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DAKCEAii COT, btnitx.
John H. Ream, - PuMteher
finw messau. i I'wwrirri
. Tt worries n woman terribly not to
tiave Anything to worry over.
When money dot not talk too nitirh
ft mny properly be termed a modest
tmru.
J. J. Hill's favorite hymn. "One
twoetly solemn thought comes 'o iim
rt unit ore."
Spelling rpform will probably become
fsipulsr In penitentiaries If It proves to
horten. the sentence.
Jobn I), Rockefeller Is earning his In
come ly telling the plain people how
to behave themselves.
The unfortunate thing almut n di
Torre Ik that It seldom cures tin par
ties of the marrying habit.
To the Russian terrorist it l proba
bly Immaterial whether he b'ow his
victim to pieces or scares him to death.
A good dinner produces the mime
ctate of spiritual exultation In a mini
that a sight of a bargain pnsluees In u
woman.
Surgeons found a gold nugget In the
tpiend!x of a Colorado man. Of course
they announced that the operation was
a success.
A Joint debate between John I).
Rockefeller iiml William .1. Itryun
would make an Interesting campaign
diversion.
Upton Sinclair, author of "The Jun
gle, " Is to go on the stage. It remains
to be aeen whether he'll make good In
packing house.
A I'hllndelphla court has ruled that
divorcees shall not nmrry the co-respondents
In their cases. That's one
way to check the divorce evil.
As another evidence of prosperity at
tention might he called to the freedom
with which the jxsiple Invest their
money la souvenir post cards. -
Will that London alienist who Is sell
ing emotions In capsule form please
end over a few thnt will imike a fellow
In Lard luck feel like a winner.
A New York nioukey Jumped on a
live third rail a few days ago and was
Instantly killed. Sometimes a nioukey
exhibits a lack of Intelligence that Is al
most human.
Chinese women are giving up the
practice of compressing their feet. Civ
illzatiou Is making rapid strides. Some
f tbeso days they will begin wearing
tight corsets.
President Roosevelt's spelling miulo
blm say that we liuve "past" a pure
food law. This Is uu fortunate, but
perhaps If we alt down and wait a
while it will catch up with us.
. The Canadian bunking system Is be
ing adopted lu Chicago. One of the
chief features of the system Is the fact
that when the depositors put money In,
It belongs to the dejiosltors and not the
president.
- One of the latest portraits of Eud
yard Kipling la a snapshot takeu by
bis wife. It shows him as he looks
while on his farm, but Is fatal to his
reputation as a hard working farmer.
Ills trousers are creased,
Three years ago an old man became
III on a Pennsylvania railway truln. lie
was kindly cared for by the caudy
butcher. A few days ago the old man,
who was a wealthy manufacturer of
Coatesville. Pa., died and left $8,000
to the caudy butcher. Always be kind
to old people who are traveling. .
- So far as it has been figured up at
Tokyo the total money cost of the war
with Russia amouuta to $1,100,000,000.
This docs not Include the iuterest on
the war debt to be puld hereafter. It
cost Great Rrltaln little, If any, Jess
than that to conquer the small Boer re
: publics of South Africa sumo ' $700,
000,000 being added to the principal of
England's public debt alone. Little less
a mailng than Japan's overwhelming
of Russian power lu eastern Asia Is
the comparative amailueas of the
lioney cost , . .
Curious excuses are sometimes made
by lawbreakers and crlmlnuls fur their
misdeeds. Thus, the late Jesse Jumps
declared tbut be robbed banks and held
up trains because members of his fuui
lly bad been cruelly treated during the
Civil War. Tho uon soquitur Is amus
ing, but it is not more so than the idea
of a Chicago young man who says that
be was bo moved by the accidental
shooting of his brother some mouths
ago that be lias since found no soluc
save In stealing automobiles. There
is no limit to the fertility of humanity
u the matter of excuses.
When Alexander- wept for more
worlds to conquer ho could not, of
oure, have thought of the Arctic re
gions. A movement is now under nay
lu more than one country to lay claim
to the possession of tortious of the vast
polar territory. The gluttoulzed mod
ern nation has to satisfy Its land hun
ter with these frozen sops. Canada
bas sent a cruiser to the far north to
establish the Canadian title to much
of the laud lying within the Arctic
olrde. Canada lays stress upon the
explorations of Hudsou. Franklin. Mc
Kencle and the many successful Kn
gltsh explorations which revealed the
worth passage and all the land, south
of the Arctic circle. Rut to say tbut
therefore the half-revealed territory in
tervening between these well-marked
channels mid the sle should bo col
ord red on the Rrltish maps Is to pre
sume too much. The task of delinea
tion Is so hopeless uml seemingly so
prontlt' that the suggestion to submit
the region to uu Intcinatlonul owner
fchlp as Is the blju seus seems the most
enslhle suggestion yet made. The re
gion should continue to tie named "Ho
Man's Land."
The Chicago fruit dealers who hare
been nnder censure for selling fruit In
bankets which do not hold the right
quantities have made a confession.
Tliey have declared, what many a
householder discovered long ago. that
there Is a difference between a bush
el" and a bushel. One of these terms
refers to a measure long since aban
doned, by nil good dealers. The other
refers to a unit of price. The Britisher
who talks of the guinea knows well
that there Is no coin of that denomina
tion. In like manner, when the gnxrr
or fruil dealer speaks of n "husbol" he
has no reference nt all to thnt old
fashioned measure mentioned In the
arithmetic. The dealer snys thnt be Is
tli!' Innocent victim of the basket
milker's deception. This latter Individ
ual makes a nice round basket, with
splendid handles. The fruit looks wpII
l!i It when n bit of netting covers It.
Jut u heii the purchaser proceeds to
remove the contents a big dent Is found
In the bottom of the basket and the
bushel Is discovered to lie only a
"bushel" and the half-bushel nothing
but a "half bushel." One Is n unit of
measure. Tlie other Is a unit of
price. There is not a bit of doubt thnt
thp basket makers reduce the capacity
of the men su res they make, fiat a few
stilT Hues Imposed upon the dealers
would soon put a stop to that. If every
basket made by a certain linn was to be
rejected there would be a change In
methods In a remarkably short time.
The "bushel" basket Is not alone. It has
plenty of company. Not long ago a
Congressman from Chicago found, on
examination, that many a "pound" ar
ticle contained much less than a pound.
A "quart" bottle seldom holds a quart.
A "pint" rarely Is a pint. The custom
has become general In trade to scale
and cheat a little everywhere. Even
weights which are supposedly accurate
nre found on testing to be faulty. The
shrinkage generally Is on the side of
the dealer. One never hears of the cus
tomer paying 20 cents for "a qunrter."
The I'lilted States government Is work
ing toward a uniform system of
weights and measures. Tor a hundred
years things have run along haphazard.
The trusting public has lsen cheated
by dealers until It Is expected. No one
but a city Inspector hopes to get a
bushel for a "bushel." But n splendid
equipment hns been provided nt Wash
lugton for the stialy of such matters,
and the tlmo is not far distant when
the laws of the United states will cov
er cases of rrnud In this direction. The
bureau of standards has already done
much during the short period of Its ex
istence. Its Influence Is sure to be felt
everywhere before innny years.
8AVAGE BRIDE IN SILK DRESS.
Jtboriealan Native Olrhrate Nap
flls In armril of C'lvllUalloa.
A recent marrlngc of natives at Krun
clstowii, South Afrlcn, was described,
according to the Rhodesia Herald, as
"smart, pretty, fashionable and chic.
Tlie wedding ceremony was carried
out In the European way, and a white
minister officiated. The bride, a daugh
ter of the chief of the Rechuanu wuV
rlors, wore a white silk dress with a
two foot train, a bridal veil and a
wreath of orange blossoms.
The bridegroom was the son of a
Mntabele chief living In Matopos. lie
wtis resplendent In a black-suit, linen
collar and cuffs, silk tie, white felt hat.
orange blossom buttonhole, flowered
socks and patent strnpied Bllpjiers.
Tho ceremony over, the register was
signed and a choir of fourten sang
"Blessed Is the Man" and 'Tence and
Good Will." The minister then took
two snnp shots of the wedding group,
and gave them good ndvlce, after which
they left for the kraal of the bride
groom's father. There four bullocks
were killed, and the wedding festivities
were kept up with much feasting aud
twirrliiient. , . .
Ills lhonlle Ulaclple,
New York Herald.
IntBorflasr files.
We know how the gypsy aioth was
brought Into this i-ouutry, tnd every
body will bojie that If any winged crea
tures are to be Imported here they way
be dead specimens of their k'nd. A
paragraph la, a recent English pajter
makes mntlon of a eargo of files laud
ed there toward the close of March. It
consisted of several sacks filled with
dried flies, consigned to a large Uriu
of grain merchants.
These flies, exported from Brazil,
have beeu purchased for use In the
manufacture of food for chickens, cage
birds aud the like.
They were caught on the river Ama
zon by Brazilians, who travel up the
river In flat-bottomed boats, aud who
are provided with guuae uets with
which they capture these Insects In
millions, as files hover in dense clouds
over many of the swamp reaches of the
Amazon. The flies thus caught are kill-
; vil aud dried lu the sun.
Iloarlnv Mon of at. .Mark.
"1 suppose you saw the Llou of St.
Mark when you were lu Venice?"
"I did. Oot there Just as they were
feeding him." Ronton Transcript.
A fool rau have more fun with a dol-
lar tlinu a rich man cnu with twenty.
, That's one reason he's a fuoL
ti
AMERICAN WOMCf" IN LONDON.
Leader In Art, Social Mfe find I'M I
itnlhrniile IVnrk.
I During the last decade the daugh
ters of I'ncle Sam have taken such n
conspicuous place in London life that
they have come to be accepted as
leaders. In art, social lite, literary
work, philanthropic movements and
even in those important political func
tions with which the wife of il British
peer or sdlticlan must comfrn herself
they have been foremost.
Kvery notice end comment on the
death of the lute I.ad.v Curzoii con-
. tallied the statement that a great part
of the extraordinary illtlcul success
of her husband resulted from her tact
, and ability.
j Similarly -liber American women In
j London have exhibited the ability to
' extend Intelligent aid.
Three of the most select of England's
dukes depend largely on American
I Wives to advance their Interests at
i court and ocla!ly. The duchess of
j Marlborough was Miss Coiisuelo Vnn
j dcrhllt. She has tilled her place with
; "kill and Judgment Mini is an especial
' favorite of England's King. The Vnu
derbllt millions have been pressed into
service to a hi the cause of her hus
band, but they have been expended
Judiciously.
Lady Jtagot, whose husband was a
lord In waiting under the last govern
ment; Lady Iiocrhursr. whose liushaud
Is the eldest son of the Karl of Coven
try; Lndy Ilououghmnrc, whoe hus
band held ofllcc under Mr. Balfour and
who Is credited with Is-lng one of the
Cleverest men in tin House of Iords;
Mrs. Cecil Baring, whose liushaud Is
Lord Uevelstoke's heir, 'are all Amer
icans. Sir Ruche Cunard. of the
Cunard Steamship Company, Is appro
priately married to an American lady.
No one would have imagined that
Miss rielenn Zimmerman had those
great social qualities that would make
her an admirable helpmeet lor the
Duke of Manchester, but she has car
ried the fortuues of that young Eng
lishman forwurd at a bound.
Similarly Miss May (ioelet has been
recognized as a leading factor lu Eng
lish social life.
In addition to these women Lily.
Duchess of Marlborough, who after
ward married Lori William Reresford,
was the daughter of Commodore Price,
of Troy. N. Y uud Consuelo, Dowager
Duchess of Manchester, Is a native 'of
Ix)ulslanu. - ,
Among other Hlltlchins who have
American wives are Hon. Frederick
tSuest, son of Lord Wimborno. Lady
Herbert, widow of Sir Michael Her
fcort, the Rrltish auibussador at Wash
ington, Is nu American lady, as are the
wife of Sir Henry Howard, the Rrltish
minister ut The Hague, and the w idow
of the late Sir Cllutou Hawkins, the
famous financier.
Kvery woman in this notable galaxy
Is esteemed as having the Insight Into
public life and the courage of action
thatllftit her from beluga mere shadow
of her husband Into a factor In every
big movement. '
In England there are far greater op
portunities . politically for the gentler
sex than In America. It Is retsigulzed
that she has a right to is- lieard on the
hustings and at every election for Par
liament she takes u prominent part.
jlalf a dozen American women be
sides Lady Curzon have performed no
table feats In politic. The most dis
tinguished of these is Mrhaps Mrs.
Joseph Chamberlain, who before her
marriage in 1SHS was Miss Mary Kndl
cott. or Washington. All through the
stormy public life of her famous Jingo
husband Mrs. Chamberlain has Uimi
stauchly at bis back and to the credit
of "Joe" It must be said tbut he makes
no secret of his Indebtedness to her.
The lovely Miss Jerome, of Nw
York, first Iss-amo the wife of I,ord
Uundolph Churchill. She not only ad
vsnoed tlie interests of her husband
but alio lifted their son till he now oc
cupies the fine st of undersecretary
for the colonies. After the death of
Lord Churchill his widow hvame the
bride of lleorge Conwallls West, who
Is years her Junior. She Is ambi
tious for her young liushaud and will
never rest content till slie has advanced
blm to a tost which she Isdleves coui-
1 meiisurnte with his (towers.
A former Englishman. Libera) of
might. Sir William Harcourt. married
an American daughter of Motley, the
historian, uud his sou, Lewis Harcourt,
has followed the same example, mt
haps presuming that the help his
father obtained from his American
wife augured well for what would
come to blm.
I There are six American countesses in
the peerage. Tho Earl of Craven, wls
owns tii.UM) acres uud n priceless col
lection of pictures, married Miss Brad
ley Martin. The Countess of Egmont
is a southern lady, the daughter of
Warwick Howell, of South Carolina.
The Earl of Essex, who served with
tut yeuwunry lu South Africa, bus us
BistrwiM 5SaijB
SOME AMKUICAX WOMKX IN LONDON.
his second wlt'e a New York lady, the I
daughter of Bench irant. The Conn
ress of Oxford Is also'n native of ts'ew
York, as Is the Countess of Tankcr
vllle. The Cuun'.css of Suffolk is the
late Lady Curzon s sister and her lius
band was one of Lord Clinton's aid-decamps
during Ms vice royalty In India.
Lake Cooke, who before her mar
riage was Miss Tennessee CIaft!n. of
New York. Is one of that group of
English women who are moving heaven
and earth In the cause of suffrage for
their sex. She Is coming to the I'lilted
States late this month to reent In tills
country the work she has done In
England, w hVh lonsists in organizing
social and iilit'cal clubs for women.
It would be quite easy to add many
id her more or ie-s conspicuous names
to this list, but it may be noted as nil
Interesting fact that a ciirlonly bug
number of Journalists holding Import
ant positions on London newspapers
are married to American ladies. .
In no case have these women Ironi
the I'lilted Slates failed to adapt them
selves quickly to w hatever sphere hap
pened to lie ! heirs. If It was polities
they quickly sen! their husbands to the
fore; If soch'iy, they gave superb en
tertainments, sumptuous, hut marked
by good taste; If It was business, they
showed ns much knowledge of how to
get t?ie English pound as thouch it
were the great American dollar the;,'
were after, and similarly In art. litera
ture or the dranii they went Instantly
to the fore.
I'nsulnv of Afrlcnn (nine.
Tor two centuries there has be
n li
tie let or hindrance to the slau
ghter
of animal life in southern Africa,
now game laws exist niid with
enforcement it is expected Hint the
ply of game can he kept up and
some of the old limiting grounds
be restocked.
Lions are still plentiful over
Hut
their
sup
that may
large
areas and even In the mining districts
of Rhodesia. Elephants arc becoming
scarce, being practically extinct south
of the Zambesi. except on the east coast
and lu u few parts of Itiiodcslu. They
are now strictly protected to save them
from extinction.
The rhinoceros Is rare except In the
Portuguese country south of the Zam
besi. -The hipiKipotnmus Is to be found
only' In Orange River, the streams of
Zuluhmd and lu the Portuguese rivers.
One 'of the remarkable natives Is
King Khama. The headquarters of his
tribe Is Serowe, a town of I'O.OU). Here
and In all his dominions, he has iiIkiIIsIi
ed European liquors, aud their Intro
duction or use Is followed by severe
punishment. He has suppressed witch
craft uud so encouraged education that
most of his people cuu read. '
The Mashuiial'iiul plutcan Is begin
ning to till up with Eiirosau farmers.
With Its perfect climate and fertile
laud It grows every kind of crops of
the temperate zone, and the farmers
are already looking forward to raising
enough to supply the whole of Rhode
sia. Thus throughout the "dark con
tinent" in whatever direction there are
evidence of a rapidly growing civili
zation. Amlnilnucf llrllla In Kit if I and.
Fritz Morris writes entertainingly In
The Technical World Magazine of tlie
Inter Hallway Ambulance competitions,
which take the place of football and
other Ihiiic breaking games among the
organized railroad employes of Great
Britain. All such employes are care
fully trained lu Ihe proiier methods of
handling js-ople Injured In accidents
ami. lu tlie annual contests, teams of
the most expert, representing various
Hues, meet to doctde which can bundle
ll given iiiiiiiImt of cases lu the shortest
time mid lu the most skillful manner.
Itullwuy ambulance men take the
keenest Interest In this competition. In
l!M).-i, twenty-four railway companies
were represented by teams In the con
test. Preliminary heats are held on
thrtsj successive days one in the prov
Imvs, uud two In London to decide tho
six Is-st tennis, who again compete In
the "Final."
I.araeat Pom rr station In the World,
"The Fisk Street Station or the Com
monwealth Electric Company, or Chi
cago," says M. It. (ireone lu the Tech
nical World Magazine, "a portion of
w hich has recently been completed, has
been designed for nu ultimate capacity
of ir.ii.tM kilowatts. When completisl
this will Is' the largest electric light
and power stutk.'i lu the world. It is
a steam turbine plant aud will, when
completed, contain fourteen of the larg
est power units ever constructed hav
ing a capacity of I'J.ihmi kilowatts each.
When It Is considered that so lute as
the year of the Columbian Essltlon
at Chicago a power unit of I.isk) kilo
watts capacity was displayed as tho
then largest ever built, one gets some
Idea of the recent advance In electrical
engineering."
The real huuibln man Is the plum
ber's assistant
, ONLY A LITTLE FELLOW.
Only a little fellow.
Pattering here anil there,
A str"nk of dirt on his sin browned check,
And gold In his tousled hair.
Only a little fellow,
With hutch likp a silvered song!
A small white soul In tho crowded hives
A mite in the striving throng.
Only a lit tip fellow.
But lost to a mother's breast
And the night wind breathes a lullaby
Out where he's laid at rest.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Wooing of
Sadie Calkins.
S the shiny, rubber-tire buggy
drawn by the showy littie Mor
gan mare, skidded through the
thick dust In front of the store, Marvin
Parsons pushed a Jocular elbow Into
Washington Hancock's rlls. "How does
that there outlit strike you, Wash?"
he asked.
"I don't erprove of It," replied Han
cock, severely, leaning forward to reach
for a splintered shingle that looked like
good whittling material. "Fust place,"
he continued, pressing the spring of bis
Jack-knire and shaking out the blade,
"fust place, the gal's too good lookin'
for him ; second place, the seat o' that
buggy is a duni sight too narrer, an',
thirdly, he's huvln' too doggone easy a
time, anyway. Abe Wilson ought to
have hooted lilin over the fence the fust
even In' be come around to ?et up with
the gal."
"I don't see wly," observed Sol Ba
ker. "Sam's a tol'able likely young
feller an' he's got a good farm of his
own, 'sides what he'll git when tlie ol
man passes In his checks."
"I'd do It on gin'ral principles If I
had a gal an' some feller come spark In'
around," said Wash. "I wou'an't let
him think he wns goin' to git her too
easy. I'd be more like Isrul Calkins
"TOOK IT PRETTY WCU, DIDN'T FIEf"
un' Mis' Calkins was with Lafayette
Cook when he took a notion o' ben u In'
Sadie Calkins. I look to see Carrie
Wilson couiln' Inter town ridln' on the
honuds'of a lumber wagon "an totln'
her own wood for the cook stIAe Inside
of a year or two. I like to see a feller
sweat afore he gits the gal hp wants,
b'gosh."
"Most of 'em do, an' then they And
out It wus aome other kind they want
ed," said the storekeeper feelingly.
"If Isrul Calkins booted Lafe Cook
he's got more spunk 'n I give blm credit
fer," said Parsons. "Isrul ain't knee
high to a pint er cider an' Lafe's right
smart of a man."
"I didn't say he booted him," said
Hancock. "I wouldn't undertake ter
boot Lafe m'self not unless I got mad
enough. When I git mad enough I'll do
mos. anythln'. No, Isrul didn't make
no breaks o' that sort Him an' Mis'
Calkins was both ns pleasant as a bas
ket o' chips. It was, 'Come right In,
Lafe. Set down . an' make y'self to
home. Sadie, take a dish an' go down
cellar an' bring up some o' them eatlu
apples.'
"'How's your maw a-gittln' along
with her termntter kethcup, Lare?' Mis
Calkins 'ud ak blm.
"Then Sadie'd come up with the ap
plos au the ol' folks 'ud gas about
'Lonzo Walker's corn an' the Hereford
bull Cal Ripley had shipped In from
the Swlthers stock farm an' the new
schuoluia am at deeetrlck 2 an' the
county bridge over Little Tarklo an' all
the news there was a-goln' an' Lafe'd
net there an' say 'Yes'in,' an' 'No'm,' au'
'low mabbe It wus so or mabbe It
wusn't an' couldn't skarsly git a look at
Sadie, let be a word with her, an' she
wus oue o' the quiet, shy kind same's
Lafe was au' hadn't got nothln' ter say
neither.
"Long erlsiut 9 o'clock ol' Isrul'd
stretch out his arms au' say, 'Ho yo-o,
hum, ha! Gosh, but the nights Is git
tin' short ! You, Sadie, you'd better be
cllmbln fer bed. You won't lie so pesky
anUshus ter git out of It In tho moru-
ln Hayuh him!'
"Sadie'd climb, au after a while
Lafe'd git up and reckon he'd have to
be gol'.
"It went on that way for the best
part of a year. Ijife wasn't well
enough acquainted with the gal so's be
could say anythln' much uiore'n howdy
when lie did git a chance to see her by
accident, she bclu' shy au' blm beln'
shy. When they started up the lyeer
yerm In the winter he did get up spunk
enough ter say he'd like ter take Sadie.
"That's real clever of you. Lafe,'
says the ol' woman. 'She'll be real
tickled to go won't you. Sadie'
"Yes'm,' says Sadie, hungin' her
head.
'I would, too, say i'.ie ol' lady.
'Isrul never did banker after such
doln's. but there hain't nothln ter pre
vent blm s-tuyln' to home. Bring the
surrey. Lafe, ir you'd Jest as soon.'
"?. there wasn't no way out or It
that Lafe could see but ter take the ol'
lady along, too. That sorter dtscoiir
aginl hhu an' although It came on good
sleighing later he didn't dare to ask
Sadie ter go out with blm In bis cutter
fer fear Mrs. Calkins 'ud want to come
too, an' he'd ha f ter set on her lap au'
drive. Fiu'Iy him uu' Sadie come to an
uuderstandlu'. That wus the nex' sum-
mer. after he'd walked the ol' woman
all about the grounds at the county fair
trylii' to tire her out. She bung on us
long as she could au' then she seen
Sudle wus plum dead on her feet au'
she 'lowed she'd set with the gal till
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' RUINS OF THE CIH RCII OF LA MERCED.
The earthquake which visited South America on the liith of August did
enormous damage In the district round Valparaiso from tlie Andes to the sea.
Valparaiso was for the time n sivond San Francisco. All the terrors of tho
earthquake lu tho California city were there- earth, tremors, fire, loot
ing. It Is estimated that some i2,r)) people were killed lu Valparaiso alone
and Si: T0, MK),0t 10 of property destroyed. Tliere were several violent shocks,
the first two causing most of the damage. Many of the Sliest public buildings
were wrecked, among them the Victoria Theater, the Naval Club, La Merced
Church and many others. Oreat suffering has prevailed in the country since
the disaster. It will take many years to rebuild the city ulc.s foreign capital
becomes Interested.
she got rested up. Just the same that
wus all the good It done him."
"How'd they come to an understand
In', then?" asked Parsons.
' Hancock stdpjied with his knife half
way through a shaving of the shingle
and eyed his Interrogator with supreme
contempt. "Well," he went on. "the
nex' time he got a chance to say a word
to her he says: 'Hain't I never goin' ter
git ter fee you. Sadie''
" 'Why, you see me nil the time,' she
says.
" 'But I want to see you alone,' says
Lafe.
"'Why? she says. An I guess she
wasn't Jokin' him, elthe,.
"Just then the ol' lady got through
countln' out her algs an' waddled up
nn' J'ined 'cm, an' Lafe went away
feellu' there wa'n't no show fer him
ever, lie studied and studied an'
couldn't see no way ontll lin'r he got
desprlt. He called around nt the house
that same evenln' an' the ol' flks set
up an' talked same's ushul until at
last Isrul stretched himself an' dd
Sadie to climb.
"'You stay awhile, Sadie,' says Lafe.
'I've got soiuethin' ter say ter. you.'
"What have you got ter say to her?'
asks the ol' man, a-prlckin' up bis ears.
"Til tell her after you folks has
gone ter bed,' says Lafe.
" 'Well. I'm sure, Lafayette Cook.'
says Mis' Calkins, 'is there anythln'
you've g ter say ter my gal that It
ain't fitten her mother should hear?'
'"I calculate there's a right smart.'
says Lufe. 'I'm a-goln' to nvirry Sadie
If I kin find out fer shore if shf's will
In', an' I want a chance Co Cud out.
I've been a-comlu' here fer two years
now an' having ter llssen ter you two
folks gab 'thout glttln' In a word aldge
ways to the gal. I've stood It as long's
I can. If folks hain't got no sense
they've got to be told, an' I'm tellln'
you now.'
'"For the land's sake!' says the ol'
man, 'Why didn't you give us a hint o'
the way you wus feelin'?"
"Took It pretty well, didn't he?" re
marked the storekeeper.
"Ya-as," drawled Hancock. "But
when they was a-goln' ter Sedalla fer a
weddln trip Mis' Calkins wanted ter
go along. She said she'd never seen
Sedalla right well an' she'd be wlllln'
to pay her own expenses. Sadie seemed
wlllln' to have the old lady go, too."
"Wus Lafe?" asked the storekeeper.
Hancock got up, brushed the sbariugs
from his knees and walked away with
out replying.
"There, you've got him mad now,"
said Parsons. Chicago Dally News.
QUEEN OF SPAIN IN A MANTILLA.
When the new Queen of Spain made
her first public apfiearaiice after ber
marriage she wore the mantilla, the
national headdress. It wus at the bull
fight, which wus a leading feature of
the festivity, and when she entered the
royal box In the amphitheater wearing
this graceful bead covering the vast
throng burst luto wild enthusiasm.
A Trlek In II at 1 1 nor.
Foxhall Keeue was talking about au
tomobile driving.
"t Is dlttleult work." he said. "One
can't devote too much time to It. There
Is always something to learn."
He smiled.
"There are tricks In every trade, you
know," he said. "Eveu in retail hat
selling many dodges are employed.
"I said to a batter one day:
"I don't see how you cau afford to
Iron for nothing all the siik bats you
sell.
"We have to do It. sir,' he said.
'The bats would lust too long If we
didn't.'"
1 ,
Th llard-WurkliiK Member.
"Say, doesn't our Congressman
anything but draw bis salary?"
"Oh, yes."
Vhat?"
"He si'iids It." Cleveland Leader.
The surest way to tame u muit Is to
j take hi money away from blin; when
u mau has no uuuiey, evtu a womau
can run over blm.
1 1
CHILEAH EAUTHiUAKE.
"I GAVE MY LIFE
ALL I HAD TO GIVE."
It is no new thing to say that woman
has more potentiality for powerful emo
Hon tlntn mail, hut the world Is Jus!
beginning to awaken to the deep, re
lei it loss- and Implacable hut.'cd that an
imutcs the women o" Russia's dreaded
"flying section" and impels them to
deeds of almost Inconceivable daring.
The last victim of her own revolu
tionary enthusiasm is Sorlu Konophinl
kovu, hanged for the murder of (len.
Mill, commander of one 'of those Mos
cow regiments which slaughtered hun
dreds during a recent uprising. Wait
ing quietly on the railway station plat
form at Peterhof at close range, she
deliberately fired live shots Into tho
body of the hated commander, and then
silhmitfcd to arrest.
There was no opportunity for escape,
nor did she seek one. Long before the
pistol was lifted she had steeled her
heart to the inevitable.
"I gave my life," she said quietly,
as she ascended the steps to the gal
lows -"all I had to give."
Unhappy Russia ! What must a peo
plo suffer when their women go serene
ly to their dentil us to their hrldiil
feast ?
LAUNCHING BY ELECTRICITY.
Inarenloiia w McclianUm i:el at
a llrlllxh Shipyard.
The launching of tlie new British
battle ship Agamemnon, which took
place on June 1:. at Deimulr, Scotland,
was marked by the use of ingenious
new mechanism, sjys the Literary 1)1
g(st. In particular, we are informed
by a writer lu Fugliieerlng, that tho
old type of dogshores was replaced by
an electrical arrat.geinont connected to
a series of luterUcklng levers, whlcU
release the triggers that hold the ves
sel until the sigr,U Is given that all I
ready for launchiug. Says the writer:
"Two separato triggers were placed
on each side, each tltted with magnetic
reply gear to indicate on the launching,
platform Hint the mechanism had
worked satisfactorily. The whole gear
was controlled liy means ot a minia
ture steering wlutfl and standard plac
ed on the launching platform, and so
adjusted that ivien the Countess of
Aberdeen, who rvrfornied tho cere
mony, gave tho wheel one complete
revolution, the triggers were released
and the vessel as free to run down
the ways. A jiiiuerful hydraulic ran
was placed at tfic forward end of tho
sliding ways on wu h side of the vessel,
the cylinders Xi0A coupled to the same
supply pipe to Insure equality of pres
sure. These ranis were for tlie pur
Ise of giving tie vessel a start it sh
had not moved directly the triggers,
were released; tot lu this Instance they
were unneceaittry. The drags for
chocking the vroy' on the ship after
she had succjcafully taken the water
were formed of chain cables, three
piles being arranged on each side to
come into play at suitable intervals.
The total weight of drags employed
was about CiX) tons, and their action,
iu bringing tte ship to rest w as In
every way satisfactory. The total tlmo
taken from the strut until the vessel
was actually clear of the ways was
1 :B1."
The writer says further:
"The particular berth upon which
tlw Agamemnon wus built was so
cially prepared for the laying dowu
of u vessel of the largest and heaviest
IJ'Pe, great care having been taken in
the piling in the urea. Nearly 1,0IO
pitch plne logs, each 46 feet long and
12 luches square, were driven vertic
ally luto the ground, with cross-ties on
their tops, the total quantity of timber
used In the preparation or the berth
amounting to about KO.otK) cubic feet."
Un SIm.t.
"Papa, what1 au heirloom?"
"Oh, anything that's beeu in the fam
ily a long time."
'Is sister au heirloom ?"-Huatoa
Poat.
While the women are tho mainstay
of a cuurc'a uud all that, still a preach
er hears a terrible lot or apologizing
for the dust on the Bible wuen ha asks,
for oue lu muklug a cull.