A MODERN
I'm a girl of to-day, nr.d 1 beg leave to say,
When proposing dor't rail ou your knees;
It is lmd fir your pnniV, aud my joy 'twould enhance
If instead you .would give mo .
Ini enough of n prude ( consider It rude
When n fellow's too free with a miss.
Hut reason nor sense never warrants offense
j When he limits hlmsf'.f to it .
I once went to n hull with a follow whose pall
Wni proof ngnlnst rvery mishap.
Hut I took hint to t.nsk when he ventured to ask,
"My denr, won't ou sit on my ?"
Though by all met. adored. 1 am frequently bored
By thrlr calling me "angel" nnd "dove.' '
nut not to offend their attention!! I end
By sending regvots and my .
-New York Herald.
TO 3r :
as
HIS FATHER'S HONOR $
W'f. "' x.
The last rays of tlie si tting sun
threw n shaft of pink nnd gold Into
the parlor of the pretty cottage where
in sat Mrs. Hayinond and her eldest
hi.
It was the day of his lather's fu
neral, and Harry Baymond was gazing
curiously at his mother, who looked
strangely different from usual In her
new widow's en p. The younger, chli
dre were playing nt having a funeral
of their own In the back kitchen.
"There were very few pccvle nt the
funeral to-day, moT'ier," said the young
man, gloomily.
"They wouldn't Vie able to get away
from their offices, I daresay," answered
the widow.
"Father never did make nny friends,
or hardly any," said his son musingly.
"1 wonder how it was?" His mother
made no reply.
"And he stuck in the same place all
his life, though he had twice the brains
of the chief cashier," went on the hid.
A sigli was the only answer.
"Seems as though something kept
him hack and held hiiilduwn always."
"Aye!"
No sooner had the monosyllable es
caped the woman's lips than she tight
ened them, as though resolved that
nothing else should pass between
them,
"Ynu have noticed it. too, mother?"
"WiH,-,.,l It-'-'
The widov's eyes had a far-off look
in them. She was In truth' thinking
'of her youth the days when she wart
fi proud of the gay young follow who
came courting her.
"What was.it. mother?" asked the
yoiirg man in a whisper. "What was it
that kept father hack all his life and
made people give hUn the cold shoul
der:" She was silent, but licr fingers
worked nervously with one of the long
white strings that floated from the cap
on her brow. It was evident! that she
wished to confide la her son, but shrank
from the task.
"You may as well tell me, mother. I
am a man now, and I ought to know.
I'orhaps I could do something t pre
vent the same fate falling on me,"
"No, but some one might and ought
to have done so long ago! Tiai" alter
time I have begged and implored your
father to go to Mr. Graham and force
him to do liiin justice."
u nat : lioorgo orannm, wuo owns
the cotton mills?"
"Yes. There ! I've let drop rho name
unil may as well tell you tlu hole
story, George (Jraham was imt the
wealthy man lie is to-day whm he and
I and your father were young people.
We were good friends, and he and your
father were very intimate. They were
both junior clerks in Coppingor & Co.,
and It was common talk nming the
clerks that In time Charles Coppinger,
his uncle, would take young George
Graham into partnership, nnd that nf-
ter a while room would be mado In the
firm for William Raymond. v
"The first thing happened, but Lot
the second, and the reason was th'::
"George Graham was wild and fond
of pleasure, for all that he looks so
steady and respectable now. He used
to tae my William, your father, to
race meetings and such like whenever
he had a chance, but ho couldn't af
ford such pleasures, for his uncle gav;
him no allowance, anil he only had his
salary, like the rest of the clerks.
"Well, the day cane when he had to
get money, and he persuaded" your fath
er to help blm get it. The money
I think It was five hundred dollars
was taken from the office, and yo:ir
father was responsible for It.
"The loss was discovered, and your
poor father had to hear the blame. lie
was arrested and sentenced to six
months' Imprisonment."
The son's face had grown very white.
"And Graham?" he asked.
"Ills name was mentioned, of
course," answered the widow, "hut It
was made out that your father was
the real criminal instead of being only
the tool. His mu le did not prosecute
him, nnd he was only 'hound over.' as
they call It, while your father went to
prison."
"What a shame! What a cowardly
name!" cried young Raymond, rising
and walking aliout In his anger. "Tlrs
should have been made public in my
father's lifetime. But I can at least
do something to clear I lie stain. I wid
force Mr. Graham to acknowledge !i.
truth, even if I have to make the whol-.
story public."
"What good would that do. Harry.
now that father is gone? Best let
be forgotten. Perhaps, now he is dead,
people will begin to forget."
"But Graham on-ht to be compelled
to clear his name,"
"So I have told jour father seorvs
Of times, but cilice he refused fo do
anything, I ib n't s e what you can do."
"I can threaten to puhlis'.i the whole
tory anil I will do it, too."
"What good would that do your f at h-
r
"Noue. But v ii.v t-hould I Inherit a
UACDIN.
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besmirched name. If the stain can be
rubbed out?"
"It can never be altogether rubbed
out."
"Xo, but to a great degree It can.
What George Graham -can do, he must
lie made to do."
"You can't do anything to hurt him,
Harry; you would only make him your
enemy." and hearing one cf the chil
dren crying, she went out to see what
was the matter. The trouble was noth
ing more serious than that two of thn
wanted to play the corpse at onee, thus
threatening the success of the whole
drama.
When the quarrel rpiite as Impor
tant a one. perhaps, as some that have
"convulsed" the dramatic world In Eng
land or - America had been settled,
Mrs. Raymond returned to the parlor,
and found that her son had gone out.
Little did she Imagine that he had ac
tually gone to carry out his threat He
had resolved to force the rich man to
come to a reckoning.
His mind was filled with a passion
of just Indignation against the man
who bad done his father this wrong
the man who had stood by and escaped
punishment while the friend who had
sinned for him bore the penalty. He
would force him under pain of having
nil the facts .made public property
to proclaim publicly that William Ray
mond had not boon the. criminal men
had supposed him to be.
And yet as an undercurrent beneath
this honest and generous Indignation,
'111
m
"TIIFRK IS JIST ONE OTHEB THING.!'
scarcely acknowledged to himself, but
really there was a less honorable feel
ing an unformed desire that in some
way the knowledge he had gained that
day might be turned to his own advan
tage.
lb? was poor and he was ambitious
Graham was wealthy and had a great
deal in his power.
Why should not. this rich man make
reparation to the sou for what he had
caused his father to suffer? Stated
in that way it seemed fair enough; yet
there was au unpleasant flavor of
blackmail about the suggestion. He
felt he ought to banish from his mind
any desire to make a profit of the in
jury done to his father, but he could
not quite go that length. Nearly, per
haps, but not quite.
Finally, he resolved to be guided by
circumstances. His demand should he
that Justice should be done to his fath
er s memory. If reparation were offer
ed In a proper spirit, not pecuniary
compensation to accept such a thing
would be fcase hut reparation such as
a gentleman could accept, ho would ac
cept It. It was with some Inward trepi
dation that Harry ascended the steps
of the palatial mansion and pulled tho
bell handle. It Is not every one who
can go out to tear the mask from tho
face of a wealthy and highly placed
hypocrite nnd remain unmoved.
"The family were at dinner aw
young man," said the gorgeous flunkey,
lingering his chin.
"Take this card to your master," said
Raymond quietly, "you'll And he will
see me."
Feeling Inwardly that he had begun
well, he followed the footman Into t
x pi a re room lined with books evident
!y the man's sanctum. Here he waited
till the newly -Jound confidence had
oozed out of Mm, and the newness and
uucoinfortableness of his black clothes
had forced ltseif upon his attention,
Suddeny the door opened and a be
nevolent looking man entered the room
"Harry Raymond," ho said, holding the
young man's card between his finger
and thumb. "Are you the su of Wil
liam Reymond?"
"Yes, sir."
He had determined Lnt to say "sir,
but it had slipped out before he knew.
"And how is lie?" usked Mr. Gra
ham. shaking him by the hand. (Har
ry Raymond had fully resolved that he
would not slmke hands with his enemy,
He would mt his hand behind his back,
Rut somehow when the time came he
forget.)
"He Is dead." said the ton sternly
"He died last week, and he was burled
to-day."
"Ah, I am sorry to hear it. Well, he
and 1 were very friendly once. Sit
d -.vii, Mr. Raymond. Is there anything
I can do for you?"
Anything he could do for him! The
limm
man who had wrecked the father'a life
could ask the eon if there was any
thine he could do for html
"Ferhaps you would like desk In,'
our office," went on the elder man as'
his visitor remained silent "I haw no
doubt It could be arranged."
"No," aald Harry Raymond, flnslilna
scarlet as the more generous Impulses
of his nature rose to the surface. "I
have come on a very different errand."
He paused. It seemed impossible
to tol this florid, benevolent, prosper
ous looking man, the very Image and
symbol of all that wealth and good
repute could do, that he had been a
thief, and worse than a thief that he
laid allowed another to suffer tho pon
nlty of a deed for which ho himself
was chiefly responsible. Tet Harry
Raymond had resolved that he would
do it
"I want you to clear my father's
name of the stain that lies on It," he
said abruptly.
Graham started and changed color.
"It Is true then; he does not mean
to deny It!" said Raymond to himself
exultantly.
"How can I do that?" asked tho old
er man quietly.
"By telling the truth. The time has
come, Mr. Graham, when the truth
must be told."
"And that Is?"
"In a word, that my father suffered
for your fault."
"Ah! who told you this, may I ask?'"
"My mother."
'Tour mother?"
"Yes, my mother. I only learned It
to-day. My father kept four secret
while he lived kept It though ou had
ruined his life. But It must be told
at lfist."
The rich man Bat silent, his head
supported on his hand, his elbowa on
the arm of the easy chair. Ho was si
lent and preoccupied.
Graham nodded.
"And suppose I refuse to do any
thing?" be asked after another pause.
"Then I will publish the facts ev
erywhere!' cried the young man hotly.
I will proclaim to the world that my
father suffered your punishment was
made the scapegoat for your sins."
"I owe that to my dead father," said
the ypung man after a long silence.
Again Graham nodded. Then ho
arose and, going to a cabinet, unlocked
a drawer and took from It a small
packet of papers. This he laid on a
small table, which he carried to the
spot where the young man was sitting.
'Terhaps It would be as well for you
to glance over these papers before you
take any such steps as you have Just
mentioned," he said dryly. "I will leave
you now, and come back when you
have finished reading them." With that
he left the room.
Harry Raymond took up the packet
and began reading the first paper ho
took from It. It was an account of
bis father's trial and his face changed
as he read.
"All lies!" be muttered as he threw
It down and tore another paper from
the bundle. That he laid down with a
groan and took up another.
So he went on. till the table was
strewn with papers. The footman came
to him with a decanter of wine and a
plate of biscuits, but Raymond did not
even slow iuiu ue uau entered me
room.
When he had read the last line he
put his elbows on the table and bis
hands over his face and groaned In
the bitterness of his spirit
Alas! it was his father and not
Graham who had been the moving
spirit In the piece of guilty folly they
had perpetrated, and his father alone
had benefited by the fraud. Graham
had done little more than hold his
tongue when he might have prevented
the crime by telling what he knew
The world knew the truth. His
mother, of course, had believed what
his father had told her.
"Are you satisfied of the truth of
what you have rend?" said Mr. Gra
ham's voice at his ear.
He started and looked up. His face
was white and haggard like that of the
dead.
"Here drink this!" and Graham
held a glass of wine to his lips. "You
are going to faint."
"No, I am not going to faint."
"Still, drink this."
He obeyed.
"Now, I ask you, have I cleared my
self In your sight?"
' The young man nodded. IIo could
not say the words.
"Then I think there 1 no use In
keeping these old papers any longer."
He threw them Into the Are; they
blazed up the chimney, and the two
men stood side by sldo watching them
till the red In their ashes turned to
gray.
"And now, about that desk in our
offlce?"
"I will come, sir," said the young
man, Bimply. "I would rather serve you
than any one else."
'There Is Just one other thing," said
Mr. Graham, as the young man picked
up bis hat, "don't tell your mother.
Promise me that you will not"
Harry's lips moved, but no sonnd
came from them. The older man grlp
vhhI his hand and turned hastily away,
while the younger one went out Into
the darkness of the night
An Anrt'doto of Kins Oacar.
Once the king was Inspecting a class
of young girls, who were naturally
overcome by a visit from their sover
eign. "Can you tell me," asked King Oscar,
"the names of the great kings of Swe
den?" "Gustavus Adolphus," answered one
girl.
"Charles XIL," responded another.
"Oirar II.," stammered the smallest,
who was something of a courtier In her
way.
The king, muCh amused, went up to
her and asked her to tell him of the
great events of his reign. The child
blushed, hesitated and finally, In tears,
murmured :
"I don't know any."
The king smiled, stroked the chlld'a
hair and said:
"Don't cry, dear! I don't know any
mysel t." Washington Star.
It Is easier to cultivate a girl's Im
agination than her voice.
FLORIDA SrONOE DIVI1TO.
(irnmlnn Inrinatrr in Whlik
(irrrku C'hlpflr Are Kmitlnyed.
The sxmge Industry at Tarpok
Springs, on the west const of Florida,
has assumed large proportions wltlUn
the past few years. There were in
commission nt Tarpon Springs last Oc
tober 4tX sponge boats, employing 1,200
hands. Alnuit !K per cent of the sjmng
ers are Greoks, who have boon In the
business all their lives and are the most
exiHrt divers In the world. A great
many have brought their families to
this country to live, nnd nt Tarpon
Springs they have settled In the east J
sldo of the oiry, wher their homes and
place of business are typical of Greece.
They also wear their Groelau clothes
and s;cak their native tongue.
The common Inlorer on tho sponge
boats receives from ?."0 to $t50 jht
month, the divers getting from $-K) to
$:!i)0 In the same period. Tho siKingo
Ixiat Is from .'!() to 40 feet long nnd of
great Ikmiih for Its length. Most of
those boats wore brought from Greece,
and are staunchly built There are
also a number of schooners which go
ivltii the Moots to furnish provisions and
carry sponges from tho smaller loaU.
Rvery boat has oue or more divers.
who have a complete diving outfit, with
M-pound lead soles ou each shoe, also
a heavy load weight on the chest and
back. 'The diver carries ik weapui of
any kind, being provided only with a
sponge bag.
The diver after putting on his suit Is
lowered over tho sldo of the Itoat and
lo the bottom. As be walks along far
under the surface he Is followed by the
boat altove. In which Is a pump that
keeps him supplied with air.
Sponges are gathered from tho hot
to. n of the girlf In from 50 to 150 f(et
( f water. The diver will stay down
hours at a time, and as fast as a bag
is tilled It is hoisted to the surface and
ii n empty one sent down.
As Is generaTTy known, the sponge Is
an animal. There are many different
kinds, but only three, the silk, wool
and grims sismges, have commercial
value. After being taken from the
water they are left on the decks of tho
vessels In tho sun for a time, to die
before they are thrown into the kraals.
These kraals or pens are made by driv
ing stakes in the sand a little ways
apart so that the ebb and flow of the
tide may wash out and In to remove
ail animal matter. After remaining In
the kraals for a time, this being depen
:R nt on the season, as sponges die much
faster In the summer than winter, tho
spongers get In among them nnd mash,
scrape and clean the animal matter off.
They are then strung in bunches about
live feet long, and taken to the sponge
I'.ii Icing houses, w here they go through
i i:o List process of cleaning, and are
sUcd and graded according to quality.
Th.y are then packed in bales of 10,
15 and LO pounds, and shipped to all
parts of the world.
In purchasing the sponges representa
tives of the various Jobbing bouses meet
r.t the sponge exchange and all the
HHii)goM belonging to oife man or firm
are piled In a heap on the floor. Bach
representative examines the pile and
writes bis bid on a blank and gives It
to the secretary of the exchange. When
all bids are In. the secretary opens
them and shows the owner of the
tqiongcs the highest If tho price Is sat
isfactory the pjle Is sold.
These sales are held ou Tuesday and
Friday of each week, during the season,
which runs from Oct. 1 to June 1.
In Tarpon Springs there are eight
largo packing houses preparing sitongea
for the market. Last season $750,000
was paid for sponges by representatives
of jobbing houses In all parts of tho
I'nitod States and Kuroiie, nnd this sea-f-on's
harvest will show a largo Increase.
Auto la What It Soema.
An automobllist was reading the
other day of the device of tho Mar
quis de lion, who fixed up a nvcer-llke
automobile with a puny motor and had
the laugh on the gendarme who arrest
ed him for violating the speed law.
"That reminds me of the experience
of a friend of mine," he said to a New
York Sun reporter. "Two years ago
this friend had a runabout with bucket
seats and a twenty-four horse-power
motor.
"The car was painted red and he
couldn't go two blocks without getting
held up. So he decided to change the
color and had the car painted a demure
gray.
"Then he used to be held up because
the police said that It was a Vanderbllt
cup racer. Finally ho had It painted
black and hasn't had so much trouble.
"I have always Isdleved that if a
man had a car with a long bonnet
which looked as If it covered 100 horse
power and wore a skull cup and goggle
and drove leaning 'way forward, he'd
get arrested if he were going three
miles an hour. I think there are
enough instances to prove It"
Too Late.
Marshall P. Wilder, tlie noted hu
morist, told a stuttering story at a din
ner lu Chicago.
"I hate stuttering stories as a rule,"
he said, "but this one is rather good,
It Is about two blacksmiths, both stut
terers. Tlie first snatched a red-hot
lump of iron from the forgo, rushed
with It to the anvil, and then began
tills conversation :
"N-n-ow th-tli then, st strike! Qu
quickly!' '"W-w-wliore shall I s-s-trlke?'
" 'J-j-Just at the end. H-h-hurry up.'
" Th-th-thls end?'
"'Yes, of c-c-course. Mind you hit
s-s-strnlght.'
"All r-r right. N-n-now! Shall I
1-l-lot her g-g-go?'
"'Nil-, you f-ffool, the Iron's c-o-cold.'"
Itrdurra t ouipelltlon
Waysido William (tho tramp)
Weary, did ye notice by th' papers that
thousau'a of men wan going back to
work?
Weary Wiggles Well, that'll be a
good thing for our bizness.
"How KOl"
"It mluocs,
trated Mall.
competition." I Una-
Lack of credit prevents some peoyl
from living beyond their uieaua.
Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
MUCH WORK, MANY IDLEItS.
I1M recent treat Increase
id I unemployed f.ble-bodied iron and the slmul
I I tn neons cry from the firm districts for
imtir ui i utnn puiiif 11 1 11-111 iuii mi iu-
congruoiis condition. The problem of In
ducing able-bodied men to remain upon or
return to the farm Is one that booomoh
more difficult, nnd yet more Insistent, every day. It must
be solved, soimhow, if the prosperity of (he country Is
to continue. It Is little wonder that the President and
his cabinet are forced to consider the subject. With a
Tlew to let. ding federal assistance In disposing of It.
It would le poor business policy, and worse charity,
to feed the "army of unemployed" lu the largt cities
wkjle the farms are lacking laborers. If any among the
unemployed are sick, or tillable to stand the strain of
hard work, let other provision 1h made for them; but
there Is no excuse for the encouragement of idleness and
Vice by feeding able-lMxlied fellows who will not go Into
the country. Any unemployed, able-bodied man who re
fuses an cpiwirtunlty to go Into the country to work, pre
ferring to bask In the bright light of the city, should
be convicted as a vagrant and made to build roads.
Washington Tost.
PUBLIC SH00L BUILDINGS.
INCN the terrible Collinwood catastrophe
testimony Is piling up to show that tho de
plorable conditions existing In that Ill-fated
school building prevail In ninny communi
ties and that little or no effort has lieen
made to Improve them. But the frightful
sacrifice of joung lives has stirred the au
s
thorities to iwtion, nnd, goaded by public sentiment, they
are now strenuously seeking to remove the defects and
minimize the dangers from 11 res.
Richard L. Humphrey, engineer In charge of the struc
tural materials laboratories of the government, declares
It is providential that more of these holocausts have
not occurred. Ho says tho conditions existing In the Col
linwood school bulldlug are common to many public
buildings throughout the count ry and tlie first essential
Is to pass laws prohibiting the erection of structure ex
cept of the highest fire-resisting tyiH .Drills. In public
schools nre nil right In their way, to teach self-control,
but are quite useless in a great emergency. And tho
mere enactment of preventive laws Is of no arnll unless
the people demand their enforcement
In the matter of schools, theaters nnd other public In
stitutions, II would seem to be Important that tlie struc
tures bo limited In height, and Suiiorintondent Van Cleve
of the Toledo schools has seriously advanced the prop
The young man with the tightly
creased trousers and badly winkled
brow had maintained an ominous si
lence for several minutes after the old
er people had left the room. It was
only when he rose and made for the
door that the girl asked Iiliu what was
the matter. Then he paused.
"As if you didn't know," be sahl bit
terly. x
"Why, of course I don't know," said
the girl.
"Of course not," said the young man.
"Oh, well," said the girl, with n
scornful lift of her eyebrows, "if you
want to go I wouldn't keep you for
anything. Good night."
"You know perfectly well," said the
young man.
"I Hupixise you don't like the way
my hair is done," ventured the girl,
lifting her hand to her coiffure. "I
thought jierhaps'you wouldn't, lust I
didn't think you would take It quite
so much to heart. Will you wait while
I go upstairs and put It up?"-'
"I don't intend to be laughed out of
It" said the young man, gloomily.
"You know it's uot that"
"All I know Is that yon've been act
ing all the evening as if I had done
something to offend you." )
"I suppose you coujdn't help lighting
his pipe for him," said the young man.
"And yon couldn't help putting your
hand on his shoulder while you were
doing it All I can nay Is that I'm uot
going to stand It"
"Why, Henry Grommell" exclaimed
the girl. "Is that what It was? I al
ways light his pipe for him."
"And It wasn't only that. It wn
well, It was the w4iole thing. The way
you acted and the way he acted. What
business did he have patting your
cheek."
"Why, he always pats my cheek. I
don't mind It."
"You didn't seem to," said the young
man, sarcastically. "Of course, I
haven't any right to object If you don't
mind It; all the same, If It hadn't been
for making a scone I should have had
It out with him right there. He cer
tainly has his nerve with him."
"Why, Henry, you silly; he doesn't
mean anything by it. It's Just txcause
he likes me."
"I supiKMo it Is. I'm not gulug to
stand for It, though. And another
thing, I don't care about his calling
you 'sweetheart.' I don't mind bis
culling you 'Mabel' so much, though I
don't s-e why ho can't address you as
'Miss I'eters,' Just the same as any
body else. He's altogether too famil
iar, and you encourage him lu it"
"I'd bo ashamed If I were you," said
the girl. "He's known me all my life,
ever since I was a baby, and he's al
ways brought ine candy and dolls and
all sorts of things. The Idea of his
calling me 'Miss I'eters!' He's 03 yenrs
old." '
"I don't care If he's a hundred," said
tho young man. "I don't like It. lie's
a widower, Isn't he?"
"Why, no," replied the girl. "He's
married and got two grandchildren.'
"I don't see why that's nny reason
for his patting you on the cheek."
"I want blm to pat me on the cheek."
"Very well, then," said tho young
man, sternly. "If you want to flirt
with him It's very certain that you
can't care mu-h for me. If you prefer
blm to me all I can any Is"
osition that no building for school purposes should have
more than two stories. Such a school, built of flre-reslst-Ing
material, with numerous broad exits and ample stair
ways, would afford the protection thnt every community
should give Its children. Nor should the expense Which
so radical a change In school construction entails be con
sidered for a momeut.
Better to spend millions on our school bnlldlng and
make thorn safe, thau to save money by the construction
of charnel houses. It is poor consolation to the taxpayr
that be has economized at the sacrifice of his own flesh
and blood. Toledo Blade.
In the number of
FARMS
HKRK
tracts stand ready to aid every man who Is willing to
help himself. They will sell him all the land he needs
ou ton years' credit, or w ill allow him to farm on shares,
providing him with n house, a horse and a mule, auffl
clent seed to plant crops, and provide farming Imple
ments. Yet with the whole country full of inch opportunities,
largo oltiop swarm with men who complain that they
cannot get work, and municipalities are nt their wits'
end to find some way to help tho unemployed. The farms
of the nation contain the only solution of this problem.
Pes Moines Nes.
PEARL HARBOR
"All I can say Is that If you don't
sit down and behave yourself I'm go
ing to send you home and I won't see
you again for a week," said the gill.
Tlie youna man hesitated for a mi)-'
ineiit nnd then seated himself. "But,
honest, you don't need to light Ills pipe
for blm." be xnld. "You can let him
light his own pipe." Chicago Ial'y
Nown.
WOMEN 6ELLINO MEATS.
Ntw York Una a llutclier Shop
Whlfh la Said to He I nlqnr.
In a big uptown market In which
there are sold not only meats of 8 II
I nils but vegetables and canned goods
and some other, lines, of groceries as
well there asQ employed as salespeo
ple In the butcher's department a ctrn
slderable nuinlier of young women, says
tho Now York Suif.
In this market nil the fresh mea'
are kiit In showcases. The cutting,
uyvhig and chopping are done by man
butchers, but there are kept on h.-yid
large ipuintltics or cut meats alt ready
for delivery, which are sold by young
women.
There are long glass counter show
cases set parallel and with a sufficient
space between them for the saleswrun-
n to stand In. You walk along these
shosveascs and look down Info them
and make your choice. In one se.-tion
of those showcases you would find long
lines of turkeys and chickens, fowls of
nil sizes nnd weights. In another sec
tion you would And sirloin steaks, big
and little, fat and lean, thick and thin.
You can look down Into the showcases
and pick out exactly the sort of steal;
you want
Same as to pot ronsts ; twenty or
thirty of them here together, eai'.b tied
up ready for delivery, and you ran tee
and pick out exactly the oue yon want;
and the same as to rib roasts. And
here, cut ready, are pork spnrarlbs for
roasting, fat and lean and nil trimly
arranged so that you can see thm and
get Just whnt you want; and lu other
sections you find soup meat and soup
bone and chopcd moats ; in shaft, In
these counter showcases you will find
cut meuts of every description, so that
you cannot only select the piece tljnt
ynu want, but you know as you look at
It Its exact cost.
And all theso nit moats are sold by
the young women precisely as they
would sell laces or ribbons or gloves.
You look along till you find Just what
you want and tho saleswoman takes It
out of the showcase and wraps It up to
be handed over to you If you desire to
carry It home yourself, or to be dfiv
ered by the mnrket's wagons.
There are regularly employed In this
market. In tho cut meat department
from thirty to thirty-five saleswomen,
with an extra force of twenty-five,
making about sixty altogether, on Sat
unlays. They all wear black dresst
with trim white aprons, the aprons be
ing supplied by tho market. This mar
ket lias employed saleswomen lu Its cut
meat department for three years.
There are other markets In the city
In which cut meats are displayed in
and sold from counter showcases, but
this Is probably the only one In tho
city, or for that matter la tho country,
In which saleswomen are employed lo
sidl tho meats.
tare ut Ollv 4)11.
Olive oil is injured by being kept lu
tho Unlit When used at tho table It
should bo removed to a cool dark place
after each meal.
Ilmllr Tbouabt.
, The habit of viewing things cheer
fully, and of thinking about life hope
fully, may be made to grow up In us
like any other habit. Smllea
10
AND THE UNEMPLOYED.
Is no renson whv nnv man In the
B I United States should starve, or even why
1 I nny man should be out of employment no
I ...... i. .. l. 1 1 . ...ir.t . i i
1 1 1 u i ill nut um i-oiiuiuoiin ui uonoiesn.
In Louisiana, for example, there are 27,
000,000 acres of land, of which only 6,000,
ooo nre cultivated, riantors with large
A NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY.
UU annexation of Hawaii, our development
of vast political as well as commercial In'
terests In the Pacific and tho obvious desir
ability of developing our const defenses and
naval auxiliaries according to a consist
ent and adequate plan, all bespe.ak the need
of making that finest natural harbor In
tho raolfle n place of service In peace and of security In
war. Its value to commerce would bo great Its value
In war would be lostlmable, nnd it would, ns has well
been suggested in Congress, he one of the strongest pos
sible factors for the prevention of war in the rnclflc
Ocean. After nil theso yenrs of neglect and In view of
existing conditions at tho preseut day, It seems not ex
travagant for the naval affairs committee to say, ns It
does, thnt every consideration of national honor and
policy calls for tho prompt equipment of Benrl harbor,
as an ImpregnnWe naval base. New York Tribune.
SIBBELL lATDINGTON'S RIDE
An Incident of the Revolutionary
War, as deserving of Its place In popu
lar memory as Paul Kevere's ride, Is
recorded In the Journal of American
History. Col. Henry Ludlngton, while
a mere boy, during the French and
Indian War, was detailed to escort a
company of Invalid soldiers from Can
ada to Boston. This perilous duty end
Journey through the wilderness, under
taken In the dead of winter, was one
of almost incredible hardship, but the
gallant youth successfully accomplished
the task assigned to him. His daugh
ter afterward showed that she wast
equally daring and iipurageous.
Washington seleojed Col. Ludlngton :
as an aide-de-camp nt the battle of
White l'lalns, nnd nfterward compli
mented Mm for his gallant conduct aud
soldierly bearing.
The British oxptHlltlon, consisting of
2,000 men, set cut to destroy tho stores
and munitions of war collected at Dan
bury, Cor.n., reached that place Satur
day, April L'fl, 1T77.
The guard, too small for protection
and too weak for active resistance, with
drew. Preparations were immediate
ly maiJo to harass the enemy. A mes
senger was dispatched to Col. Lnd'pg-
ton to summon him to nld In tho de
fense. The members of Col. Ludington's reg
iment Were at their homes, which were
miles apart nnd scnttered ovijr a wide
territory. To summon them waa no
ensy task. There was no one i-eady to
do it.
Slbbell, the young daughter of OoU
Ludlngton, a girl of 10, volunteered to
undertake the service. She mounted
her horse, equipped with a man's sad-,
dlo, and galloped off on the road In the .
dead of night The next morning by
breakfast time the regiment had taken
up the line of march aud was In rapid
motion toward Danbury, twenty miles
distant. i J
Coitnmti,
I often think with envy of the days ot
long ago, .
Wbrn men wore raffled shirts and walked
so stately and so slow,
Their legs Incased in breeches, garments
typical of ease,
And not, like modern trousers, often bag
gy at the knees;
Their long hair, nicely powdered, deftly
done up in a queue
A shining silver buckle on each glossy
low-cut Bhoe
And soft, smooth, silken stockings on
their shapely swelling calves
Oh, our grandpas weren't accustomed to
do anything by halves !
I think of them with envy then, again,
I do not know,
it's pre'ty hard to get there when you
have to k so slow;
And ruDli'd shirts in laundries would
hardly last a week ;
Ami calves in silken stockings must feel
shivery, so to speak.
And breeches may be easy, but some
men's calves dou't swell ;
And powdered queues are picturesque, but
as for comfort well,
I guess I'd rather have my hair clipped
short, and I'll scree
That, on the whole, the modern style Is
good enough for me I
Souierville Journal.
Ufl on III Hands.
Gabble That's a queer sort of ring
for you to bo wearing. It Isn't suit
able for a man at all.
Lovett Think not? Well, I tried It
on a girl, and she didn't seem to think
It suited her, either.
Few men are able to retain tbeue
self-control after they get married
