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ANGLERS' SONG. Away, away, to the brookside green, In the morning's earliest flash, To the purling brook where the aiders lean Gracefully o'er the water's rush. And the golden sun, with its many-hued sheen. Makes the tinted wavelets blush. The lancewood rod, with its supple tip. Is sound and strong as a pine; But, arching, it bends with a dainty dip When the brook trout strains the line, And the spray flies high when the fish's lip . Is pierced by the hook's sharp tine. ' The tackle's strong and the water's right. So there's chance for luck to-day; With the wind in the south and the sun not bright. Our creels will surely weigh. Ere with weary feet, by the gloaming's light. Homeward, we wend our way. And where the mossy bank is sprayed By the water's roaring fall, 'Neath the slender birches' flickering shade. We'll rest and thankful, recall That, of sports die Fates for men hare made, Angling's the best of all. National Sportsman. t H rl 1 t-H-1-M t A WORKING GIRL i 4 H V M-l' I I H' I I1H Cr3 HE sentiments yon have been expressing, my dear Boy," ob served Albert Lestrange with the patronizing manner justified by his .seven years' seniority, "would be ex cellent In a novel, or might even be suit able for a city clerk, but they are quite Inapplicable to us." "Why bo?" inquired the younger brother. . "Because rank and wealth have du ties as well as privileges," replied Al bert. "And foremost among them la that of making a suitable matrimonial alliance, and not " "That's all bosh, Bertie !" Interrupted Roy. "A suitable matrimonial alliance! Poof! the sound of it makes one feel ill." "You are young, my dear Roy," said his brother, pityingly. "Walt until you are my age and you will look differ ently at things." ; ' - - "I shaH never agree with you on that point, that's certain," answered the -.younger man, "for it's my opinion and always will be that a man who marries . a woman that he doesn't love ought to be kicked." . "There Is displayed the rashness of youth," remarked Albert, sententlously. "And believe me, my dear Roy " - ' What he was about to add will never be known now, for at that moment a loud cry for help was heard from a meadow on the other side of the hedge that skirted the line down which the brothers were walking. "Come along, B(rtle," cried Roy, "there's a stile a few yards higher up. In two minutes the young men had Jumped the rails and were on the scene of action,- where a couple of tramps were standing on either side of a well dressed young lady. "You take the little one, Roy," ex claimed Albert, "I'll tackle the other." The taller tramp lifted the stick he was carrying, but before be could use It Albert's fist caught him under the chin, and he. found himself Bitting In the hedge, while a moment later Roy knocked bis companion into a bed of nettles close by. "How can I thank you J" observed the rirl, whom the young men now had time to notice was uncommonly pretty. had no Idea that tramps were so dan gerous." ' - "Pray don't mention It," replied Al bert as he wiped his knuckles, "It was really nothing." "It was a great deal to me I can as sure you," said the girl with a merry, rippling laugh, "for unfortunately I was carrying all my worldly wealth with me." . , , . "Are. you returning to TormouthT" Inquired Albert, without noticing the latter part of her speech, r "Can we have the pleasure" of seeing you home?" "I shall be grateful indeed If you will accompany me as far as the Anchor Hotel," was the reply, and then as they walked across the fields she 'further explained that she had been ordered down to the little seaside town by her doctor for the. recovery of her health; "not that there's much the matter with me, only overwork, you know." During the three-mile walk Albert be came more and more reticent, while Roy, who at first had been quite over come by the unexpected vision of beau ty, gradually thawed out under the In fluence of her smiles until when they parted outside the hotel he had made an appointment for the following morn ing to show her the famous Smuggler's - Cave. For a few minutes Albert was silent, and then he observed gravely, "If yu take my advice, Roy, you will not see that young person again. I do not con sider that she Is a desirable acquaint ance." "Why not 7" asked Roy, astonished. "She is evidently a lady." "That -she has been well educated I will not deny," answered Albert, "but she works for her living, Boy. Did you not hear her say that she was over - worked, and that she carried all her worldly wealth In her pocket?' "She Is a charming girl," retorted Roy, "and 1 am going to see her to .' morrow In spite of you or any. other old woman." This reply hurt Albert's feelings and caused a coolness between the brothers, but Roy kept his word, and every day .- for three weeks he accompanied Miss ' Lefroy to one or other of the many . natural beauties of the neighborhood. . - At length came the fatal day of her ' departure, and after seeing her off Roy returned home more depressed than his brother had ever seen him. . ; "So your fair friend has gone away at last," said Albert at dinner time. "Thank heaven that she did not en - tangle you In a 'matrimonial alliance.' " "It wasn't her fault, I can assure you," replied Roy. , "She wouldn't have me." . "You actually proposed to her?" "Yes, I did, and she has put me off for a 'month, as she says she does not believe I know my own mind, but I've TURKEY BANISHES The customs authorities have prohibited the ntry it typewriters into Turkey, and 200 machines in the custom house tare been ordered returned to the con signor. The authorities have taken up the peculiarly characteristic attitude that there is no distinct' feature About typewriting by which the authorship could be recognized or a person using a machine be traced, and that, consequently, anyone is able to put in type seditious writings without fear of compromising himself. Hektographic paste and fluid also are prohibited for similar reasons. The em-" bassies are. making representations on the subject with the view of inducing the Turkish government to take up a more reasonable attitude. got her address Jn London and permis sion to call on her the first week In October." The hours dragged themselves away. and on the first day of pheasant shoot ing, in spite of his brother's remon strances, Roy left home for the great metropolis. - Two days later Albert followed him to town. It was but a forlorn hope, but It occurred to him that he might pur- suade the girl for a consideration of course to be merciful and release his brother from any foolish promises he may have made. As Albert did not know much about London, he determined to seek the as sistance and advice of his uncle. Lord Torchester, but on his arrival at Tor chester House he found that a garden party was in full swing. Lady Torchester greeted him with a few kind words of welcome and he passed on to his uncle. . "Hello!" exclaimed the latter, "what has brought you up to town?" : : "Why, to tell you the truth, Roy has been Inveigled by some typewriting girl, and I've come up to see if I can get him out of the mess, and as I thought you would be able to help me, I " "Certainly, certainly," Interrupted his uncle; "but here comes Miss Uarrlck, the famous actress;' shall I introduce your a- ,.- : - . "Nothing I should like better, I have read so much of her that What! Miss Lefroy!"....-, .V-::- ': "The same, Mr. Lestrange," answered the smiling girl. "And perhaps you will permit me to present my future-husband, Mr. Roy Lestrange! By the way, will you be best man?" Ally Sloper. HAD BAD LUCK WITH TEETH. Mla'ortnnesofu Woman Who Required the Service of a Dentist. A dentist ; enjoying : ah extensive practice among the fashionable- people of the South Side relates this peculiar experience of one of his patrons: "She was a rather pretty young married woman," he says, "but her upper front teeth were so badly discolored and de fective as to greatly mar her appear ance. Her husband after much- per suasion Induced her to have two of the wont replaced with artificial teeth. I made such a neat job of It that she was delighted. The two teeth were on a plate, and she wore them to bed the first night she had them. During the-) night they fell from her mouth to the floor, and when she got up In - the morning she trod on them and broke the. plate all to pieces.- I reset the teeth on another plate and she went home again with them. That night she put them In a glass of water on the mantel. Her husband got up In the AMERICAN HALL OF The American Hall of Fame was dedicated in New York recently in the pres ence of a distinguished assemblage of representative citizens from many parts of we country. . . , he idea of the Hall of rame was conceived by Chancellor MacCracken, to . whom it was suggested by the need of a of the university quadrangle. This space the chancellor proposed to devote to an institution similar to Westminster Abbey, the Pantheon in Paris - and the "Bunnies' Halle," Munich. Twenty-nine tablets were decided upon by a plan of selection, designed with every regard to fairness, by a jury of eminent Americans. This number of names will be added to every five years throughout the twentieth century, when nve new tablets will be unveiled in the Hall provided the electors, under the rules, can agree on so many.' The dimensions of the building are as follows: Total exterior length -of the colonade, 604 feet; height, 20 feet; breadth. IS feet; length of museum, exclusive of feet; height, 18 feet. - TttE TYPEWRITER- night to get a drink of water, and find ing something In the tumbler threw the contents out of the front window, thus disposing of the second set in three days. Then I made her a third set. These she put on the mantel when she retired and forgot to" replace them in the morning. The maid while dusting the room swept these off into the grate underneath the mantel, .where they burned up. The family moved out of town a few days afterward, so whether she got a fourth set of teeth I do not know." Chicago Chronicle. . - Youngest and Oldest of Kings. Europe has a new little King who has a double flaim to distinction. He is the youngest of ruling kings, and at the same time the lineal : representa tive of the oldest reigning family in Europe. His name and title Is Grand Duke Franz IV. of Mecklenb urg- Schwerin, and he ascended - to - the throne on which his fathers have sat for twenty-five FRANZ IV. generations less The young king is than a month ago. 19 years old, and It is his cousin who Is prince consort of Holland. His king dom is one of the petty German States, and comprises only 5,000 square miles of territory, with a totaj population of 60,000. The total revenue of the king dom is barely ?10;000,000 a year, but It has a "man-sized" national debt of nearly 830,000,000. Franz IV. was the second king of the new century to as cend the throne, the first being Edward of England. He is a near relative of the Czar of Russia, and haB connec tions with almost every royal family of Europe. - Where Were They? :i Mrs. Jones I am sorry I could not come along with Henry to your house last night What! Wasn't my husband at your house all last evening? And these few words led to a revehv tlon which Jones and Brown will have trouble to explain. Ohio State-Journal. , clean Sydney." In Sydney the streets are thoroughly cleaned every night, and any one throwing refuse or waste material of any sort on the street Is arrested and fined. - All the kitchens In the larger residences are on the top floor, and all the clothes are dried on the roof. It Is called "cup of sorrow,", but It Is the experience of most people that It Is measured In a tub. FAME IN NEW YORK. ..-.!-. ... building which would ronnd out the beaut entrance corridors, 200 feet; breadth, 40 . . SHARED HIS LEAP TO DEATH. White Elk Forced to Obey lodgment .: of the Shoshons Indiana. White Elk, the son of Standing Bear, :he Shoshone chieftain, sat stolidly .In the grim circle of Indians that sat around the -council fire. He sat un moved as each Indian in turn thrust bis hand forward with the fingers out spread and the thumb pointing down ward, r The last Indian in the circle bad made the sign. . Standing Bear arose and stood stiff and stern In the red lights of the burning embers. Every eye was upon him. White Elk sat looking stolidly at him through half :losed eyelids. Standing Bear thrust his arm out at full length and slowly spread his fingers apart and turned his thumb toward the earth.. - A scream came from a group of women standing near the chiefs lodge. Then two old squaws led away a young Indian woman who still sobbed in spite of the storied stoicism of her race. The sen tence of death had been passed on White Elk. He slowly rose as his fa ther turned toward him and extended piece of black wampum. He took It and tucked It In his girdle, bowed slow ly to. the council, and strode away to his own tepee, where he sat calmly puffing at his pipe long after the coum 11 had broken up and its members bad gone quietly to their lodges, wnite Elk sat alone in the silence of the night listening to the rushing waters of the Fopoagle. It was the voice of his exe cutioner. Three days more and he was to be cast from a high rock Into the Place of Punishment," the deep hole In the mountains which swallowed tip the rushing Popoagie and carried it somewhere deep down into the bowels of the earth. r.i: Into this place White Elk was to be thrown because the Shoshones believed that the person who disappeared Into the depths along with the roaring wa ters of the Popoagie died a death more dreadful than any other that could be WHITE ELK'S meted out to him. . Because the Popo agie drew its victims so deeply down into the dark regions under the' earth that the soul could never escape and find its way to the . happy hunting ground of the tribe. White Elk was not afraid to die. He had met death face to face a -dozen 'times, 1 and had not trembled:S He had fought " with the: Blackf eet. and the Sioux, and led his warriors to -victory on many a hard fought field He had fought hand to hand with. the murderous Apaches, and never knew what it was to be afraid, i But in spite, of his seeming indifference -he shivered as he heard the hoarse roar. of the Popoagie tum bling riotously over the rocks and leap ing down the precipice to disappear In the dark depths below. He- pictured his soul fighting with the angry water to regain the upper air that It might ascend to the happy hunting ground in the clouds. But he knew the Popoagie would triumph. He was certain that no soul could defeat the malevolent spirit of the Popoagie. White Elk could regard death with equanimity, but he could not bear the thought of an eternity spent : Tjattling with the spirit of the waters while Laughing Eyes waited for him in vain -In the happy hunting ground. 'V - White Elk's head dropped forward and he groaned. He heard a sound be hind him and sprang to his feet Laughing Eyes stood beside him in the moonlight She motioned him with her hand and he followed her out. to the cliff overlooking the deep crevice, down which the Popoagie lost Itself. On the cliff the two sat in : the moonlight "Ton must not - give yourself to the spirit of the Popoagie," said the girl. "You can go away. I will go with you. - xne uiacKieet nave ueen your enemies, but they- love- you, for you are a mighty warrior. ; To them you can go and they will make you a chief, and I will go with you." White Elk sat silent Then he spoke: "I must die because I did not put to death Nazalla, the Blackf oot chief. ; I had my spear at his throat I might have kill ed him. But year$. ago Nazalla spared my life when as a boy I was hunting alone in the forest He gave me food ana water ana snoweq me tne way back to my own people. I could not kill him as he lay wounded. - But the Shoshones fear Nazalla. They think that with him dead the Blackf eet would never more triumph In battle. I would rather die and disappear into the under darkness forever." The girl fell on her knees and entreated him. White Elk softly stroked her hair. But -he only shook his head in reply to her entreaties, j Long the two sat there Then' they arose and walked back to the village, and White Elk left Laugh ing Eyes at the door of her father's lodge. Three days passed away, and the next morning just before sunrise all the Shoshones were gathered In view of the great rock that lifted itself above the deep sink hole of the Popo agie.5 -The medicine men of the tribe swaying their bodies chanted a death hymn. ; ' As the first rays of the Bun shone down the valley and rested redly upon the little group on the rock White Elk stepped forward with a strong young Indian on either side. ' He turned and looked keenly : -back at the group of women who stood about Laughing Eyes. He gave a sign and the two young Indians rested their hands on his shoulder. White Elk stood with his face lifted up for a moment to the clouds. He cast his eyes around and took a last look at the woods and at his people standing grim and silent In the clefts of the rocks. Then he sprang forward and shot straight downward from the top of the cliff. .His body turned half over in the air. ' Then If struck with a splash In the roaring water and was drawn downward and disappeared forever In the cavernous depths of the "place of punishment" The Indians stood looking downward where the form of the young chief had disappeared. Then there was a cry and all looked again toward the top of the rock just as they saw Laughing Eyes, hurl herself headlong downward toward the rushing water. She sank from sight and her body, too, was drawn downward to the depths. White Elk's soul would not have to escape the spirit of Popoagie to meet that of Laughing Eyes. " HAS VOLCANOES TO BURN. 1 Cncle 8am Has Choice Assortment in the Philippine Islands. The United States Geological Survey will publish , before long some facts about the volcanoes of the Philippines, which appear to be very Interesting. One of them is the most symmetrically beautiful ; volcanic cone in the world. being even more perfect than the fa mous Fujiyama, the sacred mountain of Japan. It is little less than 9,000 feet high, and the name of it is Albay. Albay was an exceedingly active vol cano during the last century, having burst into eruption at "least twenty five times since the year 1800. It broke out only last year with renewed plu tonlc activity, and back in 1814 no fewer than 1,200 lives were lost In con sequence of one of its bad spells, a vil lage four miles from the crater being under lava and ashes to such a depth that the ridgepoles of the nouses were hidden. . Between Albay and Lagnna de Bay LEAP TO DEATH. are many extinct or dormant craters. The magnificent cone of Banajao, 7,382 feet In- height, is visible' from Manila bay. Its crater, 700 feet deep, was oc cupied by a lake up to 1730, when a vllolent eruption took place,, bursting out the southern side of the. crater and pouring out both water and incandes cent lava.. '." On an island In the Lake of Bombon Is the remarkable Taal volcano, which is readily Accessible from Manila. Its central crater is oval in shape, a mile and a quarter across the greatest di ameter and has within : its rim two lakes- of hot water, one yellow and the other green, and a small active cone fifty feet in height from which escape steam and sulphurous gases. The strange colors of the waters are due to the presence of chemicals evolved In subterranean laboratories. . .- The greatest eruption of Taal' took place in 1754, wiping out four villages. Apparently the volcanic ash lends won derful fertility to the soil, and present ly a new growth of bamboo and palms appears where desolation had reigned. Even the localities most seriously and constantly threatened by volcanoes in the Philippines, are promptly repopu lated after every disaster, their fertil ity, surpassingly- beautiful situation and healthfulness charming the people Into a prompt forgetf ulness of past disasters. - ; The worst volcanic disturbances on record In the Philippines occurred Jan, 4, 1641. : They seem to have centralized at the southern end of Mindanao, where there is a formidable group of "fire mountains," as the natives call them. Three outbursts took place on that day in different portions of the archipelago, accompanied by earthquakes" which were felt as far away as Cochin China and Cambodia. .: A Spanish - squadron was off the south coast of Mindanao, and some of the Bhips. were almost overwhelmed by - falling - ashes.," In Luzon, in Union province, "three hills and several villages were thrown into the air in fragments and utterly anni hilated." New York Herald. ;i An Interesting; Ceremony. ' r Every day an interesting ceremony takes place at Gibraltar. The town and fortress lie at the end of a penin sula, about a mile and a half long, the mainland being Spanish territory. The gate leading to Spain is, every evening, locked at sunset, and every morning un locked at sunrise. Each day a com piny from one of ,the -regiments per forms one of these functions. In the morning the company, fully officered. With colors flying and accompanied by a band, marches to the commandant's house. The company comes to atten tion, and the commandant hands out the keys on a, velvet cushion. These are received by a captain's orderly, the band strikes, up, and the procession marches to the gate, which is unlocked with great ceremony. , In the evening the same ceremony, in the reverse-order, is gone through. " All suspicious characters are put out of the town be fore the gates are locked in the even ing, ""v - . What a terrible lot of time is wasted In the course of a life time, in waiting at table to be served with something not fit to eat! : A hard working man looks disdain fully at the man who has to take ex ercise. .:, : HUMOli OF THE WEEK STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS. Odd, Curious and Laughable Phases 1 of Human Nature Graphically Por trayed by Eminent Word Artiste of Our Own Day-A Budget of Fun. "I wonder where the entrance to the subway is," said a lady standing on Tremont street on her first visit to Boa- ton. :;' - - - ' . " "I don't know, I'm sure," replied the lady who was with her, "but let's go over here. Here's a door with a sign 'exit' over It." Somervllle Journal. A Guilty Conscience. - "Yes, sir' said the patient salesman, "I've shown you our entire stock of gold and silver watch-chams." "Well, they ain't the kind I want" replied the cranky customer. "I don't propose to buy what I don't -want" . "Certainly- not sir. . Perhaps you want a steel one." "What's that? Jest you come out here, an I'll show you if I want to steal one!" Catholic Standard. 1 Wise Old Merchant. Old Merchant Where Is your refer ence? - - Tommy Tucker (who wants a job as office boy) Here's one from my Sun day school teacher, sir. -- Old Merchant We don't want you to work on Sundays. : Get me a reference from some one who knows you on week days. - " ' Merely to Be Pitied. ' "What do you think of the Chicago professor who says he never kissed a pretty girl?" said one young woman. "Oh, 1 don't stop to think," answered the other. "I have no time to listen to other people's troubles."Washington Star. - For All Causes. Man loves to kick with migHt and main; Sad sounds best fit his mouth. He'll first complain about the rain And then about the drouth. Washington Star. - An Explanation. Mrs. Brown My husband never says anything to me. about the way his mother used to cook. Mrs. Green That's something un usual. I wonder why he doesn't? Mrs. Brown She used to keep a boarding house. Chicago News. . Unfortunate. "Education may be a good thing," said the man with the stubby mus tache, "but if my parents had not in stilled in my mind so great a reverence for grammar I am almost sure I could have been a poet" Indianapolis Press. " ' - " Hla Tmaoination. . r Percollum What are you working at so feverishly? Spacer I've got an assignment to write an article on "How to Be Happy Though Mo ving."r-Chlcago Tribune. V:. Typical Fire Escape. Guest What precautions- have you here in case of fire? ; ' , : Hotel Clerk We have fire escapes from every- floor. "All you have to do. Is to make your way to one of them and fall off New York Weekly. "Well, that don't effect our going in 'cause we can't swim." : The Law's Delay. Peasant After you've let the "case drag along now for three years, you've lost it for me! Lawyer Hm! That's what I get for my good nature I might have let it drag along for . three years , more! Heitere Welt ; : Meant Just What He Said. v Pupil Where is Atoms? - Teacher You mean Athens, Johnnie. It is in Greece.- - - Pupil- No, I don't mean Athens. I mean Atoms, the place " people get blown to in boiler explosions. Balti more World. Too Noisy. Blffer My wife Is subject to nervous headaches; can't stand a bit of noise. Buffer Too bad! " Blffer Yes; why, I even had to sell my new golf suit Ohio State Journal. ; r" His Grounds. . "And on what ground do you base your application for divorce?" asked the lawyer of his new client -i "Exertion, sah." - -,.'.v "You mean desertion, I , suppose Your wife has left you, doubtless." "No, sah, she hasn't left me, sab." - "Then you can't ask for a divorce on the ground of desertion.". -. ;"I said exertion, sah. Dat's de ground perzackly. .. She done exert herself con tinually to make me mlzzable, sah. Put it on de ground pb exertion, sah." : Everybody Wants rt. "Well, the Northern Pacific corner didn't last long. That shows how hard it is to get a corner in railroads." "Yes, and If you've noticed, it's next to Impossible," replied the end seat hog, "to get a corner lit street cars." Philadelphia Press. - His Fntnre Field. "John gays he'll have hig graduation papers purty soon." Whafa he been a-larnln' off 'Greek, an' Latin, an' French, "an' German, an' so forth." 'An', what" s he goln' to do atter be comes clear?" "Well ef he don't go to spllttin' rails. or f armln', I reckon he'll spend the rest of his days a-wrltln' of dialect!" At lanta Constitution. The Afterclap Husband Thank heaven, houseclean lng is over. Wife Yes, dear, but the pictures are yet to be hung. Ohio State Journal The Dramatic Crane. Mr. Fijjit Our friend Epicure haa gotten out a new cook book. Mrs. Fijjit That's nice; ls jt going to be dramatized? Ohio State Journal. Not Complimentary. "Brlggs says his daughter looks like him. Did you ever see her?" "No, and I never want to see her If she looks like Brlggs." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The First Question. "I see that an Indiana court has de cided that a passenger traveling on a pass can recover damages for injuries due to carelessness of the train em ployes." .. "Yes, but ha .wdo you get the pass?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. More A 'raid of Losing; the Girl. "Aren't you afraid to keep such a pretty girl In your kitchen? You may lose your husband." "I guess you don't know that the present ratio Is something like fifty husbands -to one competent girl." Cleveland Plain Dealer. : Bright Boy. Son (at his studies) Papa, I wish I had been born in the time of Charle magne. Father Why? - .; . ' Son Then I wouldn't have had to learn everything that has happened since. Fliegende Blaetter. His Mistake. Ethel He telegraphed his proposal to her. . - , ;. Maude And did she accept him? : Ethel No; she said that she had no use for a man who would waste his money on telegraph tolls, instead of spending It for caramels. Somervllle Journal. : - Misguided Young Man, Ned Does Arthur play golf an Sun day?- . Tom Well, he thinks he does. Som ervllle Journal. A Very Iconic Eermon. Bobby Say, pop. how much did you': put in the follection plate? His Papa Sh! A dime, Bobby. , Bobby That preacher is certainly giving you an awful lot for your money. ' ? He p n'ar Him. Mr. Backward Well-er-yes,' since: you ask me, I was thinking of consult ing a fortune teller. . : Miss Coy To find out when you- will -marry, eh? . - : . i . : . - Mr. Backward Why -er-yes; I Miss Coy Why not ask me and save . the fortune-teller's fee toward .the price of the ring? Philadelphia Press. , Ait Inversion. -"Does Mr. BUlionson play "golf ?"" ' : "No. He works at go!C When he wants a. little real diversion be goes into the stock market" Washington Star. :' Her llioaric. " .Mr.; Poore Will nothing induce you : to marry? . " . ; , ' - ..- Miss Witte On the contrary. It la the nothing you have which induces me. not to marry. . , . - Her Misapprehension. , Mr. Crimsonbeak. Well, I see that Englishman has got his Gainsborough back, after twenty years. Mrs. Crimsonbeak I shouldn't think his wife would care for it now; it's out. of style. ; . "Out nothing; a picture as valuable as that -is never out of style." . "Oh, is it a picture? I thought all along that the Gainsborough' was a hat!" Yonkei-8 Statesman. ' '-- Too Rich for Him. . Jinks (meeting Winks in light lunch cafe) Hello! What are you doing here?. ' - - Winks Getting my lunch, of course." . Jinks But I thought you were keep ing a swell restaurant down town. - - - Winks So I am, but I wouldn't keep It long If I ate there. It's too expen sive. Philadelphia Press. Eggs of Insects. ' The collection, preservation and ex amination of the eggs of insects will ' afford interesting recreation. Curtains, carpets, floor-crevices, cushions, furs and woolen garments will serve as a prolific hunting ground indoors; while out of doors the surface waters of ponds and water-butts, the corpses of birds, the skins of cattle, and the leaves and branches of the shrubberies give an abundance of material. Among those Insects whose eggs make the most Interesting microscopi cal mounts may be noted the common , house-fly, the wasp, the tortoise-shell and cabbage butterflies, the . mottled umber and the puss moths, the dragon fly, and most of the parasites. The eggs of these are all shapes, hexagonal, coni cal, oval, spherical, and are most richly and harmoniously colored; while the elaborately : sculptured surfaces . are hardly excelled In the beauty of their designs by the symmetry of the ciliat ed, winged and fringed ornamentations with which they are surrounded. Polish usually exaggerates the re flections of a fool.