O
o
O
o
O
o
O
o
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they bud corresponded. This, of course WOMAN ANO FASHION A F’KOLIC' IX MILICO ¡HUMOR OF THE HOUR
FACTS IN FEW LINES
necessitated a regular aud frequent in
terehange if letters between her ami
A M.oll«^ «oslume.
Couldn't Dona Him.
Tlie negro voter, It is said,.holds the
the aforementioned business man ot
A modish cosHiine is heiq shown in BREAS.:\,1 the PINATA DURING THE
“Do you twmember," said a middle balance of power In Italians.
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the luild handwriting, for she must re brown broadcloth, with vest aud cuffs
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL.
aged man as he entered a stationery
Japan li t cstablisiie.l her up to *ate
ceive letters to give color to tbe state of lace dyed to match the material.
ft.mor...
•tore and was asktsl what could be system of education in Formosa, with
meat.
Indeed,
she
uow
squandered
a
1 kill«-») a rolgn the little thing.
The skirt Is of the latest shaping, hav
done for him -"do you reuiemlMfr of
With scarlet l.rca-t on a glossy wing.
large jiortlon of her Income ou books ing the front gore and yoke all In one TAlaJHIrth Vruiuklu. Pastime Is »Me my being in here about four wrelu much success.
By Eleanor Porter
OrsRI Social and Fun Mukluic
That comes In.tNfe
sing
Tile Russian minister of finance has
her correspondent being in reality a piece. A graceful fullness is given by
lure of tlie Season—Dressing and ago?”
ralaeil the question of tlie creation in
dealer in all klmls of publications. the plaits that are armggod off each
I flung a stone as he twttte**J there;
“1 can't m.» tint I do.’l was the re Russia of chambers of commerce.
Ftlllnu the Ulla.
I only meruit to give him st scare,
Then, too, once a week she Inclosed a side of the front and back gores. Tlie
ply.
But off It went and hit »him square
Fresno county. Cal., produces 40,000
blank sheet of paper In an envelope pattern provides that the skirt be cut
Christmas In Mexico Is not the typ-
"Don't you remember I ask«»d you to
and addressed it with elaborate care in either dip or round length. Ths k-.tl Christmas of cold and snow und give me a postage stamp to put on a tons of raisins yearly. The profit on
A little flutter, a little cry,
Thqp on the ground I saw him He;
ISS FELICIA was the soul of to “Mr. Paul A. Raymond, Care General yoke and shouldee. strar* combined is kv, but one of bright, warm sunshine, letter and you refuse«! to do so without them ranges from $5 to $2oo an acre.
I didn't think he .was going So dis.
The bones of all fiylng birds are hol
honor, but there entne a day Delivery, Boston, Mass.” After a time
cloudless blue skies, Howers in profu the cash?"
low and tilled with air, thus combining
But as I watched him I *xjn could ■■)
when the serpent entered bet she occasionally ventured to pen a
"Postage stamps cost money."
sion.
t«v«»s
in
full
foliage
und
a
life
of
11« saver would hlng tor yoa ou ms
"Yes, I know, but 1 explained to you the greatest strength with th«» least
garden of Eden, and she sue- word or two of greeting on the blank
out of doors.
Asy more In the apple tree.
sheets to her imaginary sweetheart,
that
I was In love with a widow and weight.
cum bed. It was after this manner:
At least a week liefore Christmas lu
and once she wrote: “You are my lover
An oyster containing pearls of the
Never more In the morning IlghK
bad
written
to ask for her hand. You
Felicia I strongly disapproved of men •low, but you don’t know It. I hope you
the principal streets of Mexico arches
Never more In the sunshine brlgM.
■aid It didn't make a dumed bit of value of $1.250 was found by a fisher
Trilling hl. song In gay delight.
on general principles. In her young
are
erected
from
sidewalk
to
sidewalk,
m’t mind. I only wanted you for
difference to you who 1 was writing man nt Neumunster, Germany, a few
school days no small boy beumeil and
low. you know.” She derived a sort
festoone«! with wreaths of dowers und to, and you didu't care a copper wheth days ago.
And I'm thinking every summer deg
lluw never, never can I repay
perspired under a load of her school- of absurd comfort from this explana
bunting In the uatlonal colors—red, er I got the widow or not. You ought
European medical experts have come
The little life that I took away.
books, nnd at Miss Gray's select fin tion, feeling that something was due
white and given. Uniter the arches to remember that”
to the conclusion that boiled und ster
Sidney Dayre In Youth's Companion.
ishing school notroubled teacher caught this creature of her brain.
booths are erected, aud every toy man
"Yes, I think I do. Well, w hat is it lllzed milk Is not as nutritious for in
One day the village gossip said to
fants as fr«»sh milk.
her In clandestine flirtations. Miss Fe
ufactured in Mexico Is on sale.
today? Still after a postage «tamp?”
Ths Losing Bids,
her:
In I'aris there Is now open an ex
"No, sir, I’m not. I came In here to
In every Mexican house great prep
Helmet and plum« and saber, banner and lida wus thirty now, and man was a
“Do let me see your ring. Miss Feli
tell you that In spite of your meanness hibition of works of art. pictures and
sealed book to her.
lance and shield,
arations
are
made
for
what
Is
called
cia."
Scattered In sad contusion over ths tram
It was at the Ladles' Aid society so
the "piñata.” Every child begs and the widow Is mine. When I went out sculpture, executed by porters and oth
“Ring?” repeated Miss Felicia Inquir
pled field,
er railway employees.
scrapes and saves the centavos for of here 1 found a cent on the sidewalk
And a band ot broken soldiers, with • ciable that tbe serpent first wriggled ingly.
The buildings of the Lewis and Clarke
aud bought a postal card with It, nnd
weary, hopeless air.
into her horizon, aud It was tbe silly
weeks and mouths ahead. All kiuds of
"Yes engagement ring, of course.
she accepted my love the same as If I exposition at Portland, Ore., «re ap
With heads In silence drooping and eyes
chatter
of
Helen
Armstrong
and
Maude
Haven’t you got one?” said she, looking
articles ure made especially for this had sent a letter."
of grim despair.
proaching completion, although the ex
Like foam tlakes left on the shifting sand Norton that brought it forth. Miss Fe sharply at her.
ceremony, and every fatuity vies with
position Is uot to be opened till June 1.
“
Then
you
are
happy,
no
doubt
”
In the track of the falling tide.
Miss Felicia's cheeks grew pink.
licia sat Just in front of the gushing
its friends and neighbors to have Its
"I uni, sir. The widow Is worth 'lev-
According to th«» latest official sta
On the «round where their cause has tail
“
No
—
yeser
—
I
mean
—
it
’
s
coming
maidens, and their girlish confidences
ed they stand.
pluata more beautiful aud fanciful than en hundred dollars, fat as butter and tistics, the numbers of th«» sexes In
soon,
”
she
stammered
confusedly,
and
The last of the losing side.
were distinctly audible to her.
any one else's.
as gotxl 11atured as a goose, and I am Holland are almost equal, women hav
tbe next day a certain city Jeweler was
“Why, Helen, I should simply die of
The pinuta is really uu, earthenware walking around on eggs. Yes, sir, I am ing a preponderance of only 1 per cent
Wisdom of age Is vanquished and gener
slightly
amazed
by
an
order
for
an
"en
ous hopes of youth.
utensil which is In general use for cook a happy man, sir, and you be hanged
mortification if I didn't have an offer gagement ring suitable for a maiden
With the withdrawal of the training
Passion of faith and honor, fire ot love
lug. It is called In common parlance and go to grass, sir, and I wouldn't ships Northampton and Cleopatra from
before I was thirty!” said Maude in a lady something nice,” signed “(Miss)
and truth,
an olla and Is of browu [lottery some patronize you if penholders were sell the active list th«» other day the last
Aral the plans that Beemed the fairest In horrified whisper.
Felicia Winthrop.”
the fight have not prevailed.
thing like the old fushloned earthen ing five for a cent. That's all. Good shred of canvas dlsappeareil from the
All this was very well, but it could
“Me, too,” giggled Helen sympathet
The keenest blades are broken and the
ware crocks used In the north before day, sir.”—Brooklyn Citizen.
British navy.
strongest arms have tailed.
ically, quite unaware of the Iron that not last forever. The villagers Insisted
enamel ware became the fad.
But souls that know not the breath ot
Hamburg is to have a school for
upon
knowing
when
the
wedding
was
bad entered the soul of the little worn-
The
piñatas
are
large
or
small,
as
the
shame
lletribution.
training servants. It Is not Intended to
to take place, and this was particularly
an in front of her.
And tongues that have never lied
purse of the purchaser permits. They
First Suburbanite Tbe reincarnation compete with existing schools which
And the truest hearts and the fairest
Miss Felicia was proud. Her blood disquieting to the bride elect. She could
are round, pot Bellies! and very large at theory is a queer idea.
fame
only gasp a hurried, “Ob, I don’t know;
provide training In domestic science for
was tbe bluest In town and her luces not yet awhile!” but It cost her many
the top. They are Hold from door to
Second Suburbanite—Very. If It Is girls of well to do families.
Are here on the losing side.
the oldest and rarest. Her pet vanity a sleepless night before she solved the
door
on
the
streets
and
lu
the
markets.
true,
I
think
that
you
aud
I
In
some
BROADCLOTH BCIT.
Value and duty ou a shipment of
The conqueror’s crown of _
glory _
Is set was the thought that all the village
problem—she must kill her lover.
with many a gem.
a pretty feature of the waist. Stitched They cost only 10, 15 or 20 centavos, previous stat«» of existence must have 3,000 hogsheads of tobacco from Ken
must
look
upon
her
with
perhaps
a
But I join not In their triumph—there
She had no trouble In manufacturing bands of the material outline the front but the olla is the least expensive part b«»eu unscrupulous real estate specula tucky to Messrs. Gallaher of Belfast
are plenty to shout for them.
mild envy, but here was something
of the game.
tors who tried to beguile people into amounted to $3.000,000, which consti
The cause la the most applauded whose wanting, something so profoundly es a convenient deadly disease, and she closing, and the yoke and straps are
Tbe body of the olla for a woman is owning their own homes.—Brooklyn
promptly went into deep black. She edged with a narrow plaiting of brown
tutes, says Tobacco, a record for tobac
warriors gain the day,
And the world's beat smiles are given to sential that the lack of it caused these wrote to the book dealer and told him taffeta. The sleeves are made with covered with tissue paper; then a crin Life.
co Imports into Ireland.
chits of girls to look upon her with she never intended to buy another book
kled
paper
dress
Is
fashioned;
then
a
the victors In the fray.
the fashionable full puff to the elbow,
Whitechapel, London, the district
But dearer to me is the darkened plain,
scorn and derision—upon her, Felicia as long as she lived and not to write ending In a close fitting cuff of lace. bodice Is built up draped to represent
where so many crimes were committed
Where the noblest dreams have died,
Winthrop!
again. Thus she made sure that none Broadcloth, voile and crepe de Paris a loose white waist, and above this Is
Where hopes have been shattered and
several years ago. Including the notori
It wus only a day or two later that of those Incriminating, boldly address
heroes slain.
are all suitable for the making, The placed a false face. The hair is made
ous "Jack tlie Ripper” murders, has
In the ranks of the losing side.
Miss Felicia received a letter—a busi ed envelopes should come through the
with
black
paper,
braldtal
Into
one
long
medium size will require three and
bccu transformed by the police into a
—Arthur E. J. Legge.
ness letter—addressed In a bold mas mail.
plait
nt
the
back,
ns
the
women
wear
one-quarter yards of forty-four Inch
fairly respectable district.
culine hand. While she sat reading it
their hair In Mexico. 8ometlm«>s a
It must have been a fortnight later
ORIGIN OF WHIST.
One of the recent incidents of the
in the garden Helen Armstrong came that Miss Felicia received a call from material for the waist and five and white tehuana headdress is made of the
seven-eighthB yards of forty-four Inch
Welsh religious revival was the cere
lace paper used by bakers and confec
The Gams Was First Culled Triumph rushing heedlessly through the gate.
the village gossip. Tbe woman’s face material for the skirt.
monlous cremation of a ball by tlie
“If you please. Miss Felicia,” said was Hushed, and her nervously excited
tioners.
■ nd Aflerwur«! Trump.
members of the Aberamen football
A flower piñata is decorated with
Whist was first called trlxmph, a the young girl breathlessly, “mamma movements plainly portended some
Fashion Hints.
club, to show that they were done with
name which was afterward corrupted wants to know If she can take your thing unusual.
The front panel Is quite the newest large paper flowers In every color of
such frivolities as football games.
rule
for
angel
cake
”
—
Then
she
caught
the
talnbow.
Red,
white
and
green
rib
Into trump. The eighteenth century
“Now, Miss Winthrop, I hope you’ll thing In skirts.
A slip from Shakespeare's mulberry
■11 w whist In its primitive form, tne sight of the boldly addressed envelope be calm. It ought to be broke gently,
Most of the small hats are tricornes bons, forming long streamers, and sil
tree at Stratford-on-Avon is to be set
ver and gold tinsel, glass balls and col
whole object of the game being to win In Miss Winthrop's lap and raised a you know. Now, be calm very calm— or boat shaped turbans.
out opposite the town hall of the bor
tricks by leading high cards or by playfully admonitory finger. “Oh. Miss it's a nice day, ain’t It, Miss Win The crown Is quite distinct from the ored lights all help to make the flower
ough
of Southwark, London, which is
piñata
very
beautiful.
The
possibilities
trumping. Then came the era of Hoyle, Felicia! From a man! I know! 1 nev throp ?"
brim In the new turbans.
u stone's throw from the Old Newing
which may lie said to have lasted from er. never would have thought It!”
Tulle Is one of the latest trimming for dressing these pluatas are endless.
By
this
time
Miss
Felicia
was
thor
A bright red spot blazed up in either
ton theater, where Shakespeare acted
In a large family the mother and
1730 to 1800 and taught players to
Ideas and Is used In great quantities.
oughly unnerved.
1594-96.
daughters have their own piñatas, and
think not only of their own hands, but cheek, and something caught Miss Fe
Coq
de
roche
Is
most
effective
as
a
“Sarah Ann Jones, what are you
Jesse Wood of Haywards, Cal., Is try
of the other bunds also, and to take licia's brenth away. Now was the talking about?” said she sharply. “Tell relief note with gray green and brown, great secrecy Is maintained in the dec
“Oh, yea," suld Mrs. Blobbs, "shop
advantage of the positions of the cards time to show this saucy chit of a girl m«»—tell me this minute, now! Quick!"
Not for years has the separate warp oration of the olla. It is the alm of ping at the stores Is so handy and ing to raise funds for a monument to
each to devise as original a dressing
the memory of Juan Rodríguez Cablllo,
in them. Hoyle also taught that that her scorn was quite uncalled for.
“Be calm, Miss Felicia; do be calm. been such an Important feature of for the piñata as possible, and it can simple!”
the Portuguese explorer aud navigator
trumps might be more profitably em Miss Felicia laughed self consciously ’Taln't much, only you’ve been de dress.
who discovered California, landing in
ploytai thun lu simple trumping and and hastily put the letter out of sight. ceived—your lover ain't dead!”
Ribbon of two contrasting shades Is be made a very extravagant ornament.
In the families of wealthy Mexicans
the bay of San Dregosln in Septem
showetl that they might be used to dis The blush and the hurried motions
very
smart
for
trimming
tailor
hats.
“What?" demanded Miss Felicia,
tlie luxury of the piñata often mounts
ber, 1542.
arm the adversary and to obtain sec were enough for the romantic Helen, starting from her chair.
Into thousands.
ondary advantage In trJvX making by and before night half the town knew
Fads
For
Evening
Toilets.
The largest peanut fields In the world
"I
say
your
lover
ain
’
t
dead,
nnd
he
After the olla Is decorated to the taste
other suits of l«»ss apparent power. It that Miss Felicia bad had a letter from never did die He's come back, and
Clusters of pink roses with white
are In Guiana, on the north coast of
was uot until 1800 that the phihMopb- her “beau.”
frosted leaves are very much used as a It Is filled. The filling consists of pea
Africa. Peanuts are grown there by
The fair deceiver was besieged with he's right here in this very town, and supplementary adornment to the even nuts. hazel nuts, hard candles, like
ical era can lie said to have begun, and
hundreds of tons, but tlio quality Is in
maybe
you
’
ll
see
him
tonight!
”
blurted
questions.
uiiirlil«»«,
nnd
all
kinds
of
Mexican
the origin of the new movement was a
ferior to those grown lu this country.
tlie woman, fairly bursting with the ing gowns of today. For the evening dulces. These dulces are candled fruits,
“
Who
Is
It,
Miss
Felicia?
”
knot of young men at Cambridge, Eng
Most of the African peanuts are ship
exuberance of her disquieting informa headdress a distinct novelty Is a co- nut paste, etc.
“
Where
did
you
know
him?
”
land, known as the Little Whist school.
carde of silk or satin to which is at
ped to France.
tion.
“
Why
didn
’
t
you
tell
us
before?
”
Christmas night the piñatas are car
This laxly kept records of Its games,
In tills country, which contains the
She had her desired reward, for Miss tached a cluster of white or shaded ried in great state Into the sala and
It was then that Miss Felicia sud
but no one thought of making th«» data
ospreys. Combs of tinted horn repre
largest wheat producing section of the
Felicia
fell
In
a
limp
little
heap,
and
suspende«!
from
the
celling
one
at
a
known until 1861. Coherence in the denly found herself possessed of a
world, it Is a fact borne out by govern
four distracted neighbors had to be sent a popular fad in Paris which 1 b time. All the relatives of the family
system of play was still wanting, and wonderful fund of imagination. She
attracting a good deal of attention.
ment statisticians that less wheat is
summoned
before
she
was
brought
put
all
her
newly
awakened
romantic
are
present,
and
as
cousins
of
the
fifth
this wns supplied In 1864 with Dr.
planted every year of late. The farm-
nnd sixth degree are recognized and
Pole's «»ssny on th«» theory of the m«xl sentiment into the development of the back to life—and her lover. Then she
The Fad For Real Lace.
er turns to more protitable and less
personality of her lover, and It was shut herself up In her room and re
era scientific whist.
to children are very numerous there Is
The
real
lace
fad
Is
extending
hazardous crops.
not long before she almost believed in fused to come out, even when a stal chemises, Not nearly as much em- generally a large gathering. They all
wart, blue eyed man came up her little
Timothy J. I-ee, an American loco-
him herself.
sit very demurely ou chairs ranged In
brolderlng
la
used
on
smart
lingerie,
THE ART OF EATING.
Wheu they had asked her his name, path with long strides and pulled twice lace being used In the greater profu- a row around the walls of the room.
This is Mrs. Blobbs doing her shop motive engineer, has been held respon
she had given the first that came Into at her tinkling doorbell.
One person Is constituted master of ping. Very bandy and simple, isn’t it— sible for tlie wrecking of a train he
slon. Flounces of lace to the knees and
Food Mart Please the Mind an Well
Toward night she stole down stairs
was driving near Zacatecas, Mexico,
ceremonies, tbe eldest son or daughter for her?
nN the Palate.
little
applied
berthas
and
shoulder
and out the back door, then followed
and sentenced to hard labor in tlie salt
of the house. He or she stands in the
capes
add
great
beauty
to
both
che-
Pawlow has established the physio
a winding path to a little grove of
mines for four years. He was badly
A 8n<l Cynicism.
middle of the room. Near by Is a Jar
logical importance of the mental state
trees behind the house. From a child mises and night dresses.
hurt In tlie wreck.
or
umbrella
stand
filled
with
npfsaco
"How
do
you
iuannge
to
remain
lu
on digestion, having shown, for In
she had always taken her knotty prob
The skeletons of four men who mys
canes or sticks. When everything is politics when you have so few political
The Mew Rnchlnaa.
stance. that delicacies produce secre
lems there to solve. Tbe big, blue
teriously disappeared there between
Colored edges to white ruchlngs—gay ready a child or grown person Is se friends?”
tion of gastric Juice as soon ns they are
eyed man was on the watch and fol little plaid pipings—are an Innovation. lected nnd calleil by name. She comes
"By realizing that 1 haven't any two days twenty years ago have been
perceived by the eye, even before they
lowed, so Miss Felicia bad scarcely Black ruchlngs, too, come with black forward und Is blindfolded.
friends,” replied Senator Sorghum. “In discovered In an old water hole near
are eaten.
seated herself when she sprang to her and white plaid edges.
Then the fun begins. Tbe person that way I avoid misplacing my confi Quartrite, Arfz. They were on their
The food must not only be palatable,
feet with a little scream.
blindfolded 1 b turned round and round dence and having my plans go wroug.” way to California and no doubt were
but must be served In an attractive
“Don’t be frightened, please; I am
until she 1 os «» h all knowledge of where —Washington Star.
murdered for their money.
A New Denlgn.
manner tine dishes, table decorations,
Pnul Raymond-don't you remember?
New designs In shirt waists are be the piñata hangs. A cane Is put In her
A number of prominent physicians In
etc.
I used to sit opposite you In school. ing constantly brought out. and this bands, aud she Is told to hit the piñata
flometlilnir New.
the United States are advocating the
In eating we must take time to chew
Won’t you please shake hands with one. showing some novel effects, was and try to break It. She Is given three
Mrs. Good (shocked)—Mrs. Talkalot organization of a national society for
our food thoroughly. This serves a
me?" said he pleadingly.
stylishly developed In brown mohair. chances. If she falls to bit It she sits Just told me something that I know the prevention of dust. It Is believed
double punióse—first, through the net
Miss Felicia gave him limp fingers The front laps In double breasted style, down amid laughter and ridicule, if was manufactured out of whole cloth. the matter enn be got under way by
of mastication the coarser particles of
and looked longingly toward the bouse. and the right front Is slashed to allow she hits It without breaking It she is
Mrs. Chatterton (eagerly)—Well, let’s the time of the next meeting of the
food are broken up: second, more sa
“No, don’t go back Just yet. I want the tie to pass through. Three deep entitled to a small prize.
have It, quick! All of the gossip in American Medical association, when it
liva is secreted and Is thoroughly mix
to speak to you, please.” Then the tucks In the upper part provide suffi
And so it goes on, one after another this neighborhood Is about worn Is probable organization will be effect
ed with the food. The digestion of
color In his face matched her own as cient fullness, and a shapely nppear- being calk'd up, blindfolded and given a threadbare.—Judge.
ed.
starch Is thus materially aided, and
he began a little awkwardly: “Miss ance is given In the back by the tucks cane and three chances to break the
The only South American country
the proteids are made more easily ac
Winthrop, I don't know how to say
pluata. Finally one more fortunate
Bambful Fred.
producing cereals for export Is Argen
cessible to the action of the gastric
what I want to, but I used to know
than tbe rest succeeds In giving a hard
Kate Did Fred ask you for a kiss?
Juice.
tina. Thirty years ago it imported
and—er—like you long ago, and—and
enough blow, and, crash, the piñata
Nancy No, Indeed. He's too bashful cereals from tlie United States, from
Water should accompany each meal.
1 understand that the people here have
falls
to
the
grounds
In
hundreds
of
bits,
for
that
It Increases the appetite and the en
Chile and even from Turkey, but in
kind of got the idea that you and I
and Its contents nre scattered far and
Kate—Too bad, wasn’t It?
joyment of f«xxi.
1902 the value of the quality exported
are lovers”—speaking very fast—“and
wide.
Nancy—Oh. no. You see, be kissed was $05,000,000, and, according to all
After eating we should rest a little
I Just wanted to say that maybe we
A wild scramble ensues. Everybody me without asking.—Boston Transcript. calculations, ft exceeded $100,000,000 In
while before returning to our work.—
could keep ’em from talking If you’d
rushes forward to gather as much of
Dr. Max Einhorn In Medical Record.
1904.
i
be willing to be sort of friendly with
the spilled contents as possible.
A More Sail.factory Solution.
For some time astronomers have tried
me. Of course,” he added quickly, “I
Tbe fortunate breaker of the piñata
"I think all sinecures ought to ba
A DIFFICULT PENANCE.
to adapt the stereoscope to astronomy,
shouldn't expect you'd give me any
gets a handsome prize and Is awarded abolished.”
thing else—till by and by—when you
the seat of honor. He or she sits down
“Oh. I ddn’t know. I think it would says Cosmos, I’aris, and very satisfac
Irish Plllgrlnis to the Skelllg Hocks
knew me better. If you thought you
and
Is
debarred
from
another
trial
nt
be
better If they could be multiplied so tory relief photographs of the moon
lllsk Their Lives.
could, perhaps”—
breaking
another
piñata.
As
soon
as
that
everybody could have one.”—Chi have been obtained by taking views at
Ten miles off the coast of Kerry. In
sufficiently long Intervals and utilizing
•••••••
th«» confusion dies down and order is cago Inter Ocean.
the west of Ireland, lie the Skelllg
the slight swinging of the moon to and
It was long years afterward that Fe-
somewhat
restored
another
olla
Is
hung
rocks, one of which has been for years
fro tn space. The moon nppears In ex
up and the same routine gone through.
pirone; I am Paul licla found among her husband’s pa
Perhaps He Did.
the scene of a difficult penance. A zig "Don’t be frightened,
aggerate«« ris let.
Haymond."
pers a worn package of Jeftem, most
So
the
TUI)
continues
until
the
last
piña
Cultured
Father
—
A
German
physiol
I
zag path leads up some 7)0 feet to .9
A new rurnl free delivery route has
of them, but not all of thong blank,
ta Is broken, and then the prizes are ogtst has discovered that the red cor
iiginiioiise, nut 7uo feet more must lie iier mind, Patil. She was thinking of nnd addressed to “Mr. Paul A. Ray
been opened from Sabbntus, Me., tn
awarded.
pnscles
of
the
blood
are
spherical.
climbed before the summit Is reached, Paul Raymond, the curly head«»d little mond, Care General Delivery. Boston,
The piñata party Is the great social
Little Son (interrupting)-Why, pa. which the mall carrier enjoys the
where stand the ruins of St. Ftnlan’a boy that used to sit across the aisle Mass.”
unlove experience of driving Into four
nnd fun mnking feature of the Christ did ho thtnk ther were square?-
monastery anil a cross of St. Michael.
front her at the village school. Paul
towns and three counties In his circle
mas season. After the piñatas have York Weekly.
Ancient Kggs In China.
Here on the ana1' crvnry of St- Mi had worshiped her in those faraway
of twenty five miles. The towns are
been
broken
nnd
a
supper
has
been
A
Germnn
epicure
come«
to
the
rescue
chael devotees risk their lives In per days, but the chilling dignity of the
LADY'S SHIRT WAIST,
Webster, Bowdoln, Litchfield and
served there follows dancing, or a trav-
Lucky Willie.
of
the
Chinese
In
regard
to
their
al
forming their devotions. First they sedate little miss had effectually pre
ellng company of Indians from the
Miss Dashing—And I suppose you are Wales, and the counties are Andros
have to squeeze themselves through the vented bls showing It save In soulful leged habit of eating rotten eggs. The extending down to the waist line,
coggin, Sagadahoc and Kennebec.
mountains Is brought In to aine and •owing your wild oats.
Needle's Eye, a tunnel In the rock thir- glances. Felicia never forgot the queer eggs, lie says, are «Imply preserved tn epaulets and the narrow revers are
dance In native costume.
Willie Callow—Naw, by Jove; It’s teo
Vickers, Sons & Maxim have pro
ten feet long, the passing up which Is little fluttering feeling she had when lime until they get a consistency like strapped with tan colored broadcloth
These
traveling
Indians
are
some
duced
In the 2,000 ton Manxman the
and
finished
by
small
silk
covered
but
much
like
work.
I
let
my
“
man
”
sow
that
of
hard
butter
and
they
taste
like the ascent of a chimney. Then ever she encountered that compelling
fastest turbine driven merchant steam
they creep on all fours up the Stone gaze, nnd some way "Paul” slipped eas somewhat like lobster, He declares tons. The sleeves are In the regulation what like the singing bands which go them for me.—Chicago News.
ship afloat. She completed a two days’
of Pain, on whose smooth surface one ily from her lips as her lover's name. them one of the choicest delicacies he shirt waist style, gathered Into straight around nt Christmas time from house
trial In the firth of Clyde, In which
Almont One.
false step Is fatal; then, getting astride Though «he constantly refum'd to give has ever eaten. He thinks there are cuffs. Any of the season's waistlngs to house In England. Germany, Frnnce
nnd Italy. They have been known nnd
Mr. Sappy- She snfd I was a practlual she attained a maximum speed of
the Spindle, a rock 1.500 feet above the his surname, her nelgblsirs had no idea no better cooks In the world than the •re suitable for the making, such as
twenty-three and a half knots, which Is
Atlantic and projecting some ten feet of being obliged to forego the pleasure Chinese. When he went to live among pique, madras, albatross and taffeta. popular In Mexico from time Immemo man. didn't she?
____ The medium size will require two and rial. The are much In demand during
Miss Peppery—Not exactly. She said about one and a half knots faster that)
each pilgrim must "ride a cock horse of knowing it: so after wisely putting them his friends _ predicted he would
to St. Michael's cross," say a Pater their heads together an«! rememtiering starve, but he had a good time and flve-elgbth yards of thirty-six inch ma the Christmas holiday season.—Kansas you were practically a man.—Philadel any turbine driven merchant vessel
City Star.________________
yet constructed.
__________
phia Pres*. ______________
noster and shuttle back as liest he can. the adoring glances of this same small gained weight—more than he wanted terial.
—Pearson’s Weekly.
Meed Merer Reproseh Himself.
boy they Informed her one day that to.
Ills Line.
Thanderer nnd Poet.
Two Views,
they had found out and that Paul
"What word did her father send aft
Balky Steam Bollerà.
"Yes." said the lecturer, "I'm deal
An early copy of Swinburne’s,
"A man’s- vote Is too precious to be
Their Only Fhanoe.
llaymom! was Ills name. The youth in
er
he
had
found
out
about
your
elope
According to an engineer, though
lag in furniture these dnys.”
"Poems and Ballads” volume (1800)
A 1 arty of soldiers y as taken to the question having left the town for parts there may be every reason present why sold,” said the patriot
"How Is that?” asked a listener.
came Into the bands of Dallas, then
“Perhaps,” answered Senator Sor ment?”
shooting range for the first time.
unknown at tbe tender age of four a steam boiler should steam there are
"Oh, he wrote me a very kind letter,
"Making one night stands under a chief literary reviewer to the Ixmdon
The men first fired at a target 500 teen, he was not there to dispute the occasions when It simply will not It ghum, “although a number of people of saying he was glad we’d taken that lecture bureau, with the help of til. Times, who, after ruminating on what *
yard« away, and not one hit It. They honor, nnd as Miss Felicia gave only refuses duty and sulks without any my acquaintance regard It as too valu course, ns It relieved him of the ne time tables.”—Baltimore American.
we will call the pygmy poems, strode
were next tried at a target 200 yaçds n frightened. emliarras8<»d exclamation cause that can tie detected. On such able to be given away.”—Washington cessity of giving his consent and hav
off to Moxon’s with an ultimatum.
away. and still every one miaaad. They in response to their confident an occasions every one takes a hand at 8tar. •
ing It on* bls mind all tbe rest of hfs
When to Cat Weed«.
Either, said he, let them withdraw the
were at last tried at one just 100 yards nouncement ’ht» name remained.
life.”—Chicago
the fires, but the result Is the same-
A Secret Society.
•
She—When should a young widow book or he would denounce It and de
• —— — Record-Herald.
,. — -
nway. but no one hit It
A« time passed Miss Felicia sank no steam or only enough to keep three
l>-y*»nil II.anon.
Carrie—4've got g dandy idea for a
discard her weeds? He—Oh, I doo t •troy it. As they had no wish to lie de
"Attention!" tbumiered the drill ser
deeper and deeper In the tolls of het quarters speed. Marine and stationary girls' secret society. Belle—secret
know, but I suppose she should cut nounced or destroyed themselves, they
Thef»
liftwo
individuals
who
canDOt
grant. "Fix bayonets! Charge! It’s own Invention. She intimated that she boilers are both thus afflicted. There
society! Do you think It would be be reasoned with—a girl in love and a them out Just ns soon as she wants to preferred to accept the former alterna
your only chance!”- Kansas City Inde
bad met and ftn««wn her lover again are "good days" ant "bad days’’,!») the practical? Carrie—Surely. We wouldn't guan who Is determined to run for an raise a second crop of orange blossoms. tive. John Camden Hotten brought
|>cndent.
w bile at boarding school, and since ther performance of each Chicago News.
•ut the bOok. -Fortnightly Review.
keep sqgrets; we’d swap them. Puck.
office N'dw Orleans Picayune
—Baltimore Herald.
Gems In Verse
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