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engagement with a Duluth audience. There were only three persons In the church that knew the secret, and great as the general enjoyment of the lecture OF MONTEVIDEO KNOWN wan these three bad au eujuym.ut in it ALL NATIONALITIES. that was all their owu. One was the manager of the local le*'”ne burval. uud the other two were bu».ness men. Lc from Minersville, Pa., and \\ Ueu Dr. Hillis reached Duluth be 'J'.aJe Millions in l ruguay — came jauntily attired iu short trousers known Civilian in ronth Arneri* and polka dot stockings, hardly a At railors of the Wor d, outfit for the lecture platform. He had »lipped a fishing trip Into bls lecture South Amer;, a s eastern itinerary, and he reached Duluth fresh ^■at I ruguay » pretty cap :al. from that sport. He expected to meet an American who is better his baggage there and get from It the to the ..timers cl all u.i \ - t ... a attire that goes with his lectures. It a.d. ..i;:a. .u «•■..«! i . did not become certain until the audi gB» Evans, of Montevideo. ence was waiting that the baggage had more than forty years Mr. uot come, and furthermore that it ■■».«- the iiv-t prom.n.i.: would uot come In time to equip the g^Bte'ideo's port, having tr**;,. a lecturer for that eveuing's appearance. ^■>. _ auing Luckily, there was a friend at baud. |K.. . ■ One of the busiuess men referred to of ^■t ompetitiou in the harbor, it fered to lend Dr. Hillis bls dress suit. it m Minersville, Pa.. .hat tl. s This relieved the situation. Now the million.« re set out : th-- business man Is of heroic frame, though of about Dr. llillls' height. When the .' *‘>1 the <*qi.at*>r. li.s harbor of Montevideo was as doctor enured his borrowed suit a ^■l-.ard a sailing ship. He »aw a grave discrepancy was noticeable, |^B to make money, and left hl» though It was not so serious that It !■, .tart a busim »* .m ». .. e \ : t. r seemed likely au audience would see it In a large ball. The hour was late, so |B .. ade an . x . li. nt s at t. \. 11 a r.s ked by the u.at. p.. at..m» the party proceeded to the church, be ing join«! by the second business man. ■partner. meant another beg-nnlng and to whom the situation was explained. Not another soul In the audience no ^■ally a harder struggle than the ^■nit Mr. Exalts had not startl'd ticed the misfit, and the people In th« secret were congratulating themselves ^■submit to failure. He was look ou their success when the lecturer be success and meant to And It. ■ :.s second race for fortune li'.s gan to warm up to his subject. As he ^■valuable possession was a boat did so It became necessary for him to ^■w Iilcli he personally served his make a gesture, and he solemnly raised ■ to the vari.ms ships. The stock one hand aloft. With It came the cos tume, and the broad collar, expansive ■ he carried In this same craft oft Kt. presented his entire . apital. and shirt bosom, and massive shoulders ■ rough harbor of Montevideo any rose until they threatened to engulf the ■;. render him again penniless, features of the lecturer. The three men ^kd many narrow escapes. Finally in the secret at this caught the speak ■ad made a sufficient amount of er’s eye, and with one accord they ■y to enable him to send to Baltl- shook their heads. Indicating that such ■ Md.. for a craft which would gestures would not do. A sparkle of Intelligence and appre ■ all weathers With the new boat ■ added prosperity, until Anally It ciation of the situation in the lecturer's eye showed that he had caught the ■red a steam tug and several light hint, and for some time he refrained B> handle his enormous trade. ■os|>erlty In business made outside from gesture. Habit was too strong, ■tments possible. These were han- however, and again the hand rose, and ■ wlth so much foresight that as again was bls countenance threatened ■evideo expanded the Evans prop- with extinction In the copious folds of ■ Increased In value, until to-day his costume. The gesture was arrested B atv worth millions. Mr. Evans at half flight, however- Chleugo Inter Ocean. ■etircl from active business. He Is ■eded by Ills former clerk. Manuel ■nl an American citizen of foreign Bitage. ■r Evans has specially endeared ■-if to the officers of every navy ■h has had ships upon the South BntiC station. These warships have ■vs been his especial charge, and no king craft ever entered the harbor Nature at times grafts a branch Into ■ontevideo that was not met by au another or Into the trunk of the tree, Bh'. boat carrying ice, fruits, fresh probably when friction wears off the Blslons and all those things which bark down to the growing layer, so that ■ Impossible accompaniments of a union is possible. In all grafting. It is ■ cruise. To naval officers Mr. Evans essential that the Inner layer of the keen a banker, and many an officer's bark come Into contact with that of the ■ has blessed this man from North stock In which the graft Is made, jerlca when she arrived at Monte- though It be only one side of the graft, eo and found her husband's ship not as In cleft or split grafting. Lin i>ort. 'If you arrive at Montevideo It may not be generally known thr.t Ido not And me there, go to Evans, the fluid which surrounds the oyster ■will take care of you and see that bears a closer analogy to the gastric ■want for nothing.' were the travel- instructions Issued to officers' wives secretion than anything else In nature. In they started to join their bus- In addition to the solvent proi>ertles of Ids on the station. Even now there this fluid It Is not without Its nutritive Ino change save the substitution of properties. Consequently all persons Itlnl for Evans In the instructions. who are accustomed to eat oysters I the system inaugurated by the should lie ever mindful that as little as possible of the juice should tie lost. inder of the business Is still main- There was recently added to the led under his successor. pince his retirement from active aquarium at Calcutta a gigantic crab, Lines« Mr. Evans spends most of his nbout two feet In diameter across Its L at the 'Quinta del Evans.' a mag shell, and having legs three feet long, Lent suburban estate on the out which was captured In a drag-net in the fits of Montevideo. This quinta l>e- Indian Ocean about a mile from the Les a familiar spot to all visiting shore and at a depth of forty five fath berlcnns, for one of Mr. Evans' great- oms. After lielng placed in a large | delights Is to entertain visitors from tank It devoured the fish and smaller L States."—Douglas White, in Afns- crustaceans that were Its fellow-prison ers. and iHter In the evening surprised rs. Its keepers ami visitors by emitting a RAINED BATS AND HAWKS. white phosphorescent light, strangely llluminnting the gloomy corner where It ■tn Blew Aboard the Ship Iron the had concealed itself between two boul ■ Last ant Hawks from the West. ■ > steamship Curityba. which ar- dera. The village of Bracket in Belgium, ■ed at New York the other ilay from ■ban ports, had a weird experience enjoys the fame of having originated ■th winged things on her trip up the one of the most celebrated of domestic Bast. When she was off Matanzas au fowls. The Belgians do not hesitate to ■-shore gale, permeated with tropical assert that the Bracket hens are un lolsture. piled the combers about her. equaled for the excellence and number ■ the blast came thousands of land of their eggs, while the roosters have ■rds and big bats. Mate Bregman develo|s‘d. thanks to generations of cul Bys the bats literally covered the ship. tivation and the Influence of "crowing Boating on all the rails. He says they tournaments,” a power and rhythm of voice equally unrivaled. The breeders ■peared to l>e a "cross Iwtween a vain ■n and a squirrel.” When the weath- have a theory that the musical contests ■ moderated and dawn came the bats In which the Bracket roosters are train Here near enough to one of the Baha ed serve to develop the peculiar quali ties of the race. However this may lie mas to venture leaving the ship. ■ A hundred or more miles off Florida It Is certain that cultivation has differ te Curityba was visited by what the entlated these fowls from all others. Among the more recent tasks Imposed Bventh mate, who Is English, declares ■as a flock of "heagles.” The eighth upon that busy new servant of man. Mate says be believes they were electricity. Is the acting as an assistant wliowl»,” and the ninth mate positively In the operation of dyeing When ■Snorts that they were " *awks.” What cloth soaked In aniline sulphate Is ever they may be called. Captln Hoppe placed lietween two metal plates cou Bnd hit men captured two of them, nected with the opposite ends of a ■thlch measure, according to the new dynamo, and an electric current Is Bltramarlne reporter who was sent out passed through It. the sulphate Is con By the ship news experts to get the verted Into aniline black By altering Bam, "about eight feet from tip to the strength of the solution and of the ■Ip.” There were altogether twenty current, shades varying from green to Bagles or hawks or owls In the fl«x-k pure black can be obtained. In the case ■ '.e news collector at quarantine re of Indigo, the cloth Is Impregnate«! with a paste of Indigo bitten nd caustic alkali. Borted the Invasion of birds thus: I "’>n Thursday, w hen off the coast of The electric current converts the Insol ■lorlda. two hawks, much exhausted, uble Indigo blue, by reduction of oxy few aboard the steamer and rested on gen. Into Indigo white, which Is soluble, fit.** veseel's spars. One of the crew and on lielng exposed to the air t*ecome» ■ent aloft and secured the birds. On oxidized once more and turns bine, thus the following day a large number of thoroughly dyeing th« cloth with that Birds were sighted; some flew near the color. •trainer. Captain Hoppe shot one but Bfsman k on Diplomacy. galled to secure It as It fell Into the Men who think they are statesmen kater. Another In trying to alight fell and diplomats by nature might, at any It’’« the funnel and was burned In the I rate consider the words of Bismarck ntimace. All the bird* appeared to l>e ••Diplomacy." be says, "la no shoe kxhauated. and had evidently been 1 maker's stool on which one can sit plown off the land. The two captured . stretch a kuee strap and put a patch on v> rd« are hawks of the species common 'a hole, diplomacy Is to t a ■ A w lib-b ly known as Ashing eagles.” I . an be learned by years and developed NDOFNAVALMEN N Science ®ivention by rote on a roller; diplomacy Is an art." LECTURED IN BORROWED SUIT. Th»t 1« Why Dr. Hillis Male <Mi Gee- tare« to Iialuth Audience Many people In the audience that re cently greeted the Bev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, pastor of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, wl.en be lecture«I Io Duluth, Minn., were somewhat puzzled by the expressions that fitted «cross 1. s face from time to time. His actions, too. particularly certain gesture«, aroused some cariosity am* ng the ob serving, and many wondered If be was brav,*< aa attach of Ulueaa to keep b e Electric Danger from [ I , I Wire I'rn. rs Lightning baa killed so many cattle while they were standing near wire fence« that It is proposed to diminish the danger by means of ground wires which will conduct the electricity lato the earth. -- — ■ — We hope we do not lack sympathy for the enthusiasm of youth, but we don't like tc hear a college 'yell." Don t »pend any aony la trying to hide a asoaotaia. ANOTHER the AID TO MATRIMONY. SUPPOSE WE SMILE.' Ring-Bearer a Feature of V-'p-to» Date Vt eUdinas. At many of the up-to-date weddings the riug-bearer is au important feature of the bridal procession as it slowly marches up the aisle. Usually thia functionary is a small boy uot so small, however, that he will lose the precious circlet with which he is en trusted dressed as a page and carry ing with much importance the satin pillow that bolds the riug. This is not au alisolutely new feature of weddings, but it is oue that should be encouraged by fond parents who would have the ceremony go off with out a hitch. As tbiugs are uow. the wedding ring is a fruitful source of trouble. When the groom take charge of it himself he luvartably forgets iu which pocket be put it. and It is ouly produced after a nerve-racking pause and much fumbling. When It is Intrusted to the care of the best man, It is as like as uot to be dropped by his nervous Augers as be awkwardly essays to baud It to his friend. Therefore, the little ring bearer In doublet and hose Is not only a pic turesque addition to the weddlug pro- cesslou as he walks along beside the flower girl be Is also Important for the preservation of peace ami tranquillity. It Is prophesied, by the by. that the fashlouable wedding with Its brides maids. Its maid of houor. its flower girl, its music and flowers and chattiug. criticising host of spectators will soon be a thing of the past. A goodly number of young folks In smart circles have recently slipped quietly away after their engagements have beeue announced and beeu mar ried at a clergyman's house simply to avoid this ostentatious display. Men have always beeu restive under a custom which is to them theatrical and trying iu the extreme, but they have yielded as the American mau usu ally does to the wish«*» of the women. Now, however, even femininity seems to begin to look upon the fashionable wedding as a great bore and as un necessary expense, and in consequence slips away quietly with the mau of its choice, foregoing the pleasure of court trains and tulle veils, and Is married with the gardener and cook of the rec tor as the sole witnesses.—Baltimore HUMJRCUS PARAGRAPHS FROt THL COMIC PAPERS. rt -asant Invoicnls Worl«lO\er Occarrin« ths mg. that Are V b«r- ful to Old or Youug iuuut Uelrc- tious that Everybody Will L.ojoy. Captain I've been noticing lat« ly that many meu aud some l» tty officers are often drunk! Acvrdlugly. I order that hereafter when anyone has l«ecn drunk he shall himself report it to me tlte next day. Petty Officer I have to report, hie! cap'u. that I was drunk yesterday. Captain But you are drunk uow! Petty Offi.vr Cap'n, I'll, hie! reimrt this drunk, hie! to-morrow : -I us« re Geeellscliaft. Wuuted Nmsllar Siae, "Well, Itastus, did you take those pills I gave you yesterday?" "Yas. sah; 1 took 'em. but. say. boss, •f yo's gwlne to give me eny mo’ to bike woan yo* put 'em In a smaller 1 h > x ? 1 ba«l a mighty hard time to swallow dat «s' box.” Often Heard. Gne Way to Fscspe. LARGEST OF ALL DIAMONDS. "Oh. I'm so sick of tncn!'' sighed the society gtrl. ”1 feel as though I never Weighed Nearlx Half s I’.'uutl W Oils Vucut. and Is of the F.rst Water. wanted to see a mau again.” No single object exhibited at the "Thru, why dou t you get married?" »ugge.ud tbs' observing girl.- l'hl!:id«'l Paris exposition eveu remotely a;» preaches iu value tbe gleaming "Ju pbia Press. bilee d amond. as It lias tie, u calli d iu Presence of Mind. commemoration of the jubilee of tbe Pbysiiiau Now. sir, you must make re gn of the Qin < n of England It la « up your mln«! to smoke less. diamond of the first water and of a I'atieut Why, I Uever smoke at all. ! beauty aud size that leave auything Physician laffis tiug to I* auuoyedi known heretofore far behind. This ll'm! Don't interrupt me. sir. As I was largest and most costly of all diamonds sa.vlug. you must make up your mind to weighs iu its present shat»e ’Jill* «-arats. smokele»» iKiwder shells, a fowling I while tbe uext largest, tbe "Orloff.” piece and all that sor t of thing iu otb crow ning the Ru»slau im;>er;al sceptre, er words, take a guuuiug trip.—Pliila weighs but ltHlx carats. Also as re delpbia Press. gard» whiteuess aud tire, as well as in the wonderful perfection of Its cut the T»ed to Make-t’f» New Nurs«- Pleas«', mum. I can’t >lo "Jubilee” excels all Its rivals. For tlie time Lieiug this Goliath a tbiug with the baby. He cries all the among precious stones is still owned by time. Mistress—Well. 1 declatw! llow stuph! a syndicate of capitalists «xmnected of me! His oilier uursaa were colored with tiu* Jagvrsfouteln luluv. In w hich girls. You'Ll liud some stove polish lu it was found. W itli n gard to the price oite can tuirdly *|asik al«out ttiat until the kltcbeu. New York Weekly. the atoue baa beeu »old, au event w bleh Ila«« an la doubtless not going to take place In First l«zy Man After all, a clay pip« a hurry, for the guard stationed by th« has au advantage over all other*. . showcase containing tlie »(«arkling gem Btvoud Dltta How’s that? gave it* value at KOUO.tXXl franca, First lazy Mau Well. If you let it whether correctly or not 1» hard to »av. fall ou the paveuieut you medn't trou Only one thing aeetns assured, namely, ble about picking it up.- Weekly Tele that the stone shown to the admiring graph. crow«ts tn the palala on tbe Esplanade des Invalid,« 1» paste, while Its original A Com pl*inf« "De w ay dese railroads la run.” com 1» kept somewhere In tvecure custmiy- Tills gem was found on J une IUI, IK fl, mented Meandering Mike. “Is au out at Jagersfoutelu. In the Orange Pre» rage." "What's de matter wit ’emT’ asked State. The «tour was picked up by a native while he was loading a truck, Pioddlug l’ete. "Dey «lou t take no account of de ami although a white overseer was comfort of passengers. De Itlea of milk standing nenr him he managed to se in' us u*e ordinary boxcars dis hot crote it, and kept It on bls ja-rson for weather lnstid o’ Axin' It so's we kin some time. In tills case, however. It get lu somewhere« uex’ to de cold star did not app,str that he proposed stealing the gem, but only w I »lied to deliver It age!*'—Washington Star. personally to tlie manager. This he did. Io for Weforiu. and as a bonus be rroelved £150 and a Suuutoriug Sim llere'a a piece In dis horse saitdle and bridle. The diamond pa|>er wot says more meu die frvu woighcl In the rough exactly 071*4 overeatlu' dau from bullets. carats, or about 7 1 10 ouu<*es avoirdu Tired Treadwell -(!«*>! We got to be pois. Unfortunately It had h black spot moro careful about ourselves. Dis ting at>ont the middle, but It was so placed of earin' eight meals a day Just be as to allow the stone lielng cut Into two cause you ain't afraid to ast fer 'em Is a with the a|*ot falling out habit dat It's dangerous to let grow ou GOOD LOOKS A HINDRANCE. | you. Patrice—I told Willy If he kissed me I'd «eream. Down on Chineee F*»«hion«. Women of Hosaolg Exterior Succeed News. "What Is Bessie shrieklug alsiut?” Bent in Business Pursuits. Patience—And what did lie say? As a class, women regard gM«d looks “Oh. nurse plaited her hair Ln a pig The Officer Was Satisfied. Patrice—Ob! he said he thought I had Sir William Turner, a Scotch savant X very musical scream. Yonkers tall, and she won't have it.”—Indian M thetr most valuable asset In life, yet if they are to engage lu business they spoils Journal. of note. Is au authority on electric fish, Statesman. Sud that beauty la a handicap they can having given much study to their pe aot easily overcome A few years ago. culiarltles. At a “smoker” recently THE USUAL WAY. wheu womau began to enter busluei«» given by the British assoc.allot; he told, life In considerable numb« r*. a baud with much gusto, bow he once got the tome face was esteemed a great ad best of an unduly inquisitive customs vantage. Today the reverse ts tme. officer. "When first I went to Edin Those still youthful can remember dl» burgh,” he said, "the professor to w bom tluctly wheu it was next to lm|M>sslli|« I was assistant possessed a very rare tor a homely girl to get a situation. specimen of an electric fish. Though, Good looks were Insisted iqx.u In t)|>e- in a general way. like any other fish to wrlters aud stenographers, and mer all appearance, anyone who touched chants were then under the Impression this specimen received an electric shock that pretty clerks brought trade. It of such severity as to put au eud to auy took some time to oxplode that Idea. further desire for close acquaintance The pretty clerks certainly attracted with 1L A professor on the continent crowds to their counters, but they were who was greatly interested In electric crowds of dudes and loafers, w ho woul«l fishes expressed a strong desire to see buy a 5-cent paper of pins aud theu this Edinburgh specimen, and at the llrt awav three or four dollars' worth beginning of the autumn vacation 1 »f time, while the women, who constl- was intrusted w ith the duty of convey i tute four fifths of the patrons of all ing It. In a specially constructed box. retail houses, had a strong aversion to across the channel for his Inspection. ‘«eIng waited upon by a professional Ou arriving on tlie other side I assured beauty. Moreover, no dependence was the customs officer that I had nothing to be placed In the clerks ttiemselvea. to declare, but. unfortunately for him. The h.Uldsomest girls were pretty sure the appearance of th» box excited his to be vain and "touchy,” ami when one suspicion. I repeated my assurances proved really valuable ahe was morally of bona Ades aud informed him that certain to get married at tbe very time Flr»t Miner How’s business at Klondike? the box contained a fish. As he still ter service* were most needed. No prnc- Second Miner Picking up. appeared unsatisfied.” continued Sir deal men begun to see that pretty clerks Wllllatn. speaking In characterlsth-ally lid not pay. as a cold bualneaa proposi Keeiiintr It Quiet. First Doubt of Her Love. measure«! toues, ”1 advised him In—the "Do you really love me, John?” She (as her lover Is aliout to start on tion. and the same discovery was pre» —most—courteous manner, that an In "Awfully, Katie!” a Journey around tbe world)—My dear Hilly made at the offii-e*. Typewriting vestfgntlon of the contents of the box "How nice that Is! But dou t tell any Adolf, w ill you be true to me w hen you belles made more trouble than they was inadvisable. He, however, was a They demoralised their are far away? Promise me that you were worth somewhat determined man and ob body, for the world!” (Pause of a few moments.) will write to me from every town you fellow employes and cronted no end of served that he had letter see about It lealousy am! bitterness and friction In . "Do you really and truly love me. visit for himself. Accordingly he opened H«- Oh, Ada, Is It lov« that prompts many cases, perhaps In most, the poor the lid of the box, Inserted Ills baud, John?” “To distraction, Katie!" you to say this? Ada, sweur to me, do girl wasn't In the least Io blame Rhe aud----- Well. I hail no more trouble "Well, don't tell anylssly— but me!"— you really love me or are you merely couldn't help being good to look at, and with the custom house.” was probably trying her best to atteml Chicago Times Herald. collecting foreign postage stamps? Miss' Costume. to her own affairs, but the idiotic incn Stray Stories, Ha 1 the Symptom*. wouldn't let her. However, result» are Count de Tie* You -was married the only things that count In business These Hsnse. Wire, wasn't ye. Wrest? Architec t -Aren't you ready to bull«' nowadays, am! a few years ago a big Everett Wr«*t No: I uster stammer your house yet? reai tlou against beauty s« t in. ami uow purty bn«l Dat's wot innkes me heal Bnduard No, I’ve only g«H gq.tss pretty faces are at a discount. tatlu' like ami kinder timid In my saved up; 1 want *5.000. Cotlid Not Be PtiotOKrapIXMl. apeveb. Architect- I thought you were going When Miss Helen Mould visited the to select one from our “ Book of *J,5cs He’d Tsken the Metlicine, Too. 'tenth annual convention of the rail- House« ?” I road department of the Young Men’s Brainard- So I am. That's wlmt I I Christian Association at Philadelphia need the |5,000 for Standard and the newspaper artl»t» were I muiik I to Times. '»ketch her as she ap|s'ar««l at the re Ireptlon. To thia Mlaa Gould objected Khe Couldn't Hee It. Mrs. Hoyle Educutlou 1» a great ■tr«Hiuoualy, but the artists were n«*t routed until tlie railroad meu thn at thing. Mr«. Doyle -Oh. I don't know; I'v« Hied to demolish the plmtograpliers’ been stmlylng Frcgicb for two years expensive cameras and tear up the art ami now my hualuml won't ltd me go b lists' cnrdlaatrils A score of newspa per photographer» ami artists appeared tbe Paris exposition. 'at tbe Y M C. A. building early and Before the Bslnesrnatlon. I were Informed that they coul«l Mt en “They say Miss Singleton is ■ trans | ter with their maebinra. nilgrationlst" I A dozen burly railroail mm were ap Customer I wish you'«l give me a "Yes. She thinks she must one« have pointed to smash all cameras found In- copy <>f the prescription you filhd for Is-en tbe wicked flea whom no man pur side the building and bar np Mil nrt tue last W eek. I lata materials The picture men then sueth.” Druggist I'll have to give you the waited outside When Miss Gotild ar The Cause of His Affection. original. rived with Mrs Mage a flank move Ma Tommy, you to lov« pa bet Of rough cheviot made with Eton “Why?" ment was ma«le ami their carriage was coat and finished with stitching In "WelL to t*'ll the truth, I «-an't read ter than you do me. driven around to a able entrance. Tommy Oh, ma. I don't mean to. but clover leaf des'gn. It” The men of pictures rushed to the «Ide y' see, pa alius has his pockets full o' door, but upon arriving there .found tbe The Sh«»e. Hr Eaplain». nickels. women surrounded by over fifty tall Hereupon I ventured to reason with Mamma Why do you call blm men. who forme«! a l»sly«'iar«l <l«ar woman. A Grease-Spot Suit. "Jonesy ?" "Your conventional Immunities,” 1 Johnny Well, you see. bls name Is A man whose wife found much fault into ths building shutting the cameras urged, "are not compatable with the Jones, but we «all blm "Jotrewy” for with him iwobsbly wth jostle»—on s<- >ut completely. In the crush fo rlo«e out the picture new possibilities which you «eek to as short count of his untidiness, weut to s tailor men Miss Gould and Mrs Rage were sume! There is where the shoe pinch to or«ler a suit of clothe«. lnrsrlsl.tr Wn. 11 most crushed themselves They es!” “What kind of gootbi do you want?” “t.ra lou-!" exclaimed the greet nier «wmel «mazed at the exeilemsnt at The woman gave me a withering asked the tailor. chant's friend, "your r-.tabl shuient 1» flrst but soon learned the catiae and look. "All wool ami exactly of thia color,” simply stupemlous. That tall. Im(ios- helped to deprive the picture men of “Pinches!" she exclaimed most scorn Ing looking man In that group yonder la replied the customer, presenting a enm snap shots. fully. "It's a mile too big! I could the general manager, or souM-Uiing, I pie wear two sizes smallerf’ A C’rlrbratrd Mln*. "It Is Lard to tell Ju«t what color this Oh. what a futile thing mere logic suppose ’’ Onr^. after eipoaing the ridlculoOM Is." rejoined tbe other. los|Mv-tlng It "No. that's a new fifi-a-week clerk. seemed now!—ftetrolt JournaL blunders of the editor of rertalti old Tbe slwirt. quh-t llttb- man Is the gen "Where dl«l you get It?” play«. Jan««* Russell Ixvwgll concluded "1 cut It from my last suit. ” On U heels. eral manager."- Pli'!a<lelpb!a Press. "It «loesu’t *vtn to have any figure " with tb« remark: "In point of fact, we Not only Is the bicycle In Cathay a "No. thia la wtiers »»me grease gut ««a ' must apply to thia gentleman the name <; >«-«t *nb«tltste. fact, but the Coreans have taken to Mrs. Julelyu- Don't you iiilM ;tour ft I cut out tbe entire spot. I want of tbe first king of Sparta ” No one wheeling. Consul general Allen re porta that two ex cabinet ministers busbaiMl very m ih h, i»W tlrnt b• It something a grease spot won't show on. i ren>emt»ered. of course, what this was. bat when they looked It up they found ■set” may be seen on the streets of IWul on away? After a lengthy explanation the talker . it was Eudauddas. Mrs. GolIgbUy Ob. not at all! You wheels, getting more pleasure out of of money. aud Slirreed.-d Is ronvlnrltlg him that there ' We all know that «ome people are so their machines than they ever got out •ee. he left tue p md a newsp ap«*r was no cloth of that kind la tlie mar worthless that they need an old fash of their office«. The consul general at bro»kfa«t 1 JuISt there thinks there Is a good field in up In front of h Is piiice and Imlf the ket [ oned whipping, but no on« «larss say Corea for Amerb-sn bicycle«. whDh al time forget that bs* r****1illy Isn't there. No Oats f>«r Tblnr-se Horse«. ready constitute a majority of those Mexican Herald. known, after Oats are not raised in Chlua and not I It la now j owned tn that country. She *<>«I«L fed to burses ex ept to tbe racers in tbs years of »X[>*rlai«-ntlng that "wishing” Willie Wimple» Will you love me trsimug season. About the only difference between lues no good. aughlng and crying is that laughing «Leu I am gone? Of course th« ten >«ax vid Job« 1» Meo hare lost more by crowding tbsa Ds sy Dimple» Yes, tae-ed, Lf you'll Irisa the romers of the mouth up aud they have by waltlug their turn. de csd«. go uow. Q HOW LOVE IS MADE IN MEXICO. I onog Mra.iH'l Women Rarely Meet, oiil; iu I’reseuce ut'Girl’s Relative«. Scuora -ulelaida Vasquez Schlaffiuo, a Meat,»;, aumau, lu a paper In th« Wui in s Home Companion, entitled The s. al Np re of Mexican Wom- eu." » rites aa fullows of cuurtabip be yond the Itlo Grande: ' A Mi x can girl r« a Ilze» she 1» a miss af some importance wheu she has at tracted the attention of a would-be < av- sller, w hu has seen her at mass or dur ing a promenade <>n the plaza. Without the formality of au introduction he dl»- ^atehes letters glowing with words of (dmlratiou ami devotion, and nervously awaits a reply. In the meantime he visits the locality of her home, hoplug to catch sight of the object of his ad miration at tbe balcony or as she »merges from the house to atteud tburcb. He patiently but p, rs.stently promenades backward aud forward iu tbe street, for custom forbids his en trance to the house, uud Is happy if favored with a glume from her lustrous black eyes. No ridicule is strong enough to dampeu bls ardor, and uo objections >f Irate parents sufficiently powerful to subdue his passion. "Msxlcau lovers rarely meet, foreven f the young mau Is related to tbe fatu- Jy of tlie young lady, aud has been a taller at the home, tbe mere fact of Ids paying attention to her puts a sever« restraint ou his Intercourse with th« family. After a time, if thlugs have progrossed favorably, he la admltteii »» an accepted suitor, aud Is raeelved by tbe girl always accompanied by her mother, who usually doea all the con versation. But love finds mauy forms >f expression, aud stoleu glances, uever luspected, speak volumes for tbe lov- trs. As the suit progresses many an tvealng passes with the girl at the win- low or balcony, and her lover In the •troet below, wholly oblivious of the passer by or his ualve or caustic re mark. The duration of a courtship de pends upon the formality employed, tlie aieaus at commaml of the parties, and their age. Consent for the marriage Is lemamled from the parents of the girl by the suitor's father, who Is accom panied by a priest, that the pledges may he made the more binding.” ENGLAND'S GREATEST TENOR. Sims Reeves, VV bo Dle<1 Recently in Com« pMrrttive P«*verty, The death of Sims Beeves, which oc- curretl not long ago In Sussex, En gland. removed oue of the greatest singers of his day. For many years lie ranked as the first of English tenors. Il«* had a voice of wonderful purity aud sweetni'ss that cap tivated all who heard It, ami although 7» wheu he died It had sims hsxvks lost but little of It; rate quality up to a short time ago. Reeves was boru near London ami early dis played great mnsleal talent. Before lie was 14 he could play on several musical Instruments, but uature had endowed bin; with a magnificent voice which needed but little tralulug to bring out Its richness, lie made bls public ap- pearance In 1H31I «ml met with Imme diate success. Later he studied under French ami llallau master« and while In Milan hi* appeared lu "Lucia I-atn- mermoor," his singing winning ths highest praise. He returned to bls na tive land It; 1847 ami was Immediately recognized ns England's leading tenor. He never acquired tin* great fortune that lay within hl« grn«p fttid «lied In comparative poverty, lu INI1.’» he mar- rled Miss Lttcconiba. an opera «Inger, ami started on a singing tour of Aus tralia. He became bankrupt and was recently grant«*«! a civil pension of J.'cO by Qui'eti Victoria, which »av«*d him from utter destitution. Carried Grauilina'a Picture. Rome time ago wheu Prince Henry of Prussia, who, aa all kuow. Is the graudsou of tjueeu Victoria, was at Hong Kong, the captain of a British trading steamer sailing out of that port was walking round the graving <lo«-k lu which the Prince's tlagidilp was being brushed up, when he »aw an officer staudlng near the gangway leading from the quay to the ship, and. lielng curious to have a look over the vessel. I m * saluts,! with a "Good morning, sir,” and asked If be bad any objection to bls having a wnlk through tbe sldp. "Not at all,” replied the officer, “I shall lw delighted to escort you round.” After showing him over tbs different parts of the warship the officer took the captain Into bls cabin. He offer,*«! him a cigar aud a glass of wine, and they had quite a friendly chat together. Be fore leaving the captain liapj>em*d to glance round tbe cabin and saw a photo of Victoria. Raid Its to the officer: "I notice you have a photograph of the Queen of England." "Yes,” answer«*! tbe officer. "I al- ways carry one of my grandmotlter's pictures with ms.” What the captain’s feelings were when be found he had been en cama railerls with tbe admiral. Prince Henry of PrusHfa. can I m * better Imagined than described. French <'«>l«>nlM» I’rvmoU* slavery. Boer III treatment of the native races In South Africa has met with no con demnation. says the London Tele graph an<l. after all. there Is nothing very remarkable In this when the mat ter la viewed by the light of the dl«- closure« jnst made by Jules Durand, late deputy mayor of Notitnea, In New Caledonia. He states that the prluclpnl Ann of Noumea, even when they do not go in themselves for slave-dealing, sell tbe weapons re«iulrod for the pmi»>«e. When they tiercelvt tbe luggers of sixty tons burden landing at or near their shores the natives bide In tbs brush wood. but the dealers are canning and lur« them out by plausible offers for the purchase of provision«. Roon th« slave« are put on board. A few guns have tempted tbe natives, and alcohol has won the chief over to ths cause of civilisation. Tnrkry’» Order for Gone. Tb« on Dr of 2<M guns and two d» > troy er« fur the Turkish navy has l*eea placed with Krupp of Essen, notwith standing that the tender of Armstrong. Whitworth A Oo. of Groat Britain was more than *4«)0.<»)U less than that of the German firm. Tber*'s always r<>oui at tbe top- but few men car« to dwell la au attic.
