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A pencil Is oHrn nard pushed to tell
toe truth.
Wan grumbles most where ho Is
treated best at home.
Styles sometimes make
toman look otherwise.
handsome
A man who makes a political speech
Isn't necessarily expected to tell the
truth.
Often a benedick Is but nn ex-bnche-lor
who was overtaken by misfortune
nd a widow.
There is at least one thing that may
be said In favor of football. Nobody
has to play it.
Any man can toko a day off, but
irhen it comes to putting 'it back
Veil that is different
Grover Cleveland's word to the
American historian doubtless would
be: "Tell the Truth."
It must ye awfully hard on the fussy
ld bachelor who has to live In the
ame house with a clever child.
A married man says the comforts of
Jiome would be more enjoyable If thny
didn't include the discomfort of pay
ing for them.
The horror story from Lnporte, Ind.,
flrlll make little old New York and other
great centers of crime take a baclt seat
for a while at least.
i' An injunction has been issued In
Brooklyn to restrain the goats from
fttlng cherry trees. Yet some people
tnot the injunction abolished.
Worcester, Mass., Is to hare ft church
Where people will be asked to pay as
they enter. It fs announced, howover,
that there will be no extra charges for
Halting concessions inside.
Baseball Is being Introduced into Ger
Kany. When the umpire makes an un
popular decision, the staid Germans
Sill wonder why they ever considered a
ibate In the Reichstag exciting.
"Really great men," says the Salt
lak Tribune, "aro those who feel their
wn Binallness," But mighty few men
ve any use for friends who make
$em feel Bmall, nevertheless and not
withstanding. - One of the magazines publishes an ar
ticle in which it Is declared that every
" married woman should have an income
Of at least $5,000 a year. A largo nia-
onty or the married men will agree
i the proposition. ,'
Chauncey M. Depew has recently
been telling some of the reporters how
to grow old easily. Chauncey ought to
P an authority oa this subject We
on't know of anybody who has had a
chance to take it easier than he.'
The passion for traveling, whether
lone or with the family or In the cora
Baay pf flag-waving citizens from the
panhandle and Grcnt Lakes, has done
The Intelligent observation ' of foreign
Jlfe baa a leveling effect that is good
tor the observer himself, and for the
rorld In general. It dulls conceit and
' iharpens sympathy. The Japanese have
aiea a leaf out of the American book
n this respect and in the last few
. rears have begun to travel fast and
i 'ar. Americans spend millions of dol
ars in Euope; but It Is hardly open
o ft question, that tho extravagance
vhlch some people deprecate Is not
more than offset by the Inestimably
beneficial impressions received by the
thousand" who keep their eyes and ears
uiui weir purses open, B11U WHO
bring these Impressions back to Improve
; the stay-at-homes.
In an editorial upon farming meth
ods the Electrical Review says that tho
ftdvances mado In transporting and
Sonufacturlng since tho adaptation of
7 ectrlclty to motors should bo repeated
$n tho farm. Says the Review: "it
iu w u ufiuro long iuo spirit
Qt advance does not infuse a new life
Into farming methods. May we not ex
pect that our newer power agencies
Will extend their influemv to tho work
of the farm, relieving It of much nf tin,
drudgery that still exists and making
we worn as attractive and pleasant a
any other pursuit? When this comes
ftbont we may expect 'to sou farming
take on a new life nud flourish again
in places where it has long languished.
Deserted farms may then be reclaimed
end a profitable field of work offered
to many who now crowd Into tho manu
facturing 'towns in search of a surer
means of livelihood." An instance Is
Cited whereto small waterfall on an
abandoned mill site was harnessed and
fhade to do the work of two horses and
light the buildings on two farm The
total cost of installation wus about equal
to the value of two good horses, Ami
the cost of running the plant is prac
tically .nothing. It requires but little
expert knowledge to handle electricity,
wysterlous as this agent Is. Many or
the successful electricians of to-day
knew nothing of the subject a few
years ago. The knowledge of machin
ery required for a farm plant is xm-
eessea ny tne average runner ulreadv
Given the power, which Is simple Hiid
cheap if drawu from a stream, the ap
plication of It to the machine can be
' made by an amateur, and this being
the case the farm should not be the
last and least to profit by this wonder
ful agent Capitalists are reaching out
for the great waterfull energy of the
country with a view to setting It to
turning wheels. An Ideu that is good
for them in a Inrgo way may bo good
for the agriculturist in a small way.
All classes of thinkers, realizing tbut
education Is the tuition's first prohicin,
have contributed to the discussion of
the School question. The physician
hag ntftfle his . plea for the child's
health, the clergyman has put In his
word for religious instruction, the em
ployer has asked for schools to send
hi in graduates trained In the rudiments
of business. All this Interest In educa
tion stimulates teachers and keeps the
schools abundantly equipped and pro
gressive. Rut under all the varied
questions, tlio fundamental purpose ft
education Is sometimes burled from
sight. Prof. Frlcdrlch Paulsen, a Ger
man teacher and philosopher, 31"' re
cently summoned his countrymen to
remember the old moral roots of ed
ucation. Ills article, translated In the
Educational Review, bids us hold fast
to the principles thnt education means
training In obedience, application and
the subjection of the young will to the
older disciplined will. Tills philosopher
and teacher of ethics knows that the
civilized human being is he who can
drive a controlled mind to a definite
goal, and that schools and parental dis
cipline and churches have as their ob
ject the making of civilized men and
women out of raw material. So that
when a devotee of '"child-psychology"
advocates the study of the child bent
and adaptation of educational methods
to the young Individual soul, the old
fashioned teacher agrees, provided Jbe
teacher and not the child is to do the
adapting. When the preacher of health
and nature shows the beautiful devel
opment of free childhood running wild
In the open fields, the old-fusliloncd
teacher admits the poetry of the Idea,
but Insists that the child will never
enjoy freedom until he has learned me
thodically to do as he Is told. Indoors
and out. And when the pedagogical
expert devises a course In manual
training, French, music and nature
study, the same old-fashioned teaclr
adepts the combination, provided the
pupil be required, to do his work thor
oughly in each subject, whether he likes
It or not
THE ART OF GARGLING.
Not the Sum Thlnar a the Proems
Uaunllr Followed.
The proper method of gargling Is
thus described by a writer In the Med
ial Record:
"The patient (at first under the guid
ance of a physician) should sit well
back in a chair, take a swallow of wa
ter in the mouth and bond tho head as
far back as possible.
"Now he must protrude the tongue
from the mouth (the tip of the tongue
mny be grasped with a handkerchief),
and In this posture with protruding
tongue he must try to swallow the
water. The physician should control
the patient's, vain efforts, for it Is Im
possible to swallow under tuch circum
stances. "The patlsnt has the sensation as If
he actually bad swallowed the wuter.
Now ho must start to gargle, to exhale
air slowly. One can Bee plainly the
bubbling of the fluid in the wide open
pharynx.
"After gargling thus for a while the
patlebt Is ordered to close tho mouth
and quickly throw bead and body for
ward. Thereby all the fluid Is forced
through the choanoe and nostrils, wash
ing the throat and nose from behind
and expelling all the accumulations
that had been present with great force.
"This should be repeated several
times, as the first trial is not always -
successful and satisfactory. It is an
act that must be learned.
"When properly executed tho sensa
tion, as the patient will assure you, Is
that of groat relief not had by any
other method. It will be wiso for tho
practitioner to try tho method first on
himself. Even small children who are
at all clever lenrn the method readily
ana ratner enjoy it."
GIGANTIC OFFICE BUIMCS;
aim coksfrvoioio climax.
With the announcement from New
York that tho Equitable Llfo Assurance
Society Intends to erect the tallest
building in the world arises tho oues-
tlon how fur architects and builders
will go before reaching tho limit of
their efforts to pierce the clouds. A
few years ago tho Masonic Temule In
Chicago and tho World building in
isow xoric were looked umm ns mir
acles. They are commonplace to-day.
The projected Equitable Life build
ing Is to be sixty-two stories high and
us top will be 009 feet above the side
walk. Tho flagstaff crowning this stu
pendous structure will bo 150 feet above
tho roof, making tho height to the tip
or the polo IXWJ feet, or about one-
llfth of a , tulle. The Eiffel tower in
Paris Is soventy-flvo feet lower, being
1)84 feet above tho ground.
Following are tho tallest buildings
and other structures In tho world:
Stilt!, .. P.'Af
Eiffel Tower ps
Equitable building (pro-
lKwed) .' i)(V)
MetroM)litnn builtliug r) (i!t:i
Singer building 41 (jjo
WukViukIoii Monument ,.",,"
Pyramid of Cheops ,, 451
Se. Peter's, Koine.,..,.,,, 41S
St. Paul's, Iomlon :iiu
Top of cross.
f I'un In Spare.
I dreamed lust night that I was pres
ent at a committee meeting of tho sun,
earth, moon and stars. -
"I'm no coward," said the earth.
"No, but you have two great fears."
said the sun hotly.
"And those are'"
"Tho hemispheres."
"You've forgotten the atmosphere,"
put In the uiikiu. And the comet, who
had 110 business to U there, wagged
his tail with Joy.
lllulurd.
The Aged Angler Oil, ay j the lust
fish I caught were a proper big 'uu, au
no mistake.
The Inquiring Angler Indeed? Why
ulilnt you have It si tiffed 7
The Aged Angler Well, you see, I
weren't more nor a lad at the time.
The Sketch. .
The ( Ircunximico.
umi rieu iicircg iei nie Hold her
hand lust night."
"iu't tell me such yarns!"
"I'a.t! At the bridge table, while
she answered u phone cull." Philadel
phia Inquirer.
TOGO TEA TO SUICIDE.
Rather than Obey F.mprrnr Asalnnt
;l Juilv-nrnt, lie Woald ItlS
It seems that there was a decided dif
ference of (.pinion among the military
and naval authorities at Toklo as to
the Intentions of AJinlrul Rojestvcnsky,
who came out from Cronstndt with
the great fleet of Russian ships. Most
of theni believed that he had instruc
tions to attack the southern coa'st of
Japan and divert attention from t.he
struggle In Manchuria and the siege of
Port Arthur. They were convinced thnt
he would attack Kobe and Yokohama
and other ports and try to reach Toklo.
If he failed there they expected him
to sail up the eastern coast and at
tack Hakodate.' At any rate, theywVre
absolutely . certain that ho would not
run the risk of nlmost certain destruc
tion by entering the China sea orftry
to pass through the straits between Ja
pan and Korea, where Togo lay In con
cealment waiting to pounce upon him.
This conviction was so positive that
tho council of war at Toklo, which was
composed of cabinet ministers, veteran
generals, and admirals, and that nota
ble group known as "the older states
men," ordered Togo to come out of his
lair and patrol the southern coast, so as
to bo near by when the attack came.
Togo remonstrated. He ns convinced
that Rojestvensky had come from the
west to vlndlcute the Russian navy and
not to Invade a fortified coast Ills ar
guments were earnest, but they had no
weight with the Toklo authorities, and
he was again ordered to come down to
defend the const. To their amazement
he refuw-d to obey, and they finally
appealed to the Emperor, who, at their
solicitation, repeated the order.
It Is a tradition In Japan that no
man ever disobeyed an orde of the
Emperor, who Is descended from the
gods, who Is himself divine, and tho
highest object of reverence. Hence,
when Togo received instructions from
his majesty to Abandon the strategic an
chorage he had chosen and cruise down
along the southern coastto await the
mysterious fleet of tho enemy, he called
his captains together and laid the facts
before them. lie told them that the
Information lie "had received from his
scouts nnd spies, as well as his own
udgment, convinced bhn that the Rus
sian fleet wns Intending .to attack hi 111
In the Straits of Korea, and he had de
cided to "await it there, notwithstand
ing the orders of the Mikado, ne fully
appreciated the significance and real
ized the penalty of, such unheard of
disobedience, but he believed thnt his
majesty had acted upon mistaken infor
mation, and he was willing to accept
the responsibility of disobeying his or
ders, because the honor, and perhaps
the fate, of Japan was at stake. lie
did not ask any of his captains to share
the awful responsibility with him.
v , .
ADMIUAL TOGO.
Those who decUucd to do so would be
relieved of their commands by men who
were willing to make tho sacrifice. To
1 nose wno wouiu stay ny nun in do
llance of tho Emperor he would be ac
cordingly grateful. He gave them
tweirty-four hours to think the matter
over and consult among themselves.
The captains were so overcome-lth
amazement at. tho audacity and the
enormity of the offense proposed ' by
their commander that they made no re
ply. Many of them left the flagship
susicctlng that ho had lost his reason.
l-ven to suggest or to tulnk or dontit.
lug tho wisdom or of disobeying the
naei-.id voice or the Emperor was the
highest treason, and here was Togo de-
llbcratcly determined to defy it. As
pmv bo imagined, nothing else was dis
Hissed or even entered tho thouchtR of
the captains thut day, but they were
careful that the cause of their anxiety
should not become known to their mih-
ordluates. They bud no conference, for
none was necessary. The mind of every
111:111 was miiuo up from the moment
that Togo iiientloni-d his purpose. Not
one of them herniated for nn liistm
us to the course he should pursue, and
when they met In the admiral's cabl
on tne iinguip iuo next morunig there
wns 110 controversy, no explanations, no
difference of opinion.
As Togo called them one offer auoth
er ho found himself uusuniHirted. n
and
when he asked their opinion thev to!
d
him that they did not Ullev he could
tind a single officer upon auy of hi
ships who would stand with him
against the orders of the Emnero
They laid their swords upon his table
and resigned their commands.
With tears rolling down his weather
beaten cheeks, Togo asked them to re
insider their decision. He .argued
with them for an hour, glvlmr the re
sons why he Mlcved the Russian fleet
wns coming up the Straits of Korea,
nnd every captain heartily Indorsed
his
Judgment, hut tho Emperor had spoke
ana they must olioy him. rliiht
wrong. There wns no alternative,
Togo asked them what they would '
in his place, if the resiHUislbllltv w
uIkhi them. They answered with one
oirr ;
"Obey the Emperor."
He dlsmlsMed them sndly. acaln
af
3rmliig his determination to 'meet a
id
tight the Russians in the straits ven
U he had to meet them alone, and
Asked them to return for a final con
ference the following morning.
They met again, as before, even more
determined than at the previous coun
cils, and, finding himself without a sin
gle supporter or sympathizer, Togo an
nounced his Intention to solve his di
lemma by taking his own life. His
Judgment as a sailor, his conscience as
a patriot would not permit him to
abandon the spot which he had chosen
for an attack upon the Russians, and
his reverence for his sovereign would
not permit hlin to disobey his majesty's
orders, although lie was confident they
Were wrong. Therefore he would re-
lleve the situation by suicide, and the
next in command must assume the re
sponsibility of carrying out the Em
Ieror's orders.
The admiral's farewell to his com
mand was interrupted by an orderly,
who brought the news that Rojest-
vensky'a chips bad been sighted, and
In a short hour every captain was at
his 1 tout and the line of battle had been
formed.' The result Is well known.
After the war wns over and the ad
miral returned to Toklo to receive the
honors he hud so richly , earned, he
anked a private audience of his sov
ereign and frankly related the t0ry 5f
his disloyalty thnt I have sj tamely
told. None but the two men know whnt
was said at thnt Interview, but It was
satisfactory to both. William E. ur
tls, in the Chicago Record-Herald.
Training the Appetite.
The question is often asked, "Should
children be Compelled to ent food that
they dislike?" The question is rather
a puzzling one, and there may be as
many views upon It as there ure upon
most educational queries. A few dec
ades ago the question was rarely raised.
The saying wns bunded on from gen
eration, to generation that "children
should be made to eat what was set
before them," and that was all there
was to it.
The writer still recalls the loathing
distaste with which, some three times
a week all through his extreme youth,
he watched the bringing ou of a certain
hateful duuipllng and gravy dish at
the school midday dinner. It was the
aversion of his youth, and It would
never have been "downed" had It not
been for the fnct thut he feared his
master more than he did his qualms.
But out of evil may come forth good,
and honesty compels him to confess
that the result of this ever-reuewed
battle between his tastes and his dum
pling Is that, with the exception of
parsnips, he can now eat everything
eatable with resignation, If not enjoy
ment One would huve to turn to a nufsery
governed by an exaggerated form of
mushy concession to obtnln the com
panion picture to this one, butr-undoubt-
edly many such nurseries are to be
found. Here one may discover as many
likes and dislikes as there are people
to form them. Mary cannot bear mut
ton, and a sec!al dish must be pre
pared for her on chop day. Jack de
tests soup, and Bobby an uncunuy
twentieth-century Bobby will not
touch Jam. It Is impossible to help a
certain longing for some of the good
old-fashioned practice in a case like
this; and where the, kind of food dis
criminated against Is a really necessary
ono in the dietary as milk, for ex
ample the child should bo mude, lu the
old-fashioned phrase, to "learn to like
it" 1 ,
1 Children who have fads In the mat-'
ter of food Bhould never e allowed to
touch food between meals, but should
always go to the table hungry. Their
likes and dislikes should never be dis
cussed before them. .With plenty of
wuter to drink between meals, a good,
healthy hunger to carry to the table,
and simple nursery dishes nppetlzlngly
served, most children will eat without
question the food set before them.
Youth's Companion.
OAK AND PINE.
The Value nnd l"ef iilnc of These
(lnanea ot Wood.
Though generally assumed that oak
Is tho wood capable of being put to the
greatest variety of uses, It Is known, as
a matter of fact, thnt the pine Is really
the most used, on account of Its .great
abundance. Nevertheless, the tl tuner of
tho ouk combines lit Itself the essential
elements of strength and durability,
hardness and elasticity in a degree
which no other tree can boast, unrival
ed as a mntcrlnl of shlplmlldlng, also
superior lu architecture, cablnetmak
Ing, carving, mill work, cooperage and
innumerable other pubises, while the
bark is of great value as furnishing
tun ami yielding a bitter extract in con
tinual demand for medicinal purposes.
But of uses for the pine details would
be well nigh endless. The timber Is In
valuable la houses and ship carpentry;
common turpentine Is extracted from It
In vast quantities, and Immense sup
piles of tar, pitch, resin and lampblack.
In -the manufacture of matches; and,
above all, paper pulp, thousands and
tens of thousands of ucres of plue for
ests are cut down every year, and.
briefly, the tlmlier of this tree, consti
tuting us It does tho chief material of
English and American builders, may be
said to be more used than all other
kinds of wood put together.
There should le a word between
pessimist aiwl optimist. Things were
not ordered for the best, and they
were not ordered for the worst, but
they were ordered, and no amount of
hope or despondency can alter them
ft particle.
.We bate to have a stranger come
up to us, and say: "Guess who I
am!"
A stitch In time may save ft big sur
geons' fee later.
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The Wife, Children and
With the one exception of Theodore Roosevelt, there
is no man in the United States whose face and person
ality are familiar to more people than are those of Wll
llflrm J. Bryan. The marvelous whirlwind campaigns
which he conducted after receiving on two occasions
the Democratic nomination for the presidency, together
with his ninny lecturing tours and his writings, have
made him known throughout the length and breadth of
the republic. X poor man and but little known outside
his own State, he sprang twelve years ago into the lime
light of publicity when he made his famous free silver
speech In the Democratic national convention a speech
which made him the presidential nominee of his party.
inee that time he has proved himself a marvel of tlre
lessness on stump and lecture platform. He has vlBlted
LOVE'S THREADS OF GOLD.
I In the night she told a story,
In the night and all night through,
j While the e.-oon was la her glory,
AnA the brunches dropped with dew.
:Twns my life Bhe told, and round it
i Rose the years as from a deep;
n tho world's great heart she found it.
Cradled like a child asleep.
in the night I saw her weaving ,
By the misty moonbeam cold,
11 the' weft her shuttle cleaving
With a sacred thread of gold.
h ! she wept me tears of sorrow,
Lulling tears so mystic sweet;
Then she wove my last to-morrow.
And her web lay at my feet.
Df my life she made the Btory;
I must weep so sootj 'twas told 1
ilut your name did lend it glory,
And your love its thread of gold!
Jenn Ingelow.
("Well, thnt spoils the evening for
ne.! observed Strong, gloomily fluger
,ng a note whivh said that the grip
rvould prevent a certain young lady
'rom attending the opera that night.
Sorry Gladys Is sick no, confound It
f I am t These eleventh hour excuses
ire getting too frequent. I won't stand
lor It. I wonder if Elizabeth Miller
Rill go," he mused, continuing his
iiessing.' "No, I'll stay at home to
night. What right has a girl to make
I felW miserable, anyhow? I come
in."
"And here's your mendin, Mr. How
rd." said the young woman who en
tered. She addressed htm according to
custom in his family before the
Death of, his parents had given him
Into an apartment house, where he had
lound a position for the faithful ser
vant 'Thank you, Mary," said Strong,
without pausing in his wrestling bout
with a collar button. "Mary, I have
i couple of extra tickets for the thea
ter to-night Can't you get Pat fo lake
ou?"
"It's always Pat you're teazln' me
about, Mr. Howard, and there ain't a
Put not for me. I ain't pretty enough,
and then I'm 35. Sure, It's mony a
year since I've seen a theater. All
iiur money goes to the doctor. I'd have
to go alone."
"No, Mary; you must not be neg
lected In thnt faslilon," he said, turning
abruptly from (he mirror. "Let nie
be Pat to-tiigbt." -
"Oh, Mr. Howard, I couldu't It
woivldn't uo, sir. Oh, Mr. Howard,
It's Joktu' you are. after all," Bhe ex
claimed, as a smile spread over his
face.
"No, Mary, I never was more serious
In my life. I am going to give you,
Mary McUlnnis, tho best time of your
life. Put ou' your best bonnet and bo
rendy by a quarter to 8. You live
or ?"
"On Third avenue, 2730, back, three
flights up. But Mr. Howard "
"No excuses, Mary. Now good-bye.
or we'll both be late."
Throughout dinner at the club that
night Strong's face repeatedly relaxed
at the oddity of the experiment Its
unconventlbnallty did not worry hlra,
for the wealth and social position of
tho Strongs put him beyond the sting
of criticism.
"Opera to-night. Strong?' drawled
young Castlewood, whom he particu
larly disliked, dropping into a vacant
eat.
"No ; had planned to surprise Gladys
Hustings witn mat new piny .mou
ton's for a change, but she's sick.
Hon ever "
"Well, you needn't waste any time
asking EllzalH'th Miller," laughed fas
tie wood, "for I'm going to take her
myself."
WILLIAM 3. BBYAN'S FAMILY AND HOME.
V
Farm Residence of
f 1
the Democratic Candidate for President
almost every nook and corner of the United States ; he
has mado an extended tour of the world; he has con
ducted a newspaper, run a farm, lectured and written.
And all the time he has retained his hold upon the admi
ration and confidence of hundreds of thousands of persons.
. For these reasons, aside from any interest felt la
themselves personally, the members of his family are
of more than ordinary Interest to the public. In the
above engrrfving we present in the upper row Mrs. Bryan,
who was Miss Mary Elizabeth Balrd until she married
the coming statesman at Perry, 111., In 18S4, W. J. Bryon,
Jr., nnd Miss Grace Bryan. In the lower row are shown
Mr. Bryan's elder duughter, Mrs. W. II. Letivltt, wife of
a Paris artist of some merit, and the handsome farm res
idence of the Brynns, near Lincoln, Neb.
"Oh, don't worry," replied Strong,
nettled. j
"No offense, old man; knew you
were Inclined In that direction, though
between two fires nt present But, by
the wiiy," he added, aiming a parting
thrust, "L-hoar that Count de Migny
arrived here to-day, en route for San
E'ranclsco. Guess you've heard Gladys
speak of him. Keep your eye on him.
He's a clever chap."
"Smooth might better describe him.
I know absolutely that he's bogus," re
plied Strong.
"Oh, have your way," drawled Cas
tlewood, departing. Strong was be
tween two ires, and knowing it, re
sented all the more these insinuations.
Which disturbed him more, the thought
of, Castlewood'srecentmnrked attention
to Elizabeth or the arrival of the
count? He could not determine.
At first Mary was ill- at ease that
night with Strong, the luxurious car
riage, his evening dress and polished
manners being strange to her, but Jils
geniality soon put her nt ease. On the
way he stopped at a florist's.
"These violets are for you, Mary,
and the roses for another nice young
lady who Is ill," he explained. -
"Thanks, Mr. Howard, and it's the
lady with the beautiful eyes that Is
sick? Oh, I am so sorry," she ex
cluimed. "Yes, she has beautiful eyes, Mary,
but where did you see her?"
"At the tea you gave In your apart
ments last year. She thinks everything
dUM
1 THOUGHT YOU WEr.E OOINa TO TUK
OI'EKA."
of you, Mr. Howard. I couid see that
plain, and if she grows up to be as
fine looking as her mother, why, you'll
you'll "
"But her mother was not there," he
said, coiqlng to her rescue.
"Oh, yes, she kept saying Elizabeth
this and Elizabeth that She "
"But I am not talking about Eliza
beth. These flowers are for Miss Hast
ings, the girl with the heavy auburn
hair," replied Strong amused. 1
"Oh, I remember her," she said dis
appointedly. "I am so sorry. I
thought It was I meant oh. I don't
know what I meun. I'm un old goose,
Mr. Howard," she finally exclaimed,
much distressed.
They were now at the Hastings'
where Strong bus ordered the coach
man to stop. t
"How Is Miss Hastings?" Strong In
quired at the door.
"Why why oh. she's better," re
plied the well-drilled man, recovering
himself. Strong left the flowers and
returned to the carriage with strange
misgivings. :
Strong did not heed the many won
dering glances his friends cast in bis
direction that night for he was doing
his best to make It a red-letter occa
sion for Mary. Moreover, he was hav
ing a heart-to-heart talk with himself,
lu which two young women prominent
ly figured. What Mary said and what
Mary did In a situation new to her is
another story, but when it was over
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she sighed as if waking from a beau
tiful dream.
"Hello, Strong, got hefe after all, I
see," came to his ears as they were en
tering the foyer. Turning, he saw
Castlewood and Elizabeth Miller:
"How are you, Elizabeth?" he In
quired. "Miss Miller, let nie present
Miss McGlnnis; nnd Mr. Cnstlewood
Miss McGImils." Castlewood, gazing.
In wonder; forgot to bow, but Eliza
beth greeted Mary cordially. It wns a
friend of Strong's. That was suffi
cient for her. Soon, they . passed on.
"Oh, Mr. Howard! -That's the girl
with the beautiful eyes," exclaimed
Mary. "Ain't she handsome, thought
And you don't care you " -
"I have not said I did not care,
Mary," he said simply, but earnestly.
"An, oh, Mr. noward, there is the
girl with the auburn hair, too!" she
Interrupted. "Why, I thought she was
the sick one."
"Gladys Hastings," involuntarily
came to his lips, as he followed Mary's
gaze. In a moment, he was opposite
her and their eyes met,
"Oh, Howard I I thought we I
thought you were going to the opera,"
she exclaimed in confusion. "You see,
the count came and I was so much bet
ter I couldn't disappoint him, as he is
here In New York for only one even-
lng. But pardon me let me present
Mr. Strong Count .de Migny." And
then her ' eyes wandered hnughtily to
Mary. "And let me Introduce the Duchess
of Kilkenny Miss Hastings and Count 1
de Mingy," said Strong gravely, though
smiling inwardly. The count's French
manners brought forth a low bow,
while Gladys scarcely nodded.
"And wasn't that the girl?" asked
the mystified Mary when they were In
the carriage. ,
"Yes," Strong replied, but he was si
lent for a long time.
"She was so uppish to me," Mary
Anally ventured, "while Miss Miller
treated me as if I was a real lady."
"And you are, Mary; a thousand
times the lady that some one thinks
she is," he said seriously.
"But why did you call me duchess?"
"That was a little Joke on the bo
gus count," he replied, his face relax
ing. "That will make both of them
think a bit. But here we are at your
home. And you say your father Is too
Ill to work, and you support the fam
ily? Well, you are a noble girl, and
I don't half appreciate the way you
look after me nnd my apartments," he
said, as he assisted her from the car
riage and bHpixmI a $30 bill into .her
band.
"Thanks, Mr. Howard," she said
gratefully, thinking It was her monthly
tip of $5. "This will help father a lot.
Mr. Howard, you've given me the best
time I ever had. I "
"Tut tut, Mary. It's been a selfish
pleasure with me, I fear. I took yoit
as an experiment and a lucky oner It's
proven. You hnve helped nie open my
eyes to the true woman the woman
of my henrt. I can never forget thut.
Good night"
An Inoaonr Plant.
On the shores of Lake Nicaragua is
to be found an uncanny product of the
vegetable kingdom known among the
natives by the expressive name of "the
devil's noose." Dunstan, the natural
ist, discovered it while wandering on
the shores of the hike. Attracted by
cries of pain and terror from his dog '
be found the animal held by black,
sticky bands, which had chafed the
skin to the bleeding point These band
were branches of a newly discovered
carnivorous plant, which has been aptly
named the "hind octopus." The branch
es are flexible, black, jollBhed, without
leaves, and secrete a viscid fluid.
There are a lot of ways to get rich,
but the advice of a fortune-teller la
not on the list.
Nearly every man has his list of out
rages. i
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