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,
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•
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• 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.