BA2fI)(L JIKCOKDKI!.
WHEN STAMPS WERE NEW.
Truuhlr In tJcttlnir IVople Stick
Them on the Kit elope.
"WIioji postage stamps Irst came In
to use." said a veteran postal clerk,
"the public didn't know h to handle
them. You ivmei iber how, when tea
and coffee first appeared anions us. Un
people tried the le:i leaves and the eof
fee berries and served them with salt
and pepper? Wc.I. the people treated
their stamps as absurdly in ISM.
"Some tlksAvo,! put the stamps in
side their letters, out of sight. Hero
Is the official notice that we issued to
Btop that practice."
The clerk took from the drawer an
ngeti bulletin that said:
"The stamps uikhi all letters and
packages must be atlixed on the ou
side thereof ami ntwve the nddre.
thereon."
He put back this bulletin ami drew
forth another one.
"People would pin the stamps on
their letters instead of gumming tliein
lie said, "and when they did gum them
thev would not do it right; lience thi
Feeond bulletin." ami he read:
"Persons posting letters should af
fix the requisite iiuiiiIkt of stamps pri
vious to depositing them in the letter
receivers, as when ttostcd in a damn
state the stamps are liable to rub of.
and thereby cause the letters to bt
treated as unpaid. Ho not pin on the
stamps.
".Still." said the clerk, "the publh
didn't understand. Think of it it
didn't understand the simple matter of
sticking a postage stamp on letter.
So we pot out a third bulletin."
The third bulletin, in hip, impatient
letters, said:
"The simplest mid most effect ua
method of causing stamps to adhere
firmly is first to moisten well the out
side of the stamps and afterward the
gumuiod side slightly, taking care not
to remove the pum."
The clerk said that a philatelist hat
offered him $1" apiece for thoe three
queer bulletins. Inhesion Tribune.
POLLY ml
A CASE OF LUCK.
tie every 111111 1 It, the importance of
taking this Men would be made verv
! plain to you by visiting the poorhoiise "'" ll"' .! of a Mckcl Won n
and other institutions whore people
NEW SHORT STORIES ; CHOICE MISCELLANY
COTTON SPINNING.
The Scheme liy Which a Workman
Kept III liobhiiiH Clean.
The father of the famous Sir Bobert
Peel was a cotton ;innor in a com
paratively small way until he sudden
ly went straipht ahe.d of all his com
petitors. The earliest cottou spinning
msn-hinery pave serious trouble
through lilamcttts of cotton adhering
to the bobbins, thus Involving frequent
stoppnpes to clear the machinery. The
wapes of the operates were affected
by these deiays. but it was noticed that
one man in the work aiways drew full
pay. His louiu neer stowed.
"The onlooker tells n.e otir Itohbins
are always clean." sa.d Mr. Pcvl to
hiui one day.
"Aye. they 1r" said the man. whose
name was I tick Ferguson.
"How do you manage it. Hick?"
"Why. you see. Mesier Peel, it's sort
o' secret! If 1 tovv.l yo yo'd be as
wise as 1 am."
"That's so." sakl Peel, smiling in
response to Mick's knowing chuckle.
"I'd pive run something to know.
Could you make all the looms work a--smoothly
as yours':"
"I very one of 'em. mesterr
"Well, what shall I give you for your
secret. Did:?"
The man smiled ami ntbI his chin.
"Well". Hick. wh.-.t is ft lv be;"
"Come. I'll te.l thee." the re
ply. "CI me a qm.rt of ae ivety day
as I'm in the mii.s ami I'll teil thee
all alnnit it."
"Agreed." sakl t!.e master.
"Well. then." returned hick. tHckoti
inp Mr. Peel to come eh. r and let him
whisper in bis ear, "ehaik yuur bob
bins:" That was the entire Hcrt. Ma
chinery was soou invented for dial:;
ip the lobt!ns. :.ik1 MI k l'ergu-.n
was given n j-ii-i.n eua! to many
daily quarts of beer.
The pnldcii rod is lighting up the
country-side with its beautiful blos--oins
and hurry many of the people
win area trille belated in making their
trips into the country into going now.
It i the harvest season of hops, grapes,
melon, peaches and other late fruits.
Tlii al-o is n tempting inducement for
many people who were wise enough to
put oil' their vacation until the nun
rush wasoveraud families by tlie score
had hastened home to be readv for the
school opening, etc. There is no ru
01 summer visitors now, and they art
taking advantage of the lull to make
themselves comfortable and thoroughly
enjoy their outing. If the welkin rings
w ill. tlie song of the hunter or his met
ry u hitle as he goes tramping throuph
the del w foliage after game, and if tlu
report of hi trustv rille goes echoing
through the canyons soundinp tin
death-knell of the graceful, llect-foote
deer, there is uobodv to sav him uav
He i.- as five as the golden-tliroatei
oriole that pours forth his melodies in
tile tree lp, and when he tires of tlu
tramping among the hill- all that hi
ha to do is to cast his line in some sil
verv brook that goes singinp on its
way and catch enough speckled trout
for .: good meal. This is one of tin
most deliphtful seasons of the vear for
an outing, and Polly is not the only
out-who lias discovered this, for on a
'tvent trip over the California North
western Uailwav, I found the cars
crowded with many summer tourists
and others who were just going for
their regular summer jaunt into the
country, and had, through preference.
put otl' their trip until Indian summer,
when the corn i- in the tassel and roast
ing ears are ripening under the warm
ray ,(f the sun. They like the soft
ha.e that appears in tlicatmopheieand
the glint of the sun-burned hills shin -
niering through the green of the trees
a tiie brandies swav pentlv in the
wind coming direct from the 'Voim
of the southwestern pod," a the Indi-
uis are pleased to believe. The call of
the quail to itsanweriug mate and the
eMiup of the wild doves as they hurry
to hide in the tangle-wood and t li
11 terry eartl of the meadow lark, are all
nn'!!y and mote appreciated than an
ojK-ia would U Nature is at its best,
iltiiough the freshness of the spring
verdure is gone and there is everything
to allure one to the country when the
golden rod :i pi tent's to lipht Us on the
road.
who have lived out their Usefulness and
haven't a cent to bless themselves with,
von would soon find by listening to the
various tales of woe that were poured
;)! 1'u.viiiK I'oxition.
Little Mrs. Tvler sighed as the trol
ley car whizzed past her.
"To think," she mused, "that I should
have come to this -too poor to spend
ft cents for car fare! If I could only
A PAINTER'S ARTIFICE.
The Secret if tlu- Color In One of
Turner I'ici 11 res.
The late Mr. Horsbv !:. A., has re
corded that at one time ':. stu-iie.1 :,
niost dally . of Turner's : nest water
colors, call"! "Tin Suowdoii l: ui "
admirlttp especially the tempi' x.ir'iuh
of the liht clouds eiiciri-lmp the m ti.
He tried all sorts of glasses to see if
could discoter hw the p-irlictilar glo.v
was pained, but without smvess.
ClntiK-e reveabil the s.-.-r,;t. The pic
ture hetaii to bu.-kle from its inotllit.
and its owner. Sir .Seymour I laden,
put It into the hands of a tinted exjMrt
to he remounted. When he had suc
cessfully reno ed it from ifso'.d mount
the expert sent for the owner to show
him what he had diseocred. A circle
of orange ermihon had lwti plaster.-.
on the back with an ivory paloMe knii''
where the sirtist wnntol the effect atid
then worked off siulieieiitly far throuph
the pores of the previously welted pa
per to pive 1 he show of color, while re
tainlnp the smooth surface, without a
trace of workmanship 011 the riuht
side.
This may have led Mr. Ilorsley him
self to use. as he did. brilliant oranpe
ns the foundation for a white muslin
dress.
I would like to impress upon every
oy andpirl and every man and wom-
ui in the Iaijd the necessity of put-
tinp by some of their earnings every
iiamth. "Put," says someone, "Polly.
the amount is so little that 1 could put
iy that it would not amount toapiva
leal a l the end of the year; in fact, it
would not be worth the trouble," ami
ipht here is where so many people
hinder. The dimes, miarters and oc
casional dollar, are not worth Itotlier-
imrnlKHit. That is a fatal mistake and
ne that luisjbceii made many, many
times In-foiv j the expression to the
thotipht was' piveii. Mverv nickel.
very dime counts, and once you have
accumulated a few dollars, voii w ill find
the temptation to spend every cent you
i:ot gradually disappearing, and you
will think twice before von break a ti vi
dollar piece ami will do without many
trivia! tilings that heretofore you ha
lieeli iiiditlping yourself in and which
were eiuiivlv umiecessarv. Then vou
will retilie for the tir.st time how fool
isit vou have kjeen in losing sipht of tin
fact that ceittg made dimes and dime-
dollars.
forth intoany .sympathetic ear that the get more music scholars! Then Bob
cause of their being in a public institu- could have the beefsteak and the fruit
tion of the kind that thev must hence- he needs -dear, patient Robert!'
forth call bo until il.,.ir .i.....n,...J Time was when Frederica Fechner's
came to m bene us 1 i.ir i,!..i.iiii v 1.", piano playing had won her many u so
' cial triumph, but that was before she
.s.i,. nu n wiooc w neu 1 nev wore . , . . Ti n-..
. . . had married the penniless Robert ly
l,u " P""" 1 in'y ler. to beirin life anew across the con
not Uurowing trouble ami crossing tjIR.Mt. Now that he was sick they had
bridges before they got to them, had only the pittance her pupils brought
line positions with good salaries and her.
An Aivl,:inl Moment.
The late Sa.um-I M. .lones. the "Cold
en Rule mayor" of Toledo, was once
discussing, in a political address, awk
wartV moments.
"The most awkward moment I know
of," he said, smiling, "came In the ex
perience of a worthy old Presbyterian
minister of Columbus. I have heard
this minister describe the moment more
than once, and I am sure it must have
been very awkward indeed.
"It seems that the old gentleman
dined with a brother clergyman in the
country ami after dinner walked in
A HoNifltnl Timn.
1'nited States Consul Cuenther of
Frankfort writes that when the new
hospital in Vienna is completed It will
form a town of Itself.
The total area covered is S.-iOO.OOC
square feet, and there will be forty
separate buildiinrs. of which thirty-two
will be clinics or hospitals and the re-
FACTS IN FEW LINES
The zebri Is domesticated in e-.wt
Africa.
Decisive bottles have been won l)y
the aid of leather cannon.
The munlcipalit of Venice has re
solved to purchase electric motor boats.
A company has recently been organ
ized at R ndsburp, Prussia, to distill
the money they received sifted through
their Imudsas swiftly as the sand in an
hour-glass. Thev didn't look ahead to
the day that young men strong and
willing and thoroiiphlv up-to-date in
Today Mrs. Tyler was very tired.
No wonder she had sighed when the
car. had plidod past her. and home was
a mile away. .Strains of Handel's "Har
monious Rlacksinith" drew her inside
a music store. Music always rested
. 1. : . . .. 1 11 i
mis p.opus,sUlM)m won.i, woui.i waue j10r A j,irI wns 1)Inyng UI)0U n grand
up, grasp every opportunity that would piano, and several persons stood about
advance them in the world, and oiler Mrs. Tyler strolled their way.
to (ill their places: they never for a 1110- t Une after another took a turn at the
ment realized iloit ibeii- nositinns would instrument. I he newcomer was too
be declared vm.-.mmi in order to mvo MllU-l'stttl In phiylng to question
wherefore. Finally a man approached
her.
"It is your turn next," he said.
She was about to explain his mis
take when the humor of the situation
appealed to her, and she was seized
themselves penniless and a burden to w ith a desire to carry out the joke. Ac-
llieir friends. 1 lomeless and poor, and eordinfcly she took her seat and began
these wide-awake young men a chance.
The money was made comparatively
easy and went out of their hands much
easier, with the result that when they
had to step down and out. they found
the mends of other days when pros-
peril v smiled upon tin-in avoidinp
them for fear they might be called upon
to aid them to liml something to do or
ask them for a few dimes to help keep
want from tin door or furnish them
Paderewski's "Love Soup." She did
not know for what she was playing.
but she vaguely felt that it was a test
of some sort, and she threw her soul
into her tinpers. When she ended there
was a little burst of applause, and
wiiiv uuiih i.v o ia vtiiu u 1 wt. ioiiv.
w ith the very iieev-ssaries of life, they responded with Liszt's "Schubert's Ser-
were finally compelled to ask for a emule" and then with Chopin's "Cradle
home and shelter in the poorhottse.
Soiu
A sheet of music was placed before
her. and a laily came forward to ship.
If there was one thing In which Mrs.
Tyler excelled It was In accompani
ments, and now she did tier best. The
face of the man who had Invited her
ed about and finding out the shallow- to play was one broad smile as he In
ness of a fiieiidship that had onlv en- quired deferentially
1
huvd durinir tlu-ir in!HM'it Mill "Msiy 1
I t . --,.. 1 1 :.,.... .1
I,....., : nttf.i ,f Honor in iicnnuu ; iuu ua t; uimsuiul'u
n was t tie iasi mow. Here nicy nave
a pood home for ( he balance of the time
they are allotted to live on thi.-
earth. Apparently they are contented
for thev were wearv with hrinp butlel-
iV
mainii.p ei-ht will be dtotnl to offices "" '
and resiliences for the staff. All the Heep sea fish make their own light
clinics will have Hat roofs with gar- by phosphorescence and are equipped
dens, so that patients, particularly con- with telescopic eyes,
siiinptives. can be in the open air ns The value of artificial and chemical
much as possible. Each patient will fertilizers annually used in Italy is es-
have l.u::n square feet of space, the timated at SS.'Jf.O.OOO.
larpest proportion of space allotted to Kaskaskia. III., once the metropolis
a patient in any hospital in the world. 0f the west, has been almost swal-
A correspondent of the Frankfurter lowed up by the river.
t..l it... ..tit 1 A
.eniiiip says iii.il uie uiuiimie com Greirorlo At: nav claims to linn
will be from H 10.000 to $S.OOO,000.
The hospital will be on the "pavil
ion" or "cot tape" plan. Each pavilion,
with its sick wards, operating and lec
ture rooms, will form a hospital by it
self, and of these there will he eipht
eeii. flu hospital will have 2,300 beds.
The niapniticent operating rooms will
be of a new type. In the clinics for
infectious diseases the patient will be
separated from the professor ami the
students by a glass partition.
A number of medical students will
live in the hospital for the purpose of
ci.'se study and observation. The lat
est technical achievements will be util
ized tiiroiiuliout l In.- institution.
ask whom we have had the
TAKE THAT, SHE SAID.
the garden with Ids host till rather
late. The host finally asked him to
stay all niuht. ami he consented.
"They went back to the house to
gether to arrange about the spare
chamber and so on. and afterward they
' 1- ! Ill lie sltMI'K f II I 1 1 I I- Ilirilll-l
' I .1 II 1...1.I.11K Tim i1.i.i I (..!- ! n, if !. turn ilimlt 1 1 'il'ili.n
II i. - .1-1 . ll 1111. Ill ,111. Ill llv.ll 11J.114.II1I. i III; irillll. I i"uu iiiti'UM i mill , .v .... ...
oriilii sbniiliei'i m- mi ilieir lire.-ists .mil ''" . i I .
1 ic mwitt- vmiK " " ell.' sjiiil tlie host at ast. sun-
.1 I ... . . 1 I I .111-' T.II--II' I ' ,
llie i.lltcm lepelil having laiu llolh- -i v-l..,- l...l,o.1 t l.im In l.owiMer. nose we turn in. Vonder is the hall
ment; then she laughed and explained, way. Just u-o in there and hang up
Ho evnbiineil too. vour hat and wait for me. I want to
She had unw ittlnplv taken part In a speak to the gardener, and I 11 join
hip aside lor a ramv (lav when thev
were so aotimianliv aluc to do so.
I'heir advice to the voting business
an r woman is to save, for only too trial of applicants for the double posi- you in a moment.'
m
soon will they be called to step down Hon of accompanist for a singing mas-
ind out ami make room for tlieyoimp-
er pencratioii. 1 know of not him: more
itifiil and deplorable than for theaped
to be peiinilessaitd dependent on others
for their living. 'I'heir hearts arc sad
enough when that dav conn's.
ter and piano player for the music
shop. A salary was named that left
the little won. an nearly dumb with
surprise, so an ply it fitted her present
needs. She wanted to dance nil the
wav home. I .itipue was forgotten.
"I'm glad yen didn't ride." remarked
Robert Tvler w hiinsicallv.
BRIEF REVIEW.
Men and Clothes.
There are some men who look like
ready money w ith their dollies on, but
thev are pitiful spectacles when seen
lad onlv in a smile and a diamond
ing. On the other hand, there are
Oh!
cried his wife, and the ex
clamation was a
Youth's Companion.
thanksgiving. --
The Family Tree.
A pleasant pastime. Ilterallv, for
those who have no more pressing du
ties and wish to pet outside their en
vironment at least In thought will open
ui) before her who begins to mount a
men like unto Apoiio when disrobed uuwUy tree. Tracing one's genealopy
A Lifetime' ICntliiir.
Science Si; tings tells us that if we
could see the amount of fuud one would
consume In a lifetime pass U f re us
the slpht would be quite appalling. If
a man lived seventy years, he would
Polly liejinfln banker argue with
gentleman hv minutes over a two-cent
oslage stamin t he closing of a trans
action in which the gentleman hat
ju.st pjii'l thi'ibaiiker several hundred
dollars in whn-h there was a balance of
itisi two cents; At liiM tin gentleman
aitpiM'sed it was a joke and laughed it
off. but he soon discovered his mistakt
tin- liniikcr insisting on thai two-cent
stamp Iw-foie ;lbe business could be set
tled. 'M am In earnest, .Mr. ," lit
said. "P.v ukv taking care of the cents
you see w het I .stand to-day. I have
always made lit a rule to collect every
cent due me. The neglect of this item,
small a-it mav-iriii, is the undoing of
many a gooti man, and if he should
had lost by
cent?, that
were due Iiiur. he would be surprised to
-ee what a big; and important item it
was. I may tpear small and doubtless
1 do. I know full well that I have the
name of leiiig s'jujry :im dose. I ac
knowledge titbit 1 am and plead guilty
to tin-charge but no one can say that
I am so in my own home. Thanks to
thiselo.se figuring ami saving of cents
ami dollars, .all of which I learned
from my father who drilled his own
hu-iiH-ssniclhods into us when we were
children, I have been what the world
calls prosperous." The gent lemaii ac-
stop to figure I up w hat he
this neglect to claim the
consume during that time about loo l km.wledged the justness of the debt'
nod mid the stamp without further
words, but he looked the contempt he
fell for the banker, who was cool aid
perfectly ilidilfci'eiit.
who arc simply ridiculous when they
are "dressed up." A New York cor
respondent says he saw .lames .1. 'or
bett the other night in a hotel lobby in
New York, and he was dressed within
an inch of his life, lie wore the regu
lation evening clothes, but thev did hot
sit becomingly on his great frame. .i
the gymnasium Jim is a line -ighi to
liHik at. His skin is white as marble
and his muscles are long ami pliable.
If breechdoiits suddenly came into
fashion for evening wear he would be
right at home. This j- true nf most
professional athletes. That great bull
fighter, .M. Pobei ts, is a sickly, sallow
little w isp of a man in his street clothes,
but in the costume of a matador lie is
simply great. The acrobats who per
form in ihe vaudeville are mostly the
same. Clothes cover up their real per
fections and thev look awkward and ill
at cjuse in public place.-.
may become probably will become a
matter of absorbing amusement and
attention, for It entails a thread gath
ered up here, dropped there, a letter
to write, a book to read, a register to
consult. To the self absorbed, the
despondent, the listless, one may rec
oiiimeud tins diversion as certain to
suit even rather morbid conditions of
temperament, and yet as certain to
gently force the mind away from It
self to other persons and things In
opening up a wider and wider field of
reflection.-- Harper's Hazar.
(tiialut 1'rnyern.
"So the guest, alone, entered tin hall.
He groped his way. for it was very
dark. P.y the door stood the wife of
the host. She mistook him for her
husband in the gloom, and. taking up
a huge Piible from the table, she
brought it dow n across his shoulders
with a whack.
There,' she said, take that for'ask-
ing that ugly wretch to stay all
night. "
Senator Ditvi.s tlrn iiiImoiin.
Speaking of the LlkiSts Uii recalls
the fact that when they were little
fellows and Mr. Flkius wns conduct
inp (Jeiieral Harrison's campaign for
the presidency they astonished their
father one night by marching past his
house at the head of a jmenile torch
lipht procession, with banners and
transparencies bearing the portrait of
the opposinp candidate.
'Why. what's this:" exclaimed Sen
ator Klkins in a tone of amazement.
"Is It possible that vou boys don't
know what Ceneral Harrison
like':"
That's not Harrison's pictun
swered one of the youngsters.
malicious delight. "This is the ( 'rover
Cleveland Junior Campaign club, an 1
that's the portrait of our peerless lead
or."
'See here." roared the parent, "this
will never do. Hon't you know I m a
A Town I,ILe n Ship.
l'inpaiig is in the shape of a ship,
and the hum" anchor of stone Is erect-
a.ooo.hoo followers in his independent,
church movement in the Philippines.
Spider mothers remember their off
spring after an absence of twentv
hours, but forget them when a full
day has elapsed.
Canada pays to the British govern
ment one-half the cost of the main
tenance of the Imperial troops provid
ed for her defense.
A method of producing sleep and lo
cal anaesthesia by means of electric
currents has been devised by a French
physicist, M. Leduc.
It Is estimated that only about $&".
iH.mi.imio, which is approximately 5 per
cent of the annual income of our rail
ways, goes to foreign Investors.
The town council of Queenstown,
Cape Colony, contemplates putting up
e-1 outside the walls. The Koreans a plant for telephone and waterworks
have a superstition that if a well service. The estimated cost is neatly
should be dug within the city the ship $.'5.o,000.
would sink; hence all the water used From measurements made by P.
is carried for a long distance, and the Pachmetjew we learn that the temper
water eooly is one of the sights of aturo of an insect may be varied with-
this quaint, interesting old place. Not in wide limits without doing harm to
so very long ago the water was car- the insect.
ried in picturesque stone jars, but While the production of beet sugar
since that enterprising American con- has decreased about 13 per cent during
cern. the Standard Oil company, has the last two years, that of cane sugar
imionue.-d its oil into even the most has increased during the same neriod
obscure localities the jars have been about 1. per cent.
abolished and their places taken by
these ugly modern inventions of tin
with the addition of wooden handles.
Piiigy::ng is situated on a hilltop,
with a view for miles of the surround
ing country. At one end is the sacred
grove of Kitza. It is thickly wooded
and has a temple and several monu
ments dedicated to his memory. Here
sacrifices continue to be offered to his
spirit. The spot Is kept so sacred by
Koieans and Chinese that during the
Chiuo-.Iapaiiese war in Is-!) I the defeat
of Co ;' . mer is said to have been due
to the fact that they allowed no trees
to be felled on this ground, thus allow
ing the Japanese to effect an entrance
Ulipoiveived. Helen Struve Meserve
in I larper's Weekly.
looks
." an
with
chorused
crats.
us a dollar
a ml we're go-
Indepctiilen-t.
Pope Pius Disregards Custom.
Pope Pius is giving constant remind
ers of the fact that he intends to In
master of his own Innise, even though
bv doing so he up-ets precedent. The
other day he announced that he in
tended to have his sters j,, hinch w itli
him in the Vatican. Ah attending
dignitary pointed out in guarded Ian
gunge that such a thing had not oc
curred hi the annals of the Panacv
im-e the change in regime of the Ital
ian t ioVcriimelll. ills I loliuess replied
that in the past he had always enter
tained whom he pleased in his own
apartments, ami fie saw no reason to
change his habits. Accordingly 1 1 is
sisters lunched with him at (he tiim
set.
Bridqe Made oi Collins.
( ne of the most curious bridge-, ever
built was that made by the P.ritish
troops in lsiiti. They were marching
on Peking, but found their progress
nrrcd by a flooded river of eotisider-
il-le w idth ami depth. A timber party
was formed, but found nothing to cut
own or borrow suitable for a bridge.
t last a huge stoic of colhiis was dis-
oveied ill the village, and with these
the soldiers built their bridge and
crossed aliveovcr the receptacles for the
eail.
four pound loaves of bread a year, or
a total of T.oOO substantial loaves, of
meat ho would consume. If he ate at.1
beef, forty bullocks; of potatoes. ;m
average of 1NJ0 pounds per year. If he
ate only two cl-s a week, it would re
quire about 7.000 eggs to feed him dur
ing his lifetime; of la ami coffee on
an average a pint a .ay. or for a life
time about :;.L'L'o gall- is.
While the above incident looks na.
row ami altogether too selfish to be
thought of in this age of "hail fellow,
well met," it had helped this shrewd
isinoss man in building up a fortune
second to none in the town where he
lived. H
was generous with his own
Ilnril Hearted.
She After all. George, I think a pub
lic wedding would bf bettor, ife -Ani
give up the elopemeu? She-Yes. You t fs,,,,il.v "Ithmigh he wanted them ton -see,
papa has refus.-d u, lend us his r,M,"t for every cent that was expended;
automobile, so what s the use? Judge, j he was also lavish in his donations to
his church
Faithfulness In little things fits o:ie
for heroism when the great trials come
Louisa M. Alcott.
I tut going back to the subject of cul
tivating the habit of saving ever so lit-
Geronimo ami His Dauyhtcr.
( Icroiiiino, the Apache chief, at pres
ent living in t. Louis, i'- about to n
eeive a visit from his daughter, who
lives in Arizona. This will be the first
time lie has seen her since his capture
by the I'liiled States troops eighteen
years ago.
"Have you a coat-of-armsV" she in
quired. "No," he replied, "but I have
a forty-lmrse power automobile."
I VS. . . - .
The chief of the Leslies Is said tn uepuwicnn :
have prayed before a battle: "He on ar,- 1ut wu're ut:"
.!... t .. .,!.. , i the Fiklns Ihivs. "We're I icinocrats
vui .-mi-. ,o r-iti i i-.iiiiiu i: oil Dill I
cm.. ..e,i i..,- i.,. .. i.o ,...mi ...... like grandpa. He give--; us a
ai., ... .' .. ., 1111 . L II .-ll l
I ...i i. i.:...
tliae cares get a-hid n' that must w iicium er uc.-cv u,.. ,-.v t
please ye." An old covenanter, who in- 1,1 for :1 ' 'emocratic administration
rilh-d his household with n rod nf Iron ! "'01 tm"'
Is said to have prayed In all sinceri
ty at family worship: "0 Lord, hae
a care o' I Job. for he Is on the great
deep, an' thou boldest It In the hollow
o' thy hand. An hae a care o' Jamie,
for he hae gone to fight the enemies
o' his country, an' the outcome o' the
battle Is wf thoe. Put ye need nn
fash o' yersel wf wee Willy, for I hae
him here, an' I'm cawpahle o lookiu'
after him mysef."
ClireleNB of Honor.
Pastor Kneipp, the famous discover
er of the "barefoot cure." who was
appointed chamberlain by the pope.
cared little for the honor. He did not
even take the trouble to open the let
ter announcing the appointment and
first learned of the honor conferred up
on him by the arrival of a deputation
at the Woersihofen cloister to congrat
ulate him. He declined to be address
ed, however, as "monslpnore." It was
tvith difficulty that he was persuaded
to leave his retreat to po to Home to
thank the tope.
The Ulshop's View.
An English clergyman, the llov. Mr.
Fillingham. who has been making
spectacular and physically forcible ob
jeetions in New ovk to P.ishop Pot
ter's high church Methods of worship.
heard thai tl.e latter had in en to lb.-
circus and h.id pr.iis'd it highly, says
the New York Tin.es. "ll d.es not sur
prise me," said Mr. FHIingham. "1
should expect P.ishop Potter to take
the church to a circus." The remark
Cast your bread upon the waters, ami
you will realize how many people are
out for the dough.
A bookkeeper the man to whom
vou lend one.
Our I'nnny Done.
The "funny" bone, or "crazy" bone,
ns It is commonly called, Is In reality
no bone at all. but a nerve, and Its pe
culiar name, of facetious origin, Is a
pun on the word "humerus," the cylin
drical bone which runs from the shoul
der to the elbow, the ulnar nerve pass
ing around It.
The nerve Is here superficial and
therefore comparatively unprotected,
so that It may be easily compressed,
ami then a blow upon It causes a
strange tingling sensation In the course
of Its distribution, which is felt as far
away us the little finger. The humerus
has been the occasion of humor In oth
ers, for Locker wittily writes In "An
Old Muff," published about 1710:
lie cannot be complete In nught
Who Is not humorously prone.
A man without a merry thought
Can hardly have a funny bona.
I ie For .SawtliiNt nnil Slnlin.
"Nothiig al.oit a sawmill goes to
waste these days, and the economic
features are being constantly empha
sized." said ('. I. I tassel t of Atlanta.
'a. "Cor example, ten years ago the
sawmill owners would pile their saw
dust until they had a large heap, and
then they would burn it. getting no
return vhatcver. The most of them
now Ha've loiteli ovens tor drying the
dust, and they burn it in their engines,
making the refuse pay for the opera
tion. Still others have established pa
per mills and use their sawdust for
making paper. In the olden days great
lops were taken and squared, and
the slabs were thrown away. Now
a very thin slice is taken oil". Then
a l-ard Is sawed and edged, and in
that way hardly a perceptible fra ti n
i lost with the bark, and even the
bark has its uses." Louisville Courier
Journal. Mont Popular American In Loudon.
Not long ago her majesty (and the
king, of coursei dined with the most
popular American in London namely.
Ambassador Choate. The dinner took
place at lhe embassy, and it is said
that her majesty on that occasion
laughed more heartily and more co.i
t biliously than she had ever been
known to do before. Why'; "P.e-
eause. Mini my informant. "Mr.
Solomon Herliner, consul at Teneiife.
Canary islands, says: "I believe no
where in the world Is land held at as
high figures as here. Good land, with
water facilities, has been sold at $-I,Sl5tJ
per acre."
A collection of 3JJ.000 volumes on eco
nomics and finance, valued at JflOO.ouO
and considered the most complete iu
the world, gathered in Europe by Clem
ent W. Andrews, has been received in
Chicago for the Crerar library.
One of the popular errors concerning
the swift is the belief that it is a swal
low, and It is called the chimney swal
low by nine-tenths of the people. As a
matter of fact, it Is not even closely
relatitl to the swallows, being much
more nearly akin to the humming
birds and the goatsuckers.
As an evidence of the Interest and
earnestness of tin: Japanese people it
is customary among the tradespeople
whenever a family thatythey have been
supplying with the necessaries of life is
deprived of the father of the family In
consequence of his going to the war to
continue to supply all their needs the
same as before and without sending
any bill therefor.
Consular Agent Yensen at Bilbao,
Spain, reports that a very important
factor In the exportation there is that
of wine, which was represented in
11)0:: by li.r.Tii.TO'J gallons, mostly ex
ported to France, where It Is conven
iently elaborated and mixed with poor
er and pale colored classes. After such
manipulation it is re-exported to all
countries. Including even Spain, as
"Bordeaux."
In U'rl'2 a party of English adventur
ers direct from New England attempt
ed to settle at Oyster Bay ami actually
purchased the land from the Indians,
but the Hutch drove them out. Even
tually a compromise was made, and the
Hutch and English divided Long Is
land between them. The first perma
nent settlement on the site of the pres
ent village of Oyster Bay was then
made in Uto.".
J. E. Manix is thirty-eight years old
and a native of Northampton. Conn.
At fourteen he swept the floor of a
small retail store in that town and
choate is the wittiest ami most bril
liant uve:s::tionaist among ail the made himself generally useful at ?" a
diplomats in London. Moreover, Choate week. I'p to about ten years ago he
looks just like a Britisher. As a rule was a clerk of the Edward Malley
an American is as easily distinguished company of New Haven. Today he is
from an Englishman as chalk from president of a company that represents
cheese. This is not so, however, in
the ease of Choate. who In appearance
far more resembles John Pull than
you know.
was reported to the bishop, who of Ctuie Sam
fercd a mild observation in reply. "Bet
ter Uo as I do. take the church to the
circus, than do as my brother Filling
ham does and raise a circus in the
church."
twenty sl inch umbrella which will
fold up. fr.it ue and all. into a little ease
Dournm Deiliicl. j to be carried in the pocket. The han-
The late Miss P .s;l DehnomVo. the ,le and all the ribs consist of tine ami
owner of the famous New York-restatt- j x,.ry strong steel tubes In sections,
rant, was all her life fond of children, j Which telescope one inside of the other.
Children knew Miss Helmonico Th,. ovritiu is .f viry liin silk, wliit-li
Aunt Itosa. and they delighted to visit l;liu.s UI, but mile r-.otn. The wooden
her, says the New York Times. j handle of the umbrella is hollow and
One day the good old lady was glv- receives aM the rest of the telescoping
ing a little girl some etymological In umbrella rod when shut up. A small
structlons. The word "dogma" came ai.,i n-ht case, not too big for the pock
up, and Miss I'eltnonico defined it and ,.t. is provided to contain the whole,
then bade her pupil to use it in a sen ' which is thus secured from irregular
j borrowers and the perils of exposure
which alwas attend its use.
! - -
; A Unity I'roblem.
A benevolent society in Baltimore
has Interested itself In promoting the
forty-two large retail stores which do
an annual business of $30.0H.0O0.
There are beetles in England iof the
family known to scientists as telepho
rlde) that are popularly called soldiers
and sailors, the red species being
called by the former name and the
Miiimaio!is genius has Invented a blue species by the latter. These bee-
He's jolly well liked here.
Leslie's Weeklv.
A Pocket I iiihrelln.
tence.
The pupil, after a little hard thought
composed around the word "dogma'
the sentence that follows:
"The dogma had live little puppies."
The Craiy Mnu'n Iilen.
The late Maurice Barrymore one day
I.uck.
Persons who believe In luck and
signs will doubtless agree that it Is un
lucky to be struck by lightning on
Monday, or take hold of a circular saw
In motion on Tuesday, or tumble down
stairs with a coal scuttle on Wednes
flay, or be hit by a trolley car on Thurs
day, or fall overboard on Friday, o:
marry on Saturday, or be one of thir
teen to filmier on Sunday when there
Is food for only ten.
use of pure milk and states its purpose
iu a circular which savs. "It is the
accosted a iiloomingdale patient who u.ish lllt. ,nls.w to re:u.h tlH.
was exercising with a wheelbarrow on .rvf,, infants with this milk entirely
the lown, says the New York Times. 4.x,.lusivelv through the plivslcians
"Why do you have your w heelbarrow .lU)l ,jspensaru..s of thIs dlv; The
turned upside down?" asked the actor. Hu,r.lIo rointnerclal would like to know
"Because I am crazy." replied the pa- nw ,,. g0O)I or ,lost,rvlnj, b:ll,ios Jir(l
ticnt. "If ! turned it up the other way jli:,th,.,nisi:I.u frm the bad ones. How
they might ,;.I1 if with bricks.
I'rolltaltle.
"Hid you feel cheap w hen you found
out that the count your daughter want
ed to marry was an impostor':"
"Cheap? I should say not! It was
a half million clear profit to me."
Exchange.
He (.'live It I'p.
Mrs. Ileupcck I've often wondered
what first attracted you to me. What
Is the eligible list to be made up?
The Gentle Art.
Visitor (to particular friend, who has
had several new dresses laid on the
bed to choose from) I do wish you
would tell me the name of the woman
you sell your things to. I've got a lot
of old gowns like these that I want to
get rid of. Punch.
The Sword.
A sword Is out of place In time of
was It about n.e that made you want peace, and It is of very little conse
to marry me? Iloiipock I give It up. , quence In time of war, except to adorn
I never was good at riddles. Chicago a big general or a lodge man in a pa
Journal. , rade. Atchison Globe.
ties are among the most quarrelsome
of Insects and tight to the death on the
least provocation. It has long been the
custom among English boys to catch
ami set them fighting with each other.
The cost of the acquisition of vast
territory by the I'liltcd States is given
In the following list: Louislin.i. $1.",
POO.Of); Florida. r.MX).MH; Texas $1S.-.-,00.000;
California and New Mexico.
$ir..tM.M.oX; Arizona. Slo,0u.00. Alas
ka. $7.1,.-0.000; Philippine Islands. S'JO.
OOO.ooo; Panama canal. 10.000.000:
Panama canal strip. $10.0)O.W: total.
$l-lo.7r0,000. In addition the United
States when It annexed Hawaii as
sumed a debt of $-1.000.000.
English historic oaks are with every
great storm diminishing in number.
Humorey's oak. In Dorsetshire. 'J.000
years old, disappeared from this cause
in 1703. Wallace's oak. at Ellerslle.
was 700 years old when it was blown
down some fifty years ago. They still
have, however, the Cowthorpe oak.
near Wetherby, In Yorkshire, estimated
to be over 1,600 years old. and William
the Conqueror's oak. In Windsor Great
park, has attained the ripe age of l.'Joo
years.
Overdone.
Jasper I often wonder why Jenkins
Is not more popular, for he Is the most
polite man I know. Jumpuppe That
Is Just the trouble. He Is so confound
edly polite he leaves the impression
that he wants to borrow money .Town
Topics.
Sometimes.
"My husband Is a fatalist. Fie al
ways maintains that men are not free
agents."
"You ranst remember that your hus
band Is married." Town and Country.