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In the Wake of
The Dory
•y GEtflE ROSENTELO
O .-- G
Copgrigkt.
IVA* bu the
N. S. ìlei ture Company
out lignin fur an
s< h<s>ners ami
< ther.
"By and by the men began to mur
mur «nd recall Di«-go’s death aud to
say that Felipe was unlucky. Father
gripped my hand.
‘‘" Almut dawn the Maxwells of Truro
came In. towing u dory after them. It
w as Felipe's and eispty.
“At the bottom of their boat lay Fe
lipe. stiff and half frozen with cold.
They had found him out at Uen, ding
Ing to bls overturned dory. But Car
los—Carlos was not there.
“When he told us bls story he said
that they had taken a second great
catch and the boat was too heavy. A
storm came up. and a sudden gust of
wind- keeled her over, and Carlo»* was
drowned.
"Don, Felipe murdered Carlos and
then tipped his boat over to pretend,
And now you—you want to go with
him. Y’ou have money for nets and
money for your dory. Take your own
partner and leave Felipe alone.”
"But all my money he got in the
nets. And your father he say, ‘The
man “that marry my gel he must have
the confidant of her fours, but be could
be reckoned aa nobody for all be would
tell.
Louis was a widower. His wife bad
died In the summer, aud all that win
ter he used to take Joe, his only child,
and leave liim with Nita when be went
away, so the friendship between tbetn '
seemed natural.
To Louis «tie confided her suspicions
aud showed him the veritable boots
which were supposed to have drowned
Diego, aud all that season Louis' boat
would follow Don's, and he would fish
close to the strangely* assorted part
ners.
,
Louis had no partner and pretended
to Dou that he wauted to stay close to
him Lu case of a big haul which be
could not manage.
Don was willing, but Felipe thought
It spoiled their chances. However, as
the season was good the plan was car-
ried out, and Nita felt that to this fact
she owed the safety of her lover.
ON, you must not go with
Felipe. You know there in
danger."
"That makes not’Ings. We
all go out every winter«, but we don’t
never all come back."
But what «hall 1 do—If you don’t
come back?”
"You? You .get’nother feller. Diego
was you feller, and when be went out
with Felipe and fell overboard you
took Carlos, and when Carlos he make
partner with' Felipe and got drown In
the storm you took—me. Now I go
[ to be continued .]
with Felipe, and I go down, and you
get ’bother feller. Maybe you take
PEARL FISHERIES.
becm. He t’ink you ver* tine gel.”
The young Haberman turned as he
How the tiema trr Obtained and III«-
si>oke and glanced at the girl s«*ated
pUNeci of In Ceylon.
beside him on the dock.
Since Keats told how “the Ceylon
To look at the dark beauty of the
diver held his breath and went, all
woman's face, at her deep brown eyes,
naked, to the hungry shark” many
her lustrous black hair and her glow
poets have exhausted the resources of
ing olive complexion one would never
their imagination In trying to describ«
have supposed her to be the daughter
the wonderful pearl fisheries of ('ey
of old Captain Rodrigues, a plain New
Ion. A few facts about them may be
England fisherman who commanded
of interest. If only as an antidote to so
the fishing tl^'t in winter and drove a
■nueb poetry.
crazy liarge for the tourists in sum
The pearl fisheries are the property
mer. Both site and her companion
were dwellers In the "Portagee” set
of the government of Ceylon. The
tlement which constitutes the main
divers are paid no wages, but receive
part of the inhabitants of the quaint
One-third of the oysters they bring up.
old Cape Cod village of Provincetown.
the remaining two-thirds being taken
Nita Rodrigs, as the townspeople
by a government agent and sold at
called her, was beyond all doubt the
public auction to speculative buyers,
belle of Provincetown and the model
who gather from all parts of the ori
most In demand at the old studio at
ent. The pearl fishery usually lasts
the west end. Nita could always get
from thirty to forty days, but does not
10 cents an hour to sit, while Rosa and
take place every year. If It did the
oyster banks would soon be ruined.
the rest only received the regular 5
cents. Once she had even had 25 cents
Sometimes several years are allowed to
an hour, but that was before she took
pass by without a fishery.
Don for her “feller.” Don would have
7he diving Is done after a primitive
no such foolishness around Ills "gel.”
fashion, and the stories told about the
Nita sat silent. She drummed her
marvelous length of time the divers
heels against the edge of the wharf
will remain under water are quite un
and looked down into the water that
founded. The record is 1 minute 49
ran inky black beneath her.
aeconds.
Don edged a trifle nearer to her.
The auction, which lasts for several
“He t’ink you ver* fine gel,” he re “ lie ain't yoln’ to be partners tn evert/- days, is one of the most Interesting
thing.”.
peated.
sights to be seen in Asia. ' The oysters
Nita made no answer.
$500 in the bank.’ Eef I bring nets sre sold in lots of 1,000, and of course
Don, huffed at her silence, withdrew and dory Felipe give me $500 for my the purchaser is buying "a pig in a
Ids encircling arm.
winter work and half of all he make poke.” There may be no pearls in any
“Yes,” he said bitterly; "I go down
over that. His nets no good, his boat of his oysters or the first one he opens
you take heem.”
bad luck. I bring him my boat and may give liim a fortune. This risk ap
To show his indifference he rolled a nets, and he give me now order on his peals to the gambling spirit of the
cigarette and proceeded to light It. As bank which 1 can cash 15th of April. orient, and pretty nearly all the races
the match Hamed up he took a look at First of May we get marry.”
from the Persian gulf to Japan are
Ids companion’s face. In an instant
"But, Don, don't you see that's an represented at the sale.
cigarette and match were sent into the awful big lot for him to pay, and to
The prices paid usually start low on
waters below’.
the first day. Then If the buyers have
you”—
“Nita! What for you cry? You
“He don't know we's t’inkin’ to get found pearls In fair quantities bidding
care!”
Is keen, and the prices jump skyward.
marry.”
Ills arm went back to Its accustomed
The girl glanced nervously around One year they varied from 15s. 4d. per
place, and the girl's glossy head was and then shrank away from her lov 1,000 on the first day to £12 17s. lOd.
drawn tenderly on to Ids breast.
er’s encircling arm.
on the second.
The girl’s passion broke out.
“lie knows it now,” she whispered.
It is remarkable that the fisheries
“You know’ I care," she said, “and "He's standing there watching us.”
are still so profitable, for there are
you know how I bate Felipe and how
Felipe came up behind them. lie historical records that they were work
I fear 1dm.”
was a thin, sallow man, with beady ed there 300 years before the birth of
"1 never guess that,” said Don. Nita black eyes.
Christ, and it is impossible to say how
withdrew from his embrace.
"Enjoyin’ the night?” he said in a many years before that date.
“If 1 believed you were us dumb as soft southern voice which for all Its
that, I’d—I’d— Oh, don’t you know sweetness gave the listener an unpleas
THE FROG’S SKIN.
what I’m trying to tell you? Felipe ant sensation. "Nita, your father ask
Remarkable
Manner In Which It Ab-
waids me, and I don't want him, but ed me to find you and take you home."
Rorl>g Air and Water.
he—he won't let any one else have me,
With an angry movement Nita sprang
The frog's skin is a breathing ma
and that’s why Diego died. 1 didn't to her feet.
chine. The supply of air is a neces
care much for Diego, but when he ask
“Good night, Don,” she said.
ed me I said yes, because Rosa said I
“Oh,” said Felipe, "is that Don,.my sary addition to that taken in by or
dinary breathing. The skin is most
couldn't be married before 1 was sev partner Don?”
enteen.
“Y’es,” answered Don and then add remarkable for its powerful absorp
"Felipe had just come from the Indie ed: "We begin our partnership now. I tion of water, due to the numberless
minute pores. He can soak up halt
isles.
help you-a take home Nita."
“The day after 1 took Diego he asked
“Oh, no,” said Felipe, with a snarl. his weight of water in an hour.
As the skin perspires quite as free
me. 1 told him I bad promised Diego. “We ain’t goin’ to be partners in ev
ly as it absorbs, we can comprehend
He laughed and went away, but Ids erything, and this is my job.”
look made me shiver.
Without a word Nita walked off by why contact with moisture is neces
"It was October, and we were to be his side, but the glance she gave Don sary. Besides the loss from evapora
married at Christmas. Felipe asked ns she moved away left a warm glow tlon there is the stopping of skin
Diego to be Ids Hailing partner. Diego In the young fellow’s heart that re breathing also, because the skin must
hud been going w’lth father and had to moved nny anger he might feel against be kept moist and soft to absorb fresh
air and give off used air from tho sys
bring seven nets and a dory as Ids Felipe for spoiling his tete-a-tete.
share. Felipe said he'd take him for
Nita did not vouchsafe a word to Fe tem. You have noticed the cold, clam
nothing if Diego would show him the lipe as they walked home, but as they my feeling of the skin of the frog
llshing grounds and our way of fishing. turned In at the white gate Felipe be when you have handled him. Th«
Ho father said go, and Diego went.
gan, his voice growing softer, gentler soaking of water Is the cause. If you
put a redhot iron on a frog's flesh he
“Why, Don, Diego could swim like a and more Irritating:
will not feel it, simply because of the
Hah. Falling overboard was nothing
“’Tain’t no use your sparkin’ witli cold water in hfs skin, which the heat
to him. And yet, one culm night, when Don. Y’ou belong to me. Your father
the boats were only a mile from the promised you, and I mean to have turns Into vapor, escaping under the
Iron, but If hot water be dropped upon
race, Diego fell out of Felipe's boat ami you.”
him he will Instantly jump from pain,
was drowned. Felipe said he had Ids
"I’d sooner be in my grave!” panted as it Immediately strikes into the skin.
long boots on, and they must have Nita.
This moisture Is a safeguard against
filled up. Don, Ills long boots were in
"I heard Don tell you you would
father's closet. Diego's body was nev marry him on the 1st of May. but It Is drying up, and there Is still another,
er found, and father swore at me when me you will marry. T.et me take my which is an Interior sack for storing
water, I.lke the camel, it thus keeps
I wanted to tell about the boots, be betrothal kiss."
a supply which carries the amphibian
cause he owed Felipe money.”
Before the girl could prevent him
Silence fell between the pair, both Felipe had thrown his anus iiliout her over many a dry place when It would
looking long Into the wuter below. and pressed his hateful kisses on her otherwise lose all its moisture and die.
Then Nita began speaking again.
lips.
More or Less Name.
"The next summer 1 promised Carlos.
Beside herself with fury, she drew
In the early days in California a
We'd lieen children together, and fa away and. forgetting all her fear, young German, John G. Almondinger,
ther isn't so young ns he was. Poor hissed through her cltncbed teeth, "if wishing to Americanize himself as
Carlo«! He knew I didn't love him, but there is justice In heaven you will 1» much ns possible, applied to tlie legis
be knew how I hated and feared Fe In prison on the 1st of May!" Am. lature nnd lind his name chnnged to
lipe. Felipe had been gambling with Nita flisl quickly up tlie path, close.' John G. Almond. A few dnys Inter a
father all winter and )>eruuading him the door nnd tsilted It.
man named John Smith applied to the
to give me ro mm. ratvwr w««
vs- wlMre which followed had been same legislature, and after reciting a
much In debt he didn't dare say no.
a happy one In Provincetown. Fish
Ho I promised Carlo«, and lie paid tip had Issm plentiful, the lionts had all long catalogue of the ills to which he
was subject owing to his unfortunate
father's debts.
r. w4:o vc.t ly common name, ire aaldro conrluaton,
-t'Wueu tie flsliina lime came round done wo!). “tv! ■>!! fb«
Felipe said father had promised to go forth had returned to It sale and “And whereas I have noticed that you
sound.
have curtailed the name of J. G. Al
with him as his partner. Carlos
Nita, however, had been most unhap mondinger to J. G. Almond end have
thought something might happen to
fattier, so he said: 'Cap Rodrigs, you py. Ism had Isen an busy thnt she not disposed of the ’Inger,’ which
had seen htiie dr noiliiug 61 liim, seems to be lying around loose, I re
stay home ' jus winter." Y ou <nn pm k
the flak ashore that we catch afloat. I whereas Felipe waa constantly at her spectfully request thnt tho same may
father's house.
be added to my name.” The result of
have paid your other debts to Felipe
Don was satisfied, however. The the ap[>eal Is not Stated.—San Fran
I'll pay this one. and you stay home
season
ha<
been
so
good
thnt
he
felt
cisco Argonaut.
anil look after Nita.' So Carlos went."
. The girt paused. Then, gripping her confident of obtaining a handsome sum
Snpvrfluon« qusllflcatIon.
wmipanlon by the arm. she continued In addition to the $■*«>>, ami he look.nl
' Who s thnt unhappy looking fellow
forward
to
Bittlug
In
Ids
own
home
In
la low. tragic tones:
over there?“
“Throe trip« were made safely. The May.
“That’s Scribblers. He writes for the
But all the sasie the winter was one
fourth the boats went out on a bluster
funny papers.”
Ing wintry night.' It was the 24th of long anxiety to Nita. She grew thin
"He doesn’t look aa though he had
January. The tioats were out all that and pale, and no one ever saw the any sense of humor.”
1»
ght
blood
mantling
her
cheek
unless
night and th« next day. The 2«’>th cams
"Who said he had?”-Cleveland Tlafn
—no boats. Rut nt night the boats be- It was Felipe, who would follow her Dealer.
«m to come In Such g catch had nev into qrtlet corin'rs around Wie house
er las'ii known. Ixniis, ths father of and call her bis little bride, Then the
In It Fnlaef
little Joe, made Pliwi with his catch. angry flush boded little good for
"When a woman comes down to
One after the other the tsinta came In I'ellpe. ’
breakfast late,” remarked the observer
Every fishing trip was a fresh tor of events and things, “and her hus-
until all were home b«t one—Felipe's.
The town went wllii that night. Every tnre to her. The neighbors grew ac- bnnd says, 'You've forgotten some-
one was rich. every pne was happy all casttmied to seeing Captain Rotirigs’ thing,' why is it she invariably puts
but me. I sat here alone through the daughter,.with Louis' little Joe at her her hands up to her hair?"—Yonkers
night on this very dock waiting, wnR side, watching for the "Ismts to come Statesman.
and sli|«.ln« «way ns Soon as Don’s
Ing!
“Father came to me after «while. dory was near enough to discover that
An -Event.
He had got anxious too. Then oge by two men wers In it. They wondered
“What makes you look so jolly, old
one a little knot of our men gathered sometime« wtether it was Jk>n or fellow V .
to wiiteti with 1» Louis came ami Felipe diA wiia-watchln* for. hut Nita
"I have just bought something for
told us lie had tstkisFwith P'ellpe and kept her own countel and told her my wife that *1 didn
_ ’t _ ive to take
Carlos. They had hail a gr»iato«iatch< business to. no ene--well, nut quite to back rfbd exchange.”—Chicago Jour
ami had sold It to <>i<a << the tramp no o» LouiSk Uttle Joe's father, was nal.
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WASHINGTON LETTER I WEW SHORT STORIES
(Special Correspondence )
Kyle Slept Well-
Dr. Wiley's “school of experimenters"
will be out of a job this winter. Such
was the assertion mad« recently by the
officials In charge of the chemistry bu
reau of the department or agriculture,
It was unnbunced some weeks ago
that the agricultural department would
■ndertake a series of experiment« with
cokl storage f<ssls and tlatt u class had
been ««-cured from the clerical force oi
the chemist's office. Difficulty was ex
periem ed In obtaining a cold storage
warehouse, although efforts were mad«
here,, in Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York. Fp to the present tlmt
there has been no response to Dr. Wi
ley’s efforts, and this. In addition tc
the fact that congress did not appro
prlate sufficient money for the venture
has placed the experiment proposition
behind all other questions of bureau
administration. Cold storage expert
meats will be taken up next year If a
sufficient amount of money is granted
by congress, but this year the experi
mental class will have a vacation.
Representative Kyle of Ohio is the
hero of a remarkable snoring story. It
happened during one of his campaigns
In But keyedom, says the Washington
Post. U<‘ found himself at the conclu
sion of a certain day in a small Ohio
town wlab'h had a small hotel for the
aevomimslation of travelers.
"Give me a room, landlord," quoth
Jlr. Kyle, "that is quiet. I want a
pl-u e where I can rest undisturbed.”
He was given No. 18, slept like a log
and the next morning descended to the
0 lice floor. He engaged the tiootblack
In conversation while acquiring a
■hlne. and that worthy observed In the
couis<‘ of a dialogue on divers topics
that "the man who slept 111 No. 18 last
night never ought to go away from
home, he snores so."
Tl e landlord, who overheard the re
mark, smiled broadly. The bootblack
Flan« For New Navy Yard.
It is the purpose of the naval author
ities to make Improvements at th«
Washington navy yard commensurate
with its importance as one of the best
big gnu factories in the world, provld
ed congress will be reasonably and fair
ly liberal In the matter of appropria
tion at its next and succeeding sessions.
In addition to the $1,080,000 Improve
meats now under way. Improvement«
I have been recommended for next yeat
amounting approximately to $3.000,000.
The necessity for the new buildings
and machinery at Uncle Sam’s great
gun foundry at the navy yard has been
apparent for some time In order that
the plant can keep pace with the de
mauds of the rapidly growing and
superb American navy.
The Machinist«’ Baud.
The Washington navy yard has a
band which is unique. It Is known as
the “Naval Gun F’actory Machinists’
band,” and Professor Charles F. Stan
ley, a machinist as well as a musician
of long standing, is its leader. He con
ceived the Idea of organizing such a
band last February and immediately
put the project on foot. Notices were
Issued and a meeting of those interest
ed was held nt McCauley’s hall on Cap
itol hill. By the middle of last March
the band was fully organized with thir
ty-eight placers.
Concerts are given in the pagoda-like
band stand in the navy yard every
other Saturday.
Campaign Carlo.tile«.
Hundreds of campaign devices -
badges, pins, pictures, lnpel buttons
and purses have been received at the
White House since the opening of the
presidential canvass. In fact, the pres
ident's mall Is burdened with all sorts
of oddities in the way of campaign
songs, political literature, poems, me
chanical toys and puzzles. As a rule,
the devices received are filed away in
the curiosity archives of the White
House, but occasionally an exception
ally meritorious one is shown to th«
president or given to his children.
New Flair on White House.
When President Roosevelt com
menced the activities of the winter
after his vacation a brand new flag
was hoisted on the White House by a
quartermaster from the navy depart
ment. Tills flag Is larger than that
used last year.
Work For Forester«.
Plans for the scientific arrangement
and treatment of shade trees in the
District, as suggested last spring by
President Roosevelt, have taken shape,
after a careful study of the situation
by Colonel John Biddle, the District
engineer commissioner, and by Mr. Gif
ford Plnchot, chief of the division of
forestry of the department of agricul
ture. The District government will
execute the plans, with one or two
minor exceptions.
Oregon Laud Cane«.
"FINK!" REPLIED MR. KYLE.
had evidently heard It from one of the .
other guests. It wasn’t long before
Mr. Kyle beard a traveling man ob
serve that he had passed a fearful
night.
"Why,” said the drummer, "that man
In No. 18 was a terrific snorer. He
never ought to go away from home.”
Going in to breakfast, Mr. Kyle was
seated at a table with two other gen
tlemen. The first asked the second
how he had slept.
“I never slept a wink,” was the re
ply. "That terrible man In No. 18 kept
me awake with his snoring. He ought
to go out Into the middle of a field at
night away from the stock.”
"How did you sleep?" Inquired the
first gentleman, addressing his question
to Mr. Kyle, as though the disturbance
had caused a common grievance for
all under the hotel roof.
“Fine.” replied Mr. Kyle, with zest.
"Where in the dickens were you?"
added his guest In great surprise.
"In room No. 18,” said the Ohioan.
Hugh Leonard, the polite, agile, en
thusiastic Instructor in wrestling at
the New York Athletic club, who
knows no Irritation and no fatigue, oc-
casioually enlivens a bout with a remi-
uiseence. Here is a sample:
Years ago, when Hughie was start
ing In to throw all creation, he attend
eil a little private “mill” where a pre
liminary feature was a wrestling
match lietween a Dutchman and an
Irishman. The arrangement was that
If either contestant felt himself ex
hausted he should cry out "Sufficient"
They stripped, got to work and
slammed one another about in fine
Btyle. Forty minutes passed, the Irish
man being the victim most of the time,
but never murmuring. Suddenly the
Dutchman, though the better wrestler,
relaxed his hold. Completely wlmled.
he gasped, “Sufficient!"
"l’egorra,” exclaimed the Irishman,
staggering to his feet, “that’s the word
I’ve been trytu’ to think of for half an
hour.”—New York Mall.
I.frklnir the Pencil.
The London Hospital In Its column
headed "Humor In the Wards,” tell" of
a laboring man, unmarried, well over
fifty, who was discovered mopping bls
eyes with a very wet handkerchief on
the evening of his arrival. No. be had
no pain, hadn't heard any bad news,
was not uncomfortable, but he had
never left home before, and he couldn’t
help crying! ’A laborer In London and
a bachelor! Be It ever so tumble. It
"wins the money" over, a hospital
■ward!*
AN INSECT MENU.
HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Bvarg l««aa T hvreoa l.oua Knowa
aud Ealeeaard «•» Bl>l. urea.
Fea«« «R« ■»'•«n« .4
M
. ««.
_ ti - tun» flbe
Here is u ty pical liisc. t i..«-.iu uf you to gj u^Mairs to bed. I t h •
wbi.'li no one u>wd be afraid to par O’«'l<H'k.
take. siuce every Item bus tieeii known
J.lttle CTarom* Wilt, mnmtna. It
and «-steemed by |ns«xt enters tor gen won’t 1« J j enrlhe up there.
erations past, it was served not long
ago. aecurdlng to Pearson’a Weekly,
Tommy (iifttv* rile «bower)—Mlbral,
at the table of a rich London epicure, may I go out to play now?
who is also an entliiisiaatlc advocate
Mamma Wbut, with those holes in
of ae luteetarian dietary:
your sins1«?
Green Caterpillar Soup.
Tommy—No, mamma; With those
Fried
"Uh Wood Louse Sauce
kills next door.
Curried Cockchafer«
Wa«p Grub« Bek^d In tin Comb
dtag R--' tie Larvae ou Toaat.
Moth.-. Baked in Batter.
Deviled Wlreworni«.
Grasalioppers au Gratin.
Mr. Ryder—Here, boy; I’ll give you a
dim«1 to hold my horse five minutes.
Boy All right, but youse’ll have ter
gimme de dime first.
The green caterpillars that compose
Mr. Ryder Can’t you trust me?
the soup feed entirely upon vegetables,
Boy Naw. Mebbe I won’t be hero
and mostly upon particular vegetables when youse git back.
most rellsln'd by man, such as cub-
bage and lettuce.
“Why should we say ‘Get th«ie be
In appearance the soup itself is not hind me, Satan?' " asked the Sunday
unlike clear turtle, while its flavor is school teacher.
delicious.
"To give us a chance to get ahead of
The locusts, which constitute the se< him,” repll«1«! the bright boy.
oud course, have, us every one is
aware, been esteemed by gortnands
“ 'I.ove thy neighbor as thyself,’ ’’
the world over and from the remotest rend the Sunday sclnxil teacher. "Now,
untiquity. "Eat ye the locust after his Nellie, who Is 'thy neighbor?’ ”
kind” is the Biblical injunction, aud
"It’« the woman next door who Is al
we know that John the Baptist is re ways borrowing things,” answered
corded as baviug lived for some con Nellie.—Philadelphia Ledger.
siderable time upon "locusts aud wild
honey.”
Nothin« I«» Him.
There are of course many ways of
It Is told of a certain New England
preparing them. They can be fried aft farmer that he one day Bet forth to
er their legs aud wings have been purchase a cow from a neighbor who
plucked off, which was, us a matter of hud one to sell. The negotiations bad
fact, the process adopted in this par reached a point where tho would be
ticular instance, or they may be pow purchaser had about agreed to take
dered and baked Into cakes or curried the cow when her owner said:
or boiled, turning red, like lobsters, in
“I really think that I ought to tell
the process.
you that this cow has on«1 failing. She
The wood louse sauce if properly Is all I have said that she was in re
made with fresh butter, flour, milk, gard to th«1 quantity and the quality of
pepper and salt will be found fully her milk, but I will own up that she is
equal to shrimp, which it much resem hard to milk because she is such a
bles In taste. Indeed the wood louse, kicker. You never know when uh«' will
although he Ilves on land, is first cous kick you over.”
in to that much relished crustacean.
“Oh, that is all right," said the would
Cockchafers, curried or otherwise, be purchaser. “You see, my wife does
are delicious it selected of a servicea th«1 milking at my place,”—Lippincott’s
ble size and plumpness. So, too, are Magazine.
their grubs when full grown. They
should then be at least two Inches in
SitcliN nnd Sise.
length and fat in proportion and may
be eaten uncooked, like oysters, or
stewed in milk.
Perhaps, however, the most tooth
some of all insect delicacies is that
which comes forth on our “menu of
the day," wasp grubs baked in the
comb. These grubs have been fed by
their parents on a saccharine fluid
composed of fruit and vegetable Juices
and are simply tiny balls of sugary-
fat possessing a flavor as exquisite as
it is unique. No one who has once
tasted them will ever again be sur
prised at tlie preference shown by fish
for tills particular grub when used as
a bait.
The stag beetle larva is of course
identical with the cossus, which the
old Roman epicures used to fatten for
their table upon flour and wine. The
Blxth course should be served steaming
hot, siuce there is no more appetizing
odor than thnt emanating from a
plump baked moth.
Deviled wlreworms are eaten in the
form of a paste, spread upon sippets of
Mr. Short- Are my sighs of no avail?
toasts, and taste not unlike anchovies
Miss Lengthy—Why, It’s on account
when treat«*d in similar fashion.
of your size that I refuse you.
Stage Ice Cream.
Foruot the Word.
Albert R. Greene, the special in
spector who had charge of the collec
tion of evidence In the Oregon land
fraud cases. Is here for consultation
with the secretary of the interior. For
two years past Colonel Greene has
been engaged In working up these
cases, and It Is believed that suffi
cient evidence has been collected to
convict the alleged guilty parties of ex
tensive fraud against the government
A number of men are already under
Indictment, and other Indictments will
Ronton People.
follow, with the probability that men
Itev. Robert Collyer, whose long and
prominent in affairs In the northwest successful ministerial career has been
will be brought Into tlie case. The passed chiefly In Chicago and New
trials will begin In November.
York, flnds the complete satisfaction
Walting Room In Monument.
of Bostonians In their city a source of
Colonel Bromwell, engineer In charge amusement. He says he onre dreamed
of public buildings and grounds, has that he was In the vicinity of the
begun the construction of a waiting pearly gates and saw two ladles ap-
room In the base of Washington mon proach. seeking entrance.
ument. Tjie monument Is very drafty
"Where are you from?” asked St.
in winter, and owing to Its construc Peter.
tion it hns been Impossible to heat It.
“We're both from Boston,” replied
Half of the space around the elevator one of the ladies.
shaft will be fitted as a waiting room.
“Well, you can come in," said st
The room will be heated and furnished I’eter, "but you won't like it.” A
with seats. The stone building some variation of the same anecdote is the
distance away, which wna built for a story of a Boston woman who had
waiting room, is not used much by vis pnssed within the gates and was tak
itors because It Is sofar away.
ing her first look around, _
More School« Needed.
"It is very nice," she exclaimed—
Washington has Its own problem be "very nice Indeed, but”—this with a
cause of the overcrowding of the pub Ugh—“It isn’t Boston."—Success.
lic schools. While the situation has
beer. teHeved, seme af t&a belMlcg«
«re seriously overcrowded. At the com
When Senator Newland« of Nevada
ing session congress will be asked to was debating his resolution to annex
appropriate for three new buildings Cuba ho exclaimed dramatically:
and for an addition to another build
"This argument furnishes every kind
ing.
»f fuel that eloquence needs."
Saf.sn.rdl«« Record«.
He sent down for the transcript of
Mr. Elliott Woods, superintendent ot his speech. Tho young woman type
the capltol, has awarded the contract writer who took the dictation of the
for the Installation of metal bookcases, stenographer from the phonograph had"
shelves nnd racks In the office of the made it:
recorder of deeds, to replace the wood
"This argument furnishes every kind
en work now In use. Ten thousand of food that elephants need.”
dollars was appropriated by congress
"I doubt,” said Senator Hale when
for the Improvements, the tern being he heard it, “If even elephants could
Included In the District app-»pr'atfon digest It.”—Boston Po«t.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
bill.
Hospital Hamor.
o
One of the foremost lawyers in New
York city licks the point of bls pen
cil whenever about to write with it.
The other day ft was indelible, and
his tongue was a sight to behold. His
friends were alarmed, thinking be had
met with an accident. "My boy does
It," he said. *T did It when I was a
boy. and my father and grandfather
did It. And tugrly every man of any
consequence of my acquaintance does
it nnd did It. Ticking the point’of the
pencil is one of the choicest of human
weaknesses.”—New York I’ress.
An amusing "break” once occurred
in a production of “Camille” at the old
Walnut Street theater In Philadelphia.
In those days sea island cotton was
stage ice cream. Just as molasses and
water was make believe wine sherry
or port, according to the proportion of
molasses.
Armand and Camille were at table,
where they had been discussing such
viands as these, and their dialogue was
making the finest sort of an Impression
on the crowd«*«! house. Enter a maid
servant with candelabra of the wab-
bllest sort Imaginable. The acene was
so engrossing that the mahl was hard
ly notl«?ed by the audience, but when
she had aet down the candelabra be
tween the unfortunate Camille and her
lover nnd one candle toppled over and
set the Ice cream In a blaze the nerv
ous Btrnin upon the house was broken,
and the entire audience burst into a
roar of laughter that brought down the
curtain.—Harper's Weekly.
All High« For Nettle.
Jane—I wonder how Nettle got Fred
to propose t« her? She certainly Isn't a
bit attractive.
Gertrude—No, but she has such tact,
you know. He asked her to lunch a
little while ago. It was only out of po-
litcin'ss, you understand. But in giving
the orders she managed to order Just
the things that Fred liked b«?st. Natu
rally, he fell in love with her on the
spot.- Boston Transcript.
Very I’nwoninnly.
“She plays golf just like a man.”
“Do you think so? I heard her say
the other day that her score was 75 for
nine holes.”
"I don't menu to say that she can
chase Colonel Bogey, but If she makes
a poor stroke she doesn’t refuse to
count It nnd Insist on taking the ball
buck for another trial.”—Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
In the Hotel Lobby,
"That's the great actress, Miss
Divorce In New Guinea.
Edythe Carrymore, who just arrived.”
There Is no need of divorce courts In
"Bet you it isn’t.”
New Guinea. When a woman becomes
“Why, I've seen her twenty times.
weary of her husband she simply What makes you so certain?”
leaves him and goes back to her moth
"Because she linsn’t four or five
er. When a husband tires of his wife measly poodles and a Great Dane with
he simply bits her over the head with her.”—Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
a paddle, and If not killed outright she
Is certainly made to realize that she is
An Extreme Cn«e.
no longer wanted. When a "divorced”
Naggsby—I believe you claim noth
woman marries again her former hus ing would disconcert you.
band rallies all his friends and con
Wagssby—That’s what I claim.
ducts a war dance in front of her new
"But suppose you were to see an ex
home. This ceremony, however, Is not pressman driving up with your mother-
sb ugly as It looks. Its purpose is not in-law’s tnink In his wagon?”
to kill anybody, but simply to satisfy
"Oh, well, I meant anything reason
the grass widow’s honor.
able.”—Baltimore American.
Sbe Got 1«.
Found Wantiiijr.
"What do you think of brass
"I must confesâ," said Maud, ¡‘that
bands?” aoked be, thinking of the free I am disappointed In Harold. He isn’t
eoncerts at the park.
n bl* origins! or <"i!clr ot repartee "
"Brass bands nre better than none?’
"How do you know?” asked Mamie.
replied she. contemplatively gazing at
"I said I co. fln’t express my feel
the third finger of her left hand, "but Ings, and lie didn't tell tne to send
what's the matter with a gold band?” them by freight" Washington Star.
- Fort TVor-th Reoo’d
Fen red the Raior.
She Never Forgot the Lost Five.
"How's everything?”
An Atchison man lost $5 In making
"Dull."
chnnge and when he went home told
At this juncture the man who had
bis wife about It. This linppeneil six Just come Into the barber shop for a
years ngo, nnd she has never forgotten shave hastily departed unshaven.—
It, often telling him what luxuries
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
they could afford if he hadn’t lost the
money. Lawt week their son dropped
Caogbt.
$2.008 In a poor Investment. "Don't
Rhe--You Impertinent man!
Of
say a word to him about It,” she said course I won’t let you kiss me. 4've
to her husband. "Poor boy, he feels
only known you an hour.
bad enough ns It Is."—Atchison Globe..
He—Well, how long must you Iqnow
me tiefore I can kiss you?— Yonkers
A Tl».
Statesman
Snappish Uncle—No, George; I'll not
not help you with a solitary cent. You
Too Tr««.
must paddle your own canoe. Despair
George—What can be more sickening
Ing Nephew But what with, uncle? than to see another fellow making love
Snappish Uncle- A skull, Just as I did to a girl? Harry—To see another fel
low making love to your glrL—Town
It Wa« There.
Topics.
Np. «rtsman (from the bog) -Confound
Acconntrd For.
you. didn't you say there was n sound
“Young Spendem Insists that he
txrttom here? Shepherd Zo there be.
matster, but thou 'aven't got down to doesn't care for money.”
"Of course not. He has none to care
nn yet! Punch.
ftrX—Detroit Free Press.
Too much sensibility creates unhap-
Tlie same thing over again Is better
pineas; too much Insensibility creates
than nothing —Dallas News.
crime. Talleyrand
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