THIS IS HOW YOU SEE
A MAN AT THE ’PHONE.
AS TO PUBLIC SPEAKING
Few Great
S|»eevhe« Corn»
Frvvlou» Study,
Without
01 B Bl’DGET OF FUN.
Wowing Wild Osts.
"Sence them city boarders got to
cornin' here our Johnny baa been goln'
to tbe lutd." said Mr». Hayseed« to
Mrs. Clovertopp.
"You don't My!”
"Yes. Indeed! He'» got to stayin' out
lat > at night. Why. last Sat'day night
lie went off dowu town aud never cam»
home until after after V. I've got a
mind to ask the preacher to talk to bltu
on the error of bls way." Baltimore
American
COURTING IN THE PHILIPPINE*.
Barrisrs to Love- Mat ing that >t»rprise
the Americans.
Some wonder ha» been expreaaad at
DO-
Justice, a weekly paper published tn
the practice David B. lllll has late HUMOROUS SAYINGS ANB
' Maulla. prints tbe follow lug from au
INGS HERE ANO THERE.
ly adopted of readiug bis speeches to
I American contributor:
Sylvestre whose name has flash- ■ nd a pair of little brass pencils con
hla audieueei*. though It 1* said that
.^.rouiul '*** worl‘l
tLe luveutor uects U m current and the apparatus.
\Ve have for a year been trying to
he reads with such a »how of off Joke. and Jokrtels that Are Huppoaol
1 make out of what courting by the Fili
, wonderful devlc» by which you
In a mysterious looking hood two
hand speaking that those in tbe crowd to Ita«« Bevo Kt-eeml» Bora Hayinga
11 * ,t wilv hear by telephone, but see acids mix drop by drop, and out of a
pino» consist», ami are yet uot sure that
who cat, hear him but cannot see him and Hoinga Ihat Are Old, Curioue aud
: we kuow much ulxiut IL
ne «
ba» aUvwed several spout comes a phosphores. ent vap..r
d> not discover any difference. Mr.
1.augnatile The Week'a lluiuor.
W«1 have »ecu some of It going on
''Jtmtieus to be made of the visual falling ou the mirror. If. when tele
llill I* a practiced public speaker, aud
X‘"Olc machine, although he will phoning. a sheet of white paper is
from the streets aud the windows of our
can unquestionably do his subject Jus
■So yeou be an artist?" Interrogateti
neighbor». The other evening, from U
.L let show its working fully, be placed in front of the mirror, the r-. m
tice without the use of manuscript. If the old farmer at the station.
Nee.lv Indeed.
cot he »ays to see It Is so simple from where the person is telephoning
“Can't yer help a poor man dat Is ' to 10. a dusky rnaldeu leaued from the
tie. osslty arise» he Is eminently satt»
"Yes," responded the dapper young
‘t,, a man could g<>
»“J make may plainly be aeon, and also the per
w tdout money?” wblued the rusty In I upstairs window and talked with a man
fa. lory aa an extem|wraue us speak
liip with the easel, "and I ;xilnt still
of probably 25 years. We do not know
W hlui-eif So until the machiue Is •ou.
dividual ou the sidewalk.
er. These be formative times, how . I i tv
' how much love they talked, but the
bt by the French government for
"But
how
do
I
know
that
you
are
ever.
and
he
1»
probably
anxious
to
Dr. Sylvester was sitting in Ills labo
'Yeou do? Well, come out an' sketch
the price he want», the-doc- ratory In the dark one night some
keep bis record straight, aud to tie n f irm bands during working hours.” without mouey?" demanded the pro» chances are not much. These people
| are not much glveu to flattery or love
will no* exhibit the device.
perous eitlien.
able to produce the proof against mis
weeks ago, awaiting the alow working
Chicago Daily Newa.
"How do yer know ? Whj^ can't yer making. at least so far as outward sp-
representations.
Tbs illustration» show tbe different of some chemical prix-ess. He has In
see I don't wear a Panama hat?"— |x*arauce goes.
Same kinds of speeches are n >t much
XX on Their Hearts.
ns of the invention, aud something bls laboratory a theater 'phone. He
A young mail and a young wo turn
Sandy Pikes So yer got de kids' Chicago New*.
hurt in effect by being read by the
m workings. It consists of a small was listening to the opera, when sud
i never go riding or walking tocetber,
speaker. Other* depeud altogether ou '.empathy an' dry give yer two plea.
r, Jar mirror, with a hole lu the denly on tbs white wall of bis labora
The Wild Chauffeur.
nor do tbey visit alone together lu their
ti e style of delivery. Senator Bever Did yer tell dem yer lost yer tinger»
''uter to which Is screwed ft tiny elec- tory be saw tbe stage scene from the
"Isn't he satisfied with au automobile homes. Some tuemlier of tbe family la
idge,
of
ludlan*.
would
not
lx*
a
suc
il
de
war?
L. light of a little more than one theater, colors and all. Investigation
that will smash record»?”
j always present, uud the conversation is
cess as a speech leader Deliveries
Peline I Pete Naw, I sed 1 lost dem
‘die [K>wer. The mirror Is fixed to revealed to him the secret. He has
"No; he wants one that will smash general. After the engagement Is an
that
depend
more
ou
flights
of
phrase
-hootin'
otf
firecrackers.
¡he uii r< phonic plate of the telephone made half a dozen tests that have con
trees and telegraph poles.”
nounced the Intended seems to go to see
ology and graceful emphasis than deep
the to-be bride ns often as be chooses.
An Ail mission.
It ie Opinion.
deblieration must lie unburdened
i Father Dorothy, has thia young man
Mrs. De Style- How do I look in tny We know- a collide; tbe man is a wid
SEMI -THAN5-
manuscript.
iny fallings?
ower of alxiut 33 and the girl Id or 17.
■PARENT PAPER O
new bathing suit, dear?
Reading speeches Is getting to be
Daughter—Well, pa;*,
P pi«y»
WHICH the PlCTU
Mr. De Style—Oh, what little there '» It 1» said that tbe man Is well to do.
quite the fashion. Gov. Nash read Ills
anil tbe señorita 1s fairly good looking.
/tPPEAKS
of you In It looks all right
speech as temporary chairman of tbe I plug pong.
I The man has a boy about 7 years old.
Republican State convention front
He Was Wise.
I and It 1» not Infrequent for tlie father
typewritten pages, and Gen Grosvenor,
Touehley Say. Coiner. I'd like to to take the boy with him when he goes
the permanent chairman, also read Ills
li^ve a short talk with you.
to see his sweetheart, which la fully
speech.
Coiner—It'» no use. Touehley. I four times a week.
Ex-Senator Hill Is a busy man, and
hateu't got a dollar In uiy clothes.
. The girls are uot backward about
probably had not tile time to commit
talking to anyone In the presence of
his si>eech to memory. Ex-President
Wise Precaution.
tlielr
family or friends. And tbey can
Cleveland has plentv of time, aud prob
Bixby—I see young DeCoin carries
talk, too—about everything they know
ably had bla Tilden Club remarks
footman perched ou the rear of bls
■ bout.
"pat.”
automobile.
There la little or no hugging or kiss
Of one thing the admiring public
Innocent-looking
Nlxly-Huh! That
ing. and absolutely none In the better-
may rest assured: Very few, if any
fixitman Is a coroner In disguise.
eduented class Ix'fore marriage, and.
of the great speeches come spunta
so far as we know, but little after. We
Lost and Won.
cously from the speaker without pre
Green Jones tells tne you lost your do not remember of seeing a man and
vlous reflection and preparation, not
Job by staying a week longer on your woman kiss during our atny In these Is
only as to the sentiment and general
vacation than tbe firm gave you?
lands. It Is not a lack of kindly
line
of
thought,
but
as
to
the
language
vinced him that tbe visual telephone li _
Brown Yea, but that one bMisted uiy gard, hut not tlie custom.
employed.
Even
Ingersoll's
great
practicable, although at first sight he
The way the houses are built,
financial prospects out of »Iglit
admits It seemed to him as It may speech placing Blaine In nomination
Patient Ihx-tor, thanks to you and
open windows, projecting over
Green How's that?
for
President
In
this
city
In
1N7G,
whim
have Impressed others when they first
Brown I married the only daughter street, make It very convenient for
seemed an immediate brilliant inspira your medicine. 1 feel like a new man
heard of it—Incredibly pheuomenal.
of a man worth JltXi.tW.
lover to stand upon the sidewalk and
tion rather than a study, was rehears already.
Ihx-tor Never mind, you'll s<x>u be
"■park” hl» lx*»t girl.
ed In bed to the speaker's anxious
Pair of Them.
Suggest ivf*.
It la our opinion that, to a marked
yourself again.
brother
before
the
convention
met.
Onnvasaer
(entering
office!
—
I
would
"Many happy returns of tbe day.
degree, the girls belonging to the fami
The
Critics.
The
brother
went
to
Robert's
rixim
like to see the mnlinger.
grandpa! And mother say» If you give
lies of the better class nre virtuous
Ida Yes, It was a case of love at
Proprietor Which one the office boy
us each sixpence we mustn't lose It."’ early In the morning to spur him to
when they give tlielr hands lu holy wed
preparation. "How will this do?” ask first sight on bls part.
or the typewriter?
lock.
May Ilm! What a pity he didn't
Contradictory.
ed Robert, as he raised himself from
Only the Truth.
It is said that men in a savage state the pillows. Then that great speech take a second sight.
Carried » T ull Line.
Employer So you went to the l»a.'l
never have toothache. It la also said was delivered for the flrat time, and to
The lit. Rev. Thomas Underwood
Au Innocent Tip.
game,
eh?
Thought
you
were
going
that there was never a man with tooth only one man. Cincinnati Enquirer. ! She It's awfully silly In a young
Dudley, of Kentucky, one of the emi
to the cemetery?
ache who was not in a savage state.
I
num
to
roek
the
boat
when
he
takes
a
Lady or Tiger.
Office Boy (who saw home team losei nent bishops In the Episcopal church,
enjoys » good story as well ns If he
An unsolved mystery is that connect- girl out for n row.
Well. I Just as well had.
did not wear the cloth. He tell» this
ed with the late Frank It. Stockton's 1 He Yes; but 1 suppose he likes to many 'dead one».’”
one on himself :
i hear the girl scream.
story
of
"The
l-ady
or
tbe
Tiger."
At
lilt. SYLVESTKE’S METHOD OF PICTORIAL TRANNMISS1O.N
A number of years ago he was going
Jvi*t Home from Hi-hool
She
But
she
would
scream
Just
as
the end of the tale the hero is left In
by trnln to one of the smaller towns of
the arena, about to open one of two loud If he attempted to kiss her and It's
Ills diocese to hold services, lie was
"It's a queer freHk of fate that we ly fur a moment; then he lay motion doors; la-hind the first Is a tiger, and e\ er so much safer.
PRUDENCE.
enjoying a cigar In the smoker, and up
two should be detailed on this togeth less.
behind
the
second
a
girl
who
loves
the
An Unbiased View.
Prue—for Prudence—la her name.
"For God's sake, Billy, what's up?”
on the sent facing him was a very large
er,” observed the shorter of the two,
hero.
Another
girl,
vvho
also
loves
him,
Y
lunghub
There's
nothing
like
mat
How it does belie her!
“after avoiding each other so success cried Osbourne, Iu au agonized whis aud who knows the secret of the doors, I
vallar, containing Ills clerical vest
For in foolish madcap pranks
rlmony for teaching a young man the
tler. He iHid his band ou the man's
ments. A drummer sitting back of him,
fully.”
signals
lilm
which
one
to
open.
At
this
No girl can outvie her.
"It's very queer, Osbourne," returned face, but Jerked It away horrified, for isoliit the st- ry ends, and Mr. Stockton value of money.
noticing lila Jaunty traveling
Oldwed That's right. A dollar a
the
other, "but we'll have to stand It." it touched something warm and wet.
leaned forward and Inquired;
Always in some mischief new.
never confided to any one his opinion man give* to his wife looks twice as
"She's mine!" he muttered, with
"It is not that I would want a better
"Traveling man. eh?”
Seek some new folly,
of the hero's fate.
big as the dollar be blew iu on
Yes,” nuswered the bishop.
man for a tight place, Wmle," said Os fierce triumph; then, "1’oor Billy.”
Often to be mourned next day
"I'm sure 1 should like to tell you," during courtship.
A thought came that caused him to
What house d'ye represent?
In deepest melancholy.
bourne; "but there is that one thing."
he said to an interviewer, "but I can't,
The biggest house In the world.
"Yes, I know,” wearily; "that's the gasp and shiver. He hesitatixl, reached
Bather Evasive.
because
1
really
don't
know
myself."
Alway^thoiightless when »he act».
Shllllto?" (the largest house lu Cin
trouble. If you were not as good or a for tbe dead man's band ami loosened
Retired Well. Bridget,
She (to her tinncel I am sure
The story set everybody guessing,
Never once malicious.
better man than I. there would be no Its clasp from tbe other straw. It was and one day, at a reception, when It think that Smith girl pretty.
iv hut's the matter? Isn't my daughter cinnati) asked the drummer.
Forever getting into scrape«—
"Bigger than that.”
danger of Helen Bartlett caring for several inches longer than the one he was a topic of debate, Mr. Stockton
Esther In the kitchen to help you?
lie Yes, 1 think she is pretty
To me she is delicious!
had drawn.
“Marshall Field?”
you.”
Bridget That's Just It. mum. If I've
tall.
told
Rudyard
Kipling
that
he
thought
"What shall 1 do?" he moaned. "Oh,
“Bigger than that.”
got
to
ent
her
cooking,
I'll
quit.
"We were friends In the old days, Bil
Prudence! What a name for her!
of going to ludiu.
Conipnr Ison.
“A. T. Stewart's?”
How it does belie her!
ly,” said Osbourne, huskily; "if one of Billy!" he cried, shaking the dead man's
The Boarder 1 don't believe I
"I'm glad of It.” said Kipling, enthu
llad to Itrcide.
sh .older as If to rouse him. “What
“Bigger yet.”
Yet in witching charm—for me—
us only loved her a little less."
siastically,
"and
I'll
tell
you
what
we
’
ll
enough
to
feed
a
bird.
Two
Jolly
sons
of
Erin
halted
at
a
“Well, wliat house Is It? Thoae nr»
No girl can outvie berl
"No go. Tom." replied the other. "It shall 1 do?” Only the far-off popping do with you! We'll lure you into the I The l.andladj What kind of a bird? wayside inn.
-Somerville Journal.
the best I know.”
Is either her or bell for me. Our friend of the rilles broke the oppressive still Jungle, and have you seized and bound. An ostrich?
"Phwat docs the aolgn say, Pat?”
"I represent, sir," said the bishop, Im
ship was a holy thing, but she is above ness.
asked one.
Iler Excuse.
“What would you have done?” be We'll have you turned on your back,
pressively, "the house of God.”
that. Would you—”
and
get
one
of
our
biggest
elephants
"
'Accommodation
for
mon
an'
baste,
’
Friend But are you going to Jump
The saleaman gave a gasp, then, glan
♦
< >
“No, you are right. It's no thorough asked, in tbe same strain. "By G.xd!" to stand over you with Ills foot poised
right Into colors? Why not wear half read tbe other.
cing at the mammoth valise, ex
I
I HE STRAWS OF DEATH.
fare. My God! 1 wish it were ended, suddt lily, "you were a gcxid man. You above your head. Then 1'11 nay, In niy mourning for awhile?
"Thin Ill’s go In.”
would have kept the compact. I lost
claimed:
:
o one way or the other.”
most Insinuating tone, 'Come now, I Widow Because you know some
"Ilould on."
fairly.
Bear
witness,
Billy,
1
am
as
"Well, nil I've got to say I», you carry
"What can we do?" queried Wade,
Stockton,
which
wan
It,
the
lady
or
the
"Phwat for?”
great sage advised us never to do
good a man as you.”
a pretty full line of samples."—Now
with
studied
composure.
"We
can't
"Which nv us will be th' mon an York Tribune.
r— q HE regiment was settling down
things by halves
He laid Ills hand for an Instant on the tiger?' ”
At Olli* time Mr. Stockton was t lie
which th' baste?" Chicago Dally
for the night with some grum- gouge each other with bayonets out dead man's forehead, Then he rose
Quite Huitabt'-.
The Clock Htopped.
News.
bling and much profane jesting. here, and Sprltigiields at two yards is slowly and fumbled In his pocket At guest of honor at n dinner given In
“Ever hear a clock »top In the middle
La- Western volunteers posses» a sense a bit too unique."
he found a mutch. For a mo Washington by a member of President
Another (Icntral.
length
Osbourne laughed harshly.
"Be
of tlie night?" said the retired burglar.
f humor superior to the most trying
lle stood Irresolute, Inhaling Harrison's cabinet. When the dessert
"Any letters for me, Pomp?" de
might
draw
straws,
the
lost
r
speedily
to ment
"1 did once, iiud 1 never was much
conditions. Somewhere In the dark
inanded the |M>ni|K>us old generiti as he
strong breath» of air. Already lie had was served It proved to be two large
more scared by anything, for a minute.
ness In front, tbe Filipinos were taking meet an accidental death
to feel the horror of being shut plates of Ice cream, one an orange Ice
hobbled out to the gate.
begun
“No, tlianks," replied Wade. "I am
isit shots between their cigarettes, as
out from it forever, It was hard to in tbe mold of a tiger, the other of va
"No, sub!” re»ia>nded tbe colored mall In my life.
willing to take my bullet If It comes, give the signal for bis own death, His nilla, In the form of a woman. The
"I'd Just plcki-d up a watch that was
an occasional zeu! attested.
carrier.
but not that way. One of us might get teeth came together with a click, and, plates were act In front of the hostesa,
lyin' on the top of a bureau In a house
"There go the typewriters." cried
"No letter« addreaaed ‘General?’”
that I was In, when all of a sudden
young private. “Firing at fireflies, IIS It decently at any time."
scratching the match on his shoe, he and she turned to her guest with a pre
"Ona, sail.”
"You're right. Wade," said Osbourne. held the flame before his breast.—The maturely triumphant air.
usual. No sleep to-night.”
“Then It tnuat be for me. 1 am the there seemed to drop right down, »itno-
how. a stillness that wa» like death;
"Which kind do you prefer,
"Typewriters" was a contemptuous "You're n g '<xl fellow."
only general In town."
Argouaut.
and I found myself standing there
"Same to you," returned Wade. “I 't's
Stockton?" she asked.
appellation given to the Fourteenth
Ah donn think an, s .h.”
holding that watch and looking nround
"A little of both, of you please!”
Regulars, because the popping of their quit chattering and attend to our
The Greatest Show on Earth.
Wlint gi-neriil 1» it?”
in the dark In all directions, expecting
work.
”
Sena-
magazine guns in the distance »lightly
During the Omaha exposition
General delivery.”
W tiling to Walt.
something terrible to blippen; aud
For some time They lay allent, staring tor Chauncey Depew and M. II. t'alla-
resembled the noise of the muchiue of
The natives of Sierra Leone are not
Into the darkness for things they c uld way, president of tbe American Ixx'o- behind the rest of the world In expect
■cared ?
His Belief.
pesce.
"Why, for a minute 1 was scared al
She Do you believe that people
alxrnt ing a present at Christmas, but unlike
’Put your mouth ou the safety notch,” not see. even bad they been there. Only motlve Company, were strolling alMiut
should marry tlielr op|x>sltes?
most out of my senses. And then ali
ordered the captain from the right of the Intermittent popping of musketry the Midway, taking in the sights, when more conventional races, they have the
He Certainly. That’s why I • hi of a sudden It struck me that a clock
the company. "Tlicy're sending out the and the occasional zeu! of a Mauser bul they were invited Into a large hall to candor to ask for It "Massa.” Inquire»
that I'd been hearing ticking away good
lixiklng
for a girl, with money.
outposts. Get their bearings, so that let broke the silence. Now and then see the "greatest performance on the native, "what you go give me for
Stone Cutter -What inscription do
and strong up to that minute In th»
you can shoot arouud them If the ball they could aee through the blackness earth.” The hall tilled up rapidly, and my Christina»?” The author of "The you wish on the monument?
Hllxht Variation.
room back of the one 1 was In had
a faint, momentary red flare.
opens up.”
after a wait of ten or fifteen minutes Slierbro and It» Hinterland." says that
Widow Well, as lie was my seventh
Htubb—When you pnqxiacd I auppoae
"Confound thorn." observed Os- the Senator said to Mr. Callaway: on other special occasions similar re husband. Just put a hand on It pointing ■he sprung that old gsg. "Till« 1» »<> ■topped.
Two men were receiving final Instruc
“That'» all. but that was enough for
tions from the colonel previous to ven bourne, "tbe Filipinos can smoke, any- "This must 1* a good »how -s<f many quests are common.
like this, and underneath the line 'Hev sudden!"
me. and I Just slid out.
people are crowding in to see It.” After
turing into the hostile country In front. bow. I'm dying for a cigarette."
In 1HX7, during the celebration of th» cn Up.”
Penn Nothing of the kind. Hheanld
"I like a quiet house, but I don't Ilka
••If you light a match here," »a Id some further waiting, during which Queen's Jubilee, wliicli happened to
"Sneak out about two hundred yards.”
"You »Illy thing! Why didn't you »ay one with that kind of stillness In It;
Lon ir- W Inded.
ordered tbe officer, "and lie low. If you Wade, "we'll be targets for alxiut four the hall was Jammed full, the late Ster come at the xame time ax the centenary
and then, sometimes folks are woke up
Tess Mr. Gnyley'a stories »re rather the word sooner and save gas bills?
ling Morton walked down tbe aisle, commemoration of the founding of the
’ee any signs of an attack, try to get thousand rifles."
by a clock stopping Just about as quick
broad,
don't you think?
th. Wise Fly.
back and warn us. If you can't get
"That's true enough," agrv< d Os- aud, »topping to shake hands with the colony of Sierra Leone, a hx-ftl char-
Jess Perhaps, but fortunately they
Once a foolish fly said to the Phre as they would be by the tiring of a
back, you must warn us somehow, and bourne, with a soft chuckle; "cigarettes Senator and Mr. Callaway, said; a- ter at Freetow n approm-hed me, and
take your chance». No need to tell you are rather expensive out here." Anoth "Wliat in thunder are you fellows do ■aid, "Massa, wliat you go to give me are not as broad as they are long — nologist Fly: "Come and let ua make gun.'
Philadelphia Pre»».
ing here? There Is an old faker out for my Jubilee?”
haste and alight on yonder bald head."
A Question.
to lx careful. You bold the lives of er period of silence followed.
"Not so,” said the Phrenologist Fly. Whene'er 1 feed the barnyard folk
I was not disposed to take the hint,
many men In your hands. G'xxl luck,
"Wade," Inquired Osbourne, sudden side calling out. 'Come In and see the
Both I «eful an-t Ornamental.
My gentle soul is vexed;
boya.”
ly, "are you willing to try a wild scheme great »nd only Chaumey M. Depew! ■nd lie added:
Mothe r 1 don't aee that you learned "Cou you not see that the bald head
Only 10 cents to see the great and only
"What! You no give me nutting for anything either useful or ornumeutal at possesses an enormous bump of com My sensibilities are torn
This sort of work la called Cossack for settling this matter forever?”
And 1 am sore perplexed.
bfttlvrneaa?"
outpost duty, and men detailed upon It
tny Jubilee? Well, no matter! You'go that sclwxil last y ■ ar.
"Anything fair and reas- liable." re < 'bauucey.*Portland Oregonian.
Thlsteacheaus
tl
at
a
Mlafoitune
tufty
give
me
something
for
tny
centenary?"
should not be men of family or nerves. plied tbe other. "What's your plan •
Pretty Daughter—Oh, but you don't
The rooster »o politely stand»
An Every-Day .Matter.
He was again unsu-ceaaful; but know For one tiling, I learned bow to at Time» Ponse»» Advantages, Baltl-
M0nisv straws," said Osbourne, brief
A few nights previously two nervous
While waiting for his food.
There
are
some
circumstances
under
when I told him that I would think th» make my shoelace come untied when more American.
men were detailed upon It.
One of ly. "the man who get» tbe short one to
But when 1 feed him. what ■ change!
them tired at a w hite pariah dog. The stand up and light a match, and go to which It Is easy to write s letter for matter over and be might come around ever I w ish New York Weekly.
He then is rough and rude.
another person, and others under on his next centenary, lie went away
Tennyson's T»c-tlr»»nexa
•hot caused the Flllplm a to concentrate bls fathers." "
which
It
1»
well
nigh
Impossible;
but
Heveral
storiv*
are
told
of
Tennyson'»
lb crowds his gentle wives aside
Wade caught bls breath and remain I
a series of volley» lasting thirty min
quite contented.
Or pecks them on the head!
Bru<l<lah thoughtless s | hm < lie». "What fish 1»
Not not all pciqde agree ou what tbe Hr-
utes tn the direction of the outpost«. mute for some time, considering.
The
Kewaril
of
<
uriosity.
this?" he once asktsl hl» boat'-»» where S. runtimes I think It would be best
The Americana awakened from a sound so bad." be observed, after a time; “but < umstso.'es are.
It cannot be -aid that tbe rebuke con
"I'd Jess like yon to write a letter to
If be were never fed.
on Skeptical! Why, pa » »on. he wa» dlulng "Whiting," »he replied.
•leep and let go several unauthorized we are on duty now.”
Pomp for me. please, Missy June." tain«! In the following anei-dote fr in
wnh allowed to rear'll <!<• pearly "The meanest Osh there 1»," be remark And so I often xtand for hours
volleys. Consequently the two nervous
“Oh. tbe devil!" said Osbourne, light
• aid the colored queen of a Boston the New York Times was conveyed In
he'll chip off a pl'-'« to see if tbe ed. quite unconscious that he could
men. belag between two fires, were rid ly; "the Filipinos wouldn't attack ’or
Deciding which is right—
kitchen to her young mistress “Jess tbe beat way, but it undoubtislly found
have wounded any one'» feeling».
wah genuine.
•lied with two kinds of ammunition.
all the loot of Manila. An outpost her- a little rbort. every day letter It won't
To impolitely bare enough.
Its
mark:
Yet
Ills
kindness
of
heart
was
»ticb
Or «txrve and be polite.
Tbe two men detailed for this even ia merely a matter ..f form. Besides,
While on a trip through the Mouth
take you but 'lx>ut a minute.”
that when bis partridge was afterward —-I^slie's Monthly.
ing» work were of different mettle one of ua will I* left."
Mi«»
Ne
hat
»hall
I
say?
”
asked
the
lady,
soon
after
the
civil
war.
ft
prominent
••U
given him almost raw be ata steadily
Moriturt te salutamna. colonel." said
"That'» so." returned Wade, "and I
Only Once!
pen and pa|>er were at hand, man «topped over night at the little of our old
through It. for fear bis hostess might
'■ne. with a reeklesa laugh. With the see no object Ion.
A beadle at a parish church not far
me Just what to say. Hester.”
town of Warrenton. N C. The next canvas ab«
lx* vexed.
aid Os
'•'.v nonchalance of veterans tbey gave
"You fix the straws, then,
." »aid Hester, with a toss of her m- ruing, while he wss strolling around,
Miss Chi'
Ou one occasion Tennyson wss very from Dumfries was busy one day dig
’he rifle salute, and. sliding over the bourne, quickly.
He be
I H draw
"I I less like a few word». Missy be met a countryman who greeted him
rude
to Mrs. Brotherton. a neighbor st ging a grace when a stranger walking
is fasto
T "f tue trench, disappeared into the gan to whistle ftly in » ' ■
Jess to tell him howdy, end say with. "Howdy!" and |m»»ed the time of
Freshwater.
The next day he came to through the rhhr< hyard thought lie
Bight.
In A. D. IIM15.
Ion. ■’ men do when they a
|e up my mind 1 slu t going to day most cordially. The native was
her house with ■ great cabltsge under would go over and have a crack with
"There go two g'xxl men." observed death. Wade fumbled silently
Mrs
l'pto<late
(to
insidi-
Marta,
f<m
r him. an* he'd better burry hls- barefoot«! and. having some curiosity
him He found It no easy matter to
’be <x>|onel.
II
ne*sl not set out the capsules for Mr each arm.
•ome fragment» of rice straw,
ind make sure o' Busy Ball, or about It. tbe visitor »»Id:
draw old John Into conversation. First
"I
heard
you
liked
these,
so
I
brought
hue two men tiptoed across the dry movement» were slow and m«- bl
t'ptodate'a dinner. I bave received a
likely he'll lib an' die a mis'sble
he tried remarks ou the weather, then
"Is it the custom of the country for
r "» paddies, each bolding his rifle at M me m»-n are constituted that
Mafonigram that lie will not be home them.” he »Sid. genially. It was bls express *1 bls admiration of the tine
ba bolder fiat's all.”
the
turn
to
go
without
»Itoea?
”
Idea
of
a
peace
offering.
’be ready. There was no sound ex
until l<> o'<-l x k. as hla Manto«-Dumont
Here. Tom,” be said. »tret< bing out
country side, but "Ay" and ’No" were
“Wai" wss the drawling reply, "some
I1’ the occasional hiss of a rand'Mft bis right fist. “May the better man
obIle ha» bad a breakdown. Judge.
Irnp-wsn« ItrfroiX Hi ver.
■ II ths stranger could get out of him
Tffetr Idea.
on
us
doe«,
but
newt
on
us
'tend»
to
our
' ’>■ t <* th« faint and distant pop of i
tbe outlet of t!
The
Detroit
Rirei
tin
in- lt«...-i I ■ >■
■
“
Ju»t
think
of
those
scientists
climb-
get
ft.
”
own
buxine»»
"
rifle.
Secret ctwt.
water In tl
I
|H-ople -II-- often Io
Osbourne ext.nded a band that tr-m
■estesi iKxl m of
i Ing up those volcanoes and peeping ,
Smith
Brown
I»
certainly
a
goo«i
Guess thia Is far enough." «aid on !*-l slightly «rd Angered the dlaclo.ed
* M. square mik
John str*ightenel hla back for th»
orbi, aggregating
man
He always »peaks well of bls i down Into UN - raters, ' shivered Mrs
’ he tnen. at length; "here Is a llttb-
first time, »nd leaning oa bls spade,
..nd« of straw for ft brief time.
m
neighbor*.
‘
Why. It la almost as safe a* dcnly be clutched one and pulled It our
•'Tbey wished to get an Inside view looked up In the stranger's fac» »nd
jw* That iaa't due to bh gootMM
trench. Tbe other acqntraced with
XjUliV ■ Q ìm D’S
ii <iu** to tù*
M
the
sam>-
BNCMt
there
»»»
a
of the sHgiatioii.” explained Mr. Fos soli’ninB replied
M I
gU
•
h * I ou» tn «HI h • bouw and lot
if
.
t
that
be
never
atumpta
to
do
any-
• ’• nt murmnr. and they sprawled up
and W»'le fell Upo« I i
“W«el generally. Juist alu«.».
dick.
—«go Xawa»
” * ’be ground facing the enemy's ter
tL ng beyond bis ability.
hla
f«c*
Hla
bmbs
uxv^l
convulsive
« «ry.
J I