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01 LD Aunt Clara sat in her cabin
singing her mistress baby to
sleep. She had nursed all of
I Squire Hoavo's children and
was proud of saying that none out of
three girls and one big boy had ever
been ill a day, " 'ceptln maybe." as
Bhe expressed It, "Av'en dey is et some'n
dey ortn't to, lak, maybe, to fill deir
se'ves Avid green fruit en tek de colic
en hat bad squealin' dreams en one
thing er nur, but sech as dat might
happen to any nigger mammy."
She certainly loved her white charges
more than she did her own children, as
every one remarked who witnessed her
ardent devotion to the former and her
indifference to the latter. The Infant
In her lap was drowsily closing its eyes
as her lullaby waxed softer and more
soothing:
"Oh. baa. bna, black sheep, has you got
any lamb?
Tea. way down In de valley.
De buzzards on de tiles is er plckln out 'Is
eyes.
En de po" UT thing cries 'Mammy!'
"Go to sleep, go to sleep.
Qo to sleep. UT baby.
Pappy loves do baby, en mammy loves de
la by.
En ever'body loves de baby
"All dem bosses In dat flel
B'longst to you. HT baby
De sorrel en de bay, en do dapple en de
gray.
En dey all b'longst to you. HT baby
"Go to sleep"
She heard a step on the lawn and
cautiously looked out. still crooning se
ductively and keeping her knees gen
tly moving. She saw the tall, slender
figure of her young master, a hand
some boy of nineteen, pass her door
and vanish among the fruit trees that
shaded the walk leading to the barn
yard.
"Some'n is sho wrong wid dat boy,
she muttered, as she fanned the tlies
from the baby's face Avith her black
hand. "He's actin' mighty curis. en he
don't seem easy in his min'. Some'n
la gone wrong. Yo cayu't fool me.
He's makin too many trips to dat barn
whar he ain't got no sign er business.
I ain't never seed uiy young marster
act dat sueaklu' way before, en I'm
gwine to see fer inyse'."
With the utmost caution she eased
the sleeping infant down on her bed
and tiptoed to the cabin door.
"Tuskaloosa!" she called out In a
stern undertone to a little colored boy
who was floating chips In the watering
trough near by. The black urchin rose
and came toward her, wiping his drip
ping hands on the only garment he
wore, a long shirt reaching to the
ground, "Tuskaloosa, yo go set Ilat
V side er Miss Sally's baby en miu de
flies offn 'er. Ef dat chil' cries one
time while I's lookin fer my heu'nest
In de barn I'll give yo sech er bastin'
yo Avon' know which side is up."
The boy instantly disappeared In the
cabin, and she turned down the walk
to the barn.
"De do Is shet tight. Now. 1 wonder
whar Marse Melville could er go to.
she muttered as she paused before the
barn. Perplexed, she turned and look
ed over the wide reach of meadow land
on 'her right and then back toward the
great white house, the gable windows
of which could be now seen above the
tree tops. She was on the point of
going to the haystacks near by when
Ehe heard a footstep in the barn. She
crept to the door, put her ear to it and
listened attentively. The noise was re
peated. Stooping lower, she peered
through a crack, and in the half dark
ness within she saw her young master
stealthily tilling a sack with wheat
from a capacious bin.
"My gracious!" she muttered In a
troubled voice. "Dat boy Is sho takin'
his paw's wheat en slippin' heer onbe
knownst to anybody lak er nigger at
er chicken roos'. What dis worl' coin
In to':"
She sat down on the doorstep, trem
bling all over with excitement. For
several minutes she remained motion
less, her elbows on her knees, her fat
Jaws In her hands, listening fearfully
and starting at every sound from with
in. Presently she seemed to have de
cided upon a course of action, for a
look of determination took possession
of her face, her bushy brows ran to
gether, and her thick lips became firm
and rigid.
"Marse Melville!" she called in a low
voice, her lips close to the keyhole
"Marse Melville!"
The sounds within the barn ceased.
The boy did not answer. A half bushel
measure fell from his hands and rat
tled down into the bin. After that ev
erything was so still that she could
ihear the cooing of the pigeons on the
roof of the barn and the cows chewing
hay under the lean-to shed near by.
She applied her eye to the crack again
The boy was standing motionless In a
startled attitude, staring fixedly at the
door.
"Marse Melville," she repeated, even
imore softly than before, "let me in. I
re-ant to speak to yo'."
j For another minute there was no re
sponse. Then he said doggedly:
"What do you want?"
"Open de do. Marse Melville." she
paid. "It des me. yo' ole mammy.
Open de do' so I kin see yo'. Yo got it
fas'en on de inside. How yo' spec I
kin git throo dese planks? I ain't no
cat ner spider."
He hesitated another minute. Then
she heard his step on the floor and ins
trembling lingers as they put the key
into the lock. She pushed the door
open, and he retreated to the bin. avoid
Ing her furtive eyes, a half rebellion!
expression on his handsome face. lie,
was in his shirt sleeves. His necktie.
collar, cftat and vest lay on a feed
cutting machine at his side. They
were covered with chaff, and he was
red, hot and perspiring.
She advanced till her hands touched
the edge of the bin.
"Well," she grunted, taken slightly
aback by her failure to catch his eye.
"dis certney do beat my time. I knoAV
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what yo is up to. 111' marster. Yo' is
takin' yo' paw's wheat What on earth
yo' gwine to do wid all dem full
sacks?"
"Sell it," lie confessed, a reckless, de
fiant flame in his eyes. His face flush
ed deeiior, and he leaned over the bin
with ill assumed indifference and nerv
ously chewed a piece of straw.
"Huh! Yo say yo' is!" she ejacu
lated nasally as she filled her fat hand
with wheat from one of the bags and
slowly dribbled it back into the bin
whence he had taken it She glanced
slowly round the room and said:
"LIT marster, yo' will sho ketch yo'
death o col' in dis yere room. Dey ain't
a speck er fresh air er stlrrin'. I don't
see how yo' did mek out to fill all dem
sacks wid de do shet so tight. Yo' bet
ter come away en let dis yere wheat
alone. I seed yo pony des now n-tronip-iu
down yo' maw's rosebushes. Dat
colt got oP Nick in Mm kase he needs
ridin."
The boy drew himself up.
"I have as much right to this wheat
as father has." he said, half apologet
ically. "Last summer I worked from
daybreak till night overseeing the
hands while he was down at the sugar
plantation. I need pocket money, like
other boys, but I have to beg him for
every cent I get I am tired of it.
and I won't stand it another day. Ev
ery planter's son around here has an
allowance except me. I am obliged
to get some money right away. We
organized a military company in town
last week and ordered uniforms. The
suits have come, but we can't take
them from the store without paying
for them, and every member of the
company has taken out his but me. I
went to father and told him as politely
as I could what I wanted, but he cut
mo off short. He said he had too many
other expenses. He wants me to be
disgraced before them all. Yesterday
old Johnson asked me if we had any
wheat to sell, and I"
The boy's voice broke, and he turned
to hide his tearful eyes from her.
Aunt Clara had been accustomed to
every inflection of his voice since his
infancy, and in an instant she was all
sympathy, all tenderness.
"Des like yo' paw. liT marster!" she
blurted out impatiently, and then she
grew conservative. "I wouldn't mind."
she continued soothingly. "He Is got
his ban's so full wid business dat he
don't even notice w'en ol' miss needs
er neAA- frock, but a-o paAv Is er good
man at de bottoifi. He's dat proud
er yo. Marse Melville well! I done
seed er beep er men Avid boys in my
time, but mnrster certney do count
big on yo'. I've heerd Mm talk en brag
by de hour. Why n't yo' go en ax er-
' have as much right to this wheat as
lather has."
gin. honey? It ain't gwine to do no
harm. When I Avants anything I des
keep peggin' nway till It come. Dat
my style."
"I have been to him for the last
time," nnsAvered the boy. "I am no
beggar. He can keep his money."
Aunt Clara shook her kinky head In
deep perplexity. She found it hard to
keep from openly condemning her mas
ter's treatment of his son. for the boy
was her particular pride, but she read
ily saAv the Inexpediency of encourag
ing him in his present undertaking.
She Avas not a great stickler for hon
esty among her own race, for she ar
gued that little better could be expect
ed of slaves, but she would not have
any of her "white folks" do the slight-
est thing beneath the highest dignity
of Avell born women and men. With
a sudden grunt which shoAved the proa
ence of all the courage she possessed
she bent down, lifted one of the bags
of Avheat to the edge of the bin and
emptied it.
"Yo' is got blue blood in yo' veins.
HT marster!" she panted. She did not
look at him as she shook out the bag
ami laid It on the edge of the bin.
"None er de Howe stock er people ain't
never 3'lt sneak to do anything, en I
ain't gAvine to let de one I missed up
begin 1L Yo' is heerd yo' iuiiav tell
about de Smlff family er Avhite trash
dat begun stcaliu' from de home folks
tel de f us' t'ing anybody knowed dey
avuz landed in Jail fur boss stcaliu.
Dat so. yo' Is wuk mighty hard last
summer to he'p mek er crap, en yo'
paAv ort to tek dat into caAvnsideratiou
w'en he liggerin' up. but even ef paAvt
er tlis yere wheat is yourn by rights
It looks lak po' Avhite trash doin's to
slip yer dis awaj' en dirty up yo' nice
shut en collar dat lUack Lucy mek so
much trouble to do up."
She Avas shaking the last enipty bag
over the bin as she. out of breath, came
to a stoj). She looked at him steadily
for a moment, but he did not speak,
Jsiie reiiected a little while. 1 hen, aa 1
-i , j i fe I
she wiped her perspiring face on her
apron, she ashed:
"How much money yo need fur dat
newniforu.. HT marster?"
"Twenty-live dollars!" he said gloom
ily. "1 wish I hadn't gone into the
company. I'll simply have to tell them
the truth and resign."
"Too bayd. too bayd!" Aunt Clara
grunted. "I heerd de sieves say you
was p'intcd captain, de haid one er 'em
all. Yo' de right one, HT marster. De
Howes al'ays do git on de lop rail er
de fence somehoAV. None er dem ur
boys is fittin' to lead er nnnj" For a
moment a certain race instinct caused
her to look down at the wheat Avith a
covetous glance, but she shook her head
A'igorously, as if a temptation had lodg
ed on It "No, no!" she said, more to
herself than to him. "1 Avas Avonderin'
ef I couldn't sell dat wheat, but what
Is mean fur j'o' avouUI be mean fur me,
en ef I tried It I'd be reported quick."
She drew a step nearer to him and said
firmly: "Lock de do'. HT marster. en
hang tie key on de nail Avhar it b'longst.
Noav yo' has my bes' 'vice, en yo gAvine
sleep better fur it too."
Without a Avord or sign of opposition
he picked up his coat, vest, collar and
necktie and followed her out. Shi
stood snout, thoughtful and disturbed
as he hung the key up on the nail and
slowly dreAV on his coat She brushed
the chaff from the garment and smooth
ed out the Avrinkles with her hand. AH
at once a thought occurred to her. She
started suddenly and put out her hand
ImpulsiA-ely to his arm.
"Marse Melville, 1 is got some money
wived up in my house. I reckon 1 got
twenty-live dollahs in all. Yo' Avait
yere. I'll git It fur yo. I ain't got no
use fur monev. I des laid it by. little
by little, fur a rainv day. Dey ain't
nuffen I could buy av'ou marster gives
me all me en de chillun need." He
flushed deeply. His lip curled proudly,
and his figure became more erect He
seemed on the verge of making an an
gry retort but her attitude of expecta
tion disarmed him.
"I could not take your money, mam-
my," he said, with emotion. "You are
the best friend I have. I am glad you
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ceived father, and I never shall. Keep
your money. I don't care for the uni
form." (to isi: ro.vn n i' in . 1
A WONDERFUL ANIMAL.
The Turtle Is a Peculiar frealure
In .Many It espectN.
Almost alone among Cod's creatures,
the turtle has but a single enemy
man. It does not seem to matter to
the turtle whether he stays beneath
the surface for an hour or a Aveek. nor
does it trouble him to spend an equal
time on land if the need arises. He is
T .1 1. . a t . i t . f
ucimcr nsu, hcmi nor iowi. yei ins
flesh partakes of the characteristics of-
all three. Eating seems a mere super
fluity with him. since for AVeeks at a
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.wlth lhe lmn- m,t :,ml emerge ufter
nis long last apparently none the
Avorse for his enforced abstinence from
food, from light and almost from
air. and. dually, it may be truly said
that of all the higher, Avarm blooded
organisms there is none so tenacious
of life als the turtle. I can truly say
that I have seen the llesli cleared out
of a turtle shell and hung up on a tree,
Avliere for hours the quivering, con
vulsive movements of the muscle
Avent on. 2sot only so. but on one oc-
eiislon onlv the head and tail were left
attached to the shell. Some time hsvl
elapM'd since the meat had been cut
out of the carapace, and no one could
have imagined that any life remained
in the extremities. Hut a young Dane,
noticing that the down hanging head
had its mouth Avide open, very foolish
ly inserted two lingers betAveen those
horny mandibles. They closed, and
our shipmate Avas two lingers short
The edges of the turtle's JaAV had taken
them off clean, with only the muscular
poAver remaining in the head. Signer
Hedi once cut a turtle's head off and
noted that it lived for twenty-three
days Avithout a head, and another
Avhose brain he removed lived for six
months,
apparentlv unconscious that
It had suffered any
Monthly.
loss. Leslie's
BALLOON SPIDERS.
They Voyage at Creat Heights Over
Sea as AVell hh I. and.
Given a steady breeze and a free
course, there is practically no limit to
the distance which a ballooning spider
may traverse. The Avriter has taken
orb Aveavers from their snuggeries un
der divers sheltering projections at the
highest attainable point on the dome
of St Peter's in Home, whither they
had doubtless been carried by the Aviud
when younglings. One may see flecks
of gossamer afloat at far greater
heights.
Seafaring folk often note
spider balloons speeding by them at
sea or entangled upon various parts of
the vessel. Darwin, in his famous
voyage of the I'.eagle. when sixty
miles from land s.hav great numbers of
small spiders with their webs. When
they first came in contact Avith the rig
ging they Avert; seated upon threads,
and AVhile hanging to these the slight
est breath of air would bear them out
of s,-rht- Tl,us' l1'0'1' f,(""
land, i ne avcc voyagers were sun uiov-
Ing on over the main.
A steamship captain told the writer
of a like observation made by him.
While sailing along the eastern coast
of South America during the month of
March his ship was covered with innu
merable spider Avebs. He Avas then
more than 2(H) miles from laud, about
100 miles south of the equator. The
wind Avas blowing from the continent
"The spiders seemed like elongated
balls," said the captain, "with a sort of
umbrella canopy above them. They
settled upon the sails and rigging and
finally disappeared as they came. You
know," he added, "that it is not un
usual for birds to be blown out to sea.
How much easier for a spider, provid
ed he has the means to keep himself
suspended in the air." H. C. McCook.
LL. D., In Harper's Magazine.
Lending n Double Life.
"Klymer has a farm a short distance
out In the country, hasn't he?"
"Yes."
"Then Avhat Is he practicing medicine j
In toAvn for?"
"He has to do it to make money
enough to pay Avhat he loses by his
farming' - Chlcago Tribune.
CASTOtT TLOTIILW.
IT PAYS TO SEARCH THE POCKETS
AND THE LININGS.
Hill, Cuius mill Letter Hnvc n. Wnj
of Midline TlicuiMelvcN Hxperlcnetr
of ti .Alan Who liny DiNenrded Gar
ments -I J in in to J lie CnrelvNM.
"One can't buy ca-.off clothing for
many years without meeting some
queer experiences," lemarked ai "old
clothes man" the other day as lie fum-
bled through the pockets of a suit
whi-h he had just purchased for HO
cents. "Uf course I don't expect to
find anything-nothing except maybe
Mime old letters. Hut It pays to run
through the pockets and feel the lin
ing. If a man who lets his Avife sell
his castoff clothes only knew Avhat
got lost in the lining of his coat some
times lie wouldn't feel so easy about
parting with them. A man sticks im
portant letters in his inside coat pock
et, and some lny Avhen he Avants them
they are not there. He hunts and
fumes around, but the letters don't
turn up. Then he thinks they must
M.1" 1"'l'n torn " or blled, and he
forgets the matter.
"Hut important letters don't go that
way generally. They turn up some
times to accuse a man. They find their
way between the lining of the coat or
vest, ami we felloAvs get hold of them.
If I wanted to go into the blackmail
ing business I could make plenty of
money. I've found letters and papers
in castoff clothing that avouUI make
pretty startling reading for some peo-
I -'. Ji course wnen we get tneciotnes
,,v minting up the address in the dl-
rectory we can locate either the Avriter
or the one receiving it
"1 don't think that, as a rule, Avomen
sell their husbands castoff clothing
any more Avithout going through all
their pockets. Maybe they've got Into
the habit of searching them so that it
becomes a second nature to them. So
it is not in the pockets wo find things.
-'s ' llu-' Hnlng, where they have
fmiml tholr v:iv irrnilnn II v. r3
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"You know how easy It Is for small
coins to work their Avay through a hole
in the lining of a vest and snuggle
down in the corner of the cloth. Well,
we pick up quite a number of dimes
ami nickels In this Avay. Usually a
ve.t Is a small silver mine. Probably
the wife of a man feels something
there and thinks it Is only a button or
some such thing, or maybe a peyny.
and she won't bother In trying to fish
it out. Hut pennies don't Avork doAvn
there nearly as readily as the dimes do.
"In the same Avay a bill will get mix-
ed up in the lining of the Inside pocket
and finally disappear. The man prob
ably misses a live or ten dollar bill
Uiinks nmst have lost it or
siient it foolishly. The matter escapes
his mind, the suit is thrown to one side
and some day it is sold to the 'old
clothes man.' It doen"t escape us.
We go through every inch of the lining
anil examine the corners and inside
carefullv. The bills Ave find in the
course of a dav Avill often more than
nav us for Avhat Ave have given for all
of the clothes.
"Many men are extravagant In get
ting rid of their castoff clothing. They
have so many that they become a nui-
sauce to them. Sell them to the first
man avIio comes along is the easiest
way for them to dispose of their use-
!,f,s 'I'HiKiiitff. If the servants don't
take them, we get a fine pick at them
For from ."o cents to a dollar j-ou get
ti suit that will when brushed, steam
. I ..1 ..1 .....I ........jkil silt-'il, 1TtTl
eil, cit.iiicu aim in eaaiu v.isn.i uuwp,
to $3. The clothes are not Avorn
much, but just soiled and mussed a lit
tle. The trousers are stretched a little
so they will bag at the knees Avhen
used a few days at a time. A man
with plenty of money Avon't stand that.
He will order his Avife or valet to sell
them.
"The greatest amount I ever found
in monev in one coat was a ten dollar
bill, but several times I've found tAvo
and the dollar bills and one dollar bills
iy the score. Once 1 found a check
,M,L ',s
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ceived a dollar reward for my honesty.
The best find, however. Avas several
years ago. Avhen I discovered a bunch
of railroad coupons between the lining
and inside cloth of one of these fancy
vests. I suppose I might have cashed
the coupons and received $1,000 for
them, but there was some risk to such
a proceeding. So 1 concluded to turn
tin m over to the owner and trust to
ids generosity. He gave me $100 in
bills and commended me for my hon-
esrv. He had missed the coupons and
had advertised for them. Later I
found that he had offered a reward of
S:00 tor. their return. You can bet I
was m:l then that I didn't get more
for returning them.
"As for important letters. I might
say that they come to us in droves.
Generally Ave read them and chuck
them in the fire. It's the best Avay. If
a man has lost a letter Avliich would
incriminate him he doesn't like to have
It turn up. It will always worry him a
little, but he lives in the hope that it is
lost for good and gradually forgets it
Washington Star.
FnuerulN For the Health
At a funeral In GlasgoAV a stranger
who had taken his seat in one of the
i -.!!.. I
mourning coaches excited the curiosity
of the other three occupants, one of
Avhom at last asked him:
"Yc'il be a brither o' the corp''"
"No, I'm no a brither o' the corp!"
"Weel. then. ye'II be his cousin?"
"No. I'm not that!"
"Then ve'll be at least a frien' o' the
corp .
"Not Hint either. To tell the truth,
I've no been Aveel myseP, and as my
doctor has ordered me some carriage
exercise 1 thocht this wad be the cheap
est Avav to tak it." From "Heminis-
. . .. .
cences.
dv Mr .rcniuaiti ueiKie. r
Time Have C'haiifced.
Once upon a time a superstition ex-
isted thai a ladv ought to blame her
,elf ir a man whom she did not intend
to accept proposed to her. but that,
should such an unpleasant incident oc
cur, it was at least not to be made a
subject of gossip among her acquaint
ances. Parents thought It incumbent
upon them to let a man understand
time if they ld ot vis IXS
son in-laAV. It is needless to remark
t lut t such honorable reticence and
kindly prudence are quite out of fash
ion. - Lop'''m Standard
STAINED GLASS WORK.
An Art la Which Method Have Piot
Changed Much In Centurle.
The twentieth century American
stained glass maker folloAVS Avithout
important vn fiat ion the simple meth
oils of the lVencli monk of oight cen
turles ago. The first requisite is the
design. The artist makes a small Ava-
ter color sketch to show the general
design and color scheme, accompany
ing it with detailed studies. From this
tAvo large drawings or cartoons are
made, the exact size of the desired
AvindoAv. One cartoon sIioavb where the
leads will be placed the thin strips
of lead, hoIloAvetl on both sides and
looking in a transverse section like the
letter II. Avhich form the frnmeAvork
to bint! the pieces of glass together.
Another draAvIng gives the size and
shape of each piece of glass. This car
toon Is cut into its component pieces by
a pair (or triplet) of three bladed scis
sors, which leave between their paral
lel blades a space sufficient for the
leads. These cut out patterns are put
together again on a large glass easel,
to which they are attached by Avax.and
the spaces betAveen are blacked in to
give the effect of the leads.
The easel is then placed against a
Avindow Avliere the light can stream
through it. The artist or his substitute
replaces each paper pattern on the easel
by a piece of glass of exactly the same
size, cut from a sheet of glass of the
color called for by the color sketch.
The sketch Is not followed exactly;
experiment with the actual glass will
suggest improvements. To n greater
or less extent this stained glass is sup
plemented by painted glass, on Avhich
the colors are fired as in china paint
ing. When all the pieces have been
cut they are transferred to the "lead
ing" draAving. the ;kxible leads are
twisted into shape and soldered at the
joints and a special cement applied to
make the Avhole water tight. The wln
doAV is iioav complete, ready to be put
in position, where it Is made secure by
copper wires fastened to the trans
verse bars of Iron. Hooklovers' Maga
zine. THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
It Wan at KlrM Knotrn an the Cape
of All the Stornm.
An early navigator, Hartolomeu
Diaz, commissioned by King John II.
of Portugal to continue the Avork of
African exploration down the Avest
coast, sailed from Lisbon In August
list;, with a small force and landed at
several places, of Avhich he took pos
session in the name of his master.
As he approached the southern ex
tremity of the continent lie Avas blown
out to sea by a tremendous storm and
doubled the Cape Avithout knowing it.
Land Avas not again made until the
niouth of the Great Fish river was
dghted. and the ships came to anchor
in Algoa bay. A council held there de-
cided to return home, and on the Avay
back the Cape was discovered and
christened by the commander, In re-
menibrance of his llrst experience,
Cabo Tormentoso, or Cabo des Todos
les Tonnientos; that Is, Cape of All the
Storms.
When the discovery wns reported to
the king he immediately shav the Im
mense possibilities of a iioav road to the
Indies and bestowed upon it the hap-
pier name of the Cape of Good Hope.
Hy a singular corruption of its llrst
thi(. the Cape was long known to Fug-
jsi, seamen as the Cape of Torments.
and the legend of the "FIving Dutch-
man" was localized there bv a mlsun-
derstn tiding of the experiences of tills
Po r t ug u ese exped i t ion.
SHOOTING STARS.
They Are Simply Falllnf; Mnnnca ef
Stony or Metallic Matter.
Falling stars are masses of stony or
metallic matter which, moving freely
through spajce, approach so near to tho
earth as to penetrate and traverse the
upper regions of our atmosphere. Rais
ed to white heat by friction Avith the
air. owing to their immense velocity,
which averages thirty-live miles a sec-
"d. they become luminous and often
leave a trail of light
several avcii tieimetl groups or
swarms of these bodies revolve around
the sun in elliptic orbits, Avhich are
periodically encountered by the earth.
Such are the Lyrids (April 10-22), the
l.t .mills (Now l l-lti) and Andromedids
(Nov. 2:1-24). so called because they
seem to radiate from a point within
the constellations after Avhich they are
respectively named.
It is computed that no fewer than
twenty millions of these bodies enter
the earth's atmosphere daily, each one
of which, under favorable conditions,
would lie distinctly visible. Occasion
ally they reach the earth In solid form.
but showing signs of recent fusion of
an outer layer. They vary in Aveight
from some hundreds of pounds to a
single grain. Their principal chemical
constituents are iron, magnesium, sili
con, oxygen, nickel and cobalt.
LOVE IN LAPLAND.
Th I n jin a .Suitor Must Do Ileforc He
Win. Illn Ilride.
When a lad is in love Avitli a girl in
Lapland they run a race not a fair
race, for he is so heavily handicapped
,'' if she w ishes the girl can get first
to the goal, but if hi enre for tho
to the goal, but if she cares for the
young man who is trying to Avin she
lets him overtake her, because if she
outruns liiin he cannot propose again.
I '.ut even if lie avIus the race and the
girl at the same time the young lovers
cannot be married until they have the
,si't of the girl's parents. At one
nine u a man married a girl Avithout
this he was liable to receive capital
punishment.
Hesidcs nn engagement ring, the
young Laplander sends his future bride
" K,rd,e nml n mnntlty of brandy. He
goes 1IS flir US tho ilonr of hnr hnfr li.tt
. "
remains outside until invited to enter,
n , , U) u lo
t,u' ,r f; 1 -- brinks it. It
n,ou"s 1,11,1 h Ms COIls0Ilt to the
'"triage, and the happy lover then
Avnen a bumper of brandy Is offered to
pays the father a sum of money and
promises to give the girl some clothes.
What CouMtKiiten Corruption.
'Is he corrupt?"
'Oh. no: I wouldn't call him that"
'What do you consider corrupt?"
'Why. a man avIio sells out to two
opposing interests in the same deal, of
course. Anybody ought to knoAV that'
WOMAN AND FASHION
Little lili-I Frock.
It Is quite important that the little
schoolgirl Lv just as correctly fitted out
with her frocks as her big sister, al
though her frocks are fashioned upon
lines of extreme simplicity. Of course
the smart touches which ornament the
adult styles are reproduced in the
smaller ones, and the little girl has
the exaggerated shoulder line and the
same quaint features In her frocks, al
though they are peculiarly her own
In this model both front and back are
laid in rather broad plaits. Avhich an
TT1T - TTH
stitched to n long AA-aist line and flare
prettily, forming a sort of kilted skirt
effect The collar may be of lace or
material.
A good Idea Is to make the collar of
white and trim with bias bands of ma
terial like the frock. The style is one
that is suitable for any kind of ma
terial silk, lightweight Avoolen or cot
ton. These days avo have more to do
with AA'ash materials, and a pretty Idea
Is to make the frock of dotted or fig
ured pique or galatea, making the col
lar of Avhite and trimming Avith bauds,
or making of material and trimming
Avith white bands. A novel trimming
for collars and one that should be more
used, if mothers only k iioav of Its
many advantages, Is the Hattenberg
buttons. These may be put on in rows,
varying the size of the button, or in
circles or perhaps geometrical design,
and the effect is charming.
Material required, for medium size,
five and five-eighths yards, twenty
seven inches wide.
Neok Fit tin K.i.
With cloth gowns ol the most de
gant nature the little turnover collar.
Avhich seems a modest detail, is still
I worn. Many materials shape the nar-
row band, Avhich may take as many
forms, ami If it is white it frequently
sIioavs embroideries in the gown color.
For costumes of silk and dressier tex
tures chiffon, net, mousseline the high
stocks are sometimes finished Avitli a
piping of satin, velvet or panne in a
contrasting color. A twist of Avhite
tulle in turn tops this, and rare is the
elegantly dressed throat that does not
sHoav some bit of this becoming Aveb.
Summer siikn.
Generally speaking, dark blue, black
nml broAvn are the -faA-orite colors for
I Bummer silks, '.there is a new shade of
lrown called the "paquin euic" Avhicli
ls Vt'r.v rfcli " soft. The old fash-
loncd P"1 check is the very smartest
design in silks this season. This cJieck
is preferably in Avhite on a blue, brown
or black ground. In the two toned
silks broAvn and yellow and blue and
green are the leaders. Embroidered
white dots are often introduced into
these silks
A Smart French Froelc.
A smart French promenade frock is
here sketched in blue green eolienne.
Avhich is one of the new soft, clinging
fabrics of the season. The skirt is in
three tiered effect and the bodice a
stunning evolution of the bolero. The
sleeve emplecemcnts give this bodice
a smart new appearance, and the
flo Qf ,ace t j d ,
. . J
side seam is decidedly novel. Lace
trims the deep cuffs and empiecements.
also the entire high collar. The hat is
nn amazon shape of black rice straw.
depending for Its chic on two hand
some blue green plumes.
Shirt Waist.
Have your shirt Avaists made with
sleeves that are of sensible proportions.
finished with a neat cuff and the en
tire garment constructed on the neat
sensible lines that brought this very
sefu, bIt of femmine apparel to n
... ...
state or perfection seA-erai years ago
MnKe lour'"MI
Let your education be
thorough that, whether
tures. write books, sell
Make Yourself Felt.
so broaj an.l
you paint pic-
mcrchandise.
make contracts or cultiA-ate land, you
will make yourself felt in your com
munity as an all round man of broad
ideas and general culture. Success.
Smoothing IIIn Tnth.
Gus You never had spunk enough to
make a proposal In your life. Why did
you tell Miss rrettie that you Avere en
gaged to two girls? George So she'd
wunt to get mo cwuy from them.
Si
THE BRITISH SPEAKER.
Hi Position In a Hani One. hut Is
SIcndiiII- Ileirurtlcd.
It is doubtless because the position
of speaker is so onerous that the re
Avards attached to it are so great. He
is originally a member of parliament,
like the rest, and is selected by the
leader of the house, avIio is not neces
sarily the prime minister, from among
his own followers for his personal
character and dignity and his knowl
edge of parliamentary procedure. He
Is usually elected unanimously by Aote
of the house, and from that moment
he ceases to be a party man, and his
constituency Is divided in its feelings
betAveen the honor of returning the
speaker ami the disadvantage of be
ing for all practical purposes unrepre
sented in parliament.
The speaker of the house of com
mons is a person enjoying the greatest
oflieial dignity and sociaj considera
tion, lie is the first commoner in the
realm; his invitations to dinner are al
most equivalent to a royal command;
court dress is Avorn by members who
dine Avith him ollicially; In the house
he is treated with extreme deference,
and he receives a salary of o,000 and
the use of a magnificent house, which
forms part of the palace of Westmin
ster. He retains ollice though the poli
tics of the ministry may change
through successive administrations un
til his health fails or he deems him
self to have earned retirement Then
the sovereign bestoAA's a peerage upon
him and the country a munificent pen
sion. The house of commons has been sin
gularly fortunate in securing for speak
ers men of great dignity, unfailing
judgment and unquestioned Impartial
ity. It- Is a splendid position, and
though its intellectual demands are un
ceasing and its merely physical de
mands exhausting It Is splendidly re-
Avarded.
The position is as exhausting as it is
distinguished. During a large part of
the session the speaker must be in the
chair from !i p. m. till after midnight
except during the dinner hour, from
half past 7 to 9, and even Avhen tho
house is in committee and the chair
man of committees is presiding he
must be in ollicial dress in his house.
Avhich communicates directly with the
lobby behind his chair, ready to appear
at a moment's notice if summoned.
He must, of course, know every mem
ber by sight and be able to recall his
name instantly. It Is astounding some
times Avhen from a back bench there
rises some member who is utterly un-
nown by sight to his felloAV members.
avIio seldom attends and hardly eA'er
speaks and has nothing whatever dis
tinctive in his manner or appearance,
to hear the speaker say "Mr. Blank" as
readily as if he were accustomed to
tddress him eA'ery day. Henry Nor
man In Century.
KOREAN PROVERBS.
A man is good when he is old.
A thing is good when it is new.
He avIio hath eaten salt drinketh Aba
ter.
When the tiger is gone, the fox is
master.
If one is not observing, one sees
nothing.
Docs smoke come out of a fireless
chimney?
The higher the mountain the deeper
the valley.
One knoAvs the face of a man, but
not his Interior.
One can paint the fur of the tiger,
but not his joints.
A family avIio has no sickness for ten
years must be rich.
As soon as the moon is full it be
gins to grow smaller.
Even the blind man can find his way
through an open door.
When the ox has broken through the
stall, repairs are first made.
Wanted All of It.
"A stranger," said an old frontiers
man, "was traveling once in n very
cheerless section of the great Avest.
Having pulled up at night at a cheap
and unpromising tavern, lie seated
himself at the supper table. The Avaiter
informed him Avhat the cook had in
the Avay of eatables. Among the
viands enumerated Avas wild duck.
'Was that 'ere bird shot on the Aving?'
inquired the stranger. 'Yes.' replied
the Avaiter. 'While trying to tly out
of this forsaken country? The oblig
ing Avaiter thought that might haA'e
been the case. 'Well.' concluded the
stranger. 'I sympathize Avith that bird's
misfortune, but I admire his good Judg
ment Serve me all of him.' "
Irrcsrulnrity In the I'unl.Hlinient.
There are tAvo boys who manage to
he mther unruly In school, and their
teacher was so exasperated one day
that she ordered them to remain after
hours and Avrite their names 1,000
times. She Avatched them plunge into
the task. Some fifteen minutes later
one of them greAV uneasy and began to
Avatch his companion In disgrace. Sud
denly the first one burst out Avith a
roar of despair and betAveen his sobs
said to the teacher:
'"Tain't fair, mum! His name's
Bush and mine's Schlutteriueyeir!"
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Uncertain World.
"This Is the most uncertain Avorl
that eA'er I avuz In!" said the deacon.
"You think so?"
"I knoAV it. Only the other day the
parson sighted a harricane fur off an
run ter a storm pit an' pulled the I Id
on nn' Avhat do you reckon happen
ed?" "The Lord knows."
"Harricane changed its mind turn
ed into a airthquake an come mighty
nigh swallered him whole!" Atlanta
Constitution.
A Fntnl OmUnlon.
"I can't for the life of me make out
Avhat my Avife Is driving at in this let
ter?" "Of course you can't, old chap. Don't
you see that she forgot to add the post
script?" NeAV Orleans Times-Derno-crat.
Ah to Popularity.
"The man who wants to be popular
must be a cheerful liar."
"I don't see why."
"Because no man can gain popularity
by telling the people the truth about
j themselves."-Chicago Post.
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