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Mrs. Maguire turned to aid him in
his search.
“Confound it!” He grout* one heel I
iuto the.tlled floor. “If those fellows
had not come east when I did 'and
Insisted on celebrating my last bach
•Mr evening"—
Politely oblivious of the thickly mut
tered soliloquy and apparently satis
tied that the ladies’ waiting room was 1
empty, Mrs. Maguire untied and ab-
sorbedly fob led a large apron, evi
dently prepared to depart for the
night.
The strings shook in the hands i
which a moment later slowly unrolled
and retied it, her fascinated gaze re
maining fixed on the still swinging ;
doors through which her late com
panion bad passed. A gasping breath 1
rose in her throat as she saw them 1
WASHINGTON LETTER HUMCR OF THE HOUR CHOICE
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[Special Correspondence.)
Is lu-law Relation,
The president has practically estab-
llslied a rule that will interSBt tbose
members of the cabinet who are lu de-
luuiid for spe* limakiiig at public gath
erings.
Senator Cullom recently presented to
the president a committee of the Un
ion League of Chicago, who came to
»••cure the oratorical services of Sec
retary Hay on Washington's birthday,
Not receiving an affirmative response
from Mr. Hay, the committee Bought
to enlist the good offices of the presl-
dent in the matter.
The president frankly Informed the
committee that Mr. Hay's health was
aot sufficiently established to warrant
him in undertaking at this time labor
of the character Involved in the invi
tation of the Union League and said
that the secretary should nbt be asked
to undertake IL The president improv
ed the occasion to say that it was his
desire that members of the cabinet
should not be called upon to deliver ad
dresses except on occasions where they
might properly appear as public offi
cers.
There 'a a certain small lady In
Wushingliu who lias distinct and orig
inal ideas of her own. Nut long ago the
governess who presides over the nurs
ery destlales of tills young lady and
her even younger sister informed them
ttiat their parents were soon to cele
brate tlietr tenth wedding anniversary,
«nd the tots accordingly began to "save
up" for a present. When the auspicious
morning arrived Mistress Margaret
walked solemnly into the room where
her mother and father were sitting and
laid first on one lap and then on the
other the small packages that brought
their love and congratulations.
“This,” aald she to her father, “cost
75 cents, “and this,” she added to her
mother, “cost a dollar."
"But," the mother asked, “you don’t
love mamma better than papa, do
you?"
"Well, mumle, It’s this way,” ex
plained Margy. “You see, papa’s our
papa only by marriage, while you’re
our mumle by bornatlon.”—Lippincott’s
Magazine.
RS. MAGUIRE had been ab
sent from her regular du
ties for several hours to at
tend a christening.
It was almost her usual time for
leaving when she returned and, dis-
missing the girl who had filled ber
place, took u survey of the surround
itigs.
The waiting room was nearly empty.
At Mrs. Maguire’s feet lay a bundle of
rugs and umbrellas near a leather
portmanteau.
While she still speculated as to their
owner a girl entered with slow, weary
step. The rough material of her close
ly fitting suit, the heavy shoes and
plain sailor hat proclaimed her Eng
Huh nationality. The expression of the
wide gray eyes puzzled Mrs. Maguire.
The House of Lords t'pbeld.
" ’Tlsn’t trouble, exactly,” she solil
"Say, pa,” said little Henry, who had
Knooked Ost by President.
oquized while the girl sank Into a
It is reported that President Roose been listening to his mother and the
chair.
velt proved his right to the title of ex minister as they had discussed ono of
Whatever it was. a sudden radiance-
ponent of the manly art of boxing by the great questions that are always up
swept it away. She sprang up. In its
knocking down and out ail army offi for the consideration of the English
turn the flash of Joy was killed by
cer In n boxing contest nt the White people, “do you think it’s WTong to
some inner thought.
marry a deceased wife’s sister?”
House recently.
Mrs. Maguire, turning to ascertain
"I do, my child, I do," replied Mr.
Lieutenant Granville It. Fortescue Is
the cause of the nwlft changes, uttered
the officer in question. He Is a cousin Henpeck. “Even if there were no legal
a low “H-m-m" of gratification. “A
of Mrs. Roosevelt. President Roose complications to be risked, I'd advise
fine, clane boy,” was her mental sum
velt is gaining flesh at a rate not to trying some other family.”—Chicago
mary of the tail, advancing figure.
his liking, and he invited Lieutenant Record-Herald.
The young man took the girl’s out-
Fortescue to put the gloves on. The
stretched hand.
At the Fancy Ball.
young army officer accepted the invi
"There’s another train from the west
tation promptly, nnd the president and
due in an hour,” he said hurriedly.
his companion began punching ench
“Shall you wait for It?”
“I must. There Is nothing else for “H’as there any one ye wan lookin’ for, other with great vigor.
nirt”
The contest was entirely friendly,
me to do."
impetuously pushed wide again and but the president beume so earnest
“Do you—may I remain with you?"
Dr. Thorburn enter. The knowledge In Ills work that he dealt the army of
“I think you had better not.”
Her chin quivered like a child’s. At that the young men must have ficer a stiff right hand punch which
sight of It the man’s square Jaws were brushed elbows outside sent the blood landed squarely on the left cheek and
locked. Ills fingers tightened over hers in a tide to her heart. She went di knocked Lieutenant Fortescue down
rectly to meet him.
nnd out.
until the knuckles showed white.
“Maybe 'tls the worst day's work
The blow caused a slight discolora
“Anyway—1’11 come back.”
He
jerked the words out. “If I don’t find I ever done I done this night,” she tion about the left eye, but the Injury
you here—I know that It is—all right” said, trembling, "but I saved that little was slight and was a source of much
amusement to Lieutenant Fortescue ns
Mrs. Maguire looked from one white, gerl for ye!”
Ills eyes contracted. She saw the well as to the president.
tense face to the other.
Cabinet Dinners.
“H-m-m,” she thought. "He’ll come blood leap to Ills face.
"Oh, he was here all right enough—
Each cabinet officer lias been Inform
back, and if he don't find her ’tls all
the other fella,” she went on. "God ed by the president that he Is not ex
wrong ’twill be for both of them.”
"If”— The girl slowly raised her forgive me! Even though she was pected to confine Invitations for din
eyes. When they reached his, her voice promised to him, is It let her go with ners In honor of the president and Mrs.
that tipsy boy no older than herself Roosevelt to the cabinet circle alone.
stopped as If broken.
The guest list will, as usual, be sent
"Ruth!” The words rushed from him. I would?"
“Where”—
to the president and Mrs. Roosevelt
"Why need it be goodby? Why”—
"Oh, he’s gone!”
for approval.
“Oh!"
He took nn impetuous step forward
The matter of precedence in cabinet
There was no mistaking her ex pres
dinners will be cast to the winds.
slon now. A slow, shamed rod rose to toward the door of the inner room.
Holding it partly closed, Mrs. Ma Heretofore the secretary of the treas
her temples. His hand unclasped hers.
and, as if it had been her only support, guire laid a hand which still shook on ury would uot give his dinner for the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt until
she fell back Into tin? chair. Mrs. Ma her companion's arm.
“Don't ye ever let me be sorry for after that of the secretary of state
guire rose and, bringing a glass of wa
what I done this night, don’t ye!” she had lieen held, and the secretary of
ter, held it to her lips.
pleaded I ' fully.
commerce and lntior always was the
The man threw her a grateful look.
Ho too .lie hand In his. Mrs. Ma last to entertnln the president. Here
"Will you take care of her?" he asked
guire, looking deep into keen blue eyes, after these dinners will lie held In such
huskily, and Mrs. Maguire nodded.
She stooped to pick up the glrl’B bag saw the same steadfastness with order as best suits the convenience of
which centuries before his forefathi rs all members of the cabinet. The old
gage when he turned away.
Polly—The way
man looked at
“There's a sofa over there behind that hail faced death when they fought, custom of limiting Invitations to the me was positively Insulting.
covenanted and died among their cabinet circle brought the president
screen,” she said quietly.
Dolly—Did he stare at you long and
The girl rose and stumbled after her. heather clad hills. Her heart grew face to face with nine dinner parties insolently?
with the same persons each season.
With the abandon of utter weariness warm with comfort.
Polly—No. He gave one glance and
“You need have no fear,” he said
she threw herself on the horsehair
Proposed Memorial Bridge.
then looked at something else.
couch. Mrs. Mugulre gently stroked quietly. "If only my sister had not
General Humphrey, quartermaster
been away at her summer home, I”—
the hand nearest to her.
general of the army, Is a strong advo- ‘
Candor.
Mrs. Maguire released the strong cate of the construction of the propos
“There now,” she said soothingly,
"I understand that you went to Bllg-
hand,
to
which
she
had
clung
as
to
an
“sure, ’twill all come right, whatever
ed memorlnl bridge across the Potomac glns to borrow money?”
anchor, and almost pushed him from and the Improvement of the national
'tls, with the help of God."
"Yea,” answered the amiable but im
“If I might tell you”— Iler face her.
cemetery at Arlington, Va. Referring pecunious man.
worked pitifully In the effort at self
“Go for her!" she begged with quick to these subjects in a report to the sec
"What's the trouble? Have I ever
control, “Maybe you would know ening breath. "If ye have a sister-a retary of war, he says:
refused you anything?"
what I ought to do. In all this great married one—for the love of heaven go
"The necessity and value, from a mil
“No.”
country I have not—a woman friend.1
for her. And don’t ye see the little itary point of view, of a bridge at this
“Then why didn't you come to me?"
“The Lord help ye!"
gerl again till ye’ve got her with ye!”
place are moat nppnrent. nnd therefore
“Well, the truth is you’re so easy
"I catne out from England—to lie
She was forced to open the door wide It Is earnestly recommended that an ap that there's no sport in It.”—Washing
married.”
to make way for some belated women propriation be asked from congress for ton Star.
Mrs. Maguire waited, bewilderment travelers. His eyes went longingly to its construction at or about the termi
growing In her face.
the room beyond.
nus of New York avenue and Observa
Just Like n Woman.
"But If that was himself"— she haz
Mrs. Maguire drew him outside, tory hill, which bridge when construct
She (sentimentally)—Would you dare
arded at last.
calming lier tone to deal with mascu ed will not only furnish a direct route
anything for me, dear?
"Oh, no! That was a friend. Dr. line density.
to the national cemetery, but also be
He (passionately)—Anything, dear.
Thorburn. whom I met on board ship.
"Don’t ye see,” she said slowly, “that the means of direct and rapid com
She (rapturously)—Oh, what, for in
His father had been educated abroad 'tlsn’t easy all this la goln' to be for munication tietween the cnpltal and the
stance?
and was my dear father’s closest the little gerl—at first? Oh, 'tls the Important military post of Fort Myer,
He hesitated a moment and then-
friend at Oxford.”
light of yer eyes ye are to wan an Va., adjoining the cemetery.
kissed her!
Suddenly she sat up, her whole fig other. didn't 1 see that? But 'tlsn’t
Washington's Trees.
She (angrily) — How dare you? —
ure stiffening, a slow red dyeing her with sorra ye nor rne'll want her to
Two thousand four hundred and sev Brooklyn Life.
face.
look back on this day. Man, don't ye enteen trees were planted on the streets
“The man I was to marry has failed fear. She’s as Ime as u sue was in during the past year, and 1,759 trees
Something Sew,
to meet me or send me word," she said heaven with Maggie Maguire till ye were removed, leaving the total num
"Of course the novel isn't much, but
slowly.
come.”
ber of trees now on the streets of the
heroine is quite a remarkable
“oh. it is a Just punishment for al
•
•
• • District of Columbia nbout 88,065, an the
young person.”
lowing myself to be persuaded”— She
“Again?”
Increase of only 648 over last year.
"Indeed?"
stopped, choking.
The appropriation for the parking
The depot master looked at Mrs. Ma-
“Oh, quite out of the ordinary. She
"By the man that was to have met gulre over bis glasses with a ssu med commission, which Is practically all ex
doesn't once nppear In ‘a gown of some
ye?” Mrs. Maguire watched her close severity.
pended in the planting and enre of soft clinging material that accentuated
ly
"Well, sir, ye see”—
trees, was $25,000. For the present fis rather than concealed,' etc.”—Philadel
She raised eyes heavy with shame
"Last time it was a christening; now cal year $<30,000 was appropriated. phia Press.
and pain.
'tls a wedding. Evidently these young While the commissioners were much
“No; by his mother. For the past people can’t get along without your gratified at the Increase, they believe
Feminine Amenities.
.
year, since my father died, she has aid."
that a larger amount should be appro
Visitor—Your governess seems very-
given me no pence. She snfd that the
Mrs. Mnguire looked her superior priated for tills purpose.
good natnred.
little money I had would give us such fixedly In the eyes for a moment.
I<ady of the nouse—Yes, poor thing,
District Buildings.
a good start In this country; that Phil
"Mr. Fletcher, sir,” she said at last
There are at present in the District her father lost a lot of money, so I
ip’s life would be spoiled If I failed to slowly, “that's the truest word ye ever
of Columbia 46,648 brick buildings. took her as governess for the children.
keep my promise. We had grown up spoke F’
Visitor—Poor, poor thing. Isn't it ter
20,061 frame buildings and 14,361
together. I supposed that I wns In
rible how unfortunate some people are!
sheds.
honor bound to Cotne.”
The Mnnntaln Monarch.
The building Inspector recommends —London Punch.
Her face was dreary with despair.
Unlike the Jungfrau, the Right or legislation toward providing a board
Mrs. Maguire rose. Removing the
Reni
girl’s hat. she gentlv laid her head other European mountains. Including of examiners to ere.-nme and !!cen»e
Vesuvius, »liicu have neon conquered builders and architects. He also recom
Blinker*—Could you lend me your
back on the pillow, lifted her feet to
by the modern engineers and now wear mends that the present Are escape law racing auto for the afternoon, old
the couch and tucked the heavy skirt
the harness of a railway to or near be amended. It Is the Intention of the i chap?
up around her.
their summits, Mont Blanc Is an alwo commissioners to recommend this lat
Tooter—Why—er—yes.
"Take n nice little He down there
lute monarch, and no mortal n.av.aet ter ivgislatlun io congress.
Blinker»— Tukuas aw iuily. And, say
now f.„- yv:\-.df," zbe<aU soothingly. the
limit of its reign. The Goths and
—er—could you lend me the price of a
'Tls worn out ye are. and no wonder,
Army War Cnllegc.
Vandals of old. the armies, the tourists
with yer journey and this trouble.”
Regarding the Improvements In prog couple of fines or so?—Puck.
Drawing the screen completely round of today or tomorrow may pour down ress at the Washington barracks reser
through the Alpine dedles. but Mont
Tells Why.
the couch, she went quietly away.
vation. General Mackenzie, chief of
Aunt Julia—Why did you break off
As Mrs. Maguire reached the door Blanc through nil such changes Is mon engineers, says the present limit of
way a young man. scarcely more than arch still. Its snow capped peaks rising cost of the Army War college. $700,000 your engagement with young ifug-
a boy, his hat pushed back from a far above all else and the avalanches will be sufficient, though none too gins?
Pretty Niece—Because he got a fool
Bushed, damp face, came swiftly to down Its sides, more to be feared tharf large. Unexpected foundation difficul
ward her through the wide hall l>e any of Its other dangers, defying the ties were encountered In the buildings notion in his head that I Intended to
skill and courage of many a climber.—
yond.
for the engineer school. The working marry him.—Baltimore News.
Mrs. Maguire's eyes fastened on him. S. E. Illlles In Harper’s Weekly.
season of 1903, General Mackenzie
Misunderstood.
her lids narrowing liehlnd their glasses
says, was very disastrous so far as
To Work Is Honorable,
Lawyer (for defense)—Now, Fete,
until their grayneas between showed
market
prices
of
labor
anil
material
There has existed and still exists to
tell the jury all you know aboutkhose
keen as points of ateel. Probably
were concerned, and It was also found
never before In all the twenty throe some extent a false sentiment that la- Impossible to utilize the old buildings chickens.
Pete—I don’t reckon I will, boss. If
years of his weakly, dissipated life bor Is degrading or belittling. The con t» the extent figured on tn the original
I did that I'd go to jail sho’.-Phlla-
had he been measured as that shrewd trary Is true. An Ideal condition of so project
CARL
SCHOFIELD.
delphla North American.
glance measured him. Ere he had clety can come only wheu every mem
Slippers.
traversed half the Intervening dis ber of It recognizes that be is bound to
■nt Lived to Tell It.
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It is said that the woman who wants
tance Mrs. Maguire's Ups were closed exrclse whatever skill or strength or
t’pgardson -What on earth ossi you
in a straight line. When he reached faculty he possesses to Its full capac to have beautiful feet should never up like that old fellow? Been kicked
lier. the vague and vacant look which ity not selfishly or for the sake of gain wear slippers The moment the foot by a muís or run over by an automo
a Celt can put on or off at will had merely, but for his own hnppiness and is relaxed it expands. Now, of course, bile? Atom—Both. The one kicked
di'scendcd like a veil over her tea development and for the benefit of all. by this is not meant that a woman me In the way of the other—Chicago
And there should be no restriction on should wear, foolishly, tight shoes, but
tures.
Tribune.
• "Was there any one ge wgs looklo any one, either legal or social or a shoe that is a support and a trim fit
through association, in regnnl to his ought to preserve the shape and beauty
for. air?”
RIs Rapa. '
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He threw a glance at the elderly labor or Ita fruits. If by patient appli of the foot.
Elder—Bo you're to be married, eh?
cation
or
natural
endowment
a
man
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face apparently a* lacking in Intelll
Children like fun. but they cant little I hope you fully realize that It's a seri
possesses more skill than his fellow or' for it
jn tx»oks
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Ktulutloa of tbr Horse.
AdvitUi'i* *»i Mvdlval *»c|<‘ucr.
Thanks to the discoveries of the
American lint era lists, we i*ossess now
an almost complete series of links con
necting the small fire toed mammal of
the lower eo»-ene rucks with the win
ners of the Derby. Two or three mil
lion years come between the earliest
nnd the latest forms, aud the primitive
is so unlike the perfected animal that
no one would ever have supposed the
one to be derived from the other but
fur the finding uf tlie continuous series.
Flesh luterest has been given to this
subject by the recent researches of
Professor Osboru, Professor Ewant
and Professor Ridgeway. One of the
results of Inquiry goes to show that
there has been not one line of descent,
but nt least five, leading to as many
varieties. In this tale of development
the strangest feature Is the gradual dim
inution lu the number of toes until
we arrive at the preseut one toed ani
mal. The so called foot of the horse is
tlie single remainlug toe, so that. In
fact, the animal wulks, as the Cam
bridge Zoology says, on the very points
of Its Unger nnd toe nails, and It pos
sesses only one finger on each hand (or
forefoot) aud one toe on each foot, aud
yet "next to the wings of a bird the
feet of a horse are the most finished
organs of locomotion in the animal
kingdom.”—Loudon Telegraph.
T1W lut ? Fust mast* .
d Henry
Payne Ltd a friend in Milwaukie who
la a |i|i> si -lan and own* at^ X ra> ma
chin% say* lfc<- New Yo < Titres
"T|»e doctor," -aid th*' jate po-ttuia*
ter generul, lu relating th*' story, "was
interrupt«! one day by the Lurried en
trance uf a yuuug man. ‘Doctor,’ said
he, 'I have swallowed my diamond pin.
I wish an examination made.'
"Tlie doctor was not enthusiastic, tor
tlie young man already owed a large
Step» Toward the Ideal.
The dream of the ages has been of
tlie Ideal time when nations shall learn
war no longer. For the first time in
human history there is an organized
’effort in that direction, dating from
The Hague conference and the estab
lishment of the court of arbitration.
The fierce struggle in South Africa,
with its ghastly death roll and its
enormous financial burden, was an ob
ject lesson to the English people espe
cially and to all civilized nations in
general. The present war In the far
east has intensified the popular horror
of war and la building up a still
stronger feeling In favor of peaceful
means for settling International dis
putes. Probably the time is far dis
tant when war will be but a relic of
the past, but the nations are traveling
the road which leads to its extinction.
Cotton
Picked
by Machine.
A cotton picking machine has been
invented by a planter in Georgia in
which a current of air is set up in a
tube by means of a suitably arranged
fan or blower, the same discharging
into a receptacle, the suction thus pro
duced serving to remove from the
plants the open bolls of cotton which
are ready for picking and to convey
them through a tubular conduit and
then through the blower mechanism In
to the receptacle. This apparatus Is
mounted on wheels and Is designed to
be driven down the rows of cotton
plants In the field. As the end of the
auction tube passes over the open bolls
the cotton Is separated from the plant.
—American Exporter.
The Scoarae of Beriberi.
This disease, peculiar to rice eating
people, was the enemy of the mikado's
army In the war with China, causing
tlie death of nearly 45 per cent of the
land forces. Beriberi la a disease that
is the result of nonelimination. Uric
acid accumulates in the blood, and the
first symptoms are distinctly rheumat
ic. These are followed by complete pa
ralysis of tlie extremities. There Is lack
of sensation and the power of locomo
tion, and this paralysis continues to
ward the vita) centers until it reaches
the heart, and the story Is ended.—Ne
braska State Journal.
Finest Crown Jewels la the World.
The late king of Baxony left the
richest collection of crown Jewels In
Europe. One glass case In the "green
xauila'' at Dresden cuuiatns assorted
sets of the most costly gems, bn one Is
nothing but sapphires, tn another em
eralds, in another rubles, tn another
diamonds. In another pearls. The lar
gest rubles weigh forty-eight and fifty-
nine carats. The rarest gem Is a green
diamond weighing forty carats There
are two of Martin Luther's rings and
one of Melanclitbon’s.
True Womanly Beauty.
Such a blow to the Englishwomen!
A woman doctor has made the state
ment In one of their magazines that
they are growing plainer. She says
that what makes for what beauty
there Is today Is the result of com
bined efforts of "the coiffeur, the mo
diste, the dressmaker and the face spe
cialist, whereas true beauty.” she de
clares. “Iles In exquisite coloring, lux
uriant hair, lustrous eyes and deli
cately molded features.”
Wnthlitfr Doln«r.
“Dear,” said the poet's wife, notic
ing bis abstracted look, "you are wor
ried about something."
"Well—er—yes,” replied the poet.
"Tell me. What have you on your
mind?”
"Nothing. That's what worries me.”
—Exchange
l.lgeld Quarts.
Willie—Pa. how many quarts does It
taka to make a peck? Pa—It all de
pends, my son Less than one quart,
for Instance, will sometimes make a
“peck of trouble "—Exchange.
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An Autumn Leaf.
I m a
and pretty fello*.
I>- • ked in sold and red an4 yellow.
I’m a charming little courtier
When l>ame Nature h«.ilde her court.
See me dance upon the breeeae—
Oh. the naughty breeze that tease«.
Shakes» gnd tumble«, whirl« agd «quees«^
Laughs aud call« it sport!
And the sunbeams try to kt«s me!
Ah: I m sly They often miss me.
But I cannot bear to grieve them.
Bo I let them right away
Oh, such fun. you couldn’t guesa It.
And no won's could e’er express It.
Playing peekaboo with sunbeuins
All on an autumn day!
—Harry E. Fosdick.
Nobody's Dog.
Have you feasted today, old fellow?
Had a sniff of & >ine meat or a bone?
Were you generously fed upon gravy and
bread
By some one who called you his own?
Your ribs, sir! How plainly they’re show
ing!
Your legs s<-em uncertain and weak!
*Have you searched every street for s
morsel to eut?
Are you just a town dog. sir? Com«,
speak!
Has any one patted your head. sir.
Or noted your great, sunken eye?
Have your unkempt ears heard any kind,
gentle word
From some human friend passing by.
Or have folks just kicked you aside, sir?
Why. you’re trembling now, where you
•ta nd!
Have they struck you eo much that you
quake at my touch
And cower at sight of my hand?
Volunteer t horoe Girls.
“What chance have I,” said a girl to
me recently, “against that?" She half
unconsciously glanced down at a shab
by shoe and a well worn skirt. She
had been "out” for a couple of months.
Her savings were atl gone, and, though
she did not admit it. a little observa
tion could tell that she und hunger
were not on unfamiliar terms.
Certainly the most sanguine of mor
tals would not back her in a contest
for employment against the girl ahe
bad pointed to. “That,” as she so bit
terly called her, had dress, pocket mon
ey and a comfortable home from nn in
dulgent father. The only wages she
asked from a theatrical mnnager was
to be allowed a chance of gratifying
her vanity by posing on a stage. Her
dress anil appearance were an adver
tisement of prosperity for any touring
company.
Can it be wondered that she and oth
ers like her are every duy driving
trained aud hardworking actresses
deeper and deeper Into the slough of
poverty nnd despair?—T. P.’s Weekly.
Gems In Verse
“BBO PARDON," OBSERVED T1IE DOCTOR,
bill. However, tlie examination was
made, but it revealed no sign of tlie
diamond.
“ ‘I am sure that I swallowed it,’ pro
tested the youth haughtily.
“As a plausible explanation the doc
tor suggested Innocently: 'The rays
reveal only solids. Perhaps the dia
mond was paste.’
" 'I did not come here to be insulted.'
retorted the youtli.
" ‘Likely you came to pay that little
bill,’ encouraged the physician.
“ ‘I’d pny you now If 1 had the mon
ey with me.’ said the caller.
“ 'Beg pardon,’ observed the doctor
suavely, ’the X rays located a coin in
your vest pocket which will at least
pay for this examination.’
"The bills which encircled the silver
dollar were sufficient to wipe out the
entire debt, and the young man left,
cursing the advance made In nledlcal
science.”
light Meal In the Evening.
A Georgian tells this story of the late
Alexander Stephens, says the Nash
ville Banner:
“Mr. Stephens was slated for a Joint
debate with Rance Wright during a
presidential campaign. Wright by way
of a tale aald that Stephens hud said
be could eat him (Wright) for break
fast, Ben II111 for dinner and Bob
Tuombt tor supper.
"Mr. Stephens poHsessed very little
storage room In his stomach, and when
It came his turn to reply he said that
he denied that he had made any such
assertion. ‘If I contemplated any such
feast,’ said Mr. Stephens, 'I certainly
would have changed the order. I would
have tnken Ben II1II for breakfast. Bob
Toombs for dinner and my friend
Rance Wright for supper. My mother
taught me from early Infancy to eat a
light supper, nnd so I would have top
ped off with Wright.’
“The answer completely snuffed out
the good Impression Colonel Wright
had made."
It’s the way of the world, poor old fellow
Just a struggle for bread or a bone.
And some of us know how you feel whet
you go
To your bed In the alley, alone!
Were you sleek and well cared for and
handsome
Friends would feed you and love you al
sight.
But It’s different, sir, with a poor, luck
less cur.
Just a dog around town! There, good
night!
-Balt I«ake Herald.
Red
The
The
And
The Passing of Summer.
scarlet is the chestnut moon.
east wind pipes a gathering tune.
year is come to afternoon.
summer's dead.
Along the empty cornfields soon
Her funerM flowers «hall be strewn.
And deep In valley, high on dune.
Tones sadder than the pigeon's croon
Shall wall her glories «pent and shed.
The maple mourn« In flaming red
Her passing, and the aster« spread
Carpet« where blue and purple wed.
Whereon her fleeing ghost may tread
A b she goes hurrying after June.
They shall not coffin her In lead
Nor build a grave vault overhead
Of marble« and gray grsmlte hewn;
But she shall lie In gra«sy bed
With walls and roof of rosea red—
Our summer dead.
—Nora Chesson In Lady's Realm.
THE COLOR OF SNOW.
Although It Appears White,
Really a Delicate Bine.
It
Is
Sckiice, while it gets at the inarrow
nnd essence of things, upsets many
pretty delusions and fancies. We have
been taught from childhood that snow
Is white, aud the Impression conveyed
to our brains through the medium of
sight appears to settle the question be
yond the possibility of s doubt, yet,
though the Judgment of our sanaes Is
to the contrary, it can be scientifically
demonstrated that Its true color la blue.
It Is ii faint and delicate cerulean tint,
to be sure, but decided enough to make
the scientific declaration that suow is
blue one that is issiltlve and Irrefuta
ble.
it Is n well known fact that pure wa
ter 1n small quantities is perfectly
trnnspnreut. In lurge niasses it is dis
tinctly blue. Snow Is simply the crys
tals of pure water. The reflection from
these is that of aFl the colors of the
rainbow or prism, but by uniting be
fore they reach tlie eye cause snow to
appear to be white. "But," you will
With Charity For All.
Miss Lola Ln Follette, the daughter say. "the single crystal also appears to
of the governor of Wisconsin, has gone be white.” This is true beyond ques
on the professional stage. A Madison tion. the reason being that that which
appears to lie a single crystal is tn
woman said of her the other day:
"Miss La Follette hns a randy nnd reality a multitude of microscopic
threads, prisms, Hues and dots.
rather caustic wit.
in spite of their appurent great di
“At a meeting that we held here for
a charitable purpose Miss La Follette versity lu form aud shape, which may
was one of those who pass*<d through vary from halrllke crystals to perfect
the audience with plates for contribu stars of beautiful, delicate and intri
cate designs, they may be said to be
tions.
“A rich miser Rat in a rear seat alone, absolutely uniform lu original delinea
and when Miss I<a Follette extended tion, that of the hexagonal prism. The
primitive form is that of a straight
her plate to him he said grimly:
needle of ice. radiating from a central
” ’I have nothing—nothing.’
“The young girl knew the man was nucleus, always at symmetrical dis
wealthy, and. with a little smile, she tances and at angles of either 00 or 120
degrees. What may on casual exami
said:
“ “Take something, then. This collec nation be taken for exceptions to thia
tion, you know, is for the poor.’ ’’— rule are the little disks which occasion
ally fall. These on close examination
Baltimore Herald.
proved to be six sided planes, the angle
Balfour's Retort.
still being 120 degrees.
Premier Belfour has his pleasant sal
lies with members of parliament now
WINDMILLS.
and then.
Karope
G«t
Them From the East
John Morley took him to task some
Thronsh the C'raaaders.
months ago for lax attendance in the
It Is supposed that the crusaders
house of commons.
Mr. Balfour deDfed that there was brought the idee of using the wind to
any disinclination on his part to attend grind corn or raise water back with
the sittings or to listen to the debates. them from the east.
Early writers record their wide
On the contrary, he declared, some of
tlie momenta of greatest repose that he spread employment in Europe in the
could snatch frjta a Lnwwt.it strtiu twelfth. -vqiD-rj- Rty-knia-un girea aa
ous and laborious official career were instance of one at Pipewell abbey,
those spent on the treasury bench 11 b - Northamptonshire, in 1143, and we also
tenlug to his oratorical friends.—New read of one, about 1190, at Ilaberdon,
in Riiffolk. Another early instanca of
York Times.
an English windmill Is that in whl*ffi
Too Slow.
Richard, earl of Cornwall, took refnge
John Barber of the Pittsburg Stock after the battlo of I<ewes In 1264. In
Exchange tells of a hustling young so the fa mona song connected with that
licitor far a New York publishing event the "sayles" of the "mulne" are
house. The youth was vainly trying to mentioned, showing that It really was
sell a set of books to a Philadelphia a windmill.
The oldest windmill in Belgium and
bank cashier and st last got so excited
lie accused the cashier of being slower probably the oldest In Europe, the his
toric "Grand Moulin de Silly,” was to
than molasses In January.
“You people here can't even eat tally destroyed by the great storm at
the end of January, 1900, after a con
snails!” he said
tinuous existence since the eleventh
“Why not 7' asked the cashier.
"You can’t catch them!"—New York century. It Is said to have been built
by Otto von Trazegnles, the crueadlng
Times
________________
lord of Silly, In 1011.—London Stand
RIs Interpretation.
ard.
________________
Little Amzi (who has an Inquiring
Discontent.
mind)—Uncle Tim. I saw the word in
The peacock heard the nightingale
the newspaper. What Is the “curricu
lum” of a college? Uncle Tlmrod singing.
"That seems easy to do,” said the big
(promptly)—Curriculum, eh?
Why.
that’s what them ere mop headed col bird. “I’ll see if I canT sing as well
lege students comb their hair with.— as that.”
At the dismal squawk that followed
■xehanga.
» moment later every living thing with
Preaieilaa Faiailed.
in he iring distance fled In terror.
Farmer Whl®rtree -Bill Perkins' son
“Curses on my fatal gift of beautyF’
Dan has got a political Job Farmer exclaimed the pesco*. "Why wasn't
■fedk!ere-flesh. I nil«»*- said that feller I wde plain, like all the great musi-
'd grow np ter be a Mkfer!- Vu<*
ctans!"—ChL*o Tribune.
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