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Newspaper Page Textanda's Whims By A. M. DAVIES OGDEN 0 It was afternoon on one of the last row hot lnys of summer. Through the J'u':u" f a white dress there under the cii.HiM.t resented the lad. .Vow the re pressed wrath of weeks found vent. "I hate you." she reiterated stormily i he next moment she had Hushed through the door and was gone. Hav inond. oddly depressed In spite of his vletory, followed slowly. The world was Hooded with the tran . .. ... nun giory tne moonlight as he went out. A narrow path letl to the roai where a row of maples lifted Uieir leafy branelies to the starry skies, am Raymond, fancying that he caught the open windows came glimpses of green- ... . 1 . . 1 v J U U I MOtMl.kill-ii... 1 1" ii'i.iivuij; u uoucious coolness and the ripple of brooks, hut in tlw sonooiroom the air was undeniably ciose. ine scratch of a pencil, the shuffling of Impatient little feet, the trees, felt his heartbeats quicken Somehow he had been looking forward to walking home with the girl. Then :is he turned from locking the door a dark figure rushed by the corner of the schoolhou.se, there was a woman's shrill scream, something heavy struck his drone of a lazy bee, all seemed to in- forehead, and Raymond fell. tensify the impression of heat, and the young schoolmaster stirred restlessly It bad meant a great deal to Peter Kaymond. securing the village school at Wimberly, but he had not found his task an easy one. His eyes, wauderin over the rows of beut heads before him. encountered the glance of a girl seated near the door. The girl, one of the old er scholars, with a toss of her curls, returned to her book, and the trouble in the schoolmaster's face deepened Here was the crux of the situation. If he could win Miranda Hemming to his ide the remainder of the pupils would follow easily enough. Rut It was .Mi randa herself, witli her great blue eyes, fetching dimples and coquettish ways. who op.Mily led the revolt against him the teacher sighed again, l'erhaps he was too young. From the very beginning of his work, however. Raymond had recognized the primitive instinct of hostilitv to the un known in the questioning eyes uplifted to his own. Now. after live weeks, he seemed no nearer the solution of his problem: Indeed, matters under Miran da's spirited guidance were becoming even worse, despite his pointed ignor lug of her mutiny. He touched the bell "First class in grammar." he said. Miranda, with several other girls, rang ing from sixteen to eighteen, came slowly forward. It was rather a try ing recitation. Most of the girls stum bled. Miranda failed utterly, nor did she care. To all his questions she an swered with provoking nonchalance. evidently indifferent as to whether he were pleased or not. Her rebellion had never before been quite so openly man ifest. A sudden line of resolution tightened the young man's mouth "ou may return to your seats." he said. "Miss Mhanda. I shall expect you to remain after school until that lesson is recited perfectly. "What:' cried the girl. Involunta rily she fell back a step, hardly believ lug her own ears. That any one should dare address her. Miranda Hemming, in such fashion: Raymond's expression ilid not change. "iou heard what I said." he returned quietly. "It should not lake Ion tor a moment Miranda, stupefied, hesitated, then she llounced indignant ly back to her seat. The whole school. which had dropped all work to listen to the passage at arms between Mi randa and the teacher, fairly shivered, ami Tom Carruthers, a big, loutish ' chap of nineteen, shot a sullen loot: ut Raymond. To scold Miranda! To the quivering excitement of the school, the time until 4 o'clock appeared fairly to lly. Would teacher really keep in Mi randa; When the others arose, Miranda also sprang to her feet. Then something in the teacher's expression cnued her to sink back In her seat, tingling and abashed. It took an unusually long time for the pupils to disperse that day. but at last they were all gone. "Von need not think that 1 sha study that ieson." she declared wit sharp emphasis. Raymond nodded. "As you please." he nnsweml. "Onlv here we both stay until you do." "Anil I'm not to have an- supper?' incredulously. "Not until ou learn that lesson." "Rut" burst out Miranda furious ly. Then she closed her lips with snap and leaned back, her hands tern pestuously folded before her. Ray utond picked up a book. "Take your own time," he said pleas autly. But somehow the book did not prove very enthralling. Retween his eyes and the primed pages persisted the vision or a wiiii ui little tace set in us tangie of wavy hair. Yet he must not be beaten now. His whole future bung on this isue, he though!. The shad ows lengthened, the sun dropped be hind the hills. Miranda, who for soim time had been stealing furtive glances at the quiet tigure behind the big desk smiled prettily. "I'm I'm huugry," she -wheedled For an instant Raymond wavered This new sweetness was strange and alluring. But before he could speak the door was llung open and Tom Car m titers appeared on the threshold. lien t ye comin home to supper, Miruudy?" he demanded. "Yer ma sent mo fer ye." darting a suspicious look at her Jailer. "Ain't ye comin'? I'll look out fer ye." "Why." began Miranda feebly. Ray mond, a sudden, unaccountable resent ment surging into his heart, frowned. "Miss Miranda is in no need of a ehamolon." he declared stlfllv. "She can leave when she chooses. You may go." And Tom, after an instant's scowling hesitation, went out, banging the door. Miranda bit her lip. "I will never learn that lesson," she repeated stubbornly. There was another long silence while the shadows darkened. At last the young man rose and lit the lamp. "It Is nearly 0 o'clock," he said brief lj Miranda, now close upon tears, looked back still defiant. "And if I ay it you'll let me go?" "Certainly." With rapid, choked utterances she flung the text at him. not pausing for question or comment. And then "I I hate you," she cried vehement ly; "hate you, hate you! And I'll nev er, never ''uini' into this horrid school room again!" The bright drops shone In her eyes like dew on forgetmeuots. her -cheeks were Hushed to a wild rose pink; the girl was shaken, puzzled, hurt. The village boys she had teased and ruled at will. For the lirst time rhe had found a man Impervious alike to her anger or smiles. From the day that he, a stranger, had met her eyes In calm unconcern she hud uncon- It must have been nearly an hour Inter when Raymond anil Miranda stopped at the gate of the girl's home, Hearing footsteps. Mrs. Hemming came out to meet them. " ell." she said. "So I hear vou've been having trouble with Mlrandy. lorn was here in quite a state and wanted me to Interfere. But I judged you knew how to run your own game, comtortably. "Did ye meet him?" Ray mond, feeling the bump left bv thu stone on his forehead, laughed. "ies. we met him," he said whim sically. 'And he left us In no doubt as to his opinion of me. Indeed, I might say that he left a decided impression. If it had not been that Miranda, sus peeting there might be trouble, wait cd Rut. after all. I do not know that I blame him much," he went on. "lie could not appreciate that I was acting in Miranda's best Interests," with mis chievous emphasis. Miranda, very shy and conscious, Hushed. Mrs. Hemming lifted her hands. "What ever am I going to do with that girl?" she ejaculated. "Kcally. she's growing fairly unmanageable. If she only had a father!" The young man became suddenly quite grave. "Will you intrust the task to me. Mrs. Hemming?" he asked. ! think I understand her better now."' "Trust you." Tied Mrs. Hemming. 'Why, ye' re nothing but a boy your sen. now couiu vou oe a lamer to her?" regarding him in perplexed as tonishment. Raytumd bent and pos sessed himself o: tile girl's slender hand. "No. I suspc t tint I couldn't be a father to her.' he a -Toed, "but she has just promised to marry me." NEW SHORT STORIES HI nine Knew ilic Knnilly. A gentlcin.ui prominent in Cam bridge (old this anecdote of the late Hon. .lames ('. Blaine one night not long after witnessing the incident: Mr. Blaine, said he. had a peculiar gift for remembering names and faces, but this was the most amusing exhibition of his gift that I had ever witnessed. It was at a large recep tion in Washington. A gentleman of rather countrified appearance was In troduced to Mr. Blaine as Mr. Mason. "What!" exclaimed Mr. Blaine. "Mr. WASHINGTON LETTER .''pedal Correspondence Chief of the Washington clubs is the .Metropolitan, temporarily located in the annex of the Arlington hotel pend ing the erection of its new clubhouse on the site of one lately destroyed by fire. The Metropolitan was estab lished forty years or more ago and has always numbered among its mem bers the leading men of official and resident life. Its president is Roar Admiral John G. Walker, D. S. N. The HUMOR OF THE HOUR Mure Than a Hint. "If I should attempt to kiss you, asKeu tne young man, "would you scream for your mother?" "I guess I would," the fair thing ad mitted, "but It wouldn't do me much good. Mother Is visiting fifteen miles out In the country." A moment later something happened Louisville Courier-Journal. On to Him. Mrs. Jones It must have been a resident membership is something less great surprise when you found that than 1,000, with a nonresident list of Voul husband had been lying to you Mason of Poult noy. Yt.?" "Yes," replied Mr. Mason, delighted at being definitely placed geographic ally. "The son of Stephen Mason?" "Yes," delighted again to be genea logically placed. "Ah. yes." said Mr. Blaine, "and he died in. let me see, in lSlW, did he no? I remember and he was buried in the little yard by the church. And his fa ther was John Mason, who fought in the war of 1ML Ah. ves." It was all so sympathetic and so his torically correct, and the man's picas urc oer having a distinct place in the ENGLfBR CIVIL SLKViUL. The Til In It Ik Siiinll. Ion I lit- I'lml. tlon Are i::iurlj sought. once a civil -HTvarit always a civil sci". . appc.tr to be the motto of the tloglish civil servi -e. for unless one prove-; dishonest or au extraordinarily poor workman he Is retained in service until the age limit 1 reached and the -alary lit is exchanged for the pen (ion roil. 1 nhke the chi! service in the I'nited St. ice-;, there is no strong par:isaultip. Appointees hold their position no mat- li r which party may be in power. i he pay I.- not large, even in view of tile inall cost of ihhkr in England CJ l tlleeit dollars is about the limit of weekly payment in the postofiice de partment, though some of the execu tive iiosiilons iav as high as Sim m hi : oar. The excise department is a fa vored branch, the pay starting at SL'r.0 a car. His is raised by a yearly in erea-e ot ;!.. lint i I the nav reaches t - ------ !" !. and after a year is iumned to "". From there on the pay jumps la.'idly to Sl.-jr.o yearly, and if the of ficer is tortuiiate in at last arriving at the dignity of collector he draws Sl.ooo ear!v. Parliamentary clerkships run from S.Uki to S;:.tntii a year, and the navy .1 p.irtmeiit will run a clerk up to S::.i:!d if he reaches the importance of Heel paymaster. In spite of the small salaries the places are eagerly sought, since it means a life portion, with a pension for one's declining wars. 7q&hTeT . 'aii, -ves, i i;i MKMnm:." said mi:, iii.ai.nk. .Moz.ofitn 1 1' Memory. 'ardinal Mezzofanti had a memory little short of miraculous. Dr. Russell, his biographer, says that the cardinal spoke with the greatest ease thirty lan guages, that he spoke fairly well nine, that he used occasionally, but not with fluency, clown more; that he spoke im perfectly eight and that he could read e!evn more. Taking, in addition, the number of dialects he used, some s di verse from the mother tongue as to constitute a dilVereiit language, lr. Russell says that the cardinal was master of no les than 111 different languages and dhtlccts. His German was so excellent that he was taken for a native of Germany, while his French and English were equally pure. I r. Tholuck heard him converse in Her man, Arabic, Spanish. Flemish, Eng Hsh, Latin. Creek, Swedish and Por tuguese at one of the pope's receptions. mil afterward Mezzofanti gave him an original poem in Persian and left him to Jake a lesson in Cornish. He knew several ot the American Indian lan guages and nearly all the dialects of India... Why I'rlHon Doorkeeper Are Surly. "Why are the doorkeepers of prisons always surly? I guess it Is because they have to answer so main' fodish questions, said a prison doorkeeper. "Only this morning a ring comes at the bell. I halt in the middle of mv reakfast. I tramp down the long eor idor. I unlock my fifty ton door with my twenty pound key. Outside .stands l tough young man. his hat on the side of Ids bend, who says: Boss, wheu'll Joe .Mace get out? Me and another feller's got a bet on It.' People conn? here and aBk me when statesman's mind was so evident that we coveted the ready memory and tact of the busy statesu an who could "o definitely place every one. Vet this seemed except i mal. so after the man had passed on we said to the senator: "How could you remember all that? Hid ever you know his father?" lie laughed ami said: "No. I never saw him. but I had an old aunt- who lived in Potiltney. Yt., and several summers ago I spent a Sunday with her, and I went to church with her. The day was warm, and I had dilli eully in keeping awake. The window was open tit the little graveyard, and every time I nodded I opened my eyes to sec on a big stone whoie reflected whiteness made me blink. Stephen Maon. died April Uli, ISdS.' and beside it was another with 'John Mason, born 17-. died is !' "It never would have done to fall aiiep. My aunt would never have forgiven me, so I memorized that, and I never hear the name Mason that 1 don't see that big white stone and '.hose big letters spelling out Stephen Mason." No. I never saw the man or heard of him before." Boston Herald. Iaivvsoii ami the V.'lml ( lock. Thomas W. I.awson. himself an adept in unconventional tactics, recently re ceived a shock at his own sneelaltv. He was driving a spirited horse to a light vehicle. Having occasion to leave it In order to enter an otiice building. he called to a street urchin: Sonny, hold my horse?" "Cert." was the pert reply. "What do I git?" "A dollar an hour."' said Mr. Law- son, laughing. "By that dock?" continued the lad. pointing to a street clock in front of a jeweler's. "Yes." said the financier, much unused. 'All right." assented the boy. with a sudden alacrity In contrast with his previous hesitation. Mr. Lawson performed his errand and emerged again from the olfieo building. "How much do I owe you?" he asked the boy. "Two hundred and seven dollars." "What?" "By the clock, mister." Mr. Lawson glanced at the clock, an advertisement. It contained iu works, but was operated by currents of air. and the hands were revolving with the rapidity of a piuwhool. "I thought Wall st rectors could do more business on wind than anybody else." gasped Mr. Lawson. "but this takes my tlme!"'-Suecess Magazine. Wan toil to Sec I.imvIh nml Clark. Director of the Mint Roberts Is tell ing a good story on an Iowa friend with whom he rocenflv vUhe.i i.n - - - i ou Lewis and Clark exposition grounds at Portland, Ore. The Iowa man had been accustomed to receiving railroad passes and deadhead tickets at thea ters, so when he was confronted with a sign announcing the admission charge of 50 cents to the grounds he v.-as inclined to balk. "Hero." he said to his friend Rob erts, "I don't like the idea of paying r0 cents to get In there. Walt a minute. ."00 or tUK). The president and vice president of the I'nited States and the chiefs of em bassies and legations comprise the short list of honorary members, although many of those officials do not avail themselves of the club's privilege, un less on the active list as well. Presi dent Roosevelt was for many years an active member of the Metropolitan, but resigned when elected to the vlco presidency. rrcNitlent Get Statuette. President Roosevelt wus the recip ient the other day of a beautiful eques trian statuette of himself as colonel of the rough rJders, which is the lat est of the works of the sculptor Mac- monnies. The presentation was made in the White House by Miss Janet Scudder of New York, a pupil of Mac monnics. whose work has been ac cepted for the Luxembourg gallery in Paris. In addition to the president and Miss Scudder those present at the ceremony, which was informal, were Mrs. Roosevelt, Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Dewey and Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Ronaparte. Ilrltlnli Squnilrou Com In sr. The navy department has been ad vised through the British embassy of the intended visit to American waters tills autumn of Prince Louis of Bat tenberg. witli a squadron of British warship:;, consisting, as understood here, of four cruisers. It is understood that owhg to the lateness of the season of the arrival on this side of the Atlantic the squad ron will not be able to visit Newport as it was desired, but will visit New York and then Annapolis. From the latter place the prince is expected to come to Washington. While the navy department is not advised definitely of the date of the prince's visit, it is understood that it will ttike place some time In October. AO ml ml ii f the Xnvy. Admiral Dewey, who. to give him his proper title, should be spoken of al ways as the admiral of the navy with out any given name, Just as Mr. Can non is on all formal occasions the speaker of the house, ranks higher than the head of the army. The admiral of the navy holds his rank by special act of congress and Is recognized at home and abroad as the highest olficer of our national defense. General Chaf fee is lieutenant general chief of staff, il) head of the army, inasmuch as this service has no general of th n Mean of the Diplomats. The dean of the diplomatic corps la always the ranking member of that hody and is the oldest ambassador In point of service in Washington. At present Count Cassini of Russia holds this position, to which he succeeded three years ago on the death of the late Lord Pauucefotethe first ambas sador from Creat Britain. Count Cas slui having lately been notified of his transfer to Madrid his mantle will fail up u Baron Mayor des Planches, the ambassador from Italy. The latter is a comparatively young man who arrived in Washington Just four years ago and is likely to remain at his present post for many years, which will give the Italian embassy n prominence hereto fore unknown. IVinlon Ofllcc Clerka. chief Clerk William II. Bagley of the pension otiice recently canvassed the l.'JU) clerks in that bureau for the purpose of ascertaining the former oc cupations of the employees. The re sults were surprising. right along Mrs. Kandor-Not at all. It was ouly what I expected. When he asked me to marry him he told me he had never been In love before. Boston Transcript. Didn't Look It. Guest (at reception)-Who Is that glum old party over there in the cor ner? Host Don't you know him? He's Professor Sholligus, the eminent sociol ogist. Uuest-H'mph! He looks more like an unsociologist.-Chieago Tri:.um THE ltOLE OF iL-LULET MANY FAMOUS ACTRESSES ESSAYED IT AND FAILED. MCn ! i"eil M rah Slililon.M and the Drllllnnt Charlotte Ciilimnu Were Xot Initial t the Timk-Antin Dickinson In Hit- I'nrt. A Secondary Connidc ration. "Yes, the auto whizzed across the dock and plunged into twenlv f.v t of water. And, by George, it wa n't in jurcd the least bit." "How about the passengers?" "The passengers? I (.,;s i t' i.tl. ihv paper said anything about the passen gers." Cleveland Plain Dealer. A Jllt'.n CoiifcHsIon. "I don't see what you tin 1 so attrac tive in that young man." said one girl. "He Is neither handsome nor intellec tual." "No." answered the other, "but he has the reputation of buying lovely engagement ring." Washington Star. He Was :s Case I:i Point. Bibhy (! visitor; Mr. Smith, what's an ( Xcepi'o!:? Mr. Smith - An exception is er er Why do you ask. B ib'.y? Bo'ibv --Oh. si ter t dd papa you were au t cc Mon ia the rule that a fool and his money are x in parted. Judge. KrtiKul I'apu. Miss Darling G'eorge. dear, we must elope. George Hut surely your father has no objection to Miss Darling-None whatever. He suggested it. in fact. He says it will be cheaper. It was found that the register of clerks contained the names of nearly 400 men who had prepared themselves for the professions of law, medicine and theology. The graduates In law numbered 1!07, In medicine 100 and In theology L'o. Forty clerks had been au thors, 4?. were editors, IS were editors and publishers, 27 were printers, 151 were newspaper correspondents, 4 were reporters, 3 were proofreaders, were magazine writers, and 1 con- lessed to having been a poet. A total Doexn't Show In the Dark. Younger Brother-1 say. mttvver, I know why Johnny is so awful fond of going to lantern shows. Mother -Why, dear? Younger Brother Becos he doesn't have t wash his neck before he goes. Ally SK.per's Half Holiday. Although many of vM cleverest ac tresses the world lm known have es sayed the part, the; have, with few exceptions, fabed in t. Even Sarah Sidd .its. probably the grcate.-t tragic actrc s of all time, was a failure tis Hamlet, largely owing to the nondescript nature of her garments, which were neither m.iscuiiiie nor femi nine and widen made it almost impos sible to forget that r Hamlet was a woman and not a mm, savs London Tit -Bits. Charlotte Cushman was perhaps the most brilliant player of male parts of her or. Indeed, of anv other generation She was equally bri'iiant and convinc ing as Romeo. Cardinal Wolsey or Claude Melnottc, 1 at when she made the crucial experiuent of plavlng the melancholy Dan even she proved unequal to the ta -k. In fact, her Ham let was so bad.y received In Dublin that she there and then made up her mind never to piny It again. And yet her Romeo was such a tri umph of acting that James Sheridan Knowles, the great dramatist and crit ic, was completely carried away by it Of her acting of the passage where Ro meo filngs himself upon the ground, taking the measure of an unmade grave," he says: "It was a scene of top most passion, not simulated passion; no such thing real, palpably real. The genuine heart storm was on In its wild est fullness of fury, and I listened and gazed and held my breath, while my blood ran hot and cold. I am sure it must have been the case with every one in the house, but I w,us all ab- sorhed in Romeo till a thunder of ap plause recalled me to myself." And of her assumption of the difficult part of Claude Melnotte In "The Ladv of Lyons" Justin McCarthy says: "I have seen Claude Melnotte played by many great actors, from Maeready to Irving, but Miss Cushmau eclipsed them all. She created for me the only human, the only possible and the only endurable Claude Melnotte I have ever seen." Miss Julia Seaman, a once popular actress, was so severely criticised when she played nainlet some years ago that she turned round on her critics -and us salled them in a very vigorous manner. The late Miss Marriott, who had one of the most beautiful voices ever heard on any stage, was more fortunate, al though It was one of her least success ful assumptions, and In the fifties an American actress, Miss Percy Knowles, made such an unfortunate exhibition of herself as the melancholy one that a country manager actually issued a no tice warning his patrons against going to see her. Ellen Tree (Mrs. Charles Keau) was the first to put on Hamlet's doublet and hose; Mrs. Glover won Edmund Kean's approval by her playing of the part, and Mine. Sarah Bernhardt gave a picturesque and clever rendering of Ilumlct, although It was not to he com pared with many of her brilliant as sumptions. Charlotte Crampton was noted for her clever acting of masculine parts, which would have been even more con vincing if she had not been such a tiny woman. "There is a woman," Mac ready once said, referring to her, "who would startle the world If she were but two Inches taller." She was such a magnificent swordswoman that few men cared to try their skill against her on the stage, and she was undoubtedly a genius in her way. with a conrage commensurate with her skill. FACTS !: i-CW LINES lid JajMii has very few millionaires praetii aily no i.-i.T iuiiUiutMih-'-s. Loudon's r : w county hail on the banks of the Thucie will cover 5.0 acres. Sir Thomas Upton has invaUc4 Par is. He has opened a store in the Place de 1'Opera. The story ami a half house in Milan. 0., where Thomas A. Edison was born Is still standing, though not tit to oc cupy. "Men as a rule cease to read books afier the age of forty." ?ay Mr. J. Pink, who bus just completed his fhi- lee as librarian at the Cambridge (Eng land! Free library. Infant mortality is reported to be greater In Prtts-ia than in any other c urn try except Russia. TJie deaths the first year are d to 7 per cent in Sweden. lo in Fnt tun and 'SA.ii in Prussia. Recently a sacred white bull was brought from India for exhibition "at the Crystal iilacc, near London, but the British authorities refused to let it ho la titled except in the form of beef. R utu.anin is now the fourth largest petroleum producing country in the world. The list Is headed by the Unit ed States, then comes Russia, while the third place is held by Austria-Hungary. Thi famous Jungfntii railroad, in Switzerland, is making nt-a,iv progress. The railroad has already been complet ed up to a height of 10,lMr fe t. Trains ; ::r-.- u w running up to the Eigerwaitd station. The islands of Formosa produced SL IOO.OCO in gold last year. The moun tain districts running through the mid dle of the island are believed to con tain rich deposits, but they have not been explored yet. During the last year the Canadian government paid out in steamship sub sidies a little over $."U0.00O. These sub sidies have been paid partly for mail purposes and partly, apparently, to es tablish commercial connections. A young New Hampshire woman re cently broke her engagement with a Yermont youth for the reason that lie Informed her that when they were married she would have to give up her canary bird, as he considered it too ex pensive. The Hygienic institute of Broslau Is mtiking war on mosquitoes. Municipal experts will destroy the mosquitoes which pass the winter in the cellars and basements of houses. Malachite green is to be used for destroying the lar. .ie in jhokIs. A Wrmontcr has done that which promises to confer a priceless boon up on those who love pie. He h.is invented a wood pulp plate which Is guaranteed . to absorb the moisture in the under crust of the pie and make the pie al wa v s wholesome. It is stated that in Great Britain 75 per cent of all classes ot" pauperism is due to drink and In Germany tK) per cent. In Germany drink leads to l.ROft uses of suicide every year and sup plier the lunatic asylums with some thing like 3,000 victims'!. In UH1 the number of arrivals at El lis island was IKXJ.OOO, the number for tne entire country being SOO.000. Of these 2U30 settled in New York city and the great majority of the re mainder went to other cities as labor ers, etc. where they are not needed. The Chinese are turning to small for eign novelties and notions, such as small hand mirrors, belt buckles, combs, hair brushes, beads of many varieties and glass novelties generally. The goods of this sort they buy are cheap and generally gaudy and poor. L".ten-ive plans for the improvement of the Sue- canal are now under way. The waterway Is to be widened so that the largest ships can pass each other She was one of the finest personators t almost any point between Port Said of Richard III. ever seen on the stage, and Suez, and by constant dredging the do Stay.i liy It. you like your new inin- "How ister?" "He's certainly faithful." "Docs he stick to his text?" "Dos he! Stuck to it for over two hours last Sunday." Milwaukee Sentinel. Proof of It. Mrs. Gay But, John, you surely of 141 clerks held diplomas from col- (lon,t consider yourself a financier? leges and universities. Among the men now passing on war claims who formerly held military ti tles are 1 major general, 1 adjutant general. 5 brigadier generals, 8 colo nels. 7 lieutenant colonels, 12 majors. IS captains. SO first lieutenants and 8 second lieutenants. Cnblnet'.i Ue!!nIoua Preference. Charles J. Bonaparte Is the second Catholic to be appointed to a place In President Roosevelt's cabinet, former Postmaster General Robert J. Wynne being the first. All the leading church Mr. Gay Certainly I do. How do you suppose I've kept from paying your milliners' bills for so long If I'm not a financier? Philadelphia Press. Overhenril by the Office Boy. "The editor looks downcast. What's the matter with him?" "He received a letter yesterday in forming him of au inheritance, and in the rush he replied, 'Declined with thanks.' " Meggendorfer BIntter. Where Matter Win. Lion Tamer There's only one kind this prisoner's trial and that prisoner's ' and I'll hunt up these fellows who are ..:..! ...I... TV.... .......... I 7.1. j ...... ..In.. .1... ..1. . ... irini uiive iii.ii.-c. i uc, i-oine nen: w nn- j i uiiuiiih uiu snow, j.ewis UIKI ( lark. out permits and demand to see a prls- cn-r with the same air as you'd go to a friend's house and demand to see vour friend. They bring presents to prison- ts boxes of cigars, bottles of rum. scarfpins and poker dice. It is the con slant rebuffing of all these foolish per sons that makes the doorkeeper of a prison surly." Philadelphia Bulletin. Matnnl Concennlon. Fred So you are really going to marry that young widow, eh? Joe- Yes. Fred She tells me vou have iromlsed to give up smoking. Joe les; sort of mutual sacrifice, as It and see If I can't get a pass.' Ivn Eagle. Brook- . wun.,,, , uw represent- : of nn animal that can't be tamed bv ed In the cabinet. Secretary Hay Is a the powur of mIml over limttcr Psychic Inquirer What's that? her Shy lock was among the most bril liant pieces of acting In her day, and she was almost equally clever as Iago. Romeo and Don Caesar de Bazan, and yet when Charlotte Crampton chal lenged criticism with Hamlet she fail ed as signally as her rival, Charlotte 'ushman. had done. Probably the most successful of all lady Hamlets was Anna Dickinson, who made considerable reputation as Macbeth and Claude Melnotte. "A number of women have tried Hamlet," she said. "None, I believe, with any success. Yet, In my opinion, the char acter of Hamlet Is eminently suited for a woman's capabilities. Hamlet was very young a mere college boy, In fact. Besides, a fine actress Is more likely to bring out the wonderful wo manlike delicacy of namlet's charac ter than a very young uctor." And she supported her views by giving an at tractive and clever rendering of the oart. VERA SASSULITCH. The Way the (.'rent liii.i.siau Woman tiy minded the .ihilif . When the famous General Trepoff was only at the beginning of his career Vera Sassulitch was his invaluable as- depth of the canal Is to be kept at about twenty-eight feet. Among the Interesting facts about the new Pennsylvania railroad tunnel and terminal in New York are these: Total cost. $'"0.fli0.ooo, in addition to the $10, nuto for the station site, on which were alniut I'M dwellings; daily train capacity. Duo; passenger accommoda tion dally. 2ol.nt!j; men at work, about K'.of u; time required for trip under the Hu:ls n. two minutes. A I. nt eighteen months ago Rev. II. W. Knickerbocker of Trinity Metho dist Episcopal church. Los Angeles. win deposed for heresy. He went to a mining camp, where he got work as an ordinary miner. After a time he pur based some claims for a few dol lars, later selling them for .$1,100. Now he Is wortii .$100.KX). ovens thirty claims outright, has an Interest in as many more, besides doing a large brok erage business. Alde.-man Hamburger of New York city has been in office three and a half years, and during that time he united (VWO people in wedlock that Is, he has porforttntl ;:.QU0 ceremonies. He points with pride to the fact that only two knots of his making have been severed In the divorce courts and Justly draws the conclusion that there is something sistant. Trepoff was the detested enemy of ilK',;.v about a marriage made by him. tne nihilists, ami he was verv anxious n,r?' s o money reward for the ai Presbyterian and attends the Church of the Covenant, of which President Harrison was a member. Secretary Wilson Is ulso n Presbyterian and Is a member of the New York Avenue Presbyterian church. Postmaster Gen eral Cortelyou Is a member of St. .Mark s Episcopal church. Secretary Lion Tamer-Press. A mule. Detroit Free One Thlnfc Xeedful. Mistress Why, Jane, the chairs are all covered with dust! New Servant Well, they ought to ; to obtain inside information as to their doings and plans. Suddenly one day in 1S7S he was tired at wiiile driving through the streets of St. Petersburg by no other than Vera Sassulitch. She was at once seized by the soldiery and was charged with the attempted mur der of TrcpotT, being tried In the ordi nary manner; but. to the amazement of the public, she was acquitted! Hitchcock is a member of the same Have a covering of some kind to hide , f)n her , ' ; ; Lovcri or Coffee. The Loudon (.'lobe doubts whether there is anywhere In the world a place more addicted to coffee than the little island of Groix. about nine miles dis tant from Lon'ont. The customs' rec ords show that the annual consumption of coffee in the island is about WO.OOo 1 pounds. Now. the population is r.."00, j and. as the men pass practically their ; whole lives a Hunt as seamen, this large j quantity must be consumed by about o.oio women, children and old denomination, but attends at St. John's, the famous little church In Six teenth street. Secretary Metcalf is an Episcopalian, Secretary Shaw Is a Methodist and Attorney General Moo dy is a Presbyterian. CARL SCHOFIELD. their shabblness, News. 1 m "Mi I in rrr t v.u,ull)U al(()Ut , desiring to :uImit snt.h friend of the people to their closest ac- A PerpetnRl Supply. qtiaintatice. In this way she was ad- "How easily she loses her temper!" : ,njtk,1 to :,n tm'ir private circles ami "Yes, and unfortunately she has j UMS n,"le "MuaiuteU with their se- i cieis. muse sne ;u once ComniUUlCJlt- Tlie Wall Street "Way. Jobson Yon bought tho plenty of It to spare." on i Stubborn. "Self opinionated? Well, I should were. She agreed to glvo up weeds if I would glvo up mine. her 11 works out at thirty pounds a ' per annum. men. bead j your broker's advice, didn't you? Dob- fi!lv lie is- 1 never met any one bo dog- son us; he ave me four excellent niatlc. reasons why it should go up. Jobson- ' "I that so?" What has ho to say now? Dobson He ! "i's- Why, he's positively bull-dog-has given me four equally good reasons Pintle." Philadelphia Ledger, why It went down. j j t'onnolntlon. It . T,,e cnioicnets Fund. j A good deal of the consolation offcr- bnth r 11 .not,CPab,e fot that all contrl- l e world Is about as solacing as lu UH conscience fund" are tlie assurance of the Irishman to his ed to the Russian government. The truth was that the whole business, in cluding the attempt on his life, was faked by Trepoa himself, and it was simply a clever ruse to get from the ni hilists what could not be got in any other way. Thereafter Vera Sassulitch played the part of government spy on Innumerable occasions. derman. who gets up In the middle of the night to exercise this charter privi lege. A device to prevent a horse's tongue from lolling out of his mouth is attract ing the ut tent kn of horsemen. It consists of a bit to which lut5; been ntldod shields completely covering the animal's mouth at either side. These are further held in place by means of straps around the animal's nose. The Inside of the shields are covered with tiny points, but they are sufficiently far away from the animal's fiesh to afford him no discomfort until such time as he undertakes to thrust his tongue from his mouth, and then he Is forcibly reminded of their presence. Tin- Way of It. Is that sprightly girl over nem ,mnymous,y. Can It be that tho wife wlion she fell Into the river "You "o-o COIlSPlonoft l .. i r Boston always U(1 Ri'ound at the bottom, my dear." Trouble Ahead. Young Husband (to wife)-DIdn't I telegraph to you not to bring your mother with you? Young Wife I know; that's what she wants to see you about. She read the telegram. "Who there?" "That's Miss Jones, who took part in the amateur theatricals last night." "And who are those niueteeu tired looking women near her?" "Those are her mother, sisters, aunts ami cousins who helped her to got ready!" Hatred Is an active displeasure, envy a passive. It ought therefore not to surprise us that envy turns so soon to hatred.- Goethe.