SWAYED BY THE WEATHER. H E COULD PLA Y CH ESS. And N s P reved T hat Fact In • M m * Em phatic Mannar. —--------- In A oat ría-H » ugary bob # y m p * ago M Its Architectural Restoration by there was a marvelous chaos plays*. S tu d y Their Backf a n d YOU M ay Charles Pollen MeKim. whom s i n s and rashlaoea w ars on- i C om e A o ro g f g p r j2e. known, bat who svsry now and than , _____ * ■ display«! bis remarkable skill to the _ VAST CHANGES WERE JNAD& MUnn. Tha last story o t hta> was toM TWO CLASSES OP MARKINGS. by J sobm B. H yatt oi Philadelphia. ----------- The Inter!#* W u Praetioally Remade. Miirá é » » U 'w w f i r a a s a » t s a a * t 4 v P m a i r w a v * * r * a o m w — a a . y w w w a M Upan Iv a n tha Minutast Details—A Urn W hite House, tbo work of the architect J a n u s Hoban. tu rn ed by tbo British to 1T82 and n ato ra d and com pistad by Boban about 1810. ream toed with Uttls change In Its condition a n ­ il! shout IMS Pram this period un­ til tbe adm inistration of Th eodors K oomys K there were constant changas In the interior, m ade on authority of the presidential resident whlcb de­ stroyed tbo fltaem and dignity of this beautiful building. Went selected Charles Potion MeKim to restore Instead of t o enlarge t h a building. Me Kim gave bis whole attention to design, from tbe broadest prtnelplas controlling the relations and unity be­ tween tbe larger elem ents a t balls and rooms down to tbe satootsat details of mantels, stucco ornam ents and light­ ing fixture». The broad principles of tbs work ............ Will» C. Hawley, Salsa consisted in restoring tb s terrace on I.......* N. J. Sissott. The DaUa tbe m sl . removed dnHng G rant’s a d ­ ........ C. N. McArthur, PortUuuJ m inistration: removing tbe green­ houses and propagating bqgs. remov­ S ta te O fficers ing tbe president’s public offere from tbe residence to a separate structure, restoring tbe Interior from tbe ground to tbe roof and refurnishing Tbe prtn d i a l floor. While MeKim was ms taring U s de­ signs and- tbe draw ings were being •nail* the bonding as it existed from 1 lie ground jo tbe roof was being tom out. leaving only tbe walla, windows and upper floors. As- tbe work progressed lleK im gave each detail liks attention an It went into place, lie did not heal tats. 2 ¡? tb#n P*tBrD*d t r ° * - I was ptoftow chess w ith a firlaod to a cafe." »U dM r. H y . t t ^ a n d plain- ly aaw my defeat. when a Utile bit o« a bbriveled Polo w ith a tin y o f ebsap Jewelry stood to front of ns and otfsr- sd bin wares to most porsnastrs tooes. *» *Oo away.' I said. - >Ton can bsat him.* answered tbs peddler, wboso attention waa on tbo name. “ ‘W hat do yen know a boot ttr 1 asked. " ‘May 1 tall b lm r bo Inquired, look- tog a t my opponent “ ‘Certainly Crack «way.’ cam e tbe reply In a tone of assurance. “ T a k e his knight.’ said my self ap- pointed Instructor I- did so to humor him- though 1 lost my queen by tbo operation. B u t much to my surprise. I. found th a t tbe very next move gave m s tbe asm s. * ‘Let me play w ith you 7* asked tbo peddler. *1 m ate you to tb s moves you soy and w here you any.' “ 'I f y«*u do I win give you 10 florins.* 1 answered. T a k e tbe w U te men. Mate mo on my queen’s fourth square in tw enty-tw o moves If you can.' “We started In. my friend keeping account of tbe moves, an d moved rap- Idly. A fter about a doaen moves I bed tb s advantage of a bishop and .a pawn and was assured 1 would defeat my aggressive little opponent When he le t a castle go by an apparently care- t e s play I was sure of victory. Then cam e a sodden change to tb e situation, and I had to move my king put o f chock. 1 w as on tbo defensive and to i Ona • f Those la Aeaidantal snd tbs im am im w , out t i w moos * *• •* * • ■Paslm i . - A Cur:°“s Ntoaraguan Issue. ». _______^ J * "*“* ** lDt” T*Ü? * 1 £ f t * * whlcb “ V opon tbs taclw of • tam^ Mat might group *Dw« into two cisaapo—accidental and totentionaL In tbe' flnt class would cam« “double printings” and “offsets." la this inataaea by doaMa printings wa refer to tbooo otamps which ware accidentally printed apon both sidM of tbe paper. Tbeoe e re very nu*; By offfeet we mean where too much Ink was used or tbe sheets laid apon each other while too w o t so th a t tbo color from the face of o n e sheer cam s off on tbe back of tbe one next to I t These double imp ress ions and offsets o re found to tbo surcharging of stam ps as welt ns to tbe original printings. Offsets are com paratively common and vary very much to Intensity of color and completeness of dedlgp In tbe early stamps of G reat B ritain tb e color th e gum, or of tbe stamp perhaps the paper, to a beautiful blue, and. as there waa tittle o r no c o t e on tbe portrait to tb e design, this bead appears to white upon n bine beck- ground on tb e beck o f tb e stam p. This la called an “Ivory bend“ and Is very Interesting. Before we take up tb e m atter , of what Is intentionally placed on tbe backs of stam ps we m ight say th a t tbe paper upon which such stam ps are printed usually show s best from tbe hack. It may. o f course, bo eith er thin “ Tw enty-one moves.’ sold my friend as the little peddler pot me again to check w ith bis knight. « ‘M ater ertod my opponent as be swung his qoeen across tb s board. “My king was on tbe queen’s fourth ■Quara. completely through. It may have stlk «breads here and there Uke the United States revenues first Issues on silk pa .per or silk all through like tbe later te u e (18T3I revenoes. o r It may be -granite” paper, like certain stam ps of Austria. Switzerland and Japan. A GREAT DESTROYER. One T hat Is Aetivdly a t Week Every Minute of th e Day. 1 am m Monii aad wife D. L. C. 4 6 Not 1478 is T . os the sulphuric arid In this solution j curved tinea. Sweden about 1886 com Not An Epic»re. ' 3 S. R. 2 W. of the W. M . Y.mh>ll Coos- touched tbe Iron It a t once dissolved menced printing on the backs of her One afternoon a sad eyed hobo ram- ty, Oregos. psrticutariy dercribed er 1 g q th at metal and deposited copper In Its postage stam ps a small bine picture of bled up tbe garden walk of a suburban « . potat thirty ied> Sooth of the Northed place, for sulphuric arid has s greater • p u st born. This practice w as cob home and meek fully tapped on th e CMua ^ „ y . 1 . : - -r-^ k cmtkr affinity for iron than for copper. In tinned som e years, of the County Rood whew asd Cotab Rood tbe process certain Impurities which As n protection against counterfeit “Lady.” said be In a tearful voice to . * - . ^ had existed I d the Iron were left be ; tog and also as a means of Identifying the woman who answered his knock. j l w bind undisturbed The wooden handle stolen stam ps Spate employs a set of “I haln’t bad a thing to eat since l a s t ! 53 ' ' 3 ro* : t"*oc* W m ,ort7 r®*: ‘tlTT,rT ■ serial num bers Tbe postofflee depart­ ment keeps a list of the numbers on tW bucks of tbe stam ps shipped to every postoffice, so th at If one of these la robbed tbe authorities know an d cau Identify, If found, tbe stolen stam ps by th e num bers they bear Thirdly, we consider those stamps wbaqs tb e printing on the backs was intentional, but placed there for other reasons than to prevent counterfeiting In some respects these are tbe moat in­ Laughter begins either with tbe teresting of all. We wish to call at- mouth or tbe syas^ Then come the Motion to three special Instances. Por other muscular group*, and then come tugal to 189.*, issued a series of stam ps the vocal expressions of laughter, such commemorative of the seven bun as brays, cackles, sniggers, simpers, dredtb snihversary of tbe birth of St giggles, snorts, grunts, foghorn rum ­ Anthony of Padua. There are four bles. yells, shrieks, guffaws, trills, designs In tbe series. But what Inter chuckles, sniffles and kll aorta of pe­ eats an In this connection Is the cart­ culiar Mid note» and musical sounds. oon fact that upon tbe back of each —Exchange. stom p there 1s printed to tiny Mae letters n Latin prayer. This seriM waa Core wore lu England. a t e surcharged for use In the A so res In curly times the coroner In Eng­ When w e study Nicaragua we are Cull tb s Roll. W hat baa become at tb s women who bewildered by tbe multiplicity of sur- land was a revenue officer of tbe used to settle their quarrels by cutting cbaiffsa. especially after about 1800 crown, and his busteem was to find such other's clotbm Unen on wash day? But to 1811 m atters came to a very out the criminals, extort .their conies Whore is tbo boy who stretched a bud pass. There were no more postage ■Iona snd confiscate th eir goods to tbe fins a fte r d ark ic to m tbo p a th o f tb e ■tamps, so tbe government took some crown. From records It appeared th at whom be bated because tbo man revenue stamps, already once s u r King Alfred had a predilection for hla father be caught him playing rhargad. and upon the backs of these hanging hla coroners beresM they did hookey?—Richmond Tlmee-Dispatch. revenue stam ps printed a surcharge w hat was unjust. which made them good for postage Tb* Great Condo, 80 bar* are revenue stam ps with post When He CensswtraBsd. The great m ilitary genius Conde wa* “DM tbs spanker im press you as be­ age stam ps on their backe or post a precocious boy. At eight be under­ ago Stamps with surcharged revenue ing to deadly earnest?” stam ps on their backs - Either way stood Latin, and s t eleven ho gave out “Only once or twice.” they are vary Interesting There were s treatise 00 rhetoric. When fourteen “And w hat wore those occasions T th in s values—5. 10 and 10 centavos— be bed become thoroughly conversant “W hen be lost his pises sad baga» so lands. New Zealand furnishes ns with th e principles of w arfare snd of to paw his netM wildly In an effort to another type of interesting backs aD military tactics. find R again.” — Birmingham Age- Hero we find a canny postofflee deport Disagreeable nsont coining an honest penny by M il Aunt—I eon tell a t a glasee what toff (bo space opon tbe bucks o f It* stam ps fo r advertising purposes. The other people are thinking of me. Niece stam ps of tbe te u e 1882-81 may be (abeentmtodedly>— How very dlsngrdb- fouM telling tbe merits of breakfast foods, paten t medicines, soaps, o te A Come early ahd g o t first choleo. romp MU collection would contato a good M a y varieties. We do not know b ita tansy.—8t Nicholas. a MUELLER, the Tailor's