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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
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i" '""i"! i iiit tie wii never nick in
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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-
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dm nift, we i mil r
i'oni.!iHhlnir murh miir than by
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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,
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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."
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"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.
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