co my mcoeR. Aa I look upon (ha changes that the pass- Infr yearn have wrought At the bent ind shrunken figure, comes n saddened, reverent thought, How (he wearied feet, ilow passing. pierced by stones on llfo's rough rond, Soon shall Rnln n heavenly portal, finding rest at lint with God. Mother, o'or your faded features renin a light more bright to me Than the brightest rny of sunlight shin Infr on the dlHtant teal Tor It tells of battled conquered pa tience, hope, denial sweet While tho grave. amlleJ round your lips, dear, makes the plctufo qulto com plete, t Words o'en fall me, now, to tell you all tho love within my heart; Deepen thought nre ever silent, though of lfo the better part, All unworthy as I am, dear, of your life long sacrifice, Htlll my beacon star shines brightly from your faded, tear-dlmrned eyes. Only when your handa are folded on u cold and pulseless breast, And your still form In Its casket speak a soul In pcrfoct rest Will your spirit, on white pinions, hover ing o'er your lonely child, Sec upon my hoart deep graven, your own features, soft and mild. Kate II. Adams. mm ,JL I'M. The Spell Broken, IJY MARY MARSHALL PARKS. (Copyright, 1D01, by Dally Story l'ub. Co.) "Anderson says lio mot you on tho avonuo yesterday, but ho was not sure that you recognized him," said Jack, with u troubled look in Jila honest ycs. "I am dollghtod to hear It," an nvrqred Madge, with a trill of gay laughter. "That waa precisely tho state of mind that I wished to produco, but I waa not certain I had acquired tho necessary manner, I hollovo my education la now comploto. What an unsophisticated croature I was a yoar ago!" "I liked tho old Madgo best," aald Jucki'blllritl'. "Did youT" naid Madge, Indifferent ly. "But what a gooso I wasl I had ho many Illusions I bollovod In so many things nnd oo many pcoplo, al Bioat everything nnd everybody, I think, absurd aa It acoma." "I had hoped you would always bo kind to my friends, Madge. Andorson 1 no carpet-knight; but ho In an hon est man and a good fellow." "That was simply ono ot your llttlo misapprehensions," repllod Madgo, lightly. "I shall always chooso ray own friends." "I did not mean that you should mako my frlenda youra in tho nearest sense. ' That would bo Unreasonable," said Jack gravely. "All I ask la com mon civility." "That also la at my own discretion," retorted Madgo wilfully. "I could novor cut any ono oxcopt for tho gravest rcaaona," aald Jack, eoborly. "I novor cut any ono in my life but Dick Foster." "Dick Foster? And what has ho done to Incur your dlsplensurn?" Madgo aBked, with a bright, hard look. "You know that Ella Pnrsons la li the insane asylum and you know why," aald Jack, sternly. "Ho ought not to be rocolvod in decent society." .Madge's faco . grow . still harder, "It may aa well bo understood onco for all that I shall recognize whom I please, and when and whore I ploaso," she said, lolly, "That la n inattor In which I would not bo guided by tho Prince ot Good Form himself." "And who la that?" asked tho aston Ished Jack. ,4Dlek Foster," alio responded with auother hard glance. Jack rose unsteadily. Ho was not going to quarrel with Madgo Just then. Hotwnsjnot fit. For duya ho had boon nware thai his hoad and logs wore u llttlo queor. Nothing tcrlous, ho said 'And who la that?" to himself, as ho doscondod the stops , and yet his foot wero still unsteady "ana jus-noau curiously iigut. It would havo boon easy for him to glyo Madgo up had ho not firmly bo Moved that tho sweot-soulod, dowy eyed girl who had won his heart still dwelt somewhere within that cold and wordly exterior, Jlko n orlucess shut in h tower, waiting for Homo bold knight to release her from the spoil of tho enchanter. ''I tear I'm not tho knight," ho thought sadly, as ho walked heavily down the street; and still, ho could not lUcldq to glvt tier up not Just yet 9-n BM S 1 V M "Jack Downing fa downed at last." said samo would-bp wit among tho awnylug figures on tho ball room floor. "Drain fever." Tho words drifted into tho conserva tory whero Madge wns Bitting, nnd for a moraont alio thought tho lights had gone out Then thoy blazed up again with ton-fold brilliancy, and at tho samo time tho whlto light of reason and common aenso that had been so long obscured In tho girl's soul flashed out with all its old power, shattering to atoms tho shell of worldllncss and scoptlclsm which had closod around her heart. "It Is tho old Madgo, dear." Scolng that Dick Foster waa scan ning her with a' look ot cool curiosity, sho composod her faco and summoned up all tho Bolt-control sho possessed. "I will go homo now. if you Dloaso. Mr. Foster," Hho said coldly. Ho has simply beon overworked. my dear child," tho old doctor repeat ed, soothingly. "As you know, his father-was obliged to go to Europo for a prolonged vacation; and that throw mo whole responsibility of tho bust noss on tho boy. Ho has carried tho weight nobly for ono bo young; but I wnrnod him weeks ago that ho was overdoing, nnd must slucken his paco. I supposo ho couldn't sea his way clour to do it Ho Iiuh n traluod nurso and tho host ot care, and wo'll pull him through nil right." Although Madgo wont homo con vinced that sho had fluttered horaeir too much in thinking that her inslg nlilcant doings had brought about Jack's UlnesH, she wns not entirely re assured. Even it sho had addod llttlo to tho load he hnd beon carrying, sho had done nothing to lighten it, and sho might havo dono so much. Sho had not dreamed it was bo heavy. "And whllo ho was tolling llko a slave, you you woro flirting with Dick Foster," sho said contemptuously to tho palo faco that confronted horo aa sho took tho fading flowers from uur hair and shook down tho shlulng colls. Jack's hands lay llko wlthcrod leaves on tho snowy coverlet, nnd tho wan, shrlvolod faco on tho pillow Boomed hardly humnu, but his eyes woro bright with roturnlng Ufa and dawning bono. "Has tho prlncosa escaped from tho tower at lost? Is It ronlly tho old Madgo?" ho whispered, doubtfully. "It Is tho old Madgo, dear," sho answered, tears and smiles struggling for tho mastery ot her mobllo fuco, In Bplto ot tho doctor's Injunction aa to oxcltcmont "Mr, Andorson Is down stairs. Wo nro tho best of friends now and ho brought mo here. Shall I toll him to coma up?" "Not Just yot" said Jack, happily studying tho faco bont over him, nnd finding In It all ho had so loved and more Tho cynical curl ot tho Hps was gone, tho dowy irosiiiiess had como baclc to tho oyos, and brought with it a sweet, grave womanliness that had novor boon tticro botoro, "It is worth far, far moro than brnln fover costs," ho Bald ut lost, with a algh of satisfaction. Don't consldor it smnrt to bo flip pant. All men ot brnlua desplso n all ly talker, nnd nice women shun thorn ABOUT VANILLA. A riant Esteemed for Its Flnvnr s4 Aroma. The vanilla Is nn orchidaceous, climbing vine, which often rc&chet over 30 feet in halght, nnd la usuAllj about tho thickness ot one's llttlo fin ger. Tho vino 1b round, knotted at In tervals', and covered with dark green spear-shaped leaves. It thrown out a number of thin arms or aerial roots tit It rises, which, attaching themsolvcs to neighboring trees, appear to derive therefrom such nutriment that the vines aro little dependent on the soil In fact, often when nil other modes ol supply aro cut off theso holdfasts will entirely nour'sh tho plant Occasional ly tho wild vines completely cover the branches of tho tree, and, running from it Into ndjacont ones, thoy will bang In huso festoons and arches bo thick that they seriously Impede one's progress In the bush. Tho vines blos som profusely usually In the spring- the strango and dellcato flowers, with tholr long, straggling and palo yellow petals, springing from the angles whero tho leaves branch off. After a few days' cxlstonco, tho llowera wither and fall, and nn their chanco of fertili zation through any of tho outside agencies on which they depond Is n brief one, and precarious at best, it Is not surprising to find that very few of them aro succeeded by fruit This takes tho form ot a largo pod, and, strango to say, although tho pods at tain their full growth within fifty days from tho fall of tho potals, thoy take fully seven months moro to ripen. Tho pod vary from 5 to 12 inches in length and aro nbout like a banana, but aro better described as resembling a knife shenth; henco tho name vanilla, which Is a corruption of tho Spanish word valnllla a small scab bard. Each pod contains n quantity ot small black granules, surrounded by a balsamic pulp whoso peculiar com bination of oil and ncld Is supposed to Impart to tho pods that delicious flavor and powerful aroma for which they aro so Justly esteemed. Chambers' Journnl. A CO-OPERATIVE COLONY. An Kxnmple Is tho Settlement of Cosmo In Paraguay. Comparatively few persons aro nwaro of tho exlstenco In Paraguay of a llttlo English-speaking colony named Cosmo, and of Its attempt to organlzo a community on tho highest co-oporatlvo lines. Beginning in 1891 as tho result of a secession from the Now Australia colony, tho founders ot Cosmo soem to havo stcorod clear of tho shoals and quicksands which wrecked tho parent movement One of tho "fathers" ot tho colony, al though ho Is quito a young man, is John Lane, who says of tho colony: "Wo aro running now on tho linos on which Now Australia started; we aro communistic in so far as wo share our earnings equally, Irrespective of tho capacity of the Individual. Tho present outlook is highly satisfactory, but wo want moro adult members. Our present population Is sixteen women, all married, and twenty-six men; forty-two all told, cxclustvo of tho chil dren. Wo hnvo 10,000 acres of land, halt forest nnd half pasture, but only the forest land Is good for cultivation. In tho mattor ot flnanco our assets ex ceed our liabilities, and that is goner ally considered to bo a sound position. Wo can easily ralso our own food sup ply. Every family lives In its own houso, and tho bachalors have houses of tholr own, but tako their meals at tho co-oporatlvo dining-room, tholr cooking bolng dono for them by col ony labor. This co-oporatlvo com monwealth Is governed by what Is called a parliament, although it Is on ly a commltteo of threo, with a chair man or director ot tho colony. Tho ballot Is taken by casting papers Into a hnt Speaking ot tho Industrial con ditions In Cosmo, Mr. Lano said ro cently: "Wo have a forty-flvo hours' woek, eight hours a day for flvo day' and flvo hours on Sat urday. Work starts Just nftor sunrlso nnd tho mon nro em ployed In augnr-maklng nnd timber work. Tho married women aro not on tho organized working staff. Thoy look after tho homes, nnd any work thoy do outsldo Is voluntary. Slnglo worn en would bo on tho working staff." Turned the Tables. lecturer was onco docnntlng on tho superiority ot nnturo over art, when an Irreverent llBtonor In tho au dience fired that old question at him: "How (yould you look, sir, without your wig?" Young man," Instantly re plied tho lecturer, pointing his flngor at him, ' you havo furnished mo an npt Illustration for my nrguinont My bnld ncsa can bo trncetl to tho artificial hab its ot our modern civilization, while tho wig I nm wearing" horo ho ralsod his volqo till tho windows shook "Is mado of natural hair!" Tho audience testified Its appreciation of tho point by loud npplnuso and tho speaker war npt interrupted ugnlu. Kallilmry its n Snlnt. rt is not generally Known tnat n statuo ot Lord Salisbury nn a Christian warrior appeara la ono of tho niches ot tho Intcreatlfg und bcautt'ul rcrodos in tho chapol ot All SouIb' Collogo, Ox ford. About forty yenrs ago tho pre mier was elected a fellow ot this col lege, and about tho tamo tlmo an olab orato Btono Bcroon was orectod In tho chapol attached to tho Fellows' houso. Tho sculptor evidently preferred to make his own saints Instead of accept Ing thoso canonlzod by tho church, and Lord Huusuury waB cuoson to nu up tho vacant gap, and la therefore Ira mortallzod aa u OuUan warrior. Chicago, Journal, MANY EARTHQUAKES BEAUTIFUL JAPAN It was near the end or August that a mountain, or perhaps moro properly speaking, a high hill, was rnzod by nn earthquako to the level of tho plain of Igusa, In the northern part of Japan. That hill was more than 500 feet high nnd covered forty ncrei of the outskirts ot tho village of Kolwayamn. It Bank In tho night, and in the morning the terror-stricken residents of Kolwny ama wero startled to find that it had disappeared from view forever. Apropos nf this occurrence, Mr. Clarence WINE TO THE GODS, TO PROPI TIATE VOLCANO'S WRATH. Browncll, author of "Talcs from Toklo," writes tho following account of his own oxporloncca with earthquakes In Japan: "Wo were up to dlno near tho Im perial university in Toklo, Japan, ono evening, in tho beautiful puzzle-pathed grounds known as Kaga Yashtkl, whero onco tho Prince of Kaga had his palace. Tho building had become ono for tho investigation of earthquakes, whero thoso uncanny disturbances made records on various contrivances a famous specialist had devised for measuring all sorts of Jolts and Jars and palpitations. Their capacity for lotatlon includod all disturbances from the uphoaval ot a mountain range to tho alighting of the moat VILLAGE ROAD IN JAPAN, :arcful fly, Tho professor In chargo explained what a "quako" did to an jarth partlclo during a seismic disturb ing how it moved east and west, lorth, south and up and down. Ho ihowed a "track" a colleague of his, Professor Seklya, had mado to lilus- :rato tho movement. Tho track waa at wire bent and twisted bo that It .ooked llko a skein of yarn a kitten nad boon playing with. To follow It from end to end would havo taken a patient man a woek. "Oh, for nn earthquako," said ono of tho visitors. "Well, you may not havo long to wait," said tho professor. "Wo have ibout 500 a year In Japan, you know. Ono may bo along before tho cvcnlug's over." And ho spoko truly, for tho servants bad no moro than brought on tho flsh, whon the floor bsgun to wiggle, tho InmpB and pictures to sway, tho win dows to rattlo and tho dishes on tho mahogany to clattor as young roosters io. Ho exclaimed: "Horo you are, boys. How slngu- inrly npropos. I'll havo somo good ccords to show you In the morning. Meanwhile, an this building is a bit old, I suggest wo get under the table. It Is built on tho earthquako plan and ihould tho roof full,, wo are safe ;horo.M By tho tlmo ho had said "there" til of us wore there, riding on tho soa css billows of tho floor, which creaked and undulated and bumped our heads against tho table'u under surface and rolled ua against its stalwart legB and against each other as though wo wore great dough billiard balls trying to ainko cannon and cushlou shots. When wo enmo from under tho tnblo tho professor lighted a clgarctto und tnld: "All Japan Is an upheaval, and off llio coast a bit, say from 50 to '200 oilles east of Sendnl, it town north ot acre, there Is the greatest depression In tho world's crust wo know of. Tho Vuscarorn Deep wo call It, after the United States government vessel that Usoovered It, It would bescfo to dive IN from tho top of FuJU into Tuscarora Deep, at least there would.be plenty of water and no danger of striking bottom. Tho depth is moro than 24, 000 feet. FuJU, tho highest point of Japan's upheaval, Is 12 -100 feet So wo have 30,000 feet between top and bottom. A safe seven miles, I fancy." Down near Nagasaki, tho chief sea port on tho Islund of Kluahlu, Is tho largest active volcano In tho world, Abo 3nn, yet In spite of Its activity nnd the terrible eruptions It has had, thero aro somo seventy vlllngcs Insldo tho crnter, with a total population of per haps 20,000. During ouo eruption Aso San destroyed 50,000 HVeaP-obliteratcd them. All conditions ot mon, from Mlkados down to tho most lowly, havo made offerings and prnyc;s to propitiate tho wrath of this vast volcanic moun tain. Once tho pcoplo heard rum blings nnd wont to tho priest with money, but In vain. Tho rumblings continued, and tho priest said that probably God wanted more money. Then tho pcoplo gave again, but God did not grant their prayer. "He thinks you havo given insuffi ciently," explained tho priest, so the people gavo a third time. Then tho holy mnn bent hlB sacred drum und clnnged the Bacred gong, repeated sev en prayers and Informed his parishion ers that God advised them twice. First, in tho caso of flood run to tho hills. Socond, In enso ot earthquakes run to tho bamboo forest, whoro tho matted roots form a network that would hold them up oven though tho ground ahould open. And the pcoplo went nwny dissatisfied, for they had known this all along. WAYS OF THE HORNED TOAD. Charles F. Holder, tho naturalist, writes of horned toads as follows in tho Scientific American: "In handling tho lizards, which aro perfectly harm less1, desnito their warllko array of splne3, I noticed that, although I had treated them gently, my hands wero spotted with blood, and upon examin ing one of tho unlmals I found that Its eyes wero Buffused with blood, whllo In another specimen Its oyo appeared to bo destroyed, or represented by a blood spot I at first nssumed that whllo together tho animals had In jured each other with their spines; but suddenly, when holding a lizard near my faco, It depressed or lowered Its head, and I immediately received AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE. a line sprny-lllco discharge, which proved to bo blood. A glanco at tho animal snowed that its eyes wero bloody, aB though ruptured. Tho volley had como so suddenly that I did not sco It, but I wub convinced that in somo way tho lizard had ruptured a blood vossol In Its eyes and had forcod the fluid through tho air a distance ot at least a toot. "I Immediately began to experiment with tho llttlo captives, and found that tho aboyc explanation was tho case be yond question; but only a small per centage of tho lizards could be in duced to respond to my methods; giv ing them slight tups on tho heud seem ed to exaspernto them tho most, nud thoy would lower the head convulsive ly, tho eye would be dopre&sed, and n Jot of thick blood, or blood which con gealed very quickly, would bo shot In a dollcato stream to an oxtrnordlnnry distance. "Suspecting that tho lizards did not consider mo a dangerous enemy, nnd that I wou'd havo better success with eoma animal, I called In tho aid of a fox terrier, for which the lltttlo crea tures ovlnced tho greatest fear. When tho dog placed his noao near them thoy crouched low and endeavored to shuf- flo themselves uudor tho sand out ot Bight; but whon tho dog was urged on and began to bark thoy would draw buck, hl38 slightly, then depress tho licail, ana tho whlto faco of tho onemv would at onco bo spattered with drops ot blood. Such n dlschargo was very circcuvo ana wiien received In tho nos tills It caused tho dog no llttlo annoy nnco and ho ran around excitedly for a moment vnlnly endeavoring to rid himself of the fluid, which evidently Had somo disngrcenblo feature." How Ho Kite iv. Dashaway Did you tell tho Brldor loya that I was going to call thero last night? Clovcrton Yeb'. How did you know? Dashaway The wedding pres ont I gavo thorn was lit the front par- tor. town aim country. THE BIBLE AS A WAR CODE. lion- It Has Ileen Employed In tu South African Campaign. Mr. Krligcr's cablo to his Pretoria relatives who Inquired what waa to bo done with- tho ox-Prcsldent's house, now It wan no longer tenanted by th lato Mrs. Krugcr, was "Road Proverbs vll., verses 19-20" "For tho goodman Is not at home, ho has gono on a long Journoy. Ho hath taken a bag of money with him, and will como homo at tho day appointed." Under Kruger rulo every South African editor found the Dlble an lndlspcnsablo book of reference, most proclamations from Pretoria containing Biblical allusions. Tho latest cablo sent by Mr. Krugcr haB now prompted a correspondent to a Lccuwardcn (Holland) paper to enu merate a number ot Scriptural mes sages exchanged by tho Boor leaders Just before the surrender of Conje. On February 25, 1900, Mr. Krugcr tele graphed to General Christian Do Wet (who wns to rescue Cronjo): "Notify Cronjo that largo reinforcements nro on tho road, and ho will bo roloascd. Psalm xxll., 21," which reads: "Save mo from tho lion's mouth, for Thou hast heard mo from the horns of tho unicorns." Do Wet hcliographcd Cronjo tho samo day at 12:20 p. m.: "Prcsldont telegraphs, 'Stand firm; largo rein forcements aro approaching. As soon ns thoy arrivo wo Bhnll attack at dawn on tho north. Psalm Ixlv., 7." Cronjo replied with Psalm xx., 7, also mentioning incidentally that his food supplies wero getting short, to which tho Ingenious Do Wot retorted: "Psalm llx., 15" "Lot them wander up and down for moat, and grudgo if they bo not satisfied." But Cronjo grow impntlcnt; Do Wet's promised convoy ot food was long in coming, nnd ho again hello graphed "Psalm xx., 7" "Somo trust In chnrlots and somo In horeos; but wo will remember the nnmo of tho Lord our God." No relief coming oa tho morning ot tho 26th, Gcnornl Cronje hollographod: "Tho enemy has been enormously re inforced; I am hard pressed. Psalm ill., 1." Most of tho verses havo been most aptly choson, and in many cases con voy tho meaning of tho sender as per fectly as a long message sont over tbo wires in tho usual way. NEW YORK BUTTEROUPS. A Club of Women Who Aro rindcert to Say No Unkind Word. Of making women's clubs thero Is no end. New York has a now society. Tho members' call themselves tho But tercups. Why Buttercups, deponent Bayeth not, hut tho aim of tho society is a laudablo one, no less a thing than tho cultivation and dissemination of charity and good will. No moinbor Is to Bay an unkind word or to form a harsh Judgment. Every member Is to toko whatever comes with cUoerful serenity and mako tho b'st of the situation. Each woman is pledged to spread abroad tho club principles. It any ono in tho fold is heard to titter nn expression unbefltting tho sister hood her fellows are apt to say "But tercups." Tho magic word will bring tho wandering ono back to a sonso of her responsibility. A member of tho society tried the formula on a mere man tho other day. Ho was talking before an audience of womon that in cluded many Buttercups. Ho grow violent on tho Subject ot Czolgosz and expressed an unchristian deslro to make tho assassin's punishment a harsh one. Some of the womon np plauded, but one woman nroso to tho occasion. Sho was a Buttercup, and In tbo words ot the statesman sho "seen her duty and sho dono It" In clarion tones Bho called out to tho speaker: "Buttercups! " Tho man didn't un derstand. Perhaps it was natural that ho shouldn't intuitively grasp the meaning of tho warning word. He looked puzzled nud wont on with his Bpeech, but later ho asked tho signifi cance of tho enigmatic, comment. Tho Buttercups Bay ho was deeply impressed by tho explanation. Ho Blghed to bo a Buttercup himself, and Just to show that there was no bard feeling the society mado him a mem bo r. So one llttlo word may alter 'tho destiny of a man. Now York Sun. Lord Morris C'ounter-Tlirust. Tho lato Lord Morris was unsparing In tho counter thrust when ho was as sailed. An English official, who filled tho post ot undor-sccrettry to tho lord lieutenant, once was rudo enough to remark, In a loud volco, at a Dublin dinner tnblo, that it was a strango ar rangement, and ono chnractorlstlo of Irolnnd, that he should havo a much smaller salary than tho chief Justice Morris was then chief Justice though his functions wero so very much moro important Chief Justico Morris, amid tho nwed sllcnco which ensued, said: "That Is a thraln o' thought that I am sure often occurs to mo tipstaff." London Lcttor. A Doubtful Cnmpllmont. Sho (arrayed for tho theater) Sorry to havo kept you waiting so long, Mr. Spoonnmore, but it has taken niu longer than usual to get ready. I look llko a fright In this hat, too. Ho (de sirous ot saying something complimen tary) It Isn't tho or fault of the lovely hat, I am sure, MIsb Hanklneon. London TIt-Blts. Literary Tasks. Penloy Has Bluffertou begun his tiow novel yot? Skrlvuer No. r heard that, on account of it being the holiday season, ho is hnvlng uorao trouble in getting his publisher, his dramatist and his advertising oxpert together. Puck.