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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.