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« « n « « » ft » THE By .... BLIT MALTI ft ft ft « « MAN ANO « * THE MOUNTAIN » nun « « » « n n ft ► öy Br et Harte valk mit demaelluffs. Two.” holding E waa such a large, atroug man up two gigantic fingers, apparently that when be first aet foot in only a shade or two smaller than Ills the little parallelogram I called my garden It aeemed to shrink destined victims, “blelben dar. Dose I lift to half Its size and become preposter de fence over.” 1 hastened to inform him that any ous. But I noticed at the same time violence attempted against the parties that be was bolding in the open palm of his huge band the roots of a violet while in possession, although that imis - with such Infinite tenderness and dell session was illegal, would, by a fatuity cuey that I would have engaged him as of the law, land him In the county jail. my gardener on the spot. But this I said I would not bear of It. “But suppose de re voa no flolence. could not be, as be was alreudy the proud proprietor of a market garden &ip|M>se dose men vos villin. eb? How and nursery on the outskirts of the vos dot for high?” "I don't understand.” suburban California town where 1 liv "So! You shall not understand. I)«t ed. lie would, however, come for two Is better. Go avay now and dell your days In the week, stock and look after my garden and Impart to my urban In men to coorn dot bouse arount at halluf past dree. But you eoom mit your- tellect such horticultural bints as were selluff alone, sboost as If you vos for necessary. His name was Ruetll. a walk, by dat fence at dree. Ven which I presumed to be German, but you shall dot front door vide open see. which my neighbors rendered as Root- go in, and dere you vos. You vlll dir lelgli, possibly from some vague con nection with his occupation. Ills own rest leef to me.” It was In vain that I begged Ruetll knowledge of English was oral and phonetic. I have a delightful recollec to divulge his plan and |>ointed out tion of a bill of his in which I was again the danger of bis technically charged for "floletz," with the vague breaking the law, but be was firm, as addition of “tnaltie calns.” Subsequent suring me that I myself would be a explanation proved it to be “many witness that no assault would I k * made. I looked into his clear, good humored kinds.” Nevertheless my little garden bour eyes and assented. I bad a burning de sire to right my wrongs, but I think I geoned and blossomed under bls large, protecting hand. I became accustomed also bad considerable curiosity. I passed a miserable quarter of an to walk around his feet respectfully when they blocked the tiny paths and hour after I had warned my partisans and then walked alone slowly down the to expect the total eclipse by his enor mous bulk of that garden bed on which broad, leafy street toward the scene of contest I have a very vivid recollec be worked, for the tiniest and most tion of my conflicting emotions. I did reluctant rootlet seemed to respond to his caressing paternal touch. it not believe that I should be killed. I was a pretty sight to see his huge had no distinct intention of killing any fingers tying up some slender stalk to of my adversaries. But I had some Its stick with the smallest thread, and ' considerable concern for uiy loyal he bad a reverent way of biying a bulb friend Ruetll. w’ho, I foresaw, might or a seed in the ground au<l then gently be in some peril from the revolver In shaping und smoothing a small mound my unpracticed band. If I could only over it, which made the little inscrip avoid shooting him I would be satis tion ou the stick above more like an af fied. I remember that the bells were fecting epitaph than ever. Much of ringing for church—a church of which this gentleness may have beam that my enemy, the chief squatter, was a apology for his great strength common deacon in good standing—and I felt with large men, but Ids face was dis guiltily conscious of my revolver In my tinctly amiable, and his very light blue hip isM-ket as two or three churchgoers eyes were at times wistful and doglike passed me with their hymn books in In their kindliness. But I was soon to their hands. I walked leisurely so as learn that placability was not entirely not to attract attention and to appear nt the exact time, a not very easy task bis nature. The garden was part of a fifty vara In my youthful excitement. At last I lot of land on which 1 was simultane reached the front gate with a beating ously erecting a house, but the garden heart There was no one on the high was finished before the house was, veranda, which occupied three sides of through certain circumstances very the low one storied house, or In the characteristic of that epoch and civ garden before it. But the front door ilization. I had purchased the Spanish was open. I softly passed through the title—the only "legal” one—to the land, gate and darted up the veranda and which, however, had been In "posses Into the house. A single glance around sion" of a "squatter.” But he had the hall and bare deserted rooms, still been unable to hold that possession smelling of paint, showed me it was against “a. Jumper.” another kind of empty, and with uiy pistol In one hand squatter who had entered upon it cov and the other on the lock of the door I ertly, fenced it in and marked it out stood inside ready to bolt it against In building sites. Neither having legal any one but Ruetll. But where was be? The sound of laughter and a noise rights, neither could Invoke the law. The last man held possession. There like skylarking came from the rear of was no doubt that in due course of lit the house and the back yard. Then I igation and time both these ingenious suddenly heard Ruetli’s heavy tread on gentlemen would have been dispossess the veranda, but it was slow, deliber ed in favot of the real owner (myself), ate and so exaggerated in its weight that the whole house seemed to shake but that course would be a protracted one. Following the usual custom of with it. Then from the window I be held an extraordinary sight. It was the locality, I paid a certain sum to the jumper peaceably to yield up his Ruetll, swaying from side to side, but steadily carrying with outstretched possession of the land and began to build upon It. It might be reasonably arms two of the squatter party, bis supposed that the question was set hands tightly grasping their collars. Yet I believe his touch was as gentle tled, but It was not. The house was ns with the violets. Ills face was pre nearly finished when one morning I was called out of my editorial sanc ternaturally grave. Theirs, to my in tense astonishment, while they hung tum by a pallid painter, looking even more white leaded than usual, who In passive from his arms, wore that fatu formed me that my house was in the ous. Imbecile smile Been on the faces of possession of five armed men. Tlie en those who lend themselves to tricks of try had been made peaceably during acrobats and strong men In the arena. the painters’ absence to dinner under a He slowly traversed the whole length wayside tree. When they returned of one side of the house, w’alked down they had found their l»ots and brushes the steps to the gate and then gravely iu the road and an intimation from the deposited them outside. I heard him windows that their re-entrance would say, "Dot vlns der pet. ain’t it?" and Immediately after tlie sharp click of be forcibly resisted as a trespass. the gate latch. I honestly believe that Ruetli was Without understanding a thing that more concerned than myself over this dispossession. While lie loyally be had happened. I rightly conceived this was the cue for my appearance with lieved that I would get back my prop my revolver at the front door. As I erty, lie was dreadfully grieved over the Inevitable damage that would lie opened ft I still heard the sound of laughter, which, however, instantly done to tlie garden during this Interval Stopped at a sentence from Ruetll which of neglect ami carelessness. 1 even think be would have made a truce I could not lienr. There was an oath, with my enemies If only they had let the momentary apparition of two furl him hark after Ills tieloved plants. As ous and Indignant faces over the fence, It was, he kept a passing but melan but these, however, seemed to be In choly rurveillance of them and was stantly extinguished and put down by Indeed a lietter spy of the actions of the enormous palms of Ruetli clapiied the Intruders than any I could have upon their beads. There was a pause, and then Ruetll turned around and employed. quietly joined me in the doorway. But One day. to my astonishment, tie the gate was not again opened until brought me n moss rose bud from a the arrival of my partisans, when the bush which lind been trained against bouse was clearly In my possession. u column of the veranda. It appeared Safe Inside with the door bolted, I that he had called from over the fence turned eagerly to Ruetll for nn cxpla the attention of one of the men to the nation. neglected condition of the plant and It then apreamd »bat during his oc- had obtained permission to “come In and tie It up.” The men. being mere caalona! visits to the garden he had hirelings of tlie chief squatter, hud no often been nn object of amusement Vlfl pcrscnnl feeling, and I was net. there criticism to the men on account of Ills fore, surprisisl to hear that they pres *I ac . which seemed to them ridiculous ratty nJlowM- !?’.«*t'l ccvas'.muHj j ly laconsiatviit wiili We great gm si hu come In and look after his precious 1 mor, gentleness and delicacy of touch. “slip«." If they hnd any suspicion of They had doubted his strength and his great strength It was probably off challenged his powers. He had re set by Ids peaceful avocation and his sponded once or twice before, lifting bland, childish face. Meantime I hnd weights or even carrying one of his begun the useless legal proceeding, but critics nt arm’s length fot t. few had also engaged a few rascals of my steps, but he had reserved Ills final feat own to be ready to take advantage of for tills day and this purpose. It was any wnnt of vigilance on the part of for a bet. which they bad eagerly ac my adversaries. I never thought of cepted. secure in their belief in Ids Ruetll In that connection any mor I Simplicity, the sincerity of his motives in coming there ami glad of the oppor than they had. A few Bundays later I was sitting in tunity of a little Suuduy diversion. the little tea arbor of Ruetli's nursery, In their security they bad n<A locked peacefully smoking with him Present the door w hen they came out and hnd ly he took his long china bowled pi)* not noticed that he had opened It. Thl* from his mouth and, looking at me was his simple story, bis onlyAh’om blandly over Ills yellow mustache, said: merit: "1 haf von der pet, but I dinks "You vonts sometlwes to go In dot I shall nod gollect der money.” The two men did not return that afternoon, bouse, eh?" nor did their comrades. Whether they I said. "Decidedly." "Mit a revolver and keep dot house wisely conceived that a man who was so powerful in play might lie terrible dose men out?" . ® in earnest; whether they knew that his "Yea.” •Veil. 1 put yon In dot bouse today." i act. In whicW they bad been willing performers, bad been witnessed by "Sunday?" ® "Sluxist so. It Is a goot day. On ' passing citizens, who supposed It was der Suntay dree men will out go to skylarking. <»• whether their employer got urea or uis expensive occupation I never knew. The public believed tbe latter. Ruetll. myself and tbe two men be had evicted alone kept our TEAR BASKETS AND HEART CLOTTlS secret. AND THEIR USES. Fyigu that time Ruetll and I became flrm friends, and long after I bad no ••Secret" Vlourulua that Every one further need of bls services in tbe re Xuuna <r aad He>|>eela — Th« captured bouse I often found myself qu'iiut Toilet or a Saaamybo Belle In the little tea arbor of bis prosperous A Slrauae Headdress For Wornea. ODD KOREAN HABITS WOMAN AND FASHION D Tulmj up some »lender »Uilk to it» »tick. nursery. He was frugal, sober and in dustrious. Small wonder that iu that growing town he waxed rich and pres ently opened a restaurant in the main street, connected with his market gar den, which became famous. His rela tions to me never changed with ills changed fortunes. He was always the simple market gardener and florist who bad aided tsy first housekeeping and stood by me in an hour of need. (TO BE CONTINUED.) EXCISEMAN BURNS. The Wax an Old Woman Outwitted the Scotch Poet. A story is told about Burns in his capacity of exciseman. Old Jean Da vidson kept a .‘'.mall whisky shop and was suspected of putting more fresh water into her liquor than was need ful or lawful. Burns accordingly came with his apparatus and at once detect ed the irregularity. “Now, Jean, ma woman,” he said, “I canna tak this to Dumfries this night; ’tin ower late. But I'll seal it wf the king's seal and return to lift It in the mornln'." When lie had gone to his lodging Jean fetched the village cooper, who removed a hoop from the barrel and bored a bole, through which the adulterated liquor was drawn off and stuff’ of regulation strength put in. Then the hoop was refixed, and Jean, with a brave heart, awaited the gauger. In the morning up came Burns to claim the keg. "One minute. Mr. Burns.” said Jean sweetly. “Ye might jest test that whisky to convince me. since I canna see how I could have been milkin’ sic a mistake.” “It means breaking the king's seal,” said Burns, "but I’ll just fix on an other.” So the sample was taken and tested and of course found to be all right. Burns was bewildered. "Was there aught wrung ivi’ me, Jean, Inst nicht?” he asked. “Weel, Mr. Burns, ’tls nu for me to say. Weel. I Just thocht ye were fully smert wi’ your wee tester.” TORTOISE SHELL. In Working It Gentle Heat and Pres sure Are Mainly toed. A tortoise shell is harder and more brittle than ordinary horn. Heat and pressure are practically the only means which can lie employed in working it. and it is impossible to work tortoise shell at a great heat, since the coloring pigment easily liquefies and obscures the shell, thereby greatly lessening its value. Heavy pressure Is also impos sible owing to its brittle character. The plates of the carapace, or back shell, are first separated from the skel eton by the application of gentle heat and then flattened by a similar proc ess. The superficial irregularities are next rasped off. and the material is polished, ready for molding into any desired shape. Larger or thicker plates are produced by a process which requires great care an’d attention. Two surfaces are first rasped and cleaned and are then gen tly heated and pressed together. The heat liquefies them, and the pressure effects a perfect union, mnking nn In visible joint. Tortoise shell combs are cut by the highly Ingenious twinning machine, so calk'd because two combs are cut from the same plnte, so that the teeth of one dovetail Into the spaces of the other, avoiding all waste. Hells and Thunderstorm.. An instance of the absurdity of some of the notions held by our ancestors was the notion that the ringing of the church bells hnd n counteracting effect iu a thunderstorm. It was supposed that tbe vibration of the air caused by the movement of the l>ells resulted in the dissipation of the electric fluid in the air. The belief was so common at one time that the bells were rung ns soon ns signs of nn approaching thun derstorm were seen. Science now holds a contrary opinion. Not only does th«- sound have no possible effect on the air, but the vibration caused by the sound of a bell upon n cloud charge« I with electricity may cause It to dis charge Its rontents upon the ringer of the bell in the church tower. The >llpp,«n«,tnniiiM. When first the Sudan was opened up It was thought desirable to Impose a tax on any one killing a "hippo.” but experience has shown that the "hippo" is unworthy of the care taken of him. He is most destructive. A bull hippo potamus will upset a sninjl bout. Tlie natives have a curious manner of kill ing a hippopotnmus. They attack him with spears when he is in a sleepy con dition In the river, and attached to the spear Is a rope dr I th a huge Hout at the end of it. This float hampers the movements of the unwieldy animal, and after several spears have been driven Into hiui he Is easily drawn to tbe bank and dispatched. — Ixindon Globe. Au i'.arlj Suminer Costume. One er the other, floM hnnre For Ilina. "Come on; have a game of poker!" "I don’t believe In games of chance." "That need make no difference. Come on and nlar." Houston Post. | How tli«* (hit kHiuw« Wert* TB>gh( the MemiluH of the kApreavioL. White lm*i is uswii effectively In U s Among the enriivsl comers to *tbe tub frock, which Is fashioned in quaiut style with much fagoting und huitf Wat< l<«* cdliutry. in wvsteru Teiinv* Btiteliery. The blouse ha» a V band of •if. was a Mr Barnes. n Ida« ¡¿smith. fagoting to •liieh tlie body portion Is •wRo lieeame II f< ¡««Sd of 11 .«• < I-A ■> Iw applied is box plaits, tills blousing ImlinRs and often meiahsl tlieir guns without charge Barnes »a* a p«s«r man, but obtaining on croliPu donkev named Moses, which was valued nt n « considerable sum. be imported the ani mal and stabled it at the smithy, snys the Youth's Companion. It was the first In that region. Cue morning he fouail the «lour open and Moses gone He followed a trail to the batik of the. river mill lost It. Tlie stream was In flood. mid he believed his valuable ani mal u. s drou n«sl I Bless lie found some way to raise the money to pay for it he was a ruined man. Two months later a trading scow came down the Ilatchee from Bolivar, and on the roof, spread out In the sun. was the hide of Moses, unmistakable in its soft mid handsome grays. Barnes related bis story to the trader mid re ceived tbe skin, which had been bought at Bolivar from a trader there. As no white Ilian would have shot a donkey Barnes concluded Hint the In dians, who had never seen one, but who were then hunting on tbe llat- cbee, were the offenders. To trap them he tried a little strata gem. He organized a shooting contest mid offered as n prize "the handsomest skin ever taken on the Hatebee, the pelt of a beautiful animal.” A Chickasaw brave was the winner of the contest and claimed the prize. Barnes brought forward the skin of Moses and spread It on the ground. “There is your prize,” he said. THE ELABORATE TUB FROCK, “Me shoot uni! Me shoot urn!" cried prettily into the belt and the fastening the winner, running to the skin and effected in the back with pearl buttons. pointing to a bullet hole. Then he told Tbe sleeve Is plaited at the shoulder how be bad been wandering down the and opens at the elbow to admit a lace river bank and had seen this strange trimmed puff. The skirt Is cleverly wild animal, like nothing he hail ever shirred over tlie hips, the front being seen before, breaking through the plain and strapped with fagoting, and cane. He hail shot it ami sold tli<* three deep tucks above the hem make hide at Bolivar. He was delighted to a very smart finish. The hat of nat get it back. This was what Barnes had hoped ural tint panama Is simply trimmed with black velvet ribbon and a mon for. Standing, he addressed tlie Chick a saws. ture of summer flowers. “My brothers,” he said, “you know me. I am a poor man, but 1 am a Brown*a Stylish Color. Brown in every shade will be popular friend to the Chickasaw. I mend his In the summer and spring clothes, gun for him and deal fairly by him. says the laidies’ Home Journal. This This animal was my white man's pony. means that the pongee and shantung I bought it far away and brought it silks and the washable cotton mate here. It cost me much wampum, tlie rials, such as India linen, butiste and price of many Indian ponies. To lose Holland linen, will continue in favor. it will lose me all. It escaped me ami There are many new names given to went to the woods, and there a Chick these new colorings in brown, but in asaw killed it. reality they are simply ecru, cream and “When I mil in Chickasaw country. I the dark tones of brown. Brown is a obey Chickasaw law. When Chicka good color In all Its shades for sum saw is in white man's country, lie mer, for general wear, as it does not should obey white man's law. White fade, neither does it show the dust. man’s law is that whoever kills my For these same reasons the greens and pony must pay me for it. What will the mixed Scotch tweeds are liked. Chickasaw do?" For the more dressy gowns, both for The Indians had listened attentively. the street and tlie house, the pale steel When he had finished, they went to grays will be used and also the dull their ponies, tethered near by. The pastel shades of green. whites watched them meanwhile with Colored slip linings are worn with Intense interest. The Indians unteth the open meshed materials, and tlie ered their ponies and brought them up. color of the slip lining Is brought out “Take um,” they said. "Indian have in a stronger note In the trimming of only ponies. Give um all.” the gown. Tlie changeable shot taffe “How many?" asked Barnes. tas are used for lining the loose, open “Y’ou say how many.” weaved brown and blue voiles and Barnes appointed an appraiser, who hopsackings, and for the trimmings of selected a number of ponies equal in these gowns narrow plaid silks combin value to the donkey. These tin* black ing the coloring of the lining and the smith sold to bis neighbors. material are used. In the mnking up The Indians gave up their hunt ami of an open weaved blue hop sacking or went back to their villages, poorer, blit of one of the new striped transparent satisfied. They had maintained, for woolen materials In blue a dull green their tribe at least, some claim to tlie lining would be effective. title, “Honest Injun.” There is a great «leal of poetry about all Koreans. This does uot make the Visitor in tb"ir country love them less. "Wliy do you shake your husband’s gowu so ferociously every morning?" tbe writer raid to a hostess in Seoul. "Are you afraid a spider may be weav ing in it?” "Oh, uo, luuonfaee,” was the reply. "He must be in Japan now so far It is —and bis spirit comes every night to this gown. So tired must he be in the mornlug to go back so fur into his body again.” And she wept copiously, dropping each tear very carefully ijito a metal lined little basket hung from her waist. If her husband had died on bis Jour ney the basket would have been nearly full by this time; every one who has any regard for her would have added n drop or two,.and her mourning would have been ns Intricate a performance as a case in international law. Even as it was the tear busket was steeped iu incense and many heartbreaking songs and proverbs wailed over it. Weep flowers—that is, any sort of bloom that withers soon — may tie preoaed and strung nrounil the basket. Tlie wing of a wounded bird may dec orate one side; a motherless child may imprint a kiss upon it for the good of the spirit. "Do men ever wear the tear basket for women?” I once Inquired. "Oh, moonface, you are curious so much." was the reply. "Women never go away from men in Kowli.” “But they die.” “Yes, an«l then verra often the good men wear the tear basket in secret mourning.” There Is much secret mourning in Korea, and it is like the Irishman's secret—everybody knows it and re spects it. A woman who has loved the wrong man may wear secret mourning clothes for 1dm and don the tear basket filled with tears of per sons who have not deigned to speak to her in the lifetime of tlie loved one. At certain hours she may wall round Ids grave and leave the best of every thing to eat on his tomb for his hun gry spirit. The «worldly mate of the departed looks on, and often it seems she is flattered by the performance. A slave may mourn secretly for the queen, and anybody who wants to may sympathize without hurt for a beheaded criminal. Next to the tear basket the heart cloth Is the quaintest symbol of Kowli emotions. One is never permitted to know of this precious ornament un less it is worn for his or her sake. In old Korea it was placed over the heart of the beloved before being worn in any other breast. One heart cloth of ten does for a whole family, being worn by different members in turn. Characters representing poetic say ings are appliqued upon ft. such as: "Without thee I dwell with the spir it of the withered tree.” "My lieart beats only to thine.” "Ahu peace.” “The sun will come again.” In some parts of the country heart cloths are placed over the body of th<> dying and then given to the sliang- goo, head male mourner, and the Joo- foo, leading female mourner. Masamplio is a quaintaml picturesque town, nearly ns much so as Fusan, from which it is not far removed. One The Sailor Hat. of the sights of Masamplio is her shop There are several new sailor shapes, ping district, which consists of in numerable mats spread out on the running from stiff, narrow brimmed ground, upot» which are exhibited the English models to flat French "eano- wares of their owners, who squat be tiers.” Imported by a Fifth avenue imxliste for her Easter opening was a side them. Hut the Chief joys of Masamplio are French sailor whose crown and brim her deliciously strange little women— were both wider than they were long. the never to be forgotten Masamphon- The brim was of red taffeta edged with ese, wild eyed, glossy haired dump red velvet, the crown of course red lings, with cherry lines for mouths, straw. Around the crown was drawn who waddle around and about, quack a garter band of red velvet ribbon forming an elongated knot in front. ing in fascinating tones. The Masamplio belle’s toilet is worthy Under the brim was fastened a red of the time she spends upon it. Her cock’s feather plume. Whether trimming is arranged high face is washed with honey oil instead of water. Sometimes she sifts a fine or low is a matter of choice. Some powder scented with her favorite flow times the entire decoration of a hat droops from under the brim. In other er over it. She may stain her complexion to suit cases considerable height is obtained her fancy, but generally she prefers by the use of aigrets or wired ribbons. it to be the natural color, which is a —New Y'ork Fashion Letter. beautiful ecru. Though she may never A Modish Hat. be seen by man, save husband or fa The top of this modish hat, as well ther, during curfew time or women’s hours—8 p. in. and 3 a. m.—she may go as the edge of the brim, is made of out freely visiting friends and rela white straw in one of the novelty tives. Her hair is brushed with a fragrant bunch of switches and glued into many different forms. Sometimes it makes a butterfly or a tortoise and at other times a lot of leaves or a little sampan. When it is properly shaped, big jade or glasB pins are stuck in. Tin* only cap she ever wears has no crown. Its back is shaped like a helmet, and there are two long tassels hanging from the forehead and neck brim. Her cotton trousers are as full as a divided skirt and become narrow at the ankles. Where they meet little socks made vf grass and picturesque shoes. Her skirt Is very full and shirred at the top into an eight Inch band. This fits tightly around the chest and under tlie ..rms. The jacket worn is not over seven inches In length and runs the gamut of Korean blues and greens, which are somewhat tbe tints of the peacock’s tall. If of the common people, she may al TRK NEW FLAB« BBAI*B low her small feet and ankles to show, weaves. The underbrim facing is of but If of noble blood her skirts must sweep tbe streets All women carry maline, which shades from white to a deep violet. The shaded plume repeats with them a long cape, so that if I these tones. It passes flatly over tlie any possibility they should meet man they n ay throw it quickly ov< • crown and droops low over the under their bends, leaving only a slit in front brim at the side. The bat is lifted in the front by a wide bandeau. for the eyes.—New York Post. Mrs. Smithers I called on Mrs Blumpter yesterday, and she returned the call today. Must think a great deal of me, don't yon think? Mr. Smithers —Well, el’her that or she’s one of these wise ones who relieve the mind by per forming a disagreeable duty as soon as possible.—Indianapolis Snn. GRfELEY |M lht HOCKIES. • ______ “HONEST INJUN.” THE SPANISH NOVIO. A Gallant Mho Rarely ll«-«l« Malden He Attends. the A Spanish maiden who is in the least attractive is always attended by a young man. He is called her novlo, and it is his privilege to accompany her on her walks, though of course al ways with either her mother or a maid to play propriety. His courtship sel dom ends in bls becoming engaged to tbe young lady, but while it lasts she has to be obedient ami loyal to him. If he sliouhl transfer his affections to another fair damsel, the slighted one lias no redress, for he is quite at liber ty to do so. tlieir friendship never be ing regarded in the light of a formal engagement. Marriages are settled by the beads of the two families chiefly concerned, and until such nn arrange ment is made the young Spaniard may be novlo to as many girls as he likes, one after another. Tills custom has certainly more advantages for the men than it hns for the maidens, but yet few Spanish girls would care to be without a novlo. however fi<-kle lie might be. I'Ut* «> lit* •<>!>«*i’«’d | p H llutaterttu« Hotel Lrttttd. l|i tbe “Memoirs of Itenry Villard" there is a chapter in which tbe uu- tlu< dtsK-rilH-s a meeting with Gree ley in the Rockies. Tbe "Tribune philosopher, having«met with an ae- cldent ivlili h cripphsl him for several weeks, was a» unwilling guest at th«* V«-nier House, tlw- only "hotel" in the city, a rude shack of a buildlug, with riinvas partitions, tbe greater part given up to the bar ami gaming ta- lileo, nml therefore not a place con ducive to tbe quiet and repose of In valids. Mr. Villard noticed a change gradually taking place in the usually benign features of the philosopher. Ills t’hrlstian virtues gradually losing control over him, until Anally one day he lost his temper completely and swore at Jils illsturliers "so violently that I dared not believe my ears." Ills wrath, however, dlil not culmi nate until the third night of his tor ture«. About io o'chx-k lie got lip and llmpe«! Into the barroom, where Io- thus addressisl the astonished tippler«: "Friends, 1 have been In pain ami without sle«-p for almost n week, ami I am well nigh worn out. Now I am a guest at this hotel. 1 pay a high price for my board and lodging and am entitled to rest during tbe night. But liow can I get it with all this noise going on In this place?" “Then,” add« Mr. Villard, "he ad dressed one of the most pathetic ap peals 1 ever heard to.those around him to abandon their vicious ways and be come sober and industrious. He spoke for nearly an hour and was listened to with rapt interest ami the most perfect respect, lie succeeded, too, in his object. The gambling st<qiped. and the bar was closed every night at 11 o'clock as long ns he remained.” THE CASPIAN SEA. One ot the Hemarkahte l’li>-«le«l Features of th«* Globe. On«* of tin* most remarkable physical features of the globe is the deep and wide depression in the nollow of which stands the Caspian sea and near to it the sea of Aral. The Caspian Is nearly as large as France, and Its surface is eighty four feet below the level of tbe Black sea. The sea of Aral is nearly as large as Ireland and is very little over the sea level. Within recent geo logical times the vast expanse In which these lakes are found was sea. Its floor lias been gradually raisisl. and the waters tilling the depressions are all that is left of an ancient Meiliterra- nean. A strange feature of both bodies of water Is that although they receive large rivers, especially the Caspian, Into which the Volga, the Ural river ami scores of streams from the Cau casus flow, both have for many years been getting shallower. Evaporation, for they have no outlet, exceeds the in flow. But, for some climatic reason probably, the sea of Aral ami its neigh bor, Lake Balkhasli, have since 18!>l been increasing in depth. Whereas the Caspian, like the Dead sea, is very salt, owing to the rate of evaporation, Aral and Balkhash are bruckisli only. These remnants of what was ouce a great sea opening into the ocean, as the Mediterranean does now, still con tain marine fish and seals. Some of the latter survive in the Aral nml Bai kal lakes, having gradually become fitted for their habitat, though it is no longer salt, but merely brackish, ami, in the case of Baikal, actually fresh water London Telegraph. A Huck Action Joke. The traveling men of Malm* are not ed for the Jok<*s that they are always springing on the public, but recently one of them got Into trouble in an un expected way. His parents celebrated their golden wedding, nml the drum mer had long planned to spend tlie day witli them. But when tlie day ar rived he found tiiat be was too far from his oid home to get back to it, so he sent a telegram to his father. He thought that it was a good time to get off a Joke on the old man, so he mere ly sent the message, “la marriage a failure?” He was somewhat taken aback when lie got tlie reply, "Mar riage Is not, but tlie results sometimes a re.” Ilrnwnflnic** Modesty. The only sop of Robert Browning and his illustrious wife was a diligent nrt student when he grew to manhood. He was believed to hnve a promising ca reer, but once when the father was showing a friend some of Ills son's pic tures he expressed a fear that he might suffer from the high hopes built upon him. "He Is placed nt a disadvantage" said Browning. Then be explained further, in a phrase as modest as any Handwriting on Iron. ever uttered by n great man: It was an accident that led to the] "People expect much from him. you discovery of the method of transfei sen, because be bad such a clever moth ring handwriting to iron. An iron er.” founder while experimenting with mol < ten iron under different conditions ue 1 Clnb l.nnd In Jnpnn. cldentally dropped a ticket into a mold Japan is tlie ideal club land. In this He presently found that the type of country the club world has a good the ticket was trnnsferreil to the Iroi many class and oilier limitations. But In distinct characters. Following up in Japan the system hns flourished ' tbe idea which this fact suggested, he from t!m-2 Immemorial an.l v-utera ii>!.> procured a heatproof Ink, with which the daily life of all sorts ami condi I be wrote invertedly on ordinary whit« tions of men. It is no uncommon thing paper. This paper was introduced Into for people of means to belong to from the mold before the molten Iron was ten to a hundred different clubs, be poured In. When tbe mold cooled t!.. nevolent or social, nil of whicii «ah«* paper had been consumed by tlie heat, noilnly to ano the members nn opisir- but tbe ink, which had remained In tunlty for one festive gntli« ring tbe tact, had left a clear impression on Un more. In Tokyo there nre 5,000 differ Iron. ent aocleth-s. front the Red Cross to tnffAinly. but Kin« of Sonrinv Hirdn the Mustaches and the Pockmarked, No one would be likely to Imagine, which explain themselves. for example, that so heavy anil. In Little Hilf. I.uck. fact, apparently ungainly a bird ns a It is Dot probable that superstition pelican is a king among soaring birds. After much flopping when these great will ever receive Its deathblow, but birds hnve acquired headway the now and then It gets Jogged a bit. Two broad wings are spread, and in tnajee cockneys met not long ngo, says Good tic circles they mount akywnrd, wit I. Words, In a Ixindon thoroughfare. “I've just 'card that your little Bill only an occasional flap of the wing, of ten passing beyond the range of one’i got run over,” sai«l one. “ 'Ow dl«l it spencer and Munte. •appen?” vision.- Country Life In America. Mr. Herbert Spencer cultivated what ”’E wns picking up a ’orseshoe for An Apt A'apll. he called the “receptive sense” In re luck." replle«! little Bill’s father. Teacber-James. you were Into yes. spect to music and was wont to speak with more than a little bitterness of terday morning. Pupil—Yes; but. as All ° tbe general desire to lie a performer you werp saying to the class today, Mrs. Newlywed - Doctor, that tiottle One performer who had been chosen •we should let bygones be bygones. of medicine you left for baby Is ll to play Beethoven for him was than TWachpr Rut have you no excuse to gone. I Kictor—Impossible! I tol<! yon derstruck on arrival at Mr. Spencer’s offer? Pupil In that same talk you to give him a tenspoonful once nn resIdaiK-o at being asked to render nn | said flat one who was good at ex hour. Mrs. Newlywed—Yes, but John extract fjom one of Sullivan's operas. [ ci**a was usually good at nothing else amj I nml moth* and the nurse hav«* Light music bad a charm for the phi Under tbe circumstances I think It each to take a teaspoonful, too. In or losopher which light •ternture never better for me not to do anything that der to induce baby to take It. Puck. hnd. will lower me in your estimation. - •