T0PIC8 OF THE TIUE8.
AGHOIOI MLECTION OF INTER-!
UTINO ITEMS. I
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I alt the rood you ran, as long
Uer jou ua, io every place you
an.
A will just Bled Id New York con
flating of twenty-four woids, dis
poses of $100,000 and can't be broken.
A lawyer-proof will Is a pleasing and
?a uable curiosity.
True power is cal m, self-contained,
seeking not for recognition, but will
loir patiently to bide it.- time, and
anxiou-only to meet the demand,
however arduous and trying, that
may le made upon It.
Mmk. Calve has followed the ex
ample of her sister singers Patti and
Minnie by buying a castle, and until
H is paid Io tbe balance of trade
will lie against the l ulled .State
throughout the opera seasons.
Ati'okney Miw. Ella Knowi.es of
Moot. ma does not seem to caie
whether or not she bas jumped ihe
hedge bounding woman's sphere.
She bas ji.st pocketed a 10, 001) fee,
and can pay ber way In whatever
spbeie may happen to environ her.
L )KW)J has "reformed" its music
balls by making str.rigeot re latious
as to the character of both jieriona
ers and frequenters. In a e tlsh
sense American moralists have Utile
rea-ou to re.oice oxer tb.s much
needed reform. I nless i rojier ar
ranfcemetits fir fumigation be made
at New York this country will ne
devastate 1 by noisome Gaiety" and
Folly" theatrn al cump mc us never
before.
Vkoktariavsm Is vegetating. A
former offl er or the German army,
Herr Wacthe. a wealthy man. has
goi.e to California to purchase
u round to establish a vegetarian col
ony. lilt disciples however, are to
eat frulu and vegetables only in the
raw state, live In unfurnished huts
and wear as little clothing as possi
ble. In iho colony are twelve Ger
ii an noblemen, luery: At this
raie how long will it .equire to con
vert the world.'
Onion-orowiwg f aimers in Massa
chusetts are complaining of a law
passed last winter making the stan
dard we frht of a bushel of onions
67 pounds, Instead of 50 pounds, as
before. Anv one used to handling
onions knows that 7 pounds cannot
be got Into a standard bushel meas
ure, nor yet into two half bu-bels
heaped with all the onions they can
bo.d. Tb law is snuply an outrage.
It gives greater profit to the shipper,
for the oo.ons bought at 57 rounds
per bushel arc shipped to other .Stages
wheie the old standard of measure
ment is maintained.
Most substances occupy a less
space in the solid than in the liquid
state; some, however, expand on
solidifying, and water belongs to the
second and smaller class. An obvious
result of this is that ice floats on the
top of water, and anoiher result
known to us all that, when waler
freezes in a pipe, the force with
which It expands on changing to its
solid condition Is very apt to burst
the pipe, withe: ects which are often
unpleasant, on the arrival of the
thaw. This expanding f.ree s of
extraordinary magnitude, and hollow
bombs made of sir ng and thick
metal have been burst by being Hist
Oiled with water, and then thrown
out into the open air on a frosly day.
Tiik great fortune amassed by the
lute Dr. Helm! old was a powerful
testimon al to the beuellts of adver
tising. It Is said that he spent a
mill on dollars In advertising his
buchu, and the money came ba-k to
him ten -fold. Hut he could not, stand
proscrity, and so his money went al
most as last as it cam . There aro
many startling stories ub ut his
ro kicss expenditures. lie gavo
()(), itliO as a campaign fund, and
spent 20,0i)0 upon a learn of white
horses and a i arou ho, in which ha
took Gen. Grant io the Monmouth
race course the day it was opened,
lie gavo luu to a poor shoemaker for
a pping tho heels of his slu es, and
'.o a poor (lower girl in the lobby of a
Intel be paid .'0 apiece for all
OMiqi.ets she had on her tray.
T.iK fitting of self for one's sphere
is much needed In all business and in
ail lire, yet It Is grievously neglected.
Jo Itlon Is confounded with service.
How to get Into the coveted place oc
cupies the thoughts and efforts al
most exclusively, hut how to meet
Its responsibilities and perform its
duties Is a secondary consideration.
Thus are eagerly sought and wel
tome I a 1 kinds of outside helps aud
lifts that can through money or In.
tlveuce or other means push the as
pimnt up nearer to his ambitious
go. . while be escapes the discipline
aud misses the benefit which would
I acerae did t. s'owly sad laboriously
ascend tbe wy steps of learnlntr
and preparation and practice that lie
between his preseot ccndltooaod
that which is Deeded io bis boied-for
future. ,
Commonly, there ts an objection to
big ear. Toliie people, with fancy
theories In their heads, bold that
large ears are vulgar; and tbe others
ob.ect to them because they are so
far away from tbe bead that they
are apt to lie frozen off io the win
ter. Put a case bas just teen de
cided io court io New Jersey, la
which a piece of a man's ear was cut
off by a trolley car. and the company
had to pay tbe man t.oo. If a man
can sell his ears at that rate to the
bloated corporations, of course the
more pieces there are io his ears the
grander are the possibilities for for
tune thus opened tourdlnary human
ity. Any man or woman w.tli only
their little, elegant ears, like small
sea shells could make noth.ng. Or
dinary June- would bold eais of that
sort as having, perhaps, not more
than one or two cuts in cac i; but
there Is an easy fortune io tho-e
nobly developed appendages wnii h
mase an ordinary head look like a
jul' with two band es
O i: of the reports in regard to the
value of wheat as a food for bogs is
that .1 produces a much belter cual
ityofpork than coin. The fat of
the bog is fliruer, and the meat as a
whole sweeier and of better flavor.
'J his report corroborates the views of
those who have held that European
pork Is sweeier than American poik,
because in Lurope tbe anim ;ls are
not fed on corn On the other hand,
Prof. ( hilcott of the South I'akota
Hcrlcultural experiment sta'lon, as
serts from observation that the quali
ties of pork made from corn and from
ground wheat are about equal. As
to the flavor of the' pork from wheat
and corn, ills hardly worth while to
speculate: taste d Hers, and In conse
quence repoi ts would be worthless.
The experiments with wheat as food
for farm animals will be of great
value to farmers. There Is no reason
why the fanner should not feed
wheat to his hogs and his cattle when
prices aie low, i he can thus get bet
ter returns lor h;s labor than by
marketing It as grain Moreover, in
using wheat the 'great. Ameri.an
hog" may be made a tetter and a
sweeter animal when be appears on
the butcher's block.
I Ti'E tE are few better uses for our
millionaires thin making them en
gine drivers. It Is one of the most
attractive of the occupations ih
wo k, If work It may lie ,,.
light, and though it ca:ls ' i
and keenness of the seiis. ou ....
luoalres are not wanting in th'se
qualltlea What mases work of it In
a real sense is the fact that engineers
arc paid for it If it was a purely
1 honorary position it would rank high
j among the amusements. Kvcry boy
! who is worthy of being called a loy
has longed to drive an engine. No
doubt .Mr. John Jacob Astor, wh n he
mounted the cab of an Illinois Cen
tral locomotive the other day, and
drove It a hundred miles from rort
Dodge to Sioux City, wassimplv real
izing boyhood's grandest dream In the
way the tnlllionaiie alone can realize
dreati)9 Be-dde him lounged the real
eng neer, possibly sneering In his
sleeve at "th s yer amatoor." who
was In the seventh heaven of delight
while doing the engineer's work."
There was no accident Mr. Astor sur
vlved, and now we may expect a rush
of rich men to the throttle, and much
knowing talk at Uuj cluhs about
valves, cylinders, pistons, and the
like. Io will be a relief from the
' everlastini? horse talk. Millionaires
will own their private engines, and
liets will he made on them. Talk
about the solemn, slow function of
tooling a coach; the sport of the fu
ture, the real thing with, the thrill in
it. will bo to drive ai engine lllve
j ".(!(," li) miles and over In an hour
And the real engineers will flourish
and increase and get higher pay than
ever.
I A Cruel Wreti-h.
i it Isn't fair to give a Detroit girl
awav, possibly, Put truth will out,
even In a newspaper Detroit has
one among Its countless pretty Kil ls
who was In the country, and one day
she happened out toward the cow-lot
about milking time and was asking
the man several questions.
i "Why don't you milk that cow':'"
Rhc asked, pointing to one iu an ad
join! g lot
'Tiecause she's dry, Miss."
"Dry."
"Yes, Miss. She's been dry for
two Weeks."
"You cruel wretch," she exclaim
ed: "why don't you give her some
water:"' and the man turned his race
to the cow-house and shook with
emotions he could not suppress. -e-troit
hrce Press.
I I-" jou want to know how the peo
ple speak of you behind your bacK.
listen to the reckless manner in which
they pitch Into others
I 1: you want to learn something a
man won't tell, ask the first woman
you meet who knows about It. bhe'U
tell.
TTnil C i VTi TCI? 17 A PM
IIUjLL AINU T A Hal. :
DEPARTMENT MADE UP
OUR RURAL FR:E.OS.
FOR
Itaacrlptlon or a (ml Whlrh Is Sprrad
tnt Vary tUptdJy-To Plrfc fruit M'lth-
oat BruKinc L'rup that far-Taka tr
of tlia Tools. j
Outaidx a Kuonf Window.
The exterior of a sunny window
may be mad very attractive, and at
the same time the interior may re
ceive a gratelul Rhuiie from the strong
summer sun. by such an arrangement
asisk-hown in the illustration, con
sisting of a light lramework of lx -in
h siuff, with a bread tiblc or shelf
at tbe be gbt of the window. Be-
tw?en the two uprights on each side,
and across the top, Is lighlly
i retched w ire-netting, which can he
procured of almost any width. The
netting may a so he stretched tlghtiy
across th outer edge of t lie shelf, he
tween the shelf and cross-rail, or a
regular window-box may lie con
structed by ma.ing tight sides a d
ends to the shelf, to hold earth
nicK-giowin; creeping plants and
vines will soon run ud over su h a
trellis and across the top, and r a
den er shade tie desired, they can be
trained cross the upper half of the
front of t. e frame wire netting or
strands of wire i eiug st etche I acioss
for this purpo-e 'Ihe shelf affords,
opportunity for the setting out of
potted plants. ountry Gentleaiin.
Coat of Wh.-.j !: b'iit.
It is a notorious ract, however,
that the wheat crop of Argentine is
very uncertain, aud while some years
she may export a large surplus, there
will be olher seasons when none will
go abroad. This uncertainty of yield,
caused largely by poor methods of
culture, changeable seasons and the
inability of the groweis to protect
the. r crops f oin arasites. diea-es,
aud dry weather will gne the Amer
ican farmers au opporl unity to make
larger profits every few years. The
relative cost of raising wheat in dif
fftiprf sections of the country as
. -.;il - ti a il-
' .1 mi loved
e . no ii hnng-
'.' d - ;s - e ., TI ese d f-
!ereiic:i am- unt m owe cases as
high as and 7 per acre, nd for no
other rea on than that some farmers
practice intensive faming careiuliy
and others let rial ure raise the crops
f..r them to a large exienu It is
also possible loi those who think they
have reached the rock-bottom cost of
culture to br ng Jown the cost per
acre much lower yet. and the de
velopment of agriculture in the fut
u e will demonstrate i.h s to them
The great qui stion that wheat, grow,
ers must cons der is: How io cheap
en the cot of raising w eat coiisiss
ent w;tb large crops and toi'd quality
of grain, livery fanner should figure
out for Plmse.f ,u-t what it co-ts to
rai ea bushel of wheat, and then
whetith'sisd ne begin earnestly to
iiup.ove along two ilnes. Due is to
b ing down that cost at least a dollar
per pcre a year as long as posible,
and at the same time to Increase the
yieid and quality. 'I'll is can . e done
only wi; h intensi e farming of a hign
order, but as the que-tion is tried
one wi 1 i e si,r;i ised at the difference
in the vlcld and cost licCrin mane out
of his work. Improved machinery is
necessary ft r this work, ut as the
cost ot machinery is so great on the
farm it Is necessary to sui ly the be t
methods of pre erviiu ihe machine y
tin; g ealest length of t me This is
,i ue-i 1 in generally overlooked, f-eed
v heal is improving in this country,
.nu only the verv llnestof the heav
iest grains should b Used. Most of
the -ceil win at to-day sown u good
seed-beds will yield 2. per cent more
p r acre tlun the Id seed The ost
of land, ii anures, cultivation and
wear and tear on horses aud other
tilings must '-ill be considered in a
determined effort to bring down the
en t. It seems like weakness to say
that the present cost cannot be re
duced ( incinnati Inquirer.
nlm uf l-rigiillon.
Prof. ft. II. Full.vor says lack of
water is reducing tint area cultivated
In Kansas. The' uestiou Is tiol sini
ply of putting in one or a lew crops
tun! have their lo:ig and regular
periods ol seed time, culture and
liar. est hut to select a variety that
will most luliy occupy both the
dinner and the soil. Crops In which
skill In grow tig, harvesting and
marketing count ior much are chosen.
The farmer of that portion where
water is with n easy leiicli by w nd
mill pumps seem In a fair way to rank
the b ghesl In the Intelligent ei.ort
to make the most out of the forces
and appliances with which they work.
Th s is one of the comp nsatlonsof
Irrigation. The same amount of land
may be made to y eld much greater
returns, but to do this more thought
must be given to the work. The
people of such regions bec me W!ll.
to do, not to say wealthy; they are
ro fined and educated. Irrigated
jfy j-- H -
-T. jaJa.r Zr?"
ccuuties sustain freater population
wr muin miit 'jne p,,,ie are ul
lrcted io villas and hamlets.
Their greater ariety of productions
gives them a good living and ao
opportunity to make Lhei .surround
ings pleasant and artistic
Caltlratin Plaa-
My experience in cultivating plums
for market extends o er a period of
forty Ave years. A pluui orchard
should be planted on heavy
clay solL The trees do not
need much care while young. Tbe
curulio is the worst enemy we have
to contend with, l ow shall we man
age it? Keep tbe ground perfectly
clean, allow no rubbish of any kind
to collect Turning In hogs and
poultry, jarring tbe trees and tramp
ng the ground solid wilt do uo good:
but io ail my experience I have found
but one remedy that would save all
the plums. Pro uresome brimstone,
heat to a liquid, have ready some old
rags, dip in the liquid and lav out U
cool: piocure a po.'e, make an opening
in small end, in ert a rag match
light and puss among and under tbe
branche. being careful uot to scor h
tbe leaves of the plums. This Is an
Infallible remedy if thoroughly ap
plied, l egarding the black knot, it
is no use trying to save an orchard
after it maks its apteurance Imter
destroy It at once, and when the knot
disappears Irom the locality plant a
young orchard. National Moekuian.
H r for C'afih.
If farmers would get into the way
of buy ng for cash only, they would
do more to promote the prosperity of
the whole country than could be ac
complished by any other means. 1 orig
time and low interest is alluring
when anew machine can be used to
advantage, or some needed imple
ment is o ered, but if the puicbase
is put oil until the money to pay for
it is at hand, these things can al
ways be b ugbt at a discount from
the credit price that I laces the cash
buver in a position to save enough to
make it an object If tbe cash sys
tem is oni e iu t into pract ce tne
money for needful things s alwavs
re.idy when the need comes. The
tins, lion of the prove bial "toad under
the harrow" Is not more unpleasant
than that of tbe man in debt in
time- liketlie-e. American farmer
and l-'arm News.
A Hand A p rrkfr.
Orchmdists will llnd the illustrated
picker of great service in reaching
apples oi extended limbs. One mau
can stand u der a tree and pick
nearly all the fiuit trom the tree In
cluding the hardest to get at that
on the ends of the I ranches. The
frame is made of heavy wne, or
FOB PICKING FKUIT WITHOUT BBUIBINO.
light round iron and a sack of heavy
cloth sown to the frame, leaving the
slots at each end so that an apple
will tie free to enter the sack. Then
all you have to do Is to p sh or pull
and the apple drops in the sack. 1
have one with a fourteen footand an
other with a six-foot handle. The
w re from A to fi is eight inches
wide, from C to ) ten inches. The
sols at C and D are three inches
Io g and an inch wide. The handle
or pole may be of any desired length.
American Agriculturist
ropn I h it Vay.
Many prod table crops are over
looked simply because the farmer con
siders that they requ re too much la
bor lor their production. It may be
Hinted as a truth th t it is only the
crops that are laborious to grow
whii h ay lest. Gardeners make
large pro tits on a few acres only, but
they are compelled to give ea'e ul at
tention to every detail, providing hot
houses and cold frames lor certain
plu..U. The potato crop on the iiiriu
pays, yet It Is not a specialty with
some fanners. It is the labor It
self I hat pays not the crop as the
price of an art cle is largely regulated
by Its cost for labor,
I'Hrm Not.
I' Is usele-s to waste time in the
effort to lerorm sows that eat their
pigs. Tin y are unreliable, and their
I la es should l e tilled by otners.
Tiik sheep Is the only animal that
Is made vicious by pelt ng. A youn
ram that Is rais. d by hatid at the
house b comes I old and soon learns
to attack cattle and persons.
Do sot forget to save your seed
co n from the stalks that are stand
ing In'tlie Held, by selection or the
most v goious stalk- and best curs.
, extyear's cr qi dep u is on this year s
see I.
P, Aits aro reudv to be picked when
Iho stem parts rcadi y from the spur.
The f uit should always be picked by
rais ng l up, Instead of pull ng it
o.l. Aim io leave the stem on the
pear".
Kxi'euimknts sh.jw that a grain of
wheat reproduces lorty-fuld. l.very
pound should bring lorty. It the e
lore lollnws that much of our seed is
wasted when we sow one and one
fourth bushels au a ro and get from
ten to twenty.
Til"', belter tondltlon In which the
faim tools aro kept the less effort Is
required on the part of teams and on
the part of the worningman also, yet
farmers will use their implements a
whole year wit bout sharpening them.
o other uiechaulc would do this.
TO ADVANCE RURAL TASTE,
ratlta SrkMfe ShoaM
War la Ttila Uaa.;
Da Ac lira
Some efforts have been made In
late years, in country places, to pop
ularize rural life through tbe public
scho jls, writes Pnillip fcnyder. Tree
planting (on "Arbor Day") Is in
cou.se of experiment, and lower
growing and gardening have been
suggested, and practised occasionally,
but no large results have been re
portedand never will be under tbe
present system ot giving tbe bulk of
tbe summer to vacations. i
The system of closing the country
schools in June and reopening in Sep- :
te tuber bas been acqu esced In, but
really, it is bard to see any weighty
reasons for It in tbe rural districts.
Summer beat is not a continuous fac
tor in summer life, and even when it
is very hot children are quite as well
off in the modern t-cbool build, ng as
at home, or such places as ouutry i
children fre uent in summer weather.
Were the schools kept open at that
season for at least lour or five hours
a dav there would unquestionably )e
a fine chance to instruct them In
su n details of rural ornamentation
as t. ey generally fall to re elve at
home, and a love for country life in
st lied that city temptations could
not ea-ily ever. ome.
C)ne great diihculty, even yet, to
combat is the want of land whereon '
to grow flowers, vegetables, hedges, I
trees or grass, and to lay out walks
and groves. Land is cheap enough, ,
but to set apart an acre or two for !
school purpo-es strikes the average
patron as mere waste and nonsense. :
liut under a wise teacher, who is
something of a landscape gardener as
well as a teacher, it would re a very ;
practical matter. Nothing is so i
wanting in eountry life as cultivated i
taste the taste to appreciate the
beautiful when seen, or to make a
landscape beautiful in the mind's eye
aud then to develop it before the
physical eye. hver.y country school
house ought to stand in tbe midst of
a beautiful little park planued by
some expert, but the work done
largely by the children and kept in
order by them the year round, vnee
taught how, they would delight to do
it, and taste for it developed at
school would be sure to find ex
pression at home whenever tbe.e was
serious occas on ior it.
The writer can remember a teacher,
over half a century ago, who, under
standing child nature and loving
ru. al lue himself, obtained the use
ol a few rods of laud ad oinlng tbe
school l ouse and made a little garden
of It, to the intense delight of tbe
pupils and bis two . pleasure. But
what a little Kden be might have
made of that spot, If be bad bad two,
or three, or dve acres under his con
trol, in which to plaut trees, flowers,
evergreeus, a hedge of evergreens to
inclose it, fruit trees here and tneie,
and shady arbors, and bad bee.i able
to make us all ieei that this was a
permanence the property of the dis
trict, kept up for the good of tbe
children, a thing of beauty for them
to eujoy while H e and meiu-iry
lasted! But al- si one sh", t summer
ended thedream; another distrl ,t bid
ior bis services much more ihau my
district would think ot giving, with
their views of liberality, and be went
away am id a flood of tears such as
gay and light-hearted . hildren seldom
shed.
There Is no mystery about a school
house park that would puzzle bright
hildren very long, i-'lowers ihey
love f om the start: fruit, perhaps
even more ttian flowera; weeds they
hate when they know their nature
aud o ce: trees they admire for the r
Imposing piesence and majesty, and
the green velvet of a rich lawn turf
they would ireat as gently as moth
er's carpet ii only trained to appre
i hue its wondrous beauty. As to
hedges aud s, reens. and low-trained
aud well-trained eve -greens, there is
a concentration of modest beauty
about them that appeals to a sensi
tive nature with something like
spiritual power. Awaken the ad
miration or love for these, arid the
city's enticing temptations will have
small seductive power over them,
j-.veii Ii they leave the ( ountry at
m-" uriiy. a tie is formed that will
b;ely to bring them back at the
Ursi, opportunity In any case,
country ii!c will have a tinge of en
jo.itnent io which thousands are now
strangers, looking upoa It as a sort of
wide open prison they cannot well is
cape lrom.
A schoolhouse park, well cared for
bv childreu, teachers, and others who
love U would exert an incalculable
influence ou rural ta-te. Miw, tens
of thousands, even of grown people,
have never seen a well-kept park,
and the drear, barrenness of multi
tudes of rural homesteac's, and the
anxiety of the younger occupants to
uvl away frum lneilli a-test the
necessity for ihem. ihey would be
oh ect his.sons to revolution! e rural
life and taste. W hat pupils learned
there of flowers, trees, plants, and
landsea; e setting thev would en
deavor to reproduce at home, draw
ing parents into it in spite of them
selves. And that Is exactly what is
wauled. Country li e, to bo satis
factory, must minister to some other
t as to than that of bread winning
even that poorly supplied. A foolish
idea prevails that beautiful grounds
are unattainable except to the rich.
Tho instruction obtained through
the school hou.e park and gai'deu
would dispel that idea, and awaken
an interest, in amateur rural adorn
ment th ,t would rescue the country
from threatened depopulation.
It Is the home and the school to
which we must look for the advance
ment of society in morals and taste.
Jviake them what tney should lie, and
the rest is easy. This suggested im
provement Ins hool methods Involves
no question of sectarianism, and no
large amount of cost In many cases
the land would undoubtedly hegiven,
and such work as the children coul i
uot do under proper supervision, of
course-would furolth employment
Ui tbe poor laborers of the district,
while the proximity of a beautiful
little park would enhance til values
Dear it
Mm. Beba and Noll Gwti.
Io tbe course of a search among
tbe Lord Chamberlain's ecords,
copies oi tbe following warrants were
found, which are not without Inter
est to stage annalists:
Whereas, tbe LadySliogsby Comoe
dian and Mrs Apbaw Benen have by
acting and writing at His Koyall
H igboes-e Theatre committed several
Misdemeanors and made abusive re
l.ections upon persons of quality, and
have written and spoken scandalous
speeches without any Lb ense or Ap
probation ot those that ought to pe
ruse and authorie the same These
are tberef re to require you to take
into yor Custody the said Lady
Slings by and Mrs Apbaw . eheo and
br ng them before mee to answere
the said Offence, and for soe doelng
this shalbe your su . c ent VVa rant.
Given under my baud and seale this
12th day o: August i"8-'.
"To lieory Legatt Messenger of
His Math's ha nber, a c."
Who was the " omoedian" lady
Slingsbyv isbe is not claimed as an
ancestor in the pedigree of the loik
sb re iiarouets of that Dam .
Tbe other warrant is dated June 8,
lfi--., and runs:
"These are to rejulre you forth
with to deliver unto Madame Ell -n
Gwyn or whome she shall appoynt
these hangiugs, vl ., oue peece with
with tbe figures of King Jame and
Queen Ann, one peece of King
Charles and ,ueene Mary of blessed
memory, and another peece of enris
tianus King ot iienmarke. And for
soe doing this shall be vor Warrant.
'To i h Hip innersley, Lsp, yeo
mau of His Mates emoving Ward
robe of . edds." The Athenaeum.
So jik a Oirl.
It was in a Lewiston hor-e car of
the uo-town line the. other evening,
alter tne performance of ".ho e
Acre-." when everything was crow ed.
Among the parly who en ered after
the car was crowded were three young
ladies, hach of them giasped a strap
and stood. One of the girls who
lifted her gloved hand baa a beauti
fu bracelet upon her wrist. A middle-aged
man jumped up and offere I
her a seat Sb decltned, waving
one of her friends into it Then a
young man who is interested in the
Lewiston V M, C. A. jumped up and
offered his seat The young lady
bowed and told a lady back of her to
sit. Then several gentlemen prof
ferred her seats, but she declined
them alt with a sweet smi e After
she left tbe cur she said to her friend:
"I'm awfully t red, I can hardly
drag ono foot after the other."
You ought to be," was tbe reply.
"Why;"
"You should have sat down in the
I car."
"Yes, but you are not as strong
I as I."
"I know, but another seat was ot-
fered you."
1 "Yes, but that was Mrs. a id I
want to make friends with her."
! 1 1 know, but even then there were
' seats offered."
! "Mabel." said the pretty girl sud
' denly. "don't lie a blockhead. Do
you suppose' I was going to sit down
when my bracelet was showing oil so
lovely?" Lewiston Journal.
Chinese Hospitality.
"Very few people have any idea of
the great hospitality of the Lhinese."
said a 1 ittsburgh Celestial recently,
"chinamen coming to this country
retain their ideas of oriental ho-pi-tality
and always keep open doors for
any of their race who may need
shelter. A Ch Hainan arriving in
Pittsburgh without money would
never waul for a lodging and board
ing place. He would simply go to
the brst Chinese laundry or res deuce,
feeling assured that he would llnd a
welcome there. If after staying a
couple of days, he should learu that
the circumstances of his host were
such tha,t the latter could not well
afford to keep him he would move
away, making his home with another
Chinaman He would continue doing
tins, div ding himself up, so to spea ;,
until he was abie to get work and
support hiinse.t Of course, such
wanderers usuaby endeavor to llnd
the must wealthy I hiiiameii and be
come their guests I have known
some of the laundries in Pittsburgh,
to have ten and twelve t anient v.s
liors you could not call tuoiu board
ersto stay over night " ew v ork:
Hume Journal.
MlNAoplioi! Assistance.
Two women sitting side by side in
a street car the other day had an
amusing expeiience They werii
strangers to each olher, and one hap
pened to notice that her neignhor
was having serious dblicultv with a
jacket she wore and at which sho
tugged, with the result that it would
neither go on or come in,
"Permit me," said the woman who
sat near to her, and she pulled u,.on
one shoulder arid jerke l up tho lop
of tbe collar.
Still the woman with the a ket
struggled with it, and the s de that
the other woman had so obligingly
assisted up slipped down again, to be
grabbed once more aud pulled into
place by the obl glng passenger.
"Now. If .-.ou'il turn this wav I'll
help you on the o: her sldo," sue said
to tho astonished wearer.
C "Thank you, ma'iitu," snapped Iho
other woman, "if It's all the same to
you, I'm trying to get this jacketo i,"
and with a llnal jerk she succeeded
in freeing her. elf from the eucumbei
Ing wrap
And the woman who had tried to
help her gazed into b auk futurity
and recalled the example of the mau
who got rich mlnalng his own busi
ness. Detroit Free Press.
A man often pretends tc change
his nature, but be never does.