Nou 1 speak French—that is, the
French of the stranger hilt I could uo
utore follow the conversation than 1
could follow the debate of an Indian
council. The drinks were ordered, aud
Charlie drank half a hand's width of
absinth as If it were the lightest
French wiue, and the older man meas
ured glasses with him.
1 observed
them as if they were characters iu a
play. I even studied the reflection of
the back of Verlaine's bead in the mir
ror a great bead, broad and noble.
At last 1 caught the substance of
their talk. 1 am neither squeamish nor
old fashioned, but 1 declare, upon my
soul, i shuddered. I could stand It no
longer.
"Are we dining together?" I Inter
rupted, pulling my friend by the elbow.
"I’m beastly hungry.”
1 feared Cummings was about to
make some rude remark, but he check
ed himself.
"Of course." he said. “Come.”
Verlaine arose, lie bowed politely
to Charlie, as If somehow the latter
bad obtained command of his respect.
1 was forgotten In the parting, at
wbfcb I much rejoiced.
"You are very chummy,” 1 said to
Charlie as we seated ourselves at a
table.
“Well.” he said In answer, "to me be
touches Ids hat. although they call him
'master.' You see. 1 told him a story
once.”
I knew well if 1 showed my curiosity
I would defeat myself, so I began to
talk about old times. We drank cham
pagne with our meals and afterward
brandy, such brandy as you can get
nowhere else except at this particular
life. It was smooth as the purest olive
111, but it produced a fever that cashed
■»skin as might incipient p -on. I
touched It sparingly, but if It bad been
the last bottle on earth and Charlie tlie
thirstiest man be could not have gone
•bout It with more tierce delight.
His tongue was gradually loosened,
tnd before we had lit our cigars be was
rambling slightly, jumping from one
subject to another. Carefully 1 sought
to bring him back to the last days iu
New York, but without success. He
parried all my attempts with skill, and
I gave It up at last and pushed back
from the table. Then Charlie looked up
at me over his coffee cup.
"Did you ever see a man guillotined?”
be asked suddenly, apropos of nothing.
“No, but I was a surgeon witness at
an electrical killing at Dannemora." I
returned.
“I say, tell me about it,” Charlie put
in eagerly. "Fve been to all the execu
tions here." He called at least six off
on his fingers.
I bad seldom talked on this subject,
but Charlie’s Interest appeared so ear
neBt that I began.
I described the process of placing the
electrodes, strapping the arms and feet,
testing the current, and so forth, and
as 1 looked across the table I saw that
Cummings bad assumed the position of
the victim Iu the great wooden chair,
his head thrown back, bis muscles stiff
ened. tiie Jaw dropped and the eyes be
neath the half lowered lids shifting
from side to side. It was quite horrible.
At last I stopped, leaned over and
•hook him.
"Enough of this grewsomeness!
Come, talk of yourself,” I said.
.He aroused and. leaning both elbow?
on the table, spoke In a low voice, half
inarticulate.
“If you'll listen and afterward for
get, I'll tell you a little tale. It may lie
strange or new or old. It may amuse
you. Think what you choose, you know.
But one thing, don't Interrupt or make
comment. Promise me?"
I nodded.
“You know, after I left college,"
Charlie went on. "I tried to settle
down.” It might be fair to state I had
not known this.
Then followed a silence of a minute.
Charlie rested his face In his bauds
and placed the tips of his little fingers
over bis sunken eyes. At last lie spoke
again. I had to lean forward to catch
what he was saying.
"1 was very fond of my brother. We
were much alike, save the speech—I
mean In feature—and when I heard
that lie had been murdered, damna
bly murdered. I could not sleep.
1
drank for it. My arms from wrist to
elbow were soared with the markings
of the needle. I ran the gamut—co
calne. laudanum, morphine. One day
1 awoke, so to speak. In a hospital. 1
was strapped down, much as the man
you were telling me about Just now.
I staid there for some time and slowly
regained my strength. You see,” said
Charlie parenthetically, and 1 was
afraid be bad side tracked Ills Ideas,
"my"will hns never left me. I could
start tomorrow and sit with a fishing
rod In my hands on the banka of tin
Seine, a bottle of cold ten beside me
for the rest of my life. Man. I could
do it and never touch a thing but
bread and cheese. I could live in a
tub If I made up my mind to do It.
Well, listen. I determined when I left
the hospital to give up everything.
The doctors told me I must If I wished
to I lye— they know little about that."
he sneered—“so I went to the Adiron
dack». I rowed and paddled ami lived
In the woods. I grew strong and keen
on life. I built castles to no end. I
Imagined returning and showing people
what I could do. For six months 1
touched nothing In the way of stimu
lants. I had put morphine away for
ever. I wish now to God I had not.”
“Well”—Charlie was speaking slow
er now and breathing harder—“! re
turned to town. It was late In the
spring or, better, early summer.
I
went to my hotel, lou know the one
I mean.” Indeed I remembered It and
how often we bad sat there on our col
lege vacations anil watched those won
derful nymphs trying to draw the sun
browned satyr down Into the water.
“It was a beautiful day. and I went
up in my room to dress. 1 had not had
• black coat on my back for months.
I observed in the glass that 1 was look
ing very well, and suddenly It crossed
my mind that my abstinence on drink —
It was not a pledge, you know—was up
this very day. 1 rang for a cocktail. It
tingled me to the end of my fingers,
and so I toe', number and another and
n fourth D.-nny. when I stepped out
on tlie sidewalk I ow ned the world ami
would have given half of It for one
kindred spirit who would understand
my mood
I went into Delmonico'a,
hoping to find a familiar face. No one
was there but some fools gabbling In
the corner. I 1- nged for some place In
the fresh air. but longed still more for
some one to talk to. to rhapsodize at.
for 1 was alive from pulse to brain.
‘The Claremont!' I thought, and I went
outside. The driver of a hansom cab
held up an interrogating finger.” I
wondered If Charlie bad borrowed this
from Walt Whitman, "lie had a nice
horse and n nice trap. 1 called him
across. •The Claremont, up the river.’
said I.
“As we drove up Broadway 1 owned
it all We passed under the elevated,
and as I looked out 1 saw a figure
standing at a corner”—
Charlie had now begun to talk
through his teeth and merely with a
movement of his lips. He was breath
ing hard. "It was a tall woman In
sheeny gray silk. I leaned forward and
looked out the corner of the window.
She bowed, or 1 bowed first, I forget
which. Well, you know, It was about
time that 1 had got over boy’s foolish
ness. But why not? I threw open the
little trapdoor In the roof of the cab
with my stick. 'Stop,’ said I. The driv
er drew tip to the curb. Strange to say,
as I came down the sidewalk, waiting
to get my cue. you know, the woman
stepped to meet me. ’Ab, Mr. Cum
tilings.' she said, with a slightly for
eign accent
“ 'Pou my word. 1 was kuocked al
most off my feet. There was nothing
for it. however, but to pretend that I
had known her.
“It was the same old stereotyped
way: •Haven't seen you for some time.
Where have you been?’ ‘Will you ever
forget the last time,’ etc.—noncommit
tal phrases, word fencing and all that,
you know—rank nonsense.
"Well, the upshot of it was 1 asked
her point blank to have dinner wftb
me. She laughed, accepted, and in a
minute we were up the avenue. Let
me give you a hint of what she looked
like, old chap. You may have read
about it." 1 said nothing. "Her face
was as clear as wax, without a bit of
color.
Her eyebrows were straight
and narrow, and her hair rose from
lier white forehead as even as a char
coal line. Her eyes were so pale that
the black dots of her pupils could be
seen a dozen feet away, but her Ups
were as red as blood. Blood!” be re
peated. “She was the strangest and
thai little crease across It beneath tlie
chin
Her head was on my shoulder
or, better, ou my chest.
What per
fume It was in my nostrils I could not
fathom. She was making a strange
ebittering sound, attractive, but like
the noise of some beast or. maybe, bird
and yet like laugbiug.
"We passed by an electric light. It
flashed for an instant through the cab
window, and 1 saw wbat made me al
most die as I »at there. There was
something gleaming at my chest. She
held a narrow bit of steel grasped in
her right band!
"Have you ever seeu a me.hanlc tit
a plunger in Its place? Slie was ad
Justing the point above my heart with
her fiugers! At once the murder of my
brother came to my mind, the stub
wound and the story of the woman, all
the horrid scandal It was so hard to
hush. I was strong. My months of
paddling on the lakes had given me a
grip, I moved softly and -lowly. ltais
Ing both my hands. I caught her by the
throat. She made a strike at me, ami
something Jingled at my feet. I could
feel my fingers sink under her flesh. It
rose under my nails. They almost met.
She struggled strongly, but not a sound
did she utter, nor did I. I held her
there until everything went black and
I was so tired that my arms ached
from thumb to shoulder, ami I flung
her back, dead, dead! Do you hear me
-dead!”
Cummings was panting so bard I
feared some sudden trouble with bis
heart. But I remembered It now—the
strange woman found murdered In a
four wheeler, the half drunken driver
the mysterious uinner party of two at
the Claremont, the man who dlsap
peared. the ten days’ mystery. But I
remembered nothing of the finding of
a knife. A man's silver watch chain
was found on the floor of the cab, how
ever, and a roll of bills. No motive
had been assigned for ths* crime, ami
the woman had been traced to a hotel
frequented by foreigners
She was
known to the police for various rea
sons. pocket picking among them, and
the reporters had described her as be-
Ing beautiful. That was all I recol
lected.
Charlie had poured himself out a co
pious drink of the smooth brandy.
"The rest is easy.” lie said, as If re
lieved at getting over that part of the
recital and yet speaking Intensely. "I
opened tlie door of the old rattletrap
softly and got out on the run. The next
day 1 sailed for Europe. There you
have it."
“What do you think?” said I.
"Think!” repeated ho. “I don't wish
to think. You see”—he lowered his
voice- ”1 love her yet. Curse it. man,
she rises between me and all other wo
men! Verlaine thinks me an Immor
tal.”
I looked at hint again. He had taken
the position in tlie chair which he had
held when I had told him my own
grewsome story. Somehow 1 was feel
ing s<> uncomfortable that I could not
stand it longer. 1 began to gather up
my hat and cloak. Charlie watched me
without a movement or sound, and
without speaking to him again 1 walk
ed sway.
The pretty cashier as 1 passed the
desk looked at me curiously and then
back at the silent figure at the table.
"Is he a poet, your friend?” she ask
ed.
I glanced back into the room. "Yes.
maijame," 1 answered. "He dreams."
Auclcat Chinese Bridges.
Ilf ¡lined together at a little table in the
corner.
most beautiful thing alive. God! Ye»,
she was.
"Well, do my best, I could not find
out how she knew my name. I grew
serious, but she laughed that off. Then
I grew interested. 1 could have sworn
that 1 bad never met her, you see.
Suddenly she turned to me and spoke
In French, and. although there were a
few conversational hitches, we talked
on In that language*. She was clever,
she was bright, she was uucommon-
plnce. and Insensibly she made me keep
my distance. At last we stopped at
the frame house on the hill overlooking
the Hudson. There were a number of
cabs and carriages waiting. The ver
anda was filled with well dressed peo
ple. Wine was being opened. Silks
and satins ami bad English—you know
that set.
"We dined together at a little table In
the corner. If ever a man made love. 1
diil. I didn't know myself. I was swept
away. Den. I believe I scintillated. 1
could see nothing but gray eyes looking
at me across the cloth. I could heat
nothing but the low purring laugh and
the caressing tones of her answers. My
heart beat so rast 1 almost smothered.
1 was wild—crazy, If you like. Sudden
ly I noticed she had gone light on the
wine 1 had ordered. The bottom of my
own glass bad seemed to go farther
and farther away. The bubbles would
rise at me and seethe as if they played
a little tunc of pleasure. Never had I
felt so In my life. I was the hero of a
fairy tale. Life was great and grand
and given to enjoy. A river steamboat
swept up against the dark shadow of
the Palisades. It gleamed like a great
opal. I felt that 1 could have waved
my hand and stopped It; that she and I
could have gone on board and sailed
away to some country wnere
t name
paused—“where there never was a
hell.” he added.
“Now follow. We came to go. and 1
had paid my bill. She had laughed at
all my attempts to find out who she
was. I was In despair, and yet I had
the sensation that there were only two
persons on earth, that woman and my
self, and what should we care for the
rest? It was late. I had dismissed the
hansom, and nothing but a solitary
four wheeler stood In the driveway
near the shed. I called the man to me,
and we got Inside, and there I told her
how 1 loved her; there I asked this
creature that four hours before 1 bad
never seen, whom I did not know—this
sphinx-this” he stopped -"tills God.
I know not what—to marry me. as If
she'd been a princess whom I'd served. 1
asked It. Her only answer was a sound
I could not distinctly understand, hut
she allowed me to put my arm about
her shoulders; she allowed me to kiss
her upon tlie lips! 1 was crazy mad.
wild, and yet. I thought, victorious.
Ob. bow I lived In that one moment!
"I had noticed what a lovely throat
and neck she had. round and full, with
Suspension bridges which were built
In the time of the Han dynasty (202 B.
C. to 220 A. I>.) are still standing, strik
ing examples of oriental engineering
skill. According to historical and geo
graphical writers of China, it was
Sitting Lietig. Kaen T sii ' s chief of com
mand. who undertook to construct the
first public roads In the flowery em
pire. At Hint time it wits almost Im
possible for the province of Shense to
communicate with tlie capital. Lleng
took tin army of 10,000 workmen and
cut great gorges through the moun
tains. tilling up the canyons and val
leys with the debris from his excava
lions. At places where deep gorges
wire traversed by large and rapidly
flowing streams he actually carried
out his plan of throwing suspension
bridges, stretching from one slope to
the other.
These crossings, appropriately styled
“flying bridges" by early Chinese writ
ers. are high and dangerous looking In
th» extreme. At the present day a
bridge may still be seen In the Shense
which is -too feet long and is stretched
over a chasm more than 1,000 feet
deep. How those early engineers erect
ed such a structure with the tools and
appliances at their command is a mys
tery which will probably never be ex
plained.
Humor nt St. Peter's.
You would not look In St. Teter's for
a practical Joke, but one was perpetrat
ed by the unknown artist that carved
the tomb of Pope Innocent XII., who
reigned from 1091 to 1700. His family
name was Pigmatella. which is the
Italian for a small Jug, aud the artist
has introduced tiny Jugs at every op
portunity among the embelishments.
Tlie toe of the famous bronze statue
of St. Peter has been worn away by
the kisses of the faithful, which prac
tice has given rise to the absurd but
widely believed idea that pilgrims kiss
tlie actual toe of the living pope. It is
tlie ugliest tiling in St. Peter's. The
figure is of rude workmanship, and one
is ready to believe the story that it was
never intended for St. Peter at all. but
is an old statue of Jupiter Capitolinas
unearthed in excavations of the six
teenth century. The church authorities
admit tluit it was cast from tlie bronze
of it pagan statue, but claim that it was
always Intended for St. Peter.-Rome
Letter in Chicago Record-Herald.
A
Lunatic's
ISvIcr.
Mr. Lionel Brough once played a
game of billiards in an asylum with
one of the patients. He conceded Ills
adversary twenty-five points, with the
result that lie was hopelessly beaten.
Then the patient took hint quietly on
one side and said:
“Look here! If you go on giving ]>oints
so recklessly as that you'll •■e in this
nsvliun instead of me’”
The London t'liroulcle quotes a naval
officer as saying that during the war
of 1812 the British admiralty sent out
to Kingston. Canada, where the British
fleet was then stationed, a large num
ber of water casks in the belief that
Lake Ontario was a salt water lake.
BREAD AND BRIDES. ¡HEALTH
VERSUS STRENGTH
A Gaod siomaeh 1» Worth More t han
Mast-alar Powar.
THE
VAGARIES OF THE TIDES.
Cnrlnn« < nrrenta In lh« Ocean mid
II« Oifalmota.
BLAKt,
MOFFin
& TOWNt
importers aud Dealers in
Book, N«w«,
Writing and
Wrapping...
OARD STOCK
PARTS VIANDS PLAY IN MAR
There are as many vagaries In the
Tile strong man was doing some of
RIAGE CEREMONIES.
STRAW AND HINDERS’ BOARD
his most sensational "stunt*.”
Evi waters as in Hie winds. Why. for in
33-07-39-61 Fl mt St.
dently his performance was free from stance. should three great ocean cur
Tat. main !••.
15 SAN FRANGIMO»
Swrelloarl Cakes ot H Hatch llaiu- trick-ry. The muscles spoke for that, rents send Hielr warm waters across
sel — t-:<>-|,t la ii Hrldcsrooma Mast and there were case and enjoyment in the wide Pacific, Atlantic and around
the Cape of Good llo|ie? The1"# have
Work For Their Supper— Wine la all his movements.
Chinn—Vlnrrleil by Canity.
hat a splendid fellow!" exclaimed been many theories advanced to solie
Hie problem of their origin, hut all
The important part which different a college student In u front row to tils
have proved fallacious. Other and
viands play Iu marriage ceremonies older companion. "I'd give all I ex equally mysieriolis currents exist ill
pect ever to know of the classic» In ex
makes rather an interesting story.
change for Hint physique. Just think well nigh all parts of the world. The
For example, tlie Swedish bride fills what It means unlimited endurance lides are so erratic in different parts of
her [locket witli bread, which she dis and strength.
With that and a fair lha world Hint one hesitates to accept Intervlow With Edward Short
penses to every one she meets on her share of brains, there Isn't anything a tin- tlieori that Hie moon controls them
of the Han Francisco Call.
in all cases.
way to church, every piece she gives mail couldn't accomplish.”
It is on record that the sea has run
away averting, as she believes, a mis
The older man smiled nt the young
for weeks out of the Java sea through
ster's enthusiasm.
fortune.
Mr Edward Short, euunecteil with the bust
“You're doing very veil as It is." he the str;i i of Sumía and thence back
On tlie threshold of her new home a
lignin i* t . like period without any |>er- cess department of the Sun Francisco Cult
said.
"The
battle
may
generally
be
to
bride iu Senia Is presented with a
ceptilile rise or fall during those times. interviewed:
plate of bonbons, one of w hich she and the strong and skillful, but it isn't Just Then then, is the equatorial current
Q —You are reported to have been cured oi
muscular strength that counts To tell
diabetes!
the bridegroom share between them,
that
flows
into
tlie
Caribbean
sen.
tlie
A —That I m right
the divided bonbon signifying that no you the truth, you've Inherited some ever flowing current to the eastward
Q — Ara you sure it was d la bo tea!
bitterness »hall divide them. A sieve thing that is worth more to you than around < ape Horn, tlie cold stream
A.—1 was rejected for insurance, and later
of wheat corn is also given to the bride. all the mere muscle you could |>ut on In tie.-,ng friiiii Hie Icy region* of the failing rapidly, our physician told me I had
diabetes and to put my affairs in shape
Of this she takes? three handfuls, a lifetime. I mean your stomach."
q — iiai - nun .’ than one pttynfeinn!
"Yes, of course; that’s important, north i- -t Newfoundland and Nova
throws It over her head, emptying the
A — Yes I had another contlrm it. He, too.
> ■ ,i , nd along the American coast
but
”
said
I could not live long I bad dropped from
sieve ii|sin the ground. The scattered
lo ihe exit -me end of Florida, the con 211) to 13.’» pounds ant! was very wm. A neigh
"It's
everything,
my
boy.
Now.
sup
corn denotes that tlie bride firings Joy
bor
toll!
me of the Fulton Compound
tinual einient running witli a velocity
Q How long did you have to take it!
and prosperity Into her new home. The pose I should tell you that that big fel of Ironi lour to tile knots an hour
A
—
About
a year before I was perfectly well
bride is still outside tlie door, nor can low up there is In greater danger of col through the strait of Gibraltar into
Q —Did y<»ur ph.\ sieians then test for sucar?
lapse
than
you
are
likely
to
be
if
you
A
Both
dkl.
Both reported normal They
she enter until she Inis placed two
the Me. terrain-ini sea. the swift cur were very greatly surprised at my recovery, for
Ionics of bread beneath her arms and take fair care of yourself and exercise lout running across tlie rocks and they had told me diabetes was incurable
Q —Know of any other cures?
taken a bottle of wine Into her hands. In moderation."
shoals nil' the end of Billiton island,
A —Several 1 told my friend, William Mar
“How is that possible? He is the pic
With these emblems she at length
tin,
an S 1’. conductor of Stockton, .»bout it.
which apparently starts from nowhere
He hail diabetes, and was about to give up his
crosses the threshold of her future ture of health and strength.”
and ends somewhere in the vicinity of position when I told him. He gut tliesamere
"And what do you say to this fel
home. At tlie first meal of the newly
well when Killed a year or
the same place, and the current which, stills I did. aud
married pair bread and wine must lie low?” asked the physician, drawing a starting half way it|> the China sea, no Q. later.
—Any others?
taken by both to denote that theme photograph from his pocket. It was runs from two to three knots an hour
A.—I told William Hawkins of the Custom
and Captain Hubbard of the barkent intt
forward all they have shall lie equally the likeness of an athlete not much the to the northeast and finally ends ab House
8 N. Castle, upon hearing they hud diabetes
divided between them and that their physical inferior of the strong man.
Both of them were cured. I also told u neigh
ruptly off the north eml of Luzon.
bor who had dropsy. In a month it wus elim
"This chap,” continued the medical
married life sluil! be passed in unity
Then we have those tidal vagaries inated 1 can’t recollect all I’ve told
expert, “came to me for treatment re
and fidelity.
Q —bid it fail in any case!
known the world over as bores. Resi
A.—Not one Ji is a positive cure lu Bright’s
A Russian wooing culminates in the cently. He needed It. The flesh was dents on Severn side are familiar with Disease and Diabetes Hoover amt see Hup
literally
falling
off
him.
He
was
losing
kins
and ho will tell vou the same thing
betrothal feast, at w hich the bride elect
them, and those that run up the Hu
In return for a long tress of hair which a pound a day. You see, he had sud gh and Irnwaddy rivers from side
Medical works agree that Bright’s Disease
she has given to the bridegroom re denly collapsed.”
to side in a zigzag shape till they reach and Diabetes are Incurable, but M7 percent, am
“What was the trouble?"
ceives bread and salt ami an almond
positive
I v recover ng under the Fulton Com
their limit, often tearing ships from
pounds (Common forms of kidney complaint
“Stomach. I'm not telling you any
ca kc.
their anchorage, originate nobody offer but short resistance.) Price, il for the
In Holland if n young man is in love thing new, but It's astonishing how knows where or why. The rush of wa Bright’s bisenHe and fl .»•' for the biubetic
’oiii|M>und. John .1 Fulton Co., I’Jd Montgoui
with a girl and wishes to ask her hand much an elemental truth Is overlooked. ters In the hay of Fuudy Is nothing < cry
street, San Francisco, sole com|)oundcrs
In marriage he buys a small sweet A man is no stronger than his stom but a huge bore »weeping till before It Free tests made for patieuts Deacrlptive
pamphlet mailed free.
cake and. wrapping it up iu soft paper, ach.
up to the head of the bay till the waters
"If your stomach Isn't far better than have risen to Hie height of fifty or six
proceeds to the house of bis inamorata,
lie Is ushered into the midst of Hie that of most Americans, look out! Tills ty feet, off Southampton we have the
family circle.
Without a word lie patient of mine had changed his food, double tides, while at Singapore It hns
’’LD IDEAS ABOUT GEMS.
walks up to tlie young lady and lays and it came near costing him his life. been observed for days at a time that
tlie cake on the table before Iter. The So don't be too quick to euvy the strong tin i
nas been Imt tlie one rise and Pen r Is Were 'I’ll <> iim lit to Be Dew
drop* ( Rughf
the Shell.
rest of tlie family affect not to notice man, and go ahead with your classics, fall in Hie twenty four hours. The tides
The IndlatiH called rock crystal an
anything unusual and continue their not forgetting twenty minutes or so a may be and very often appear as
work or their reading. Tlie youug man day of well directed exercise.’’—New though liny were “moonstruck,” but "unripe diamond,” mid until tlie begin
turns aside and talks to the fattier or York Herald.
they certainly are not controlled with ning of the eighteenth century India
mot tier on some very < rdinary subject,
hnrd ami fust rules by that or any oth wan thought to be the only land which
produced Hint precloua stone. It waa
keeping Ids eyes eagerly fixed on tlie
er
lasly
London Shipping World.
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
not. therefore, until the discovery of
girl while lie is conversing, if she ac
India that the diamond was known to
cepts Ids offer, she takes up tlie cake
Onions may be readily transplanted
I'rlvHlt* <iH nt bl i lift Iu Ruasla,
and eats it.
If site is a coquettish if growing too thick.
There is a good deal of gambling in us. Yet an far back as 5O0 B C. a
“didactic history" of precloua «tones
damsel, she tortures the young man by
Weeds should not be allowed to grow society in England, but It Is nothing to
turning it over and playing with it be- or crusts to form around young fruit what goes on in Russia, says the lam- was written, and in l'liny’s time the
aupply must have been plentiful, as he
fore she decides to taste it ami then en t rees.
don Candid Friend. Yint, preference
wrote, “We drink out of a mass of
raptures 1dm by eating it to tlie Inst
Do not buy any kind of fruit trees and roulette are the principal games. gem», and our drinking vessels are
crumb.
If, on the other band, she or plants simply because they are The second is tlie most popular iu army
formed o' emerald»." We are also told
wishes to have nothing more to do cheap.
circles, while many ladies of the high
that Ner<> aided his weak sight by
witli tier admirer, site puts it back on
With all transplanting it is important est rank keep roulette tables and have spectacle» made of emeralds.
tlie table. Tlie youug man takes up to see that tlie soil is well filled In regular "evenings,” on which play goes
But I m very difficult to determine
the cake and. witli a "Vaarvoal byza around the roots.
on for very high stakes. As is usually
whence nil Hie gems came, as discov
men,” leaves the house. Tlie matter is
the
ease
at
roulette,
the
bank
mostly
1'ritne spurs to one developed bud,
erers look care to leave no record. The
then kept a profound secret by both
wins, and the hostess takes good cure
for the nearer the old wood the higher
nations who traded in them were
families, and tlie outer world never flavored the fruit.
to keep the bank.
hears of It. In place of a wedding cake
One of the 'most notorious of these afraid of their whereabouts being
A weak solution of poultry droppings
known, aud even the most ancient mer
in Holland wedding candies are given
private dens is run by two ladles of
is a wonderful stimulant of plant
chants would not disclose any definite
—“brtlld zuikers" they are called.
the highest rank and connections. Only
growth, it may be used weekly with
locale. All sorts of myths have ac-
They are passed around by children
the tine fleur of the society of St. Pe
good effect.
cordlngly sprung up concerning the
tersburg are admitted, and the entree
and are served in flower trimmed lias
Only well rotted manure should be
origin of gems. “Diamond” was the
kets.
is eagerly sought. The stakes are high,
applied around the grapevines. Fresh the plunging often desperate, and men nanie given to a youth who was turned
Bride pudding in tlie name of the
manure excites tlie growth, but does
into the hardest and most brilliant of
have been known to leave these salons
piece de resistance served nt a Norse
substmiees to [»reserve him from “the
not hi a tu re it.
in a financial condition which ap
peasant wedding. This is not brought
Quince trees should be mulched as a proaches ruin. The princesses, howev Ills that flesh is heir to.” Amethyst
on the talde until the last day of the
was a beautiful nymph beloved by
festivities, three or five days being protection against extreme beat and er, make a handsome Income out of the
Ba< , bus. hut saved from him by Di
cold,
as
tne
roots
are
small
and
usually
bunk,
and
no
one
thinks
the
worse
of
given up to feasting and merrymaking.
ana. who changed Amethyst into a
them.
The appearance of the bride pudding near the surface.
gem. w hereupon Bacchus turned the
In selecting trees to grow as a wind
is the signal of dismissal, and at th'*
gem into wine color and endowed tha
How llluh Cao a Balloon Hlset
close of the feast the guests say fare break it is quite an item to have them
The altitude that may be attained wearer with the gift of preservation
well. presenting at the same time (heir of a close growing habit and of as near
ly
perpetual
foliage
as
possible,
riant
by
a balloon depends, first, upon its from intoxication.
gifts, which consist of cash. This llm
The pearl was thought to be a dew
size; secondly, upon the tilling of gas,
bride receives, the bridegroom present a double row.
and, thirdly, upon the weight being drop tlie shell had opened to receive.
ing each donor witli a glass of wine.
carried. A balloon of ordinary size, Amber was said to be honey melted by
Turkish Delight.
Partaking of two tiny glasses of wine
43,000 cubic feet, currying the smallest the sun, <lro|»ped Into the sen and con
The
oriental
sweet
called
“
Turkish
is all the ceremony necessary to make
gealed. According to Hie Talmud, Noah
a marriage In some Chinese provinces, delight" that travelers in the east are weight-that Is, one person when tilled
had no light in the ark Imt that which
provided a quantity of fireworks are sure to taste Is not difficult to make. with illuminating gas may reach 20,000 eaiue from precious stones.- Gentle
feet,
but
when
tilled
with
hydrogen
Have
ready
an
ounce
of
gelatin,
pref
•et off. These are to wake the "great
man's Magazine.
joss” from Ids sleep that lie may wit- ' erably the clear Imported sheet varie 27.000 feet. In order to ascend higher
we
first
of
all
need
a
bigger
balloon.
ty,
which
has
been
soaked
for
two
ness the ceremony.
The Way of the World.
One may say It was ii happy chance
At a Hebrew wedding man and wife hours In a very little cold water. Bring
Funny world we live in. A man who
•Ip from one cup of wine, symbolizing I to a boil iu a porcelain pot a pound of tluit the Royal Meteorological institute has six horses standing idle in a stable
participation tn the Joys and pain of granulated sugar and half a cupful of of Berlin was provided with a balloon walked two miles out in the country
earthly life. The emptied goblet is cold water, adding the gelatin, and boll of the unusual dimensions of 300.000 on a little matter of business a day or
placed on the floor and crushed Into a till tlie mixture dropped in cohl water cubic feet. The German emperor fur two ago. while another man who had
thousand pieces by tlie bridegroom, can be belli in the finger. After it lias nislied £500 for making experiments no horses and very little money hired a
who thus siiows that lie will put Ids boiled steadily for fifteen minutes add with It, and the Meteorological insti team to go the same distance. This
foot on all evils that may enter the the Juice of one lemon and a table- tute decided to make use of this op was an actual occurrence and shows
spoonful of brandy. Four to cool in a portunity for studying the highest re
family circle.
the perversity of human nature. He
At an Egyptian wedding feast meat clean tin which has been wet in cold gions of atniosphere. Harper's Mngn- who has the facilities for driving pre
la not eaten because of the belief that water, cutting the mixture as it stiffens zine.
fers to walk, while he who could much
It would lead to future bickerings be into squares like caramels. Each piece
better prefer to walk and has no team
A Had Way to Feed Hirds,
is
dusted
with
powdered
sugar
or
roll
tween them. Eggs, fruits and sweets
It Is quite a common practice for per goes and hires one. Men are crazy to
• re served. The first meal in tlie new ed in waxed paper.—New York Post.
sons owning pet birds to teacli them to own a team, and It soon becomes a
house cannot be touched until, nfter
take bits of sugar or other food liked bore to give the horse necessary exer
Xo Proof Necesaary.
every device known to the bridegroom,
by the bird from the lips. It lias been cise. It has always been thus and. we
Colonel
C.
L.
Colquecn
of
Louisiana
the bride has been at last induced to
discovered that the trainers of young presume, always will be.
•peak. Once she utters a word, he claps was halted on the street one day by a birds In Europe frequently contract in
his hands, and supper is brought to gentleman who evidently did not know this way a peculiar parasitic growth on
Fffecl of <• ra v 11 at Io a.
him.
them.
If a man weighing twelve stone were
the throat and lungs that Is frequently
Married by candy Is the [dan in Bur '
“Can you tell me,” asked the un
fatal, and a warning has been issued to be transferred to the tnoon, tlie
ma. Of all marriage rites this takes known, "who is the best lawyer .: by French physicians which may well «eight of his body, measured at least
the palm for conciseness and sweet town ?”
be heeded by any one feeding birds by the attraction which the moon
"I am, sir,” replied the colonel with
simplicity. Here the dusky lady takes
would exercise upon it, would be re
from mouth to beak.
out
hesitation.
the initiative. Seeing a youth who
duced to about two stone. If his mus
The man looked surprised.
pleases her, she offers him a sweet. If
cles and his frame remained the same,
A t-sycholoateat Deduction.
“Excuse me,” lie said; "1 should like
be accepts her proposal, be promptly
"My dear,” said tlie wife of the emi It would seem as if he would be able
eats the token of affection, and they to have you prove It.”
nent professor, "the hens have scratch to jump over a wall twelve feet high
"Don’t have to prove it, sir,” thun ed up all that eggplant seed you sow on the small globe without any greater
are thereby made man and wife. In
the act of eating alone tills most prim dered the colonel; "1 admit it.”—New
exertion than would be required to
ed.”
itive rite consists. If the youth be not York rimes.
“Ah, Jealousy,” mused the professor. dear a wall two feet high on the earth.
favorably disposed, he remarks with
And he sut down and wrote a twenty
all gallantry that Hint particular candy
Deceived.
An Anticipated I'leasare.
page article on "The Development of
is not to bis taste, and the matter is
She—I'd never have married you If Envy In the Minds of the Ixiwer Grade
A congressman of Mississippi, after
ended. In Mandalay three weeks after you had not deceived me about your-
making a speech in opposition to the
of Bipeds."—Baltimore American.
a marriage kinsmen bring the bride •elf.
expensive funerals of congressmen,
groom a bowl of rice, a vessel of wine
lie-Rather you never would have
says he received a letter front a con
Fmolloa Wasted.
and a fowl, much of which collation is married me had I not deceived myself
“It was terrible even to see the vil stituent saying: "When you die, John,
sacrificed to the spirits of ancestors.
kliout yon.- Boston Transcript.
lain die," said the emotional girl at the we won’t ask congress to pay the ex
A Bagoda bride—in the Philippines—
pense of your funeral. You’ve got
melodrama.
If she be good looking and the daughter
It is well enough to make liny while
“Oil. w ell." consoled the old lady, "he enough friends down here, John, to
of a warrior, is Bold by her father for
.he sun shines, but If there were no would have died anyway. Did you no give you a lespectable burial, and we
■bout $30, which sum Is not given In •alny weather there would be no liny
tice how many cigarettes be smoked?" would take pleasure in doing it.”
money, but in vegetables and chickens
— Exelmilue
.o make.-Saturday Evening Post.
One way of estimating such things is
Whnt Was Scarce.
at the price of a brass gong. Such v
Once a distinguished Russian grand
t
he
p
:
-
they
have
in
the
mint
are
Every
man
barked
at
by
a
dog
is
not
gong Is worth thirty silver dollars, and
miiey making schemes.— duke found himself charged 20 francs
it is a valuable maiden indeed who will x tlilef. Every mull talked about by a nearly
apiece for hothouse peaches at the old
I'll I lad IptiufeBulletin.
jossip Is not guilty.—Atchison Globe.
bring two brass gongs.—What to Eat.
Cafe de I'aris. in the French metropo
Diabetes and
Bright’s Disease.
A Mallcloim Eiponurf.
Ont ninnru verrd.
Emellne How I should love to over
The Lady—Did any one call while I hear the conversation of several highly
was out?
Intellectual men!
The Maid - No. ma'am.
Edgar Pooh! I’ve been with them.
The Lady—That's very strange.
1 !
They always begin on books, but soon
wonder wbat people think I have a ' get to talking about something good to
day “at home” for anyway. Indian j eaL—Detroit Free Press.
■polls News.
■
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3
lllgli«, Janie«!
Since the establishment of the gam
Ing tables land on tlie Riviera fifty
miles from Monaco which was former
ly only worth $25 an acre has been
•old for tllHKHI nil Scry
Teacher James, you must tell where
| the Declaration of independence was
. signed.
' James—Please, ma'am, at the bottom.
-Indianapolis News.
So num mho llani.
Farmer Jones was awakened by a
suspicious noise In bis barnyard, and,
going out with a club and lantern, in
an angle between the chicken coop and
barn he saw a colored neighbor stand
lng liolt upright, with his eyes closed.
After receiving a sharp blow on his
bead the intruder opened Ills eyes.
“Where is I?” he asked. "Is dat you,
Farmer Jones? I spcct I'ze been walk
ing in my sleep again. 1 often does
walk in my sleep and Ju»' stand round
and dou’t know where I 1»."—New
York Herald.
Ils.
"Are hot house peaches »o scarce,
then, even In midwinter?” he asked.
“No," replied the maltre d'hote), “but
grand dukes are."
The Worm.
She—Yes, I am sorry I married you;
»o there!
He Oh! You were glad to get any
body, I guess. You were no youug
bird when 1 married you.
She—No? But, considering woat 1
got, you must admit I was an early
bird.— Philsdelohin Pre«»