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< A» • » J • • .»-a . » - À. .À.A1À 1 A...f j PHIL ef THE [ j HOLLOW [ "I By SHAN BULLOCK ,J Cairi M. IWJ. to tvrlua l*r«M Aaatotka •V" y r g-iy r*V ,ry ’ V L out. use many another I ve met tie* fond of me euuip my nn' -<• 1« d trot a me heel. All' lust Ili4 I Wil 11 j. I- I II'! was lieiu’ threatened. w liat must I do bdt take bis part, Uli lure ! uiq "’Twas like this. Ned, havin' a triW- of money to lose, half a crow n or so. au' the fancy for cards bein' only young In him. comes to me In the even in', tells uie there's a drop of fresh poteeu in a neighbor’s an' asks me to keep him company. Where the house was an' who lives in it is no matter now. Well, we sampled the liquor, we smoked, an* we sung, we bud our Joke un’ our argument, an’ towards lb o'clock we fejl to at the cards. The game was tw enty-tive. penny stakes, an' every man for himself. “ 'Twas on a chair our party played, wi' stools for us to sit straddled on. an' Ned wus facin' me, an' three others were between us. an' one of them wus a bfty culled Micky the Wig. a big. thick wilted butt of a man wi' red hair an' a temper like a chained b ill's. Tlie man that won was Micky's enemy. The man that lost, supposin' he wasn't himself, got Micky's Je«;rs. An' last night, 4is it happened. Ned beyant hud all the luck an’ Micky all the loslu'. so Ned was the enemy. " 'Twas wonderful to see tlie two. Ned’s face every time lie looked at bis cards or raked in the coppers beupied like a full moon. Micky's every time be looked at his or put down a fresh stake was black as the hob. 'Daug me, but it’s great!' says Ned when a round was done. 'Divil the like 1 ever seen!’ shouts Micky, with a scowl across the chair, an’ bangs bis knee. ‘Not a card can I get!' shouts Micky. 'Not a pip can I make! Dang such luck!’ shouts he nt last, when he hadn't a cent, ‘an’ dang ye for a pup!’ says he to Ned. ’Yer not playin', but cheat in’, an’ 1 say it to yer face.’ “Now, I’ll say this for Ned—he's a good natured boy. But last night pride wus big in him an’ poteen strong, an' when Micky suld the word lie Just leant over an’ called him u liar. Up jumps Micky like a mad bull an’ tears off his coat. Up stands Ned an’ peels off bis. Up gets the company like one man an’ gathers round. There wus more noise when ye'd clap yer hands than 'd drown a brass band. Such a whilhibaioo ye never beard In all yer days. An' there was Micky squarin’ an’ jumpin’; there was Ned pule as a sheet, there the boys gatherin' into u ring, there meself. Aw, there was me self playin’ the fool, for, Instead of standin' back like another an' leavin’ things to come right, what must I do but take pity on Ned’s face an’ his youth, step forward to his side, take his part an’ challenge Micky meself. I was a fool.” said I’liil. flinging out a hand, "but”— There came a sound from the farther corner, and, turning quickly, we bad Affairs were marching now. t lorgoi my book, forgot that the huh »1» shin ing on the peaceful tie Ida lying golden beyond the hedges. With leaping pulse I aat by the window, watching silently. Gara went for Ids cap, pausing n breath to whisper In Ned’s ear; cante back and fell again to whittling his scrap of tobacco. Leaning toward me. he sat. elbows out and hatids-bls lean, ready bauds—busy between bis knees Suddenly he looked up and met my eyes. "Still watcbin’?” he said, with a grin. "Yes,” answered I, striving to smile. "I'm—I’m tired reading.” "I know.” lie. pressed the tobacco Into his pipe, then held out his band, with the knife lyiug open on liis palm. "That’s a good knife,” said be. I nod ded. “Feel the edge it has,” he went oil and pushed the blade, edge upward, toward me. Reluctantly I tried the blade wltli my thumb. It was keen ns a razor. With a quick movement he put Its point ugalnst my breast and pressed slightly. “Just two Inches home,” mild he. “an' ye’d watch no more.” I sat quite still, my breath held. "For two pins I’d do It,” said Garn, pressing again, "an' dose yer eyes for ever. How do I know wlint ye are?” There was a sound of shuttling feet in the further corner, und from bis place Ned Brady came quickly, ills bands out and that look of horror once more on tils face. "No, no, I’lill!” be shouted. In terror of pleading. "My goodness. noF' And with that, even as Gara rose swiftly, the engine whistled, the brakes shrieked, and, crouching upon the seat. Gara waved Ned back. “Down wl’ ye!" lie shouted. "Down, ye fool, down!" During the minute that we stayed at Lack station the two huddled close In their corners, their faces turned from the platform, eyes fixed in a furtive stare of upprehenslon, ears quick on the tread of the stalking policeman, but once start>-d again and slowly glid ing past bill and hedgerow they sat upright and looked at each other. It was a significant look, narrow and tense, springing on that side from the gloom of tears, on this the black tan gles of guilt, and from It Gara broke suddenly with mocking laughter. "Bah! I’m sick with meself for a danged fool What iilsiut them? Who cares about them?” Fiercely he held converse ns with himself. Ids back bent, eyes on his boots, fingers met and twitching. “Bah! One 'd think We were”— He stopped, pondered n moment, slow ly and deliberately raised his eyes. "I wonder wliat yer thinkin' of us now?" be said, still with that air of asking a question not so much of me as of him self. "I'd give somethin' tills mortal minute to know wlint’s behind yer fn<-e Tell me what is It yer tldnkln’.” I hardly cared to answer boldly. "Well, to tell the truth, I’m not so much thinking as wondering.” "1 know. An’ what are ye wonder- ■’?” 1 meant to speak carefully, but the rords leaped out. “What you're afraid if.” said 1. While you might count fifty Gara sat tying me in silence. "Afraid of?” lie laid at last. “Then ye think we've lone somethin'?" "I do. How can 1 help It?” “I know. 1 see. Well’’—Gara paused -¡¡nn’ what d'ye think we're afraid f?” "I don’t know,” said I. "Ye don't.” Not for an Instant did 11s eyes relax. "But ye’d like to know, aebbe?” "/’«/ do it an' clote yer eye» forever.** "Like?” I waved a hand. “Maybe sight of Ned Brady leaning toward us, I'm just as well not to know.” "Aye, for all that ye'd be happier If a hand on each knee, mouth open and wonder staring from Ids eyes. Like fe did?” that he may have been sitting for long “I'd be wiser," answered I. “Wiser?" Garn laughed in his know enough listening and gaping. Now lie Ing way. "Aw. troth might ye, an' shuffled along the seat and spoke. "l’hil,” said lie, his voice shrill and even then ye'd be no Solomon, for sure as a gun yer a bit of a fool. Man. yer piteous, “wliat are ye doin'? Is it"— “All, go back to yer place!” an wits are out nt gruss. There's not wliat sense 'd catch a rabbit behind that swered Gara, with a scowl. "Back, ye smooth face of yers, an' ns for pluck fool !" "But, I’hll I say, I’liil! Would ye”— - phut! Ye've the pluck of a sheep.” “Go back, 1 say!" He laughed again, us If at Ills own dis “But, 1’hil”— cerning wit. then tapis’ll my knee with Wltli an oath Gara rose, took Neil by a finger. "Listen to me an’ I'll tell ye." said he, "an' may the bearin' do ye the shoulders and shot him back .Into good. If ye knew mon’ about the tlie corner, stooped over him and whis country that owns ye." said I’liil. hav pered in Ills ear. came back and sat ing glanced at Ned and crossed his down before me. Bending forward, knees and laid his hands upon them, while Ned watched and listened eager “ye'd wonder little to see two country ly, Phil hurriedly went on: “At first Micky wouldn't tight. He lads fakin' a jaunt In a train an' keep- ln' an eye on the | h >II cv , an' If ye knew had no quarrel with me, lie said. It the police ye'd not wonder nt all. Ya was Ned thut had insulted him, said can do nothin' but they're nt yer heels. lie. 'Twas Ned he'd fight. For answer If ye play cards In n train, there’s n I stripped to tlie waist, stepped out helmet at the window; If ye take n upon the floor an' gave Micky's fuel' drop too much, there’s a black coat at the back of me hand. That roused your elbow; If ye brew a sup of poteen, him. The ring closed In. Hammer an' there’s nn army on yer track, nn’ the tongs we fell to wl' naked fists At man that rnps a hare upon the head first Micky had the best of matters, might as well til! a risgjstmte Yer wi’ Ids long arms an' big weight Once safe wl' yer bag an’ yer black coat, but he sent me sprawlin’ across a chair; get Inside this on Id coat of mine an' another time lie just missed g blow nt see tlie face of the first peeler ye'd tne chin that '<! ha' broke tne neck. But meet. I'm only a countryside bosthoon. he was soft, an’ I was hard; lie had »c!?neo. la !.’’- till tne man the jsliice iOOkk t.viw nt. »Vngtb, an' 1 Well, they've need. I'm no saint if I'tn he flagged an' I freshened, nn' lie was not much of a sinner. I’ll grfmble so at me mercy. I toyed wl' him an' gibed long ns I can sit. I’ll pick a pocket If him; I tapped Idin here an' there an' 1 want a dinner. I'll crack a skull wl’ laughed in his face; I led him on till the greatest pleasure. I'd shoot a land his guard got low nn' ids breath came lord tlie morrow If so be I drew the short an' he Ibst Ids temper; then, see bean. I'm a divil. sir"—Gara un in' me chance. I stepped In like a Hash, crossed his legs, drove a hand Into took him a blow on the chin like the either waistcoat pocket and faced me kick of a horse an' measured his six proudly—"a fair divil. In all Month feet upon the floor. Boys, the clatter he there’s not a play l>oy to touch me came down! Man. the hubbub whs An' I glory In It. I glory In It! Jail or there! Stretched out he lay as pale a< gallows, dock or bar. divil n bit I fear a sheet, wi' blood on Ills lips nn' not a them, an' divil a strnw 1 care. A free breath In Ills Issly. 'He's dead!' shouts life nn' a free hand—there's my senti this one. 'lie's murdered,' says that. ments. I envy no man. I cure for no ■Catch him,’ says the rest, 'till we have man. Only." and here Garn wlnk.<l his life.’ An' wi' tlint I lifts coat an' knowingly as be tappet! my knee, waistcoat shouts to Ne< then out Into "when somethin' happens I try to lie the dark an' away, an’ for an hour wo careful, nil' that's why ye see me finin' ran. an' for hours wo lay 1« a ditch tor a Jaunt this mornln'. meself an' tlie At last, towards mornln* ”— Just then' PJiil stopped, peered boy beyant." 1*1111 pushed back Ills cap. ghincid through the Windows,* turned quleklv furtively nt Nisi. leant <1 over Ids knees and waved ti hand nt Ned. "Here's with Ills arms crossed upon them and. lairafe* said he, and to mo. "TheBe's lowering his voice, went on "It's all little more, but I’ll finish when°we're s Is’i niise of blnisel* In tfle corner Be < started again.” I nodded« Ned gathered Into bis cor tween ourkFlves I m ' s « b|t of a tMfidle; • ® 0 neri I'hN crouched low ill luO, ¿lie whistle ' giirleked» the brakvc begun grinding, slowly tl.e trai* <ltcw up. and tini* upon l.aruh platform stood two l«Micemeu by tlie d<*rway, while along It. frinii carriage to carriage, two more followed a sergeant with drawn staves. TliWn I looked at I'bil. "They’re com ing.” said 19 "Who J" • ‘The police." “Ah!” He sat upright, his face blanching and tightening, made a sud den dash toward the farther door. tbeu. at sight of black figures ou the siding beyond, turned and let fall Ids hands. "Trappi'd!” said he. “Trapped!" He looked down upon Ned and upon bls horror stricken face. "They’re here,” said he. "Come; bear It like a man. It’ll soon be over, an' you needn't fear anvwa.v.” He took Nisi l.i nn arm, dragged him across the carriage, dropped him on tlie seat before me and took his place in the corner. “Hold up,” he said, giving Ned. that poor misery of a Ned. a shake. "Be a man for onep; be » man.” He looked at me, a smile lightening his face. "All up." said be. “I can't finish, but ye'll see the rest 111 the papers. Good by to yvj.” He laughed and turned as figures darkened the windows. "Aw. good mornin' to ye, sergeant Come, Ned. boy; we’re wanted." And quick came the click of handcuffs. Some weeks afterward I found the finish of Phil’s story in the news|>apeys; also I found details there which I’liil had omitted and some which he had distorted. Up to a certain poiht bls Btory to me kept sight of facts. After ward it entered tlie region of fancy. It was I’liil himself who had been ac cused of cheating; ft was on ids own behalf be had fought; it was when mat ters were going hopelessly with him at the hands of Micky the Wig that Ned had striven to help him, had clutched Micky's arms and tried to restrain him. hail unwittingly held Micky tight while Phil got home with the knife. Happily the wound was not mortal, so Phil lost his freedom for only three years, and because of his youth and Innocence and of some generous evi dence tendered by Phil on his behalf Ned was admonished and set free NEW SHORT STORIES luMetst. J T. Trun brlilgi. Jjw ♦utlior, b 11« in Ina aatoM'tgrupliy t||p.lullowlng inci- deut of his youiig inankoo* “After I ligtl been so fur prospered us to Is- ubl< to place a small deposit tn n s:ulng> bank, the father of a family once be sought the for a loan of *;o. when 1 told him. to my sincere regret, that 1 had no such sum ut command, be mude answer thut bis quarter's rent was due. thut lie had been unable to collect soiui bills he had relied on to uiuke up the needfql sum, and he didn't know which way to turn if J couldn’t help him. '1 haven't it,' I repeated, 'but'—I thought of my poor little savings bunk deposit und of a family man's natural distress on being unable to pay his rent—'I might possibly raise it for you.’ Al though 1 knew there would be u loss of ;e umulAted und prospective Inter est If 1 withdrew my money from the bunk, und I could not think of tuking interest from a friend, hla expressions of gratitude paid me in advance for any such sacrifice. I went ut'pnce und drew the $60, which 1 handed film without saying how I had come by it. He paid me in a week or two, thanked' me warmly und added this naive re mark, ‘If-you hadn’t lent me the moil ey I should have had to take It out of the savings bunk and have lost the In terest.’ 1 smiled and held my peace.” Couldu't Have Dose Heller, In Academy and Literature u good story is told of Mr. Whistler In con nection with his first official visit to the art school established in Paris as the Whistler academy. The great man, advancing into the room where the students were working, took his stand, hat and stick in hand, and addressed them, apparently seriously. In a few words expressing the honor be was do ing himself and themselves in showing Paris lyid the world that he, Whistler, was in his school and that they, tlie students, were also there. Then fol A VOCAL DUEL. TaniHKno and l.ilMxalle Contended, but It Was n Itend Kent. Herrmann Klein in a book on music and musicians tells this story: “Once I -remember our party of four was Join ed by Tamagno when the celebrated Italian tenor was playing 'Otello' at the Lyceum. We all laid supper to gether after the performance and were in the jolliest of moods. Tamagno had a slight cold on the chest, but protested th at it made no difference whatever In the singing quality of his head tones. Upon this Lassalle offered to wager that he could sing higher with his falsetto than Tamagno with his ‘voce di petto.’ The challenge was accepted, and forthwith the two began a vocal duet the like of which I am certain I shall never hear again. Out came Tn- magno’s A's and B flats, as quickly re sponded to with the falsetto equiva lents from Lassalle's sturdy throat. Then the Italian went 'one better.’ and the Frenchman, in order, as he said, to help himself up the scale, mounted Ills chair and emitted the B natural, whereupon Tamagno also stood upon his chair and brought out not only a high (', but a ringing D fiat. Lassalle was now for mounting the table, but. this being ‘ruled out' ns an unfair mi ni ntnge over a less athletic opponent, he proceeded to get the necessary notes from tlie eminence of his chair amid terrific applause from the rest of the company. Tamagno now made a bold dash for a I> natural, but did not quits succeed, and as Lassalle fared no bet ter we pronounced the result a ‘dead beat.’ ” “YOU COULDN’T HAVE DONE BE1TEB.” lowed a tour of the room, Mr. Whist ler speaking to each student in turn somewhat as follows: "Ah, and where have you studied before?"' “At John’s.” "Ab, you couldn’t have done better!” And to the next one, “Ah, and where have you studied before?” “With M. Iiouguereau.” “Ah, you couldn't have done better!” So Whist ler went the rounds, repeating the for mula in each case without perceptible alteration In tone. Finally, the ques tion being put to a very young man, the answer almost upset the general Fusaled Ilfs Tutors. gravity. “Ah, and where have you Lord Avebury, better known as SJr studied before?" “I have never stud John Lubbock, was a naturalist even ied before.” For Just the fraction of a as a schoolboy nt Eton. In bls day moment Mr. Whistler eyed him curi tbr-ox howevtr, the Instructors cared ously and then, with perfect gravity, for nothing except the classics and but with an enthusiastic accent, he were ignorant of natural science. In said, “Ah, you couldn't have done bet his autobiography Lord Avebury says: ter!” “At that time Eton boys, especially if they were quick nt writing verses anil Where DI ko II x Holds Sway, learning by heart, had much more lei Representative Cochran of Missouri sure than they have now. 1 devoted a had often promised Senator Carmack good deal of mine to natural history of Tennessee that he would present anil geology In spite of the remon him with a special growth of the fine strances of my tutor, who thought that Missouri tobacco that could not be It might have been better occupied on beat in the world. Tlie Tennessee sen the classics. On one occasion we were ator, who enjoys a good “chaw,” wait given ‘The Bee’ ns a subject for n ed In vain for this precious gift. So theme. I took some pains with it, and one day -he wrote a note to Cochran my tutor sent for me and asked mn telling him to come over to the senate confidentially whether it was all true. side of the capitol quickly,' ns he want From what he said I Inferred that ed to see him on important business they rather suspected I was quizzing Cochran, who is a short, stubby man, them nnd doubted whether to coin came down the corridor puffing like a mend or to flog me.’’ gasoline runabout. Carmack led him quietly Into the senate cloakroom, and Cat« Fond of Olive«. Coqhran settled himself back into a "I have often wondered if all cats seat for the anticipated conference. like olives,” remarked a woman who “Cochran," said Carmack, "give me is very fond of the feline tribe. "All n chew of that tobacco.” mine do, and I have six. Olives are Cochran handed out a plug, and the usually nn acquired taste with the hu Tennesseean placed a good portion of man race, but cats seem to take to it comfortably in his mouth. Quietly them naturally—at least mine do. An turning to leave the room, Carmack olive will set any one of them Into par said: oxysms of joy. They will leave milk “That's all, Cochran.”—Philadelphia or fish or any other article of food for Ledger. It, purring and roiling oxer it much o ns though it might have the Intoxicat Why Slie Belonged. ing effect of catnip before they finally Mrs Kate Bostwick, who Is active in ent it. I have often tried olives on political work among Brooklyn worn- other cats In the houses of friends nnd have found them equally appreciative, <n, recently endcv.orod to Ir.d’w-« only they prefer their olives cut up In lively young matron In that lairougb to join tho Woman's Republican league to pieces.”— Philadelphia Record. and met with a flat refusal. “But your husband Is a Republican, Fitted the Event. and you belong to the Woman's Suf» “See here!" said the city editor. "I frage association,” persisted Mrs. Bost wish you would get nway from trite wick. old expressions ns much ns possible. “I belong to the Suffrage association Here you have written that nt a cer snd also the Antfsuffrage association.” tain point In this big meeting ‘the si was the placid reply. “I like the wom lence was oppressive.' Now, that is a en In one nnd the refreshments in the saying”— Jther, but honestly I do not believe in “That is esjieclally apropos." replied either.”—New York Times. the dignified press person. “It was a meeting composed entirely of women." Illa Faalt. —Cincinnati Times-Star. Nodil On the impulse of the moment the other night I told my wife nn aw ful Ho and goj caught. ¿Todd—Serves Painter find Tavern Keeper. Ma riot to Alltertinelll, who lived In you right Every lie a man tells his the fourteenth century, was a painter wife ought to be premeditated.—Life. who spent much time In endeavoring to produce certain mixtures In oil. He Ills t nenvl«ldr Plight. was hot very successful and objected “So Sniuftiers finds himself between so much to the criticism he received the devil and the deep sea, does he?" that be gave up painting and kept a “Well, It amounts to the same thing. tavern, but his name a/ a painter still He's between arv^mpty Jurfiace nnd nn lives, while his tavern keeping record unpaid coal bill.’’—Cincinnati Times- lifirt passed away. Star. « HARDENS QF THE ALCAZAR. On« «<f ttivn'1 1« *PP<MWU< UB>-k <>l < ullli ««*<*■>. WOMAN AND FASHION FACTS IN FEW LINES *b<- l>aU> Walat. Thia is a etguiifng shirt waist of linen, The garden of the Aleflzar 1» one au embr<«iil< red design formulating a garden composed Of BiWerul. each open half 4als.v. ntilch is outlined jn black ing into the other by steps descending embroidered silk I’lie shoitjdera have a from a terrace or through arches Ju stitched pltae extending frogi the neck marble or living green. over the shoulder half wtly to the el All the gardens are surrounded with wonderful hedges of myrtls. Juniper or box. If the gardens of the Alcazar should be striped of all but their hedges, pal.u tr«*es nnd magnolias^ they would still be most wonderful. In some places walls about eight feet In height separate tile gardens, and against these walls are tialned orange and peach trees, with a tangle of Jas mine and roses climbing among them ns they will In fact, the flowers grow In such careless and natural profusion and there is seemingly so little cultiva tion that, one might almost think the hoe of a gardener liud not visited the place for a hundred years. This very carelessness was one of the greatest charms of the place and added to the effect of age that clung to everything. Modern gardeners would stand aghast •at such apparent neglis-t. I recognized that the very lack of modern care was artistic find suitable and yet wondered, if the place were mine, whether I could forbear the use of shears, trowel nnd hoe. The hedges were trimmed. These, with some or THIS IS STUNNING. ange trees growing In a solid mass of green along some fifty feet of palace bow, giving the very long shoulder ef wall and reaching to the very roof, fect. The stock point in the front is alone bore signs of the gardener's embroidered to correspond with the dots over the fastening line. The belt shears. The flower beds were of intricate of novelty silk braid. Interlaced with shapes, filled with a tangled mass of cords of gilt and fastening with a flowers and always surrounded with French gilt buckle, is a handsome fin box. And such box! My heart sank lsh to tlie tailored shirt waist. Brook within me when I thought of the box lyn Eagle.' in my garden at home, where not even a hundred mild winters and a hundred SpriiiK llutn. rainy summers could give growth like From the early importations of frames the smallest of that at the Alcazar. it is safe to predict that the large The bouquet that is considered in Se brimmed hat is to have a longer lease ville as a model of beauty and elegance of life. A notable feature of some of tlie was to our eyes a most hideous tiling. models is tlie great width and marked In shape like a pyramid, about four upward tiit of the brim ut the left side teen Inches high, it was formed by fas of the front. tening a magnolia bud to the top of n Crowns are still to be low, but the smooth, round stick and then winding blocked crown will take tlie place of flowers tightly around the stick, each the plateau style. The bell shaped succeeding row becoming larger, so crown is to be a favorite. that at the bottom the bouquet was Of the "unusual hats" the triangular probably two feet around. It was a shape Is expected to find the most fa frequent sight to see two men carrying vor with the public. Tlie "marquis," a pole between them with from six to a a three cornered lint, trimmed In mil dozen of these bouquets swinging, itary fashion witli gold anil silver gal heads down, from the pole.—Scribner’s. loon and cockades of tlie same and sometimes witli a fringe of ostrich laid around the inner eilge of tlie brim, LONGSTREET’S ORDERS. makes an attractive hut to be worn The Way Hint Soldier« Managed to throughout the curly spring. It is es Evade Them. pecially suited to tailor made costumes. General Longstreet used to tell a good This shape in white felt lias u singu many stories to show that the men of larly smart appearance. his command always treated captured Union soldiers with as much considera A Slrnlglit Front Corset. tion and kindness as was possible un A corset for the woman who wishes der the circumstances. He said that his orders on this point were very to have a straighter front tlian the or strict, and he never knew any of liis dinary straight front corset will give men to disobey. As he went on to ex her lias the lower part of tlie sides of plain how proud he was of the record the corset formed by two pieces set on of Ills men on tills point u listener em and adjustable, being laced together ployed In one of the departments at In the front. These two iiieces are made flexible by three bands of elustlc Washington Interrupted him. “Undoubtedly your orders were strict, set in on either side. The corset is general,” he said, “but I happen to laced with two strings, one curried know that they were evaded. For ex from tlie top of the corset to tlie waist ample, In east Tennessee you ordered nnd tli<> other from the waist line to tlie your men to respect the belongings of lower edge. Tlie ends of the upper lac prisoners, and this Is the way some of ing are brought ilround to the front and them did it: I wore a good pair of army carried down to the lower part of the shoes, nearly new. One day a good corset, where they hold tlie adjustable natured fellow in gray with no shoes pieces on either side firmly together. to speak of walked along our line look The corset steel is full length, and ing intently at the shoes of the cap there are three catches on the lower tured Unionists. He put his foot by part of it and three on the edges of the side of mine and, remarking that I each of the adjustable sidepieces, and was Just his size, added: ‘Old l’ete when these are laced together tlie tig (Longstreet] says he will have every ure is nslueed to girlish proportions. man shot who steals anything from a prisoner. To save my life, won't you A Pretty Frock. trade shoes with me? For I must have This Jittle frock gives tlie now very them shoes.' Of course I traded, as popular long shoulder effect, which is did other prisoners." At this Longstreet smiled, but insist most becoming to small children. It is ed that the story didn't prove any pretty made of white drilling or double thing. INDIA RUBBER. The Second Voynne of Colnmhas Gave It Publicity. The first notice of India rubber dates back 500 years, when Herrera, a Span ish historian, during tlie second voyage of Columbus, saw that "the natives of Haiti played with balls made of the gum of a tree, which were lighter and bounced better than tlie wind balls of Castile.” In a recaed published in Madrid, 1615, we are told: "There is a tree which the Indians call ulequahultl, very high, with round, ashy gray leaves. It yields a milky substance, thick ami gummy, In great abundance, which Is collected and allowed to settle In calabashes anil afterward softened in hot water or •meared over the body and rubbl'd off when sufficiently dry.” ; Even at that early date Sjiauiards used tlie Juice of tlie ule tree to water proof their cloaks. The first nccurate account of these gum elastic or caoutchouc trees was furnished by lai Condamine, vvho was sent in 1735 by the French government to measure nn arc of the meridian near Quito. It was introduced into Europe as a drug about 1730, and some fifty years later was used commercially as rubber for pencil marks and to waterproof clothing. I'srlln inentnry Hnlinc. FOB A LITTLK O1HL. warp, which comes at 12'-* and 15 cents a ynrd. ■ The design is embrolderisl In front in white working cotton, and the bands coming down the sides are brier ■tltched in tlie same. Designed for girls from five to twelve years of age.' n*-*t For t'hlldren. Red Is going to ls> a fashionable spring color for children, as well as for grownups. Red serge makes a service able dross for the clglit-yenr-old. A •pretty model IsJn the Ring waist effect. The waist is narrow box plaited, the space between being strapped with the material edged with bright pluld silk. The pointed ends of the atraps are caught by gilt buttons. Belt, collar and cuffs are similarly trimmed. Waist and skirt are cut separately, the skirt being l>ox plaited to match th valst. “He said he could not help kissing you,” whispered the first congressman’s daughter. “He said when he sat be side you in the conservatory and look ed Into your eyes he was moved by nn irresistible Impulse and simply had to kiss you.” "Did he?” smiled the second congress man's daughter, who was listening with some interest to the apology thus being made for the boldness of the handsome cousin of the other girl. “Yes. He said it was your eyes that A Schempr Spotted. won him. He”— “The young man talks a great deni "Well, he'll have to come nround nnd about hhi estates abroad.” correct the minutes of that meeting. “Yes,” answered Mr. Cutnrox, “he's The eyes won IL but the nose got it." like one or two others who wanted to —Judge. Marry into the family. He's anxious to trade b« Imaginary estate for some Hsvn't W>! "BuL” said the Englishman, “you of my real estate."--Washington Star. have nothing to see over here—nothing A nt ftepent. In the way of grand old things that Tess—I permitted him to kiss tffe on have long since fallen into disuse.” condition that he wouldn't mention It “We haven’t, eh? Walt till I get you to at»?' one. Jes*. And did fce? Tess • copy of the city ordinances."—< Sica Well er—be rep<at>s] It the very next gi. Kecorf-Horald. Minute.-*bi«delplila I'ress. England usually Inqiort» $3u.OOO,(MW worth of eggs. Russia hag almost three times the population of Jupun. Tbe average Frenchman eats 42S pounds of bread n year. Tbe coffee planter gets au average of fl cents a jsiund for Ills crop. It Is estimated that there are 1,200 tunnels in tbe world of something like a total of flOO miles. Orders have recently lieen executed in Japan for a supply of fishing nets for Alaska valued at $30,0U0. In the Island of Luzon therb nn* nearly a million acres of rolling pine laud, with no underbrush or tropical Vegetation. There were 9,766 failures reiairted to Bradstreet’s in the calendar year 11MXI, with liabilities of $154,277.003 and as sets of $64,060,471. There Is a great demand ut the pres ent time for brickmaking machinery In Cape Colony, Natal, Orange River Colony and the Transvaal. Calculation continued by ex|>erlment has shown that, weight for weight, pine wissl is stronger than Hteel In Isith transverse and tensile strength. Harry Morris, an Englishman, who lias given much attention to the sub Ject of cancer, recently called attention to the pernicious influence of the clay pl|M* nnd the decayed tooth in causing cancerous growths. The winter wheat acreage last year is placed at 32,510,510, yielding on an average 12.3 bushels, aggregating 300,- 867.250 bushels, marketed at an aver age price of 71.6 cents, representing a total value of $286,242,840. German Imperia! authorities have se cured a tine of $12,500 from the heirs of a German manufacturer on the ground of his having understated his income, and so paid too low a tux dur ing several years of Ids lifetime. The British workmen have managed to put away a goodly little nest egg in friendly, building, co-operative und trade union societies and saving* banks. The records show that 27,580, 000 of them have $1,814,000,000 in such savings. Women In Scotland outnumber the men by 124,593 In a total population of 4,472,103, according to the returns of the census recently completed. Of the total number of women more than 44 per cent ure In business or some kind of employment. Only three of the fifteen members of the famous electoral commission of 1877 survive- -ex-Senutor Edmunds. Senator Hoar and General Eppa Hun ter of Virginia. All of the five Justices of the supreme court who sat ou the commission long since passed away. The number of elulms for pensions filed for Injuries in our hundred day war with Spain is now 60,000, und ut the present rate there will soon lie half us many claims as there were men in the war, although but 20,000 went to Cubu and but two or three regiments to I’orto Rico. Six million dollars' worth of shoes have been sold abroad by American shoemakers within a year. This shows the exports in that line to have multi plied by twelve In ten years. Mexico, Cuba and Qunadu each bought about $500,4X10 worth, anil nearly all tli<> re malnder went to Great Britain. Coal constituted nearly 40 per cent of the total tonnage of American rail ways last year. It cost $1.87 to curry u ton of coal from Yorkshire coal fields, In England, to London, a distance of 158 miles, while coal is brought from the Carbondale coal region in Illinois to Chicago, 270 miles, for 75 cents n ton. Enough tea, coffee, wine, beer nnd liquors were used by the Amer ican people last yeur to make u lake two miles square and ten feet deep, which would be large enough to float several navies the size of our own. Enough alcoholic beverages were dis posed of to fill a canal 100 miles long, 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep. In the United Kingdom 37,500,000 people out of 40,000,0(X) receive less than $60 a month for each family; 1,000,000 are in dally receipt of poor law relief; 8,000,000 have only a week's wages between them and starvation; 500 hereditary peers own one-fourth of England, and they and their depend ents spend every year $1,850,000,000. Although the late Ixird Salisbury was much interested In science and was a fellow of the British Royul so ciety, he never approved of the ex treme views of some of his associates. He wus particularly opposed to the theory of evolution as taught by Her bert Spencer and of the descent of man as enunciated by Charles Darwin At a meeting of the trustees of the Lutheran Orphans' home at Reading. Pa., an Itemized bill for $1.39 was sub mitted by the “Rat and Mice Trust company.” Rev. Dr. Kuendig explain ed that he would pay the bill, as tie had agreed privately to pay to the boys a cent each for all the rats and mice they caught, to rid the borne of the pests. Amherst college students have form ed a mountain climbing club and have elected as Its president Dr. Edward Hitchcock, dean of the faculty. Tim doctor Is seventy five yeurs old amj Is a graduate of the college of the class of '49. Despite his years, Dr. Hitch cock la lithe and active a.txJ Is known as the pioneer In tire Movement for physlcl education In colleges. Miss Helen Keller, the blind deaf mute, Is vice president of the senior class nt Radcliffe college, the women's department of Harvard. She Is pursu ing four full courses, two In English nnd two In I^ntln. Rhe has thus fur passed all her examinations with as milch credit ns If she hud all her facul ties nnd Is accomplishing more In scholarship thnn any other person In the world so handicapped. Papa's S h * c Conclusion. “Papa,” piped little Willie, "which Is It better to be a big tond In n little puddle or n little toad in a big puddle?” "It’s better to be a big toad In a big puddle," answered the ambitious fa ther.—Detroit Free Press. o ■■■ ——» —— loft. “Yes,” be declared, “1 think one grows to be like the things he eats.” "You must have lieen lermght up on mknhmnllows," she suggested Chica go Record-Herald.
