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- a Pistol Shot By HOWARD FIELDINC l opr right, IMS. by Charles W. Hooks R d>*scrfpti'»n, hut 1 cut him short. I had Seen the women in Dp. Burrell’s wait lug room. Why *Bd tie so carefuly shielded them from my questioning? "The young man is there, too. I be lieve,” said the |>olleeinau. And In re- sponse to my inquiry he explained that be referred to George Sanboru. fiance of Mias Harland, who had lx*en visit ing lu the bouse for a week or more. “Is thia a case of Jealousy?" I ask««!. “1 (lou t know what It is," said be. “Tills man Eldred lived lu the bouse; but, according to all accounts, Mrs. Harland aud her daughter scarcely kuew him.” “Didn't be eat with them?” “No; be t«x>k bls meals at restau rants. He 1 goes away early in the morning and gets home late at- night, You «-an i know how little be mingles with the > fa ulty when I tell you that Sanborn has l>een here more than a week ami has seen Eldred ouly once before this morning and has never spoken to blm. I got thut from San born and from both the women. I couhl tell by the way Huultorn talked that he bad uo feellug In regard to Eldred one way or another He looked upon him as a stranger." “Wlio else lived in the house ?” "Nobody except an old woman, who was the cook, and she’d gone to church when the thing happened." As to the details of the occurrence. It appeared from the policeman's story that Mr. Sanborn was sitting on the veranda about half past 10 o'clock when be heard a loud sound which seeme«l to come from w ithin the house. He did not know wbat It was. but felt an Indefinite anxiety. He entered the ball and went through to the kitchen, where he found Mrs. Harland and Em ily and ask««! them whether they had heard anything. They replied that they had and that they thought the noise might have been In Mr. Eldred's room. Mrs. Harland called to him from the lower hall, but he did not answer. Eventually they all three went up and found the young man lying on the floor of a very small room adjoining hls bedroom and used by him for writing It contain««! only a tint topped table and a chair. A revolver was lying on the floor of Eldred’s chamber, The weapon belong ed to the young man himself, as Mrs. Harland had told the officer. She had seen it two or three times while tending to his room. OBERT ELDRED was connect ed with the United States se cret service for several years aud then resigned in order to begin the practice of law In New York. I met him two or three times while he was in the service and be Impressed me very favorably as a man. I be lieved Idin to be a clever detective, though I never bad the pleasure of working with blm upon a case. The chief took a great fancy to blm aud their friendship did not cease with the close of tbelr professional relations When Eldred was shot by some per son then unknown In the bouse where be boarded, on Jersey City heights, a memorandum was found upon him to the effect that the chief should be noti fied in any eveut which might reason ably call for such action. A telegram was sent accordingly and it reached the chief at hls home In Washington within two hours after the deed. It was ou a Sunday forenoon. I had been at work upon a case in New York aud was living In one of the smaller hotels, and there the chief communicat ed with me Immediately by long dis tance telephone. Ills information at the time wus very meager. He did not know whether Eldred was dead or alive. The telegram contained the words “unconscious and will probably die” ami was signed by a doctor named Burrell, though, as I subsequently learne«!, It was written by a police man at the doctor’s request. "I can't get Burrell by telephone,” said the chief, "though his name is In the book. The Instrument is reported ‘busy.’ but Is probably out of order. I understand that Eldred Is at the doc- tor’s house. Go over there and report to me as soon as you can.” Within an hour I was at Burrell's house. The doctor himself opened the door; for he had been standing just in [TO BE CONTINUED. ] side when I rang the liell. He looked at my card, bowed without speaking and by a gesture Invited me to follow THE ASTERIA. blm up the stairs and to a room where Eldred lay In bed with hls head swath Interesting Data About the Magic Star Gem of Ceylon. ed In bandages. Familiar to some of the ancient He was a big, handsome fellow, twenty eight years old, with light hair writers and credited with supernatural and blue eyes and the general appear powers, tbs asteria, or star gem, was ance of the best kind of transplanted highly valued for the benefits sup English stock. Hls eyes were wide posed to be conferred ou the wearer. open, but unseeing. He knew nothing Its bright, six rayed Btar, ever cbang of any helpful presence near him, aud lug aud shifting with every play of If tils soul retained an Individual con light aud especially shooting out its sciousness it was shut up In darkuess, flames lu the direct sunlight, would fighting alone— Just hanging on. like a seem to be something more than au man wrecked in the blackest night and ordinary crystal, and to the supersti clinging to a fragment of a spar. Hls tious mind It could readily be believed face was smooth shaven, and every to embody some tutelar spirit. The line that means character was revenl- particular virtue attributed to this gem ed. It disclosed the courage which is was the conferring upon the wearer of au inalienable birthright and a tenac "health and g»od fortune” when worn ity which is based upon conviction as as au amulet, and to thoae fortunate to the proper conduct of a gentleman to be burn In the month of April, with and Is not contingent upon hope of life which the stoue was associated or rep resented, the wearer was insured from or fear of death. all evil. The star stone Is found prin "The wound is in the back of cipally In Ceylon, Invariably In soil head,” said Burrell. “The bullet been extracted. We hope for the best.” p«*cullar to rubles aud sapphires. In He glanced across the lied toward deed It la composed of the same con another doctor who was leaning for stituent “corundum,” Its ebutoyuut, or ward in a chair and staring at Eldred. star rays, being cause«l by the pres sure of what the natives call "silk.” The consulting physician mslded with It is found in many different colors, out removing hls eyes from the patient. from pale blue, pink and white to deep "Why was lie brought here?" I asked. dark blue, ruby and purple. The blue "They tried to call a hospital ambu are termed sapphire stars, the red lance by telephone,” he replied, "but ruby stars. It Is always cue en there’s something wrong with the cabochon, the star dividing Into six wires up here today, so an Intelligent rays at the apex. It is next in hard- policeman put this young man Into an ness to the diamond. empty express wagon. Meanwhile I The “Moorman” of Colombo, with had Is’en notified, and I met the Im- tools as rude and simple as bls fore- fathers us«d 1,000 years before, wlth no training or Instruction except the unwritten mysteries of the craft hand ed down from father to son, will pro duce the most wonderful results In cutting and polishing gems and In many instances rival the more edu cated lapidary of Europe for Judg ment In cutting gems to the greatest advantage.—London Graphic. Borrow Whore They Ought to Bur. provised ambulance within a rod of my dour. There was need of burry, and so"— He completed the sentence by a gee ture toward the bed. “What do you think about this af fair?” I Inquired, and he replied that he had formed no opinion. “If you want to get the facts as soon as possible,” he added. “I advise you to go to the house where the crime was committed. It Is only a little wny from here.” And he gave me the necessary directions." As I approached a uniformed police man came out of the house, accompa nied by an elderly couple, who took aeats on the xtranda and stared for lornly at me. The policeman upon sight of my card readily gave me all the Information that he had. "This bouse l>elongs to Mrs. Emily Harland," said he. “She Ilves here with her daughter. These people,” In dicating the two whom I have men tion«!, “are an aunt and uncle of Mrs. Harland. They live Just around the corner on tin1 avenue. There's uotxsly else her«’ now. Mrs. Harland and her daughter are over at Dr. Burrell's.” "Bure about that?” "Oh,.yea.” “How were they dressed?” He began to give me a detailed good The proprietor of a hardware store has found It necessary to display con spicuously over hls counter the fol lowing sign: “Our business la to sell tools, not to loan them.” "Did you actually And It necessary to hang up that notice?” I asked him. “Of course I dtd,” ha replied. “Hard ly a day passes that I don’t have some i body running In bars and asking me to lend him a hammer, a saw or a chisel. It’s one of the freaks of hu man nature, and I can’t account for It Persons who would not think of go I ing into a hat shop to borrow a bat or to a furnishing store to borrow a shirt seem to think it's the most nat ural thing In the world to come In here and ask me to lend them a hammer.”— New York Herald. A Remarkable Waner. In the Gentleman's Magazine, an old English publication, for 1750 appears the following: "On Wed. 20 (Augusti at seven lu the morning was decided at Newmarket a remarkable wager for 1,000 guineas ($5,000) laid by Theobald Taaf, Esq , against the Earl of March and laird Eglinton, who were to pro vide a 4 wheel carriage with a man In It to be drawn by 4 horses IV miles an hour; It was performed la 53 minutes and 27 seconds.” Each of the horses was ridden by a Jockey and only bar- ncsaed to the carriage by loose straps. Between the hind wheels sat another Jockey, who guided the carriage by moving a handle like that of the mod ern bicycle. Wbat Peace Mesas. “Can you tell me the menntng of the word ‘peace?’ ” asked Nias Gray of a little boy who had Just recited a pa triotic poem tn which the word oc curred. 'Teaee th cans when you ain't got no children.” answered the child. “How la that?” asked Minn Gray. "When my mother has wash’ll sml dressed us six children for school in the morning she says, ’Now, I'll have Deace.' ” I NEW SHORT STORIES WASHINGTON LETTER HUMOR OF THE HOUR CHOICE Capld Exhibited. Triaalag the Igpub. (Special Corrt-s^ndence.J Occasionally there Is sent to the Illi nois legislature from the rural dis tricts a me®t«-r who can teach the self confident man from the city. This fact was brought home with much force to a small coterie of state senators who bad a private club, In which draw poker was the principal diversion dur ing the last session. The eminent statesmen who fre quented the room that was used as club headquarters bad been winning money back and forth among them selves and began to long for the ap pearance of a "lamb” whose fleece they might trim. A rather seedy look tug member was Invited to Join in the game to enliven the dullness, “Come up and let us have a social evening together.” said one elderly member of the higher branch of the legislature. “No; I don't think I care for a game tonight,” was the reply. “I don't know much 'bout playin’ poker, aud I reck on I had better stay away.” "Well, your lack of knowledge of tbs game need not worry you, for we play for small stakes,” replied the other. The seedy looking member consented to join In the game. Once the game began, however, be seemed to grow The commission in charge of the construction of the new office building liBld a meetlug recently and adjourned till Oct. 6. Senators Cullom aud Gal- Huger, of the comiulasioR, were preu- eut. Senator Teller, the I«emocratlc member, was absent. The most Im portant question considered was whether the buildlug should be of limestone, granite or white marble. While the matter was discussed exten sively in Its various bearings, no de cision was reached und will not be till Senator Teller can la- present. If the most expensive building ma terials are used the structure cannot be reared on the present plans within the appropration of $2,250,000. That developed during a careful review of the sltuatlou between the senators aud Superintendent Elliott Woods of the capltol aud Architects Hastings and Carrera. A Bonaparte Helle. Lying ou Secretary Bonaparte's desk lu the navy department is a small piece of pine, yellow aud fat with pitch. It Is a relic of the ship Natalie, ou which Napoleon made bis escape from the Island of Elba to France. It was sent to Mr. Bonaparte by Edwin A. Sherman of Oakland, Cal. Mr. Sherman wrote that the Natalie, after Bonaparte’s escape, made its way to the Pacific ocean and was pur chased by the Mexican government and used as a revenue cutter or coast guard ship. She first arrived at Monterey, Cal., In 1834, aud in 1843, while her officers were ashore attending a ball, the crew concluded that they would go ashore and have a good time as well. A strong northwest gale sprang up; the Natalie dragged her anchor and was driven ashore and became a total wreck. Fragments of the vessel are still preserved. Sale of Public Documenta. “1'LL STAND FAT,” HE BAID. more aud more timid. He bet mildly and with apparent great care and lost a few dollars. "I'll stand pat,' be said, on the next deal. Again lost. but bet more freely. “One card,” he said the next baud, and appear««! as if be wished he was out of the game. Somebody bet $50. The rural legislator brightened up aud raised the bet $50. The game grew lively, and ut its close three men bud put in their last dollar. The “lamb” had four kings and his pockets bulged with money. Three dignified senators called at the Btate treasury early the next morning. "Say, Bill,” said one senator to the Janitor, who balled from the same dis trict as the extra player, “what does Brown do for a living when he is at borne?” “Nobody down there ever knew him to do anything but play poker.”—New York Times. Too Much Cheese. During one of hls campaigns Private John Allen stopped at a crossrouds store. While be was exchanging news with the proprietor an old darky from one of the plantations came In, says Harper’s Weekly. When hls purchase of "middlin’ an’ meal” had been wrap ped up he started out. At the door he paused. “Got enny cheese, boss?” he asked. "Why, yes," said the clerk, pointing to a freshly opened can of axle grease on the counter; "box just opened.” The darky looked at It hungrily. “How much?” he asked. "Give It to him for 10 cents and throw In the crackers,” said Mr. Allen. “All right,” said the clerk, filling a bag with crackers. "Here you are.” The darky laid a greasy dime on the counter, picked up the box and the bag and, going out, seated himself In the shade of a cotton bale. When be had finished the crackers be ran bls fingers around the box and gave It a good, long lick. In a few moments be put on bls bat and started for hls mule. As he passed the store Mr. Allen hailed him. “Well, Jerry, what did you think of that lunch?” The old darky scratched hls head; then he said, "I tell you de truf. Mars John, dem crackers wuz all right, but dat wuz de ransomest cheese I uver et!" _______ Why Yoinc Lost t^e Decision. Since the Bennington disaster stories of Captain Lucien Young are numer ous. His lifelong friend. Colonel Sam Donelson of Washington, tells one In which John Chamberlin Is concerned. One day, the subject of equestrian stat ues coming up, they mutually agreed that the bronze representation of Gen eral Thomas on horseback was the flnest work of art of Its kind in Wash ington. Shortly afterward the same discus sion was taken up by Young and Sen ator Beck of Kentucky. The senator held that the statue of General Mc- Pherson was a work superior to the Thomas bronze. Young agreed to bet a champagne supper for three, with John Chamberlin as referee. Cham berlin aid«*! with the senator, to Young's astonishment. He demanded an explanation, and Chamberlin said, "Well, Lucien, you and I are both men of the world, and I appeal to you as such If I could give a decision tn favor of a lieutenant tn the navy against a United States senator." The annual report of L. C. Ferrell, superintendent of public documents, Is In course of preparation and Indicate« a large increase In cash receipts and number of copies sold of the various government publications. Bulletins Is sued by the department of agriculture are in great demand, approximately 37,000 copies having been disposed of in addition to the enormous quantities distributed free by the department. Mr. Ferrell states that the most pop- ular are those relating to the lnocula- tlon of soils and diseases of the horse and cattle. These are all low priced publications, ranging from 5 to 25 cents, and the total received from this source will not reach $5,000, although the receipts from all sources will ex ceed $17,000—over 30 per cent Increase. Up In a dark coruer of the hurricane deck of a Troy liuer sat a yuuug couple It was certainly a romantic spot Lulled by the dreamy throbbing of the big eugiues, they allowed Cupid to in trude. Then the chairs moved closer. “Out here tonight” whispered the young man poetically, “with the twin kling river lights, I feel as If I could sit here with you forever." "Ob, George," responded the girl. "Yes, It la such environments as these that awaken the tender chorda of love. Won't you let me kiss you?” "Don’t be silly, George.” “Silly? There la nothing silly In a man asking the girl be adores for a kiss. Don't be stingy." “Impossltde. Why, It Is as dark here as the river Styx.” He leaned over. There came a shout from a hundred throats. “Get on to the soft soap,” came from all directions. The searchlight had been flashed on them and Cupid bad been put to rout— New York Globe. Aw Easy Esea »a. “How does it come,” the pretty grass widow asked. “that you never mar- rled ?” “Well,” said the rich bachelor, “you See, I had five brothers.” “Yes?" “All older than myself. In fact, my brother who is next to me lu the fam ily was ten years old when I wus born." "But I don't see what that bad to do with your prejudice against matri mony." “Walt! They got married before 1 could have a chance, and I've always had a habit of noticing things.” So she walked away.—Chicago Rec ord-Herald. Matter of Business. "I hear the Widow Catehem is to be married again," said the undertaker’s wife, “and for the fifth time too. It's perfectly scandalous, don't you think so?” “You must excuse me, my dear," re plied her husband, "but It would hard ly be right for me to say anything against Mrs. Catehem. She Is one of my best customers.”—Chicago News. Omlnoaa. "Pardon me, old man,” said the old boarder, "but we don't want to lose you and I Just want to give you a tip that you’d better begin to think of paying your board.” “Why?" asked the new boarder. “Well, I noticed that Mrs. Starvem was dangerously polite to you this morning.” Bronze Door Damaged. An accident befell one of the new bronze doors at the capttol which will delay its erection for some weeks. The south door was hung with com paratively little difficulty, but when the north door was lifted Into place the steel wire cable by which It was held parted and it fell crashing to the floor. Fortunately, and almost mirac ulously, no one was Injured, but the terrific shock and jar broke the inte rior Iron casting In three pieces, The bronze pictorial facing fell uppermost and was therefore not hurt, The dem age Is estimated at $1,000, and for It the bronze founders, under whose su pervlslon the doors were being set, are responsible. Wood for Pavements. The forest service of the department of agriculture has announced that it lias taken up the study of woods for special uses, and experiments will be conducted particularly to secure a wood for street pavement which will prove lasting. The circular states that In recent years engineers have become convinced that with the right selection and treatment of material, and with the right method of laying, wood pav ing can be made successful; conse quently a revival in wood paving has begun and many of the largest cities are again trying IL Clenulna the Treasury Building. The cleaning of the entire treasury building by the acid process is being carried forward with success. The north walls of the classic building pre sent a most cleanly appearance, and the entire building will be covered as fast us possible. The inventor of the liquid preparation by which the stone walls are cleaned so well hesitated to allow any one to apply the acid but himself for fear that it would get into the hands of persons who would ana lyze it, but agreed to permit it to be used by the laborers of the treasury, although he has it distinctly under stood that he is to keep his eyes on those using the preparation. Tree* of Washington. The report of Trueman Lanham, su- perlntendent of parklng, made to the commissioners recently, states that during the past fiscal year 2,755 trees were set out on the streets and avenues of the city. Norway, sugar and silver maples, sycamores, elms, pin oaks, lin dens and ginkos were the trees plant ed. The work was carried on at an In creased coat of 33 1-3 per cent The number of trees destroyed dur ing the year reach«*! a total of 1,483. Of tills number 825 stood In the area of the railroad Improvement work, and their removal, being Incident to said work, was accomplished by the con tractors engaged thereon. Of this 325, 150 were removed from I street and Virginia avenue southeast and about 175 from Massachusetts avenue north - west. F street northwest and North Capitol street. The remainder of the 1,483 removed included 376 dead and dying ones and 782 which were de stroyed because of »treat, sidewalk and building Improvements. There were on June 30 a total of 89,337 trees on the streets of Washing CARL SCHOFIELD. ton. Customer—I dog collar, please. Salesman—What size do you take? A Complex Argument. “Do you believe In the saying that a cat has nine lives?” "Yes, sir,” answered the man who keeps Irregular hours. “And, having observed the nocturnal habits of the cat, I am led Irresistibly to the conclu sion that staying out all night la highly conducive to longevity.”—Washington Star. For the Cook’s BeaeBt. Mr. Subbubs—I bought a ulce motto In a neat frame today— Mrs. Subbubs What? You're not going to hang anything like that In our parlor or— Mr. Subbubs—Oh, no! This Is for the kitchen. It reads, “A rolling stone gathers no moss.“—Philadelphia Press. oh, Joy I “I wonder If she died happy?" "I guess so. Just before the end came she heard that the last cook who left her In the lurch bad fallen down stairs lu her new place and been taken to the hospital.”—Chicago Record-Her aid. Net EBaeive. He—Did you have it cool this sum mer? She—I ought to. I stopped in a hotel where there were only ultra fashiona ble people.—Detroit Free Press. Rejected Ceeooletloe. •'I shouldn't fret about it al all. Clarice. He's not the only pebble on the beach.” “No, but he's the only man."—Brook lyn Life. “What would ths world de without doctors Y' "Well, there are our great-aunts and grandmothers." -Chicago Record Her ald. A Light Toole. SbeYou used to say I was the light of your life. He—Yes, and I suppose that's why you're so easily put out now we’re married.—Punch. A < empertsoe. Mutual. Gid Smithers You're a disgrace to your family, sir. I'm almost ashamed to call you my son. Young Smithers —Say nothing, dad. I'm as much ashamed of ft as you are.—Boston Transcript Keew What Waa Comlag. nicks-My wife dropped in to see me at the office today and— Weeks- Sorry, ol<l man. but I've l»een touched too. Can't lend you a eent.—CathaBe Standard and Times The Haedeheke. la the Olden Dara. Fnlfte Facen. The nonagenarian shook his hoary bead. "It Is all very well,” hs quavered, "to condemn the railroads for their re bates and the telegraph companies for their rates, but I remember the time”— He paused to light his pipe, “I remember the time when you rode on cars that bad no roofs, cars built like stage wagons, and you paid a fare that would be about—well, about at the rate of $10 from Phila delphia to York. "And telegrams!" be went on. "Well, gentlemen, the first telegram I sent cost me half a dollar a word, and the man that received it was so surprised he thought It was a hoax.”—Philadel phia Bulletin. “What becomes of all the false faces?” asked the city salesman, “Who wears them? There are lots of them made. A trip on the elevated roads gives peeps Into many doors wheredoz ens of workmen do nothing year in and year out but make false faces, The output must be sufficient to en able the eutlre population to go about dressed for a continuous casnival. On Thanksgiving and a few other fete days masks are in demand, but the rest of the time most of us are con tent to show our natural countenances. That comparatively light local trade, even when swelled by the year round trade of small shops in populous dis tricts, leaves a tremendous quantity of false faces to be accounted for."— New York Press. The Kaiser’s Revolver. An Incident which occurred at the moment In which the kaiser and the czar met on board the Russian Imperial yacht Polar Star has leaked out, al though every effort has been made to keep it secret. As the monarchs met the revolver which the Herman em peror always carries and which never leaves him slipped from bls belt and fell on the deck with a crash. The caar was startled, and the kaiser ex plained at once that be carries the re volver so that he may be armed In case be Is attacked. A thought reader predicted some time ago that the kaiser runs the danger of being killed by a ballet fired by an anarchist, and be cannot help being somewhat supersti tious.—London Globe. It is calculated that 4,000 persons {take a living tn I-ondon by begging nd that their average Income amounts to about 11,500,000 a year. Last year 1,925 persons were arrested for beg glng In the streets, of whom more than 1,500 were sentenced to terms of Im prisonment varying from one week to three months. Many of these objects of charity were found In possession of sums of money and even of bank books showing very hsndsome deposits.—Chi aggo Journal. Kept Her Joklnx Promise. It is related of Lady Penelope Dar- cey that she was wooed by three suit ors at the same time, who had deter mined to fight as to which should pos sess her hand. This fact coming to her knowledge, she positively forbade them to fight under pain of her great dlsplensure and laughingly remarked that if they would have patience to wait she would marry them all. Strange to say, she fulfilled her promise, as she married, first, Sir George Trench- ard of Wolverton; second, Sir John Gage of Fule, and, third. Sir William Hervey of Ickworth, the very gentlo- men who had determined to fight for her hand. Gins« Windows. Glass windows are known to have existed at 1'ompeil ns early as A. D. TO. In the third century the windows of royal houses throughout Europe were glazed. Windows of colored gluas were placed in many French and Ital lan churches In 074, and the use of glass became general In prlvute houses during the twelfth century. The paues, however, were only three or four Inches square, and the material was so Infe rior that, while a room was lighted. It was often a matter of some difficulty to discern objects on the outaide through the glass. For a long time windows In England were a subject of taxation. Ooasl*. “Did you ever bear anything so Idiot Gosalp is a humming bird with eagle Ic as that talk of Mrs. Softer’s when wings and a voice like a fog born. It she Is addressing her baby?" queried ran be heard from Dan to Beersheba one woman of another on the street and has caused more trouble than all car. the tlcka, fleas, mosquitoes, coyotes, “Yes. 1 think I have," was the reply. grasshoppers, chinch bugs, rattle “For heaven's sake, what was It?” "1 oqcc beard a fat man talking to snakes. sharks, sore toes, cyclones, earthquakes, blizzards, smallpox, yel his canary bird." - Chicago News low fever, gout and Indigestion that this great United States has known Wlr»n Leva Begaa. “How long have you been In 1OVS or will know when the universe shuts up shop and begins the Anal Invoice.— with him F' Guernsey (Wyo.) Gazette "Ever since I rejected him.”—Life. •a MARINO SILK MATS. A Wor|s*>an Fsplalns W la> IllMlaiBO Auger .Sail la Malformed. By all means, let us bare the adop The nail of his right forefinger w*g tion of a less dangerous aud compli cated form of greetiug. Apart frutp long, >. How. horny, and the finger tip had so thickened and hardened that it the nomadic microbes, the handshake seemed to la* covered with pale leather. is a survival of barbarism. It origi He was a silk hat maker, and It was I nated with the cave dwellers, who from curling hat brims that his finger employed it to draw their enemies bad changed so strangely. Describing wlthlu striking distance of their rude the processes of a silk hat's manufac weapous, aud it has uo place in mod ture, he said: I "The belief that cardtioard forma a ern civilization. It Is peculiarly aud emphatically at variance with an age silk hat’s foundation is au error. The which prides itself upon the eold sup bat Is first built up of various thick nesses of linen layers of linen, soaked press lou of the warmer emotlous aud In shelluc, that by means of wooden ui>ou stolid Indifference, real or molds and hot Irons weighing twenty feigned, to everybody aud everything. Itounds apiece are welded one ou the The haudshake has never uieuut half other till a perfect shape, brlui aud all it preteuded to express. Elevated uud complete, la obtained. affected it is ridiculous. Sincere nud “ i lie silk 1s next put on. This silk straightforward, it is frequently paiu- costs ________ ____ ___ ________ from $10 to t *15 a r yard. It looks ful, aud. as Is uow apparent. preJu | like plush In the piece. The hatmaker dlclal to health. A graceful wave of cuts It off on the bias aud molds it the hand, accompanied by a alight in round the stiff linen foundation. The clluatiou of the head, might be a suffi strips must lie very accurately cut. and cleut manifestation of recognition. great care is usi*d tn their ironing aud Then the short lagged, migratory mi cemeutlng, so us to give a ¡s-rfect ding crobes might have to remain at home. onal Joint. Look at your silk bat's —Providence Journal. scam the next time you wear it. The joint's iK-rfeetion will, [H-rhaps, amaze you. Freeeh or Greek! "The brim, up to this point, is flat. It French Is taught as carefully as Greek It »eeuu to serve the discipli Now its curling commences. That Is nary purposes which Greek formerly where my queer forefinger comes in. served. The only difficulty is that there The shaping of a hut brim Is purely are as yet relatively few teachers who a matter of hand aud eyo and taste. make French a means of mental dis The brim while being shaped Is highly cipline and that those who think they hen ted so as to give it pilability. teach It best are often the ones who “And of course working ou tills hot really teach It worst, because they let material, puttlug aud prodding It, the apparent proficiency in speech conceal forefinger thickens and the nail gets the lack of real training In thought. horny. Wherever the old fashioned arguments “Nevertheless hat curling is pleasant, against Greek are regarded as true it artistic work. Hat curlers have repu will probably be desirable to study tations the same as artists. Their work Greek, because very few people will is distinctive. An expert can tell it at teach anything else properly. But a glance."—New York Press. when once the error of those argu ments is recognized the special need THE UPPER LIP. for the study of Greek will have gone and other tilings are likely to be sub A Theory About the furrow Which Itulia Below the Nose. stituted.—President Hadley of Yale in Below the nose runs a furrow part London Outlook. ing the upper lip. lu the faces of babies and children this furrow Is very Man as a Baek Nember. When it comes to sensational state noticeable. From the evolutionist's ments in psychology and sociology, point of view It Is one of the most commend us to Chicago, where they remarkable characters of the face. It seem to discover more things which tends to become obsolete in old age, are not so than any other center of and It is not seen among the catarrhlue the globe. One of its learned educators monkeys. Among the platyrblnes It has just announced that man is a back Is but feebly developed, but lu lemurs number, that women are Increasing in It is In a more pronounced state. There numbers and potentiality beyond men Is a depressed septum, to which the and that the males will soon be driven two side pieces are Joined. The upper back to the farms for a chance to get lil>, In fact, is nearly split In two, but a living. He makes the categorical held together In a depressed piece of statement that more girl babies than flesh. In the marsuplalla and rodeu- boys are born and that women have, tla die lip is practically In two pieces, according to returns in the last two and each piece Is capable of being census years, leaped from a trifle less moved separately. This I b the “hare than four millions of wage earners to lip,” und its method of use may well be noticed In a hare or a rabbit when more thau five mlllious. Well, what of it?—Philadelphia In eating. The furrow, therefore. In the child's quirer. lip points to this that our ancestors possessed not a single upjier lip, as we Brain Waves Are Possible. It seemed to the speaker possible do now, but two upper lips, one be that two brains could be so tuned in neath each nostril, both capable of sympathy as to transmit and receive a Independent movement. In the course of time these two lips have, owing to subtle transfusion of mind without the nonrequirement of Independent mediation of sense. Considering that movement, grown together to form the from an electric station waves of en single lip we now possess, but the ergy radiated through the viewless air line of Junction is not perfect, and to be caught up by a receiver thou so the furrow results, and sometimes sands of miles distant, it was not in there Is a distinct scar down the mid conceivable that the human brain dle of the furrow. might send off still more subtle waves The possession of the furrowed up to be accepted and Interpreted by the per lip by children Is one of the strong fitly tuned receiving brain. He was In est pieces of evidence against the de clined to think that In the treatment of scent of man from any catarrhlue and disease by regular practitioners of In favor of hls descent from platy- medicine the lnfiuence of the mind on rhlnes or from lemurs through the the body was somewhat overlooked or Intervention of platyrhlnellke ances that Insufficient value was attached tors, of which there are no exact liv to It.—Dr. Henry Maudsley to British ing representatives.—Nineteenth Cen- Medical Association. tury. Profit» In Begging. Analtsr Praet It losers. The Medicine She Wanted. Village Dame (describing various aches and pains»- My throat 'e did go tickle, tickle, tickle, till I sea. "I must be a-goln' to tie 111.” Ho I 'olds un tight wl’ my «and. but that didn't do no good; 1 puts my old stockin' round un, but that didn't do no good So in the maimin' I talked It over wl' Mrs. Giles next door, «nd we thought as we'd send over to the White 'Oree for thn-e pennorth o' gin. 'cos I ses: “P'raps It may do I good and p'raps it mayn’t But even if It don't.” I see, “you can't take It when you be dead!" I MISCELLANY Trade Superstitions. Dressmakers will not “fit” with black pins and regard it as unlucky to tack with green cotton. Milliners regard as of happy augury the drop of blood falling on a hat from a prtdied finger.—Notes and Queries. The money sent by former citizens of Austria Hungary who have emigratisi to the United States to their relatives nt home amounted to I »etween $40,000,- too im I $15,<Joo.<M«i during the year 1904.
