Chnnre for Mitlillnx f Aananlea.
K. L. Harris, United States consul at
Vinyrna, makes an Interesting report
on conditions In A sin Minor, And In
regard to eleciiielty, Fays: "Tho city
f Smyrna, with nearly 4O,000 impu
tation, has no clot-trie railway, elec
trio light or telephone. There ore cities
II over Asia Minor varying In size
from 20,000 to WVXiO Inhabitant where
there arc opportunities of gutting con
cessions for electric light and trac
tlon. It Is strange for American elec
trical concerns to turn their backs 01
his field with tho excuse th.it noth
"1ns under a $1,000,000 couctsslon would
ttract tbem."
(M)Q0S 4
Hospital Horror.
First Interne What a funny Httle ap
gwndli that last patient had!
Second Interne Yes; regular comle
-supplement. ,
faonla Tell Each Other A boot Good
Thiol.
Twelve years ago few people In the world
'knew of such a preparation as a Powder far
h Fret. To-dny after the, genuine merit
-of Allen's Foot Ke bss been told year after
year bv one gratified person to another,
tbsre are millions who would an aoon go
without a dentifrice at without Allan's Vent
Esse. It Is a cleanly, wholesome, beating.
.Antiseptic powder to be shaken Into the shoe,
which has given rest and comfort to tired
and aching feet In all parts of the world. It
cures while you walk. Over 80,000 testl
asonlals of cures of smarting, swollen, per
spiring feet. It prevents friction and weir
of the stockings snd will save In your stork
lug bill ten times Its cost each year. Imlta
4lons p7 the desler a larger profit, other
-srlee yon would nerer he offered a nlistltiitt
-when you auk for Allen's Foot-Ease, the
origins! powder for the feet. Imltstlons sre
wot sdvertleed beestiee they are not perms
saeat. Tor every genuine article there are
auor Imltstlons. The Imitator bss no rep
mat I on to sustsln the ndvertleer bss. It
tands to re eon tbst the advertised article
is the beat, otberwlM tba public would not
oy It snd the sdvertUIng could not be coo
tinned. When you ask for sn article sdver
tleed In this publication, sss tbst you get It.
BefuM Imitations.
Old-Fashloaed Simplicity.
, "Our dadi were a lot of mossback.
weren't they?"
"'Deed they were. Wby, those old
haps used to actually think that the
"Black Crook' was Indecent"- Louie
Vllle Conrler-Joumnl.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
Ifts Kind You Haie Always Bought
Bean the
.'EUgaature
' I Aigtad Lamps.
f What did Argand do for the lamp?
t Bzamlne an ordinary lamp In which
coal oil la burned. The chimney pro
'jtecta tba flame from sudden gnat a of
wind and also creates a draft of air,
'Just aa the fire chimney creates a draft
JArgand's lamp wn the first to have a
chimney. Look below the chimney and
jvou will see open passages through
. ;whlch air may pass upward and find
4ts way to the wick. Notice further
that as this draft of air passes upward
It la so directed that when the lamp
its burning an extra quantity of air
jjlaya directly upon tho wick. Before
.Argand, the wick received no supply of
alr. Now notice and this Is very lm
portant that the wick of our modern
(lamp Is flat or circular, but thin. The
atd In abundance plays upon both sides
of the thin wick, and burns It without
masking smoke. Smoke Is simply half
'burned particles (soot) of a burning
'substance. The particles pass off halt
.., burned because enough air has' not been
tianpplled. Now Argand, by maklug the
(wick thin and by causing plenty of air
; to rush Into the llaino, caused all the
jwlck to be burned and thereby caused
(It to burn with a white Maine.
I After the Invention of Argand, the
rt of lamp-making Improved by leaps
nd by bounds. More progress wus
jnrade In twenty years after 1783 than
ibad been made In twenty centuries be
fore. New burners were Invented, new
and better oils were used, and tetter
wicks made. But all the new kinds of
tamps were patterned after the Argand.
The lamp you use at home may not
fee a real Argand, but It Is doubtless
made according to the principles of the
lamp Invented by the Swiss physlclaa
ia 1783. St, Nicholas.
Not the Kteraal.
"Dresses and hats! dresses and hatsP
sa exclaimed, In an effort to be witlllj
Bhilosophlcal. "It la the eternal faint
Ins."
"So." corrected one eiact friend; "Ii
Sa the sxternsl feminine." Judge.
WENT TO TEA
A ad II Wound Her Bobbla.
i
Tea drinking frequently affects peo
ple aa badly us coffee. A lady In Bulls-
bury, MJ., says that she was compelled
'to abandon the use of coffee a good
.many years ago, because It threatened
to ruin her health and that she went
over to tea drinking, but Uaally, she
.hail dyspepsia so bad that she had lost
.twenty-five pounds and no food seemed
tfo agree with her.
She further says: "At this time
-was IndueVd to take up the fatnou
food drink, Postum, and was so much
pleased with the results that I have
never been without it since, I com
tuenced to Improve nt once, regained
auy twenty-five pounds of ficsb aud wen
oine beyond my unnul weight.
"I know Postum to he guud, pure, aud
liealthful, aud there never was an art!
tie, and never will be, I believe, that
dws so surely take the rlace of coffee,
.as l'ostum Food Coffee. The beauty of
It all U that Jt Is satisfying and won
i1er."u!lv nourish; n;. I feel as If I
could not tting its praises too loud.
Bead "The Road to YVellville," In pkgs,
Thert'i a aeasoa.'
I A J
THE CHARITY GIRL
Dy EFFIE A. ROWLANDS
CHAPTER IV. (Continue)
TI Immediately sent the girl t a
Parisian school, snd then set shout
trying to loree his way into the rank
of the upier ten. His notify, hi po
litical views, and his power, as determin
ed by the fact of his being i large em
ployer of labor, and, therefore, of con
trolling a large percentage of vote,
brought about an acquaintance, and then
a friendship, with Sir Kdw'n Gascoigno,
an Impecurrious but most aristocratic,
baronet, By Sir Edwin's aid. Mr Era
ser was returned In the Conservative
cause, and his step planted .n the first
rung of the ladder. He was s decidedly
clever man, and although t'O mean an 1
niggardly to be altogether popular, he
was not long In finding e,me friends.
Among these, however, could net he cl.iss
k1 Constance Caseolgne, fir Edward's
second and only surviving daughter. Miss
Gascoigne was a very beautiful girl, but
she had won the reputation of having a
bitter and unkind tongue. Every one
knew that Constance (Jascoigne did not
share In her father's Infatuation for Mr.
Fraser, and yet she electrified the whole
social vorld by suddenly becoming his
wife. There was the nine days' gossip,
and then the Fraser marriage became
a thing of the past, although there were
some of Constance's women fyiahds who
still discussed the subject.
"There has been something mysterious
about the girl for the last two years!"
cried Mrs. Fanfare, the biggest scandal
monger of the time, "and I tor one al
ways thought that young Frank Anstru
ther's sudden death had ,a great deal to
do with it Constance was madly In love
with him, poor girl I Well, she has done
very well in one sense. This Fraser man
Is rolling In money positively rolling,
my dear 1"
In a vague, yet uncertain, way Sheila
felt that it was only through her step
mother's popularity and undoubted social
position that she wss received and wel
comed as the friend of the county fami
lies around the neighborhood, and pos
sessed the entree of the liest houses In
London when they stayed there for the
season; and, bearing thia Ii mind, It
was only natural she should be very care-
ful to keep on good terms with one who
was so very Indispensable to her. Deep
down In the girl's shallow pretense of a
heart there lurked a rankling jealousy
for the delicate, aristocratic, still beau
tiful woman who had been her father's
wife. Sheila had never quite understood
Constance Fraser, and shs waa just a lit
tie bit afraid of her; she knew how bit
ter the sweet refined voice could ring
sometimes, and how contemptuously the
pals lips could curve when occasion mer
ited It She felt vaguely that Mrs. Fra
ser knew ber at her exact worth; and
yet the young stepmother had never, by
word or sign, been anything lot kind and
a ff actions tely considerate ro the girl
whose guardian she was.
Sheila turned away from the mirror
with a frown, and throwing beraelf on her
lace-trimmed pillow, again leek up her
letters. The frown vanished as she read
the warm and pressing Invitations from
two or three of the best houses around to
luncheon, dinner, tea, and the like.
"Bah ! I am a fool 1" shs said to her
self, and ahe laughed shortly. "I waa
only half awake just now, and what if
thla girl la pretty, bow dos that affect
me? I am Miss Fraser, of Dinglewood,
and heiress to a good hundred thousand
pounds. I don't think I seed trouble
my head about a servant maid's face!"
She read through the rest of her letters,
and then rang her bell aharply. "Why
doesn't the girl come back? I must get
up, or Jack will be off Lefore I have
half dreased 1"
The bell rang sharply In ihe corridor
entalde, but Audrey neither understood
nor heeded its purpose. Shs was very
frightened, and very full of pity at that
particular moment.
She had gone direct, as Miss Fraaer
had commanded her, to Mrs. Eraser's
room; she knew It because Ilircham bad
pointed It out to her the evening before;
she had knocked gently, aud on receiving
an answer, she had gone timidly in. The
room waa large, airy and pretty; it was
hung with dainty chlnts, and was. com
mand to Sheila'a magnlQceut apartment,
simple beyond deseriptiou ; yet Audrey
felt, In a sudden and indescribable way,
that she liked it much better; It was so
fresh and dainty looking, and there was
plenty of room to move about . A fire
was burning brightly, and a large bowl
of daffodils and tulips made a spot of
color In the window. A woman. In a
white mob cap and large aprm, was Just
placing a tray by the bedside, and Au
drey, raising her eyes very nervously, saw
a delicate, lovely face lying on the pillew.
vt no is it, jiarsnau;-- inquired Mrs.
Fraser In a low, but singularly sweet
Voice.
"If you please, I I am come from
II Iss Fraser."
Audrey stammered out the message as
easily as sue could. Sue was not exact
ly frightened, and yet her heart was flut
tering, fur she felt rather thtn saw that
Mrs. Eraser's eyes were 6xed upon her.
Marshall waa replying In a brisk vet re
spectful way when her mistress stopped
ner. one stretched out a fragile band,
wnue as snow, toward the girl.
v uo are your sae aaseu in eager.
hurried toues. "Where do jou come
from? Come nearer! Comj close! I
want to see your face. I
"If you please, ma am, th's Is Misa
Fraser's new maid as Mrs. Thorngate
as got tor her," said Marunall.
Mrs. Frsser had pushed herself up In
bed; ber deep blue eyes were shining like
stars, and a rush of color hail come Into
ber white cheeks. Involuntarily Audrey
had drawn nearer, and had pot her small,
work-stained fingers into those other del
icate ones. Mrs. Fraser pusned the girl
round with her fuce to the light, paused
for so Instant, and then gave one broken,
sobbing cry ;
"Merciful heavens! It is It Is-
She struggled with her oreith, stretch
ed out her two hands as though to somo
pnseeu yet precious protector, and then
gave sn inarticulate moan and dropped
back on her pillow Insensible. Audrey,
trembling in every limb, hareji to obey
Marvhull, as sho directed her to hrlng
some eau-de-cologne and sills from the
large chintx-hung dressing '-ble; she did
not know why, but the slgnt of Mrs,
Fraser's death-like faoe pained her be
jroud description. Marshall evidently
was not unused to this a of weakness
lu ber mistress.
"She'd one of her bad nights." Audrey
heard her mutter; "poor lamb! I knew
It wheu I first saw her this morning, Poor
Miki Constance t Poor- Pretty Mius Cen
tance!"
She wblsked away a tear while she rub
feed some ot the scent across the pals
brow, snd held the salts to Ihe delicate
nostrils. I
"I've been with her erer since she were
s child," she said, huskily, to Audrey,
who stood with her hands tightly clasp- 1
ed together; "and she'll never be nothing
to tne but Miss Constance, poor dear!"
"Is is she always ill?" Why was It I
...... .ai.,,,. l.flllll IIUl LU1I , III M" .WMfTi
Marshall nodded her head, and just
then the bell pealed through Ihe corridor
again, and Mrs. Eraser open:.-d her thickly
fringed eyes with a stsrt and looked
blankly around her. 'Manhnlt motioned
Audrey away. Audrey reluctantly with
drew her gnr.o from that sweet, suffering
face, and with the memory of thngi. deep
blue eyes flinging to her, -.he returned
to her mistress' room. '
"Anotlver fainting fit?" obs-rved Sheila,
irnr,atl.ntly. "Dear me, now tiresome!
I suppose she won't be able to go to the
ttlaston hunt hall to-night. Maxse, you
seem to me Inclined to dawdle. I can't
havo lazy people about me. Hirchnm,
my white serge tea gown. I suppose the
breakfast gong has sounde.f?"
"Yes, miss, ten minutes npo; and I
met his lordship a-goin' down as I come
up. You'll Just have trr.ie to run into
Mrs. Fraser's room and "
"I shall have nothing of the kind,"
retorted Sliella stamping her foot Im
patiently, as Audrey's cold Cngers moved
slowly in their task of buttoning her
dainty shoe straps. "You must go In
and tell Mrs. Eraser I will cee her after
breakfast. Ilircham, this grl Is simply
a clumsy fool ! If you csn'.t teach her to
manage better than this she must go!"
Audrey's eyes were. blinded with hot
tears. Shy was doing her v-ry best but
Sheila had no pity for her awkwardness,
and could willingly have kicked her for
looking so beautiful.
CHAPTEIt V.
"What time do we start?" Sheila Fra
ser asked Ix)id John, as breakfast drew
to ah end.
She was not alone with the young
man; an elderly lady, a ,;oor relative
of her mother's, was prvsant Had
Sheila been left to her own inclinations,
this quiet, grim, and undoubtedly middle-class
Mrs. Watson would never have
been given a place In ber borne; but
Constsuee Fraser bad spoken so direct
and to the point on this subject that
her stepdaughter bad given in snd offered
in as gracious a manner as she could the
post of housekeeper to this impoverished
connection.
"Do you seriously think of olng to
dsy'r" he laughed, turning to' the girl,
who looked very fresh and prorty In her
picturesquely draped white serge gown.
"Why not?" demanded Shaila.
"Remember the ball."
"Ob, the ball!" With an e'ry laugh.
"My dear Lord John, I could follow the
hounds for a week at a time, and then
dance through two balls."
"Sheila has excellent health," Mrs.
Watson remarked, monotonously.
Sheila rose abruptly. How slow their
friendship advanced. He wis perfectly
aware that it waa his mother's most earn
est desire to aee Sheila Frasjr his wife,
but he was equally well aware that be
had no such, desire himself. He was In
no hurry to be married, and ba certainly
would never marry for money.
All this, however, he kept io himself,
and although he was so intimate with the
heiress of Dinglewood, he hid never by
word or deed given eitbor She. la or any
one else reason to suppose that he held
eny deper feeling for the girl than that
of an ordinary friend.
Later Sheila had some dinner In her
room, having ascertained that Mra. Fra
ser would he well enough to accompany
her to the ball ; and when the time came
ahe arrayed herself In her magnificent
diamonds, and even gave "the charity
girl" a smile, aa Audrey, overcome with
the brilliant spectacle, put her hands
together, and exclaimed aloud with de
lighted admiration.
"Let Maxse sit up for me, Bircham."
fhe ordered,- nnd then she swept auny
and Joined Mrs. trnsers tall, elegant
MS vi re in t lie Hull below.
My mistress ought not to have gone
out to-night! It is enough to kill her!"
exclaimed Marshall in indignation. "If
I had my way. I d have told Miss Fra
ser pretty plain what I think of her.
dragging a poor, sick, suffering creature
out a cold night like this, and al! for her
selfishness! It's heartless, that's what
I call it!"
Ilircham made no reply, although she
overheard this speech ; but Audrey felt
her heart beating with sympathy, too.
How fragile and ill Mrs. Fraser looked!
Surely Miss Fraser could not have known
how weak she was 1
sow, Keep us tne tire, and you may
go to sleep, If yon like," ltin-ham said.
"See that Misa Sheila's sliprers are
warm, and everything out that she wants.
They'll ring the bell when tbey come,
but I don t expect they'll ce home till
quite morning."
Aurrey glanced at the clock and sighed
wearily; she sat down timid'y on one of
the richly covered chairs, and dictated to
berself that she must not and should not
go to sleep. Needless to say, before half
an hour had gone, soothed by ihe warmth,
the luxurious cushioas at her back, and
lulled by the silvery ticking of the clock,
she was fast asleep, drcainiiig of Jean.
Al! al once she was awakened, a bvll
Kent pealing through the silent house.
IShe started from her cozy nok and rub
bee! her eyes. Nearly half past twelve !
They were home early. She stood at at
tention, and went to open tho door for
Miss Frasor. There seemed to be some
little confusion, and th-n Audrey heard a
(rank, determined voice.
"I tell you I'm going to carry you up
stairs. I will not leave you till I see
you safe In your room."
There, was some murmured piotest, and
then Audrey perceived Jack (Jlendur
wood, coming along as easily aa possi
ble, carrying Mrs. Fraser's slight form
iu hio arms. Ho saw 'ho gt.'l in an In
stant "Which Is the room?" he ar.ked, quick
to read and appreciate the sympathy in
her great blue eyes.
She led the wsy and opened the door.
Marshall was dozing by rs fire
."What Is It?" she cried, starting up
hurriedly ; then, as she grasped the sit
uation, "Ah, Miss Constance, I knew
how it would be ; you weren't fit for It,
my lamb I Bring her here, ny lord. Vm
right thankful to you for pat tying her
up; she's as weak aa sn lafuut, that's
wba she Is."
"Don't believe her, Jack," said Con
stance Eraser In her sweet, ftehla vob"e
She was lying back in a great wide
chair, looking Inexpressibly beautiful,
though aa white as a ghost, in her long,
black velvet dress, with tht rich Valeu
ilenaes lace' about the neck.
Jack iflend'tnrood fiM1" his arms aa4
tokel down at her gravely.
"Promise to go to bed at, once," he
s.i Id. "I shall not leave t rtll I hear
on sre nt rest."
"At rest?" A faint, bitter smile flick
ered across the pale lips, aad then Mrs.
Ernser stretched out her hand, "flood
light, my friend. Heaven bl.ss you snd
thank you for your loving is re of me.
I I am not worth it, Jack, dear; I ora
not worth it."
For answer he bent down snd kissed
the white hand, end then Mrs. Frsser
caught sight of Audrey standing behind.
"It was no dream! It was no myth I
Com.; to ine, child ! Ah, do no be fright
ened; I will not harm you. 1 will only
kisr, yon. and gaze Into your face."
Jack niendnrwood had turned with a
start, and made way for A'idrey to pass
hi n. She move slowly across to that
biack-robed form and knelt down. She
was not frightened, only' awed and
titrsngcly stirred.
"Lift up your eyes. Ah!" as Audrey
obeyed her. "Child! Child! Who are
jou? What are you, with your fnce that
comes up from the past?" She bent for
ward and touched the girl's brow with
her lips; she clung to the girl's hands
anf a moan escr-ied her. Suddenly she
released her hold, and her htad dropped
on her breast.
"Take her away, my io-d !" cried Mar
shall, bending over her mistress. "Shs
has got something on her mind ! She has
don nothing but talk of this child's face
nil day. It's only weakness, I fear. Poor
Ml: Constance!"
"(Vine," said Jack to Audrey, very
gentlj.
As one In a dream she rose to her feet
and followed him out of the room, aud
then, when she was outside, she burst
iuti a flood of irrepressible, rervous tears,
leaning against the wall, liess of any
ope or anything but the strange, wild tu-
tnul' and pain in her breast. Jack stood
by in silence, but. as her sobs died away
he put bis hand gently on her shoulder.
"Poor child ! Poor little child !" Then,
as she lifted her tear-stained, eloquent
loveliness to his race, he Jrew both her
hands In his. "Don't cry, child !" he
said, quickly, "I I hate to see you cry.
Yo:i seem very lonely ; you ere strnnie
here. Come; shall wo strike a bargain?
You let me help you yesterday, you must
let me help you again. Shall we be
friends?" s
"Friends, my lord?" she faltered. "You
snd I! Oh, it cannot oe! I am only
a servant, a charity girl, and yen "
"Are henceforth the friend of that char
ity girl," was his answer, snd with that
he bnf and kissed her handi as he had
Just kissed Constance Fraser's and, with
'a tender smile and gentle "good-night"
went slowly down the stairs and out of
the bouse.
(To be continued.)
NATION OF SALT EATERS.
A Barrel m Year la Consumed for
Every Three Persons.
The United States consumes 26,872,-
700 barrels of salt annually, or a bar
rel for every three persons In the
land. Last year It went abroad for
only 1.151.133 barrels. In 1880 03.5
per cent of the salt used In our coun
try was of home production. Last yenr
05.7 per rent of the product consumed
was produced within the borders of
this country. In 18S0 the consumption
In this country wns only 0.384,263 bar
rels. Thus we see that the people of
the Cnlted States are using annually
three tliues as much salt as they used
twenty-six years ago.
Only S,l)61,onO barrels were pro
duced In this country In 1880, and the
consumers were forced to go abroad
for 3,427.039 barrels. Last yenr the
total production nt home was 25,900,
122 bnrrels.
The chief salt-producing States are
Michigan nnd New York. Statistics
recently gathered by the government
show thnt the combined onrput of these
two States amounts to more than two
tlilrds of the total production of the
United States.
No attempt has ever been made to
nseertnln what per cent of tho .unit
consumed In the United States Is used
for culinary purposes. The annual
output la consumed In tho Industries of
meat-packing, fish curing, dairying and
the like. The clilorlnntlon of gold ores
demands n large quantity, nnd great
quantities of salt In the form of brine
are used In the manufacture of soda
nah, caustic soda nnd other salts. Salt
Is cheap. The average price for l!i)3
wns n little over 23 cents a barrel,
which Is lower than that reported In
nny previous yenr. Dry salt, of course,
brings a hlglicr price than brine. The
avenue price for dry salt last yenr
was 31.51 cents n barrel.
llciiratli III niffiiltr.
It la u curious thing, say.s the Dan-
dee Advertiser, that the otllclals of
Dublin castle have always been consid
ered by the Treasury Department as
most extravagant lu coal. As the re
sult of an Investigation recently held,
the following amusing notice has heen
circulated uuioug the various otllees In
the castle:
"Notice In order to obviate the
waste of coal, It la requested that
tires should not be niiulu up after 3
p. in. unless the room Is f.liely to be
occupied after 5 p. m. Where otllcos
nro closed at 2 o'clock on Saturdays
flics should not" be made up after 12
on those days."
Some years ago the treasury sent
over one of Its highest otllclals to In
quire Into the extraordinary consump
tion of coal In the castle. When he
called on tho under secretary and told
the object of his visit, that functionary
said nothing, but rang tho bell for the
care taker. "Mary," said he to the do
mestic, "this gentleman has called
Mlxmt tho coals," nnd then walked out
of the room. Buffalo Courier.
Sure to Jump.
(Junner Always Jump out of bed on
time, eh? Have you a good alarm
clock?
tluyer Oh, I have something better
than that. I have an automobile born
by my bed that toots by compressed
air at a certain hour aud then I jump
Ave feet
Such l.oTlaaT Friends.
Mildred I wonder If the couut
knows I have money?
Helen Wus he attentive Vi jou?
Mildred Very.
Helen Then he evidently knows.
fctrrnuor Job.
"Has young Dudelelgli any oirupa
tlon?" asked the dear girl's mother.
"Indued he has," replied tua L f.
"lie's rulsiug a mustache."
r ma
Maidenhood.
Maiden! with the meek brown eyes,
In whose orb a shadow lies
Like the dusk in evening skies !
Thou whose locks outshine the sun,
Golden tresses wreathed in one.
As the braided streamlets run 1
Standing, with relurtant feet.
Where the brook and river meet
Womanhood and childhood fleet !
Gazing, with a timid glance.
On the brooklet's swift advance,
On the river's broad expanse!
Deep and still, that gliding stream
Beautiful to thee must seem
As the river of a dream.
Then why pause with Indecision,
When bright angels in thy vision
Beckon thee to fields Elysian?
Seest thou shadows sailing by,
As the dove, with startled eye,
Sees the falcon's shadow fly?
Hear'st thou voices on the shore,
That our ears perceive no more.
Deafened by the cataract's roar?
O thou' child of many prayers!
Life hath quicksands; Life hath snares!
Care and age come unawares !
Like the swell of some sweet tune,
Morning rises unto noon.
May glides onward into June.
Childhood Is the bough where slumbered
Birds and blossoms many-numbered ;
Age, that bough with snows encumbered !
Gather, then, each flower that grows.
When the young heart overflows.
To embalm that tent of snows.
Bear a lily in thy hand ;
Gates of brass cannot withstand
One touch of that magic wand.
Bear through sorrow, wrong and ruth,
In thy heart the dew of youth.
On thy lips the smile of truth. '
Oh, that dew, like balm, shall steal
Into the wounds that cannot heal,
Even as sleep our eyes doth seal ;
And that smile, like sunshine, dart
Into many a sunless heart.
For a smile of God thou uA.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
THEIB MABBIED NAMES.
Homeapan Parents Could Not Mas
ter Foreign Pronunciation.
International marriages are, In these
days of travel, more common than they
used to be ; but they were not unknown
to our ancestors of a century ago, and
were least rare, It seems, in some of
the old seafaring families. Old-time
sea captains mado friends In many
lands, and were occasionally accompan
ied on board ship by sotm adventurous
daughter, eager, like Lord Bateman of
the ballad, "far countries for to see."
One such, who traveled as far as Rus
sia, did not return ; she remained there
as the wife of a prosperous Buss'lan
merchant
Her father's fellow townsmen were
naturally Interested to hear all about
the match on his return, but there was
one Important piece of Information
they never obtained the bride's mar
ried name.
It wns so unpronounceable that the
good captain declined even to attempt
It. He always spoke of his daughter
as "my gal who married a furrlner;"
his mother called her my "my grand
darter over In Rooshy," nnd everybody
else soon fell Into the way of saying
simply and not at all jocularly
"Maria Thingumajig."
Another old sea captain had two
chnrmlng girls who accompanied him to
France, both ot whom married French
men. French Is a less difficult tongue
than Russian, but the old man's ear
was not good, and the two brides, on
their first visit home, were somewhat
chagrined nt the havoc he made with
their names.
They had become Madame Curette
and Madame Le Boutlllier; but he In
troduced them cheerfully to strangers
as Mrs. Leo Bottles nnd Mrs. Carrots.
They gently remonstrated against such
a perversion of their names, but lu
vain; lie could achieve nothing better
until a compromise wns reached, In ac
cordance with which he ceased to try
to pronounce them at all.
Thereafter, when an Introduction be
came necessary, he presented "My dar
ter, Mrs. Nancy B.," or "My darter,
Mrs. Polly C," adding, genially, "and
If ye want the full of her name In
French, she'll tell ye on askin'. She
speaks tho language." Youth's Com
panion. BOY LIVED ON CIGARETTES.
Smoked for Tito Dsn and Then Fell
Senseless.
Having smoked nine packages of
cigarettes In two days nnd being with
out food aud sleep for three, Harry
Reynolds, a 14-year-old boy, fell un
conscious under a street lunch wagon
In South Norwulk, Conit. When taken
to the City Hospital his body wns cold
and for a time It seemed that he would
not revive.
"I knew those cigarettes would put
me on the bum," were the boy's first
words on regaining strength and. a
realization of Ills surroundings. He
said that he had paid five cents each
for the packages, each of which con
tained twenty cigarettes, making ISO
cigarettes in the two days. Ho told
Dr. J. Milton Culiuru that he had
begged and borrowed money In the
streets for the cigarettes, without know
ing why, as the smoke made him ill.
The doetors say It Is probable that the
drugs In the cheap tobacco affected his
mind, for he had emerged from
eluded BKits during the three days he
was nway from home, only to borrow
money or to buy cigarettes. Me had
tried to mount the lunch wagon and
fell, head downward, and becum
wedged lietween a wheel mid a fence.
It Is probable that lu h id hung then
several hours before ho was found. Now
that the boy Is out of danger, he Is In
tensely ashamed of himself for his cl
gartU "spree."
EXPERT ADVICE ON EATINO.
Aathorlflea Tell la What Foods We
Shonlri onsnmr nnd Avoid.
Cicero told lis long nuo that we
should eat to live, not live to cat,
nnd Prof. Oautlcr of Paris ninpllllos
that wise pronouncement In the course
of a very Interesting article on "How
We Ought to Eat." The professor Is
the sworn enemy of nil culinary arti
fices the object of which Is to stimu
late taste, excite the appetite nnd in
duce a man to eat without hunger nnd
drink without thlret
These, he says, are prejudicial to the
maintenance of health. When one has
an appetite for plain bread, vegetables
or meat unmoditleil by any seasoning,
then and then only can one be said to
be really hungry. Another paternal
recommendation which the professor
makes U the old advice of our grand
mothers, that we should always leave
the table with n slight sensation of
hunger not entirely appeased.
It nppenrs that we lose every day
from eighty-five to 100 grams of albu
minoids, corresponding to 420 or 5.10
grams of muscular flesh or analogous
tissue. An Inhabitant of Paris, for
instance, tecuperates on the average
to the extent of 102 or 103 grams a
day.
As a guide to what we should eat
the professor tells us that the best
meat is that of animals fattened on
pasture land beef and mutton. Then
comes poultry nnd pork fed on pro
ducts of a vegetable origin, whether
grain or herbaceous.
One should always avoid the flesh
of animals fattened to excess on mus
cular flesh nnd also, to a certoln ex
tent, that of animals which are too
young. Veal Is not good for either
gouty or nrthrltlc people. It Is not
recommended for people with fragile,
Irritable, eruptive skin.
Fish, excellent In Itself when It la
quite fresh, Is easy to digest, but It
Is not suitable to eczematous persons
or those who have any other skin dis
ease. Black meats or game excite tho
kidneys, predispose to gravel, to hepa
tic congestions and to nrterlo-sclerosls.
One may live absolutely without meat ;
"one cannot do without vegetable ali
ments'. Prof. Gautler deprecates all exag
gerations and sums up as follows:
Boll your drinking water when an
epidemic Is raging; boll milk, cook
beefsteaks sufficiently and sleep peace
fully. A cup of light and savory
smelling bouillon, a slice of roast beef
properly cooked, a small glass of Bor
dcau and even of Burgundy never kill
ed anyone.
Bat with regularity and In accord
ance with the demands of hunger such
dishes as have always been regarded
as Innocuous and remember that, as a
rule, It Is neither meats nor bouillon
nor wine nor spices nor coffee which
poison us, but their abuse
The Pope lately presented to the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania a pair tof the
splendid fans carried before him In an
Easter procession. The fan has a dis
tinct ceremonial position In many coun
tries. It plays a more dignified part
than In this land, where its presence
suggests beat, flies and mosquitoes. In
the Eastern world It Is an implement
of tradition. A Sanskrit poem attrib
utes the orgln of the fan to King
Nllas' daughter, who, having charge of
the sacred fire on which her father's
glory and success depended, fanned It
lest the flame should expire.
A Chinese legend makes Lang-sin,
daughter of a great mandarin, respon
sible for the fan. At a feast of lan
terns, overcome by the heat Lang-sin
removed her mask, a daring thing for
a Chinese maiden to do, nnd waved It
rapidly to aud fro, near enough to her
face to conceal her fentures. Her la
dles quickly followed her example, and
the fan was evolved.
Chinese and Japanese fan etiquette
Is elaborate. In Japan there are fans
for the court for the kitchen, for danc
ing, for tea nnd or war. Japanese la
die play pretty fan games. One of them
Is performed while the fair owners are
rowed on the streams In pleasure boats.
The fans are floated on tho water and
a poem must be comixised while It
makes a stated Journey.
A Japanese servant must alwnys
hold an open fan before his mouth
while receiving orders from a high
born master. According to true Jap
anese etiquette, a fan must never be
used In the presence of cut flowers.
A good deal of royal significance has
been given to fans. They were symbols
of authority In Mexico before the con
quest Queen Mary of England re
ceived on New Year's Day, 1550, "7
fnnnes to keep the hete of the fyre."
Queen Elizabeth favored the custom
that a fan was the only present a sov
ereign could receive from a subject
Fans have not always been dainty
trifles. Jenn de Balzac, a French writer
of the seventeenth century, wrote from
Italy, during the reign of Louis XIV.
of the enormous fans In use there, sus
pended from the ceiling and worked by
four servants.
He says: "I have a fan that make
wind enough In my chamber to w reeJt
a ship."
In Old San Francisco.
"You have offered me a bribe, sir,
thundered the city ofllclnl.
The promoter cowered. "I nssure
you, sir," he said, "that I did not tak
such u view of u business transaction,
a mere mutter of paying for service.
"Cut It out," broke In the official.
"It's a bribe, all right, hut a mighty
email one. You'll have to come again."
After a little discussion a satisfac
tory understanding was reached."
Philadelphia I;edgor.
l.vna Danger,
I'o'.iivinan What are you doing on,
at 2 o'ch'i'k la the morning. I've a good
notion to arrest you.
Latehoiirs Go ahead, old chap. I'd
a good deal rather be arrested than go
limne at this hour of the night. De
troit Free- Press.
Is It proper to condole with a ium
when be falls In business
EIIAHHS ATvE HARMLESS.
StlU No One t ares to Make Personal'
Investigation.
In "Questions nnd Answers" It was
said that 'there can lie no doubt whnt
eer of the existence of sharks that
will nttack men In the water," and, re
ferring to the offer of Hermann Oel
rlchs, some twenty years ago, of, $500
reward to any person who could cite au
nutheutlc case of a man being bitten
by a shark north of Cape Hatteras, It"
was said that "Mr. Oelrlchs received
data of thousands of cases which hap
jiened In seas not Included In the lim
its he set"
I well remember Mr.' Oelrlch's state
ment and offer, as 1 supported Wm In
the discussion which followed In your
columns, and I still do, for lu. more
than fifty' years' sea servlce--not yet
ended In both meu-o'-war nnd mer
chantmen, and lu the waters of almost
every part of the world and those
where sharks most do congregate, I
have yet to learn of un authentic case
of a shark atucklng a human being,
and I have yet to meet a man whom
I consider worthy of beHef who has
ever witnessed or hud knowledge be
yond a question of doubt of a person
being Injured by a shark, says a writer
lit the New York Sun.
I have seen tho wnters alive with
human beings nnd sharks, neither In
terfering with the other, though fre
quently in contact and In waters Infest
ed with sharks of every type, breed
and construction. I have known sail
ors frequently, alone und at all hours
of the night, to swim long distances
t from their vessels to the shore, return
ing by the same means In safety, glori
ously drunk and surrounded by sharks.
Every sailor and every lubber as well
can cite apparently authentic cases of
men being devoured by sharks. I've
heard them from farmers, but sifted
down they amount simply to : "I heard
of a man who knew a man who saw a
man," etc.
The statement that Seaman Dunlap
of the United States gunboat Elcano,
while using his forefinger as a, boat
plug, had it bitten off "close to the gar
board strake," may be relegated to the
stories that may be "told to the ma
rines." Sailors, before taking stock In
it will demand that the thickness of
that garboard strake and the original
length of that forefinger be specified
and well authenticated. They will then
figure on about bow much finger the
shark got. In the statement as It
stands there are a few discrepancies
and a dearth of details.
But with all this, permit me to add
that I am and always have been afraid
of sharks, and have had what I felt
to be at the time several close calls
and narrow escapes from . them
whether lmaglnnry or not, I didn't
stop to ascertain. Nor shnll I In any
future similar Instance. Notwithstand
ing my experience with the shark, I
Imva no abiding personal faith in him
and do not assert either that he will
or will not attack a human being In
the water, merely that I have never
known him to do so, nor have I met
a man who did, and, like many others,
I would like to have the fact estab
lished. Kindly Sonl ot Lincoln.
"The first time I saw Abraham Lin
coln was In 1852, Just fifty-five yean
ago," said former Governor William
Pitt Kellogg of Louisiana, recently. "1
had Just been admitted to the bar and
was In Springfield, the capital of Illi
nois. I was young nnd perhaps rathei
timid and for that reason I remembei
particularly Mr. Lincoln's kindness to
me.
"He had large black eyes that looked
out on you from deep sockets and seem
ed to peer down Into your soul. Though
his cheeks were rather sunken and he
had a hungry look, his face was light
ed with Inspiration; you felt In his
presence that he was a man far above
the ordinary.
"I sat there nt the table that morn
ing in the court nnd Mr. Lincoln, who
was then known as one of the greatest
lawyers of Illinois, leaned over and
picked up a book Just In front of me.
As he did so he bowed in a kindly way
without saying a word. To this day I
have never forgotten that bow and the
expression on his face.
"Four years later In the convention
In which the Republican party was
born I sat next to him ns a delegate.
He represented Sangamon County und
made that great speech In which he
said: 'Y'ou can fool all the people some
of the time and some of the people
all the time, but you can't fool all the
people all the time.'
"He had the most winning wny in
getting votes I ever saw. Two years
later. In 1858, he wns a candidate for
the United States Senate ogalnst Doug
las and made speeches from the same
platform on which I siioke. I was a
candidate for the Legislature on his
ticket and he advocated my election. In
I860 I was a presidential elector on the
Lincoln tMcet In Illinois.
"Only this morning I received a copy
of a paper containing the state ticket
of that year and found that I was the
only man whose name was on that
ticket who is yet alive. Those were
wonderful days aud they produced won-,
derful men. but Lincoln was the great
est of them all. He was the greatest
man that I have known In the fifty-five
years that I have been In public life."
Washington Post.
Mistaken Identity.
Mrs. Mornlngsyde (showing Central
Park to Mrs. Struckoylo of Pittsburg)
Thnt monument? Oh, that Is Cleopa
tra's needle. It came from Egypt, you
know, ami Is literally covered with
hieroglyphics.
Mrs. Struckoyle Goodness gracious!
And hasn't the hoard of health ever
tried to exterminate them?" Puck.
Tke Holla Fusion.
Professor (about to commit suicide)
I nnt tired of life. I w ill drown my
self and then It will be ended. How
ever, 1 must wait a while, as I have
been per-pliing and It might give inu a
chill. Ia ScaivllaisMisierl.
lliblea and Candy for Soldiers.
Every German soldier's equipment
Includes a Bible and a half-pound caka
of chocolate.
