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this poo. fool | brought Into tlie world clergyman's daughter, and 1 recognised wauu to uiarry a low down girl over it. even though I did uot quite see why there lu the hollow, without a second they had come to Strathboro for this gown to het back and no more ralslug purpose. than one of my heifers.” Jimmy began explaining at once. He Jimmy did not stir gave un array of reasons for bis pres "If he could get himself up to tell me ence here, of which I seemed to be of (Copyright, 1900, by Th« Century comp«ny.J so, he’s likely told everybody else first. fered my choice. He did not want any Idleness I .got In me it curiosity to You ueedu't say nothing I don't want of the preachers around his home to see Ellen I id. so one day I asked jim to know what you know or what you Incur his mother’s eumity by perform don't, but I want to tell you—you are ing the ceremony; he and Ellen felt my to take me to visit her. “I'll be proud to do It." he replied, young and foolish that you've done a like coming to see me; they thought a without explaining whom his pride tight cruel thing If you’ve given Idin little Journey would be nice, and he de complimented. When he next went to encouragement In Ids folly, or if you sired my brother's advice about some mill. 1 went along and was put down at ever do. I can't believe he ever would matter of business. Ellen put in that they did uot want the door of the little log bouse below have named such a thing to me If somebody like you hadn't give him me to Incur Cousin Betsey’s wrath the hill. either; they had come to see me, but “There’s no need of lettin her know some sustainment.” I felt a guilty thud in my breast as they’d go to the house of the preacher you are comln," .Jimmy had told me. “for she and the house is always as those lumluous pale eyes fixed them I should recommend. They hnd. as I said, the air of people spick and as span as all the comp’ny in selves upon me. 1 had not meant to give encouragement, but I saw now about to be married, but with a curious the world could make ’em." The bouse stood an eighth of a mile that Cousin Betsey was probably right reversal of parts. Jimmy was full of back from the road, and a wagon track and that my liking for Ellen had help the cheerfulness of a storm tossed led up to and away from It In a wide ed Jimmy to the courage shown in this traveler who lias found port, while semicircle worthy a drive before a pal declaration. He hail un Immense re poor Ellen';» bearlug expressed the awestruck sense of responsibility ace. It was all unfenced, the wild gard for my opinion. "James," she said, "look at me,” Jim which generally oppresses the brlde- greenness pressing up to the doorway. As we approached a tall, broad shoul my raised a haggard, pain dazed face. dered young woman came to the low. “James, I'm going to say before Adeline open door. I had time to take a good what I've told you I'd do If you won't give up this—girl. Will you give her look at her, and it wus a pleasant ex up?" ercise. She stood with one hand on Jimmy half gasped. “Mother,” he her ldp. in an attitude of such sim began, then stopped; a dead silence. Its plicity rtud ease as the rustic obtains tensity was painful, like a physical sen only in his most uncorrupted estate. ration. "Mother, if you’d just know Iler smooth, dark hair was parted nnd her, If’— brought down behind iter ears Into a "I knew her father and mother be knot of eminent decency; her features fore her, before you was born. My were good, strong, rather large and father kept her grandfather from were set off by a tine ruddy complex starving to death. More’s the pity, since ion. She came out to the wagon as we It brings this shame upon me now. stopped and put up her hand to Jimmy. Iler mother was a nameless brat. 1 “Howdy,” she said not smiling, but know her enough.” fixing her gray eyes upon him with “No'tn, no’tn; you don’t. Ellen's not what was like maternal tenderness. them. She’d make the best wife”— “Howdy. Miss Ellen,” Jimmy an "Much you know or care about her swered. equally grave. "This is my making a good wife. You can't take cousin. Miss Addiugton Miss Tod. me iu. You're in love with her." Cousin Adeline.” "No’tn; no, maw. I’m not that be “I wanted to stop off and stay with witched”— you, if I might, while Ji.niny goes to "Will you or won't you give her up?” mill.” Jimmy staggered to his feet and to "II he marrie» that 'jtrl he tn no tun <> "I’m pleased to see you,” said Ellen mine.” the door. Tod. “Walt, ami 1'11 bring a chair for "Mother, mother,” he repeated slowly groom. 1 seated them in the dining you"—a chair to help me alight. under bls breath as If it were a sort of room at such a lunch as Aunt ’Merky Jimmy was right as to the spickness was able, in her phrase, to “scare up" prayer. and spanness of Ellen and her house. and went Into a place apart to com "Stop,” she said. “Adeline"—she Her lunate superiority was shown lu took me by the arm—“I say to you that muñe with my own mind. her dress, which was of that standard My brother nnd his wife were away. If lie marries that girl he Is no son of dark purple calico which knows no mine, and I’ll never treat him as one, I was alone In authority. How could north, no south, and It was made with I turn out these waifs to get married dead or alive.”, out a furbelow anywhere. It was a Tlie door closed behind Jimmy, and In the desolation of a strange parson model of the chief garment of modern Cousin Betsey sank into a chair and age parlor when I felt sure that a womatt reduced to Its simplest ele let her hands fall as they would, one in touching gravitation toward sympathy ments. but It was beautifully clean her lap and oue at her side. I knelt be was all that had brought them so far? and was perfect in Its way, even the side her and tried to stanch my tears. Here was a chance to play a little part unrelieved band around tlie neck being Cousin Betsey had all a man's prefer In a romance, to manage, to be Impor becoming to so handsome a column. ence for an unemotional atmosphere, tant and benevolent. That touchstone of the southern house 1 became Infected with the passion nnd the first thing she said was to tell keeper, the hearth, was swept so dean ate reasonableness characteristic of all me to bring her knitting. that its scoured stones attracted the “Oh, why. why,” I said, "did you say the principals In the affair. I said: eye. and the big bed in one corner of “Brother Arthur Is away; lie’ll not such a terrible tiling?” the room was radiant in brilllnnt “I said It because I thought It would have to bear any of the responsibility. patch work. After I entered Ellen re stop him if anything would.” she an They are going to get married anyhow. turned a moment to the wagon and swered, with a firm mouth, though her Cousin Betsey can’t hurt me. and, aft shook hands with tlie departing Jim fingers were a little shaky as she han er all. Jimmy Is quite right about It. my. who was to return In a couple of dled her needles. Ellen will make him a beautiful wife. hours. For that time Ellen and I were Go to. 1 will be a patroness!” ' "But If it doesn’t?” left to each other’s uninterrupted so After the ceremony—besides the “If It doesn't, he knows what to look ciety, for her father was away nt servants In the doorway only the most for." work, and she and be composed tlie “Cousin Betsey, I’ve seen her. She sentimental old lady In the village and family. She was a charming hostess, seems nice. I believe she would be a myself witnessed It—Ellen had a little full of hospitality and with an effort good wife”— experience which I trust has never less gift of silence almost equal to “Adeline, get up! I don't want to been repeated. She broke down from Jimmy’s own. hear any more foolishness. I’m the her usual caretaking, all sustaining, Site took my hat. allowed me to sit one that's likely to know who'll make maternal self Into a frightened, help In the back doorway, which looked out a good wife for my son If It's u good less woman who wanted to be com Into the near woods, and brought me a wife you are both so bent on. I’ve forted by somebody stronger than her glass of.cool buttermilk from the buck taken care of him a good many years.” self. She dropped down upon the sofa et St) file spring. My soul was satisfied “Don’t you love him? Don’t you and began to cry softly upon Jimmy s when she got out a Idg spinning wheel want him to be happy?” shoulder. Poor Jimmy felt then that and went to work. I woudered if slie “Of course I do. That’s why I’ve matrimony was Indeed a strange estate spun when Jimmy came ami was In done what I could to stop tills thing.” whose mysteries developed with In dined to think that no woman could The needles were clicking well by credible promptness ami In the most be ignorant of the charming mstlietlc this time. unexpected ways. He looked so piti possibilities of the occupation. I could “But If he marries, and you do as fully bullied nnd bewildered that Ellen Imagine Jimmy sinking Into a deep and yon say, you'll make him miserable.” when she saw his face straightened up deeper daze of pleasure as he watched "I'll do what 1 say. I've liajj to say Into her more characteristic phase and It for his good, anil I’d have to do It slipped her baud into his to comfort not to be a liar. Howsouiever, there’s Idin. It was not a traditional bridal no use living through the thing before scene, but It seemed to me a very natu It happens. I don't seem to see Jimmy ral and touching one. There was nothing for Jimmy to do getting himself up to go and disobey me. He’d never have the spunk.” And of course but to sink to the station of a Cousin Betsey, with that almost appall renter. He went In on shares with his ing good sense so characteristic of her, father-in-law that year and lived in the insisted on returning to the serene tone neat little cabin I had visited. My brother recently passed through of everyday life. She treated Jimmy for the 24 hours that I was still with that part of the county, and he reports them lu exactly her usual manner, that Betsey has taken the surprising which was placidly kind, so far as it but simple course of treating Jimmy as was anything, though It took less ac she might treat any poor neighbor count of him as an Individual entity whom she had long known, even let than probably even the humblest of us ting him land on good though not un businesslike terms, but never breaking in Ids place would have preferred. Jimmy was much depressed, but he either the letter or the spirit of her was in awe of his mother and felt vow. Amos thinks this suits both moth bound to pull himself together and re er and son admirably. As for Jimmy, spond to her attitude as far as possible. he says he has more confidence of It was an evident relief to hint when manner than of old despite his social lie and I were once more started on fall and that he wears such a look of horseback for the station, nnd he was contentment as any other woman in at liberty in tlie woods to be as misera Cousin Betsey’s place would sorely re ble as he liked. He longed to have me sent. After a four years’ experience of El do something for him, he did not know the swift, light moving figure passing what—say something, suggest some len as a wife the one conviction of Jim- to nnd fro while tlie big wheel whirled. thing—nnd he turned his doglike brown mv's life seems instifled. I tried to get up tlie courage to talk to eyes upon me with a heartbreaking Merer Y, nmiea Hereeir, her about Jimmy, but I couldn't. She force of nppenl In them. But I was too Benevolent Old I.ady (to little girl)— was too big mid grown up; she made conscious of the gravity of the situa My little dear, do you wash your face me feel too small nnd light minded. tion to venture a word upon It. While ami hands every morning? She actually smiled at me. however, we were waiting, however, on the lit “No, mum." when the wagon returned. I felt now tle platform, with the falling leaves “Good gracious! That's perfectly as If a handshaking all around were fluttering around us, he broke forth: dreadful. Do you wash your face In justified, for It seemed ns If 1 bad "Cousin Adeline, you can see what a the middle of the day?” spent n pleasant, dreamy, drowsy life good wife Ellen would make for me, “No. mum.” time In that buck door. can't you? You needn't say anything—I “Dear me! When do you wash your ”1 ain't very lively company; 1 never know you do; any one has got to that self?” was.” Ellen said ns 1 put on my hat, knows her. It ain't that I'm in love “I never washes.” scarcely apologetically, but ns If the with her, like maw said. But I don't “Horrible! It is shocking how de fact were tin undeniable drawback. see how I can let Ellen go. I don’t see praved the lower classes are! I must She took Jimm.v some buttermilk—he how > —in " organize a society to see that children 1 longed to probe his consciousness to did not leave the wagon--and I delayed are properly washed. Tell me, little see if any perception of obligation to my appearance while he drnnk It. one. do you really never wash your "I don't know ns I’ll ever see you Ell. n could be aroused to re-enforce bls self?” again," she said, as she gravely gave abiding sense of the necessity of Ellen “No, mum. Mamma washes me every me her hand, "but I'm glad you come, to Idin, so It was just as well that the morning.” rickety little engine came meandering and I wish you well. Take care of your self.” she said as we started. Including ii round tie corner just then. Lenve Collectors Needed. me in the kindly gaze she turned on takings and responses to the cordial, Weary Waddleton—De wurld owes hospitable greetings of the conductor us fellers a llvln. Jimmy. 1 did see her again, but before the occupied all the time I felt Justified In Willie Wontwork—Dat's right, but second meeting Cousin Betsey had delaying the other passengers, and I Its orful slow pay. Wot our perfeshun learned of her as a possible daughter- left without committing any new In needs Is a collection agency.—Ohio in-law. I came In from a tramp the discretions. State Journal. One day In the following April 1 was day before I left, and found mother In the old flower garden, wholly ab son ch*»'* ’ a terrible nnd - ‘"nt- The first royal speech transmitted by ous Interview. Poor Jimmy was sit sorbed In the care of the camomile bed, telegraph was that delivered by the ting In his mother's room with his bow when one of the servants came out to late Queen Victoria when she opened ed bend supported in Ids bands nnd his me. saying that there was "some parliament on Nov. 15, 1837. The speed every line expressing crushed suffer mighty cur’us ’pearln comp’ny up to de of transmission was 55 words • min ing. but withal hardly so limp as might house” and that they asked for mo. ute. I did not, to tell the truth, think of have been expected. The little master •tone n Helle*. ful mother stood with her knotted Jimmy nnd Ellen, but when I found Husband - What do you do wbeD you them the moment my eyes fell on them hands on the back of a chair in front of till your thumb with a hammer? You her, gazing nt her boy with a touch of It seemed as If I had been expecting fnn't swear bewilderment In her pale, stern, law- them nil along. They hnd refused to go Wife—No: br.t I can think with all Into the house nnd wore wnltlng for me yerllke fnee. li.v might nnd main what n perfectly on the bnck "gallery. ” As 1 came up 1 started back from the door 1 had their horses were just being led off to I irrld. mean. Inconsiderate, selfish opened. I rute you are not to drive the nails "Come In, Adeline," sh^sald; “come the stables. The look of people about rourself.—New York Weekly. In. Like as not It's no news to you that to be married was upon them. I am a WASP STINGS. DEPTH OF A RAINFALL. People M Iio lime Hied From tlie hit- fecls ot Them. Th*- Metliotl l>> Which It I* U’l'urftle- ly Mi-axuml In an article oil the stings of wasps i British medical Journal cites the two following cases which bate come un Jer its notice: A strong, healthy girl of was stung on the neck by a wasp and fainted, on regaining conscious Hess she complained of u general feel iug of numbness ami partial blindness ■ ml vomited. She suffered severe nb dominal pain. She recovered In tlie course of a few hours. Two months later she was stung again, tills time ou the hand. Iler face became flushed, ■he again complained of numbness and blindness, suddenly became very pale, fainted and died 25 minutes after she was stung. Another case was that of a girl of 22 years, who was stung by a wasp be hind the angle of the Jaw. Tlie sting was at once extracted and ammonia applied. In a few minutes she com plained of faintness and would have fallen If she had not tieen supported. Her fact1 assumed an expression of great anxiety, and a few minutes later she was tossing on tlie lieil .complain ing of a horrible feeling of choking and of agonizing pain In tlie chest and abdomen. Brandy gave no relief. There was nausea, but no vomiting. She rapidly became Insensible and died 15 minutes after receiving the sting. The most probable explanation of such cases seems to lie in what is known as Idiosyncrasy that is. abnormal sensi tiveness in particular Individuals to certain toxic agents. It is well known that drugs vary much in action on dif ferent people. What Is a safe dose for one Is dangerously large for another. The Inability of some people to eat strawberries or shellfish Is another In stance of the same phenomenon. The active agent of bee stings is generally believed to be formic acid. It therefore seems very desirable that we should have more accurate Information re garding the action of this drug on dif ferent species of the lower animals ami through them on man himself. Chicago Chronicle. Probably one question Hint has piut- zletl the lay mind Is bow tlie depth of a rainfall may lw accurately determined. The way it is doue is this: A tunnel whose larger aperture rep resents a surface of l'Nt square Im lies Is placed In a position where It may catch the direct fall of the mln. with the rim "of the funnel extending per haps an ludi or more beyond the plat form to which it may be fixed. This Is for the pur|M>se of preventing any rain from being washed Into the funnel and increasing the true fall. From this funnel the water rusts to a tube which bears au exact and carefully determlu ed ratio to the area of tlie funnel's mouth, say one-tenth. If. therefore, the tube shows water to tlie depth of an Indi, It is clear that one tenth of an lutti of rain has fallen. Tlie tube Is provided with a carefully grad uated scale so that the fall may be readily seen. Three Inches of rain would show a depth of 30 incites in a tula* one-tenth the size of the receiving aperture, and the decimals of an Indi could be quickly notisi by observing the scale. If placed on the roof of a building, the apparatus should be kept away from the edges to prevent any peeullai slant of the wind carrying Into the tun nd a larger propoition of rain than would fall Into it under normal condì tlons. The larger the aperture of the receiving funnel is made the more tie curate will be tlie results obtained. A curious fad that lias been not 'd in connection witli rainfalls is that gitiges p'aced on roof - usually gather less wa ter than ilmse placed on tlie ground Tlds is ac counted for on the theory that tlie rain in falling absorbs some cd' the* moisture of tlie air. and the greater dis tance* it falls tlie larger will lie* tlie bulk of the* individual drops. — New York Herald. KNEW THE NOON HOUR. A Tnlr of Horse« 'Chat Stopped When the Whistle* Blew, A pair of intelligent horses attracted tlie attention of a large crowd on Nas sau street at noon one day last week. They were attached to a heavily load ed lee wagon coming down tlie steep grade between Cedar street and Maid en lane and were holding hack the wagon with a noticeuble effort. When they were half way down, tlie whistles blew for 12 o'clock. Suddenly tlie horses drew in toward tlie curb and began to plant their hind feet well for ward to stop the wagon. Tlie driver made no effort to cheek them, and their hard work at once at tracted notice. Pedestrians looked at the horses and then nt tlie driver, who had a broad grin on Ills face. By hard work the wagon was stopped. Tlie driver sat still nnd watched his ani mals. • One of them immediately be gan rubbing Ills head against tlie neck of the other and with nods and pushes succeeded In rubbing his bridle off. Then the other horse took his turn at rubbing, and his bridle came off. Fully 200 persons had watched this, and when It was completed the driver got down from bls seat and swung a bag of oats over the nose of each ani mal. They stood there and nte their midday meal. The driver was pntient and proud of Ills team. He petted them and talked to them nnd when they were through drove off whistling. "Talk about the laboring man drop ping Ills shovel at the sound of the noon whistle.” said one man—“that bents anything I ever saw. No one hereafter need try to convince me of the Intelligence of the horse. That Ice wagon team settles It.”— New York Sun. RoKnlDh Ravena. The raven of southern Europe Is a bold fellow—not unlike Ids cousin, the crow. Some notices of the bird, given by an English traveler In Corsica, offer amusing proof of tlds. A youth whom I employed to curry my camera could never look on ravens with any equanimity, for lie had suf fered much from their thievish Im pudence when sent to the bush to gather firewood. On one occasion he lost Ids dinner, a loaf of brend wrapped In a napkin, al though he was working close to the spot where he hnd laid It and bad turn ed bls back for only a minute. But tlie most unpardonable Insult he hnd ever received happened on a day when lie was out gathering wood. As he was stooping down to bind a bun dle of fagots a raven suddenly swoop ed from behind, lifted the cap from Ids bend and flew away with It to n lofty crag, from which she uttered croaks of triumph. The cap was subsequently seen Hued with straw nnd serving for n nest. A Chiropodist'« Advice. A chiropodist advises that foot com fort is much enhanced if nil callous places on the feet are made perfectly smooth. This can be done easily and the feet kept In excellent condition by using n fine pumice stone every morn ing after the bath. The pumice stone should, of course, be wet, and If rubbed daily over the points on the feet that have hardened or shown a tendency to linrden the places enn be made nnd kept smooth. After n corn has been removed, too, n light nibbing daily of the place where It has been will often prevent Its return. Not Satisfactory. "No,” said the doctor, “I haven't vot ed yet, and I ntn not going to vote. I nui not feeling well today. Isn't that a valid excuse?” “Not nt nil.” responded the professor severely; “that's an Invalid excuse.”— Chicago Tribune. Forever Dry. There Is n youngster In Girard col lege who combines the poetic Instinct with a keen sense of humor. He Is not a close student—In fact, he regards books ns Instruments of torture. Ono of the professors picked up a textbook belonging to him the other day nnd found on the fly leaf this bit of verse, which no doubt expressed the stu dent's opinion of It: Should there be another flood. For refuge hither fly. And ahould the whole world be submerged Thia book would »till be dry THE DEER’S HORNS. Tlie» Present cell the Phennmenn ot Anlninl nnd V exetalile Growth. r * 3 Mail Orders... Haviug originated the system of st udiug out catalogues from which to obtain orders by mail some twruty years ago, and having continued to perfect the service ever since, in every respect, u« iHdieve we need no introduction to most buyers ou this Coast, and to w hom we refer us to the audvantuges of the systeni. We claim to treat persons we never see the same as though at our counters. Tierce fourths of our trade* In out of town orders. Wei can't afford to neglect or luipoeiH ou it. our frl. i .Is Iu th,, interior set the I. st «.* huv.- to offer and will coutinue to our <■ roet-ry ixkh I» unit Prices nr, t iiimitelial.le. COMPLETE PRICE LISTS I OR Fill ASKING. 2B D epartments . o •r Smith’s Gash Store, 2S Market St., San Francisco, Cal An I ne-outb Mode of llurtnl. ft is expected In the near future ot anges will be* grown In Washington as palatable as those* of Florida. The trees are* now bearing, but the* fruit will not be ripe until fall, so the real flavor can not be* determined. The experiment litis bee ii carried on by II. J. Weber, nn ex pert in plant breeding, who obtained hybrid from 12 of tlie hardiest oranges known In tin* world, anel the prosjiects nre promising. BLftKf, lm pu riera and Dealers In Of nil the modes of Initial ever prac Book, N«w»t Writing »nd ticed by creatures in tin* shape of hu MOFFITT W rapping... man beings tlie method of the Queen« & TOWNE CARD 8TOOK land nomads In certainly tlie most un HTRAW AND BINDER!»’ BOARD couth. After drying the corpse in tlie 5Ö-Ö7-TV-H . Flrwt St. sun ami knocking out its teeth for T bl . main 109. SAN FRANCISC O. keepsakes they deposit It on a frame work of rough poles ami bury It under SAM MARTIN CHAS. CAMM a few armsful of rushes ami old kan 33 years with For 8 v• ars wi th garoo skins, leaving the* bush wolves C. For E. Whitney & Co. C E. Whitney À Co. to sing its requiem. No member of tlie dead man's tribe NEW COMMISSION HOUSE will settle within a mile of his grave for fear of being haunted by the spooks making the burial place their midnight rendezvous. Tlie metaphys ical opinions of tin* Australian aborig 121-193 lhivln st., San Francisco. ines prove indeed that savages ean be afflicted with an abundance of super General Commission and naturalism without betraying a trace Produce. of anything deserving the name of re ligious sentiment. Specialty, Butter. Egg« »«<1 Cheese. They believe In evil spirits whistling Your consignments solicited. in the blasts of the storm wind and try to exorcise them by spitting in the di rection of the sky. but for the concep tions of tin* deity, of future existence, of repentance, atonement and con seletioee their language Ims not even a definite word. From somewhere in tin* kind of t licit* forefathers eastern Asia, perhaps they have Imported n notion faintly resembling tin Buddhist doc trine of metempsychosis and believe that animals may be reborn ns men All the world knows that coffee in and men as hitman beings of n superior excessive use is injurious. And yet tlie cotice lover cannot stand taste rank. less cereals. There has to this time been no happy medium between Ilnrr’« Self Control. Cafó Bland fills the void with the Aaron Burr was by nature and train liest elements of Isith. It is richer ing a man of extraordinary self con than straight coflee, and many will trol. lie allowed no circumstances to not I m * easily convinced that it is throw bini off his balance. An tinee not all eollee. But we guarantee dote told by Unfits Choate to the late that Café Bland contains less than Richard 11. Dann, recorded in Mr. fifty per cent cotl'ee, which is scien- tifleally lilemled with nutritious Dana's “Diary." illustrates tlie callous fruits and grains, thus not only niss wliieli aided Burr so greatly In displacing over fifty per cent of the emit rolling himseif. Several ye;:: < alter caliein, but neutralizing that which the death of I l.*i nillton. killed ly Furr remains and still retaining the rich in a duel. Burr visited Boston, and Mr eollee flavor. To those who Buffer Devereux of Salem paid him some at with the heart, to dyspeptics and tentions. Tin* visitor was tal.cn to the to nervous jieople Cafó Bland is Boston atln neuin. where, while t! e especial! v recommended asa health two men were walking through tlie il fill and delicious beverage, so satis fying that only the member of the lery of sculpture. Mr. Devereux Imp family making the change in the pened to catch sight of a bust of Ham coffee knows there has lieen one. llton. Mort* healthful, richer and less ex Tlie thought flashed across Ills mind pensive I han straight coffee. Better that Burr might not care to lie con in every respect. 25 cents per lt>. fronted with tlie sight of tlie features Your grocer will get it for you of the man lie Imd slain, lint no. Burr Ask for was undisturbed. He also espied tin* bust. and. although Mr. Devereux had Instinctively turned away, lie walked tip to it nnd aid in a loud tone: “Ah! Here Is Ilamilt at!" Then, passing Ills lingers along <utain lines of the face, lie added. "There was the poetry!” Hamilton's contemporaries gave 1dm credit for possessing a poetic mind. MARTIN, CAMM & CO. Why and how Is the deer so peculiar ly unlike any other of the bovine* race, tin* horn differing so materially from all the horned cattle in Its composition, growth, maturity aud decline? It pre sents all the phenomena of animal and veg* table growth It sprouts from the brain without tiny prolongation of the frontal Itone it rises and breaks through the sinews and takes root on the leone, growing the* same as a vege table It is nourished by and secretes albumen upon the surface nnd disposes of the* librlne tlie same as an animal. It Is clothed witli n skin and hairy con) very different from that on the rest of the body. This covering and hair possess a property unknown In other animal bodies—that of being a styptic to stanch Its own blood when wounded. It carries marks of the age on tlie buck by putting out an extra branch eacli year, which shows tin ad ditional power each year to produce them. And this power does not exist In the* female. So this difference Is more* distinctly marked than In any other class of animals Again, the horn possesses properties unknown in nn.v other animal matter. It is entirely In odorous. capable of resisting putrefac tion nnd almost Impervious to the ef fects of the atmosphere. And still water at 300 degrees F. will dissolve these* horns readily, even though they are not soluble* In alcohol and resist the action of adds and alka- Iles. It Is the only vegeto animal sub stance* that we know of that docs not perpetuate Itself by procreation. The male* ami tlie* female are sustain Flattery Front the Mirror. eel by the same nutrition nnd elements, Does your mirror do you justice? anel the male* only produces horns. Tills You may think not. Or perhaps you phenomenon is quite as much of n curl would like It to flatter you just a little. oslty as the nbsence of the horn In the If so, you can nrratige It so the glass buck after shedding. will reflect lit a more complimentary manner than usual. If you do, you on The Dramatic In Life. ly have to know the milliner's oldest The undying interest which is taken secret, and tlie tiling is done. in tlie theater is explaineel by the very Did you ever notice the softest drap profounel line* with which Shakespeare ery of pure white hung about a mirror? began a very silly speech. “All the* That is the trick. After your mirror of world's a stage.” People as a rule faultless glass Is thoroughly polished take* no Interest In anything that !a ::*•» frame It in pure white gauze, with the Iramatically (or. as in the* case of poli mateiut’ gathered in tlie center nt the tics. melodramatically) formulated. top and falling wavelike on either side. Any creed to be popular must be dra Then notice the effect. Tlie true tints matically stnted. Therefore the gees- of tin* complexion will Is* then* it little pels are preferred to the epistles. emphasized. The expression of tlie .Eseep's fables are* remembereel because countenance, the light of the eye, the they are the truth about things states! color of the hair, will be accurately re Iramatically anel morally.—F. G. Ber flected, all softened anti made more nard Shaw. harmonious tluin your mirror showed them before flu* gauze was used. You An Armless Wonder. may believe that that subtle bit of Bulwer In Ills "Artificial Change* white materially makes the glass tell ling" makes mention of one* John Sim ons. a native of Berkshire. England, nearer tlie truth than it did without it. born without arms or hands, who could TIioimlitN on MnrrinKc. write with his mouth, thread a needle, A little girl in Ireland was asked tie* a knot, shuffle, cut anel deni a pack what was tlie sacrament of matrimony. of cards, etc. This wonderful person She said, "It's a stale of torment Into age was exblblteel In London In 1(153 which souls enter to prepare them for another and a better world." “That." She Grave Herself Awny. Judge* Davis wa# erne? day In Ills pri said tin* curate, “Is purgatory. But her vate* office when lie* was president of down to the bottom of the class." the* senate anel noting vice president. “Leave her alone,” said the parish priest. “For anything you or I know A woman came Into the room to set to the contrary, she may be perfectly lilin He* turned tine) said. "Well, tnnel right." am. evh.'tt can I do for you?” She wa.** "('onrtlng." said an Irishman, “is like neatly dressed in I lack, with nn air of extreme poverty She tohl a wretched dying. Sure, a man must do it for him tale* of sorrow anti suffering, winding self." E. J. Hardy's "Concerning Mar up Avlth tin* climax that she anti Iter riage.” little family were actually starving anti V nrlcnai* Veins. had not tasted food for two tlays Tito An exchange gives tlie following cure fudge seemed deeply moved He ex enseal himself for not attending to the for varicose veins, contributed by a ■use for tlie moment, as the Semite* was person who was cured by it in less than three weeks: Feel a potato; grate nearly ready to open He looked at ills watch witli an air It tine; place It on a white cloth long >f vexation, its If It were not going, enough to well cover the ulcer. Warm and said, "Can any one tell me what It a little ami apply In the morning Renew nt noon; also at night before time It is?" Ills visitor pulled out a gold watch ami told him tlie time. Tlie retiring. Let It remain all night. But lodge* saiel "Can It I k * true that your on three new poultices next day Just .-Idlelren have been without fooel for the same and continue to do so until iwo elays when you have n golel watch the ulcer Is entirely healed. Wash the In the* house?” Tlie woman saw the ulcer every lime the poultice Is re point of tin* judge's question and called newed. out. “You tire a hateful old thing!" and flounced out of the room. She was a professional dead beat 4^4 4^^4 ^^4 ^^4 4^4 *"* 7 Connt« HI« Toe«. lie—They say a good pugilist must lenrn how to handle his feet ns well ns his hands. She—Then I wonder If the baby will be n pugilist. He handles his feet al) day.—Chicago News. An effort is lietng made to establish in one of the Scotch universities a chair for the study of the Scotch Ian gunge nnd literature. The old Scottish tongue as written by James V is al most unintelligible to the modern Scotchman. Most Healthful Coffee In the World. Pronounced cat-fay—accent on last syllable Sort of Tnl.le 11,* Wanted, The following conversation was over heard beiween a Joiner ami Ills custom er a snort ti- re ago: Jollier Blease. sir, I've brought the* table you ordered me to make. Customer Well, put it down here, my man, and let's sec what sort of u job you've made of it. The man set it down In the middle of tin* room, ami the customer examined It with tlie all* of a critic. Customer Why, my man, then* Is L'<*.”> a crack tilled up witli putty. Joiner Yes. sir. AYeJJ, sir, I know about that, but It won't be notlwd will'll It sets lull'd. Customer (coming across some more putty) But here's some more, my mnn. What is tin* meaning of this? Joiner Well, sir, you see. a little bit of wood chipped off the corner, nnd I Just put a little putty there to fill up. It won't do no barm, sir. when It's set hard. Customer (tinding some more putty patches! Look hero, my mnn. this won’t do. Why, here’s a big lump right In tlie middle of this leg. What can you say about that ? Joiner (scratching Ills head nnd try ing linrd to find some excuse by which to retrieve Ids honor* Well, sir, that's nn harm whatever, am! the putty when It sets tiard will be tinner nnd harder than the wood. So, you see, it will be all the better If you wait a bit, sir. Customer (sarcastically)—Here, my good man. just take this table home nnd bring me one made of putty alto gether. I want a good strong one, and yon can fill up the cracks with wood.— Lomlon Tit-Bits. Fri*«tinon*« Tnrn Came. Mr. Ferguson, back from Europe, told Ills adventures nt tlie Porphyry, lie had been warned ngnlnst the cap tain of tlie Bulgonia, who was a fine example of the traditional old sea dog «hose brutality and profanity were considered as tlie efflorescence of sea manship. Ferguson was at first death ly sick, lint lie managed to stay ou deck lie snw the captain cotnhtg, and be hailed him: "Good morulng. sir.. Isn't it pretty rough?” To which the enptain answered: “Rough? Why In mischief shouldn't It be rough the first day out. you blankety blank?” etc. Ferguson went below. The next day. again on deck, lie saw the captain watching hint. Ferguson had learned his lesson. The enptain broke the si lence. "Well, sir. you nre looking better today." Ferguson roared out. "Why In mischief shouldn't I be better the sec ond day out. you blankety blank?” etc. The enptain put out his hand, “Cornel Into the cabin and have a drink. anJ won't you sit at my table?”—BoatM Journal.
