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i "Men are peculiar things," said the matron to the caller. "As long as I've been married I've never been quite able to understand Mr. Cloober. I don't be lieve there ever was a man who thought more of his family or took more pride In them, and yet " "I think that anybody might be proud of two Buch lovely girls as you have," Bald the caller. "Mr PlnKow In ' ani l . U- 10, Dam i,ue iLitx u Ull, "He really is. He thinks everything of them and they can do almost anything with him. I often say that he will do more for them than he will for me. Yet he's peculiar about that. I think they J are girls to be proud of. I don't say jv juhi oecause i am their mother. I think any woman would say the same. - I declare I don't believe I ever saw a prettier sight than those two girls were when they were dressed for t!ie ball the ; other night Did you see them? No, , of course; you weren't there, were your ; "I did have an Invitation, said the caller, "but you know how It Is with I me. It's so hard to get Mr. Welslle to go anywhere of an evening." ! "Well, Geraldlne was In pink and Ethel was in blue, and the costumes : weig made almost identically the same. I do think Mrs. Modez has exquisite , taste. She's expensive, but It's really I worth while to pay the prices she charges to get the results. At first she said she positively couldn't make the dresses. She would design them, but "-" that was because she simply couldn't resist doing that. She has an awfully ' artistic nature, you know, and Geral- dine and Ethel appeal to Jt , Finally she hurst out: 'Oh, you dears! I'm Just going to make those frocks for you if I lef everything else go.' Wasn't that perfectly sweet of her? "So she made them. Eygpore silk, and when she showed me what It was did you ever see any of It? It was Imported for the first time only about three months ago and It's Just the love liest, most delicate material I ever saw. Too delicate, I'm afraid. I don't believe It will ever clean. But it made up so beautifully that I'm not sorry now that f,,f . --,. . y.,t. ,1. f. tiif.it, t ti fi ff. - --.. ..- ("i'vi iji iiijminiigiianjiimijiignmnjii,nij GOOD Short Qtories $ : An old Georgia negro having told the Judge that he had "been in three wars," was asked to name them, when he re : plied : "I wuz a cook In de Conf edrit war, an atter freedom broke out I wuz ; married two times !" A certain nobleman well knov-n to f society, while one day strolling round ( ' his stables, came across his coachman s little boy on a , seat, playing with his toys. After talking to the youngster a 'ehort time he said: "Well, my little man, do you know who I am?"" "Oh, yes," replied the boy ; "you're the man who rides in my father's carriage." ' ' She had buried three husbands, and the fourth lay cold while the under taker measured him. And she was known in the Kentish vllage to have put aside something more than hus bands. "It Isn't, p'raps, the right time to mention such a matter," said the un dertaker to the widow, "but If you was nnnKing oi lu&mg u mui a-uw, that comes of being precipitous," re plied the widow. "I've Just took the Wrber what come to shave the corpse." A gentleman from ene of the North ern States hurried to Texas to the bed side of his son, who lay sick with a very high fever. The doctor who had accompanied him was very anflous to procure some lee for his patient,- and the father approached a group on the " hotel piazza, inquiring Where he might get some ice. None of the group made any response for some time, but when the Inquiry was repeated, one man finally renounced tobacco Juice for ar ticulation. Striding to the end of the balcony, he ejected the Juice and made reply : "Well, who ever heered o' Ice in j the summer tlmel "It will be Impossible for ns to trans act any public business to-night," said the president of the city council, "be cause of the lack of a quorum." "Mr. Chairman, said the new member, aris ing quickly, "I have been elected on a pledge to my constituency that I shall work untiringly and unceasingly for the upbuilding and uplifting of our city, and I now and here move that a- com mittee be appointed to consider the im mediate purchase of as good a quorum as the market affords, and that the . committee be instructed to secure the quorum and have it properly Installed . by the next meeting night And fur , thermore,"he said, with a fine patriotic tooch, 'let us obtain a good American quorum, and not one of those ancient Roman things I" Mr. Travers, the famous New York wit, once met atdlaner a pompous En ; 1 glishman who was "doing" the gUtes. He had letters aplenty attesting his Im portance letters from Gladstone, DUia, Salisbury, and Churchill. He bad I chose it. I think with a little careful ,them with the greatest solicitude possli pressing it will stand one or two more,We. say the New Orleans Picayune, wearlngs if the style hasn't gone out. j 1'b.U Incident was recalled yesterday And she had some perfectly beautiful ; &y gentlemen in New Orleans who knew lace to go with it some she broufeht O'Neal and the white family which at back with her from Paris the last trip.flr8t owned him and then were the ben she made. But I was going to tell you eficlaries of his affection. The owner about Mr. Cloober. ' as John Johnson, a prominent sugar "I had Mme. Clancy come over to planter of Rapides parish. Before the dress the girls' hair on the evening of war Johnkm was the owner of a the ball and it was exquisite the way! large plantation and of many slaves, they looked when they were all dressed. Among the Blaves was a mulatto, Wll As I say, I don't know when I ever, Ham O'Neal, who, like many of the saw a prettier picture. 'Now, darlings,' j more intelligent slave had ben taught I said, 'papa is in the library and you ( trade. O'Neal was trained as a must go down and surprise him.' Soiwper, and proved not only a skillful they went down and tiptoed up behind blm and then, when he looked around, they dropped him a curtsey.. It was too sweet!" V ' "I'm sure It must have been," said the caller. But will you believe me,' my, dear. that man Just looked at them without so much as a smile and then gave arranged to purchase the freedom of his grunt and went on reading his paper. wife. He was advised that it would I declare I was out of patience. 'Well jb better for him to purchase his own papa,' I said, 'what do you think ol .freedom, so that every cent he there your daughters? Why don't you look I after made could be devoted to the at them?' ' ; I purchase of his wife and other rela- "I looked at them, he said, Just as jee. But O'Neal had early deter short and snappy as could be,;' 5. mined that his first earnings should "'Well, don't you tbf thatHhey jfree his wife, and the suggestions were look charming?' I ask?'" ; . . laisregarded. It was not until after "Oh, I suppose the oil "itiY Pchase had been effected that he growled. 'It seen" t tnatxtuey realized his mistake and sought to ara ttiaaaA mit a rfrtiv , TlWir than' ... - ,-- necessary.' Then btewv n with that paper of his. X" """Li".' v - .T a.-ZZ -ihM such daughters; I-sald. ;'All -right; .IIW money P1! deed! That's all you have to say, Is ,aom' ' w,t? returning to ooiuiage. it? Come on away, my dears ; your i fan. able, to work for whom papa is too much engaged to payany , Pea8ed PPly his earnings attention to you ' ' ;..... j w he pleased, O'Neal soon saved enough "He felt in 'his breast pocket' and to 'hl wlff 8 trm pulled out an envelope and tare 1t on"-"1 " that J h fnier; the table. 'I hardly think that you will I , From l'd at 8p0 1 Nea1, " .t to h rprv th,i.inatin hpn to have been tue case with " - . you look at that; he said. "T nnonnl It nd whnt An van lln. pose It was? Mrs. Modez's bill for the dresses. And really hot so very much,: for her. And those darling girls stand- Ing there! Don't you really think men are peculiar?" Chicago Dally News. talked everybody tired before the din-1 O'Neal continued to prosper after the ner began, and Travers saw visions ol war, which had practically stripped his a bad meal when he discovered the En- former master of his wealth. An un glishman to be- his neighbor at tabla fortunate shooting affray, In which Mr. There was never a stop to the fellow's Johnson was killed, added to Ihe fam tongue. When the oysters were brought ily's troubles and made the children on, he began : "Now, It Is a question aependent upon others. 0'Neal,was the as to whether or not the oyster has first one to offer assistance, and the brains ; scientists dispute the Idea." help he proposed to give was not mere-"T-t-t-they certainly have some," re- ly temporary. He agreed to support torted Travers. "Your proof, sir," chal- the son and daughter of his former enged the Briton, eager for argument. ' master, paying their, expenses until " -wh-wh-why, sir, the o-o-oyster know h-hah-how to shut up.' FOOD ITT FOB THE GODS. Oblo Editor Slng-a Poem to Glory of Buckwheat Cakea. the There is nothing In this world that so completely surrounds the human ftp- petite and makes It a willing captive on one of the cold December mocnings wnen a boreal blast comes rushing. k0:? 1, ; I , . tbe Tery . . lt , dish of hot buckwheat cakes, gener ously moistened with ' a sage-spiked gravy, off of a reeking-hot pork steak. , This Is not altogether a delicate com bination, but It is, . If one takes Into account the nay and the freezing air outside and the shivering snowflakes that are trying Ho slip In under the windows to get warm. It is then that a tt . . ... ,. s. , . puffs. He wants something that fights th .i.. Kin rru n , l4 , Ji6 ihT,. ;",;:: I , . I ; thing and the pork steak to assist It. Now . nni mm. about pork and suspect It is too strong I , 1 "M"1"""' for their delicate digestion. Go to. What is that kindly odor floating like'how manf ju ,s, a auul lo' ot r e nM If flnnt tab! Innff tA M.il a a sweet Incense spirit out of the kit chen that flavor of the frying pork steak, and the delicate incense of the sage along with it, and the month watering sight of that browned pier of buckrheat cakes what is it all but loving nature's urgent Invitation to abandon your cowardly suspicion and partake'yl Of course this does pot apply to Afflv fnv xchfn tha Inhnnr Inmiura an peeping from under the dead leaves and the soft zephyrs are playing tag with the morning sunshlne-but now -look without; listen to that arctic roar; see the snowflakes freezing to death, hear those Icicles falling from th neighboring roof Is it time for straw berries and parfalt? No, indeed; pass the buckwheat cakes and more of the steak and gravy, please; let the polar winds howl. Columbus Journal. Beajamlaltea An Few. About 94 per cent of otherwise nor mal people nse the right hand In pref erence to the left; 6 per cent are left handed, and It Is a curious fact that one-third of the 6 per cent are ambi dextrous. Portland (Ore.) Journal. Hla Buatneaa. "I know a man who ls always anx ions to treat- everybody he meets.' 'He xust be very generous.' "Not a bit o, Tt He', . doctor."--1 Baltimore America SOUAXTCX 0? A SLAV Airaaeed Maaajr for Edaeatlaa Former Master' Calldrea. . . Permitted by bis white owner, to purchase hi. own freedom and that at his wife with money he had accu mulated through his Industry, Wil liam O'Neal, a remarkable negro who has Just died at Cbeneyville, La., years afterward educated a son and a daugh ter of his former master and cared for mechanic, but a Bteady worker, faithful und economical. Belonging to ;an indulgent owner, O'Neal was given many liberties not usually accorded slaves, but Instead of wasting bis time he worked for hlm lelf and laid aside his earnings. When fi bad saved a sufficient sum he ar- I 1 Again the indulgence of Mr. Johnson was shfl,wn ,iie permitted O'Neal and u,iu to arrange bUuw!f to arrange the matter s so as i man, nntrmaa TTa ivnf-lniipil t hln many negroes, trade until he had accumulated a small T?nd en VL a ef,ral ehandise store at Cheneyville. His business was a success, and he soon b?u,ght B?ia11, fa,"? f hts tneJi riving it br her for life. He next bought t place for himself a small residence Rnri bItHt nnroa nf tho hoar Innri. they had acquired an education. This act of O'Neal's won for him the admiration and respect of the entire community, which had formerly re garded him merely as a good negro. The two children he educated grew to maturity, married and moved to rfl(t whn n.NpB, mnHn.t ro. Blde ,n CneneyvUle conducting his bus!- ness. When his mother died he Insist- ed the t he had ,ven her ...u.rl. . x,.. L., oeiug ujiriuui.eu.HUjoug uer oiuer neirs, declaring that he had enough l O'Neal was known In New Orleans In a business way. Ills credit was good at all the wholesale houses with which he did business, and he was regarded as a good business man. The Boy's Opinion. They Is 2 kinds of magglsenes one kind that has powder In them and stores and a nother kind that doesn't v a i.u ,u i have any powder In them or enny thing else xcept advertising my father .ays. the last dont xpload very often but they . ., bn8ts P sumtimes. I u l I, glsenes the second kind. I dont know (FagcA tb viVJ i v lane .vy 11, &vau a maggisene the second kind, not the ferst becaus most of the pees is about silver pitchers for $2 doilers and $.40 ' T"?: $1. dollar and how to study law by male for $.50 cents anl how to rase hens and squobbs for $1. doller and $.25 j cents and about sope that flotes and ' pictures of stockings with legs In them, and niggers with dippers In his hand and a w J "V 2 ""V" e!" w,?t Jnny lfc'08 llttl9 ,r withou close on set- ng In tubs and outermobiles and moter a,fJ,ga "'T' nd to,Iet and bull dogs and most everything else in tnis winu xcepi stones. saeeeM Magazine. Serloaa Fob. "Bow do you manage to write st much light comic stuff?" asked the In quisitive friend. ' "By settling down to heavy, serious work," answered the Jokesmith. Kan tai City Times. Unci Ebea. "Trouble," said Uncle Eben, "general- fy commands sympathy, 'ceptin' wbeni a man 'pears to be glttln' a whole lot 1 of lnjoyment out of It aa a topic for' conversation." Washington Star. Don't be unhappy. When onhapp) er get to aeaTen. ' A POLITICAL FAMILY, Womm i The Countess of Carlisle, one of th house?" said one woman to another, as , most brilliant of living Englishwomen, the trolley passed by a magnificent res is a rampant Radical In politics. Her idenee. husband, the earl, la a Conservative of "Oh, I don't kuow." replied the oth the old-fashioned type, who regards the er, carelessly." "It makes me feel tired T Awtn Kt. f .m tiixt tt Innb at it F.vr alnpa mir the BriUsh constitution. -The children of this distinguished couple, of whom there are eight surviving, exhibit the same diversity of political cpinlons, the men generally boldng the views of their father and the women those of their mother. . r.UA,tnn. n, , i,w r.ar. lisle that she was "one of the most val- ..n ... u- th i . . i in. uable assets of the Liberal party." In- deed, the Is universally acknowledged testing a Birmingham division for Par- lament the chamberlain remarked to him: i i "If women were allowed to stand for r - - i election, I rappo-e we should have your . mother down here running asalnst you as B-Uberal candidate." It. my defeat, so long as l was beaten oy a tiaaicai, wouiu cause uer more satiBUcTion than my election. And my sister Dorothy Is the same way." It Is an interesting fact that when this famllv esnouses oDoosite sides In public It Is the side on whlcn the wom- pn in found that most often wins. en are rouua xnai most wen w us.i nmbedaS "tIh was elected by a large majority . One of the Issues was the House of . w ... i ljOrUS. LiOTO. iUOIl!LU U1UUC BCVC-liUi Knpeches Jn favor of maintaining unre- stricte'd the legislative, powers of the peers. And his sister, Lady Dorothy Howard, who has Inherited her moth - er's gift of speech, as often demolished : them, demonstrating, to the huge enjoy ment of her audience, that en unfet tered House of Lords constituted the greatest obstacle to legislative progress In the kingdom. At one of the meet ings addressed by Lord Mo.'peth, Lady Dorothy distributed leaflets, advocating J ' l Liberal principles among the people ror whose enlightenment her brother was engaged in propounding Conservative , doctrines. While canvassing, brother and sistei frequently ran across each other, when there was a lively exchange of banter. "I say, Dorothy," exclaimed Lord Morpeth on one occasion, "It is no use your going In there!" Indicating a house which he had Just left. " "I havt secured that little lot." J'l suppose you moan that you've kiss- a. v. i i. .. . . t.iA .1 m nlAnn tho hn f 1 ir nnntrv n-Jie an 1 II - . t. . . : . i no. ,i m willing that It should be put aougnty roe oy ner opponents, uueu wncunui 6U. u ...j ...... afra- u ,..i.t her eldest son, Lord Morpeth, was con-.with the fine system of heating we ffjt (4-ftll the- babies hi the faintly 1" was ' where It itches. . ."'i' $7,000,000. Another rich woman la Mis the retort "At that game 1 admit I j- Little Elmer Mamma, please give Alice de Rothschild, who is very char am no match for you, but I can beat me another lump of sugar for my cof- Itable and has a great hobby for gar-' von nil hollow when It comes to talk-lfni. t drnimwl itiftip. Mnmmn WhArn rionlno ing over the men. When I leave that honse I shall have captured that little lot' of yours for the other side. So It proved, accordmg to a contrlb- utor to the London Daily News, which records these divisions In the noble house of Carlisle. Perhaps the most striking thing about nr,quarrTe"nb:r nwer quarm. iiiej ui , lltlcally ye they live together In the sw cetest unity. Machine calculate Wagca. A new wages calculating machine of English make has recently been brought out. The design ls free from small and intricate pieces of mechanism which are generally a prolific source of trou - ble. This Instrument Is a time and la- bor-savlng device employed In the case of piece work, for quickly finding, with out calculation, the proportion of the total balance money thatjs due' Individ ally to any number of men sharing prof its OA the same contract the divisions being proportional to each man's fixed uany or wrea.jr u...r, ... " work; is paid for on the premium sys - tern the instrument can, also, be used for finding the time allowance that is to bemadded to the actual time occupied on the contract. The instrument consists of two large wheels, with broad flat faces, mounted on the same spindle. Ihe spindle ls carried at each end in bearings fixed to tile wooden supporting stand. One of the two wheels is securely keyed to the spindle, and the other ls free to re- volve. A spring of sufficient strength to er, presses the loose wheel against the other. Technical World Magazine. Doean' Dare. "You fellows may find it all right," weather. This stone was found In said the man In the corner of the smok- Finland many years ago by an ex Ing compartment, "but in my business piorer, and has since been watched I can't take people as I find them." by scientists with great Interest It "What is your business" asked the presents a white, mottled appearance man whose suit case was covered with labels. "I'm a Press. photographer." Cleveland An Indian woman was in Horton this week, arm In arm with her man. in- stead of trailing along meekly behind blm. The "new woman Idea seems to be obtaining on the reservation, and the first thing we know tbey will bav clubs and federations out there. Hor-; ton (Okla.) Record. Wanted to Know. Compositor About this story headed "Wheeling In West Virginia?" Editor What about it? Compositor Does It belong to the eerie, of article, on American cltle. of doee it go on the sporting pagel DID NOT WANT FINE HOUSB. Said It Made Her Tired Look at Maaaloa. "Isn't that a perfectly beautiful friends, the Smiths.-went to Europe and asked us to live In their house and take care of it for them I've been a changed woman. I was simply tickled to death over the prospect; but after j I had lived them a month I thought I differently. No servant would stay 'where there was so much work. The , polished floors got dusty if you turned cAiir hnpl?- nn tliom ThA liincnnlppnt your back" on them. The niagnnicent bathroom was a nightmare to keep nearly froze to death. I was never so happy as when they turned and we . . . could move back Into our own little, warm, convenient, not-stylish, two-by-, four of a house. I The other woman looked thoughtful over this diwription. For it Is true beautiful architecture, tne nanusome furnishings, the open fireplnces or the ornate reception hall that makes a home homelike; in this day of scarce and high-priced as well ns Inadequate ! servants these things mean more trou ble than anything else. ... ... . . , it is not tne size or ine minis nor , , , that make that plac most livable. Put j J 'f ZZlYT ln at all to do with tne making or a roni hnmo t There is more than one family llv- Ing happy, hearty and comfortable In a six-room bouse who are getting more out of life and their house than many p' man uoes in ms uuty, unconi- j fortable and most expensive mansion, Fine feathers, so the proverb runs, make flue birds; but flne birds do not make fine homes, as many who know can testify. Do not envy your neighbor her flne house, gentle reader ; rather than being n l,nn- It t ft.nn lllroln It! l" "Cl " 13 ls a veritable burden upon her back. Philadelphia Telegraph, Teacher Donald, why ire fyou scratching your head? Small Donald Cause I'm the only one that knows , did you drop lt dear? Llttle ue .dropped It In er In my coffee. Teacher-Where's the north pole, Llechti. She ls only ten years old, and IIarry? IIarryDon.t know. Tencher i9 the daughter of the Jungfrau rail- What! you don't know where the way ' managi-r. She was born and th, pole ,8? narry-No, ma'am; if reared among the Alps, and learned to j did them explorer fellows would be climb like a goat when hardly more out of a job th(m an nfftnt tt,e "-Papa has everybody Mrs. Hetty Green, portrait Is being gQt & gonl? Pnpa1 8upl08e B0 my exhibited In one of the New York pic son AllenWell( pnpili do you'ture showlng her wei)rinthe yhink you could open your mouth wide small black bonnet with n bit of white. enough so I could look down your in which Bhe ls Been so often. Strange throat and see If you have one? to say, she has a small curly-haired One morning Uncle Bob was engaged dog In her arms, which Indicates that n shaving himself, and his small she Is at least n lover of animals. ' nephew was an interested spectator, j- At the last general election In New 1 "Clarence," said his uncle, "don't you. Zealand there were 203,597 men nnd wnt me Jo shave yon, too?" "No, un- 212,875 women on the roll. There actu- cle," replied the llttle fellow. "My whiskers ain't ripe yet" j women. In fourteen contests the "Mamma," said llttle John, "where women voters outnumbered the men. do good little boys go?" "To heaven, Of the candidates elected in these four dear," replied his mother. "But I teen constituencies only one was un- i mean when they are alive," said the lmle felow don.t kn0Wi nngwtr. ed the mother. "I suppose they stay . ftt me." "I thought maybe their mamina8 took .em to the theater some- tUm,B.,- "Moral courage," sSId the teacher, its possession. In some cases the ob addresslng the Juvenile class, "makes Ject hns been on view for some time tna An ivhnt ha thlnla la i-lcrht iurti Wfnt-A ilm fnl-fHMir n-liu ill m-ni'pi1 prha fhe of hg T . , , . t lustration?" "Yes, ma'am," nyiswered Johnny. "If a feller hns candy an eats It all bisself an' ain't afraid ot mora, courflge th' other kids cainn' him Btingy that'! Barometer Stone. There exists a stone which ls said unfailingly foretells changes in, the in sunshine, gradually turning from 'erav to black as a rainstorm ao - proaches. The stone Is composed of clay, niter and rock salt In dry weath-1 nve Pcr cent 01 P" tin- tne record er the salt In the stone Is prominent, err of thls metal 1,88 never been eeo- but when the air is filled with moisture tne sal1 aosoros me moisture ana turnt . olack- tmw forming the barometer, Petrarch. Petrarch lived seventy years. The fa- , mous sonnets to Lauru, the only pro ductions by which the poet is now re- membered, were ail written within a period or twenty years, during whlcn time the Intimacy continued. Petrarch ' i had been writing sonnets to Laora for ) about sixteen years when the lady fan - cled .be discovered symptoms of . not unnatural weariness and plaintive! asked, "Are yon tired to eoo&r m.t, THE WZAXXXNOSt ataa Bean Bolter Boa ate Belief ta 1 Benevolent Brutality. - At that center of beans and brains, Boston, lives Dr. Andrew Christian, a ! successful Back Bay physician, big, I athletic and 30 'years old, who Is the latest to be heralded as a champion of the theory of the survival of the fittest "If mothers would be willing to have ,lldre" qttIetly ut to 8,eeP when re fun fjf ZZ e wr,d .ou,d "f; h Jj ??! T , , tf f tfh" 1 T f A that wouM be the kindest way to end llfe wWch wlU of n s to Itself jrJJj h 1 myseil, had a little child born and it was deformed or showed that It would be mentally weak, then I would to death be the - - " "rt "v.e U fro,u unto.ld fufferln ,at- ,J ' "" ' 8 ' ,' . . . i ii l i nm v Boam nn tc n nur ir i " atg ana some radical change must be ' , - , ' ' ' k"ul' lUB ul B"ou mn onW lnoBO A u . i ii " uu i.uys.cany nor- mal and ane. those whose ancestors wer fjean of ,lfe and we balanced mentally. I 8 cu.mu.ou. with as nearlv nerfmt mnthpr nnil fnth. lu. I...... .1 I V. t - , er, mentally and nhvs eallv. as nosslhle. JJJ Z2 JSSh and onj anoint against society. Bridge builders in San Francisco art lu'd $5 a day. , The printing trade in Canada em-, ploys almost 10,000 people at an annual wage list of $3,540,885. ' . . . . eiras, wnen percnea on trees or busaes, are natural weathercocks, aa they invariably turn their heads to the wind. I- The purest breed of Arab horses are the Kochlanl, whose genealogy has been preserved for 2,000 years. .They are said to be derived from King Solo mon's stables. The richest woman In Orent' Rrltaln u Miss Einliv Charlotte Talbot, who 0WM two nin!rnflopnt PsffltoM whi.-h Rh inherited from her father, worth ahnut j younge8t mouutnilieer who ever Lt fw nn th. T,,,frn -,mit t. i,i ally voted 221.611' men and 175.048 married. not gpwmy Known tnat there 8 a room In the British Museum set apart exclusively for forgeries. In the time the museum has been In existence pub,lo , not admitted to the room la ...... tlia art,,,na nra ,., j The King can do no wrong, but there is one Innocent thing that no sovereign ever does namely, to stand with his . back against a wall. At the royal stand at Newmarket or elsewhere bis majesty Invariably leaves ample room for per sons to pass behind him, so that he may escape having perpetually to reply to their salutations, which he would be bound to notice did those people pass In front of him. London Chronicle. Recoverla" Waate Tin. There are acres of dump heaps In every city of the world literally cov- ' ered with tin cans and similar articles iof tin plate, In which there is at least nomlcally done. The solder entering Into the manufacture of these articles ls secured by the simple process of heat ing the mass until the solder runs and goes to the bottom, but for one reason or another it has never been possible to regain the tin. This has now been achieved and is being extensively don jn Copenhagen by an electric process. Widows are often said to be "fas- clnatlng." They know how to handle 1 the men ; that's the real truth about It. t dlfflcult. eem, to to u ,nd lnterestlng.
