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1 :et ft tt tt tt -.- ir -.-r -M- H- -j-J M- 54? War 4L uah 1 1 Copyright, lioi. by I'uiehf'V Hyno ...Bk 44 VT j f it ft WAS accountable for those lire j bars Mild that Is how the trou- ' lh' a:w 1 was chief on- i Lt gnnvr. you siv. and. although I uptam I 'ebbs was the only other! while tillicer the little M'wara h:ul on ' Uard. 1 had all the responsibilities of , the chief of a !.lXK ton Cunarder. I'd I 4iv stores cheeked when I took over eoauii::iul. and I'd to make up an in- de; of what was expended between ? round trip from Sarry Leone, and , tf there whs any extravagance it was toe, and net Debbs. that would got the blame. j 11! own we were doing a roaring busi- :;ts with passenger boys. We took , litem up or set them down at every ' Iiace we stopped at. The leeks of the jrwjirn were full of thorn, and they j made the little steamboat smell like a ! t" la -trow tram stable. Hut they'd pot a . knack of dv ing. which we couldn't hin der. I .-.er knocked them ocr, and dysentery. :ini others of the plaguesof ! Africa whi 1; we white "men have no ' name for. and some. 1 do believe. died for no other r --as. n but iut to stir up J trouble lH'tu een I ebbs and me. Yon see. Captain Hebbs was great on ftiwni". He was a member of some, fancy new svt whieh had pot a mission j ! Sarry Leone, ami he believed that if i be could pet a funeral ervi-e over a ctatd black man ami haw him sent ever the side with a eotip' f tire bars j MMtdc fast to his shin- he'd crabbed Mm as a bona tide convert. It would Imve been n( use arguing with the j limn: he was clean eonvineeil. And. as j a matter of fact. I didn't arpue. but I forbade my fellows down in the stoke hold to let him have a free run on those lire liars, une tire bar is enough ! to sink atiy dead man with decency. jmhI mure is sheer lavish extravapance. Hut when 1 told him so he knocked me down, ami 1 pulled him to the deck also and pummclcd him so that it was two days before he pot back his senses sniu. It was me ami the Krohoys that took the M'wara baek into Free to a. and It a me the owners sacked the mouHut 1 ; Hsl ashore. Hut I ! kuw jr a fact tliat Hebhs was stop ped Ids " game with the tire bars from ila onward. and I take credit for j Slaving preTved the rule of the coast, j Xow. what I did for the next six I ntwilhs it: Sarry Leone is a matter of j my own concern. 1 was not making my iWtune just then, and If I did not starve ft w.;s because white men in n west African colony do not care to let tin blacks rejoice by seeinp another white man p hisnirry. Hut the next nfcw of remm.erative occupation which I found aid it caused me to sfcm on acain as chief enpineer of the il'wara- wits a surprise even to my self. Indeed, if any one. lire 1 found ' the Jul, had idled n.e that I. the son of the mt highly respected minister ia the Free Kirk of Scotland, would ever imperil my life for the safety of a heathen Mid. I should have said straight out that he h cd. And if any owe l:.id added that I should be lugged into tin business through sheer liking for a yiwas wonn who was not even white. I should have said that not only Uki he lee alo, but he'd a very poor equainton-e with the methods of Neil Aacti MeTodd. The young woman's name was Laura Cameron, and I came to know her through her father, who kept a store tw the Kissy n.ad. It was he that ap ruaelted me alMHit the business first, imd 1 1ft him know straight that he'd got hold of the wrong man. He'd the not to push me too hard. Mayle you'd like time to think it over, ear." xays he. y," said I. "palaver set." "Very well, sar," says he with a (sh. pa!.ier st. Ami now, sar. I ask you i' couie Into house, an' my (lftuphiah shall swiMtle you cocktail. Perhaps you will stay for chop after ward?" "Ithdit-o." said I, and stepped tiir.ui:h the back of the shop. Tlw h! man was a mulatto, in color , Mc a pi user br'ad cake, and he talktnl ordinary c ;ist Lic'li-h. The daughter, j I was a go(id deal surprised to find, was nianv -bath's lighter. In fact, she ! was asl:;tc to hxk at as myself, with hair that wasn't even kinky, and pink c.l.r t her cheeks, and a llgure as somI as any lady's you could see on tlte si axe. She had been to parties and danced lh the otlicers of the West India regiment, and she had a full opinion f li r own looks and re- ' sponsibilities. And because it wasn't as easy to cet n with her as some. I think I liked her all the more. She'd been In Knxland to school, and could 1 I!ay the harmonium and speak French and do geography. There were plates, ha ml painted by herself, hum: on the whitewashed wall of the sitting room, j And she'll a school friend that had stayed near I'.allindroehater through- ! out one holiday. It was plain that she was splendidly educated. I was born , in I'.allindroehater myself. J She invited me to have a second j cocktail, but I knew my weakness and refused. And then we went out on to' the veranda at the back and took fans and chairs and talked. I don't know I when I've been so struck on a young 1 woman in so short a time. J I stayed on to ten. but her father ' didn't come In. and she and I had It together. A regular slap-up tea It was ' too: none of your common natne chop, but tinned salmon and marmalade and pickle sann as ;.m mixht have here at bome. H ws most Christian' bl.uout I'd had in Sarry Leone. After ta we went out to the veran da again. It was moonlight ami quite , 1 .. ... 1 .ILIti't -.iii leive to f:lll W 'I. Wl - .v.. " ' ' She save me a pood black anary cigar and lit it with her own pretty ftwgers. and I tell yon I felt as com fort: hie a man as any in Africa. After awhile she leans toward me. and "Mr. MeTodd." says she. "would you do me a service':" "rm no a verv allluent man just a ft Tt ft it ft ft 4-t- -M- '-- !: w v.- of the JLt Ju-Ju j 44 Cxitcliffe Hyne ft tt tt S it H now." snid 1, "but anything you ask. my dear, shall have my best considera tion." "I do not want you to buy me any thing." she says. "1 want you to do something that will bring in money to yourself." "I'm no' one of those that despises siller." "You can have back your old berth on the M'wara if you'll do as I wish and have ."0 above and beyond your pay." "Hut the M'wara's going up to the Quah river tomorrow to take soldiers for a bit of n war there. I heard as much down at Gibraltar wharf today. Debbs Is still skipper, and the owners would never let me go aboard again while Debbs Is there." "Mr. MeTodd. I know all that. Hut you're wrong In one thinp. The own ers will give you back your old berth as chief if I wish It." "Weel, if you can work it. my dear" "I can and I will. If you promise to do for me what I ask." "And what might that be?" She put her lips close to my ear. "Neil," she whispered, "I want the Quah Ju-ju." I took a long pull at the cigar. "That'll be the big Idol the war's all about?" said I. "It Isn't very big. Neil. You could carry It under one arm." "I shouldn't like to try. It's a foul thing they make human sacrifices to. isn't it?" She drew herself away from my shoulder. "Oh. I've heard some such tale. Hut if you're frightened. Mr. MeTodd, I needn't bother you any more." "It's curious." said I. "but your dad was pumping me on the selfsame sub ject. Only he offered me live and twenty pound instead of fifty if 1 could set the Idol down in his shop." "Father's very anxious to get it. 1 know. That's why I'm anxious. ju-t for his sake. That's why 1 offered so much money." "Yc'll have tried your hand on Deb! s?" said I. at a venture. "Captain Debbs. he mission man." says she. dropping into the native phrase. "And I make no doubt you've also tried the officer commanding the West Indian troops?" said I. at another ven ture. She drew away from my knee ami stood up before me in the moonlight. I saw that her face was Hushed. Her fingers clinched and worked. "Mr. MeTodd." says she. "I do not ehoo-e that you should be my in "i ten nt tiitf Quah j-ju." quisitor. This evening you have ex pressed admiration for me and offered. If the chance came in your way. to do in a service. I ask you a little thing, and at once you fail me. oh," she crbNl. wringing her hands, "why aren't I white? Then I could have fifty men ivlio'd Jump to do as I wish!" "You are white to look at," I said. "You're whiter in skin than myself." "Hut not In blood, and you know it and take advantage of my color. You white men are brutes. You think that all who are not born as yourselves are merely sent Into the world to make you ease or sport!" Weel, yon was quite true, -but it did not make me feel In any the better i . .u-en of myself for all that. I bit hard on to the Canary cigar and stared out at the shadow of a palm tree thrown black across the garden soil by the moonlight. It didn't seem that I'd anything left to say. The girl lean ed up apalnst one of the veranda posts, and I saw her bosom heaving. Her eves shone bright with tears in the moon. "Uh. Neil, Neil." 1 heard her say In sort of whispering sobs, "I didn't think you could be cruel to me like the others'" I got up ami clapped an arm round her. I thought It was only right. "My dear." I said, "what do you want this idol for?" "What does it matter?" says she mis erably. "You don't care." "You'd better tell me, and then may be I can help." "My father has a commission to buy up native curiosities for a gentleman in Luglaud who Is making a eollec limi." I hugged her to me. "You'd have found it easier to have told me that before, my dear. I thought from what your dad hinted it was for something else. You shall have the ugly thing so soon as ever I can come back with it if you can fix me up that berth on the M'wara." 1 W IIMl I Ill 1 till 'fu P " mm "Oh. that's simple. I have influence with the owners. Hut how can 1 be sure you will get the ju-ju for me?" "Because I tell you." She thanked me with a squeeze. "Hut the Ju-Ju will be very hard to get." says she. "If you let the soldier otlicers know anything about it they will stop you at once." "Oh, those swine are always on the loot for themselves. Catch me talk ing." "And the Quah tribes are very sav age. You will not find It easy to take the ju-ju from them." "I'm no' quite a lamb mysel'." said. 1. "when It comes to heathen standinglin the way of what 1 want. Will you s-ai the bargain?" "How can I do that, Neil?" says she. with a bit of a blush. "A kiss would make it safer than a charter party stamp." said l.Nnd there and then we pledged the contract. I'd have married that girl out of hand that very day if I'd seen my way to setting up a household. Hut I hadn't a shilling In my pocket; I'd to go to sea and earn more, and so it was no use saying what I'd in my mind. Kb, well, there are times when a man can- look back upon poverty and ken it's been a useful thing to him. The M'wara was standing out prt the white lighthouse on the point and threading her way among the shoals. Freetown was out of sight behind a green wooded shoulder, though a build ing or two showed among the trees higher up on the mountains. Far away on the starboard hand was the low. swampy Bullom shore, and aland was the open sea. glittering like diamonds in the sunlight. We'd Unu black sol diers of the West India regiment on board, with machine guns and grub and ammunition cases and all their other truck, and they didn't leave much standing room. The M'wara was only eighty tons. If she'd been bigger she'd not have had an uncertificated engineer for her chief and the only white man in her stokehold. to r.K ( o. i t n i" . 1 GRAY SQUIRRELS. They V.'Ul Kill lent mill IIiip Hecn Known to Hob Ilird.s' .Ve.st.i. It ha- Neii w.-il said that the gray .t:.is one everywhere in some of our New F.uglaud towns are an in di atiou of a higher civilization. It Is certainly a pleasure to see these grace ful creatures running across trolley tracks or over lawns unmolested. A stranger would have a very high esti mate of the people of a city that could draw to It these shy animals. Like many rodents, however, gray squirrels v ill e.tt meat on occasions. They will even rob birds' nests. A friend on whom I can rely told me of two or three instances in Arlington. Mass.. where gray squirrels had robbed rob ins' nests, having been caught in the very act. ne winter day. in going along a wild mountain stream, I was attracted by a f n sh gray squirrel track, and on fol lowing it found where the squirrel had killed and en ten a mouse. He had evi dently dug o;u the mouse, for I sa where he had dug snow and leaves away from the rots of some black alders to some depth. Then, taking the nonsc in his leeih. he had run a few feet ;o a knoll, the mouse's tail having left its print In the snow le tweeii the tracks of the squirrel, ami oaten ir. leaving blond, hair and pieces of lone to tell of the feast. One time 1 gave a young woodehuek to an old Irishwoman, who fed the ehm-k on ham. Now. If a woodehuek would eat ham. why not a gray squir rel eat m:-e or young birds? We have abundant proof that many tlesh eaters will, on oee.edons. eat vegetable food as well as rodents eating flesh. Lovers of ltnih squirrels and birds m-iy find it jMtssible to protect in some way the nests of thrushes, warblers, etc.--.lohn Hurroughs In outing. MODEL LODGINGS. Whit f till' ltimtdii House Selieme in London Clvei IIh I'atroiis. Every man who comes to a Howton house is impressed with the fact that he can then- obtain better value and more comfort than he can get any where else. He finds that the condi tions under which he lives are im proved and tliat he has congenial sur roundings and associates. All the re sources of civilization he can have bright, warm, comfortable rooms, lava tories with basins supplied with hot and cold water, footbaths without ex tra payment and a full length bath with soap and towels for the nominal charge of one penny. A man can do his own laundry work if he so wishes. He can use any of the reading, smok ing or writing rooms, and. above all, he has absolute freedom as regards his mode of liv ing. Although the Howtou House scheme provides a complete restaurant where food of all kinds can be procured at ex ceptionally low prices, probably cheap er than at any of her place In London, at the same lime no resident is obliged to purchase any of the commodities supplied by the company. Hcsidcnts can. if they choose, buy everything they want outside the building, while inside jl.e Ibuvton houses they will find prov i ,ti for them, without charge, ever.v eoo',:ig utensil necessary, with cut lev kery. etc.. without limit. A conduit supply of boiling water Is at )i..n). and good fires and cooking range are kept going at all times. A specially arranged scullery, fitted with white glazed sinks, with supplies of hot and eold water, is provided, so that any man desirous of preparing his own food can do so without any supervision or any interference from his fellows. Sir Kichard Farrant in Cornhil! Maga zine. ("lean Unmix. On the subject of unclean hands a physician says that cases of infection that could be accounted for in no other way have been explained by the fin gers as a vehicle. In handling money, especially paper, door knobs, banisters, car straps and a hundred things that every one must frequently touch, there are chances innumerable of picking up germs of typhoid, scarlatina, diph theria, smallpox, etc. Wherefore to avoid any dangerous results the pre ventive is simply to wash the hands Immediately and scrupulously before eating or touching that which is to be eaten. SHIPS' ANCHORS. T!se l: inue I'rojii Short, .Striiljtlit l-'lul.es l Curved Armri. The ship's an 1 ;s in general u.-e up to the beginning of the last century consisted of a long, round Iron shank, having two comparatively short straight arms or flukes, inclined to the shank at an anple of about forty de grees and meeting It In a .somewhat sharp point at the crown. In large an chors the bulky wooden stock was built up of several pieces, hooped together, the whole tapering outward to the ends, especially on the aft or cable side. About the beginning of the last cen tury a clerk In the Fly mouth navy yard. Hering by name, suggested cer tain improvements, the most impor tant of which was making the arms curved instead of straight. At first sight tin's simple change may seem of little value, but consideration will show this is not the case. The holding power of an anchor depends on two principal conditions namely, the extent of use ful holding surface ami the amount of vertical penetration. The latter qual ity Is necessary on account of the na ture of ordinary sea bottoms, the sur face layers of which are generally less tenacious and resisting than Is the ground a short distance below. In the year chain cables began to supersede the hempen ones, with the result that the long shanked anchors hitherto In vogue were no longer nec essary, and anchors with shorter shanks and with heavier and stronger crowns gradually came Into use. In consequence of these changes, a com mission was appointed In the year ISoJi to inquire Into the holding power of anchors and a principal result of its labors was the adoption of the so called admiralty pattern anchor, which con tinued to be used in the Hritish navy up to the year 1N0. The Invention of the steam hammer in LS-iL made the welding of heavy masses of iron a comparatively easy and reliable process, so that from this time onward the strength of anchors fully kept pace with that of the chain cables, which had come Into general use. A number of patents for anchors were taken out prior to the great exhi bition of isr.l. and. public attention having been called to the models there shown in the following year, a commit tee was appointed by the admiralty to report on the qualifications of anchors of the various kinds. Practical trials were then Instituted, and. as a result, some of the tests to which the anchors wen1 submitted were of doubtful value- such, for in stance, as "facility for sweeping." Nowadays, however, at all" events for deep ships in shallow harbors. It Is considered an advantage for an anchor to offer as little obstruction as possible above the ground.- Nautical Gazette. .THY ROMANS. 1:::::kmi e Torlunes Wore Not t'neom Itirii In (he Old DllJB. When I. t ulpurnlus I'tso was np po.nled L.HVI n r of Macedonia for one v.ar. ho drew for his outfit from the pnb-ic tmtsury lSO(nU0 sesterces, or iino.iwin. He did not want the money fo: that purpose, everything required by a procon.-ul was supplied to him by the province I'i.-o simply took the money for himself and lent It out In Lome at high interest. C. Yerres n;; eharged by "ieero with having jobbed Sb-ily of il'.r.iUMX) In three years, bes.de.- many valuable works of art. He practically admitted his guilt by retiring from Home without attempting uny defense. Cicero when governor of the poor province of Cilicia found hiin-n-!f the richer in one year by 20.000, and he was perhaps the only proconsul who ever handed over his surplus to the state. There can be no doubt that Cicero and the younger Pliny received large sums from their clients while those clients were still living. Halbus Is not likely to have secured the argu ment "Pro Hal ho" for a mere trille. And the g alitmle of Sicily for the pr.-v. .ni.iii if Verres undoubtedly took a v.", : -.'antial form. Apart from all s h . . raria. it is recorded that (;... : : Co younger Pliny received hgacic: clients to the amount of tlTo.inH: Cibbou tells us, on the au thority of olyiiipiodnrus, that several of the richest senators had an Income of tb'io.iiiio a year without computing the staled provision of corn and wine. London ( I lobe. WOMAN. What Is woman? Only one of na ture's agreeable blunders. Hulwer. A beautiful woman is the only tyrant man is not authorized to resist.--Victor Hugo. Fnhappy is the man to whom his own mother has not made all other mothers venerable. Kidder. The best thing I know of Is a fust rate wife, ami tiie next best thing is a second rale one. Josh Hillings. A beautiful woman is a practical poem, planting tenderness, hope ami eloquence In all whom she approaches. - Emerson. They govern the world, these sweet voiced' women, because beauty and harmony are the index of a larger fact than wisdom.-O. W. Holmes. A good hook and a good woman are excellent things for those who know how to appreciate their value. There are men. however, who judge of both by the beauty of the covering. Dr. Johnson. irniunneiiN 5vvord. To the lovers of strange goods the , bazaars of Damascus are far more alluring than those of Cairo or of Con stantinople. The capacious chest3 of the merchants contain much that we would buy were our purses longer. Old embroideries of wonderful colors, deli cate china, silks of many hues, swords of cunning workmanship, all these lie piled beside us on the floor. It Is but seldom that a really good specimen of the Damascus sword can be obtained, for the art of working and engraving steel is dead. These swords were made of alter nate layers of iron and steel, so finely tempered that the blade would bend to the hilt without breaking, with an edge so keen that no coat of mail could resist It, and a surface so highly pol ished that when a Moslem wished to rearrange his turban he used his sword for a looking glass. . - - c WOMAN AND FASHION Attruetlve Illoune IVaifit. No material of the many shown makes more satisfactory blouses than white mercerized madras In Its varied designs, and no model suits it better iiiau this one with combined tucks ami box plaits. The lines of the bnck are admirable and give the tapering Tt'CKS AND UOX PLAITS CUMltlNlU). effect always sought, while the fronts are gracefully full and blouse fashion ablv over the belt. The sleeves nre full and ample, but the shoulder straps and box plaits that meet nt the center make the really :iotable features. The model is unllned and Is closed invisi bly, the buttons serving only ns decora tion, but the fitted foundation is al- wavs advisable for silk and wool fab rics, and the waist can be closed by means of buttons and buttonholes cut through the box plait whenever de sired. The blouse consists of the lining, fronts and back with the sleeves. which are gathered Into straight cuffs. The shoulder straps are arranged over the seams and are attached at their pointed ends over the sleeves, whose fullness they hold in place. At the neck is a regulation stock. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is 5 yards 21 Inches wide. 4'i yards 27 Inches wide or 2:li yards 44 inches wide. The Xuval Coal. A naval coat proves a welcome varia tion of the military fashions now so much worn by the younger women. It has two bars and an anchor embroid ered on collar and shoulder seam straps. Frogs are used Instead of but tons and buttonholes, and deep slit pockets edged with braid lie at right angles with the front. CIii'iiiInc Ilerthu. A pretty and practicable idea is a de tachable bertha or ruche for the che mise or undcrwalst. These are pat terned after the bust pads of the mo ment, and when one Is pinned over the chemise this last may be of the plain est slip description. Hibbon rosettes or bows finish the detachable bertha. The Xcu- CIrdlr. Already Dame Fashion tires of the girdle wide in the back. The proper lines of the hour are the girdle wide in front, narrow at the sides and narrow In the back. As a finishing touch a rosette of the same ribbons Is used or if the belt Is made of fancy material lUio finish is a chou prettily shirred. SeiiNouuble Colors. Champagne color and delicate green are combined in some of the new Scotch ginghams, the standard wear of the American schoolgirl. These fab rics are durable, and ginghams have rarely been more beautiful than those seen this season. Smart Gown. Smart gown of white linen. The blouse has two box plaits down the front, each trimmed with a row of OOWN OF WHITE LINKS. buttons. The wide revers have edges cut In tabs, each tab being buttoned to the blouse in such a manner that It confines the fullness properly. Old Style Ilevlvrd. Small hats tilted over the face, with elaborate trimmings on the band be hind, are among the old millinery shapes which are being revived. Cool Mncn Coatee. Jaunty short Jackets of solid red or white linen are sold, to be worn over not tun frocks. A Setmc of Terminal Inneeurllr. "What would you do If you saw a ghost?" said the man who tries to mako hport of people. "Dat ain't de question." answered. Mr. Krnstus Pinkley. "What bothers me is what dat ghos Is gwine to do If he sees me." Washington Star. Ueformed. Patience Peggy used to sing all over the house before she married that man. Patrice So she did, dear, but you know he married her to reform her. Yonkers Statesman. SOCIETY MEN. That In IVhul Society Need a. Accord ing to a Society Woman. "What we need is society men," de clared a weary matron. "Our men are so fagged by their attention to busi ness that they are next to worthless. They regard the average social func tion as an awful bore and leave every thing pertaining to entertaining and to going about to their wives. In case the poor wife Hiidcumbs to the strain they hunt around for a spinster or widowed sister or Gi.iter-in-law or other relative who will consent to take upon her should 'rs this social side of the mat ler. "As for looking after a daughter, their duty is done when they've given carte blanche with a check book. An Englishman of hgh title often chaper ons his motherless daughter during an entire season and from his knowledge of inoligibles is able to keep her well informed. How about the American papa? His only ammunition consists in an occasional rabid, blustery remark about the nincompoop fortune hunt ers who hover about the daughter of the house. As for sane, thoughtful counsel, he gives not a bit of it. Socie ty is a game he got into without inten tion or effort, and he utterly refuses to take any trouble about his fellow play ers. Kven his own daughters have to go It blind. As I said before, what so ciety needs is society men." Philadel phia Heeord. SUSPENSION BRIDGES. They "Were Common In Pern In the Dayn of the Incnn. Suspension bridges, some of them of considerable length, were common In Peru In the days of the Incas. They were formed of cables of twisted osiers passed over wooden supports and stretched from bank to bank, then bound together with smaller ropes and covered with bamboos. The road from C'uzco to Quito Is still noted for frail bridges of this sort, which are In con stant use and span deep chasms. The Chinese also, according to KIrcher. have for centuries been fa miliar with the "suspension" theory nnd have constructed chain bridges In which the weight of the roadway is supported by the tension of the chains. The first Iron suspension bridge In Europe was built oyer the Tees, near Middleton. In 1741, for the use of min ers. Two chains were stretched In a straight line, steadied by ties from the banks below, and the roadway for foot passengers was supported by the chains. The modern suspension system prac tically dates from 18K. when bridges, both over 100 feet in length, were suc cessfully completed at Galashiels and Peebles.- London Standard. Klylnc I'ih. Flying fish swim in shoals varying in number from a dozen to a hundred or more. They often leave the water at once, darting through the air In the same direction for 200 yards or more, and then descend to the water quickly, rising again and then renewing their flight. Sometimes the dolphin may be. seen In rapid pursuit, taking great leaps out of the water and gaining upon his prey, which take shorter and shorter flights, vainly trying to escape, until they sink exhausted. Sometimes the larger sea birds catch flying fish In the air. The question whether the flying fish use their fins at all as wings Is not fully decided. The power of flight Is limited to the time the fins re main moist. The .llennluur of OraiiKe lllo?iaom!i. The orange tree is regarded as a prince among trees and the emblem of genius. A peculiarity of this tree Is that It bears fruit and flowers at the same time. Its leaves are evergreen and as It grows older It grows In beau tv and fruitfulness. Its blossom filling the air with Its fragrance. Is In deed a fit emblem of marriage promise and hopes. The orange tree Is consid ered typical of love because, though Its fruit is golden and its flavor and scent delicious. Its rind Is bitter, nnd ns every one knows who has experienced It Cu pid's dart causes pain. 'J he orange Is emblematic of gratitude as well as of genius and love. - Philadelphia Inquirer. The Klrnt Ice Cream. A French chef who prepared a snow like dish for the Due de Chartres In 1774 Is said to have been the first to make that cool luxury known as Ice cream. Lord Hacon was possessed of the knowledge that there was a proc ess of congelation' by means of snow and salt. Hut to him this was a scien tific fact, ami he little dreamed of the Idea that In after years this congela tion would prove such a delightful re freshment. Knd of the Game. It was his move. He made it. captured a pawn and an nounced: "Mate!" "I see," she pouted. "Hut you had the advantage of a bishop." "Some day, Hclln," he whispered, pursuing the advantage, "may I mate you with the assistance of Just a com mon preacher?" After which there was no more chess playing.- Chicago Tribune. Inherited. n It Were. Professor- Yes. sir, your daughter Is pretty well grounded In French, but It will, of course, take some time and trouble for her to acquire fluency. Fa ther Well, you know, that's rather strange to me. I had an Idea that the fluency would have come sort of nat ural to her. Iiotv the Kimnisement Wan Ilroken. "I can't make you out at all." he said angrily. "You're so fickle and changeable. You're Just a riddle to me." "Yes?" replied his fiancee. "Since you're so stupid perhaps you'd better give mo up."-Philadelphia Ledger. The Country Simple Joy. "Graclo.is: It's an awful muddy walk this evening, isn't it?" said Mr. Backlota on the way home from the Loneaoinehurst station. 'Yea." replied Subbubs, "but I ratluw like It. We bought a new door mat the other day. and I wanted to see how it works." St. Louis Republic. MATHEMATICAL SIGNS. The I'rocem hy Which the Familiar ChnrnctcrN Were Evolved. The sign of addition is derived from the initial letter of the word "plus." In making the capital letter It wns made more and more carelessly until the top part of the "p" was placed near the center; hence the plus sign was finally l-ached. The sign of subtraction was derived from the word "minus." The word was first contracted into mus, with a hori zontal line above to indicate the con traction, which was a printer's freak that may be found in almost any book bearing a date earlier than the begin ning of the eighteenth century. After the lapse of a long period of time the letters were omitted altogether, leav ing only the short Hue so well known to all. The multiplication sign was obtained by changing the plus sign into a char acter resembling the letter x. This was done simply because multiplication is but a shorter form of addition. Division was formerly Indicated by placing the.dividend above a horizontal line and the divisor below. In order to save space in printing, the dividend was placed to the left and the divisor to the right, with a simple dot in place of each. The radical sign wns derived from the Initial letter of the word "radix." The sign of equality is said to have first been used In the year luoT by a sharp mathematician, who adopted it as a substitute for the words "equal to." HACKNEY COACHES. They "Were Fir.it Cued In London In the Seventeenth Century. In a letter dated April 1. 1U39. Mr. Carrard. writing to the Earl of Straf ford, says: "Here Is one Captain Haily. lie hath been a sea captain, bt now lives In London, where he tries experi ments. He liath erected according to his ability some four hackney coaches, put his men In a livery and appointed them to stand at the Maypole In the Strand, giving them instructions at what rate to carry men Into several parts of the town, where all day they may be had. "Other hackney men seeing this way. they docket! to the same place and per formed their journeys at the same rate, so that sometimes there are twenty of them together, which disperse up and down." Citizen shopkeepers bitterly com plained of this, saying: "Formerly when ladies and gentle men walked in the streets there was a chance of customers, but now they whisk past In the conches before our apprentices have time to cry out. What d'ye lack?' " The word cab. a contraction of cabri olet, was not used until 1S2H. THE WORD PICNIC. Many Theorien n to ItM Origin. Whieh 1st Uncertain. The derivation of the word picnic Is uncertain. In London Notes and Queries of 1S."3 attempts were made to trace its origin. One correspondent says: "Under a French form tiie word appears in a speech of Robespierre, 'C'cst Ici qn'il doit m'accuser. et non dans les plques nlques.' An earlier instance occurs in one of Lord Chesterfield's letters, dated October. 174S." Another writer of the same date tries to trace the word through France Into Italy. Starting with the assumption that pique-iiiqtie in French Implies a party tit whieh each guest provides some particular dish or perforins some special duty, he finds the Italian ex pressions nicchla (duty) and piccola (a trifling service), and from these he coins piccola nicchla (picnic.) A French encyclopedia. 1S43. has It that the word Is compounded of the simple Englis?- pick (to choose) and nick (in the nick of time, on the spur of the moment). In France the term is also used for Indoor picnics. THE FIRST HENCHMEN. They Were Younsr Xoble.i Who Acted an Pnse to the Ivinsr. Skeat derives the word henchman from hengstman (Anglo Saxon), horse man, groom. It Is probable that hench men were In the first Instance young nobles who at state ceremonies attend ed on the king as mounted pages. History speaks of these henchmen in this capacity, for we read that Henry, VI. had three and Edward IV. six of them. We find, too, that they were mentioned In the royal ccremouics as belonging "to the riding household" nnd took part In tournaments. The Inst time "henchman" Is men tioned In connection with the court Is In the reign of Henry VIII., nnd grad ually It came to mean an ordlnnry page. The word Is used by Hen Jon son and Shakespeare lu this sense. In an English Journal of April G, 1S01. a Mr. W. Henchman claims that his family took their nnme from words spoken by Henry VII. to an ancestor In the hunting field, who had ridden lis his page throughout an arduous day. "Crossborough." cried the king, "thou art a veritable henchman'" PRESS ASSAILS THE KAISER. Roundly Denounced Because of Friend ship Toward Americans. Herlin, July 12. A large number of German papers. .10G In all, have print ed protests against the favors shown to the-' Vanderbilts, the Goelets and other American millionaires during the Kiel regattn. The report that the Vanderbilts are proceeding north on their steam yacht in company with tho Hohenzollern. on which the kaiser will make his trip to Scandinavia, ia sure to cause a fresh outbreak along this line. The Morning Post contrasts in fierce terms the knlser's neglect In not re ceiving the deputation of derman Southwest African colonists with thia favoritism shown the Americans. The paper says: "If the kaiser has time to concern himself with American money bags, he ought to have found time to devote to tho misfortunes of Germans In Af rica." The article is so bitter that It is e.v pectcd lese majeste proceedings against the paper will result.