w H en baby CAME.
h.h. Cline, »he brought with her
of freight the angel, carried;
A lot within our breast* to stir.
’ ,her felt hi* »rm «row strong,
iîher life °D hi* JePeDd,n«
■W^hther'S heart was full of song.
d*wu aulii ‘b* daylight'» ending
Rbeo
MONUMENT TO THE DISCOVERER OE OIL
L GHOST IN AFRICA
HAUNTS THE GENERAL POSTOF-
FICE IN CAPE TOWN.
Peculiar
eral
h4by came, the purse wa* lean.
Apparition
XI e *u Her. of
• S-een b. Sev
tlie
Niulit
Force,
uu*l Appear* to Be a Spirit **f Soui*
Malicuity aud Great Actixity,
. I .11 the pia*'« crew bright »nd holy.
A th of love, of truth, of hope.
i ape Tuwu. aud during my stay there
. Secret. be»vea bad de.gned to ope
A UJ pour on u* in rams of ble»»ing.
*
4 uJ
‘•Wk,
“»J
»kJ
ul *J
ul,y J
b»by came, we proudly wz.ked;
A
kn i*e wa* fairer than
palace,
Ourbou.e»
anj a ulke
)
Aad '“.ííppíd’ife7» cup. a honeyed chai
We had no fear, we had no grief.
The millionaire w.i poor beside us;
K .
were we. beyond belief,
this great gift that did betide us.
^Everywhere
"• %
■n 1< j «4
h'k» J »
f >"uJ
I "entJ
j
nt
H. H„.
,r,11ansp!
'band #
nt Utt,
lucolj
EBOBAH HANCOCK was bus
HB ily engaged in decorating her
pir.h.lny cake. She sighed as
.he pla.ed the last candle, one more
than Ha’ previous year. How fast these
little waxen milestones seemed to mul-
*»• 1.«
•truck W
indow,J
''several years before, when the whole
.¿face of the cake was so thickly stud
ded that she could find no place for the
new *.,.wr
taper. Miss Hancock paused to
‘•'e bw,
niiliuni
a are ,,i
100 b »,
”, and a
|T.
<1 in X»
«»re in too.
> Suffolk,
aking th,
l‘aa
a milegf
rhe tn«f,
plant, t
S’ewi coa.
CHANÛINO HIS NAME.
|
♦4^^++4^++-h++++4-++++++++ï
’tfaTnot 35 a good age at which to
lose count?
The temptation was great But all
to the
false pretense v was
— abhorrent
_’_U£—
«°urdy Hancock nature. Prevarication
even to one’s self was not to be tolei-
ated. And what folly could equal in
Silliness that of attempting to conceal
one's age?
The tapers were red, white and blue,
Tbe republic and Miss Deborah cele-
Prated the anniversary of their blrth
upon the same day.
A light tap sounded at the door, De-
borah carefully locked her pantry door
before admitting her visitor.
"Mother wants to know if you won't
entral U
treet eafi
Kelly, al«
red a n>
meetings
'anehiaefo
; rars. Tl«
• a special
men fr*usl
rhe strikes
bore ant!
Tying mJ
WS.
ant Proposil
n.
—The coin
lie the law?
1 its report
he work wi
nd compile
ihl Spanidi I
1 exhauttin
n, proceeded
ry change?,
if the judi-
of local got-
the law««
»•ills and in-
other imp»-
ind criminal
work of the
>n of the on
, commonly
•rninent pr-
include« ■
irganizati"».
self govern-
iefly state!,
the local an-
of I-?al at-
lite standard
portant sen-
, drainage,
ing, etc. If
to meet the*
vernment u
meet every
orpus act i‘
changes pn*
. The sub-
I
I
I
I
I
tree is «1* I
li civil ersie I
although » I
rovidrl f"r
» has leen
ijr « ith the
•tatesas Se<
duitrv
-The .ensn?
inarv report
exclusive '«
that the pt”-
asrl ala'-’K
and U»»’
»oo tin- num-
.312. thecal-
of wage earn-
wages pw*i
e of pr-sluct»
hoot.
,6.-1 ightr-
ryville. Ind
ii Int.r--.rhW
ix| alsmt the
ed int- 'he
led out the-r
1 that they
e? an- s '1
-riirban *r*
nen are etn-
lidre- • 1
mine-« «be
Terre II*-t*
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" doesn ’ t
I have just arrived ill l.nglaud from
the honorable modify the
SMITH A LITTLE?”
I go over to the picnic with us to-mor-
I row.”
I “Me go to the picnic! Why, Ellen
I Ann. I ain't been to a picnic for twen-
[tj years! Thank your ma, but----- ”
I “Oh, do come, Miss Deb. Y’ou know
we re going to celebrate the incorpora
tion of Hilton, as well as the Fourth.”
"Come In and think it over.”
With a blush and giggle tbe girl cast a
backward glance over her shoulder. "I
can't come in to-nigliL But you be
ready and we'll stop for you In the
morning.”
Miss Deborah followed the girl's
glance and smiled as she caught sight
of a dark figure lurking in the shadow
of the lilacs by the fence.
“Oh, it's Joel,” she said.
Ellen Ann giggled.
Perhaps it was the remembrance of
her own unfinished romance which
made her in-art particularly tender to
ward all lovers. Be that as it may, she
was the village confidante. Many awk
ward youths and shy ma Ids blessed her
for tbe kindly way lu which she »¡>ed
their wooing.
The next morning when Ellen Ann's
brother with a flourish brought his hay
wagon to a stand before Miss Debor
ah's door, be found her waiting, lunch
basket beside her.
The exercises were opened by a long
and fervent prayer by Parson Eliliu
•■ritfin. Then tbe schoolmaster, a spare,
•toop-shouldered young man. with a pe
culiar intonation which made the Lhia-
ness of his voice painfully apparrwf,
delivered the “Declaration of Independ
ence.”
Then tbe whole assemblage awoke
’he echoes with "My Country. ’Tis of
Thee." and tbe people cheered again.
Then Squire Cooper, who bad lieen re
cently elected to office, rose and made
aotne remarks, but detecting signs of
restlessness among the younger people,
he brought his remarks down to the
pith of bis address.
"bellow Townspeople: I have a sur
prise In store for you. Hearing that this
d*y was to be of especial Interest to the
inhabitants of bis birthplace, one of our
•sns who has made a name for himself
-a the political world, yet has still re
tained In his heart a warm regard for
nls old home, has come down to Join in
®nr festivities, and has consented to
make a few remarks. Friends. I ask
you to join me In welcoming Hon. John
Smith.”
Thecheeringmercifully drowned Miss
*>et*orahs painful little gasps of con-
• ernatlon. No one noted her pale face,
eyes were upon their illustrious
townsman.
Hon John Smith did not detain his
thV*” l0D*'
reierre<1 ,o the fa* t
tn* v
’efe all more eager to attend
'he contents of their well filled
smpers tha" to anything be might
T* t0
He also said that be was
■xions to leave the platform an.!
•me down among them and seek out
i*.^3** h,nd* wl,h the o,tl Wendw.
t.r
5*?!
***** she must go away
y berwif ln<j recover her lost equan
In« T ,
upon twr
two palls. she
spring ror
for
»a-e» ‘
n
to the • «pnng
k (WI .
«tsrted off briskly, but be-
first dump of bushes
I beard a curious ghost story, which
»as, aud still I*, causing eon»ixler:ible
sensation iu tbe place.
I lie general
pOBtoffic
a flue four storied buudiug
iu Adderly Btrvet, the principal thor
oughfare. is haunted by a geuuiue
spook.
Most peolile would ■xiusiiler
that South Africa I* too m*»i* i □ ami
go ahead a locality for such old iasli-
lolled visitatlou*. but tlie following is
I Im story, told by one of tlie telephone
operators, a member of tlie Cape Civil
Service:
Due night, about the end of October
last, he was sitting lu front of bls
COI.. DRAKE, HIS MONUMENT AND HIS FIRST OIL WELL.
switchboard—the time xvas uear mid
At Titusville, 1’*., a $50.000 monument, in memory of Col. Edwin M. Drake, night. aud very few calls were being
the discoverer of petroleum, has been unveiled. The prufound mystery which hvs made at that hour—when he xva» sud
surrounded the building of the monument in honor of one whose name was lu denly amused by a knock. Receiving
danger of being forgotten adds to the interest attaching to the ceremony, It has uo answer to bls luqulry of "Who's
been the wliim of the giver to conceal his identity until after his own death and there?" be looked arotiud. aud. to his
his secret has been well kept, but public opinion has centered upon Henry H
astonishmeut. saxv a strange figure
Rogers of tbe Standard Oil Cm as the probable donor.
bobbing up aud down on the other
The monument is an imposing and beautiful structure of granite, Work
side of the glass partition which sep
the structure began in the summer of 1889, and has continued ever since. A
arated hl* room from another. At first
massive bronze allegorical figure of an oil driller forms the central piece of the
he fancied he was dreaming, but ou
monument.
Col. Drake died in Bethlehem, Pa., in November, 1880. and was buried in the rubbing bls eyes ami looking again he
cemetery at that place, where a modest headstone marks his resting place. It perceived that the figure possessetl tbe
is probable now, however, that his remains will be removed to Titusville and head and laxly of a man, but tlie lower
reinterred under the shadow of tbe monument which commemorates his services limbs were lost in a sort of mist. Tlie
to the world.
eyes were terrible to behold, ami siviu -
ed to blaze with red and green fire.
At first the clerk xvas naturally very
cast aside the pails and sat down to ing the principal roles In Shakspeare
give her thoughts full sway.
be appeared in a number of pieces much alarmed, but he soon screwed up
Miss Deborah smiled as she contem which had been especially written for enough courage to accost the specter
plated tlie mental pictures of her youth him. Before he was 14 be bad earned with the first words that cauie Into Ills
head, which happened to be. "Wliat,
ful self. There she stood In her girl »80.000.
bo!” The ghost did not deign to re-
ish pride, her head saucily atilt, and
In 1840 be left the stage and studied
ply,
but, gliding through the locked
a mischievous light in her eyes. But law In the office of Gov. William L.
the smile was quickly followed by a Marcy and was admitted to tbe bar in partition, advanced toward the terrl-
sigh, as ever faithful memory drew 1843. The following year be went to tied man ami then baited, In septil-
the outline of a tall, awkward country Europe to perfect bls musical edux'atlon cliral toiles It now addressed iiIm with
boy. who stood beside the maid.
and. returning to the States, gate con these words: "1 want X---- —” (men-
Ah, now, the girl’s lips parted, and, certs In tbe principal cities. Soon after tinning the name of one of the clerks
bending her head, Miss Deborah bears ward lie moved here and bought Sumer In the department). Tbe man xvas
speechless, whereupon the apparition,
tbe sound of a light laugh. At tbe sound ville farm, a few miles from tbe city.
tbe youth frowns, then speaks.
In ISM, when Jenny Lind visited seemingly displeased at Ills silence,
"Dan Quincy Is a common feller, and America under tlie management of I’. glided nearer ami glared angrily at
the girl I've kept steady company with T. Barnum to make her concert tour. him. A few minutes Inter the night
sha’n't dance with him.”
Mr. Burke was secured to play tlie watchman, going his round beloxv, met
Again tbe girl laughs, and then in solos in the concerts and lead the or a shivering Individual with ills hair
literally- on end with fright, and with
mocking tone replies:
chestra. Her contract with Barnum
difficulty recognized him as B-----, the
"A common feller. Is he? Well, bis called for her appearance 150 nights at
telephone clerk. B -'s story was en
name ain't as common as some I know »1,000 a night After she had given
tirely disbelieved by the watchman,
seventy-five concerts she canceled her
of. John Smith.”
but to reassure him, mid out of pity
"If yer ashamed of my name now. contracL forfeiting to Mr. Barnum
Then she toured Independently, Mr for bls fearful state of mind, lie xveut
what'll ye be when it’s yer own?”
up with him to search for the specter.
"Who says I’ll ever bear any such Burke acting as her private secretary
Nothing, however, was to be seen.
common name as John Smith? If I and treasurer ns well as orchestra lead
The next night the same thing hap
was you I'd ask the legislature to help er. A warm friendship sprang up be
tween the two and one of the “night pened. and this time the clerk tied In
me to a finer name.”
terror from the building. On tbe third
ingale's” gifts to Mr. Burke was a
“Do you mean that. Deb?”
violin. When he severed bis connec night he refused to go on duty without
“Yes, I do.”
a companion. This xvas granted him.
Thus Deborah declared her Independ tion with Miss Lind lie became a musl
and tbe two went on together. Again
cal
Instructor
In
New
York
ami
was
for
ence. She supposed John would come
tbe specter appeared, repeating tbe for
around that evening and "make up.” as years president of tlie New York l’liil
mer requesL One of the clerks there
he had done so often before, but no, he harmonic Society. Twenty years ago
upon seized a ruler and made a frontal
lie
retired
from
active
life
and
had
from
Hilton
without
a
had gone away
attack upon the supernatural visitor,
since
spent
bis
summers
In
Batavia.
xv ord.
but It Immediately
melted
away
At this point 1 her reverie was broken Ills winters be spent in New York ami
through tbe glass partition and disap
In ujion by tlie * voice Deborah had Llst- Washington. Mr. Burke was never
peared.
married.
ened to so long.
A week later, about 9 o’clock In (lie
“Why, Miss Hancock, what are you
evening, a xvatchman on the first floor
The Nervous New Yorker.
doing here all alone?”
One of the most marked outward saxv a headless man walking about, lie
"I was going for water,” Deborah fal
manifestations
that the New Yorker 1 gave chase, but It vanished ns the
tered, pointing to tbe forgotten palls.
other had done. On another occasion
"Down to tbe old spring? I'll go and gives of the high nervous tension under
'nt midnight a watchman declares that
help you. I haven't forgotten the way. which he lives is his habit of talking
he distinctly saw a man dressed in
1 believe I remember every Incident of aloud to himself in the street. This
khaki sitting at one of tbe office tables.
my life here. Do you remember the pic habit is one of the first tilings that oh
servers of street life in New York no He si>oke to him ami asked what be
nic just before I went away?”
tice.
it is a form of nervousness that is was doing there. Tbe man thereupon
Deborah nodded.
due
not
only to the high pressure at failed away as mysteriously as tlie
"Do you know- I've often thought of
itliers A great many queer noises ami
that day. You see, I took your advice which so many New Yorkers are kept,
rappings are continually being heard,
but
to
the
noise
of
the
street
traffic.
to
the
legislature.
It
took
and went
¡causing
men to tight shy of night duty
When
the
rush
and
rumble
of
the
time, but I finally reached there. But I
in the postoffice, even nt the risk of
decided that if 1 could obtain a handle streets is so great that a man "cannot
i
losing their appointments.
to my name it would answer just as hear himself think,” lie speaks his
A member of the Psychical Research
thoughts
aloud.
It
is
only
rarely
that
well as if I changed it."
Society was taken through the build
"I'm afraid 1 was rude,” Deborah a woman Is observed doing this. Some
times the mun who is talking to him ing. He heard the noises, and said lie
stammered.
«
would interview the spirit of spirits.
“It was tlie best rudeness I ever en self, if he is happy, will mumble only
He changed his mind, however, the
countered. It made me leave here, oth phrases and half sentences audildy. If
erwise I stipi>ose 1 should have lived he Is angry or deeply concerned be will reason he gave being tliat It was a
very angry mid dangerous spirit, which
right along in the groove made by my speak steadily and sometimes make
ancestors. I have always been grateful emphatic gestures. But nearly all of lie would not care to meet. His opin
ion did not succeed In consoling tlie
for your scorn. It hurt dreadfully at the men who talk aloud in the streets
first, but 1 came to see tbe other side have their business affairs uppermost night staff, who declare It Is tlie ghost
of a man who xxas killed during tlie
of the question.”
In their minds, and the word "dollars”
construction of tlie telephone depart
John talked of this and that, but sud is the one that is oftenest heard. Down
ment. On the day I left Cape Town
denly he seemed to become aware of town. In the tl mine ill I section, this habit
a thorough examination of the post-
bis companion's silence. He glanced at of a large number of New Yorkers Is
office was contemplated.—Correspond
her and In a whimsical tone said:
particularly noticeable, but one may
ence I«ondon Graphic.
"Deborah, doesn't the honorable mod observe It In almost any part of the
ify the Smith a little?"
town. Paris Is possibly the only other
"What does a name matter, anyway?” one of the great cities of the world SECOND-HAND SMOKESTACKS.
Deborah asked, Impatiently; "but here where the liabit is so noticeable as it
Article Not in General Use, Yet Al-
we are at the spring.”
Is here. Actors and writers and the
way» in Demand»
"If the name doesn't matter. Deb.per many minor poets of the French capital
Among
the
very great variety of
hajis you'll not scorn to share It with may be seen declaiming their lines or
me now. Will you. dear’’’ and the verses, unheeding their observers.— things that may be bought at second
band are smokestacks of Iron or of
CAUgressman l»ent down low to look New York Evening Post.
steel. It may be that an establishment
under Deborah ■ hat.
puts In a bigger boiler aud wants a
Darnmgon Sewing Machines.
"John, there's Elie* Axu» »taring at
“Teaxv szul weru placer* La clutb fab- bigger stack. If It Is using a steel or
us.” and with a blush MM IMkeraA
an Iron stack tbe old one Is taken down
withdrew her hand, but not until she ne-s Call be dn.Ti*-*
had returned the pressure of the one on the sewing machine.” writes Marla carefully and a new one set up. The
l’arloa. In the Ladles’ Home Journal. old stack may be sold to a dealer In
which held It.—The Home.
"Thread the machine with silk or cot- second-hand boilers and machinery or
A MUSICAL PRODIGY.
ton of the same color as tbe fabric, Do the owner may keep It and sell It him
self to somebody that wants a seebud-
not loosen tbe presser foot; have the
Traveled with Jenny Lind and Earned
the liand smokestack. If It is sold to a
stitch
of
moderate
length;
begin
•SMl.lHM) Before He W m 14.
dealer he may remove It to bis owu
Joseph Burke, who died In New York stitching a little beyond tbe damaged yard or It may be that tbe original
a few days ago. had a wonderful ca place. For places that are worn thin owner keeps it on his premises until
reer. He was born In Galway. Ireland. or frayed put In rows of stitching, close the dealer has sold IL A manufactur
together. Cross these with other rows
er may move from one place to another
In 1818. As an In
of stitching; this will give a smooth, and sell the old plant or parts of IL
fant be developed
fine texture. Where the fabric Is worn Here would be a second hand smoke
the most remarks
tbln baste a piece of the same kind of stack. Second band stacks are bought
ble talent both
goods on the wrong side, and dam over by various users. It may be that tbe
musically and bis
IL If there la none of the same ma smokestack of an establishment Is
trionically. At the
terial a piece of net or muslin will an worn out and that the tsdler 1» not ami
age of 3 he was an
swer. If the colors In the fabric ar.- that a second hand stack would last
accomplished vio
mixed, have the upper thread of tip out the life of the boiler. In such a
linist and lie tour
machine of tbe most pronounced ami case the user would get a second-hand
ed tbe principal
tbe under thread of tbe minor color."
stack If be coul-l find one suitable. Sec
cities of Ireland
ond-hand stacks may be used with va
At the age of 5 be
Missouri's Earth-Products.
rious temporary plants set up by con
appeared on the
The geologist of Missouri bolds that
JOSEPH BVRKE.
tractors r.nd others. A smokestack may
Dublin stage, and
the material of that State Is in diver
then went to London, playing at the allied soil, innumerable tiodles of work be blown down In a windstorm and
English Opera House and tbe Hay able coal Inexhaustible deposits of lead the user supply the place of It with one
market After a tour of England be nnd line. clay, building atone, lime ami bought second band.
A steel or Iron stack costs about half
returned to London. For three years, cement ‘ocks. Iron and One or gloss
as much as a brick stack. A second
tieginning in 1827. he played almost sand.
hand Iron stack costs abont half as
continuously the leading roles of many
much as a new one. Stacks of metal
Mental Eier»1w.
of Sbakspeare's plays and performed
Berenice—What 1» tbe nature of thia are made now usually of steel. The
in comely, opera and burlesque. He
steel used costs now iess than wrought
also appeared in tragedy
He drew brain work Cholly has undertaken?
Iron. There Is an Increasing use of
Hortense- He has made hie valet tak
crowded houses and was entertained at
steel
Instead of brick stacks. Steel
ami
be
thinks
for
blrne?-
Brighton by George IV At the age of s back seat
stacks up to six and seven feet In di
12 he came to tbe United States and bis what suits be will wear each day.
ameter would be classed as portable
histrionic successes in Ireland and En Smart Set
stacks; larger stacks would be of a
gland were repeated in New York Phil
Steel
It Isn't every client w bo is able to more permanent character.
adelphla and Boston and other Ameri
smokestacks are oow made up to elgh-
.-an eitle» and In Canada Beside play keep bis own cuuusoL
teen feet in diameter
x erv largo
smokestacks may be lined with brick
Secoud hand smokestacks up to two
feet iu diameter sre likely to be found
lu stock in the yard of the dealer in STORIES TOLD BY FUNNY
OF THE PRESS
second ham! boilers ami machinery and
111 MOR OF THE WEEK
he is likely to
líate stack* **f larger
s. z.**s e ,ewhere.
1 here is always a *le
marni for seeon ! hand smokestacks. -
New York Suu.
Otkl, Curious and
NEW YORK 8 MACARONI.
11 1. XI ...le in "I.it I le laly" lust us It
I h A cross I li*. -e.i.
Down In "Little Italy ou tbe east
in Roosevelt street. In James
York, there are several
street.
pliues » here tlie customs of Italy of
the muidle ages prevail, where the tie**
pie live. bitik and work as they dl l
w heli
i olnmbus
still drawing
maiis
1 bese are* the macaroni shops
w here spaghetti ami vermicelli
manufaetui*sl by tlie same pr.mttlve
methods that «‘xisted hundreds of years
of limitali Nature
I'ri.lil.m Solved.
Lady (»eeking ■ cook)—You have good
references, I suppone?
Applicant No, ma am. 1 haven't any
at all. tua am.
Lady But I really do not like the
Idea of engaging a cook without refer-
Langhable l'hnar«
rai>hically
l’or-
Itmt’d by F tu inent Word Artist» of
Our Owu P my
A nudget of run.
ell. i *
Applicant Oh. that 11 be all right.
mu am. lou can pay me in advance.—
(. blvago New I.
I'rlxatr and Personal.
irres
8uplH*xe
Teacher
ntn. o
"Tlie postman ha* Just brought me force should meet an Immovable body.
Aunt Jane's present, said the |sa*t s wliat would happen?
"What do you think It Is?
XX it*'.
I ttle Girl 1’b-ase, str. ma says I
' 1 don't know, replied the laiet, dis mnstn t talk about our family affairs.—
I orbed at work
ruck.
Hut can t veil think
Reserve*!.
e « hizz
How do you expect me
"1 ve seen a good many people pamt-
t > tliInk noxx . I til writing something
In' nrouml livre.
magazines.
I hiladelpbia
\ oil must be quite a critic, I sup-
I Teas.
So: I keep me opinions to meself. —
Puck.
Keiil rirutture.
One may wander down these narrow,
Her Father Aha’. I caught you kha-
glo**my streets and with little effort
ing my daughter, sir! W hat do you
Imagine lie is In the Italy of long ago;
mean by that sort of business?
the ancient bouses, the narrow door
lie I don't consider It business at all,
ways ami tbe nondescript costumes of
sir. but pleasure, purely pleasure.—
the people—all will help tbe deception
Philadelphia Press.
along. Over some of tbe windows and
He Never Went There Again.
doors are signs painted in drunken
Hostess (at the party) Miss llobluson
looking letters that read: "Fabrica di
Dr. l’liil Graves I can't do anything has no jxartner for this waltz. Would
macaroni, spageti e paste.”
you mind dancing with tier instead of
For all that could be proved to the for your eye. I'll have to put in a glass
with me?
one.
contrary, these signs might have been
Hawkward—On the contrary, I shall
Fuller
Booze
-----
Not
on
your
life;
no
doing service in the crooked streets of
lie del ig li ted.
republican Naples. So might some of glass eye for me.
Dr. I’hll Grave»--Why not?
What Becomes of Them.
the people— they look old enough, wrin
Fuller Booze— Why. say. Doc. it
"Some men seem born to command
kled and worn enough. From Inside
and yet do not fultill our expecta
comes the clacking of primitive ma would get smashed In a day or two*
tions.” said the Wise Guy.
chinery, hand turned presses and hand-
Il 1» Plan.
"Maybe they get married,” suggested
turned cutters of macaroni paste. Long
"And noxv you must see papa.” twit- the Simple Mug.-Philadelphia Record.
lines of stringy dough are stretched tcred the luipp.v maiden, after consent
across the rooms, long ribbons of dough ing to be bin.
Surprise*!.
fringe the edges of gloomy shelves.
Frank—Were you actually surprised,
"I will, my love, just as soon as I go
Sheets of dough like washed shirts botue.”
as you said, when I proposed?
hung out to dry decorate the walls;
May Yes. indeed; I really had all but
"How can you see lilni there?”
wherever one turns there Is dotigli,
given you up.
"I'll se*> lilm oxer the telephone.”
Swarthy men stripped to the waist
push around tlie wooden poles of the
WHAT A PITY I
macaroni presses, while uuderneiitli
the long wide strings are squeezed!
out of perforated sheets of Iron.
Macarronl nnd spaghetti are staple
1
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• 1
articles In the Italian district ami w hile
POST I __L _
many people will use only the imported
NO
article there are others who think the
am}.
homemade product is Just as good and
-nppHf
1
the number of manufacturers Is In
creasing. In one of the New York es
tablishments only "Imported" goods are
made. The shrewd proprietor said:
“I bu.va da empty box ami tilla dem
here. Twenty-five pound 1 sella for
one dol’; no one know da dlf.”
To prove Ills cleverness he showed a
stock of boxes which had come tilled
from Italy, but Into which the New
York product had been packed with
"intent to deceive.”
The tubular article Is the macaroni
and tills is made In various sizes, but
tlie lengths are all the same. The ends
or scraps of tlie various sizes are pack
ed in boxes and sold at reduced rates.
Some of tills Italian staple Is sold out
The Parson Child of the Evil One, why do you tight thus? Do you not
side the Italian district, but tlie greater
part Is consumed there and the manu know that perdition stares thee in the face?
Child of the Evil Due Yea, an' it's a pity yer hadn't better manners.
facturers say that the fact that their
T
own people, who are good Judges, buy
It is proof of Its superiority.
Another branch of the business, say»
tlie New York Tribune, Is making noo
dles. These are stripes varying In
width from one thirty second to one-
fourth Inch. The paste for these Is
I h *r ami It is sold almost exclusively
to the Jewish population on the east
sill*-.
Feline l>eprMvlty.
"Oh, Horace!” walled Ills wife, "I
have Just found out that Ajax, our
beautiful Angora cat, bus been lending
a double life.”
"That makes eighteen, I suppose,”
1 said Horace. "What has he been do
ing?”
"You know I let him out every morn
Ing. bei-iiusi* he seems to want to go ami
I’lg Living in Luxury.
piny out of dors. Well, 1 have discov
At Epping, England, Miss Emily
ered tlint lie goes over to tlie Robinsons
Hampton was summoned to court for
and lets them feed him ami pet him."—
keeping a pig lu a milliner which was
Chicago Tribune.
dangerous to health. The Inspector of
nuisances said he found the pig occu
Between Friends.
pying the whole of one room in the
Edith Ferdy and I have been en
defendant's house. It was lying be gaged for a month, and nobody sila
tween clean sheets on a feather be*! pected It.
covered with a white lace counterpane.
Ethel No; everybody thought from
Its head rested on a pillow. The room his looks he'd been playing the races.—
was furnished like a parlor. There I’n.-k.
were Illuminated texts on the walls,
ami defendant was kneeling down kiss
ing the pig ami calling it “a naughty
boy” because It luid eaten a small por
tion of its pillow. A card In the win
dow read: "Sixpence to see the pig.”
Defendant said she luid educated the
animal to act as a Christian. She had
reared It from iufancy, nnd when
young It use I to occupy a sofa. It al
ways asked to be let out when It want
ed to take th** fresh air; It never kicked
tbe clothes off the bed. and It was most
quiet and peaceable. Ladles and gen
tiemen came In carriages to see It.
Boldiy They call me "corn»*’ at
The magistrate gave the defendant
six weeks In which to find fresh lodg school.
Ills Mamma—Why?
Ings for her porcine pet, which is of
Bobby—'Coe I'm always at the foot of
considerable weight.
the class.
President
McKinley ami
Hermann
Madaine Adelaide Hermann. tbe
widow of the famous prestldlgltateur,
relates the following amusing Incident,
which occurred at the last meeting of
President McKinley and I’rof. Her-
matin, between whom a strong friend
ship existed:
When be was last In Columbus, Ohio,
Prof. Hermann called on Maj. McKIn-
ley. who was then governor, As be
started to go Prof. Hermann said:
"Major. I may not see you so*>n agnln.
nnd I have never given you anything
by which you may remember me. Let
me make you a present of this."
Taking Ills band be placed a tine dia
mond ring on one of Ids fingers Maj
McKinley thanked him and admired the
ornament. Shortly after Hermann left,
a friend who was present said:
"Ob. by the way, Governor, will you
let me see that ring?”
The Governor held up bls band, hut
was astonished to find tbe ornament
gone. There was no need to ask ques-
tlons about tbe mystery, llerniann
had left as a memento. Instead of the
ring, tbe memory of a very clever trick
of which the Major was tbe victim.
The Earth's Band Nurfaie.
With No Hope of Psrdon
Clericua—It is pretty tough to see a
young man of 211 sentenced to state
prison for life.
Cynlctis Oh. yes; but you see men
married for life every day all around
you Somerville Journal.
Hopeful,
Visiting Clergyman Do you ever
look forward with fear to the awful
torments that await you In the future?
Prisoner—Well, I don’t know, sir.
When I get out my wife may not be
alive.—Life.
Contrary Bird.
"Just for the novelty of the thing,
said Poll, tin* parrot, "1 think I’ll swear
off on swearing.”
And the oath It took In the process
was frightful to hear.—Chicago Trib
une.
Ks planation.
Mother—Where are you going now?
Tommy Nowhere.
Mother oh, you know you are going
somewhere.
Tommy No, I’m not I’m coming
back.
Expreaaive.
Rlter (after reading his
1
poem)—Now,
what -Io you think of
Crltlck—Well -
Rlter Of course, I 1 know the meter
Is a little slow, but-----
Crltlck Yes; 1 was going to say its
feet appear to be asleep. Philadelphia
l’ress.
Intereated Him.
"Thia,” said the guide, as we jrnased
through tlie workshop ami inspected
the massive machinery, "is u traveling
crane.”
“Where?" asked the ornithologist of
the party. "1 am Interested in migra
tory birds.”
Christmas Cigars.
Ethel tup staimi Is pnpa smoking?
Mamie (down stairs)—Yes.
Ethel (up stairs, resignedly»—All
right. I thought something might be
burning In Hie kitchen. Homerville
Journal.
What She Wanted.
Mrs. Simpleton I want to get a dog.
Dealer In Dogs -Yes'm. What kind
do you want? A pug, a fox terrier, St.
Bernard. Irish setter or-----
Mrs. Simpleton—No; I want to get
one of those ocean greyhounds that I've
read alsiut lu tbe paper». — Baltimore
American.
Had Made a Record.
Ascum I hear you've started your
son in business for himself. How Is be
doing?
lticbman Splendidly. He's l>een in
business nearly two months now, and
he hasn't tailed yet.—Tld Bits.
For Concentration.
Proving Hla Identity.
Desmond If you buy thia elegant fur
coat. Dorothy, bow are we ever going
to pay for it?
I »orothy—Oh, Desmond, don't let's
talk about two things at once! Ia-ts
talk about the coat.—Life.
Strangers frequently flml difficulty In
proving their Identity to Freuch offi
cials at postoffices and other places,
says the Parts Messenger. Applicants
for letters, et cetera, often go empty
away for want of some means of prov
ing that they are what they pretend to
be. The difficulty was. however, sur
mounted the other day by a gentleman
In the circus business who called at
the Thlonvllle postoffice for letters ad
dressed M. X---- . acrobat. The post
office clerk was not satisfied with the
applicant'» proofs of Identity and re
fused to han<l over the letters, saying:
“How do I know that you are the
man r
"After a moment's reflection the ap-
pllcant said:
"All right. I will give you proofs.”
and slipping off his coat, be proceeded
to make the dull little postoffice lively
with somersaults, contortions and cir
cus "business” generally. The post
office man. scared out of his life and
fearing the wreckage of the premises,
handed over the letters and said ue
was »at is del.
Presence of Mind.
“I think it was the most touching
play I ever saw. yet there sat Maud
Giirllngborn as dry-eyed as could bo.”
• 'Because she knew she would have
to be dry-cheeked when she came out
uiuler the glare of the electric light”—
Chicago Tribune.
Three-fourths of the earth's land sur
Her Accomplishment.
face cannot be cultivated, owing to
Lady Bneecwell—Hava your da ugh
mountain ranges, sw.-imps and barren
ter* accomplished much In music?
ground.
Unfortunate Father Yes. the lodgers
.Xewspa|?era of the World.
below have moved.
Of all the newspapers published In
A Financial View.
the world 08 per cent are In the En
Eusta* la- I knew that man was a
glish language.
physician by tbe way In which be shook
bands.
Edgar-Yea. of course; that's his »5
ton* h bls tender. dell<-ate. considerate
touch.—Detroit Free Pres*