AN INDIAN LEGEND.
NEW SHORT STORIES
WASHINGTON LETTER
WUMUR OF THE HOUR
WOMAN AND FASHION
Snlt For Young; Girl.
Here is a smart model designed with
an eye to the youthful charms of the
young jrirl. Its good style reeoni
tntMtils this suit for church wear, but
It Is practical for every day as well.
Backward turning plaits appear in
Bkirt and jaunty bolero jacket forming
n trimming that has met with popular
approval. Brown prunella cloth in any
of the late shades can be used with
KOLEIIO COSTCME.
good .effect in this suit, and if one se
lects a longer blouse to wear under the
short coat so much the better. Poplin
is also well liked, as are mohair, shep
herd plaid and rajah silk.
For medium size live and three
quarter yards material, thirty-six
inches wide, are required.
The Sack Jnckct.
The sack jacket, made on the
square lines of the Chinese mandarin's
com, threatens to become most popu
lar. It looks its best when covered
with a braiding and may be most spe
cially recommended to the stout ma
tron, so that if she be not too stout
below the waist she will find this ex
ceedingly becoming, and a capital ef
fect is giiiuetl by wiie in dark red
braided in gray ami lined with gray,
ti.e skirt beiim plain and the blouse
beneath it of gray crepe de chine em
hroklored by hand in rod silk, lnter
seeted with designs of white lace.
Concern Ins: "Wrnpper.
The old fashioned idea or the cash
Mere wrapper which was once the
vogue in ex cry family In the land has
been superseded by the one made of
silk and of fine silky velUm's. llenrl
also plays an inqwiriant part In
ibe wardrobe which oue wears on the
!ar at home, and even pongee and
tnoliair have been Impressed Into the
-.yri jee You jju- 1mvi sniiuliiim
llrfil :md pretty. hln and e.ol. yet
a!:t-i to wear for day occasions.
The ' borate figured silks are hardly
a1r-riaie. but there are cheap soft
Jlks a Inch are good.
l'alry Xrnrfi For Cool MkIiIm.
Tbere is a great revival of Spanish
laee -ha wis. and scarfs yf all shapes
are being worn either In black or
cream color, and many of them are
dyel ;:i a soft pastel shade. Another
fetching lace shawl is of coffee co! rel
siifc ehuiy. shaped like a fichu with
kitig. taperinir ends. Cream colored not
Is also outlined In fichu shape with
heavy Arabian lace.
A Modish 1. It lie Wrap.
The devotees of fashion are again
realising the graceful becomingin'ss
of the cape, ami It is seen in vary'ni;
form and styles as a part of the n: st
fashionable toilets. The little cape
riiown here is one of the latest mxl
ei in white tafleta. No adornment
mars its simplicity save fr the neat
slitehlog whi.-h follows its !.';. Tie
lower edge diaMs downward in front
i.atk
!'I:l.
und opens In a V at the neck, which
Is finished with a collar of fanciful
outline. This garment owes its entire
style to the cut, there being no seam
or other feature where a mistake could
possibly be made In the reproduction.
The collar may be omitted if pre
ferred. This little cape would be very
effective made of taffeta to match a
cloth skirt or of linen or rajah to com
plete a costume.
The Mazer.
The name "blazer" was originally
applied to the bright red uniform of j
the Lady Margaret Boat club of St. 1
John's college, Cambridge. The brll- j
limit scarlet which was the invariable i
characteristic of the-Johnian "blazer"
doubtless suggested the name, and as
an expressive slam; epithet it proved a
hlL In" course of time the application
of the term widened and is now ex
tended to any fright or pale colored
flannel jacket, stripe or plain, wheth
er for cricket, football, tennis, boating
or seaside wear. London Standard.
CHOICE MISCELLANY
.Million nt u Mulc'H Hoof.
In the World's Work Uds story is told
jf the discovery of the famous Coeur
l'Alene mines: Half the lead that has
been mined in the I'nited States has
I'umc from the famous Coeur d'Aienes,
the most-productive lead mine-: in the
world. Like many of the richest mines
they were discovered by pure luck.
A man lent his mule to two prospect
ors. In the course of their wanderings
the mule was tied to a tree, and he,
becoming impatient, pawed the ground
and uncovered a Jead vein which is
now the site of the famous Bunker Hill
Sullivan mine. The owner of the mule
sued for a third interest In the claim,
and the courts granted It to him, stat
ing that as the mule had made the dis
covery and that as he was Its owner
lie was entitled to the mule's share.
The three owners sold their discovery
for 'O.ik ii, and nothing was too goud
for that mule for the rest of his days.
He was exhibited in a private ear and
lived onlthe fat of the land, and now a
tombstone marks his grave.
Sen A u I main In the Uenert.
Scientists of the University of Call
forma who have been searching for
prehistoric animals on the Nevada des
ert for the hist few months have suc
ceeded in finding skeletons of some sea
mammoths on the dry wastes. One of
the specimens is twenty-nine feet long
and packed occupies fifty four boxes.
This specimen was found on the great
forty mile desert In Humboldt coun
ty and Is considered one of the most
valuable fossils ever unearthed.
The professors say that the deserts
of Nevada are rich In such prehistoric
relics, and they intend to spend several
weeks more In research. The large
sea animal has been shipped to the
University of California and will be
placed in the museum of that college.
The professors intend to cover the
whole state of Nevada before return
ing to California, but so numerous
have been their finds in the Humboldt
desert that they may confine their
work to that place alone. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
IIdssIh's Cheerless dtie.
There Is something terribly depress
ing about these ungainly Russian
cities, vast in extent, though eompirt
tively small in population and more
like overgrown villages than real
towns. There are very many of them
scattered about over the length and
breadth of the empire, both in Europe
and Asia, all very much alike, all dirty
and uncomfortable, untidy and. with
a few exceptions, utterly devoid of
anything worth seeing. Kvery one
ms oppressed by the unutterable
dreariness and monotony of life, by
the squalor and the sordid poverty, es
pecially in wet weather, when the
filthy streets become rivers of mud and
the cabs have Just enough life in them
to bespatter luckless foot passengers
from top to toe. From Villari's "Kus
sia." A Xew Method of Cooling- It noma.
John Arbuckle. the rich Brooklyn
manufacturer, has invented a method
of coollne and drvim; the air of rooms
mTmaTTerTrow hot and hunYId It may
be outside. The plan consists of pipes
containing brine, which Is carried
around the room, being forced very
much like the heat Is forced in winter,
and the more intense the pressure the
lower will become the temperature.
The secret of It is that the moisture is
taken from the air. being concealed on
the pipes, from which It is then re
moved, and the humidity is thus done
awaj- with. No Ice or chemicals are
used. This i:.ethod of cooling has been
experimentally demonstrated in a big
hotel, and those who have seen It in
operation sny it is a great success.
New York World..
Hoarding L'nltrd State Criminal.
A female pickpocket, known all over
the United States, got off with a four
months' sentence In Toronto the other
day because Judge Morgan believes
that Canada should not have to sup
port United States criminals. Ou' in
British Columbia the point of view is
different. When a criminal hailing
from tie' United States falls into the
clutches of the law he Is given all the
law allows, the opinion prevailing that
It Is cheaper to board one United States
criminal for a long time than many
United States criminals all the time.
The British Columbia view Is the right
one. Montreal (Que.) Gazette.
A Rare nutterfly.
The Brit!h museum has in Its col
lection a rare butterlly which was ob
tained In n remarkable manner. On
a steamship bound for Sydney, N. S.
W.. several men were shooting nt a
mark with a revolver. As one of them
was about to fire he noticed k butter
fly hovering over the ship. He shot at
it and brought It to the deck, consid
erably mangled. The Insect was so
beautiful that the nieces Were collected
and sent to an English entomologist.
The butterlly proved to be of a species
entirely unknown to the scientific
world.
A Modent Dnkc.
The Duke of Norfolk's dislike of
pompousness has given rise to many
stories. A school treat was being held
In Arundel Bark, his splendid ancestral
home, and the duke was crossing one
of the lawns when a teacher, unaware
of the duke's Identity, rushed across
to hlm and shouted: "Come off the
grass at once! It Is people like you
whose behavior gets parks shut to the
public:" On another occasion, It Is
said, the duke went to a convent to
preside over a gathering. The sister
who opened the door thought the un
obtrusive stranger was seeking assist
ance and gently told the duke there
was nothing for him!
Xot I'lnyltiK Future.
"YIs, mum. Oi'll make yez as good a
cook as the nlxt wan."
"I don't know anything about the
next one, but you'll have to be better
Hem ho hint one" Houston PohL
"fioliiKr." Rnt and Tl'eit.
"I tell you what," said Gotham, en
tertaining his western cousin, "every
thing's so high here It's almost Impos
sible to keep a house going."
"Well." replied the Kansnn, "the
winds are so high out our way it's al
most impossible to keep a house from
going."- Philadelphia Press.
ilutv the An tu m a I.enven Were
Tra unformed Into Birds.
An Indian story that has been hand
ed !i)wn and is still believed by many
Indian tribes is one about the trans
formation of leaves into birds. Long
vears ago, when the world was young,
the Creat Spirit went about the earth
making It beautiful. Wherever his
feet touched the ground lovely trees
n ml tlowera sprang up. All summer
the trees wore their short green
dresses. The leaves were very happy.
and they sang, their sweet songs to the
breeze as It passed them. One day the
wind told them the time would soon
come when they would have to fall
from the trees and die. This made the
leaves feel very bad, but they tried to
be bright and do the best they could
so as not to make the mother trees un
happy. But at last the time came, anil
they let go of the twigs and branches
and fluttered to the ground. They lay
perfectly quiet, not able to move ex
cept as. the wind would lift them.
The Great Spirit saw them and
thought they were so lovely that he did
not want to see them die, but live and
be beautiful forever, so he gave to each
bright leaf a pair of wings and power
to fiy. Then he called them his "birds.
From the red and brown leaves of the
oak came the robins, and yellow birds
from the yellow willow leaves, and
from bright maple leaves he made the
red birds. The brown leaves became
wrens, sparrows and other brown
birds. Tills Is why the birds love the
trees and always go to them to build
their nests and look for food and shade
Kansas City Journal.
Deeply l)lnppointod.
Congressman Adams of Pennsylva
nia was talking about his bill for the
'stablislnnent of a whipping post for
wife beaters.
"Any married man who fails to sup
port this bill,'' he said, "will be regard
2d with suspicion the rest of his life.
If this bill does not become a law 1
will be as disappointed I wul be as
fleeply disappointed but let me tell
vou the story.
"It was Christmas time, and a faith
ful and hardworking postman plowe I
his way through the snow and old
winds, a mail of unusual size in his
Kick.
"The postman ascended the spacious
steps of a millionaire's residence. a : l
in answer to his ring a manservant in
rich livery appeared.
"'Wait a moment, please. s:r.l the
servant as he took the mail. 'Ti e nils
tress wishes to speak to yo:i.'
"The postman's eye b iirJ:t ! I It
was the holiday season 11 1: i ! - -
"do you cumu in Tin: ii;m:v.
the millionaire with fidelity. Now. n .
doubt in recognition of his regular and
faithful -
" T shall be glad, he said politely, to
await your mistress' pleasure.
"In a few minutes the woman ap
peared.
" 'Are you,' she asked, 'our regular
postman?'
" 'Yes, madam, he answered, bow
ing.
" 'Do you come In the morning?'
" 'Yes, madam.'
" 'And In the afternoon and evening
as well?'
"Again he assented, .smiling eagerly,
and the woman said:
" Then It was you, eh, that broke
our bell?' "-New York Tribune.
Important Ofllclul.
Whether the otlicers mentioned by
Mr. Whlnton in his "History of An
trim" (New Hampshire) regarded their
position seriously and lived up to their
otliclal dignity is not told. It is certain
that the small boys would have hailed
the opportunity of exercising such
functions with glee and would have
discharged their duties with vigor and
alacrity.
In 1793 the town of Antrim olliclally
appointed three responsible persons to
till the position of dog pelters. It was
their duty to sit near the meeting house
door and to pelt, drive away or cane
any dogs that dared to enter the sa
cred edifice. In the otllcial records
of the town are found votes of subse
quent years, continuing the vocation
of the dog pelters.
One might question which would
make the most disturbance in the
church, the chance dog or the pelters
in tliu ovuri'Kii of thoir oMielnl duties
Hnrlr Timekeeper.
The clepsydra, or water clock, was
used at Babylon at a very early date
and was Introduced at Home by Sclplo
Nasica about the year 158 B. C. Tooth
ed wheels were added to it by Cteslblus
n bo lit 140 B. C. Some writers aver
that they were found to be in use In
Britain by Caesar in the year B. C.
The only clock In the world is said to
have been sent by Pope Paul I. to
Pepin, king of France, in the venr
x n
Agreed.
Wife If I thought a thing was wick
ed I wouldn't do It. Husband -Neither
would I. Wife -Ugh! I think smoking
cigars is a wicked waste. Husband
Then you should not smoke. Hand me
a match, please.
Kqnul to the Occasion.
A good story is t . 1 1 y INprsenta
tive Baukhead of Alabama about the
trial of a man who belonged to tin
gambling fraternity. An ehort was
being made to break up gambling in
and around Mobile, and It wes wel
known that the judge who was to try
the case was himself a pretty stiff
poker player.
The first witness for the defense was
talking glibly of "going It blind,'
"checking," "passing," etc.. and thf
"I WICIi EXI'IiAfN WITII 1M.KASUHU.
defendant's counsel appeared to un
derstand all the terms without ditll-
culty. The judge seemed to relish the
situation and said to the counsel:
"Mr. Jackson, you seem to under
stand the witness thoroughly. Will
you be good enough to explain to the
court the terms used by him?"
A suppressed laughter ran through
the courtroom, for every one present
knew that the judge was no amateur
in cards. But the counsel was equal
to the occasion and.. stepping up to the
bench, said:
"Your honor. I will explain with
pleasure every term the witness has
used If you will kindly let me have
vour deck." Baltimore Herald.
Quit nt Goats.
"This talk about reciprocity and cut
ting down tariff schedules is calculated
to make one languid." said Itepresent-
ative Grosvcnor of Ohio. "Kvery man
Is in favor of cutting down the sched
tiles that do not affect his district and
of granting reciprocity on products that
no not concern his people."
"Heminds me of the story of two men
who were discussing Socialism," said
Beprescntative Landls. "Both were in
favor of the theory, but one sought to
make practical demonstration of it.
"'if you had two horses.' he said to
his friend, 'would you give me one of
them?' u
" Sure.'
"'If you had two goats would you
ghe me one of them?'
" 'Sure.'
"' If you had two goats would you
ghe me one of them?'
"No. sir. for I've got two goats.'"
Chicago Inter Ocean.
IHh Hole Ilnrrrd None.
The late Bishop Klder of Cincinnati
tried cgetarinnism for some months
dur.ng his residence in Natchez, but
soon abandoned the practice, finding
that it did not agree with him.
Bishop Klder dined with one of his
parishioners one night in Natchez at
about this time. Vegetables in profu
sion were on the menu, but the bishop
disdained them all. He had had
enoutrh of vegetables for a long time.
He found the meat much more to his
taste.
His host, who did not know that he
had abandoned vegetarianism, said In
surprise:
"Why. bishop, I thought you were a
vegetarian, and hero T see you eating
mutton!"
Bishop Klder laughed.
"I am not a bigoted vegetarian," he
said. "I allow myself to eat the meat
o? such animals as live on vegetable
food only."
Sherman Outgeneraled.
General Sherman was one of eleven
hildren. When he was a small boy,
lis father, the celebrated Judge Sher
man, said something one day to hurt
Cumpy's" feelings. He uttered the
usual small boy's threat of running
way and accordingly retreated ncross
to a neighbor's, declaring that he was
going to be "Mr. King's little boy."
lie awaited developments, but Instead
of the stern parent, with tears of dis
tress, to beseech him to return a trunk
of clothes nrrived-nddressed to "Cum-
iv King" and a message from the
judge that lie had enough children
,'ithout him and hoped that Mr. King
rnuld like his new son. There was
nothing for it but to t home igno-
Iniouslv, which "Cumpy," for once
outgeneraled, did forthwith. Itut his
father called him "Cumpy King" for
several days until the lesson was well
len rued. I Jnnincot t's.
Curtnllinpr the Mil.
Cyrus Townsend Brady tells the fol
lowing story of a young married couple
here In town:
One morning at breakfast, after look
ing over a pile of bills, the husband
inquired:
"Why do you have an account at so
many stores, my dear?"
"Oh," said his wife sweetly, "don't
you see? If you buy things that way
it makes all the bills so much smaller."
New York rimes.
It Hnlned.
When a hlghfalutln editor 13 In a
hurry he doesn't waste words by say
ing, "It rained." He simply writes,
"After many days of arid desiccation
the vaporing captains marshaled their
thundering hosts and poured oiit upon
scorching humanity nnd the thoroughly
Incinerated vegetation n few Inches of
aqua pluvlalls."
Vainglorious men are the scorn of
the wise, the admiration of fools, the
Idol of piirp.sltes and the slaves of
the'r own vsonts'.- -Bacon.
Special Correspondence.
Emperor William of Germany has
presented a silver watch and chain to
George Ellis, the negro who saved
from destruction the statue of Freder
ick the. Great erected in the grounds of
the War college at the Washington
barracks. The watch and chain were
tent to the department of state by
Baron Bussche, charge d'affaires of the
German embassy. Accompanying the
gift was a letter from the baron, In
which he said he was directed by his
imperial master to transmit the watch
with the request that It be delivered to
Kills as a recognition of the "coura
geous conduct of the negro George El
lis, whose intrepid Interference saved
the statue from the effects of Ros
seau's dynamite bomb."
Diinnl or- Government Employees.
The question of claims for debt
against employees of the navy depart
ment having been brought to the atten
tion of Secretary Bonaparte, he has is
sued the following order after consid
eration of the practice of the different
governmental departments. This order
applies to civilian employees only and
does not change the practice In effect
in regard to the commissioned or en
listed personnel of th" navy:
Hereafter the navy department will
take no cognizance of a complaint
against nn employee by an alleged
creditor so far as the complainant Is
concerned beyond acknowledging re
ceipt of his communication. Persons
claiming to be creditors and collectors
of debts or claims will be denied ac
cess to employees for the purpose of
presenting or collecting claims during
the hours set apart for the transaction
of public business or while the employ
ees concerned are on duty.
But, although the department will
not permit Itself to be used as a col
lection agency, It does not consider
one who falls without justification to
pay his just debts a person suitable
for public employment. Therefore up
on receipt of a complaint of nonpay
ment of debts it will be referred to the
proper chief of bureau for a report In
writing from the employee concerned,
which, together with a summary of the
conclusions reached by the department
In the matter, will be made part of his
otlicial record.
An employee who falls without Justi
fication to pay his just debts may be
discharged for this reason if the of
fense shall seem to. the department of
sutlicient gravity.
Men Who Refune PiiNnen.
Secretary Bonaparte's Is not the only
cabinet pocket wherein no railroad
passes are to be found. Announcement
from the navy department that he had
courteously declined offers of the at
tractive little cards which fit nicely ln
tp leather made cases to be had at any
of the leather stores in town has made
his attitude prominent. Mr. Bonaparte,
to be sure, declined In far more grace
ful terms than did Representative Ba
ker, the radical Brooklyn member, a
couple of years ago when a railroad
forwarded him an annual pass. He
made public the letter in which he
scored the railroad for Its tender. Mr.
Bonaparte does not give the name of
the railroad, but Indicates that his re
fusal was an entirely polite one, which
could not have given offense.
There are other men around Presi
dent Roosevelt's cabinet table who
have not accepted courtesies from the
railroads and are not doing so now.
There are also cabinet members who
are traveling on passes. One holder of
a portfolio said the other day that he
had steadfastly declined these favors
ever since lie entered the cabinet, but
did not wish to advertise his declina
tion to the world. Cabinet members
travel on public business, as a rule. In
which case, of course, they are enti
tled to reimbursement from the gov
ernment. They also travel a deal on
their private account. To some of
them, not men of large means, the use
of railroad passes would be a help
financially In view of the meager sala
ries that cabinet officers are paid.
Itounparte Refune Hnlrhrunh.
Charles Jerome Bonaparte, the new
secretary of the navy, has refused to
purchase a hairbrush said to have been
used In arranging the locks of his
granduncle, the great Napoleon.
The relic was offered to Mr. Bona
parte by a man now living In New
York whose grandfather was a barber
In the French army during the Italian
campaign. This tonsorlal expert left
the brush to his descendants with the
legend that It had often been called In
to service In dressing the hair of the
"little corporal." The New Yorker also
stated his willingness to sell a colored
plaster bust of Napoleon.
Both offers were declined with
thanks by Mr. Bonaparte, who has
never "gono In" for a collection of
Napoleonic souvenirs. A similar re
ply was given the other day to a letter
which came from Holland asking the
secretary to buy u miniature of the
emperor said to havo been painted
from life. The price of the memento
would have absorbed Mr. Bonaparte's
salary for one year. He makes It n
rule never to purchase such tilings, no
matter how little or how much Is ask
ed for them.
XeT Capitol Door llenOy.
The large bronze doors to be hung at
the south end of the cnpltol at the
main entrance to the house of repre
sentatives, corresponding with those
on the senate side nnd In the center of
the building, hnve arrived from Chlco-
pee, Mass., where they were made. The
floors are of solid bronze nnd are
among the finest of the kind In the
world.
Tho design of the new doors Is by
Crawford, tho artist who designed the
statue of Freedom topping the capltol
dome. The plans were drawn In 1840,
but were laid aside until a few years
ago, when congress appropriated $45,
000 for the execution of the work.
CARL RCHOFIELD.
V
I)lntruted Hlm.
I don't believe Wlndy's tips on the
races are any good."
"Why not?"
"Well, he said they were a sure
thing and then he wasn't willing to
end me the money to bet with." De
troit Free Press.
Few enterprises of great labor or
inzard would be undertaken If we had
not the power of magnifying the ad
vantages we expect from them. John
son.
Undeceived hy l'honr.
There Is a young woman up in the
Bronx who has a -friend in Wall street
He caih th;ce times each week and
vows she is the 011'y girl he ever even
looks at. S!-e ! l;ecs him. or, rather.
did believe Is. 111 until the other day
when she called him up on the phone.
111 disguise my voice, she gig
gled as :die picked up the receiver.
and Jolly the dear boy along."
There was a buzzing over the wire.
nnd the next minute she heard his fa
miliar voice n,t the other end.
"Hello! Is that you, George?" she
asked in a different voice.
And George responded:
"Why, yes, you little darling, of
course It's nie. What do you say to
going over to the beach for supper this
evening? Yes, I got your note. Say?.
Grace"
There was a sharp click, and the
voice was interrupted. The young wo
man in the Bronx had dropped the re
ceiver and turned pale. Her name
was Katharine. New York Globe.
HIn Ilcmurhnhlc Memory.
"Excuse me." said the absentminded
professor, "but haven't we met before?
Your face Is strangely familiar."
"Yes," answered the young lady,
"our hostess introduced ns just before
dinner."
"Ah, yes," rejoined the professor. "I
was positive I had seen you some
where. I never forget a face." De
troit Tribune.
Open to an Knc.nff enient.
"Little boy," snid the teacher of the
class, "do you intend to come to Sun
day school regularly?"
"I guess so. ma'am." answered the
urchin with the cropped head and the
soiled face, with some hesitation. "Is
dere anything In it 'sides de pictur'
cards and de picnic?" Chicago Trib
une. What lie Wnn Afraid Of.
"Is It true that you are engaged to
that young widow?"
"Not at the present writing. We
were engaged, but I broke It off."
"Aren't you afraid she will take it to
heart?"
"No, but I'm afraid she will take It
to court"
Too Open.
"Do you like nn open countenance on
n person?"
"I thought I did till ray mother-in
law made us a visit." nouston Post.
Still OlNntIfled.
"Pete." said Meandering Mike, "did
you hear about de kind lady up in
Michigan dat left a fortune to feed
tramps?"
"More money wasted." answered
Plodding Pete. "What ails us ain't
hunger. It's thirst." Washington
Star.
Fnhrenhelt.
"How did the Boston girl strike
you?"
"She struck me ns being about thirty-two."
Thirty-two years?"
"No; degrees." Woman's Home
Companion.
An Exception.
"I don't seem to be able to make you
understand." said the professor of
physics, "that heat always ascends
and cold descends."
"Well." replied the bright boy. "how
Is it when I get my feet cold and wet
the cold always settles in my head?"
New York Life.
A l'oor Thrower.
"She was just crazy to marry him.
although she knew he didn't really
love her, and now see the result. He
treats her with contempt."
"That's just a woman's bad aim
She threw herself at his head and
landed nt his feet." Philadelphia
Press.
Shirring: Popular.
Shirring on heavy cords Is a favorite
menns of trimming simple gowns and
even when used on handsomest cos
tumes Is very effective.
The Men Serpent.
Tales grow In tho telllns.
"We nit must nree.
The tall that grows fastest.
It seemeth to me.
Is that of the serpent
That lives In the sea.
Cleveland rialn Dealer.
llarialcB.
Bell Did that anonymous note wor
ry you?
Nell Oh, no. It was from Jack. He
always writes them when we have a
falling out. Detroit Free Press.
Ilolled Down.
"Blinks has a perfect mania for con
densing everything. Did you hear how
he proposed?"
"No."
"He held up an engagement ring be
fore the girl's eyes and said 'Kh?' "
"And what did she say?"
"She ju?t nodded."
SI any Meaning.
Traveler Some expressions in the
Chinese language have as many as
forty different meanings.
Little Miss Same way In English.
"You amaze me. Mention one."
"Not at b'ne."
FACTS FEW LINES
Comparatively little milk Is con
sumed in southern cities.
A trooper's sword measures thirty
three inches, while a lance Is nine feet
long.
Chicago did not get a place on the
mail until 1S40, when Its population
was 4,470.
In the early days of railroading
horses were used to help the locomo
tives on up grades.
The total number of all known varie
ties of postage stamps used by all the
governments of the world up to date Is
10,242.
A London curio denier has in his
window a placard reading, "Several
hits of armor for-sale, suitable for mo
torists." There are more railway tunnels, via
ducts and railroad bridges In Switzer
land than In any other country in the
old world.
Sheeruess, England, though nn im
portant naval station nnd a town of
over lo.Ot'O inhabitants, does not pos
sess a single telephone.
Owing to the rapid growth of the
United States the English language Is
now spoken by more persons than use
any other civilized tongue.
The percentage of Jews engaged In
trades and doing manual labor for a
living is greater in New York than In
any other ciiy In the world.
In defense to a charge of selling milk
wholly devoid of fat an English cow
keeper said thnt his cows had been eat
ing cabbages, but the defense availed
him not.
A cat which had been driven Into a
shade tree by the dogs at Nashua,
N. II., was rescued the other day after
It had remained In this position for
three whole days.
Sark, one of the Channel Islands, has
a prison that contains four cells. But
In the last five years It has had only
three occupants. Sark has a popula
tion of about GOO.
While chnslng n mouse the other day
Mme. Delatour of Paris broke through
the fioor of her room and found In the
hole a brass box containing gold coins
of the value of $1,000.
Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, a famous
London hostelry, among whose cus
tomers In bygone days were Gold
smith, Johnston, Boswell, Thackeray
aud Dickens, Is to come into the mar
ket Australia has found a new use for
discarded tram cars. Sydney ladles
have them painted green and white,
hang them with baskets of flowers,
trnin creepers over the roof and then
utilize them ns afternoon tea rooms.
A Somersworth (N. II.) woman re
cently found In the family Bible $15
in bills which, judging from the dates
of the bills, must have been concealed
in the book about a century. They
were among the first paper Issues of
the United States government
An automobile transportation serv
ice has been recently established In the
Kongo Free State. Coal la scarce and
petroleum or gasoline impossible, and
it was found necessary to use wood
for fuel. The machine makes twelve
miles an hour and has the capacity of ft
ton.
One of the funniest consequences of
young Alfonso's visit to England Is
the birth of the "hidalgo" hat, a modi
fied Spanish turban with which modish
Englishmen are beginning to deck
their heads. Although distinctly more
suitable for winter, it makes a gallant
appearance.
Torrey and Alexander admit that
their revival campaign in London was
'a failure, and Dr. Torrey remarked In
a recent address there, "I suppose It
would be safe to say that during the
last year there have not been five per
sons definitely converted In any one
church or chapel In Loudon."
New York alone has 924 libraries,
with l),070.SU3 volumes; Massachusetts,
624 libraries, with 7.010,094 volumes;
Pennsylvania, 491 libraries, with 4,580,
812 volumes. These three states have
about 30 per cent of the libraries and
40 per .cent of the number of volumes
reported for the whole United States.
Russia has probably the most curious
tax in the world. It Is called the
"amusement tax" nnd was Instituted a
year ago to found an Institution for
the poor under the title of the "Em
press Marie Foundation." The tar Is
laid upon every amusement ticket sold,
and the managers increase tho price
accordingly.
A block of granite weighing over
300,000 pounds, flat on top and with
clean breaks on two sides, has been
found near Woodbury, Vt Three hun
dred feet north is seen the ledge from
which the block broke away. The two
are on about the same level, but be
tween them rises a barrier of granite
fifteen feet high. Local geologists are
trying to figure out what natural
causes brought about the shift In the
Dosltion of the block.
It has been discovered that the judge
has no discretion under the Vermont
liquor law and that he Is bound to sen
tence a convicted seller for a certain
length of time for each offense. Wil
liam Caulstone was recently convicted
on twenty-five counts In Bennington
county, and it was figured that he waa
in a folr way to get a sentence of sixty
one yenrs. When he discovered this
fact he took "leg ball" and left hla
bandsmen to settle with tho lnur
Joseph W. Wilson of Springfield,
Mass., has a whip which Is a work of
art. It was tfre first whip made by
Clinton Cannon of Wakefield after he
had finished his apprenticeship. It Is
an ordinary coach whip of one piece of
whalebone, with a piece of Ivory set
In the butt. The whole butt is studded
with Ivory to ranke- It hnve the appear
ance of blackthorn. The whip was
never used, but hns been In the pos
session of the Cannon family Blnce It
was made In 1S42.
The Mnln Point.
Victim What has happened? Where
am I? Doctor You have been serious
ly Injured In a trolley accident. But
cheer up; you will recover. Victim
How much? Cleveland Leader.
Xenrly u Good.
"Did you succeed in breaking your
grandfather's will?" f
"No, but we managed to bend It so
that a few more thousand dollars
oozed out of the family tree." Detroit
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