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A NEST BUILDING FI6H.
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• Hurt* Iffurd» h Hate A»)luni Fur <
lirlplvwM Finhea.
To »»■ • ist the taiiflnBn of F«*auip
A Preti y stock.
Tla-ro have been thirteen scsalons ex-
light swung »loxvly round ffc borlxuft POPULAR HATRED^ - THE ANIMAL I
Ibis «I.i tt
- i. I- i
of «ir.qis 1 traorilinary of congress.
OF
GREAT.
ANTIQUITy.
from th*1 au«mlt of the great bluff of
It Is doubtful whether protective mim­ * *
> •'line« insertimi eol*,l«-l oli t*i
Manhattan Island has an average of
icry among animals Is better exegipll- i *■ lar of Ibindkervlilef fftien. with
Notre Dame du Salut. as If sweeping
132 people tv the acre, while London
! the s>a and elbowimt pway all that iu ■.«-•«■>'ia»y •« •«•i* m ae ■•••>•& ti«'d than In the case of the tisli com­ I de bile Italioti» tloss Three strami-
lias sixty.
monly known as the marbletl angler ot
tk>u« Lore «■•• I ....... ...
dared appr®ich so grim a coast.
• •<1
f tfte tloss in.ike thè right alzisi cord.
Eleven thousand automobiles were
•>m|>«-n
Irraluta
!■!•■•
“Ab!” axclalmed tlie priest. "I am in
tlie Sargasso sea (Pterophryne lilstrlo),
The luce edging ubidì ls ut thè top
Owing t«> its p, euliar structure it Is a of ih - m-< k. and arouml thè tali ls tirsi sold in this country during the six
IWrt—Tfle Sell«'* »>■ •<«• •*>0«w-
the water. The tide is cuming up.”
months ending xvlth November last.
To their left a wall of foum aud
The unfortunate toad bae from time poor swimimr. and it therefore spends
By HENRY SETON
'Hie treasury department estimates
| spray shut off all view of the sea. On immemorial ba»n an object of dl«tru-j most of its lite moving slowly about
that It will cost $«a>5.2S7,<nX) to run the
the right tbe°cliff rose, a vast barrier,
on the bottom among corals, seaweed,
MERRIMAN
und aversion, especially among the
government for lbol ami $634.502,660
and cut the sky iu txvo. 'llrese two'
el«.., which these fishes closely resell!
coniiu?>n Jieople. A |*leiisln< tai*- rule-
for Ilk 15.
ble In color an«l In outline. They cling,
! men had nothing in common. They
f ■«pllrigM. !«<«, by H. S. Scoli
that u gentleman, walking along a
too, to the tioatlng0masses of sargns
had Indeed standing between them
Recently In Dundee $15,000 n ton
country lane, came suddenly upon a
that sword xvhich was brought into th*1 village boy belaboring the crushed sum weed with their peculiar tins, and
was paid for u pulel»«lie. I his is said
world nineteen hundred years ago aud body ot a toad xvlth a heavy stick and the color markings of the tlsh closely
to be the highest price ever paid for
r»’semble th*- weed itself. Not only does
anti the wind In the nortbxvest- not ls still unsheathed. But neither thought
whalebone.
For they are blest that have much to rue,
exclaiming at each blow, “I’ll lurn ’e the wtssl thus furnish a home for this
It had been agreed
That have not oft ml«heur*l th« prompt­ ■tanding room on the shore against the of turning back.
iaist year the British mercantile ma
to
be
a
toad!
”
xvhereat
the
indignant
species. but the tlsh actually constructs
er’s cue.
I cliff for a man from here to Gluiuval.” between them that they should make
rine sustained 1,483 casualties, of
newcomer, seizing the miscreant by a nest from It and therein°<leposlts its
At high tide the waves beat against what speed they could along the shore hU collar, vigorously applied u cane
IIE gab* was apparently at Its
which 31s were complete wrecks. The
height—that ls to say, it was I the towering cliff all along this grim and only turn batk at the last moment, to his legs, remarking, “I’ll lam you eggs. One of these nests, found In con
loss of life xvas 5,318.
blowing harder than it bad coast, and a man standing on the tgrf searching the sea aud beach as they to be a bof!" The popular hatred ot nectlon with the Ilassler expedition,
The hay crop, excepting coni alone,
was described us consisting of a round
niuy not recognize his son on the rocks returned in tlie light of dawn.
I blowu ail through the night­
is the greatest in value, the gross reali­
the toad, Indeed, Is of such antiquity mass of sarg.-issum about the size of
below,
xvliile
the
human
’
voice
can
only
Belfort,
the
leader,
.the
expert
in
hut those whose business is on the great
zation during last year oil U1.3O5.U4C
and ls still so general us to seem in
wuters know that a gule usually tiu- span the distance in calmest weather. night and tide and wind, led the xvay. erudlcable. That the creature ls not two fists rolled up together. To all ap­
tons being $5511,370,880.
pearances
It.
was
made
of
nothing
but
There
are
spaces
of
three
and
four
with one eye on the sea, the other on dangerously poisonous It Is hopelew
ishi's Its xvrath In a few wild squalls.
Tlie Stuttgnrter Mlt-uml Ruckver-
this
gulf
wj-«-d,
tin-
branches
ami
leaves
“’TIs getting puffy,” the sailors Bay; mlli-s between the gaps In the great the eastern sky, xvhich was now show
«1« l*«-i ungs Aktiengeaellschaft Is an In­
to attempt to convince the ordinary of which were, however, evidently knit
and Inaccessible bluffs—an evil' lee- Ing gray through tossing clouds.
“ ’tis nearly over."
surance eompntx» With a capital of $2.
rustle. Doubtless this belief has Its together and not merely tangled into a
"Here we must turn,” he said sud
A man hurrying through the narrow i shore to have under one’s quarter, one
000,000, xx lilch Insures UMu-filnery.
origin tn the acrid secretion xvhich the roundish mass, for, though some of the
of
the
waste
places
of
the
xvorld
which
denly,
"and
the
last
half
mile
to
the
main street of Yport was thrown
The patent office ls proportionately
toaiV has the poxver of emitting xvlien lea les and branches hung loose from
Nature
has
set
apart
for
her
-own
use.
sea
xvall
xve
shall
have
to
wade.
”
against the shutters of the little buk-
the most profitable of our government
disturbed or annoyed unduly and the nest, It became at once visible that
un
When
Nature
speaks,
it
Is
with
no
They paused and ’looked up. to the
er's shop on the left baud side und
departments. A balance of over $■'>.
xvhich will cause a dog that bus In­
certain voice.
sky. In half an hour the day would cautiously picked up a toad to foam the bulk of the ball xx an belli togethei
sttxsl there gasping for breath.
000,000 Iles to Its credit In the treasury.
by threads trending In every direction
“There Is ol<l Lolsette!” shouted the come, but in seventy minutes the break­
"Mon Dieu!” he muttered. "It's a
Royal palaces In Russia are said to
at the mouth. Again, the uncouth ap­ among the seaweed. By close observu
stf
may
lieve
gone
to
bed
cure.
“
He
ers
must
beat
against
the
sheer
cliff.
dog's night.”
be damp ami unhealthy. Tlielr Insani­
pearance of the creature has hud much tlon it became apparent that this mass
her."
“
None
has
reached
the
shore
alive
And he wiped the rain from bls face.
to do xvlth the feeling of repulsion of seaweed was n nest, the central part
tary condition ls clalme«l by some to
"There ls no reason to suppose It!" and xvith his senses,” said Belfort, look
The wind, which blew from a wild
xvlth which It has always been regard­ of which was bound up in the form of
be the cause of the czariiui’s recent
“
No.
my
shouted
the
man
in
reply.
ing
out
to
sea.
“
He
would
have
seen
northwest, roared against the towering
ed, "Squat like a toad" ls the phrase a ball, with several loose branches ex­
Illness.
!
father,
If
there
ls
aught
to
be
done,
you
our
lights
and
come
to
us
or
called
if
cliffs and from eust and west concen­
by which Milton describes the evil one tending in various directions. On still
A four Inch strip of tand was sol*! In
he had broken limbs. It is useles« to
tre h*d itself funnel-wise on the gap and I must do It."
New York city recently. The price
closer examination the nest alsixe de­ MADE WITH Hl KAI'S OF VALENCIENNES,
What with the wind and the flannel search the shore too closely. \Ve shall essaying to reach the ear of Eve.
where Y|>ort lives. Out seaward there
Superstition, In truth, has laid a firm
paid is said to have been $1,666. The
was a queer ghostly light lying on the ear flups of the sou’wester It xvas bard find them here at the edge, half iu. half hold on the toad’s misshapen figure. scribed was found to be full of eggs, knife plaited and then corded on. A
strip separates two properties on Sev-
which
were
scattered
throughout
the
to
make
oneself
heard,
und
the
two
out,
especially
those
with
life
belts,
face of the water»—the storm light—
small design of forget-me-nots is em­ enth avenue.
The belief, not only In the existence *gf
and landsmen rarely see it, for the faces almost touched, the unbeliever such as xve find any winter morning “toad stones," but in their efficacy us mass.
broidered in the center of the tab in
Nature has thus afforded a safe asy­
The largest steamship in the world ls
sea was beaten Into unbroken foam. who knew1 so little and the priest who after bad weather.”
a sovereign remedy for certain Ills, lum for these somewhat helpless fishes the pale blue tloss. This stock is very the Baltic, launched Nov. 21 at Belfast,
He spoke grimly as one xvho knew
Tlie mini, who was clad In oilskins, wus knew not only books, but men. They
pretty
when
tinisheii
ami
if
done
care
­
which ls still common In parts of the
It ls 725.0 feet In length, 49 feet In
In the neck of the funnel. Overhead made their way to the little quay, or. that it is not the deep sea that must be country, ls of very ancient date. whose cutaneous filaments, which art fully launders beautifully.
plentifully provided on the belly, around
depth and 75.0 feet In breadth. Its ton­
rather,
the
few
yards
of
sea
wall
that
paid
its
toll,
but
tlie
shoal
water,
where
li<* heard the wind roaring through the
“
There
is
to
be
found
In
the
heads
of
nage Is 23,000.
pines far up wn the slope of the nar­ protect the houses at the corner of the the rocks and quicksands and crabs old and great toads," says Fenton, the mouth and on the dorsal spine, sc
Little Folk«’ Fashion«.
The Simplon tunnel, the longest In
row valley. Close at hand a continuous street. But here they could not stand and gulls are waiting. They made their writing in 1569, "a stone they call nearly resemble the weed itself that
There is little change in styles for
whistle told of its passage across the and were forced to retire to the lee aid«1 way back iu sileuce, and slowly a new borax, or stelon, xvhich, being used as predaceous tislies doubtless fail to rec small boys, says a writer In the Pil­ the world, ls to be completed in 1905.
house tops. The man steadied himself of the Hotel de la Plage, wbiche8tauds gray day crept into life. At last they rings, gives forewarning of venom.” ognlze the living animals, and thus the grim. Trousers of the comfortable, The event will lie celebrated nt Milan,
with Ills left hand. He had but one, at the corner, with txvo timorous win­ could see the horizon and read the In the Londesborough collection ls a latter escape extermination.—Scientific scant bloomer pattern have entirely the nearest important Italian city, by
an International exposition.
and he cursed the empty sh’eve which dows turned seaxvard and all the rest face of the water still torn into a seeth­ silver ring of the fifteenth century In American.
superseded the tight fitting sort ami
seeking the comfort of the street.
ing chaos of foam. There was no ship
The tip problem has been solved by
flapped across bis face.
xvhich
one
of
these
toad
stones
ls
set.
are
gathered
well-up
above
the
knee,
IMAGINATION.
In a few words Belfort explaine«! upon them. If there bad been a wreck
a Parisian restaurant, so the restaura­
“Provided,” he muttered, “that 1 can
They
were
supposed
always
to
bear
falling rather scantily over the gather
where the lights had been seen and the storm had done its work thorough­
wake that cure.”
on their srtrface a figure resembling a Vnstnace« Mionlim How It Ilan Matte Ing tape. Tlie Russian blouse still teur thinks. His custom is to assess
He crept on while the gale paused to where, according to his judgment, the ly. Belfort climbed to the summit of a toad, being somewhat similar trinkets,
Well »lea Sick.
holds its oxvu and requires no tie at tin his patrons 5 per cent of their bills and
rock and looked back toward Fecamp. one may Imagine, to the scarabieus
to divide the money thus raised among
take breath and a moment later cow­ steamer must have taken tin- Sicks.
Th«
1
domination
of
imagination
over
throat. Sailor blouses are not in favor
“If the good God has further use for Then he turned and searched the shore
his waiters.
ered In the porch of a little yellow
ornament
of
the
Egyptians.
Another
the
normal
exercise
of
the
faculties
Is
for
very
small
boys,
but
are
worn
by
house. He kicked the door with his any of them he xvill tbroxv them on 1 In­ toxvard Yport.
The tobacco crop of 815.972,425
early xvrlter remarks, “A toad stone no new idea. Samuel Rogers suffered the boy of seven to ten. Th*1 best
“There is one,” he cried, "half in, half
heel and then xvalted, with his ear to shore a kilometer to the east of us.
called ‘erepandla,’ touching any part from a violent cold from the effects of dressed child Is most simply clothed pounds, at a.n average price of 6.8 cents
where
the
wire
rope
descends
from
tlie
out, as 1 said. We shall cheat the
the great keyhole. Surely the cure
envenomed by the bite of rat, wasp, what he believed to be an open win­ ami with greatest regard to personal a pound, produced a revenue of $55,-
must have beeu a good man to sleep in cliff to the shore for the seaweed.” satd crabs at all events, my father.”
spider or other venomous beast, ceases dow at his buck, which in reality was comfort. Overabundance of rutiles and 514,927 last year. Tlie average yield
And, clambering down, he stumbled
Buch a night. The street bad naturally the priest.
to the acre from 1.037,735 acres was
the pain ami sxvelllng thereof.” It clos«sl. An instance of this known to
The other nodded.
on xvith a reckless haste that contrast­ xvas believed that when brought near the medical faculty is more strange exaggerated bows are a source of an­ 786.3 pounds.
been deserted, for It was nearly 3
noyance
if
not
discomfort
to
the
child
“What must be done must be don«1 ed strangely xvit'h his speech, for. what­
o’clock in the morning, and dawn could
In order to suppress the practice of
quickly. Let us go,” said th«- little cure ever our words may be, a human life to poison the stone sweated ami chang­ still. Two nit'll stayed at a house in and an indication of poor taste in the “doping,” the French Jockey club pro­
not be far off.
ed color, thus conveying to its xvear- xvhich an inmate had died of cholera. mother. Little girls wear their skirts
In
his
rather
bustling
manner,
at
which
must ever command respect. Any uiay. ers a timely warning of danger.
"A one armed man
Ont- man placed in the room In which very short, only to the knees, and made poses to authorize tin1 stexvarils to ex­
said the man to himself, with an ex­ the great, sloxv limbed fishermen wer«1 ns some have done, die laughing, but
amine three hours before or after a
It
Is
to
these
peculiar
amulets
that
the patient had died was in Ignorance
his last sigh must necessarily be of Shakespeare ls supposed to refer In of what ha*l occurred. He slept well quite full.
pressive jerk of the head. And indel'd wont to laugh.
race any horse suspected of having
"Where to?”
grave faces.
all the men of Yport had sailed for the
had a stimulant administered to ft.
and was no worse. The other, wrong­
"As You Like It:”
Voiles of silk and Wool.
“
Along
the
shore.
”
“
This
on«
1
Is
not
«lead,
”
said
the
priest
northern fisheries, leaving the village
ly told that the room in which he slept
A club of young lady students in the
The voiles for the spring costumes
“With a rising tide racing in before when they had turned the man over Sweet are the uses of adversity,
to the women and children and the
XVhlch, like the toad, ugly and venomous, was that in which the cholera patient are really novel, says a Paris fashion Chicago university recently engaged In
a
northwesterly
wind?
”
said
Belfort
and dragged him to dry land. Belfort XVears yet a precious Jewel In his head.
maimed.
had died, spent a night of mental letter. An attractive design has a a very Interesting debate. They de­
cut away the life belt, examining It as
Within the house there were sounds grimly and shook his head.
Is It not probable, however, that the agony and in the morning was actual­ stone colored ground woven in irregu­ cided by a iarg*1 majority that beauty
“Why not? Y’ou have your two legs, he did so.
of some one astir.
poet, being a poet, is her*1 alluding to ly found to be suffering from this com­ lar fashion, with an indistinct plaid is better for a woman than Intellect.
“No name,” he said. “They will have the eyo of the toad, an object, as all plaint. lie died of cholera.
“One comes!” cried a cheery voice and there is some one—up there!”
pattern blocked off with lines of dots. This means that her proper sphere is
“
I
shouldn't
have
thought
It,
”
an
­
to wait over there In London till he who are really familiar xvlth the ap­
belonging assuredly to some one xvho
A similar Instance was mentioned Tlie dots are raised and of irregular the home.
swered
the
man,
glancing
up
nt
the
can tell them xvlint ship It xvas. See; pearance of this humble batrachian the other day by a friend of the writ­
was brave, for none expects to be call­
sizes. The gown Is made up over ston«1
In the District of Columbia, with
ed from Ills bed to bear good news. A storm driven clouds. “However, xx here he lias been struck on the bead, but he xvill agree, than which there are few er. Two Ixmdon men stayed in the
colored taffeta ami trimmed with a lot 189,457 xxhite people ami 88,325 col
single bolt was draxvn ami the door a priest can go a one armed man can is alive—a marvel. He is a small more beautiful In nature?
country at a house where scarlet fever of narrow fringe made of the bright ored, there were 29,839 arrests last
made man nnd light enough to carry-
thrown open. Tlie cure, a little man. surely follow. We need lanterns.”
Perhaps the most familiar supersti­ was reported. Gne, an unimaginative,
“Yet; I will wait and watch here some town mouse this, my father, who tion In regard to toads ls that, still rife, healthy minded fellow, awoke nil right colors seen in the plaid pattern. There year—15,727 xvhltes, 15,112 colored. The
stood back, shading the candle xvith his
while you fetch them.”
has never had a wet Jacket before. xvhich supposes them capable of exist­ in the morning. The other, a nervous, are three deep plaits taken in the hot great bulk of these arrests xvere for
baud.
tom skirt, all edged with the fringe, disorderly conduct and simple assault.
The priest, left alone, peered round See his face, lioxv white it is, and his ing for an Indefinite period In th«1 Inte­
“Ah. Jean Belfort! It Is you.”
sensitive man, was very ill had not which Is scarcely more than an inch The District ls comparatively free of
“Yes, I anil my one arm,” replied the the corner, shading his eyes with Ids little arms and hands. We can curry rior of rocks, stones or hermetically slept anil had broken out into a terri­
him, turn and turn about, and shall sealed cavities. Numtierless "authen­ ble rash xx hieli both declared to be wide. The front of the bodice is ar­ grave crimes.
man, coming in and closing the door.
In 1903 we Imported 2.6S7.000 tons of
reach the sea xvall before the tide is tic Instances” of this remarkable poxv­ scarlet fever. A wire to a London ranged In surplice folds, edged with
The rain dripped from his oilskins to
the fringe.
coals, In 1902 1,532,000 and In 1901
up, provided xve find no more.”
tlie clean floor.
er have been brought forward from medical man xvas dispatched, and by
1,456,000. The great Increase In 1903
It was full daylight when they at time to time. The following exam­ the first train he hurried down. The
"Ah, but this ls no night to com­
(the figures are for the first nine
length reached the weed grown steps ple from nn old book ls typical: “In supposed fever patient proved to have
plain! Better be on shore with one
months of the year in each case) was
at the side of the sea wall, and the 1793 Mr. George XVllson, a mason, met no fever at all beyond an imaginary
arm than at sea xvlth two tonight.”
due of course to the coal strike, for
smoke was already beginning to rise with a toad, which he wantonly Im­ one. As n fact, there xvas no scarlet
The little cure looked at bis visitor
since that has been settled the Import
from tlie chimneys of Yport. The gale mured in a stone wall that he was fever in the house, th«1 case had been
with bright eyes and u shake of the
has gone back to normal again.
xvas waning as tlie day came, but the then building. In the middle of tho wrongly diagnosed, and the frightened
head. A «pilck spoken man this, with
The United States today, while pro­
a little square mouth, a soft heart, a
sea xvas at its highest, anil all tlie wall he made a close cell of lime and visitor had tortured himW-lf into a vio­
ducing enormous amounts of tobaccos
houses facing northward lia«l their stone, just fit for the magnitude of Its lent rash, all without cause. St. James
keen sense of humor.
of various kinds and used for different
wooden shutters up. The waves xvere body and seemingly 60 plastered as to Gazette.
"Why have you got me from my
purposes. Imports from Cuba filler to­
breaking over the sea xvall, but the prevent the admission of air. In 1809,
bod, malcontent?” be asked.
bacco for xvhich we pay the Cuban ag­
two men xvlth their senseless burden sixteen years afterward, It was found
“Because there are some out there
TIPPING IN LONDON.
riculturist about $8,000,000 a year, the
took no heed of it. They xvere all past necessary to open a gap In this xvall
that Want your prayers.” replied Bel­
import duty on this tobacco being $5,-
thinking of salt xvater.
fort, Jerking bls head toxvard the sea.
for a passage of carts, xvhen the poor No End to tli«’ Fee« to Servitors
Restaurants.
000,000 or $6,000,000, making n total
He xvas an unbeliever, this maimed
creature was found alive in Its strong­
(TO BE CONTINt’EH. )
of about $14,000,000 for filler tobacco.
suilor. lie spoke mockingly.
hold. It seemed at first In a very tor­
As an old Londoner I have seen
"One can pray In the morning. Come
Hash will probably be honored by
pid state, but it soon recovered anima­ cha nges in the manners of the city
with me while I get on some clothes—
governmental recognition. Commissary
DANGER SPOTS IN A STORM. tion and activity and, as if sensible of which amount to a complete transfer
if it Is a wreck,” said the priest slm-
officers in different parts of the coun­
the blessings of freedom, made its xvay mation. I remember well the time
ply.
Place« to Avoid When the Llatitnlnir to a collection of stones and disappear­ when there wasn’t really a good res­
try, under orders to make experiments
1« Fin«hInn.
The man followed him to a little
in the use of hash, liavo Issued canned
ed.” It Is knoxvn that toads can exist taurant in all Ixmdon and when men
bare room of xvhich the walls were
hash to some of the troops with most
Out of doors trees should be avoided for a long time without food, and It is had to be content with dining and sup­
decorated by two cheap sacred prints
satisfactory results. If future experi­
In a thunderstorm, and if from the ra­ generally believed that they live to a ping in the back parlors of public
and a crucifix such as may lx1 bought
ments are satisfactory hash will prob­
pidity with which the explosion fol­ great age, and doubtless these two pe­ houses. You got very good food in
for 10 sous at any fair on the coast.
ably be Introduced as a part of the ra­
lows the tlash it Is evident that elec­ culiarities have had much to do with those dark, low ceilinged, stuff.v rooms,
"Never mind your hat.” said
tric clouds are near at hand a recum­ the superstition in regard to their sup­ and T remember when you were con
tion of tli«1 army.
priest, si’eing the man's lingers at
bent posture is the safest. It is seldom posed penchant for a hermit’s life. Tho sidered to lx- doing very well when you
A geographical magazine makes tlie
strings of his sou’xvester. "Give
dangerous to take shelter under sheds, fallacy, boxvever, was completely ex­ handed the somewhat time worn and
statement that the Philippine Islands
my great boots from the cupboard,
carts or low buildings or under the posed by Dean Buckland, father of ill clad waiter twopence or thr<-«-pence
have a const line double that of the
wreck. Is it? Tlie summer storms
arch of a bridge, ami a distance of- Frank Buckland, the great naturalist, as a tip.
main part of the United States. The
always the worst. Is it a boat?”
twenty or thirty foot from tall trees or xvho went to the trouble of testing the
Nowadays you go into a restaurant
measurement given Is 11,444 statute
“Who knows?” replied the man.
houses Is an eligible situation, for truth of the theory by an exhaustive which Is palatial, and you sec’ men, es
miles, while the total area ls stated as
ls my wife who looked from the win­
should a discharge take place these series of experiments. It need only be peehilly If they belong to the Stock Ex
115,026 square miles. In th«1 Philip­
dow nn hour ago and saw a light out
elevated bodies are most likely to re- remarked that none-of his victims sur­ change, giving huge tips that In olden
pines there is one mile of coast line to
“Yet, I and my one arm.”
at s*‘a two points to the east of north—
times would have* paid the price of n
vived the Incarceration.
every ten miles of area. In the Unit«1«!
soft white hand, upon which the < old celve It.
a red light and then a
It is well also to avoid water, for it
In legendary as In superstitious lore whole1 dinner for half a dozen friends.
States the proportion is one to 555. It
rain
pattered.
To
the
east
of
him
In
the masthead light.”
is a good conductor, ami the height of the toad plays no small part. It may And the tipping never seems to end.
ls said that 3,000 islands and Islets can
knew that there were three miles ■ f al
"A steamer."
a human being near the stream may not be generally known that the fleur- You tip on«- waiter for one thing and
be counted on the charts.
“So it would appear, And now then most Impassable shore, of unbroken determine the direction of a discharge. de-lis of France was originally in shape another for another, and you tip the
Iu the ethnographic museum of Rot
unscalable cliff; to the west of him the
are no lights. That ls ■11.”
Within doors wo are tolerably safe In a toad. Thus at least runs the tale. carver, and then you tip the man who
terdam may now be seen a beautiful
same;
on
the
one
hand
Fecamp,
five
The priest was dressed anil now
the middle of a carpeted room or when Clovis, king of France, bore on his ban­ gives you your wine, and as you are
carpet which the shah of Persia re­
pulled on n great oilskin coat. There miles away by a cliff path that n n ■ standing on a thick lujarth rug. The ner the device of three toads, or "botes." leaving you tip the porter who puts on
cently presented to Queen Wilhelmina
would
attempt
by
night,
nine
miles
bv
are men xvho s«*em compact In mind
chimney
should
lie
avoided
on
account
your
coat
am!
the
other
porter
who
as
they
xvere
called
1ft
old
French.
Ills
as a souvenir of Ids visit to Holland
road; on the other Etreat, still farther
ami body. Impressing tlielr felloxvs xvith
of the conducting poxver of the carbon baptism gave great umbrage to the Ari­ calls your cab. It Is, In fact, becoming
somo time ago. Woven into the car­
a sense of that restfnlness which comes by road and cliff path; Inland a f w deposited in it, and gilt moldings or ans, who rebelled and assembled a almost Impossible for men of moderate
pet is the folloxvlng Inscription In Per­
of assured strength. Tills little priest farms mid many miles of forest lie bell wires are sources of risk. In b«d large host agnlnst him under King means to go to most of th*1 restaurants
sian: "Presented by Ills Majesty IIoz
AFTERNOON OOWN
xxas one of these, and the mental Im and Belfort hail stumbled ov-r th«- we are tolerably safe, sine«' blanke'v Candat Clovis while on bls way to of today.—M. A I’.
zaftered Din, Shah. Emperor of Persia,
Sill,g
fallen
tei«
graph
wires
as
tin
y
pleas that n«> left u|>on ali who came
The Illustration, reproduced from tin to Her Majesty Wilhelmina. Queen of
meet the heretics was grant«id a vision,
No: if and feathers are bad conductors.
In contact with him was to the effect gled down the village street
Brooklyn
Eagle,
shows
an
afternoon
It
is
Injudicious
to
take
refuge
in
a
wherein
he
saw
in
the
heavens
his
de
­
Flower«
For
London.
Holland, In the Y’ear of the Hedjlra
that there ls nothing in a human life there vns a wreck out thi-r«1 in th«’ cellnr, because the discharge Is often vice of tljree toads miraculously chang­
In Reilly and Guernsey the Industry gown of blue canvas, with tucks and 1320.” The carpet measures thirty-six
darkness, and men. cling ng half
that need appall, no sorrow lieyond the
sgtiare.yards anil In each square. yiix<J
drowmsl to the rigging, were ksiking from the earth to a cloud, and bulld- ed into three lilies “or” on a banner of growing early flowers for the Lon- applique of embroidered linen.
reach of consolation, no temptation too
’ 6'uct* a b*r*xue* he cituseu'in­ d<«fi iharkel i*ns IvucliOd iarg«1 ptbpor
there are 350,<XK) stitches.
toward the shore, they had better look t*.gs frr.j.aT.tiy o*i.-c,**n th«- gTv*.*tt-'st
strong to be reslst«sl. The children
stantly to be made, calling It his "llf- ticns. From the former island ns many
Dnfnty Gown.
elsewhere. The sea, like the wind, injury In their basements.
In order that he may devote bls
ran after lihii in the streets, their faces
lambe.”—London Globe.
as fifty tons of early spring blossoms
A very pretty white crepe de chin*- whole time to bls work as secretary of
treated Yport as the mouth of » fun
expectant of a joke Th«1 women In the
An Anecdote ot Whittier.
are shipped to the mainland In a single has a yoke on the Isxllce formed with the Presbyterian boaril of home nils
nel, and a hundred cross currents were
doorways gave a littl«1 sigh as be pass
A friend In conversation with Mr.
Gordon nt Gett juhnrK, *
day. The flower season begins in Jan­ bands of silk caught together by bands ■Ions Rev. Charles Stelzle, pastor of
piling up such waves ns no boat couhl
ed. A woman xvill often sigh at the
Whittier,
the
poet,
remarked
that
lie
.Major Robert Stiles, author of "Four uary. when the early varieties ar«’ com of fagoting. This falls well over the Markham church, St. Louis, has re­
IMiss. though the Yport women were
thought of that xvhich another woman
was nliotii to contract to furnish a lot Years Under Marse Robert,” thus de­ Ing Into bloom. Often, when the weath­ shoulders, and from this the crap«1 Is
with oar or sail,
signed his charge. During bls pastor
has lost, and this touches u whole skillful as any man
returned, carrying of oak timber for the government g,. i- scribes General Gordon at Gettysburg: er is cold and cloudy, the buds are tar­ accordion plaittd, falling very full in ate of Markbasn church Mr. Stelzle
Presently
Belfort
gamut of thoughts which ar*1 above the
boats and asked him if lie thought it "Ills face was radiant, his figure erect, dy In opening, and it Is necessary to re­ front over a wldte silk girdle. Th«1
two lanterns.
hns introduced sewing schools, cooking
reach of a man's mind.
was in consistence with the pence doc­ mounted on a splendid ebony charger, sort to artificial aid in order that the sleeves an- composed of bands fiigotrd
“I have told her that we will not
schools,- free lectures, freo concerts,
The priest ti*”«l the strings of a sou’­
trines
of
the
Quaker
denomination.
with
gleaming
eyes
ami
proud
arched
wafting markets may be supplied. The together nt the top, the rest being ac­ free dispensary an«! summer tent mexit-
he said, with a short
wester tinder his pink chin. He was quit the sea wall.”
Without
saying
anything
calculated
to
neck. The rider fairly stood tn ids flower heads are picked as s««iu as one cordion plaited and completed by wrist­
laugh, ami straightway they tsitli clam
ings for the benefit of the members.
little more than n tioy, after all. or else
tiered over the wall and down the iron deckle the question the two arrived at stirrups and. bareheaded, waved both bud penetrates the calyx and placed In bands of the material, fagoted. Tl«e The 8unday school Is believed to be
he was the possessor of a very yontig
their
parting
place,
when
Mr.
Whittier,
hands,
while
bls
sonorous
voice
roll««!
jars
of
water,
which
are
ranged
uj«in
yoke
of
the
t*o«!Ieo
corresponds,
as
doe»
ladder to the beach. A meandering n.-ir
the largest west of the Mississippi
heart.
shaking his friend’s hand, said, "Moses, out such exhortations as only he knew the shelves of a greenhouse kept at a also the V collar.
row pathway Is worn on the weed
river.
If
thee
does
furnish
any
of
that
oak
how
to
make
to
soldier«.
Thus
they
"Between us we make a whole man, grown chalk from the village to the timber thee spoke of, be sure that it la charged, with the great black charger tcm|>erature of 00 to 70 degrees. In a
few hours the backward buds respond
He Wonldn't Amk Further.
Anrewtor®.
you and 1," he said cheerily. “Per­ washing ground on the beach, a mile all sound.”
joyful In the midst of tlie flashing to th«’ genial warmth, spread their pet­
Contributor Would you take it kind , “We can’t afford to recognize them.
to the eastward, where at low tide n
haps xve can do something."
muskets.”
als. assume their glowing colors and ly if I were to nsk you on what Their ancestors were In trade.”
Antl«inlty of I'lns.
They went out Into the night, the spring of fresh water wells up amid
are ready for bunching and packing.
I’Ins of various sorts have been in ex­ !
grounds you refused my latest poem?
Willing to Forget.
priest locking tlie door nn«l pausing to the shingle and the rock. Along this
“Weren't ours?"
Editor—Yes. If you’ll take kindly to my
“Of course, but our trade ancestors
hide the key under the mat in the pathway the two men made their way. istence ever since our “first parents” ■ "Then ke doesn't want to be called
true statement of the case. Contrlbu lare two generations farther back than
DcNcrvInir of Pity.
porch. They nil k**ep the house door the cure following on his companion s clothed themselves In palm leavi-s ■the Hon. Mr. Smith f
“There goes Roxham. Every time 1 tor (after slight hesitation)—Good day. ’theirs."—Exchange.
key under the mat at Yport. In the heel. They stumbled and fell many which grew wild in the garden of
“No. It’s an unpleasant reminder
I
narrow str«'«1t which forms tlie whole times. At every step they slipped. for Edon. As a matter of fact, pins claim fhat he used to be in politics, nnd with think of that man’s financial embar­ sir.—Baltimore American.
a
very
high
nntlqulty.
the
earliest
form
A Trnipornry Opinion.
village, running down the valley to the their boots were soaked, •nd th«1 chalk
trafigers it might hurt bls reputa­ rassment it makes me yearn to help o
him.”
Il«*r Marriage.
s«'a. they met the full force of the gale Is greasy and half decomposed by the being a natural thorn, which is still tion.”—Puck.
The Fiancee -The Idea of bls think­
"Financial embarrassmeatY’
“Did she make a goo6 marriage7“
mid skhn I for a moment breathlessly salt xxWter. At times they Abused to used »• some extent for fastening the
ing that he is unworthy of me! The
"Yes. He's got so much money Jie eMTint depend* on whether you figure Confidante Yes. but you m-««ln’t ar­
fighting against IL
In a lull they listen, and through tlie roar of Un­ dress by th«1 peasant women of upper
It
is
suppo^d
that
th®
avefng««
«trpth
Egypt
In
prehistoric
times
pins
were
wind
anil
sea
came
the
distnnt
note
of
d«jesn’t know xxhtt to «1«? with it."««- by year* or ¿»llarii. He’s sixty and gue the matter wltll him. lie’ll dis­
puslaal on.
*
also mail«« of the 811« 11 titles of fish J of sanfl in the deserts of Africa la from Cuflboli«
a bell clanging continuously
’ Standard and 1 Tli.»
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flcb.V^^xcbenge.
"And the tide?” shouted the priest
cover bis error in ting’ Brooklyn Life.
forty
to
cliffy
feet
■
nd
animals.
"It ls the bell on Fecamp pier," sak!
“It Is high at 4 o’clock—a spring tide
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