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I II k h 1 i. I t Topics of the Times tixi .s.av.. !. efi7 Why la It p never hear anylssly peak of a woman us L.viij self made? The lute Mr. UaviMiifyfr evidently possessed a strong aversion to giving any 0r it buck to tlif public lllsbop Fallow recommend everyone to sing. "ChrlHtlnu psychology" doesn't lireteud to be painless hi t method. A Missouri jHK-t write of a friend who "hm gone to a bright etfrnltv That vivid description might tit pltUer Mart. A Michigan Judgf has derided that "saueage la aHuaagf." Which aefiiii more sensible than dii dating that It la nam utid egg. I'ount ltonl apparently la unalterably determined to prevent any other man from standing under hla former wife's window and doing the troubadour act. A Nw York physician rci-oininonil that members of society fly kites for their health. He was smart enough to suggest something that looks like play. .NewiKirt society. It appears, la In !etit to tlw shopkeepers. And probably those common persons do not apprfrt ilf the distinction thus coiilerred upon t Item. One New York landlord reduces the rtnt for tenants every time they are vlHlted by the stork. After a while, at that rate, he may be paying some of the tenants for staying lu his flats. One of New York's blgKcst fireproof buildings has la-en totally destroyed by tile. This should convince the archl tects that fireproof building ouifht to Ihs built of materials that will not burn. There Is lu Iterllu an urtlst who Is going to marry a widow with $.'i.nni. "". This la excellent. Nmv let some delightful lM'IreHs add to the gnyet.v by bestowing her hand and fortune ujkhi wMiie struggling poet. A I onnectlcut preacher claims to have provided support for eighty-seven persons for the last two years by faith anil prayer. That looks like an easy way to make n living, lint It's hard for hone who never learned the trade. A Cornell prnfesaor Just back from Russia charges the (irand Hukea with appropriating money sulmcrilssl for famine sufferers. Why not? The sys tem they exist upon Is a huge fraud. Why should they hesitate at petty steal ng If-they need the money? A Toledo Judge has decided that a wife Is not bound either legally or mor ally to kiss her husband when his b renin la tainted with llipior. (iener ally the husliuiul Is pretty anxious to keei tier from doing so, If her smelling siwers are In working order. No peojile nifd wider knowledge thnn Auierliiiiia of the pe,ple of foreign lauds, for many nations send their cltl r.ens to ua. It Is therefore a wise and lntrlotlr work which the Young Men's Christian Association and the Congre gational Kducatlon Society are doing to scud young men and women abroad to study the customs, environment. Inn jcimge and Ideals of those who emigrate to America. This work will make It easier to understand the newcomer bet ter and help lilin sooner to become an American. Men are more self-conscious than women In public. A man would be much more dlsinccrtcd to Mud his stocking curling over his boot when he Is endeavoring to ! ngreenhle In a par lor than a woman would be If some such trivial ntvldcut Im-icII her. Man's modesty Is often synonymous with sclf-consclotism-KS or vanity. The oriental woman veiled her face and was not dis-turlM-d If other parts of her ImIv were revealed. What normal man would In brave enough to attend a dinner party It li bare shoulders and a low necked shirt? Modesty, in the conventional meaning of the word. Is governed by ustom, time and country. That art Is long U again Illustrated h the delay in the completion of the -equestrian statue of Lafayette in I'. iris, for which sixty thousand dollars was subscribed, chlelly by Aincricin sclnsil lill,lreii. nine or ten years ago. A bronzed nnslel of the statue una un veiled lth elaborate ceremonies during the lat Paris exposition In l!"i. 'Hie sculptor. Paul Wayland llar.'lett. was not sall-th'd witli this model, mil he bas been at work on the ti.'itri' ever slice. TIm latest reports from III i i In dicate that lie has tlnally pr mIii 1 a slatue which iiinmieticls Itself to his Judgment, and be III soon ln ready to have it cast In bronze. In the mean time the model that was unveiled In p.ast. has fallen to pieces, and Its ruins have N'en removed from the ssletal. Americans In Paris arc wond-rlng when the completed figure will l' set up. The reputation of Mr. ltartlett. the sculptor. Is such that one may safely hsk for a line work of art when he says that he has lone his Is-st with It. Investigation of the Ills of old age. It Is reportisl, will tie made a secla!ty by the Itussell Sage Institute of Path ology of New York City. I.alsratorles xvlll be maintained for tle purpose of research. The His of old ace. In cer tain cava, may Is? numerous and hard to tsMir, but they do not lielong to old age, are not the consequences of old age, and cannot be relieved by treating aged jsople. Whatever the Ills of old age may be. they are Ills that had their origin wlM'n the victim were young, or. It may be, even earlier than that, and If they are to be remedied at all, which they certainly ought to be, and cer tainly ran be, they should be remedied NMVre they reach the aged, not after wan!. However, It la not particular! llfllcult to show that moat aged people nre i n rii r I ....... ........ 1 1 - . .. - i" '""i"! i iiit tie wii never nick in Ull II IH HTf 1 I., t.. ...... I .. ...MP ' none of the Ills of youth, and eons quoiitly was able not only to attain to rljie old age. hut to feel go.nl th greater yvirt of the time after be ha liecome .idvoiufsl lu years. It goes without jnylng that. If we ran mating somehow to keep the you free from those Ills which prevent tl from at- uli.l.... ..I. a. dm nift, we i mil r i'oni.!iHhlnir murh miir than by - j i w r have health and vitality enough to grow ol.l. Most of our old people are healthy enough, and all of them reallre that they would lie still healthier had they paid more attention to the laws of health when thej were young, or less attention to trem, as the rase may be; for, next to the young person who leads a reckless life, the young person who la forever doctoring la the least likely ever to know what the Ills of old age are. It Is a remark able fart that the people' who grow old and who have the fewest Ills when ttey become old are the eople who paid least attention to their little pains and aches .when they were young, who dosed themselves the least, who were the least wrapx-l up In themselves, who worried the least about them selves, who kept their thoughts away from themselves by giving their mind all It rould do in other directions. Russell Sage used to visit his office every day, rn In or shine, long after he had reached the scriptural limit. He did not pander to his small Ills. He was too busy figuring out Interest on emergency loans to give thought to him self. His life waa not an Ideal one, but If he had been as rational In all other respects as he waa about the mat ter of "taking rare of himself" his life might have lieen made as nearly Ideal aa human life can lie made. Iterative be possessed the temperament as well a the means wherewith to make himself and others happy. People would not get old unless they were fairly well most of the time; It is, therefore, with the young people who sihmkI most of the time complaining and grunting and doctoring that the Itussell Sage Insti tute of Pathology should deal. As a sort of preliminary step to better things, these young people might be taught first of all how to live so as to be able to suffer some of the Ilia of old age. A PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION J The simple demonstration recordert In the Philadelphia Public Ledger prob ably did more toward the enlighten ment of the Missouri Judge than hours of dlsitiurse lu the courtroom. The magistrate, traveling on rlrrult, hnd be fore him. lu a small country town, a case In which a tavern keejs'r waa held for the payment on a laud transaction of a large amount of money which he had not agreed definitely to pay. The court declared that, although his agreement was not on record. It was Involved In a business proceeding con nected with It. After judgment had lcn rendered the court adjournal for dinner, and the Judge found that the only eating ' house In the place was the inn kept by the defendant In the case be had Just dvl.lcd. lie also found that the defend ant per si nally superintended the prepa ration of the meals, anil that the frssl was charged for on the Kuropean plan. The Judge called for two Isiiled eggs, which, with the other fissl he ordered, were brought to him done to a tun). At the end of the meal the bill waa presented to him. lie was astonished to read in It the following Items: "Two ladled eggs, fifteen cents; two chickens at seventy-five cents, one dol lar and a half." Calling the proprietor, he asked: "Ilow'a this? I've had no chickens Why do you charge me for them?" "Those are constructive chickens, your honor." anawensl the InnkeeiMT. "What?" "Why. they are Implied lu the eggs, you know." Ills honor began to understand, and said no more. i ttnaenlnt Oeenpstlon. "It Isn't everylxidy that gets a place In life that's Just sultiil to hiin." said Mr. llobnrt. thoughtfully, "but I de clare It seems as If .led Loring had landed In the very ssit he'd clnswe above every other." "I didn't suppose anything would ever suit Jed," retnarkisl Mrs. Ilobart. "a man that always (Inflight everylssly was better off than he. and never ap pearisl to enjoy anything except other folks' misfortunes. Where in the world Is he?" While I was vl-lting Henry's folks." said Mr. Ilobart. "ttiev tisik me across the ferry to the Island one day. I thought the face o' the man that worked the gates liMiked kind o' familiar, find he gazed at me real searching as Henry and 1 stisxl there. '"Aren't yon Jim Ilobart. that used to live In !tuhhy?' he asked me at last. "I am. and still do,' saya I. 'and It's Just come to me w ho you are. You're Jed I.orlng.' "He nodded that I was right. "lot a Job that suits you here, I guess.' I ea.d. for he's grown stouter and hsiks considerable chcerfullcr than he used to when be was here In Itushby. "'Yes. I have.' says he, real hearty. Why. this ferryboat runs buck and forth every half hour all day long, and there's hardly a trip but what some tssly misses It, and gets aa mad i fury.1" Knom'a Joke. One Any last spring Senator Knox was walking through a corridor of the rapltol, when he was Joined by a for mer member of the senate, Mr. Chand ler of New Hampshire. Aa the two drew near the en t a nee to the cham!Mr Mr. Knot motioned to hla companion to pass In first "After you." said Mr. Chandler, wltb a polite bow, drawing back. "Not at all," protested Knot; "the X's alwaya go before the wise, jvu knw." llarpef'a Weekl, t - , i r 4 I The Firm of Glrdlestone CHAPTER I. Th spproa.-h to ths olflrea of Girdle tons 4 Co. was not a very dignified one A narrow doorway opens iuto a long white-washed paaaage. ifa one side of this Is a brass plate with the inscription. "(iirdlestnne at Co., African Merchants." and above it a curious hieroglyphic sup posed to represent a human hand In the art of pointing. Following ths guidance of this emblem, the wayfarer finds hlrr- self in a email square yard surroundej by doors, upon one of which rhs name of the firm reappear in larg whits let' ters, with the word "push" printed be neath It. If he follows this laconic Invi tation he will make his way Iuto a long, low apartment, which is the counting bouse of the African traders. On the afternoon of which we speak things were quiet at the offices. Misty London light shone hasily through th glased windows and rait dark shadow hi the rorners. On a high peroh in the background a weary-faced, elderly man, with muttering lips and tapping fingers, cast up endless lines of figures. Heneata Dim, In front of two long shiuing mahog any desks, halt a score of young men ap peared to be riding furiously, neck and neck. In the race of life. Any habitue of a London office might hare Induced from their relentless energy and Incorruptible aillgence that they were under the eves of some member of the firm The member in question leaned aca!nt the marble mantelpiece, turning over th pages of an almanac, and taking from time to time a stealthy peep over the top of it at the tollers around him. Com mand was imprinted In every line of bis strong, suuare-set face and erect, pow erful frame. There was something class- k-al in the regular ollve-tth'ed features and black, crisp, curling hair fitting tight ly to the s-ell-rounded head. Yt, though classical, there was an absence of spirit uality. It was rather the profile of one of those Koman emjs'rors, splendid in Its animal strength, but lacking those subt e snftnesNes of eye and mouth woich spek of an inner life. Huch was Kira, t. only child of John 0.rdlctn:if, and the heir to the whole of his vast business. The Junior partner was sil.Mit, and th clerks were working uneasily. Their fears were terminated by the sharp sound of a table-gong and the aprs-arance of a boy with the announcement that Mr. Uirdlcstone would like a moment's conver sation with Mr. Kara. The aanctum of .Mr. John tXrdlestone waa aitpronched by two doors, one of nt with grouudlesa uanels. and the other covered with green baiae. The room Itself was small, but lofty, and the walla wen ornamented by numerous sections of ships stuck upon long flat boards, very much as the remains of fossil fish ire exhibited In museums. There were also several pho tographs of the various veasels belonging to the Ann, together with maps, char's ,(1 imu ot miMugn Innumerable. Above the fireplace was a large water-color painting of the barque ltelinda aa she appeared when on a reef to the north of Cape Palmas. An lnsrrirtion heneatfl this work of art announced that It had been painted by the second officer anj presented by hull to the head of the firm. It was generally rumored that ths mer chants had lost heavily over this disas ter, and there were some who quoted It as an instance of Uirdlestone'a habitual strength of mind that he should decorate his wall with so melancholy a rouvenfr. John (iirdleatone, aa he tat at h s square office table waiting for his son, was undeniably a remarkanle looking man. For good or fur evil no weak character lay beneath that ha-M angular face, with the strongly marked features and deep-set eyes. He was known to be a fanatic in r ligion, a purist in morals, and a man of the strictest commercial integrity. Yet there were some few who IihiIi-J askance at him, and none, save one, who could ap ply the word friend to him. He rose and stisxl with his hack to the fire as his son entered. He was so lull that he towered shove the younger man, but the latter'a squnre and co.npact frame made him, apart from the diiTerence of age, the stronger man. "There's news of the Ilia k Kasjte," he said. "She is reported from Madeira." "Ah !" cried the junior sn-tm-r esgerly. "What luck?" "She is lull, or nearly o, according to Captain Hamilton Miggs' report. "I sonder Miggs was able to send a report at all, and I wonder still more that you should put any faith in It," hia son said imsitient ly. "Thii fellow ,s never sober." "Miggs is a gisul seaman, and popular on the coast. He may Induig" at times hut we all have our failings. Here Is the list visichcd for by our agent. 'Six hm dred Isirrels of palm oil' " "oil is down to-day," the orher Inter rupted. "It will rise before the Ulnck Kae arrives." the merchant rejoined confident ly. "Then he has palm nuts in bulk, gum elsiny. skins, cis-hineal, and ivory. Ivory la at a fancy figure. We are sorely in need of a few gisl voyages, for things have been very slack of late. It not upon this tnatter that 1 want -d to Seak to yon," rdli'stotie continued "It h.t. however, always brnji my practice to pre fer matters of business to private affairs, however pressing. John Harmon is snid to be dying, and he has sent .1 message to me saying that lie wishes In see me. It Is Incoiivi'iiieiit for me to leave t(.e office jut now, hut I feel th it it is in.' Chr.it'Kn duty to ohey such i summon I wih yon, therefore, to look kfter things until I return." "I can hardly believe that tae new is true," Krra said, in astonishment. 'There mint be some mistake. Why, I epa to him on 'Change last Monday." "It is very sudden." his fither an swersl, taking his bnd b.-mmed hat from a ieg. "There is no doubt about the fsct, however. The dis-tor says that there is very little hope that he will sur vive until evening. It is a case of malig nant typhoid fever." "Y'isi are very old friends?" F.ira re marked, hacking thoughtfully nt his fath- 9. "I have known him since we were boys together," the other replied, "irnir moth er, Kara, died upon the very day that Harston's wife gave birth to this daugh ter of his seventeen year ago. Mrs. lUxstsa mUi survived a few days." T . S r r t " Y t i A. CONAN DOYLE t t "How wilf the mony f " ,B ita'turs sr right?" Kira sk-d k-uly- "F.vrry penny to tile fi'''.' 'h mr chsnt annwired. "Mie sill I an li:r-. Thers ar no other rlifiv 'hal I ium of, except the titnslalei. ,n'J lurt- a fair fortune of tlieir ua. Hut I amt The African nierchaat hail'-l a hnm and lnvi out fa hl friend boiw i Kulhani. Il sad llarston hid tn rhr ity school tsiys togerher, h1 rouM it togthi"r, risrn tonth-r, and propr. together. Ilarston, by lafBt attention buriaes, and rx!rn i-rsm,, k,! c-isfini la frnli"! e i.irj concern. In this be bad followed rh ei ample of hia friend. There Bo fear of rheir interests ever coming into col lision, aa bis operations were cctind M the Mediterranean. Th Ann prm and prospered, until llsrston began to be look ed upon a a warm man in tile City cir cles. Hia only child ws Kae, t girl of seventeen. There wers no tor near relatives, save lr. Itimsdale, a prosper ous West End physical). (ilrdlestoue pushed open the iroa gate and strode down the rrsvel walk which led to his friend's house. A bright sun nier sun shining out of a rloudlMa heaven bathed the green lawn and the maujr-col-ored flower beils in Ita golden light. The atr, the hvvea, the birds, all H" of lit. It was hard to th.nk that death was closing ita grip upon him who owned them all. A plump little geutlem-ta in black waa just descending the atepa. "Well, doctor," the merchant asked, "how is your patient?" "You've not com with th iwention ff seeing him, have you?" the doctor asked, glancing up with some furiosity at tie grey face and overhanging eyebrows of the merchant. "It is a most virulent rase of typhoid. : He may die in an bour or he may live until nightfall, hut nothing ran save blm. He will bard'r recogniaj you, I fear, and you ran do bio no good. It is moat Infectious, and you ars Incur ring a needless danger. I should strong ly recommend you not to go." "Why, you've only Just im down from hlra yourself, doctor," Juua (jlrdle- stone remarked. "Ah, I'm there in ths way of duty." "So am I," said the visitor decisively, and naming up the stone atept rt the en trance strode into the ball. 'IVre was a large sitting room npon the graind floor. through ths open door of wtktl the v's- itor saw a sight which arrested him for moment. A young girl wa sitting in a recess near the window, with her little, supple figure bent forward, and her hands clasped at the back of ber bead, while the elbows rested upon a small table m front of her. Her superb brown hair fell in a thick wave on either side ov-r her white round anus. The is-tor hsd Just broken bis sad tidings to her, and she was still in the first paroxysm of hee grief a grief too scute, as eaa evident even to the unsentimental miud of the merchant, to allow of any attempt at con solation. The merchant psnsed lrres lutely for a moment, and then ascending the broad staircase he pushed open the door of Harston's room and entered. The blinds were drawn down and the rhamber was very dark. A pungent whiff of disinfectants leaned fn"" . mingled with the dank, heavy ot disease. Th bed was in a far crr. Without .in. htm f:irdlrnne coma Dear the fast labored breathing of the Invalid. 4 trimly dressed nurse who d sfn sitting by the beds.de rose, slid. r"""sTililng the .i.i t. ki . few W0l'ds to him ami left the room. He P"11 'he rord of I he Venetian blind so 4mit a few revs of daylight. Tb r"t chamber looked dreary and bare, aa rpets and hangings had been removed tl lessen the chance of future Infeettoa. J on Uirdle stone stepped softly arroaa to tne bedeide, and sat down by bis dying friend. Ths latter turned his restless head rounj and a gleam of recognition and gratltudo came into bis eyes. I knew you would come," he said, Yes, I rame the moment I g(t your message. "I am gtaa mat you ars nere." the sufferer continued with a aiga of relief. I WISH IO C! IU JOIl. I y,fj weak. 1 have neen making my wj John. Nttp your nean ana 0u w hear me better. I have lesi i,an ftv thousand. I should have douttter bad 1 retired years ago. I told you so, the othr broke Id gruffly. "You did you did. Hut I icted for the best. Forty thousand I Inve to my daughter lare. A lis of Interest came ov.r (rHi., stone's face. "How about tin balance?" he asked. I leave that to be eqtuliy nivlded among the various Iondon mtltutio.is for educating the jioor. es;ere both poor boys ourselves, John, tod e know the value of such schools flirdlesfone looked perhni irjHP d;,. apsiintcd. The sick man Mt on very slowly and painfully : My daughter will have fortj thousand pounds. But It is so tied up that she can neither touch it herlf nor enable anyone else to do so until ah 0f Ht, She has no friends, Julia, mil nii rela tions, save only my niuin. Dr lieorge Imnadale. Never was a girl . f tr more lonely and unprotected. Ti' br, I beg of you, and bring her up anlnr yoi-r own eye. Treat her aa tnon;n nlt. W(... your child. tJuard her als. nII fron those who would wreck her iing life -n order to share her fortune, do rlila, old friend, and make me happy on my death bed." The merchant made no anir j g heavy eyebrows were drawn down, ar.J hia forehead all pncker'sl with thought. "You are the one man," eimilrui,.,! trw sufferer, "whom I know to he inlt Bn,j p. right, (tive me the water, for my niout'i is dry. Should my dir girl pen.h be fore she marries, then, old friena, ,r (r tune reverts to you, for thTe i u,n wf.Q will use It so well. Those a.-e ,Prtp, of the will. Hut you will P inri n..r and rare for her. as 1 would mywlf. she is a tender plant, John, too nk t0 rrow alone. Promise me that you "ill do right by her prom.se It?" "I do promise It," J"tm ! f l"ston an awered in a deep voice, lb' " "tandinif up now, and leaning over to mteh the words of the dying man. The sick man's head Ml ha t e,,aust ed Usin his pillow. "V"' hoaven." he muttered, "now I d"" 1:1 face." "Turn your mind ast'.v '.,r"'M l he vani ties and dries of this vrU. J m tiirdle etone said sternly, "and fit It ir; that which ia eternal, and can nev-" !;,. "Are you going?" the invd a,k(,i sadlv. for he had taken up bis nd ,.k. "Yes. I must go! I lr' d? Ppoint ment in the city at six. cn ' ""nt not miss. I shall send up the "U. m. ,, I fJ down." Girdlesrone said. !" "llood-by ! Hesven hleaf J Mn." The firm, stnmg hand n' hale man enclosed for a moment th " r'' burning one of the sufferer. y 'ilrdle- stone plodded heavily dew" "ir. an,! these friends of f.rtj "'r bJ said their last adieu. . The Afri-an merchant appoint ment In the city, but k ""J, ' " ed It John Harstoo had IT Iks, t0 keep that last terrlM r"ot of wbic du messsngsr ! (l- . rrtAiTEa n. "Conn la," said Mr. IjirdiMloa. "Wty, cspta.n. I am glad to joil bark aat and well." "tilad to se jr, sir glsd to ses ys." Thr voic vi a j thick and husky, an tlipr in an innWiin about hm gait at thugh he had Imh-d drinking heavily. "I earn la sort o' cautious," th owner coo tinunl, "cauM I d.dn't know wtio might b about. When you and ma speaks to gether likes to speak aloas, )ou bet " The merchant raised his rushy eye brows a little, aa though he dii not reiiab I of gj. .UM-t4 uy his cinupsiiiou'a rvuutia. "IleJn't you better take a seat?" he said. "I must congratulate you oa your cargo, and wish you the same luck for your next voyage," the merchant continued. "Ivory, an' gold dust, an' aklna. an' resin, an' cochineal, an' gums, an' ebony, an' rice, an' tobacco, an' fruits, an' nuts in bulk. If there's a better rargo about I'd lik to see it," th sailor said defi antly. "Say, now, weren't you surprised to see ua come hack eh? Straight now, letween man and man?" "The old ship hangs togrher well, and has lots of work In ber yet," the mer chant answered. "Iota of work! I thought she was gone In the bay ! We'd a dirty night with a gal from the west-sou'weat, an' had been goln' by did reckon! a" for three days, so we weren't over and arovs eur o' ourselves. Hhs wasn't much of a sea going rraft when we left Kngland. but the sun bad fried all the pitch out o' her aeams, and you might ha' put your fin ger through some of them. Two days an a night we were at the pumps, for she leaked like a sieve. We lost the for topsail, blown clean out o' th ringbolts. I never thought to see Lunnon again." "If she rould weather a gal hu she could mske another voysg." "She rould start ou another," the sailor said gloomily, "but as lik aa not abed never aee the end o't." "Come, come, you're not qutta yourself this morning, Miggs. W valua you aa a dashing, fearless fellow let me 811 roor glasa again who doesn't fear a little risk where there's something to be gained. You'll lose your good nam if you go on like that." "She's in a terrible bad way," th cap tain Insisted. "You'll hava to do some thing before she ran go." "What shall we have to do?" "Dry dork her and give her a thorough overhaul. She might sink before she got out o' the Channel if aha weut aa she is just now." (To be continued.) FIND' ANTIQUES IN SWAMPS. This Is Where Koreltwre Collector Search la Cieorajlat Mow. Several of the curio ahopa In Savan nah, a., are kept by evdored men. They have attained considerable sagacity In the purchase of antiques, tMrpeclaJly of old mahogany furniture, and thy talk aa glibly of Sheraton, Chippendale and colonial styles. Inlay and veneer a their white compf 1 1 tors, aaya the New Y'ork Herald. "Where do you reckon I find moat of the old mahogany?" asked one of these dealers, pausing In the work of preparing a Queen Anne bedstead for the llsh. "In the negro cabins. Not the shanties In or near Savannah, nor those on the main traveled roada. All that furniture waa picked up long ago, "Now we have to take to the swans to find It. I frequently leave my wife In charge of the shop while I go off on a collecting trip for several days. walk acnss the, wooda and field, and I find a little old shanty somewhere off In a pine clearing where the children may have only one garment apleoe and sleep over night In a mahogany bed. "Once I hapis'tied at audi a cabin Just In time to keep a clawfoot bedstead from destruction. It waa a chilly evening- In spring, there was no firewood at hand, and the man of the house waa Just taking one of the posts of a splen did colonial Isil. which was In disuse In a alusl to the choking block. A moment later It would have len on be.) of the cracking fat, pine kindlings In the smoky tireplin-e. "The darkles know nothing of the value of mahogany. It came to them from their friends or the plantation owners wno put u "v "- plefs of walnut and maple. It went out of fashion ami ao Into the attics or the quarters, though the servants came Into jsissesslon of most of It wlien ins old homiw were broken up aner me war. "Any of this generation of negroes won it rattier lime a" uo'"lc of nine wikmI brightly varnished or a white Iron bedstead. I nave sometimes exchanged new furniture with them for the old pieces which collectors pnxe. That Is always very satisfactory to tne darkey, although n dollar or two ot ready 'money will buy anything In hla house. "That la whv the negro can out an the real old stuff down here better than a white man. He unuerstaniis me man ners of the cabin nnd can live wltn tne people. Even If a white man uiveede In flndlna them It) the marshes the darkles would be distrustful and not likely to show him hoaplallty. 'It amusee tne to see collectors iron. the north come down nere, nire a ui rlaire or a machine and dash out on the country roads after old furniture and other curios. All that territory has been covered long ago. Indeed, although Savannah Is run of old mahogany, ailver and porcelain, there Is very little of It for snle, and hat there la the owners know now to value. I count, however, mat i umae als.ut Ti st cent on the plei-ee that I dek up In the negro cniuns iu me iu terlor." Holds thlaaT. A ejiendthrlft." remarket! the home grown philosopher, "la a g.ssT deal like tub with the bottom knocneo: out "What's the answer?" queried the very young man. "He takes all that comes, mu is arne to hold nothing." explained lt) philoso phy dliMi"er lie Tank the Blame. Muggins Itehold In me a self made man. IMgglna I congratulate yon becaua of your charitableness. Muggins I beg pamon? runrlns Toil are certainly charlt bl In taking the blame on yourself. Slot la Sloeh. Customer (In book store) Hav yoo th Century Magazine T New Clerk No, sir; w Dave dol Ini but moathly majaxlAM, ;mimi4siiiisiMiiiiSiiSiisi ttj Legal Information ii f Sis is Hi m i '. uw tew e. pi sew The New Y'ork Supreme Court. It. Fouquet vs. New Yorf Central A Hud sou Itlver Ity. Co., KKI New York Sup plement, 1105, held that a draftsman in tbd employ of the engineering de partment of the New York Central Knl I road waa a fellow servant with a uiau rootling the eievator in mi tiikud Central dejsit In New York, In whlcb the draftsman worked. In rase the husband dies without leaving a will, bis property goes one third to his wife, aud two-third to hi children equally. One child la not en titled to any more than the other children because of having stayed at borne and having done work thereafter coming of age.' It la presumed that services performed lu the family are lrfortued gratuitously, and one can not recover pay for such services un less there waa an express agreement to pay the same. If heirs die before the estate 1 settled, leaving no chil dren, their share goes to their natural heirs, wife, or brothers aud sisters The administrator la usually chosen by the heirs, and npjsilnte! In probate court, at which time anyone having an objection should npsar and present It, or subsequently, should his acts a ad ministrator not be satisfactory. South Carolina baa a law provldln. that any laborer working for a share of the crop or for wages in uiouey ot other valuable consideration under a contract for labor on farm land who shall receive advances either In money or supplies, and thereafter will'ully and without Just cause fall to perform the reasonable service rfqulred of hitu by the terms of the contract, shall be liable to prosecution for misdemeanor and punishment by Imprisonment. This law waa enacted principally to consti tute a weajsm to compel ess?olally ne gro farm laborer to perform the serv ice required by their contracts of em ployment on pain of being sent to Jail or being ninde members of the chain- gang. Tbe I ultiHl States lusinci ;oun for the District of South Carolina In E parte Irayton, 153 Federal Ileport- er, OHrt, holds this law unconstitution al, as violating the thirteenth and four teenth amendments of the federal con stitution, and aa not being a valid exer cise of the police power of the State. Oregon, like many other States, hat a statute removing all disabilities upon a wife which are not Imposed or -ecog-nixed aa existing aa to the husband. Cnder thla statute the Supreme Court of that State, In Keen va. Keen. OC Pacific Reporter, 147, holds that a wife may maintain an action for an alien ation of her husband's affections. Ai supporting authorltlea the court rttea Poetlewalte vs. Poatlewatte, 1 Ind. App. 473, 28 Northenstern Reporter, OU ; Iteaeh va. Itrown. 20 Wash. 21, 53 Pa rifle Reporter, 40, 43 L. R. A. 114, Ti Am. St. Rep. OS. As to the State au thorities on thla prossltlon, the court says: "In a few of the States It has been ruled by the courts of last resort that such an action cannot he main tained; but where modern legislation recognizes the dm-trlne that the -vlfe has rights which the court should re spect, reason and a great weight of au thority uphold the principle that for the loss of consortium, which Includes the husband's society, love and assist ance, the law now affords her an ado quate remedy." HOW TO MAKE HEAD CHEESE. Coantrr Woman Tells Heal Old- Fashioned War to Prepare It. If you atop at one of the delicatessen stalls In the market these days, you'll find the farmers wiling quantities of sou' and head cheete, says the Phlla delphla American. If you don't know what these delectable dishes are, just consult the fanner's wife on the otuer aide of the stall and she'll give you the real old country formula for making the most of all that's left of the pig, except hla squeal after he haa been killed. Here la one old country woman'a recls for souse Ju"t the kind that was served on "grandmother's table:" Take the grlstJy part of a pig's head, leaving out the fat, but use the ears. Remove the ha.d part from the pig's feet, scald or singe hairy parts, soak In warm water and scrape thoroughly. Let them lie In salt and water for ten hours, tio through the same process again, then put all the Ingredients Into a kettle and cover with cold water. When It begin to Isill, set back and let It simmer until the meat comes easily frotu the bones, which are re moved, with all superfluous fat Sea son with aalt, rs-psT, vinegar. The mass Is put Into stone Jars to harden, and when served Is cut In slices and browned In the oven. Head cheese Is prepared In the same wb.v, exivpt the vinegar l omitted In season ing, and the whole Is strained through a doth before It Is pneked away to harden. Mark Wanted. The following advertisement, quoten from a Itoston pas-r early in the nine teenth century, by Mr. Janson In "The Stranger In America." shows tint the domestic problem Is not one of modern manufacture. Hut what mistress of to-day would dare to Impose such condl Hons on the hindrance In the kitchen 'i Much Wanted A nenf, well-behaved female to do kitchen work In a small family, In Charlestown near I lost on. She may pray and sing hymns but not over the disbkettle. She tuny go to meeting but not Isdotig to the congrega tion of midnight worhlMTs. Inquire at HotsTtury Oflh-e near Peat ton. tMilaar ansae. IieJected Traveler I say, Pat, din you ever make an Idiot of yourself about a woman? Pat An Idjut. la ut? ur. I've made ns silf an Intlre saylum. Punch. It I a onmpHmtnt to tiy of friend that be I a gnat reader of fsaks. which 1st- fl's)n't apprsjie'at whsvi he learns you have said It to a b' g"tit g'vlng. at the Mm taaa, s mw adJra. TO MPBOVE THI YISSOTJW. Navigation Congress Would Make II IquaJ to 600 Railroads. An appropriation of HVno.i for the establ.aluuetit of a twelve-font channel In tbe Missouri river from Ft. Louis to Sioux City will be asked of Congress aa a reault of the first annual convention of the Missouri River Navi gation Congress, whlcbj met In Sioux City. (Jovernors and Congressmen from seven Urate rrderlr.g on tne M sourl River were In attendance at th convention. It waa the voice of the convention that the Missouri River aa well aa the Mississippi should be mad navigable as soon as Congress ran e Its way clear to spend that nrncb money. It waa th sentiment of th convention that th deesnlng of th Missouri River channel would I o its or rsorosso cms i. ths greatest stroke toward the settle ment of railroad rat trouble lu th great Middle West Engineers reported that th Mis souri River, If Improved according to tb plans of this convention, would have th carrying capacity of tVH) rail roads fifty time th capacity of all th roada running between th Missis sippi River and tfc lower Missouri, and more than twenty-five times th capacity of all th railroads running from th Mississippi to tb Missouri at all points. These engineers reported that making th Missouri River nav igable from Sioux City to St. IauiIs would coat leas than paralleling any slngl railroad between these two) points Th navigable length of the Missouri River I greater than th distance by rail from St Louis to Baa Framiso. It haa a navigable length three time aa great aa the entire length of th Ohio River. It Congress does not want this a im propriation, th boosters of tbe Middle West may aak for legislation assessing a tax against land lylnw' within 1'SI miles of the Missouri River. It has bean figured out that th entire fin, 000,000 could b raised by an assess ment of BO rente per acre against fhw land bordering upon th stream 'or Kx mile back. Thla territory prodm-ee crops and live atock annually worth ovr 1200,000,000. Si? Couldn't we express the grin somewhere else, instead of carrying it around with usT The advance In the price of dukes will further tend to discourage the Ira p year bualnesa. A theatrical man reports a acarciiy of stags villains. Yet there are a lot of very bad actors. Next to opera singing ths most highly paid Industry Is that of expert witnessing in big trlali. Money Is again getting so plentiful that a man can carry a piece around in hi pocket for luck. The I'nlted States Supreme Court calls attention to the fact that tbe Sia; are still on the map. Cuba has enough kickers already with out sending that shipload of Mi-wourl mules down there. A little mlstske of IKKI.Hiii.khi n the original estimates doesn't bother Pan ama canal people. Tb new $20 gold pieces are minlity ugly. Still, a great many lime dc ch-d not to refuse them. Faahlon'a latest innovation la 'he hie less walk. It must be another i I a-h- Ion' senseless fsda. Tb mother in-law Joke reaches the cli max In tbe caae of the Delaware mini who has Juat married bis. I lead men tell no tales, but in ths Iruce rase the unearthing of a e,-,,HS completely reversed th adage. The Chicago Federation of I.ahoe ia urging the formation of a 'eg,.shl Growers' I'nlon. This beet sll ! The London Times used to be "Th Thunderer," but It Is now being A neri can lied so It will he mora like luhtn'in;. Mr. Cortelyou Insist that we hav f 12n, iim.ljiiii more money than . had a year ago. Hut you can't feel in your pocket and find it. New Y'ork haa a new sect of s in wor shipers. Yet most of Its people will still find their greatest enjoyment und-r th same old electric lights. Statiatlrians ssy that birds, hv eating Insects, sav the farmer f.sm.iai.fMi a year. Glad to hesr that th early bird ia till catching the worm. Ilecsus a train was isle s lot of Frenchmen tor down a depot n"iir Pans. Thsr wouldn't I half enough dcMC toj go around In this country. Twenty lx pianolas accompany ths fleet. Evidently th big guna sr.- not Ihs only Instruments aboard calculated to trik terror to an enemy. Th Massarhnaetta woman who tied her husband to th kitchen door while she did th houaework haa th right idm of how to dlapose of mollycoddles. Now Japan Is having trouble wi?t Canada over th Immigration ipiesiion. Tb J a panes don't seem to realm that tber' no plc Ilk bom. In enforcing Ita Sunday las a. Kansas f'lty ba arrested 170 actors and acrres.. You would hardly bllv tber ar th4 sssl oaaw tb country. t ' ssssw e sssssaa eaaaaa )