FRIENDS.
Wo who havo lived so many dnva am!
have
fio many uneventful days to iivo,
The pity of it, that wo dnre not give,
Out of them all, just one, when I and vou
Might meet as comrades meet with clasp
of hand
And much to tell and to rcmomher, and
Much to be glad nnd sorry for we two.
Shall we choose summer for our day to
dawn
'A day of sun and little winds that fleet
-through woodland ways like touch of
dryad s feet?
Shall we go wandering the pithr. we knew,
Aimles.i as truant children, with the gay
Glad talk that suits n stolen holiday,
Idlest of happy vagabonds wo wo?
Or shall our day come when the winter
snow
Blips at the pane nnd blurs the land from
, sight,
And nil the hearth ia nlorious with light
That dances on old prints and tankards
blue,
And all the books we cherish over-well
Shall lie beside us while we sit and tell
Old rhymes, old talcs, and plan and drcum
we two?
We who must live so many empty days,
Let us have 0110 that we can claim our
own
A day that shall be made for us atone.
Nay, friend, it is .our very friendship's due,
Our right divine to feel nncw the free
Exquisite joy of enmcradcrie
That binds the very hearts of us we two.
Thcodosia Garrison, in Harper's Bazar.
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"T" ANDOIt was nt his desk,
I r which wns near the open
I V w indo w. T h o window
looked down on the ponder
ous, overwhelming trullle of South
Wnter street. The grinding of huge
wheels, the crashing of machinery,
the clatter of hoof beats, the rattle of
harness, the jnrrlng of merchandise,
the hoarse voices of porters and driv
ers, all rose In ono mighty, mingled
roar 11 veritable bellow of commer
cial prosperity.
Landor did not notice the turmoil.
Ho had become accustomed to It many
months ago. He was absorbed but
not In his work. The minute hand bad
crawled quite around the dial of the
big clock in the corner since he had
formed a llguro on the ledger lying
open before him. nut ho bad boon
writing. Ills gaze dropped to the page
upon bis desk. As ho scanned the
.verse ho had written, his eyes took
on the mingled drenmlness and spar
kle one sees only In the orbs of a
poet. .
Ho drew from his desk a little glove,
pearl covered and perfumed. There
was Inspiration in the sight, the scent,
the touch of It! lie laid It gently
back, seized his pen, ami began on
another stanza.
A brown hand reached over his
shoulder. A couple of letters fell on
the open ledger. Ono the one In the
llrm, characteristic feminine hand he
had come to know he tore open with
lingers that were clumsy through
haste. Two four closely written
pages! Her notes to him heretofore
had been of almost telegraphic brev
ity. He plunged Into the first page
had all but read it through, Indeed,
before he paused jerked back bis
bead as though he had received a
shock.
The letter had not been Intended for
him! But it was of him. There was
bis name his name In the writing of
the woman ho loved to whom he had
not dared to1 speak unless In sweet,
wild vcrsoB which she never beheld.
He had read so far unwittingly; ho
must now read the rest. After what
he had lguorantly learned he must
now learn more. It meant life and
all that life held for hlm-the words
which were traced on the next page
life nnd love, or bitter and enduring
disappointment!
"My Dear Friend When you asked
mo lntely if Landor Aldrleh should
do me the honor to ask me to bo bis
wife would I marry him I gave you
no reply. I will tell you now. I fear
your opinion should be lightly formed.
1 dread lost you think me guilty of a
vulgar caprice I will be quite frank.
I think bo does caro for me. And
I "
There the pago ended.
The dreaminess was gone from bis
eyes now. There was a red light In
them. Ho dug his nails into his palms
until the llerco pressure pained.
He turned the page. Ho read on.
" well; I've never worn my heart
on my sleeve, Klolse. I can't, do it
now. But you may draw from my
silence what Inference you will."
".Mr. Aldrleh!" He looked up. Ho
was trembling like a leaf. "About
that special shipment to the Philip
pines, sir "
"Yes no! I don't know. Ask the ele
vator boy!" he muttered, not compre
hending, and again bent over tho fate
ful page. The man shrugged his shoul
ders, walked away. Landor read on:
"Youspokoof his charming personality
his rare gifts of mind and spirit.
Who should appreciate these more
than I, who have known him so well?
That one of such social standing, ap
pearance and hereditary wealth should
have singled mo out from among many
girls who admire him, has nattered
me, Indeed. Hut should ho say the
words every woman wants to hear
ouco from a man, I must answer
No." There was a muilled cry. The let
tar was crumpled In llerco lingers.
Then ho lifted his bowed head,
smoothed out tho pago and read on:
"This, my friend, is why. Ho Is not
proving himself. He Is an Idler a
dreamer. With every avenue of suc
cess stretching broad and fair before
htm, he Is content to pass hours oc
cupying a purely nominal position In
his father's ofllcc. He leads tho cot
illion well none better. In all mat
ters of dllettantelsm his taste Is cul
tured nnd line. And he writes the
most musical verses ono can Imagine.
Ono must admire as well as lovo the
man ono marries. How can one ad
mire tho Individual who saunters
through life as though n charity fair?
Ills degrees entitle hint to n univer
sity professorship. Ills father's vari
ous Interests In ninny places call for
his personal supervision. There Is so
much to do before he may coulldcntly
nsk a woman to give to him herself
life, body nnd soul. But I wish oh,
how I wish "
Aldrleh put the letter In his pocket.
He groped for his hat and gloves ,nnd
coat went out luto the fresh spring
afternoon. Then ho remembered tho
unfinished poem. He returned made
It with the glove and other little treas
ures Into n packet, which he put In his
breast pocket. Half on hour later ho
stood In the luxuriously appointed
room of a groat city bank. A meet
ing of tho directors had Just ended,
ills father was leaving.
"What's up, Landor? You look
queer."
"I'm all right, sir. I want n word
with you, though. Now will do ns
well ns any time. Whom were you
thinking of seudlng down to estnbllsh
tho branch of our house nt Manila?"
"I did think of Peterson, but I'm
nfrald ho has signed with the other
people?"
"Will you trust mo to go, father?"
"You!" The elder man's linggnrd
face lighted up then fell. "You're
not capable of the task, my boy. It's
u tremendous one."
Landor smiled with pale lips but
the smile was winning. "You should
have more confidence In my father's
son," he protested, gently.
The words wanned the old man's
heart like wine. Ills eyes blinked up
nt his boy. "By Georgel" he cried,
"I believe you've got It lu you! I've
had doubts of you. Let that pass. You
shall go, with full and absolute au
thority." And there was a now elasticity In
the gait of the commercial magnate
as he took his sou's arm and went
down to his carriage.
The following day n note came to
Landor a formal, demure little note:
'Dear Mr. Aldrlch-I llnd I failed
to send you yesterday my line of
thanks for those violets. Will you
take the belated gratitude now? There
was a mistake somewhere. Always
sincerely yours,
"Kathcrlne Clermont."
But the news that he was to as
sume control of his father's business
In the Philippines had been made pub
lic In the newspapers before he saw
her again. Then It was to say good
by. Tho hand she gave him was cold
as Ice but she looked up at htm with
steady, unfaltering hazel eyes.
"You are really going, then? It
was no newspaper canard? How we
shall miss you!"
"I hope you will. May I write to
you, Kathcrlne?" Ho had never called
her Kutberlne till now.
"Yes, Indeed. But I'm a laggard'
correspondent, flood-by."
There has not been since the open
lug up of the Islands nn affair which
so Interested the business men of Chi
cago and other cities ns did the suc
cess of the great branch house of the
Aldrichs In Manila.
"A boy of twenty-seven nt the head!"
the wise ones commented. It seems
impossible that he should have shown
such acumen such ability. By the
time ho returned for a brief vacation,
more thnn u year later, the business
was booming. But the man who came
back was not the boy who bad gone
away. Ho showed the strain of con
centration, deprivation, hard, consci
entious work. Katherlno Clermont
met him for the tirst time nfter bis
return at a great social function. She
was all In n rippling gown that swirled
Its black waves about her feet with
popples garlanding her benutlful
shoulders. Tho room went round
when she caught sight of him. How
changed, but
"Kathcrlne! Come nwny! How
good you were to write though so sel
dom !"
"Do you know you are almost a
hero?" she cried, quizzically. "All the
old men arc talking about the way
you worked and the results. I am
proud I know you!"
He had been 111 and lonely, nnd of
ten depressed! Now the gates of
heaven stood open.
"You know why I hnvo come back!"
he whispered. "To think that If It
were not for n letter I chanced to
read, I might be mooning over verses
In nn olllco still a letter It was not
Intended I should read "
Her white lips lifted. "How do you
know It was not intended for you to
read?" Then sho laughed softly and
long. Ho wondered why. Buffalo En
qulrer. I'ropoiml Celebration.
A nutlonnl celebration of the 200th
anniversary of tho starting of n nows
paper In America will take place In
11)01, owing to the suggestion of Mayor
Nichols In an address beforo the State
Editorial Association at Wilkesbarre,
Pcun. Tho association appointed
a committee to confer with the
associations of other States, and ft!
possible bring It nbout. In tho course
of his address Mayor Nichols said:
John Campbell Is tho real founder
of journalism In tho United States.
"The Boston Nows Letter" was born
April 21, 1701, and existed until 1770.
During the Urst sixteen years of this
period It wns tho only newspaper
printed In tho colonies. Fourteen
years prior to Campbell's venture Ben
jamin Hnrrls Issued ono copy of "Pub
lick Occurrences," which wns Immedi
ately suppressed by members of tho
King's ofllclal family becnuso of a
distasteful paragraph. The beglnnlug
of American Journalism Is truly an
event that ought to bo commemorated
and Its author deserves a conspicuous
place In American history.
A .Scotchman succeeds the gifted
Irishman, Sir Charles Ilussoll, ns Lord
Chief Justice of England.
The effort to save the redwood for
ests of tho Santa Cruz Mountain, Cal
ifornia, Is worthy of prnlso and en
couragement. Two enrgoes of Pennsylvania soft
conl have been shipped from Philadel
phia to Hussln within n few weeks.
Not long ago any ono who would have
predicted such a possibility would
have been regarded as exceedingly
visionary.
Until n few years ngo Minnesota
accorded tho right of suffrage to civil
ized Indians cert Hied by district courts
to be fit for the exercise of the suf
frage. In Florida u requirement of
suffrage was enrollment lu the local
mllltla. Tennessee provided that per
sons of color who were competent wit
nesses In a court of Justice against n
white man might vote lu thnt State.
It Is relnted of the late C. P. Hunt
ington thnt n young man once called
on hlin to sell some much needed rails
nt $75 a ton. Mr. Huntington said
he had rails to sell himself, amused
tho caller by n half-hour's chat and
got him to sell at $00 a ton, with n
six months' note for pny. Then be
fore the man left Mr. Huntington dis
counted the note for six per cent, nnd
paid tho cash.
As an experiment the University
of Missouri this year organized a sum
mer course In agriculture, mainly for
tho benefit of persons who were am
bitious to become Instructors nt ag
ricultural experiment stations or to
take charge of large ranches lu the
West. Tho attendance has exceeded
expectations, showing tho desire of
the young men of that section of tho
country to mnstcr the science of farm
ing. As agriculture has been added
to the course of study In many of the
public schools in tho West, there is a
demand for competent teachers who
are practical farmers with a sclcHtlllc
training.
Tho art of advertising hns n few
fixed rules. People read "ads" not
for amusement, but to secure Informa
tion; and the man avIio hns n house.
a medicine or any kind of merchan
dise to sell or services to offer to the
public does the most essential thing
when he says so simply, directly nud
persistently. Still, there Is alwnyB
room for originality, and If he have
a new Idea as to how to display and
arrange his announcements so as to
arrest people's attention and make nn
enduring Impression bo Is bound to
profit thereby. Now Ideas in advertis
ing will bo In demand so long ns they
shall not violate tho rules of simplic
ity and lucidity.
The Industrial rehabilitation of Cubn
Is strikingly Illustrated by tho fact
that tho exhibits made by her people
at tho Paris Exposition have won
no fewer thnn 147 prizes, states the
New York Mall nud Express. In view
of tho chnotlc conditions which have
prevailed In Cuba since tho close of
tho war nnd the extreme difficulty
of preparing anything like a represent
ative display of tho Island's products,
this record Is altogether remarkable.
Tho moral effect of an undertaking
so thoroughly credltnblo will bo emi
nently wholesome to' Cuba trado and
Industry. It menus thnt Cuba's trying
days are ended; thnt her mnterinl re
sources nro responding to tho touch
of enterprise, nnd thnt sho hns en
tered upon a new era of civil nnd com
mercial progress.
Tho Loudon Court Journal: Not for
nearly eighty years has there been
such a small lino force lu the United
Kingdom ns at present. There arc
now nt home only four cavalry rcgl-
meuts-tho First Dragoon Guards,
Second Dragoon Ounrds, Seventh Hus
sars and the Twenty-llrst Lnnccrti, ox-
clusivo of tho Household Cavalry and
Its present strength of nbout eight
hundred men; and eleven bnttallons
of infantry. On paper there Is a fairly
strong force of artillery, but as many
of tho batteries at homo are recently
formed, three dating only from last
Saturday, wo arc not so well off In
thjs ns numerically wo appear. The
British garrison In Iudla Is also lower
than It has been for many years. Tho
normnl white garrison of India iru
fixed nt a certain strength by politi
cians of both sides, but H Is now some
ten or twelve thousand below what
has always been considered a safo
mnrglu. Owiug to tho necessities of
South Africa, thero is nt present less
British cavalry In Indln thnn bus been
known since tho time of tho East In
dla Company, only llvo regiments be
ing now In India, and tho artillery Is
also very much below the hitherto
accepted standard.
SNAILS' TEETH.
Tlmr R"! About .10,000 to the Snail.
lint 4000 or 80 Are Used M One Time.
"tt Is n fortunate thing for rann nnd
the rest of tho animal kingdom," said
the naturalist, "thnt no largo wild
animal has a mouth constructed with
the devouring apparatus built on tho
plan of the Inslgnltlcnnt-looklng snail's
mouth, for thnt unlmnl could out
devour anything thnt rives. The snnll
Itself Is such nn entirely unpleasant,
not to sny loathsome.crenture to handle
that few amateur naturalists caro to
bother with It, but by neglecting the
snail they miss studying ono of the
most Interesting objects that como
under their observation.
"Any ono who hns noticed a snnll
feeding on n leaf must have wondered
bow such n soft, flnbby, slimy nnlmnl
can make such a sharp and clean-cut
Incision In tho lenf, leaving nn edgo
ns smooth nnd straight as If It bad
been cut with n knife. That Is due to
the peculiar nnd formidable mouth ho
has. The snail eats with his tongue
nnd the roof of his mouth. The tongue
Is n ribbon which the snnll keeps In
n coll In his mouth. This tongue Is
In reality a baud saw, with the teeth
on the surface Instead of on the edge.
The teeth nro so smnll that ns ninny
ns ao.OOO of them have been found on
ono snail's tongue. They nro exceed
ingly sharp and only n few of them
are used at a time not exnetly only
a few of them, but a few of them
comparatively, for the snail will prob
nbly hnvo -1000 or 5000 of them lu
use nt once. He does this by menus
of his colled tongue. lie can uncoil
ns much ns ho chooses, nud the un
coiled pnrt ho brings Into service. The
roof of his mouth Is ns hard ns bone.
He grasps the leaf between his tongue
nml thnt hard substance, and, rasping
nwny with his tongue, saws through
the toughest leaf with ease, always
leaving the edge smooth nud straight.
"By use the teeth wear off or be
come dulled. When the snnll finds
thnt this tool Is becoming blunted he
uncoils another section and works that
out until he hns como to the cud of the
coll. Then ho colls the tonguo up
again nnd Is ready to start In new,
for while ho has been using the lat
ter portions of the ribbon the teeth
have grown In ngnln in the Idle por
tionsthe snw has been tiled and re
set, so to speak and while he is using
them the teeth In the back part of the
coll are renewed. So I think I inn
right in saying thnt If any largo beast
of prey was lltted up witli such n de
vouring apparatus as the snnll has it
would go hard with the rest of the
animal kingdom." Chicago Tribune.
DoRi nn KiirIIiIi Highways.
Many dog owners seem to be una
ware that they are responsible for tho
proper behavior of their pets In public
places. It Is of the commonest occur
rence for some cur to dash Into tho
roadway, to bark and snap at a pass
ing tramp or cyclist, without any at
tempt being made by the animal's
owner to call It to order. Only In very
rare instances, either, docs It receive
punishment, even of tho slightest kind
when It returns from the foray. Tho
natural result is, of course, that It feels
encouraged to repeat Its misconduct,
nnd the evil habit becomes so In
grained ns to be Incurable. It Is only
charitable to assume that the com
placency with which thu owners re
gard these performances Is tho prod
uct of Ignorance. In their eyes, the
outbreak Is nothing worse than a live
ly demonstration of harmless playful
ness. Ladles are especially npt to take
that view; they cannot believe that
the l'rollesonioness of their canlno com
panions may Imperil human life. That
Is tho case, nevertheless; only n few
days ago n farmer was killed near
Bedford through tho horse ho was
driving taking fright at an aggressive
dog and upsetting the trap. Even pe
destrians are sometimes nssalled by
objectionable curs; while many a cy
clist has come to grief In his endeavor
to keep clear of a bounding, snapping
dog. It Is tho owner who Is mostly
to blame; the propensity can easily bo
eradicated by swift and sharp chas
tisement at every repetition of the of
fense. London Globe.
Steamers In Kim nn I ho Dond fiu.
"The Dead Sea, which for thousands
of years has been a forsaken solitude
In the midst of a desert, on whose
waves no rudder hns been seen for
centuries," says United States Consul
Winter, at Annaberg, In a letter to tho
State Department, "Is to have a lino
of motor boats In tho future. Owing
to the continued Increase In trafllennd
the Influx of tourists, u shorter route
Is to bo found between Jerusalem and
Kerek, tho ancient capital of the Land
of Monb. The first steamer, built at
one of tno Hamburg docks, Is about
100 feet long, and already has begun
tho voyage to Palestine. An order
has been given for tho building of u
second steamer. Tho ono already
built ami on tho way Is named tho
Prodomos (that Is, forerunner), nud
will carry thirty-four poi-sonn, togeth
er with freight of all kinds. Tho pro-
motors or this new enterprise are the
Inmates of u Greek cloister lu Jerusa
lem. Tho management of the lino Is
entirely In German hands. The trade
of Kerek with tho desert Is to-day of
considerable Importance. It Is tho
main town of any commercial stand
ing east of the Jordan and the Dead
Sea. Its population consists of nbout
1800 Christians and 0000 Moslems.
tho chief frequenters of thu markets
of Kerek."
The Vnlneit I'ounle,
A French explorer hns discovered on
tho west coast of Africa what he re
gards as tho vainest people on earth.
Tlicy aro tho Pahomliis, n warllko
tribe, whose main employment Is tho
adornment of their persons, chiefly by
means of tattooing. Great uirenultv
Is also exhibited In dressing their hair.
djjood joads fotes
til 1$
Jtoatls In Florliln.
r It. M. O. ELDHIDGE, net-
I "B director of tho olllco of
I I public road Inquiries or tho
(J Agricultural Department,
went South to attend nnd nddress n
good-rond convention recently held nt
Orlando, Flit., and to examine thu
tropical conditions under which good
roads nre now being built In various
pnrts of that State.
In an Interview with n Washington
Stnr reporter Mr. Eldrldgo says: "In
spite of the great freeze of 1805, which
nlmoRt paralyzed the orange Industry
of Florida, the people of that State
have built, under these trying condi
tions, hundreds of miles of good roads.
These highways nro ns durable nnd
perfect as the stone nnd gravel roads
of some of tho Northern States, nnd
on account of tho luxuriant tropical
growth which borders them on every
hand they nre as beautiful as any
highways I have ever seen, not except
ing the masterpieces of the road build
er's art which traverse the rocky slopes
of tho Alps. The uost remarkable
thing nbout these roads Is the cost,
which Is only nbout one-sixth ns much
ns the stono and gravel roads of tho
Northern Stntes.
Bonds fifteen feet wide nro being
constructed In Orange County In tho
vicinity of Orlando and Winter Park
for $500 per mile, and where convict
labor can be had (which fortunately Is
very scarce In Florida) good roads
have been built for $250 per mile. This
remarkably low cost Is due to tho fact
that theso roads were built by simply
mixing the sand, of which the original
roads were composed, with clay, which
has been discovered nt various points
In the State. A large deposit of this
clay waB discovered near Bartow, and
many of the streets and roads In Or
nnge County have been built by mix
ing Bartow clay with sand, which
when placed upon the prepared sand
foundation and rolled so consolidates
and cements together as to form n
compact and smooth surface. Mipv
these roads aro once built they are not
worn nnd cut to pieces like the high
ways of the North, duo to the fact that
no deep freezes occur to disrupt their
surfaces and foundations In winter,
and that the water Hows rapidly to
the sides of the road during continued
rains and sinks Into thu sandy soil
nlongslde. Another reason why theso
roads do not wear rapidly Is that
many of the vehicles lu Florida, even
tho buggies nnd light spring wagons,
hnvo been provided with wide tires,
nud hnvo thus become roadmakers.
Ah it result of wide tires and good
drainage some of the streets of Orlan
do, Fin., which were built over ten
years ago of sand and cllty, aro as
good, If not better to-day than they
were when they were built."
Some nl this Advantage.
In speaking nbout thu advantages
of good roads a prominent ofllclal of
the League of American Wheelmen
says:
"If there Is n method of accomplish
ing twice as much ns heretofore with
a given amount of effort, It Is to the
farmer's Interest to discover and
adopt It. Economy of labor menus ad
ditional acres which he can find time
to make productive. Tho only way to
compute tho value of labor Is to In
quire what It would cost If It bad to
bo purchased, 'It has been found that
if the farmers of tho United States
had to pay someone else for marketing
their crops It would cost them on an
average twenty-llvo cents every tlino
it ton wns hauled n mile nearer to mar
ket, lu other words, It costs twenty-
llvo cents it ton n mile. 1 say on an
average, for Its costs considerably Icsb
lu many localities. Yet It costs sulll-
clcntly more In many others to make
It nveragu as largo as stated. Taking
an average of the number of miles
traveled It costs on an average $11.02
a ton from tho farm to the railroad
station, It costs only $1.87 lu the
Northern and Eastern States, but in
tho Pacific const and mountain Stntes
it runs up as high as $5.12. This, of
course, Is for the value of the farnier'B
time and that of his team and wagon,
or what he would have to pay someone
else, nt it fair price, to do his hauling
for him. How was all this found out?
It. Is tho result of careful Inquiries
made by the United Stntes Depart
ment of Agriculture and of estlmutes
received from farmers throughout tho
United States lu reply to 10,000 re
quests for such Information. These In
quiries were mnde for the simple pur
poso of getting nt tho facts so thnt
farmers might know what could bo
saved by l!;e building of good roads,
and mlgl t better be able to determlno
hoy is.ifcli they could afford to spend
iiti- building them."
Irrigation In Centriil Ailn.
It Is announced thnt the Russian
Government has decided upon Irrigat
ing nn area of about 150,000 acres In
the Syr-Dnrja district, along tho I liver
Syr, and along the Turkestan Hallway.
Tho amount of three million rubles
has already been appropriated for this
purpose. Up to tho present time this
district Is but thinly populated, but
It Is hoped that with the land being
mnde fit for agriculture, Husslan pens
ants will settle down there more rend
Hy than has hitherto been the case.
Hussln Is exerting herself to tho ut
most to keep on good terms with thu
Euicor of Boohiirn; and It wns only
it few months ago that he was pre
sented with it line parlor car. Last
year the Iluslan Government also built
him u now palnce.
Illce Throwing.
The custom of throwing rice nt wed
dings originated In Clilno.
CONDUCTOR HAD NO SENTIMENT.
NeTer Saw Incident of tlninnn Interest
nn Uli Cur.
"P-r-r-r-ump," went tho car, ns. slip
ping foot by foot, it came to n grudg
ing stop.
The young man waited until the stop
was absolute. Then when, with deli
cate, feeling footstep, ho had put him
self upon the renr platform of tho
Broadway cable car, It Btnrted with n
Jerk, of sulky defiance.
Up his sleeve a pencil wns held llko
n dngger of Intelligence. In the palm
of his other hand n bit of paper fold
ed to nn Inch surface deftly hid Itself.
The hour was late and few pnssengerB
snw It.
Solemnly and lone bo looked n tim
conductor. Then, while pencil Itched
pitim, ne spoke:
"Conductor?"
"Well."
"I suppose you see a great mnny in
teresting things on your car?"
"Hadn't noticed It."
The pencil, which bail nllnnnii fur
tively In to the palm, Jumped back
ropuiKou. its owner wont on:
"In the early mornliiir hour iinn'r
some pathetic scenes becur?"
"Nope."
"Aren't thero Interesflmr Hi nrnntniu
that take your car at n wtnin ..-n..i.
every night?"
"Nntv."
"I suppose there Itro Rnmn almnnn
character contrasts on board the early
morning cars, rich and poor?"
"Kill"
"I menu a rich mnn sits nnnottltli n
poor man? The good with the bad?"
Ain't seen it."
"C-r-r-r-lk" ennio from on tim vnmif
man's sleeve. Tho heart of tho pencil
was Kronen.
'Then there's ronllv nothlnn- Inter.
estlng ever takes place on n Broadway
car"
"Nuw."
The dusty breeze following In tim
wuko of the car swept the unresisting
bit of paper Into Its vortex. Tim minn.
Honor stopped off luto the street, hnlf
way ncross which the car, wl'h a
chuckle of grip, wheels, and Unite.
flung hlin.
A fat passenger spoke!
"One of those ultimo human interest
fiends."
"Yep," said the conductor.
"P-r-r-r-uinii-r-r-r-uin" wont the onr.
New York Times.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
When you have faults do not fear
to abandon them.
It Is a beautiful necessity of our na
ture to lovo something. .
Benevolence Is to lovo nil men
knowledge Is to know nil men,
Learning without thought Is lnbor
lost; thought without learning Is peril-'
ous. -
If u man take no thought about'
what is distant he will llnd sorrow-In
store.
Ho who speaks without modesty
will find It dlfllcult to maku his words
good.
Heniember this that thero in a
proper dignity and proportion to bo
observed In the performance of every
net of life.
Practice complete relaxation of
brain, nerves and body. Use one-half
tho will lorce lu this as In other things
a ml you will succeed.
The niornl courage that will face ob
loquy In a good cause Is much a rarer
gift than the bodily valor that will
confront death In n bad one.
Education does not menu teaching
people to know what they do not
know. It means teaching them to be
have as they do not behave. It Is pain
ful, continual and dllllcult work, to bo
done by kindness, by watching, by
warning, by precept, nnd by praise,
but above all, by example.
Where vlndlctlvenesH Is shown wo
may be sure that theru Is a lack of
moral sense. It is somewhat curious
to observa also that the vindictive
hnvo seldom any real wrong to re
venge. They very often Imagine tho
Injury they seek to return In kind or
distort, the circumstances which gavo
rise to the Injury, real or supposed.
I How Caviar Is Mmlo.
I'ho making of caviar lu n simple
process. It can bo prepared In tiny
household convenient to u sturgeon
fishery. In fact, tinder these condi
tions only Is It had lu absolute perfec
tion, for tho longer It Is kept either
sealed In glass or tin tho moro rapid
Its deterioration. It Is for this reason
that tho caviar eaten In Hussln,
where it Is served from the original
packages, Is so far superior to that
procurablo elsewhere. In the cavler
of commerce thu roe us soon ns It Is
taken from the llsh Is placed In tanks,
when It Is carefully washed. Then It
Is rubbed through screens until thu
eggs ore separated. Tho last process,
or rather next to the last Is the pack
ing In salt lu kegs, und the keeping
of It cool lu Icu or cold storage until
It reaches the dinners, who seal It In
tins or In bottles for export. This Ih
all the manipulation that It undergoes.
When prepared for household uso tho
cleansing, reparation of the eggs and
packing In Hue salt are all thnt Is nec
essary. There Is but one way of serv
ing It and that Is on toast or brown
bread and butter or as canapes with
lemon Juice and a little olive oil. It
Is the only ailment that admits of but
n single method of culinary treatment.
The TiiKot l'urty.
A popular summer house amuse
ment Is called a fagot party. Every
guest Is required to contribute to tho
ovenlng'N entertainment. A song, a
recitation, an anecdote or a story may
bo thu part chosen, and at the close a
vote is taken on tho best and a prlzo
awarded.