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The Disappearance
Of Miss Griswold
By UEORÜE
ETHELBERT WALSH
I was instantly >lert. If tbe cloak
had disappeared it htd probably been
Used to cover Miss Griswold In her
hurried uud mysterious kidnaping.
“Describe the cloak,” I commanded
iu rather ¡»eremptory tones.
“it was u beautiful cloak of blue silk.
<*mbroidered with peacorks in gold. It
was a gift to me from a friend in
t'hlua. No such cloak was ever made
lu this country. My son valued it
highly.”
“And he couldn't fimi It anywhere in
the house. nor the police either?"
After a moment of alienee I asked
meaningly, “Where do you suppose the
cloak is now, Sing Tung?”
For the first time his eyes showed
change, and an expression of wrath or
fear entered bls immobile face,
was quiet for a moment and
added:
‘‘It was a magic cloak, they say.
son believed it, but I do not. It
woven for one of our idols in China.
There is a story that it shielded a pair
of lovers from tbe vengeance of the au
thorities. and it was stripped from tlie
idol by profane hands, but Its spell nnd
magic lasted. Once on the shoulders of
a lover, no barm could befall tbe wear
er. It had the power of shielding” *
”And spiriting away.” I interrupted
sarcastically.
The Chinaman's face showed sudden
grief and sorrow.
”You do not believe It,” he added
slowly, “and you distrust me.”
“No,” I Interrupted, “not you. Sing
Tung, but your son. We must find the
magic cloak, and then I think we’ll find
Miss Griswold.”
“Yes; If you find tbe cloak Miss Gris
wold will be found too.”
It was quite evident to me by this
time that the old Chinaman was not
concerned in the spiriting away of Hel
en Griswold, but in his desire to shield
his son I thought he would go to any
lengths to deceive me. The story of the
magic cloak was Intended merely as a
blind.
The following morning an advertise
meut In the morning papers offering a
reward for any one who could give In
formation about a blue silk cloak with
peacocks worked In gold on it brought
me several replies. After an hour’s
study of these I sifted them down to
one. This seemed genuine and the oth
ere “fakes.”
Down by tlie water front ou West
street an old waterman assured me
that on tbe night of tbe disappearance
of Miss Griswold he bad rowed a cou
pie out to a small schooner yacht an
chored In midstream and that one of
them was partly concealed by a cloak
of the description I gave. It was very
dark, but the waterman saw the dazzle
of the gold embroidered peacocks In
tbe moonlight.
“Did you get the name of the yacht?”
I asktsi anxiously.
“No, but 1 heard one of ’em give the
order to go up the East river through
Hell Gate,” was the reply.
With a fair description of the yacht,
obtahusl from my informer, 1 lost no
o
♦
time in chartering a tug azid sailing up
the sound in pursuit of the elusive blue
silk cloak.
Toward night 1 was considering the ad
visability of returning to the city when
in the moonlight we discovered a boat in
distress near one of the rocky islets which
are sprinkled along the north shore of the
sound. The boat had evidently run too
close to the rocky islet, and it was strand
ed on it. In the darkness we could not
make out the size or character of the
craft, but when we hailed It a voice re-
sponded:
“Hello! (’an you take us off? We've
been shipwrecked two days here."
A small boat was rowed alongside of
the stranded craft, and when, in company
with two of the tug's crew, I climbed
nboitrd a light of joy entered my eyes.
The yacht was a two masted schooner,
and on either side near the stern the sides
were blackened and scarred.
A young man greeted us. He was so
handsome and strong looking that 1 re
sented the thought of Implicating him in
any plot to kidnup the daughter of Henry
Griswold, New York’s most prominent
banker and financier.
“We're mighty glad to see you,” he
said. "We’ve been signaling for help for
two days now. but nobody saw us. Wo
want to get back to the shore tonight.”
“How many have you aboard?” 1 aKked,
walking across the deck of tbe yacht,
“and what are their names?”
“is It necessary to take names?" he
asked a little anxiously.
“Shipwrecked people generally give their
names.”
"But I—In this case—if you could keep
the matter quiet”—
I suddenly Interrupted his sentence and
strode away, The flash of something at
the head of the companionway startled
me. In the pale moonlight I was sure
«bat 1 suw gold peucocxs on a field of
blue.
“I am afraid that all depends upon what
sort of story > ou can give me.” | re
plied slowly. Then, fearing trouble, I <le-
cided to adopt strenuous methods at once.
The crew of the disabled yacht stood back
of the man, and they outnumbered us two
to one.
“You need not give your name to me."
I answered, approaching him, "but later
you can give it at headquarters. For the
present you are my prisoner.”
The mar. startwi hack naiad a ltttU
and then, seeing that 1 held a weapon in
my hand, laughed harshly.
"So you have trapped us! If it hadn't
been for this confounded rock, we'd given
every one the slip. Well, I suppose we
may as well give up.”
“Yes; it may prove dangerous to offer
resistance. But where is your prisoner
in the cabin?”
“Prisoner!” He started In unfeigned as
tonishment. “Miss Griswold, you mean?"
"Yes, Miss Griswold,” I answered.
“Oh, she’s there In the cabin, but I
didn't know she was a prisoner.”
Before our eyes a fair vision suddenly
appeared, wearing over her head and
shoulders a blue silk cloak with golden
peacocks scattered over It. sth»
string nt toward us and Inquired, "What
Is the trouble, I<awrence?”
"They’ve caught us. Helen. This man
holds me a prisoner and”—
"For what?” was the Indignant Inter-
ruptlon.
"For kidnaping,” I replied, somewhat
weakly.
A light, silvery peal of laughter was my
answer. That some mistake had been
made slowly dawned upon me. and I low
ered my weapon.
“You can probably explain your pres
ence here. Miss Griswold.” I said coldly."
"I am open to conviction, but ^att«rn<
t»e> very mystifying ”
“Did pnpe and n.inss estsd you? ofi.
>; you erg g >ri«»m
det net
•t« ro»
tn« lee
In tin »irB
‘
- • ••
I
•»
thought u
• l>
“You did—except tor that cloak;
betrayed you ’
KiH Chinaman’s cloak! Oto I had tr
use that to disguii
myxelf.
It wa>
•prsag out over one of those funny idol
when 1 walked out of the room and
house, I thought It waa beautiful anu
costly. I Intended to return it, but this
accident”—
•‘And your w father ’ and mother think
some horrible” act Kt-1 nt ha«"— A serious
expression appeared < on her faca.
.•T know. They must be terribly wor-
but we di«l not anticipate this. I
had a letter ready to post as soon as—
as”—
“As we could get married.” Interrupted
my prisoner.
t
••! am sorry that I have misunderstood,”
I stammered in some hesitation, “but 1
CHOICE
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HUMOR OF THE HOUR WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT S I ORIES
MISCELLANY
I
Good Hoy« at »ISO PeP<»r.
M» III) these Alxeeptlon«.
®i>- cost of ^school for the develop
ment of ggn-1 boys Is thus stated by
Eugene Wood hi his article, "A 8<ffiool
For Boys,” In Ereu’body's.
"It costa the state of Ohio about $10#
a year for each boy. A useful, capable
man Is worth to society ou the average
$10,000. These 11,000 boys cost the
state of Ohio, thgji. say $2,000,000. Say
7,000 of them were rescued. That Is
$70,000,000 recovered to society ou tin
investment of $2.000,600. It has beeu
figured that every criminal does about
$2,0U0 damage a year, leaving entirely
out of the estimate what it costa tv
maintain our plant for the detection,
prevention aud punishment of crime.
Each man will be a criminal uot less
than twenty years. That’s $40,000 dam
ages multiplied by 70,000 boys, or
$2SO, ij OO.OOO damages saved, not count
Ing the cost of the anticriminal plant.
Has it paid to run this Boys’ Industrial
school at Lancaster?
"Aud even if it hadn't paid financial
ly Isn’t it worth while?”
Lamlloni U ell, has everything been
all right since you’ve la-en with us?
lhi>artiug Gueat Yes. only you know
*,t wheu We came nn,l found no cup
board in our room you promised us
you'd put up some 'books, but you
didn't.
“Ob, yes. I forgot**—
"And you told us you’d give us a ta
ble to ourselves, bat you didn't."
"Well, but-look here"—
“Aud you snld you'd give us a room
where w e d get the
afi breege,
while iu fact you gave us one opening
against tbe weather boarding of uu-
other bouse and facing directly away
from the beach."
"Ob, well, you”—
"And you said the hotel was on tbe
ocean end of the parade, while as a
matter of accuracy it is
from tbe sea."
"But they all udver”—
"Y’ou said the place was orderly und
that the table was good, yet we have
uot been able to sleep at all, aud wheu
ever we wanted a decent bite to eat
we had to go out after it.”
"Well, my dear sir”—
"Yes, «Itli the few exceptions named
everything has been perfectly satisfac
tory. and we shall take great pleasuru
lu telling our friends so.”—London
Tit Bits
Doniiulck’i Loa« of Memory,
"OH, I HKE ; YOU ASK A t’KIVATZ DETEC
TIVE.''
may make amends. I promised your par
ents to return you to them dead or alive
and to arrest the perpetrator of the deed.
There Is no other course for me to
choose.”
"But we have committed no crime, and
you cannot arrest us,” Miss Griswold re
plied sharply.
"No, but you can’t get ashore without
my assistance. If you will come with me.
I will—will give you time to find a min
ister, and then If you will go with me
my duty has been performed I might In
—er—emergency act as best man at the
marriage."
Ths mysterious disappearance and re
turn of Helen Griswold did not reflect
much glory upon my professional life, for
there were circumstances about It which
I could not give to the newspapers, and
Mr. Bromley, who had determined to
marry her against her private wishes,
was prone to talk too much for one who
knew very little about the circumstances.
Henry Griswold was so overjoyed to re
ceive his daughter back that he was will
ing to forgive her for marrying the man
of her choice, and. what Is more char
acteristic of him, he paid my fee without
a question after he knew that I had aided
and abetted the couple In their clandes
tine marriage.
—
Belter Tin» tlie Toothpick.
B'e are told that the health and pros
perity of the teeth are greatly promot
ed by the prompt use of the toothpick
immediately after eating and that this
being so only a “Miss I'rim" or an
"Aunt Betty" would presume to object
to it. We reply that If this Is so the
person affilcteil should at once repair
to the dressing room and, away from
the observation of others, should relieve
his teeth of their fatal burden. It Is
advlslble, however, that lu- should em
ploy for the purpose the highly hygien
ic dental floss. This is pronounced by
all good deutists far less harmful to
the teeth than the ubiquitous tooth
pick, which has, as we firmly believe,
pushed its way into pretty good so
ciety by false pretenses and a species
of blackmail.—Leslie’s Weekly.
1'olltene«« of Children,
Tile politeness of children is only
skin deep. One cannot heli» aympathlz
Ing with the little London girl who
said sleepily to her hostess at a party
she had not been old enough to enjoy,
“Please, will you tell me which is the
lady what's giving this party, ’cause I
promised mummy to say, ‘Goodby,
thank you very much for the nice par
ty,’ and I can’t go home till I’ve said
It, and—and I do so want to get away
from this horrible place!” But one's
wholo heart goes out to the little boy
who, having greatly enjoyed one small
Insufficient chocolate, was asked sharp
ly, “Well, Johnny, what do you say?"
“More,” answered Johnny.
A Stone With n History.
Some mouths ago Dominick Maison
vltcb, who bad been worklug lu the
mines of tbe Lackawanua company,
hurried to Europe to bring over his
wife and family aud neglected to draw
his nay. The other day he returned
and, remembering the undrawn mon
ey, made application for it. But to the
amusement of the officials and bls own
consternation lie could not remember
the name under which he bad worked.
There are few foreigners who are
known by their proper names in the
mines, for the reason that so many of
the names seem to be so similar that
It is necessary to give them an English
name. Dominick may recall his former
payroll title In time. In the meantime
lie will be known as Mike Smith, al
though for a time he did think rather
seriously of making It Mike Mitchell
or Mike Roosevelt.- Scranton Tribune.
Not the I aonl Thing.
“Chillum is a very original person."
“What makes you think so?”
“He looktMl me over after my sum
mer vacation without telling me that
he never saw me looking so well.”—
Washington Star.
A Scheme.
"So Galley really had to pay Miss
Pertuian $10,000 for breach of promise,
eh ?”
' Yes, and now he wants to marry her
for her money.”- Baltimore News.
SeltliiK Him Hight.
Haiti He—Are you quite sure you
not fishing for a compliment?
Said She—Of course I am.
The I’iirent of lladlam.
If the earth, says Professor E. ltuth would be foolish to fish In such a
erford, were supposed to have been low pond. Chicago News.
composed Initially of pure radium the
activity 20,000 years later would not
be greater than the activity observed
1^';
in pitchblende today. But since there
Is no doubt that the earth's age vastly
exceeds 20,000 years it Is necessary In
order to account for the existence of
radium at all In the earth to suppose
that It is continuously produced from
some other substance. At the present
time it seems most probable that ura
nium is this pareut substance. The ob
served activity In a good specimen of
pitchblende is about what should be
expected If the uranium contained In It
spontaneously breaks up into radium.
Radium Itself Is continuously trans-
formed Into an emanation, which in
turn Is changtsl into other types of
matter, and there Is no evidence that
the process Is reversible.
■ iS:
“MT
Curious Burial Whims.
The glass coffin iu which Tamagno,
the great singer, was burled the other
day was not the first which has in
closed a curious character. There was
a miserly Sir Thomas Bancroft, who
lu old I.ondou days heaped up great
riches. Even when his time came to
die he could not bring himself to give
his property away, and so be left his
estnte to be Improved until he should
rise again, which he expected shortly
to do. He had a window built In bls
coffin, movable from the Interior, and
windows and a glazed door to bls
tomb, and ordered that at frequent In
tervals these should be opened mid
himself Inspected by the trustees, But
the latter had had enough of the gen
tieman. They built almshouses with
his estate.
A stone with a remarkable history is
kept nt the British naval olfices lu
Portsmouth. In the fifties of the hist
century It saved a vessel of the queen's
navy. The frigate Pique ran ashore oi:
tlie Japanese coast, but was refloated
In what was thought to be an undam
aged condition. It proceeded to Ports
mouth and was docked, when It was
found that the stone hail Imbedded it
self firmly in the planks of the ship's
bottom. The stone prevented leakage
and had it dropped from its position
Japanese Pnper Making.
during the homeward run there is little
Tlie striking point in the manufac
doubt that the Pique would have been ture of Japanese paper Is the absence
lost.
of machinery. Everything Is done by
mnnual labor. Factories are almost
Sise .of the «on.
unknown, the Industry l>elng carried
We sometimes sec a huge ring or on In a small wny by each family sep
halo round the moon, occupying a arately. Except where the members
space In the heavens so large that nine of a family are insufficient, there la no
ty moons' breadths would but just suf hired labor, and consequently pnper
fice to span It. Yet the body of the sun making families are less affected by
would fill all that space ere we had ap the rise and fall in prices which fol
proached within 2,000.000 miles of him low the variation In the demnnd. late
Once on his apparent surface were we
ly one or two paper mills have been
permitted to travel thereon and with
erected, notably In Osaka and OJI, a
the speed of an express train It would suburb of Tokyo.
require five whole years of continuous
journeying before we could make the
The Town Jsy Gould Fonnded.
circuit of this orb.
Gouldsboro, Lackawanna county,
which was named for the late Jay
A Man of HI« Word.
‘T've been trying that pbyalclan you Gould, who was the founder of the
recommended ao highly to me.”
town, he having operated a tannery at
"Ah! And you found him all that I that place before he l>ecame eltlier rich
or famous. Is a deserted village. Ac
•aid, reliable in every respect, eb?"
“Well, he assured me lie would put cording to the report of School Super
Intendant Taylor of Lackawanna coun
me on my feet inside of two months."
ty. Its public school lias dwindled to a
"And did he do It?"
"That’s what ho did. I’ve just sold paltry attendance of fifteen pupils, and
my automobile In order to pay his Its tanneries and sawmills have entlro
ly disappeared — Philadelphia Record
bill."
Au interesting controversy bus arisen
in Washington regarding the date with'
which the architects for the bouse of
representatives office buildiug have lu
scribed the eoruerstoue of that struc
ture. As engraved, the stone bears the
line “MDCCCCV,” whereas uiauy of
the savants in the national capital claim
that it should read "MCMV,” and the
plain people are asking why it would
not be better to inscribe it plain “1906,"
so that even members of cougress
would be able to read the Inscription.
Carrere & llastlugs, the architects,
are said to be res|K>nsible for the
unique method of Itoiuau notation em-
ployed, and they malntaln that they
have a precedent for this method of
indicating the date 1905 lu the inscrip
tion they placed on tlie New York Pub
lic library. They also claim to have
submitted the question to Harvard and
Yale universities aud to the French in
stitute and to have been supported by
the opinions of all three.
Based on Precedent.
It Is expected that some eminent
scholars lu congress will have not a
few words to say ou the subject when
they reach Washington, aud Elliott
Woods, superintendent of the capltol,
seems to appreciate that the end Is not
yet, although he is determined not to
commit himself Irrevocably as to bls
opinion on the subject. Meanwhile the
average man Is wondering why the su
pcrintendeut, the congress committee
mid tlie architects do not solve the
problem by the easy method of going
around it aud writing the date In plain
Arabic figures, which rural visitors
could read without hesitation.
John M. Carrere says that the in
scription was based on ample prece
dent, since the Institute of '‘'rance had
some years ago decided that the longer
method was the correct one. When a
similar question arose in regard to the
New York Public library, Mr. Carrere
added, the matter was referred to Co
lumbia university, which decided In fa
vor of the longer form.
!l'll
Kainer'a Gift to the President.
Captain Hebbinghaus, naval attache
of the German embassy, has presented
to the president a valuable collection of
engravings Illustrative of the life of
Frederick the Great, the gift of the
German emperor. Captain Hebblng-
liaus, who has just returned from Ger
many, was also the bearer of a per
sonal message from his sovereign to
the president. The president asked
Captain Hebbinghaus to thank the em
peror heartily for the gift and the
greeting. The president will aso ac
knowledge them in a letter to the em
peror. The collection especially ap
pealed to tlie president because of his
study of the life of the great emperor.
Get out o’ the valley o’ Desolation.
It’s only a step to the hills of Joy.
where the stars are shining and the
morning break« In splendor to the mu
sic of the trumpets of God. Atlanta
Constitution.
Ilnnnlns the Gantlet.
"Running the gantlet,” a punishment
supposed to tw [»ecullar to tlie Ameri
can Indians, was originated in the Brit
ish navy. Every sailor In the crew but
the offender to be punished was pro
vided with a switch, which he was re
So Ingncement.
qulred to lay briskly on the bare shoul
tMmbett* once offered a prefecture, ders of the man who did the running
with ngatwrr of
francs, to an In between the two tines. The Indians
»orrlflbto * iftenilan, who.. however, observed the punishment inflicted In
dedlaed with thanks, saying. "I can Virginia and Canada and copied it as a
’hHU •nt by ,,orrow[nt”
form of t'jgture.«
CHORUS.
'Tls the song, the sigh of the weary,
Hard times, hard times, come again no
more;
Many days you have lingered round my
cabin door.
Oh. hard times, come again no more!
While we seek mirth and beauty and
music light
_
_
and _
gay
There are frail forms fainting at the
door;
Though their voices are silent, their
pleading looks will say,
Oh, hard times, come again no more!
THE FBIKND TUGGED AT THE MlNISTEll’S
COAT TAIL.
ed sadly that he had been greatly pain
ed to note how the Inhabitants of the
beautiful, thriving western cities dese
crated the Sabbath day.
"And," bo continued severely, "I am
grieved to state that for all I have vis
ited a uumber of towns iu the mining
legion it has remained for me to re
ceive my greatest shock ou this beau
tiful Sunday morning In this lovely
municipality of yours. Ab, my beloved
hearers, the drink evil is bad enough,
but I fear for the future of the town
In the window of one of whose largest
gin mills la allowed to remain th«
sign, ‘We need no mother here.' ”
"Doctor,” whispered his ministerial
friend, tugging at his coat tail as a
smile spread over the congregation and
there was an audible titter from the
rear pews, "they are exhibiting a new
Incubator In there.”—New Y’ork Times
Senator Pettus of Alabama on a
bright April morning was defending
the government’s bestowal of seeds up
"Jones Is just married.”
on the farmers.
"Ha, ha! That's a good joke on
"Those who oppose this custom,” he
Jones.”
said, “are Ignorant of the farmer's
"A good joke?"
work and of the farmer’s needs. They
“Y’es. He’s always boasted of being
are as ignorant as a little Alabama
Independent."
girl of whom I heard the other day.
"This little girl’s mother handed her
Well, That's n Good Deal.
a damp towel.
“I hope you help ma all you can
“ ‘Minnie,’ she said, ’take this towel
about the house,” said May.
into the kitchen and hold It In front of
“Y’es. When she’s busy,” answered
the fire until It Is dry.'
Nan, "I keep out of the way.”—Phila
“ ‘Yes, mamma,' said the child, and
delphia Press.
she threw tlie towel over her shoulder
and departed.
Dark Outlook.
"The mother continued her work.
Tom—I told Miss Gotrox last night
She forgot all about her daughter.
that she was the light of my life.
Ten or fifteen minutes passed.
Jack—Well, what then?
“Then there sounded from the kitcli-
Tom—Thon the light went out.—De
Civil Service I'o.lllati«.
troit Tribune.
The number of persons who would en a clear young treble voice.
“ ‘Mamma,’ It called, ’is the towel
he affected by the legislation proposed
True l.ove.
Is surprisingly large. The first civil done when it's brown?'"—Salt Lake
He—Would you love me as much, service regulations. Issued In pursu Herald.
dear. If I didn’t own an automobile?
ance of the law of 1883, included 13,824
Back, Back, Back to Duluth.
She—Yes, If you promised to get one persons, aud by March, 1885, this num
A story was told in a Duluth restau
at once.—Kansas City Times.
ber had been increased to 15,573. Last
rant recently of a man who had se
year the grand total of classified em
cured a position In Chicago and was to
A More Teat.
ployees was 154,093. The number of
leave Duluth to go to work.
He—Does she still love him?
excepted and uoncompetltlve positions
However, he got mixed up with some
She—I think so. She always listens was 80,789 and of unclassified positions
with admiring Interest to everything he 49,764. Under late executive orders, friends will le saying goodby and was
soon In such a condition that he didn’t
says.—Somerville Journal.
however, substantially the entire civil
care whether he went that day or the
service has been brought either direct
Danger.
ly or Indirectly under the scope of the next. So he hit upon the brilliant Idea
She (meaningly i—Do you believe kiss civil service scheme, with the excep of sending a postal to his new employ
ing is really dangerous?
tlon of regular presidential appoint er saying he had missed his train as an
He (meanly)—Y’es. It often brings on ments. It Is today estimated that excuse for not being there on time.
marriage.—Puck.
there are approximately 287,700 civil When ba did get to Chicago he asked
Ills boss If he received the curd.
service
positions under tho govern
In Spirit Circles.
“Y’es," the boss said, "I got the card
ment, with 6,200 presidential appoint
"What sort of demonstrations did n>ents additional, n sklpga grand total all right, but what I can’t understand
Is how you could miss the train when
they have at the Bt-atire issi nightf
! of 292,900.
the card didn’t”
"Just medium."—New York Press.
The Hygienic Laboratory,
Neither did the Duluth man under
The
treasury
department
recently
let
latent Intuition.
stand. That Is why the story comes
tho contract "to clear a plot of ground, from Duluth. He returned.—Chicago
When ma put on our boy’s fust pants
I vow you'd oughter seed
plow and sow In rye for use of the hy Infer Ocean.
How that skeered Infant slunk around
gienic laboratory." This tract lies to
An' sorter hawed an' geed.
Hl« Memory Failed.
tlie south of the hygienic laboratory, an
As though, In spite of all our talk
Richard Golden, star of “The Bad
experimental Institution for Investlgat
That he was growln' old.
He kinder balked, unconscious like.
Ing the common ailments of man, trop- Samaritan,” says that he once traveled
At what them clothes foretold.
with a company whose property man
Icnl diseases nnd surgical problems.
The prosecution of this work calls was a Scotchman with n weakness to
It warn’t no us« ter tell that child
That he was 'most a man
for every manner of experiment, many Indulge In liquor occasionally notwith
An’ that some day he’d be like dad.
of them of an unusual character. Guin standing a sincere devotion to religious
A-drlvln’ of a span
ea pigs, rabbits, occasionally a dog and principles and n compliance, however
He jest contln'ed. stul*>orn like.
now and then an old horse too old and perfunctory, with his Ideas of worship
Ter slink an' make a fuss.
As though his little heart was full
Infirm for much else are subjects of nnd reverence On one occasion he ar
Of shame or somethin' wuss
the experiments. The guinea pig nnd rived nt homo very late, undressed
An', coms ter think, 'taln't re’lly strange the rabbit have given the best results with considerable difficulty nnd knelt
He took ter pant, ao alow
iu an experimental way, and at present down beside his l>ed. muttering Inco
An’ sorter hated like ter l'arn
the hygienic laboratory has several lierently.
Thet he was bound ter grow.
"What's the matter, John?” asked III«
thousand of those prolific rodents, to
I reckon somewhere» In his soul
say nothing of sundry rabbits and cats. wife. "Are ye no feeling well?”
He had thr r feclln strong
Thet babes la always sweet an’ right.
"Am feelln’ a’ right." said John, “but
In the building erected some years ago
While men 1» mostly wrong.
a canna mind a wired o' me prayers."
• I.urana W. Sheldon In New York Times. for that purpose in the rear of the In
stftution
CARL SCHOFIELD.
Hubby (dwperatelyi—<jjve me your
Her Little Composition.
clothesline. l‘m going to hang myself.
A class was reciting in a school.
Wifey i fi’t i\ • < »1
jm
‘‘Who can give me,” said the teacher,
sorry. This clothesline Is so rotten it ‘‘a sentence tn which the words 'bit
won t hold you. You’ll have to buy ter end’ are used?”
one. dear!—('leveland leader.
t’p jamped a little girl excitedly. “I
can, teacher, ’’rhe cat ran under the
Sad H.-«nlt nt Etp.rlnx-nl,
Aunt Ann You think John no longer bureau and the dog ran after her and
loves you? New Wife (sobbing)—I 1 . bit her end.’ ”
know It, auntie! I p-put on an ug ugl
*To produce the largest sized young
rid hat this morning and he never no '
the
parents should be large, heavy and
ticed tlie dlf-dlf-dlfference!—CBUag >
full breasted birds.—('arm Journal
Trlbunq.
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Waiting Far ths Train,
Flavio old lad), reading a b.-ok
Another, who» fussv. to judge by her
look:
Man with a suit case who can't find his
train.
Officl.il on duty too bored to explain;
Retire. -tnall boy a-squlrm like an eel;
Proud college widow with ejes that cun-
geal;
Man from far west, with a flapping Celt
• hut;
Urundma and l>uak«t containing her cat;
Hunter w.th -logs going two ways at
once;
Dutt hman with bundles, who wheesee and
grunts.
Two . el...... . gentlemen, rigged out to kill;
Boy with big water can. coolere to fill;
Smull girl, an immigrant, green shawl on
head;
Nur-, n.aid in picture hat, purple and red;
Man with a "phis ' a pirate might wear;
Gul ut a mirror arranging her hair;
Ludy too stout, munching apples with
seat;
Freshman with bulldog aud fancy silk
vest;
Two politicians, both talking too much;
Sweet, bright eyed child, with a smile—
and a crutch;
Tall modern beauty, blooming as Hebe—
"Who In the world," whisper women,
"can she be?"
Widow, deep mourning, face marble
white;
Jovial drummers a-grln with delight;
Baby In arms, the most recent arrival;
Octogenarian, latest survival;
Girl doing sums, and, what Is worse.
1. in a corner, writing this verse;
Hissing of steam pipes, loud clanging
gong.
Rumble of freight cars bumping along;
Youth In the news stand, manners blase—
"All aboard!" My train!—I run away.
—Tudor Jenks.
Hard Times.
Towel Was Done Brown.
Mew Civil Hetlrement Plana.
Gems In Verse
Let us pause in life's pleasures and count
Its many tears.
While we all sup sorrow with the poor.
There’s a song that will linger forever tn
our ears
Of hard times come again no more.
Another plan for a retirement sys
tem In the government service seems
to be taking substantial form. A civil
service retirement association has been
organized. Its members are not de
manding the creation of a civil pension
list, for they know congress would not
be Inclined to grant such a request.
What the present organization does
want is permission from congress to
create a pension fund out of a certain
small amount to be deducted monthly
from the salary of each clerk. Such a
system Is now followed in many cities
of the country with reference to school
teachers, firemen, policemen and other
municipal employees, and many of the
government clerks believe there should
be no objection to trying ft on the
larger scale here.
A Carrfal Wife.
Climb I p.
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The Rev. Fisher Howe
of Ten
•fly. N. J . tells the following story ou
one of New York's prominent elegy
meu who Is uoted as a reformer: Re
cently stopping at a certain western
city where Sunday is not very rigidly
Observed, the tfew York diviue was
called upou to address the coiigrega
tlon of the church of a brother mln
Isterial friend.
The New York clergyman was Jos
tied by several intoxicated individual.-
on his way to church Bunday morniug
The theater l>ox offices were selling
seats for widely advertised Sunday aft
ernoon and evening i>erformances. Tin
saloons, billiard halls, bowling alleys
and sbiMstlng galleries and stores wers
o | h * u and doing a large buslnesa, out
saloon In particular lielug unusually
well patronized by the male Inhab
Itailta, in the window of which the vis
Itiiig minister was shocked to see a
large sign prominently displayed l>e:ir
lug the words, "We need no mothet
here.”
When he arose to address the congre
gation his face was very long and very
grave, and In substance- he remark-
A Mew C'oan tarfelt.
Chief Wilkie of the United States se
cret service has announced the discov
ery of a new counterfeit ten dollar
United States (“Buffalo") note. It is
reproduced on two pieces of paper, be
tween which blue and red silk fiber has
been distributed. The counterfeit Is
fully three-eighths of an Inch longer
than the genuine. The back of it Is a
very dark green. It was passed In New
York on a subway ticket agent.
A Home Per Wornont Fire Horses.
If there Is any one class of horses de
serving of special care and considera
tion above any other It is surely the
faithful animals that serve the public
lu the lire departments of our big cit
ies. It Is gratifying to record the fact
that a true lover of dumb animals lias
risen up In the person of Mr. Nicholas
F. Brady, one of the youngest of Wall
street's successful men, who proposes
to see that these worthy old veterans of
tlie tire wagons are hereafter treated
according to their Just deserts. Mr.
Brady will buy at his own expense and
pension off for life all the horses dis
carded by the New York department,
and they will spend their declining
days ou a big farm, where rich pastur
age In the summer and warm shelter
'•a the luclement season will never be
lacking —Leslie's Weekly.
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Why Sullirra Mere Aul It «<
IHpeclal Correspondence ]
There's a pale, drooping maiden, who
toils her life away.
With a warm heart whose better days
are o'er;
Though her voice would be merry, ’tie
sighing all the day,
Oh, hard times, come again no more!
—Author Unknown
Alons.
I miss you. my darling, my darling!
The embers burn low on the hearth,
And still la the stir of the household.
And hushed is the voice of Its mirth;
The rain plashes fast on the terrace.
The winds past the lattices moan,
The midnight chimes out from the min
ster,
And I am alone.
want you, my darling, my darling!
I’m tired with care and with fret,
I would nestle in silence beside you
And all but your presence forget,
In the hush of the happiness given
To those who through trusting have
grown
To the fullness of love In contentment,
But 1 nm alone.
I cull you, my durllag, my darling!
My voice echoes back on the heart;
stretch my arms to you in longing,
And. Io, they fall empty apart!
I whisper the sweet words you taught me,
The words that we only have known.
Till the blank of the dumb air la bitter,
For I am alone.
I need you, my darling, my darling!
With Its yearnings my very heart ache«;
The load that divides us weighs harder;
I shrink from the jar that It makes.
Old sorrows rise up to beset me;
Old doubts make my spirit their own.
Oh, come through the darkness and save
me.
For I am alone.
— Robert J. Burdette.
Nocturns.
Up to her chamber window
A slight wire trellis goes.
Ami up this Homeo’s ladder
Clambers a bold white rose.
I lounge in the ilex shadows;
I see the lady lean,
Unclasping her silken girdle,
The curtain fold« between.
She smiles on her white rose lover;
She reaches out har hand
And helps him In at the window—
I see It where I stand!
To her scarlet Ups she holds him
And kisses him many a time.
Ah, me, It was he that won her
Because he dared to climb!
—Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
The Balance of Power.
We take some etutea, not less than three.
Let’» call ’em "A" and "B" and “C;”
Not Russia. France and Germany,
But each a simple letter.
Hupposlng "A" should buy a gun;
Then "I< " must purchase more than ons;
"Then "C,” who will not be outdone.
Must go a cannon better.
Then "A." If not entirely mad.
Another gun or so will add.
As many as the others had.
Until he overtops them.
And ’’ll" and "<*” will purchase more.
Exactly as they did before.
Ar.d neap up Implements of war
Till lack of money stops them.
And this Is "the balance of power,"
Diplomacy’s climax and flower.
If w-e were not afraid of the guns we had
made,
We should all he at war In an hour.
—Boston Transcript.
The Point of View.
Johnny, ago ten:
"The mean old maid who runs our school,
Because my sums I did not do,
Just made me alt there, like a fool.
Among the girls. Boohoo, boohoot"
John, ago twenty:
"Although our parsons have gons back
On old tints creed of scorching hades,
'Tls sheol still, as there ws'd lack,
Of course, the company of ladles."
—Clara Marshall.
All human history attssta
That happlnesa for man—ths hungry sln-
ner—
Slice Eva ats apples much depends on
dinner
—Byron.
Oatraaeon«.
Grnnt-Who-WHI Tower.
“I want ten two-eent stamps." said
Mrs. Y’onngwed, “and please charge
them, because I have no change."
“We don’t do that, madam,” replied
the clerk In the postoffice.
“The Ideal Why noj? We always get
our letters from you." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Anne, the duchess In wooden shoes,
.who brought Brittany In the pocket of
her wedding gown to her husband, the
king of France, kept the government
for herself, and when tbe bishop of
St. Malo protested against tbe strong
bold which she built to cow the too
Independent Maloons she carved on
her tower the Irreverent Inscription,
which maj still l>e read there, "Grunt
who will, Jo shall It be; ’tls my pleas
ure," and tbe tower "Grunt-Wb^YVIH”
(Qulcqu’en grogue It remains to this
,dav
Huxley’s tables of the weighty of
man show that the human body Is
made up of thirteen different elements,
of which Are aye gases a ad eight
.aollds.
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