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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.