ALASKA BOUNDARY. Cuited States and BrttUh Sornjsri is Establish the Ltns Hamad In tha Modu. Vivendi. The American members of the inter national commission appointed to sur vey and mark oat the Alaska boundary line at Lynn canal, under the modas Vivendi, arrived in Seattle from Wash ington, and wil proceed to Victoria, where they will meet the two British members of the commission. The American menmbers are C. H. Tilman, assistant superintendent of the United States coast and geological survey, and his assistant, O. B. French. They are gathering statistics and information here concerning the matter they have in hand. Mr. Tiilman said it would requite probably two months to com plete the survey. The line will be marked with the usual monuments, stakes, etc. On Ghilkoot and White passes, monuments of a permanent char acter will be set up, so that there may be no possible dispute at these points as to the exact location of the line. "We are simply to ascertain the lo cation and mark out for the guidance of all persons the line established by the modus vivendi between England and the United States," said Mr. Til man. "This line was agreed to in Oc tober, 1899, after several months of ne gotiation. It is by no means a per manent or established boundary line beyond the terms and life of the modus vivendi. Our work will be necessarily technical and not diplomatic, although we are operating under the direction, in this instance of the department of state, at Washington. The distance to be surveyed is about 25 miles." Mr. Tilman expects to begin active work in the field about June 15. He and Mr. French will meet the Cana dian commissioners at Victoria. They are W. F. King and J. L. McArthur. A party of about 12 men will be taken alone to assist in the field work. The expenses of the survey are to be shared equally by the two countries. Northwest Notes. State Senator Charles W. Fulton, of Astoria, Or., has accepted the. Invita tion extended to him to deliver the Fourth of July oration in Pendleton. The warehouses at The Dalles, have already received about 1,500,000 pounds of wool, and it is pouring in rapidly from all points of the compass. The good road from Sumpter to Gran ite will be constructed under the direc tion of E. J. Godfrey. It will cost $5,000 or $6,000 and will be a credit to that section. The $1,000 bond issued by the Ham ilton school district, Grant Connty, Or., commanded a premium of $12. . The bond bears 6 per cent interest and is payable in 20 years. William E. McClure, formerly of Eugene, and a University of Oregon alumnus, will be graduated this year from the department of law, Columbia university, Washington, O. C. . What are the Oregon boys coming to? asks the Albany Democrat. John G. Hammond, a Europe young man, is do ing the villain in a "Sapho" company doing the New England states. J. T. Rorick last week cut a field of rye on the old Frank Taylor place across the river from The Dalles, Or., that averaged in height six feet and eight inches. Mr. Rorick says it beat any rye crop he ever saw. A new tube boiler has been sent down to Seaside, Or., to replace the large one now being used by the saw mill there. A 7,000 gallon water tank is being erected by the company near the box factory, and will afford ample protec tion in case of fire. Day Bros, have commenced work on their saw mill at Cascade Locks, and, when completed, it will saw 60,000 feet a day. They will get their logs on the other side of the rivei, one log' ging camp being near Stevenson, and another will be pnt in at Wind river. The prospect of a large crop of mel ons in Yakima connty. Wash., is not as bright as might be desired. The seeds having rotted, necessitates re planting, and the cool spell has not helped to develop a healthy growth; it is predicted the corp will be short and prices high. The experiments that have been car ried on by the O. R. & N. with brome grass and on the arid lands in the vi cinity of Telosaste, south of Union, Or., have shown that the new grass will grow luxuriantly on the dry and al most barren hills. A considerable quantity of seed will be sown this year. The steamer Signal was chartered by the Pioneer Western Timber Company for Cape Nome, and the vessel left South Bend for that point. J. D. Dyer is manager of the enterprise. It is proposed to start a lumber yard at Nome and supply it from South Bend or Knappton. A part of the cargo con sisted of 400,000 feet of lumber for buildings and since boxes. Fire broke out in the dry kiln of the Addison mill plant at Tacoma last week. The firemen confined the fire to the building in which it originated, but as that building contained the ma chinery, the mill will have to shut down for repairs. The loss is $15,000. while the insurance is but $4,500, leav ing a net loss of $10,500. The com pany will rebuild at once. H. J. Snively, J. H. Visslers and J. M. Baxter, have leased 1,200 acres of land on Toppenish creek, eight miles from Toppenish station, in Yakima county, Wash., and have seeded 400 acres to wheat, 90 to millet, 10 to field peas, 300 to barley and 350 to oats. It is their intention later on to engage in dairying and stockraising and most of the land will be devoted to timothy. They have contracts with the Indian owners of the land for a 10 years' lease, and believe the contracts are binding. Jack Salisbury and A. B. Chapman brought into Pendleton recently, 1,500 wethers which were sold to Howard. a bnyer from St. Paul. The sheep were shipped via the W. (J. K. and JNorth rn Pacific roads, and will be taken to the Montana ranges for the summer and then shipped on East in the fall. Mr. Salisbury stated that they received for the lot $2.Ca apiece, which is re garded as a very good figure. Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, has BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. Readjustment of Quotations the Lead ing Features of Trade. Bradstreet's says: Readjustments ol nrica nuntations to meet the changed condition of supply and demand are. till the leadintr features of the general trade. In volume the business doing is of a between-eeaeon character, im provement in some lines being counter balanced by increased dullness in othei timnnhox That the basic conditions ol the trade are in the main of a favorable nature, however, is proved by the con tinned good railroad earnings returni which come to band. The fact seems to be that the volume of business offer ed the transportation interests of the country continues considerably in ex cess of a' year ago. Crop reports are relatively most favorable as regards corn and oats. In the Southwest, wheat crop prospects are still main tained at a high average. In the Northwest wheat has been helped by late rains, but owing to their late ar rival it is not certain how much bene fit was obtained thereby. The hand-to-mouth domestic demand for iron and steel continues, but th number of small orders received is Southern pig and steel rails note most inquiry. The situation in the pipe market is no better, and plates are weaker. Concessions of fractions of a dollar are apparently easily obtained for pig iron, but throughout the trade the feeling is rather piore cheerful, the feeling being that lower prices will on the one hand encourage consumptive demands, and, on the other hand, tend to restrict production by less economi cal plants. - Business faiuree for the week in the United States number 135, as com pared with 167 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, old, 7c; new, 2o. Lettuce, hot house, 25c doz. Potatoes, $16(817;. $17 18. Beets, per sack, 90c$l. Turnips, per sack, 40 60c. Carrots, per sack, $1. Parsnips, per sack, 60 75c. Cauliflower, California 90c $1. Strawberries $2.25 per case. Celery 40 60c per doz. Cabbage, native and California, Tomatoes $2.60 per case. $1. 0001.25 per 100 pounds. Apples, $2.002.76; $3.003.50. Prunes, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c; dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1517c pound. Eggs 19o. Cheese 14 16c. Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c; spring, $5. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00 19.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $28; feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25; blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheal flour, $8.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed bee) steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8 10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13'4': breakfast bacon, 12 He; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 61o; Valley, 61c; Blues tem, 54c per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 86o; choice gray, 83o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00; brewing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 pei ton. Hay Timothy, $10 11; clover,$7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $67 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 35 40c; seconds, 45c; dairy, 25 30o; store, 25c. Eggs 13Hc per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 18c; Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 4.50 per dozen; hens, $6.00; springs, $2.503.50; geese, $6.508.00 for old; $4.506.50; ducks, $6.007.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 14 15c pei pound. Potatoes 30 55c per sack; sweets, 22 4C per ponna. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab bage, l4c per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, 1 He per pound; carrcta, $1. Hops 2 86 per pound. Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 27 80c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 3?4c; dressed mutton, 7 7 Ho per pound; lambs, 5 Ho. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $5.006.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4. 00 4.50; cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, SH 7c per pound. Veal Large, 6H7Ho; small, 8 8Hc per pound. Tallow 55Hc; No. 2 and grease, 8H 4o per pound. Ran Francisco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 14 16c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; Val ley, 1820c; Northern, 1012o. Hops 1899 crop, 11 13c per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 17 17 Ho; do seconds, 1616Hc; fancy dairy, 16c; do seconds, 14 15c per pound. Eggs Store, 15c; fancy ranch, 17c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $12.5018.50. Hay Wheat $6.5010; wheat and oat $9.009.00; best barley $5.00 7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 7.00 per ton; straw, 25 40c per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 6065c; Ore gon Burbanks, 70 86c; river Bur banks, 3565c; new, 70cfl.25. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.763.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75c f 1.60; do choice $1.762.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, S6ao per Science Al4D vention The fact that nettle fiber has of late been found to produce the finest tissues obtainable from any vegetable source has led to a project In Germany to in troduce the cultivation of nettles In the Kamerun region of Africa. If the ex periment Is successful, the enterprise will be undertaken on a large scale in connection with the weaving Indus tries. Among the most remarkable glimpses Into hidden corners of nature that re cent scientific advance has afforded are the frequent discoveries of micro-organisms in unexpected places, where they produce phenomena heretofore supposed to arise from other causes. For instance, Dr. A. Pettersen, of Up sala, Sweden, has ascertained that in preparations of meat and fish contain ing, for purposes of preservation, salt to the amount of 15 per cent, micro organisms grow luxuriantly, and he concludes that the flavors and odors that are peculiar to various salt con serves ar edue to the micro-organisms with which they are crowded. At the latest annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Prof. L C. Russell called attention to the recent discovery that many of the swamps and lakes in the southern peninsula of Michigan are rich in calcareous marl, suitable for making Portland cement. Although partly composed of shells, the Michigan marl Is principally a chemical precipitate which is still being formed. The precise method of its for mation is not yet understood. The sup ply is practically inexhaustible. Large cement works have lately been con structed, others .are in contemplation, and Prof. Russell says that Michigan can easily take a leading place in that (industry. In 1893 the Japanese government ap pointed an investigating committee on earthquakes. This committee, which has now nearly completed Its labors, re ports, among other things, that It seems likely that one part or another of Japan will be visited by a destruc tive earthquake once in every two and a half years. That portion of the land bordering the Japan Sea is seldom dis turbed by other than local earthquakes, while the Pacific coast of the country frequently suffers from great shocks originating under the "ocean. When a region is shaken by constantly recur ring small earthquakes, it appears to be rendered safe against the occurrence of destructive shocks, because the accum ulation of stress In the earth's crust at that point is prevented. Prof. E. H. Barbour, of the Univer sity of Nebraska, after comparing his own observations in 1895 with those in 1899, and collecting the opinions of oth er visitors to the National Park, ex presses the fear that within a decade many of the scenes now most attractive In the wonderful Yellowstone Valley will have disappeared. He gives de tails showing that nearly all the hot springs and geysers have declined In activity. "Old Faithful" geyser still does honor to Its name, but the Interval between its eruptions, formerly an hour, has Increased to 75 or. 80 min utes. Meanwhile there seems to be an increase of ebullition In the water of the greatest of all the geysers, the Ex celsior, whose outbursts have always been separated by irregular periods, covering years at a stretch, and there is hope that it may be preparing another exhibition of Its power. QUAIL-HUNTING IN EGYPT. Half a Million a Tear Ensnared by Natives. Much has been said lately of the cap ture of quail in Egypt, touching the protest made by Frenchmen against carrying the birds across French terri tory for English use. Until this mat ter rose nobody seemed to know that quail existed In Egypt, but they do by the millions. The passage of bands of quail over the coast of the delta of the Nile, from Port Said to Alexandria, begins in Sep tember and lasts a month and a half, the birds arriving in little groups and alighting on the dunes. Generally the chase is made by means of nets of five meters high, which the natives extend on cord's fastened to poles, in the fashion of curtains glid ing on their rods. In reality the net is double. The first near the side of the sea is of meshes very large and loose, but on the back is another net where the bird will real ly come and perch Itself in the folds formed by this second net of small meshes. There is another method of capture which is more picturesque. Rows of dried branches are placed on the shore. At the foot of each branch is disposed a tuft of fresh herbs, in the middle of which is arranged an opening which ends in a snare. The quail, tired by its journey, takes refuge in the branch, without figuring to itself that it is going to put itself Into a trap where a native will surprise It and kill it. With these perfected means of de struction, it is not astonishing that each year more than half a million of these poor little birds are taken. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. NEW FIND OF FULLER'S EARTH. Deposits of Unusual Parity Discovered in Florida. There has just been brought to light near the Ocklockonee River, fourteen miles west of Tallahassee, Fla., what Is believed by experts to be one. of the most wonderful pure veins of fuller's earth ever discovered in 3ny country. It is said to yield, at the expenditure of very little labor, immense quantities of fuller's earth, which stands the 100 test that is to say. there Is no waste. Nearly all mines of the kind contain, besides the valuable commodity, rock, flint gravel, sand, etc., but this is abso lutely free of all such substances. Fuller's earth is a soft clay and It has many uses. Half a century ago It was little mined in England, and was so valuable there that exportation of it was prohibited. Twelve miles from the place of the new discovery are two fuller's earth mines that have been worked for a long time. One is known as the Ward mine and the other is owned by the Standard Oil Company. The product Hitherto these two old mines have regulated the supply and the price of the article and enormous profits are said to have been realized from them. It is estimated that the fuller's earth found in this new vein can be put on the market ready for commercial uues at one-third the cost possible from any other mine. t Some of the more important uses to which this material is now put, with excellent results, are the following: 1. In making baby's powders of great healing properties for the skin. 2. In refining all kinds of crude oils. 8. For distilling whiskies and brew ing beer. 4. In the manufacture of all kinds of" vaselines. 5. Packing-houses use it-for refining lards, oleomargarines, butterines and cottolenes. These commodities cannot be made without the use of fuller's earth. 6. As a foundation for manufactur ing all kinds of laundry and toilet soaps. 7. A new use recently discovered for fuller's earth is that the wool manu facturers wash old wool with It, as it Is a great absorber of all oils and re fuse matter found in raw wool. POCKET SCALE. Convenient for Physicians, Amateur Photographers and Others. A convenient pocket scale for the use of physic! ins, photographers and oth ers who require a scale capable of ac curately weighing small quantities, of drugs, chemicals or other solid sub stances Is here Illustrated. As soon as the box lid Is opened the standard, which supports the scale beam, is thrown into an upright position by a spring. This scale beam is just long enough to go in the box, and the stand ard is so connected to It that there is POCKET SCALE. no connecting or adjusting of parts necessary, the scale being ready for instant use as soon as the case is open ed. Another good idea in this design is to have a sliding beam scale, so that there is no picking out and manipula tion of weights, the beam weight be ing simply adjusted at the proper point on the beam to balance the opposite pan and its contents, when its weight can be read on the scale at once. This arrangement also secures great stabil ity, as the box, when opened, forms the base for the scales, and prevents their being toppled over when in use. Naming the Prince of Wales. About six hundred years ago there was a king of England Edward I. who subdued the people of Wales. Af ter conquering the Welsh he was anx ious to get their good-will, and so, when it happened that his first baby prince was born in Carnarvon, in Wales, he had a bright idea. He an' nounced that his boy was a native of Wales one who could speak Welsh just as well as any other tongue (this was true, as the baby was but a few weeks old), and he should therefore be the people's own prince, Edward, Prince of Wales. Twenty-three years after this baby became King of England, and about fifty years later his grandson had as signed to him, as the third Prince of Wales, the crest and motto which has been borne by all the English kings' sons who have since that day had the title. The crest is three ostrich feath ers, and the motto is the sentence, "Ich dien" "I serve." It was given to the Black Prince, a boy of great promise, who fought bravely at the battle of Crecy. Forward. A Thrifty Habit. "Stinginess Is one thing and an ob servance of excessive nicety in finan cial details is another," said a Western man who is worth a good deal of mon ey. "As an example I will cite a rich old uncle I once had. He was a mill ionaire and not stingy, but he watched the pennies like a hawk, and be was so exacting that everybody said he was the meanest man in the county; but he wasn't, for he gave away $10, 000 a year in various charities that he would not let the recipients mention. But to the case in point. One day I asked bim for a nickel for car fare, telling him I would return it when I got some change, but I forgot all about it. Three months after that it occur red to the old gentleman to be very nice to his five nephews and nieces, and at Christmas four of them received checks for $5,000 each, while mine was-for $4,999.95. It was just his way, don't you see?- I owed him that nickel and he wanted 1L" How the Heart Escaped. An old officer, walking along Pall Mall, stopped to speak to a crossing sweeper who saluted him in military fashion. "You have been in the Service, my man?" said he. "I have thin, yer honner!" replied the sweeper, in a broad Irish brogue. "Have you been In any engage ments?" "Shure I was all through the Crlmaya war." "Did you get any wounds?" asked the officer. "I was shot through me heart," re plied the crossing sweeper, without the slightest hesitation. "Get along, fellow!" said the officer Indignantly, assuming that the sweeper was an impostor. "If you had been shot through the heart you would have been as dead as a door-nail!" "But shufe, sur," said the man, "me heart was in me throat at the time!" The children's idea of good luck is to have their mother prepare for a party, and a big rain prevent any guests from WHERE 'LITTLE MINISTER' LIVED. Barrie's Home Is in Thrums, the Scene of Several of His Stories. Mary B. Mullett, writing of "The Real Thrums of Barrie" in the Ladles' Home Journal, tells of seeing the fa mous novelist at the railway station in Kirriemuir (Thrums) "to which the family party walked together. Mrs. Barrie first, a slight figure in brown and scarlet, more English in dress than in face, holding her head rather proud ly and walking confidently she was on the stage before her marriage. With her was Miss Barrie, a quietly dressed, rather colorless woman, not one to draw attention from the three men who fol lowed her. The tallest of these three, the one in ministerial 'black,' a high hat on his snowy head, was Dr. Ogilvy, brother to Barrie's mother. The other white-haired man doubled over, as are so many in this land of looms, and wearing great hobnailed shoes, for he likes to take care of the pretty garden at the top of the brae was Barrie's father. Between them was a slight figure of boyish slenderness. Though small, he was not 'dapper, and we breathed a sigh of relief. As he turn ed we looked at his face with eager ness. "It is a thin; dark face, almost hag gard; delicate, sensitive, wistful seme how, but stronger than we had expect ed it to be. The dominating sadness of his face makes almost a real shadow over it He smiled once or twice, but his face did not once really light up. But sad and thin as it was, it is a face that one would not soon forget yes, and that one would be glad to remem ber." The Hindu Child-Wife. A Hindu child-wife divides her yea into two intervals, one of which she spends with her parents, this being a sort of vacation time, and the other she spends at the house of her husband's parents, this being the time of daily downright drudgery. Village girls in Bengal blacken their teeth with mishi, a coloring powder. The lips are black also, and this is supposed to make them exceedingly charming. Writing letters, especially to her hus band, is thought to be fearful Immod esty in a Hindu girl; and she has no chance of improving her mind by In telligent conversation with any one. She must write to her husband, though she has to do it by stealth In the night. The moon is her lamp, a stick out of the domestic broom her pen, the Juice of the puin berry her Ink, and proba bly the dried leaf of the banana her pa per. A Hindu girl must always keep the Inner apartment of the house. She is only let out when she goes to draw water for the household either from the pond or the well or the river. Hence the waterside is a great femi nine resort, a sort of women's club, where there is much gossiping and plenty of stolen leisure. Christian Reg ister. How the Young; Elbow the Old. "The part of wisdom is not to drop one's tasks too early, not to be in haste to retire from posts of influence and duty," writes Margaret E. gangster in the Ladies' Home Journal. "Insensi bly the young, with a certain uncon scious arrogance, elbow the old out of the way, and monopolize the places in every profession and branch of busi ness. Yet the young are not dowered with experience, nor have they the riper judgment of maturity. But they do have what age has often lost en thusiasm, self-confidence and pluck. Old people are sometimes out of touch with the present age. They have ceased to be receptive; they have grown mentally inhospitable and inert. Is there, however, the slightest reason why a woman should rust out through mere indolence before she has done the full measure of service required by her Master for the time in which she lives? As a teacher, as an artist, as a house mistress and mother, in whatever field you are, my friend, do not withdraw from active duty too soon. There Is need at the front for the woman of warm heart and trained capacity for affairs, and her age is of little conse quence if she is equal to her work. There never was a time when the judgment of mature age was more needed than it is to-day." A Plea for Tea. "Nature Is, after all, to be depended upon pretty thoroughly," said a Chi cago physician who has made a study of the effects of tea on the system. "For example, it Is the exceptional person who craves tea at breakfast, a time of the day at which it Is least needed and is frequently most Injurious. Tea with dinner, too, is not to be recommended, because even if perfectly made there is sure to be a little tannic acid in its com position, and the stomach, in attempt ing the digestion of a heavy meal, Is much better without this principle. "After 5 o'clock, however, the hour that fashion and custom agree in pro viding tea, is an hour that is also prop er and favorable to the system. The supply of energy with which the day was begun is about exhausted, and a cup of well-made tea is often a refresh ment and tonic that is both acceptable and desirable." Chicago Chronicle. He Won't Get Her a Bicycle. Mr. Wlmpley My constant aim in this .ife is to do something to make the world better. Mrs. Wlmpley Well, you'll do It; I feel sure of that, Mr. Wlmpley Ah, Maria, I am glad that you have for once in your life in dicated that you have faith in my abil ity to accomplish something. Mrs. Wlmpley Yes, you'll die some day. Then the world will be better. Chicago News. Chinese Widows Seldom Marry. In China it Is the rule of good society that widows do not remarry. They are not forbidden to do so, but they are thought more highly of if they don't In order to encourage them the government,- when they have passed the age of 50 and have not remarried, confers on them a tablet containing a eulogy of their virtues, which they can stick up over their front door if they like. It is a pity that the woman whose labors begin at dawn, and last all day, and sometimes all night In caring for a sick child, has no resource by striking for an eight-hour law. Live eagles are as hard to catch a OUfi BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INGS HERE AND THERE. Jokes and Jokelets that Are Supposed to Have Been Recently Born Sayings and Doings that Are Old, Curious and Laughable The Week's Humor. "Young Sammie Spender is carrying out his Governor's wishes faithfully, Isn't he?" "How's that?" "Why, the old gentleman left instruc tions in his will that after his death his dust was to be scattered to the winds." Life. She Did. "Do you believe in teaching the lan guages in the schools?" asked Mr. Clingstone of Miss Gildersleeve. "Yes, indeed," replied the young lady, "every one should be able to speak English and golf." Detroit Free Press. No Wonder He's Popular. "What makes Benedict so popular among other men, I wonder?" "Why, he came right out, the other night, and acknowledged that his little boy never says anything worth repeat ing." Philadelphia Bulletin. X Distinction. "Miss Flatte Is a beautiful player." i "You mean she plays beautifully." "Io; that's Just what I don't mean." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. All that Was Necessary. "Were your amateur theatricals a success?" "Oh, yes; every one In them had friends enough to convince bim that he was the best one of the lot." Phila delphia Bulletin. Would Not Sugar-Coat the Pill. Mrs. Young Don't you believe in managing one's husband by letting him think he is having his own way? Mrs. Strong Decidedly not! Man should be made to feel his inferiority. Puck. Squelching a Gradgrind. "But how," asked the hard-featured man who was looking at the pictures, "do you know this is an accurate like ness of Homer?" "Do you know, sir, of anybody else it looks like?" demanded the artist. "No." "Then of course it's Homer." Chi cago Tribune. Afraid of Her Majesty. "My dear Mrs. Timmldd, how have you managed to keep your cook so long?" "Keep her? That's easy enough. It's only because none of us have the courage to discharge her." Philadel phia Bulletin. Willing to Write a Few More. Friend Tennyson once received $10 for one line. Poet Well, on one occasion I wrote one line and received $20. Friend Extraordinary ! Poet Not at all! You see, I was a student then and I wrote home to fath er, "Please send me a twenty at once." Omed." Taking His Spite Out. He was holding up one side of the vestibule when the milkman arrived. "What do you mean by being so late?" he thundered. "W-why, sir," stammered the milk man, "It is only 5." "Doesn't matter! My wife ripped me np for being late and I got here at 4." One Way Around It. "Bronson's wife has conceived a great future for him. She wants him to run for office." "Are you sure she isn't looking for cause for divorce?" Philadelphia North American. Respect Age. Ida I don't understand It! Every time the comedian tells a few jokes the vender boys in the gallery begin to shout: "Peanuts!" at the top of their voices. May They do that to drown the cries of "chestnuts" from the other boys. Chicago News. One on Her Husband. "When you're downtown to-day," said Mrs. Jibsqwak, "I want you to get something at the druggist's. If yon can't get it at the druggist's you can get it of the Iceman." "What's the matter with you?" de manded her spouse. "Are you crazy? There's nothing that the druggist and Iceman both keep!" "Oh, yes, there is!" "What is it, I'd like to know?" "Why, pond's extract, my dear!" New York World. Her Secret. She Doesn't the grand old sphinx awaken glorious emotions in your breast. He Well, yes, that Is she always re minds me of a woman who has firmly determined that she will never tell her age. Detroit Free Press. His Only Chance. "Well," said the poet, "I never can be spoiled by praise, anyway." "No," the critic admitted, "not un less your stuff improves wonderfully In the future." Chicago Times-Herald. Remarkable Change. "Do you think that Turkey will pay that 'ndemnity?" asked the Observant Boarder. "If it doesn't," replied the Cross-eyed Boarder, "there will be one of the most singular metamorphoses on record." "What?" "A Turkey making o goose of It- Not the Place. Cholly I think In me beawt Daisy Why, Cholly, you must be a freak. Every one else thinks in th.ir head. Chicago News. Harbinger of Spring. "Our cold weather is all over." " "What do you go by?" "Our janitor is giving us a full head of steam heat every day now." No Time to Break Down. "There's one thing about a political career, after all." "What Is that?" "It keeps all candidates In such ex cellent health." Grounds for Attraction. "Wasn't that a peculiar wedd:ng? The lovers hadn't seen each other for forty years." "Oh, I don't know. By this time, no doubt, they both look like somebody else." The Modern Father. "Papa, he has broken my trusting heart," moaned the old man's senti mental daughter. "What shall I do? What shall I dor' "Take it round quick to the repair shop," said the practical old man. Cleveland Plain Dealer. An Artist's Admirers. "Don't you thing Mrs. Dawbitt paints beautifully?" "Oh, yes. I actually took It for her natural complexion at first." Philadel phia Bulletin. Mitigating. "Wasn't It terribly lonesome and dreary living away up there among the Eskimos for a whole year?" "It was delightful in the spring, ma'am. Thiy don't do any house-cleaning up there." Chlcogo Tribune. Man's Contrary Nature. "When John was younger he always grumbled when I asked him to dig up the garden." "Well?" "Now he has rheumatism, I simply can't keep him from getting out and digging it up before he ought to. In dianapolis Journal. He Was Satisfied. "Do you believe that those who can sing and won't sing should be made to sing, Mr. Sourdrop?" asked Mis Screecher, with a coy glance toward the piano. "No, I believe In letting well enough alone," said the mean old thing. Bal timore American. An Exception to the Rale. "We ought to put more personal warmth in our letters." "Oh, I don't know. A man I knew once put a lot of personal warmth In some letters, and it got him into court in a breach of promise suit." Indian apolis Journal. Uses of the Foot. Chicago person Your custom of tool binding is wholly incomprehensible to us. Chinese person There Is everything In usage. Your custom of foot-padding is quite Incomprehensible to us. De troit Journal. Just Like Other Women. we "No; to rubber. An Affliction. City chap (angrily) Look here! Yo. warranted this horse to me to be en tirely without faults, and now I find that he Is stone blind. Country chap (cheerily) Wa-al, blind-; ness ain't a faultr it's an affliction. Puck. Thrown Down Again. "I have always been a reader of your poetry," began Mrs. Gushe. "I am glad," replied Algernon Charles Mystic, "that some one understands, me." "Oh, but that is what I have been hoping to meet you for. I wanted you to explain." Philadelphia North Amer ican. Would Do in His Absence. "Dobley has just bought the Century Dictionary for his wife." "Yes; he said something might come up she'd want to know about some time when he didn't happen to be at home." Life. Girlish Playfulness. "I wrote that girl three letters asking her to return my diamond ring." "Did you get it?" "Finally she sent me a don't-worry button." Kindness Cures a Bad Habit. Horses often have what Is called the vice of shying, that is, of starting sud denly at the rustle of a leaf or a piece of paper, or at the approach of any object to which they are not accus tomed. Clearly this Is the remnant of an instinct -inherited from their wild progenitors in the steppes or prairies, where the sudden rustling of a leaf might indicate the presence of a wolf and where everything that was strange was, therefore, suspicious. It Is Idle as well as cruel to beat a horse for shying. That only increases his alarm, and may easily reduce him to the state of terror In which he loses his head entirely. Horses In that state seem to lose not only their heads, but their perceptive senses, and a horse in that condition may dash headlong against a stone wall. The habit of shy ing, when once formed, is difficult to cure, but it may almost always be pre vented by such consistent kindness of treatment as to overpower the inherited instinct of Instant flight from possible. "Did lt'sfe tura to salt?' ' if