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CHAPTER IV.
"So moth-r's goliy; to bring home
Kur hybrid, black little creature to be
timed out educated and an ornament
to society! What In heaven's name
will she do next?”
De Witte Morris threw down the let
ter be bad lieen reading and lounged In
bls chair. De Witte always lounged.
The habit sprang from a large minded
desire to counteract stiffness and prim
ness In others. You would misjudge
him If you deemed It due to laziness.
He was the younger sou of a prosper
ous Wall st-eet broker, and since leav
ing college three years before he had
been able t** Und no calling nicely suit
ed to his particular line of ability.
Therefore he had settled down, It ap
peared, to a life of gifted irresponsibll-
't7
It was a February evening In New
Yora, and In cheerful contrast to the
raw cold of the outside air was the
warmth of the Morris' heavily cur
tained library on Fifty-seventh street
Mr. Morris. Sr., who had just come in,
stood on the rug In front of the open
Are. straightening himself with appre
ciative satisfaction as the sense of
comfort penetrated him.
"Certainly Eliza has taken a great
deal upon her,” he admitted tn re
sponse to bis son’s remark. “The girl's
education in English alone will be no
slight task."
lie ran his lingers
through bis gray beard once or twice.
“As to her training in domestic and
social felicities—ah, well. Eliza always
would have her way!”
He slglie< a little, but somehow as
he picked up the evening paper and
settled In bls armchair lie didn't look
particularly
unhappy
about
that
“way.”
“For my part.” said De Witte, with a
yawn. “I don’t know why the deuce
mother didn’t let the girl stay In that
fair Land of Manana she writes so
glowingly about. Or,” he added wick
edly. “she might have banded her over
to Robert." Robert was the civil en
gineer and the elder son.
When nt Inst, however, the young
mnn of elegant lassitude was confront
ed by Linna Miguel's presence be
found himself rendy to chnnge Ills
mind concerning the hybrid, blnck lit
tie creature and to admit that perhaps
after nil bls mothiu- hud Introduced a
lively and Interesting element Into the
monotony of tlielr home circle. The
night of their arrival. Indeed, he signi
fied the measure of his welcome by re
maining in the house and foregoing the
French bnl
Actually!
Liana presently began to fit In admi
rably with Venetian water colors, teak
wood tables nnd French bound books.
On the whole, there may have been
"Eliza alway» would have her way/"
some foundation for old Crlstlno's brag
of relationship with the conquista-
dores;-certainly here and there among
her ancestors must have dashed th««
sword and waved the plumes of a
Spanish cavalier! By virtue of her re
markably line intuitions she learned
early that to do as others do Is the
golden rule of society. Thereby she
managed to save herself amazingly
from
glaring
blunders.
Occasions
which were quite new to her she ob
served with outward passivity. Her
gravity was ascribed to her lack of flu
ent English. It was in reality the
•peeelilessuess that goes along with a '
flood of new impressions nt a critical
moment of growth.
To be quite honest, she sometimes al
lowed herself to be surprised. Such
things, for example, as the kaleido
scopic shop windows, polite social lies
and some of the very decollete gowns
she saw did at first call forth astonish
ment. But every day she learned.
She seldom spoke of the old Mexican
life. She did not seem to wish to speak
of It. In the beginning there were the
fortnightly letters to Inocencio and the
“Dear
sfcfr- wrote,■'‘‘lie- ■
cause that you gave me Into the bauds
of the sweet American señora can 1
ever say enough aves for you?" And to
Inocencio she wrote: “The senor De
Witte does nothing with bls bands, and
they are white, like a padre’s. I like a
man who Is strong and has brown
hands, like yours. Inocencio. But tell
this not”
By and by the letters became more
Infrequent The friends who loved her
so did not quite understand and felt
hurt. Time nt-ives so slowly and peace
fully In that faroff Mexican land that
one does not realize the breakneck
speed It has tn a vast metropolitan
center.
It was Liana's third spring In New
York. She was now nearly 19 and was
considered sufficiently skilled In the
amenities of civilization to be intro
duced to society early the following
winter.
Anna Abbott, debutante of the previ
ous year, had teased Mrs. Morris into
allowing her protegee to spend the
summer with her at the Abbotts' coun
try place In Twyeffort-by-the-Sea. “It
promises to be a Jolly senson. and, you
know. It will gl’n Liar’" a nice little
foretaste.” she bail aigped sagely So,
accompanied by Anna s maid they set
iff for Twyeffort. whence the family
had gone some weeks in advance.
They had somethlug like two hours
to travel and a compartment quite to
themselves. The maid put her feet up
comfortably ami dozed at Intervals.
Anna was in high spirits. At last she
had dear Liana quite to herself. Liana
took her so thoroughly In earnest,
which her other friends did not; she
sympathized so fully anil, above all, so
quietly, making Just the fun of her
that was essential to prevent her
brooding. Then she bad the most orig
inal ideas about everything from the
arrangement of a ribbon upward. Yes,
decidedly, she was a dear!
“The Maitlands have been in Twyef
fort for the last fortnight.” Anna be
gan tentatively. She heli out a box of
chocolate mint.
tinually -except when he's doing one
of those few thltigs you Just mention
ed.”
“1 brought m.v canvases nnd colors
with me.” M. I'evrac explained Illi
voice was electric and deep, with a
touch of Gallic accent so slight ns to
require a fastidious ear to notice that
It was an accent at all.
Presently Anna discovered that she
wanted to show Charles how high the
vine bad grown that he helped her
plunt last searan The vine was on the
other euil of the wide porch, of course.
Peyrac. getting up from the steps
where he had been sitting, pulled a
low chair forward au«l sat down to
talk by Liana’s side. He said nothing
much, but lie put vivacity Into every
thing be uttered. Unconsciously the
girl contrasted him with De Witte
Morris.
“The little vine over there seems to
be large In Its powers of attraction,”
Peyrac commented nt last. And then
be hummed:
Qu4nd las canards vent deux a deux.
C’eft qu'il-3 out a purler ent re eux.
"But ’.tat is uot always true, mou-
sieur.” laughed Liana, tickled ut the
absurdity of the words. “We, for in
stance. cun have nothing particular to
say."
[ to be CONTINUED.]
Pingree und
Pityraç sut doun to talk by J.iana'H side.
“I have been tninKing it." said t.tana
in her prettily deliberate English.
“Why, you witch? And bow?”
. Liana shrugged her shoulders slight
ly and reached for another chocolate
mint.
"Why and how?”
“Well, then, you have been so—walk
ing In the air!” She glanced at her
companion merrily from beneath her
long lashes.
“Tease! Anyhow you're going to find
Margaret quite your style of girl. You
will like Charles, too—for my sake at
least?”
“Of course,” replied Liana demurely
as a nun. The Maitlands bad been
spending tlielr summers at Twyeffort
for several years and were neighbors
to the Abbotts. By her own account
Anna was deeply in love with Charles,
the only son.
“Ob, look here,” exclaimed Anna, sit
ting bolt upright with an energy that
split the chocolates nnd nearly woke
the maid. "The greatest fun in the
world would be to have you lose your
heart to that wonderful personage they
have up there!"
“No doubt.”
Liana leaned back
against the cushioned seat and laugh
ed softly for a whole minute. “But
what wonderful personage, goosle?”
"Oh, a painter or something. He's
up with Charles for a month or so.
They were chums in Paris, I believe.
But. on the whole. 1 guess you won’t
like him. This is what Margaret says
in a letter I got yesterday.” Anna
hunted in her pocket and pulled out an
envelope. "1 kept It on purpose to
read to you,” she explained. Then she
found the place she wanted.
“M. 1’eyrnc Is a man of surprising
beauty, and he has the face of an an
gel. but lie's Impossible. He remem
bers my existence every now and then
and comes up to me with bls gleaming
eyes.
He has eyes that make you
think a declaration at the very least Is
coming. Instead of that this Is what
one gets: ‘Have you bathed this morn
ing, mademoiselle? I did not see you
In the water.’
Not very consoling
when you happened to be in the water
under his nose all the time. The first
thing you venture to say thnt Is not
monosyllabic off goes his attention
goodness knows where. You can see
his eyes roving in every direction but
yours.”
The girls looked out of the car win
dow and laughed. They were merry
that morning.
Twyeffort was a pretty place, uniting
the advantages of seaside and country.
The Abbotts’ home was built facing
the sea, with its garden sloping In
three wide terraces toward the beach.
Back of the house and behind the
winding white road that led to the lit
tle station there were green and shady
walks. Charles and Margaret Mait-
and had driven to meet Anna and her
friend.
Secretly Liana was disappointed In
the nine days' wonder she had heard
so much about. But she liked Marga
ret the moment she saw her. She de
cided there was a soul behind her
dark, purple eyes and perhaps a trifle
of sadness mingled with the sweetness
of the unworldly mouth, as of one who
yearned overmuch.
Liana went about for the first few
days admiringly. The bowlder down
on the bench was such a mighty one!
That shadowy nook, further down,
formed by the rocky overhang, was
such a fine place to read in of a warm
day! That spot in the woods where
the overbraaching was so heavy, leav
ing no more sky at your head than nt
yom- feet, was Just like a tiny chapel!
Bur tin discovery that brought her
most ,H.v. touched, it may be. with a
shade of pain was n fine old magnolia
tree.
I lie m i oml evening after their ar
rival I ".¡a l. s fetched bls artist friend
over to < n!l He was. indeed, as Mar-
gi'.ret had described hint, a man with a
face of surprising beauty, a clean cut.
even profile, a clear, open nir complex
ion. frank. Innocent eyes and waving
hair of the palest Saxon yellow.
Charles had met him In the Bohemia
of Paris, being fond of the same effects
In liteiature which Ills Gallic friend se
cured with an indolent nnd facile
brush. As a matter of fact. Peyrac
knew Paris from the towers of Notre
Dame to the debouchment of the sew
ers.
“What do you suppose we have been
doing today?” asked Charles as they
all sat on the old fashioned porch In
the moonlight.
“Playing tennis? Smoking cigarettes?
Getting Into n tangle of tnlk?" suggest
ed Anna accommodatingly.
“Not at all," replied Charles scorn
fully. “We have been Improvising a
studio in a building outside the bous-t,
where our friend here can work con
HE COWED THE LION.
Mosby.
When Hazen S. Pingree was coming
Into prominence in Michigan politics,
lie was In Washington one night and
stroll«<1 through the corridors of Wil
lard's hotel, which he had not visited
since will times, when it was the popu
lar rendezvous of the city, political,
military and otherwise. A friend Intro
duced him Io Colonel Mosby, the old
guerrilla chieftain.
"Why. hello, colonel,” said Pingree in
his bluff, offhanded way. Just as if he
was In the habit of meeting Mosby ev
ery day. “I have not seen you for 25
years, but I rem« inber very well the
last occasion when we met.”
“Ah." said th«* Virginian politely,
“what incident recalls It to your mind?
I really fall to remember you. much to
my regret."
"Oil, well." said Pingree, “you would
not In* so apt ns I to remember tin* day.
I was captured by your men. ami, hap-
p ‘iilng to be wearllig a very good, near
ly new uniform, you confiscated It on
the spot ami gave uie your old ragged
butternuts. But that's all right. All's
fair in love and war. I know. Let's
have a cigar.”
Without a word of protest Mosby ac
cepted. and a long friendly chat fol
lowed.
She Wn, the Ghost.
"A certain lady and her family.” says
Sir Mountstuart Grant-Duff in Ills
“Diary.” “hired a place in Scotland
which was hit tinted by the ghost of a
woman who was to be seen constantly
nt night wandering through the rooms
and passages. When the family arrlv
«*d, tin* lady w its much struck with tin*
place and said. '1 must have been here
before, for I know this place so well,
only there ought to be two rooms here,
and there is only oil«*.’
“The agent replied that within a few
weeks the owner had caused a partition
to be taken down nnd made tin* two
rooms into one. Still the liuly was puz
zled at her knowledge of tin* place, till
slu* remembered that it was a bouse
she used to go to In her dreams.
"Well, some tlnn* passed, and the
agent was i:p at tin* house again, when
the lady complained that one part of
tin* contract I iiii I not be«*n fulfilled.
They had hiretl a lions«* and a ghost for
the summer, hud no ghost had slu* seen.
Th«* agent replied: 'Of course not, be
cause you are the ghost. We recognized
you the moment we saw you.’ ”
Short noil Sweet.
Perhaps one of the shortest court
ships was that of an eminent Jurist. He
was ou his way to hold court lu a
town when he met a young woman re
turning from market.
“How deep Is the creek nnd what
did you get for your butter?” asked
the Judge.
“Up to th«* knee aud nlnepence,” was
the answer ns the girl walked on
The Judge pondered over the sensible
brevity of the reply, turned his horse,
rode back nnd overtook her.
"I liked your answer just now.” he
said, “and 1 like you. I think you
would make a good wife. Will you mar
ry me?”
She looked him over aud said, “Yes.”
"Then get up behind me. and we will
ride to town and be married.”
She did get up behind, and they rode
to the courthouse and were made one.
It is recorded that, brief though the
courtship had been, the marriage prov
ed a pre-eminently happy one.
A Remarkable Suicide.
One of the most remarkable cases of
suicide was that of the king of Falalia,
on the west coast of Africa.
The king was attacked by a Moham
medan force, nud, finding resistance
impossible, he assembled Ills family
and principal officers, and after ad
dressing them and intimating his de
termination never to accept Mohamme
danism nnd inviting those who did not
agree with him to go away lie applied
a light to a large quantity of gunpow
der collected for the purpose aud blew
into atoms the palace and all who were
In it.
Bottle».
In using bottles these two hints
ought to be so borne In mind that the
practice of them becomes habitual:
Always keep the label uppermost
when pouring from a bottle, so that if
any liquid trickles down the side the
label misses It.
Result—your labels
keep clean nml legible for much longer.
Secondly, if you want to deliver
drops (or a very small quantity) of liq
uid Just molsteu the lip of the bottle
with the finger.—Exchange.
THE DARKY BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
l.uugliHlilt* Manner In Which the Big
anti I k 1> <lrcuM Animal Wa« Re
turned to the Showman After a
llullroad Smash I p.
A TRUE FISH STORY
The Prcallar Idvrniorr
dlua Hiua.
ut a Wrd-
Snppre»»1na: Crnelty.
The Strike
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“Alami the qu« crest fish story 1
klMMv of,” >aid a highly truthful look
tug man—Indeed, lie was a ch rgyman
"lutpp«*ued to me at a little hike In \\ s-
eonsin. where I used to summer with
my family. One «lay my wife was out
In our b««at with a party of friends.
Rhe was letting her hand trail In the
water, without thinking about Its
shrinking effect, and when she finally
h
took her hand In her wedillng ring was
gone. The lake was det*p at that point,
nml although we made considerable
effort to recover th«* ring It was fiot
found.
"Naturally It worried her a good «leal,
nnd the next year she would not go
back to th«* same place, nor did we
go th«* following year, but the third
year w«> w«*nt then* again, ami one da«
I was In th«* woods nlsait a mile from
the lake with my boy, trying to get a
Doirna lit KCnKland.
Importers and Dealers in
shot at soln«* denizen of the forest or
Don't Imagine that a dozen always
Book, New«,
As we went peering around
other,
Writing and
among th«* trees to get a siptlrrel w«> means 12 things. In the Staffordshire
Wrapping...
had seen I notice«! something shining potteries ami in th«* earthenware trail«»
CARD STOCK
o*l a twig of a tree about 25 feet from a dozen to tills day represents that
STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD
th«* ground. I sent my boy up after It. number of any special article which
ft5-A7-ru-M . Flrat St.
nnd when he cam«* ba«*k I was mor«* can la* offer«*«! at any fixed pi le«*.
Tau. main 109. 3U SAN FRANC ISCO
For Instance, the pitchers, which nr«*
than astonish«*«! to find that the shining
called Jugs In the trade, are sold as 2,
thing was m.v wife's wedding ring.
"Ho*.v It ever got there was a mys II, 4. If. 9, 12. 18, 21. fio ami 3«> pieces to
Hr I \
as-’S-s
tery at first, but I was not a believer In each dozen, th«* prie«* for a dozen being
fairies nnd that sort of thiiig, so I be constant.
I
LI
r stngl.’.at low
The ordinary pitcher holding a «piart
rates Country
gan to Investigate for material causes.
patronage solicited, and no pains will be spared
represents
12
to
th«*
dozen,
while
n
pint
to make them comfortable during their visit.
The top of the trae hail deadened, and
with a suspicion in my mind I sent my pitcher Is 21 to the dozen nnd Is so call BOB Market st. and 9 Ellis st., corner
ed
when
dealing
with
that
size.
boy up to se«* «hat signs might la*
storkton, San Francisco.
Few of the articles of the trade art*
tibove the green boughs.
He called
Telephone Red ftM. MRS. RANFT, Prop.
down to me presently that there wen* sold In dozens of 12, plates being al
remains of a lishbawk’s nest In the most the only ones nml some of them
SAM MARTIN
CHA». CAMM
For 2.3 yours with
forks of the tree, and, putting this being sold do, 7o and even So to the
For 3 roars with
C.
E.
Whitney
&
Co.
C.
K.
Whitney A Co.
dozen.
ami tImt together. I came to tlu* conclu
Besides these curiosities in figures
sion that tin* hawk had caught the tisli
NEW COMMISSION HOUSE
that had gobbled up my plfe's ring In tin* potters have peculiar names, such
t’oe lake ami had taken it to the nest ns coikspurt, twit!«*rs, etc., that tmikt*
for tlu* young hawks. They didn’t up a trail«* languagt* of itself.
Tlu* baker's dozeu of 13 is a recog
cure for Jewelty and bail left that
part of the fish in the nest, from which, nized tignre In their trade.
191-1218 IhivlK^St., snn FmiiflMco.
A publisher’s dozen Is usually 13
ns tin* m*st was blown to pk*ces by th«*
wind ami beaten by the storms, the copies.
General
Commission and
Among fishermen in Cornwall a long
ring bail dropped out nml by chance
I
Produce.
hail caught on the twig where I found dozen consists of 20.—London Answers.
“It's queer how animals will act In a
railroad wreck," said the boss canvas
man. “Now then* wus th' Saberlee
wreck. Six cars wus lu th’ ditch an
half o’ th’ show's deus wus under 'em.
There wus oue cage o' monkeys masb-
ed flat that we kuowed of, an a lot o*
th' other animals b ld took t' th’ woods,
little animals, zebras au wolves an «leer
au such like. Nothin t' do any harm
ezeeptiu th' big lion, Monarch. Ills
den wus bottom up in a little puddle o'
ditch water, w itlx a hole stove in it big
enough t’ let out a cow, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ani
mals.
“Well, It wus all off with makin th'
stand that «lay, so we put up th’ runs,
got th' cookhouse outfit down ou th'
ground, had breakfast an started In t'
dig th’ stuff out o' th' ditch. Th' rail
road company's wr<*«kln crew come
along t’ help us, an we'd got party well
under way wlieu a tall, black buck
darky com«* out o' th' woods an stood
round rubberin.
“Nobody paid any attention C him fer
awhile, but by'n’by Mack, th’ chande
lier man, spoke t' him. kind o' kidded
him about belli han'some, er some such
guff. It wus Missouri, an In* wus a r. al
black buck. Didn't have anything I’
say back—didn't say anything at all. in
fact, fer awhile, .les’ shuttled round In
Ills cowhide boots from one foot t’ th’
other au grinned bashfullike. By’n’by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
In* kind o' t^ok courage.
“ ‘Did any o’ you gemtnen lose«! a gi
raffe?' hi* says.
" 'Giraffe?' Mack says. 'No; we nev
er owned no such tiling with this trick.
Why?'
“ 'Well. boss. All done foun’ some
thin up In mah 'into patch this nuiwii-
In. an Ah 'lowed as maybe hit 'longed It. In any event, if that was uot the
way It got there, how did it? For ft
t’ you all.'
"Mack got Interested. 'Wot does it surely was there, nnd my wife Is wear
ing it today."—Exchange.
look like?'
“ ’Bawdy. boss, hit’s nios’ monstrous.
Rattier Vcnonion».
Nevah did see no secli ole tiling befoh.
A tenderfoot who visited the Y’oseml-
soli. Big eat vahmlnt, with yallereyes.
an 'lit done com«* a-snahlln an a splttin te in the old days thus related Ills ex
perience: The stag«* driver found out
at me soon ns Ah got out o' bald.’
that lu* was seriously afraid of snakes
" ‘When* Is It?' says Mack.
“'Oh. Ah eawt lilt all righty. Done ami immediately proceeded to make Ids
put a rope roun’ hits neck ail tied lilt hair stand on end.
"Venomous reptiles? You bet. I don't
t’ mnh cabin.'
“ 'Go an git It an fetch It down here.’ know whnt reptiles is, but them snakes
says Mack. Then th' wreckin crew got you « an Just bet your life is venomous.
a tackle roun’ another den, an we for Why. title day I was comln down here
ilrivin a wagon, when 1 catches sight of
got all about th' darky.
“Maybe it wus 2(1 minutes, an maybe a snake in the brush all ready for a
It wus half an hour when we heard a spring. My horses starts, an 1 whips
noise over on th' road amongst th' trees 'em up fast to clear tlu* snake, don’t
-a noise kinder like a nigger ilrivin a you see. afore he could spring. Hi*
mule or like somethin belli driven. It makes one clear spring, the snake does,
come nearer an louder an louder an an In* misses the hors«*s.”
“That was lucky. But you—you”—
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
"Lucky? You bet your Ilf«* It was
listened, an th' ole man himself come
out o’ his car with his napkin liangin lucky. Hi* missed the horses, th«* snake
did. but In* stuck his fangs clean
roun' his neck.
“ ‘What is that?' he pipes up lu his through the wagon.”
"You don't say!"
snappy way. 'Who Is that out there?
"1 do say. and maybe you don't be
Go an see what thnt racket Is, some o'
lleve it. but It's a fact. He stuck Ills
you boys. Hurry up, now.’
"Nobody paid any attention t' him, fangs « lean through thnt wagon, an
an th’ noise got nearer an nearer. In thnt wagon is swelled up so bad that
a couple o’ minutes a cloud o' dust
sailed out from behind th' trees. When
It got within a hundred yards o’ th’
Dogu and SomerManlta.
track. It cleared up a bit, an there wus
As there Is more than one way of
that big. black nigger with a rope in
one mil an a piece o' fence rail in th' cooking a goose, so there is mor«* than
other. On th' other end o’ th' rope wus one meihod of teaching a «log to throw
somersaults. But the most practical
Monarch.
“Of all th’ mean, sneakin, under and thorough manner Is to fasten a
handed cat animals that ever traveled cord around th«* body of the animal
with a circus Monarch wus th’ worst clos«* to the forelegs, ami two people
an a powerful fighter when lie had any should liolil the ends of the cord on
sort o’ show. Sometimes we'd put our either side of the unfortunate dog.
A third party armed with a stout
hands on th' canvas cover o' bis cage
when be had t' run over th' train, an rope takes a position immediately in
there never wus a time, day or night, front of th«* canine acrobat ami with a
measured and masterly stroke flogs tin*
that he hadn’t a slap ready fer you.
"Well, that darky wus a-laminin floor at close quarters to the dog's
him with Ills chunk o' fence an talkln nose.
At epcli stroke of the rope the «log
mule talk t' him wuss than anything
springs backward, and Hint movement
you ever saw in th' south.
“ 'C'm on 'long lieali, you yaller is the trainer's golden opportunity. As
eyed devil,’ he wus sayin. ’All don’ the dog spring backward the rop«* pass
know what you Is. but you aiu' goin ing under Its body is Jerked upward,
snaiil ner spit at me. nohow. C’m on and, although th«* first fe“t attempts
'long theh, you big sassy vahmlnt.' au may prove futile, the somersault Is ac
with that he'd lam him with Ills piece quired In course of time. An intelli
o’ fence an let drive with his cowhide gent dog soon sickens of this order of
things ami throws somersaults with
boots.
“An you kin bet your life Monarch out th«* assistance of ropes.
wus a-comin. I never saw a critter so
cowed as lie wus. Why. when that nig
ger brought him right In amongst us
there wus nobody that took th' trouble
t’ open up a gangway, .in I reckon any
young one could 'a' took him by th’
scruff o’ th' neck an turned him over
on bis back. II«* wus Jest a great, over
grown pct tomcat, with all th' tight an
meanness walloped out o' him
“We’d yanked his den up on to th’
road bed with th' hole In th' end
butted against a wagon. Th’ door wus
open, an when Monarch saw Ills hnppy
little home waitin there fer him he
Jerked th’ rope out o’ th’ darky’s hand
an’ bolted Inside It. lie couldn't get
fur enough Inside, either—went away
up In th' fur corner an tried t" hide.
Saberlee shut th' door an spoke to him.
but Monarch wus th’ worst whipped
eat animal you ever saw.” —New York
Sun.
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A Blunt Qnery.
A good story is told of one of th«* dig
nitaries of the Scottish church. Before
he b«*cam«* known to fame he was min
ister of a remote parish In Perthshire
and was not considered a particularly
attractive preacher. At his suggestion
extensive alterations were made in the
transept of his church, and the»«* had
the effect of sweeping away consldera
lib* seating accommodation. One day
after th«* alterations had been effected
la* visited the church to se«* how It
looked.
“What do you think of the Improve
ments, John?" he ask«sl of the beudle.
"Improvements!” exclaimed John lu
disdain. “They're no improvements at
a’. Whauran* ye goin to put the folk?”
"Oh,” said the minister, “we have
abundance of room, John, considering
the slz<* of the congregation.”
"That's a' very weel the noo,” retort
ed the beadle, "but what will we do
when we get a popular meenister?"
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Work
ot tin* Earthworm.
When we behold a wide, turf covered
expanse, we should remember thnt Its
smoothness, on which so much of Its
beauty depends, Is mainly dm* to all
th«* Inequalities having been slowly
level«*«! by worms. It is a marvelous
ratlection that the wlioh* of th«* superfi
cial mold over any such expans«* lias
passed and will pass again every few
years through the bodies of worms, Th«*
plow Is on«* of th«* most ancient and
most valuable of man's inventions, but
long before In* existed the land was. in
fact, regularly plowed by earthworms.
It may be doubted whether there are
many other animals which have played
so Important a part in the history of
the world as liavi* these lowly organ
ized creatures. Soin«* other animals,
however, still more lowly organized—
namely, corals—bav«* done far more
conspicuous work in having construct
ed Inmimerabl«* reefs ami Islands in tin*
great oceans, but these tire almost con-
fined to the tropical zones.
Why the Mole I» Illlnd.
The creatures which dwelt in tin-
darkness of the depths naturally lost
their powers of vision after awhile. It
1s th«* same way with the mole, which
is doubtless descendeil from progeni
tors which could s«s*. Blindness in tilt*
mole Is the result of a degeneration of
the optic nerve, the consequence of
which Is that Images formed In the eye
itself are not transmitted to the ani
mal's consciousness. Occasionally a
mole can see a little out of one eye
which has retained Its communication
with the brain.
It is uot Hint th«* mole is born blind,
but that It Inherits a tendency to atro
phy of the visual organs Just ns peo
ple derive from tlielr parents an incli
nation to consumption or other dis
eases. Some «lay In the future there
may be no such thing as a mole that is
uot entirely and hopelessly bliml.
II rad a Mach Alike.
Most expert crnnlologists insist that
It Is extremely difficult to determine
sex from th«* skull, but admit there are
a few «llstinetlous which taken togeth
er Indicate sex. Perhaps the most
marked distinction Is tin* prominence
of the bony projection over the nose.
Th«* skull in mnn Is thicker and stron
ger, nml the mastoid processes beneath
the ear ar«* larger. Broca Is authority
for the opinion thnt if the skull rests
on the mastoid proc«*sses It Is almost
certainly a man's. In woman the top
of the hen«l appears flatter, while In
man the curve from before backward
Is more smooth nml even. Greek sculp
tors always recognize this.—Health
Culture.
A Kick From Mexico.
Tourists come here and shout to wait
ers, hotel clerks, shopkeepers, etc., I>e-
lleving that If you only yell forth your
English it Instantly becomes compre
hensible. And a common error In breed
ing nnd one not confined to tourist for
eigners Is to make unpl«*asnnt ramarks
about men. women and things In a tone
of voice which conveys at once to the
natives thnt something disagreeable Is
being said. So we acquire not without
reason the reputation of being muy gro-
seros, or very rude, and too often we
are.—Mexican Herald.
Serina Aroand Corner».
Many a man who would be ashamed
There ar«* many Insects which have a
to strike a brute beast with a bludgeon
very much larger field of vision than
has no shnme In making a bludgeon
A Xew Elen...
of Ills tongue to strike human beings In
One of tile men in a large pottery we have. This Is due to the greater con
the tender places of their being—tlielr took two or three <l_ys' holiday now cavity of their eyes, enabling them to
social sensibilities and tlielr self es nnd ngnln. nnd when he came bnck. on see around the corner, so to speak, be
teem. Cruelty In Its gross and outward being asked what was wrong, he sal«l hind nud nt the sides. Tills develop
forms we have In good measura sup In* had been away burying his grand- ment In man would have Its objectiona
ble points, but also its good ones, not
pressed, but the refined cruelty of the mot Iter.
bitter wortl the unio 'ng censure, tin*
He did this two or three times, and the least of which might be the detec
abusive harangue. Is not yet extinct. then he thought he had better change tion of piclqHKkets.—Chambers’ Jour
Let us be as careful tf men's Inner Ills excuse, so. on lining naked the next nal.
skin ns of their outer.—Exchange.
Trouble Either Way.
time, lie replied:
Running the gantlet as a military
"Well, my brother, the sailor, is at
Mrs. De Good—Why aren't you going
punishment was, It Is said, originated
Cleanllne«« In Cooking.
home
Just
now.
and
be
Is
so
used
to
to church?
Say« a Chinese writer of the eight- the sound of the waves that I had to by (fnstavus Adolphus to punish
Mr. De Good— Igist Sunday the roof
eentb
century: "Don’t cut bn tn Imo lash pailfuls of water on the window thieves in his army It was borrowed
lenked. and three or four drops went
by th«* English from the Germans, who
shoots (the Chinese equivalent of ns
all night before lie could sleep, and copied It from Gustavus, nnd. living* Otil
down my back.
Mrs. De Good—The roof lias been re pnragus) with nn oniony knife. A g hh I then 1 bad to sleep during the day."
ployed In the British regiments io
cook frequently wipes his knife, fre
paired since then.
America, was readily taken up by the
quently
changes
Ills
cloth,
frequently
Mr. De Good-Huh! Then they'll be
Pin Money,
Indians of this country.
scrapes
Ids
board
and
frequently
wash
wanting money to pay for the repairs.
Spoiled Wlf<* Why nre you dividing
es Ills hands. If smoke or ashes from
Never praise a woman’s cake unless
—New York Weeklv.
your month's salary In two heaps,
his pipe, perspiration drops from bis
you are prepared to eat every slice on
Henry?
Nothin» at AH.
head, Insects from the wnll or smut
Indulgent llusbaml I thought I ought the plate.—Atchison Globe.
Brown—There's a lady pianist at the from the anm epan gets mixed up with
to
put this live In th«* bank this month,
circus who plays with her toes.
the food, though he were a very ehef
The path of glory leads but to the
Jones-Umph! That's noUilng; my among chefs yet would men bold tbelr love. The oth *r $95 Is your pin money. grave, but It Is the most pleasant route.
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Ohio
Suit«*
.Liurual.
baby does that. —Exchange.
r* s and decline ”
t
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Cafó Bland Illis tin* void with the
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R ow Iff nit Wna the To «ver of Babel f
The actual height at which the last
stone of that famous structure, the
Tower of Babel, rested cannot, on ac
count of the remoteness of the times at
which It is said to have existed, ever
become more than a matter of merest
conjecture. Herodotus, who lived about
1.790 years after that “great’spiral way
to heaven” Is said to have been at
tempted, says that lie saw at Babylon
a structure consisting of eight towers
raised one above another, each 75 feet
In height, but whether this ruin was
tlie remains of the Tower of Babel it
was even then impossible to ascertain.
Herodotus, usually minutely exact In
Ills writing, leaves us in Ignorance as
to how the upper level of each of these
75 foot towers was reached from the
level below.
As might be expected. even in tradi
tion. a wide difference of opinion exists
ns to the height of the tower. Most ori
entalists maintain that God «lid not put
n stop to the work until the tower liad
reached a height of 10.000 fathoms, ot
nboitt 12 miles. In Ceylonese tradition
It Is said to have been ns high as 20,000
elephants, each standing one above the
other. St. Jerome asserts on the au
thority of persons who had examined
the ruins thnt it did not reach a height
exceeding four miles. Other state
ments are still more extravagant.
Steered
Strnlfcht.
"If 1 thought thnt any girl would ac
cept me." casually remarked the bash
ful Mr. Dolyers. “I'd propose tomor
row.”
“Why not this evening?" asked Miss
Fosdlck coyly.
The affair will take place In about a
month.-Detroit Free Press.
Flrwt I’nlillc I’lnnint.
Of all tin* myriads who piny the pi
ano how many know that "Tom Bow
ling" Dibdin was the first tnan who
played the instrument in public? That
was in 17G7. nnd the feat was perform
ed nt the first night of “The Beggar's
Oneta"
Invention
A New- York newspaper remarks that
"ferries cant«* nnd ferries go. bridges
rise nml bridges fall, but tunnels last
forever." There is a scientific truth In
th«* observation. Of all works of man
earthworks, plain earth mounds sodded
over, nre about the most enduring. A
properly constructed tunnel Is essen
tially a work In earth and so almost as
permanent »s the great globe Itself.