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"Sot down," snld h, .
When greeting mo.
Tin glfld to sop jt Uirk. Bring up a cheer,
And sot down Ikto."
Straightway I did
As I win I'M.
And taking up I ho moat convenient chair,
I drovv It nigh tin; gonial sl.vo, nnd "sot" down there.
Wo talked mid laughed.
And grinned mid chuffed.
Ho Joked with mo, mid Ull tlio light prow dim
I Joked wlih him.
And wlion 'I wish o'er
I sought Ms door,
And walked homo through Iho evening clour.
Convinced that ho did well to mil a chair n "cheer"
Twixt yon mid mo
Thill's h;lt thry ho
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Success Magazine.
An Irish Matchmaking
"Aa' ye'll bo thlnkln It ovor," suld
&Irs. O'Nell, "for mo nu' ould rather
have flxod It up betwixt us, nn' It'll be
jhs soon ns Ivor Lent Is como nu' roup."
"'Dml nu' I won't, thin," snld hor
fcon, angrily ; and to emphasise Ids
(words he pave the po.it fire such a sav
ttgo kick that a burning sod lioppod
right Into the middle or the eartliern
ifloor.
"Ooh, III v In be good to mo! Will ye
Ibe nfther burnln' the place on me?'
' "An' ye might know that me find
Nornh Mnloney has boon spakln' this
long whiles since, nu' for why should
I be nfther glvln hor the go-by?"
"Norah Mnlonoy!" said bis mother,
(phrilly, "It's pity help me! Is It at me
Imryln ye was wantin' to be? An' sure
it won't be long If ye marry the likes
fit her, not that I emld rest nlsy lu
le grave if I knowed that Norah Mn-
lynoy, wld hor qua re, rough ways, an'
the big fate of hor was travndln'
through the place, nu' not a bit of me
chtney would be left in a wnke. No,
It's not mo could slnpe at all at all If
I knew mo chlnoy was claterlu' through
ier hands, nn' It beloiigin' to me own
Jtuother's mother God rest her soul."
"The dlvll take the ehiney what
Wuld we want wld it at all?"
j. "An' not n bit of It will ye liave. Sore
J'd sooner lave It to me cousin iu Bel
fast, nu' I'll not be sure but I'll be
Coin' there rueself to end me days on
e."
! "Bedad, go nlsy now," said Con,
Scratching his curly bead In much men
tal perturbation nt the sight of his old
toother's tears. "There's no need to be
yin' out like an ould seoldln' bin. Sure,
a man's got a right to be afther clcoos
Ju' his own wife."
.' "Troth, an' what do ye know About
the choosln'? A bit of a gossoon like
ieself rlddy to take the first fool that
jbns the laugh at ye!"
; "If ye're mania' Norah "
!An' who else? A great bean pole
jjvid the rid cbakes of her and bould,
iplack eyes roll In' In her hid like beads
fya the scramble."
"Hould your tongue," said the in
(fensed lover, not relishing this realistic
(description of his lady lovo's charms.
VAii' bould yours," said bis equally
fcxasperatod mother.
.' Hut the next moment she had put
ier hand wheodllngly upon bis shoul
der, and the frown on Cou's brow
Cleared a little.
; "Como, now, avio, sure it'H a bad
lnipored ould woman I am to be spuk
jln' cross to mo bhoy. But ye won't go
jto be breukln' the illigaut match I've
toeen makln' for yesolf, nn' It's Biddy
lulrnne is the purty colleen, an' ould
I'ather Is a warm man, anf achlu' to
Lave ye for his sou, an' therfe'Il be siviu
jflgs to come wld her not to spake of
js, couple of chairs and a chlst of draw
ers that will be settin' gfan' In that
Corner by the dure."
"If I marry at all an' what wld the
botheration of It I'm not nfther ward
en' to be married at all it'll be Norah
ilaloney."
1 "It'll not," she said with a firmness
(hat more than equalled his own. "An'
there's no more to be said, for the
jiiateh Is made, nn' ye'll not be brlng-
iu' the disgrace on me hid wld your
lonsense."
j Con fumed and stormed, and another
piece of burning sod was sent flying by
Jils heedless foot, but in the end cir
cumstances were too strong for him.
Jle gave way sullenly, nnd sat silently
nioklng, while Mrs. O'Nell, restored
to good humor, chatted contentedly
BlMHit the wny that he nnd Biddy Mul
ifrano were to manage the "bits of
things" when she was gone.
And the next day when Con went up
the borrocn to see old Micky Ioolln
bout a bit of fresh thatohln' he came
full upon his prospective iiride, clat
tering down with a couple of cans for
water the water in the barrels never
being to hor father's liking for bis
"lay."
Con knew Biddy Mulrane ns well as
he knew his own face. They had been
a( Hi'lnHil together, nnd the rough-luilrod
end Kharp-longued little glrshoach had
got the lust of hi tii many a lime. She
was not unlike a needle, thought Con
discontentedly, as lie eyed her tall.
Fleuder ligiiro. as she camo down the
Iioitccii wi.li her light nnd springy step.
.s ihiu as a darnlu' nadle. an' iut a
bit of rid in the face of her, an' e.v
I.mi big tor her hid." be went on
mentally contrasting her with the mil
pie eliiirins of Norah Mnloney great
ly to the hitler's advantage lu every
way.
When Biddy saw hliu she came to a
full slop, mid ho could not complain
if her wai: i of color then, for she
dclat'cd w;ir with a red (lug In her
Cheeks ami eyes that Hashed detlauee,
"What are ye afther wiintlii'?" she
deiiiaii'(l itoreoly. "If It's inoself,
you' v' coine the wrong road. I'm not
golu' to till' up wld the lilies of you
and so 1 teli you."
"IfcMitd, I'm not wanlln' ye at nil,"
aid Con. ungallrtiitly. "It's Micky '.he
tluiUher I'm wuutiu', not a harp-
ronguea wnn. like yoursi-lf. An' the
rond's none of your owuln' whin It
conies to Unit."
-ino gin paused Irresolutely, nnd
her angry gaze traveled over him scorn
fully. She saw no couielltiOHS In his
tall, young figure, In the light brown
curls that showed beneath his old hat.
the dark blue of his eye, or the clear
brown of his skin, for beauty is iu the
eyes of the beholder, and Biddy had
another in her mind at the moment.
"Then you haven't been henrln' that
the ould schamers have been llxln' up
a match betwixt the two of us?"
"talx, I ve heard that l have been
havlu' a double dose of it, an' it's no
more to me llklu' than to your own.'
"Thin why don't ye tell thiiu ho, ye
lilg gawk, instld of takla' -it like a
great shape?'
"Bedad, it's black in the face I've
been talkin. an no manner nt all of
good, for It would be a dale easier to
move the mountln than herself whin
she's takln wld lnything."
He brought out his pipe, nnd com
nienced to fill it with the air of one
who had ceased to look with nny enjoy
meut upon creature comforts.
"An' me father tuk wid the same
complaint, sayin' hell have his River
ence at me, an' bringin' the disgrace
on him," groaned the exasperated Bid
dy. "Och, it's wearin me into a -f aver !"
She dropped her menacing nlr, nnd
drew a little closer to her companion
in misfortune.
"It's heart sore I nm, nt It all; for
I've been spakiu' wid a bhoy from Hal
THIN Wlli' DON'T VE TEI.L THIM SO, TE
BIO OAWK, 1NSTID OF TAK1N' IT LIKE A
CHEAT 811 APE?"
lyrone slnre a wake befure Christ
mas."
'An' It's tuoself," said Con, dismal
ly, "that has been thinklu' of Norah
Maloney longer than that."
"Norah Maloney! She's a quare. big,
bouncing crathur. Well, ye're In luck's.
way, for there's pllnty of her."
'What do you inane?" demanded Con,
wrathfully.
Mercy on us! Knpo your tlmper now
What II ye be sayln' lu that great
mountlu "
'I'll be thankiu' ye to knpo n civil
tongue Iu your hid. There's more thin
wan that says Norah Maloney Is the
finest crathur In Itonogal."
'Ho they now?" with a look of inno
cent surprise that raised Con to boliin
point. "Thin It's not meself that will
say wan word more, an it's meself
that hopes ye'll get her, big nn' all as
she Is, an' your cabin not lieln' over
large niiythur. Well, I can't stop wld
ye, for 1 m tinner waiciitn for Larry
Doherty ptissin', snyin' that he's been
work in' at the Croat House, an' I'm
woarln' for a sight of hliu."
"Larry Hoherly! Bedad It's alsy to
plazo ye are wid that little quarter
fardin' of a tailor; sure If ud take
shin of the likes of blm to make wan
daccnt size man."
Biddy's grey eyes Hashed ominously.
"I'd a dale rayther have his little
linger than Iny great six-footed gawk
like yourself."
"Would ye now?" said Con. rather
taken aback nt such nu attack upon
himself. "Well, there's iveiywsin to
his taste, nml ye'll have to be miiidlu'
Larry whin ye get hint, or maybe ye'll
be treailln' on lihn, sayln' bo's so
small."
"I'll be bldditt' ye good evonln' I've
no time to waste culloguln' wld t-e
likes of you."
"Nor meself. But Hie little tailor,
lilvlu hoi, him, is like to have the
worst of It, not that he'll l.o short
of nadles whin your tongue's handy."
And with the unusual honor of the
last word, for Indignation had silenced
his adversary, ho went on bis wny with
his mind divided between bis own mis
fortunes and the bad taste of some oth
er people.
For aome time the two victims of
i'ffSr B$,l'F Jfe--
parental authority and mntobmnklng '
kept rigorously apnrt, but at Inst
eoninion grievance mid a deslro for
sympathy brought them together.
Very mueh of his mother's satisfac
tion he took to hanging about, the well
nt tho times that Biddy came there
with her cans. But he talked of little
else but his own misfortune and Nornh
Maloiiey's cruelty, for, after rating blm
soundly t'oi "glvln' In like a wake
blade of grass," she bad bade him
"nlvor show the tip of his nose wldin
n mile of hor windy."
"'Deed an' I wish I could be nfther
sayln' tho very same to yon inoself,"
was Biddy's uncomplimentary comment,
twisting her pink apron round hor pret
ty, bare nrins. "It's heart nick I am
whin I see yon come up the borrocn,
for U s another that I'm wanting sore
iiiosolf."
"An' It's not wnn fut's pace that I'd
bo coir.ln' If It wasn't for llcr.jclf wor
ry In" mo," said Con, with quite un
necessary heat.
"Och, Con, dear, whin I caught sight
of you settlu' here a while since nie
heart came Into mo mouth, for sure
you bad a look of Larry In the bind
of your hid."
"Bi-dad, an' that's news to me," snld
Con. getting scarlet in the face. "The
dlvll a bit of mo Is like that little,
mime, cross-eyed snlite."
"There's no need to bo nfther enllln'
Ii I in orool names, an flylu' Into a black
tlmper," said Biddy, with such unei
lected meekness nnd with such a little
catch In hor breath that Con was dis
armed and set about comforting hor.
"Sorra another word will I say, mav
rone," putting his hand on her shoul
der with nu encouraging pat "An' I'll
be dolu' in mortal thing you want. An'
if a bit of a message' to the little tailor
now 'ud be dolu' ye a Iny manner of
go id. I'll bo his way to-morrow nnd
I'll be nfter steppin' In for ye."
"I'd take It kind of ye. Con. An'
ye'll be tellln' him thnt I'll be thrue,
nn' If they take me body to the chapel,
It's me heart that will be steppin' wld
himself."
"Bedad, nnd will that same be a du
clnt thing to say?" asked Con, scratch
ing his head with a rather scandalized
air.
"It's the thruth, Iny way. And I slnd
him sivin kisses wan for Ivory day of
the wake."
"The dlvll will I a bit of me!" said
Con, Hinging nway from hor, nnd be
fore she could stop him he wns half
way down the borreon.
But Uie next afternoon found him
going In thnt direction again that they
might comment upon their predicament
and suggest wild schemes to overthrow
the barriers slowly dosing round them.
For Kaster was only a short way off,
and Mrs. O'Nell had bought a purple
and yellow shawl for the "weddin"
that had set all Tullyhognn talking,
and old Bet or Mulrane had hung up
his best cont to get out the creases of
all tho years It had been lying In the
"chlst."
"You might bo runnlu off to Uie
St ;es," suggested Biddy, clasping an
elbow to each little hand, nnd biting
her red ncUier lip ruinlnatingly.
"Not I," said Con, resolutely.
"You would if you had the spirit of
a bin."
"An' leave the ould mother w!d no
wan to do n hand's turn for her?"
Biddy hung her head, and picked at
the moss out of the big stone ou which
she was sitting.
"There's nothln' for It but to put Tip
wid it," said Con, slowly, "sayln' that
his niveronee Is knowln' about it. An
I wns thlnkin' of a mighty fine plnn
inoself," he went on, glibly, edging him
self on the stone beside her. "I'll be
nfther portending that you are Norah
Maloney, nn' the courtlu' will come a
dale aisler."
"Ye'll lie afther pertendin' nothln'
of the kind," said Biddy, flaring up hot
ly. "Me, Norah Maloney! I'd like to
see mesolf a great big elephan' "
"It's pertendiu'," urged the man of
Ideas.
Biddy looked up at him from under
her black lashes, then she looked down
demurely, and the cream of her check
was faintly tinged with pink.
"Och, sure, thin, we'll be pertendin'
that yesolf s Larry."
"Be jabers!" said the inconsistent
Con, "if you so much as nnme that
cross-eyed little -"
"If it's Norah I am. It's Larry you
are," said Biddy stubbornly.
"Ilivin be good to me! But the wlni
mln Is the iinralKinalile crathurs," said
Con irritably. "Have your ways thin.
I'm" with u short, angry hi ugh "I
am the smallest and niancst little twionk
of a tailor that ivcr was puttln' a patch
on. Kalx, it's the eoniiealest thing."
lie stretched out his long and comely
llinlis with an air of resignation.
"An' it's inoself Is n great rid-faced
eiMtlit.r wld n grin on nie like the big
cave nt Ballylow."
They regarded one another with low
ering looks for an Instant, thou a dim
ple made Its iiptcaraiiee in Biddy's
cheek, uud Con's frown vanished, and
be took up his position on the stone
beside her again, and for the best part
of an hour they iiltoniately squabbled
mildly mid made it tip again. But
when nt purling Con advanced his nrin
half bold, half shy about her slen
der waist, she pulled away from hill)
with a Hush that spread from brow to
throat.
"I lave done, now. Who are ye hog
gin', If ye phizo?"
"Norah Maloney." said Con, with
commendable promptness.
"Sine, It's meself didn't know you
hud nn anil that Icnglh."
"l'nlx. it fits her grand," said the
graceless Con, his heart his Impres
sionable heart giving a throb In bis
breast, lie hold her tightly, and bent
bis head to hers, hut Biddy, with a
little cry, thrust him from her, and
lied like a hare up the borroeit, and left
'on staring alter her Iu some js-rplex-
Hy.
But after that for a while Biddy
maneuvered to keep out of his wny
and It was the best part of n week be
fore ho bad a chance of speaking to
her alone, for when he went up to tin
cabin there was old I'cter Mulrane,
with his long w inded stories uf tho
"dilute when he was a bit of a gossoon,'
and while Con listened with Ill-con
coaled luipntlem Biddy utudo her es
cape,
But one morning he went tip th bor
rocn at a time when Biddy thought Ijlm
at the other nlde of the mountain, and
he enme upon her full at the edge of
the big bog.
By the wild look lu her ryes It wns
s.-en that Kl.o meditated psonpo, but
before she could turn and fly (!on had
both bis arms round her and hnd made
her prisoner.
"Bedad, I've loon hnntln' over Iho
place till I m near rtcmintod.
"She's not here," said Biddy, raising
for an Instant a pair of gravely luno
cent eyes.
"Who? Sure, haven't I got her In me
two arms?"
"Nornh Mnloney. I saw hor go by
tin minutes since. If von'!! hurry you'll
be nfther en toll I ;r hor up."
"The dlvll a slip am I goln' afther
her," said tho shameless Con. "It's
yesolf that I'm want In', Biddy."
"Sure, I'm not a great rid-fnood "
she began, fnltcrlngly.
"Ye're not, the (mints bo praised !"
"An' I've a tlmper as sharp ns a na
dle." "Thiin ns says that don't know a
swnte wan whin they say It."
"An' not a fut's stip 'ud ye bo com
In' my road "
"Och, Biddy, darlln', have done!
Wouldn't I be Just trais'sln' from wan
end of Donegal to the other with your
heart nt the end of It all ! An' aa' If
meself Is not a quare little shrimp of
a jtatchln' tailor, I'm Just "
"Con," she whlsperiMl, nestling up to
him, and lifted her lips to meet the
audacious ones that were socking hera.
- Black and White.
I "PAPA'S LITTLE SON."
When Josephine Aiken came Into the
room hor mother was listening to some
thing that the dressmaker wits telling.
"Yes, 'papa's little son' was too much
for me," wore the first words she
caught. "I wouldn't sew there ngitln
for ten dollars a day! Before I ever
got Into the house, you know, he Jerked
away from her, naughty ns he could be,
and cmne Jumping down the steps, nnd
somehow put his feet right through thti
front breadth of my best black taJTetil
skirt. She? Sorry? That was the
point. She got him up lu her arms
a big armful, too and lugged hliu back
Into the flat, hugging and kissing him,
nnd saying, 'Don't feel bad, muzzy'a
darling! Didn't mean to tear Miss
Lindon's skirt, did be, sweetheart boy?
Muzzy knows he's sorry needn't tell
her n word! See this mournful little
face. Miss Llndou! Ijltizzy'll hnve to
give him a piece of candy to make hint
happy again.' "
"Miss Llndon!" exclaimed Mrs.
Aiken.
"That Isn't a circumstance. At lunch
she put his chair between us. nnd asked
me to excuse hor for serving hliu first
he was si impatient! And such ac
tions at the table! Food nil round his
plate and some scattered Into my lap,
if you'll believe it! And, to cap tho cli
max, Just us we were leaving the table,
she dumped hint Into my anus nnd
just forced hliu to plaster wet kisses all
over my face, to make up for tearing
my skirt! You ought to have seen me
Jump up nod start for the Invntory, to
wnsh nnd that she couldn't forgive!
She wns like lee to me the whole aft
ernoon, nnd nil the time talking baby
talk to htm, and letting hint run off
with my things without once offering
to stop 111 in. Ho Is a caution for mis
chief, you know, besides being of a
mean disposition.
"No, the only satisfaction I got In
that house was when her husband
came homo nt night nnd she kept tell
ing hliu to pay attention to 'pupa's lit
tle son,' nnd lie wouldn't pay n bit of
attention acted awfully grumpy nnd
nfter a while, when she wasn't looking,
I tell you It did relieve my feelings to
see him give 'papa's little son' oue good
shove with his foot to get hlui out of
the wny!"
"Well, I enn't blame him!" ejacu
lated Mrs. AlUen ; but JoBcphluo broke
Into the conversation:
"Why, mother, you surely don't be
lieve In a father kicking bis little son?"
The drespinaker swung round nnd
stared. "Bless your heart, Josle!" she
cried. "We're talking about her pet
dog the ugliest little bull terrier you
ever laid eyes ou !" - .
I'uKIiik ho t'urb On.
The passengers In nn accommodation
train which was winding its way
through New Hampshire were interest
ed and amused by an elderly couple
who sat in the middle of tho car.
They talked ns If there were no one
else lu the oar; therefore, having heard
most of their private plans, no one wns
surprised to have the old man take the
assembled company fully Inlo his con
fidence. At one station he rose, mid
addressed the passengers 111 general.
"Can anybody change a five-dollar
bill for two twos mid u one, or five
ones?" bo Inquired.
"1 can," said a brisk woman, mid the
transfer was ottiokly made.
"Now. could anybody change this one-
dollar bill for four quarters or tens nnd
lives?" asked the old man.
"I can give you two fifties," said a
man from the four seat, "unless some
body else call do better."
It appeared that nobody could, or at
least nobody offered ; so as the train
started, the old man lurched down the
ear to the possessor of the two fifty
cent pieces.
"Thank ye," he said, ns he took the
money, "I'm obliged, though I'd have
liked the quarters best. You see,
Marl by has set her mind to stop off ut
N'ashuy whilst I go on up to my broth
er'n wltli the eggs anil truck. Ami
lhoii;:li she don't plan nor mean ( ,o
a spendl hril'ty woman, when she's let
loose amongst a lot of stores, she'll inn
through fifty cents in nu hour easy, mid
I kind of have to put a curb ou her."
The stories your enemies tell on you
can't hurt much; people know they
have It iu for you. It Is the things
your friends tell on you that do tho
d:;r.tigo.
Preuchcr uie so popular among
women that It Is a wonder they do not
marry luto richer fiimllle.
t Saloon Abolished in Two-Thirds
"WET" AND "DRY" MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.
Black Signlfios "Wet" Territory; White, "Dry" Territory; Shaded, Local Option Territory.
The prohibition crusade has swept
forward to such nn extent that In
more than two-thirds of the territory
of the United States the saloon has
been alMillshed. Idaho, one of the few
States which had withstood tho move
ment, has now fallen Into line, lu
Tennoss(e a drastic act was enacted,
and under It the manufacture or sale
of liquor In any form will be a mis
demeanor. Iu the St.ite of Washing
ton a Governor and a majority of the
members of the Legislature pledged to
loonl option were recently elected. An
overwhelming majority of the legis
lature In Texas on a pint form declar
ing for the submission of a prohibi
tory amendment means, according to
the Broblhltlonlsts. thnt Texas will
soon probably become "dry."
Under the provisions of a recently
enacted local option law thirteen coun
ties In Oregon closed out the saloons.
There me now 21 counties In Oregon
In which liquor Is prohibited. The
elections since a year ngo In Colorado
hnve been bad for the saloon Inter
ests, forty-two municipalities have
ousted the saloons. There are now
ISO cities and towns In California
where the saloon Is not allowed to ex
ist. In Ohio 57 out of (Ml counties
have, voted the salon out of business.
Under the provisions of the Moore re
monstrance law of Indiana 720 saloons
have been abolished within the last
year. IToliibltlonists also hope to
soon turn Arkansas Into an absolute
prohibition area. In Iowa 401 saloons
have boon put out of business rooonlly,
lenving only 1,119 In the entire State.
Twenty-two of South Carolina's 42
countries have voted for prohibition
since November under tho county op
tion law. During tho last year 30&
saloons nod 2 breweries have been
forced to go out of business In Mlchl-
BEST TARGET IS THE TBIANGLE.
das Urrn AdoiXeil by Ibtt Brltlah
Army Cunnell for Imloor Practice.
A new design for target practice,
termed the Solano target, has been
formally adopted by the British army
Touncll for use In Indoor ranges. It
Is declared by enthusiasts that more
benefit will be derived from shooting
St these objects than by range prac-
WnONO KIM) OF TAIUE3. AN IIU'ANTUY TAltUtT. E1UI1T KIND OF TABLET.
tice In the open, under many condi
tions. A striking Innovation is substitution
of a trlangle-shapcd target for the
standard circular kind. It Is asserted
that the triangle has a direct relation
to the human figure which the circu
lar sort has not. One device used In
connection with the now Indoor prac
tice Is a miniature landscape across
which tiny replicas of bodies of march
ing men can be moved. Trees, rocks,
houses nnd hills are ull simulated uud
the marksman Is presented with nearly
is many obstacles as If he wore firing
n the open nlr.
REASON WHY PARIS LEADS.
I'rrni'b Capital I'enlrr of Fnhloa
nil Ilruinatlu Art for t rnlurli-n.
"Why bus Purls always reigned su
preme lu tlnviionialn ol fashion '1 Ills
Is 11 question whb'ii ninny people must
have ol ten asked themselves. I'or cen
turies the women of Paris have been a
dominant factor lit this siipreuiao.v. K11
cotirageil ly them, the fashion artists
have nourished lu the peculiar rtiuos
phcre of that city. Constant contact
Ritb llild colltempl.illou of the Wealth
of bountiful treasures displayed in the
shops museums, streets and theaters
ha' 0 constituted for the Parisian wom
an a liberal education in everything
tl.vt apiH'ltalns to fashion.
The reason for the supremacy of
Paris Is not far tu seek. Is not the
history of France one long record of
royal passions, bountiful favorites ami
extravagant adventuresses whose cap
rices cost countless millions? I'or sev
eral centuries women reigned supreme
at court, in the drawing rooms, on the
tnge, everywhere. All men did her
homage; her slightest whims equaled
commands. Affairs of state, fauilly
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gun. Since a year ago 100 municipali
ties In Wisconsin hare voted agnlnst
saloon license, thus closing out more
than 400 saloons. Minnesota has been
arraying Itself against the saloon. The
Prohibitionists assort that there are
now only 100 saloons left In Minne
sota. A year ngo 0!) counties in Kentucky
bad already voted out the saloon. In
Connecticut the' "uo-Ilcense" voters
voted out JIOO more saloons In the last
few mouths, while In Massachusetts
10 more munk'lpalltlos have ubollshod
the saloon. In a single day l,0o3
townships In Illinois voted for prohi
bition, and ns a consequence 1,500 sa
loonkeja'rs have had to retire from
business. Maryland, In the last your,
lias Increased Its prohibition area.
A great change bus been effected in
Mississippi since a year ago. The adop
tion of prohibition for the entire State
drove the saloon from the. seven re
maining "wet" counties. In Alabama,
the State prohibition law went Into
effect on January of this year. Geor
honor, right, wrong everything wns lg
nored to gratify her maddest caprices.
Her dress, Jewelry nnd other .person
al adornments became vital questions.
To-day even there are women who can
siiend $3,000 on a set of furs, $1,000
on a inn n tie, $1,250 on a gown nnd pay
equally high prices for other articles
of toilet.
This extravagnnco has always at
tracted to Paris the smartest talent In
ICurope. France Imig led the world in
the production of silks, satins, Inees,
velvets and all those fabrics essential
to feminine attire. V'ressinakers, Jew
elers, perfumers, were veritable artists
who gloried In their work. For a long
time Paris lived ninliily on tho creation
nnd distribution of articles of luxury.
Probably her dressmakers stand nlone
lu having made a profound study of
historical costumes for reproductive
purposes. They found precious Inspira
tion at the Louvre, Luxembourg and
other famous pli tiuc galleries. M.
Worth wrote u big book oil his profes
sion. M. Felix often "created'' at a
Biterlllco, for the pure love of urt.
Purls has always Im-ou the principal
creative center of dramatic art; the
success of a new piece is often depend
ent on the elegant costumes of the star
Heiresses. Wherever the latter have
toured they have left In their trail the
latest ootid pilous or fashion, exciting
the envy and desires of llielr foreign
sisters. Again, French novelists never
tire of praising the boa illy, elegance
and perfect taste In dress of tho wom
en of Paris. Imperceptibly cosmopoli
tan women have linliihed tho notion
that outside of Paris there Is 110 salva
tion for tin- smart woman n ho yearns
to Incarnate the latest ideal of tho
mode.
I''.ml uf tlir !linr moon.
"K'nishod your hono.v nioou j ot 7"
"1 don't know. I bate never boon
able to determine the e.a t meaning of
the word honeymoon." ,
"Well, thou, has jour wire coin-
llicuccd to do the cooking Jet'.'" Hons
ton (Texas) post.
alum lllv llaolilly.
Ileal estate values iu New York city,
according to the assessment Hgiu-es,
r increasing $l,iDfl,l70 each day.
of the Nation
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gia, Maine, Kansas, Oklahoma anuT
North Dakota are absolutely prohibit
ive States. In Florida there are at
present only 2.T0 saloons left in tho en
tire State, while prohibition prevail
in a great part of Louisiana. The anti
snlonists have been active in Ylrglnla.
In recent months they have closed out
more than 400 saloons. Of the 10O
counties In Virginia 71 do not now
grant any form of license.
In Nebraska already 4.V) municipali
ties have voted out the saloon. In Mis
souri oO counties now refuse licenses.
Since 1!X the voters of Tvhode Island
have abolished 420 siiloous, and botli
Vermont and New Hampshire have in
creased their no-license communities.
The only distinctively "wet" States
and Territories at present are Penn
sylvania. New Jersey, Wyoming, Ne
vada, Utah, Arizona New Mexico and
the State of Washington which later,
however, Is likely to enact a local op
tion law before long. About S15 town
ships In New York Stato are "dry
and 21W others are under partial li
cense. These facts show tho steady and
phenomenal progress made by the anti
saloon organizations within the last
year. Up to Uie beginning of 1008 they
hud sueeedod in transforming a great
part of the United States into arid
territory. Since then they have gone
forward In almost every State in the
Union. In South Carolina and ono or
two other places ,Uiey have been check
ed, but not very seriously. StatlsUcs
compiled by the United States Bureau
of Labor wero consulted. Bulletin
77 shows that the average working
man's income, as recently Investigated,
amounted to $7118.54 a year." Of this
sum his total expenditures for Intoxi
cating liquors wero $12.44 a year. Ka
spent almost as much for tobacco,
New York Times.
.Science'
A cheiv.tcal element, believed to be
prevloudy unknown, hns been found
by Mr. Onwa, a Japnneso chemist, In
thorhtnlte, relnlte aud molybdenite.
The mime nlpponlum, with the sym
bol Np.,' has been proposed for it. It
Is a metal apparently allied to alumi
num. It has an equivalent weight of
about 50, and Mr. Ogawn think that
in tho periodic system it probably lies
between molybdenum and ruthenium.
On July 20 a storm, passing across
tho valleys near tho mountain called
tho Luberon, in France, developed hnll
along a Hue conveying electric energy
by a trlphnse current of 45,000 volts.
Monsieur Vlolle, In a note addressed
to the French Academy of Sciences,
slates reasons for believing that tho
electric lino served as a conductor for
the storm. The hall was dovelojted
only near the line; elsewhere nothing
but ruin fell.
Thntj wonderful star, Nova Persof,
which suddenly blazed tint in Uia
heavens in February, 11)01, attracting
nil eyes by its brilliancy, and then, Iu
it few months, faded to invisibility, ex
cept with telescopes, has recently had
a critical dute in Its history fixed by
Prof. K. R. Barnard. When it faded
It changed first into a nebula at
lenst, Its light was the light of a neb
ula. Afterward, ns shown by its Kpti'
trtint, it changed back into u star of
n pii'ullur class, called the Wolf-IJayet
stars, which seem to bo a sort of cross
Is'tweon a true star and a nebula.
Professor Barnard shows that thia
last change began lu Novemlior, 1002.
and seems to have boon completed in
February, l'.Ki.'t.
Among the earliest suggestions for
making balloons was that of a floating
vacuum. It was thought of lu tho
seventeenth century but nobody has
boon able to construct a successful
balloon ou this principle, because the
walls surrounding the vacuum must
bo so strong that the air pressure will
t.ot crush them, nml the requisite
strength Is Inconsistent with the
equally requisite lightness. Lately the
Idea has boon taken up again In Ger
many, and submitted to calculation.
Ilerr Herb estimates that six spheri
cal vacuum balloons, each ten meters
lu rai'.ius. formed of aluminum cue tin
In radius, each ten meters tit radius,
formed of aluminum one millimeter
thick, and harnessed lu u row. would
possess :t buoyancy of about :(.', lOO
pounds. But the dll'lculty Is that the
balloons would have to lie so strougly
stayed within that the currying enpuo
tty udght be practically uothlug.
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