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has lain in that locked drawer eight years. Wait!” as be started to open the papt-r D m t read it till JQU are In your own roum. 1 hffve suffered enough tonight.** lie turned and tenderly kissed her and went to his room Hastily lighting the gas. he looked at the envelofM* “For Jack** wa< written on It In his mother’s writing, but the yellow sheet he took from it was lu his father's hand and ran thus: Mr. Pringle’s Plot By ALICE E. IVES ACK. don't you think you're rather young to marry?” Mrs. Pringle’s voice bad a hopeless ring, as though she fully realized the futility of the ques tlon, for uo man ever yet thought he was too young to be happy. “Well, mother, I’m twenty-five, just one year older than father when be was married.” "Twenty flve! I can't seem to be lieve it.” “The first birthday I remember was when I was six. At least, you told me I was six. Now, If you started me wrong"— "Jack, I believe you would joke about a funeral!” "But this Isn't a funeral; It's a wed ding ” "It seems almost the same to me. I dare say I’m selfish, but—but I do wont to keep you a little longer.” "Ob, you won't talk that way when you see what you’re going to get In exchange. Sibyl Is the dearest, sweet est little girl In the world.” "Of course. I knew she woukl be. That Is what kept you so long In Bos ton." "Yee, I— I suppose It was. She is coming here next week to visit her sis ter, Mrs. Tredway.” “Well, Jack, dear, If you love her— It is the way of the world." And Mrs. Pringle went quickly out of the room to bide her tears. Jack was both grieved and surprised at his mother's reception of the news. He had expected rejoicing and congrat ulations Instead of a lament He was the only child, and his moth er was a widow. Sibyl Bassett, "the dearest girl In the world," arrived the next week, and Jack, going about In a beatific dream, did not notice that as time went on hie mother grew more and more depressed. sibyl, bright sensible, kind soul that she was, one day noticed Mrs. Prin gle's eyes fastened upon her with an Intensity positively tragic In Ita wretchedness. “Jack, dear,” she said to him as soon as they were alone, “I'm afraid your mother does not like me.” “Not like you! She adores you!” The fever heat enthusiasm of the lover was not, after all, very convinc ing to Sibyl. With something of the wisdom her name implied, she shook her head dubiously. "She may have told you so, but I surprised her today looking at me as though I were a second edition of the vampire.” “Now, little woman, that's all lmag luatlon. The truth ta mother doesn't want me to marry any one, but since I am determined she has told me she would rather It should be you than any girl she has ever known.” "Well, If that's all,” cried Sibyl, “and it's a sort of abstract proposition, I'm not going to give you up for any wo man living—that is, unless you say so. I am going to promise to divide you up a little with her if she won’t feel so very sorry." Mrs. Pringle's attitude did not chauge. The gloom seemed rather to An Oxford Bank Note. "Nothing has happened — that la, nothing new It happened a long time ago. I never bad the courage to tell you. I must tell you now, and It la killing me." “Tell me. mother: tell me!" She rose from the chair where he had gently placed her and took an envelope from the desk. "Don't blame me. dear, for not show ing you thia before. As long as there seemed no Immediate need of It why should I darken your life? I prayed that tite time might never come, but now I should be a guilty woman If I did not give you the letter. I found It among your father's papers after he died. He never told me about It. It Who« Ku«BB Bfoa BtlppaB Knots and Miles. One of the things which it seems difficult for the public mind to grasp ta that there is u decided difference be tween the knot and the mile. It is certainly about time to have It thor oughly understood that the two are not the ssuie tiling. It seams easy enough to remember that a mile la ouly about 87 per cent of a knot, the latter being approximately B.<>83 feet in length, while the statute mile measures 5,280 feet. Three and one-half miles are equal, within a small fraction, to three knots. The result of this differ ence, of course, is that the speed of a vessel in miles per hour Is always con siderably larger than when stated In knots, and the confusion of the terms sometimes gives rise to rather remark able claims of speed performance. When a twenty knot ship, for example, is lightly mentioned. It should be re membered that this really means a little over twenty-three miles. Similar ly with higher figures, which are often glibly enough stated, the difference be tween the terms Is worth beariug In mind. It will help to guard against the forming of ridiculous estimates of a vessel's capabilities. Walnuts air«l Butternuts. happened Y* An Alt the shopgirls In the car envied her when ate swept up the alale In her Immaculate white suit and kodak held daintily by a strap. “HBe la going off to the sea or wood lands," Miey thought, "while w* have to work tn the stuffy stores.” The woman In white seemed too dig nified even to glance at the passengers, My Dear Son- It Is my duty to tell you, who were admiring her enviously. She though ths telling tears my heart In toyed with the kodak and gazed sud twain, you must never marry. An ac cursed thing is the inheritance of my denly out of the window. There was family. Insanity invariably appears in much speculation as to her destination the third generation. If the victim of this "I bet she la going to catch the boat curse remains unmarried It may not up the Hudson," said one of the girls come until late tn life, but it is a singular “Nothing of the kind," said another fact which has been a puule to the doc tors and scientific men that marriage Is ' She la going around to oue of the Jer sure to hasten It and cause it to assume sey coast resorts.” the most horrible form, which is always “I believe you are all wrong,” spoke to murder the being most beloved. My great-grandfather killed the mother a third. "8tie la going down to Rock of his child when the babe was but two away or Brighton Beach.” days old. My father attempted my moth While they were all conjecturing er's life, then killed himself. The real something happened. The strap slip facts have never been made public, but 1 Out know, and I feel that I must preserve you ped and the kodak flew open. from becoming a murderer. Toy are the rolled an apple, a ham sandwich and a third generation. For God's sake, h.wl half of a pie. The woman in white what I have said! My poor boy! ir i only could have died before I had been turned redder than a tomato, and the shopgirls giggled. Their fair excur - i:.. -Led to write these words. YOLR HEARTBROKEN FATHER slonlst was ou her way to work Just the same as they were, but was too [TO BE CONTINUED.] proud to carry her lunch in a box, so A HINDU WIZARD. she conceived the idea of placing It ii the bogus kodak. Without stopping ti His Trick That Pusslsd ■» Oesldow- pick up the remnants of bam and ph lal Master of Magic. she hastily closed the kodak and lefi Some of the tricks of the Hindu wiz the car.—New York Globe. ards are past understanding, according to an occidental master of magic who Alasl was speaking of his oriental rivals. "Of course.” said the young man who This Is what be says be saw a Hindu bad been singing loud and shrill, "I am wizard do in a club lu Lucknow . only an amateur In music." "He took a bourd and placed it on "An amateur,” responded Miss Cay four glass goblets, thus elevating it enne pensively, "Is oue who pursues an from the floor. A youngster sitting on art purely for love of it.” the board wus requested tv place bis "I believe so.” bands together, palms up. Then the "It's the way of the world," she add Juggler took a glass of water and pour ed, with a little sigh. "We are so often ed it Into the outstretched hands of the unintentionally cruel to those we love.” boy. In the meantime the t»oy had been —Washington Star. mesmerized, and hla attention was fix ed on a point Indicated by the magi Eeiinouiicnl Thought. clan. Gradually the water turned green “Ob, George," said Mrs. Youngman, In color and then developed into a Jelly “my canary bird's dead!” which Increased in density until It be “Yes?" replied her husband. “You’re came as solid as a stone. Out of the not grieving much." center of this appeared the head of a “No. You see, I can have it stuffed snake, which gradually developed un for my hat next fall, and then the rest til In the place of the water there ap of the hat won’t cost so much.”—Phil peared a hissing reptile. I was amazed, adelphia Press. I can assure you, but the trick was not yet completed, nittlng the reptile upon the head with bls wand, the Juggler took It up carefully and placed It back In the glass. As we looked It became transformed Into a Jelly, which In turn melted Into a greenish colored water. Clearer and clearer tieeame the fluid until it was of Its original color, and then the Juggler placed It to bls Ups and drank the entire contents. This was the most wonderful trick I ever saw performed, and It Is as mysterious to me today ns It wus then.” The city boy on a visit to the country Is often puzzled In trying to distinguish black walnuts and butternuts In the green state. The leaves are almost alike, being compound and having a variable number of leaflets arranged on a long stem. The butternut stem ha« from nine to seventeen leaflets, and the black walnut from fifteen to twenty- three. The teeth on the latter are larger and sharper than those on the butternut nnd lack the fuzzy stem, but the real distinguishing feature is the odor. Hav ing once smelled the crushed leaves of a butternut and a black walnut, a per son can never fall to know them there after.—St. Nicholas. deepen. But Jack, swimming In a sea of bliss, was utterly oblivions to other conditions. He-- was not selfish; be was In love. One day he confided to hla mother the Important news that Sibyl bad named the day. It was just three months ahead. That evening when be returned he found Mrs. Pringle waiting for him. h was no unusual thing for her to be up when he came home, but to find her trembling and with a drawn, white face and tear stained eyes was some thing to pierce him to the heart "Mother, dear," he cried, taking her in his arms, "what la It? What has CHOICE The Clarendon Press once made a bid for printing the notes of the Bank of England. It was many years ago. when the forger was abroad In the land, and it was desired to make bis task more difficult. A sample Oxford note was adorned with a number of unintelligible quotations from out of the way languages -Arabic, Optic and others. ft was thought no forger could produce them, and an elaborate argument was given In with tha sam ple note to that effect. Nowadays any note may be copied by photography, and the unique quality of Its paper Is the security of the Bank of Kugland against fraud London Sketch. Th« President*« Salat«, MISCELLANY WOMAN AND f ASB1ON WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT STORIES «♦ D«lv Ln»«. The advaucviiarisi of WRtuan by leaps and bounds continues. First, we bad the women's clubs, thi-u the women’s hotel, with bell girls and “lady" porters, anil later the Wouiau's DoWutown Lunching club. There is one New York young woman, living lu the vi cinity of Madison square, who Is still ages ahead of the rest of fcer sex in the race for equality with man. She wears men's shoes, a four-lu hand tie and a dress that Is as near au ap proach to a suit of clothes as the laws of dressmaking will permit. She car ries her umbrella as a tnun would his cane, anti her walk Is a clone Imitation of the Harvard "strut.” The other day oue who passes constantly through the park on her way dowutown saw this concrete example of advanced woman hood sitting ou a bench writing a let ter Instead of reading the paper while she had her shoes shined. The passer by looked by Instinct, as It were, for the cigar in her left band, but that for tunately was reserved for a still more remote period of feminine develop ment.—New York Post. A m Attractive GafMrat. Nothing appeals to the dainty «roman more surely than tasteful negligees, This one ta made of white lawn with trimming of embroidery and can be utilized either for the hour» of relaxa tion in one's owu room or for the fami ly breakfast table, being essentially graceful and becoming. The material and the embroidery are both attractive Maker« of the Northwest. Their one care is a constant watch for opportunity, and their rule of honor Is respect for every other man'» right to try They laugh when they win, be cause success In a successful country need not be taken too seriously. They laugh also when they fail, because fail ure amid so many opportunities Is lu dicrous. They are crude, and they meet their social problems In their wives' names. Their optimism Is the optimism of plenty. Their conceit grows out of their achievements. The New Yorker scornfully says: “Why should I go west? I have every thing that is worth seeing right here In New York.” To this the American re plies, "Yes, everything except the Unit ed States of America.” “You think you are the whole na tion,” says the New Yorker. "No," says the American. “I'm only a part owner. But I know my country and my partners. You don’t.”—World's Work. TASTEFUL NEGLIGEE. St. Louis Seek! a Million. Dobbs -Imagine jilting me for a fel low like that. But I expect the attrac tion was his money, not his face. Blobbs—You must be fairly wealthy yourself. Hurd Place to Fill. New Nurse— Please, mum, I can't do a tiling with the baby. He cries all the time. Mistress—Well, I declare! How stu pid of me! His other nurses were col ored girls. You’ll find some stove pol ish lu the kitchen.—New York Weekly. Coaroaleat. “It Is a great comfort to have a child about the house,” said the man of domestic tastes. "Yes,” answered the unfeeling wretch, When company comea that you don't care for you can make It re cite.”—Washington Star. All Willing to Be Lattarda. "We must all die some time,” said the sympathizing friend. "True,” replied the Invalid, “quite true, but 1 have noticed that there are some things in which none of us Is seeking precedence.”—Chicago Post Appealed to Hla Better Nature. “What did you say to the lawyer about breaking your father's will In your Interest?" "I told him I hoped be would allow me a reasonable per cent on what he got out of it.”—Baltimore News. ir Not, war Nott “Waxhtng" the Blood. Many strange things go to the laun dry, but It Is surely novel to conceive the Idea of putting one's blood to the wash. However, It appears to be not only possible, but practicable, and Dr. Roux of the Pasteur institute has Just laid before the Academy of Science an apparatus Invented by Dr. Ripin for this highly singular purpose. The ap paratus had sufficed to "wash” one- fourth of the blood of a dog at one op eration without any mishap. It Is hoped that the invention will render practicable the elimination of plasma from the blood In certain affections.— London Globe. The Handkerchief Sleeve. Pretty kimonos always offer an at tractive field for the woman who can construct, and one of the prettiest summer arrangements !s achieved In the handkerchief sleeve. It Is a large square of the material — say white lawn—bordered with colored lawn or trimmed with a straight edge of em broidery. The square should be as large as a man's largest sized hand kerchief, and the circular piece for the armhole Is cut a little to one side of the center so as to leave the greatest length of the sleeve on top. In tlie French Style. Long walsted or French dresses are very generally becoming to little girls lu addition to being lu the height of style. This one Is unusually attractive because of Its big yoke collar, with wide frill, and Is made of Persian lawn combined with embroidery, but it Is suited to almost all childish materials. The yoke collar Is a feature, and a most attractive one, but nevertheless Is not obligatory, as It can be omitted and the plain yoke substituted. In the case of the lawn there is no body lln- Probably No Mistake. A deserter from the British army was Identified recently by the follow ing tattoo marks upon him: A cross on the left forearm, with the words, "In loving memory;” a Jockey with two flags, Buffalo Bill, a heart on the back of the left hand, a horseshoe with crossed whips, a cross with the figure of a soldier leaning on It, a pierced heart, a heart on the right forearm, a ,|j heart with clasped hands, a soldier and u girl.—Indianapolis News. "Did you ever notice bow beautifully Parson Gummidge arranges bls neck scarf?” One ot Menellk's Proclamations. “Yes. But of course a man who can Emperor Meneltk has had occasion tie a knot should be able to knot a recently to Inform his people that he tie.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer. has coined a new Abyssinian dollar. This not very exciting information was A Total Lo««. given in a proclamation full of oriental "I think that 1'11 be married on try r Icturesquenees. The following are birthday," said Miss lomtney. only a few of the minor flourishes: "What,” exclaimed Miss Frocks, "Hear ye! Hear ye! May God strike holding up her hands In consternation, discord to the enemies of our moun “and lose one entire set of presents!”— tains and bills! May he strike discord Detroit Free Press. among the enemies of our Lord Mene- 11k! May he strike discord Into the Are Hla To.g. Silver Fluted Now f enemies of Mary!” "What a dainty, artistic little house A Menwter Ma*. keeper Mrs. McWhiffler Is!” What Is probably the largest mount Dainty! I think so! The Ice man York is that In the of- says she wanted him to deliver their ed map in New — Ice wrapped up In wax paper.”-Indi flee of « big express company in Broadway near Rector street The map unapolls News. covers the side wall of the first floor Opt« Aecouat. from floor to celling and half the Harris Did your summer trip cost length of the building, which extends you much this year? from Broadway to Trinity place. This Battlsou—Can't tell till my country makes it probably 18 feet high and cousins have made me their winter more than 100 fest long. visit.- Boston Transcript. The pmklMit'a salute consists Of tw<*nty-ou« grata, and why thia partlcu lar uumber was bit upon baa been the cause of much speculation. Ona aolo tlon, mure clever than probahie, la that when the Revolution took place the as tlon was considered able to shift for It aelf: hence twenty one Another Is that the figures of the year uf the 1 >eela ration of Independence. 1770. when added to Pnscled. gether make a total of twenty-one. The Before Ralrpla« Were laveate«. "Ah. your language! Eet-ees so diffi royal aalute tn England la also twenty Mr. Blinks I see by this paper that cult” one guns, having been originally seven, "What's the matter, count?” which number fired three times far th* hairpins were Invented In 1545 and— “First zls novel eet say ze man was three political divisions makes the to Mrs. Blinks—Dear me! How ds you suppose women buttoned their shoes nnhorsed.” tai and unlocked trunks before that? "Yes?" A Great Tenth. “Zen eet safs he was cowwd "—Pitts Not J«alou«. « Prestige Is a fickle thing, ha pg burg Post._____ __________ "Is she Jealous of her busband Y' gain and hard to maintain. Tha Btr A performance at the Municipal thea “Oh no. not at all. She often per chant or manufacturer must routtauo teg. at Halle, Switzerland, had to be mits him to sit In corners and talk to his leadership as an adv erf tear or ba suspended the other,Bight while the po will surely drop front the public mind ladles who are not generally referred llceman on duty was ejected. He bad to as good old souls ' “—Chicago Rec —Mobile Register. fallen asleep at his post, and his loud ord-Herald snoring disturbed the audience. Hemeoabercd HI« Falllag«. A Cincinnati mau was describing the dinner In London that admitted Joseph H. Choate to the society of the Old Benchers of the Inner Temple. "Mr. Choate " aa In hla best m<>Bd." he said. "With epigrams, witticism« an<l anecdotes be kept the table iu a continuous roar. "Perhaps he made his most telling impression with a story a Is mt an Im poverished young Irish geutleiuau, the Hou. Denis Bellow. “He said that Mr. Bellow, driven forth by poverty from his father's es tate, went to IxMition to seek his for tune. "He had been a gay, convivial blade, and tn the little home village lie was mlss<sl There was not a poacher uor a roisterer within ten miles that hadn't a soft spot for Denis iu tils heart. "Word one day pussed about that up at the castle news had been received of Dents. The village at once lieeaiiie Pabllo Prlntlag laseatlgatloa. and practical, Inasmuch as they laun der admirably well, but there are many pretty flowered batistes, organ dies and the like which muke exceed ingly attractive garments of the sort, and wash silk also is much used, while trimming can be lace frills or almost anything that may be preferred, while It may be well to add that for the cool er days or for the trip to the mountains or the seashore chailie, albatross and the like are much to be commended. For the medium size will be required 4% yards of material 27, 8% yards 32. or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with 7\4 The Flight ot a Swallow. yards of insertion and 2^* yards of em Unless swallow stories be like an broidery for frills. glers’ yarns, a bird belonging to an Antwerp gentleman has just estab Reda Mach In Vogae. lished a record. A flight of homing The reds most In vogue Just now are pigeons had been arranged from Com- the tomato and geranium colors. The piegne to Antwerp. The swallow, red of the gardenia Is also worn and caught by the gentleman from a nest the matchless red of the camellia. under bls own roof and duly marked, These shades are seen everywhere and was sent to Complegne and given Its lu everything, but particularly Is the freedom with the pigeons at 7:15 red of the geranium worn a great deal, o’clock in the morning. At 8:28 that says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. sume morning the swallow returned to The most popular red for gowns la Its nest at Antwerp. It had covered cerise. This lovely French shade, fa the distance between the towns of just miliar to all, comes In cloth of so soft under 148 miles In one hour and eight and lovely a tone that It fairly pleads minutes, having, therefore, traveled at to be purchased. There Is a cerise the extraordinary speed of two miles cashmere which cannot be equaled for and some three hundred yards per min loveliness. It makes up very well In ute. The first pigeon to reach Its cage, deed with a deep green and Is very also at Antwerp, arrived there only at ladylike when subdued with dark 11:30.—London Telegraph. green leather and with dark green bands of stitched cloth. That St. Louis Is getting ready for the coming million population is shown by the official report of the building commissioner for the mouth of July. Such a showing, calling for the erec tion of buildings that would make a fair sized town, is striking evidence of the fact that St. Louis lost nothing, but gained tremendously in prestige and in industrial and financial strength, by the Louisiana Purchase exposition. The month's building record Is not only remarkable as compared with that of last year, but is the biggest in the history of the city.—St. Louis Post Dispatch. !•(» ciai Correspond« nr« ] Th« treaty making machinery of two great Bstlons is lu motion. The process of drawing Japau and Russia together for the purpose of securing terms for the settlement of the preseut war has many Interesting side features, chief of which is the marked contrast it pre ■tents between the modern and the old tashloued methods of adjusting serious luteruatioual differences. The telegraph and the cable have revolutionized the business of making treaties, lu the days wbeu commuul ration between nations was limited to sailing vessels negotiations dragged on for mouths and sometimes for years before an agreement could be had. Before the period wbeu friendly pow ers took up the diplomatic troubles of contending nations, flashed a few ca bles around the world and presented peace terms of a nature satisfactory to both sides lu a controversy the gov ernments had to resort to strategy and submit to uo end of bard labor and ex peuM to accomplish their euds. In the short space of a week President Roose velt sounded Germany, Great Britain and France as to their attitude ou the question of peuce lu the far east. Last winter congress authorized the Joint committee ou printing to make an investigation during the recess into methods of printlug public documents at the government printing office aud to report to congress upon lta meeting at the following session. This Joint committee, of which Senator Platt of New York la the chairman, was sup posed to take up the matter of all use less expenditure In printing duplicates of government reports, to look Into the nature of the material that Is being printed at the expense of the govern ment and to report its recommends Hous for curtailing such expenditures. Early In the summer the chairman called a meeting of the joint commit tee to meet In New York city, but up on a failure of the members to show up Senator Platt decided to allow the matter to go over until the cool weath er of the fall, when It was said he would call the committee to meet In this city and go to work In earnest and probe the methods pursued in the or dering of printing. It is now assured that when the com mittee does get to work It will find enough to occupy its attention for quite a time. It will be face to face with the Increase of the government's expenditure for printing from $3,500,- 000 iu 1808 to $7,000,000 at the present time. This doubling of the govern ment's printing bill has alarmed mauy of the leaders In congress lu view of the deficit of the treasury aud the rec ommendation of the public printer that the government printing office be en larged by replacing the old building at the corner of North Capitol and H streets with a modern seven story building to correspond In general style with tile newly built part of the office. The Capital Pro Tern. Oyster Bay, the summer capital of America, Is entirely devoid of social life so far as the president's family Is concerned. The Roosevelts, big and lit tle, are taking life as people should In "the good old summer time.” Mrs. Roosevelt has bad several Intimate friends from time to time as bouse guests, but there has been no formal entertaining. The entire family de votes Itself to riding, driving, boating, tennis and other outdoor sports, and its dally companions are members of the numerous Roosevelt clan who arc sum mering at Oyster Bay. The president has divided bls time about equally be tween work and pleasure. Iu the Inter vals of labor be goes off on little Jaunts, the last one being a camping out In the woods party, when he cook ed his own meals and bathed In the bracing waters of the sound. Department Women'« Home. A movement started some time ago among the women employees of the government printing office for the es tablishment of h department women's home Is spreading to the other govern ment departments, according to Mrs. Arvilla McDonough, who Is ou the board of directors and actively engag ed iu the work. It Is stated that in all probability the home will be opened some time this winter. The idea Is not to establish a charitable institution In any sense, but It Is simply to give the women of the departments who have no homes and live in rooms a place to live and have the comforts of a home. A minimum charge will be made for room» and board, and sitting rooms, parlors anil libraries Will be provided. Patriarch« of the Senate. DKESS FOR LITTLE GIRL. Ing used, but the model will be found practical for the dresses of cooler wenther ns well as for those of Imme diate use, and when cashmere, cballle and the like are the materials chosen the lining Is In every way desirable. For a child of six years will be re quired ,3\ yards of material 27, 8 yards 32. or 2% yards 44 inches wide, with one-half yard 18 inches wide for the yoke and 1»* yards of embroidery and 2 yards of banding. Got the Mooey. Sada Yacco, the charming little Jap anese actress, Is a great favorite In Paris. She 1B, moreover, exceedingly frank, appnlllngly so, as may appear from the following Incident which her friend, Loie Fuller, Is telliug Just now: Mistress Sada was Invited to tako part In a private performance given by President Loubet. She was delighted, and so were the host and bis guests, the Loubet pleasure promptly taking the form of a magnificent Sevres vase, which was presented to the fascinating oriental by the august donor himself. A smile was bls reward—that beam ing, childlike smile which only a pret ty Japanese girl can properly achieve. Sada Yacco recognized the gentleman's good Intentions and gave him full cred it for them, but she is as practical as she Is grateful, and this Is what she said: “Very sorry, very sorry. Not take vase to Japan. Too far. Get broken. Take money. Very sorry.” While the onlookers gasped, she beamed on the president all over again, sweetly, serenely unconscious she had done anything out of the ordinary. And she got the money.—New York Times. How Webster Hung the Scribe. When a boy on his father's farm Daniel Webster seems to have had the usual furm boy’s dislike for work. It Is said that he was helping his father mow a field when the old gentleman noted, with some Irritation, that Dan iel was forever stopping, looking off In to space, fussing with his scythe, etc. “What's the matter. Daniel? Why don't ye keep mowing?” he asked. “This scythe don’t hang right” **8bo! Get the right hang ou It and hurry up.” Daniel surveyed the refractory tool a moment nnd then calmly walked to a neighboring apple tree and hung it over a branch. "That's about the right bang for It" he remarked as be scooted out of range of the paternal wratb.—Detroit News- Tribune. The United States senate is regain ing Its youth. When the long session adjourned, little more than a year ago, the number of frail men In that cham ber who walked about with uncertain step was a subject of comment by many observers. Statistics then show ed that sixteen of Its ninety members bad passed the allotted three score years and ten. Seven of these In a sin gle twelvemonth have ceased to be members of that body, four by death and three by retirement, and of these lie Made a nit. three one ha« already died. It Is doubt It Is usual to divide up the time de ful If so great a thinning out of the aged men ever before occurred In the voted to the "missions.” or religious re senate. Those who died have been vivals given In Catholic parishes. Into Quay of Pennsylvania, Hoar of Massa periods for each class of the faithful— chosetts, Rate of Tennessee and Piatt me week for the married men, one for of Connecticut. Those who retired on the single men and the same for the March 4 who bad passed the age of women. In one of the large uptown Mventy were Hawley of Connecticut, Churches In which Jesuit Father Gibson of Montana and Stewart of Ne O’Donovan led the band of preachers vada. No new man has become seven he made an Instantaneous hit by the ty In the year nor has any seventy manner in which he announced the or year-old man been elected to the sen der of the exercises. "The first week,” said he, “will be ate. The nine members who possess this distinction now are Morgan and i for the married men, the second for the Pettus of Alabama, Platt and Depew unmarried men. the third for the mar- of New York, Frye of Maine, Proctor [ ried women and the last”—then he of Vermont, Cullom of Illinois, Allison paused for a moment as be said—"for the unclaimed treasures."—New York of Iowa and Teller of Colorado. Times. CARL SCHOF1BLD. Row to Eaprsaa It. Where He Pat It. "I'm so sorry supper Isn't ready." said Mrs. Dinsmore to her husband when be came In. “I attended the meeting of the sewing circle this after noon, and I couldn't *t away.” "Hemmed In. were yon?” asked her husband. McBluff- See here, sir, I beitere you're the man who on the efoadwl ear last night deliberately stuck your umbrella In my eye! De Stuff Do you know, I was wondering what had be come of that umbrella. You've brought It back, have you?—Cleveland Leader The Beat War. Absolutely Necessary. Barber ¿hall I take a little of the "HE HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE BAR." excited, and a deputation of a half dozen or so w as soon on Its way to see the old lord. “ 'My lord,' said the spokesman, 'is it true ye’ve got news o' yer soil Denis?' “ 'Aye, true enough. News at last, boys,' said his lordship. “'Faith, then, an' phwat might the bhoy be doin' up In London?' was the next question. “ 'He has been called to the bar,' the lord answered proudly. “The deputation looked at oue auoth er, for the phrase was uew to them. Finally In a loud whisper one said: “ ‘O1 don't know phwat thot manes, but from phwat O1 remember of the bhoy he didn't want no callin’.’ ”— Pittsburg Gazette. What Irritates Hlwi. Mother- Willie, you must stop asking vour father questions. Don't you see i they annoy him? tVUlle—No'm; It ain't my questions that annoy him. It's the answers be can't give that make him mad —Philadelphia I«edger. “To Cadge." Na»—I don’t see why Miss Mugley end« of your hair off, sir? Customer- should want to marry him with all her Y sb . I think you had better take it off moBey Dick—I guess she had to. I at the en<M unless you can get it out of don't believe he'd have taken her with tte* middle.—New York* out-lt.—Philadelphia Press. “To cadge" Is “to sponge on or live opon another." The "cadger” may as sume to. lie more respectable than th* plain beggaft but the difference be tween them Is barely perceptible.— Chica gorTrlbtine.
