ON APPROVAL.
How Katherlne'e Vlalt to Grandmoth
er Turned Out to Joy of Both.
It all happened Just llko a Htory,
hihI when Katherlno (old of It after
ward she always said It wuh tho moat
interesting tale sho could recall.
Kuthoiliie was Itt, and when hor
father and mother died 'way down In
the southern part or California, there
,wus no one hut Uncle Mark, her fa
ther's partner, to look after her. At.
least, there wna no one elae but Grand
ma Martin in Now York, and a grand'
mother who had never taketi any In
terest in you since you were born, and
at that distance, too, could hardly be
called anybody. Hut Uncle Mark de
cided differently.
"Yon can come back here, child,"
tie said, "and Heaven knows you will
be welcome. Your father has left a
tidy fori uno In my hands: but I think
She Soon Found Her Former Seat
mate. you grandmother should know all
about you and have a chance to look
upon you, should she so desire."
(Catherine knew that her grand
mother had disapproved of her father's
and mother's marriage, but she did
not ask Uncle Mark anything; unless
some one of the family told nor, she
concluded, sho would rather not
know.
So Uncle Mark wrote to tho stern
grandmother and told all Katherlne's
pitiful little story, and in due time
came this letter in reply:
"You may send tho child on for1 a
visit, but understand It Is only upon
'approval. Her mother displeased mo
jby her marriage, nnd I shall not keep
the girl unless I liko bar. I am glad
'she has plenty of money, for I do not
feel in any way responsible for her."
Kntherlno was to travol from San
FixjcIsco nlono, nnd Uncle Mark bad
only been nble to procure her n whole
compartment on the train as fur as St.
LouAh; farther on she must share It,
as the tide of travel from that point
was setting due east.
At St. Louis, and while the
train made tho long stop Katberine
went out upon tho platform to take
the air. When she came back a very
beautiful lady sat in her compart
ment. "Dear me!" sighed Katberine, "I
had quite forgotten, my room mate!"
The old lady eyed her critically.
"I suppose," sho smiled so sweetly
that her sharp words wore forgotten,
"you are as sorry to see mo as I am
to bo hero; but, comfort yourself that
A SMART BEAR.
How
He Fooled the Sailors Who
Sought to Trap Him.
The captain of a Greenland whaler
being unxlous to procuro a boar, with
out wounding the Bkln, mnde trial of
(the stratagem of laying the noose of
,u rop In tho snow nnd placing a
.piece of meat within it. A, boar rang
Mug the neighboring ice was soon en
(Iced to the spot by tho smell of the
dainty morsel. He perceived tho bait,
,appronched nnd Belzed it In his
mouth; but his foot at the same timo,
,by a Jork of the rope, bolng entangled
'in the noose, he pushed it off with his
'paw, and deliberately retired. After
'haying eaten tho piece he had curried
away with him, ho returned. Tho
noose, with anothor piece of moat, bo
nir roolaccd. he pushed tho ropo aside,
and ugnlu walked triumphantly off
'with his capture. A third time the
inoose was laid; but excited to can-.Hon-
by the evident observations of. the
.bear, tho sailors burlod the rope be
neath the snow, and laid th bait in a
you were fortunate enough to obtain
tho lower berth. I must gasp and
; tremble In the upper one!"
"Not at nil!" Katberine replied. "I
Insist upon your taking the lower."
There was a little conversation upon
this point, then (he two settled down
aB comfortably as could be. Of" course!
on the long trip It was natural that
tho two should chat by the hour, but
It was strange that It was the oldr
woman who grow confidential nnd
the girl who became the confidant.
That night (here was a sudden
awful crash as the (rain was tearing
on; shrieks filled the air, and people
were hurled hither and yon. Stir
prised and shocked, Katberine found
herself among a lot of dobrfu on tli'J
roadslde.wlthan excited crowd preaslmy
around and culling out orders. Fear
nil as the collision hud been, there
was Iosb loss of lire than one might
have expected, but many wore In
jured, and great excitement prevailed.
Fortunately, Katberine had escaped
anything worse than a bad shaking
up, and with the knowledge came a de
sire to know how her companion had
Tared. She begun to hunt around
among the groups awaiting carriages
to bear them nwuy, and soon she round
her former soatmate. The dear old
lady was pale and trembling, and
when she biiw Katberine she stretched
foitfh a welcoming hand.
"My dear," she said, "my leg is
broken. They are going to take me
to the nearest hospital, but yon are
able to go on?"
"Yes," whispered the girl; "can I
do anything for you?"
"When you reach New York go to
IJ.'J Terrace place. I will not send a
telegram; after all, there is no one bat
(lie servants to care. Tell them about,
all this delay, and when that that
granddaughter of mine arrives, tell the
servants to make her comfortable un
til I cun get on. Poor child! She
will have a rather dreary time waiting
I am sorry; I was going to try to like
hor!" There were tears in the old
eyes. "You have been so good (o an
old woman, my dear!" The feeble
hands were clutching (Catherine's. "I
shall never forget you. Had my grand
daughter been like you, how happy we
might have been!"
Katberine smiled even In the race
of this grim disaster.
"Grandmother!" she whispered, with
her warm lips on the cold baud she
held; "dear grandmother, you have
never guessed that that I might be
your granddaughter?"
The old lady forgot her broken leg
and almost leaped to hor 'reet. Katb
erine hold hor back.
"Now that you see me, grandmoth
er," she said, "do you approve?"
"My dear! My dear!" whispered
the weak voice, "I do believe I can'
stand anything how! By and by we
will go homo together!"
"But each year I must visit Uncle
Mark!" said Kntherlno. "I approve
of you, you dear, delightful grand
mother, but. my heart will always bo
faithful to Uncle Mark."
"And quite right, too!" groaned the
grundmotluir. Kate Balden, in Wash
ington Star.
Called Him "Pop."
In the province of Loralne, Ger
many, a boy 12 years old and Ills fa
ther went to the depot to mnke a
journey by rail. They were looking
about and talking to each other when
the boy culled his father "pop" in
stead of fnthor. The stutlon master
overboard It and asked of the father:
"Do you allow your son to be so fa
miliar with you us that? If so, then
we must see about it."
He had father and son taken into
court, and the father was fined' fiO
cents and the son sent to jail for
three days for being too familiar with
each other. Had tho boy called his
father "governor" or "old man," as
somo American boys do, perhnpji ho
would have been hung.
Monty Will you love mo If 1 glvo
ui ull my bad habits?
Holla But bow could you expect me
to love a perfect strangor? Koyal
Magazine.
depp hole dug In the center. Tho bear
onco lfioro approached, and the sailors
were assured of their success. But
Bruin, more sagacious than they ex
pected, afto'r snuffing about tho piece
for a few moments, scraped tho snow
nway with his paw, threw the ropo
uslde, and again escaped unhurt with
his prize.
Needn't Take Off His Hat.
There Is just one English nobleman
who doesn't have to take his hat off
to King 13d ward. This Is Baron For-
ester, whose ancestors in the time of
King Henry VIII. wore granted this
special privilege because of somo
service they performed for the crown.
This was a noticeable feature of the
king's coronation, but Lord Forester,
after wearing his hat for a few nio-
monts just to confirm this peculiar
privilege of ills family, took his hut
ott llko tho remainder of tho crowd
of English, Scottish and Irish noble
men.
Tho true critic is one who can up
predate something ho. doesn't like.
Llfo.
CATACOMBS OF ROME
CURIOSITIES OF THE EARLY
CHRISTIAN CEMETERIES.
Their History and Purpose Made
Clear by Modern Research Gal
leries Extending Hundreds of
Miles Under Ground.
Homo. Modern research bus estab
lished beyond doubt the original ex
clusive use of the catacombs by the
Christians as places of burial and of
holding religious assemblies, and the
various other theories put forth to ex
plain the origin of these cemeteries
have all been proved to be unfounded
The ChrlBtlan mode of burial In tho
catacombs seems to have boon cop
ied from the Jews. A short time bo
fore the birth of Christ .fudcu was
made tributary to Rome by Fompcy
nnd many thousands of its Inhabitants
were transferred to Home, where n
special district on the right bunk of
tho Tiber was unsigned for their hab
itation. These first Jewish settlors adhered
to the customs of their forefathers,
Entrance to Catacomb of St. Petronllla.
especially in a mntter so sacred as
funeral rites, and they laid their dead
in rocky sepulchers outside the gate
nearest their quarter. Here, in fact,
was discovered in 1800 the so-called
Jewish catacomb, which It may be as
sumed was the prototype of later
Christian sepulchers.
Tho earliest Roman Christians were
very probably converted Jews, were
naturally familiar with the Jewish
mode of burial, and In all prob
ability adopted it Tor themselves. A
gravestone discovered In one of
the Roman cutucombs bears the date
of tho third year of the reign of
Vespnslun, A. D. 71, and thus affords
proof of the antiquity of the cata
combs as places of burial.
In early times Christians were
probably burled on property, a garden
or vineyard, belonging to private fam
ilies, and in fact nearly all the an
cient, names of tho catacombs wero
taken from those of the owners of
the land.
With the passing of time and the
increase in the number of Christians
tho original cemeteries were extend
ed, excavations on a larger scale wero
undertaken and gradually the cata
combs were formed.
Tho catacombs originally were used
exclusively as cemeteries, but later
they provided places for religious as
sembly and In some cases worship,
in apostolic times they generally mot
in the house of some wealthy mem
ber of the community. Later they
built churches. After Diocletian in
5103 ordered tho churches to be de
stroyed the Christians evidently then
took refuge In tho catacombs, which,
although known by their persecutors
to exist, could not be reached or
entered, us neither their precise po
sition nor their entrances could bo
ascertained.
The catacombs were ulsu used occa
sionally as places of concealment.
Several popes used them as hiding
placet from tho beginning of the sec
ond century onward. St. Stephen was
murdered In tho catacombs, where he
had lived for some time during tho
Vnlerlan persecutions, and his sue
An Idler's Gratitude.
"Several groups of young women
and girls gave mo an unexpected fillip
of pleasure tho other afternoon," re-
marked an elderly .New York Idler,
"and in a way they wero unquestion
ably completely Innocent of. T saw
them In the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, In the central court, where they
wero studying with the keenest Inter
est the models of the Purthenon and
of Notre Dame cathedral In Paris, and
I couldn't help but think how much
better they wore employed there than
In Idle strolling along Broadway or In
tho shipping district. More than that,
it struck mo thnt there was a piospect
or the dinner table talk In thoir homes
that night being of a more Interesting
and varied character than such talk
usually Is. They were unconscious
benefactors, as far as I am concernod,
and I've simply got to oxpross my
gratitude to thorn."
A Question.
At Just WllUt HKO,
Now do you think r
pur protty glrln
Leiun how to wink?
cosBor, St. Slxtus, whs also martyred
in the outneombs.
For several centuries the cata
combs wore used us places of devo
tion. The entrances of tho cata
combs wero rendered public. Shnfts
or air holes called lumlnarla were
openod for purposes of ventilation.
About the middle of the fifth cen
tury a portion of the catacombs was
rifled by tho barbarluns In hopes of
finding treasures, and thus began the
devastation which led ultimately to
their neglect and ruin.
From tho thirteenth to the fifteenth
century nil knowledge of the ancient
cemeteries bccius to have perished.
Tho accidental falling In of a portion
of the high road outside tho Porta
Sulurla in 1578 led to the discovery
of tho Catacomb of St. Prlscllla.
Public interest in the subterranean
Christian cemeteries was awakened
and archaeologists turned their at
tention to their examination and
study.
The name catacomb Is, compara
tively speaking, modern. The Chris
tion cemeteries wero named either
after Eome saint burled In them or
tho person who originally owned the
land where they were situated. The
use of the present name dates back
to about tho sixteenth century.
Almost all the catacombs are out
side the walls of the city. The ag
gregate length of their galleries Is
said to be about 587 miles, and they
are excavated on different levels and
cross and recross each other. Hence
although the area which they under
lie Is not considerable, yet If the
galleries were stretched in a continu
ous line they would extend through
the whole of Italy.
IS NOTED FOOD FADDIST.
"Chew-Chew" Fletcher a Believer In
Thorough Mastication.
New York. Horace Fletcher in the
most noted of the food faddists of the
day. He Is known as the "chow-chow"
man because his fad Is careful masti
cation. Ho does not oat expensive
food because he gets more satisfaction
In Inexpensive food there is more
JGSAGT J2F7CJZE&-
"chew" In it. Mr. Fletcher lives at the
Waldorf when In Now York, but lb,
must be that Mr. Boldt, the manager
does not take him seriously for his:
theories would break up the restau
rant business. Air. Fletcher says ho'
lives on a few cents a day for food;
and Is as active at 58 as most men at.
40. One of his kindly critics points to,
the fact that in his youth Mr. Fletcher
was an all-round athlete as pretty,
good evidence that ho had a hotter
physique than the average man and
should therefore bear his years better.
Mr. Fletcher when at home lives in a"
Venetian palace. He has written many
books on nutrition.
Its Only Use.
"Will you please toll mo if this
mammoth blanket ballot has any
use?"
"Oh, yes; to keep the voters' wrath
warm." Baltimore American.
Peculiar Municipal Franchise.
Victoria, the capital of British Co
lumbia, has a peculiar municipal fran
chise. Every person who pays a $2 dog
tax la entitled to vote In elections for
mayor and aldermen. The system has
lod to abuses. It has been discovered
that six enterprising women voted on
tho strength of a single dog. Worse
still, one ingenious woman, unable to
got a real dog in time to qualify, took
out a llcenso for a china dog on hor
mantelpiece. Municipal franchise re
form Is now regarded as a question of
urgoncy in Victoria, nnd tho unkind
association of dogs with mayors and
aldormen Is doomed.
Temperance in Scotland.
A generation ago wntor-drlnklng oc
cupauts of civic chairs wore very
raro In Scotland. Total abstainers
however, can claim as a result of the
recent oloctlous that 4G Scottish burgs
aro presided over by abstaining pro
vosts. Tho list Includes Sir William
Bisland, Bart., lord provost of Glas
gow, and. Lord Provost Gibson, EdAn
burgh.
Expensive Municipality.
It couta nearly os much to nay the
salaries of tho municipal servants in
Now York city as it does to suunort
tho entire army of tho United States.
The salaries amount closo to $70,
000,000 annually.
Women Teachers.
There aro In the United States 34,-
579 women who aro teachers of music
and 10,000 who are teachers of art
and artists. Altogether there are a
quarter of a million of women teach
ers. There aro 11,000 telegraph op
erators who are women.
Property.
The last thing we need io be anx
ious about is property. It always has
lends or the means of making them,
riches have wings to fly away from
their owners, they have wings also to
escape danger. Tom Lowell's Address
on "Democracy."
Joy in Doing Good.
Never did any soul do good, but it
became readier to do the sanro again,
with moro enjoyment. Never was
love, or gratitude, or bounty prac
ticed, but with Increasing joy which
made the practlcer still moro in lovo
with the fair act. Shaftesbury.
"Clear Shining After Rain."
SunBhlno Is never so beautiful,
nevor so welcome as when It breaks
through the heavy clouds, and the
trees scatter diamond showers on the
earth. And no sunlight of the soul is
so beautiful as that which turns sor
row into joy.
Not Sure About It.
"You hare myopia, haven't you,"
asked the eye doctor, who hud culled
at flic public library to look at a
reference book. "I don't know, sir,'
said the uenr-slghtcd uttendant, blink
ing nt him; "but if we have you 11
find it in the catalogue."
Vermont Man Edits Korean Sheet.
Henry Hurlburt, editor of the Kor
ean Review, published In Seoul, tho
capital of Korea, and the only pnper
n that country printed in English,
Is a former resident of Bennington, Vt.,
and was at one time a student in
tho high school ut that place.
Quite True.
A clasB of Norwich, Conn., primary
Bcholars were given a language les
son in which the word "organic" was
to govern the sense of the sentence.
One little fellow wrote better than
le knew when ho indited: "The
Italian is the most organic man on
the face of the earth!"
Hoss and Hoss.
After being manied 24 hours an
eastern young woman quit her hus
band and went back to her $25-a-week
lob. It may be pointed out that vory
few wives get $25 a week to spend on
themselves. Yet there are mighty
few husbands who have that much
to spend on themselves, either.
To Mend Hot Water Bags.
A hot water bag will ofttlmes sud
denly spring a leak when most need
ed. Adhesive plaster placed over the
break will stop tho leak Immediately
and will stay in place for quite awhile.
It can easily be renewed, and proves
a most satisfactory first aid to an
Injured rubber article. The Circle.
Horse Flesh as Food.
Horse llesh has beon prized as food
In China for six centuries, but in Eu
rope was first eaten 100 years ago by
the Danes. At Liege, Belgium, 2,000
horses were slaughtered In 1905, and
the rapidly increasing demand prom
ises to open a new market for Ameri
can horses. Only young animals are
sent to the slaughter houses.
Plants That Are Poisonous.
Many harmless plants contain
poison. Daffodil and narcissus pick
era are troubled with a skin dlsoaso
knows as "daffodil poisoning." Gath
erings form under tho fingernails.
They ate caused by mlnuto crystals
in tho juice of tho stems. The bulbs
of the white Roman hyacinth have
similar unpleasant properties.
For Children's Amusement.
Children, as a rule, tire much soon
er of their toys than they do of their
playthings which they mako them
selves out of any oddments which
may be at hnnd at tho moment. If a
child possesses sufficient imagination,
a lump of modeling clay, a piece of
punched cardboard, and a wool-threaded
needle will tako a number of new
forms which will satisfactorily oc
cupy longthy aftornoons.
Lincoln Directory
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Established M)5. Ml If (lUA I d
Lap kobes, Hugs and all kinds of Hides, Furs
received for tanning. Highest prices paid for
Uldofl. unci :tia O hi., l.lucolu, Neb.
Shipping tags nnd clrculnra mailed freo.
EDUCATIONAL
THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL," OF MUSIC
AflUlntod with the University of Nebraska at
Lincoln. Hrenteat CoIh'Ke of Mimic In tho
Wwt, Send for boautlful catalog to
WILLARD KIMUALL, Director, Llncolr-, Neb.