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Pavesc. the Ital-
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science of
swordsman
ny honors with the
vc Italy. In this eouu-
proved his skill with
several contests and
ip with that
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T h e L a st S t r a w .
T H E H A L L OF FAME.
It was Saturday night, and. owing
to the temporary absence o f his wife. It
fell to Mr. Brown to attend to the usual
process o f giving his eight-year-old son
a bath and putting him to bed. lie had
left his evening paper with a man's re
luctance and had Lurried matters along
E X C IT E D OV E R N O T H IN G .
with more speed than the little chap
A
Little H oneym oon Incident That
was accustomed to. However, he en
R u tile d M r. N e w l y u e d '« T e m p e r .
dured It without a protest until it
came to the prayer. It was his habit I “ Really, my dear, you know I haven’ t
after “ Now I lay me” to ask the divine j tlie slightest desire to tiud the least bit
blessing upon n long list of relatives v t fault, but didn't you almost recog
nize that very ordinary, foreign look
and friends, calling each by name.
“ Please, God,” be began, “ bless papa ing man nt the corner table as we came
and mamma, grandpa and grandma out o f the dining room? I—I thought
and Aunt Edith and Uncle George you smiled and nodded—just a mite,
I'm probably mistaken.
and“ — A pause. His father, thinking you know.
to curtail the list of beneficiaries, softly Surely lie can lie no acquaintance.”
“ Well, not exactly an acquaintance,
insinuated an “ Amen.” Not heeding
the Interruption, the little supplicant Wendell, darling. Sometimes we meet
drew a long breath and continued. people who—that is—it’s no matter, I
“ And Aunt Alice and Cousin Annie and guess.”
“ But. Evelyn. I ought to know, 1
—and” — Again his father said "Amen.”
This was more than flesh and blood think. He gave you a most admiring^
could stand, and. lifting his little head, j survey—fairly took you in from head te
he exclaimed, with tears o f indignation. foot—and his insolent grin of satisfac
“ Papa, who's running this prayer, you tion was—well, some men would have
stopped right there and pulled his in
or roe?” —Harper's .Monthly.
quisitive nose.”
“ That wouldn't have done nt all,
T h e P op u la r T u n e.
“ Aren’t you going to play that piece 1 Wendell. 1 suppose he bad a right to
the lady Just requested?” asked the look at me. I hope he was pleased.”
“ Pleased! Evelyn Scott—I mean Smith
J U D G E A L T O N B. PARKER A N D H IS P R E S ID E N T IA L BO O M .
musician.
—what earthly right has that creature
“ No." answered tue bandmaster.
Jndec Parker, whose boom for the Democratic presidential nomination is now weO
to
be
pleased
with
my
w
ife’s
appear
under way eli over the country, is chief imlgs of the court of appeals of New Yuik staio,
“ But three or four people have asked
the highest judicial office in the gift of the Empire State.
ance?
That’s
what
I
want
to
know.
for it.”
“ That's true. I have observed that I’ ve a right to demand an explanation.
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when a composition is requested by How uao) strimft b m who art not
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three or four people a day there are •exactly acquaintances* nui 1 booked to.
rur. up against? Ah. you blush! 1 T IlO
IS t i l O |U l|M M *of t l l O ] > O O p I o .
several thousand who would pay mor
rather than bear it any more.” —Wash should think’*—
“ Do not gef heated, Wendell. Per
Ington Star.
haps the blood did go to my face a tri
tie. I'm uot accustomed to this style of
He \Vn « It iu lit.
criticism. ‘ What right bad lie?’ you
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“ And you. n bride o f two weeks,
stand there and tell me this?”
“ I stand here and tell you this! I’ ll
tell you more. That man—I won’t call
him a gentleman—actually has had his
arm about me. You demand explana-1
tions. You shall have them. Go ahead
with your questions. No necessity of |
growing apologetic.”
“ I’ ll Just ask one. Mrs. Smith. W ho!
is this |>ersou?”
“ Why. Wendell. love, he's only the ;
ladies’ tailor w ho made this gown I
have on. O f course he couldn’t help |
eying it. IIow foolish we arc, Wendell! 1
There was nothing to get so excited
over, was there?” —New York Times.
Ur. William Ulmpan, the noted Ger
man plant breeder, lias just diid nt
Schlaustadt.
I’rnfcssor Filbert lioth, who holds the
t present is the pro- chair o f forestry in the University o f
in Baltimore Michigan, lias been elected forest
by the swell set of warden o f the state.
Ur. Carlos J. Findlay o f Havana,
well known for his work on yellow fe
ver, has been elected president o f the
American Public Health association.
J. l'ierpont Morgan has presented a
handsome residence to his daughter,
Mrs. Herbert L. Satteriee, located at
Thirty-sixth street and Park avenue.
New York city.
If General A. W. Greely, chief signal
officer of the army, has one fad It w
Alaska. He is now bending all his ef
forts to have a cable established from
Sitkn, Alaska, to Valdes.
Hear Admiral Sir Charles Drury, who
recently took the place of Admiral Sir
John Fisher as second lord o f the ad
miralty. Is a Canadian. His wife is a
daughter o f Mr. Whitehead of torpedo
fam e and aunt o f Princess Bismarck.
The Bev. Thomas D. McLean, pastor
o f the Union Congregational church,'
Ludlow, Mass., has resigned and will
become a real estate agent He says
that on his present salary. $1,000 a
year, lie is unable to make provision
for Ids old age.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Hlder of
Cheshire Harbor. Mass., each o f whom
is seventy-two years old. are very vigor
o u s and active for persons o f their age.
and the other day they walked to the
summit o f Grey lock mountain and
back to their home.
R
PAVES*,
Governor William H. Hunt, who. It
•ylosire that grace and
is reported, may soon resign his office
'<? only from tin» practice
In I’orto Rieo, is a native o f New Or
if fencing.
leans and is a son of Y\ illiaiu Henry
m .'T e lflis already quite
Hunt, who was a tn’ inber o f Garfield's
singlOMhk, bayonet ami
cabinet and later minister to Russia.
rcise and lias also used
Governor Hunt is not yet fifty years
thinks he can
old.
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y e ofct of the rapier
sentiment was
The pointed toqne made o f chenille
W B f Pnvesc on the
or taffeta brgid and garlanded with
with the
fruit or flowers is very popular.
that the ra-
exerclse; that
Silk muslin* covered with large flow
muscles and
er designs, woven or printed, are lovely
lint also
for dancing .and for youthful evening
Maud — Generally speaking, women
eyes. So the
frocks.
to pilot the
In velvet all shades o f gray, from si! •re--
lie (interrupting)—Yes. they are.
If.
ver to gun metal. Ivory to champagne
Maud—Are what?
at the pros-
and pastel bine pink and mauve, wilt
He — Generally
speaking. — Boston
er o f the
be w orn for etenings.
tes. In Un-
Xnlile Resolve.
The new fchaded ostrich feathers are
tlie crowned
“ I wish yon would eat the things I
o f such magnificent proportions in both
o f the royal
length and breadth that they are quite Wok for you, George, dear.”
rts w lt f the rapier,
“ O f course, darling. I hare often told
; ns much “property’* as the silk dress
i favor < f the rapier. j used to be In the days o f onr grand you I would die to make you happy.” - j
’essmS Sivese. Is that
Cincinnati Commer«-i ll Tribune.
r o f in,1' -e f-rm the ! mothers.
GIVE AND TAKE.
We growl about the tips we give
The porter and the waiter
And think from their demands we will
Oo Bankrupt soon or later.
But still the tips that coat us most.
We find in many eases.
A re those we t..K - ourselves—upon
The market and the races.
—Philadelphia Ledger.
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