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The liii 11 - , lines i:mV( than
tongue cn:i is iiiV.:il!.V toirg.le-tied.
Prices of i ll t'r.iv.'! ure to he lower,
l-'.ven the lvi;:d-,-h:r.;e I:ns begun to come
down.
A Toronto I'w-ror mjs tin automo
bile 1 the i!v'i.t of health. Correct.
Dod:g;!ig i line exercise.
Many nn airship has th best of It
With some oC tlt. presidential tioo:iin
In Hip ma tier of nailing.
One of tlio beet resolutions any man
ran make Is that lie will do hi best
to obey tlic spirit us well n .- Hip letter
of the law.
A Philadelphia man litis J-ist given
his daughter n $ lx),00 coming-out
party. That's right. Put tin- money
in circulation.
English npwFjiapprs will have to for
gives ns because? wo can't share In
thPlr fenrs Hint the rnciflp. fipet 1h go
ing to got hurt.
A Indy poet who sings In Tcxns tie
clnres that "It la peasant to die for
those wo love." If it Is not Impertl
rent we would like to ask whether
she linn ever tried it.
In opening Hie Japanese diet the em
peror dwelt upon the fact that Jnpnn
was nt pence with tho other nations.
It Is ft fortunate thing for liltn that ho
doesn't need the Jingo vote.
Young Alfred Vanderbllt will begin
next spring to drive ft conch dally
from London to Brighton, England.
Wouldn't this tickle the old commo
dore If he could know about it?
Tbe shopping cure for Insane wo
men Is being tried in St Louis with
marked benefit to tlio paleuta, but It
is a bit early to prognosticate tho ef
fect n tho clerks waiting on them.
"The mother of Governor Folk says
he was never spanked because be never
deserved to be. This will bo discour
aging to tho people who cling to the
theory that boys who are expected to
'jmonnt to anything will be boys.
Answer to William Allen White's
memorable query as to what is the
matter with Kansas: Total value of
Kansas' farm products and live stock
for tho year, $40,1,048,000, an Increase
of nearly $40,000,000 over preceding
year.
It Is given out that King Alfonso
may visit Latin America this year. If
lie can find It convenient to visit Yan
kee America as well, ho may be sure
of a welcome that will make bis hair
url. There is no grudgo in this coun
try against tho young man.
A noted millionaire, when asked on
his seventieth birthday for a recipe for
happiness replied without hesitation:
"To obey the judge within and make,
others happy." Thla Is tho good old
rule of an unselfish life' and a clean
conscience that has not been Improved
In all the years since It was formu
lated. One of the best-known dining places
In the world Is about to be sold. The
"Star and Garter" of Richmond 11111,
near London, is familiar through pic
ture, poetry, prose and experience. In
1738 the original house was erected
on a lot of ground leased for two
pounds sterling a year. Twenty years
later the little Inn had expanded Into
the chief hotel In the vicinity of Lon
don. Most of tho famous characters
of the world, and many of those of
fiction, have dined at the Star and
Garter. Kings and princes have been
Its patrons. Louis Philippe lived there
for six months after his flight from
Paris, and Napoleon III had apart
ments there. Indeed, at one time or
another, almost every distinguished
man of the dny has visited the great
Richmond I1IU hostelry.
Clean sport never bad more distin
guished friends and pntrons thnn now,
President Boose velt, ex-President Cleve
land, Dr. Henry van Dyke and the
best of tho nature writers can fish and
hunt and glvo a fair account of them
selves la their relation to beasts and
fishes. At a recent convention of an
glers Doctor van Dyke defined a true
sportsman as "a man who finds bis
recreation In a fair and exciting effort
to get something that Is made for hu
man use In a way that Involves some
hardship, a little risk, a good deal of
skill and ability, and plenty of out-
of-door llfo." Mr. Cleveland sent his
word of protest against "fishing hog
gery," and Mr. Roosevelt's utterance
on the subject Is characteristic: "To
make a very largo bag, whether of deer,
or prairie-chickens, or ducks, or quail,
or woodcock, or trout. Is something of
which to be ashamed and not to boast
In our day charity is not supplanted
or superfluous. Tho difference Is that
It must be supplemented with Intelli
gence. Tho careless good nature which
throws a coin at the Insistent beggar
is not charity, but an evil. The tem
porary Impulse which carries food or
flowers once and then forgets till about
It U not real LIihIiiob. It promises,
and docs not perform. It begins, in id
docs not sustain. It may can ho want
by professions which keep uwuy the
neditl relief. Charity must ally Itself
with common sense; must think of
effectiveness. Charity U called upon
tv vote for good laws. Part of Its
mandate Is to Inspect inspection and
hold officials to strict accountability.
Tho exteurlon of high Ideals and the
liicul'.:ntlou of rules of lu-ulth uud
thrift belong to Its range of action.
To sjs'Hk aloud for justice to the weak
and Ignorant may miiltlpiy good when
Imsglvlng would b usclefs. To see
tbat the general welfare Is promoted
by whatever strengthens uud uplifts
not au occasional Individual, but the
whole mass of the lowly, Is tho be
ginning of Hie charity which would be
nl.rei.st of knowledge and a foremost
agent of civilization.
In a consular report from Germany
which was published some months ago,
t!;i s'alcniet.t was made that n t only ,
j every wreck, envision or minor .
rclirn.id accident "thoroughly Invest I- .
i,:i:d" in that country, but that "In-t
variably stmie one Is held resKtnslhlo
::nl ininhihe;! for the occurrence," CX-
ceiit where the proof Is conclusive that
h;i'mt:i vig'laneo nnd care could not
have avcrlpil it. It Is strange and pcr
plii!j to contrast this condition with
the situation In this country. Apart
from the fact that as yet no provision
lias been made for thorough govern
mental Investigation of accidents nnd
for reports definitely fixing respond- I
blllty, llicrc Is the graver circumstance
that no one here Is apparently In dan-get-
of puni-ihineiit for his Khare of re
sponslhllity for n railroad accident. So
far no one has ever locu convicted
for negligence causing n wreck, nnd
the result of ricciit trials is very sig
nificant, to say the least. The other
day a Jury acquitted the engineer, con-din-tor
and hrakpinan who had own
Imllctpd for the Tprra Cotta, I). C,
wreck of n year ago, one of the worst
railroad disasters In tho history of
such calamities. The evidence In re
gard to the signals wns conflicting, and
the engineer proved that he had worked
extra hours of bis own frpe will and
goiio long without sleep Immediately
before the Occident. Some weeks ago
n New York court ordered a verdict
of acquittal in the case of the l
president nnd general manager of the
New York Central, who bail been In
dicted for negligence In connection
with the terrible Woodlnwn 'wreck.
No direct responsibility had been
traced to tho defendants, who, In the
opinion of tho Judge, could not le ex
pected to know tho exact condition of
every curve, switch, nillo of track, etc.,
on a great line. The miicr!ntender)t
of the ofteratlug department bad also
been Indicted, but the prosecution bnd
dismissed that true hill In order t
wrure tho testimony of tho Inferior of
ficial against the suierlor. Tlio engin
eer had not been Indicted beeauso he
was Inexperienced and "green." Ther
are to be no more prosecutions Is
either 'case, though criminal neglect ,
and Inefficiency unquestionably figure!
In both disasters. Compare this with !
the German sltuntlon, where some oni '
Ip "Invariably punished." Whore llei
the fault In our laws, procedure, pub.
lie opinion?
NEW AFRICAN RAILB0ADS.
Two Acro.d NlirrrlK Will Start P re
daction ol Cotton.
Several months ago an American who
hns llvod in Nigeria said in Now York
that tho climate and soil of that larg
region are favorable for the cultivation
of cotton, but as yet there Is no encour
agement to ralso It because there are
no railroads to carry It to the sea.
Tho railroad Is now to bo supplied.
According to tho American Geographi
cal Society's bulletin It Is to start from
Baro on tho Niger River below the
rapids that Impede navigation. Vessels
loaded with cotton brought by rail t
Baro may descend tho Niger to Akassn,
the port nt Its mouth, where steam
ships may load the freight for Europe.
Tho northern terminus of the rail
road will bo Kano, the great and popu
lous capital of Ilau-saland, some COO
miles from Buro by rail and not far
south of tlio Sahara desert. Kano be
came known some sixty years ago as
tho greatest manufacturing and com
mercial center of tho western Sudan.
It Is expected that the railroad will
lurgely Increase its Importance.
Tho British government authorized
the building of the railroad In August
last
Its gauge Is to be 4 feet 0 Inches.
But Knuo will bo joined with the sea
not only by this railroad and the Niger
but also by a through rail by way of
Jobba and Lagos, now tho largest com
mercial center on the Atlantic coast of
the continent. An agricultural fair in
that city recently testified to tho Im
portance which farming Interests are
already attaining. Many native fann
ers were among the exhibitors. New
York Sun.
Mean Thlnirt
"When Charlie kissed uie last even
ing I called for help."
"More likely you called for wit
nesses.
Km me Dune.
Jackson Is the kind of man who U
always seeking gratuitous advhv. No!
long ago lie met a well-known physl
clan at a dinner party.
"lo you know, doctor," he said, as
soon as thorn was a chance, "I know
n man who suffers so desperately froit
neuralgia that at times he can do notl)
lug but howl with pain. What woulfi
you do In that case?"
"Well, I suppose," deliberated ttia
nicdlenl muu, "I should howl will
pain, too."
A 1-IL.cljr Slury.
The Pastor I hoie you are not go
lng fishing on Sunday, my little man
Tin Boy Oh, no, sir. I am morel)
carrying this stick so that that wicked
boy across the street will not suspeel
that I am on my way to Sunday school
Ijuidou Illustrated Bits.
Fortunately childreu do not leurn to
talk until after the tooth-cuttlug period.
EARLY RAILROAD DAYS
f irst Charter !n Country Obtained
in 1Z22 IlaiSa Attac!:cJ to
Engines.
ACCIDENTS WERE VERY COMMON
Barrier Cars as a Remedy Di fa
culty la Getting Wood and
Water.
In 1S1!2, the first charter wns ob
tained for n railroad In the United
.Stales. It was for a line from Phila
delphia to n point on the Susquehanna
river, but wns never built. On the an
nouncement of the project some one
nsked one of the Baltimore newspa
pers, "What Is n railroad, anyhow';"
The editor was fon-xl to reply that
lit did not know, but that "perhaps
Hmo other correspondent can tell."
Seven years later on the little wood
en trnck along the Lackawanna creelc
the first locomotive had Its trial. The
experiment wus far from successful,
and" for a number of years afterward
Hie train on most of the railroads con
tinued to be druwn by horses.
The first locomotive on the Bultimore
a ixl Ohio had sails attached. So did
the cars. These sails wero liolsted
when the wind was in Hi right direc
tion so as to help the locomotive.
The rivalry between the railroads
using locomotives and those using
horses was very bitter. In August,
1S.T0, an actual trial of speed was
held lx'tween a horse and one of the
pioneer locomotives, which did not re
sult In favor of the locomotive, the race
was on the B. &' )., tin? locomotive
being one built by Peter Cooper, who
also acted as engineer.
The horse, n gallant gruy, wns In the
habit of pulling a car on a track par
allel to that used by the locomotive.
At first the gray had the better of the
race, but when he was a quarter of a
mile ahead Mr. Cooper succeeded In
getting up enough steam to puss the
horse amid terrific applause.
At that moment a band slipped from
a pulley and though Mr. Coojier lacer
ated his hands trying to replace It, the
engine stopped, the horse passed it and
ennio in the winner.
As there were no brakes on the
early trains, they used to stop nnd
start with Jolts which threw the pas
sengers across the ear. The coupling
was with chains having two or three
feet of slack which the engine In start
lug took up with n series of fierce
Jerks. The shock on stojiplng wns even
worse nnd "never failed to send the
passenger flying."
There were no whistles In Hie old
days. Signals were given by pushing
up the valve on the dome by hand and
letting the steam escape with a loud
hissing noise. On Hie New Castle nnd
Frenchtown railroad when the signnl
wns heard the slaves around the sta
tion would rush to the arriving train
seize hold of it nnd pull back with all
their might while tJie agent stuck n
piece of wot sl through n wheel.
There were so ninny collisions nnd
explosions Hint some Southern rail
roads Introduced whot they called a
barrier car between the locomotive nnd
the passenger conches of the train.
This barrier car consisted of n plat
form on wheels upon which wero piled
six bales of cotton, and It wns claimed
it would safeguard the passengers in
two ways It would protect them from
the blowing up of tho locomotive and
would form a soft cushion niton which
the passengers could land in Hie event
of a collision. There Is no record of
how this experiment worked out.
Horatio Allen states that when the
South Carolina railroad wns complet
ed, with Its 100 miles of trnck, oiera
Hon over such an extensive line was
then unprecedented. In making ar
rangeuients for this unusual undertak
ing one of the first things that occurred
to him wns that the locomotives would
imve i tuu m mgui ns wen as tiny,
anti in uie nusence or a iieatiiight he
built on an 0111 platform cur stationed
In.front of the locomotive, n fire of pine
knots surrounded with sand, which
furnished tho requisite illumination of
the route traversed.
On most of the other lines no substt
tues for headlights wero used. The
trains traveled slowly through the
dark. Night trips, however, were
avoided as much as possible. The first
headlight on a locomotive wns used by
the Boston and Wortvster In 1840.
The original American hxxmiotivcs
were nenrly nil wood burners, nnd dur
ing a protracted period, before the In
vention of spark arresters, the flying
sparks caused a great amount of dam
age and annoyance. Interwoven with
this dlllleulty was a necessity for using
smokestacks many times larger Hum
those now In use too high Indeed to
pnt under overhead bridges or the
roofs of covered wooden bridges.
To overcome this dlllleulty the
smokestacks of many of the locomo
tives were Jointed or hinged so that
they could lie lowered when trains were
proceeding over or under bridges. This
nil in rimy grt-uu 1111-rriinni me iiani.er
of setting liro to the wooden bridges
iiiui 11 wns i-ui"iiiiH) nu- 11 waieii.iia 11
to follow every train over or under tin
nrniges, 1-nrryiuK " I'licitet or water
lor nu? iniiini7 ! f. 1 oi.iusiiiii nres.
Notwithstanding this precaution th
burning of bridges was a common
eurreiice.
On mist of the early railroads tin
curs were at first entirely uncivered.
lielng ln fact merely plat form ears
1 with a row f seats along eaoh side.
I The passengers were entirely unpro
twted from the sun, rain, smoke or
cinders. A pas.-enger who took a trip
over the Mohawk Valley railroad when
this company had opened Its line be
twivn Albany and Schenectady thus
dfHcrllM-s his experience:
"They used dry pitch pine for fuel,
anil there IsMug 110 smoke or spark
catcher to the chimney or smokestack
the volume of black smoke strongly iiu-
t preguated with sparks, coal aud clu-
tiers, ccme pouring back the wboU
length of the train. Bach of the pa"
senders who had sn umbrella raised It
ns a protcctlou against the smoke and
fire.
"They were found to lie but a mo
mentary protection, for I think In the
first mile the Inst one went overboard,
all having bad their covers burnt off
by the flames, when general melee
took place among the passengers, each
whipping his neijUilior to put out Hie
fire. They preseiititl n very motley ap
pearance on arrival nt the first sta
tion."
Telegraphic service available for
railway n-rvlce wns not established un
til about IKiO. In the absence of the
telegraph nnd the lack f any estab
lished system of signaling tlio early
railroads -adopted novel methods for
conveying in format Ion.
The New Castle and Frcnehtown
railroad had a primitive telegraph In
oMrntlon ns early ns 1S.",7. A descrip
tion of It says that "the jmiIcs were of
cedar, quite like those now in use, nnd
had cleats fastened on them, forming a
sort of Jacob's ladder.'
The ;pi iv.for would go to the top
of lie- ;!. i. .rmiug his station nnd
with !i!s spy-glass sight the next sta-1
tion in the direction of the approach
ing train. If the train was coming
nnd the signal showed a flag. It meant
that nil wns well, and the operator
would pnss Hie signal along to the next
station below.
If n ball wns shown, nnd no train
In sight, it signified un accident or a
delay of the connecting steamboat
..(.... i i 1 1 ii
j i in-rt7 milium nuv jurmuuii tinj CA
changed until nu understanding was
had all along the road.
The facilities furnished by the rail-
ronds were nt first much more fully
appreciated by travelers than by the
shippers of freight. The speed of the
trains, amounting nt times to as much
ns twenty-five or thirty miles an hour,
was a source of unabated wonder to
the passengers, who had hitherto trav
eled on Hie slowly moving canal boats
nnd stage coaches.
In the matter of freight traffic the
railroads were at first unable to com-
lete with the canals. Of a prominent
Massachusetts railroad it Is snld that
a motion wns ninde at nn annual meet-;
in gto let the privilege of cnrrylng
freight on Its lines to Borne responslbla
person for $1,!)00 a yenr. I
There are ninny accounts of the piti
ful Rotate of ImfsK-unloslty to which
some of the railroads were reduced. 1
Cash being exhausted, and receivers'
certificates having not been Invented,
when operations proved unprofitable
there was no bnsls for credit
Men were sometimes put on the ten
der with a snwhorse and saw, and
when the engine ran out of wood these
men would take up their saw nnd cut
up a new supply of fuel from the near
est woods. Often the passengers would
get off the train and help ln the cutting
of the wood.
The railroads were often too poor
to pay for the fuel thus secured, and
there are mnny stories In the old news
papers of encounters between train
crews and the fanners Who caught
theip cutting down their trpes. Tha
complaints of the high-handed meth
ods of .the grasping railroad corpora
tions, their defiance of the law of thu
land and the rights of others, sound
strangely familiar to-day. Van Nor
den Magnzlno.
She Cnnldn't See the Barn.
All old lady In New Hampshire de
cided to try matrimony for the second
time In extreme old ngo. Her children
nnd grandchildren and grcat-grand-chlldrert
expostulated with her, but
she remained firm nnd declared she
was going to marry the man, says the
Boston Herald.
"Why. you're too old." snld they,
"You are losing your fneulties. You
can't see. If this man was on the
other side of the street you couldn't
tell him from anyone else." I
The old lady said she was going to
mnrrv Mm. "Now. we'll tint tihe mnn
on ton of tho barn, and you shall stand
In the kitchen door. If you can sea
him on the barn you shall marry him."
The prospective bridegroom snt on
fii ,!,!(-,. n,,n, nt tho bnrn tho nirl lnd
cunl0 t0 , door ookoai ghaded
g nn(1 lookwl ngni.
.... thn fnm
"Oh, yes," wns the reply. "I can set
the man all right, but I can't 6eo ths
barn !"
An Krrnr ol the Porta.
Love cannot die, the poets say,
And poets ought to know.
On Pt'Kiisiis thpy got a view
Of all things here below,
The poet sees with iuward eyes,
His vision is inspired,
" (But for this general belief
Some poets would got fired.)
I.ove cannot die. the poets any,
I think that they are wrong,
And that is why I've come to-day
To sing this little song.
Now jellies, ns a boy, I loved,
(My favorite was quince.)
1 nte too much one fateful day,
I've never loved it since.
-Sonierville Journal.
Ilere'a Honing;.
Here's hoping every breeze that blows
Across the world so sunny
Will blow a bee toward a rose
Whose heart ix sweet with honey I
Here's hoping that when daylight dies
And earth to night is given.
The morn will shine in loves dear ey
'i he signal-lights of heaven !
Atlanta ('(institution.
Mcilli-lnr of lite Soul.
Medicine and religion, which are to
frtMiiieiitly regarded as mutually an-
.u.n.I-to-. should le mutually commiIs
:ro. ";.ry. 'I here lire many diseases lu
whiih the niixlicine of Hie soul is a
powerful adjuvant In the treatment ol
t!is body. British Medical Journal.
Uriel null '-llrleka."
Bacon Tho absorbing capacity of a
brick Is about sixteen ounces of water.
i:t;lcrt And wls-u they call a man (
"brick" It nihilities that he lias not thl
reputation for absorbing anything llks
thar amount of water. Youker State
luau.
Nature seldom stores a lot of bralm
behind a pretty face.
THE MOVEMENT TO
GENERAL WOLFE LEADING
In celebration of the tercentpnnry of the first settle
ment of Canada, it Is proposed to rescue the famous
battlefield of Queliec from neglect and turn it Into a
national park. It was on the Plains of Abraham, on
September 13, 130, that General Wolfe defeated Mont
calm, and died in the moment of victory. At midnight
on the 12tli, Wolfe, with 1,000 men ln a flotilla, dropped
down the river and lauded at the foot of tlio rocky
heights below Quebec. During the voyage Wolfe re
peated to his Ulcers Gray's "Elegy In a Country Church
yard," and as he fluUhed he said: "Gentlemen, I would
AS TO GIRLS.
J like my freedom, I admit.
My pipe and chat with some old crony.
But still I'm not opposed a bit
To matrimony.
A blessed and a holy state
I know that cannot be disputed.
As for myself, I merely wait
Until I'm suited. i
Show me the girl who's to my mind
(They are not scattered round
thickly.)
But show her to me and you'll Gnd
Me acting quickly.
I do not. ask for beauty rare
Or for a bearing proud and stately.
For intellect I do not care
So very greatly.
If she's not absolutely plain
And if in hor the virtues mingle
In fair Dr0I)ortion I'll remain
No longer single.
Yes, such there are some perfect gems
Sweet girls, with dispositions sunny
The trouble, though, I find with them's
They have no money.
Chicago News.
A Final Argument
"What a pity you can't come with
me, Gwen. I did so want to go to
llomburg."
"Dearest, I would with pleasure, but
I really can't" and my cousin, Gwen
Randall, looked depreciatingly across
at me. "To tell tho truth, Nell, my
plans are rather unsettled Just now."
When a widow, and, moreover, a
young and pretty widow, tells you her
plans are rattier unsettled, mere is only
one further question to be asked
"Woo Is It, Gwen?"
She laughed n little consciously, and
tuen slie blushed.
i Sir Richard Slorton.
"won't you Hud the daughter rather
handfun" I asked for 1 knew
Norma Morton fairly well.
"Why should l r nsKeu uwen. "isnt
she nlce7 How old is sue, by tne way?
"She Is barely eighteen nnd arena-
fullv Boolled. and has grown up with
.vieWs' on every sort of subject. Have
you never met her?" I added in inucn
astonishment
Gwen shook her head. "No not of
ten. I have seen her once or twice,
and she seemed a pretty little thing.
reallv hardly noticed her. I am not
over fond of girls of that age, and they
are very easily put In their place, but I
hope we shull be friends If 1 should
she paused.
"Settle your plans," I said, laughing,
"Well, I know Norma pretty well, and
I honestly think you will have your
work cut out."
"I don t think so" said Gwen. "I
should be a delightful stepmother al
though, of course, I sliouldu't stand any
nonsense. If there was any trouble I
sltould send her back to school or let
her live with her aunt. But why
shouldn't we get on?"
"Well," I said, doubtfully, as I rose
to go, "I don't see really why you
should not; but It will depend a good
deal on what you call nonsense. I
think, Owcnnle, from whut I know of
Sir Richard's daughter, he really Is In
need of a protector, and he could not
have a better one for you, at any
rate, will make htm happy."
'Pupa Is really n great resxinsibil
lty," said Norma Morton, puckering up
her pretty forehead.
"Great," I agreed, "and you really
ought to write a book on the Reforma
Hon of Fathers."
"Do you think so?" said Norma en
gerlv. "Yes, I believe I could; lu fact
I am writing a book now 110, not 01
fathers," she added "Just explaining
my views on the simple life and "
"What is it called?"
"1 haven't thought of a title yet. 1
think I shall call It"
"Back to the Laud,'" I suggested
"No," sho said seriously, "I think
tnnt has been done already ud I
want to be original."
"There Is nothing very original about
the simple life," 1 began; "Adam and
Eve weri "
"Dou't be silly!" said Norma, severe
ly. "I am going to iolut out In my
bsok the uselessuess of wantlug uioucy
PRESERVE THE FAMOUS CANADIAN BATTLEFIELD.
THE FAMOUS NIGHT ATTACK ON
rather have composed that poem thnn tnko Quebec." Re
inforcements mnrched up the right bank of the river and
were ferried across, making Wolfe's full strength 4,500
men, with two guns. The ascent of the heights is one
of the most daring feats In our military annals. The
British had almost reached Hie summit before they were
challenged by a French sentry, nnd on a Hifhland offi
cer answering "Ln France," the troops were allowed to
pnss. At 0 o'clock the battle began, nnd ended in the
total defeat of the French and the death of General
Montcalm.
the vulgarity of giving pretentious din
ners, and the value of true economy,
Hit-"
"Doesn't your father agree with your
lews?" I Interrupted, to spnre myself
further list of headings.
"Papa? My dear, he's awful ! a mere
bon vlvant. He eats four courses for
dinner."
Moderate mini ! My father has
seven.
"And lie seemed quite vexed when I
changed It to two."
"Whut did. he say?"
"I never reiieat that sort of thing,"
said Normn sedately. "I mean to
change things gradually. I sent cook
away yesterday and one of the house
maids, nnd I nm shutting up several
of the larger bedrooms, as I don't mean
to entertain, excepting, of course, my
monthly debuting society. I give them
tea, nt least wo call It ten."
"Nice and cheap," I murmured.
"Yes, we only have wholemeal bread
and milk, ami there are apples if any
one wants them apples are both whole-
somcnnd nourishing."
"And usually sour or woolly, too."
"If they are sour, they can be bak
ed."
"Aren't you going to entertain nt
The Towers this summer?" I presently
asked.
"No," snid Norma. "It is to be n
real rest for papa and for me. I shall
take my debating society down for
the day next month." ' . ,
"Isn't Gwen coming?" I nsked. "I
thought she said your father had asked
her. My cousin, Gwen Randall," I
added In answer to a puzzled look.
'No," said Norma. "Papa did say
something about it, hut to tell the
truth, Nell, I am not going to have
her. I know I ought not to say so
to you ; but she is not at nil my style."
"No," I ngrppd, looking nt the severe
little expression and the hideously un
becoming dressed hair and out-of-taste
dress. "I don't think she really is your
style !"
'So why have her?" asked Norma
simply. "I told papa I did not care
for her, nor did I think her a par
ticularly sultuble friend for him."
"Truly the present day parent Is well
brought up! And he wns willing, of
course, to drop her nt once?"
"No, he was very rude Indeed," said
Norma ; so rude that 1 old not even
come down to dinner, but I nm sure
ho took what I said to heart, because
I put it extrenialy plainly."
"I am sure he did," I agreed cheer
fully, "and I sincerely hope he will
become a really obedient and tractable
parent" ,
"You cun do anything with a man
If you only have the courage to put
your foot down," said Norma with
much decision, "and, fond as I am of
you, Nell, I really do not enre for your
cousin and so I have shown papa quite
plainly I do not intend to have her
here."
it was very nearly six weeks later
when, in unswer to a pressing Invita
tion, I went to hpend a few days with
Norma.
"Whero Is your father?" I asked as
we sat over tea.
"He Is up ln town, but I'm expect
ing him home to-day. It Is very
strange, but he wired to the hoitse-
keiM-r lnsteai of to me. I have sent
her away, as there were far too many
servants here, and so of course I open
ed the wire. It only said: "Coutln;
home ou Thursday prepare east
rooms.' "
"And did you"
"No; I have shut the east rooms up,
nnd eo I wrote and told him I had put
him ln the blue room It's suuny and
uot so ridiculously large."
"Will he mind?"
I have really never thought about
It," said Norma ; "but I dou't see why
"SUE IS NOT AT AIX MY STYLE."
QUEBEC, SELTEMliEU 12. 1700.
he should, you know. I had a note
from him saying be was coming one
day next week, nnd he would bring
with him a final argument; but, it is
hopeless to argue, because my views
are not to be changed."
A few days later Normn and I went
up to town for the night, returning to
the Towers the following day. We
walked up from the station, Norma be
ing a great advocate fofthe simplicity
of walking, even on a close and tiring
day.
We went through the drawlng-roicn
Into the garden.
"Who's that with papo?" asked Nor
ma sharply. "Why. well, I do believe
It's your cousin. But surely ". She
stopped suddenly, remembering Gwen
was my cousin, while I followed a little
uncomfortably on to the lawn.
"How do you do, papa?" There was
grave disapproval in Norma's manner
as she coldly turned to my cousin
Gwen, "How do you do, Mrs. Randall 7
I was not aware I was to have this
pleasure. Papa I I am quite sur
prised." "Are you, my dear?" said Sir Rich
ard, ( as he drew a shade nearer to
Gwennie's side. "Well, we are going
to give you another and even pleas
nnter surprise. Mrs. Randall has kind
ly consented to become your mother
in fact, we were married over a fort
night ago," he added in a low voice full
of meaning, "and cr this, my dear,
is my final argument!" Loudon Daily
Mall.
At a point ln the Dukotas, on the
trip which John Burroughs, tho nat
uralist, made to Yellowstone Park with
the President, they picked up the man
who had formerly been foreman on
Mr. Roosevelt's ranch and nnotljer
cowboy friend of the old days; and
they rode with tho President in his
private car for several hours. "lie
was as happy with them as a school
boy ever was in meeting old chums,"
Mr. Burroughs declares In his rectfnt
book. "Camping and Tramping vtith
Roosevelt." Ho beamed with delight
all over.
"The life which those men repre
sented," coutinues Mr. Burroughs, and
of which he had himself once formed
a part, meant so much to him ; It had
entered luto the very marrow of his
being, nnd I could see the Joy of It
nil shining in his face ns ho eat and
lived parts of it over agnln with those
men that day. He bubbled with laugh
ter continually.
"The men, I thought, seemed n little
embarrassed by Ills oen-handed cor
diality and good-fellowship. He him
self evidently wanted to forget the
present, and to live only ln the memory
of those wonderful ranch days that
free, hardy, adventurous life upon Hid
plulns. It all came back to him with
a rush when he found himself alone
with these heroes of the roie and tho
stirrup. '
"How much more keen his appre
ciation was, and how much quicker bis
memory thun theirs! He was con
stantly recalling to Hn-lr minds Inci
dents which they had forgotten, and
the names of horses nnd dogs that had
escaped them. Ills subsequent life, In
stead of making dim the memory of
his ranch days, seemed to have made
it more vivid by contrast.
"When they had gone, I said to the
President, 'I think your nft'ectlon for
those nii'U is very beautiful.'
"How could I help It?' lu? snld.
"Still, few men lu your station
could or would go back and renew such
friendships.'
"'Then I pity them,' lie replied. He
said afterward that his ranch life had
been the making of him. It had built
him up nnd hardened him physically,
and had opencl his eyes to Hie wealth
of manly chnrart-r among the plains
men and cattlemen."
Hutched.
One afternoon three small children
were popping corn, taking turns at the
popper.
"Oh, ninnimn," exlnlmed little Doro
thy, clapping her hands gleefully, "ev
ery one of my corns hatched out!"
Chicago News.
"He keeps putting off the widdlnj
nay nnd putting it off!"
"Ye? Perhaps he has been married,
before." Houston Post.