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Slrf Msliia on ?1 v(h.)l UT. "".istcr." nshi-tl Melpomene, ' v.hy art t. n clooiuyV" "Beesnso," said Calliope, who. In hor -ryit-':ty tlv mrsp 1 1: n t tvsirtcil over r; !inirnfp ntnl . opir poetry, li id done a IiM-1 day's work.nt her desk, rondinj man Ws.cWr.U snil firing I hem' into the waste lcl:et. "I rim oppressed by a forclxirting Cat njl my Inl'ors hnvp gone for naught. I shrill 01f utterly unknown nnd my ti-.:-i will fwrisli from Ihf cnrth !" I.litlc did she lliislt Hint the most l:,il olicnl nnil so'.il (Jct-roylng instrument ever drviswl for the purpose of torturing the mr of mankind would srnd her nnmo srrenmlnj and tooting down the gen! Chicnsro Tribnn. ONE XAJS'S EXPERIENCE IN WE3T ,EBN CANADA. There Are Thnnaanda of Opportonl tlee la Thla Land of Opportunity. - To the Editor Dear 8!r: The following exiierlenee of an Illi nois man who went to Western Canada six years ngo Is but oue of the thou sands of letters that could be repro duced showing how prosperity follows the settler on the fertile lauds of West ern Canada. Tills letter was written to the Chicago agent of the Government of the Dominion of Canada and Is dated at Evurts, Alberta, April 8, 1007: It Is six years the 0th of this month etnee I and family landed In Red Deer, family sick and only $75.00 In my pock et Bought a. $12 lot, built a 12x14 shack and went to work as a carpen ter. Next Si ay sold for $400 (had add ed 16x18 building to shack). 1'archascd two lota at $70 each and built a 28x28 two-story building and sold for $930. Filed on a quarter section S3 miles northwest of lied Deer and have spent three years on It. and am well pleased. Quarter all fenced and cross fenced, Wire and rail, 2 miles of fence. House 29x31 feet on stone foundation. Last year was my first attempt to raise train, 1 acres of fall wheat, yield grand, but was frosted Aug. 2, was cut Aug. 10 and made good pig feed. Had IVj acres fall rye that I think could not be beat. A farmer from Dakota cut It for me; be said lie never saw inch henry grain anywhere. Straw was 7 feet high. I had 4 acres of 2-rowed barley on fall breaking that did not do so well, yet it ripened and fave me nil the feed I need for stock ndseed tor this spring. I did not nave grain threshed, so can't give yield, out the wheat would have gono at least za bu. to the acre. Have a log stable 81x35 feet, broad roof and two smaller buildings for pigs and chickens. I have Hvod Id Harvey, 111., and know something about It I have been hun gry there, and though able and willing to work could get none to do. One Sat urday evening found me wlthouf any upper or a cent to get It with. A friend, surmising my situation, gave me a dollar, which was thankfully ac cepted and later paid back. Wife and I are thankful we came here. We were living near Mt Vernon, III., as perhaps you remember visiting me there 'and getting me headed for the Canadian Northwest and a happy day It baa proved for me. I have not grown rich, uui aiu iirui:riiiK, i nvuiu uui iuku $3,000 for my quarter now. The past winter has been a bard one, but I worked outside the coldest day (52 be low) all day and did not suffer. We are getting a school started now that Is badly needed. Our P. O., Everts, Is about 13 miles; there Is another office 0 miles, but It la hot convenient to us. Wife and I Would not exchange our home here for anything Illinois has to offer. lours 4rly, , (Signed) ; S. EMBERLEf. Bow rarla Got Ita Nam. The city or Paris owes Its origin to the conquest of Gaul by Caesar. When this Roman general on bis path of con- nest came to the present site of the rreneo capital be found a swampy Island In the river Seine, which was Inhabited by a Gallic tribe called Par tall, who lived In huts made of rushes. Rather than be captured by the Ro nauo, these people burned their rude Hty. which they called Lutetla, or mnd town," and the great Caesar, lulck to appreciate the situation, built s temple to Jupiter and a wnlj round the Island. A town soon sprang up ibont the temple, and was named Par Is!!, after the ancient tribe. In later .'ears this was shortened to Paris. Nesrer Had On. CItlmsn Well, well, looking for an ther cook, eh? Subbube Why, no. I can't say Cltiman WhutT You Just said you were. Subbube X did not. I said I was looking for a cook. The other we've nad were not-rPhlhidolpbla Press. J)a Answer Ituqulred. Tommy Paw! Mr. Tucker What's the trouble now, my sent Tommy Why i U Hiat the ma-xlnes don't make their rendiu' matter as Inter esting tlu-y do their adtialng pases? IVlth .poloarira. CASTOR I A For Infants end Children. fa Yea Hava Always Bought Caara the CTtstnracd' "Where are you coins, my pretty maid?" "I'm going- a-t&ating, kind air," she mid "May I skate with you. my pretty maid?' "Xou're too liib a roller, kiud air," b said. THE CiMlITY GIRL By EFFtE A. CHAPTER X. At early as possible the following morning, Sheila Fraser ordered her horse, donued her habit, and, without waiting for breakfast or groom, left home In hit haste for Craigland. She wanted to be f.rst at an Interview with the duchess. Murh de(onded on how she acted now. "If I can Just drop a few hints, and nn, piejudiee lior against thnt girl, not all Mrs. Fraser's sweetness, or her dntigh U.r's nrtfulnens, will have murh avail. 1 oni a rich woman! I never felt so glad of my money Jicfore." She had diVerped a litlJe from the or dinary route to Craigland, herrue there was a better road by so doing, an1 ss she trotted along fleetly, she suddenly came upon a dog rart, in which wns s-at-Pd Ileverley Hoehfort. looking wonderful ly handsome In his fur-lined coat. "Miss Fraser, this is nn unexpected pleasure," he sflld, as he lifted his hat end motioned the groom to take the reins. "You are out early." "I am going to Crn Islands, to make In quiries," sho so id curtly. Hewrley only smiled, but sho saw at once that he attached a good deal of meaning to this hasty ride. lie got down from the rart. "Drive up and down until I am ready, JonoB," he commanded, as he walked up to kc!la's horxe'and stroked the smooth r.eek. "Is there, then, so much cause for anxiety?" be asked. "Are yon nerv ous about Lord John, Miss Fraser?" Sheila pursed her lips. Sho resented bis manner, and she did not quite under stand it, either. "I feel that it would be altogether a pleasant and a wise arrangement If you and I called ourselves friends." Heverley said, after a slight pause. "We have so much In common." "I don't think L understand you," Sheils was startled Into saying. "I most try and explain myself clear ly. I know the renson of your hurried visit o Cralglnnhs. It Is not sympathy that takes you there, but something more akin to self-interest. Oh! do not be angry, there Is no occasion, for, my very dear young lady, I think yon are perfect ly right. Tou see, although I do not credit you with any "'great amount of sympathy, I hav plenty myself. Ile lieve me, I am quite sincere. Just now," Revcrley went on, "I said I thonght it would be not only a pleasant, but a wl.e thing for you and I to become friends. Union Is strength, you know, Miss Frv ter: a good old maxim." "Don't you think you had better leave conundrums alone, and speak out straight, Mr. noehfort?" "I wiH," he answered, quietly. "Shelln. we are both persons of determination and ambition. My ambition takes one form, yours another; but on one point we are alike wa would sacrifice much to. gain our ends; would we not?" Sheila's cold gray eyes flashed as she nodded her head. "Tou hato tho girls I hate him! You are determined that John Olendurwood thall make you his wife: I nm as equal ly determined I shall make her mine. Ar rived so far, the rest should he easy." Sheila drew a sharp breath Sho loath ed him for his shrewdness In having rend her mind so clearly, but his words had brought a new aspect altogether. "It Is for you to suggest," she said, speaking swiftly and in low tones. "As you snld just now, union is strength, and so" "So you agree to be friends, ch?" Ilev trley smiled. Ho had never had the smallest fear of falling. lie had not watched Sheila so carefully these past days for nothing. IIo held oat his hand as bo spoke -and Sheila put hers Into it. , "Have you any plans?" sh asked, ab ruptly. She was no longer i eager to be gone. One glimpso at this man's smil ing, handsome, evil fac told her that h nonld do all ho wished. . Even In the midst of the satisfaction that enme with a rush, she could not repress a feeling of Jealousy and envy that he should love Audrey and be Indifferent to her. Sheila. "I will tell you more when I retur- from London, My Journey there Is no wholly unconnected with this matter. And, now, I think I must sny:'Au rovoir.' Insincerely trust you will find Lord John not so bad as rumor reports. Carry my sympathy and regnrds to her new grace; she Is a charming woman, and will make an altogether excellent mother-m-Iaw." Sheila smiled mechanically, and gath ering up her reins, she rode on. She gars a sort of shudder as sho went, and the memory of Heverley's dark, glittering eyes lingered with her. She folt, some how, so powerless when she was with him. Shells always felt a thrill at her heart ss aba rode or drove up to Craigland. Now as ihs passed up the avenue and drew rsln at tha covered doorway, a man wit' powdered hair and grava face came forward to meet her. "Her grace's love, miss, and she begs you wfll excuse her this morning; she does net feel equal to leaving his lord ship's room. She begs, also, to thank you, miss, for having taken the trouble to ride over and make Inquiries." , "Does Dr. Sentance think there Is any danger?" she asked, and there was gen nlno anxiety In her vole. "Dr. Sentance considers his lordship's condition very serious," replied the ser vant. Sheila rode back to Dlnglewood cross and anxious. She met Dr. Sentance com ing down tha avenue, and stopped to ques tion him. "Tha poor fellow haa not recovered consciousness yet," tho medical man an swered. "I have telegraphed up for flaw son and Lorksley. Mia Fraser, it is horrible, a dastardly affair, and for the life of uie I can't uudorstand It. Lord Glendurwood never seemed to have an uemy In tho world; but upon my word this looks to me like a malicious attack. It has turned out he had next to nothing In his pockets. Of course, his watch was valuable. But who on earth Is there about here who could have borue hi in a grudge for anything he has ever done and said? I suppose you have sent for fur tiler police a mi st mice, Mus Fraser?" he went on. ShcJU confessed she had not even thought of it. "Are not the Mountberry men suffi cient?" she asked. "This is pre-eminently a cose fiir an astute detective," ho said; "and I should telegraph up at ouee to Sioiluiid Yard, If I were you. As tha eft.iir happened In your grounds, qf course, it would be pleasantcr for you fo have it sifted thor eoghly." "You are quit right!" Sheila said, wsrmly, although she could hart striici tha with her whip tor during to dictate R0VLANB3 to her. "I will send up to London at once." As she said this, the thought of I'.ever loy Itorhfoi't cam into her mind, and all at once she determined to learn his ad dress from Mr. Thorrjsite, and telegraph to him to send down a detective, why, she could scarcely have told. CIIAPWIt XL It was long before poor Andrey closed her tired, aching eyes that eventful night; she had s'led no more tears after that one passionate outburst; she felt too nineh pain and anxiety for this natural relief. All sho could think of was Jack Olendur vood, lying alone In the hraeken, in'ten silde, half murdered. She accepted her mother's " tender comfort, in a vague, drenmy way. All the sudden joy and pride that had sprung into being early in the cvenlne, ss she listened to tho story of her birth, seemed to have vanished beneath this great sorrow. The sun was shining high In the heav ens when she opened her eyes, and found her mother bonding anxiously over her. Constance Fraser gained strength nt sicht of her child's suffering. She was now the strong, courageous woman; she put aside all her Invalid ways, and rose su preme to the moment. ' "Look after her well." she sild to Marshall, as fhe donned her outdoor gar ments, and prepared to drive over .o Craiglands. The duchess, proud, self-reliant, self possessed as she was gonernlly tlassed to be, was after all only nr ordinary woman, with a mother's h"art beating qoick and strong in her bre.lst. Her two hoys had been her darlings from the ear liest days of their childhood ; she had ?v er been so fond or so proud of her one daughter, who was too much like her father In nature and character to prove a comfort to the other parent. Tho tears came to the mother's eyes as Constance Fraser, after speaking all the consolation and sympathy sho could think of. mentioned the countess' name. "I will stay with you till Gladys comes," she said. , gently ; "I am aure there Is much I can do." "Gladys will not come,'" the duchess answered, qnletly enough ; and then all at once she broke down. "ph. Con stance 1. My dear! My dear!" she moaned, "what shall I do If I lose both my boys? Duncan's days nre numbered I know It only too well and Jack, my bonny, my dear, good, noblo Jack !" Then Constance knelt beside her and cheered her again. "Tou are akirmed by this Insensibility ; It is nothing; it often happens with con cussion of the brain. I prophesy that In a week's time you . will have Jack out of bed, or very nearly so. Now I want you to look at me; don't you see a change In my face? Yes, I see you do; shall I tell you all about It?" And then, as gently, as briefly as she could, Constance bared the secrets of her heart to her friend. "And you have found your child, Con stance? I am glad. I rejoice, m.v dear, In yonr happiness. You must let mo see her sSon. I shall love her for your sake And for poor Frank's; he was a groat favorite of mine." Constance Fraser covered h'er face with her hands, and when she drew them away It was ashen white. "Hush!" Bhe said, almost Inaudihly; "do not let us speak of him. The pain is too deep, too great. Such horrible re morse comes over me when I begin to think, that I fear for my reason. I know now I was deceived, that I doubted him wrongly; but but that is all I dare let myself know Just yet, It makes my heart bleed." The duchess bent and kissed the sweet, white face. "Ilavo courage! Iieniember your child!" she whispered. "I do ! I do !" answered Constance, brokenly. "In her I must live again. God-niamina, I want you to promise to befriend her, to stand by her always." "For your sake and for her I prom ise this, Constance; she shall never want a friend while I am alive." John Glendurwood condition showed no change, and although Dr. Sentance declared he would pull his patient through, ho nevertheless felt much doubt and anxiety as to his ultimata success. "It is the mind that Is keeping him back," he declared over and over again to Mrs. Fraser, and at last ventured to express the same idea to tho duchess. That very en ma evening as Constance was dressing for dinner, a carriage ar rived from Cralglands with a hurried nieasngo from the duchess. "Would Mrs. Fraser kindly drive over as soon as possible her grace wished to seo her particularly." Audrey sat before the fire In her moth er's room ; sho was clad In a pretty little white gown made In picturesque fashion, and her hands already had lost tho work stains that bad seemed so out of place on them. She waa scarcely conscious of what was going on around her. Tho past few days bad sapped her strength, sho cared to do nothing, could do nothing but sit and wonder how her beloved, her hero, was. now little did she guess that, as sho sat there fearing, dreading every fresh moment, that her lover was then speaking her nam a Constance Fraser bent over his bed. '"lis has called her so often," his moth er whispered, with quivering lips. "Oh, Constance I My dear, you will do as he asks! It may bo his last wish!" Constance pressed her Hps on tho brow above those eyes that, only a short time ago had been laughing and sparkling with life, happiness and manly vigor. "Ite comforted," she said, gently, for waa he not lying on the edge of that dark, dread river? "It shall bo as you wish." "And Audrey my wife before I die?" 'tho words were uttered so fuiut they were scarcely audible, "And Audrey, my child, shall bo your wife at once, without delay." A smile of joy radiated tho poor young fellow's face; he tried to clasp her hand, to murmur thanks, but bo could do noth ing but Ho there, helpless a a child iu his utter prostration. ClIAPTKK XII. The following morning, before Con Ntiu'ee Fraser had had time to compose! her thoughts, and begin to prepare her child for what lay before her. Sheila cuino h.to the room. Audrey wns lying very quiet In her little bed, ami the other girl noticed, with anger In her henrt, how exquisitely love ly was that pule young face, pillowed among the delicate lace-edged linen and slutdowed by the pink-lined curtains. It mode her even savage, sin tr jealous hatred, to notice what duilUaess the trntJiw already jave ta her new-found child. "I crime to tell you," she said, very abruptly, "tjint I am goinj to London for a few days. Janet will accompany mo. Is th--re anything that I can do foi you?" Mrs. Fmst shotjk her head. Sheila tvetit away In total Igmrance that ih it vital turn In cventi was to take l-lce Immediately, It was r.o unusual thing for her to frv to London for a few days, as she was a shrewd lmsin-ss woman, and superintend ed nearly all the movements of her sf fairs. This lime, however, there was nothing that would demand her atten tion, except this former mnrriago of her father's widow. She determined during her absence from Dlnglewood to gi herself to Ilrosd bnrough and make full inquiries about Andrey. "I will not rest till I have full and complete proof that she Is Frank A.ns truther's child. If only I can be success ful and discover any flaw, I think I shall know how to make it disagreeable for Mrs. Fraser and her charity girl." To Sheila's annoyance she found thit Mr. Chester was in possession of ever' fact relr'lng to Audrey's birth, and ii: a very short time placed these facts be fore her. "There is not A shadow of douht. Miss Fraser," he said quietly, "that this young gist Is Mis Anstrother. I have been mjself to I'roadborongh and made every inquiry, and If these inquiries had failed, thr nppearnnee of the registration of birth and the marriage certificate would settle the question. I have been down to the church where Mis Gasooigne mar ried Captain Anstruther. and have pro cured nnother copy of the certificate. Here it Is." "Which Is so much worthless paper, considering that Captain Anstruther was married at the time and had a wife liv ing." Sheila remarked curtly. "I nm hnppy in being able to assure jou that this rJmnnce is not true, an! congratulate you that your stepmother has at least one joy left her in life. Fate lLis trented her harshly, poor lady." She arose abruptly, and went away. As she re-entered her hotel, she saw a pile of luggage being carried In, nnd In her preternaturnlly sharp way she rec ognized the livery of the footman, wh" was superintending the portmanteaus and huge boxes, as that worn by the servants of the Karl of Daleswater. She whisper ed to her maid, Heecbnm. to find out if the family were about to stay at the hotel, and passed upstairs with the first sensa tion of pleasure she had experienced for some time, which grew stronger as she learned that the countess and her chil dren were expected np the following day from Daleswater House. (To he 'onrlniied.'t WASTE PUT TO GOOD USE. Millions of Dollars Saved In Various Kind of Dyprodncta. ' Great changes have taken place In re cent years In making use of what waa otico considered absolutely waste mate rial and as a result many millions of (lollnrs have been added to the Wealth of the nation. Sawdust was looked upon nt one time as waste material, but during the last few years a process has been discov ered which hns given aawdust a vale greater than that of solid lumber. By the use of hydraulic pressure nnd In tense heat the particles are formed Into a solid mass cnpnble of being mold ed Into nny shape nnd of receiving a brilliant polish. The only materials used nre anwdust, alum and glue. Im itation marble can be manufactured from a mixture of sawdust with Ivory waste, water, plass nnd glue. In Nor way acetic acid, wood naphtha, tar nnd alcohol are produced on a commercial scale out of sawdust. Factories have been erected In this country and In Europe for converting pine .needles Into forest wool. This Is used for mattresses nnd furniture, for manufacture Into hygienic articles such undervosts and chest protectors. The principal use of sawdust seems destined to bo In the production of su gar tind alcohol. t Is practically pure cellulose nnd easily convertible Into those products. For many years bitu minous coal open tors threw away flack as waste. Now It commands at 'ie mines 73 cents a ton. The Increas' w largely duo to tho demand coining from makers of cement. Formerly they bought lump coal and pulverized It. Now they use slack. Quartz rock was not long ago considered worthless. Now glass la made from It. Colli us, tomli stones, bricks, tilings and similar arti cles can bo made of this glass. Packing establishments have a long list of byproducts. The blood of the slaughtered animals Is congealed nnd manufactured Into buttons and Is also utilized Iii the production of albumen for the use of calico printers, the sugar refiner, tho tanner and others. The hones ao used for a score of different purposes, being manufactured Into knife and toothbrush handles, chess men, combs, backs of brushes, mouth pieces of pipes and various other arti cles. Itlnck hoofs nre used in the manufac ture of cyanide of potassium for gold extraction and also ground up to make fertilizer. Many articles, such as glue, fly paper, sandpaper, gelatine. Isin glass, curled hair, bristles, wool felt, laundry soap, ammonia, etc., are now made from the former waste products of tho abattoir. The animal value of the byproducts of the packing Industry, nil 'of which are manufactured out of what was con sidered waste material thirty years ago, Is approximately Jl.'OO.OOO.ooo. Cot ton seed not very long ago was waste matter, giving considerable trouble to get rid of, but In 1000 the byproducts from cotton seed were valued In this 'country nt more than V-'.OOO.ooo, which has probably doubted by this time. An olli.ial of tho Standard Oil Company Is authority for the statement that for the last ten years more than one-half of the profits of the company have been made out of the manufac ture of byproducts. NottiluoT But the Truth. lHincutu My physician tells me I am working too hard Marks The M. D. evidently knows his business. I'.uucum Why do you think so? Murks I have been comparing notes with a few of our mutual friends und I find you have worked us pretty hard. Only one out of every 1,hj married couples live to celebrate their golden weddlug. NEWS OEJjyENT, BOOKS Dion Clayton Calthrop's "English Costume," a description and history of costume in various periods In England since the Norman conquest, has been published by the Maciulllnn Compauy. Its value Is greatly Increased by the addition of over 100 colored Illustra tions. A new use for the automobile Is de scribed In Country Life In America by C. H. Clntnly. The autlior and some friends took n car straight across tho country, up hill nnd down dale, through woods and ncross streams, t u a wager. The account will prove of Interest to any automobile enthusiast. "Dante and Hlis Italy," by Kev. Can on Lonsdale Ilagg, hns been published by G. P. Putnam's Sons. The book Is not merely a blcgraphy of the "dlvino poet," It Is rnthcr nn attempt to de pict afresh the life of Dante's time nnd to look nt the mediaeval world, and especially the Italian world of the Tre cento, through Dante's eyes. Accord ingly, Dante's own writings nnd those of his contemporaries have been made the basis of the work. An Interesting pnssage in "The Life and Letters of Edwin Lawrence God kin" Is the extract from a letter of Mr. Godkln's, In which he describes his first meeting with Gladstone: "In the evening I went to Uryce's to din ner. I expected to see the G. O. M., but I had not seen Lryce for a fort night and did not know whether he had succeeded In getting him. I found, on going in, Sir Alfred Lyall, whom I knew; Sir George Trevelyan, whoiu I did not know, but was glad to imvt ; Wemyss Held, the' biographer of Fos ter, whom I hnd been trying to meet ever since I came, and Lord Aberdeen, Mahlou's friend. But the G. O. M. was not there, and I was afraid to ask whether he was coming. Suddenly 'Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone' were announced, and there sure enough be was, and my eyes fastened on him as tbey have never fastened on any man since I was 20. The first words he said to Bryce on shaking hands were, 'Is Mr. God kin here?' and then he began to apolo gize to me for not having sooner taken nny notice of my card, pleading pres sure and loss of voice since he came back from his stumping tour In the West. I sat by him at dinner and had a most delightful talk with him. He Is younger In appearance than I ex pected, as young as I nm In play of mind, with a charming little vein of humor and endless interest in all sorts of. things. He left Immediately after dinner to go to tho house." OUB GB0WTNG C0UNTBY. Tbonyrh the Population Expands There la Still Room for More. The cities of the United States are the most expansive In the world, and naturally take much interest In reck oning up their population from time to time. Every tenth year they And that city directory estimates are. opt to be too liberal, but actuul couuts sel dom fall to show a large and substan tial Increase. At this time there Is a general protest against the calculations of the government census bureau, and they are In truth far too mechanical. Averaging the growth of American cities between lS'JO and 1000, and add ing the annual Increase to the years since the lust census was taken, Is not an accurate rule, though It restrains an undue optimism. The last seven years has ben a period of great busi ness prosperity. Over a million Immi grants ,a year are coming In. Urban population is gaining on other forms. Some cities have been quickened In growth nnd others are slowing up. The census bureau merely applies the meas urements of the last decade, which, in general, will fall short But the next national census is not far distant and the official figures will show the bureau that Us plan of computation Is crude. According to the department's reck oning the population of the United States In 1900, without Alaska and the Insular possessions, was 83,941,510, and including these 0.1,182,240. This Is an addition of 8,000,000 to the continental population of the country In the six years ending with 1000. Cities have gained 15.9 per cent and the rural sec don 8.8 per cent. The four greatest cities are New York, credited with 4,113,043. Chicago with, 2,040,185, Phil adelphia with 1,441,735, and St Louis with C49.320, leading Bostoa, next In rank, by 47,042. An Increase of a mill ion and a third a year Is the estimate for the whole country. A bluebook re cently published In London places the annual Increase of population In the world at fl.300,000, a fourth of which Is In the United States. At the present rate of Immigration more than 10,000, 000 aliens will como to this country In the next ten years, but the tide will recede If the uneaxampled business ac tivity Of the present time should fall Dff. Tattuulnar. Tattooing, or the custom of perma nently marking the skin with colored designs, Is of ancient origin. This practice Is forbidden In the Scrli lures; so It may be Inferred that it was customary among other tribes than the Israelites. The custom of tattooing among civilized uutlons Is fast dying out, though there are a few establishments to be found where It is still done. Among theso Is one on t!io Bowery In New York, where the oper ator advertises iH-rformlug the opera tion In thirteen different colors. In some countries tattooing had a relig ious slgnlticaui-e ; but In olden tines it was practiced merely as a method of ndorumctit. The Jap.tnese and New .ea landers are f.m.ed as expert tatuxi ers, and a good workman can covr a man's back with nil manner of ela'.ior nto designs lu a siv-le day. Swim au thorities assert that tattooing was put on the body In undent times as a sub stitute for clothes. It's surprising what a lot of nolo there Is uiuwjuerudlug as music AXLE GREASE EARE THUAT. Sailors Introduoe It nnd Hllvra mt Mnliilmr I'nn't Uvt Kn nh. It was a weird story that was told the other day on tl.e-Uck of the Brit ish freight stcaimr Swanley by Jake Brnun, the bos'un, i s to the origin of the tons of curios tint were being taken off the ' steamer at the Bush stores In South Brooklyn. Natives of the Malabar const give them In return Tor axle yvnse, which they ent as Americans do Ice cream. "Yessir," bi-gnn Jake Brnun, "ye needn't take no fancy things to China or to Singapore with you If you want a good trade. On a previous voyage me nn' the other fellows aboard the ship took with us nil the pretty things that we could think of.' "About six of us went to the coast one day with onr things nnd tried to swap with those fellows all day long without getting so much ns a coconnut In the stock that we bad taken ashore was e enn of nxle grease that had come n.sbore with ns against our permission. "One of the niggers stuck bis Angers In the can and eats the nxle grease an tho next minute we were offered every sort of Inducement to leave the nxte grense with them. They even offered us the Inducement of n massacre, nn' were only restrained by the sight of our pistols. "Finally we 'lowed the nxle grease to stay with the natives, but we took all the curios and ornaments they had and netted n pretty penny on them nt Colombo. So, when wo comes here njruln we put our s;uro money In axle grease. "Tl:cr; v.-.n n el! .hrntlon among the cnnnibal.n!)' t'.:"y took nil we had an we tix)k nil they had, which was no small matter. Those natives like that nxle grease better 'than wo do Ice cream. They eats It, an' then when they can't get any more down their stomach they pnlnt their faces, an necks with it." Boston Herald. t ROYAL NICKNAMES. $ Nicknames, complimentary n:id oth erwise, have been freely bestowed upon English sovereigns and princes from the .earliest times. Any school boy can recall such Instances as "Rich ard C'uur-de-Llon," "John Lackland," "Bluff King Hal," "Bloody Mary," "Good Queen Bess," "The Black Prince," nnd "The Merry Monarch." Even whau there is no distinctive epi thet to catch the fancy, a nickname has sometimes, In the popular mind, almost supplanted the . fuller and statelier form. It was "Frlnce Charlie," not Prince Charles, who was Scotland's darling, whom she celebrated In ballads that keep his memory green to our own time. It Is "Prince Hal," not Prince Henry, whom we delight still to remem ber, and It Is he, even after he had ceased to be the wild prince nnd be come the conquering king, concerning whom Drayton In his "Aglncourt" que ries proudly, when shall Englund see again Such a King Harry? , Shakspeare, too, depicting the victor of Aglncourt at his manliest and klngll est, makes him bid the hesitating French princess, In the famous scene of wooing, to "avouch the thoughts of your heart with the look of an em press; take me by the hand nnd say, 'Harry of England, I am thine.' " With such good exciffee. In history nnd literature, we may surely claim a right to bo interested In the royal nicknames of our own time. Forty years ago we learned, on the authority of Queen Victoria herself in her Highland Journal, that In the home circle the Prince of Wales, now the king, was always "Bertie;" the Prin cess Itoyal, "Vicky;" Prince Alfred, "Aflle," nnd " the Princess Helena, "Lenchen." Later, after she became the Empress Frederick, "Vicky" was more often called "Pussette;" nnd the youngest daughter, Trlncess Beatrice, was almost to the time of her mar riage, simply "Baby." King Edward, his "Bertie" days over, became to his children, as many other British fathers do, "The Gov'nor." Later, on ascending the throne, he ac quired a new and more distinguished nickname, but recently divulged. It is "Edrex" a convenient condensation of Edward, Itex. The queen has never been nicknamed. Tho present Prince of Wales and his brother, the late Duke ef Clarence, an swered readily, when they were mid shipmen, to the names of "Sprat" and "Herring." Their sister, now Queen Maud of Norway, Is still "narry" In the family; and It was she who be stowed upon, another sister, the modest and retiring Duchess of Fife, the clever mock title of Mner Royal 'shyness." Good In Everything-. The late Sir Wilfred Lawson, well known as an English temperance re former, as well as a wit, invariably took a . cheerful view of life and con duct In conversation with him one day an ardent person railed forcibly against the practice of, "chalstenlng" vessels with champagne before being launched. Sir Wilfred did not altogether agree, and said a good temperance lesson might be learned from the practice. "How cau that be?" demanded the other. "Well," replied the baronet, "after the first taste of wine the ,RhIp takes to water, nnd sticks to It ever after." EstravuKaut Kcoiioniy, Taul Morton. In a recent address on Insurance, said of a certain proposed economy : "That would not be an ecouomy, but an extravagance. In the long niu. it reminds me of tht ooy and the Jam. 'My son,' said this boy's mother, "Isn't It rather an extravagance to 9it butter with that superb Jam?' ' "No, ma'am. It's au nimimy,' the boy answered. 'The same piece o? bread does for both.'" One On Htm. "Has that rich author a pseudonym?' "I don't know if that's what l:'r called, but It's the newest make, forty borse power." Baltimore Amerlcaa. FACTORY REHOaa HIIss Mnrr Gnlnnn First Woman to et a Rowrtrlt Meital tor nravrr.r. Miss Mary Giiinan, the first woman to receive the Roosevelt prize for brav ery, is not at all confused by the grent honor bestowed upoil hr. She is a modest llttlo weumn und continues to work every day at her machine In the MlddMown, N. Y., shirt factory whdre she has been employed for eighteen yea rs. On Dee. 10 last when Miss Gnlnnn "was returning from her work she saw John C. Itunyon, nn ngil merchant of MiTldletown, standing on the Erlo rnil rond tracks waiting for n train to pass. The train was going west nnd Mr. Itunyon did not see nn castbound train approaching. Miss (Jv'nnn saw the old niaji's dangiT and stooping under the gates pushed the nsod merchant off tho castbound track as the train rsshed mm MISS UABY UUIXAX. past The two were for a moment In ai space of less than three feet, with a train rushing past at high speed on each side. Miss Gnlnnn held the old man firmly until one of the trains passed nnd then as.-it; ted him to the sidewalk. Miss Gulnan then went home without giving her name and told no one of tho Incident One o the spectators fol lowed her and on learning her Identity mnde the story public. Miss Gulnan and a sister support their aged mother nnd a little nephew nnd niece. ORIGIN OF THE KI3S. The Ancient Knpiv Nothing; of the DellKhta of This Salute. Prof. Hopkins of Yale University claims to have traced the history of the kiss from Its birth, and proved that the earliest peoples and earliest times knew it not That there might be no mis take he labeled the kiss of to-day "the genuine kiss" and "the perfect kiss." ' The genuine kiss, Prof. Hopkins said, was Invented by a woman. Its description Is given In the epic of an cient India which treats of tho science o love. "She laid her mouth to my mouth," recites the poet, "nnd made a noise which gave me pleasure." With that discovery, grew the fash ion which has since known no abate ment, and observers even say the fash Ion Is spreading. Additions to the epic in later years described variations In the natural kiss, all based upon that given by the "she" of tho first nar rator. ."The early peoples," declares Trof. Hopkins, "know nothing of the kiss. In any form. Had they known of It they , would have told something of It In the mass of records that has come down to us, for surely an net which conveys such pleasure could not have been for gotten. "The earliest form of the kiss Is that which we know as the 'sniff kiss.' This Is a smelling, usually of the head. The father of a new born son sulffed his head that his days might be long and that honors might come to him. Re turning from a Journey, he sniffed the beads of his children In the same man ner. "Gradually, with this 'sniff kiss' there came also a caress, a touching, usually, of tho head. Gradually also the endearment came to be applied to others than children. The rubbing of noses, which was persisted In by some tribes, was probably an Intermediate process in the evolution. "With the development of the gen uine kiss the 'sniff kiss' disappeared, never to reappear. It had served Its purpose and was soon forgotten." Wanted the neat Thins. A painfully bashful young man of Stotesbirry, according to a paper quot ed by the Kansas City Journal, pro posed to his girl by means of a phono graph, to the waxen cylinders of which he had previously told his love. The girl was greatly surprised nnd not dis pleased to hear her lover's declara tion, but the Idea of this betrothal did not appeal to her. Accordingly she sent her little brother with a note which read as follows: "Dear Sir If jou have courage enough yyu might come over and tell me what you have to sny, but If you haven't, stay at home, f ir I'll be Jig gered If I am going M be hugged nnd kissed by a 'phonograph If I never get a chance to say 'Yes!'" (lt of Uovernmcnt In Iluasla. It ssts less jer head to run the gov ernment of Russia than any other na tion In the world. The average Rus sian tax Is $10 for each person In the empire; that of Great Britain, Frunce, and Austria-Hungary runs ovtr $15 .r head of the population of theso coun tries. II onr For, Bacon The open-work stocking! hnve had their day. Kgltcrt Yes, I should say they were on their last legs. Youkers States man. Too many oople know a lot of things that are none of their business