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THE HOOD RIVER GLACIER. HOOD RIVER, QUEZON, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 3. 1901. i INSEEN. ' "Ami where In God?" the Doubter asked, "I do not see Him anywhere. Rehlnd what creature In He masked, In sea, on earth, in chimin, lu air?" "Where are the violets?' asked the child "I do not see them, yet I know. Although the. winds are blowing wild, They, are alive beneath the snow." Donaboe'g Magazine. MAID across the way. who. at the moment, was engaged In nulling down the blind prepara tory to the lighting of the lamp, i ready to testify that the young mun wag dressed In a Hinmiier unit of light gray, tan shoe and a straw hat with a blue ribbon; tuat he approached the cottage of tho Klngsley, jOpposlte, without hesitation, opened the screen door without ringing, and that la all kilo know uliout tho case. She In perfectly correct, an far as She goes. After closing the screen door behind him, ho tripped up the ktuirg, with Ills straw hat In his hand, went to the rear end of the tipper hall, and entered tho bedroom on his right. Near the threshold lie stopped, gazed Intently into tho large mirror over the dresser, smiled, and then continued on bis way direct to the dresser, after ar riving at which, hfl looked at himself lu the mirror as he pulled Ms reddish mustache, and arranged the si my lnilivt of his head at the part 'which was lu (lie middle). lie then opened the up per drawer of the bureau1; took out a brush and comb the former of which ho tried on bin light Imlr; took out a pnlr of laily's gloves, which he tossed back a'gulu; took out a purse, which he examined and throw abruptly In one corner of the drawer, and turning about, crossed the . room and disap peared behind a gay curtain that hung over a doorway. At tho very motuent that the young liiau disappeared from the bedroom, Mrs. Kingsley' voice might have been heard probably wan heuKd In the lower ball. It was not a monologue. Another voice penetrated the atlllneNs of the seaside cottage an infant's voice, which Mrs, Klngsley strove to tuibdue by n reiterated reference to u bot tle of in 1 1 U which mamma would presently produce, "Thornthere mamma get his bot tle right away inaminn put him down uml get his bottle there there." As this dialogue proceeded (the bnby's side of which we leave to be Imagined), Mrs. Kingsley and her son passed up the stairs, through the up per bull, and entered the bedroom from which the young man hud Just disap peared. The mother laid her baby on the bod near tho guy curtain guspondod over the doorway, Ilgnted the gas and turned It low, and flew down again to prepare the refreshment for which her dim wus still pouring forth Ills pas sionate petition. The bottle with which Mrs. Klngsley presently returned Is worthy of de scriptionnot for Its naked nolf, be cause It was an ordinary nursing bot tle, but on account of the manner In which It was prepared for use. It wag enveloped In a knit washing, fastened with snfety pins, tho object not being to conceal Its nakedness, but to afford a means of fastening the bottle In place on the pillow, to which It wag pinned at the base, and thug allowed to rotate and accommodate Itself to the movements of the child, without getting beyond his reach. The baby having been laid with his back to the dim light and his face to ward the gaj curtain, the bottle was pinned In place, and minieillately al ienee Ml upon the Klngsley cuttnire. The sheet wag gently laid over the tiny form, a dozen mother touches, ton rapid to be followed and too subtle to be ex pit Ineit, were laid here and there about the child, and, as quietly us ll spirit might have come and gone, the mother left the room. Lulled by the strong probability that the Infant had been left on the thresh old of repose, Mrs. Klngsley went soft ly down the stairs, as tliouga her foot steps on the carpet might wake lilm, Her mind was ll'led with visions of a quiet rock In the hummock swung In a shady corner of the veranda. As she reached the lower hall, these selfish thoughts were harshly disturbed by the sounds of suppressed laughter, and the vague outlines of two female ligurcs close to -the seieen door. "The idea!" said one voice. "I'd as Boon ask her as not." "It's awfully good of you. And what a cute veranda, for such an, af fair! mien a dellgntful place' to hang the lanterns," said the other voice. Mrs. Kingsley stood still. Shu di vined what was in store for her. She asked herself whether there was any more sleep for the baby. Then she sprang forward and opened the door. "Why, Mrs. Klngsley, do you know we have come to ask the ijueerest thing of you " "Ob. Miss Knickerbocker," said Mrs. Klngsley. "Yes, anil my friend, Miss Van Kv- era. Miss Van Evera. Mrs. Klngiley. I'll you know, we have been surprised by Miss Van Kvera and her friends a bicycle party from town - and we have such utterly forlorn mvoiuinoda lions at our little cottage, Unit mamma Insisted 1 should come and ask you - the most absurd thing " "Isn't It too funny! Hut, Mrs. Kings ley, 1 do think you have the most de liMhtful veranda," said Miss Van Leru. "It Is pleasant." assented Mrs. Klngsley, putting her head Into he Iiall, to hear whether or not the baby Was crying. "It Is really too good of you. Mrs Klngsley," continued Miss Knicker bocker. "Do you know, they have nil brought lanterns with tl.eni, and If we might hung them about the veranda we will not, of course, give you the least trouble about It and then. If we might have the use of your kitchen to prepare the refreshment Just take possession, you kuow, and coma and IN r go like the Arabs, you know thank you It's awfully good of you " And they were gone. Mrs. Klngsley then went to the door of the bedroom where her baby lay, and hearing fretful notes from him, she entered, llnby still had his back to the light and his face to the gay curtain. Ills arms were outstretched and In motion, and his Augers were in rapid action, as though driving a screw. With a magic only possessed by her. the mother quickly composed the nerves of her little one, and left him again with the rubber nipple eagerly compressed between Ills toothless gums. As she accomplished this she heard a multitude of feet and a Jangle of voices on the veranda, and she hastened down to welcome the, storm ing party and prepare the lower part of the house for their entertainment. The veranda was already thronged by a chattering party of young people, the lawn was strewn with their bi cycles, and Chinese lanterns were be ing suspended from the many Inviting scrolls and pendants between the pil lars. The lower Interior of the cot tage was quickly lighted and turned over to the merry-makers, and the committee on refreshments was glveu possession of the kitchen. It hug been said that when Mrs. Klngsley laid her baby down the Hist time that evening his face was to ward the gay curtain. He knew that after he bad suilielently enjoyed the bottle, ho was expected to close his eyes In Infant slumber for at least an hour or two, and he Intended doing It; but Just as he was about to begin the end of that day's consciousness, lie saw the gay curtain move aside, and a young man, dressed in a summer i ism J4&,f "I HKK WHY lilt WANTED THE JUnT." suit of light gray, tan shoes, and a straw hat with a blue ribbon, enter the room. The young man stood still, for a mo ment, near the bed, and looked at the baby, smiling, The baby dropped the bottle, and smiled back at the young man. The young man seemed charm ed by this, and going around the bed, sat down on Its edge, and held up a linger over the baby. The baby turn ed and grasped It and said: "Oo-oo-oo." The young man moved the Impris oned finger about slowly an Instant, and then released It and went to the door leading Into the hall, and put his ear to the key-hole. He then cau tiously opened the door and left It ajar, and went to the bureau, He was about to open the drawer, when a motion caught his eye In the glass. The baby wag watching him. Just theu the screen door slammed below stairs, and Mrs. Klngsley was on her way up. The young mini ran to the bedroom door, closed It, and the baby saw lilm disappear behind the gay curtain. Although the baby had hot the pow er to communicate his vision to Ills mother, he knew enough to watch the guy curtain while he applied himself to his slumber-producing bottle. His mother had not gotten downstairs when the curtain moved again, and the same young man reappeared. This time the young man went straight to the door and opened It, and quickly stepped to the dresser, opened the drawer, and actively searched for something. Presently he took out a glass box, removed the cover, drew out something which sparkled even In the dim light of the room, uml which he stepped to the gag to examine, turning up the Jet a little, In order to do so. "Oo-oo-oo," said the baby, turning himself completely about and stretch ing out his arms as though reaching for the sparkling gems. The young man smiled, and seating himself on the bed near the baby, held tip to his admiring gaze a magiilflccnt "sunburst" diamond pin. There was a murmur of voices on the veranda, which seemed to the young man to lie pouring into the house. There seemed to be other Jewels In the Ihix, to which he turned his atten tion, at the same time holding the diamonds before the baby, whose little anus were extended, and his lingers working. Suddenly the baby made a desperate grab for the gem, and be fore tho young man could prevent It, ho had put It in his mouth. At the very same Instant, a lady's voice was heard calling up the stairs: "You'll find It in the closet behind the red curtain, lu the baby's room, the first door to the right." "All right," answered another voice half way up. The young man did not disappear behind the gay curtain this time, but, snatching the living casket with Its Jewel, ho sprang Into tho hall and ran down the back stairs. The young ladles who were dishing out lee cream In the kitchen were sur prised by the sudden appearance In their midst of a young gentleman carrying a baby. He wag a smart looking young man, wearing a light suit of summer clothes, tan shoes and a straw hat with a blue ribbon. He seemed anxious to reassure them. "Excuse me, ladies, for thus uncere moniously coming Into your midst; but I am .Mrs. KIngsley's brother, Tom. The baby was crying, and I hated to call Its mother away from her guests. So I slipped down the back way. Baby and I will take a turn about under the trees." The young man had his hand on the knob of tho outer door, when that leading Into the dining room was abruptly opened and Mrs. Klngsley en tered, with blanched cheeks. "This la carrying the Joke a little too far. Somebody has taken my "Baby?" Inquired the refreshment committee, in chorus, "You are all welcome to the house; but If you can get along without the baby, I'd rattier you would." "We don't want the baby," cried the committee. "It wag all your broth er's Idea, bringing the baby down." "My brother? What brother?" transfixing the young man with a look. "Your brother Tom, there," said the committee, pointing to the young man who held the Infant "Wasn't it your idea, Mr. " The young man bowed assent. "I have no brother Tom," exclaimed Mrs. Klngsley, indignantly. "What do you menu, sir, with my baby in your arms; and who are you?" "Pardon me, madam, I thought yon hnd a brother Tom. The baby was restless, and I good-evening, ladles," said the young man, setting the baby In Its mother's arms, and passing out Into the night. "That baby's choking, Mrs. Kings ley," sald one of the young ladles; "he's growing black In the face." "Mercy on us, what next!" exclaim ed the poor mother, running her fore linger down the Infant's throat, and bringing up the Vllamond pin! "That man Is a burglar," cried Mrs. Kings ley; "somebody give chase to 111 m on a bicycle.'.' Kvery one In the party volunteered, but there was ono young gentleman who could not go, because his wheel was missing. "Oh, now I see," said Mrs. Kings ley, when she had put the baby back In the bed -and restored the sunburst to lis place In tho glass box, "why he Wanted to take the baby." Wuverley Magazine. MUNICIPAL DENTISTRY ABROAD. Germany unit If una In Adopt Plan of l.ookintf Alter the Teeth. The dental statistics gathered In many Europeau cities have revealed such an alarming condition of nffairs that (ieruiany, at least, has decided to adopt combative measures. In all large dental towns cltnlcshave been founded, consisting, as a rule, of specially fitted up rooms in one of the central schools. Fully qualified dentists are appoint ed, who devote their whole time to their duties, but in Stuttgart the work Is done voluntarily by the local den tlxtg. That such a movement Is nec essary can scarcely be doubted when ono learns that of many thousands of boys and girls examined, from the ages of 8 to 13, only 2 per cent hnd a perfectly healthy set of teeth. To give an idea of the amount of work done lu a year at Darmstadt schools It Is nec essary to quote the figures for 1!K)3. During the year 1,37(1 children were examined, and 1,501 teeth were filled, while 1,K71 were extracted, lu Stras burg ii.fUKt children were examined, mil) teeth were tilled and 2.1)12 were extracted. Another Interesting fact Is that 40 per cent of all teeth examined were laid. The method of work Is very simple; the teacher brings his class to the dentist, who examines each month quickly and marks on the card which each child has brought with It wheth er treatment Is necessary. If so, the child must come again on a Saturday. Russia Is also Joining In the move ment, and has already fitted up nine such Institutions In St. Petersburg alone, while Moscow ling Also several. I-oiulou Mall. Fulihfnlness The bulldog's tenacity of grip Is pro verbial, but he also possesses a grip of quite another sort, one which enables lilm to stick to his oruers In spite of untoward circumstances. The Atlan ta Constitution gives an example of a dog's faithfulness. "Stub's" master had gone away for the night and had left the dog to guard his apartments. In the evening the house caught fire. and before the tire engine arrived the blaze had gained firm hold and little could be saved. Some of the men dis covered the dog and tried to coax or drive him from the room, but Stub held his post. Ills would be rescuers did all they could to tole him out, but he would not budge. Warning growls showed that be would use his teeth, if the men resorted to force, and filially, In their efforts bVsave the dog, the firemen turned two streams of water on lilm. Kven this did not dislodge him. The dog's master was found am! no titled of the lire. When he reached his home the reef had fallen In and the building was a mass of (lames. He gave one clear whistle, and Stub, who had defied tire and water and all hu man Inducements, bounded out of the house, and the next instant was lick ing the hand which caressed lilm. London l.utititii Asylum. I ii one of the London lunatic asv- Inuis-lhat i'.t llortou, near 1'psosn wlioles.ile tl-efts of supplies by em ployes have been discovered. No few er than twenty six of the asylum offi cers were engaged In them. Free Canals in Canada. The Wclland and St. Ijiwrence ca nals were made five of all tolls during l'.HW and It appears that the effect on trade was satisfactory, traffic of all kinds Increasing. Honest. R. R. Employer So your ancestors were railroad men. What department did they work? Smnll Hoy The rails; they was tramps. Detroit rree Press. For a boy, the first e-ourse at every meal consists in washing his band Why Women BY ELIZABETH M. GILMER (from lti 1 wantietb Caatury Home.) comes toa woman by Inspiration, and not through preparation. When the average girl marries she does not even know how to make a man physically comfortable. Nobody can be sentimental on an empty stomach, and bad cooking will kill the tenderest affection In time. Love Is choked to dentil on tough steak as well as slalu by unfaithfulness, and many a young bus baud's Illusions about his bride have been drowned In watery soup. All of this seems very material aud sordid to a woman, but It is very important, nevertheless. When a man marries, he marries for a home. Out In the world to-day he has all that he can endure, and when night comes It finds him with wrecked nerves, and a spent body that longs for some quiet place where he can be at peace and rest It Is the woman's part of the marriage partnership to supply this, and unless she does she has defaulted ou her contract, .and she deserves to be posted as an impostor who has got goods on falKe pretenses. If every girl who married were a good free-hand cook, fewer wives would have to go Into liquidation in love. Lack of ijouipanlonubli ness Is another reason why so many women fall as wives. There is not one woman In a thousand who knows how to chum with her husband, and enter into the things he wants to do. The other nine hundred a,nd ninety-nine seem to think that matrimony is a reformatory, and that It is their sacred duty to keep their husbands from enjoying them selves. The average wife never has such a self-righteous feeling that she Is dolna her full duty by her husband as when she Is Interfering with his pleas ure, or trying to change his habits. Then there are the children. Whatever degree of companionship did exist betwen husband and wife during the honeymoon generally gets its quietus from the first baby. After the baby's arrival,- the husband simply exists henceforth to supply baby's wants. The young mother doesn't dress, because baby pulls at her ribbons and laces. She doesn't spend the evenings with her husband, because baby has to be rocked to sleep. The only topic of Interest to Ik r Is sterilized baby-food, and she is relieved, and not sorry, when her husband takes to going out of evenings to amuse himself, because In her desire to be a good mother she has forgotten what a very poor wife she hag become. Women do some queer figuring sometimes, but they never make quite so big an error In their calculations as when they decide that a baby is worth more Uinn a husband. Women fall as wives because they hick appreciation. Wives complain Instead of giving thanks. They grumble because they haven't got automo biles, In place of being grateful Unit they hove somebody to furnish their car fare. They weep because they can't go to Europe, when they ought to be beaming with Joy because they have a home to stay in. Now, a man doesn't wunt his wife to get out a brass band and a torchlight procession to cele brate his virtues lu supporting his family, but he does like to feel' that his toll and his efforts ure appreciated, and that his sacrifices are not made In vain. Aftrr a man has worked like a slave from morning until night, year after year, for his board and clothes and that's about all the average man gets It must be pretty hard lines to feel that all the thanks he receives are whines and reproaches because he doesn't make more. Finally, lastly and mdstly, women fall as wives because they are too lazy to keep the love they have won. and to make the man happy who Is devoting his life to making them comfortable. To be a good wife Is not an easy tosk. It Is one of the most strenuous undertakings on earth. It requires labor and care and skill and tact and unselfishness, but that Is the kind of service a woman agrees to give when she gets married. If she doesn't like the price, she can stay single. The dignified citizen had Just finish ed telling his story to the grand Jury and, duly Impressed by his Importance as a cog in the machinery of the lnw. had started for the door. He was halt ed by a call from one of the grand Jurors. "Mr. Hlnks! Just a moment!" Mr. Ilinks stopped, slowly retraced his steps and again took the witness chair. "Mr. Hlnks," said the Inquiring Jur or, "dtiin t you say you live ou the north side?" 'I did, sir," said Mr. Hlnks, with the importance which some north side people always assume. He looked at his inquisitor, but the black beard tinged with gray of the grand Juror und the twinkling eyes behind the glasses told 111 in nothing. 'Mr. Hlnks," went on the Juror, "HONEST JOHN" MORLEY. Distinguished Parti mrntarlun to Visit America. At last Andrew Carnegie has suc ceeded lu getting his particular crony, John Morley, to come to America. And the Hlght Hon. John Morley will be worth seeing. He comes nearer than any one else to being the successor of his old., friend, Gladstone, as En gland's most distinguished plain eitl sens, partly because of his great name as a man of, letters, and partly be- cause of the height and general re moteness of the political pinnacle on which he sits, looking elown rather sadly on the squabbling and muddling that goes ou below him. It Is not to Morley's profound schol arship, his rare Intellectual gifts, bis brilliant literary achievements or his statesmanship that be owes the unique position which he occupies in public esteem here. People may differ from fere 1 JOHN MORI.KY M. P. Fail as Wives HE first reason why women fall as wives is because marriage has never yet been esteemed one of the learned professions, which only a highly qualified individual is fitted to practice. On the contrary, It Is held to be a kind of Jack-l(g trade that any girl can pick up at a min ute's notice, and carry on successfully without the slight est previous knowledge or training. No girl would be conceited enough to think that slie could practice medi cine or law or dentistry without devoting years to its study. She wouldn't even dream of hiring out as a sten ographer without first learning how to make pot-hooks, but she blithely and cocksurely tackles the most difficult and complicated Job existing, that of being a wife, on the fallacious assumption that a knowledge of how to manage a man, and make him happy and comfortable, "didn't your father at one time keei a drug store on the north side?" "He did," replied Mr. Hlnks, won dering what that had to do with his testimony. "Now, Mr. Hlnks," pursued the grand Juror, "didn't you at one time steal a number o. wine bottles from your father " "Certainly not. sir!" shouted Mr. Hlnks, standing up indignantly, while the other twenty-two Jurors stared at the bearded member. "Yes. you did, Tom," exclaimed that mysterious person, leaving his sent In the row of Jurors and advancing to Mr. Hlnks with extended hand, "be cause I helped you and I took m around to the front and sold 'em again to the old man. Don't you know me. you old fraud?" Then they had n reunion and the grand Jiiry took a recess. Chicago Dally News. him In matters of opinion the majori ty have generally done so but politi cal friends and foes alike are all one In their belief In his bedrock of hon esty of purpose. It is this which has won for him the familiar sobriquet of "Honest Johu" In the House of Com mons. Not even for the advantage of bis party and for party ends many good men have done some shady things and found no difficulty in quieting their consciences will John Morley stray by a hair's breadth from what he believes to be the right course. Hefore entering Parliament Morley was a writer, having made his literary beginning on the Saturday Review In London. Has (iaine, but No snakes. The American who happens Into Newfoundland will find innumerable causes for Interest and surprise. The interior of the Island Is a wilderness primitive and practically unexplored. A quaint, slow, uncertain railway traverses the heart of the Island, but for 5t'i miles of travel over mountains, through dense forests and by the mar- j gins of salt water bays and estuaries not a town Is to be seen. Herds of ' caribou, as lame as barnyard cuttle, stand staring at the passing train. From the bosom of lake and rivei trout and salmon are forever leaping, r.rant, geese, wild ducks, grouse and many wild birds that migrate hither In the summer can be found all over the Island. Here they mate and brd, gm their goslings and chicks make the woods and waters vocal all summer long. Newfoundland, like Irelund, is Innocent of snakes or reptiles. Where the Preacher Works. Church The average man likes to sit idly and see some other man do all the work. Gotliara Why Is It, then, that more men don't go to church? Yonkers Statesman. The modern golden calf looks sus piciously like a high-priced russet shoe NATURE'8 JOKES Soma Freak Forma of Flowera-Appl Bloaaoma on Uoae Uuh. Gardeners all over the world are tolling to produce new flower. Na ture, in a freakish moment, will some times accomplish what generations of horticulturists have been unable to effect As an Instance in point, there is a Malmoison rosebush in a garden at Violet Hill, Stovvmarket, which one summer recently produced a most as tonishing floral freak. The rose grows near an apple tree, and when one of Its largest buds first burst into bloom It wag seen that five perfect applt- blossom petals were springing in Its center. Every year as horticulturists go further afield, and search more and more thoroughly the out-of-the-way corners of the earth their emissaries bring In newer and more strange flow ers. Perhaps none are more wonder ful than some of the new forms of the resurrection plant, of which the rose of Jericjjo is the best known exam ple. A resurrection flower lately found in Mexico Is a shrunken, rounded ball of dry, dead leaves until it is put into water. . Then it expands Into a great loose mass of filmy green, the petals fly apart, and blooms expose theli fluffy centers. A flower discovered on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in the early morning blooms a pure white; by midday it has changed to a perfect red, but be fore it closes at nightfall it has turn ed to a pale blue. Even more won derful than Its change of color is the fact tlint at noon only does It give out any perfume, Australia boasts many strange flow ersfar more, Indeed, than most peo ple Imagine to exist In her gray-green forests. The Christmas bush is fa mous because its masses of small pink and reddish blooms are use-d as a sub stitute for holly. But the strangest flower Is the New South Wales flannel flower. It Is so called because it has the exact ap pearance of having been carefully cut out of white flannel. Green flowers are very rare In na ture. The ixla Is one of the very few plants which has a natural green va riety. Schomberg was its discoverer In South Africa, the home of all the lxlas. In one sense, nil our gardens are filled with freak flowers. The gigan tic and vnrl-colored blooms which adorn the beds and borders are, al most without exception, monstrosities produced by long selection and Intense cultivation. But nature can and tloes do funny things at times In her own garden. Albino flowers ore by no means un common. hole patches of the ordi narily yellow moth-mullein are at times found of a white hue. The lo belia, too, at times sports pure white, and so do niany others flowers. Pear son's Magazine. FIRST MELONS IN KANSAS. Thex Were Planted Fifty Teara Ago by a l'loneer. Judge W. R. Bernard, of Westport, was the first man to eat watermelon of his own growing in the State of Kan sas, according to the Kansas City Star. Judge Bernard Is 77 years old. Ha settled in Westport lu 1817. "Where Kansas City now stands," said Judge Bernard, "there was a tan gle of virgin forests. Fifty years ago I was the official Interpreter of the Sao Indian tribe. Their reservation was near the site of Ottawa, Kan. I also had a contract with the government to freight supplies to the Indians. "When making a freighting trip I was often accompanied by salesmen of mercantile hodses in New York and Boston and several times had with me correspondents of Eastern periodicals who went out to get material for stories about the Indians and the great West. I often tricked these ti nderfeet, "When I started out across the plains I always took with me a lot of watermelon seeds and at every camp lug place I'd stroll off a few hundred yards from the trail and turn over a patch of sod and plant a few of these seeds. The best place in the world to plant watermelon seeds is under an upturned sod of the Kansas prairie. In those days the prairies were covered with short buffalo grass, so there were no weeds to choke or hinder the growth of the melons. In the latter part of the summer there would be scores of delicious melons in my patches. "The first summer I planted these patches I had with me a correspond cut for Harper's Weekly. The first evening after we lert Westport we camped upon the open prairie beyond Shawnee mission and after the oxen had been corraleel, the buffalo chips gathered and a fire started for supper I said to the correspondent: " 'Well, I guess I'll stroll out and see If I can find a ripe watermelon.' "'Watermelon?' asked the Eastern man in surprise. " 'Yes, watermelon,' I answered. "He laughed heartily, but I saunter ed away and in a little while returned with a huge ripe watermelon under each arm. The way the eyes of that tenderfoot bulged out was very grati fying to me. It was the first time he had ever heard that watermelons grew upon the Western plains and it was the first time they had ever grown there, too. "After that we had watermelon at every meal until we got to the reser vation." tMtina the Sinit on Them. Farmer Hayrick Come on, Mainly, we'd be'st hurry up an' buy all we kin. Mrs. Hayrick Land's sakes, Silas! W'at's yer hurry? Farmer Hayrick I've heerd too much 'bout Noo York; best buy all we kin afore somebody steals all our money from us. Philadelphia Preps. A scientist says that if all the birds were slaughtered, this planet wouldn'l be fit to live on nine years longer. (N. B. This is for those who are buy ing dead birds for their hats.) After man gets up In years, hii reason for admiring a woman whose hair is naturally curly, is that it doesn't take her so long to dress. The passing of Henry C. Tayne. Postmaster General, takes from public life a prominent figure. For nearly twenty-five years General Payne, whose home was lu M 1 1 w a u kee, was a living ex hibition of the power of mind over matter. He r e f u s ed several offers of cabinet positions . before be was Induced to meet at the coun cil board of Pres ident Roosevelt He succeeded C. PAYNB. well in a financial way, though much of his work in finance and politics was under conditions which would have driven most men to Seek repose in travel. Probably no man since Sam uel J. Tllden has been so handicapped. Neither of these men ever knew what It was to be physically robust, to fol low the devices and desires of his own heart, without at first taking counsel of his physique. Lieut. L. II. Chandler. U. S. N., ma neuvered the torpedo flotilla so cleverly in southern waters lately that Secre tary Moody has sent liiiu to the Orient to observe the movements of the Mika do's destroyers if permitted so to do. Prince Svlatopolk-MIrskl, the new Russian Minister of the Interior, who succeeds the murdered Von Plehve, has been success ively Governor of Penza, Marshal of the Nobility of the Province of Khar kofl and Ekaterino slav, and Assistant Minister of the In terior under M. Siplaguine, w li o also was assassin ated. The prince Is 47 years or age, and began his ca 1 UI.N'CE MIHSKL reer as a soldier, but later entered the civil service. He is said to possess a horror of religious persecution. Ilia father was a famous general during the reign of Alexander II. The prince's wife Is a greut admirer of Count Tol stoi. Mrs. Stephen B. Elklns, wife of the present Senator from West Virginia aud daughter of a former Senator from the same State, is an a c c o m plished woman. Clever as she undoubtedly Is, It must tax her mental resources to maintain a prop er and sympathetic appearance of In terest in the con fllctlng political ambitions of the members of her Immediate family. Her husbniui. Sen ' MRS. KLKI.N9. ator Elklns, Is the foremost Republi can In his State and Is also most act ive and Influential In national affairs. Her father, Henry Gassaway Davis, former Senator from West Virginia, Is a Democrat and the nominee of his party for the vice presidency. Associate Justice Henry Clay Phelps, of Lee, Mass., who unconsciously made himself famous by Imposing a tine on a British diplomat named Gurney, Is not inflated cranl ally over the im portant figure he cut In International affairs. Judge Phelps, as every ono In Lee culls him, Is at the head of an important in dustry and also conducts a hard UKMIY C. rilKLFS. ware store. He Is about 00 years of age and Is a man of considerable means. He comes of old New England stock and holds law and religion above all things. Dr. Norman Bridge, who declared before the Chicago Medical Society that tuberculosis is not Inherited and can be prevented. is widely known as a writer on med ical subjects. He was bom nt Wind sor, Vt In 1814, but was educated In the West at the University of Mich igan and Chicago Medical C o 1 1 e ge. He was professor of pathology at the Medical College and iiiii u dalMii Iltt. N. B HI DOE. Chicago Woman's for long time was lecturer, professor and trustee of Rush Medical College. Dr. Bridge now lives in Los Angeles, Cal. Dr. Quitman Kohuke, president of the New Orleans board of health, is in Texas to determine by experiments the feasi bility of fighting the mosquito as a germ carrier. Slight Kcdnction. rennibs My vacation was anything but s.itisfaeiory. It turned out to be a sort of bnr.sain-count.'r aflair. Inkerton Too cheap, eh? Pennibs Oh, no; but I tipped the scales at l."0 when I went away and at 118 when I retruued. Kind Mcu Avoid. Gunner Yes, first she called herself Mary, then Slay, and now it's Mae.. She's always changing her first name. Guyer Weil, such a silly girl will never have the' chance to change her last name. Silver Service. "Hey!" shouted the rich man, peer ing cautiously over the stairway, "I want you. "Well," chuckled the burglar, reach u. if 3 ing for the sliver, "I am at your aerv ice, iA"