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TANDON RECORDER. facts in few lines have Lad her thigh broken if »be had, for she ti1i’fl®fri over one of the chil dren'» wagon» and cau»e<i the accident that made her lg-lples» for the rest of her life. Hut »ay, evtfft if »he had been a cripple, wouldn't it have iieen i-etter for ter-! to have been in her own little home, for w ith the pro|n-rty »he turned over to b«*r daughter, »he oo tid have converted it into muuey and hired a woman who would have l»-en Iter coiu- panion'a» well a» a helper, who could have taken entire charge of her, read to her, etc., and »lie would have been much happic, than leading the lovehw» life »he did In her daughter's home. Then, too, her relative» would have been only too delighted to wait ou grandma, to run little errand» for luff or bring her little delieacie» that they la-grudged Iter a lien »he gave them all and went to live with them. She would even have l>een happier If »he had changed her property into coin and paid her entrance fee into some old ladie» home.” The <lear old friend wa»ollt of breath when »he finished her long »lory, but it wus au o'er true one ami her advice to old |>eople»hould be heedtai, a» well a.» the plea for the flower», etc., while »lie lived. WOMAN AND FASSON [ Ha.d.uH. skirt. JEWISH HUMOR. GKE.LK ATMLETÊS. The Way They Ham aad the gtylv al TraeK 't hey I ott. While the circular skirt is very smart “In the foot race» of the uueieut for long house wear, it is not a aiiceea« for the short, round lengtli of the ««I- Greeks," says a writer, "the shape of or walking skirt, "ff lie plaits are verj the stadium caused a-great difference smart and exceedingly popular amouu siuce it was uot circular, but loug au«l narrow, with oue or both euds seiulcir cular. Consequently the runners had to take a sharp turn at the end of each lap, while except at the turu they were rutiuiug a atraight course. Evldeutlj this turn uei-ded lunch practice, for the pictures 011 th«- old vases show athlrtes practicing this one part of the race a« a kind of drill, taking each movement separately. "lu early tirnt-s, when all the runuers turnetl round the same post, the turn gave opportuniti«-» for foul play, aud there ure stories of oUe competitor trip ping another at th«- post or seiziug him by the hair to prevent bis winning But later, in th«* shorter dlstauetm ul least, each runner had bls own track and post to turu round, and probably the separate cours«-» were rop«-d off lu much tlie samt* way us they are uow in sprint races. For the start elaborate arrangements were made and ut illym pla the stone slubs are still to be seeu. NINE GOKE SKI KT. well dressed women everywhere. Her« with the- grooves ut regular intervals is a new plaited model consisting of i that had to be t«»-d at starting. “Greek long distance men ran in the nine gore skirt with an inverted plait In front and back and having a lowei most approved style of the present part plaited 111 flounce effoct. It is very day. But tlie sprinters apparently em graceful uml^imt difficult to construct, ployed a considerable uuiouut of arm so well adapted to the home sewer action and took very long steps, rising Any of the new skirtings may serve well 011 to the toes. Theu there was the us material, broadcloth, serge, cheviot race in armor, an event highly praised by several of th«- Gr«*ek writers us a pauama or taffeta being good. valuable preparation for war and which is auppost-d to explain the fa Cuucerulnu Sleet ea. There are Indications that sleeves mous runuing charge of th«- Athenians w ill soon undergo another change. 11 at Marathon.” is said that they are to be a little i HL MUSSULMAN. smaller at the top. Why the change should be made so soon uo one knows I n Intense uud He la The sleeve of today Is certainly pretty Ills Devotion Proud uf His itelltfluu. ami is becoming to the stout as weli A traieliT in Africa writes: This as to the slight woman, for sleevet have not yet grown as ridiculously u laud of religion, file Mussulman's large as they were a few’ years ago devotiou Is Intense, ever present am1 If the change shall come the probabili all pervadiug, lielug not au accessory ty Is that the new sleeves will uot b« tacked on, as it were, to his life to be as well liked as are the present ones practiced more or less surreptitiously, However true the prophecy may be it lint an essential part, wherewith aud regard to dress sleeves, the new tui wliereiu In- lives ut ail times. A Mus coats have quite a little fulluess at th-- Kulmau prays openly ami publicly, in top. This looks, despite the advance uow Ise afraid to b«- s«-«-u. Every tuau news, as if dress sleeves would al • la wears his string of beads whereon in records Git- number of his daily pray of good size. ers., Notwithstanding its. to us, 1111 Gray lu Vogue, Inviting appearauce, the religion has Gray Is the leading color this season, made aud still is making great strides and the woman who can wear it is in Africa, ami one <au ouly attribute fortunate, fur there are many beuutlfiL tliis tu tlie fa-'t that here at last is a goods from which to choose, from tilt religion ol which its adherents are ill Leuty bomespuu or the soft broad uo way ashamed. It offers to th« cloth down to the trim soft silks uud faithful absolute assurance of sal mi muslins. There are u great muuy wo lion and engenders that blind, uuliesi men, to be sure, to whom gray Is un tatiug faitli therein which is so <-0111 liecomiug, but a little touch of blue fortlng to tlie native mind. green or pink makes a complete trims "Seeing i> crowd of pilgrims bound for formation, uud those who desire tc Mei-ea patiently nay, with pleasure wear this color will be wise to flud enduring tlie worst treatment that oue which combination Is the most becom could imagine meted out to herds ot lug to her style aud govern herself lie driven slaves, oue envies tlie excel« cordiugly. of faitli tliat can engender such a dis New Kutta lu Deuiaud. pusitluti. Ihougli robbed, sluiu, sturv One novelty in the way of au addi ed, herded with pestileuce aud sub tlou to a woman's toilet bus already Jeeted to countless hardships and ail caught on like wildfire, it consists ol iiuyauees, yet year after year they au Elizabethan ruff made of colored come from tar ami near thousands uud net aud Is usually made of a shade ol tens of thousands strong ou this th« the tilmy stuff to match the wearer's most woiiderl'ul and fur reaching of lut < gown. The favorite colors are th« ter day pilgrimages. light shades of blue that are so popului "At Jedd.i one s**es pilgrims from Just now, thougli some of the ruffs are all corners of tlie globe Dutch sub seen in pink, and they are also mad« jects from Java, Chinese from Peking up in black and white. shiploads from India and Farther lu dia, Russian sulijeets from all parts Draped Sleeve Effect. of tlie great empire, FreUcll subj«*cts Transparent mitten cuffs are, as they from Algiers, from Morocco, and dusky were during the summer, the makeshift negroes who have trainpt*d for mouth» for producing an elbow draped sleeve from tin- western shores of Africa effect without exposing au ugly fore Through many lamls and midst many arm, and these cuffs are often made tongues tin .. - nine, all to meet at this adjustable, so that the sleeves may be thronged • enter of tin- maelstrom ol worn long or short, as fancy or occa the Mussulman faith." sion may demaud. * A manuscript of the HM-le made in t>e ninth century is beiug exliibite«l at “Polly, I woubl like to imffr<-~s U|»>U the British museum. all my friend» tlgr tad that I will take Lake Titi<-aca, In Peru, the'highest all the kind words, all the praise slid navigable lake in the world. Is .to l-e all tlie flower» while I am on earth to tapped for electric pow er. enjoy them,” »aid a dear old friend lhe H. A. and W. Lyons of Benning other day who had long since passed ton, Vt., recently cut a bee t ree on tlie sixtieth mile-post of her journey West mountain, near Beuningtou on this earth. “YoB »ee,” she contin which yielded forty pouuds of boney. A good, sound potato which hud ued, “1 was at the funeral of old Mrs. grown through a link In an old r-liaiu Smith the other day and 1 have done was recently dug on the farm ut Mil a sight of thinking ever since. Every tou R. Benner of Worcester township. body with half sense could see that she had long Iieen a burden to her chil Pa. “1 s*-e by the papers that you say the dren and they did not fail to let the old Kansas bank deposits are $79 per cap lady see bow they felt. .1 have gone to ita,” wrote a Salina lalioriiig mau tu call <m her more than once ami found Bank Examiner Royce. "1 haven't my her in t«-ars and lamenting that the share. Please send it to me at once " g<»»l Lord did not »e«- lit to call her Mauy Immigrants change their numes home. She was the most patient old. upou arriving in this country on ue soul I have ever known, and there »lie count uf the difficulty they find III get ting them spelled properly. Mauy in would sit in her »tifl'-backed old rock New York adopt the names of streets ing chair from morning until night, rather than a»k any one to help her to us tbelr surnames. Daniel Kelleher, who recently died move or change her |»»dtioii. 5 ou at Wilmington, Del., ut the age ot 105, know she lias Iieen helpless ever since BRIEF REVIEW. was aecustume«l tu smoke Uirce plugs she fell and broke lier thigli. There uf tubacco each week. It is figured was not one in tlie house, from her that he consume«! 17,8*8 feet of tobac daughter down to tlie »mallest child, Electric Power Schemes in England. co during bls lifetime. An interesting phase of the electrical wli til'd not liegrudge all the old lady A plan to turu Manchuria into un ex got. The daughter, who, by the way, awakening which seems to lie going on perimental ground where the various had |iersiiaihil her mother to turn over in England, say» tlie Electrical Re reforms the <'hiñese government so all she had of this world’s goods to view, is tlie construction of large elee- strongly advocates may be given a trie power plants intended to deliver thorough trial muy soon be taken be lier, promising her in return a happy home with her and the children a current for light ami |»>wer purposes fore the throne in Peking. Among the exhibits at the recent promise tliat was never kept, for tlie throughout large districts, tine of the fair at Bethel, Me., was a quilt spun mother was soon made to feel tliat she most iin|»>rtant of these, and one uud woven in 1789 by a woman theu wa» a I>uiden lier daughter frequent w hich is typical of the general plan, is seventy five years of age. Then- was ly complained liefore lier tliat she was (bat of the Yorkshire Electric Power uuotber quilt at the fair which was tied down and worn out w itli tlie con t ' oiii pany. over a hundred years uld. This company is preparing to erect stant attendance, not to speak of tlie "The American mule may nut be so expense. She had the face to tell me power stations and deliver current popular at home,” writes Walter J. liefore tlie old lady w hat she intended through a section of country having Ballard, "but bls pupularity is im-reas to do with the room when lier mother an area of about UsOtl square miles. lug abruad. In the first seven months Tin* district contains eiglit«*en bor no longer need«*! it. uf 1905 he brought u* $435,009 ugainst oughs ami IIS towns, liesides a nunil-er $264,000 in 1904, an Increase of $171,- “To make a long story short, I stood of rural sections. Tlie |H>wer consum 900." beside the old lady's casket the other ers are textile mills, mines ami manu The Ramsbuttum (England) educa tion committee grauted all the school day, and Inside me was tlie daughter facturing establishment»! of larious children uf the town a half holiday on ami one of the granddaughters. They kinds, ami it is estimated that I hey are the occasion uf the visit of a circus in were both eulogizing the departe«!. now using alsiut 3,IKio,0O0 steam horse order “to give the poorer children an They shed tears enough for a life time, power. Tlie Yorkshire company has opportunity of seeing unfamiliar ani as they told of how patient she had authority to build five generating sta mals." Iieen through lier sufferings and how tionsand to dispose of power through During the recent German uruij ma wonderfully well she stood the trial of out tlie entire district, except where it ueuvers maps readable at night were being helpless for so mauy long conies in conflict with certain munici used. The map is photographed on a months, how uncomplaining site had pal plants now existing. At the pres small glass plate, pm ket size, anil is been, with always a cheerful word for ent time one of tlie main pow er houses not affected by rain. It is provided with u small electric lump and a mag tliis one ami that one; how she would has Is-en put into service, and a num sit for hours at a time witli a smile for ber of substations have been erected. ulfyiug glass. J. A. Garuey bus presented tlie New everyone. They told aimut how dread Tile system will Is* extended as rapidly Hampshire Historical society with u fully tiiey would miss lier; how they as tlie ilemind for |»iwer warrants. massive English lock, probably over 11 (Ireadisl (lie hoim-comlng and tlie va hundred years old. it bears tiie Eng cant chair. I made no comment, lint Grain Growing at a High Altitude. llsb coat of arms and was presented by as they laid a lieailtiful wreath of vio Eimb-len is a small hamlet in the Carpenter & Co. It was taken from aD lets and maiden-hair on the casket, Swiss Alps, loeuted on the sunny slo|ie old bouse at East Concord, N. II. bearing a can!; “From the Daughter of a little valley, which ends in the For fear of cholera German tullroad tleket sellers or money takers in the and Granddaughter,” I almost lost pa neiglil-orlmod of Zermatt. At an alti infected districts are ordered to "dis tience, and came miglity near s]>eak- tude of about 6800 feet, it is the highest Infect" their bands as often as possible ing right out. It would liaie relieved permanent settlement in Switzerland, As a Loudon medical authority re my pent up feelings ami brought me a excepting.Iuf, which stands about 180 marked recently, the only way to dis little |»*aee of mind, butthen I thought feet higher. As the slope fully faces infect the hands would be tu boll them of the solemnity of tlie occasion, of the the south it is wariiie«! by tlie dir«*et After the underground railway lines quiet sl«-e|>er who was done with rays of t tie summer sun, enabling euIti- of Taris have been completed the next earth’s trials and tribulations forever, i at ion to lie carried on at a very much great piece of municipal work will be and I kept my lips closed. I was dy higher altitude than on neighboring the removal of the fortifications aud ing to ask them if those violets would slopes witli northern exposure. Thus great dry moat around the city, which not base Iieen a ileal sight more appre one may stand in midsummer lieside works lost all military value many ciated by grandma Smith in life than fields of yellow grain, says the Geo years ago. The space thus secured w ill when she lay ro cold ami still liefore graphical Journal, and see not far away be Bold for building lots. Professor Eicliborn of Jena states them, and the tired hands that had the marvelous ice fields and snows of that the sunniest district In Germany pits-ed enfly one of those robust grand tlie Findelen and Strahlhorn glaciers, is Jena, with a dally average of 4 8 daughter» a lieautiful log-eabin quilt as ami on the northern slopes, which hours. The gloomiest districts of Ger she sat day after day in her chair with have no sunshine for nipcii of the day many are Alx-la-Cbapelle and Ham tier work-basket l»*side her, so quietly there is an Arctic-Alpine flora and burg. The highest average of sunshine folded. Then some on«* from t he out patches of snow below tlie level of tile in Europe is reached by Madrid, with side sent in, ‘with d«-e|«-st sympathy,’ grain fields on the southern slope. A eight hours’ average daily sunshine. A Graceful Garment. a lieantifill wreatli made entirely of few hundred yards separate from one At Inch abbey. County Down. Ire A very graceful garment Is here pic autumn leaves, typical, you know, of another two kinds of \ eget at ion that at laud, the shaft of one of the old Irish tured, developed In black broadcloth stone crosses hus been unearthed. It the autumn of lier life, only it wasn’t lower levels of the earth’s surface are lined with silk. It may be cut in bears in relief the figure of Christ with autumn for lier, blit cold, cruel, hard 25 degrt-esof latitude apart. three-quarter or in regulation lengtli. the feet crossed and a single nail pass ol<l winter, frta-zing the very marrow as shown in the Illustration. A broad ing through both Insteps. There are in lier liones. Then tlie daughter di- Snakes Lidless Eyes. circular cape collar finished by a stole two figures carved beside tin- crucified luged a li»mikereliief one of those Snake» may also ba said to liave one representing attendants at the cru little bits of lace-edged ones only glass eyes, inasmueli a» their cifixion. meant for show, and when she sai<l the never close. They are without A syndicate of business men has been grand, exquisite, coloring in the lieail- and each is covered w itli a transparent formed at Los Angeles. Cal., for the t¡fill leaves was so suggestive of ‘Ma’s purpose of buying all tin- saloons in lovely life, so briglit and cheerful look scale, much r«-seinbling glass. When tlie reptile cast- its oilier skin tlie eye the city. They promise to reduce the number from 299 to 25 and to pay tlie ing,’ wliy, I almost laughed right out. scale comes oil' witli tlie rest of tlie city $180,009 for the licenses. Tlie Everything that daughter and those transparent envelope out of which the stockholders In-Ing entitled to 0 per granddaughters did was all so false. snake slips. The glassy eye scale is so cent ou their money after tlie guaran They were not conscientious in a single tough (list it etlis-tiially protei-ts the tiling they said or did. tee is paid, th«- city gets the balance. true eye from tlie twigs, sharp grass The Irish town of Limerick has a and oilier oust ructions which tlie population of 38,000, and the distance “Tli<*n and there, Polly, I made up snake encounters in its travels, yet it is from one end of the city to the other Is my mind to implore all my relatives transparent enough to allow tlie most two miles, Cubs charging a generous and friends to say all the good things, jierfect vision. Tims, if the snake ha» fare have heretofore beeu the only means of conveyance, A recent proj- gi«e me all tlie prai*«*s ami all the not a glass eye, it may at any rate lie ect for a street railway line was re (lowers while I w as living and could said to w ear eye-glass«-». jeeted. Ou the eveuing of the corpo enjoy them, and not wait until I was New Anesthetic. ration meeting bands paraded the lying dead in my coflin. I woiilii streets to emphasize the objection of ratlier have one buncli of tlie swi*et- Hoinnofornie is the naim- of a new the cabmen and the working cojunnmj «!--«-l!it:g ■ iuletr-. now wlien I .-an «-njoy aiii-st helu teste«! ai tin* Bordeaux ty lu general to tin- Innovation. lliein Gian a whole cart-load wlien I school, Paris, which, when properly What probably will lie tlie costliest am dead and gone, which would lie administered, is said to have no after monument erected to the dead lu re given just for the effect. ‘Regrets and effects. It is «-oni|»ised of chloride of cent times will be placed above tin- deepest sympathy’ do not stir the ethyl, chloride of inetliyl and bromide grave of Mrs. Margarita Alvarado, the ___________ heart’» action, but a single flower w itli of etliyl. late wife of Pedro Alvarado, the peou Highest Elevator. mining king of Mexico. The monument loving words and tender light from will be of Italian marble and solid sil bright eyes can work wonders in Tin- highest elevator in tlie world ver. Two tons of silver from Alvara smoothing out tlie rough places, and lias t>**«»ii opened on tlie Burgenstis'k, do'« famous Familia mine In tlie Turril make me downward path of your a mountain near Lake Lucerne. It district will be used. A steel frame journey over the liill uf life very pleas lifts tourist» 4» f«-et to tlie to|i of a ver CLOTS CAPE. will be built around the grave to guard ant and easy. At liest the last years agalust tli«- theft of silver from the of the aged are none too joyous. An tical rock. txtendlug down the front gives breadth monument. and dignity to the figure. The cape other thing I made up my mind to A large granite ball, weighing two A German publicist who spent u part w as to bang on to my little bit of prop tons, in a cemetery in Ohio, is slowly is appropriate for either street or even Ing wear, aud both heavy aud light •t the summer in a boarding house nt erty until Gie last trumpet soun«i«-<i for turning on its axis. During the last weight cloth can be used In making, 'feignmo 11 th, England, says: "English me. People have oceans more r«-»|>«*<'t flve years the ball has turned thirteen edges being simply stitched Made of seaside visitors display most remarks ble ingenuity lu sustaining a lengtli« for you if you have got something to and three-fourth inches. The reason pale gray broadcloth lined with a deli cate shade of pink satin brocade, it conversation founded on no other topic bless younelf with, or, in other words, is assigned to the heat of the sun. would be exquisite for carriage wrap than the weather. When this Is ex so nettling to provide yourself witli Htudents of Japanese universities and Medium size requires four and one hausted they turu to their aches and the iii»'«-ssari«*s of life. They w ill dance palus Each individual adduces some attendance on you amt wait on you commercial schools are not obliged to eighth yards of fifty-four Inch mate- Striking example of bodily suffering on clu-erfiilly enough if you have some serve in the army. I n (Germany it has rial. his or her part, uial the combined ail thing to leave w hen you are calle«! up often happened that the universities meuts uf the company afford themes on to go lienee. No matter if they do were closed because all the students A Stubborn Opening. for endless disiusslon.” The Lead of the household was going I Link you are a burden, they will have ami professors had joined the army. through her husband'» pocket» the uext ««-nse enougli to keep it to themselves. Try It. In Germany the Staateanzeiger, the morning They may l>e acting the false part all "Don't you smell Are?” "What kept you out so late last along, but just so long as you don't I official gazette, records the appoint night?” site suddenly demanded. "No, I don't think I do." "I don't either, but most pt-oplc do If know it, it can't hurt you, »nd, any- [ ment of Dr. William Kalker as a mem "It was the opening of the campaign you ask them" way, it pa.vs to tie blind to thing« 1 ber of the imperial sanitary council. my dear." tin- lesser half replied Rut Dr. Kalker has been dead for three "Well, It didn't take three corkscrew s sometim«*». Coideaied. years._______ ________ to open It. did It?” Dtaer Give tne n plate o' pork and “Now, wouldn't Mrs. Smith hav< And she drew the offending artl< les bssns and hurry ’em up Walter I AU year the Uniteti States con- from his side pocket aud waved them (shout ing'Chicago and Boston ex been worlds better off if she had staid before him Cleveland Plain Dealer in I.er own little home" she wouldn't numeri 1,117,000,000 pounds of coflee. praaal—Cleveland Leader • * G OF LIONS. L liH'idt iiix t«» Prute That lhe Hi iutei Arc Vol < uwardly. It Ims been said mauy times Ilia I Hous arc ■ iwurdly brutes, but of th« mauy Hous witii w hich I have had per souai dealings, expectedly aud imex JM-eUsily. Hu- I pitliet cowiirdly is th« last I .sbiiuid consider appropriate Ic describing tiieiii. 1 have lieeu cllarg«» by a lion, and lie certainly did not look cowardly. I liave come face to fact- ut a distance of sonic twenty f«-et, wltl a family party of half a dozen, fortu untely full fed. They »tood. with quiei dignity, luokiug at us, and then slowly movtsl away, stopping every few yard- to stand and look again. There wa> neither fear nor meanness lu their up pearanei* or lieliavior. I have seeu lions stalking game, ant! 1 have myself lii-en stalked by them If I could have encouraged myself will the conviction of their i-owardlim-si w lieu I was tlie quarry and they th« hunters, Il would have put a different aspect on tlie sitiiathm. We were al this time living in a station over seven ty miles from tlie uean-st connect.ili| link with tlie outshle world, and wlien man eating lions took possession of Hi« one road which led to this link things l»H-anie serious. A large troop was reportisl, and tlx natives maintaimsl tliat this troop rail along In tin- grass parallel witli tin caravan road (a path some ten iuebe- wide», ami. having sehs-ti-d the most edible meml»-r of tlie curuvau. Jum|M*«i upon I1I111 like a flash, mid. seizing iiiiii disappeared us quickly as they came. Our mail runners, attaeliisl to whom were a couple of native |H>lice armed w itli rifles, w ere sei oral tlm«-s attack ed. Finally, as flu- wall parly wa- camping one night, fortunately for it witli a native caravan, the Hous be came so bold that, in spite of tires, they sprung upon a native and carrltsl hili off into tile bu»h. Mrs s I.. Illiide It Blackwoi»i's Magazine. The ord Derrick. The word derrick fur a iDU<*liine used to lift heavy weights is curiously de rived from a Londuu haugmau in th* beginning of tlie seventeenth century who. r name was ’iheodoric aud who is often mentioned in old pla)!. ’ Ik 1 i«l» ' circuit with tin* devil, and I»er ri* k inu^t I m * his hunt, and Tyborue the inn :it which In* will light" occurs in ’ I «’ Beiluiun uf London," published lu i<’»IG The name thus corrupted * ••• af* . « 1. d tu be applied, by un easy transition, t > the gallows and lut er still to any frame or contrKau<e re seinbimg It in shape. I It» »Ta«ttr of ■IlttraeM aag It» Sat-I irv of J»«I»I»« m . Renan sahl of th«- .lews, "The Sem itic ¡H*uple are almost entirely without the power to tetilgh." Surely liad he looked for trac«-» uf Jewish liuiiior lu tli<* light w hich Heine cast* back u|ion its «lurk I rad 1 tlou he would lie-.ee have mude »0 »weeping a »tatemeiit. For -igbt years Heine lay u ¡ miii hi» 'mat tree» grave” lu Pari* suffering «xcru- rlating agony. He de»erv««d. he »aid. to liave award«*«l to him "the graud míalaI» of palu and misery.” L« s >| hi I i I Zuiiz said almost the »ame words of the whole Hebrew p«-ople, "If there are runk» ill suffering. Israel takes prts e- deu a* of all tlie nations." The humor of Israel Is flavored with liitteruess aud plays round the greater subjects uf thought auil of »|Hs-ululioii. plays like the humor of a man lu pain. Listen tu the iauient of h satirist born ut Arles in 1287 who timl» the works of the Jewish law an lutoleribie buiden ami seems tu have come, like Helue, to the bitter «-oucluslou Glut "Judaism Is not a religion, it is a mis fortune:” uh. hapless sire, distraught with cares. Whose wife to hlr male ehlldren liears. For all of them, or rich or poor. Have only suffering to endure This la caused by the Jewish i-reed, W hose v oke is hard to b -ar indeed. Its many taws and regulations Which are unknown to other nations Every Hebrew must obeeive Witli watchful eye und straining 1 • rvv; E'en though lie shares in public font lions He still must follow their injunctions. l'he Bible Is not half enough: Glosses there urv and other stuff In which he erudite must be. Especially In theology, in all the Talmud may relate. In authors' quarrels and debate, In things particularly small. Of no significance at all. Gems In Ve»6e | ---------------------------------------------------------------- - A Woman. The great love that was not fur her Parsed on. nor |>.iux«*d tu j*«e The wistful eye®, the hands* vague stir. The mouth m mut® misery. The little love si Crept closer hi t’nlil for \er> la She smiled anti Not hers to choose, to weigh and part . The greater from the less. She only strove to till a heart That ached with emptiness. —Theodosia Garrison. Ths Old Homs. An old lane, an old gate, an old houss a tree. A wild wood, .a wild brook they will not let tile be, in boj hood 1 knew them, and still the) eall to me. Down deep In my heart’s tore 1 heal them, and m.v eye» Through tear mists behold them beneath the old time skies. Mid t»-e bloom mid rose bloom and or* chard lands arise. I hear them, uml heartsick with lunging is my soul To walk there, to dream there, beneath the sky a blue bowl; Around me. within me. the weary world mude whole. To talk with the wild brook of all th« long ago; To whisper tlie wood wind of tilings we used to know VVlien wo were old compunlons. before my heurt knew woe. To walk with the morning and watch its rose unfold; To drowse with the noontide, lulled on itf heart of gold; To lie with the nighttime end dream th« dreams of old. One inure mediaeval quotation, thia time from the pen of a Bar« cl jua Jew 'the lines cun hardly perhaps he c.tllvl humorous, but they Illustrate with a certain terse comedy the great value set by the race upou three things money, knowledge and domestic hap piuess. If a man has none of them the poet baa no better advice to give him than to hold bis tongue or to hang him self: What is the most useful thing to any man in life? Knowledge or wealth or a good and lov ing wife. But if none of these commodities man has ever got Then by kt eping golden silence he might improv e his lot. And if he cannot du so. that poor and hap less knave. Then let him go away at once and dig himself a grave. Ou bis deathbed Heine made Lis last juke, and it is typically Jewish “Ke view Ing his by no means irreproach.t ble past,” be hoped that Hod might fur* gi\e him, ’’for e'est sou met er" (that Is his trader Another story illustrates yet more perfectly the bitter humor of the Jew. It Is the story of a dying rabbi “who bad beeu all his lifetime extremely religious, but bad likewise always suffered much want aud mis ery. *I»u you know,* he said tu those in lite sickroom, *if after all the 1 ex periem es 1 bate hud in lhe past th. re is u«> future Ilf»* 1 shall be great,'.! umuied.’ ” Luu*.on Spectator. WASHING CLOCK FACES. Some Tiaie|»le«*es Grow Soiled HiilvLI, Than Other». - Mor. "I'Ve been washing the faces of tin city clocks nigh on to teu yeurs. guess," »11 Id a pleasant Beoteh Ilf American, "and before that I did il the ol I country There Hreu't mauy I washers lu this laud, and the few « know I lie business do well at it.*' Iisiked prosperous III Ills tweed suit derby hat. "Is your work anything like that • ■ the steeple climber?" be was asked. "Bless you, no," lie replied, will twinkling eye. milch amused, "only ii one thing, aud that is that mostly sail ora take up with the trade. That's be cause we're good climbers, you kuow I've washt-d the faces of city am cbuich clocks that were ISO feet froii the ground, aud it took me two and thre«* weeks to do it. I'm a practica clock repairer, too ita ve to be, you kuow aud <lo my work lu u hug» wooden cradle made for the purpose Some clocks get their faces dirty In a year or an; others remain clean ten years, auil so ou. < >l«l Beu. Westuiin ster'a great clock, is expected to keep dean fifteen yeurs. "lu the old days the trade was more dangerous. We us«*d to work from scaffolds aud got many dangerous falls. Now we have the cradles ami all the tilings mid comforts, and if 4 man keeps Ids head Im can work as well as on the curb. How Is tlie pay? Well, tbut's bard to tiglire, for we work by the Job. We doll' t cleau clock faces in winter, so we make enough In tb< summer to lust the year round, . Ol course sometimes the clocks are I a ken out of tbelr cases and repaired in the shop.», Last year 1 cleared $2,099 and visited only two other cities, t bicligu and Boston This year I’ll make more because building o|>eratluiis have grim ed the clocks and given our trade a lift.’’- New York lout. To tell to the old trees and to each lis tening leuf The longing, the yearning, as tn my boy hood brief. Tlie old ho|ie. the old love, would ease my heart of grief. The old lane, the old gate, the old house by tlie tne. The Wild wood, the wild brook they will not let me be; In buy hood I knew them, and still they < all to me. Madison Cuwein. Rip’s Long Sleep. The purple shadows lie along Th«* Catskills as they did uf old, The robin sings his even sung, Tlie sky is rimmed with red and gold, Past shining lake and somber hill The silent footed twilight creeps. The stars light one by one- and still Old Kip Van "Winkle sleeps. It is no slumber of pretense That wraps the wandering idler now No Wonder whispering audience Waits on to see the silvered brow And tottering form and vacant stare \\ hen with the dawning of the day, The spell dissolved, old Kip shall rise Anti take his homeward way. Not on»* left to jeer and flout Among the chattering village folk And greet his looks of fear and doubt With many a jest and clumsy Joke. No friends, grown gray with time and trial. No children, changed to wrinkled men, Will tap their heads and slyly smile When he halts home again For while lie sleeps the stars will fade. The earth will molder and decay. Ami all the things, that men have made Will pass in crumbling dust aw us. And when lie wakes all. would we knew Before that farotr morning breaks if kindlier friends he'll Journey to . When Kip Van Winkle wakes! James J. Montague. Let Us Take Leave of Haste. Let us take leave of haste awhile And loiter well content With little pleasure to beguile And small habiliment Just a wide awe*-p of rain washed sky. A Hower, a bird note sweet. Some easy tlappings worn awry, Loose latchets fur our feet. A wheaten leaf within our scrip, Fur drink the hillside spring Ami fur true heart « umpaniunship Th® love of loitering We want so much, und yet we need So very slight a store. But In the age's grip of greed We hurry more and more. The woodland weaves Its gold green net The warm wind lazes b\. Can we furego, can we forget? Come, comrade, let us tr> ! < ’linton St ollard. “Blue Sunny Air." Vp for the glowing day; leave the old w uods! See. they purt like a ruined arch the sky Nothing but sky roots And gruss of the hilltops level with th» air— Blue, sunny air. where a great «loue flout» laden With light, like a dead whale that whltt birds pick Floating »way In the sun in some north sea. Air. air, fresh lifeblood, thin and search ing air. The clear, dear breath of God that love'.f us. Where small birds reel and winds tuk« their delight! Water is lieautiful, blit not like air See. where the solid azure waters lie blade as uf thickened air. ami down be low Tlie fern ranks like a forest spread them set ves As though each pure could feel the r|e merit. Brow.ilng It Look«*«! (£«■) tu lliua. Little Nathan had beeu taken to his father’s office, where, It appears, be was considerably impressed Arter ward nt hume be made known his In teutions concerning the future "When I get to be a man,” he said, "I'm going to make lots of money, like papa does." Ills parents gave him to understand that they approved of bls ambition, after which Nuthau indulged for some time in Serious thought At lust be turned to bls father, asking "Papa, Is sitting in a chair that turns around all you have to do to make tbouey?" A hlcago Record Herald A Lllrrarz < «»Incidence. "M.v father, IV. ('lark Russell." said Herbert Russell lu telling of a literary coincidence, “bad flulsbed maturing the plot of bi» novel, 'The 1 tenth Ship,' w hich is a version of the legeud of Van defdeeken. I wus hl» aniunueusfs at the time. He »aid to me, -Tomorrow we will begin the story.' Du the fol lowing moruiug when I euter«*d Ills study Io take his dictation of the upeu ing 1I ii « m he showed me a letter Ic- liuu Ju»t r»»eived. It was from W. S Gil bert, the well known dramatist, asking him why be did nut write s novel' about the t lyiug Dutchman I Ah. life Is sad? < loe fleet log hour in love » short reign A faded flower And mem’ry'» pain. Yet life 1« »W’eet, No night »0 dark But holds u »tar; No storrus but mark Where ungels are. II Graham Im Hot». The l.ondou l*ollce. When the Hcbrme was first liruaclie I fierce opposition devekipeU to the ei tabllshmeht of Lomluu's metrupolftau police, tn September, Police tu patrol the »trtn-ts of London? Hucb a scheme was "repugnant tu the spirit uf Eugllsb law and to the theory of free government," aeeurdlug to au editorial In the Standard of the day. ' Aa a sys tern of claud«fstlue Intelligence tin thing Is complete," It went on. “Th« low constable is Instructed to make himself acquainted with the Inhabit ants of every house within bls beat And how la this Information to be uu Ulned'but puipi",,, guts?"
