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WASTED INDUSTRY.
A KEMARKABLEECHO
WONl'fUFUL SOUND EFFECTS IN A
NEW YORK MONUMENT.
tR»« Famou« UMpll«<«rr al l*l«a Oal
|u»r !>> th« Sol«H«r«‘ Slaafl «>u i Ml*
«raid« Drive, W hrr« Sound I Hulli
gbout Llkr a Hull.
o
A Mun«« Ta*L I'bal F«H««I H««««««
of u lark ol Inarnalir.
A number of white footed mice
which I had lu captivity, says a writer
In Country Life In America, escaped
from their cage to a cupboard iu the
kitchen, and thence through a hole iu
the plaster and betweeu the laths to the
walls of the bouse. Every uight they
rame out for food. Due evening I saw
a mouse come out of the cupboard.
He found a hickory nut on tbe floor
and attempted to carry it up the wall
twelve inches to tbe bole iu the plaster,
but, alas, th«* crack betweeu tbe laths
was too narrow, and after fumbling
with his burden for a minute or two
he dropped it to the floor. Next be
tried to push it in ubead of him, and,
failing in that, be went In himself,
turned round ami attempted to pull it
in after him. Occasionally it would
slip out of his paws and roll upon the
kitchen floor, and then out he would
come and repeat the whole perform
a nee. lie tried it again and again, but
Willi no better success. He kept at it
until fur into the night, and when I
awoke at 7 o’clock the next morning
the first thing .that 1 heard was that
mouse or another one fumbling and
dropping the hickory nut.
Since then I have kept them well
supplied with nuts, and, although they
still spend hours In carrying them to
the crack in the laths and letting them
fall, they are always forced in the en«l
to eat them In the cupboard. -There Is
plainly a lack of ingenuity, because ten
minutes’ gnawing would have solved
the problem. Had the aperture In
either case been too narrow to admit
themselves they would have quickly
wldeu«*d it with their teeth, but to ap
ply the same principle to get the nut
through sciuned to be a piece of rea
soning entirely beyond them.
1HI
PEPPERMINT STICK.
■>«ur Morals of Praise Far th« laady
of Our Buddle«.
NEW SHORT STORIES A MILLIONAIRE’S SYMPATHY WOMAN AND FASHION
Sitr« of HI» Pay.
Thomas N^l.ou Page, the novelist
has a great liking for «'olored people
and they in turn like bint.
"Moses Stellas is a good friend of
mine,” Mr. Page said at a dinner party.
"On* morning I met him on horseback,
aud he was chuckling.
“ ‘What's the Joke, Moses?1 I said.
“ ‘De Joke I*. sab,’ be answered, ‘dat
Ab've jea' won a quahtab feu» dis yah
hoSS.’
“ 'How did you win It?’ I asked.
“‘Ah won hit dis a-way; Dah wuz a
white papah on de roa«l, an’ Ah sez ter
de boss dat Ah bet a quahtab he gwlne
ter shy at de papah. De boss lie take
de bet, sah. an’ den he lose ldt, fo' de
fool animal shied like de debit*
“ ‘Well, you’ve won tbe bet, Mose, but
you'll have some ditficuljy In collecting
it.’ said I.
“‘Oh, no, Mb; no, sab; no trouble
’bout dat. Hyah, byali, byafc! Aw's
gjvine ter collect de bet all right.’
“ ‘How on earth will you collect It?’
“ ‘W'y, tomorror de mahster he's
gwine ter gimme a dollali ter buy feed
fo' dis yer ni»g. Well, Ah Jes’ keep out
er de feihl money de quahtab w'u< am
owed me.’ ”—Portland Telegram*
The old style stick candy has red
»tripes running around it in spiral
lorui. The buO' of tbe stick Is white.
It Is slightly flavored with peppermint.
It Is very sweet and wholesome. Good
enough for a king! So cheap that the
I
poorest may have it. Six sticks for 5
cents. Enough to last a family of six
two days. Break a stick iu two in the
lilddle. eat half of it after dinner or
after supper if preferred. That Is
enough candy for one day. It Is good
for children. Keep it in ¿he bouse.
Away up In the pantry where the chil
dren can’t help themselves. After din
ner is over take It down, break a stick
in two and pass It around. The chil
dren will like it immensely. They «¿111
like it'all tbe better for not being able
to get too much of it. Never let them
have all they want of it. A half stick
Is enough, although a whole stick
might be allowed occasionally. All tbe
fancy stuff put up In boxes that cost a
dollar or more cannot equal tlie old
fashioned stick candy. Six sticks of
it contain more solid comfort aud more
nutrition than a wagon load of cara
mels and painted bonbons. It Is the
candy of our forefathers. Our grand
mothers used to eat It. Accept no oth-
No Exre»tl«*n>.
er. Be sure that you .get the proper
Speaker Cannon a short time ago
trademark—red stripes running spiral- called to bls desk one of tbe officers of
ly round tlie stick. BeWare of substi- the bouse.
tutes.—Medical Talk.
“I want you,” quoth he, looking
around tbe luxurious chamber, where a
few stray columns of tobacco smoke
THE WILD BIRD.
were curling upward to the beautiful
Vk.> tB« Hat avail«« Gala a Chaaaa celling, "to enfori-e the standing rule
la BtaAy Him at Class ■aaate.
almut smoking on the floor. I want the
For tlie greater part of the year fear rule strictly enforced.”
la the dominant instinct in the life of
One day shortly after this ns soon ns
nearly every wild bird or mammal the house adjourned Mr. Cannon de-
which has to contend with man or
overt enemies of any kind. But with
the periodic revival of the reproductive
functions profound changes occur not
only in the bodily parts, but in the in
stincts which govern their movements
and life. The parental instincts, which
are essential to the generation and
successful rearing of the young, begin
to assert themselves and by blocking
or supplanting the sense of fear hold
them to the focal point—the nest and
later the young—during the period
when parental care and even parental
sacrifice is necessary.
This wonderful parental Instinct, or
series of instincts, rises gradually like
a fever, reaches a maximum and then
as slowly subsides. When at its height
every sense seems to be lost in an all
absorbing passion. This Is the time to
approach the wild bird. We can watch
and record with pencil and camera ev
ery act which occurs nt tlie m st. We
can approach as near as we please and
by aid of the tent are enabled .J ana
lyze in detail the behavior of tlie same
birds for a period of from one to three
weeks.—Professor Francis II. Herrick
in Harper’s Weekly.
■<efu«c«i Old E rlend l.o«n ol
BaS
Star«««* Him Aa«W I u LI«».
“A mail whom I knew well, ou* who
hud once been a pro«|»erous business
iiqiu in St. Louis, but who had met
reverses, walked into t*e offieg of one
of our western millionaires aud askstl
the loan of $5,” said a Missouri ex-
eongressmau.
"The in.«»» seeking the favor bad been
u close friend of the millionaire before
he bail become iiumensoty rich. Tbe
unfortunate one went to tbe other lu
fear and trembling, dreading to be
turned down, for be knew that th«'
news of his taking tj drpik bud reach-
ed tlie ears of his old time friend.
"He was greeted with cordiality,
however, mid plucked up heart to ask
for the money. Immediately tbe mil
lionaire's demeanor changed. ’
said lie, 'I can’t let you have $5.’
” 'I hardly expected you would,’
pliisl tlie supplicant, 'but thought tbut
may be for our former friendship you
might do me that IJttle favor. How
ever, it does not matter. When a man's
luck deserts him he can get no assist
unci- from any quarter,’ and with an
air of absolute dejection he turned to
leave the office,
“ ’No. I won’t give you what you
want, but wait here a few minutes,’
mid th«* millionaire went into Ills pri
vate room and held a brief conversa
tion with one of his employees. In a
quarter of art hour the clerk returned
and held out a big, fat envelope to the
miserable being. Tbe latter, hardly
realizing that any one should send him
u communication, broke the cover and
Inside found five brand new $100 bills
and a railway ticket to St. Louis, with
berth or parlor car. On seeing these
and realizing that the man whom be
supposed would not let him have $5
hud been ills benefactor, the recipient
of this unexpected generosity broke
down and cried like a child.
"There is not much more to tbe story
except that with the money the man
went to his okl home and started up
a small business, out of which he
derives a comfortable living. Tbe
moral, if there Is one, is that mil
lionaires are often as sympathetic as
ordinary mortals. This particular one
I know to be the possessor of a big
lieart, and yet lie has the best reasons
for never talking about his acts of five gored skirt, which flares prettily
charity.”—Washington Post.
at tlie lower edge. The fullness in the
top of the skirt is disposed of by an in
verted box plait.
WAYS OF FAILURE.
If a plain suit is desired, the stiteli-
selfish mortal who never con- ing of the plaits will be trimming
si «lera any one but himself,
enough. If more elalMirution is desired,
The young man who always spends use bands of cluny lace on or between
his money before he gets It.
the plaits on waist and skirt to form
Tlie lazy person who dishonestly ap- yokes. The mode is suited to all light
proprlates praise or commendation be- weight materials, including cashmere,
voile, albatross, mousseline, foulard,
longing to another.
The lazy young man who gets to i the etc.
office late, leaves early, grumbles con
<
Bridal Fashions.
tinually at the firm that employs him.
Brides are wearing the plainest of
The lazy woman who shirks her
tasks, whether as wife, mother or wage dead white satin gowns at the altar.
earner, and slips through life as easily These are generally cut en princesse,
with some beautiful lace employed for
as possible.
The lazy man who allows his facul the empieeement and sleeves.
Lace veils are more worn than tulle.
ties to rust, doing as little as possible,
allowing ambition, energy and self re The flowers for this occasion are white
spect to go up, literally and figurative roses and myrtle. A sprig of orange
blossoms Is generally mingled with
ly, in smoke.
Tlie lazy young woman who arranges the flowers of the wreath. These are
her hair, manicures tier finger nails, worn rather low on the forehead, the
gossips continually and takes but a liuir pulled well forward and pinned
languid and haughty interest In the here and there over the flowers to pre
wants of the customers.—Philadelphia vent that heavy regularity of the line
of white that Is sometimes so trying to
Telegraph.
the prettiest and youngest of faces.
A big French motor cue occupied by
two men and two very pretty women
«birred up Riverside drive late Suu-
gay evening and at Ninetieth stn-et
drew up and stoppe«! ut tbe approach
to the Soldiers and Nailora’ mouument.
It was long past the hour when the
crowd of fashionable promeuaders
leaves the drive as the party of four
stepped out of tbe big. vibrating ma-
chine and climbed the steps to the
uionunieut.
One of tbe men win a tuilHonalre
well known in the ti milicia I district.
The other was a great tenor. With
them were the millionaire's wife and a
woman known in half a dozen Euro-
pean capitals as one of the greatest
operatic coaches living a woman who
Is a constant attendant upon oja-ratlc
stars and a sharer in no small degree
In their musical triumphs.
If it had been made during a Sunday
or u weekday afternoon, a crowd of
fashionable folk would undoubtedly
have had their curiosity piqued by the
peculiar visit of four such well known
people. The whole affair was so bi
zarre and the sounds which soon issued
from the narrow entrance to the glia
tenlng white monument were so
strange that at any but n late night
hour a crowd must have quickly tilled
tbe plaza around the marble shaft. A
desire to escape any such annoying in
cidents probably led the visitors to
choose th«1 nighttime for their visit.
“The average American Is a consum
mate ass,” suld the New Yorker as hi*
guided the small party up the m«x>n
lit Bteps to the monument. “He travels
HISTORY OF THE COACH.
to the utmost parts of the world,
spends barrels of money and generally The First of These Vehicles Was
Halit la 1457.
writes a b«x»k or two describing tbe
As popular as coaching is in some
marvelous things he six's, when by re
maining right at home he could have parts of the country, but little reliable
»e'en sights of a similar kind which information has ever appeared iu the
would have knocketl the spots off the public press respecting Its history and
things on which he has wasted his development. At the town of Kotze, in
patrimony and paragraphs of superla Hungary, in 1457, the first coach was
constructed. This was soon afterward
tives.”
“But echoes, signor.” replied the ten presented to Charles VII. at Paris. Tlie
or as hi' grasped the Wull street mini's first authentic record of a stagecoach
arm. "Echoes such as we have in tlie in England shows that six of such
baptistery! Never—except in the old vehicles were in use there In 1002. So
popular did they become in that conn
cathedrals of Italy!”
"That's Just what Americans say,” try that a few years later they were in
retorted the New York man. "They go general use on all the principal roads
Into «'cstatlc raptures over European of the kingdom.
Steam railways have to a large ex
uiediis'rity without knowing that they
live among the greatest collection of tent done away with the use of the
marvels In the world. Listen to this." coach as a link In the commercial chain,
The party had reaclasl th«' door lead but us a means of furnishing the high
ing to theAnterior of tlu* monument. est type of recreation the coach and
A solid cylindrical wall of marble and four is as popular today In the British
granite surrounded a slender room empire and in France as It was when
empty save for a half dozen dried this was practically the only means of
wreaths lying on one corner of the locomotion in those countries.
Stagecoacblng in America was al
■tone floor. When the whole party had
A GREWSOME MESS
wormed Its way Into the monument, most coextensive with the settlement
Mr«.
Wolfe'«
Recipe For a Good Wa
of
the
colonies,
and
in
the
early
history
th«' Wall street man baile them be
ter For Con«umptlon.
very still and with upturned face in of the country there were few If any
“I AM GOING HIGHT OUT OF HEBE."
Mrs. Wolfe, the mother of the great scended gayly from the marble ros
toned a low note. An echo was heard places of any Importance that did not
which rivaled those marvelous re welcome the sound of the coachman’s general, kept a comprehensive cookery trum. Tulllng a black looking weed
verberations which have drawn travel horn as one of the fascinating Incidents book, still preserved at Squerries Court, from his vest pocket, he stuck It be
ers to distant parts of tbe world anil of pioneer life. As civilization pushed Kent. One of her recipes was for "a tween his teeth, scratched a match and
have been tlie subjects of brilliant de itself wcstwnrrt the stagecoacn was good water for consumption.” "Take began to puff like a house afire.
scriptions in the daily press and be ever In the lead of those agencies which a peck of garden snails," says the pre
The same official, on the alert for evi
tween covers. Tlie not«1 seemed instant blazed its pathway. These vehicles, as scription, "wash them In beer, put them dences of smoking, approached Mr.
ly transformed Into a moving ball of well as their equipments, were com In an oven and let them stay till they've Cannon timidly.
sound. Its Journey to the distant stone paratively crude In their construction done crying; then with a knife and
“Do you want the rule against smok
ceiling could be distinctly traced. It and unpretentious In their appoint fork pick tbe green from them and ing enforced here?” he inquired.
Knew the Formula.
ments,
but
they
admirably
served
the
beat
the
snails,
shells
aud
all.
In
a
wemed to be wafted upwaixl like a
“Well, I forgot all about that,” re
For Quanah, an Intelligent and popu
ring of smoke or a cottony dandelion purpose for which they were Intended stone mortar; then take a quart of plied the speaker submissively. ”1 am
lar Comanche chief, tbe cattlemen
■eed. Tlie sound decreased until the ar 1 laid the foundation for the popu green earthworms, slice them through going right out of here.” Ami lu* speed
around Fort Worth, Tex., built a bouse
note seennxl to strike the small, high larity of coaching as a pleasurable pas tbe middle and straw them with salt, ily escaped to his privat«“ room, where
and furnished it. They were rather
then wash them and beat them, the pot
celling, where it lingeretl a moment be time developed in later years.
there is no ban on tbe tobacco habit.— puzzled when he told them that tlie
Coaching
parties
had
been
popular
in
being
first
put
into
tlie
still
with
two
fore commencing its downward trip.
Washington Post.
first article of furniture he wanted was
Gradually increasing in loudness, it England and France for several gener handfuls of angellco, a quart of rose
a roller desk. "What can you do with
ations
before
they
were
Introduced
in
mary
flowers,
then
the
snails
and
came back to the floor of the monu
“Exhibit A.”
a roller desk, Quanah?” they said.
ment, apparently as loud and as intact this country, yet the sjiort Is so whole worms, then egrlmony, bear’B feet, red-
Lawyer Manny Friend has a soul “You can't write.”
■ s when It was uttered. Th«- whole some and enjoyable that it cannot be dock roots, barberry brake, blloney,
above mere hackneyed, everyday poet
“Ob, I want ’em,” said Quanah,
wonderful incident «x'cupled only a doubted that in time it will become as wormwood, of each two handfuls; one ry, as is proved by an epigram of Ills
“You see, I open desk, an’ I sit down
popular
here
as
It
is
across
the
Atlan
handful
of
rue-tumorlc
and
one
ounce
few seconds, but every stage of the
in my chair, an’ I put my feet up on
of saffron well dried and beaten; then that is going the rounds of late.
sound's trip to tlie top of tlu* monu tic.—Illustrated Sporting News.
Ex-Magistrate
Job
Hedges
was
dis
desk,
an' I light my seegar, an’ I hoi’
pour In three gallons of milk; wait till
ment and back was ns pronounced and
Zoin anil Dreyfa«' Hook.
morning, then put In three ounces of cussing with him a book of verse newspaper up front o' me, like this—
as easily traced as though It laid been
The editor of a Paris paper, recalling cloves well beaten, hartshorn grated; which Hedges bad Just tieen reading. sabe? Then white man come in, an’ he
a butterfly or a toy balloon.
Among the poems were several ideal knock at door, an’ he say, ‘Quanah, I
“Magnlllcent!” exclaimed tlie tenor in what Zola had done for Dreyfus, called keep the still covered all night; this love letters in verse which bail aroused wan' talk t’ you a minute.’ And I
upon
the
novelist
to
have
him
review
done,
stir
it
not;
distill
it
with
a
mod-
tones of rapture and surprise. "I never
the former magistrate's interest.
turn roun' in my chair an’ puff lot o’
dreamed such a marvelous echo existed the unfortunate captain’s book, the his erate fire. The patient must take two
"A love letter s«>enis to ‘catch on’ smoke ’n his face, an' I say: ‘Go 'way!
tory of bls troubles. The visitor found spoonfuls at a time.”—London Chroni-
outside the baptistery at Pisa.”
with the public,” said Hedges, "no mat I ve'y busy t’day'.’ ”
Ills voice made a |s'rfeet riot of him at the big table in bis library, do de.
ter whether It is In prose or in verse.
Bound within the narrow shaft. Count ing his day’s work. "Review Captain
Tin1 ideal poem is called a lyric or an
A 1‘rluie Mlnl«ler'« Mistake.
Conrav« of a llor««.
less tones going mid coming in rapid Dreyfus’ book!” he repeated when the
Lord John Russell, when British
Horses painfully contend on the race epic, but no on«1 seems to have devised
succession produceil an effect almost proposition was made to him. lie got
prime minister many years ago, made
up and ambled round the table—a short track for victory out of their own na a name for the ideal love letter."
painful upon th«' eara of the listeners.
“No," assenttxl Friend dryly. “As a the acquaintance of the late Earl of
At the request of one of tlie women man, with a stomach and no presence tive courage and ambition—not under
tbe tenor sang very slowly and softly —grunting at Intervals. Finally he punishment, for, as a rule, tlie coura Hile they are content to let it be known Stair, then Lord Dalrymple, at a coun
try house and was Immensely taken
a few phrases of "La 1 >onna e Mobile.” said: "Why should I review bls book? geous horse will “stop” or “shut up.” as as ‘Exhibit A.’ ’’—New York World.
with his amiable manners. "I am very
the technical phrase is. when whipped
The effect was peculiarly beautiful. He never even read mine."
Corbin Enjoyed It.
pleased to have made your acquaint
or spurred at the finish of a race. In
Two men seemed to be singing, one a
Last summer Major General Corbin ance.” he said, shaking him warmly by
Th« Blaser th« B«tt«r.
California some years ngo a running
half bent behind the other. As in the
A Scottish parish minister was one horse broke one of the bones in a fore went out to tbe reunion of bls old regi the band. “You must come Into the
Wall street man's experiment, each
note could be heard distinctly soaring day talking to one of bls parishioners, leg near the close of a beat, perhaps ment, the Seventy-ninth Ohio, and bouse of commons and support me
aloft to the celling and back. At the who ventured the opinion that minis seventy yards from the wire. He there mingled with the men who knew there.” “I have been doing that for tbe
faltered for
I
a moment and then, re- him as a second lieutenant. It was last ten years,” was the quiet re-
return of each note in its original vigor ters ought to be better paid.
“I am glad to bear you say that,” covering bitnself by a mighty effort, quite a remarkable fact that the cap joinder.
and fullness the effect of a second
singer was produced. Tbe union of said the minister. “I am pleas«?d that struggled I on and won the heat prac- tain. first and second lieutenants who
Not Without Diatfnctloa.
the bell like tones of the beautiful you think so much of the clergy. And tlcally on three legs.—Country Life In were the first officers of the company
A note of family pride was struck
In
which
Corbin
first
served
were
still
so
you
think
we
should
have
bigger
America.
voice, the wonderful echo ami the pe
alive and present at the reunion. in the conversation between three small
culiar strangeness of the whole situa stipends?”
“Every man there,” said the general to Rending boys the other day. The parts
“
Aye,
”
'«aid
the
old
man.
“
Te
ses.
tion brought cries of delight from the
I'ilH «r Xataval Gia««.
a
Washington correspondent, "excejit i played by their respective grandfathers
we’d get a IxHter class o' men.”
two women.
A cliff of natural glass can be seen In
one who knew me in Washington and In the civil war were being depicted by
"I believe It is as tine ns the on«- in
Yellowstone park, Wyoming. It Is half
two of the boyB In vivid colors. The
The lady Denllat.
Pisa," sntd the woman who couches
a mile long and from 150 to 290 feet called me ‘general,’ called me ’lieuten I
I do not think 1 could reconcile my high, the material of which It consists ant.' It was bully. 1 haven't enjoyed career of each, it seemed, bad been
prima donnas, “and to think that we
halted by confinement In southern pris
self to the ministrations of a lady den being as good gin«« a« that artificially anything so much In a long time."
never even heard of It before!"
ons, and it was on the lHtter tact that
tist.
The
extraction
of
a
tooth
is,
i
“Peculiar fact,” said the New Yorker,
manufactured. The dense glass which
the lads laid particular stress. • The
Defeated, but Slot Whipped.
striking a mutch and illuminating the should say, tlie job of nil others that forms the base is frotii 75 to 100 feet
Superintendent of Schools W. F. Sin third youth, unable to match these re
dark, cold Interior. "New Yorkers requires a masculine touch. There thick, while the upper portion, having
citals with any military achievement of
never know anything about New York. may be "he females,” as Artemus Ward suffered and survived many hges of ton of Georgia tells this bonmot of Ills
tils own forefathers, preserved an envi
them, who possess thia qualifier wfad aed rain,
twqlve
yo
0r
.,d<l
grantlspp.
J.
,
v>
boy'«
You run't »1* down pj ij hotel lobbv or called
'
- naturally Horn
ous silence for awhile and then, not to
tlon,
but
it
will
not
be
acquired
by
father
came
in
One
day
most
provoke.I
in a club and speak of echoes but a
much thinner. Of course the color of
be outdone, said disparagingly:
dozen men will commence to dilate on training, The lady dentist must be the cliff is not that of natural glass- at some misdemeanor. ,
"Why, fhat's not so much. My Un
not made.—London Truth.
"James.” he said, “I am seriously dis
some reverberations they have herrd born,
1
transparent and white—but is mostly
cle Bill wns in jail a long time, and he
pleased
about
this
matter.
Do
you
In som«> backwoods German or Italian
black and In some places mottleil anrt
was never In the army at all!”—Phila
HI« Pnrpo««.
town. But none of them knows of any
streaked with brownish red and shades know, sir, you are a candidate for a delphia Lixiger.
"Bluffly told me he wns going out •V of olive green and brown.
whipping?” .
thing remarkable in Ills own town,
"I hope i’ll be defeated, father,” was
the greatest city on earth."—New York 1 ery day this w«-ck to see if lie couldn't
Rejected With Scorn.
the instant reply.
Commercial Advertiser.
1 find work."
F««r Kind« of Llsr«.
A certain social organization called
"Y’es, and he was successful."
And lit was.
The late Sir Frederick Bramwell wns
the Young Woman's club found Itself
Tosrhed.
"That so?"
In ■difficulties after the lapse of some
famous
both
ns
a
witness
and
nrbi-
Poetlcus He told me a very touching
"Yes. He couldn't find It”—Philadel (trator In engineering disputes. It Is re
A Rent r.hoal Story.
twenty years. The "young” womer.
•tory. Hardhead And how much did phia Press.
Mistress (returning) Any one to see were no longer rightly named. Mr.
called that his brother, the Inte Ixird
you let him hnvei—Cincinnati Times
‘ Justice Bramwell, on giving advice to mo, Mary? Mary—Yes. ma’am, Ail Willinm II. Crane, the actor, was one«
Th« Tomb or Davtfi.
Star.
insanitary »fleeter.—Punch.
consulted by sonw charming girls In
The tomb of David, king of Israel, Is n young barrister told him to lie enre-
The S«r*«oa’a Ckarz««.
regard to the name of their prospective
Tlie Retort t nexpeeied. •
still pointed out to travelers tn Pales ful of four kinds of witnesses-first,
"I hear you're dissatisfied with yojir tine and. despite Its age. Is In a re of the liar; second, of the liar who
“Y'es.” she said with sarcastic bit club. Their object, they wrote, was th«
Victor's bill."
markably goo«1 state of preservation ronld only be adequately described by terness, "I believe It Is true that a man building of character. They wished
"Yea. I don't think he’s entitled to David died In 1015 B. C. and was bur the aid of a powerful adjective; third, Is known before marriage by tbe com that to be suggested In the title and
for that operation."
also the fact that they were unman
lisi In the "city of David.” His tomb of the expert witness and. flnnlly, of pany he keeps.”
"Why not?”
“No doubt,” be smilingly reput'd. "1 ried. Mr. Crane replied that he had a
became the sepulcher of several subsé "my brother Fred.”
"Because If he was he'fi claim more." quent kings and one of the sacred
remember that I kept company with name for the club, "the Building aud
—fill I adelnhts t oil ver______
you for fully four years.”—Minneapolis Laue association."
places of the kingdom. It stands on
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Cnmpahnry Piety,
Mount Zion, at Jerusalem, Just outside
“PhylllB Is the meant* kind of a gos Times.
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The Will *'«■ Wive*.
Sunday School Teacher—I hope all of the city wall.
sip.”
lnnecf«»«ry Frnr.
He—So your husband has given up
t*B little girls In my class love God?
"What makes you thin* so?"
there
is
a
whole
chapter
of
sound
The Lawyer-Rti afraid I'm* going smoking? It requires a pretty strong
»«• Brown—1 do. Sunday School Tencb-
"Because sh* never tells you any blind, The Friend—Never mind, old
advice
In
the
admonition:
"I»on't
dodge
<►-That’s right. Eva. Wow tel! us why
will to aOTomplish that. •be-Well
thing heflfeif, but gets you to tell her man. Ro long ns
retain your sense I'd have you understand that t bavr
love him. Eva Brown- Got to.— difficult i«'*| meet theta, greet them all you know.”—Condon King.
bent them.”
of touch you’ll 1>e all right Judge
n strong will!- New YArker.
Incotta Magazine.
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Walat tontuna«,
A modish shirt waist costume > Is
silfiw ii here, with the tucks in I I k \
piallisi effect, The waist cigges at the
baili aud is supi>orte<l by the Ixsly llu
Ing. The sleeves are the newest In cap
sl«eie Style, emliellished by the U» of
broad tucks.
Tu«*ks in box piallisi effect extending
to flouni’e depth are «*arried out ill tbe
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Green For Evening Wear,
Green is a tremendously popular col
or for evening wear just now, and
there are few women so plain tills hue
does not become them. A blond looks
well in pale green, a brunette in apple
green. Intermediate shades are gen
erally becoming. But the most fash
ionable shade is bluish green, the color
of the bottle fly. Green spangles are
unexcelled for modish evening gowns,
and, in fact, “clrcussy" decorations are
all the vogue. For the hair, "buds” are
wearing green leaves covered with a
varnish that produces a glistening ef
fect. In the words of a witty woman.
"It is to glitter.”—New York Press.
A DISRAELI EPISODE
Jk» th*- Slat««H»aa look III« llraudr
teal Iu (lie < uoiaiuul.
1 was stationed in Loudon nearly two
years during th» «••» cutie*, when Dis
raell was prime minister, and often
heard him speak. frequently saw him
upon Whitehall, walking home with
laiitl Russell by his >«i<le, ouce “Inter
viewed” him ami witnessed tbe so
lemnities of Ids elevation to an earl
dom. But the most characteristic ami
thoroughly Disraelian Incident 1 recall
lias never been told.
Alsiut 1 o'clock In the morning, short
ly lifter the return of tlie t«trl from
Berlin bearing "peace with honor,” I
left the press gallery of the house to
go to the cable office. Passing a stand
iu the lobby where a stoop shouldered
woman wns wont to sell spirits and
"soft" drinks. 1 dropped Into line with
half a dozen men and waited my turn
to be served, 1 paiil no attention to the
man directly in frout of uie except to
notice that he was batless and to com
ment mentally upon tbe dangers of
such conduct in that cold and drafty
place.
"Sixpenny ’orth o’ brandy, neat,”
said the broad shouldered little man
directly ahead. Tbe dame courtesied,
an unusual attention to a customer,
served tlie spirits, ami the purchaser
drained the glass at a gulp.
"Put it on the book,” said the cus
tomer as he replaced the glass upon
the counter. Then he turned, facing
me, and made his way through tbe
crowd toward the house of lords. The
man was unnoticed in the badly Hght-
<sl corridor, although his mune was
ringing throughout the civilized world.
tlx1 Earl of Beaconsfield!
The interesting feature of this epi
sode was not that his lordship took n
drink of brandy during a long night's
session, but that he had an account
with the woman tapkeeper and from
sheer force of habit h:nl walked over
to the commons end of Westminster
palace to get his "brandy neat” at the
familiar place.—Julius Chambers in
Harper's Weekly.
WORKED BOTH WAYS.
Clever Manner
Conclerice
In
Wlileh
u
Pari«
W hh Out willed.
Honoré Palmer once outwitted a con
cierge in Paris very neatly.
A lad of sixteen or thereabout at the
time, Mr. Palmer was spending the
winter in l’aris with his mother. One
cold uight in February lie stayed out
unusually late, and desiring to get in
without awaking any one he rang up
the concierge softly. Tbe concierge,
with equal softness, came downstairs.
He whispered through the keyhole, “Is
that you, Mr. Palmer?” and then ba
said positively:
"I can't let you In, sir.”
"Why not?” asked tlie young man.
“Because the rules are very strict,”
said th«' concierge. “No one ever Is
let in after midnight.”
Tlie boy desired ardently to enter,
lie thought a moment and then be
slipped a gold louis under the door.
“I have Just slipped a gold louis
der the door tor you, concierge,”
whispered. "Now, let me in; that'
good fellow."
The concierge Instantly drew back
tbe bolt. “Come in softly. Mak«' no
noise, monsieur,” lie said shamelessly.
But young Palmer wns already re-
grettlng the gold louis, his last one. A
thought struck him, and he liad no
sooner entered than he said:
"Oh, by the way, I left a book on the
stone balustrade outside. Do you mind
getting it for me?”
With great politeness the concierge,
in Ills bare feet, tiptoed out upon the
cold stones. While lie fumbled the boy
pushed fo tbe door and locked it
"Let me in, monsieur.” whispered the
concierge, who had nothing on but a
nightdress of white linen.
“I can't let you In. We let no one
in after midnight, unless”—
But young Palmer had to go no fur-
ther. The concierge, freezing in the
cold, perceiveil he liad been outwitted,
and, In his turn, slipped the gold louis
under the door. Pocketing it, the boy
admitted tbe man and then went quiet
ly to bed.
Something Dainty.
The Art of Gro^winsr Younx,
Very dainty Indeed are I
blouses of French batiste. Tl
la tucked both back and front
To retain the spirit of youth while
age weakens the body Is a splendid
thing. There are those of whom we
say “lie never grows old.” Their hair
may be whitened, their faces wrinkled
and their shoulders lient, but In lieart
they are young. "If "tlielr strength is
labor and sorrow," tlielr lively interest
In the things that concern those of
younger generations gives no Indica
tion of It. Their tenderest and Inmost
thoughts may lie of tlie past, but they
live In tbe present.-Springfield Union.
flow the Indluiin Dun.
We have all heard the phrase, "After
him with n sharp stick,” but It may
not have occurred to many of us that
the stick referred to Is the much feared
yearly January bill. Such, however, is
the meaning that the saying conveys
to the Nushlnan Indians of California,
who have seen the disagreeable habit
prevalent among us of sending gifts.
When one Indian owes another, it Is
considered'bad taste lor the creditor to
dun the debtor, lie proci'eds with more
delicacy. He procures a certain num
ber of sticks, according to the nmount
pf tbe debt, and paints n ring around
the end of each. These he carries and
tosses Into the debtor’s- wigwam and
then goes away without a word. The
debtor invariably pays the debt and de
stroys the sticks, ns It is considered a
reproach to have the January dunning
stick thrown Into the wigwam. Indeed
BLOUSE OF FRENCH BATISTE,
the creditor never uses them except
the deep embroidered batiste yoke.
novel Idea Is resorted to for the finish with hard customers.
ing touches. Straps of the batiste are
Self Made.
brought through buttonholed slits In
A Philadelphia!! was at an evening
the three deep points of the yoke, much
as we occasionally see ribbon used for gathering recently, where lie met a
widow to whom he wished to be espe
evening waists.
cially complimentary. “The fact is,”
said he during the nfter dinner conver
!«• ureat uaaerence.
Bilker—My sakes! Here’s a story of sation, “you women make fools of
• man going to marry a woman lie the men.”
“Sometimes, perhaps,” said the wid
•oiMii't know! Enpeck—That's noth
in«. The only difference between him ow carelessly. "Sometimes we don't
and tbe others who marry is that this have to.”—Philadelphia Ixslger.
ffilloW Isn't deceived to tbe point of
Tlir Criminal F«capeil.
thinking he knows her. — Baltimore
Jack—You've heard about the escap
MmSricfiB,
ing criminal who stepprul on a slot ma
K**p on trimming your lamps, till- chine and got a weigh? Mack Yes;
jour soil, tugging and pegging that's old. Jack Well, even the blood
•wiij. ° You can never tell when the bounds couldn't get Ills cent. Yale Rec-,
ord.
m«<B<K>* of success will come
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