A OONU.
IVIien pnllM Dnwn comes up llm nkr.
Ami I My mill Night fur uioiiipiits brief
Ii bunds mill lips, tlii- Wilkin Hen
Ili'tlilnU her of Hiiiiin uiuHr-iit grief.
Iliiitcnril nml wrinkled, gray nmt k r I in,
Wic iiikii tlx tin' lun-ileu (if tier pure,
I'lie ghost i T Hint wild HiIiik Hint li'iipi
II)' day the wind's ll hi sport tu share.
Ilclllte Ilia vnlres i,t tlio i,nil,
Tossed in her lioiiiiilIrM chnrni-l raves
Wluro iiiiu'h llrst ship Wits ilr.nvii tu
I "ii tli.
Haunt lifr iIkiu hrr heating whim.
Or idso tlirre proMoi nil her heart
The wnlidit uf liiiiiK'iiiorliil hk,
llrfnru tlm him bring luii'k lo mind
Hit youth's elernnl liiTltnKf.
New Yurk '1'rilxiiic.
I.
IIH. ST. tlEOUGU sat nlnr.
ti-ftirc her luw lire, In her own
cosy slttlng-loum.
Tu night, fur thi (I rut time In Iht
two yesr of widowhood. .Mm. Hi
i'orgu ilnlil down the wtluw'H flip
which IiiiiI for wi lout; served tu con
seal tlm thick iiiiliiirn braid (in arils
tlciilly t'ol I I iiiiuiit tlui mini II ln.ui.
Elghlecii years IiiiiI passed since Mil'
ninl Lcunaid tlruviT Ii it it met. 't'tirj
IiiiiI been lovers In Hint far off ll.ii1:
tint lie trim piMir then, with nu whin
iiit In tin. nlr if I hi. rich liiherllnnc-
hi which In. afterward full lii-lr. lust
too lulu for It tu bring happiness lu
sillier.
piw linn ninrrlnl very young.- Klio
wns lint ilS now. Would Leonard
llml her rhiingcd, ulii. wondered -lie
whusu coining Hhu united hero to
night
Wmnltnneonsly with the thought
rnino the kouihI uf carriage wheels
mill horses' hoofs, on lliu graveled
pntli.
alio stnrteil lo her feet, pressing
tiotli haiiili upon her fiist-bcntlng
heart.
Mini win Bind o!i. no Kind: Hint
tlui room wns durlt. wlicn die hoird
tlio quirk, llrm Ireiidi no Kind Hint
he euuhl not nee tlio quick blush,
which put tier mntrunhooil tu shame
when Hie door win thrown hnstlly
oipii, nnd three or four swift strides
brought him tu her side.
"Florencel"
1)11, huw IiIh voire thrilled her
Imlf with pleasure, half with pnlti!
"Are you Kind to ee me?" hu que-
tionvii.
She strove to answer; lint tier lips
iillveriil, nod nu word cnnie.
"Florence," lie then until again, nnd
he bowed his linudiioiile head lower.
Ii It too soon to speak?"
-mi, i.eonnni, " slio answered, "enn
I yet ntono?"
Aim men tne tirldgn of years wns
swept nwuy. nnd she sobbed out her
happiness upon hi shoulder.
"Ut me mil you," lie unlit nt lnt
"1 lnivn not yet neon the face for
whlcli I have liuiiKcri'd nil these
years."
lie struck n light, llicn turned nnd
Inked nt Iter.
".My dnrlliiKl" ln said. "It In mill
my lieniitlful Florence. Wlint Imo I
done to deserve thin honrj"
".MniiiiMM. where nre you?" enlled
out n fresh, girlish voice nt tills In
stnnt. The next iiinineiit n Klrl of scarcely
seventeen nutninem sprang Into the
room.
"Thin In my ilimirhtiT. Leonard my
only t'hlld. Maude, let tne present
you tu oyo of your motlier'ii oldest
friends."
The gcntlcmnn Indlrnted looked
from one tu the other from tlio moth
er to tlio dniiKlitur then Imck nRnln.
Now ho could renllr.e the liipne of tlmo
-now lie could npprcclnto the
'lmii);i' yinrn Inul wruunlit.
Tin1 dniiKhter wan n fntr counter
pnrt of tlio mother'H lienuty.
An uncomfortnlile Henmitlon rose up
In hi hreniit n dmiili wnrrliiKiiKnlmit
the tnevltnlilo nn iinncknowledKi'd
dealre tu retrace life' pntliwny .1 ml
fonitier time.
Mrnnwhlle tlio Klrl pouted tlm full
red llpn, nu slio tlioiiKlit livr motlier'ii
trlond truiiKcly nlment; nnd when he
nt Inst forced himself ilito n few
words of KrrctlUK. they fell upon dull,
linlici'illiiK cum.
Then slio Iind roup. Tho loveru
were nlonn nKiiln; lint he no lonuer
opened wide lliu nrins, hut Inntend
drew 11 chnlr to her nlde, Hint they
mlnlit dlscuiis morn rntlounlly,
11.
"V011 must tench Minnie to love,
you," hIio mild to I1I111 next moruliiK,
'I wnnt llmt to reeoncllo lier to my
necond mnrrliiKu liefore stnrHInK lior
with Its prolmlilllty. Tell me do you
think her llko me?"
"Your nccond self."
"All. I nm so Klndl You will lovo
lier, tlion, for my snkol"
To lovo, nnd to lio lovedl O'er ensy
tnsk set ly (mil woninn In her blind
ness. It wns Mr. (Irovcr who must
lie Mnudo's cnmpnnloii In her dnlly
rides Sir, flrovcr who must tench
hur to mnnnKe tho liont In theso first
onrly splnrK dnys.
Mnudo looked upon her Ruest ns her
property. Bho hnd lone iiro IhiikIiIiik.
y told him how unceremonious hnd
I ice 11 his welcome to her, and lio hnd
wooed nnd won absolution.
rloinetlined l'liirenco HlRhed lis slio
watched them together, whllo slio sat
nlonor but she Knvo to tho hIkIi no
iiiinic. nnd tlioiiKlit tho tribute to bo
viiulshod yenrs.
One ilny enmo her nwnkenlni;.
Jlnuilo nnd .Mr. drover had koho for
tholr nfternoon ride, lint It hnd ex
tended beyond Its wont, nnd slio Iind
Krown nnxtdiiH nnd ventured forth to
moot them, striking Into tho forest
inth which was their fuvorlto wuy,
A 4mlf-mlIo from her homo slio met
iMnudo's horse, riderless. Palo with
terror, sho hnstcned on, when sudden
ly bIio stotped, rooted to tho spot
Almost nt her feet knelt tho mnn
lier heart hnd loved nlways, nnd In his
iirms ho held Mnudo's unconscious
form,
"My lovel my llfol" bo snld, ench
word being borne distinctly to her,
."Speak to me one Just oucol Oh,
M
OPENING Of NIC
-1 ml Ui mi ic,l lu Him.
Minnie, nre you hurt? My dnrlliiKl my
dnrlliiKl Would Hint 1 uilRlit have
Klwu my life fur jiiiiru!"
Then he stopped nnd pressed his
lips to hers. A Ioiik, llutterliiK sIkIi
ecaier them,
"l.iiinnnll" sho whispered! "icon
11 rill"
"1 mn here, denr," ho snld.
And then ho I11I1I her down nut of
his arms, ns though, with returning
life, ho remembered Hid duty It brought
with It.
The mother spr.inK forwnnl.
"I)u not lie nhirnied," Mr. drover
snld, Kently, 011 seeing her. "Hur
liurni) threw her. I think there Is no
serious Injury."
When n few hours Inter they knew
Hint there wns no need for anxiety on
Maude's account, Florence shut her
self uti within her own room to Unlit
her battle.
"1 on 1 1 not kIvo him up," she uionned,
"He does not know his own mind.
He will forKet this child, nnd she
she cannot lovo I1I111." I
And, fur the llrst time In her llfo,
theru eiinio 11 feeling of bitter resent
ment, even against her dnughter.
They wero sitting together In tho
library as she entered.
"l.eonurd," she suld, "I think It Is
tlmu we told Mnudu thu truth."
The mnn's fneo puled.
Hhu could iiluioat see him gird his
soul for tho conlllct, nnd crush out his
heart behind bis honor.
liven Mnudo looked up, with a sus
plclon of coming trouble.
"it Is only this, dear," she snld. turn'
lug to her dnughter. "Hns not Mr.
(inner told you Hint ho Is nn engnged
mnn?"
Then she saw Hint tho steel hnd
struck home. Tlio girl nnswered noth
lug ns sho turned two wet. reproncli
ful oyes tu him, who dnro not meet
their knxe.
I must cougnitulnte Mr. drover,
sho snld, culling up nil her wmnnu's
pride tu her nld.
Then slio hnstcned from the room to
hide the burst of tenrs.
I'he two wero left nlone.
'Hoes she suspect, do you think?"
Florence asked, Klontlug over his tor
ture.
'She must know," ho answered.
am ready, Florence, to fulfill my
bond."
'Itelense me. Leonard. I lliul I can
not mnrry you."
Five minutes ngo she would hnvo
thought herself lucnpiiblc of tho snC'
rlllcc; yet there sho stood quiet nnd
calm, giving tin outwnrd sign of tho In
word whirlpool, nor tho torture Hint
wrung her ns sho watched tho weight
lift from his soul nt her words.
A Utile later ho enmo to her, Mnudo
blushing, rndlnnt with happiness, by
bis side.
"Will you kIvo her to mo?" ho nsked
"I loved her, Florence, becnuso sho
wns your second sclfl" New York
Dnlly News.
RUSSIA AT CLOSE RANGE.
Cillioillxntlou of Ht. Hcruiililtil Culled
Together Over 100,001).
Tho net of canonization of Ht Sera
phim on Aug. 1, 1003, win treated by
the Itusslnu nuthurlttes ns a purely do
mestic concern. Diplomatic representa
tive wero not Invited. Few foreigners
know of Uie matter beforehand, mid
those who nsked for permission to nt
tend wero liiformcd that nil tho ncconi'
modntloua of tho monastery hnd been
assigned. F.vcn U10 lending Urltlsh ml-
vocnlo of union between tho AnglUvin
mid Orthodox churches fared no better.
An Kngllshmnn and myself wero, ns
far ns I know, thu only foreigners Hint
went, and wo were made to feel Hint
our presence wns undcslred. Notwith
standing this, and tho discomforts wu
shared with peasants wearing sheep
skin coats and birch bark footgear, wo
wero richly repnld by tho opportunity
to study Ilusslu nt closo range, and to
witness a marvelous manifestation of
U10 faith Hint expects mid creates nilr
ncles. Tho function of canonization called
together a enmp meeting of tuoro I Jin 11
nuo hundred thousand people, a vorltn
bio tintion assembled In faith, n tlioo
cratlc wltcuagomot llesldos at least
ton myriads of peasants, nrUsaiu and
mall tradesmen Husslan accounts
say 8.10,000 tlio ct'reuionles demanded
tlio presonco of tlio Imperial family,
mobilized nn army corps and 110 lncon-
sldornblo number of police, nnd at
tracted a host of civil and military dig
nitaries niul clergymon of ail grades.
The complicated ncUon and Interaction
of H10 autocratic, buroaucraUo ami
hierarchic machinery of church and
HUNTING SEASON.
state were Inld bare to nn unusual ex
tent. The Kuipuror mid the court vis
lied the linunts nt the heriiUt, nnd
drank and hived themselves with wn
ter from the miraculous spring beside
whlcli his hut wns built. Ills tiiicor
ruptcd reuinlns were placed lu a costly
ensket beneath n massive silver canopy
of monumental proportions, Ixith the
gifts of his Majesty, nnd the monastery
wns proclnlmcil
Itusslsn I in nl in
seat of miracles,
-fentury.
INDIAN DICIPLINE.
Iteit Men Are I'HMeMnl nf Much Xuttt-
rnt rolitellca.
No people lire possessed of n greater
shnro of natural politeness than tho
Indians, wrote Isnnc Weld In 17U9
they will never Interrupt while nnothor
Is spunking! nor, If one hns told them
anything which they think to lio fnlsc,
will they bluntly contradict him. They
deem It highly becoming In n warrior
tu Hfcommodiito his mminers to those
of tho people with whom he may hap
pen tu be. Tho following nnecdoto Is
told by Mr. Weld In "How Our Ornnd
fathers Lived":
Our friend Neklg. Tho Little Otter.
hnd been Invited tu dine with us nt
the house of n gentleman nt Detroit,
mid ho entile ncordlngly, accompanied
by his little son, a buy of ulno or ten
years.
After dinner n variety of fruits was
nerved, mid mining the rest wero some
pencheg, n dish of 'which was handed
to tho young Indhin.
He helped himself to one with be
coming propriety; but Immediately nf
forward ho put tho fruit to his mouth
and bit a piece out of It.
Tho father eyed him with Indlgnn
Hon, nnd spoke some words to hlni In
a low volco, which I could not under
stand, but which, on being Interpreted
by ono of tho company, proved to be a
wnrm reprltnnnd for his having been
so deficient In observation ns not to
peel his peach, ns he saw tho gentle
man opposite hi m hud done.
Tho little fellow wns extremely
nshnmcd of himself; but he qulckly
retrleved his error by drawing n plate
toward him nnd peeling the fruit with
tho greatest neatness.
Somo drink to which ho was nfter
ward helped, not being by any means
ngrccablo to his palate, thu little fellow
uindo n wry fnce, ns a child might unt
il rally do. This called forth another
reprimand from the fnthcr, who told
111 in Hint ho despaired of ever seeing
htm a grent mnn or n good warrior It
ho appeared thus to dislike what his
host bad kindly given him. Tho boy
took the rest of his drink with seem
ing pleasure.
RIDDINQ DOGS OF FLEAS.
Troublesome Tormentors of Canines In
No Dunuer of Kxtliictlou.
Did you over undertake to keep n
dog freo from liens, not a whining lit
tle toy dog, but n normal dog that runs
about lu tho grass and leads a dog's
llfo? It's n thankless Job. Every day
or two you have to sprinkle I1I111 with
powder, the smell of which Is dlstnsto-
ful to you, detestable to the dog nnd
abhorrent to tho tleas. Somo of the
latter are mado deathly sick, some nro
maimed nnd many nro killed ontrlght,
but, strnngo to say, their public pun
Ishrucnt does not net as n deterrent on
tho tleas Hint nro not caught. The lat
ter continue to Increase nnd multiply
Just ns If n Ilea had never been
brought to Justice, nnd whenever they
get the chnnco they- hlto a dog.
Ono dog furnishes sustenance for
many generations of tleas, tho most
rigid police surveillance falling to dis
courage tho young nnd active among
them In a given length of tlmo you
will find a given number of tleas on
n given dog. Tho most vicious nro the
ones Hint hnvo been sickened by the
powder. They nro also the hardest to
kill, as they don't mind It so much
tlio second time. In fact, nfter tho
third or fourth ilosu they seem actu
ally to onjoy It. This Is n condition,
not a theory, ns Mr. Cleveland used to
sny. No matter how great your sym
pathy for tho dog may bo you can't
help him, You can't establish social
settlements In llondom; you can't kill
all U10 liens lu tho world,
It wouldn't bo fair to kill all the
dogs. Tho best way Is to let tho dogs
and tho tleas fight It out among them
selves. A Snob.s Grievance,
"Young man," said Mr. Dustin Stax,
I hnd to work for my money."
"Well, fnthcr," wns the chilly re-,
ply, "enough people lu our set are
throwing that up to me without your
talking about It" Washington SUr.
GOOD
Shorty
tofies
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1 ... 1 I I I TttTtTTtt I I I I Ttt
A young graduate In luw, who hnd
hnd some experience III New Yurk City,
wrotv tu 11 prominent pruetloner lu Ar
kansas tu Impilru what chance there
was III that section fur such u one as
ho described himself tu be. He said:
"1 nm 11 Republican In politics, and an
honest young lawyer." Thu reply that
-u nm seemed encouraging In Its Inter
est. "If yuti nre 11 Itepubllcnn the
game laws here will protect you, and
If you are an honest lawyer you will
hnvo no competition."
A "iHislllvely true tnle" of Hcutch
pnwklness Is sent us by u nnvul corre
spondent. He traveled up tu Invernes
nil I re with 11 Scotsman, on whose taci
turnity he fulled, after many eirorts, tu
impinge. Thu Kcotsman still stared
dully, fixedly from thu train. At lust
Intelligence began tu shuw lu his face,
11 ml grew tu ecstasy, mid lie shuutcd
In his excitement: "Ixik here, look
here, Hint's whaiir It wns." Ills com
pnnlon rushed tu the wlnduw. "In you
win town," continued the Scotsman,
"I wns ehnrged snxpence for yln cup
uf coffee."
An English student tells that when
he vwis attending school nt Leipzig tho
feeling regarding tho Hner war ran
high, the Ocrmniis rurerly exulting
over any news nf Urltlsh defeat. Ono
uf the university prnfessurs was the
most rabid pru-ltocr. One dsy he post
ed n notice announcing thut there
would be a meeting of the professorate
tu protest against the action uf En
gland In Houth Africa, and that the
meeting would be held ln the Zoologi
cal (lurdens. An English student was
bold enough to write under the no
tice: 'And n very good plncc, too," but
ho hnd U luavu the university on ac
count of tils wit
At a children's party nt Hucklngham
I'alaco the other day, a little Incident
occurred which furnished Queen Alex
andra, who Is very fond of children,
with considerable amusement Ono of
the small people present, a 3-year-old
son of Lady Lurgnu's, has a passion
for soldiers, and was showing his ap
preciation for the scarlet-colored mili
tary bandsmen who were playing In
the garden by picking daisies and pre
senUng them.. Presently the Queen
chanced to pass by, and graciously
asked the small boy to give her a dai
sy. The youngster looked her majesty
over, nnd compared her cjulet gown
with the guy uniform he admired, then
firmly renlled: "No. Orass for you."
nnd handed the Queen tiny handful
of grass.
William T. Dnntz, who wns with
President Itooscvelt while he was a
Western rancher, relates, In Harper's
Weekly, nu Incident lllustraUve of the
President's temper although, he says,
It Is tho only time he ever knew It to
get away from him. It was during
tho last round-up of cattle, and House
velt and Dnntz were saddle-comrades
and bed-mates. It was a stormy night,
and they went to bed which consisted
of tarpaulin-covered blankets on the
wet ground tired and hungry, tho
rain having drowned the cook's Ore.
Hardly hod we turned In." says Mr.
Dantz, "when a night rider slashed a
wet lariat across our bed, catling out:
All bands turn out; cattle breaking
away!' With a groan I slipped out
sideways, and groped Id the darkness
for my pony'a picket line. Suddenly
heard a burst of picturesque lan
guage, the gist of which was a general
malediction on the country, tho man
who made It, the men who lived in It,
und the 'blankety-blankfool that would
leave dod's country for such a blank-
ety-blauk wilderness but there are
certain situations too sacred to be de
scribed."
FRIENDS OF THE HORSES.
Bolder
1 In Stable Protect the Occu
pant from Insect Pests.
How many readers are aware of the
value of a spider's web In tho right
place? The neat housekeeper would
prefer other kinds of traps for ridding
her kitchen of files and even a star
boarder might hold to the old-time
mosquito bur when he lays himself
down to sleep, but It Is doubtful If
anything so cheap, so simple and at
the same time so effective has ever
been utilized for the comfort of horses
In a stnble ns the cozy parlor of the
tiny threndmuker. A reporter was
standing In front of Lloyd Grubbs' liv
ery stable a few mornings ago when a
hostler trotted out l)r. Uuveon s ma
hogany bay. Like most men who have
long lived In Texas, the scribe loves
a good horse, and tho nnlmul referred
to hns n pretty build, n stylish step
nnd claims to hnvo aristocratic blood
In Ids veins. He had been well groom
ed and his Bleek coat of hair, pretty
head and neck made n picture, but In
spite of bis rich blood and good looks
he soon became restless. He squirmed
and switched, stamped and fretted,
though there wero very few flies about
hlni. Mr. Orubbs came out, fanned
tho pests otT, nfter which the horso
Btood quietly enough, hut gnzed long
tngly Into the stable. Half a dozen
men wero eyeing the atilmal and all
Interpreted the expression In the
horso's eyes and nctlon of his ears to
menu ho wanted to get back Into his
stnll. Mr. Grubbs was quick to speak.
Ho first called attention to the two
long ranks of burses standing In stalls
on cither side of aisles, that led entirely
through tho building.
"Notice," ho snld, "not a horso Is
switching his tall, nor Is there the
slightest noise, though 011 a wooden
floor from stamping feet. You can turn
any of thoso horses out of the stable
nud tbey would break right through
this crowd to get back. Why Is It?"
If any of tho others wero prepared
to answer his conundrum they, failed
to spoak out
"Look at thoso cobwebs," Mr.
Grubbs proceeded. "For years after I
first wont Into tho livery stable busi
ness I swept every stnll foro and aft,
overhead and on tho sides. I could
not tolerato spider webs, for I know
they gathered dirt aud looked so un
tidy. An old Colorado miner dropped
lu here one day Just as he was drag
ging out from under a pretty heavy J
Jag. He claimed tu have been a hos
tler fur years oil 11 stage line between
Hllver Plume mid Colorado Nprlugs.
For a drink tho old fellow offered to
tell im; huw tu rid my stnble of files
nnd uiusqultoes. 'Let the spider webs
alone and when they get pretty thick
about the upper part uf the stalls they
will keep off files, glials and musqul
toes.' Ho wns gono before I hnd tlmo
tu think how his fare looked whether
he was trying to tell the truth or wns
simply working me fur that drink, but
I told the men about the stnble Hint
we would try It. Within 11 few months
friendly spiders hnd filed pre-emptions
nnd finished up n pretty good Job nbovo
the stalls, mid fur years my stock hns
never been harassed while In tho stall
wllh flies, gnats or mosquitoes. You seo
the hoeks of the horses arc not swoll
en or their hoofs split from pounding
the hard floor with their feet, nor do
their eyes run water, as do tho eyes of
all horses where guilts and (lies linunt
them."
There hung the dingy festoons, while
forty or tlfty horsis sleeping peace
fully testified to the truth of nil Hint
their owner had snld iibout the value
of spiders In a stable. Denver News.
HOW TO BECOME WELCOME.
Considerable Tact Heriilred to Leave a
Hemic. HutUlled.
There Is great art lu Impressing your
self favorably upon your host or host
ess, whether a guest In a city or a
country house. If you iiossess a ten
der conscience toward your hostess
show It by never taking any liberties In
her house with her belongings, her ser
vants or her children. To become a
welcome guest you must be keenly ob
servant of family hablti and little
preferences. Come dowu very prompt
ly to meals, and because you have owl
ish tendencies don't make the house
hold smother Its yawns while It hero
ically attempts to entertain you. Nev
er displace a chair, book or lamp with
out carefully replacing It Just where
you found It.
Don't leave your sewing, crochet
work, novel or teunls racket lying
about, as I knew one nice, careless girl
to do In a house where the hostess
was peculiarly tidy. Miss Illank even
tually left her bag of golf clubs near
a doorway, where the host stumbled
over them In Hie dark and hurt his
knee severely. Her balls of wool lay
In sufa corners half the time or In a
tangled mass on the parlor floor, and
she appropriated to her own use a big,
deep chair In the chimney corner that
was the special property, pride- and
solace of the host's elderly rheumatic
sister.
Khe meant no harm, of course, but
her careless disregard of the particu
larities of others rendered her pecu
liarly unwelcome to her hostess and all
the family In which she visited. They
were as glad to see her as was another
hostess who Invited a young man
frlenil of her husband to stop over the
week-end In her dainty little home. He
was a good fellow at lieart, but the
guest room he occupied for but two
days was a wreck when he left it He
had tied the fresh muslin window cur
tains Into hard knots In order to gain
more light upon bis shaving glass; he
bad dropped hot cigar ashes on the
embroidered bureau cover and burned
two big holes therein. Trying to move
about Hie room In the dark, he over
turned a vase of flowers and ruined
pretty rug and he coolly scratched his
matches on the wall. Finally, be
dragged a dainty chintz-covered chair
out upon the guest room balcony and
left It there all night In the rain.
BIRTHPLACE OF
MONASTICISM.
Asceticism Came Into Existence
Fourth Century Ilefore Christ.
In
It Is easy to comprehend on these
lonely, barren cliffs why Egypt has
been the birthplace and nursery of mo
nasticlsm. Recent discoveries hnvo
revealed the fact that this existed be
fore ChrlsUanlty, for there was a com
munity- of ascetics in the Serapeum of
Memphis In the fourth century B. C.
During the persecutions under Severus,
Declus and other ltoman emperors,
what wns more natural than Hint well-
known Christians should fly from the
populous towns and green fields of the
Delta nnd Nllo valley, to take refuge
In mountain caves, near to some little
oasis, placing many leagues of barren
wilderness between them and their tor
mentors? Food might be scarce, but
water was assured to them; and In
those circumstances marriage, with he
prospective euro of young children,
would be highly undesirable, or ns St.
Paul puts It, not "good for tho present
distress."
Whnt was at llrst a necessity came
to be looked on as a virtue; a falso
conception of Ood's character ns that
of a hard taskmaster was engendered;
one of our Ixird's sayings and certain
passages of St. Paul s epistles, Isolated
from their context, wero Interpreted,
without any reference to tho rest of
Holy Writ, as a prohibition of mar
riage to the followers of the Christ.
Thus a new yoke, harder than that
of Judaism, was fabricated; holiness
was supposed to consist largely In out
ward observances; and mortification of
the flesh was put on a level with sane-
tlllcatlon of the spirit. Asceticism wns
taught to tho Lntlu Church by Athn
naslus, the great Pope of Alexandria,
during his six years' exile; In the land
of his birth It took such deep root
that in the fourth century a traveler
named ltutlnus found that tho whole
population of Oxyrhynchus had be
come monks nnd nuns, each sex occu
pying a separate quarter of tho town.
Tho process or flight from tho city
to the caves must huve been often re
peated during the p.'rlod of Moslem
misrule; und tu this wo probably owo
tho preservation of many valuublo
manuscripts; for neither tho most dar
ing of Mameluko soldiers nor the most
bloodthirsty of Mohammedan street
mobs would have cared to follow tho
fugitives over a "black country" where
food nud water could be supplied to
them only by an organized transport of
camels. Century.
Ilalauced,
Some of your opponents, colonel,
nro accusing you of putting money
Into politics," said tho plain citizen.
"Well, somo of the others have been
accusing me of taking money out of
It," replied tho colonel, "so things ant
about even up." Philadelphia I'resa.
HUMOlt OF THE WEEK
8TORIE8 TOLD DY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.
Odd, Curious mid Laughable Plmae
of Human Nature Ornphlcnllj Por
trsjed hj llmlnent Word Artists of
Our Own Dar-A Iludget of Fun,
Husband My denr, did you notlco
Hint gentleman who Just got off the
car?
Wife Do you mean that dark,
heavy-set man In the light-gray suit,
brown derby hut and low tan sIiooh,
wearing a tunnlown collar with a nar
row He and diamond pin, carrying a
book and silk umbrella with a heavy
gold-mounted handle?
Husband Y-yes. I guess
Wife No, I didn't notlco him. Why?
l-'alr Wnrnlrisr.
Patient It's up to you, doctor. If
you fall to cure me you'll get nothing
for your services.
Doctor How's that?
Patient I liaven't money enough to
pay both you nnd the undertaker.
Uxtrcmc 3!cuHitrc
Mother If I catch you chasing those
hens again, I'll wash your face every
day next week!
Kxceptlon.
Ernestine He thought I wouldn't
show his love letters. How foollshl
Jack I should say so. There Is
only one class of girls that don't show
love letters around.
Ernestine And what class Is that?
Jack' Those that never received
any.
Too Many Wives.
"I henr you have discontinued the
custom of giving your clerks a raise
when they take a wife," said the vis
itor. "I have. Indeed." replied tho great
merchant
"Why so?"
"Well, the last clerk was a Mormon,
and came for a raise four times In a
month."
Ilackhanded Politeness
Ethel (breathlessly) Oh, Jack, dear.
what did papa say when you aBked for
my hand?
Jack He said that I had annoyed
him so long by being around the house
so much that I'd grown to be a sort
of necessary evil, and he'd miss me If
I stayed away. So he Invited me to
Join the family circle. Detroit Free
Press.
Lightened the llurden.
fceverai young women at the re
ception asked young Mrs. Wlsley why
she had discharged her hired girl.
The reason Is plain enough," she
replied. "It Is easier to do the work
for Tom and me than for Tom and
the hired girl and me." Detroit Free
Press,
Took to Her.
"I don't see how Mrs. Blank ever got
anyone to propose to her, she has such
a sour disposition."
'Why, Blank, you know, used to be
given to temporary aberrations of the
mind, nnd at the time he asked ber
10 marry mm ue uiougnt he was a
lemon squeezer." Detroit Free Press.
Quite Different.
Smith What does Brown do now?
Jones He Is nn nrtlst.
Smith I know; but what does he do
for a living?
Iletweeu Friends.
Miss Do Playne I wonder If Mr.
Shortlclgb renlly wants to marry mo
for my money?
Miss Prettyun Has he proposed?
Miss De PlayiK? Yes.
Miss Prettyun Then how can you
possibly doubt It, dear?
Point of View,
Mlfkins So your friend Enpeck
claims to be a self-mado man, eh?
Blfklns Yes; but If you wero to see
him when his wife happened to be
around you would think ho was made
to order.
Not a Had Idea.
Little- Willie Sny, pn, Is the pen
mightier than the sword?
Pa So some peoplo claim, my son.
Llttlo Willie Then why don't tho
Ilusslnns arm themselves with foun
tain pens?
Natural Deduction.
Askltt What reasou havo you for
thinking young Drlllen has a grudgo
against humanity In general?
Ivnoltt He Is a student In a dental
college.
Overheard In tho Park.
Eruestlno Jack has a horrid stiff
beard coming out. Tho idea of his kiss
lug me last night.
Uvn Oh, I don't suppose ho minds
'scraping an acquaintance."
How It Happened.
"I heard you giggling In tho parlor
last night," said the stem parent. "I
think you must have been beside your
self." "Oh, no," said the pretty girl, blush-
lug deeply, "I was bcsldo Charlie,"
Her War.
Old Manager So your prima donnsj
hns a bad cold?
Youthful Manager Yes, sho con-
trnctcd It
Old Manager A contract, hey?
Bha'll break It Imldo of twenty-four
hours. Detroit Free Press.
Mean,
Husband My, but I wish I had
your tongue.
Wife 80 that you could express)
yourself Intelligently?
Husband No; so that I could stop
It when t wanted to. Detroit Freo
Press.
One of 3!anr,
The Frlrmd (who has been abroad)
And how Is your wife, old man?
Ex-Husband Oh, I haven't any
wlfo now. She got a divorce Inst
spring and Is now on tlio stage.
Tho Friend Ah. nn actress, eh?
Ex-Husband Oh, no; she's merely
on the stage.
Ills Opinion.
"In some parts of Africa," snld Mrs,
Naggs, who was perusing tlio vlllugo
weekly, "a mnn can buy n wlfo for
a clay plpo nnd n string of glass
beads."
"Well," rejoined Naggs, "I supposo
there ore some wives who are really
worth all of Hint"
Never Kefusetl.
Carnegie was thinking of his mil
lions. "After all," he sighed, "too much
capital heaped on a man Is punish
ment" "Yes," said the common man, "but
n great many people aro In favor of
capital punishment."
Unite Another Story
Stern Parent No, daughter, I will
never consent to your marriage with
a man who gambles like young Spot
kins does.
Pretty Daughter Hut, pnpn, he says
ho will return all he ever won from
you on our wedding day.
Stern Parent Why didn't you tell
me that In the llrst place? The sooner
you mnrry him, my dear, the better.
Another Fish Btorr.
"So you were out in SL Louis?" said
Uie postmaster. "Did you see the ts
pike?" '
To be sure," drawled the Tillage
fabricator; then after a pause, "but It
wasn't one Inch bigger than the pike I
caught In Hurly's mill pond last sum
mer."
Indefinite.
'Getting any bites?" asked the In
quisitive person of the lone fisherman.
"What kind of bites?" queried the
I. f. "Fish, snake or mosquito?"
Proof ia the Haylnff.
"Mammy, will papple be home to
day?" "Go 'long, chile; what yo" ask such
foolish questions fo' when yo' seed ma
buy dat chicken." '
Playing; in Luck.
"We always treat our cook as one of
our family," explained the man who
was looking for trouble In an Intelli
gence offlce.
'That don't go with me," replied the
applicant for the Job, "but I'm willing;
to treat your folks as I would my own
family."
And as that was far more than ho
had even thought of asking, he pro
ceeded to close the deal then and there.
Natural Deduction.
He That young woman who Just
left must be a book agent
She Why do you think so?
He She spoke volumes.
Genuine Article.
Him Did you ever see one of those
slow matches?
Her Do you refer to a Philadelphia
courtship?
One Man's Idea.
meeker What reasou have you for
thinking Homer crazy?
Meeker He has been married throo
times.
An Insinuation.
He Don't you think Miss Thlrtyodd
looks awfully sweet this evening?
She Oh, I suppose so; but I never
did care for preserves.
Its Own Iieward.
Myer What do you mean by saying
an umbrella Is like a virtue?
Gyei: I mean that it Is folly to ad
vertise for either if lost.
A Others Bee Us.
'I don't have to work for a living,"
said the shiftless Individual.
"Of courso you don't," rejoined the-
busy man. "If you did It's a safe bet
that you wouldn't be living."
Tlio Gontto Voices He Heard.
"Naomi," he said softly as be gazed
at tho moon above them, "Isn't tho
evening beautiful? Do you know,
strange fancies throng my mind on a
night like this. Every zephyr Bcerns
to bear gentlo voices, perhaps from
the spirit world. Do you hear such
voices?"
Sllcuco for n moment.
"I thluk I do, George."
"What do they sound llko to you?"
"They nro very Indistinct, but they
mako 1110 think that papa nud brother
Henry are calling the dog." London
Tit-Ults.
Had Itesults.
"Do you believe that mosquitoes
nro affected by the use of kcroseno lu
the swamps?"
"Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel,
"kerosene drives more of 'em from
their homes, an' makes 'em crosser an
bloodthlrstler than ever," Washing
ton Star.
When a young man leaves an odor
of cigarettes In his trail, there develops
a growing dissatisfaction wnn tho girl
who will agree to marry him.
1 fwa.