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Newspaper Page Texto o . ■!■ > g ------ TT— THAT PESKY B'AR • ____ •y LLOYD EOBEETfl I Copyright. W I«*, by Lloyd Kobrrt» HEN Xarah Anu Joiiue*> anil Mary Auu. her little five year old, returned from the hay Held to •'Idle" a cup of tea and to heat ii|> a me«* of la-ana for pa and Andy Gllinl*. the "help," they Mere "mighty took al«a«k" to find a black l>ear, big a* life and twhv aa uatural. Hitting ou their kitchen floot and peacefully licking the laat rem uanta of the anticipated dinner froln off hia clumsy pawn. N«iw. Sarah Ann was not “akeerwl.” though It did "fetch her sort of su.ldcn like" not »he. "Site Jilst lip and thought of all the mean, lev down thing« that blamed crilter had b.cn a doin' alHiut property k itin' sheep upsettlu' her bee house '. t<-lr'.n’ down the grapevine« and land kn >ws what *isly thrust her lm-1-uiid into iln* room. "Laud nlivi*! .Hurry up, pa. and drive the varmiut out of tliet or he'll have e t up all the winter butter! oh. he * gone aud done It now!" ahe shrieked us a loinl crash,aoumted from la-low. "I kuew be would!" Jale-z striate bravely forward and waa Just reaching down the old fash loned UBizzle louder when the bear emerge-l from .the trap mat amblisl swiftly for the open ilisir. If bruin thought that he was going to escs|ie so easily, with the weight ol ail Ills aina upon Ills head, he was vast ly mistaken. Karsh Anu leaped out and ulamtued the door lu his face. A man. a bear and a gun abut together in a space eight feet square! It looked very much aa if somi-tbing ought tc happen Jaliez thought ao too “Holy pokers, Sarali! open that ilool quick!" he aliouted. "Shoot him, shoot him!" auswert-d Mrs. Johuesy "He'll git out if 1 open the door.” "Gol darn It. let him git out!” the farmer shouted back. "I'm no blamed b'ar hunter, and I ain't a golu' to lie neither!” And then, as tills seemed Ineffectual, a bright Inspiration flashed through Ills brain. "J to yer want blood and b’ar's grease messed all over yer parlor Hour. Sarah, for there will lie If yer don't look real smart?" The door Hew ofien on the instant, while Airs. Johnesy. having removed herself to one side. pl|s-d tip In another tune: "Don't yer bit him—don't yer hit him, Jaliez! Let him git outer the houss first.” But the bear In the meantime hud changed his mind and instead of "gif tin' out" sat in the doorway growling mid making faces at poor old Johnesy, whose gun was drawing Invisible hiero glyphics in the air. [TO HU CONTIMUKD.l TRAFALGAR The Swiftness of Action of This «area« Naval Battle. The world will see other sen tights but never one like this, so close, si swift and with so much lu it of tin personal eleuieut. And what may la called the pace of the battle, the swift Hess with which iueideut follows luci dent. Is almost without a parallel ii the history of war. The tlrst gun wai tired ut 12:15; at 12:22, or only sevei minutes ufter the French guns openei ou him, Collingwood, with tin- Brltlst ships nearest to him, was through lln enemy’s line. Only one brief minute later, or ai 12:23 by the log of the Euryalus, Nel son Is lu the tight, and is pouring hit first dreadful broadside Into the steri of Villeneuve's flagship. Two minute- later the French amt Spanish topmast- begin to fall. At 1:32. or sixty sevei Stu Fl.I I. 1 o II.I.ON OF SOAPY WATKV minutes after the first gnu was fired I',' THE animal ’ s face . Blackwood reports "the center and real nil In-si.I«'-." while a great rage welled of enemy's line to Is* hard pressed it Up in her usually gent'e heart, lind It action." The fate of the battle is prac seemed as If a vengeance swift anil tlcally settled. Already some of tin terrible was about to descend Upon enemy's ships have struck. The swifi this Innocent, sh-epy looking creature. moments run on, and the pulses of tin great tight keep time with them. Til« Like a flash she sprang to a low advantage Is not all on one side. bench Just Inside the door, seized f At 2:3<J, for example, or less than tw< wash basin in both hands and tiling l hours from tin* moment when, n sli- p< gallon of soapy water full in the mi! of majestic pride, tin- Royal Sovereigi nial's face Spluttering and growling moved into th«- zone of the enemy'» the bear retreated Into a back rootr tire, she lies a mast less and helples- hulk. She has «lone her work, but sin and Mrs. Jolinesy hastily shimmed th door upou her unwelcome visitor, e! lias paid a terrible price for it. Then factually cutting otr tils means of «•? Is at this moment a Hutter of tings <n the masthead of the Victory, for Nel cape. son has a great captain's watchfu This accomplished, she turned t« vision, and a frigate—it is the Eiirynlii» Mary Ann, who bud been standing al —comes down with every inch of can one side walchlug the perforuiunet vas set, groping her way through tin with starlug eyes mid serious face, and smoke, to take the buttereil hull of tin spoke to her sharply: "Now, Jest yet Royal Sovereign In tow. so that liei look here, Mary Ann, mid mind whal broadsides the mighty Nliip can slil i'ui a sayin' to yer. Sit right down fight, though she cannot sail bear iipot there on that stoop, and don't yer mow tlie enemy's ships witliin her reach. till I git back mid don't yer let no one Tills Is not a battle spread througl come in, for there's a awful growed days. It Is compressed almost Inti up b'ar lu tliet hack room Hint would minutes. The first shot was fired a Jest love to eat sei'll as you. I'm a go 12:15; before 3 o’clock Hag after Hug ii lu' to git yer pa to come and kill II going down; a groat t1«s-t is crumblinf dead. Now, mind what I tell yer!" Into ruin. Bv 5:;|d o'clock nil Is over.- And, with a parting glance at the par Cornhlll Magazine. lor door, she climbed a snake fence and burrleil across a Held of stubble, The V Isler's I.lttle Joke. disappearing behind a low hill. A l-'reucliman who lived many years Mury Anu sat dutifully where she lu Fez tells how the Moroccans enjoy was put. willi her small mind full of a Joke at the expense of Europeans thoughts of the "big doggie,” till she Au ultimatum hud ou one occasion saw the tall Hgure of her pa come been sent to the governor demanding a bounding over the rise, followed a mo letter of apology. No letter came, and uieut later by mn, mid then Andy val tin- French charge d’affaires went tc lautly waving a bay fork above Ills the vizier, Si-Feddin Garnlt, to an nounce his departure. "Do not go!" bead. When they hud all collected in the cried the vizier. "You are our friend kltebeu Jabez suddenly grabbed Ills Th«- letter only ms-da the sultan's seal. bead, while a queer expression spread It will lie ready tomorrow.” It wa» over bls honest couuteuance. "Sarah not ready on the next day or the next, and on the third day the charge d'af Anu Johnesy, If yer ain’t the big head edest, all m'ouud stupidest female bein' faires, after refusing all refreshment, that ever milked a cow! Ito you know d«*clar«*d that he was leaving Fez Im what yer goue mid done? Ye've coopt-d mediately, whereupon Sl-Feddin-Oar- up the b'ar right along in the smile nit drew the letter from bla leathern room as my gnu, and then yer cal'late wallet. “It has been ready for five thet I'm a golu' ter shoot him. If thet days." he said. "You see. there was na ne«l for ang«T-" ain't the women folk fer yer!” Sarah Ann looked blank. "If we only Fl*btlaa ShoHs Race. bed known In time wc could 'a' got "By the way they fight I cau tell meu'i- a lend of Joe Hausen's gun. but 1 nationality." said a policeman. Ai reckou as bow be took it along when Englishman, when he is going to tight be went pa'tridge killin’ out back set throws bis bat and coat In a bins tlement way," she answered In self tering. blurting way on the ground. A' defense. Scot pulls his bat down tight on bi! Meanwhile Andy had sneaked around head and liuttoua bis coat carefully 1 the bouse and bad cautiously peaked The canny S«-ot is not going to eu In the parlor window "to git a squint «lunger any of bls property. An Irish ' at the pesky brute,” only to discover mini appeals to the crowd to hold bls that the room was emqty. He rushed coat. The Celtic nature desires sym back with wild excitement. "Jatie. pathy and tries to build It tqi. A Ger Jabe!" he shouted. "He ain’t tliar! He man. metlKMllcal. precise, folds his coat ain't tbar! He's up mid cleared out. I In a neat bundle ami lays bis hat on tell yer!” top of It to bold It down. An Amerlciui Sarah Ann turned with fury on Alary Is so anxious to pitch In and have th« Ann. "AVbat have yer gone and done thing over that he starts fighting with with thet there b'ar. Mary Anu John«*- out giving a thought to liat or coat.''— sy. thet I left yer so careful like ter New York l’ress. keep yer eye on when I was a fetchtn yer pa? Now. none of yer lyin’ ter me. A l’ole« la Paactualloa. but speak up quick!” And she grabbed For a century past, probably longer, her by the arm and shook her vigor the rule of the beat printers aud pub ously. Ushers has lieen, "Three words in the ”1 didn't do uutfln'—I didn't—I didn't same construction are separate«! by —I didn't!" Mary Ann walled In a commas." Two examples will illus piercing voice, and the last wall was trate the rule: still on the move as the others entered "John. James and Thomas b»ve come." the house for a closer investigation. As so punctuated the first name Is "It do seem as if lie hud Jest meltisl vocative, the second and third nomlna away!" whispered Sarah Ann in an tlve. Two persona have come. awestruck voice as they peered through "John. James, and Thomas have come." And now the three names are all the crack of the slightly opened door "AA here could he have got ter?" nominatives. Three persons have come. The two meanings cau be Indicated They sisin discovered his retreat. At one side of the room n trap door ied otherwise only by a footnote. — New down through the Hoor into the cold, York Times._______ _______ dark cellar la-low, and Mrs. Jobuesy A Us always has a certain amount of bad forgot to close it after her last de •cent. Auyway. there huug the gun weight with those who wish to bellsvs above the mautelnleee. aud she vigor !t—Rico HUMO.l UF THE HOUR CHOICE Asasss^ t tsr u is'Ur Mure, "Jam«*»." i«g.u ilo- prill- .p«f n that inch lui-wblef tuuki-r «.« a«*L«>ol ciiteri-U hi-« oi-i • ..« >» > - i his request, "I bear Io.» i.irn-Ii i< your class behavior Ali-. Sb«, sin- finds it ueceaMary to reprove y<. : «luring tin- history per:--1, th-' - ip« Visor of music i-ompl.iiiis of your u ., fully poor singing. Air fowl - t>■ I» me your atteuliomis usually waudei iim from « lass experiim-nt- to im-- <-i:i a< demonstrations of your own Now, James. Imw long must this lecturing from your different t<-ii<-liera con tluile?” nski-tl tin- principal severely. "I don't know." replied the trutlifu Jaim-s, “but I supiH«-«- I hav«- a ««asoli ticket.” Judge V Truly Good Mini. "Brother Kiwti-ash," -al-l bis pa-tor "whiit would you do If th«- injunction «■Him* to you., Sell till thou hast aii-l give to the pgor?' "I should oliey it, of course," answer e«l the great merchant, "as I have al ways dune. Everything 1 have in st«M-k is for sale, and I give mor«- to th«- poor than any two men in this block.”—t'hieag.i Tribune. E iiouii I i Said. MISCELLANY NEW SHORT STORIES Tilt DAYS l.u.dril Fur Wllch«*.. Iii witchcraft lore silver seems to lave I hh - u crislite«! with great i»owor to dis|H*rs«* evil spirits, in an ol«l IsMik on th«- HubJ<-« t om- rends of a “valliant Souhlier who hud skill in N'eeromani'y" and who always used “silver bulh-ts t«» shoot away the witches." The evl«lenc«-s of sueT su perstition ar«- brought directly to the modern eye through the discovery made by n Peuusylvanin farmer The iueideut is printed in th«- Philadelphia Record. Mr. Vedderman is interested in cu rios ami purchased recently an ol«l mus ket at a farmhouse sale. From its ap pearance the weapon antt-dates the Revolution. It was lu u deplorable state of rust, ami In cleaning it the new owner dlscovereil that it was loaded. He carefully withdrew the charge an«! to liis surprise found Instead of bullets two sliver shillings dated 1781 tightly waddeil with leaves of a Bible of an cient print. Ih-neath the coins were a small logk of hair ami u piece of p.-i|»er containing an illegible quotation, 'lhe gunitowiler was coarse and undoubted ly of colonial manufacture. The whole looks very much like a charmed charge, calculated to demolish som«- weird Imiy of the broomstick. "Now," said Air. Oldbe.iu tentatively as be stroktsl his gray beard, "If a mini were, say, fifty and the woman of bis choice about twenty, do you think that would leiul to an unhappy marriage?" l-'oeiisiiis Wireless Telegraphy. "I think." promptly replied Alias lu order to prevent wireless m«-s- Young, "it would be mon- likely to lend Hiiges from interfering with on«- anoth to a rejected proposal.' l’liila-lelphia er endeavors have been made to send Press. electrical waves only in one direction, as luminous signals are given off from III m I)r«*nin. "I guess," saiil Airs. Miggleeliain. “it a concave mirror. Professor Braun has must la- true that dreams go by < ri been engaged in experiments of thi- trarles." kind, and in a lecture Is-fore th«- "Why?" her buslaiml ask«-d. Strassburg L'uiverslty Association «if "Last night when you were talking Electricians and Naturalists he an in your sh-ep you said: ‘No gotsl. I’v< nounced that these experiments had got kings full.' But I couldn't seem come to a successful conclusion. Pro to tluil a cent in your clothes."—«'hica fessor Braun's methods are based on go Record l!«-rald. the fuel that three antennae arranged in the angles of a regular triangle are A Cruel World. excited by waves of th«* same ¡ie- rlislieily, but of tlifferent phases. The inventor states that one of the tlins- antennae la-gins vibrating by 1-250,ooh of a seconil earlier or later than the two olhers, this difference In time be ing kept up, according to experiments, wilh an acuraey of about om- s«-con<l Ju three years. This will result in dif ferent radiation according to the dif ference of th«* space, ami by simply in verting a crank th«- direction of maxi mum «-ffects can la- shifted by tin or 120 degrees. St. Louis Post-Dispute!]. The XVorlli'H .M«*,t l-owerful (luu. ile I hear that your husband In demi ? Slit-—Yes, but the loss was full) eov <-re«l by Insurance. Would Xot Interfere. "It’s raining hard," said tin- boy wh looked .through th«- dripping window pane. From la-hind liis p.-qn r his father growled, "I don't cure let it rain!" The littl«- lad in grave surprisi- glan«-e«l sweetly up at him. “AVliy. I I was a-golu’ to,” acknowledged little Jim - Harper's AVei-kly. The Pnttern Egg. Describing the milking of the most powerful gun In the world, Day Allen Willey says In th«- Technical AVorld Magazine: "Technically this great 'peacemaker' is called a sixteen inch breeehloading riile. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that th«- 'sixteen inches' refers to the diameter of the bore, or th«- caliber. In fact, this is so large that a man of ordinary size can crawl Inside the muzzle without difficulty. A better i«b a of tin- gun can lie gained when It is stated that tin- forgings for the tub«- ami Jacket weigh not less than 1SI tons. The tube itself is forty-nine ami a half feet in length, ami ns the gun Is of the built up type favor«-«! by artillery officers of the pres«*nt day It is re-enforetsl at the base by th«- jack et. which was shrunk into position. Tile tub«- is further 8tr«-ngthened by four sets of hoops, which really make It of four thicknesses of metal between th«- center of th«- tub«* ami the breech." "S«s- what I got!" « rieil Bobby, a city br«sl boy, as In- came running from a clii<-ken coop, holding in. his hand n china egg. "Oli. go put it back!" exclaimed Ma Mi 11 ioiiiiire Palncea. bel, his slx-year-old sister. "That's The palaces of the millionaire, like the the egg th«- hen measures by.”- Judge etqtt si«l«* tenements or the suburban cottages, have been built directly for Ilin Idea of It. the market. The modern Fifth avenue "Wonderful thing this «sldicatlon" mansion has become almost a staple said th«- old man. article of merchandise. Five or six “In wlmt way?" years ago th«* builder who risked Ids "In this way: John knows Jest capital in a $30.000 or $40,000 house enough Latin an' Greek an' French to was regarded ns a very venturesome know nothin' ut all about makin' a person. In the last six year», however, livin'” Atlanta Constitution. a single New York builder has erected houses at a cost of from $400,000 tc Wh> lie Is Worried. $500,000 on a purely speculative basis Tom Why nr<- you worric I so I»- and has. moreover, sold them. Wheth cause Julia has taken your pl< tur«- out er the purcb.'i-ers’ contentment with of li«*r watch? She do«-s that «-v<-r» tlie ready mad«- article, however. Is ow time she gets a little miffed ing to the lack of Ideas or an Indecent Dick Yes. l ilt this tint«- she s got an haste to establish themselves ou Amer other fellow's picture in my place De ica's greatest residential thorough troll Fr«*e Press. fare is not determined.—Metropolitan Magazine. Want n Lot. Florist—People expect so much of u When they buy a plant mo t of ’em want us to throw in the pot. Friend—Yes? Florist—And all of 'em expect us to throw in th«- earth.—Louisville I'ourier- Jonrmtl Au Earl? Awakening. The quiet French town of Annonay had n deplorable thrill of the nerves the other night. The parish church bell ringer awoke nt twenty minutes past midnight, read the time for 4 a. m. by mistaking the hands and, rushing to the church through the de- ItecoKulsrd nt Once. sorted streets, began Tinging out the Maud—Did you see Kate's new h it morning "augelus," The church is sit nt church this morning? uated pretty well in the center of the Alice— Yes. but It wasn't th«- In : town, and the unwonte«l clamor star time I had s « h - u it. 1 saw it in a stoi tled the entire population from tlielr window on Friday afternoon mark,-1 beds with apprehension of some immi "Only *3!" Somerville Journal. nent calamity. The police bud to climb the belfry to put an «-ml to the untime >1 ut (in I I n<| ii i r ii*M. “Can you make goml broad?** cau ly performance. tlously lm|Uir<-<l the practical y««un 'I'lie SniifT Dippers. man. This Is a tobacco using nation. So "If you «-an furnish tb<- 'dough.'" re many people smoke it is not difficult to pliisl the practical young woman imagine what becomes of over 7.000,- Baltimore American. ftlO.OOO cigars am! over 3,000,000,000 cigarettes, but what is done with 21,- Ken«<»n For llevrrrncr. Little Willi«- You are awful proud 000,000 pounds of snuff? Who uses it? There Is still a considerable «¡omarnl of your gran'pop. ain't you? Little Rob- You betcha! Why. he for snuff in th«- "backwoods" dlsvrh-ts, ns«sl to lick pop reg'lar Tom AA'atson's and It is still u<«*d by women In the more remote rural regions a mJ moun Magazine. tain sections of the smith, but this Wh) He Klll«-«1 Her. would account for only a small part of Him—I dote upon you wildly. 21.tOO,000 potin«ls. AYher«* are tin- snuff Iler Yes, pa said yon had a I ■; <-r dippers?—Nashville American. ft wild dotes Cleveland I«- A Severe Test. The A.larnl KIVeet. Father From my observation of him last night I came to tin* conciti- a that young man of yours was rath i wild. Daugtiter of course. It wr yout constant ol-s -rv.itlon that i him wild. He wnntetl you t > g > c stairs and leave us atom- I hil.-i « I phla Ledger. However rich or elevatisi «ve may ' s nameless something is ah« « s t«., • Ing to our lm|HTf«-< t furtuni- Hora«-«- Don't ask a girl to marry you after dark when she is dressed fit to kill. Call on her. and when you leave inad vertently drop a glove on tlie piano. Return for it th«» next morning at ti o'clock. If she comes to the door with one shoe ami om- slipper on, her hair done up in curl papers, dressed in an old Mother Hubbard, our advice is to take to the woods. But if she appears In a neat house dress, her hair done np and a rose in tin- top of her hair, grab her quick. Marionville (Mo.) Free Press. HOURS WASHINGTON LETTER t he AA l.r XeluLUitr. . l it « ■■« « -vaBdsio«] “Peter Lorillard Ronalds, who it th» ORIGIN OF OUR SYSTEM OF. THt •Beiieuth the *tre«|s of the city ut ug>- of sevcnty-eiglit lia* «-»nq et«*l * WasliUtgtun there have beeu laid a to □WISICU OF TIME thousand mile «-om-hing trip, is a* wise tal of 41&G mile* of seiver», of aa Mvh l>«*«l»**d l*y It*«* Uab) louinua as lu- is robust," saiil a resilient of New- It U 1< 13.2 ar«* main »ewer» and 3«t5.3 pip« ku \\ ere m V rr> < let er I'rsspte itm-lielle to a Tribune report>-r ret elltly sewers. U ms Vdoplcd b> ll«e t.rrek* Mini "Air Ronalds doe* not believe in To thus provide for th«- proper setter It mi * SaariHe«! PhrssuMt* Hi ’ lifiiigr* quarreling or conteutl««ii, ami he toll! sge au-l sanitation of the capital has me the other day how. by the ai«l of a If you pull your watch out of youi <-o«t a grand total of $ 13,013,982JN. ut little thought, he once got hB right* x-k< t you will have lu your baud oin tn averagt- of $211,052 for each mile from an unreasonable and pigheaded of lhe most wonderful piece* of mu constructed. During tlie past fiscal year the mile neighbor. chinery «-ver constructed. Tliink bow ng«* <>f sewers constniet>*d amounted to "This neigblior kept chicken*. Th«- it works throughout tin- day and uiglit but 11.7 miles, at a cost of $1.154. chickens were uot properly penuetl in. , uml bow it k«s-p* it up year in, year out. «‘>13 s5. or $HH,07t) l»er mile. The uuusu Time anil again they escape«! and. en Think how iln* stssiud baud ¡siints tc ally high liguri* per mile for the past tering Mr. Ronald*' garden, did a deal 3,<«ia> divisions of time «luring every year i* «lue to the additlou of foul of damnge there. hour. If never s 1« h - i » s . mil«** to the main «ewer system. "Time and again Mr. Ronahls re I.««an Kharki la Departateata. If It is like Iln* ill «-rage watch, it wil monstrat«*! with th«- nelgldior. whe Is- built up of uo fewer than 175 differ Investigations have beeu ordered lu «■ut pits-«-*. Tliese pieces will bav< tlx- Avar department, treasury depart passed through more than 2.4« h > s«-p ment ami certain bureaus of the lute arate «»[»eratlons. each la-ing a distim-l rior department Into the methods of tiHurers, or, as they ure popularly called form of inanufact ure. Th«- fourth jewel wlns-l screw is s< in tin- government service, "10 per eeut very small iliul it Is almost invisibl«- er*." Information lias been received To tin- linktsl eye it iipp<-:ir* to lie but u by th«* heads of the departments named s|H*-k of «lust. When examined undet or their bureau chiefs to the effect that n magnifying glass it will la- s<-«-u b not only are money sharks operating la- a perfect syrew, having 2H0 tbreiuls outsldi- tlie government departments to tin- inch, encli threiul la-itig w«-l and victimizing the clerks, but tbai ■ r.t. Actually th«- diam<-ter of tin» there are syndicates organize«! inside screw is so littl«- as 111«- four on«--lliou tlx- departments and officer*«! by de samltli part of an inch, an«l It wouhl partment clerks. Scheme* of Honer t.«»4«r«, take no less a numla-r than luo.iva One of the ««-hemes being worked !< similar screws in onler to till an or ditiary tldmbli- as used by the ladii-s for tlx- borrower to give Ills note for u Each screw has a double bead and sum far in exi-ess of the amount which Ims to la- hardened. After tin- harden he borroAvs, and the note reads at C Ing process the screws are arrange«! in per cent. As ho signs it voluntarily fr>ini<*s, being i»t»i«-«*<l in willi tin- head* ami aa It conies within tho usury laws, tipAvard. This «leliint«- operation Is Illeso notes have beeu collected through «Ion«« by the sens«- of touch nlom- In tlx* process of the courts. One letter, addressed to tlie head ol stead of by sight, and great rapidity THK NEPillBOl: WATCHED HIM WITH DIS- marks th«* skillful operator. the department by an $1,800 a year Some I-LEASt'KE. when- about a lumdred screw« arc clerk, Statoil tlint he had borrowed $4-’ ;.r 1 to coniine his chickens la-t- plac«sl in each frame, an«! tlie frames four years ago and In that time bad ter, but never kept bis word. are attn«-lm<l to a mai-hlne Avhich pol paid $111 interest anil now had a debl "Ami here, where another man-would Ishi-s tin- heads of the screws lO.mli» at Avhich was lielng press«««! against hitu have got mad. gone to law, quarreled a time. for $5G. ami squabbled, Mr. Ronald* smileil < fipltol ImprovemenlM. It will lie seen how marvelous these and ordered his butler to bring him a wri-Avs are, y«*t one of them forms but When the senators and representa dozen eggs. one tiny pl«-cc of a watch. Still, this fives return to Washington shortly t«j "Ill- took these eggs into tlie garden will show th«- remarkalth* nature of that attend tlie approaching session of cou and hid them, under cover of the dark everyilay article. AA'hen sp«-cial wat< lies gress they «vili bo astonishes! at th« ness, in the flower beds, where ths are consider«*«! then- Is itiilee«! room for transformation in tho interior of th« chickens from next door were most wonder. enpltol, for which they will be ludebt wont to scratch. For instiin«-«-. take the watch •vhieli <sl to Elliot Woods, superintendent ol "Thon the next morning, when the was pn-sentisl to Catherine I. on her tlx- enpltol building and grounds. Thli neighbor was looking over the hedge, coronation us empress of Russia. This work, which bn« occupied the whol< Air. Ronalds sauntered down his gar watch was on«- of the most remarkably time since the adjournment of the Iasi den paths and, with many pauses and constructed instruments «-ver made. congress, Is uoav nearing completion. stooping*, picked up one egg here ami On th«- opposite side of tlie works of Perhaps tlie most gratifying of all another there till he had got the dozen, this extraordinary timekeeper there the Improvements are the three com while the neighbor watched him with was an exact reprt-sentation of the plot«- systems of flue ventilation, in an expression of stern displeasure ami holy sepulcher, with a carved image stallisi during the past summer, in ev surprise. of tin- Roman guard stationed outside cry part of the great building. Owlnj "From that day the next door chick it. As soon as the AVatch case avhs to tho lofty dome and rotunda of th« ens roamed no more.”—New York Trib op«-n«-d the imitation rocks would roll capitol tin* fireplace and flue systen une. aAA'iiy from the mouth of the sepulcher, has been more or less defective ami the soldier woulil kneel, angels would subject to counter drafts. To correct IrvitiK'* Gruiroalty, appear at opposit«- aid«** of the opening, this serious defect all the flues hav« Tlie late Sir Henry Irving retained and sweet strains of music Avould b< been equipped with exhaust fans and faitliful old members of his company heard. This remarkable tvatch took such other apparatus as will put a stop long after their services might have nine years' uninterrupted labor in or to the smoko from tho fireplaces golns lieen dispense«! with If only business der to construct. tlx* «vrotig way. considerations prevailed. One of the Th«- first clock in any way resem llotand» llestored. most touching cases of this character bling those iu use at present avus made Front an artistic standpoint the most was that of Daddy Ilowe, who «lied in by Henry Vick in the year 1370, anil it notable improvement lies In the Cincinnati some years ago tvhile the was made for t’bsrles V. of France. change* made in tho rotunda. The eu company was touring here. At one of This monarch av .- is surname«! the AA'ise, tire upper portion of the rotunda has th«- most memorable dinners given to but his «silication avhs imperfect iu lieen cleaned an«! painted, and the hid Irving by the members of the profes many respects, and he knew It well. cons "steamboat paint” of the sand sion Daddy Howe arose and, with As a result he avhs very obstiuuto in stono «vails hns btten completely scrap tears streaming down his face, told his claim to know everything. He cd away, revealing tho beautiful red liow his proposal to retire had been re showed this obstinacy when Vick brown color and stratification of the ceived. At this time lie was eighty .brought th«- new timepiece for hi* ap walls, which harmonize wondf-rfully years old. AVIien Howe learned that proval. The king could not find any with the color scheme above. the company was to come to America fault AA'ith its working, so ho criticised The sandstone used In the walls Is of he realized that the expense would be the figures on the dial. an unusually fine, rich color, some Ho told tlx- maker that he had mad«- what resembling Siena marble, while very great am! that the minor roles he played could be easily filled over here a grievous error, ns the figures to de tho door posts and lintels, which are nt a much less cost. .As a result of note the hour of 4 should be four !'s. of a rich purplish brownstone that tlies«- gloomy reflections he wrote Mr. l’oor A'ick venture«! to tell th«- king formerly under white paint looked like Irving that he appreciated the situa that in- was wrong. "I am never cheap pine affnlrs, stand In effective tion and would either retire or accept Avrong!” thundered th«- irat«» monarch. contrast to the walls. The bas-reliefs, a reduced salary. Not receiving an an "Take the clock nAvuy and correct the especially the one depicting Penn and mistake at once upon pain of my dis swer, he brought the matter up at a tlie Indians, are no«v works of art, pleasure!" personal interview. whereas formerly they looked as Vick had to do as he was told, with “Dear me! Ah, yes! Well, 1'11 let the result that all our timepieces have though the sculptor had drawn his In you knotv presently,” was Mr. Irving's the fourth hour labeled IIII instead of spiration from some almanac. There evasive reply. IV, as should be the case if the correct is now something about the rotunda Daddy Ilowe thought from this that numeration Avcre followed. that remind* one of the interior of a hi- was undoubtedly doomed to retire How many people have the slightest Greek temple. The color of the walls, ment. With trembling lingers he open notion why sixty seconds mnke a min tlie graining or stratification of the ed a note that came from Mr. Irving ute an«! Avhy the hour is divided into stone, harmonize with the historical the next day and read: sixty minutes, ami so on? AVliy are paintings above. "Of course I expect you to g«», and I there not ten hours to th«* day and ten The New Bronze Doors, hope that the Increase In your salary to the night? I lio new bronze doors at the entrance will indicate my appreciation and good The reason is very simple. It is be to tlie house are now in place. The bas- wishes.”-- New York Times. cans«- the people of Babylon reekone«! reliefs on the south door of the bouse not only by a decimal system of nota entrance, counting from top to bot On llie Trolley < nr, tion, but also l>y a sexagesimal sys tom, are: "The Wyoming Massacre.” A group of traffic managers am! au tern. That is to say, they not only “The Battle of Lexington,” "Presenta ditors at the convention of street rail reckoned by tons, but also by sixties. lion of Color* to Colonel Moultrie" an«l way men in Philadelphia tvere telling The Babylonians were very clever poo “Death of Montgomery.” On the nortli stories of street railroading Irwin pie, and they saw that the decimal sys door, following in the same order, the Fuller of Detroit said: tom was by no moans the b«?st. reliefs are: "First Reading of tlie Dec "A pretty Irish girl, fresh from tlie They knew that no number hud sc laration of Independence,” "Signing the old country, sat in a trolley car looking many divisors as has sixty. Treaty of Peace nt Paris,” "Farewell at the strange American country with H oav about the division of the day of Washington" aud "Franklin In His modest Interest. Into hour«? The Babylonians began by Laltoratory.’ “She had soft, gray eyes, a face like comparing tlie progress made by the IltiK «1 Hile Like Fla*. roses and lilies, beautiful hair and sun on its daily journey to the distant'«* A Iieautlful large rug made in Imita white teeth. « covoroil by a good walker, this being tion of tlx- I'uit«-«! State* flag ha* beeu “ ‘Your fare, miss,’ said the con I done at the time of the equinox. The hung in tin- anteroom of the diplomatic ductor, pausing before her. astronomers divided the sun's journey room in tlx- stalo department. It is “She blushe«l and bit her lip. Into twenty Mr pnn’angs, whence ocr i,m««e «titin-ly of *1ik mid is seven feet "'Your fare, miss,' he repeated. hours. eight Inches long, four feet «vide aud “•Sure.' sai«l the girl, ’an’ what if I The Babylonian system avhs adopt«*«l on«' in« Ii thick. It is the product of the bo? Y’e must not be repeatin’ It lik<- by the Greeks. It Is on«- of the most looms in tlx* industrial establishment that before folks.’"—New York Trib remarkable facts of history that the of tlx- orphanage maintain«*! nt Kar uno. system has survived through every put. Turkey, Dy American contribu «•hango made since th«- «lays of Baby tion* nini iva« present«*d to the United I’*r«y Line* In l-rl*«»n. Ionia. When tlx- the French rovolu Stat«-* government by Armenian or B. F. Fuller of Pittston, Me., was an tlonlze«'. all Aveiglits and measures, go phan« in gratitude for American benev enthusiastic Democrat. When he came Ing so far as to alter the days of the olence. to Gardiner, the «-ounty scat, be was Ntatnr Muniate«!. week, still they loft the old system of always discussing on some point about The clement«, or possibly vandal*, notation so far ns regarded th«- reckon the greatness of th«- party to which h>- ing or tno nignt of time. Evon our own have so abused the heroic statue of lielongtsl. Georg«- Washington on the capitol es One day while in a «tore be was ar lovers of th«- decimal notation do not pannile that tlie father of his country guing Avlth some other men when In ■ suggest that the old sexagesimal moth lias been made to look cross eyed. In valkeil on«- of his neighbors. Mark : oil of reckoning time should bo altered. addition to tills, the base has been spilt Cross, who hiul Just returned from - Pearson's Wecklv. its ivholo height. Piece« have been thirty days in Kennel«*' Jail. Squire , chipp«*! out of the baldric of the sword < I'ronnuK AAi*nt«-«l. Fuller asked him how lie got aiotig up Tlx- want of a eomposit«- pronoun t< and from the base. The uprals«*d In there, anil Mark replied: dex finger of the right hand has been "I had a splendid time up there express I with "he" and "she,” and, what riiere were sixty six of us. all goisl is sometimes more im|»ortnnt, to ex a target for boys. The cross eyed et- fellows, and not a blamed black Re pri-ss neither ho nor she, must liavt feet has Is-on produced by removal of embarrnssed every one nt some time oi part of lhe right eyeball. The aspitct publican among them.” Th«- shouts of the npectators follow«*! another. There are ungrammaticii uf tic once «lignifleil nud serious figure CARL SCHOFIELD. Squire Fuller out. Boston Herald Avays of shelving the difficulty, such as I* ri-li. uloiis. for instan«-e, by translating the con FINGERS AND FORKS, Snmr Old Story. vonient French “on" as "they,” when "I»« m - s lie pay his alimony promptly?" we r«*nlly mean one persou Avho may Never use a fork when taking a pie«'« "No; be has to l»e urged and threat lie either masculine or feminine. Th« of bi4-ad. ene«l every payday, but. then, of lack of a portmanteau word to express Avoid using a spoon for anythiui course, 1 got used to that when we l»th sexe« without specifying citlu-i that I* not liquid. were living together.”—Cleveland Plait- did not, however, trouble the new inakl Pastry *liould l»e eaten with s fork Dealer. who approached her mistress with th« also i< >' « ream where the proper forks ingenious remark, "I’lease'm, a friend are serv«*l. t iihspplnes*. of mine has call«-«l and may I ask it They who have never known prosper I to tea?" Ixindon t'hronlcle. It 1« permissible to eat celery, corn ity can hardly lie said to be unhappy , asparagus, water «reus and unilresse,' It I* from the remembrance of joys we salad with the fingers. ■ Arctic explorers say the aurora pro have lost that the arrow* of affliction Olive* shoukl Is- lifteil from tbe dial duce« an agreeable, prickly, stimulat are pointed. Emile Zola. witli tin- ««live fork or spoon, but should lug sensation. be eaten from th»' Ungers.