anda'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
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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.