O a O O o o • • • o O IIAMiQ.V IlEiÖHTflik.' WASHINGTON LETTER [Special Cotoeapondenee. 1 The schedule Of railroad rat* for the benefit of visitors |o Washington at the time of the Inauguration of I’resi- *-nt Rooapveit recently made publfc by 8. B liege t>f the Baltlmfire and Ohio railroad and chairman of the in­ augural committee on trainq»ortatlon Is very generous. Tlie Inaugural pilgrims heretofore have been allowed only oue week In Washington. This time they will be allowed seventeen days, the tickets being sold from March 2, good returning any day up to and including March 18. Another new departure In the way of concessions from the railroad la a “military rate." permitting all military organizations in uniform to come to Washington at the rate of 1 cent a mile In parties of not less than 200. Special rates also will be extended to bands and all musical organizations. The public, not Included In the military or­ ganizations, will have to pay only one fare for the round trip. Tablets In China, President Roosevelt has had his at­ tention called to the agitation started by the Military Order of the Dragon, composed of officers of the United States army who were engaged in the Boxer uprising in China, to suitably commemorate the part taken by the United States In that struggle as well as to the talk In the Society of the Army of Santiago as to marking com­ memorative places In Cuba. Nearly all the European countries huve mark­ ed their part In the Chinese struggle by tablets on tlie walls of Peking, and the Idea is to have this country do the same. For Inauguration Holla. The action of congress In granting the pension building for the purpose of the inaugural ball Is somewhat sim­ ilar to the celebrated "Patti farewells.” Four years ago tiie pension office bill was passed "positively for the last time,” and yet It baa been passed again "positively for the last time,” accord­ ing to many of the leading members of the house who voted favorably after hours of debate. There is a feeling that perhaps congress is not fooling In Its farewell to the pension office bill and that the District of Columbia must se­ cure a building of its own between now and inauguration day, March 4, 1000. o At one tiwie and another Polly has said that not only the Spring but the Fall was tiie loveliest time of the year to forsake business cares and get into the country. I took a trip over that ever picturesque route, the California Northwestern Railway the middle of January, and now 1 am ¡ssdtive that the best season to visit this section of the country is whenever you can get the op|>ortunity, and never let a chance slip by, for it is ever new, ever beauti­ ful and restful to both mind and Issly. Even now, Summer sojourners are se­ curing their places of alssle ill the various towns, country homes and various springs and resorts for the Hummer vacation. They know wtiat it is to delay until the Spring and Sum­ mer rush begins. All along the line, Us>, [icople who are desirious of keeping Summer boarders are sending in their names for Vacation 1805. It will be a spicy and helpful little guide this year, and will be gladly welcomed by the throngs of people w ho are fondly dream­ ing Jor the pleasures in store for them. Soon will come the time now for turn­ ing over billows ami billows of lace and dainty white and tinted fabrics de­ signed especially for our charming Summer girls. My, but the country is beautiful now in its green mantle, en­ riched by tlie golden poppies and a few of our first Spring flowers, while the hollyberries, ignoring the fact that the last of January is waning, flaunt their rubies tantalizingly to the passengers as they go dashing by in the cars. So near and yet so far. The country is gloriously beautiful with all the little rills turned into singing brooks and streams as they dash on their way to add their mite to the maoem when you have a mes­ sage of joy and sunshine to give to the world. Rememlier, we do not always have happinms and l»eace, but death and debts are always with us; there­ fore Is* encouraging.” Here is another for the slanderer : “ Never lie so famil­ iar with any one that you talk slander with them. Remember slander Is a boomerang.” There is more truth than poetry in the following : “Don’t nag, It will drive a man or woman to drink or suicide. Reiteration soon becomes irritation, and that sets up a fever.” Wonien are coining to the front in literary work as well another vocations. “ Home Chimes,” which made its ap- |>earanee in San Francisco in December was the result of many years' thought of a very clever little woman, Mrs. I. J. Wooluer, who lias always believed that there was a gtssi Held on the Pacific Coast for a magazine devoted to the home and its interests. So she dreamed and schemed, plotted ami planned un­ til the myth became a realization. The first number is brim fullof good recipes, that if followed closely, will not give a man a chance to refer to the dainties his “mother used to make.” Then there are useful suggestions in regard to the sick room, etc., poems and a short story that make it an acceptable visitor in the homes. All it costs is the modest sum of ten cents a year, and it comes out monthly. Following in the shadow of the “ Home Chimes ” comes the announce­ ment that the talented sculptress, Miss Gertrude F. Boyle, is soon to com­ mence the publication of a monthly magazine which she has decided to name “Ability." Speaking of her new venture, she says: “Into this I shall pour my whole energy in bringing to the front ‘Ability’—latent and other­ wise—wherever I may find it.” That she will succeed, is acknowledged by the friends who know her determina­ tion to overcome all obstacles. Insteud of moulding and fashioning clay, she will give her whole mind and attention for the time being to her literary work. It new " Ini-ludrU „ i-aio-r Vatter. • Ink Braaer and Rubber Rauda. • I’erlinps t|„. ingeulo* «nd the most orlgiii.il ,,f ¡,n Hellenics for pro» curing autoznqilui « is fr .in a I l.v to a w««tern town. She was raising funda for tlie buRdlng and supis>rt of a public library, and aha fia»l conceived the Idttt of issuing a volume to be called "The Authors' Ite< ||M. Book.” Authors from ill over the country, tbe most distin- gulslied of authors -always authors with a capital A—had been good enough to send her a list of the favorite dishes of tlielr own construction, with tlielr method of making them. The cookbook was one of the many forms of literature to which the reelp- lent had never turned attention. He bad no more Idea of cooking than be Lad of milking a cow or of harnessing a horse or of setting a ben or of build­ ing a dynamo. He did not even care what was cooked for him so long as It contained none of the Ingredients of tripe and none of the essence of toma­ to. But he was asked to contribute a paper, which she would have repro­ duced in facsimile, stating what he could prepare most to bis liking upon a kitchen range or in a chafing dish, with his manner of procedure. This quite nonplused him until lie bethought himself of one particular and peculiar delicacy in the evolution of which lie could safely trust bls reputation as an expert. In reply, for which lie received no thanks, he said: “Take a long paper cutter; attach to the same by means of rubber bands, and securely, an Ink eraser; insert the ink eraser firmly Into a marshmallow [»lug and bold the same over a student's lamp or study fire until the marshmal­ low begins to slzz. drops into the ashes, puts out the light or burns your hand. And eat while hot!” He has never seen a copy of “The Au­ thors' Recipe Book!"—Laurence Hutton In Critic. S hort siories I CHOICE ot . Ike Rumen and ('lasart« gtrupery ul the Men. Passing us occasionally, golnif to Je rusaleui with butter and eggs and lltt)» Jars of lels'ii that showed their thick, creamy throats as they were held up to us, were stoall companies of women tn single file. As one blue procession ♦ent by the leader called to us: "Why Should you ride aud we walk? Why is your lot better than ours?" Given the op|K>rtunlty for leisurely argument, we could not by any philosophy have made satisfactory answer. We could only admit the fact as they saw it and rec­ ognize the universal world plaint of discontent. They carry themselves, these wom­ en. like figures on an antique frieze. As they stride along, holding lu sure bal­ ance on their heads their Jars and bas­ kets of homely produce, they tread the stony paths with the grace and large­ ness of action that we of the Occident have grown to regard as belonging only to the age of Praxiteles. The men are also admirable In the simplicity of their gestures, the big lines of their attitudes, the swing of tlielr dra’peries. I saw a youth fling his mantle over bis shoulder and fold tt about him exactly in the manner of the classic Greek sculptural tn his finely unconscious pose. God save the day when these sons of Canaan clothe tlielr limbs in our ungainly garments!—Met ropolltan Mugazlne. OPEN AIR TREATMENT. Reasons For Its Good Results Cases of Consumption. "LET ME DO TIIE INTBODUC1NO HEBE.” "Peekskill.” "What is there to Peek­ skill?” lie asked. I told him I was born there. "Why,” said Blaine. "I have al­ ways thought you were born at Pough­ keepsie." 1 had some difficulty in con­ vincing him of bls mistake. When we arrived at Peekskill there was an immense crowd which had come In from twenty-five to thirty miles around. As I stepped forward to Introduce him, with great dramatic ef­ fect he pushed me back and said: “No, no, fellow citizens; let me do the Intro­ ducing here. As I have passed up and down your noble Hudson upon Its une­ qualed floating palaces for the past twenty-five years I have felt tlie Inspi­ ration of its scenery, made famous by the genius of Irving, but the deepest and tenderest emotions possessed me when the steamer was opposite Peek­ skill, 'for,’ I said, 'there, there, was born my oldest and best friend, Chaun- eey Depew.’ ” He was capable of an equally sudden grasp of situations where the occasion was much more Se­ riotis. — Senator Depew in I>eslle's Weekly. In The advantages of the open air treat­ ment for consumptives may be thus briefly summarized: The patient ex­ posed continuously to fresh air gains in appetite, assimilates his food better, sleeps more soundly and awakens more refreshed. Free exposure to air Is the best antipyretic. Sweating at night, formerly so common a symptom, usual­ ly ceases. Colds are practically un­ known among patients leading an open air life. Secondary Infection, on ac­ count of the comparative freedom of the air from micro organisms, is much less likely to occur. Tolerance of out­ side air is very quickly established, and no one who has tried the open air life will willingly go back to tlie former conditions of stuffiness. I have never seen any oue made worse by exposure to fresh air. Even during a thick Lon­ don fog patients get on better lying In bed on a balcony or in rooms with win­ dows wide open and a good fire burn­ ing than when attempts are made to shut out the fog by keeping the win­ dows shut.—Dr. II. W. G. Mackenzie In London Iaineet. RELIGIOUS TATTOOING. A Cuntoiii That I m In Vogue In One Part of Italy. In the "vanity” section of a museum at Florence there is an Interesting col­ lection of blocks used for what is call- ed "religious tattooing" among Italian peasants of the district Inclosed be­ tween tlie Abruzzi, Umbria and the Adriatic. Peasants in these parts at work with shirt sleeves rolled up display a Chris­ tian symbol of some sort or a text tat­ tooed In blue Ink on their brown skin. This has been Imprinted on the occa­ sion of some special festival. A wooden block Is pressed upon the tightly drawn skin to mark the out­ lines of the design. This Is then punc­ tured, and a blue Ink Is rubbed into the wounds, which usually heal In about twenty-four hours. The custom, which is essentially Christian, Is tn commemoration of the branding of St. Francis, who founded a monastery close to Loretto.—London Telegraph. MISCELLANY The **l Mdeulrable«.*** e * ' Not a few Britons w ill read with en­ vy the official statistics JusQ published at Washington shoeing the manner in which foreign undesirables are dealt With in the I'nlted States. Last year very nearly 8.000 of these unwelcome guests were shut out from American hospitality, while 77» others who had prevloukly gained admission were re- turued to their native countries as un­ fit for American citizenship. The re­ jected Included paupers, physically dis­ eased persons (there were 1,500 of these Incompetents), convicts, the In­ sane uud Imbecile«— In short, an ex­ ceedingly miscellaneous assortment of human rubbish, which, if allowed to land, must have, as In England, prov­ ed an Intolerable burden to the In­ digenous population. But there Is far more room in the United States than in our cramped and overcrowded isles for continental riffraff. Last year the great republic accepted and digested over three-quarters of n million of de­ sirable immigrants from Europe—an ut­ ter Impossibility, of course, for the United Kingdom. But with all this readiness to receive really valuable labor from the old world. Washington most rigidly draws the line sharply against Importation of detrimental ad­ ditions to the industrial population. At the present moment there would not be nearly so much distress In London were It not for the continuous Inflow­ ing of the poor, needy wretches who lower the standard of living and the wage rate In the unskilled labor mar­ ket.—London Globe. Stanley'* Last Camp. After a long search over the wilds of Dartmoor there has been found at last wliat Ianly Stanley desired to mark tlie grave of Sir Henry M„ the great ex­ plorer. This is a monolith twelve feet long, four feet wide and two and a half feet thick and weighing six tons. It seems so far to have defied the finger of time and so promises to defy It loniftr still. Lady Stanley would have a stone that was “fashioned by the ages, tempered and colored by time and untouched by man. ” The long looked for object was found on a farm lying recumbent on the bor­ ders of a natural roadway. Three of Its faces had been exposed for count­ less generations. There were consid­ erable difficulties In the way of Its re­ moval from Devonshire to Stanley's grave at l’lrbrlght, but they were over­ come. The stone now stands In the quiet village churchyard, a testimony to the logic In Lady Stanley's grief and desires and therefore a fitting sign for the resting place of the African wan­ derer. The Inscription bears simply the name so familiar to the world. Be­ neath it are carved the words “Bula Matari" (“the Rock Breaker"), Stan­ ley's sobriquet In the dark continent. New Zpnlard'u (¡rent Geyser. One of the wonders of the earth Is the gigantic geyser at Itotura, New Zealand, known as Walinangu. It made its appearance about two years ago and is situated near the one time famous (link nnd white terraces of Ro- tomaliana, whose beauties were swept completely out of existence in the ter­ rific eruption of 1880. The crater out of which the geyser Issues Is fully half an acre In extent and of enormous depth. When in eruption the wliola of the gigantic funnel is filled with a huge column of black boiling mueslde the oak, yet ed. In color It Is red dotted with yel­ thought was composed of duck. Not how unmistakably tbe gnarled old mon low. It Is without seeds and resembles knowing a word of Chinese, he held up arch wore the crown! Ills girth more the seedless orange In that a “slightly his plate to his guest, saying, with than balanced tlie poplar’s great height, hardened substance makes Its appear­ smiling approval. “Quack, quack, and. as for blossoms, nntnre knows the ance at the navel end.” But this can quack!” The mandarin was nn Intel­ beauty of strength and Inward majesty be obliterated by culture It is estimat­ ligent Chinamen. Slinking his head, and has pinned no Imutonnlere upon ed that by 1906 there will lie 2.500.000 be pointed to the dish of stew and said. tlie oak.—Dallas I-ore Sharp in Nation of these trees bearing fruit In the or­ '•Bow, wow. waw!” chards of the world.—Chicago Tribunal al Magazine. Antlqnlfy of Rrewln<. The ancient Egyptians understood and practised the art of brewing sev­ eral centuries Itefore the Christian era. ns did also the ancient Greeks. Span­ iards and Britons made a fermented drink from wheat, which was used in Spain under the name ceria, and also in Gaul. Tacljus tells us that tn his day. about 100 A. D., beer was the com­ mon beverage and that the Germans understood bow to convert barley Into’ malt Six hundral years later Chari* mngne gave ordprs that the best brew­ ers should always accompany Lis court • • • o O Crave l> ;:”s G. Blaine wii - a most versa-.It [toil had oratqf 11»- woiihl speak many times a day from the train, which stop­ ped at every Important place, nnd have something new to say each time, lie carefully thought up his speech be­ tween stations after a brief talk with the committee of the town he was com Ing to and then corrected Immediately afterward the notes which were taken by bls own stenographer. He said to mA In the campaign of 1884. "I want you to Introduce me all through New York, because you are al­ ways surefooted.” I appreciated the compliment as well as the difficulties of the situation. I Introduced him at Yonkers, Tarrytown. Sing Sing, and be said. "What Is the next pluce?” I said, BULGING GUN BARRELS. You would be astonished if you knew how many women in San Francisco were ekeing out an existence by the inventing and manufacturing of little art novelties. I went into a house just before Christmas where a sweet, patient-faced little lady with snow- Diseases In Animals. The president has transmitted to con­ white hair, and her young daughter gress the annual report of the bureau of about fifteen years of age were manu­ of animal Industry of the agricultural facturing some little calendars and department. The report shows an In­ souvenirs for the holiday trade. They BRIEF REVIEW crease of 43.7 per cent in the number were inexpensive to get up but it took of American cattle exported and an In­ time and patience, and the worst of it crease of 110.5 per cent In sheep ex­ Royalty’s Early Marriages. all was that they liarely made u living. ported in 1904 as compared with 1903. The early betrothal of the Crown “ VVe worked nearly all night, ” said Attention Is called to the importance of Prince of Germany, whois now in his a rigid enforcement of public regula­ the mother, wearily, “and still we tions looking to the control and the haven’t caught up with our orders.” twentv-second year, accords with cus­ eradication of tuberculosis in cattle. "Worked nearly all night,” echoed tom in the case of royal matches. His * The New Army It Hie. the daughter,” “why, it was half-past father, the Emperor William, also mar­ The ordnance department of the ar­ three when we put the last calendars ried at 22, as did the Kings of Greece my has in stock nearly GO.OOO of the in their boxes. I tell you it is this and Portugal. Leo|s»lil of the Belgians new magazine rilles, a sufficient num­ kind of work that takes the cream off was only 18, the King of Roumania 20, ber to practically equip the entire ar­ of Christmas. I suppose we ought to and King Edward 21 when they en­ my. It had been intended to begin the tered the state of matrimony. The delivery of the new arm In a few days, l»e truly and devoutly thankful that Emperor of Austria and the King of the holidays roll round and create a but the Issue has been suspended pend­ Denmark, however, were both 24. ing the settlement of the question as demand for all this kind of work. to whether the new rifle cannot lie Im­ Ho|>e I’ll never be so unfortunate as to Royal brides, indeed, are nearly always proved without radical change by the have anyone present me with any of of tender age. The late Empress of Incorporation of certain features devel­ these heathenish devices. I am in a Austria and the Queens of Greece ami oped In the recent battles lietween the state of rebellion every time I have to Roumania were married at 16, and the Russians and Japanese in Mancliurln. make any oriental calendar and stand late Queen of the Belgians was only a The troops of the contending armies pat for General Kuropatkin and the year older. Queen Alexandra was only are equipped with a small bore smoke­ 18 when she went to make her home in less powder magazine bolt gun. Tlie Russians in general.” “Now, you are England, and the future Crown Prin­ talking foolishly, ” said her mother re ­ Japanese gun has a knife bayonet and the Russian gun a triangular bayonet. provingly. “I know it, but I’m sort cess of Germany is the same age. Her Otherwise they are practically the of rattled over all this endless work of prospective mother-in-law married the THE GRAY WOLF. same. The American officers on the ugly little no-account things that people Emperor William at 21, which was also field of action made valuable observa­ demand and count as artistic.” "You the age of the King of Portugal’s bride. Al* CunninK <♦ Mni veloun, and lie la Dltftrnit to Catch. tions of the effectiveness of the small ought to lie glad that we can put some­ The cunning of the gray wolf Is mar­ arm, and the ordnance experts in this thing on the market that there is a From Cradle to Grave. city are now studying these reports velous, and it is most difficult to catch The stork disappears and we look in­ napping. with a view to the incorporation of Im­ demand for—it is your bread and but­ He somehow seems to ter. ” "That is just it, mother, the to the cradle and behold a male child. know that Iron Is associated with man. proved features In the new United same yesterday, to-day and forever for After running the gauntlet of measles, States rifle In case it is possible. A piece of iron anywhere v<111 keep us, bread and butter, and delicatessen mumps and chickeiqiox, lie enters A Dltlleult Job. him at a distance. If you shoot an Eugene F. Ware’s retirement from stews and the like. Wish we would school. At the age of 10 he is a red­ antelope, for instance, and Just put public life led to no great strife for have one of our gisxi old-fashioned headed, freckle-faced boy and the ter­ the position of commissioner of pen­ country dinners that we used to have ror of the neighborhood. At 12heisan your spur on the carcass you may leave It as long as you like and no wolf wlll sions. It is anything but a sinecure in the old home on the farm, and one apprentice in a printing office. At 18 touch It A pocket handkerchief will and has seldom been filled to tho of our big wdod fires snapping and entire satisfaction of pensioners nnd roaring up theehimney. None of your he has acquired two cases of long primer do as well. and an Army press and is the editor of others having business with the bu­ Lobo, a great gray wolf who was reau. Iu order that the numerous laws smoky coal fires and horrid old gas a country newspaper. At 20 he is mar­ the king of the pack at Currumpaw, a fires for me. I think | hs »pie are crazy ried. At 30 he is bald-headed, stoop­ vast cattle range in New Mexico, was governing the granting of pensions may be properly administered the pen­ to leave their country homes where shouldered and the father of a large a thinker as well as a ruler. His pack sion bureau requires a chief of good they have all the room outside and in­ family. At 35 he is a corpse in a cheap ate nothing but what they bad killed Judgment, one whose sense of Justice side they want and come to a noisy pine coffin, and as 500 delinquent sub­ themselves, and time poison was no Is well balanced and who will not only city and live in two cold, bleak, dark­ scribers file past his bier for the last good. At last a thousand dollars was protect the government, but at the looking rooms, and for what ----- ? look they are heard to say: “ He was a set upon his bead. This brought a same time give the claimant his full Simply the glory of living in San Fran­ gtssl fellow, but he couldn’t save his noted wolf hunter from Texas, with rights. his pack of great wolfhounds. But cisco. 1 could preach all night on girls money.” An t'nasnal Incident. again there was failure. Then two There was an unusual scene on tlie* and families staying in the country other hunters came with subtly devis­ senate floor the other dny when Sena­ and being oontented. They don’t know The Thibetan Bible. ed poisons to work his undoing. Then tor Morgan, seated In his chair, his when they nre well oil'." Not one The Kah-gjur, or Thilsdan Bible, I came on the scene. First 1 tried flaming red bandanna handkerchief moment did their busy hands stop poison, and there was no combination •ver and anon going from his desk while the young girl was giving vent consists of 108 volumes of 1000 pages of strychnine, arsenic and prussic acid drawer to bls mouth, bis legs crossed, to her pent-up feelings, for the Xmas each, containing 1088 separate Issiks. which I did not use. I put the poisons •sally read a long speech. It was orders had to be filled. After the rush Each of the volumes weighs ten pounds In cheese melted together with kidney and forms a package 26 inches long, 8 on the statehood bill. The senator’s fat, and during the whole process I voice was Ann, resonant and reaching of the holidays were over they had a inches broad and 8 inches deep. This wore gloves steeped In hot blood. And brief resting spell; then they*had to for half an hour, but toward tlie end Bible requi'esa dozen yaks for its trans­ I scattered the halt si) over the ranch Inventing -j.-wr.-v bls worAo became ulmmA -butmetd- l!c awake at port, and the carved wooden blocks The next morning I went out and glble. At one period of his address new designs for the coming year’s trade. from which it is printed need rows of found Lobo's tracks, with the bait Benn tors Knox, Alger, Elkins. Proctor This mother and daughter were only gone. 1 was dehgbt*L 7 followed the and Teller were In a group talking two of the many that make their living houses, like a city, for their storage. A *rxl «rnd found another It gone trits; of Mongols paid 7000 oxen for a softly to one another. Probably It in this w>y or in nn»lr!ng *on)e*h!ng ;ad /et anotl.t,.-. Then I found the copy of this Bible, in addition to the was the first time in history when five unique and acceptable as gifts when three baits piled upon another one and Bible there are are 225 volumes of com­ ex-cabinet officers got together as sen­ covered with filth. Lobo had evidently the spirit of giving (»ervades the very ators. mentaries, which are necessary for ita carried the first three in his mouth air. Drinker* and Smoker* Bnrred. understanding. There is also a large and had taken this means of express­ A curious fenture. Its like never be­ collection of alleged revelations which ing hfs utter contempt for my devices. Before me lies a dainty little booklet, fore known In history, has been em­ supplement the Bible. But Lobo's downfall came about bodied In a proposed legislative meas­ “ Philosophy in a N utshell ” or “Words A Wisconsin dog, by stepping on the through a big white she wolf who was ure It appears In a bill Introduced by of Gold,” by Alice Kingsbury Cooley, trigger of a gun, shot a boy. always with him. I managed to catch Senator Teller of Colorado, which pro­ once a favorite actress with the theater­ her in a trap. Then I knew we should vides for appointment of commission­ goers of San Francisco ami Eastern Motor Cars in Calcutta. soon have Lobo. Night after night lie ers of transportation of mails and to cities, and now that old Father Time In a recent report by the Belgian came around the homestead an.l mourn­ aid in the regulation of Interstate com­ has touched her dark locks with his Consul at Calcutta it is stated that ed Ills mate In long, plaintive howls. I merce. Section 4 reads: knew he would try to find her body. "That no person shall be appointed magic wand powdering it with silver, there is a sternly demand for motor I set 130 strong steel wolf traps, and to the said board of managers who Is the bright little lady who in li< r cars in that city, and it is added that In one of these I caught him—a mar­ or within five years previous to his palmy days played “ Fanchion ” in the it is probable a large business will lie tyr to constancy. And that was the appointment has been addicted to the "Cricket on the Hearth,” has turned done in these cars in the near future. end of Lobo.—Interview With Ernest •sceeslve use of intoxicating liquors authoress and artist, and many are the The essential qualities for the Indian Thompson 8eton. •» narcotics or to any game of chance poems, short stories ami bits of wisdom market are cheapness and quiet run­ •r skill.” CARL SCHOFIELD. she turns out with her ready pen. I ning. As the country is extremely Foreign Visitor (In the year 21(50)- Mlfklns—Wasn't Benedict's death don’t know of a more suitable little gift dusty, chainless cars are preferred. You don't seem to have any famlly rather sudden and unexpected) Bif to a friend than her “ Words of Gold,” The motive power should tie petroleum tries in this country. • Native American bine—Well, It was sudden, but not for there is a nugget of gold for every which is easily obtainable on journeys. —No; our ancestors destroyed the last Bseesssrily unexpected. Ills wife bad day in the week, and you will l>el>etter of our forests more than a hundred fast graduated from a coqkis.g school. for having culled them one by oue or years ago.—Exchange. » The police of Vienna are now using -Chicago News page by page. The following are a few the phonograph at the preliminary Ties snd Time. selections from the dainty booklet: “ It examination of a prisoner. She—What la the d: '• •sc.etiir.es bard upon a takes so little to make one happy if one a made up 1e and one you tie yourself? •ws.-tort fas