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I min the little laughing baby faces. The loving eyes that always turned to me; I miss the roguish ways and elfish graces Of little tortus that clustered at tuy knee. Of rosy lips that left such happy kisses Upon my ever-willing cheek and brow, ▲nd, oh.' the thousand nameless joys aud blisses That once I had, but only dream of now! And yet I know full well if Time could bear me Back to the days of proud young moth erhood. I’d miss the gentle presence ever near me Of those who us tuy grown-up babies stood. To be without my boy’s strong reassur ance, To be without my girl's sweet sympa thy. Would go beyond my heart’s most firm endurance. E’en though my babies clung again to me! mother-like, I miss the bonny tresses That lay upon my breast In tangled curl; Yet 1 would die to lose the love that blesses My who le life, in my grown up boy and girl. —New Orleans Times-Democrat. Well, « «. • o • • • A Dangerous (iume. gently, for the mother's distress was also very great, "whether he Is atten tive to some one else. Have you ever noticed Ills taking pleasure In the so UP-TO-DATE DEVICE OF AN IN ciety of uny gill here?” DIANA CLERGYMAN. “Oh, no,” Mrs. Langlois replied, has _______ tily, but suddenly her face changed. I "Surely,” she said, as if to herself, Bed-Ridden Communicants Not De "he cannot care for Marlon Reed? And prived of Ilia DiBCOurae—Electricity yet, now that my mind is drawn to it, Helpt* the Pustor to Spread tlie I have noticed him often with her. But Got* pel. Marion is such a gay little flirt, and then she kuew of Carl's engage Science long ago discovered a proc ment—” "Ah!” Mildred said quickly, “that Is ess by means of which a man might— not enough to keep some girls from if willing to pay for it—lounge about in trying to wlu away a man’s love. It slippers aud smoking jacket and enjoy may be that she has drawn him away a high-class concert. He need not ar from me. But we must make sure, my ray himself in full evening dress, go dear friend—for 1 feel that you are my through a stormy night to a distant friend—and if it is true 1 will willing- ball and there listen to the rapture In ly give him up to her If it is for his spiring sounds; he could remain at home and indulge lu a smoke-begrimed happiness.” They arranged It that Mildred’s pres pipe the while bls soul was soothed by ence In the house should be kept a se things said to be equal to taming tlie cret from Carl aud that his mother at savage breast. Tlie phonograph did It meal time should question him In a for him. Spiritual consolation, however, has way not to urouse his suspicions; so. as the two sat alone at dinner, Mrs. Langlois carelessly said: "What a charming girl Marion Reed Is, Carl!" “Isn't she, mother?” he cried enthu siastically. "Do you know she quite fascinutes me?” “Carl,” Ills mother said gravely,“that Is not the way for a man soon to be married to another woman----- ” "Pshaw, mother!” Carl exclaimed. Impatiently, “you know 1 told you Mil dred would never set the day, aud we may never be married at all.” “You are right, Mr. Langlois,” said Mildred, wlio had been unable to re sist the temptation of listening unseen; “you are right. We never will be mar ried. You are quite welcome to ask the fascinating Miss Reed to be your wife, for I am henceforth a stranger to you.” Before Carl could recover from ills PREACHING THROUGH A TRANSMUTER. astonishment she was gone, and as her until the last Sunday of them all never train was Just ready to depart she was been administered at short range. out of bls reach, and the passionate True, the telephone may and doubtless protests of affection which lie was pre has been used many times to cal) a pared to make, the promises of future clergyman to a bed of sickness or to fidelity, were never uttered. some sorrowing family needing susten Now tliat lie had lost her, Mildred ap ance not of tlie flesh. But few, if any. peared to Carl as a precious treasuie ministers have preached to their flocks which he would give anything to pos by speaking through an electrical . sess. The attractions of Marion Reed transmitter. This was what was done j paled Into insignificance and lie took recently In Elkhart. Ind. Dr. E. IL | the next train in pursuit of Mildred, Gwynne. of the First Presbyterian j hoping that he could win her back. Church, preached in his pulpit and a 1 But once assured of the flaws lu her bed-ridden parishioner listened to tlie idol Mildred had cast him out of her heart, and though it was sore it was not broken, because she realized ids un worthiness. She refused to see Carl and returned his letters unread. With in a week, mortified at Ids rejection, he had offered himself to Marlon Reed. “Why. you're going to marry sonu girl iu Lawrence,” she replied, opening her blue eyes wide. “No, 1 am not,” he said, shortly. "I am going to marry you if you will have me.” "Well, I won’t,” replied the pretty flirt, decidedly. "I was only amusing myself with you. my dear boy. 1 hope your heart Is not broken,' she added mockingly, for rumors of the true state of affairs had reached her ears. "Flirting Is sometimes a dangerous game, my friend, especially If there is a Jealous sweetie mt nt the other end of the line,” she announced laughing ly. And with her mocking laughter ringing in his ears Carl Langlois walk ed away to repent of his folly, by which lie had lost that greatest of gifts a woman's love.—The Colum bian. PREACHES BY ’PHONE. * MOTHER'S REA8ONINC. * ARL, I don't believe you truly love tue. Mildred Reynolds looked ut her lover balf-archly, us if she detied him to say he did not love her, half-plead- ingly, as if she longed fur him to con tindict her warmly. Carl Langlois reddened under her gaze. “What nonsense, Mildred, of course 1 love you. Why else would 1 come a hundred miles to spend an even ing with you?” he replied a trifle im patiently. “Then, why”—Mildred began brave ly, but she iu turn colored ami looked embarrassed. Surely Curl knew that she longed to ask him why be had twice postponed their marriage, and on this visit, when she had expected lilm to ask her to set the day for the ceremony, he had not done so. True, he had brought lier a beautiful brace let and had seemed affectionate and loving; yet somehow Mildred felt that caresses, and the filet that he did not broach the subject which she had hoped he would settle on Ills visit vaguely alarmed her. For she loved Carl deep ly aud was unhappy In the home of a relative upon whom she was partly de pendent and longed to have a home of her own. Carl had said, the last time he had visited her, that they would arrange their plans for the future when he next came, but when Mildred luid made the remark that she d d not believe lie really loved her lie was on the verge of departure and still had not asked her to name the day which would make them husband ami wife. He must have known what the question was she w ished to ask, yet he did not help her out, ami so the question died, unasked, upon her lips. Instead, he turned sud denly to tlie dock. "I’ll have Just time to make my train," he said, hur riedly, "so good by, my sweetheart. (Jive me a kiss ami take gixsl care of yourself, for my sake.” so tenderly that for a time all doubts as to Ills fidelity were dismissed from Mildred’s heart, (inly for a time, however, for while his farewell kiss was still warm on her lips the question returned to her mind: “Why does not Carl, if he really loves me and wants me to be Ills wife, claim me for Ills own? Perhaps he Is growing to love soaie one else. I believe 1 am strong enough to bear It If It Is true— better to know now Ilian when it Is too bite and uncertainty Is hard to bear. I must find out, ami If it Is true that he no longer lutes me as he did 1 will re lease him. Hut If I have wronged biiu by my doubts, I will atone by glvlug lilm added love and affection.” Carl’s mother luid often sent her kind messages, ami had also sent by Carl some very beautiful table linen for Mil dred to embroider for use after mar riage. She kuew that Mrs. Langlois was her friend, although they had never met. ami determined to go to see her ami discover whether Carl had coutldisl In her any change lu Ids de sire to marry Mildred. She shrank from the trial, yet felt it must be made for the sake of her future happiness. Accordingly, a few days after Carl’s visit she took a trip to his home, ar riving there, as she had planned, w hen Carl was absent at Ills business. When she Introduced herself to Mrs. Lang (ols she was warmly greeted, but when ■lie told the object of her visit her host was visibly surprised and disconcerted. "My dear child," she exclaimed, "there must be a mistake somewhere. Carl assured me only yesterday that you kept putting him off whenever he mentioned your marriage. 1 can- I not understand It.” "1 can. Mrs. Langlois," said Mildred proudly. "Your son has grown tired of me and is seeking In some way to free himself. Itut, thank heaven. Ills fetters me not yet riveted, and are »«sly lirokeu. I w ill reb ase him from an e.i gageiuetit w hlcli Is uo longer a pleasure to him." "My dear Mildred,” lieggcd Ids moth er, "do not speak so bitterly. I aiu sure there Is some inlsiimleratandlng. Mildred bail turned very pale, and an over—helming conviction that Cail , was false to her came upon her with crushing force, but she summoned up courage to face the truth. "We muit find out." she said, very Clung to Bolder Ver aeular. Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, giving his experiences as “A Missionary In the (¡teat West,” tells of the baptism of tl little daughter of a big cattle owner In Indian Territory. “In our baptismal service we sign those who are bap tized with the sign of the cross," he explains, "and when the little girl re turned to school after the baptism the children pressed her with hard ques tions, desiring to know what that man with the 'nightgown' on had done, and If she were now any different from what she had been before. She tried to tell them that she had been made a ‘member of Christ, the child of Cod. and an Inheritor of the kingdom of heaven,' but did not succeed In express ing the situation very well, nnd they pressed her for a clearer explanation. Finally, when she had exhausted every effort, she turned on them, her eyes flashing through her tears. 'Well,' she said, lapsing Into the vernacular, ‘1 w ill till you. I was a little ‘maverick’ tie- fore, and the man put Jesus' brand on my forehead, and when he sees me run ning wild on the prairie He will know that I am His little girl.’ "—Ladies’ Home Journal. The Family Coaches of Genoa. A curious custom exists In Genoa. Many of the well to do people as well as those In moderate circumstances do not own either horses or coaches; they own only an Interest in them. Four or live or a half dozeu great families club together and buy a coach and horses, then they arrange among themselves tlie days the different families will use It. Thus one family uses the coach on Mondays, another on Tuesdays, and a third on Wednesdays, so that an es tablishment that would be impossible for one family become« perfectly prac tical when the cost is divided among five or six. Each family lias a set of I -ors for the coach, with their own e at of arms on the panels, wh’cli are changed according to the family which is going to use the coach. Tlie builders of these vehicles seldom think of build Ing a conch without five or six sets of door*, and arrangements are made so that they are very easily changed. One woman seldom calls on another unless she has a secret to tell. In the course of Unit we will all ge • he eartlu pastor without exertion on their own part. One maehiue fronting the pulpit might thus be the means of giving sat isfaction to many a man who was seek ing light, but lacked the strength to go A COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN- TEREST TO THEM. where It was to be had. With the phonograph no church building need be constructed and main Something that Will Interest the Ju tained. A home for the pastor, with venile Member« of Every Household an organ In one room, the room mg ^Quaint Actions and Bright Sayings euougli to contain tt>e quartette, choir, of Many Cute and Cunning Children« minister aud bis family, with phono graphic connections with all the mem “Oli, there comes papa, way down the bers of the church—which might be as sessed on the new pew rent basis— street,” said little Dura. “Come oil, would be enough. The members could ' kitty, let’s hide.” Kitty only said “mew,” but. In cat llsteu to the singing, hear the sermon and mall their contributions. Thus talk that meant “yes” Just then, so the expenses would be limited to the I Dora ran to the big tree, for that was minister's salary, the parish-house ami such a good place to hide. The old tree such contributions as the members de bad low branches that made big broad sired to make to church organizations seats—some of them—that you could I lie back iu like an easy chair. in general. Dora did uot stop nt tlie liest sent While It is too early to prognosticate the manner of receiving church con 1 this time, but, with the kitty on her solations of the future. It might not be 1 shoulder, climbed up Just as high ns she amiss to suggest that some such plan could. Then she kept very still, for will be ultimately adopted. It could be done without any great loss of piety —Indeed, maybe, with an access, for the show part of religion would disap pear when closed in behind the cur tains of the prvlate dwelling. This might be a good tiling or not. accord ing to the point of view. But the be ginning made for a sick man might well expand Into a system for the well which would do away with the scrub bing of the boys Sunday morning that they might be presentable In church. FOR LITTLE FOLKS. Divorce la Not Too Easy. "Every once In a while we have per fect hemorrhages of righteous indigna tion upon the subject of divorce,” writes Edward Bok of “The Ease With Which We Marry” In the Ladies’ Home Journal. “We say divorce must stop, or that there must be no divorce. Bui wouldn't it be a bit better If we let this subject alone for a while and concerned ourselves somewhat with the evil which leads to divorce? The fact ot the matter is that there Is a notion, ' which Is altogether wrong, that divorce is easy in this country. Divorce Is not easy. 1 am far from saying that out divorce laws are what they should be. But It Is a senseless thing to make those laws more stringent while we al- low our marriage laws to be as loose as they are. Let those who cannot ' see any farther than the revision of present divorce laws ask themselves KITTY'S MAMMA CAME SCRAMBLING UP. papa came Inside nnd looked around for his little girl that was always in the front yard to meet him. Just then kitty’s mamma came under the tree and tlie kitty on Dora’s shoul der mewed again. Then tlie kitty’s mamma mewed loudly and came scrambling up In the tree, nnd that is how Dora’s papa found out where his little girl was hidden from him. Then Dora and papa laughed and had a lot of fun nnd a big romp after Dora came down, out of the tree, but the kitties didn’t know how to laugh very well. All they could say was Just "tnew,” but they said that and helped in tlie romp. I guess they liad fun, too. How Ted I.ent a Hand. lie is such a little boy, this Ted, and his legs are so short and his chubby fists are so tery wee that you might think he would have to wait quite a long time before lie could lend a hand that would be of any use; but he does not think so. There was a fine shower the other niglit. and in the morning wliat should Ted see, right in front of his home, on prim, precise Cottage street, but a mud puddle; yes, a dirty, delightful mud puddle! How he hurried through liis breakfast so as not to lose a minute! lie had a linker's dozen of beautiful mud pies on the curb, and was admir ing them for a moment while he rested, when bump! a big bundle came down upon those lovely pies, flattening them dreadfully. He Jumped up. frowning, but when he saw tlie tired, sad face of the poor LISTENING TO A SERMON BY TELEPHONE. old washerwoman, Mrs. Connolly, tlie frown smoothed Itself into a dimply words of hope without attending upon tills question: Is it fair to allow fool smile; and lie picked up that bundle, the shrine. ish. Inexperienced girls to be led Into which lia«l dropped off tlie tired arms Francis Hoover, a member of Dr. what they believe to be a fairy-palace, which held several others, and carried Gwynne's church, is a martyr to rheu and then, when they find it to be a ' it ’way to the avenue, which was as far matism, yet he desires with a mighty prison—yes and worse, a positive sub 1 as mamma let her little man explore desire to attend the services of his urb to tlie Infernal regions—to refuse tlie city, on account of tlie electric cars. church. But being unable to do this to let them out, If they can get out? There he touched his hat and bowed, from physical infirmity local scientists Is that merciful? Is that Just? Would ' just as he had seen big Brother Don do applied the phonograph theory to an we not come closer to the common on the way to church when he met any ordinary telephone. The transmitter sense of this whole question if. before of the college girls. was fitted out with a specially delicate we go any further iu this campaign And Mrs. Connolly stood and smiled diaphragm, which when the reverend against divorce, we turn back aud nfter him as be ran back to rebuild his orator stood a few feet away sent to j tighten the door which leads to It? Di pies. Such a happy little face! The the listening ears the full text of his j vorce is not so easy but that we can af I solemn, slow-pacing professor whom discourse. Thus was oue anxious, * 1 ford to leave it precisely where It is I lie met brightened up and stepped off troubled, suffering soul made glad. for tlie time being. It isn’t a particle : briskly and began to whistle—actually easier than it should be, so long as we whistle! Think of it! So you see Ted- Opens tip a New Field. The successful experiment opeus up allow marriage to be as loose as It Is.” i dy lent, not only a hand, but two feet a uew field for practical theology, I and a happy face, even if lie was such a ■tow He Won the Spurs. which but for tlie temptation to sloth little boy.—Youth’s Companion. Sir Dighton ITobyn is well known as which might la* covered thereunder ap comptroller and treasurer to the Prince Bullets of Water. peals to the sympathetic mind. Dr. When you see tlie rain drops falling Gwynne’s experiment was made sole of Wall's. Sir Dighton is now lu his ly to help a sick man who asked for sixty-seventh year, but is still erect do you ever think of how swiftly they bls ministrations. Mr. Hoover wished and soldierly in his bearing. He was come down ami what prevents them to hear the sermon of his pastor, but a major general when he entered the from doing great damage? Away up in time lacked to give it a second deliv prince’s service lu 1872, and had put the clouds little particles of moisture ery. Also tlie other members of the behind him a great deal of very excel gather until they form a tiny drop. Tlie cliurch were entitled to hear him dis lent military service. During tlie In- I droplets and Ice crystals that form the course upon the gospel. Sd the device diau mutiny nlotie he was seven times elements of tlie cloud gradually or sud wns ar range« I that those who cared to mentioned lu dispatches, and won the denly grow until their weight is enough attend church at the regular hour Victoria cross, besides being thanked to bring them to the grouud before they should hear, and also the sick man by the governor general.” It was at can be again evaporated. Tlie resistance that the air offers to need uot be denied. '1 he device could Agra that he won his V. C. He was be extended to embrace others who separated from his men and beset by tlieir passage keeps them from fall ng were unable to go foitb to the sacred six of the enemy, three of whom he too fast. The drop soon acquires such cut down with bis own sword. Then a velocity that the air prevents It from edifice. Few ministers lack those of their he saw a prominent standard, and sal 1 going any faster. The larger and heav flocks upon whom the haml of provi lied out single handed, slew the bearer, ier the drop, the greater is the speed at dence has not been heavily laid. Most aud brought back the flag under a per which It falls, but It Is never great enough to injure us or do serious dam of the men of the cloth find It to be one fect hall of grapeshot and bulets. age to nnimals or plants. Were it not of their saddest, yet sweetest duties to | I for the resistance of the air, a drop of Latest Invention. minister out of tlie pulpit to those who Every one who has ever attempted water, notwithstanding that it is fluid, otherwise would lack the consolations of religion. If need lie with the per- 1 to mitten a baby whose thumb Invaria falling from the height of half a mile, fected telephone such might Le abed • bly goes "wigglewaggle," will rejoice would be ns dangerous as a bullet. The and yet receive the consolations of the to know that at last a woman has de : swiftness an<i force with which a pro word. It might be that dozens con'd signed a thumbless mitten, simply jectile travels can be made sufficient to thus be spiritually refreshed even with , shaped to the little hand as It lies flat, eompensate for any softness or yield th«* flesh too weak to withstand the i with the thumb against the fore finger. in' quality it p >ss. s es. A cand e. ' when fired from a gun, will pass fatigues ot the short journey church- I Every ninn ought to lay down the ' through a board. W aid. It would l»e comparatively easy to ! rule that he won’t dig up his wife’s Dancing Fgir* from California. establish a crlcult by means of which flower beds till she lets him wear his Wouldn't you l>e surprised if yon a dozen home* widely scattered on spring overcoat.-New York Press. . should see a swarm of little eggs danc- earth, might yet tie drawn nigh to the ■ ing under your oak trees some summer Blessed is the man who lives for the throne by means of a party line. Those «lay? In Shasta County. California, purpose of uiakiug life less a burden to Indeed, unable to lift themselves from i I the residents are treated to such an ex- other. a bed of pain and suffering, could re I hibltion very often. It recently has ceive the message from the lips of their | We are all Jays, to the other fellow. bee* discovered that the oak leavn* •? | that part of the country are frequently covered on their under sides with masses of insect eggs that, as the leaves are shaken, fall to the grouud aud bop around like chickens with their beads cut off. Some of the eggs are so lively that they spring iuto the air to a height of slxteeu inches, although they are uot as large as a kernel of wheat. The cause of all this disturbance is a very lively grub inside of the egg. This lit tle creature becomes anxious to make a little Jouruey lu the world aud tries to break through the shell that holds it securely. The contortions of the In sect are so tierce that they make the shell bob about like a hot chestnut over the fire. Went to Sleep Quickly. Tlie mother of a little three-year-old had been away from home over night, aud ou her return asked: “And how did my little girl get to sleep last night without mamma?” “Oh,” she replied, "papa twled to sing to me like ’ou does an’ I dis went to sleep weal twick so I touldn’t hear him.” The First Skates, The first skates were made out of the boues of animals. Sometimes children would sit on the jawbones of a horse or cow. aud propel themselves along the ice by means of Iron staves. NEW SKIN CONSTRUCTION. Bull Membrane Successfully Used in Brooklyn Hospital. German surgeons made the discovery that the delicate membrane that lines the inside of an eggshell will answer as well as bits of skiu from a human beiug to start healing over by granulation in open wouuds which will not otherwise heal. The discovery was used for the first time in this country ou a patieut in the Seney Hospital in Brooklyn, ami it proves to be a successful trial. The patieut, Edgar A. Garbut, leaves the hospital aud resumes his customary work a well man. It was a serious case. He sustained severe injuries two years ago by a bicycle accident. His age is 36, aud being (relatively speak ing) still a young man, his age uo doubt helped his recovery, after the egg membrane had been applied. His hurts had led to tlie development of a disease of tlie bones, and it was found necessary to remove parts of the bone from his left arm, left shoulder blade aud left end of the collar bone. These rare and difficult operations, aud of doubtful result, were duly per formed lu the hospital. But while Garbut rallied, the surgeons found that such was their patient's condition that the wouuds left by tlie cutting would not heal on tlie surface. The surgeons have long known that healing by gran ulation requires, in a weak patient, some point (or points) around which the granulations can cluster and grow. For this purpose they have had to rely upon bits of human skiu, taken from some person who is willing, for love or money, to submit to the painful process of having these bits cut out. In Gar- but’s case his wife, his nephew and a young man in his employ all offered to furnish the required cuticle. But luck ily one of the surgeons then remem bered tlie German discovery, and, get ting some fresh eggs, tried the lining membrane of the shell. It proved a successful substitute.—Hartford Times. A FOUK-FOOTED POLICEMAN. He Never Took u Drink Nor Neglected Dis Duty. Joe belonged to a tirrn in Leith; but he resolved to be a policeman, lie was sent back several times to his owners, but returned so persistently to tl>o force that finally he was allowed to join them, says Chambers' Journal. He had no ambition to rise in liis pro fession. The sergeants treated him well, but he took little notice of them, lie ordained to go on duty with con stables only, and bis particular beat was the east end of Princess street, with an occasional inspection of Rose street. He walked at a measured, dig nified pace, or ensconced himself at tlie base of an island lamp-post opposite the Register house, watching and ob servant. Like Spot in Waverley, bustle and noise pleased him. His tail was run over by a lorry once, aud when any of his blue-coated friends inquired about it he rose to show them the injured Joint. People in civil an dress he did not encourage to speak to him. Tramway inspectors or postmen lie permitted to commend him. but the constables alone were al lowed to pat him. He never shirked his self-imposed work, for it was not only when the sun shone he acted as official watchdog. In foul or fair weather Joe was on duty superintending the regulation of traffic or parading bis bent. He fared sumptuously, for the neighboring ho tels kept tlieir scraps for him. He was given a collar nnd a coat, and for six years he was on the force; but. walk ing along Princess street in August, 1897, he fell «lead at the heels of bis biped comrade-guardian of the peace. He is buried near to the scene of his constant though unpaid, labor, lu St Andrew Square Gardens. Joe, having placed himself uuder the eye of tlie law, could afford to wink at the tax collector. Oldest Love-Letter in the Worl l. The oldest love-letter in the world Is a proposal of marriage for the hand of an Egyptian princess, made 3.500 years ago. It Is iu the form of an inscribed brick. an«l is therefore not only the oldest, but the most substantial, love* letter that has ever been written. Sleep Protect« Them. A medical paper says that In railway collisions nearly all the passengers who are asleep escape the bad effect» of shaking an«l concussion, nature's own anaesthetic preserving them. There are times when the corkscrew is mightier than the typewriter.