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OUR CHORE BOY. 8h' up at the break of the dawn. And tumbling the hay from the mowi, And a merry laugh ringa, and a cheery voice sings, When Mollis Is feeding the cows. Here's Speckle and Hrlndle and Bens, And itutttrcup thereby the door. Their big stur.chlnr.s creak, for they're trying to speak. When Mollie comes over the floor. The horses stand tn the stalls Their whinnying begging begin, As If each understood tiuu the measure was good When Mollte Is near to the bin. And the cattle will follow her round With a dumb, never falling regard, As If trying to boast w hich waa loving her moit When Mollis goes Into the yard. Oh, H's well tftr a lasn!e to mend, And It's well for a lassie to darn. Hut her eyt s aro a bright as the stars tn the i.lght When Mollte does chores at the barn. Florence Josephine Moyce, In Farm Jour nal. rHvHfH4HvfHvv44 Her Forgiveness Bf Etbrljrn Let-lle Huston. (Ooerrlclit, uu, bj Autkoci SscUoUa.) "VTIXE o'clock! We will now be 1 1 hold the animals parade," mur mured Mm. Stanley WeHton, glancing at the little jrold clock tliut had Just announced the hour with musical self- aatiKfuction. "lAon't be rude, Hetty. They're my fruests if they aro a bore. How do I look?" "A touch of rotift my dear, would amt the ensemble, l'allor I sup posed to be Interesting and sounds well in book and things. Hut in real life it'a apt to be pasty looks like disordered liver or love or some thing." "Hetty! You are atrocious!" Mrs. riUinnrd picked up a little sil ver box k4 delicately applied a touch of rose-bloom to her cheeks. .Mrs Weston stretched her blue sntln sllp pm toward the bright grate fire with a luxurious little wriggle, but her eyes, blue ns the slippers, never left her hostess' face. They narrowed shrewdly as Mrs. Stanard leaned close to the tniera. "A little more! That's better. Not sleeping well hm? Don't care whether school keens and all the rest of it 7 Won't do, my dear. Ituin- ous to the complexion. Cut it out." "I wish you would not mu that abominable akinff. You talk like some factory jrlrl." Mrs. rltanard put the liver box back on her dressing table with a wenry little gesture and the blue eyes narrowed again. "My dear, It la absolutely impossible to expreae one'a self In the queen's Kngllsh nowadays. It is good form, of coursu, but inadequate. Awfully Inadequate. The factory jrlrl snys in a sentence what good form takes a ehapter to express. And even than the factory girl has the beet of it. What are you fretting about?" "Nothing." Mrs. Weston elevates her artistical ly penciled cyebrowa and thoughtful ly pate the pearl claspa on her long suede gloves with one finger. The other folds her arms on the silver Cupid frame of her tall ehrml glass and drojia her head on her arms. After carefully counting the penrl clasps three times Mrs. Weston nods in a satisfied manner, then allows her eyes to travel up the long lace train till they reach the bare shoulders am! still, bowed lieud. "That poso la very graceful and ...jt.i.. .. -i i ... -iiiiihK, cnvrin, nun says cneorruwy, "Hut It's wasted. There's no one here but me, And It's 0:14." She looks sharply at the listless face In the mirror, then rises with a little frou-frou of silken petticoats and get a glass of wine from a cabinet. "Drink, pretty creature, drink. I don't dare, for it always iimk.-e my noee red. That fact alone hna saved rue from the gold cure. Kor if there's anything I enjoy It'a tho wine when It la red. And I could, like Omar, di vorce barren reason without a qualm. Hut my complexion! Kitecially one's nose. And now, Mrs. Htanard, if you do not want your guests to go home In a dudgeon, minus hostess and tem per, It behooves you to make your preeence material In tho drnwtng ronm. And I do not propose to waste this new gown on tho desert air any longer. Come on." A little Inter and white- lace and blue velvet are surrounded by light and color, the sweeping gowns of fair women and tho black coats of tho men as contrast. Tim air is soft anil languorous with t.he odr of hot house tlimvrs, and through the hum of oulturud voice creep the faint strains of uUtaut string instruments. Mrs. Ktnnanl's face is serene and slightly smiling, and her voice has Just that touch of personal Interest that sooths and attracts, as she greets ench of her guests with rfeet tact. Her eyes, dark and i ranquil, para from face to face and tell nothing. The hours pass and dud her ntill smiling, inter ested, unwearied. (Inly the flowers dronp at her breast and aa she unfast ens them she primes the thorny stems hard against the soft flesh for a mo ment. A aharp pain is relief from a dull ache, sometimes. Anil she smiles oddly as she drops the dead Mowers hi hind her anil pulls the frosty lace a little higher where one thorn has marred the skin. "I missed you last night. You did not go to hear Calve." A tall man vilth a dark, strong face waa bending over her. The face waa too grim to be handsome. It w heav ily lined and the eyes vicre deep set, kevn, reticent. "Another engagement. And it was Carmen? I whm so snrrv." I Smiling, she triers him her hand a moment and lifts her eves to his. A IIAI'l'Y CHILI) is one who grows, without in terruption of health, from a baby up except the inevitable diseases of children. And Scott's emulsion of cod liver oil has done more, in the 26 years of its existence, than any half-dozen other things, to make such children. It keeps them in uninterrupt ed health. It is food that takes hold at once, whenever their usual food lets go. We'll stud rou link to try, II you Ilk, SCOTT a IIUUM, v rtarl umt, New Voik. Brownies $1 A. E. Vcorhle. "You are late," she adds, pleasantly "Unavoidably aa I need not tell you. Hut 1 waa philosophical over the delay, as I thought if I eame late you might permit me to star awhile. Aft er the crush, don't you know." He amiles with whimsical entreaty, and she nods assent as the pusses him on to Mrs. Weston ar.d turns to tht guest that follow. Mrs. Weston gives' him both small hands with frank gen erosity, and with a strategic movement brings him Into position slightly be hind her own plump shcu'.der and un der a big palm tree that shadows them both. "You stay there. I want to tell you a storv. Dear Mrs. Fiti Haven! So delighted! Yea, looks charming, does he not? There was once a man and a woman who loved each other. They had averaire sense in most things, but he waa Jealous and ahe was proud. Mrs. Northrop and dear Lillian! So afraid you were not coming. Yes, aw fully warm She had some good Uviki and some old beaux. Why not? Did he think nobody could appreciate her till he met her? And after he had deigned to tell her that he looked upon her with favor, one of the old beaux who had hoped to win her for a long time, met her In the conservatory at a ball. They always do meet In conserva tories In stories. What a sweet gown, Mrs. Talcott. Imported, of course! You lucky woman! Old cat! She owes my modiHte an awful bill. Where was I? Oh, and he, the man, saw the old beau crush her In his arms and kiss her. She couldn't help it, and besides, ahe felt sorry for him, for she had Just told him a final no and he was all cut up. Mr. llasbrnuek, the pink gown that you are straining your eyes to find in this kaleidoscope is in the tea-room Don't mention it! Well, and he, of eourae, would not ask for an explana tion or anytMng, and courteously re leased her. Oh, well, she relrased him, if you ttk It sounds better. Hume this. list a woman who is not dense can feel that sometv'ng is wrong and does not need a wall er do. not have to be told eon.e tlJnga. Where' that big husband of yours, Marlon? I'll pick you up to-morrow and we'll drive to the club together. I want to talk over that nomination. It's all wrcig, you know. Club'll go to plrees under that woman! All right, dear. At three. And he found that his jeal ousy was a poor substitute for the woman who waa the one woman in the world for him, and she smiled roiitHy and bravely like' a gentlewoman, and ate her heart out In aecret. Keep quiet! It' my story. And then Home body, who had no patience with the two of lliriu, but who felt sorry and was soft enough to interfere, because things gut mixed In her own life once and were not cleared till It waa too late aha put her oar In and tried to prevent another shipwreck. Yes, Mrs. Trevelyan Is here, Mr. Trevelyan. No, I missed Saturday's game. My new golf suit waa not finished. And it's so cold and I look a fright when I'm cold. Of course, you enthusiasts will play all winter, I auppose! ThaJik the pow ers, they've nearly all gone. This con versational strain on my intellect is awful. Society talk is harder than Ibsen and Tolitol. (let Kate a glass of wine. The lluntleigh girls and Maud Norria want to talk art class with me in the tea room. That means half an hour, at least." Mrs. rltanard turned to the tall man bending over her, with the smile faint on her lips and the eyes strained and weary. "Yes, I am tired." she said. "No, I do not want anything, only to rest moment. The hest has made me diy Where is Hetty?" "Hetty la in the tea-room," he said "She Is talking cooking-school, or medi eval art, or something of equally vital Importance with Miss Norris and the Miaaes lluntleigh. Hetty told me a story about a conservatory this even ing. Will you let me take you there now? I want to tell It to you. It li qalte interesting. You look very tired Come!" In the conservatory he placed her In a long, low chair, and she sank back with a long sigh of relief. The man at her side leaned forward with his el bows on his knees. Slowly closing nni) opening her little empire fan, and In a steady voice, he told her Mrs. Wes ton's story. Then ho turned and looked at hel pain fare with his searohing ayes. "I was wrung1 utterly wrong," ht said, slowly. "Hut I have autTereil sore ly. Can you forgive int. Youarcgr.al enough for that?" A keen anxiety vibrated through the quiet strength of the low tones, ami the fan fell to the floor with a Ilttli clash of the Ivory sticks, as he bowed his head on her hands, lying motionlesi in her lap and waited. She looked down at him with a great wist fulness, and then gently lifted ti it head till his eyes met hers. "Yes. we have both suffered, dear, she mill. "And it was all so useless! Hut at such a time a woman can d nothing. Her hands are tied. Yot doubted 111 and when a woman li doubted, she ran but be silent. To ex cuo is to accuse.' To enter defense ii but to add to her Indignitv. You doubt ed me, and I forgive yon, because, an doubting, your pain wss greater ever than mine. And you will doubt again -Ah, )es!" laying her fingers on hit lips aa he would have spoken. "He cause the defect is In your own vision Hut 1 will forgive you then, as I forgive you now hccaune I love you so." She bent urn! kissed him lingering! on the eyes, ll,,n added, with a low lanirh that ended in a sigh: "A111I whr will play Hetty then?" Submarine In Ik I'.!,. A suggestion which the Viennese are xuid to fnvnr is tn approach the north bole in snlniwuiin- boats. Mnle llrnf lr aliening, Louise (ilbbotis, V? years old, of Springfield, was made deaf by sneej- log. - Oraln-O! Grain Ol Hemlier that name when you want a delicious, appetising, nourishing lood drink to lake llu place of coll'ce. Sold by all grocers and liked bv all who have used it. virain O is made of pnui giaiu, it aula digestion and strengthens the li nes. It is not a slimuliiiii Out a he! th builder and the children as veil as the adults can il 1 ink it with great benelit, Costs about 4 as much as coll'ev. l.V. and '.'.v. ner oaekxn. Ask I your ,rooer for liiaiu-O. t'se Allen' Foot !-ase. A powder to bu shaken into the shoes Your feet (eel swollen, nervous am! hot, and get tired easily. II you have linar -ing leet or tight alines, try Allen's Fool. Kase. It cools the leet and makes alking easv. ('iocs swollen, awesly leet, ingrowing nails, blisters snj callous suvis. Relieves corns ami bunions of all pain and gies rest and comfort. Try it tu-d.iy. Sold bv ell druggists and shoe stores for 2.V. Trial package Free. Address, Allen S. Olmstead, I Koy. N.Y. Soft Harness Too mm mitt yow bar vmm m aofi M fluv nil M touch m wtr bf miosUlUIUtiA Umrm , Oil. torn cu tenrUucj lu mk. II tart tftlo m looat m m tKOlufll weal. EUREKA llarnsss Oil makaaafAorlooklnt ha Bjtfs Uk mw. Midi of Dura, hmwr boritwl oil. peclaJljr prepud to wUV MMMl til WMsUilCf. Sold verrwtvtM to mim-II 9Um, Midi kj STARDARO OIL CO. f NEIGHBORS. When Farmer Nevir-mlnd-lt found The winter had fullilltd Its ipsa. He husllrd out. sad l.uirkd 'round. Ann hired his alhl or's mrs mini And IhruuKh the spnr.if till slmost Mar lie filltend bail his Ume sway. He let his bruken fences lie Jual where the wltds had thrown them Inst; As for ihs weeds, he wondirtd why 1 ThrV got 11 1 ad of hi in so fast; liut. when a wetd began to show. He Itl It go, and let II grow. When Femur Perseverance sowrd His valley-KHrdens, rich M.d wlds. lis tnemliu tenots. weeded. h.xd, With all a sturdy toller s pro'.e; And, sll the (rowing irsion through. He said he found tnough to do. And when upon his well-kept farm A blight would satisfy Its greed. He made amends for every harm, And kspt shiad of every weed; And, If the wenther fouled or cleared. He persevered, and persevered. -r'rank Waic.lt Hu t In Farm Journal. a t HER PUNISHMENT Pj Henri DcFM-ye. ICosyrigsl, las. by AuUmot St sakatt ) (ft OU will never be success, my I friend." Martha Duhreuil ssid this la a ton halt railing and half jeating. Pierre raised his head without an swering and twitched nervously th page blackened by ink. It was the twentieth time at least that his wife had made such remark, and what wa worae, he realized orrowfull that she spoke the truth. Once he had written a book of which he had been proud, a novel launched timidly by a publisher who made him pay the cost of publication. That wa an boor of ambitious dresms, long sine ofcsstpattd by the grim reality. "I will aaaesut to something In the world," he had said resolutely. And he believed it as did those who ad mired him which ia to say his mother, his sister and some of his friends who read the book. Martha, his wife, wa not one of these admirers, eihe told him frankly again and agalnt "You will amount to nothing." He had no answer to make to Mar tha's sneers, and he suffered keenly in recalling the lucky days when they walked together as lovers along paths bordered by flowers and they made1 vows to each other and kissed. "You will be a great man, my darling," she hud said then. I Pierre believed that he had been faithless lu not keeping his promise of greatness made ,four years before. She had brought him her youth and beauty, anil he ought to have given herl In exchange the lilerury fume she had, eipectcd, and have earned a fortune' for tier by his pen. Hut now she hud abandoned those cherished dreams of reflected glory. The poor fellow recalled the happy days Hint had preceded their imirriuge, and the deligiitH of their companion ship during their honeymoon. And he answered to her taunt: "Ho much the wurse, my dear. Hut we love each other, and that is enough." He would not have cared for the plaud it of the crowd if he had had the love of Martha. Hut she broke into laugh ter that frose Ills feeble smile. "Oh, yes, indeed. That's well enough. One can't liveon love. It is all very well to suy so in the novels you write or count on writing butin reul lite things sre different." When slimmer came they went to the seashore, l'ierre securing au ap pointment as the resort correspondent of a newspaper. When he told her that they were going, she said: "Ah, yuu are a nice husband, after all." And she smiled, but the smile was given as Id alms. At tho seashore she was soon the belle of the place, and people forgot about her husband, the reporter, who remained in the shade. Some men were with her much of the time, am! gossip linked her name with that of a wealthy Idler, l'iarre ventured to apeak of it "What of It?" she asked. "The man amuses 111 w ith his compliments. Yon know that I am an honest woman Hut I need amusement." Duhrvuil'e Buffering were intense. The thought of that Imbecile who was ever at Martha'e aide bruised his heart. He wanted to strangle hiin in the crowded ballroom; and longed for a duel. Hut the man waa influ ential and a litterateur of renown. A duel between them would have been grotesque and useless. The count deigned to interest him self a lilt! in Pierre. "Let us write a piece, my young friend," said he, "and I will give you rcconiiiietHliitioiia. A man has talent, when he has the sense to will a wife as pretty aa yours." "Yes, Pierre, why haven't you some thing on ha ml?" said his wife. One oening when be was in the little room, he seated himself at hii work table, while his wife, who had danced too much, slept peacefully He n sicd his bend on his hands and thought sadly: "Yes, Martha's love for me hna pasaed." White paper waa In front of him. It was one of those silent nights that tempt a writer, a night of atars and silence. "I will try to work." he mused. Kciemhly he took up his pen. He wrote of tilings and thoughts such aa he had in his heait, speaking of the happy past and the chagrin of the present, of charming memories and the painful reality. All uigH he worked uKn hia work iki lire and emotion. Tp already. Pierre " exelaimed Martha when ahe opened her pretty eyes In the morning. "At what are you working, my early bird?" "What diiTerence docs it make?" aald he. coldly. "You know well that I am capable of nothing." Kodaks and films-A.F-.Voorhle-s. si I So each evening while Martha sir Pierre worked. He arose stealthi., Itl.- - LI . ..: .. i , Yi n 1 1 rn,IS liar iwuii w iiw '- - 1 inr suspicion. II felt that it waa ) hi laat chance to write something worth while. Heveral days later Pierre and his wife went back to the eity. He was loath to leave, but Martha was hap-1 py in anticipation of new triumph. Her devoted count had promised to open new, and yet more fash ion ble, -houses to her. I "We will push your husband,", he j said, in a protecting tone. "Work. Pierre," added Martha. The Indorsement of the count ia val uable. Don't throw away the chance." Pierre Dubreuil did not answer. Nowadays he appeared to be Indif ferent to all that went on around him. 1 cho,;;ttettehVr;t. SX) ,,e ain: ' "Ily the way, the Gymnase will pre- sent a play of mine In a few week. I The newspapers made the announce-1 ment this morning.' "What!" exclaimed hit wife, curi ously, "lou have said nothing of it to me!" "What wa the use? I have always had such bad luck with my work that I have not mentioned this one even to you." Martha waa satisfied and the' thought of a play by her husband pleased her vanity, (the liked to im agine herself in a box on the opening night. She kissed her husband on both cheeks. "Are you content?" he aaked, anx iously. "Yea indeed, my husband," she anawered. When the time approached for the. representation Martha waa happy. For the newspapers contained mnny advance noticra and most of them spoke of the play as excellent. The play preaeuted at the Oymnase was not a comedy, but a drnma of , great depth and emotional strength' representing a druma of the strong est human emotiona. The blase pub lic waa delighted. It was a triumph with few precepynte in the enthusi- distress. His eyes wero diluted, making asms it aroused. It waa a master' them nppviir v:?ry. bright. His cheeks work that people said would place, w,.rB n triflo palo imd his outstretched the author among the rank of the ,4nd trembled. The guards put the world's foremost dramatiats. I liandcull's 011 his wrists. Ho looked at Martha, charmingly dressed In 31le Qf tM0 nfflcers, and there was an cx mauve, waa in a box with a crowd, pregsiou of tiio prolouiulest fear and of friends, among who waa the per-l Uvlplessness iu his eyes. Ho glanced aiatent count. From the first words' 4bont lit tho peoplo who crowded the of the play ahe waa surprised. The! room iu efforts to gt a look at him. atory acted on the stage waa farni!lnr rUo prisoner's eyelids rose and fell to her. It seemed as if she had hnd tremulous y and tiieu ho fixed his gazo the same experiences In the days of ',. , fW iu front of hiin. her courtship. She clapped her little hands in applause, proud to listen to the clever words and charmed to see the dead days revived. She sought to glance in the eyes of her huaband hid den behind a curtain of the box. In the second act the action grew ouicker. A crisis enme between the man and wife. The words thev sixilin were those that had passed between Martha and Pierre. Kvidently he had put his own experience into the piny. It waa interesting, but what would come next? Martha had been so in different to Pierre that she could not guesa. The third act was admirable. In the drama the Buffering of her hus band waa analyzed with a master' hand, cruel in his resignation, tor ture and tenderness. The role of the woman was studied with a psycholo gy delicate and mocking. It was a masterpiece. Martha listened with beating heart. Fich phrase spoken by the comedi ana was for her like the stab of a dagger. Waa it possible that she had made Pierre suffer like thnt? For by this time ah knew that her truo his tory urns being told on the stage. "Hravo," shouted the count, who did not understand the real meaning of the play. "My friend, your husband is a clever fellow, and we will make something of him.1 Hut Martha did not stifled her emotion. She "fake my arm," said the count, at the end. "Not to-day," she answered. "1 shall be proud to go on tho arm of my husband." Pierre followed her with difficulty, making a passage through the admir ing crowd. When in the street his friends crowded to congratulate them. They wished to give them a supper. When the supper hnd endud and they reached home in that house where Pierre had experienced so much hap piness and grief, Martha fell on her knees before him and broke Into tear Thlilns Not a Unoitoo. "Well, Miss Illnghnm isn't stitious." super- The remark waa made during the performance of "The Climbers" by a man with a statistical turn of mind. "llere'a little old No. 13 all over the place. There are 13 letters in the names of Amelia Bingham, Frank Worthing, Madge Carr Cook, Yaobel Ilasklns, Florence Lloyd and Joseph Physioe, the scenic artist. You find it again in the names of some of the oharai'ters: Freddy Trotter, played by Ferdinand tlottscliald; Julia (loodesby, by Clara llloodgood, nnd Jessica Hunter, by Maude Monroe." "I can climax that," remarked a bystander. "Clyde Fitch read 'The Climbers' to Miss Hingham on a Fri day; contracts were signed on the following Kriilny, and it was first read to the company on the thir teenth of the month." "How do you know?" testily in quired Ihe first speaker, annoyed that anyone else should have taken away the glory of his discovery. "I happen to be Mr. Filch." N. Y. Telegram. Aa Arlsona Proeesalon. Phoenix. Ari..,recenlly had a proces aiou in which groups, of cow boys were followed by groups of ludiaua, city of ficials and Chinese. Bra. in-Food Nonsense, Another ridiculous food (ad has leen brand) l bv the most compete nl autbori lies. They have dispelled the siliv notion that one tind of food is needed for brain, another for muscles, ami stilt another for bones. A corre. t diet wil uot only nourish a particular partol the body, but il will sinlsin ev.iy otliei part. Yet, boaever i!ood our food uis lie. Its nutriment is destroyed by indi gestion or ilysepsia. You must pre pare for their appearame or prevetii their coming bv taking regular dosee 01 llreen'e August F!oer, the iavori tied cine of the healthy millions. A lew dose aid digestion, slilnillsles the liver to hraltby action, purities tin bluml, and makes )ou I eel human! and vigorous You can gel I r. (1. (i.lireen's relishle remedies at li. kroner's, tiel terren's Niwist Almanac. kg Aaat l uwh Sjrup. TbIM livsL t'ss F"l FlGPRUNE CereaJ Jf & O Fruit 46 Grains. A Perfect Food Drink The beverage mada from FilTDriinC , Cereal U -smooth, palatable and nutritious. Because of the large percentage of natural saccharine mat ter in figs and prunes. Flgprune requires less sugar than any other cereal coffee. PIT All Grocers Sell It. Hunleefr ef I' l-i t'u ;..-,r Iniey In I: It i-.:;.! - h : -. '.4 -oil !'. ( '. ! jus ;, ,esi lent Jlciiiiib-y. . scute. ie.l to ll.o ill v.- 1 I KAi. l. rf I- -' till! Ilsol-Stll (if 1 teas, tins u!tc:i:oo;! the eki:iricc- inr in Auburn su 0 prison luring 1 Un week b' :iiiuiug Oof. S6. It) Jl. Ii f.'to s uteueu was prouoauced 1I10 iissris .iii cvi.tcud .1 llcMl'O to S.i.Mr:, but he could not r.iisu hi voice above u liisper, and his words wore -repeated lo the court by bis counsel. "There was no one elso bat me," the prisoner snid, iu u whisper. "No otu else told mo to do it, and 110 0110 pnid me to do it. I was not told anything ibont tlio ciime und I never tliouuht mylbiug about it until a couplo of diva tsforu I committed tho crime." Czoluo.-z sat dowu. Ho whs qnita fcilm. but it was evident that his mind Kim flooded with thoughts of bis own At this point Judge Titus cumo over to t lie prisoner nnd bade hiin good-by. I'zolgo.-z replied very faintly, letting his ayes rest upon tho man who had been Ins counsel. "Good-by," ho said, meekly. ( zolgosz was then hurried downstairs nd through tho "tunnel of sobs" to tho jail, whence ho wus removed tlio same uiglit to tlio stato prison nt Auburn. On entering tho penitentiary Czolgosis col lapsed completely. CRIMES AND ACCIDENT3. A disastrous lire, which destroyed a portion of tho Sperry Hour mills uud mused a loss of nearly 100,000, occurred at Murysville, Uul. Tlio insurance ou tho burned property is &13,000. Harry Hummel, tho noted sufo-oriicker and all-nrouiid crook, was sentenced by Judge Iiuck at Hod wood City, Cai., to 15 yearr for burglary uud 10 years for jui.'-breaking. Hummel is but 28 years old, nnd has served tlio greater part of his life In prison. Six mon worn killod and sovon injured by tho explosion of nil oil tank of tlio KsKi-x uud Hudson Gus company 11 1 Newark, N. J. Tho steel tank that ex ploded was 20 feet dedp uud bud been lunptied of its oil. 'i'lireo mou entered fll"K ,ho without first tail- iug tlio precaution of having ropes tied about lliem, and were iiniiKdiutoly over come by tiio fumes. Other employees, to rescue tlio men, wore cutting 11 largo ring 111 tlio tank, when a spark caused by one of tho chisels resulted iu 1111 ex plosion. The men wero hurled high in tiie air uud tlio tank was rent in twain. Every bono iu tlio bodies of tlio victims was broken. News was received at Sail Antonio, Tex., of :i disasier that happened iu Presidio county, near the Hio Urando, Sept. 23, by which lit men who wero prospecting for cinnabar lost, their livos in floods caused by 11 waterspout or a cloudburst. A volume of watur 20 feet high washed (low 11 the ravine und swept over the men iu two camps beloro they were awiiio of tlioir danger. All were drowned. A Ua-miirliitMc Will. l!y tho will of Miss Susan Cabot Hicliardsou of Milton, Mass., who died last June, leaving nil estate of $JOO,0 K), the income of the entire fortune is to bo paid ill equal shares to Miss Josephine M. Hicks nnd Miss Louisa McK. Tophlf so long ns they remain single. Should either marry the other is to receive tho entire inc. me, and should both marry the iiiim-ipal sum is to be paid at once. itu Hailelitle College, Cambridge, Mass., which institution receives tlio principal at the lv.it Ii of Misses 1 licks mid Top. Iiir, provided both always remain single. Upon (lie death of either Miss Hicks or Miss Toplitr, the 01 lor is to have I lie iitiiv iiu-i me while she lives. Miss Hicliaf.N. 111 was ahout til yiurs old. Miss llic .s and Miss TopliiY are about t lii sun-' a;: , ami the tnive wosiiou wero Ultimate Ii .:'iuis Iroin ch-l iliood. It is said that when young wonn u lin y wero eng:g dto three young un-ll, who all .llea.it ab or. the same tun.-. I !l.- : luvii friends tilt'l'll;Mm vowed ili v v.- illM never 111 ii't v, and tin ir b rc.ivem. nt iiulvow 111. nlc r h-iu the ilium. in.1 tiieuds lliev were 111 1 iter ve.u -i. Sell. I'W president ft I Ue C iln iilca university, who h is iveo.ved th.- U--pal lic.iu and -.' tu.cn h' I n on uoiuiti.ti tout, tor the ollue ot tnivur f New Y uli, itniiuimceU that he won I I r.-siu ( tu puMdt. ucy i f the uuiw r-til y, f which lie lias boeii the lie.-U s:nco lfvlt, in or der to accept the nont.u.uiou. A Uetdo i dilute ti savs th.il (.it ;iei.tl Utok lec, W.io W.ls C niiina;ider of tun rruiii loi os ui Chimi, in au interview tetf.-rtUnrf the tulcn.utic'.al troop in t iiin.t, s .id tue Auii'i.i'.ui-i were i pe ;-l.tl y wil i quipped witU l.opit:i.s uti.i ci iuu.issit i.it, ami spared no expeii!e tu luuknitf thc.r tiiKips eouifn..,.e. Ho idd-d; "We always jot- on splendidly watt our Auuricau eouititdes. U u most important tli.a we l. uid ki ep iu w 11 h t he.' tine not. i, cm. u tlu utile 'in and uieu m mod to ine to Uo full ol aotd.criy pi: it und capable of rcftl th.u." Private. IVlvr D. IVvme, Troop H, Eleventh cavalry, wus tind by court uutrua. at Fort Kih.tu Alien, Yt., lor huvtutf uxpiosu'l sattstac itoti over the sUsmu.Uioi. of the lari lVtldeut Mo Ktn'.ey. He wan fotuid k'uiity and sen. fenced to bi dishouorablr diM lmr d from tiio awvioe of tuu L'nit'd Eftutea, forfuitiuic ad pay and u low. hum Uui, him aud to b connucU at hard libor lot oua year. ' - uso-": Eatrsoraiwary Parties Takes Piece Betwees Two slee, Ban ner seatlosu An elderly man and hia strapping son stood in a railway station one day late ly awaiting a train. The son was an athletic-looking cbnp, who attracted general attention by his magnificent I proportions, says the Baltimore News. Apparently he was going west. At all events, when his train was called the lookers-on fairly held their breaths , w ith surprise, fur the younger man put his arms around the elder one and ' kissed him fuirly and squarely on his mustaehed month. Then he seurnea through the gate, and the last view of him showed him waving a farewell from the back platform of the sleep ing car. The remarkable thing about this lit tle scene was that both participants in It were Americans. One wouldn't have been surprised at such a show of af fection if they had been Germans or Frenchmen or Italians; but it was an unusual exhibition for practical, un sentimental young America to make. The average native of the United States, should he return from Darkest Africa after an absence of ten years, would shake hnnda with his father just as he would with the strange guest within his gate, and he would ask both affably to have a cigar. On the other hand, his masculine relatives would evince their interest and affection by nsking him if his bout were on time. Kissing in American families seems to be looked upon ns a foolish cere mony performed to propitiate the fem inine members, and too undignified to take place between the lords of cre ation. There are times, of course, when men do not consider osculation either undignified or foolish but that's another story. EARL'S "LOAN" TO A FOOTPAD. British Nobleman's Forced Contrlba tlos Started llobber on the Way . to Prosperity. Although HO years old, the duchess of Cleveland is a constant truvclerand is noted for her conversational pow ers, which age has not Impaired. She can tell a story as well as her son, Lord Husebtry. One of her favorite stories is about her father, F.url Stanhope. One night when the curl was walking ulonc in tiie Kentish lanes a man jumped out of the hedge, leveled a pis tol, and dein.imk'd his purse. "My good man, 1 have no money with nie," said Lord Stanhope in his remark ably slow tones. The robber laid hands on his watch. "No," Lord Stanhope went on, "that watch you must not have; it w as given to me by one I love; it is worth 100. If you will trust me I will go back to (lievening and bring a f 100 note and place it in the hollow of that tree. I cannot lose my watch." The man did trust him. The earl did bring the note. Years after Lord Stanhope was at a city dinner, and next to him sat a London lililerman of irrent wealth, a man widely respected. He and the carl talked of many things und found each other mutually enter taining. Next day Lord Stanhope re ciivcd n letter, out of which dropped a -t'loo note. "It was your lordship's kind loan of this sum," said the note, "that started me in life und enabled me to huve the honor of Hitting next to your lordship at dinner." A sti anjre story. Hut the Stanhopes are a strange race, and things happen to them that never did or could occur to other peo ple. THE GENTLEMANLY DOG. Grant. Moi-tltled When lie Flnda Ha la Mlatnkcn In the Peraon He AppohIi, When I approurhed the painted hotitit', on my way homeward, the fat old collie eon s runninir out lurum. btirkiiitf, says ltrudford Torrrv. in At lantic. This time, howt vt r. he takes hut one MiifT. He has ma;U .n mUt.ike, ami I't Hlieis it at once. 'Oh. t xeiisc me," he says quite plainly. "I didn't irr.jriiie you. You're the saint old codger. 1 outrht to have known." And he is confused and axhamcd that Jit runs away without waiting to make up. it is a rront moptift'ition to a gen tlemanly dotf to find himself at fault iu thib way. I ruin mb, r another col lie, much younger than this one, with whom i once had a minute or two of friendly intercourse. Then, months afterward, 1 went tiain by the houe where he lived, and he came dashing out with all fleriM-ncKs, ns if he would rend nie in pieces. I let him come (there whs nothing else to do, or noth ing else worth dointr). but th instant hit mice struck me lie saw his error. Then, in a Hash, he dropped Hat on the ground and litt rally iicktd my .hoes. ThtTe was no attitude nhjict enough to express the depth of i is humilia tion. And then, like the dor of this morning, he jumpt d up and ran with all speed hack to his doorstep. Tliu riifortunfitt l.t, IVople of a superstitious turn of mind who believe th;t't ill luck is asso ciated with the number lit may per haps derive con Ur ei a i ion of their opinion, fr. m a study of the history of the Ir'sh Hunt ciir;s, wii:eh tunned pa i'f :he l;:iperi;t! wv. injury. The Hunt corp wus noibill.ed in Dublin on sJiinuary Hi"-. On March l.i it ailed for South Africa an I on arrival at the Cnpe was ui .ached to the 'I hir teenth battalion of the linoerial y.-o-manry. On the occasion of their tirst encounter with the Boers l:v men of the corps were killed and the rest were forced to surrender. ttnori llokjr Mtinntnln (.tilde. Christian Klucker. a Swiss jjuide in the Kocky mountains, has a record of 2,0 0 mountain ascents wit hotit an ac cident to himself or his party. 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