I know two women, and one is chaste
And cold as the snows on a Winter waste.
Stainless ever in act and thought
(As a man, horn dumb, in his speech errs not).
But she had malice toward her kind,
A cruel tongue and a jealous mind.
Void of pity and full of greed,
She judges the world by her narrow creed:
A brewer of quarrels, a breeder of hate,
Yet she holds the key to "Society's" Gate.
The other woman, with heart of flame,
Went mad for a love that marred her name;
And out of the grave of her murdered faith
She rose like a soul that has passed through death,
Her aims are noble, her pity so broad,
It covers the world like the mercy of God,
A soother of discord, a healer of woes,
Feacc follows her footsteps wherever she goes.
The worthier life of the two, no doubt,
And yet "Society" locks her out.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in Chicago American.
The Log Rolling.
DY ETHEL M. COLSON.
(Copyright, 1001, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
Unck In tho Muskoka region ot On
tario, Canada, the country Is nt onco
so wild, so beautiful, and so difficult
of cultivation that thoughts havo been
seriously entertained, from time to
tlmo, of setting on foot projects to
reservo tho entlro region for a sort
of governmental hunting part. But
tho tlmo-honored, ever-popular drama
which has for its motif and principal
characters tho lovo story of a man
and maid is played out thero In ways
us varied and as perpetual as all tho
world over. It would bo played oftcner,
perhaps, but for tho fact tnat tho
young men of tho farming districts are
eo seldom nt homo. In tho winter
nearly all of them head for "tho
camps" whero tho logs are cut and
made ready for. transportation; In tho
summer groat numbers of them go to
tho groat "Northwest," so mysteriously
attractive to all tho young denizens of
tho Muskoka, tho great Northwest
whero wages arc supposed to bo so
much higher and times so much better
than at homo. A halo ot tho glory of
success shines about tho returning
train-loads of eager young men.
Tho schools in tho Muskoka arc
fairly good nowadays, but even tho
girls aro not ablo to attend school very
long in tholr teons unless thero aro
plenty of younger or older sisters to
assist with tho household tasks and
look after the lnevltablo and numer
ous babies. Tho boys, alas! aro usually
seized with "camp fever" Just a3 soon
as they aro big enough to servo as tho
cook's assistant or chore-boy of a lum
ber camp. Miranda Jenkins was tho
middlo sister In a family of nine, Fred
Portman was tho only son of his
mother and she a widow. This was
how It happened that while Miranda
was fairly well educated and reason
ably learned In tho ways ot tho con
ventional world, Frod still talked In
rather nasal fashion and did violence
to the English language. And Fred
loved Miranda so devotedly that he
had sorious thoughts of "saving up"
and attending night school In To
ronto Just as soon as his mother had
been made comfortable, financially, for
a year or so, Just because Miranda had
Fred, startled, lost his footing.
urged this course upon him. For him
self, Fred didn't hanker after an aug
mented education at all. Dut when
Fred camo back from tho Northwest
for tho last tlmo Miranda seemed to
havo suddenly removed far from him
by tho new accession of quiet grace
and daintiness which had followed tho
winter passed In Toronto, learning
how to make dresses.
Fred went right to work at the "log
rolling" for which ho was famous. Tho
logs weno placed In tho river about ten
miles "farther up" than tho Jonklns
homestead and tho farm which Fred
and his mother owned between them,
and It was Fred's part to kco? them
from becoming caught and piled up In
tho stream above tho rapids. To do
this ho danced from log to log, abovo
tho seething, hurrying, hungry-looking
water, and kopt tho logs moving
with a long, pointed pole. Ono day
Miss Stephens, the city girl whom Mi
randa had brought back with her for
n chance to sco tho grass grow green
In the meadows and the early violets
come up expressed a great great desiro
to sco tho logs sent down tho river.
Sho had watched them rushing madly
over "the slldo" Just abovo tho saw
mill In tho nearest villago sovernl
times; now oho yearned to seo tho
rest of tho process. So Miranda's
father hitched tho big gray rondster
to tho spring buggy and tho two glrl3
drovo off togethe And tho city girl
gave u great gaiJj) of wonder and ad-
"Did you mean what you called?"
miration when first sho caught sight
of tho log-rolling.
"What a fino figure that man has
tho ono out thero In tho middle of tho
stream!" sho exclaimed, to Miranda,
pointing to Fred.
"Yes," spoko out tho subconscious
self which Miranda could havo hated
an Instant later, "that's tho man I am
going to marry."
"Oh! I didn't know you woro en
gaged!" cried tho city girl, curiously,
and Miranda blushed with mortifica
tion over her mlstako.
"Don't say unythlng nbout it at
home, please," sho Implored, eagerly.
"I'm I'm not ready for tho other
girls to know.
"Oh!" said tho city girl, comprohend
ingly, and silence fell between them.
Miranda, thinking to break tho con
straint which foil with it, placed her
imnds to her lips, suddenly.
"Oo-oo!" sho called, In a voice clear,
sweet, and plorclng. It was tho regu
lar, pre-arranged, long-used signal
which had called Fred to her side over
slnco they had boon babies. Fred,
startled and astonished, threw up his
head and looked for tho caller. In
that moment ho lost his footing on
tho uncertain logs nnd went down
among thorn.
"I've killed him! I've killed him,"
gasped Miranda, knowing woll how
small was tho hopo of his ever fight
ing his way from beneath tho grind
ing logs. Dut even as she said It his
hand appeared, clinging to tho log
which was nearest A comrado Jump
ed out on the logs and kept thorn oft
tho straggler's form, as best ho might.
Dut tho end of a great log, turning,
struck Fred's back with terrific forco
and ho all but lost hold. Then It was
Miranda called again.
"Keep up, Fred keep up!" she shout
ed to him, he volco sounding out
high and clear abovo tho tumult ot ex
cited men and waters. "For my sake!"
sho added, Imploringly, as his strength
seemed to waver. Then, as Fred was
pulled from tho water, by eager, help
ing hands, and tossed ashore bodily,
she leaned hor head on the city girl's
shoulder and cried. Tho city girl had
to handle the reins until they were
very nearly homo.
It was nearly a week before tho
bruised back of Fred permitted him to
bo out of bed, but tho first tlmo ho
was nblo to tide horseback ho mado for
tho Jenkins homestead. Ho arrived
thoro about 8 o'clock In tho evening,
nnd found the houso all but de
serted. Tho little parlor had boon full
nnd noisy but n fow moments saonor,
but tho city girl had descried tho flg
uro down tho road In tho bright moon
light, and had suddenly expressed a
wish to visit tho beaver meadow,
doubly flooded with moonshlno nnd
spring wnters. Almost overybody clso
as a matter of course, had gono with
her. Miranda was nervously pretend
ing to read a book, In solitary grand
eur, when Fred strode in upon her nnd
gently drew tho volume from her
trembling hands.
"I enn't wait any longer, Mlrandy,"
ho whispered. "1'vo got to know now.
Did you mean whnt you called to mo
tho other day 'for my sake,' you
know?"
"l'vo been dying to nsk you over
slnco I enme homo, Mlrandy," Fred
explained, u llttlo later, "but you seem
so flno nn' stylish now I thought
p'rhnps I'd bettor wait until I'd had
tlmo to try an git polished up myself,
a little. Seems, though, ns If wo
might nB well bo happy, meantime."
And then Miranda, who had novor
meant to bo so meek when Fred "asked
her" any mcro than sho hnd dreamed
ot announcing tho engagement beforo
It hnd had a chance to becomo nn
actual fact, mado this whispered con
fession. "Fred, dear, It's only hecauso I lovo
you bo that 1 want you to study, be
causo I want to bo prouder of you
thnn I am now, oven. And I lovo you
Juat as much .(nnd tills was about the
tlmo that her girlish form wont Into
temporary but almost total ccllpso as
Fred's stalwart arms closed nround It)
when you say 'I bo and 'I ulu't dono
nothln; as If well, as If you could
talk French nnd German!"
EXCITEMENT AT DEAUMONT.
A Hpeotncle In Texan, tho Llko of Which
Ii Itarcly Boon.
"Tho spectacle to bo scon dally at
Beaumont, Tex., Just now,'' said P. J.
Curran, to tho St. LouIb Globo-Domo-crat,
"Is ono of tho mo3t distinctively
Amcrlcnn Imaginable. Dcaumont, pre
vious to tho discovery of tho oil spouts,
was a commonplace, progressive llttlo
place of about twelve thousand popu
lation. It was growing In tho regular
way, and everybody knew everybody
else. Now thero aro 25000 strangers In
tho town, about two for each nntlvo
Inhabitant, nnd tho town has tho np
pearanco of somo kind of a show.
Thero Isn't room for tho peoplo to eat,
nor sloop, nor move about. Two spcclnl
trains run every night to Port Arthur
and Sablno Pass to carry tho drifting
population to points whero they can
sleep and cat, nnd return next morn
ing. Different places of business are
given $100 per month for enough space
to put up llttlo real estate booths of
canvass, and peoplo who don't manage
to get out of town tramp about all day
and then throw themselves down at
night on tho canvass thoyhavo brought
for tho purposo of putting up tents.
But ninny of them don't havo tlmo nor
spaco to put up tho tents, nnd sloop
under tho open air on their tentngc. It
Is a scene of feverish activity, every
man who owns valuolesa property Is
trying to sell for high prices, and every
man with n stake is trying to make a
fortuno out of It. Nearly all forms of
legitimate business havo been sus
pended, and half tho people seem to
havo tnkon leavo of their sensos. It
will probably bo a long tlmo beforo
normal conditions aro restored, and
tho present Indications nro that Beau
mont will becomo ono of tho import
ant commercial centers of Texas."
An AnnendloItU Club.
Seldom Is tho ruling passion for club
organization illustrated more pointedly
than In that weird association Just or
ganized up In Malno and destined, np
parently, to go down tho nges ns tho
first Appendicitis club. Tho club's
membership Is graded Into two ranks
tho lower being composed of thoso
persons who havo survived ono opera
tion, and tho higher degree thoso who
havo survived two or moro operations
for that uncalled-for thing, tho vermi
form appendix. Thoso who have un
dorgono tho operation and havo not
lived might bo said to form tho Club
Triumphant. Tho originator of tho
club is W. V. Fornald of Old Orchnr.l,
Me. In 1898 tho doctors in tho Massa
chusetts General hospital in Boston
took out Fornald's superfluous organ
Ism, but failed to tnlto his life, too.
Fornald was so grateful that ho decld
od to form a club of persons who hnd
been ns successful ns himself. Tho
association which ho has formed Is to
bo organized by state3, nnd to havo
national conventions and nil tho ma
chinery of n great party. Chicago
Journal,
Melba'H Ilrolher In War.
A bright young volunteer, who has
Just gone to South Africa ns a mem
ber of tho Marquis of Tulllbnrdlno'.i
Horse, Is Ernest Mitchell, youngest
brother of Mmo. Melba. Mr. Mitchell
was first intended for llfo on ono of his
father's Australian estates, but that
not sultln him, ho took up tho Btudy
of music. Ho possessed a flno tenor
voice, and nt ono tlmo It Beemcd that
ho would somo day sing Romeo to tho
Juliet of his distinguished sister. But
ho gave up music, and has now becomo
a soldier, In which calling his frlonds
feel sure ho will distinguish himself.
Wilt Probably Not Silo.
Tho Detroit man that mado $60,000
In stocks Instead of $10,000, owing to
tho delay in a telegram, will probably
not suo tho telegraph company. In
dianapolis News.
Strappings of nun's veiling, ensh
mere, Fronch batiste, organdy, linen
lawn, etc., will bo worn on summor
gowns.
ON HOKOH'S FIELD.
DUELING IN THIS COUNTRY
AND anEAT BRITAIN
I'aao Down to Quite Itrocnt Tlmt
Lint Duel In KnRlnnil Fought In IHtfl,
In tho United State In 1HB3 fljht
from lUlluoiii.
It Is tho fashion today both In Amer
ica nnd England to rldlculo that pecu
liar code of honor which finds Its ex
pression In dueling; but perhaps wo
would be a llttlo moro saving In our
ridicule nnd censure If wo remembered
that until quite Into In tho 19th cen
tury both Americans nnd Englishmen
wcro enthusiastic patrons of tho field
of honor. When tho Inst century was
young It was not nn uncommon thing
for 20 duels to tnko plnce In a day In
tho British islands. During tho reign
of Gcorgo III thero wcro 172 duels in
England alone, nnd thoro wero several
trials of peers for murder by tho
Houso of Lords growing out of them.
Thero nro men still nllvo who can re
call tho sensation that was mado by
tho Duke of Wellington, then premier
of Great Britain, In fighting a duel
with tho Enrl of WIncholsea. Thnt
wns In 1829. Tho last duel In Englnnd
between British subjects was fought
nt Southsea in 1845, when Llout. Haw
key killed Lieut, Soton, of tho Elev
enth Hussars. Until CO yenrs ago duel
ing flourished In Ireland ns much ns It
ever did In France. All tho noted
Irishmen of tho early part of the ccn-
tury wero duelists. Even tho grcnt
O'Conncll, religious ns ho was nnd
nvorso to shedding of blood, figured
on tho field of honor. As for our own
Amcrlcnn record, dueling wns quite n
conventional thing with us down to
tho tlmo of tho civil war, and ns Into
no 1883 it mny bo recalled that Mr.
Knox and Mr. Shechan, tho last-named
gentleman being a direct descendant
of tho famous dualist. Hlchnrd Brlnsley
Sheridan, met nt Far Itocknway, near
New York, and exchanged shots, Knox
being wounded on tho second lire. In
tho same year R. R. Belmo nnd W. C.
Elam, two Richmond editors, met on
tho field of honor at Waynesboro, nfter
n most exciting rnco to escape tho pur
suing sheriffs, nnd Mr. Elnm wns
wounded In tho hip. Thcso, wo be
lieve, wero tho Inst two duels conduct
ed uccordlng to tho codo in this coun
try. Our nnto-bollum record may woll
restrain our contemptuous comments
on dueling In Europo. Thero nro many
places In this country which havo trag
ic memories ns dueling gro'uuds. On
tho fighting grounds of Blndcnsburg,
nnmcd nfter Gov. Blndcn of Maryland
many distinguished Americans havo
met. Tho first duel was fought thoro
In 180S when two congressmen J. W.
Campbell from Kentucky nnd II. B.
Gnrdlnlcr from Now York, tho lnttcr
being severely wounded. In 181-1 En
sign Edward Hopkins of tho navy,
was killed there by a brother officer,
whose nnmo Is still In doubt. There
ArnilstenVl Thomson Mason, ono of tho
most brilliant nnd popular Vlrgtnlnns
of the period, was killed by his cousin
John Mason McCnrty, on a Fobrunry
morning In 1819. Thoy fought with
muskets only 10 paces apart. Tho
great nnmo of Stephen Decatur, of
Maryland, nnvnl hero of 1812, Is also
on tho list of Bladensburg's victims.
Ho was killed thero In 1820 In n duel
with James Barron, n brother officer.
Lnter camo the Graves (Ky.) and Cll
ley (Me.) duel, In which Clllcy wns
killed. Tho last fatal encounter on
thnt celebrated fighting ground was
fought as lata as 184G, when Daniel
Johnson, a physician, and Thomas F.
Jones, a lawyer, both of North Caro
lina, met thero. Johnson was instant
ly killed by his adversary's first fire.
A notablo duel between Virginians
took place near Weldon, N. C, nbout
1810, In which Dnnlel Duggor, a Whig,
was killed by Georgo C. Dromgoolo,
Democratic momber of Congress for
tho Petersburg district. In Franco
thero nro nbout 4,000 duels yearly and
In Germany, In tho army and In col
legcs.duels aro dally occurrences. Thoro
Is a growing tendency to dlscrodlt tho
practice, however, and It Is probnblo
that beforo tho present century has
run hnlf Its courso dueling will be us
obsolete In Germany nnd Franco as In
Amcrlcn. Probably tho most sensa
tional duel over fought was In France.
In 1808 M. Do Grnndpro and M. Do Bis
quo, who hud quarreled nbout nn opera
dancer, agreed to light a duel from
bnlloons In a field near tho Tullorlcs,
armod with bluuderbuscs. Tho balloons
kept nbout 80 yards apart and when
they woro 800 feet high, on a signal
being given, M. Do Bisque fired. Ho
mlssod nlm, whereupon Grnndpro fired
Into BIsquo's balloon nnd ho and his
seconds wero dnshed to pieces on a
housetop. Utlca Globo.
Treo iu n Ijtnd Owner.
A mngnlllcont oak treo t Athens,
fJa., not only owns Itself, but, possesses
other property. It wns owned mnny
years ngo by Colonel W. H. Jackson,
who, In his childhood, played around
Its mnsslvo trunk and In later years
grow to lovo It almost as ho would
his own child. Fearing that after his
death tho old oak would fall Into tho
hands of persons who would destroy
It, he recorded a deed convoying to tho
treo "entlro possession of itsolf nnd of
all land within eight feet of It on all
sides."
To Koinovo Olnm Stopper.
It Is u good thing to remember how
to removo and loosen glass stoppers.
Wrnp nround tho neck of tho bottle a
thick rag, wot with hot water. Re
move the stoppor beforo tho heat ex
pands It. If sticky, drop a llttlo
campheno between tho neck nnd stopper,
USINO INSECTS FOn FOOD.
J7.-nch EntoinnloslU Ilai Tailed Ber
oral llaniltctli of Specie!.
A French entomologist, M Dngln,
recommends Insects ns an nrtlole of
food. Ho speaks with authority, hav
ing not only read through tho wholo
literature of Insect eating,, but having
himself tasted sovoral hundreds ot
species raw, boiled, fr!d, broiled,
roasted and hashed. Ho has even
cnton spiders prepared according to
tho following" recipe. "Tako a plump
spider, removo the legs and skin, Rub
over with butter nnd swallow." How
over, ho docs not recommend them,
but this may bo projudlco on hlB part
Ho states two objections to spldors.
Thoy nro not insects nnd thoy feed on
animal food. Cockroaches nro n foun
dation for n delicious soup. M. Dagln
follows tho rcclpo given by Scntor
Tcstelln in a Bpccch dclivorod in the
senate on February 12, 1878: "Pound
your cockroaches Into n mortar; put
In n alovo, nnd pour In boiling water or
beef stock." Connoisseurs prefer this
to tho real bisque. M. Wilfrid do Fou
vlellc, tho Fronch scientist, profors tho
cockroaches in tho larval stato, Tho
perfect Insect may bo shollcd and oaten
like n shrimp; thnt way Dr. Gastlcr,
member of the National nsscmbly of
1848, used to cat them. CntorplllSs
nro n light food of easy digestion. Not
only African and American natlvo
ruccs, but Frenchmen npprcclnto thorn,
M. do Lnlando, nstronomcr, hnd dinner
every Snturdny with tho zoologist,
Quntromero d'lsjonvnlle. Madamo
d'lsjonvallo, who knew his tnsto, col
lected In tho afternoon nil tho cater
pillars sho could find In her gnrden
and served thorn on n plato to her
guest. Tho most popular Insect food Is
tho locust. It is cnton fried, dried in
tho sun, ground in flour, broiled
(nmong tho Bcdum), boiled In milk (n
Morocco recipe), or fried nnd served
with rlco ns In Madagascar. Tho
Jesuit Father Cambou thinks that lo
cust flour might becomo popular In
Europo ns a condiment Travelers'
opinions on locusts differ. Amtcls
finds they tasto Ilko shrimps, Nlobuhr
llko sardines, Livingstone llko cavlaro.
London Dnlly News.
FRUIT AS A FOOD.
BeiiHonnblo ClmnRri In rood Supply Neo
eisnry for Good Health.
Taken In tho morning, fruit Is ns
helpful to digestion ns it Is refreshing.
Tho newly nwakened function finds in
it nn object of such light labor ns will
excrclso without seriously taxing its
energies, nnd tissues of tho stomach
acqulro nt llttlo cost n gain of nourish
ment which will sustain those onerglcs
in Inter and most serious oporntlons.
It 13 uu excellent plan with this object
In view, to ndd n llttlo bread to tho
fruit eaten. Whllo admitting Its pos
session of thcso vnluablo qualities,
however, and while also agreeing with
thoso who maintain that in summer
whon thffbody is, nt all evont3, In
ninny cases, leas actlvoly employed
than usually meat may bo less, nnd
fruit nnd vegetnbles moro freely used
ns n food, wo nro not proparcd to nl
low that even then exclusively vege
tarian rcglmon Is thnt moat generally
ndvlsnblc. Meat provides us with a
means of obtaining albuminoid ma
terial, which is Indlspeusnblo, In Its
most cnBily assimllnblo form. It nf
fords us In this material not only an
Important constituent of tlssuo growth,
but n potent excitant of tho wholo pro
cess of nutrition. It has, therefore, a
real dcflnlto and great value In the
ordinary diet of n mnn, nnd tho wholc
someness of fruit combined with fari
naceous food us nn nltcrnntlvo dietary
is not so much nn nrgument in favor
of tho vegetnrlan principle, as a proof
that seasonable changes In food supply
aro helpful to the dlgestlvo processes
and to nutritive changes In tho tlBSU03
generally.
Sho Wai Ton KInri-IItnrted.
Thoro Is ono young woman living at
L'Anso, Mich,, whoso bonovolont dis
position received n sovero shock last
Sunday evening. Sho wns at church
nnd sat directly behind a tall, well
drcsed stranger, with n raveling hang
ing to his collur. Being ono ot thoso
gcnerous-henrtcd, whole-souled girls
who grow up to bo motherly old ladles,
a friend to everybody In town, sho
thought how glnd sho would bo If somo
klnd-henrted girl would do ns much
for her father woro ho to go to church
with a ruvollng hanging down his bnck,
so when tho nudlcnco roso for tho first
hymn sho concluded to pick it off.
Cnrcfully raising her hnnd, sho gave a
llttlo twitch, but It was longor than
sho supposed, nnd n foot or more np
peared. Sotting hor teeth, sho gave n
pull nnd nbout n yard of that horrlblo
thread hung down his back. This wns
getting ombarrnsslng, but determined,
sho gavo It nnothcr yank and discov
ered thnt sho was unraveling his un
dorshlrt. Her dlBcomfituro wns so
painful that chloroform would not
hnvo nllovlatcd hor sufferings nor n
pint of powder hidden her bluBhca
when tho gentlemnn turned with an
Inquiring look to seo what waa tickling
his neck,
Improvised Furniture.
Tho ora of tho rocking chair mado
out of n barrel Is happily over, but
mnny pieces of furniture, which aro
tho outgrowth of special needs nro
often satisfactorily dovolopcd from
small beginnings. A set of book
shelves, for oxnmple, with a drawer nt
tho bottom, wns rccontly mado by n
clover woman from an old fnshlonod
walnut dresser. Tho mnrblo top she
hnd removed, nnd tho flno oval top
swing glass was taken out of Its
framo to servo another purposo.
Shelves wcro fitted In tho drawer slldos
of tho upper threo drawers, tho wood
of thcBo being utilized In tho process.
A partition was fitted up from tho bot
tom drawer at half tho dopth of tho
bureau.
WON PHYSICIAN)
Mils Ifonom l'alttin A
W. I). lra In renin
T I Tf. Tl-. i . . .
... vr
into arnin wna in u n in nimit
ngo whllo studying In Paris, snys t.
Philadelphia Times. This clrcum
stnnco gnvo rlso to her ncqualntanco
with Dr. Willlnm D. Gross, nn Ameri
can physlclnn practicing In tho French
capital. As a culmination of n pretty
romance comes tho nnnounccmcnt thnt
tho yourig couple nro to bo united In
marriage. Mls3 Patton hes been In
Philadelphia tho last few weeks mak
ing finnl arrangements for tho wed
ding, which will tnko place nt Cur
wcnsvlllo, nnd awaiting tho arrival of
Dr. Gross. Tho wedding will bo ono
of tho most clnborate affnlrs ever ar
ranged In thnt part of tho state with
in yenrs. Music for tho occasion Is to
bo furnished by tho Pittsburg Orches
tra nnd a Philadelphia florist has bcon
engaged to'decornto the grounds and
home. Tho ceremony will take placo
In June. Miss Patton Is a tall, stately
brunette, nnd slnco her debut in society
somo years ngo sho hns been much
sought nfter nnd admired. Sho Is ac
complished nnd tnlcntcd In many
wnys. Whllo nt Wellesley Collego alio
obtained high honors. After graduat
ing Miss Patton mado a tour ot tho
world, and later settled In Pnrls In
order to complcto her muslcnl educa
tion nnd study tho language. Belnp
devoted to her work, Miss Pntton en
tered llttlo Into tho gnletlcs of society,
and ns a consequence of too confining
study her health broke down In Febru
ary of Inst year. For many months
sho was under tho constnnt medical
attention of Dr. Gross, nnd during that
time tho personal charms of Miss Pat
ton so fn8clnatcd tho American physl
clnn that somo months Inter thoy
becamo engaged. After n complcto re
covery Miss Pntton returned to this
country, nnd a formal nnnounccmcnt
of her cngngnmcnt was mado. Dr.
Gross Is a graduato of tho University
of Pennsylvania nnd Is recognized an
tho leading American physician iu
Paris.
CAUGINO TIDES IN CANADA.
Accurate 8nrvoy of Thno In Lower Et.
I.wwreuco Completed.
Tho Canndlnn Mnrlno department
hns Just completed nn Importnnt sur
vey of tho tides and currents of tho
St. Lawrcnco Rlvor, says a Montreal
dlspntch to tho Now York Sun. Tho
survey Is based on extended obsorvn- '
tlons, taken during n wholo Benson of
navigation, throughout tho St. Law
rcnco estuary from Quebec to Point
do Monts, n dlstnnco ot 3(Jb miles.
Tldnl Instruments of tho latest self
recording typo woro plnccd at eight
different points throughout this region
and n continuous record was secured
dny nnd night of tho form, height nnd
tlmo of tho tides. This methed large
ly inndo up for tho shortness of tho
season ns It secured tho information
In tho most comploto form. Tho record
wan also simultaneous throughout tho
region, In which tho 'tldo Increases In
height from Ave feet at tho mouth of
the estuary to eighteen feet at Quebec.
Tho changes In tho tldo can thus bo
easily followed nnd Its rnto of prog
ress nnd other dntn required for prac
tical purposes can bo correctly ascer
tained. The work of tho Cnnndlun tldnli
survoy Is now bolng extended to tho
Pacific coast and thin year tldo tabled
based upon direct observation will be
Issuod for Victoria, B. C, and tho
Gulf ot Georgia. Theso aro tho only
tldo tables Issued for tho Pacific coast
between Astoria nnd Port Townsend
In Washington to tho south nnd Sitka
In Alnskn. Stops are being taken to
bring other western ports into relation
with thcso tldo tables.
Ilulldino, Cliurchf In Chicago.
There Is an unprecedented activity
In tho building of churches in Chica
go, nt tho present time, nnd, in spito
of tho lnbor difficulties which extend
ed far Into tho fnll of last year, twen-ty-ono
churches havo been built slnco
then or nro still building. Among tho
buildings in courso of construction or
nlrcndy finished, nro some rather
pretentious structures of brick and
stono, costing from' $25,000 to $75,000.
Ono-thtrd of tho number are Roinnn
Cnthollc churches, nnd the rest nro
almost ovonly divided nmong tho
Methodist, Episcopal, Presbyterian,
Bnptlst, Evangelical nnd Jewish de
nominations. A man expects rounds of npplnuso
when ho begins to climb tho ladcr of
fa mo.
CONIC IIKFOIIK.
"It slngoth low in every henrt,
Wo hear it each and nil
A song of thoso who answer not,
However wo may call.
Thoy throng tho silence of the breast.
Wo see them ns of yore
Tho kind, tho brave, tho true, tho
sweet
Who walk with us no moro.
" 'Tis hnrd to tnko tho burden up
When thoso havo laid It down;
They brightened nil tho Joy of llfo,
Thoy softened every frown;
But oh! 'tis good to think of them
Whon wo nro troubled soroL
Thanks ho to God thnt such hnvo been,
Although they are no moro!
"Moro homellko seems tho vast un
known Slnco they hnvo ontored thoro;
To follow them wero not so hard;
Whorovor thoy may fnro;
Thoy ennnot bo whero God Is not
On any sen or shore;
Vhnte'oT betides, Thy lovo nbldca
Our God forovermore."