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BANDOS l!E( ORDER. •»••«•«•••••••••a •••»••>••••>••••••••■•*••••• ••••*•• cheaper than you cau at home. lines l^a..................... your transportation ticket, your carfare £ P olly L arkin $ I*I...-.-.-.-.-.-.-,-.-...a.a< DON’T FORGET THEM. fh« I’arty < all au«l Ike Bread and llulter l.elt«r. iu the city (uo small item ),yuur luueb, or meals, as the ease may be, couut for nothing, not noting tlie wear and tear on your nerves to get waited ou. get your packages in someltiitig short of twenty to thirty miuutes, etc., count for nothing? Taking it ail iu all wouldn’t it even up tlie small differ ence iu tlie oust of tlie article at home and in San Francisco'.' The mere han la at home must do something to protect themselves when they know so many of tiieir fair customers desert them and go to San Francisco for their holiday presents. Y’our own merchants, pro viding they could count 011 their own citizens to be loyal enough to the town to make their purchaaesat home, could make it an object to you to do your I 'tiristmas buying at home. You count on y< ur merchants to help out with every object of charity, every ent» rtaiu- meut and social, all church and public atl'airs; he needs your a.-sistance to help him to in return respond, when you make demands upon him for this, tiiat and tlie other. The women’s improve ment c I u I m should take tlie matter up and wage war against tlie mem liers doing their holiday buying iu San Fran cisco. Preach and practice “charity begins at home,” and patrouize your own home merchants. It will help ■> to make all s|>eiid a merry Christmas. roo SMART. RAREST OF PHEASANTS. rbrrv Ar* TiaB«d WB*«« Kaiarsrfc» Vcoaaa ta Dw A Vlrtse. Tb« ttraal Arabs 1« Very »by nu«l Ma« bu«S»«t|l Wl«s Fratbrr«. "Young Brown la a smart fellow,” said the uiauager of tfle colle«4j<>n <*- partment to the great lawyer. “Yea? Wbat’s be been doing now?” aske«J the great lawyer. "Why, I«. wai (n the office alone yea terday when be beard that Silk &. Sat in we» financially embarrassed. We were holding one or two claims against them, and be rushed out and slapped on an attachment just fifteen minutes before they closed their door»." “Get in ahead of every one, did he?” “Beat every other creditor," said the manager. The great lawyer looked pleased. “It was a great piece of work." he Bald. "I Ilk«- to see a young man with Borne enterprise and brains. What did you do?" "I told him it was a good piece of work." “What!” The great lawyer looki’d startled. "Why, I complimented him for his promptness and business sense.” "Merciful heavens, man. that will never do!” cried the great lawyer "He’ll be asking for more salary. Go out and tell him that if he hadn't been here the office boy could have done It Just as well!”—Brooklyn Eagle. Of all the pheasants the great argus la the rarest aud most peculiar lu bls habits, lu the wild state be Inhabits the dense forests of Suiuutra, the Ja van peiilusula. and be is also found lu similar localities In Borneo. The big birds are large and tender and rarely ever take tu wing. There Is no record of one ever being shot So shy ure they that only a modern rille coBld reach one, even If a uiau could be found cruel enough to pull the trigger. They are, however, trapped by the natives for their wonderful wing feathers, of which nature can produce no equal In a feather way. The male bird when fully grown hi aliout seven feet In length. He shows no beauty until hla wings are spread. Then you forget where and who you are. He Ilves the life of a bachelor—a tuotlern bachelor. He fana a apot on the level earth with hla wings some ten or twelve feet square near bls bachelor apartments. Here he comes frequently, except when molting, and displays bls enormous wings, like a butterfly or skirt dancer, by erectiug bls wings out over past Ills bead, where the peculiar argus eyes are reveals«! In a diagonal (tosltlon, at which slant they show off to the lu’st effect. Perhaps the best and finest of the true pheasants are the reeves, inhabit Ing the inountaliia of China, their tall feathers fre«(uently reaching the enor moils length of six feet. They are hardy, standing any winter weather and any degree of heat, never becom Ing quite as tame as some of the oth era. The male bird displays his plum age by swelling up and drawing In th< head as though ready to burst and then jumping stiff legged In a big cir cle around his hen, bls long tail being held almost straight up.—Country Life in America. NEW SHORT STORIES CHOICE MISCELLANY la IK« Bret Marte Caaatry. Wlm ot ths Hoturasaa. We dfove dowu the luuuutalu iu the tuooulight aud saw a coyote cub pla.v- iug with bls shadow, aud we drauk the deep, sweet breath of the pines, slid Truthful James told me about Bret Harte. • "He was a slim, little, black eyed schoolteacher wbeu I kuew hliu," said Truthful James. "He taught over in Coppertowu then. They uauied It Cop- perotHills wbeu they built it, same as they uaiued Jliutowu Jamestown, but we all called It Coppertowu. It was u lively place tlieu, was Coppertowu ten hotels, three banks and faro places till you couldn't couut 'em all. There was a lot bap|>eiilng iu Copper. Half of the plots of Bret Harte's stories grew up right iu that town.” "What kind of uiau was Bret Harte himself Iu character, I mean?" “Nice euougb, I reckon," said Truth ful James; "uot much of a favorite among the boys, too quiet, and lie had u kind of forgetful way of auiiliug Into your face, as if he had forgotten all alsiut you and didn't care how soon you found It out. "Women all liked him a lot, or else they hated lilni. 1 guess moat of them liked hlui In those days. “The society upon the Stanislaus? "Yes; that was true enough. “Abner Deau lives over at Angels yet, but you don’t want to mention that chunk of sandstone to him. "it seems to kind of roll lilin some way. "Ixits of the boys are a little touchy on the Bret Harte subject. "He lilt a little too near tlie truth. 1 guess. “Now, in my case it is different. 1 don't mind being handed down to pos terlty ns a liearded rutflan that couldn't spell. They did call me Truthful, you know, I don’t know why, t»ut what I don’t like Is making me out to lie a narrow nilmled crank with a prejudice against foreigners. "Now, I have nothing In the world against tlie Chinese. ' They are a peace- fill, fairly honest and I very useful class of citizens, but it is a little rough to make me out sitting down to a social game with a yellow facial, plgtulled. grinning Chinaman as If be were an equal, by George!” Electrical publications have bad tiieir say about the little thought of difficul ties that beset an occupation uew to the industrial world, entered U|sm with lit tle or no preparation, yet charged with trvmetidous responsibilities The care aud nervous strain of the railway engi neer form a hackneyed theme, but no one has ever framed the sympathetic side of the motormau's lot. Yet proba bly the engineer in Ills eight or nine hours’ run has little if anything more to wear u ) kiu bls nerves or enchain his ceaseless attention than the man at tlie controller as he pushes his car along the crowded street with Infinite care, yet with all imasible speed. Danger confronts film every moment -In the treacherous rail, the weak but unsua ¡«ected axle, the Imperfect wheel, the chance obstruction of heedless human beings, terrified animals or hurrying unseen vehicles. Perhaps It Is a won der that so few street ear accidents oc cur when we consider tlie haste with which tlie busy |iopulaee demands to be carried from ¡siint to point, the op portunities for mishap In equipment or rolling stock. the always present ele ment of human error and the painful awkwanliwss of so many persons In boardiug and leaving cars. Portland Oregonian. The holidays are a|>pr«a*|liing and everybody, from mercl*nts dowu to purchasers, are getting ready for it. MysUrious bundles have already com menced slipping into the house to lie put out of sight iu tile twinkling of an eye, with the warning, “no queotioua naked.” It is one of the few times in the year when you cau whisper in company and Uot be accused of iiii | mh liteueaa. The more whispering the greater the mystery. The merchants seemed to think it was going to be a g«s>d year for holiday presenti* and commenced displaying their Chriatmaa goods nearly a month earlier than usual. It was a gixsi tiling, for many people commenced to purchase their holiday gifts at once so as to avoid the va»t throngs that crowd the stores «lay and night lor two or three weeks before Christmas. They have a better oppor tunity to get just what they want and time to look, around, whereas if they wait until the last few days they ure liable to be pushed and jostled, wait for HINTS ON DIETETICS. a 1 «ackage until their patience is ex hausted, take Bomethltig they don’t Unripe fruits should never be par Kiss'. Heroism Won His Wife. want and go home feeling tired aud taken of. As is well known, the new king of thoroughly disgusted. It doesn’t pay- Oatmeal is lieatiug, hence a desirable Servla married Princes** Zorka. the eld yon to put oil’ your Christmas buying cereal In winter mouths. est daughter of the Prince of Montene BRIEF REVIEW. until the last minute. Commence early Well cooked rice, arrowroot anil boil gro, and Ills supporters In Germany are ed milk heal intestinal irritations. ami take things easy and you will be now spreading a story of Ills marriage A Famous Knocker. Many Kinds of Pearls. Pickles, except when eaten with which is more romantic iierhaps than In the door of the north porch of Dur ready to enjoy yourself when the day exact. Peter Karageorgevltch served Pearls are of »everal distinct kinds, meat and oily foods, art positively tin ham cathedral is a very ancient and rolls around. This putting off buying ns a volunteer with the Montenegrins grotesque mask of bronze, the empty until the last minute is one of the evils differing in Hha|*e and (lerhaps in or wholesome. during the Turkish war. anil toward Strong coffee, takeu without cream, Is eye sockets of which are thought to tiiat make ('tiristmas so much dreaded. igin. "Free” pearls—those that are the end of the struggle the Turks cap have been either filled with crystal eye Take Polly’s advice and begin early found loose and separate between the refreshing to the nerves uim ! stimulât lured Prince Nicholas’ camp and car balls or to have had a lamp burning and see if you don’t find it pleasanter folds or layers of tlie mantle and gills, lug to the brain. ried off his daughter. Peter at once got Sweet things and rare meat conduci behind them. or between the latter ami the Isaiy of to make gouty acid in the hlood of together his followers and started In This cathedral was In mediaeval days and more resttul. the mollusk -comprise most of the true those predisposed to rheumatism. a ------------ pursuit. Coming up with the Turks, he n famous sanctuary where any culprit THE OYSTER’S POSITION. attacked them with the greatest fury Toast aud tea form au invalid diet I have a friend who begins as s « n > ii as spherical pearls, as also many that are charged with crime could find Inviola and with his own band slew the sol ble shelter, kindly entertainment for Christmas is past to prepare for the next ovate, p<-arshaped and irregular. Then which is far from ideal. There Is tan It WedaeH oa Its Hlaht Side In Its diers who were carrying off the prin Bed It Will Die. thirty-seven days and then if still un year’s gifts. Throughout the twelve there are tlie pearls found between the uic acid In tlie tea and but little nutri cess. The prince of Montenegro, de “Why does au oyster sleep aud live justified or unpardoned safe escort to months she is picking up little novel mantle ami the valves of the shell. ment in the toast. lighted at the rescue of his daughter, tlie coast and passage oversea. The ties, putting away a hainlkerchief that These, if free at all, are apt to lie hemis Food values differ according to Indi on Its left side?” asked a man who is asked the gallant Peter how he could Interested in oyster culture. "Well. I only payment demanded was a full con vlilual constitutions. According to the pherical, or in any case flattened outlie reward him. but Zorka. throwing her fession and a solemn oath never to re is dainty and sheer, adding a glove or side toward the shell, while often they old saw, "What's one man's meat Is sup(*ose we will have to put the quee der, etc., and liefore she knows it she self Into her father's arms, exclaimed, tlon to Nature, aud Nature has her own another man's poison." turn to England. "Father, let me lai his reward!” Prin From a chamber over the north porch has all her gifts purchased and labeled, are attacheil mole or lees to tlie valve by Gastronomic experiments should be way of answering questions. I have cess Zorka had before hardly known a monk watched continually to give Im for she puls the name on the tilings as a dtqxiHit of the pearly secretion. In made with extreme caution. Nothing been around lu the oyster waters of Peter Karageorgevltch, but his desper- mediate entrance to any fugitive, ami she gets them, ties them up in white tlie region of tlie hinge these liemime ex is of greater Importance than to par the Chesapeake bay and Choptank riv <*.e valor had made her fall violently In as soon as this knocker on the door was tissue paper with dainty ribbons, and tremely irregular in slia|>e and often take of those foods which best e<| quip er for many years and am In a position love with him, like a princess In a fairy to say that thia is the uatural way grasped the rights of sanctuary were they are ready for tlie tree or f«ir seinl- elongated, forming a third kind, known the body for life’s work. Plunkin'« One Hlah Hat. of the oyster. I may remark paren insured. The chamber was 'destroyed Ing. She is never flurried when every- as single pearls, liaroques, etc. 'The State Senutor Plunkltt wus standing tale. thetically that this Is one of the difficul at tlie northwest corner of Fortieth about a hundred yenrs ago, but the fa Lnespected. Issly else is rushing hither and thit her fresh-water pearls di Her from the marine Thought He Was Killed. mous Norman knocker still hangs In its This story of u young man who ties we have to contend with, for In re street and Eighth avenue chatting In pearls in their greater variety of tints an«i declaring Christmas is the bother A workman In a big building compa bedding oysters and bunching them 1111 his usual pleasuut way with a couple of place.—Pearson’s Weekly. found something better than the soli of tiieir lives, an<i Polly has yet hi see and in the partial transparency of tiieir tmle of melancholy thoughts by the oyster Is occasionally thrown ujioii Its friends, says the New York World. He ny’s yards nearly died of fright a few anyone who speaks sermusly when they nacre. In color the fresh-water pearls snd sea waves Is given as a fact. While right side aud weighted so that it cun had on a high black hat. days ago. The foreman heard a yell The Young Men of Today. The young men of today are too fin say they wish the fad of giving Christ present an extende«! series of shades, enjoying merry Margate he made the not turn over. It simply dwindles "Beg your pardon, sir,” said an old and much commotion among a lot of icky’—too much given to self analysis, mas gifts would cease. It is a fad that from dead opaiple white, having little acquaintance of a young lady to whom away aud dies by degrees. Put upon and highly respectable looking gentle carpenters In the yard and rushed to too self pampering. Their shoes and lias come to stay as long as there are value, through various tints of pink, he paid many attentions. Matters pro its right side the oyster cannot live. mail who hapiiened to tie passing by the scene. He found one of the men on the ground, with a two inch bit appar neckties cost more each year thnn did dear little folks in the world that l>e- yellow and salmon, or a faint purple, gressed with such seriousness and ra Of course there Is an explanation to ently sticking through Ids side, white the entire wardrobe of their grand lieve iu g«MHl old Santa Claus. Even passing to a bright red, so closely re pldlty that the young man when lie this peculiarity. The right hand part as a ghost and practically out of his fathers. They feel a sense of degrada sembling a drop of molten copper as al came back to town Immediately made of tlie oyster shell is the top and mov tion In small beginnings und plodding, we grown-up folks delight in Clirist- most to deceive tlie eye. Some are very bold to present himself to the young able purt. If the oyster Is put In It» mind. Ills fellow workmen had sent for an ambulance and were alsiut as giml they waft for success readymade to mas, and there is no use in our denying natural (»oeitlon—Chut Is. ou its left lady's father to ask Ills consent and come to them. There Is not a young it. We rail at the custom »«imetimee, light green and brown, others rose color blessing on their marriage. It was then side it requires but a small amount of badly frightened as he. The foreman man in the country who would Imitate and think it is a hardship, and yet, if and still others are pale steel blue, sun that he found himself face to face physical energy to open and raise the took out Ids knife and slit the man’s Ben Franklin and march through flie an edict were to go forth abolishing tlie set and purplish brown. In addition with his tailor, to whom he owed long right baud section of the shell when Jumper and shirt down the back. The streets munching a loaf of bread while custom, we would grieve that it should to their color and luster they are lwaiiti- arrears of unpaid bills.—London Au the oyster wants to feed. Reverse tlie bit came away with the shirt, tightly lisiklng for employment. He dares not. lie so, ami would give it lip reluctantly. fully iridescent, and at times the pink swers. rolled up in It, aud the man was abso (»osltlon and put the oyster on the right indeed, because society has become also Oli, uo, it would never do; the world, and white pearls are more lustrous than lutely unscratched. It appears that lie side aud we And an extremely difficult finicky, and lie would be arrested ns a had lH*en standing against an unfin problem, from the oyster's standpoint, The Vlagtietlc North. even the l«est Oriental pearls. or at least the people in it, are better tramp. The young man of today wants ished caisson In which two Inch holes The belief tu the constancy of the In order to open the shell for feeding for observing thisold-faslnoned practice capital. He cannot lie president of n were being bored. The bit was run by magnetic compass to the north pole has purposes It la necesanry for the oyster To Tax the Unmarried. bank or judge of a court the first week of giving gifts. It is a day of days, and compressed air and when it came not the least foundation In fact, At to raise not only the weight of the left he Is from school, and be feels like the with it goes a sentiment tiiat tends t«> Mayor A. F. Knott of Hammond, In every different place on the globe It section of the shell, but Its own weight through the planking was very hot. It famous Eli Pussley, that he has "no awaken iietter and truer thoughts; we diana, would put a tax on bachelors. (xilnts iu a different direction, and only as well. If we reverse the natural |><> was the beat from the bit which made chance.”—Philadelphia Inquirer. the workman think it was In his body. are kinder in word an«i dee«l, more for “It is not right or just,” says lie, “that one or two of them are due north. Be sitlon of the oyster, put it on Its right —New York Post. giving, and our hearts glow witli tlie a married man who pays taxes on liis sides, it Is always changing. In Lon hand side and wedge It so It can't turn lllae Mountain Ten. brightness of the hollylierries that we little home and keeps his money in cir don, for Instance, it points to a place over, we simply smother and starve It The foliage and flowers of all tli<- to death. Of course, I am just theoriz Ilallau Monumrnta In Dii nicer. culation by supplying his family should about 17 degrees west of north. twine into wreaths and garlands. goldenrods, says the Philadelphia ing about thia thing. There may tie In 1825 it was still farther away, be L ’ A venire of Bologna states on the not have more than an ‘even break,’ Press, are imbued with an astringent authority of Signor Vedrusco, n well ing then 24H degrees, or a quarter of some other explanation of the left hand when it comes to securing work. ” principle and are moderately stimulant, Some ]>eople, however, make a great the way around to the west, In the ed life of the oyster, but from my ex|*e known Venetian engineer, that the so that their suitability for the tnanu mistake; they tax themselves to give Therefore, the worthy Mayor would year 1580 it pointed 11 degrees east. rlence I an) Inclined to think the ex tower of Sail Giorgio del Greet is iu facture of a domestic tea was recog valuable and costly gifts, ami to some have none but married men at the loom Then it began to move north till 1650. planation given is a reasonable one. danger of falling. This fine eampauile. nized by the American colonists as long people it is the most cruel thing they and tlie machine and behind couniets. when it pointed due north. But It re Philadelphia Record. which is nearly 400 feet In height, is ago as when George III. was king over more than 400 yesrs old. Signor Ve- can do. A little remembrance would As regards putting money in circulation, malned thus only for a moment, pass Lau<h and Grow Fat. them. One species, the fragrant leaved draseo says that the inclination of the tlie much-abused bachelor is au adept Ing around to Its greatest deflection In be lielter than the expensive gift, for “ Laugh and grow fat ” Is an old say goldenrod, known sometimes ns Blue tower, which was observed to la* about at that, and the married man already 160 years. Ing, and there is more than a little Mountain tea, possesses in addition the they probably cannot afford to give a eighteen Inches as long ago as 1880, Again it turned in 1820 and is stiU has the tlie preference wbeu places are truth in It, asserts a doctor. ‘ The con flavor of licorice. Drunk piping hot In costly present in return; if they do, lias been slowly increasing until now It moving nearer the north. It will not tlie wilderness it makes a pleasant fea they are working a hardship not only to lie tilled. If Mayor Knott wants to reach that (>ofnt for nearly a century vulsive movements which we call Is more than three feet out of the per ture In the enmper's limited menu. This on themselves but on others. This one get a reputation for originality, let him and a half, and so It will go on back laughter exert a very real effect upon IH-iallcular. In Ills opinion the eaiiipa the bodily frpmework. They cause the especial kind of goldenrod begins to gift in return for the present you have propose a tax on spinsters who evade ward and forward forever. rille must srsin succumb unless meas arteries to dilate, so that they carry bloom quite early in the summer and is sent cripples them in their allowance matrimony. Nodoubt the notion would ures to restore it are Instantly taken more blood to the tissues of the laxly "MAY I ASK YOU A FA1B QUESTION?" easy of recognition. Wo Vowels In It. It would naturally fall Into (lie canal for others, for tiny feel that they must lie seriously as well as humorously dis Many places have curious names, but and the heart to beat more rapidly, so mid tlie "madding crowd” and who of Sail Paolo. Recently one of the cussed, for it takes all kinds of |>eople semi something equally as handsome or The Earthworm. apparently there is only one place that the flow of the blood through the evidently did not know tlie senator. great stones of the ¡lortlco of Octavia Among agricultural workers perhaps you will not appreciate it. With the to make a world. which has a taiue without any vow vessels Is hastened. In other words, "May 1 ask you a fair question?" fi’II In consequence of 11 storm. Tlie re the earthworm receives the least atten right minded |>erson it is not the value els. That place Is the little hamlet of laughter promotes the very best condi port was for a time current that the "Fire away,” said the senator. tions for an Increase of the vital tlon. Its value to tlie land is seldom of the gift but the thought and love Rapid Telegraphy. Ws, near Paris. Ws being an unpro "You're the only man I’ve seen out whole monument was threatened processes; the tissues take up more appreciated. It bores through the soil, that prompts the bestowal. A year ago today who lias a high lint nn. Will you There Is, however, no danger of further Tlie I’ollak-Vtrag system «if rapid teh- nounceable name, the Inhabitants of nutritive material and the waste prod making little tunnels in every direc I saw an instance of this kind. A lady graphy having shown a possibility of the liamlet have transformed It Into ucts are more promptly removed. A tell me why you're wearing one?” que damage. tion. thereby admitting the air and who was accustomed to having costly 40,000 words an hour over the 447 miles "d’Us,” but this change has not been good laugh sends an increased flow of ried the stranger. moisture not only to the soli, but Oar Over Ocean Trade. "Certainly, with the greatest pleas presents showered upon her received a between Berlin aud Konigslierg, it will sanctioned legally, and on all the otfl bloo«l to the brain; this immediately through the soil to the subsoil. During dal records the name Ws still appears. ure,” replli-d Plunkltt. "It’s simply be While the United States Is still be the process of boring It eats its way handsome bronze vase. As she stood lie put in use by the German |s>stal ser The hamlet has 117 Inhabitants, and causes that Instrument of thought to cause I cannot wear two at the same hind In the matter of over ocean carry along, thereby grinding up the little m tlie door talking with llie donor a vice on the busy line from Berlin to Its sole attractions are the Chateau work better, with the result that time.” ing trade, tlie aggregate of her ocean young friend came up the steps and gloomy forebodings are sent packing." particles of earth, rendering them fin Frankfort, it is a s|>eeial writing ma d'Osuy, which has been for many "Oh. yes; quite true, 1 see, ha. ha!” tonnage, which includes eoast lino er and in better condition to retain handed her a lieautiful bunch of violets. chine which, working in the usual way, years In the possession of Edmond stuttered tlie old gentleman. "Why trade ships, makes a good showing in Wsrii and Ideas. moisture. “ it is only a trifle,” said the young jierforates a strip of paper which is About’s family, and the Chateau de Definite words are necessary for the didn't 1 think of tiiat before I asked the maritime annals. The department lady, “ l>ut it carries my love with it, drawn over a roller under metallic Vigny, which Is one of the best speci Averted His Freedom. expression of definite Ideas; hence s«-l you the question.” And off be walked, of commerce and lalair publishes the Bess.” Down went the handsome brushes with great rapidity. The In mens of tlie renaissance style of arclil following: entitle terms have to be employed. A with it puzzhsi look alxnt tils face. "Well,” said Tom sleepily to bls room vase and her arms went round her terruptions of the current move the lecture. "Lloyd's Register for 1003-04 puts the term has one definite meaning which mate, "did you solve that puzzle?" world’s mercantile marine on July 111. does not change with time. The rush "No,” snapped Dick as he got ready friend. Kissing her again and again, membranes of two telephones at tlie re Mr. Parse's Story. Honor to Whom Honor Is Hue. she said: “ I have not receive anything ceiving station, which write the mes for bed. Postmaster General Payne says there 1903, at 29,042 steamships of 27.183.365 "And now, gentlemen,” says the of affairs drift» words from their orlg “Hull! You said you’d solve it If you I appreciate mote than the violets. They sage by means of a small mirror. chairman of the committee on awards fnal meanings, ns ships drag their an is a western bishop who has been vis tons and 12,182 sailing vessels of 6.451»,- had to stay lip all night to do it” tell me more in a minute than all the at the millinery exhibition, “the ques chors In a gale, but terms sheltered iting regularly a certain town to make 786 tons. The principal tuitions, those having a tonnage of more than 1.000,- "Well, 1 didn't have to stay up all gifts I have received: they tell me of tion before us Is to whom »ball the from common use hold to their moor confirmations for fifteen or twenty A Porcelain Tower. tons, are these: Englund, lii.tHHi.- Ings forever. The word "let," for ex Bight Th!« Is II free country.”—I’hihi I your true, generous love for o*e. and years and who decided last year tiiat chief prize go? Of the manv pattern del ph la Press. Tlie tower which the famous rsevres Ixinnets submitted that of Mias Meek- ample, has drifted iu 200 years fro.., there v.as one woi.iaa la- ttda town's 374: United States. 3.611.1*56; Geriniiny. that is everything.” Don’t embarrass 3,283,740; Norway, 1,653,740; Frutice, meaning "hinder" until now It mentis your friends with extravagant gifts Poruelaiu Works is to erect on the lelgh Is far and away the most artis "permit,” but the term "bisect” Ims re confirmation class who had a familiar 1.822.01«; Duly, 1.180.335.” look. tic. ” heights of Bt. Cloud, near Paris, prem Boy—My mother says there was a when you know their allowance of He studied the woman, therefore, “But,” tierslsts a more experienced malned unaltered in significance tor pound of vard *ha 1a»f Dor of prunes (wicket money is meager and they can ia s to prove as striking a novelty as the For the Tourist TruOr. closely. He scrutinized her figure, her member, “the bonnet exhibited by centuries. —Engineering Record. i-eietirale«! iron sirucluie «vineh per you sent up. not return the compliment. face, tier dress, sue was old ami poor A t oliue. (icuc firm iui.ii.uiu tm« s sa Mine. Sokkettuum is far and away the petuates the name of M. Eiffel. It is to Makins an Eporh. Grocer—Well, you tell your mother ly clad, anil decidedly her appearance cred acartibei for the Egyptiau tourist most expensive.” “How old are you?" the sclioolte.-ieh was familiar. that was the best scrubbing sand. Sin Another tiling I want to speak about, consist of :U),UO<* separate pieces, care trade. The little charms ure carved ami A few minutes later the medal was er asked the new student. is n good customer, and I threw It If» “Haven't I seen you before?” said even dilp|Hsl by machinery, colored In and tiiat is tlie custom of coming to fully testeil, and decorate«! in s|»eeially pinned on Mine. Sokkettuum.—Judge. "Six years old. ” lisped the little on«- Philadelphia Record. the bishop. bulk to simulate age and ahlp|s*d In San Francisco for your stock of holiday prepared designs In all the colors of the "When were you alx?” askf’d tlie spectrum. It is expected that the “Indeed ye liev, sir,” returned th«’ casks to the Moslem dealers at Cairo. reesllsr Spot. presents and aiding to enrich the mer teacher. Trouble« at Her Own. woman cordially. The Arabian guides are the chief buy structure will take alsiut five years to Doubtless the most unique spot In Eu "The day our hired girl came.” said “I asked her If she would scream for chants of this city to the detriment of "Haven't I confirmed you before?” ' era, many of them lieing adepts at rope is the village of Altenberg, on erect, and that, when completed, it will your own home merchants. It is not the little one conclusively.— Pittsburg her mother if I kissed her.” "Oh, yes. sir; many a time, sir.” "salting" the sands at the buse of the whose border three countries meet, it “What did she say?" Justice to the merchant» of your own e«|Ua! if it does not surpass the finest of is ruled by no monarch, has no soldiers, Dispatch. "Why, what on earth—bow”— the pyramids or alsiut the sacred temples, "She said her mother was fully ca town. Every dollar s(>ent at home is its numerous Chinese prototypes. bishop, amaze«) and perplexed. Is-giin. where they artfully discover these scar no police and no taxes. Its Inhabitants Disraeli’s Ciwardlrr, pnblc of doing her own sereumlng" )>ut into circulation again, where, if it «lieak a curious Jargon of French and Mrs. Disraeli once said to an astoti but the woman, smiling. Interrupted abei before the very eyes of the Yankee Houston Post. Cheaper Sugar in France <iia« not help you individually, it hel|>s tourist and sell him for an American German combined and spend their days Isbed circle lu in English country blm to explain: Since September 1st the French peo In cultivating the land or working In house: "Dizzy has the moat wonderful "I get confirmed, str. as often ns I dollar an article manufactured nt a J ’ our town, or your neighbor. Every In Trnge. kin, 'cause I'm told it's good for the cost of less than a cent in his native "Didn't you hnve a pleasant vo.v dollar you »|>end in Han Francisco is ple have Iwiught sugar chea|>er than the valuable calamine mine of which moral and political courage, but be lias rbeumatlz." land. no physical courage. I always have to practically lost to you. To be sure you ever liefore. While cut loaf sugar costs the vlllnge boasts. age?” lie asked. pull the string of his «bower bath.” "Oh. yes,” grplled Miss Greatblm-d receive full value for thesum ex|*ended, 65 centimes |>er kilogrmi (aliont 8 5 Not the Saase. After the Honeymoo». Feealmlatle Oetlook. ’’exW-pt for tlie vulgar trade' winds «- but there It ends. You exjiect your cents a pound) and white granulate«! "Both of tuy grandparents on inv She — 1 just know you don't love me “I notlcea.' said Uncle Eben, “dut a Prospective Patron—What m«sl< rn mother’» »Ide were nonagenarians." encountered." Phllndcl*liin Ledger merchants to keep up with the times; 60 centimes |>er kilogram (alsiut 5.75 as much as you did. man who In stubborn as a mu'e gener- languages do you teach here? »•I<l Mrs Oldcastle. cents |>er (H>mid). The new law re you expect them, for the credit of the He—But. darling, how can you think ally ain’t near as sensible.’’—Washing A Tent. College President (fifty years hence* ”1» that so?” replied her hostess town, to lay in a complete stock of up- moves nearly 66 |>er cent of thei-UHtoms that? "I shan't call again." ton Star. All the leading ones except English. "My folks wat all Baptists, but .loslnli "Because you are not half so fianlish to-date holiday wares, and you say they an«l internal revenue tax on sugar. "Why not?” Prospective Patron—Except English' conies from a Methodist family.” Chi as you were.”—Life. “Oli. »he isn't accufitomed to goo*' are behind the times if they don't It Is only because the water works How is that? cago Record Herald society.” You might ns well try to remove that the fountain play s. — Petoskey How- unjust and how unreasonable you College President—We hnve a bn 11 “Are you sure?” • mountains witli a t<s>tlipick as to try to Tsar w*» ah . (Mich.) Lyre. doned the effort to keep up with It. (*tu are; for tlie chances are that, If you do Won««« and Baslneaa. "Positive. I told her only a few of not come to San Francisco yourself you remove some women's prejudices* Mr. McCorkle--This Statue you spesk standard dictionaries now cental* sev (’ashler Madam, you can give u« our minor scandals, and anybody could To prevent flannel from shrinking eral million words -principally thug your notes for the amount you owe 11« of was an equestrian one. was It? see she was borri fiisl. Inde*««!, she w ill deputize a friend who is coming to Mrs. McCorkle—No; it was just a put it away in a drawer. Do not keep sir; principally slang- and tl^re is n Madam Of course, but I tell you It is I»eiter to laugh evmi when your acnn-cly tried to conciti It.”—Detroit do your URriatnias purchasing for you. rnauon leaseback.-Detroit Free I’reas on ««•tig to look at It, as the shrinking new one born Into the language ever) right now I never shall be able to pay You say you get some things so much I face hurla as il it were being unriveted Free I’reas. habit la often due to nervousness minute in the day.—Chicago Tribune them Detroit Free Press a Do not forget your party call aud your bread and butter letters, says tin Boston Advertiser. They are In tiieir way Just as iui(M>rtaut as the party aial the visit tbeiuselvea and mean much to your host«’»». "Five weeks ago,” said a woman to me the Other day, "I gave aiFeveuIng affair to which fifty guesta were In Vlted. Out of these only one bus paid me .1 party call. Of course I know that it 1» not Indifference or ingratitude that has caused the omission, but I cannot help feeling it a little.” The bread anti butter letter, too, 1» not a mere functory matter, but a real demand with which we should comply. Every hostess la In tercsted In the welfare of tlie guest who lias lately been sojourning under her roof uiul whom slie has JI st speed ed with good will on her way. She wishes to know if the guest has arrived home safe and well, and not to comply witli such wish shows one Inching In common courtesy. Yet it Is a mistake which excellent people often make. Few people forget to call upon a bride, but iiow many remember the cull due tlie bride's (girents ns the persons who extended tlie Invitation to the wedding? Y'et one is ns binding as the other, ex cept of course in cases where the bride's new home is nt n great distance from that of her girlhood.
