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Nobody seemed inclined to pursue
the subject any further when be
stopped, but Lindsay, flushed with bls
discourse. Joined largely In the succeed
ing talk, attempted epigrams and tried
to show that he wus not the raw out
slder he might appear.
Lindsay could not sleep for hours
after he went to bed. Physical fatigue,
the novelty of his late experiences, the
consciousness that he was entering at
last ui>on the real struggle of his life,
excited his overtaxed nerves, and there
was a depressing undercurrent of
alarm at the complexity and speed of
the strange currents upon which he
had cast himself.
Russell had advised him to loaj
about for a few days till be should be
gin to feel at home, and next day he
loafed assiduously up and down
Broadway from Madison square to
the Battery, along the water front and
In that amazing whirlpool that swirls
daily round the placid tower of Trinity
church. He was not much refreshed
thereby. The turmoil of conflicting
energies stunned bls nervous system
and hammered Into his soul the sense
of the terrific speed of the race for
existence here where the race was to
the strong. The Idea of failure over
took him with a species of terror. He
seemed to see himself falling beneath
an avalanche of be knew not what
filthy and abominable but all but Irre
sistible forces. He bad not made much
progress toward feeling at home, but
he began to experience a restless de
sire to be at work without further
waste of the precious time.
He declined to go to Zinfandel's that
night. So Russell went alone, and,
meeting McGann at the door, they went
In together.
"Where's youi friend?” inquired the
editor. "I like a man with convictions.
Does not Ills presence make you feel
like the idlest of decorative objects- a
mere flower, a little violet?”
"1'11 tell you what it does do, Mc
Gann It makes me mad!" ejaculated
Russell, sitting up and forgetting Ills
soup. “You and Lindsay are my old
est friends, I suppose, and 1 wouldn’t
tell this to any one else, but, by Jove,
It's worth telling. He and 1 were In the
same class at Yale, and everybody
thought there was no end to bls genius.
Oh, 1 know what a college reputation
la! But I tell you he turned out a story
or two and some poems that the best
man living mightn't have been asham
ed to sign. He had things In the best
magazines, and his style had Just that
brightness that always makes a bit.
We had always cherished tile plan of
settling down here or In Boston and
writing for all we were worth, but he
got married a year after he graduated,
and I bad to do it alone. 1 knew his
wife before he did. She was a pretty
little blond thing, genteel, private
school, personally conducted to Europe
and so on. She read up all the latest
books to talk about them and thought
and opened a uew bottle of luk. He
bad a brain full of Ideas that had been
accumulating for years, aud be set to
work upon a story of the middle west,
bis own country, that be bad long been
revolving It came bard; the Ideas re
fused to run freely Into words, and he
was forced to build up his tale in a la
borious brickwork of slow sentences.
no, tnus launched, Lindsay fougut
bls fight. It was hard aud bitter, for
on one side stood the horror of failure,
of financial failure, in New York, and
this to a man unaccustomed to risk is
totally destructive of mental poise,
and on the other side iron habit held
him down in a groove of orthodoxy.
The rejected manuscripts began to
come back In about five days, and for
three weeks Lindsay listened for the
poetmuu’s whistle as for the trump of
doom. As the manuscripts came be re
read them In cold blood, and the result
was sickening. He quite agreed with
the editorial decisions. He said that he
wouldn't print such stuff In a maga
zine of his own. But he knew that be
could do better; be knew that be had
ideas that were novel and striking, and
be plunged desperately into work
agalu. ready to have dissected bls own
heart if It could have taught him the
lost secrets of bls craft.
Five days later Russell came Into bls
frlend'B room aud saw the wastebasket
standing In the middle of the door,
crammed with torn paper to the brim.
Lindsay was sealing an envelope
"Hello, old man! What have you been
doing?" he cried.
Lindsay turned up a colorless face.
"Why." he began vaguely, but with an
attempt at dignified cheerfulness, "I—tho
fact is. I'm going back."
"Going back?"
"Yes. to Rameses. My successor hasn't
been definitely appointed yet. I learn, and
I can have my old place back at—ah—a
slightly reduced salary. It's no use. Rus
sell; you must have seen It. I can't work
at high pressure any more. If I ever
could have done anything. It's too late
now I suppose I can do my college work.
Don't fancy, though, that I'm going back
from a mistake to the real work of my
Ufe I never liked teaching, and I never
»¡is any good. They'll take me back be
cause I was there so long, but there won't
be processions or bonfires on the campus
at my return But It's the only thing that
I can do. I—you see, I had always built
my best hopes on something else."
He looked at Russell, and there was ab
solutely nothing to be said.
Russell went to the depot next evening
and saw him off. It seemed to be an
older, more stooped, more gray haired
figure than had come. He could have
wept or cursed from sheer rage and pity.
"Poor devil!" he muttered bitterly as he
was being carried back up Forty-second
street. "He has lost the world and gained
his own soul, or Is It the other way—or
has he lost both?"
The car stopped, and Russell got off
Broadway, strong triumphant, thundered
and flared before him. It was the visible
expression of the typical New York mood;
unconsciously Its presence colored Rus
sell's thoughts.
"There must always have been a weak
ness In him," he said to himself, await
ing his car. "It led him to his marriage;
It posed as stern morality all his life; It
made him throw up the sponge bere Did
we always overestimate him? Did he
ever really have the strength to reach
success? I wonder."
Biol.' lies nt I fol Staircase.
New or old, Blois is an amazing
achievement of the humun brain and
the human head. The great staircase
in the courtyard, an outside one, form
ing an essential part of the elevation,
Is, of course, the masterpiece of won
der and delight. There la nothing like
It in the world, and probably there
never will tie. The staircase of the
Paris opera-an Interior one, by the
way—would have everything to fear In
the comparison. The other 1 b a mass
of the richest and of tile purest orna
ment, with a beautiful proportion be
tween Its shadows and Its lights. It Is
characteristic of the spirit in which
such work was done that it is not
always easy to give due gratitude to
architect or to stone carver.—Richard
Whiteing in Century.
Why llr Disliked the Mnn.
I once heard of n man who, discuss
ing a name on the visiting list, said to
his wife, “You know perfectly well
that I don't like that mnn.” “Don't
you think you are a little unreason
able?" asked the wife. “Your dislike
arose because he did not answer a
letter you wrote him, and you found
afterward that the letter wns hung up
all summer In the pocket of your over
coat and was never sent to him at all."
"Yes, I know that.” was the rejoinder,
“but It was so long before I found it
out that I couldn't overlook ills rude
ness, and I never forgave him. and I
don't believe I ever shall.” There is
a good deal of HI feeling In this world
that la without any firmer foundation.
—Printers’ Ink.
Children quick and Blow.
“Children of splendid Intellectuni en
downients are sometimes thought to l>e
stupid,” says an observing teacher.
“The sharp child who learns a lesson
In the shortest possible time, who is
first with his answers tn the mental
arithmetic class, who can produce
dntes and geographical names on de
mand. Is the oue the teacher loves, and
most commonly he Is the one who In
1 believe she was speculating on Ills after life goes on the safe road to com-
•uture. They hadn't nny money, and petence. but lie Is not one of those
>f course he couldn't risk any such a whose thoughts will be treasured by
[nine of chance as literature when lie the world long after he has quitted It.
lad a wife to look after she wasn't And quite often the so called stupid
the swiii to back him up In a fight
child Is. one of tho dreamers In wham
to he got a sort of professorship In a are the jiowers of the artist, poet or
wretched little school In Raineses.”
philosopher struggling for expression."
"Ratneses, Indiana? Good God!” in-
Women and Pins.
terrrupted the decadent.
it scemvd
If It wuukl take a whole
' He was going to hold It for only
two or three years and then come back paper of plus to mend that torn dress.
east, but he's been there ever since— The wearer appealed to her car neigh-
for seventeen years. He never had bor.
"Have you any pins?' she nsked.
time to push ahead with his writing,
The woman had none, but passed the
and then his wife's lungs gave out. and
for the Inst several years she has been query on, and In a little while every
progressing along In consumption. She passenger wns feeling along coucealed
went all to pieces, the way her sort edges an<l turning back lapels. At Inst
always do when anything gets wrong, sixteen pins were produced. Fourteen
and I fancy she must have got pretty of them wore contributed by men.
“We never need them as much as
difficult, to say the least. His wife
died last month, and here he Is You've the women, but somehow we carry
seen him. McGann, there’s a man who them nnd they don't," said one of the '
startl'd out with better brains and latter.—New York Post.
more of them than you or I ever will
Got the Tkoro.
have, and now he's—well, he's a cheap
Young Thorne (to his Ideal» — And
schoolmaster, lie's made a sacrifice
of himself, nnd the fire d >esn’t seem to your name Is Rose? What a sweet
descend on the altar. There's an Im name Rose Is! Rose—I am glad you
moral tale for your Gray l<eaf."
like It But-but—but I do not want to
“Does he understand it yet?" asked be a rose without a Thoene.
McGann curiously.
What could a fellow say after that?
"Probably not, but he'll have to iron
Mirth.
enough, lie's old; he's used up; he's
Harmless mirth Is the beat cordial
killed himself for a fool of a woman
against the consumption of the spirit
that be didn't care two sous for.”
Certainly I.lndsay had no Idea that Wherefore Jesting Is not unlawful. If
be was used up. Next morning he sat, It trespassetb n<M In quantity, quality
d<>*n before s thick idle of foolscan or season. —Fuller.
NEW SHORT STORIES WASHINGTON LETTER WOMAN AND FASHION FACTJ IN FEW LINES HUMOR OF THE HOUR
Jubu Hear*'* Cbivairr,
(ferial Correapo! l.-nce ]
Thomas W. Lawson was discus-ing
• n attack that had l»*vii I., .<• « a b .
by a broker
"It was a chivalrous attack.” he said
"It had in It tlie same spirit of chhalry
that iis-hl to animate the words aid
deeds of old John lieury.
“I was boru In Charlestown, and
John Henry bad a farm In the neigh
borbood. He was tall uud lean uud
round shouldered. His maimer was
sullen and forbidding. lie worked
hard. People said that be was rich.
“His wife was a little, thin, wiry
woihhu . She, too, wus round shoulder-
"This g Jd old t IWU Of Washington
is hardly in the Infancy or its develop*
ment," remarked glial widely popular
gentleman aud astute financier. W.
B Hibbs, the broker, ut ||... Shoreham
the other evening.
"There Isn't a city in tin- world about
which there Is so much misconception
as this capital of the Yankee nation.
Tire public looks on It as a political
headquarters aud nothing more, but in
Ulin the public Is bllud. fur, I tell you.
the time Is uot distant when Washing
ton is going to be among the great
financial uud business centers of
America. Even now, In the dull days
of midsummer, the local, banks ami
trust companies are chock a block with
business. The shrewd moneyed men
of New York note the signs of the
times, and they have come In here am!
bought heavily Into our leading finan
cial Institutions. A seat In the local
Stock Exchange that was valued a year
ago at $3.000 Is now worth $10,000.
Could there tie such a rapid rise un
less there was solid merit back of it?
“There Is not a Washington interest
that is not appreciating nt a rapid rate.
The street car lines of a town are a
splendid criterion, and the monthly re
ceipts of our traction companies are
Just $20,000 greater now than for the
corrcHiMiudliig iterical of last year.” .
Fur
ffturuuuua.
No uiakuse! makes a m e service
able sBuuuer gown th n> | i ;i •••<•
Whether •> •• I- to s ut
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season by the -e -Ir.,'-- «;• I Hi •
talus. It is •» w a..» WVli I
It
«Nk'tume sh >uld be Im lu :<• 1 i
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wardrobe. The material is Just I • > y
enough to be de-irnble wb<u ¡1 <■ th ii
tier wash dresses are a bit too cool,
au l at. the same time It Is light lu
w< Igfal and withstands the effect of
atmo«l>bere admirably well, lu the
Departmen t Telephone».
“SHE
SOMETIMES KICKS
MILKED."
WREN
BEIN'
ed. She. too, worked hard. This couple
were each about sixty years old. They
bad no children.
"And now about John Henry's chiv
alry:
“He came to Charlestown one day to
bny a cow. He found finally the cow
lie wanted, and the price, to his amaze
ment, suited him. It was a good, low
price, and yet the cow had not a blem
ish.
“ ‘There be no blemishes about thia
cow?' said John Henry.
“ ‘Nary a blemish, John,’ the sales
man said.
“ ‘How comes it, then, ye're sellin’
her so reasonable?'
" ‘Well, I'll tell you, fair aud square,'
said the salesman. 'She don’t milk
good. She sometimes kicks and kicks
hard when bein’ milked.'
“ 'Oh, that’s no consequence,' said
John Henry. 'The wife does the milk
in’.’ ”
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The readjustment of the telephone
arrangements of the navy department
under the new form of contract with
the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele
phone company has Ix-en made, aixl
a considerable addition has been made
to the telephone facilities of the de
partment at a decrease from former
cost. The state and navy departments
were formerly served from one branch
switchboard, ami the work has now
I won divided, the services of each de
partment going through its own switch
board. A total of seventy-seven tele
phones have been Installed for the
navy department, of which forty-two
have exchange service, ami thirty-live
are restrictial to communication with
other telephones on the departmental
switchboard and with other depart
mental exchanges connected with the
navy board by tie lines.
Restoring the Capitol Rotunda.
The Interior of the rotunda of the
capitol Is being restored so that long
before congress reassembles it will
look as It did nearly half a century ago
before the inside was smeared with
blue gray paint and rendered unat
tractive to the artistic eye.
Probably many people of the present
generation do not know that the capi
tol was originally built of the old
Aqula creek sandstone, a really beau
tiful building stone and one that It
was an artistic sin ever to cover with
paint. All the Interior of the rotunda
Is built of this stone that Is now (since
the paint was removed) a soft gray
Walker Blaine’s Advlee,
white, Just the tint to harmonize with
A prominent Washington clubman the dark marble floor when the latter
says that in the days of the old Uni Is cleaned, as It will be when the work
versity club at the capital there was Is done.
a certain objectionable person of the
Will Not I’ay Outside Specialists.
species of nouveau riche who had suc
Uncle Sam will uot pay for treat
ceeded in gaining admission to that ment of his sea warriors by outside
club, now defunct, which was consid specialists even when such persons re
quiring the services of oilier than uavy
ered very exclusive.
One day this vulgarian became ex experts have contracted diseases In
tremely noisy and offensive in the the line of duty.
A decision to this effect was recently
card room—so much so that a certain
Indignant member of the club blurted rendered by Comptroller Tracewell of
the treasury in the case of Rear Ad
out:
“See here. If you'll resign from this miral Lamberton, who suffered a se
vere affliction of the eyes, contracted
organization I’ll give you $500.”
The objectionable person left the while In the South American service.
Ou the advice of the surgeon general
room in high dudgeon. Chancing to
meet on the stairway Walker Blaine, of tlie nav.v the rear admiral was
tho son of the then secretary of state, treated by certain famous oculists,
the aggrieved man related the Incident, and the bill for $.327 was sent to the
adding, “Now, what shall I do about navy department. Comptroller Trace
well says the government cannot pay
this?”
“I would advise you to stand pat,” it, as the work should have been done
replied Mr. Blaine. ”1 think be will by navy surgeons.
State I’aper. In Mourning.
make It a thousand dollars.”—New
During the thirty days ending July
York Times.
30 all the official stationery of the
state department carried a broad band
One on the Conductor.
William F. Sanders, who died recent of black as a mark of respect to the
ly at Helena, Mont., was a noted char memory of John Hay. When Secre
acter. Senator Sanders was a passen tary Root asked for some paper and
ger on one of the Montana railroads at envelopes after taking the oath of of
one time. He had an annual pass on fice he was furnished with writing ma
The
the road, but on this occasion he bad terials with heavy mourning.
left it at home. He had traveled the symbol of sorrow was marked on all
same route many times before and the communications of the department.
was well known to the conductor. Instructions to consuls and diplomatic
When that official came around for officers in foreign lands, and even state
tickets the colonel told him of his for papers intended for delivery to kings
getfulness. The conductor, however, and queens, were prepared on paper
was obdurate. He must have ticket or tipped with black.
One Cent For Four t ears' Work.
money. The colonel, rather than have a
The post office department recently
scene, finally pulled out a five dollar
bill, which was ample to cover the ex drew a warrant In favor of Adrlel L.
pense of tils trip. It was a very ragged Stuart of Freedom, N. II., for 1 cent.
Tills is Stuart's pay for carrying the
affair—all torn aud pasted.
“That's a One looking bill to give mails for four years from Freedom to
a railroad station seven and three-
me,” growled the conductor.
Colonel Sanders was by thia time quarter miles away.
lie travels this distance of fifteen
thoroughly nettled.
“Well,” he. cried out In a voice that and a half miles six times a week.
could be heard all over the car, "If you His pay Is a quarter of a cent a year,
don't like it turn it in to the com or one three hundred and twelfth part
of a cent for one trip.
pany!"
Tills Is the smallest treasury war
The laugh that went up was at the
expense of the conductor.—Pittsburg rant ever Issued and Stuart will have
It framed Instead of cashed. He bld
Diana tch..________
this
low figure because of the presilge
At Breakfast With Lord Macaalar.
This morning we breakfasted with which the sign “U. 8. Mall” on bls
Tiean and Mrs. Mllman U the cloisters wagon gives him tn his passenger car
rying business.
of Westminster abbey. They had
Washington Monument.
promised afturward to show us the ab
A reception room has been con
Iwy. which we had never entirely seen.
Our party at breakfast was very pleas structed on the lower floor of the
ant. Besides ourselves there were Washington moiiument. The frame
Messrs Macaulay. Hallam and Hay of the room was bu'lt of steel beams
ward and a elater of Mrs. Milman. Mr and channel Irons, with concrete walls.
Since the monument was first opened
Macaulay whs as brilliant as usual at
breakfast and told many pleasant «nee to the public. Oct. 9. lksg, up to June
dotes One I rememlier, of a police 80. 1905, 2.573.000 visitors have as
officer at Paris, when the famous can- cended to the top of the shaft, most of
tatrlce, Mlle. Sontag. applied for a them having used the elevator, but a
passport. Instead of filling up the sig large number walking up and down
nalement with a precise description of the stairway. The total nnmber of
forehead, hair, eyes, nose, etc., he drew visitors during the past fiscal year was
a line down the whole and wrote. “An 130.803. of which number 89.235 used
gelique." Galant, n'est ce-paa?—“The the elevator and the remainder the
stairway.
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Everetts In Engiantf,” In Scribner’s.
Reasonable.
Lace Dresses.
The fashion of combining coarser
lace with the finer style still finds con
siderable favor, and an entire dress
made of Imitation Irish lace of good
quality may be well and wisely
trimmed with very narrow mecblln
edging In white, put on In either a
scallop or key pattern design, followed
by a narrow edging of black.
Velvet Ribbons.
The use of velvet ribbons is rapidly
becoming quite a fad, and In some In
stances they almost threaten to dis
place all those of other weave. Brown
velvet ribbons are highly favored upon
white and delicately tinted gowns, and
this combination of brown upon white
Is one that is highly favored by Mme.
la Mode.
In Regulation Style.
No matter what fashions may come
or what may go, the sailor suit In some
variation or other is certain to be In
style for young girls. It suits their
needs on certain occasions more per
fectly than anything yet devised. It Is
chic and smart In effect and, com
bined with all these advantages. It Is
absolutely comfortable to wear, allow
ing perfect freedom to growing mus-
cles. Tbit one la among the best of
1« sort and esc be made either with
or without the applied yoke. In the
Illustration It Is shown In whit« linen
trimmed with embroidery, but It la
suited to colored linen, to chambray,
to galatea and, as a matter of course,
to serge and flannel for cooler weather,
and the shield can be of white or of
the same color, as liked. Th« skirt Is
a favorite of the season and la seven
gored, with a plait at each seam. For
a girl of fourteen will be required nine
yards of material twenty-seven, seven
yards thirty-two or three and a quarter
yards forty-four Inches wide.
Xamcfl of Bird».
Certain birds get their names from
St. Peter. According to a writer, “the
petrel (In German Petersvogel, Peter's
bird), a bird that skims the waves. Is
named after the apostle who walked
upon the waves of Galilee. Rut the
parrot's la a less simple case. In
Spain nnd in Portugal, as In France,
the word corresponding to 'parrot' al
Gentle Riat.
Mr. Kidder—Ah. my dear, wouldn’t most certainly represent« ‘little Peter.’
you like to see me In a magnificent a familiar nnme playfully applied be
automobile?
Mrs. Kidder-No. I'd cause Peter n’t)« ♦<> common a Chris
much rather see you on a humble wa tian nnme. Similarly a house sparrow
Is nlckoame«! •»> errot' <ig France.” .
ter *^~-w»n. Chicago Hew*
Little Walter was eating lunch when
he gave his arm a sudden shove, and.
splash, down went bls glass of milk!
"I knew you were going to spill
that!" said mamma angrily.
"Well. If you knew," queried Walter,
"why didn't vou tell me?”
POXGEE BI MMKH GOWN.
illustration is shown one of the best
liked models of the season that Is a
muss of the flue plaits that are always
so graceful and becoming. In this in
stance the color is a dull sage green
and the trimming Is taffeta silk cut
into bands, which on the waist are
held by baudsome buttons of rhine
stones, but the material supplies much
variety of color, while there are others
which can be similarly treated nnd
which are equally in vogue.
The waist Is accordion plaited, then
shirred to form a yoke and arranged
over a smoothly fitted foundation, the
closing being made invisibly at the
front, while the sleeves arc shirred to
form a succession of puffs. The skirt,
however. Is sun plaited, so providing
more fullness at the lower portion and
less over the hips, and also Is shirred
to form the yoke, the shirrings being
held In place by a plain foundation.
Mot So Attentive Mow.
“Is Tim Slimmers still paying atten
tion to Mandy Tompkins?” asked ths
man who had been away from home
for some time.
"No." answered Farmer Corntoasel.
"They don't neither of ’em pay any
’tentlon to the other. They’re roar-
rle<i,”—Washington Star.
■Hctrfc ractiou fiM liven employed
lu Gel
V a qnarior of a century.
The «'
• t vibratiau of sound can
!,<• . ¡.- .,
. si Is-tter wifi, one «ar
tll.lll V. til
th.
'1 i •
st '.vit > uci ompaiiie.1 the
British .
i to Tllwt report, that
Hie <
’ strikingly iwM>r in valúa
ble mínela Is.
It i -aid that white mice wllpdetect
a g.is »Hue l-.ik, and they are kept for
that purpi .> on Issird vessels carrying
the commodity.
The Kong > dwarfs, six specimens of
which have been brought to I.oudou
by Colonel Harrison, never reach a
greater age than forty years.
An Insurance policy lias Just been
written at St. Louis covering the whole
of a big brewing plant and Is for the
sum of $< 1,1« ZU mo. Thia Is said to be
the largest “single plant” policy In the
world.
Steamship lint's eugagtsl In the ltal
inn emigrant trade are preparing to
baudle the heaviest business next fall
that they have ever known, although
practically all records were broken
during the spring of this year.
Three rare specimens of male tree
fern, osuiunda regulls, of more thau
l.two years’ growth, have been pro
cured for the imperial b >tanlc gardens
of St. Petersburg from the virgin for
ests on the Black sea coast near Adler.
Dr. Bernardo lately sent from bis
London homes to Canada a party of
363 boys from eight to eighteen years
of age. Since the beginning of bls res
cue work be has sent 10,529 from the
streets to an Independent aud useful
life
Faris has a dwarf elephant ulsmt the
size of a Shetluud pony. Its keeper Is
a Senegalese, who has to sleep In a cot
where the elephant can see film. The
captive's favorite dish Ls six pounds of
rice steeped in four pints of milk. He
can also enjoy a nice two pound salad.
Reuben C. Clark of Berwick. Me.,
says that for years he has fought the
tent caterpillar and the currant worm
with a spray of soapsuds made from
old fashioned soft soap. The remedy
has proved most satisfactory, the In
sects never moving after the solution
strikes them.
Out of $5.235 collected in Ireland for
a monument to Wolfe Tone, $4,730
was spent In various ways by the
former centennial association or col
lecting committee, says the Irish In
dependent, and the monument is uot
yet erected. A frosh executive now
has the matter In hand.
A Brunswick (Me.) man has a small
glass case full of houey which he has
preserved for forty-four years, aud It
appears to be as good as when it was
first made. The package, which origi
nally weighed five pounds, now weighs
three and a quarter pounds, the shrink
age being due to evaporation.
A young woman fishing front a wharf
at Lake I’enaeook, N. IL, booked a two
pound bass. As she swung the fish
clear of water a pickerel weighing one
pound made a rush for the disappear
ing bass and caught it by the tall. The
pickerel was unable to let go Its grip
before both were landed on the wharf.
Charles A. Smith has compiled some
Interesting figures showing the growth
of Barre, Vt., since Incorporation ten
years ago. The gain In valuation is
about $2.00)1,000, the number of real
estate transfers has been 195, the In
crease lu the number of polls 1,201 and
the number of new buildings and sub
stantial Improvements appraised 704.
According to a British board of trade
return Just Issued, the sugar consumed
by tho working classes In Germany
costs 5% cents per pound; In Austria-
Hungary, 7’^; In Belgium, 7; In
France, 7; In Holland, 5’4 cents, and
In Russia, 5’4 cents. Sugar is cheap
est In Denmark, where It is 5 cents per
pound, as compared with 5% cents In
Great Britain.
John Dunning, the Janitor of Maine
hall at Bowdolu college, has In bls pos
session the compositor's stick which
was used In setting up Longfellow's
“Outre Mer,” published tn 1842. This
compositor's stick has been owned
since 1825 by T. 8. McClellan, who Is
ninety-six years old, tlie oldest printer
In the state, as well as the oldest Ma
son In the state.
Mrs. Hester Dorsey Richardson,
president of the public records com
mission of Maryland, a prominent
member of Baltimore society, has be
gun a personal Investigation of the
records In the old courthouses on the
eastern shore of Maryland preparatory
to reporting to the next legislature
tlielr condition with recommendations
for their preservation.
A Pennsylvania boy wrote a relative,
who is a legislator, asking for the re
port of the state fish commission. The
member wns so pleased that he showed
tlie letter pretty generally around the
statehouse aud then wrote to the boy
asking what volume be desired. The
reply leaked out In some way and reads
as follows: ”1 don’t care which year It
Is. All I want Is any old thing heavy
enough to ¿ress wild flowers.”
A fashionable New York stationery
house has a new device. Near the en
trance, where customers will fall over
ft If they don't walk around Jt, Is e
handsome table on which rest« a Wa-
kasa lacquer ware tray, with this Invi
tation attached: “Our patrons will con
fer a favor by leaving their visiting
cards tn this receptacle." While some
customers feel resentful, others are
complaisant.
When a Dover (N. II.) man finished
planting bls pole beans he left the bag
containing the left over seed in the
grnss beside a tree. He found the bag
the other day firmly rooted to the
ground. The bottom layer of beans
had sprouted nnd the roots Imbedded
themselves In the turf. The upper lay
ers had swelled and served as a mulch
Ing for the vines, the tops of which pro
truded from the mouth of the bag.
The Boss at tbe Huaeh.
Mabel's maiumu uud papa bad Just
moved Into the uew apartment, aud
Mattel Lad been intrusted with the lm
"portaut duty of tending door while the
maid washed windows. \ ery anxious
ly she waited for the bell to ring that
she might enjoy the full dignity of her
new |>ost. At last the reward came,
•n<l u loud (teal sent her scudding to
the ball. A pom|tous looking old gen
tieman stood lx1 fore the small tot us
with great difficulty she turned the
latch and swung <q>en the |>ortal.
"Is your mother In, little girl?" said
the pom|»ous ohl gentleman.
"Yes, sir.” said Mattel.
“Tell her the landlord would like to
see her a few momenta.”
“Th«—what?” asked Mabel doubt
fully. She had never heard that word
before, and If she had she could not
have pronounced It.
“Tell her u gentleman.” said the old
man, seetug Mabel's dilemma.
Presently M h I h ‘1 came running back.
"Mamma says she's very busy aud
wbat do you want to see her nliout and
who are you. please?”
"Tell her,” said the ohl gentleman
desperately, "that It's the man who
owns the house."
“Oh!” A great light broke over Ma
bel's face. “Mamma,” she cried, “he
said he was the Lord, but it's only the
Janitor!”—New York Press.
The Crucial Paint,
“As for me,” said tlie person with the
cigar which had a gilt band on It. “I
do not care what people think of uie.”
He tilted buck in bls chair aud re
garded his listeners with a calm, con
tented expression.
“I don’t care what they think of me,
either,” ventured the man with the
meerschaum pipe. “I never worry
about that. What worries me some
times is what they say about me.”—
Chicago Tribune.
A Terrific Jolt.
Algy—Do you aw tliluk It would be
wrong for me to marry a girl who is
my Inferior Intellectually ?
Miss Wise—I think It would be Im
possible.
Such la I.lie.
Time, 1850. Barefoot Boy (solus)—
Gee! I only Jest wisht I was a million
alre wunst!
Timo, 1905.
Millionaire (formerly
barefoot boy)—Heavens! I'd give my
millions If I were a barefoot boy
again!— Browning's Magazine.
A Rich Poet.
“I can't expect,” said Scribbles, "to
be as successful a poet as De Rlter.
He has wealth ou his side."
“Nonsense! He isn’t very well off.”
“He Isn’t? Why, be has money
enough to buy all the postage stamps
he needs."—Baltimore News.
Ilow She Knew.
Mother—I’m afraid that young man
who called on you last evening Isn't
much of a society man.
Pretty Daughter—He seems to be
very Intelligent.
Mother—Yes; that's tlie trouble.—Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
The Magistrate.
“Your position Is one which must
often call for great tact and delicacy."
“Yes," answered the magistrate; "It
Is sometimes very difficult to properly
discipline people who run automobiles
without hurting their feelings."- Wash
ington Star.
Not What He Required.
Iffiysician You should drink plenty
af pure milk, as it contains all the ele
ments of blood.
Patient—Excuse me, doctor, but I'm
■ot bloodthirsty.—Cincinnati Enaulrer.
Waateful.
Mrs. Chatters—Y’ou don't seem to
consider my opinions very valuable.
Mr. Chatter«—My dear, I consider
them so valuable that It shocks me to
•re you give them out so promls
cuously.—Pblladelohla Press.
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Boakin* the Umbrella.
“What can I do for you today?”
asked the pawnbroker.
"Well,” replied Brokelelgh. producing
bis umbrella. “I hope you will help me
to lay' by something lor a rainy day.
How much on this?”—Philadelphia
Ledger.
Mo Reoponor.
“Didn’t that patient respond to your
treatment?“ asked tlie doctor’® wife.
“Not y«t,“ replied the physician,
'•and I’ve sent him three bills!*’—Yon
ters Statesman.
The Paragon.
fie never broke a rule nt echool
Nor irot mixed up In trouble there;
He never had wild oate to sow
Nor bowed hie parent» down with care;
He never made an enemy
And no one ever heard him a wear;
He never— well, to tel! the truth.
He never did much anywhere.
—<JiLU.a<o Newe.
Misfortunes Sometimes n Rlesslng.
A Great Idea.
However others may think of It, yet
I take It as a mercy that now and then
some clouds come between me and my
sun, and many times some troubles do
conceal my comfort«, for I perceive if
I should find too much friendship In
nny Inn In my pilgrimage I should
soon forget my father's house and my
heritage,—Dr. Lucas.
“Did you eve notice that most of tho
«widen and dlsastroua fires are due to
spontaneous combustion?"
“No, but Pvo often thought spon
taneous combustion would be a splen
did thlKg to keep on tap for lighting
the kitchen fire."
Tho imperial kitchen of tho Austrian
emperor at Vienna costs altout $250 a
Advice Is like snow—the softeff It
Ninety-nine people go ont to Join the day, says a German contemporary. In
falls the longer It dwells upon and the wild bunt for happiness, and the hun this sum. however, are not Included
deeper ft sinks Into the mind.—Cole dredth man stn,« comfortably nt home the extra expense« for court dinners,
ridge.
and wins It
etc.