruction to
the tadpole while he swims by menus
of his powerful tall, but when he
leaves the water legs nnd feet become
an ndvantnge. So the snake Is nblo
to creep through underwood nnd Into
small holes with far greater ease with
out legs, and even the slow worm
which seems such a helpless nnlmnl ou
lint ground, cnn creep through n hedge
with remnrkable enso nnd speed. The
rudiments of legs are to be found In
many snakes, so that there can be but
little doubt that the absence of legs
has nroved an advantage and thnt
natural selection has rumored them
Wrltlns nn Ail.
Did you erer stop to think, you whe
read the ndvertlscment in tno nowspa
pers, Just what It menus to get up tut
"ad." eery day for n big department
store? The man lu charge usually hai
a staff of assistants, who are assigned
to certain departments of the store
each day. They must famlllarlxo them
selves with the stock of these depart
incuts, while tho manager of tho ad
rertlslne department himself Is sup
posed to keep thoroughly In touch
with the entire stock of tho store He
writes the general Introduction to the
adrertlseincut each day and edits the
copy turned in to him by his assistants,
Jutt as an editor handles the copy of
his reiHirters.
"Just as much care Is taken with
this matter as though It were so much
Imperishable literature," wild the ad
vertlslng manager of n big department
store. "You kotuet lines heitr of u fa
uious author spending hours over one
jtaragwph. writing It and rewriting It
to get the lt ami strongest eiu-ci
You wouldn't think thnt would be nee-
earr In writing au advertisement
but It Is. My nsoiotauts sometimes
spend an hour over one sentence. There
Is more slence lu wrmug an auver-
tlMiii.nt that will bring results thai)
perhaps in any oiln-r f..rm of comp
sltlou. "- Philadelphia Iteoord.
MBS. GALLUP MOUUNS
A SIGN WARNS HER THAT HER TIME
HAS ABOUT COME.
So llpliTrru Sol" She Una n Little
One Slileil TntU With tier Devotrd
llmOinnd AtMiut the llnuae mid the
Tlilnga Thn Arc In It.
Coryrlglit, 1900, by C. n. LwlO
When siiimcr had been concluded,
Mr. (inllup sat down to read a pom-
phlet descriptive of the Wiggins wash-
Inc machine, and Mrs. Gallup Hung a
shawl over her head and rail over to n
neighbor's to give warning thnt the of socks, Ave collars nnil two iinnuiicr
chicken iox had broken out In a town chiefs In the bureau, and linngln up In
oulv ten miles nwny nnd would nroba- tho clothespress Is two old suits and
lily" sweep tho whole country before It
could be stnld. It was hardly a nunr-
ter of an hour before she returned, nnd
her Urst action was to pitch forward
on the lounge nnd roll over three times
before she got settled down Into n com
fortable position to do some weeping.
Her conduct ought to hnve attracted
Immediate attention, but It didn't. Mr.
(Jnllup was reading n declaration from
the solo Inventor and proprietor thnt
the Wiggins washing machine had sav.
"SI1K ni'ST INTO TEAKS.'
rd the public 1.000.000 pounds of soap
lu the last year, nnd the family clock
might have stopped without his taking
notice of It. When nbout SO sobs and
sighs and groans lind lulled to arouse
i.i... f-.. ...II.... .... .....1 cnl.l. I
him, Mrs. Gallup sat up nnd snld
Samuel, you know I went over to
see Mrs. Taylor. As she has ieven
children and Is alius willlu to lend mu
her iltitlrons, I thought It only right to
tell her that the whole ieven might be
taken down with chicken pox any mill
It. 1 hadn't hardly got my mouth open
before she bust Into tears nnd put her
arm nrouml me. She wasn't cryln on
account of the chicken pox. but on my
nccount. I had bad news for her, hut
she had builder for me. Dou t you
want to know what It was 7
Mr. Gallup didn't, lie was reading
n testimonial from the wife of a gov
ernor that the Wiggins washer had
brought Joy to her household when ev
eriihlng else had fulled, and he was
deaf to the outside world. Mrs. tlnllnp
wnlted n reasonable time for n reply
uud then said:
The news she had to tell me.
Samuel, was that I had but three days
to live. If I hadn't gone over there she
would have come oer here, as she
thought I ought to be makln ready
t hat's Mrs. Tnylor nil over. She s alius
doln suntliln for other folks, ou must
remember when Saray Ann Spooner
died? And you remember when Uncle
Goodrich wus hooked to death by a
cow 7 Waal. Mrs. Taylor had wnruin
three days ahead that both of em was
coin to nerlsh. Her clock suddenl.vi
stopped with n wiilr-r r-r. and both
hands nintcd In n certain direction. .i
.1 o'clock this afternoon the clock snip
ped agin nnd the hands p'lnled right
inu-nnl our house. That meant me.
lu three days from now I'll bo sallln
i,i ..i.inin. tin. elomlH."
.Mr. Gallup didn't dispute It. He was
rending that the Wiggins wnsuer
tt-n.ilit iln i lie work of ten wouieii nt
tin. u-nKiibonrd. nnd he was giving the
Inventor credit for being a bigger man
than l T. Bariium or Dan Bice.
I'm glad It's come, Samuel," con
Untied Mrs. (Jnllup In more cheerful
tones. "You know I hev bin expectln
to die nny uiiiiit ror me nisi
years, and It tins kinder kept me u
sot. You'll be glad, too, because you
don't like the smell of camphor and
mustard nlnsters nroiind. ion may
feel n tittle luuesome for two or three
days nfter I'm gone, but with playln
checkers, gout to the oeiiiuin society
and lookln around for n second wife
vouil soou chirk up and git your nppe-
tlto back. I ain't golu to nsk you who
vou shall take for your second wife,
but before I go 1 want to mis witn
you about tho house. Will you talk
with tne. Samuel7"
Mr. Giillup refused to commit him
self. That Wiggins wash' r wus being
f,old for $10 when other uud Inferior
machines were foisted on the public nt
$15, and he wns saying to hlmseir that
Wiggins ought to have the gratitude of
the nation Mrs. Gallup shisl seven or
eight tears, cauitht a sob between her
teeth and went on:
"In tho llrst place, the oven door to
the stove need a new hinge it got
broke seven ycurs ngo. but I have got
along with It as to sine expense.
Then the snout Is broke off our two
quart pitcher, and the bundle Is off the
gallon Jug If I w koiii to siny rigut
along on earth, I shouldn't tell you
that we ought to hev n new wi of ten
spoons or (but there are three holec lu
the dlihpnii. but liu golu fur. fur
nwuv. nnd voiii second wife won't put
uu with things I hev We nre Mill
sleenln on the suine feather Ited ninth
er gave tne uli we was mini nil und
the feathers ought to net new iickin
If 1 was to IHc on. I could mnke the
old sheets do fir n icnr more; but
us It Is. I gi"' jouil het to bu) at
i,.,.t Vim oimlit tn hev Mini' nil
Inrsilim to-. Down cellar you'll Und
half a Imrrel f soft np. two Jar of
poach pickles and six gallons of apple
butter. I hope our second wife will
bu as careful of 'em nn I hev bin.
Many a time I hev wan led a ponch
pickle lu the middle of the afternoon,
but I wouldn't K" down artcr It and be
a pig. Did 1 le'l you Hltout the elder
vinegar. Samuel i
Mr. Gallup wus holding his breath
out the stin.-ineut that the Wiggins
washer wurhed shirt far the got ern
or of AriU'iia in l;l seconds, uud of
course In li in t answer
'"Ihe fidtr tincgnr ain't no good.
it
Samuel. It dldu t wrk. and you might
as well throw It nwny. Before you
marry ng'ln you ought to fix the lenk
In the roof, git n new pump for the
well, whitewash the kitchen and buy
n new mop handle. First wives can
clt along most any way nnd mnke one
mop last for 20 years, but second wives
becln to kick right nwny. l aurt teiiin
vou these things because Pin Jealous,
Samuel, but because It's my duty ns a
dyln wife. I don't want you to hev to
co huutlii the house nil over nfter I'm
gone to find things. Bemeniber, your
dyln wife, who hain't nsked you to buy
her a hnlrpln for 17 years, tells yon
that you'vo got three shirts, four pairs
one old hat. In the top drawer of the
bureau you'll find n piece of crape for
your hat, and In the bottom drawer Is
some farewell verses I writ out n year
ago. 1 don t owe none oi uiu iiajiiuia
no ten or coffee or sugar, and none of
em owes me anything. Now, thnt s oil,
and If .vou want to kiss me nnd sny
vnn'rn snrrv I've col to go nnd hope I'll
watch over you, why, then I'm ready."
She looked full at Mr. Gallup for the
first time. His eyes were still glued to
.1... ........ .1.1... t ...no ulnlnd Hint tint
Willi liuillllllll-l. fc '" "(v
Wiggins washer was SO constructed
thnt It could be attached to a potato
sllcer or an npple pnrer and no reader's
Interest could help but grow.
Mrs. Gallup waited GO seconds for
nn answer, and then ns nono came she
I softly rose up and went out Into the
kitchen nnd began to get things ready
for breakfast. She had been gone ten
minutes when Mr. Gallup smiled. He
didn't smile because ho heard her sing'
lug a verse of "The Old Oaken Bucket,'
but because Mr. Wiggins finished his
pamphlet with the declaration that no
mntter who wrote the poetry or
Am-rlcn. he proposed to wash the
shirts of the nation.
M. Qt'.t.
AN ENDURING CURSE.
I'ninoiiN IZnutlftti rnnitly Tluit I
Inliril li l-'lre unit Wntrr.
The attempt of the Mldhurst district
council to convert the famous "Cioso
Walks"-four old yew nvenues-nt
Cowdray, In Sussex. Into an arrange-
inent of sewage tanks recalls n creepy
story of a fullllled curse. At the dlsso-
liitlon of the inonnsteiies Sir Anthony
nm......n I,,,l .,f llnltl.. All.
. . r)o (f i.:SHUiriK, the
.r.T . I
,,..,.iai. in ...i.inii Hi., i-niiiu ,if Pim-iii-nv
nre situated, and according to a pic-
tiiresiiue tradition one of the monks
,..-u.i i, I.., i, i, u f,.,... nnil in-ni.iii.Hli.il
that "bv fire and wnter" his race
oi... ..i.i i.,.rM, ..nt nf li.,. limit wimt I
" "-
foundation there may be for the story
no man can sav. but umiuestlonably
the Brownes did so perish,
George Samuel Browne, eighth Is-
count Montague nnd owner of Cow
dray, who was engaged to Miss Coutts,
sister to Lady Burdett-Coutts' mother,
was drowned In the falls of Laufeti
burg In I'M. Tho messenger who
brought the news to nuglaml met one
going to Germany to Inform Lord Mou
tngue thnt Cowdray had been biirnedl
He wns succeeded by a distant rein
tire, n Boinnn priest, who wus dls
pensed from his vows that hu might
...,. ..,! .milium Mm line, lull lie
died a few mouths nfterwnrd and tho
HI.. I.i.nni.u. ..vllnr-t. Tin. I'slntes went I
to the drowned viscount's sister, whose
two sons were drowned together nt
Boguor In 1815. It Is a weird story.
London Chronicle.
Trtrt! to ItnUr the Pratt.
A rciiiarknblo attempt wns made In
Deiiiiinrk recently lo bring back to life
n man who had died In u hospital. The
e.xpcilmcnt. was measurably successful,
as resuscitation was effected several
hours after the man was pronounced
dead. Dr. Mnng. who was In charge,
was unable to maintain life, however,
The patient had died from typhoid
fever, und Dr. Muag decided to try an
experiment. Bcsplrutlon lind ceased
completely nn.i tno notiy was com. m-
reel mussage ot uiu iiemt its.n ....
to. The chest was cut open directly
over the heart, and through the In-
el-don the physician passed his hand
uiui seizeu nn- ii.i.n. ..u . u... ..........
n series of compressions, und lu u short
tlmo tho heart commenced to work of
Its own nccord. Tho action of tho
heart gradually became stronger, but
the mail had not commenced to
breathe. Only lifter the heart hud
been lifting half uu hour did the llrst
gasp for nlr come.
Tho intlent was then assisted In
this for nbout nn hour until finally he
was able to breuthe quite freely. At
the same time his cheeks began to ns-
su u natural color. He lay lu this
condition uuoliier nair nour, nut witn-
out regaining consciousness or appear
ing to feel the effects of tho Incision.
Then there wns a reaction und respl-
ration censed, although the heart con
tinued to net eight hours longer. A
second effort wns made to Induce heart
action, but without result.
The SlirlnUiiKr ul Him In ml.
With regard to the earn coast a snrry
story has to be told, the county or
Yorkshire, for Instance, from lirldling-
ton to Spurn Head, has been disappear
lug. it Is calculated, nt an average rate
of six feet it year. It Is said that cure-
ful observntlon of n certain li: mile
stretch shows that the cliffs 10 feet
high hare been eaten away by the
wares for 111'-' feet lu 10 years. It Is,
how erer. nt Siiiirn Head that the great-
out rurngus bate taken place.
tint vllhipi lift
1a Vl.,r ,.,-, m.r spurn Head,
sent more than one member to par-
llnmetit: In KIP!) and 1171 Henry IV
and Udwnril IV, rosicetlrcly, landed
thure. but very soon lifter the tatter's
visit the entire town was swept away
bv the sen. Today Ihe village of Kiln,
sen nlone stands upon the head: the old
site of the village, once a fuir place on
n hill, with a lino old church, destroyed
bv the waves lu lbL'O, Is now ome
hundred of yard below high water
mat k. and when New Kllusen Joins It
the sea and the Humlier will not take
long to destroy the entire promontory
I ..... L-.i ll.lli.ru titl-v iiiiiilensntit ut
I'iMij... U'm-ilii
...HI ii,..n. -w "
in IMS) tho Indian canoe was practi
...iir tin. onlv floating vehicle on the
grout lakes, which hold one-third of nil
the fresh water in the worm, 'rouuy
the lake licet numbers bcvcrul thou
sand steel steamers, with 70 bhlpyurds
on the shores of the lakci to add cou
stnutlr t th" number.
WEST WIND.
tin go by. ttiounh is itt m long to
Ininurv tittrt.
t ttai fcfllng wntent lul nlM bttote Hit winj
orow
A wind Item the rainy wct, tossing the wci,
green bouglni
It cillcd me nd mocked mei It filled loiil
with IhouMiid oc.
0 lnd from om the Kt, otce trom der Und
lost,
Why need you ieek me here, viking the old
time pilnl
ture mf lt i, i,lrj enough! there la not much
joy to ir-ires
heirt mmt bre.l or lonow I. you c... m.
tile thlt Igllnl
0 wind trom icrow the wive, wet with the wild
ice. itiray.
Were I but tree, like you, t never would nk li
roam
from the dirllng lind you left ind the ccnt o
the helh did hllUl
I'm JOU wiim w .-.j -
horn the Mill ot hornet
Winifred I'ltton tn Spectitor.
GREASE AT LAUNCHINGS.
OlK Cost of Oeltlnit n llnttelili Into
the wnler.
"The mere act of getting a war ves
sel Into tho wnter costs n lot of money,
time nnd trouble." said nn engineer.
upcnklng of the recent launching of
several new torpedo bonts. "I spent a
year nnd n half In the designing room
of the Cramps' yard," ho continued,
"and happen to know what I nm talk
ing about. Ot courso the launching or
n little torpedo boat Is comparatively
easy, and the cost Is not over n few
hundred dollars. Including uowcrs aim
souvenirs nnd even tho bottle of chain-
pagno used in tho cm isicuuig. mo
when It comes to n rug nm oieu u umi
or n llrst class battleship it is n i orse
of n tlllTerciil color, nun uiu ncium ,-
pense seldom inns tieiow .,,ww u.
000. I've known it io go ns oign
s.ww.
"The blllllllllg of tllO WIU'S for the
ship t slldo down over Is tho main
I .1 ... ...... ttl i-i.nallll.
Item, nnd then comes tno gii-nsing.
Every Inch of timber over which the
vessel slides must no covcrcu u u . ..
hiiennt. Different firms uso dllTercnt
substances, nut soap nun uuiuw .... ..
the ma n Ingredient ot mem mi
.. . i .. i - e i,f
the urnmps we us .
tallow nnil n layer or son boui-, . .
taken nllogelher, between 1 nnd Ui
tons of the stuff were required to put n
move on the average battleship. Ihe
tallow Is spread on llrst to the depth
of nbout three lingers, nud the work
men use big lint trowels to make tin
surface as smooth ns possible. Then
they pour over the soft soap, which Is
Just thick enough to run. or nbout tho
consistency of tar.
s n general thing, the doilblu coat
ing answers tho purpose ndmlrably,
and the ship glides Into the wnter ns If
It WHS sailing Oil lllr. If It Sticks, nS
has happened In n few discs, It Is likely
to Hill' llg some or IIS pinios. null ncce
dents of that kind nre so costly that
nothing Is spared io nveri tiicin. iu-n
Orleans Times-Democrat.
A Mlssloiuirr Antidote,
,V great cloud of murky Mersey fog
enveloped Liverpool harbor nnd tliu
nasseiigers on the tiny tenner couui
hcnrcely see the shape of tho great
liner close beside them which was Just
weighing anchor for Bombay. On the
quarter deck of the steamship were 50
missionaries of both sexes pound out
wnrd on a mission to convert the heath
en. T ier were singing u iiivorne gos
pel hymn nud ns the sound of their
voices Honied across tho water one nf
the passengers on the tender, a tint n li
fnctun,r fmm ninnlnghain. suddenly
. , . . .
, ....ki,. liisiilrlng. nl
,, .,.I.,1,..11 uii,tv' i.m exclalined
,iro,,llln(; t,,r n, nn li nt the same
t 1 1 1 1 1 c. "I wouldht 'nve missed seeing
(,101 10,)I( CI.,,lllu,.lH KMl; mit to meet
their fate In the Held of foreign nils
slons not for 5 note. I woiihln t.
"Hare you nny rclatlres among
them 7" nsked iinother passenger syni
iiathetlcully,
"Oh. no; no relatives." wniieii tnr
man from Bliinlnghain. "But we nru
nil brethren lu religion, nnd Ihe sight
lf t,((,r (it,lmi.,,. touched mo deeply
I shall pray ulght and moiiiiiig unit
their ship may have n safe passage,
"But If you're not related to any or
them I don't quite see why you're no
anxious." snld u tllppaut young man
"Missionaries sail for India almost nny
day."
"Yes." replied the man from mr
mlnghnii), assuming n more business
like tone, "but It Isn't every day lu the
week thnt I've got such nn Interest in
n ship's cargo. I'd be pleased to hnve
you know, young mail, Unit III the hold
of that ship Is a consignment of 6.000
idols which I have just snipped to one
0f tho native princes."-uxchiiiige
t:tlnu- itnlltiny iron
Iron for tho blood has evidently been
prescribed for tho quails of i-loridii: in
least, these birds ore eating steel rails
on tho tracks of the sugar belt near
Jtunnymede. Tho report, which Is well
authenticated, does not charge (lit1
quails with actually swallowing the
rnllii lint It flnf'M Kin Hint tliov nidi
away their particles wburerer they tlnil
a rusty spot where tney are loosened,
From severui points In tho mute
comes tho report of holes found In steel
rulls, and In cases they are Inrge
enough lo seriously weaken the nut
terlal. Wi.ero a rusty spot starts und
Is picked out, It naturally holds moU
ture, continues to rust, to be ngaiii
picked out, and so tho work of destrue-
tlon goes on,
Hallway engineers really bellovu that
tho quails take the Iron toule because
they aro not well ami Und that It re-
Hove their distress.
I
I . ....
linmnoo uiicr ihiikcs uiisoiuieiy in
best copying paper thcro Is, and the
bauilioo paper is muiio inmost excm
slrely In Japan. I'or Unit reasotl-slin
ply because tliey liuve tne raw mnteriai
aim wu uuve not wo nny u grein wi
of copying paper lu Japan, uud the Jap
anese, ou tho other hand, buy large
quantities of different kinds of paper
from u.
BLAKE,
MOFFITT
& TOWNE
Itnpurmra and Di utin In
tiook, n.w, n I
Wrltlna nnd
WrnpplnlJ,.,
OAHO 8T00K
STItAW A Nil IlINUr.US' IIOAHI)
fir.-S7-J"".l . Klrst St.
Ti. Main 109. 1.1 SAN KltANCISi;)
THE ELK
Nicely (urnlnhpd mom
tiy thviliiy.ut'ukoruioulh
ou milto or slnKlc, nt re
duced rules. Ilouw Ims
th-cu thoroughly reum at
cd. No pulns srwriit to
iimUo visitors trom tho eountry to the city com
fnrtiibto uud nt liomo diirlni; thrlr uluy. Tiikn
Suttorstrcet cars t ferry luudtng.
R'iO ltimh Street, Sjm Pi-iiucIkco
MltS, K M. ItAMBKY, Proprlotor.
Oulnhio Islily.'urslM'tilnd. Colds do not tio-
hau to bo euiliirid Mkniiki. s uvnami.- Tah
CI.Ks (nulled il n.iiiilc from iln ir uurrK i crowd
c wceVs ordinary troatu.. tit Into liHuiursund
uliort tlio uurnl of coldi uw r nlnlit.
"It was the worst ca-.ii of nils I ever lind. A
halt doton friends had sine cun-s. HtlU It lulim
ou. lli'iird of tho 1)VN.M. TAM-t.ui. To ink
atnnrruwut tliey Htoipoi twin iiuit ana coiikii
tno nrii uitfiu. i eiuiorsn nun ri-coiiiiiicnr
llii'in to mo people iiaiu-i.w iikni.ky, i.i
MuiubiT (XitiureiH und Atloruey 111 I Sannoiii
Street, Sail r'rnnetseo, .1 ily ", Iwo
Winter colds hao nlnns been si-rlou
thlui!s Io iiib. Tliey urti hard nnd flay to
iiiiinlliH. Hut Ih" Inst was Hopped Middrnlr
hV MDMil.l. H IlVNAMli; CAIIt'l.llH. 1IOIII COIIRIl
ami colli dUapHari'd In a couple of days. No
thtiiK elo din's this for urn " Mlir. KuMI I,
IKil. I. IN, it .Moss Ml , miii i- rnuriscn. iug.u, in
1 11(0 across tho street from horn tKll:l.,s
IIVN.Mtr Taiiim.ks am iniidn. 'Hint Is how 1
Mm I tooli t liein. Tliey slop colds w 1 1 lion t not Ice
1 took a doieii lioxe w till mo for self and fi If hu
wher. I vteut to Nnnin ' II. I.. VAN WI.nki.i-.
Cupltallst, :ill7 W'liHilngtou Street, San Fran-clm-ii.
.liiinil 10, llHll.
Sent mistpald for 'Jfi rents In stumps b
INI, AND liltl'll CD . Wll Washington Sireot.
8.iu Frunclnco, Alxo ou sulu lir our local ugent
Ppinteps'
Snaps.
Koobet News Ciihch.
Wo have several liuinlrixl pairs of fust
casus. They are a Irlllu smaller than
full slm worn used by two leading
dallies lieforo I.lno's camo lu. Thoy are
lust tho sire lo facilitate coniHHltliii
In perfect order. Mf ly cents per pair
line Got'don .lobbcf.
New stylo, HxlU, stvond-liand, with
tlirow-olf: In llrst-class roiulltloii. tliu
Hide stoum llxtures and Is one or the
I Hist secouclliaiid press'is wo luno had
for a lout! time. Iilsusuap.
Kccoiid-linml Cylinder.
s.. ooluinn nuarto. Will work IsiU at
hour. A barKutn for u country dully.
Some Hotly nnd DlHplny Typo,
lias not seen ouu month's use. Soma ol
It h.irdly stained. Hocoud-hutid prices
PACIFIC SHIES TVPE FOUKDHV
508 Cliiy Street, S. V.
Wlnil it I'll I. -lit t'oats.
Ill the course of Its progress through
the olllee up to the Issue und mailing
of n patent, suys 13. V. Sinalley In The
Century, nn application passes through
the hniids of 5'.' persons. An nppllciiiit
pays $15 to have Ids claim examined,
and In case he Is granted a patent an
additional fee of $'J0 Is required. At
torneys charge from $L'5 up. according
to tho work demanded by the cuses.
nnd ns tho applications number nbout
10,000 yearly It will be seen that then.
Is n good deal of money to bo divided
nmong the patent lawyers whose slgm
cover the faces of the buildings In tliu
vicinity of the patent olllee.
An Inventor Is not required to em
ploy nn attorney, but probably HO out
of 100 do. In simple cases where there
Is no Interference with prior claims an
Inventor can almost ns well deal direct
with the government, but In most enses
tho knowledge of the lawyer Is valua
ble. He can study other Inventions In
the same Hue nud knows how to make
tho claim of his client broad enough to
cover nil that Is new and valuable and
not so broad as to bo rejected.
Tlir I'luee to Wnuli lilm.
On one occasion nn M. I1, of a past
generation not noted for his habits of
personal tidiness wus visiting n seasldo
place, nud one day while out In n boat
with a stilling parly he wns swept over
board, but was hiippliy rescued. When
the exclt cut wns over, a young fel
low rushed down Into the enblii.
"Ily Jove," he exclalined, "we'vo
been having such nil exciting time on
deck!"
"What Is If" nsked everybody.
".Mr. Blank was washed overboard."
"I'm glnd of It." snapped n fastidious
matron.
Everybody was horrified.
"Well, I nm." she explained. "Just
think of (but man being washed on
board." London Answers.
Ono Vlrtv of Our Women.
American women separate them
selves more each year from tho life of
tho 'country and affect to smile at any
of their number who honestly wish to
be of service to tho nation. They, like
tho French nrlstocnicy, nre perfectly
willing, even anxious, to UU agrccablo
diplomatic posts at tlibt class forelgu
capitals, and are naively astonished
when their offers of serrlco are not ac
cepted with gratitude by the authori
ties at Washington. Hut let a husband
propose to his better hnlf somo huinblu
position lu the machinery of our gov
ernment and seo what tho lady's
answer will be. A Now York woman
was transplanted to n western city,
where shu was told that "the ladles of
the placo expected her to become their
social leader." "I don't ce anything
to lead." wns tho amiable response.
From F.IIot Gregory's "Worldly Ways."
Hlmi!lt-lt- lit I'uncraU.
Tho simplicity which tnnrked the
ancient Jewish burial ceremonies has
much to commend It oven to us. Tho
Inexpensive colllu nud tho uniform
linen shroud served to emphasize tho
equality of nil In death. Aa things aro
today tho rich tax their brains to In
vent uuw funeral fineries nud tho poor
Impoverish themselves tu keep up with
their wealthier uolghbors. Jewish
American.
id. He felt It tremble llghtlr Bed