RANDOX UE< ORDER.
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BURIAL CUSTOMS.
The
Varies. Method» I .rd Iu
Disposal nt the Dead.
the
$
»Hit with work Slid fell the lieeil i»l >1
-oinetliliig hearty.’ ‘ Wrong again, Bub.
Your ineiuory deceives you, for tlie
ear bier told me you were a high liver,
always paid no less than seventy-five
cents for your ‘doughnuts and coffee,'
and tip|»ed your waiter g» nerouxly. I
lia»i luy xandwlch and cotte'. Now I
will tell you, Bob, I »-an never have tile
same respect for y»»u, and from now on
don’t you ever date say haril times to
me, or grumble at expenses or ask me
to lie economical, for 1 shall not do it.
I'tiis day I quit buying old tough steak
for the children that they can hardly
eat, while 1 had a tender chop or tlie
best part of the steak reserved for you.
For months you have not so much as
bought a teu-cent treat for the children.
I have iold you over and over again, we
need this and that for the bouse Imdly,
Mini you have ignored everybtxly ami
everything. There has never ls?eii a
pleasure devised by you for the mem
lie rx of the family that you were not the
central figure in it, and would reap the
most enjoyment from, I never realized
until to-day how selfish you are, ami
how totally indifferent you are to me
and the children. I can never feel the
same toward you; and 1 haven’t. Once
a woman gets her eyes open, she’ll
never tie blind again.
CHANGING ONE’S NAME.
MARINE art .
6CENE3 IN THE SCARRED CAPITAL
OF EASTERN JAPAN.
A Widespread Medley ot layleaaaai
Vlrtaes
a»d Defects of tbe
That Sailors Kalat.
»(*(»•
It 1» an axiom with sailors that there
never was a man who put lu three
years before the mast who did not
think he could paint a ship better than
tbe most skillful landlubber that ever
wleldi-d a brush. In the homes of re
tired sea captains specimens of this
kind of marine art are often displayed
on the walls to admiring friends am!
ar» handed down as family heirlooms.
A good place for tbe man who has no
seagoing relatives or friends to see
such pictures Is In some of the win
dows of slilp Htipply stores on South
street in New York. Sailors buy them
occasionally.
Ships that sailors ¡mint are absoiutely
correct in every detail. From a brig to
a full rigged tliree master there Is not a
block or tackle missing from Btem to
stern or from masthead to water line,
No marine painter could get in half so
much detail if he tried, But the ships
¡tainted by sailors look as if they were
caught fast in frost tipped waves
There is absolutely no life or any sug
gestion of motion about them even
when represented as going under full
sail. When a sailor tries to get In a bit
of landscape as a background, as be
usually does, he makes matters hope-
lessly worse, As a general thing It Is n
lighthouse or a fort looking for nil th»'
world like little images that children
take out of their toy ark«.—New York
Press.
The Mel bu» 1» a (lather «ovil, Uae
la t,rea< (frítala.
Many people change their names
without asking permission from any
one or paying any fees whatever. This
is certainly the simplest way of get
ting rid of a name you do not appre
date, but It Is apt to prove expensive
For instance, such a course I» strictly
Illegal, and the government could step
lu at any time and demand the pay
ment of a heavy tine; and, further
more, if the individual who changed
his mime without consulting anylssly
iiapiiened to come lu for a large sum
of money unex¡s»ctedly the authorities
woiihl decline to recognize Ills claim
if he ha<l failed to pay the ft*'» due to
the heralds' college for assuming a
name not given In Imptism.
There are two ways of changing
your mime, and they are both rather
costly. One method is to have a pri
vate act of parliament passed for youi
Ixmefit. This course is generally fol-
lowed only by peers and people to
whom l money is no object, for It costs
£750. ' This nearly all goes In fees to
for bringing your case
minor otliclals
<
ix'fore l the legislature, Inasmuch as the
actual passing of the bill costs prac-
Really uotliing. And the only advan-
tuge you will gain from this expensive
way of going to work is that inquiries
will uot lx1 made into your ¡Cist history,
which by the other alternative are un
avoidable.
The usual metlxMi adopted for legally
changing the name Is somewhat te
dious, if less costly, and you must have
very substantial reasons for so doing
or you»' claim will not be allowed. If.
for Instance, you inherit property
which maki'S it conditional that you
change your nume you can do so on
payment of about £50 In fix's.
(
In tlie first place you must com
municate with the home secretary,
who, if he ixmslders your claim valid,
will refer you to tlie heralds' college
and the king of arms. These otticlals
will make full Inquiries into your his
tory and satisfy themselves beyond
question Hint your reason for wishing
to make tlie change is in every way
legitimate. This done, they will again
communicate witli the home secretary,
who will lay your claim before the
king, for be alone lias power to au
thorize the change being made. Even
tually, after some months of waiting,
you will be informed by the heralds'
college that Ills majesty has approved
of your claim and the change of name
is published in a remote corner of tlie
London Gazette.
Finally it is worthy of mention that
no one can hold a public appointment
under government who lias changed
his name without the consent of tlie
king, however brilliant may have lieen
his services to the country, The reason
for this is rather curious, The naine
given you nt your baptism Is iu theory
ratified by tlie sovereign as bead of the
church, and by assuming another on
your own responsibility you are delib
erately breaking a law of tlie land —
London Tit-Bits.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
Livia« la a Grava.
A remarkable saint has recently
made bls appearance in Bengal and
professe» to effect miraculous cures of
incurable discuses. During the recent
cold weather be passed fifty one days
tn a tank by keeping nearly the whole
of bis body under wuter,*sind uow li*
is living Inside a “puces” grave six
feet deep. This has been wholly cov
ered over with masonry, keeping only
a small bole (tlie diameter of sAlcb is
alxiut two Inches) through which to
serve him with Ills dally food, simply
consisting of an orange or pomegran
ate Juice with one almond only. In
this state he will remain for fifty-ouc
consecutive days, and through the lioh
a string has been passed into tin
grave, one end of'it being tied to a
liell sus|ieiided on a bamboo post to en
able him to give an alarm in case of
any danger or mishap. He also uses it
to res|x>nd to calls Inquiring after Id*
health, signifying thereby that he is all
right. The saint entered the grave
with ids tx-dding. some holy books,
two or three bottles of rosewater and
one or two vials of attar of roses, aft
er which the opening was blocked up.
barring the bole, nnd then, leveling the
place with earth, some greens were
sown, which, being regularly water»*!
thrive nicely. Tlie saint has taken
the rosewater with him in lieu of
plain water to wash ids face, liniuls
and feet tiefore xaylinf'”?ff*—l'FaTcm
But the saint was not without an eye
to the main cliance, for one day a mon
ey order came to ids address from
Bombay, which, being rolled up. was
dropix-d Into the grave through tlie
hole. It was shortly after passisi buck
duly signed by tlie holy man. East
Indian Exchange.
slakle. Udore and Soaads— saate or
Two ladieu entered » restaurant the
ike leeaarealeacea That Beset the
The disposal of the dead among Civ other day and t<M>k neats at a table next
Forel* asr la stroppia«.
fllzed nations has usually consisted of to Polly. They conversed in a tone so
one of the following three ways: audible that I could uot help but hear
Tokyo, the vast sprawling capita! of
Firstly, of closing up the body in earth every word and not half try. Glancing
eastern Jipau, a comparatively yodng
or stone; secondly. of burning the tssly
city, is ug-d with the scars of Ore, of
over the bill of fare one lady remarked,
and committing to eurtb the ashes,
eartbquak» and of war. This great
“
I'm
going
to
iiave
clam
chowder,
and, thirdly, the embalming of the
city, once of 1,000,000 inhabitants,
body. Tlie earliest form of interment tenderloin of sole ami tartar sauce,
spread over what 1» popularly estimat
of which we have any account was lamb chop*, peas, and some ice cream
ed us a hundred square miles, seems
that of the paleolithic cave dwellers, and black coffee to tap of! with, Now,
still to cover iu the shadow of the for
who burled their dead in natural grot what ate you going to have?” •‘Oh,
tress of tin great Iyeyasu.
toes and crevices in the rock similar to I'm uot hungry, so 1 think 1’11 take a
For the American tourist unprepared
those in which they had lived.
for the rea: orient and knowing Japan
bam sandwich and a cup of coffee. o
When we come to the later Btone age “1 thought you said you were ‘as hun
only through her art products and the
we find that the people throughout
few pen phtures of the artist rhupso
Europe buried in chambered barrows gry a» a bear' before you came in here.”
dista who lave embarrassed her with
an<l cairns. Next comes the bronze said lier friend, surveying her with a
their pralset Tokyo is a rare purgative.
age. with its changes, and among oth l»H>k of surprise. “I thought 1 was un
Except for the stately and dignitied
til
we
sat
down.
”
“
Aud
now
a
liam
ers the burial of the dead. The chain
tombs of tie shoguns and the fine otti
bered barrows passed away, and in sandwich aud a cup of coffee will sat
dal ground) und buildings of the capi
their places burrows were frequently isfy you. Well, it doesn’t fill the bill
tal he tindshls senses assailed on every
used without chambers, and cemeteries with me at all. I want a gixxl hearty
side by uipleasant sights, odors ami
of stone cists set in the ground were dinner, and I used to do just as you are
sounds.
largely employed. Frequently a uat
Approach ng Tokyo by train from Yo
ural eminence of sand or gravel was doing now, and 1’11 wager for the very
kohama, he sees the green hillsides pia
same
reason.
You
are
thinking
that
the place assigned for burial, and
carded wit». enormous advertisements.
around It were circles of standing your husband, hard-working man that
Arrived in die city, he finds the poster
stones. During these prehistoric times he is, is taking a modest lunch of dough
and billboard everywhere monstrous
cremation was also practiced side by nuts and coffee. That's what he tells
and flngram Stagnant sewers lie along
side with the simple Interments of Un you, and you, poor simpleton, believe
“Now profit by my eX|>erieiice, you the roadside, and foul odors arise from
people. In pagan times ft was custom it. 1 used to pass along the streets and
the pavements, constantly wet down
ary, whether the dead were buried look wistfully in the show-windows at just duplicateniy order. Your husband by the bondholders. I’orters and store
is
not
¡»uttering,
he
is
going
to
have
just
with or without cremation, to put In
their graves such articles as urns ot the candy, for I have the same sweet what he wants regardless of whether keepers with a rag of a breechclout or
F.nallshwotaien ot Hank.
vessels of clay, bronze, gold or glass, tooth that I had when I was a child. you and the children have anything or a scant skfrt Jostle, shout and stare,
"If you come across a very shabby
and
perha]
a
whole
family
may
be
I
wanted
ten
cents
’
worth
of
candy
as
clothing, personal ornaments, lmple
uot. While you are saving he is spend
irway ready for tlie tub, looking English woman on the con
much as any child ever wanted it, but ing, and your little miserly economy soen in a
ments and weapons of warfare.
'liyou s»-e the steam arising. tlnent,” said a traveled American, "in
from
whlel
Cremation was largely abolishtsl there was that poor husband of mine only gives him that much more to
(tiled
the Glnga Is the state nine east's out of ten sue will turn out
A street
when Christianity spread over the grumbling aixmt expenses and liegging squander. Let him know that you
street of Tlkyo, and here in the even to be somebody of rank. When I was
country, and the interment of grave me to be as economical as 1 could, so I
in Florence, I wus a great frequenter
have
got
your
eyes
opened
at
last
and
Ing you mt ,lnd an infinity of wares
goods was restricted to kings and would pass by. One day, I rememlier,
of the I’tlzzl galleries, and there 1 met
The Duk
Armored Train.
spread
outlpou
the
walk,
which
is
one
he
will
have
more
resjwct
for
you
than
priests, who continued to be burled in
The Duke of Bedford has causi-d a
1 was fairly faint from hunger, for I ever he has had la-fore, and lie will be of the few real sidewalks in Japan. a number of times nil oldish English
their roynl nnd sacerdotal robes anti
woman
with
a
young
girl,
whom
I
good deal of amusement to the Inhab
hail been shopping all morning getting ashamed to prate about hard times Most of tirse wares, however, are a took to be governess nnd pupil, its tlie
with their insignia of ottiee.
itants of Woburn by bls latest Invest
Down to the tenth century cremation shoes, hosiery, winter clothing, and when he realizes that you know how vast lncom-quential array of cheap former was evidently educating the
trifles, sue! as the enterprising mana
inent. a sort of miniature armored
giHxlness
knows
what,
for
the
children.
was customary among the tribes locat
he lives.”
ger of an American “five cent store” latter’s taste for nrt and would analyze
train, consisting of a truck, painted
ed along the X'olga. Here also human . I want to tell you, to begin with, how
the
styles
of
the
different
artists
and
might gathir together. There are, how
brown like the duke's livery ami drawn
sacrifices In honor of the dead pre ever, that 1 always aimed to give my
The older was duplicated ami I'olly ever, a nqnber of somewhat preten make tlie girl pick out their pictures
by a small steam motor. Both tin- mo
vailed. Records of eyewitnesses of the husband a good, hearty breakfast, al was glad of it, for he was one of the tious storci to be seen by the persist through her knowledge of technique.
tor and the truck are protected by
horrible ceremonies have come down to ways mush and cream, ham and eggs men al ways poverty stricken tn hisown
It was cleverly done, nnd as tlie older
ent shopper
high sides, so that the duke can go in
us. Charlemagne prohibited this usage or steak and fried potatoes, biscuit or
woman
saw
that
I
was
interested
in
Shopping in Tokyo, however, is at
home but gay and debonair on the
safety Into the inclosure where la-
her
art
lectures
she
kindly
included
among the conquered Saxons under
some kind of hot bread and plenty of outside. The little woman who wanted tended by nany Inconveniences. To l»e- me In the curriculum. The girl was
keeps the wilder animals of his won
pain of death. In India the living wld
gin with, y>ur rickshaw man knows no
derful zoo at Woburn. Some of these
ow was in many instances down to g<x>d coffee, for, poor man, he only had the ham sandwich and coffee went out English aid nothing about the stores, shy and stiff, like most of her young
beasts are inclined to be restive at
182!) burned with the corpse of her hus coffee and doughnuts for his lunch. wiser Ilian when she went into the res and the lames and numbers of streets countrywomen, and I never heard her
times, and the duke had a narrow es
Well, this day I speak of, he had had taurant. The fiiend who had enlight
call her companion by nny name, so I
band.
are know» only to the map milkers.
cape from being damagixl by a large
his hearty breakfast, and 1 had had my ened her knew fora fact that her hus Where a Greet has a name it is likely still retained my first impression until
specimen of deer which turned fero
usual toast and coffee, and as 1 said be band was exactly like her own, who to belongonly to the shady side anil to one day when a smart young person,
NAMES OF FABRICS.
cious one day while the duke and a
fore, I was fairly faint from hunger, so had pullet! the wtstl over the eyes of run aromi the block instead of contin who was evidently a lady’s maid,
somewhat stout friend were in tin- i>.
brought
in
some
wraps
and
addressed
Muslin is named for Mosul, in Asia.
I went into a restaurant, looked over the entire family with his “doughnut uing fro« the next corner. If, how
closure inspecting various newcomers.
the older woman us ‘your grace’ and
Serge comes from Xerga, the Spanish the bill of fare, shut my eyes to the and coffee” tales of woe.
ever, yot succeed In finding a store
The inclosures are fenced round wltli
the
younger
one
ns
‘
your
ladyship,
’
the
for a certain sort of blanket.
your troibles have Just begun. The
very high palings, and the duke, who is
g<sxi ami tempting dainties that a|>-
two
proving
to
be
the
Duchess
of
Bandanna is derived from an Indian pealed to my appetite, and ordered a
proprietor sits at the rear of tlie estab
active and slim, was soon on the out
and
Lady
Emily,
her
granddaughter.
”
word signifying to bind or tie.
BRIEF REVIEW.
lishment, cross legged, before a small
side. but his friend had more difficulty
ham sandwich and coffee. Presently
Calico is named for Calicut, a town in
desk. Bj virtue of being in his own —Philadelphia Ledger.
and only escaped by a very narrow
my
husband
came
in
and
sat
down
to
a
India, where it was first printed.
store lie has reached tlie summit of
squeak; hence the new importation, and
The Price of Radium
Music the Kernel nt Welsh Suture.
table
iu
front
of
me
without
being
con
earthly »Itsire and cares nothing about
Alpaca is the name of a species of
now the duke and his friends can steam
Music
is
the
very
soul
and
kernel
of
scious
that
I
was
in
the
vicinity.
I
Radium, discovered in 1898, was val you. Periaps if you wait some small
llama from whose WIXll the genuine
round the park in safety.—M. A. 1‘.
thought it wax a gixxl joke and I would uer! at $5,000,000 a pound. Its esti clerk of a iozen years or less will come the Welsh nature. A musical ear is the
fabric Is woven.
national
birthright.
Every
Welsh
The name damask is an abbreviation wait until be got to eating and I would mated value has wince been reduced to to wait u|on you and, seeing you are preacher who migrates to an English
A» Internal DIIMi-ulty.
of Damascus; satin Is a corruption of then join him.
$2,721,566.90, a pound, which is a very a foreigner, will charge you extra for church finds the greatest difficulty in
Little Archie Richards at the close of
Zaytown, In China.
material reduction, but the price is still the few wtrds of English be can mas abstaining from that weird, peculiar
the dinner sat at the table with Ids
ter.
Velvet Is the Italian “vellute," woolly,
face suffused with tears. His mother
“The following was his order of high. We read with interest that a
intonation of his sermon which Is
If
you
an-
bold
enough
to
lenve
your
and Is traceable farther back to th»' ‘doughnuts and coffee:’ First, he tipped Buffalo man, Stephen T. Lockwrsid,
was greatly troubled. With a sweet
known as the hwyl and which is often
The Power of the Thunderer.
rickshaw
and
wander
about
on
foot
you
Latin vellus, a hide or pelt.
A great change had followed the re smile and with gentle Intonation she
tlie waiter a quarter who grinned de ex|>eets to engage in the manufacture will soon attract a curious crowd, the strange and objectionable to English
Shawl is from the Sanskrit sola
form bill, and the newspaper bad im put one arm around her little baby boy
lightedly and danced attendance to his or extraction, of this interesting sub clatter of whose wooden geta upon the eats.
which means floor, shawls having beet»
A remarkable and subtle fact which proved as It became the organ of the and asked:
stance, and lio|>ew to lower the price flags will well nigh deafen you. It 1» a
wants
in
a
very
much
more
interested
first used as carpet tapestry.
“What Is it mamma's little darling
still further. His hopes, as recorded in good natured, well meaning crowd, will be interesting to English readers middle class, which then rose to power.
Cambric comes from Cambral, gauze way than he had me, and if you’ll be
however, and will soon I m - scattered by and at the same time significant of the Delane of the Times had to be courted wants?"
the
papers,
are
based
on
the
possession
lieve
it,
he
waited
on
him
tiefore
he
sensitiveness of the Welsh musical ear by the statesmen wlio had professed
from Gaza, baize from Bajac, dimity
But "mamma's little darling” continu
brought me my simple littleorder. His of certain deposits of carnotite in Utah, a policeman. If there are any clerks Is that it is positive discord to many simple contempt for Ills predecessors ed to cry.
from Dametta and Jeans from Jean.
going
your
way
they
will
address
you
Mamma made another effort to find
Blanket bears the name of Thomas ‘doughnuts and coffee' order amounted from which he has lieeii’able to extract in the hope of learning a few words of among the Welsh congregations if the and in the fifties the influence of tin
Blanket, a famous English clothier who toaoup, salad, iisii, tenderloin steak, the radium, am! which he believes, can Is» English or inviting you to their stores. minister, in ‘giving out' the first verse paper had culminated till it was taken out the trouble.
“Does mamma's baby boy want some
aided the introduction of woolens into kind I would have bought if I had had induced to give its radium up some There is no hostility or Insult, only cu of the hymn, does not so pitch Ills voice to be the authentic Incarnation of pub
England in the fourteenth century.
guests in the house, fried potatoes, corn, what easier tl.an the pi.chblende from riosity and good natured, childish that it shall be in harmony with the lic opinion. Kinglake gives a graphic more cuke?” she askisl.
key in which the tune lias prelimina (I do not say an authentic) account of
“No'tn,” said the child, while th.'
Philadelphia Bulletin.
asparagus, claret, mince pie and black which the radium so far obtained has amusement.
Modesty !» an unknown quantity in rily been played by the instrumentalist. the secret of the authority which ena tears continued to flow.
lieen extracted. We hope he will suc
coffee.
1
was
simply
paralyzed.
I
Family Dlitenaion«.
bled It to order the siege of Sevastopol.
“Does lie want some more pie?" site
Japan, ns one soon learns. If your rick —Westminister Review.
Dissension In families often arises thought I would not make myself ceed. Radium is the most interesting shaw man’s two garments become dami»
It employed, he declares, a shrewd, idle further inquired.
A Bret Harte Story.
from a lack of mutual consideration known then and just watch develop substance out, and, dear though it is, a he is likely to change them before you.
clergyman to frequent places of com
“No'm," lie further replied.
among the members of the family. Tin ments. 1 guess they thought 1 was a very little of it goes a great way, and and fellow travelers in tlie cars are
Bret Harte was once asked in 1.011 mon resort and discover what was the
"Well,” Nidd tlie mother, making a
exists,
apparently
forever.
We
want
“soft answer that turneth away wrath' long time eating my sandwich, but I
sure to change their clothes without don If he did not exaggerate some of obvious thought that was tinding ac last effort to reach ids case, “tell mam
Is forgotten for the hasty reply, tlie nn just minced along and bidid my time. inoreof it, for, unlike liquid air, itseenis deference to place or surroundings. his western character creations. He de ceptance with the average man. The ma what baby wants."
kind retort, that kindle the fire of III When he tinished he dipped iiis fingers really to lie of use for something besides Men and women use tlie same tank nt clared that he did not and told this thought was then put as though It were
The little boy mainig»xl somehow to
feeling. Ix>ve does not linger in th»' daintily into the tinger-lsiwl the waiter amusement and speculation.
the same time in the public baths with true story, which he had always fear the suggestion of ripe political philoso any between sobs, "I want some of this
home where rudeness shows its unlove brought him, l<s>ked at himself in tlie
ed to put Into print: A well known des phy, while the public so delicately flat out I’ve got in.”—Lippincott's.
out a thought of impropriety.
ly qualities. It chooses to dwell in the
perado came into a saloon, anil of tered wondered at its own wisdom.—
The
streets
of
a
Japanese
city
are
full
Odd Bird Without Wings or Tail.
home where tlie spirit of unselfishness, glass, ami walked jauntily to tlie coun
Burled Wires ot Germany.
of interesting sights and seem never course those who knew him had bus! Sir Leslie Stephen in Atlantic.
ter
and
paid
his
bill
of
seventy-live
of self control, of thoughtfulness and
There is a peculiar bird commonly twice the same. Every store and every ness elsewhere at once. An English
Germany
has carried to a more prac
of charitableness makes the atmos cents and lighted a gisxl cigar. I was known as the “kiwi,” its scientific passer by Is a novelty that chains the tenderfoot remained, nnd the bail man Dreamn ot Peace Allure to Death. tical length than any other nation, even
phere swix't. The woman who is quick the next one to pay, and when I laid name living apteryx mantelli. It is the attention for a moment. In a land Invited him to drink. Tlie Britisher
Dreams of peas-e have always allured our progressive own, the use of burh-d
to take offense Is not like her of whom down my tell cents I said, ‘There’s lowest form of bird which exists, but is where nearly all wares are hand made Innocently said he did not cure to do mankind to their undoing. Human des wires.
Holy Scripture says, "Her ways are quite a little difference betwien that so scarce that scientists are happy to every article has some individuality, so, a dangerous remark to make In tiny has been wrought out through
The kaiser's land is covered by a net
ways of pleasantness, nnd all her paths gentleman’s bill and mine * ‘Ob, yes,’
and one is led on with the hope of find those days, whereupon tlie desperado war. The United States is an Illus work of underground wires or cables,
get
a
specimen
in
any
condition.
It
is
wearily reached for liis gun and said tration. Little of the soil which now which serve as u reserve means of
are peace.” Happy homes depend on said the cashier, ‘lie’s a high liver; he
ing something better than the rest.
In a tired sort of way, “Can’t I ever acknowledges the sovereignty of the communication in the event of storms
happy hearts. Home Is distinctively a comes here all the time ami his bill is alisolutely without wings or tail; its
Heavy
loads
are
carried
through
the
legs are short and stubby, but very
have a drink without killing a man?”
woman’s sphere, nnd she who sweeten
Union has not been subdued by arms. or other above ground agencies of In
streets
on
the
backs
of
men
and
wom
never less than seventy-five cents. He strong, and are used by this bird for
It most makes earth nearer heaven.
The first settlers slew the Indians or terruption. The details of this subter
en,
on
horses
and
on
two
wheeled
carts
always has the same waiter, and as he digging. The laxly covering is across
A Kinfc’n Wurm Hath.
were themselves slain; next the Ameri ranean system of telegraph wires form
On the Inatnllmrnt Plan.
tijH* him generously lie gets the l>est I lietween hair and feathers a material The carts are drawn by bulls or shag
When
King Edward II. of Englund cans and English conquered the French; one of the most Jealously guarded se
gy
northern
stallions
and
are
guided
by
Mrs. Browne—Oh, what lovely wed that's going.' I was fairly stunned for which is very < oarse. They can develop
was among bls torturers, who- hurried afterward the Americans turned on the cret» of the German war office, since
the driver, who walks with the pole.
ding presents! Such lieautiful silver a moment, and you can imagine my
him to nnd fro that no man should English and, with the aid of France, the primary object is to secure unin
great
s|MM-d,
and
make
a
desperate
tight
The
burdens
carried
by
women
and
ware and such rare china! Wasn't it feelings. The worst feature alsiut it
know where he was. they set him down ejected them. In 1812 we again fought terrupted communication between all
children
are
remarkable.
All
over
Ja
when
attacked.
Breeding
them
in
nice to get such presents?
was his trying to deceive me ami the captivity has utterly failed, and only a pan the heaviest work is done by wom upon a bank and the more to disguls • the English to defend the national the chief strategic ¡stints of the em
Mrs. Greene—Yes. It was, but we are
his face shaved him and washed him unity and subsequently took California pire. Even an Invading foreign foe
now beginning to pay for them on the whole family ami attempting to make few museums can boast of a specimen. en, the bricks and masonry for the new with cold water from a ditch. Tlie king from Mexico by the sword. To consol! could neither cut nor tap the wires.
museum
and
government
buildings
be
us
lielieve
that
lie
wax
doing
tlie
self
installment plan.
They are now very rarely found in the
said, “Well, yet will I have warm wa date a homogeneous empire we crush The possible utility of the system, how
Mrs. Browne Pay for them? On tie denial act. -I tell you, my dear, I never forests and swamfis in the north of ing so transported in the lieat of mid ter for my beard," and so shed abun ed the social system of the south, and ever, even to the plain |s-ople Is up-
summer.
Children
carry
their
brothers
Installment plan? Why, Mrs. Greene, saw a supremely selfish man yet who New Zealand.
lastly we cast forth Spain. The story parent.
and sisters strapped to their backs and dance of tears.
what do you uienn?
was not a: ways attempting to make his
Is written in blood, and common sense
haul
great
loads
on
heavy
carts.
The
Mrs. Greene Why, the young peopl- family lielieve that he was doing with
Feared He Had Ilers “Done.”
teaches us that as the past has been, so
Must Live In the City.
Italian Imnlsratloa.
life of the laboring classes seems very
who gave us wedding presents are get out the comforts of life for the sake of
A messenger Ixiy was seat by an will be the future. Nature has decrosl
In thirty years 1.391.07G Italians have
arduous,
and
they
are
remarkably
pa
The
Leipzig
(Germany)
City
Council
ting married, and we have to send them his family. If tie went off' on pleasure
official of one of the big bunks to pur that animals shalj compete for life, or. come to this country. This Immigration
lias pass»»! an ordinance coni|ielling all tient and industrious. Throughout city
wedding presents. Lippincott’s.
jaunts he made the excuse that ‘afriend city employes to take up their residence and country every one seems to be hard chase a pamphlet. When the Ind re In other words, destroy or be destroyed. has a very peculiar character Until
turned and handed over the liftle puck We can hope for no exemption from 1800 the percentage of women was less
insisted on his going aud he could not witliin the city limits. As the water at work.
Another Word For It.
age be stood toying with Ills cup until the common lot.—Brook Adams In At- than 15, but now- It has Inereastsl to ,‘ill.
The
death
rate
of
Tokyo
is
very
high.
“Henry,” said Mrs. Smudgers, glare- refuse the invitation.’ It is humiliating works, lighting ¡daub», storage ware-
the banker enid:
lantlc.
Tills Indicates that the Immigration lots
The
custom
of
carrying
very
young
Ing over the front page of the newspn think he would accept these favors hoiises. markets, pawnshops, b<.~p'tajfi)
"Well, my boy j guess It’s al! right "
a marked tendency to la-come pernm
children stiappeo on the back' With
The Dominant Janitor.
per, “what do they mean when thev gratis
"Gee," said the boy, brlgblening up
etc., are municipal, a large numlier of their heads unprotected from the sun
nont. Thirty per cent or tm>r< of Italian
Mrs
McCall-
And
what
did
you
*ny
sny lout oile train telescoped another?''
adults who have la-eii In this couutr?
people will lie affected. It is said that leads to thousands of cases of brain fe immediately, "dat's a ioad off my your eldest boy’s full name was?
"They mean, my dear, that It rushtsl
mind. When dat bookman took de half
more than ten years went back at least
“
Well,
I
didn
’
t
have
very
much
tliis action wax taken in order to foster ver and blindness. A majority of the
Mrs. De Coursey—Michael Brannlg i
right Into It. It Is a bad kind of colli
dollar
an'
didn't
give
me
nothin'
but
once to Italy, and 80 per rent .u<.tl-esc. .
heart to do the rest of my shopping, Leipzig's growth, to increase the citv’s children bear the marks of skin <lis
—
slon.”
ilnt weeny, d»nky biv of »eiidio, M-t- De Cw’sv’y. .
Mrs. McCall—Well—er—that's rather came to this country again, bringing
“Collision? Then why dou'* tlv-j-.c.:!-! for I felt-Uke I-was waikiiigln a dream. income anil t<» concent rate t het 'onserva- eases, and their heads are often nau whiz, I says, he's a-doln' me up fur
their families with them.
seating to behold. The water used in fair! Why, I don't pay only a nickel odd.
It n collldeoscopc Instead of a tele That evening lie came wearily in as vote.
the
city
is
suspicious,
nnd
travelers
Mrs.
I>e
Coursey
—
Yes;
but.
you
see.
scope?"—Kansas City Journal.
usual, all his jaunty air gone as soon as
fur my books, an' dey’re twice ns big
A Social Inaovatloa.
drink spring water or tea. The general as dat one."—New York Press.
when he was born we were living In a
Trade in Animal Products.
he entered the door and sank into a
J. II. Smith of New York, who Is
practice
of
rubbing
certain
wooden
Im
flat and we didn’t want to move out
The Great flame nt (hitare.
chair witli a sigh. When we sat down
The total value of the exports of ani ages on the temples to secure freedom
building a house on Fifth avenue. I“
Mr. Michael Brannigan was the Jani
“But why,” naked the authorities,
An Kspeaslv» terror.
tosuiqier I waited until the children mal products in UMhl was al> >ut $3,000,- from various forms of disease undoubt
going to give a strenge p.-rty when
"are you young women so Interested In
The commuter started t’p from Ills tor.—Philadelphia Press.
got through eating and had left the 00») greater than the like ex|s>rts of the edly assists the spread of various dis seat, twisted about, frowned nnd sat
the house Is finished. Every man who
tills nntlgambllng crusade?”
The Same ht-aia.
has liven connected with the liulldine
"Because,” was the reply, “if we suc table, when I asked, ‘Did you enjoy previous year, but there was a decrease orders.—Chicago Chronicle.
down again as the train moved.
“I really must semi the cook away. and his wit», will be asked, and Mr
the
ceed marriage will be the only game your lunch to-day, Bob'?' ‘As much as of nearly $8,000,000 in the value of cat
"Anything the matter?” asked
George; she uses such dreadful Inn
Plaoalhle tafereaee.
Hniltb will also ask a large number of
of chance left open to the men.”—Uhl anyone could; the same old doughnuts tle exported. Thia was due to thesharp
chap who hnd got on at the last sta- gunge sometlmi’«.”
Gilbert—Pray, how do you know Miss tion.
bls personal friends. He Is not go
en go Post.
and coffee,’ he replied. ‘This must be demand for beef cattle in this country.
“What kind of language, dear?"
Merrin has remained single from
ing to do this In a patronizing spirit,
“Yes,” replied the commuter gloom
an age of miracles,’ I said sarcastically.
"Well—oh, the same as you use. you but he thinks that the men who build
Vo Cajolery »host It.
choice?
ily
—
"yes,
there
Is.
For
the
second
time
A love-sick woman thinks she is loth
"Why did you lot that girl cajole you ‘What do you mean by that'?’ he asked,
Horace—Because I never heard her this week the conductor has punch« I know!”—Bnxiklyn Life.
bouses have some equity in the com
looking up suddenly. ‘Only this, Bob; a mystery and a martyr, when she’s say she had.—Boston Transcript.
Into subscribing for her book?"
fort to be derived from them.
my
meal
Instead
of
my
railroad
ticket.
I
The
Poet
’
s
Meals.
“Cajole me! She didn't cajole me not even in all the wonderful miracles only a plain, every day tool.
I must get glasses for him or for my-
Polite»*»».
Bah> Blubber.
tli.
“I'm nearly famished.” sigh»*!
She Just look-sl Into my eyes and drew of the Bilde did I ever know doughnuts
Little Elmer Papa, what is polite lelfi”—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune garret poet.
“Fat babies," said the eminent sclen
one or two long breaths." — Chicago and coff ee to turn into soup, salad, fish,
A man who jumps at conclusions ness?
"But you tol»l me you had two men!» tlst, "are unhealthy. You may tldnk
Record Herald.
sirloin steak, fried ¡sitatoes, corn, aspar otten finds that the conclusion didn’t
Cnadfltloaal.
Professor Broadhead Politeness, my
because a baby Is fat that It Is In the
a day,” said the friend.
agus, claret, bl*k coffee, mince pie jump.
A Scotsman was on his deathbed. and
Hr niemhered.
son. Is the art of not letting other peo
"Yes; oatmeal and corn meal.' Plill pink of condition, but the fat is simply
his
friends
persuaded
him
to
forgive
a
“What Is a stomach pump?" asked anil a good cigar.’ ‘Who told you this'?
pie know what you really think of
so much blublier."
adelplda Record.
A bust«nd or wife <levelo|>ea either them.—Town Topics.
neighbor with whom he had had a
the teacher In physiology
“My baby Isn't fat,” said the dejected
It’s false, I can tell you.' ‘Then my
'Takln' a trip Bcrost the lake.” eyes deceive me, Bob, for I sat directly the liest or the worst qualities iu the
standing feud for some years.
Recooimeagatlwo.
father, "but we can't shvp nt night Is-
Merelfal.
The neighbor came to the dying
promptly responded Tommy Tucker.
“Didn’t your old employers reconi cause he has t<x> much blulilwr "
tiehind you, and I thoaght I would other.
Man Oh. yes; she refused me and man's bedside.
Chicago Tribune.
mend you?”
Just see, poor fellow, how you enjoyed I larve is like music -either harmony gave me no reasons whatever.
After they had shaken hand* ami
"Oh, yes!"
“Brilliant and impulsive people,” •>
Maid- Isn't she n saint?—Judge.
made peace the Scotsman exclaim»*!:
Nir Boyle Hoche said. ' Single nilsfor yoBT much despised doughnuts and or wretched discord.
“Tbelr word should have bren Clares a lecturer on physiognomy, "have
coffee.
’
‘
It
only
just
happened
so.
It
“If I get better. Donald, remember all enough.”
Innes never »-eme alone, and the groa
black eyes, or if they don't Iiave them
was the first time in months that I sat
A gissi woman is her own guardian
Nature knows no pause In progress this goes for naught.”- Pearson's Week-
est of Hii [swslble misfortunes Is gene
“It was. They announced me as th»- they' re apt to get them If they're too
and attache« her curve oij all Inaction I I f -
down b> a d«ent meal, am! I was worn angel.
ally followed by a much greater.”
best mau they ever turned out.’
tapulsirs." __
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