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A PARENTS PLEA.
My little boy is eight years old,
He goes to school each day;
He doesn"t mind the tusk they set
They seem to him but play.
3Ie heads his class at raflia work,
And also takes the lead
.At milking dinky paper boats
Jtnt 1 wish that he could read.
They teach him physiology.
And, oh, it chills our liearta
To hear our prattling innocent
Mix up his inward parts.
Jle also learns astronomy '
Ami names the Htars by night
.Of course he's very up to date,
lint I wish that he could write.
They teach him things botanical.
They teach him how to draw,
He babbles of mythology
And gravitation's law;
And the discoveries of science
With him are quite a fad.
They tell me he's a clever boy.
Hnt I wish that ho could add.
Life.
Outside, the leaves rustled beneath
tli! starlit, frosty sky, and the wind
moaned fitfully around the solitary old
pray house. I knew that the sky was
cold and star geuinied. because I could
peep up at It through the unshuttered,
window from my resting place on the
little table. Inside, the firelight danced
on the oak-paneled wall of the low
er lib J room, and Joyce, from the cozy
depths of her chair, watched the play
of the flickering shadows among the
jrloauilng old silver on the tea table be
fore her.
Her lovely face, framed In Its halo of
dead-gold hair, was very sad and wist
ful. I could read her thoughts, for I
possessed certain occult powers, owing
to my eastern orlgiu. She was living
over again the sad events of the last
two weeks.
She seemed still half dazed from the
suddenness of It all. Tei haps she could
wnni-Iv realize even yet that her dear
ii.other, her loving lifelong companion,
had been taken from her forever.
"I cannot go on like this any longer."
her thoughts ran; "the lor.eliness would
drive me mad! Was any girl ever In
audi a sorry " plight, I wonder?. Of
furse, I always knew that mother's
Income was only for her lifetime; but
then I never thought of her dying, nor
dlil she, except In the dim future.
"And now here I am, after the fu
neral expenses and the doctor's bill
June been settled and the servants paid
off. with exactly a ten-ound note be
tween myself and starvation literally
starvation! The house is my own,
truly, and I have clothes to last me a
twelvemonth or more," glancing down
ruefully at her plain but dainty mourn
ing.
"There's all of granny's lovely old
liver, too. That I mine now, of
course; but even If I sold It I should
or.l? lie staving off the evil day. And
M would be almost a crime. I must bo
fdir myself and tlilnk of something tan
clble. If only Jack! If only " And
fbi; broke off with a High.
At this point In her musings my eyes
ra tight hers In a flash of sympathy,
hud. stretching out her little white
hand, she took ine up cnresslngly.
I was the first love offering he had
Tiiade her, and In my way was consid
ered a rare curio of Intrinsic worth and
great beauty.
Well! I have said that Joyce took
me up caressingly. She did, and press
ed nie a moment against her pretty lips.
She was thinking more of Jack than
of me. I knew. But where was the use
of looking back? It was ail nearly
two years ago now, and the mystery
. was still unsolved. She had never been
to another dance since that fateful
night; consequently neither had I.
That fatal night of the Hunt ball was
our last glimpse of gaiety. And he was
there, and he had never come near us
) had carefully avoided meeting her
wyes whenever the mar:-! of the dance
Jin d brought him Into r,er vicinity. Her
rlde bad forbidden her to make the
llghtes! sign, and she had borne up
Imively until we were back In her pret
ty bedroom, quite alone. And well
new then bow much she had really
cured! ,
A few weeks later ahe beard be had
i:ne abroad gone without a word or a
sign
A few daya later Joyce Journeyed off
o the smart little country town some
three miles distant, and the next morn
ing the following advertisement appear
ed In the county paper, for I heard her
read It out to our one faithful mald-
of-all-work :
"Lady desiring residence In beauti
fully situated country homo can be re
ceived on moderate terms. Apply The
Cottage, Mereton."
And a week later, after the usual
formalities had lieen exchanged, the
lady arrived, and was duly installed
an exceedingly prtni old lady of quaint
and dignified demeanor, with gray curls
down each side of her face and her eyes
partially obscured behind smoke-colored
glasses. I detested her on the spot.
One evening, a few days after !ter
arrival, Joyce and her paying guest
were chatting amicably over their tea
cups when the latter suddenly exclaim
ed. In the gruff voice I disliked so
much :
"What a very pretty fan that Is, and
how those two emerald gleam In the
lamplight!"
Joyce rose from her chair and hand
ed ine over for Inspection.
"Remarkably well cut stones! I do
not think I ever Baw such perfect Imi
tations!"
"Oh, but they are not Imitations!
They are genuine, I assure you !" cor
rected Joyce.
"My dear child, are you not rather
unwise to have anything so valuable
lying nbovt? Real stoues of this size
must be worth quite a sum of money !
I have never thought about Its mon
etary value. It was a present from
some one for whom I had a very deep
regard, and Is associated with many
very dear memories. I think It Is quite
safe. You see this Is my own private
sanctum, and very few people beside
myself ever come here."
In that same night, Just as the clock
In the corner had ceased chiming 3, I
heard a stealthy step outside In the
LIVING OVER AGAIN THE SU' FVENTR.
hall, and the door of the room I was In
was cautiously opened.
I could Just discern the figure of a
man groping his way toward the tea
table, where the beautiful silver service
rested on Its tray. Ho commenced
quickly to transfer the sliver pieces Into
a large canvas bag. Then clutching me
roughly, he thrust me Into the dark
ness of an outside pocket, where every
thing became blank.
My next recollection was of being
Jerked violently out of the man's pocket
and landing In the mud of a silent gas-
lit street. He hurried on he wa run
ning leaving me behind, a prey to
many fears, splashed and begrimed,
and wondering what my fate would be,
Later on the sleeping street began to
arouse. At last a postman saw me,
stooped and picked me up, muttering
something about a "queer piece of mum-
bo Jumbo." And, wiping the mud care
fully from me with bis red bandkor
chief, he put me Into Ills pocket, and
once more everything became blank.
One evening a few days later there
was a knock at the door of the little
parlor, and a pleasant manly voice ex
plained :
"I have called In reference to your
advertisement respecting a fan."
Where had I heard that voice before?
"Well, sir. If you can describe It sat
isfactorily, aa I stated, you can have
It!"
"You said a curious fan, entwined In
Itlals, J. J. It was the coincidence of
the Initials which struck me, as I had
them carved ou the fan myself when I
presented it to the iady to whom I fan
cy It belongs."
That voice! Of course, It was Jack's
My green ejes glowed with suppressed
excitement.
"If It is the fan I suppose. It U carv
ed out of Ivory, with two large mer
aids set obliquely lu the first stem.'
That Is your fan, sir! Half a niln
ute. sir:"
will
'Hi,
And In less than that time I was In
Jack's firm clasp.
There was a little chinking sound, a
surprised and grateful "Thank you.
sir," on the part of the postman, a
brisk "Oocxl night" from Jack, then off
once more.
Where was I liound for now? And
what would lie the sequel to It all, I
wondered! Hut I could almost guess.
I was back In my dainty little sanc
tum ; was clasped between Joyce's dear
soft hands; and they were crushed
against her throbbing heart I could
feel how fast It was beating!
I was very Interested, and kept an
eye on each of them. She had only Just
come Into the room. He stood on the
hearthrug facing her, and she was star
ing with lovely wide, startled eyes up
Into his own. She had taken me me
chanically from him; scarcely, as I
could sec, grasping his explanation.
"I er saw- the little beggar adver
tized, you know, with onr Joint initials.
and and all the rest of it!"
No answer.
"I heard of your loss, Joyce," glanc
ing tenderly at the little black-robed
figure; "and that you had not married
Marsden after all !" he vrent on, hur
riedly. He was veiy white and agi
tated, I could see.
"Married Marsden!" she
faintly, trying to calm herself
don never proposed to me!"
echoed,
. "Mars
Do you
That It
"Never proposed to you !
mean to say that she lied?
has all been some hideous mistake?"
"Who lied? What has been a mis
take?"
Hilda Marsden! She told me you
had accepted her brother that night of
the Hunt ball. You remember? Joyce,
darling, can you e-er forgive me?"
And so the mystery was explained at
last! Hilda Marsden had been Joyce's
most Intimate friend those days! The
old, old story of love and Jealousy, I
suppose.
Of the thief who stole me nothing
more was ever heard, or of the beauti
ful old silver tea service, or of the pay-
ng guest, for she disappeared the same
night, leaving her black silk gown, with
her cap and ringlets and spectacles be
hind her. Modern Society.
WAY TO CURE A COLD.
Simple Home Iteinedtea Mill Often
Ilrrak I p the A I lack.
It Is the easiest thing in the world
to catch a cold. One does Imprudent
things and next thing finds one's self
In possession of or rather possessed by
a horrible attack of grippe.
As a rule the simplest remedies for
a cold are the surest. There Is nothing
for carrying off the congestion like a
hot bath, a hot drink and a good sweat.
Do this it ulght.
Another efficacious method Is to snuff
up warm salt water. Hut one must not
go out right after this or the cold will
be aggravated.
If It Is a tight cold In the head rub
the bridge of the nose thoroughly with
vaseline at night. This simple remedy
sometimes works like a charm.
It Is of the utmost Importance during
a cold to keep the system from becom
ing clogged. The old, senseless maxim.
Feed a cold and starve a fever" Is re
sponsible for tunny bad complexions
and prolonged cold. 1 lie proper meth
od Is to eat very lightly and even par
tially fast.
Rub a little camphorated cream on
the chapped lips and nose. If there are
fever sores moisten a llttlo powdered
borax and apply. For the aching limbs
a good rubbing with alcohol or spirits
of camphor Is excellent.
If necessary to go out next morning
rub the body vigorously with alcohol
and a Turkish towel before venturing
forth. It Is of the utmost Importance
to avoid getting chilled after the hot
bath.
If you will use plenty of stewed
fruit In your diet, eat fresh figs, drink
hot water on arising and before uieils
and take nine or ten glasses of water
during the day you will be taking the
best possible measures to get rid of a
cold.
On Tbinir or ttaa Olber.
"Yes, Dubley's wife died vbjle you
were abroad."
"Ah! then he's either going to ex
tremes In bis mourning or he's looking
for a new wife."
"How do you mean?"
"I notice that he's dyed his hair and
mustache a deep black." Philadelphia
Presa.
There may tie no such thing aa pain,
but you have probably observed that
the children In a Christian Science
family shy at the prosiect of a whlp-
I ping the same aa all other.
Peril nH if t'ncrrtnlnl? About lion
1lne Work a Sure Slftn.
"When people fall Into the habit of
wondering whether they have done rou
tine things It Is high time for them
to consider the advisability of a rest."
said n physician. "There Is no surer
sign, to my mind, that the system Is
becoming overtaxed than this feeling
of uncertainty.
"I was staying with n friend the
other night, spending the night wlhh
him. In fact. He's a man whom I know
pretty well, and I thought at dinner
and through the evening, from n little
nervousness In Ills conversation nnd
manner, that things weren't all right
with him. but I wasn't absolutely con
vinced till bedtime approached. We
wore sitting upstairs In h's study, hi
family having retired, and he asked :ne
to excuse him while he saw that the
bouse was locked up. It was a still
night and I could follow his progress
around the various rooms on the first
floor. H seemed to n.e to le unneces
sarily long and, without Ndng Inquisi
tive, I really beenme Interested to
know whether he" wasn't making the
rounds twice. Finally I heard him go
Into the parlor, a room I was sure he
bad visited at least once before. When
he rauie upstairs I asked, laughingly,
how mnny times he had seen that each
window was fastened. Hut he wasn't
In a laughing mood at all.
"'It's it funny thing, old man,' he
said, 'but I've been fool enough to look
at each window two or three times.
Io you know, it would strike me after
I had left a room that orhapa I hadn't
put the catch proiorly on one of the
windows there, and back I'd have to
go to make sure. Helng In there, I'd
examine the other windows again. It's
been that way for half a dozen nights.
Somehow, doing the set things doesn't
seen to make the impression on me
that one would expect. Tills lack of
suroncss isn't confined to locking win
dows, either. I find myself at the
office wondering whether I have given
such and such Instructions Instruc
tions that are no much a part of my
dally work that' I give them mechan
ically and then forget them. Nine
times out of ten I find everything is
nil right, but I'm not quite happy till
I do. 1 guess I must be getting old
maidish In my old age.'
"It was my turn to bo serious then.
I explained to him that his forgetful
ness all came from being overtaxed.
From habit he worked like an automa
ton, doing this, that and the other
thing In his business or borne life, but
a great number of his actions were
without the cognizance of the brain.
lie needed rest, and If he did not take
It he would break down.
"I got hlni away from cares for a
bit. and the next time I saw lilm he
laughed ns heartily over the Incident
of the much-locked windows as. I pre
tended to. He doesn't know It. but be
had a narrow cscae. I'm telling this
story that It may serve as a warning
to an overstrenuous age." New York
Tress.
Evidence of earnings of persons pro
ficient In trade Is held, hi Central Foun
dry Company vs. Hennett (Ala) 1 L.
It. A. (N. S.) 1150. not admissible upon
the question of damages for negligently
killing an apprentice.
A right of action for negligently kill
ing a person Is held, In Jordan vs. Chi
cago and Northwestern Railroad Com
pnny (Wis.)'l L. R. A. (N. S.) 885,
to be an nsset of his estate sufficient
warrant npiointniuut of an - adminis
trator. That the maker of a note understood
that It was to carry Interest Is held, in
Merrltt vs. Dewey (111.), 2 L. R. A.
(N. S.) 217, not to authorize the in
sertion of an Interest clause without
the maker's consent after the execu
tion of the note.
The use for agricultural purposes,
by adjoining land owners, of otherwise
unused and unfenced parts or a rail
road right of way Is held, In Robert
vs. Sioux City & I'. R. Co. (Neb.),
2 L. R. A. (N. S.) 272. not Inconsistent
with, or adverse to, the enjoyment of
the easement.
The right to the custody of a child
In accordance with a Judgment In a
habeas corpus proceeding Is held, lu
Willis vs. Willis (Ind.). 2 L. R. A.
(N. S.) 211. nut affected by an appeal,
although the statute provides that an
uppeal shall stay nil further proceed
ings on the Judgment.
A woman taking her brother Into
her home and without benefit to her
self nursing and performing other
menial services for him during bis last
Illness is held lu Mark vs. Hoardman
(Ky.). 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 81!, to be
entitled to an allowance of their value
out of his estate, although there wa
no express contract that payment
should be made.
A waiver with respect to confidential
disclosures made to a physician by In
sured concerning his lust sickness I
held. In Western Travelers' Accident
Association vs. Munson (Neb.), 1 L,
R. A. (N. S. ) KH'.S, to have been ef
fected by a stipulation in a contract of
life lusnrai.ee to tlie effect that proof
of death rh:il consist lu part of the
all'.divlt of the uttending physician,
which shall state the cause of hi
death, mid such thcr information aa
may be required by the Insurer.
lluftiat. .Nil I ii re.
"O.i, How rich be Is!" sighed
the
pauper "1 wisU I w ins him."
"Your wish shall be granted." said
the genie, suddenly apis-arlug. "Do yon
mean It?"
"Xo. no!" cried the pauper, hastily,
"Just let me be me with bis mouey."
Philadelphia Press.
Mother's Tie,
She Did you ever taste oue of my
mother's uilure pies?
He Oh, yes! I tasted one once, I
think, for week! Yoakera State
man.
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Opinions of Great Papers on Important Subjects.
VANISHING FORESTS.
N the Pacific Northwest, nearly two hundred
thousand men are employed In rutting down
tlie last primeval forests of this country
and slicing these stately armies of sprin-e
and fir and cedar Into .-.OOO.tmo.OtiO feet of
lumber nnd fl,oM.0M,ocKt shingles every
yea r.
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This timbered area Is the richest natural treasure of
the American continent, compared with which the gold
mines of Alaska and Nevada are of picayune value for
this and for coming generations.
It Is so wonderfully rich a treasure that, according to
Ralph D. Paine, in tinting. Its owners are squandering
It like drunken sficndthiifts. A billion feet of lumber
Is wasted every year; enough to build one hundred thou
sand comfortable American homes.
It Is characteristic of Western men nnd methods that
the ways of logging In the Fast should have been flung
aside as crude and slow. The giant timber of the Wash
ington forests on the slojies of tlie Cascades Is not hauled
by tennu or rafted down rivers. Steam has made of
logging a business which devastates the woods with In
credible speed, system and ardor.
The logging camps of the Cascades differ as strikingly
from the lumlierliig centers of northern New England as
the electric gold dredges of the Sacramento Valley con
trast with the placer diggings of the Forty-niners. In
other words, the greater the need of preserving the for
ests, the greater Is the American Ingenuity for turning
them Into cash as fast as possible. New York Sun.
HUNTING THE POLE
I1R unaimroacbablc North
" I nuisance about long enough. It has caused
I I Innumerable chilblains, bronchitlses and (lis-
1 nwlt molitil 111 111 ! fulfill til t luM(ll1lllt fl lilt
not a few deaths, to say nothing of the
financial waste. Nobody gets there, for
bv the time a fellow comes within some
thing like 2(H) miles of It the hardship "lias turned him
Into another sort of man the sort that rcnlgs. This
may go on Indefinitely, unless we find a way to cut It
short, and that Is not easy.
It has recently been suggested that If someone should
absent himself for a while and then ionie back and
say he had climbed the pole, the agony would abate. I
don't believe It. Silence would overhaul his data and
find lacunae In It. Tlie search for the pole would be
renewed. Or, If science believed him, fresh expeditious
would set out to verify his findings and enlarge their
scope. Thus we see why Arctic explorers don't He, why
they one and all confess their failure; fibs would not
do a bit of good, whether swallowed or not.
Hut don't Imagine that It's scientific enthusiasm
alone that lures men to brave the Polar Ice. A genial
The registering of tho names of new
primary pupiU for tho coming school
year was In progress In New York's
largest school, as a representative of
the New York Sun entered. The law
prohibits a child from becoming a
wage-earner before reaching the age of
14 years, and forbids their admission
to the public schools before they are' 0
years old. These rule are disliked by
many of the Fast Side parents, nnd
attempts are often made to evade that
relating to school age by adding to
the years of the youngsters when they
nre brought to the sdiool house. The
teachers ore required to explain, over
and over again, that a child who has
Just passed a fifth birthday Is not yet
11 years old, although the social con
ventions of tho East Side bold to the
contrary.
"How old?" tho teacher asks tho
mother of a tiny girl who Is clinging
to her skirts.
Conslcence and desire struggle. Fi
nally tho mother says, lioarBely, and
It Is necessary to lean forward a little
to hear:
I can't tell a lie. I was boru In
Wlen."
Just why birth In tho Austrian capi
tal should bo put forward In such ft
predicament she docs not say, and the
teacher, used to weird statements, does
not ask. She keeps to the subject at
band.
"You mean she Is not 0 yet?"
A last ray of hope is evident In the
forthcoming whisper.
"Not yet, but she will be soon."
The teacher shakes her head, and
weeping muther and thumb-sucking
child are obliged to seek the kinder
garten, which to the Bast Slder means
a waste of time and effort. "Mere
play," they Kay, contemptuously. "I
want the child to go to school."
The next appllcart was a Hinall boy
who came alone. Evidently, he had
been well tutored In iiemorlzlng what
was thought most essential
"Where do you live, dear?" asked
the teacher.
"Sixth."
"You mean you are ?
"Sixth."
"Are you vaccinated?"
"Sixth."
"Horn In this country?'
"Sixth."
Judgment of no undecided character
descends upou bis uuhattcd mop of
hair.
"You go home and get a birth -ertlfl-cate
and a vaccination paper before
you come back."
Of the next, who was nccompanled
by bis grandmother, tlie teacher ob
served. "Hut lie certainly look less
than 0."
"Ach!" and bis gray-haired grand
mother drew him forward as If to pro-
"tect him from some threatened vlo-
lence. "Show your teeth, Abraham,"
The mouth opens, disclosing a Jag
ged-edged crater.
"Feel bis seconds."
The grandmother la personified will
power, nnd the teacher unwillingly ad
vances a finger, which Is seized and
rubbed across the mouth of the cavern
and then tossed back a of no further
use In this world or tho next
"Don't he look IX with those aots
ond?"
Nevertheless she Is told she oiust
bring better evidence of the boy' age.
A silver cup, supposed to be present-
Maecenas finances the venture, and when yon get home
you can write a f25,X) book and go on a flOO.noo lec
ture tour. As your Arctic cxperlem has fitted you to
live on shoe strings and candle ends, this means wealth.
Financially, pole hunting Is bound to become more and
more attractive. Wireless telegraphy Mill soon permit
an explorer to flash home hair-lifting dispatches at the
rate of f."0 a syllable. Hostou Transcript.
THE
bis committee never asked the government or the Presi
dent to adopt the new plan, and now that the govern
ment has snubbed the President and refused to adopt
It I lie situation remains exactly what It was lofore.
These simplified fellows can't siell themselves and It
grieves them to know that anybody can do so. They
pretend to like a new code of spelling, but that Is only
a bluff. What they are trying to do Is to make good
spellers abandon their ways and thus bring about a
state of anarchy; then they will get up and claim to lie
as good speller as anyliody. It does not seem likely
that they will succeed. ?ood spellers are naturally proud
of their accomplishment and we do not think any of them
will be bamboozled Into abandoning It for the benefit
of any person who has difficulty In spelling well. Kan
sas City World.
Pole has been a
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halted by tlie difficulty of financing them. It Is well
known that the published rates for money do not by
any means tell the story. Money, like any other com
modity. Is worth what It will bring, and neither lender
nor borrower Is likely to take the public Into confidence
Into transactions far nlxive the normal rate. The scarcity
of money Is one disagreeable phase of prosperity; the
great enterprises are hampered and scarcity of Inltor Is
another. Here, too. great enterprises are hamiered and
delayed by the circumstance that men are not to lie bad
to do tlie manual lnlsir. They cannot be secured even
by ottering extravagantly high wages. Tliere are simply
not enough men lu the country to do the work of the coun
try. The tide reacts uiwn Itself again. Chicago
Chronicle.
ed at his christening in Russia and en
graved wth date and nainc, was tin
swathed from Its wrappings, and tri
umphantly exhibited to the teacher ns
evidence in behalf of the claims of the
next applicant.
The teacher takes the loving-cup and
admires It generously. It Is n bit but
tered and shows its long Journeylngs.
"How do I know," she says, patting a
tow head that accompanies, the cup
"that this Is MorlU?"
The mother looks at her with the ex
pression of one who wrestles with crass
iKiioramv There is the cup, and here
Is Moiitz. She tries to explain In bro
ken English, but the teacher Is fright
fully stupid. She cannot make her
understand, nnd finally gnes away to
get n birth cert 1 flea te.
The various documents brought for
ward and presented to the teachers for
liiKMH'tlon during registration form a
curious collection. Passports, birth cer
tificates, certificates of vaccination,
written or printed In Yiddish, Russian,
Hebrew, Hungarian, nppenr among
them. Obviously, the lingual accom
plishments of the teachers of the New
York public schools uiust be of an un
usual kind.
ONE OF MAN'S LIMITATIONS.
lie C'nn Not He Carele Abnnt the
War He Wvnra 1IU list.
There nre things, It Is a comfort to
know, which even a ninn cannot do,
nnd a nuin Is supposed to be able t
do almost anything. Now a novells
may put his heroine's bat on her hoafi
at any angle he chooses It Ik mju o
the few privileges of womanhood and
leave her not a bit less charming or
dignified, but I defy him to put hl!
hero's hat at a rowdy nnglo over his
ear at a crucial point In tils career
and leave lilm still heroic!
The Achilles heel of a man Is bis
hat. He must guard that as he. doe
his reputation, for It Is at once his
strength and weakness. It would hurt
nn archbishop and nn archbishop
necessarily stands for all that is good
and great less In the eyes of tho pub
lic to commit a crime thnn to wear
his bat on tlie back of his sacred bead
real back ! and so exhibit himself
to his distressed diocese. He niny
have all the known virtues and many
that nre not known, but even an arch
bishop cannot with Impunity defy con
vention. Still, If be Is so Inclined,
why should not a great and good man
wear bis hat over bis nose without cre
ating unfavorable comment? The fact
Is he cannot. Ho Is ruled by conven
tion mid convention Is tlie red tape of
society.
Tlie cast Iron laws of fashion, which
Is only another name for convention,
nre such that If the greatest mini In
England were to walk with all his ac
.ustomed dignity from tlie marble arch
lo the bank with u trailing peaock's
leather attached to the band of his 1m
(Paculate silk hat be would be followed
j ,,y a
mob In two seconds and by the
he reached Vera street tin. out
fc,ul"
aged majesty cf the law would take
aim Into custody as a suspicious char
acter. Putnam's Monthly.
A
"Yes," Bald
last Ulght.
Uaae I.lbrl.
Tubs, "be proposed
to
"Tuo Idea !" exclaimed Jea. "Ou bis
jc.ies, I supiHjse?" .
"Oh, you mean thing! I was not
jt least not until afterward." Phil
adlphla Press.
'here are always lots of wolves uu-
tlj the men engage lu a wolf hunt
SIMPLIFIED SPELLERS.
S" F Congress thought to discourage that band
rl I of patriots known as the simplified sellers
'II I by refusing to adopt simplified spelling It Is
JLaaaaJj going to be disappointed. The simplified
spellers are not In the least cast down. Dr.
Funk, author of "The Widow's Mite" and
chairman of the committee of spellers, says
ANOMALIES OP PROSPERITY.
ATl'RAI, proscrtty continues to show that
It entails ivi taln eualtles as well as pleas
ures. The very force of the swelling tide
tends to react upon Itself. Thus business
activity Is so great that money commands
high price. It is not only the stock gam
blers who suffer. Legitimate enterprises are
r
MARK TWAIN AT HOME.
Hy his gift of story-telling Mark
Twain has endeared himself to . tlie
whole American people. A pleasant
glimpse of tho way In which this gift
was exercised In his own home, for hl
own children, he gives in his autobiog
raphy, published lu the North Ameri
can. "Along one side of the library, in the
Hartford home," he says, "the book
shelves Joined the mantelpiece; In fact,
there were shelves both sides of the
mantelpiece. On those shelves and on
the mantelpiece stood various orna
ments. At one end of the procession
was a framed oll-palntlug of n cat's
head ; at the other end was the bead of
a beautiful young girl, life-size called
Emmellue, because she looked Just like
that, nn Impressionist water-color. He
tweeii the pictures there were twelve
or fifteen of the brlc-a-brac things al
ready mentioned; also an oll-palutlng
by Ellliu Vedder, 'The Young Medusa.
"Now and then the children required
:ue to construct a romance, always Im
promptu, not a moment's preparation
permitted, and Into that romance I
bad to get nil that brlc-a-brac and the
three pictures. I had to start always!
with the cat and finish with Emmellne.
1 '.vas never allowed tlu refreshment
of n change, end for end. It was not
permitted to Introduce any bric-a-brac
orn.imeut Into the story out of Its place
In the procession. In the course of
time the, pictures and the brlc-brai?
showed wear. It was because tliey hud
so many nnd Mich tumultuous ndveu
tures In their romantic careers.
"As romtini.cr to the children I had a
hard time even fnm the licglnulng. If
they brought ine n plcturo In n maga
zine, and requln-d ine to build a story
:o It, they would cover tho rest of tV
page with their pudgy bands, to keep
me from stealing an idea from It. Tho -stories
bad to come hot from the bat
always.
'Sometimes the children furnished
ine a ennracter or two, or a oozen, ami
required nie to start out at once on that
slim basis nnd deliver those character
tip to a vigorous and entertaining llf
of crime. .If they beard of a w trade.
or an unmllar nnlmnl. or anything
like that, 1 was pretty sure to have to
deal with It In the next nrnnn-f.
'Once Clara required nie 1 1 build
sudden tale out of a plirubev and !t
bawgunstrlctor.'nnd I had t.i di It.Sluv
didn't know whnt a bom-onstrlor was)
uiitU he developed In the tale. Then she
was better satisfied with It than ever."
lual of tb Marine Uarraeka.
Among the interested visitors at the
marine barracks at Washington ou
one oivaslou there was a party of
young girls from a Maryland town.
They proved very much Interested In
everything pertaining to tlie life ami
discipline of the post. "What do yon
mean by 'taps'?" asked one young
woninn. "Taps are played eiery night
on the bugle," answered the ofHeer.
"It means 'lights out.' They play It
over tho bodies of dead soldlers.H A
puzzled look came to the face of iU
questioner. Then she asked. "What
d.i you do If you haven't tt dead soi
rtur?" Ooubla Star lu lb Iler.
'ot evcryono Is awaro that MIzar,
tlMi sciniid star of the big dipper, la
a (UuWe star. To observe this doublet
oa ciear night requires good vision.
