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REVIVED INTEREST IN CANALS.
BABV WITH DEEP BLUE EYES.
Baby with th? drop bhin ryes,
Rou wlih outwnnl nature linking,
Looking up in mild surprise
How I wonder whnt you're tliioklngt
Life to yon is but n tlrcnm ;
Vour Iif' a brook's faint, primal flow
in? ;
Things around that mrndy efm
Will grow real with your growing.
Could I fit thorn your sweet "mind
Catch the thought with feature plny
ln :
If I coulil one fancy hind
Ere. it pass I" slecpland straying.
I should ltnow a mystery,
1 1 iUdpii rloHP in (toil's strong keeping,
Orcntor thnn tln changing son
Or the blue above it swooping.
Chicago Record.
Hiram's lucky tasilon j
With n whoop tlio Caldwell child
ren rushed out to greet their father,
and Mrs. Caldwell hurried nfter the;n
to head off any raids on the green bob,
sled.
"Get everything, father?" she called,
as she peered out of t'.ie storm door.
"Got a plenty," In? called buck, with
an attempt to heartiness that caused
lier to glance quickly at the sled. Siw
had heard those half apologetic tones
before and knew what they meant.
Hack in the sled, covered by a blan
ket, was a square package It was not
the right shape for cracker boxes nor
tall enough for a barrel.
She drove the children Into the house
and shrouding her head In an old wool
fascl'.iator she followed out to the Lam,
where Hiram was already unhitching
the tired team.
She made straight for the sled and
threw aside the blanket, disclosing n
email soda fountain.
"What did you pay for this?" she
demanded, indicating the square of
stained marble with Its tarnished
spigots.
"Six dollars aud thirty cents," he
said, the red surging Into his face.
"The man said the metal Is worth
more'n that."
"Then you didn't have anything left
for the presents?" Bhe asked, reproach
fully. "Oh. Hiram! And after you
promised."
"Hut, look here," he argued. "There's
bound to be another store set up. May-
be they'll want a fountain and I can
sell this at a big profit."
There was no use in arguing. Ever
Blnco they had been married she had
tried to persuade Hiram to stop buy
ing things at auction, but It was a pas
sion with him, as it had cen with
his father before him.
He had never before made quite so
ridiculous a purchase as a soda foun-
tain, but he never acquired anything
wortli while. He bought cheap for the
love of buying, things so old or useless
that no one else would bid.
Wore it not for the little shop that
Mrs. Caldwell kept In the front room
for the benefit of the uolghlors, the
mortgage would have Iteon foreclosed
years ago. As It was, she kept up the
ink rest with the meagre profits of the
little store and the egg aud butter
money.
This and some of the grocery money
had gone Into this ugly, useless foun
tain. In the fascinations for the mle
all else was forgotten.
The next morn4ng Hiram hailed a
passing acquaintance anc together they
Installed the fountain behind the tiny
counter that had once been part of Mc
Qulston's store before the sheriff had
seized the goods.
It was several weeks before Mrs.
Caldwell was satisfied, but at last (.he
bad to admit that the gleaming war
ble, with its polished spigots, s.avo
"tone" to the place.
When the days grew warm the ice
box wns filled and lemon soda and
bomemado birch and ginger beer vere
dispensed to the youngsters of the
neighborhood.
Then came a day when one of the
big red automobiles that went flash
ing down the road on tne way to the
falls. stopi'U in ii'onr or the yard. A
leather clad man trmuiied up the gnvel
walk and returned to the ear with three
glasses of birch beer.
When be came back with the empty
glasses he drained two more himself
and threw down a quarter.
"You ought to have a bigger sign
he aid, as he set down bis glass. "I
ban lv made out the place myself."
1 guess I will," said Mira, as she
laid down fifteen cents.
That's worth live cents a glass."' lie
s:ilvl. "You'll never make wouey at
two cents a glas. You'd U-tter raise
your price and begin with me."
He pushed the money back to her,
and with n courteous dolling of his cup
be was off.
Mira was slow of thought but quick
of action. When the nuto sped down
the road on ltsl way back to the rlty
a huge sign decorated tho fence. Mira
bad sacrificed one of her scanty stort
uf sheets, but already she had sold
twenty glasses of soda at a net profit
of eighty cents.
Her visitor of the morning drew up
again. -.My sister enjoyed the soda
so much that we waut more," he said
with a smile. "I see you have the
Bltn out."
"Made it with Btove blacking," said
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WAYFAKEHS OX OUR WATERWAYS.
Slowly but surely we are awakening to the fact that the day of our
inland water ways, the old canals, is by no means all over. The fact Is
particularly Interesting la view of tho Introduction of motor traction on our
roads, for one would have thought that if railways killed the canals their
chances of revival were ninde even more remote by the motor. As a matter
of fact. It Is found by experience that tho Increased facilities of transport In
point of quickness demands more auxuliary means, aud thus It comes about
that business men are asking, "Is the resuscitation of British canals prac
ticable?" Certain it Is that our canals still present a very old-world look with their
gorgeously-painted boats and queer crowds, for the merry mariners on our
canals remain almost tho only people who really wear the "pearly" type of
costume formerly associated with tho London coster. This picture illustrates
the more domestic scenes on be-nrd canal boats. London Sphere.
Mira. proudly,
"I didn't have nuy
paint."
"It does first rate." He ueciareu.
"Had any result?"
This makes a dollar sixty, sain
Mira. "That's more money than I take
in usually in a week."
"A.ivertisine is the secret or euc-
ross." he Tironounced. "Keep It up and
you'll be needing some assistance soon."
it- ns several days before tnat re
ticular nuto stopped In front of the
weather-lx-aten gate. This time the
driver was alone. He drank a glass of
ginger nle and asked for a saudw.cn.
n wns a new demand, but t.ieie
..nri nf a chicken left from Sun
day, and presently Gertrude came In
with a dainty Bandwlch that brougnt
fresh praise from the visitor.
"YnnMl have to innke a new sign," he
BnM ns he sat dowu the empty plate.
"With home-made bread, fresh buttjr
and chicken that never heard of the
i,f finst. vou've an article that can't
lie lieaten. Look here," he added, "why
don't vou start a real Inn? Ihero are
hundreds of autos in town. Tho rvid
to tho falls Is the best hereabout and
there's no chance to buy decent food.
Put in n stock of syrups aud a tank
of soda. Add some ice cream and c ake
and keep everything Just as home
like ns you can?
:i.i-triide clawed her hands, "we'll
do It, mother," she cried. "Can't yon
see what he means? Thank you so
much for your suggestion."
ij.ok here." he said. "Hint old
stump by the gate is uo use, is it?"
We're colng to have It pulled when
Tiii-nm pets the time," said Mira, apol
ogetically. "We've been meaning to do
it ever since the lightning strucu it.
"Don't do It," her patron almost
shouted. "I've got a bully Idea. Let
me be the godfather of tht place and
I'll make a sign out of the tree for a
christening present."
ille was hack acaln early the next
morning. He smiled appreciatively as
he saw half a dozen small tables scat
tered about under the trees. The giass
had been mowed aud the place looked
fresh and inviting
Under his direction a man he had
brought with him began to hack at the
tree.
An nuto nartv came un lust then awl
took possession of one of the tables.
Gertrude went off to wait on them, and
in- th time thev had taken their de-
-
parture the wood carver had completed
his task.
The old stump, denuded of Its 'jark,
stood splintered and torn, but with a
smooth oval on Its face.
"That doesn't seem to be anything,"
said Gertrude, as she regarded his
work.
"It will be a work of art before I get
through with It," he explained, "or my
name isn't Ernest Paynter."
"Is It? Are you really Mr. I'aynter,
the artist?" she asked, finding that fact
of greater interest than the sign.
'T.less my heart," he exclaimed, "I
seemed to know you all so well that I
forgot you did not know my name. 1
am Ernest I'aynter and very imHi at
your service.
She extended her hand with a fnri ial
little "Glad to meet you, Mr. I'aynter,"
that made them both lau;;h, and, still
liolilin'.' her hand, ho drew her into the
road where she could sih? the front of
the sign. On the paitel. In raised let
ters, were the words, "Good Luck Inn."
"That's the name of the place," he
explained.
The sign seem.'d all that was ced
ed, for trade grew to proportions un
dreamed of. A soda manufacturer rent
a wagou out once a week with a load
of tanks for the fountain. lllraui
scoured the country for itoultry and
eggs, and Instead of the long drive to
the creamery each night It was uot long
before they bought cows to supply their
own Increased needs.
I'aynter was out almost every 1 y,
mul it was he w ho kept the M'lces at a
pelut that sometimes worried honcit
Mira Caldwell s conscience. A doll ir
for a meal seemed reusuutlj, hut
Ernest held out for $2 a bend and very
soon they had to establish a waiting
list.
Ry the time the motoring season clos
ed nnd there were only occasional calU
for hot coffee and sandwiches, Mr
Caldwell was glad of the rest
Long before most of the hard work
hnd been delegated to hired girls r.nd
she had contented herself with ranting
the kitchen, in which a new range nad
been established, but these had been
busy times for all, nnd even now there
was enough to keep Gertrude busy, so
there was n new teacher at Mink's
Crossing.
"We don't have to worry about the
mortgage," laughed Gertrude. "That's
paid off and there's plenty in tho bauk."
"And to think your pa claims that
the fountain wns a mascot," sniffed
Mira. "That Ernest Paynter was the
real mascot."
"Ho was wonderfully good," said Ger
trude, softly, as she moved the ladder
over to the chnndelier.
"That's what he was," was the em
phatic resjwnse. "Gertrude, when you
get married, I want you to murry a
man Jlke Ernest I'aynter."
"Yes. ma'am," Gertrude answered
dutifully.
"I made my mistake when I married
Hiram." ran on Mira. "I want to see
you married right Why, I remem
ber" Her reminiscence was cut short hy a
cry from Gertrude. Ernest entering the
room bad caught her ou the ladder nnd
was holding her securely In his arms.
"I didn't mean to eavesdrop," he
said, laughing ns he faced Mrs. Cald
well, his arms still nlwut the girl. "Rut
since you and I are agreed as to the
man she ought to marry, suppose we
hear what Gertrude has to say?"
Mira did not hear Gertrude's repjy,
but, as she surveyed her tear-stained
fat', she needed uo verbal assurance.
Brooklyn Times.
COINS AND FACES ON THEM.
Features of Itulera Abroad, Here
the Kmblem of Liberty.
Coins of most of the nations bear
upon them the faces of their rulers. In
the United States each coin has au
emblem of Liberty.
The first coins struck after the for
mation of the federal union bore the
face of George Washington. Gen.
Washington disapproved of tho custom
aud It was dropped. It has never been
revived.
Portraits of prominent Americans
appear upon postage stamps, Internal
revenue stamps and paiter money, but
never on coins. And It has been the
custom to use no portraits of living
men even on the currency and tho
stamps.
In England n.s soon as King Edward
succeeded Queen Victoria the queen's
face gave way to that of Edward on
all the coins and stamps In the British
empire. The accession of a new ruler
in most monarchies means an Instant
change In the design of the coins.
But there Is an exception to the rule
of no portraits on American coins. The
emblem of Liberty ou the 1-cent coin
is the goddess in au American Indian
headdress, but the face shows no char
acteristics of the North American abo
rigine. It Is t lie fact. of a little girl, Sarah
Loitgacre Keen, upon w hose head was
placed the feathered ornament of a
Sioux Indian. Her father was au en
graver and be placed his daughter's
head on the coin.
Sarah Iungacro Keen died In Phil
adelphia uot long after having served
thirty-five year as the secretary of her
city's branch of the Methodist Women'!
Foreign Missionary Society.
luleaaa L'ouaplluiaat.
"How did that successful actress
come to marry her press agent?"
"He must have succeeded lu convinc
ing her that he meant every word of
what he was writing for publication. "
Washington Star.
Order. Nature Is always orderly,
and this is one of the prime reasons
why she Is never superfluous ; she has
a gid system, and. therefore. Is nl- !
ways correct In her movements. l!ev.
II. A. Tupper, Baptist, Brooklyn.
The Social System. Christianity has
always taught man to do nobly, pa
tiently, heroically his full duty to tho
state, to rulers, to society. We are
part of a social system which lias al
ready taken s1i.iim. We are In debt to
It In many ways. Rev. A. B. Kinsol
Ing, Episcopalian, Brooklyn.
Libraries. There are said to be In
the school libraries alone of the Uni
ted States IU.IKKI.ihK) more volumes
than there are In all the libraries of
Europe combined. Our people may be
raw and have a certain tendency to
whiskers, but they are well-informed.
Rev. Prank Crane, Methodist, Worces
ter, Mass.
Modern Science. There are a great
many who fear to let their minds rim
out In the direction of modern scienco
lest they come upon a stumbling block
to faith. I fool sure that the largest
truth of God will be amplified lu the
progress nnd learning of the day.
Bishop 1). A. Goodsell. Methodist, South
Norwalk, Conn.
Religion and Politics. You cannot
tell how real a man's religion Is by
the way he sings hallelujah, but you
can make a good guess at the truth If
you know he will not vote until he Is
paid to do so. There Is a big leakage
there, and the United States suffers
from it. Rev. S. 1'. Cadnian, Metho
dist, Nashville, Tenn.
Commercialism. Commercialism Is
tho prevailing vice of tho American
people. Our presidential campaigns of
the past generation have been waged
and won on a simple question of trade.
The most successful thing for any par
ty to do Is to touch the pocket nerve of
the American people. Rev. M. C. Pet
ers, Baptist, Philadelphia.
The Old and New. We cannot re
vive old forms of thought the world
moves on. We cannot" revive old moods
of feeling life Is ever new. But we
may reeoneeive the old Immutable
truths which are the structural and
formative force of character, and make
life richer, purer and stronger. Rev.
P. S. Moxom, Congregatlonalist, Spring
Held, Mass.
Pain and Effort. All the great souls
of history have sweat blood lu the per
formance of their work. The men who
have projected mighty movements In
history, the men who fought the devils
of society nnd the men who lay tho
devils within themselves must gird
themselves for struggles, social and
personal. All progress is through pain
and effort. Rev. L. Ilulley, Baptist,
Baltimore, Md.
High Realities. The search after
truth is the most necessary of all the
means to the ends of life. It Is hard
to conceive of one as having really
lived In this world who has not pos
sessed himself of its high realities.
This Is what the scriptures say to us
In ceaseless iteration, and this is what
men say to us who have anything to
say which wo care to hear. Rev. W. J.
Tucker, Baptist, Hanover, N. II.
The Golden Rule. This civilization
makes me think sometimes that things
are tending toward tho practice of tho
Golden Rule. Yet how far away from
It are we. If among Christ's ieoplo,
with wealth In their hands, this rule
was practiced; If these people would
devote their inheritance toward the ad
vancement of the kingdom, ns Christ
did, how far we would advance along
the true line. Rev. A. J. McKelway,
Presbyterian, Charlotte, N. C.
Hope. Every discovery has hope as
lis incentive. Behind every invention
which adds to the sum of human hap
piness and every battle fought for lib
erty, there Is that hope. It Is the glory
of the individual, the nation, and the
race; It Is the exultant song of the
petit, the musician, the sculptor; It la
the glory that paints t he eastern skies
ut dawn ; the sweet farewell that Iln
gers in the sunset; the music of tha
breeze; It Is the golden sky nfter the
tenqiest. Rev. II. M. Couden, Episco
palian, Washington.
Echii Verne.
Echo verses were sometimes used ef
fectively for epigrams and squibs. Thus
a critic once wrote:
I'd fuin praise your poeai. But, tell me,
how is it
When 1 cry out "exquisite" echo criea
"quiz it?"
And when In is.il Paganinl was
drawing crowds to the opera house at
extravagant prices the Times printed
the following lines:
What are they who pay three guineas
Tc heir a tune of l'ucmilV
Echo Pack o' ninnies !
London Graphic.
Itoatttluu tiller. '
In Norway, where superii coffee Is
mde. a bit of butler is added to the
beans while they are roasting in the
cowivd shovel used there for that pur
pose, in France as well a piece of but
ler tile size of a walnut is put Willi
I hive pounds of the colTcti beans, ami
iiKo a i!escrls;iooni ul t' powdered
cir-'ar. 'Ibis brings out both flavor and
scent aid, moreover, gives the slight
(nra'iel taste which will be remember
ed i.:i a pleasing part of French cof
fee. 1'riitfii It.
"The chief reforms urged on rail
roads are inert ly changing existing
ones about."
"In what way?"
"Watering less stock on their enpj
tal and more ou the cat.lu trains."
Baltimore American.
ie;ore doing aiiyinmg you are
usl.anied of be sure and m-c that all
your neighbors are several blocks away.
Cupid KiKuctlmcg grafts u peach ou
au old shrub.
I k
Opinions of
i lb
, THE PASSING OF THE LOTTERY.
AMBLING Is a weed which will spring up
overnight and flourish at tlie heels of the
law's reaper, but that even the most deep
rooted species can be destroyed, if time and
perseverance are devoted to tho task. Is
shown by the crushing Of the so-called Hon
duras lotterv. The recent decision of the
Federal court at Mobile. Al.i., ends a struggle that has
been waged for thirty years, and In wbtvh all the cun
ning and resources of unlimited wealth fulled In the end
to override the law.
The millions that have been filched from tho ocUets
of the poor to add to the wealth of the lottery men are
beyond computation. For jears the old Louisiana com
pany flourished on the money squandered by those who
could not afford to lose for it Is always those who have
no money to risk that wager It most rashly. Then came
a time when the lottery became a serious menace to the
country's prosperity. Everyone bought tickets, or rather
fractions of tickets, and the winners were rich and fa
mous for a day. Of the thousands who threw away their
savldgs In tho vain pursuit of the goddess of chance noth
ing of course was heard.
At length the government wns aroused and the lottery
was driven from Louisiana to find a new naine and nom
inal home In Central America. But Its harvest field
remained the United States. Other laws were passed,
but the lottery sharks were clever and until, January of
this year eluded the nets spread for them. At last, how
ever, they have been caught, their outlaw business de
stroyed nnd a drop or two taken from the ocean of their
profits.
The fines of $2Sl.0()0 Imposed by the Southern court
upon the wealthy and prominent men who pleaded guilty
to the charge of oieratlug the lottery are not the greater
part of the punishment which should be their share.
They are gamblers, and as snch should be despised by
their neighbors and fellow citizens. Chicago Tost.
THE DIMINISHING BERTH
N the United States In
of children under B to
mil
mm
lug age was only three-quarters of what It
was In 18(10." This significant statement
was made the other day by rrofessor Ed
ward A. Ross of the University of Wiscon
sin in a paper read before the American
Economic Association at Providence on "Western Clvlll
eation nnd the Birth Rate." When statistics are corrob
orated by common observation they have added force.
The statistical statement quoted Is corroboratod by such
observation. The average Amerlcau of to-day U often
heard to coutrast the big families of his grandparents
with his own family and the families of his set
The remarkable fall which has taken place during the
last half-century in the birth rate of this country has
been obscured by the swelling of population through
It's qulto likely that my mother-in-law
will stay until the end of, July,"
replied tho man with the aquiline nose
and retreating chin. Then he added:
"I see you buve no sense of humor."
"What makes you think so?" asked
the man with tho crush hat.
"You never cracked a smile."
"I pride myself on It," said the man
with the crush hat. "I never smile at
any of 'em. I Hatter myself that my
nature Is too sympathetic, and theu I've
had personal experiences that have de
veloped the sympathetic side of uie still
more. You get off n neat bit of repar
tee or make nny sort of humorous re
mark and you'll got the cockle-wanning,
responsive laugh from me about
as quick ns you will from the next one,
but I don't see anything remarkably
funny about that, and I'll bet you
don't."
"You're dead right there," agreed
the man with tho aquallne nose.
."Of course I'm right. I remember
once when I was a I ' 1 I was rambling
through the wood and I saw a gray
ball of a thing like a Japanese lantern
banging to the limb of a tree. I'd
never seen anything like It before, and
nobody had ever shown me one, so I
naturally picked up a stick and gave
It an Investigating poke. The next
thlug I was running at the top of my
sjwed In a homeward direction, letting
out a yell at every Jump. Every now
and then something like a red-hot wire
Jabbed Into me, aud by the time I got
home I was about as badly stung a
kid as you ever Baw In your life. Moth
er didn't hold her sides ami go Into
fits of laughter. She never did have
any sense of humor. She put me to
bed and bathed my swellings with am
monia and soda and things,"
"A hornet sting Is pretty bad," sab?
the man with the aquiline nose, feel
ingly. "I should say It was bad. So Is a
mule's kick. I was harnessing a mule
once to plow, and as I was fixing the
breeching he hauled off and kicked me
on the knee. It's a wonder be didn't
menu me cup, mil as it was i was
nearly three weeks In bed with Ice
packed around it. and my leg Is weal;
at the knee Joint to this day. But wneii
I got to hobbling around on crutches
everybody I knew talked as if It was
a screamingly hilarious experience. I
count:i t get their KiItit of view,
Uiough."
"I tlon't wonder," said the other man.
"Ever seasick?"
"Never on the ocean."
"Then don't you ever go. Stay ashore
and be happy. I went across tho At-
lastic oiico twice, lu fact, because I
cum back. It says a good deal for
the strength of homo ties that I ever
did. If there had been auy way of
tunneling under I'd have done it. Sick
the whole of the time, and it's the
worst sickness there is, I'm willing to
bet It wasn't very rough weather at
that I must have U-en the only pas
seiiger affected to any extent It was
better than a vaudeville show for the
rst ft the passengers, thut sickness of
Great Papers on Important Subjects.
Immigration. Only recently hn It attracted much atten
tion. A somew'hat similar fall, however, is also noUi'e
ablo, In varying degrees. In many other lands.. En
roomy Australia exhibits a like phenomenon. Germany
and Russia are the chief exceptions to such a tendency
among the lending countries of Europe. The main ex
planation, according to Professor Ross, of this "willful
restriction of the size of the family" is the desire of
parents to observe higher standards of life for them
selves and for such children as they do have. In order
to maintain these lilgher standards, under the pressure
of modern life, the number to be provided for In the
family is limited.
On the whole, Professor Ross regards this movement
In tho line of a diminishing birth rate as "salutary," In
which resiect ho differs from President Roosevelt The
subject Is obviously one of basic Importance to our social
and national future. It would be Interesting to know
what rrofessor Ross thinks of the fact that the dimin
ution of the birth rate Is most marked, not among wage
earners, but among those best qualified by Intelligence
and surroundings to rear good children. Chicago News.
BATE.
1000 the proportion
women of chlld-lienr-
mine an unfailing source of mirth and
laughter. And It's seldom I pick up
an alleged comic paper that I don't see
seasickness alluded to more or less deli
cately as tho merriest kind of merry
Jest."
'It's one of the stock wheezes," said
the man with the aquiline nose.
"So's tho green-apple colic," sold the
man In the crush hat "That's a Jocnnd
sort of experience to have, too. I don't
think a goat ever butted mo, but I
don't think I should laugh If I saw
anybody else butted. I should Imagine
tho shock would be extremely painful,
something like getting a fall on roller
skntes. I've suffered that. Do you
think I'd laugh If I saw a man hav
ing his leg amputated or giggle If he
lost nil bis money and got thrown out
on the street with his family on a cold
winter night?"
"No," replied the man with tho
aquiline nose. "But I wouldn't have
cared If you bad lajighed. I'm only
sorry that she will have to leave us
so soon, but then my wife Isn't her only
daughter."
Tho man In tho crush hat snickered.
"Well, that Is a pretty good Joke," be
said. Chicago Dally News.
Snbtletr of th Pootniaa.
Stuyvesant Fish was discussing In
Philadelphia the March panic.
"That was delicately put," he sali,
referring to a remark that Indirectly
cast a blame for tho panic on a certain
source. "Whether your remark la true
or false, It was couched delicately. It
reminds mo of the story of the foot
man. '
"A foritman called his master up by
telephone nnd said :
" 'I regret to Inform you, sir, that
your house Is on tiro and fast burning
down.' '
"'Oh,' cried the master, 'what a ter
rible misfortune! But my wife Is she
safe?'
'"tjulte safe, sir. She got Out among
the first.'
'"And my daughters- are they all
right?'
"'All right, sir. They're with their
mother.'
"There was a pause. Thenj
'"And what about my niother-lu-
Inw';'
"'That sir,' sibl the foutni'in, Miave
ly, 'was what I wished to speak to you
about, sir, particular. Your mother-in
law is lyin' asleep In the third story
buck, and knowlif your regard for her
comfort, sir, I wasn't sure whether I
ought to disturb her or not, sir.'"
klia Wns faulluu.
"Yes, his wife refuwd to vote at the
election und he says all the other worn
fu in the club are awfully mad."
"What re-ason did shu give?"
"Said she hadn't been Introduced to
any of tho candidates." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Occasionally au eld umu likes to
t-ilk of events loi:v ': "Le'ora I can
rtu.einber," h says.
r-r
THE TOWN BEAUTIFUL.
HE beginning of summer Is a season when
the women of every village and town In the
country may well organize work for tlw
preservation and creation ' of beauty.
Streets, commons, school yards, cemeteries,
all need constant care, and In many towns
there are no officials who are entrusted with
this duty. In fact, the men who work on the roads too
often destroy beauty when they should protect It En
lightened park commissioners now encourage the growth
of hushes and small trees beside the highway at great
expense; but la the country regions these very bushes
are cut away, with a misdirected zeal for making things
tidy. 1
Ten women banded together Into an association for
beautifying and cleaning the town can accomplish won
ders. There Is a certain village where such a committee -has
wrought something like a miracle. They have put
the sidewalks In condition by picking off the stones, cut
ting side drains, and keeping the turf at the edge neatly ,
clipped. Waste barrels have been set In different parts
of the vlllag; they are emptied twice a week, and re
lieve the strerts of the hateful, wind-blown papers. The
bill board nuisance has been abated. The women have
painted in a pleasant green an old covered bridge, which
bad been disfigured with advertisements for' twenty
years. They fcave also set up a well-drained Iron water
ing trough, la place of an unsanitary wooden one. f
Finally, each of the ten women has cultivated an at
tractive flower garden In front of her own' house, and
taken down th fence separating It from tjie street' Thus
at one stroke they have forced the citizens to keep cows
and hens off tho streets, and built up a healthy emulation
in lawns and gardens, until the whole village literally
blossoms like the rose. Youth's Companlou.
INVENTED ARTIFICIAL PEARLS.!
91Ivrr Lutir on Pond That St a,
Beadutaker Thinking.
The string of artificial pearls was,
very beautiful. But for the regularity
of to beads any one would have.
thought it a rope of real pearls worth;
a king's ransom, says the New Orleans
Tluius-Douioerat
"I'll tell you," said tha Jewelec as be,
wrapped up the deceptive necklet, "howj
tho wonderfully perfect artificial pearl'
came to be Invented. 1
'A rich French beadmaker, Molsa
Jacquln he lived In the seventeenth
century found a pond In bis garden-
covered one moruing with a lovely sil
very luster. Amazed, he called his gar
dener, who said It was nothing some
albettes had got crushed, that was all.j
"Albottes were little silver fish
bleaks the Leuclscus alournus. The
gardrner explained that If you crushed '
them they always gave the( water aj
pearly sheen like that. Jacquln put
on his thinking cap. ,'
"For six years he worked with beads
and bleaks, wasting millions ou botlu,
But finally he achieved success. He.
learned how to extract the pearly lus-i
ter from the bleaks' scales and to cover
a glass bead with It. '
"What he did and bis method Is,
still used was to scrape the scales
from the fish, wash and rub them andi
save the water. Tho'water, decanted,,
gave off a lustrous fluid of, the thick-'
ness of oil, a veritable pearl paint, aj
magic fluid that Imparts a lovely pearly
sheen to everything It Is applied to. 1
"It takes 1,000 bleaks to yield am
ounce of this pearl paint"
Webster' Wit.
Moat men of weight dislike the frail
gilt aud satin chairs which accidentally
fall to their lot In a crowded drawing
room. They were la use In Mr. Web
ster's time. At an evening reception
given to some western lawyers soon
after the accession of President Tyler
and the dissolution of President Har
rison's cabinet Mr. Stauberry, late At
torney General, was accompanied by
b!s bashful friend, Mr. Leonard, who
Immediately retired to a Corner (and se
lected this glided trifle as a resting
place. In order to withdraw still far
ther from notice he tilted tSe frail
strticture backward. Iown It went,
smashed Into a dozen pieces, and Leon
ard the embarrassed was Leonard the
..i ..1 ,.t ..It t.. H',.1.1- I
uiiM-nni u l tut. .,ti. tTiiuicr llllllieui-
utely rushed to the rescue of his unfor
tunate guest and raised him from the
H mr with the reassuring remark,
"Why. my dear Mr. Leonard, you
should have remembered that no cabi
net work would hold together here."
It Had to tome.
Mrs. CakeUread was entertaining
some ladles at a select little 5 o'clock
ten, and B:bty, who had been excep
tionally well lehaved, was m high
feather.
"Ma," he said ns cake twas being
handed around, "may I have soma
tongue, please?"
"There Isn't any tongue, Bobby."
"That's funny," commented Bobby.
"I heard pa say there would be lots ot
it.' Strnud Magazine.
A man is apt to put hi thinking cap
on when his wife expresses a desire for
a new bonnet
Many a bad man ha beeu cowed to
ths lullk of human ki'uduu,