Bohemia nugget., July 25, 1906, Image 6

Prisoners and Captive
By II. S. MERWMAN
(MlAPTElt XVI II. (Continued!
"My Dear Oswin If you want to car
ry out thin theater party come and ace
ma aloiit it. I Khali lx at hom all the
morning. Yours very truly,
"AGNES WINTER."
The young sailor read this letter among
other at the breakfast table. 1 1 in fath
er and sister were engaged on their own
(Taint Helen with her letters, the ad
miral among his newspapers. Oswin
Grace read the letter twice, and then
aliped it into hi pocket together with
the envelope that had contained it.
Miss Winter's elderly maid servant ex
pected Lieut. Grace, for she opened the
door and stood hack invitingly. He was
ushered up into the warm, luxurious
drawing room, and after the door had
been oloscd. stood for a few moments ir
resolute in the middle of the deep carpet.
Presently lie began to wander about the
room, taking things up and setting them
down again. He inhaled the subtle at
mosphere of feminine home refinement
and looked curiously around him. There
were a hundred little personalities, little
Ineonsidered feminine trifles that are only
found where a woman is quite at home.
There was a silly little lace handkerchief
utterly useless and vain, lying upon a
table beside a work basket. He took It
up, examined its texture critically, and
then instinctively raised it to his face.
He threw it down again with a peculiar
twisted smile.
"Wonder what scent it is," he mutter
ed. "I have never come across it any
where else."
He went toward the mantelpiece: upon
it were two portraits old photographs,
somewhat faded. One of Helen, the oth
er of himself. He examined his own like
ness for some moments.
"Solemn little beggar," he said, for the
photograph was of a little square-built
midshipman with a long, oval face. "Sol
emn little beggar; wonder what the end
will le? Wonder why he is on this
mantelpiece? I think that I was rather
a fool to conie here. Tyars would not
like it."
While he was still following out the
train of thought suggested by this reflec
tion th'. door opened af J Miss Winter en
tered. She had evidently just come in.
for she was still gloved and furred.
"Ah !" she said, gayly. "you have come.
I was afraid that your exacting com
mander would require your services .ill
the morning."
"My exiting commander," he answer
ed, aa ht took her gloved hand in his.
"has a peculiar way of doing everything
himself and leaving his subordinates idle."
She was standing before him. slowly
unbuttoning her trinm little sealskin
jacket.
"What," she said, suddenly, "about the
expedition?"
He looked back at her over his shoul
der, for he had gone toward the window,
and there was a sudden gleam of deter
mination in his eyes. It was her influ
ence that had disturbed Tyars" resolu
tion. "What expedition?" be asked curtly, oa
his guard.
"Thin theater expedition," she replied
sweetly.
"Oh, wp11, I suppose it will be carried
througti. We all want to go. I suppose
you are not strongly opposed to it?"
-I?" she laughed lightly; "of course I
want to go. You know that I am always
ready for amusement, profitless or other
wise profitless preferred. Why do you
look so grave, Oswin? Please don't I
hate solemnity. Do you know you have
got terribly grave lately? It is "
"It is what, Agnes?"
He was looking down at her with bis
keen, close-set gTay eyes, and she met
his glance for a moment only.
"Mr. Tyars." she answered, clasping
her fingers together and bending them
backward aa if to restore the circulation
after her cold walk.
"There is something," said Grace, after
a little pause, during which Miss Winter
had continued to rub a remarkably rosy
little pair of hands together, "that jars.
Tyars annoy you in some way. Why?"
Miss Wintei changed color. She look
ed very girlish with the hot blush fading
slowly from her cheeks. She did not,
however, make any answer.
"Won't you tell me, Agnes?" he urged;
and as he spoke he walked away from her
and stood looking out of the window.
They were thus at oposite sides of the
room, back to back. She glanced over
her shoulder, drew a deep breath, and
then spoke with an odd little smile which
was almost painful.
"Ilia Arctic expedition," she said, de
liberately. "If be is going to spend his
life in that sort of thing I would rather
not cultivate his friendship."
She leaned forward, warming her hands
feverishly, breathing rapidly and uneven
ly. She felt him approach, for bis foot
steps were inaudible on the thick oarpet,
and she only crouched a little lower. At
last, after a horrid silence, he spoke, and
his voice was deeper and singularly mo
notonous. "Why should you not wish to cultivate
his friendship unaer tnoae circum
stances?"
"Because," she answered lamely, "I
should hate to have a friend of mine a
real friend running the risk of such a
horrible death.
He walked away to the window again
nd stood there with his hands thrust
into his jacket pockets plucky, self-con
tained, taking his punishment without a
word.
"That." he said, "is the worst of mak
ing friends. One is bound to drift away
from them. Hut still it Is foolish to hold
aloof on that account."
"Our maritime philosopher," she said,
"will now expound a maxim. Ex-pound.
lierlvation to pound out."
"Shall I get tha tickets?" he asked, in
a practical way.
"Pleaae".
"Well, then, I will go off at once and
book them,"
Ha shook hands and left her standing
in th emiddle of the room.
"PartkATMt ." aha murmured regretfully
"it waa very cruel or it may b only my
own self-conceit. At all evenU, It waa
...i rh ara to Helen. I do
.MnW rhar fhev will both gO DOW.
Scare! had tU frout X Oomi be-
s
hind Oswin Grace when the bell waa rung
again.
Miss Winter, standing in the drawing
room, heard the tonea of a man's voice,
and iti a few momenta the maid knocked
and came Into the drawing room.
"A gentleman, please, nils ; a Mr. Ea
ton." she said.
"Mr. Easton." repeated Aft-new Winter.
For a moment she forgot who this might
be. "Show him up at one."
Matthew Mark Eaaton had evidently
devoted some care to the question of dress
on this occasion. Some extra care, por
haiw. for he was a peculiarly neat man.
He always wore a narrow silk tie in the
form of a how of which the ends were
allowed to stick straight out sideways over
the waistcoat. His coat was embellished
by an orchid.
"I am afraid." he began at once, with
perfect equanimity. ,vthat I have made a
mistake a social blunder. I came to In
form yon that I have secured a box the
stage box for Wednesday night, at the
Kpic Theater. It will be doing me a
pleasure if you will form one of my
patty. I do not know exactly how these
things are managed in England, but I
want Miss Grace and her brother to come
as my guests, too. Miss Grace waa kin.I
enough to ask me to le one of a theater
party, and mentioned the Kpic. so 1 went
light away and got a box."
"Oswin has just gone to procure seats
for the same night," said Miss Winter,
quickly.
'No," replied the American, "I stopped
him. I met in the street."
Miss Winter knew that they must have
met actually on her doorstep, and she
wondered why be should have delilierately
made a misstatement. She felt indefinitely
guilty, as if Oswin's visit had been sur
reptitious. Suddenly she became aware
of the quick, flitting glance of her com
panion's eyes, notimr everything each
tiny flicker of the eyelids, each iudrawu
breath, each slightest movement.
"How am I to do it':" he asked, inno
cently. "A note to Miss Grace or a ver
bal invitation to her brother?"
'A noti." replied Miss Winter, with
a gravity equal to his own, "to Helen,
saying that you have secured the stage
box for Wednesday evening, and hope
that she and her brother will accept seats
in it."
He nodded his head, signifying compre
hension, and rose to go.
"That," said Miss Winters, skipping
away from the subject under discussion
with all the inconsequence of her sex and
kind, "reminds me of something I heard
said of you the other evening. It was, in
fact, said to me."
"Then," replied the American, with
cheery gallantry. "I should like to hear it.
Had it been said to any one else I allow
that I ahould have been indifferent."
He stood with his bands clasped behind
his back, looking down at her with a smile
upon his wistful little face.
"IH you know Mr. Santow?"
The smile vanished and the dancing
eyes at once assumed an expression of
alert keenness, which was almost ludi-.
crous in its contrast.
"The Russian attache unaccredited?"
he replied, giving back question for ques
tion. "N-o-o," he said, slowly, "I do not;
I think I know him by sight."
'I have met him on several occasions.
I rather like him. although I cannot un
derstand him. There is an inward Mr.
Santow whom I have not met yet ; I only
know a creature who smiles and behaves
generally like a lamb."
'Santow, said Easton, deliberately, is
altogether too guileless."
MUs Winter countered sharply.
"I thought you did not know Mm?"
"I do not," answered Easton, imper-
turably.
"Except by reputation?
"Precisely."
'He is reputed," said Mias Winter, "to
be a great diplomatist."
'So I believe hence the lamblike man
ners.
Euston's face was a study in the art of
suppressing curiosity.
'Do you think that he is a wolf in
lamb's clothing?" asked the lady with a
laugh. "I will tell you what he said about
you."
"Thank you.
"We were talking about Russia it is
his favorka topic and he said that at
times he felt like the envoy from some
heathen country, so little is Russia
known by us. By way of illustration, he
asked me to look around the room and
tell him if it did not contain all that was
most intellectual and learned in England.
I admitted that he waa right. He said,
'And yet there are but two men in the
room who speak Russian.' Then he point
ed you out. There is one, he said ; he
knows my country better than any man
in England. If he were a diplomatist I
should fear him !' VWhat is he?' I asked,
and he merely shrugged his shoulders !u
that guileless way to which you object."
. Matthew Mark Easton diij not appear
to be much impressed. He moved from
one foot to the other, and took consider
able interest In the pattern of the carpet.
"And," he Inquired, "did he mention
the name of the second accomplished per
son? '
"No."
"I wonder what It was?" said Easton.
"Mr. Tyara," suggested the lady, calmly.
"Islbly. By the way, I thought of
asking him to join us on Wednesday at
the Epic."
"I hope," said Miss Winter, with a
gracious littlg bow, "that he will be ablo
to come.
" 'Dear Miss Grace,' began Easton,
solemnly, as if repeating a lesson, 'I have
secured the stage box at the Epic for
Wednesday exening next, and I hope that
you and your brother will do me the
pleasure of accepting seuts in it.' Will
that do?"
"Very nicely."
"And may I count on you?"
"Yes, you may count on me."
"Thank you," he said simply, and took
)iU denarture.
As he walked rapidly eastward toward
th rluh where he was expecting to meet
Tyara his quaint little face was wrinkled
m Into a thousand interrogations.
"Yes," he aaid at length, with a know-
tn no.!, "it was a warning; tuat spry lit-
tie lady smalls a rat. How dot she
know that Trr speaks Russian! Us U
' not the sort of fellow to loist of ht
accomplishments. She must have heard
It from Grav, and to hear from him she
1X1111 have asked, because Grace Is mora
than half inclined to be Jealous of Tyars,
and would take care not to remove the
bushel from his light."
lr some time he walked on, whistling
a tune softly. Cheerfulness is only a hab
it. II did not really feel cheerful nor
particularly Inclined for music. Then he
began reflecting In an undertone again.
"Her 1 am," he said, "in a terrible
fright of two women; all my schemes
may bo upset by either of them, anil I
do not know which to fear moat that
clever little lady with her sharp wits, or
that girl's eyes. I almoat think Miss Hel
en's eyes are the most dangerous : I am
sure they would he if it was my affair -If
it waa me whom those quiet eye fol
lowed aUiut. But it Is not : it Is Tyars.
Now, I wonder I wonder If he knows
It?"
CHAlTEIt XIX.
Had the keen-witted Easton been asked
why he felt liuelled to disburse ten
guineas for the Is-nefit of the lessee of the
Epic Theater, he would scarcely have
been able to make an immediate reply. In
his rapid, airy fashion he hud picked up
and pieced together certain little bits of
evidence tending to prove that the young
people with whom he found himself oil
somewhat sudden terms of Intimacy were
exivedingl.v interesting.
Matthew Mark Easton was leisurely
surveying the half-empty house when
Miss Winter. Helen Grace and Oswin
were shown into the !o by an official.
His quick glance detected a momentary
droop of Helen's eyelids. A blundering
mau would have made some reference to
Tyar's lateness of arrival. Easton did
no such thing. He procetsied to draw for
ward chairs for the ladies, and did the
honors w ifh a certain calm ease which in
no way savored of familiarity.
"I should like," said Miss Winters, un
tying the ribbon of a jaunty little opera
cloak, "the darkest corner."
"Why?" asked Helen, almost sharply.
"Because the piece is said to be very
touching, and I invariably weep."
"Sorry," said Easton ; "sorry it cannot
be done. But I can lend you a huge pair
of opera glasses."
"But," urged Miss Winter, "my tear
drop audibly on the program."
'We want the dark corners for the men
the background," urged the American,
holding a chair invitingly. "We love the
shadow eh, Grace?"
"S;eak for yourself," said the sailor,
bluntly, pulling forward a second chair
and seating himself immediately behind
Miss Winter.
One great fault in Matthew Mark Eas
ton was soft heartedness. He was one of
those mistaken men who hesitate to pun
ish a dog.
"It apixurs." continued Easton as Ty
ars entered the box, "that the piece is
touching. We shall require your moral
support; that calm exterior of yours will,
1 surmise, assist us materially to keep a
serene countenance turned toward the
stalls."
'Don't be personal," replied the En
glishman. "You may rely upon me at the
pathetic parts. It is some years since 1
wept."
"The last time I did it." said the Amer
ican, thoughtfully, "was when I got my
ears boxed because another fellow broke
window."
Helen and Miss Winter laughed. Th'y
all felt that there was a hitch some
where. They were conversationally lama
and halt.
"We both told untruths about it," con
tinued Easton, determined to work this
mine to its deepest. "But mine failed,
while his succeeded. That was why I
wept. Mine was not an artistic lie, I
admit; but it might have got through with
little good luck. There is nothing so
humiliating as an unsuccessful attempt to
pervert the truth. Have you not found
that ho, Miss Winter? But of course you
would not know. I apologize; I am sor
ry. Of course you never tell them."
"Oh, yes," said t.ie lauy, canuiuiy, i
do."
At this mone the curtain was drawn
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up, anu .MISS liner urune uu nuuurmj
in the midst of her confession, turning
toward the stage and settling herself com
fortably to watch the play. In so doing
she unconsciously drew her chair a little
further away from Helen, and thus left
her and Claud Tyars more distinctly
apart.
(To be continue.)
Not the One to -t I. eft.
The winter had been mild. Watef
congealed only enough to drown the
Incautious skater. Plainly the Ice crop
wus to be a wartn forst, us It were.
"But you know It'a n cold dny when
we get lert, reinuiKeu wi n-e mint
merrily.
Thereupon price went up oO ier cent.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Ilia Idea of Duet.
"Yea, de profennor nn nie played a
duet on de orguu wunst"
"You?"
"Yes, me. When I stopped lie
stopped."
"But you don t know one Key rrotu
another."
"Sure not. I did de pumplu.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Love'i Idle Ilreain.
Gunner They suy he was a young
and daring adventurer.
Guyer So I huve heard. He mar
ried the wife of the lute millionaire
and gossip says she Idolizes him.
Gunner You mean Idlelzed him. He
has not done u stroke of work since
the wedding. Columbus Dispatch.
Fuels In the ('
"According to the papers," snid the
alleged funny ninn, "nn Ohio sheriff
eloped with u locomotive last week."
"Was It a love match?" usked his
friend.
Probably not," replied the party of
the funny part, "although there seems
to huve been a tender uttuchment."
Una of Muuy. .
Young Wife It's wonderful how
well Tom and I manage to get along on
his small salary, Isn't It?
line Brother Oil. I don't know. It
i. nartl owlnir to your economy, but
Tom owa the most of U to bin friend
Horar-Mml irln lias.
There Is enough grain stored on over
farm to warrant the building of a grain
box, particularly when one can bo built
for a very small sum ami with hut little
lalnir. Such a box Is easily constructed
from dry goods boxen, using n nuinlcr
of the same slr.o to obtain the desired
capacity nnd setting them end to end.
fastening tlicin together or not a" de-,
sired. The fronts are cut as to ob
tain the proper slant and then a cover
Is made so that th box or boxes may
! locked If necessary. Divisions arr
made In the Inside In accordance with
the quantity of each kind of grnln to
1m stored. The loxes are set on legs
about fifteen Inches high nnd each of
these legs has nn Inverted cap of tin
placed on It near where the leg Joins
THE HOME-MAM! IIIIAI 1X.
the Imx. These tins will prevent vermin
In the s: of rats and iiib'e from
easily llinMu up the box and getting
at the grain. If desired the several
divisions may be lined Inside so as to
make tlicin more vermin proof. The Il
lustration shows bow simple tills grain
box Is.--Indianapolis. News.
xhmrlnit !heci tty Maetil"".
1 have iis.M a shcep-shetirliig li'
chine for the last live or six years, says
a cu-respoudcut of Rural New Yorker.
The machines have been xery much
improved lit that time. The Hist knife,
or clippers, that I had very soon got
clogged, and did l'r work on Miccp
11, at had Hi r oily wool, or had any
wrinkles. The one I now have, used
on the same machine, will clip any kind
of a sheep or wool. Now as to the di
rect .piestlon. Has the machine any ad
vantage over hand work? So long n
we had the old fashioned shearers, who
could turn off thirty to forty sheep a
day. well shea red. I had no need of a
machine. As the old men died off. or
. . . ..!... - ...... t,iwrr II (til
were unanie to oer uw.
because of the scarcity of heei
voiinir men took up shearingIt
-few
lm-
came a problem to know how to get
the sheep well and economically shear
ed. The men who were unused to It
not only cut the sheep and tangled up
the wool, but they would shear only a
few sheep per day, which made It ex
pensive. For this reason I put in a
machine.
Sred Corn Ilreedlns; Vmy.
Corn-breeding work, still In Its in
fancy, already has spelled profit for
ninny growers. Material Increases In
yield, due In large measure to plant
ing Improved tested seed, have been so
general that farmers everywhere are
adopting better methods of seed selec
tion. And other countries, noting what
has been accomplished by American
corn breeders, have taken steps to fol
low their example. Recently an Ameri
can seed-corn breeding company ship
ped 1.300 bushels of corn to the agri
cultural department of the Egyptian
government
The same company has
also exported nn order of lO.otX) immhhIh
of seed com to Australia, where It will
be used In breeding work conducted by
the agricultural authorities of that
country. It Is to the i-orn belt of
America that the peoples of the enrth
come for corn. Our corn crop Is the
envy of all civilized countries which
cannot or do not grow corn.
White I'ekln Iturka.
The White I'ekln Is a popular duck
which has a distinctive type esieelully
Its own, and differing from all others
in tiie shape and carriage of Its body.
The legs are set fur buck, which causes
the bird to walk In an upright jsltloti.
In alze these ducks are very large, some
reaching as high as twenty pounds to
the pair. Their flesh Is very delicate
and free from grossness, and they are
ronsldered among the best of table
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WIIITC PEK1N DUCKS.
fowls. They are excellent luyers, aver
acini; from 100 to 130 eggs euch In a
e,ison. They are non-setters, hardy,
. I I 1 .t.l AUrilluut1 111 Mill tilt.
easny raiseu u..u tu ..........
Ing of any duck.
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mf
m
7.-i' t,He
tJuliien.
The Guinea Is said to Ih a nallvo of
western Africa and I a very actlvo
bird of a rather wild nature. I n wini
nature of the beautiful fowls Is an oh-J
Jectlou with many poultrymeti. There
are two breeds of guineas, the sari
and the white guinea. The pearl guinea
Is of a wilder disposition than the
white guinea. Both breeds are nlsiut
the same slr.e. Tim flesh of the pearl
guinea Is darker than that of tb
white, which makes the white guinea
preferable us a ttiblo fowl. Both breeds
of guineas are good summer egg pro
ducers. They In-gln laying In April or
May and continue to lay until late In
the fall. The pearl guinea Is very sen
sitive alM.ut having her nest disturbed
and often leaves the nest If a part of
her eggs are removed. The white guinea (
Is not so particular about her nest and J
will continue to lay In the nest If only
one egg s left In It. Our w hite guineas
often lay In the nest boxes In the poul
try house with the chicken bens.
Guillens are valuable Insect destroyer.
They will eat Insects that the chickens,
will Hot, such as the potato bug and
gooseberry worm. I noticed our guineas
picking the worm off the gooseberry
bushes and not a worm escaped that
the guineas could reach. They picked
the worms off as high us they could
Jump.
Mow to ;irille lirape Inea.
l'he girdling or ringing of grapevines
Is done to Increase the M.o of each
cluster. It Is not done generally, how
ever, although some Hud the method
prolltable. The bark Is entirely re
moved below the fruit cluster alsut a
month before the period of ripening
which hastens maturity about a week
or two and enlarges the hunch ami
berries. The Nap ascends through the
pores of the wood to sustain growth,
but the elaborated sap descends through
the w 1 and the bark and can go no
lower than the point at which the gir
lie Is made, where It stops and Is uMI
led in feeding tile grapes. Some In
jury Is done the vine below the girdle,
and hence It may not pay on an exten
sive scale.
Jumper to llri-nk 4'cilta.
A Caiiaillin farmer says that therr
Is nothing yet discovered so useful .n
breaking a colt In winter as the old
fashioned "Jumper." A Jumper Is slin-
THE Oi l) EAHIIIONKK JI.'MI'KU.
ply made of two saplings twenty feel
or more long, weakened about live feet
from the butt ends by shaving the up-
mt sides half through, so that the poles
sag when the rider Is on the heat and
the colt hitched. The seat Is supported
by four posts and the horse Is placed
far out In the shafts. A colt cannot go
over backwards with this.
lod To ii I o for the lloxa.
If the hogs are growing as fast and
doing as well as they can do, nothing
Is needed In the way of medicine. But
If they are a little off lu any way, a
few doses of the following will straight
en tlicin up.
Wood charcoal, 1 pound; sulphur, 1
pound; sodium chloride, '' pounds; so
dium bicarbonate, o pounds; sodium
hyposulphite, '2 pounds; sodium sul
phate, 1 pound; antimony sulphide, 1
pound. Pulverize and thoroughly mix.
The doe Is u large tuhlesjHiouf ul for
each L'lMi pounds weight of hogs to be
treated, given once a day. The bogs
will eat this mixed In their food, unless
very II), when It should be poured Into
them, mixed lu water.
llenrdleMM llarli')' Crop,
Beardless barley Is entirely free
from barbs, unless the seed Is accident
ally mixed with some other variety. It
does not yield so well us some of the
bearded sorts, nor Is It a good malting
barley. It Is u good feed for pigs,
sheep or fowls nnd for horses when
crushed. Its distinguishing advantage
Is that It stands up well and ripens
very early, coming off the ground soon
enough to let the clover'or it If ji 1 fa sown
with It tiiko sssesslon heforn It Is
much weukned by shading. It Is the
best nurse-crop yet found for clover or
alfalfa, and for that purpose Is recom
mended. Field of Million Arm,
The largest fenced pasture field In
the United Ktntes Is on the Bluekfect
Indian reservation, In Montana. This
field contains LfiDO.OOO acres, and the
2K) miles of barbed wire fence luclos
Ing It have been completed. About 400,.
(100 pounds of wire were required for
the work. There are fi(,(MMi hend of
cuttle wintering In this pasture, half
of which belong to the stockman, who
ure paying for the privilege of pastur
age. Fred for Mare In Foal.
While lu foul the mure does not nec
essarily require food different In qunl
By from that fed ut other times, but,
all things being equal, the quuutlty
should he somewhut larger. Outs ure
the best feed, yet shorts and bran may
be fed with beneflclul results. Mashes
can ho given occasionally, and where
possible cooked feed may be supplied
at ulght three times a week.
Mfe Insurance. Standard Oil. coal
road stock. ileUI.nl ham. What next?
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The anarchist Is at emy of the hu
man race, nnd should be dealt with a
such. Philadelphia Press.
San rruucls.'o s. Ii.h.I children are to
go to sclasd lu tents Will they ever
be able to enjoy n circus lu after years?
New York Commercial.
No doubt the Pullman porters run
ning on the Pelins,lvanla line are now
jealous of the higher olndala. who en
Jo.v.sl the coal "toca graTt. Houston
Post.
Mr. It.M'kcrcller goes abroad In a
$Tihi Mate room, but then It must ti
rememberisl that he Is taking a km
clallst physician along New Yolk
World.
President liner now takes up th
muck rake. If the practice spreads pro
fessional wleblers of that Imple it
will llnd their .Hvupatloii gone. New
York World.
It Is icn.iI.s from Washington that
Senator Becrhlgo Is troubled with In
digestion. Bern reading the b.-ef com
missi is' report, ell.' I'llllldelplibt
North American.
Some old letters of ItiM-kefelliT tl'IVO
Just come to light, and show that ho
was In favor of the simple spelling be
fore Carnegie ever thought of It.
Philadelphia Lodger.
That old. old Joke alsoit the saus.igo
Jumping from the butcher's book when
whistled for ainl culled lido proves to
have Im'cii grossly Mattering to the sans
ii ge. New Yolk Press.
Trust magnates may be very siiia-t
iii.i) in i hilt own otllivs, but on tbo
witness stand they do not appear to
bae any more m-nse than ordinary
men. Washington Star.
A Salt Lake unman who was com
pelled o chose between her husband
and her dog stood by the latter. It's
Hot a isy IIIMtter to get II really g'HHl
dog. New Yolk Herald.
The business talent of some of thostt
railroad clerks was so pronounced that
If they hud not been found out they
might have owned the road lu a short
time. Philadelphia Press.
Mr. t'assatt Is reported to be per
turbisl over that railroad graft busl
iicsm. This Is disheartening, as folks
believed that he would le at leant agi
tated. New York World.
Jesse E. James of Missouri, son of
the notorious Jesse James, seems to Isi
of quite a different sort. He has Just
bis'ii admitted to the bar. Outlaw and
In law! -New York Commercial.
The Anthracite Trust has put the
price of imiiI up l.'t ivnts Just to show
that the miners aren't the only mtsoii
who can be magnanimous to the public.
Philadelphia North American.
Why should there he sympathy for a
railroad clerk who Is dismissed for
accepting iial stock? Such gifts ara
I he Inalienable prerogatives of the "men
higher Up." New York Herald.
San Francisco makes the sinister an
houuceiiicnt that Its marriage lli-cimo
bureau and the detention ward for
those suspected of Insanity are In tlm
same building. -New York Herald.
.1. Plerpout Morgan lias purchased
tin' tiotisl art i-ollistloii of Itmlolplio
Kami for live ami a lirth millions.
Which reminds us that some Kami and
some can't. New York Commercial.
We have Hot been nble to dochlA
whether the conviction of the packers
on the charge of ivhullng Is anarchy in
the courts or n blow nt our agricultural
Interests nnd foreign trade. Philadel
phia North American.
If the Panama Canal Is really lo bo
dug to music, there ought to be u splen
did chance down there for some leather-lunged
baud to put the finishing
touches to "Everylsidy Works But
Father."--Washington pt.
Sarah Bernhardt took u day off at
Coney Island to shoot the chutes and
do other girlish stunts. It gives us hopo
that there lire niiiny, many jiosltlvely
farewell tours yet lu store for tho
country. Philadelphia North Amer
ican. The Sultan of Turkey is a rreat roU
leetor of canaries.
Tho King of Bavaria receives $l,oo0,
0K a year for his royal services.
Sir Charles Wynilham and his com
pany will uiiike a tour of this country
next year.
London's lord mayors have, during tha
last decade, collected nioro than 1(M).
(KMI,(K0 for charity.
Tho Duke of Bedford is tho premier
peer of Scot hind ami hereditary keeper
of Holy rood castle.
Prince Louis .Napoleon H A general In
the Russian army. This Is not a re
iirlnder of Moscow, 1812.
Tho (W of Itussla Is paid $d,7.'0,000
a year for his private uso, whllo each
grand duke receives $1,000,000 a year.
Emperor William's la,tot fad is photog
raphy in three colors. He has a studio
In his palace of Monbijou, whera ha
works.
Earl Cromer Is on of tha most thor.
ough student of tbt Bibls vhom tha
English publlo hava among thtir promt
Dnt tuto.