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19 OTIOil OF EVA. Era Korrlngton Inserted her latch key into the keyhole of a Bedford Square boarding bouse, and entered. It waa a dismal, windy, rainy November evening, and ever since lunch she had been paddling about Loudon, climbing grimy stairs of newspaper office, and talking to people who did not seem es pecially pleaaed to see her. Her skirt were wet. and a wisp of damp hair was tumbling oyer her eye. On the hall table, disclosed by the flickering gaa Jet, were aome letter. -A year ago today !" aaid Eva to ber aelf ag she closed the door against the wind. "Haa he written, or has be for gotten?" , , , He had not forgotten. Eva picked up the letter from the ball table, looked quickly round at the closed ball door, t the closed dining-room door, and at the baUe door that led to the kitchen stairs-and kissed it Then she went upstair to her bed-sitting-room with the letter in her band, and Joy in her heart. , "Hateful little room!" she murmured to herself, as she struck a match and lit the gas. "But it's the last time, thank God!" The room was not really bad; a bed In the corner, a wash-stand, a ward robe, here and there a picture od the walls, and a table by the window, rather rickety, on which lay a heap of manuscript-a half-finished story I will burn that before I go to bed to-night," said Eva, as she caught sight Then she took off ber hat and cloak, drew the only easy chair under the gas jet and sat down; fingering the letter-she did not open it at once. Now that happiness stretched in front of her it was pleasant to linger on the confines 0f misery, to look back on the life she was to leave. "It is not every one," said Eva re ffectively, "who can make experi ments m life without expense." Eva Norrington had been the pride of the provincial town which gave her birth. At the High School no girl could stand against her. Her form governess, who now and then asked her favorite pupils to tea, even said sbe might be a head-mistress one day. To Eva this seemed absurd. But when, at the age of twenty, she gained a guinea prize for a story in a weekly nrwr she tw.su. to think that at least she might be a great novelist At any rate she felt sure that somewhere ahead of her stretched a career; and as her twenty-first birthday ap proached she announced to her start led parents her intention of going to London in search of it Thereupon en sued a series of domestic scenes such as have been common of late in the homes of England wherein the par ents play the part of the apprehensive hen, the daughter tbat of the adven turous duckling. The duckling invari ably gains its point; and so it was with Eva Norrington. Eva was almost happy; for she had the hopefulness of youth and beauty, and all the exhilaration of taking ber life into her bands and fashioning it as she would, with none to raise ob jections to the process. She would have been quite happy but for Allan Craig. For Allan Craig, whenever be beard tbat Eva was bent on going to London to make a name for herself, promptly offered ber bis own for a sub stitute. It was a good enough name, and at the foot of a check it was gen erally respected, as Allan Craig had lately stepped into his father's busi ness as estate agent and was prosper ing. Eva was disturbed, but she turned not aside from her project. Eva bad mapped out ber life and Allan Craig was not included in the scheme. As sbe sat fingering her letter in ber bedroom, she went over the parting scene in her mind. The details of it would only increase the delight of the letter. They were sitting out a dance together, for Eva was not disposed to think unkindly of Allan, though she might resent his intrusion into ber scheme of life. She remembered how there had been silence between them for some moments, how Allan had leaned bis elbows on his knees and dug the heel of his dancing-shoe into the carpet. "And so yon are quite determined to leave us?" said Allan. "Of course," replied Eva. "My boxes are all packed." "Full of manuscript novels and oth er things V "One novel and several stories:" "I cannot understand why you want to go when " "I want to well to live a larger life." "You mean you want to live in a big ger place?" "Well, not exactly. I don't think you quite understand.' "I quite understand tbat there Is not enough scojw for you here, and that I am a selfish brute for trying to keep you from your ambition. Look here, Eva, can you honestly say that you dont love me a little bit?" Allen had risen and was standing over her. . Eva looked up at him. Sbe could see him standing there now big, comely, with something In bis eyes tbat thrilled her. half with fear and half with pleasure. Sbe rose and faced blm. l shall be sorry to leave you very sorry." "Then why " "Can't you see. Allan? I know I hare It In ine to do good work and I must to where good work Is wanted. Here I Mi bannered: In London " -You may fall." said Allan, with a etc of hope In bis voice. Then Etc poke: MI shall succeed-! know I ball." TTU1 70a write to ner Era hesitated. Che was half Inclined t cSre ft to that ex teat, Allan bad rrlro tor toattattaa "No," he said. 'There shall be no selfishness In my love for yea. I win wait a year from to-night, and then, if London Is no go, you know there will always be me. You can't expect me to pray for year success, can you?' Eva, placed on ber mettle, looked him In the face. "I am bound to succeed," she said, and turned to go. The waltz had ceased in the room below, and a rustle of skirts and a ripple of tongues had taken its place. "Eva once the last time, perhaps." She turned again laughing. "Quick," she said, "some one will come." A woman may forget many things, but no woman ever forgets the first time a lover's arm was round her waist and a lover's lips upon her own. And as Eva sat in the corner of a third class carriage in the London train next morning, looking forward to the career before ber, the remembrance of the support of Allan's arm persisted in ob truding Itself. Having got what she wanted she already began to doubt if she wanted what she had got For a career, after all, is rather a lonesome sort of thing. Such small success as may come to the inexperienced girl upon her first incursion into literature came to Lva. She lived sparingly, worked hard, and never made the mistake of refusing in vitations on the ground of work. She stayed up a little later or got up a lit tle earlier instead. A weekly column on "Health and Beauty" placed at her disposal by the youthful editor of a new woman's paper, who liad met her at the Writer's Club and thought her pretty, paid her weekly bill at the boarding house. Her stories found fre quent acceptance, and occasional wel come in the minor periodicals, and a happy meeting with an editor at a din ner party paved the way to her ap pearance In a widely-read magazine. By the end of the year Eva Norrington had got so far towards the realization of her ambition that when people beard her name mentioned, they wrinkled their brows and tried to re member where they had heard it be fore. All this time Eva was lonely. And the most fair thing about the whole business was that, while success was almost within her grasp, success was not what she wanted. There Is no fun in living your own life when that is precisely the life you do not want to lead. It was not as though Allan Craig bad never kissed Eva Norrington. She opened the letter cutting the en velope with her nail-scissors. She felt like one who has held bis breath to feel what suffffoeation is like. The letter was long. Eva read quickly at first, then slowly, knitting her brows as she turned the pages, and came at last to the signature, "Ever your true friend, Allan Craig." The letter lay for some minutes In Eva's lap, while she looked vaguely round her room. "He is afraid of spoiling my career my success has put an insuperable bar rier between us," she murmured. The phrases of the letter had burned them selves into her brain. "O, Allan! I wish I could tell you or do you want to hear?" When the dinner-bell rang an hour afterwards Eva rose wearily from her writing table, where she had been toll ing over her half-finished manuscript She had not burned it. Five years iwissed before she saw Al lan Craig, and then the meeting was unexpected at the exit of the theatre where Eva had gone to see the hun dredth performance of her play. Allan was obviously proud of knowing her, and introduced bis wife, to whom sbe gave graceful recognition. It was raining and Allan offered to see Eva to a cab. They stood for a moment on the steps to the entrance. "Yes," said Allan, in answer to Eva's polite question, "all is going well. We have a little daughter Eva my wife's name, curiously enough." He stood by the hansom as she en tered, guarding her dress from the wheel. As she turned to give the ad dress, he said: ' "I ought to congratulate you on your success. It Is very sweet to me. You know you owe It all to me. Are you grateful V "Yes; I owe It to you," she said, leaning forward as the apron closed upon her, and the attendant constable grew Impatient. "Come and see me Tuesdays." "I can't think why I should be so silly," said Eva to herself, as she stuf fed her handkerchief back Into her pocket and felt for her latch-key, when the cab drew up before the hall door of her flat in Kensington. Black and White. Paper DrlnkinR Cups. A paper manufacturer of Elherfleld, Germany, has recently patented quite a novelty which has a great future, particularly! for advertising purposes. It Is a substitute for a drinking glass and may best be styled a cup made of paper. The idea Is well executed. The drinking cup Is so small that It may be carried In the pocketbook, and It enables the traveller on foot or on a wheel to always have his own clean drinking glass. It Is so cheap that It may be thrown away after having been used but once, or when It has served Its purpose. These paper drinking cups are of a strong yellow paper, provided with a leather-like surface, ami are absolutely water tight. The outer sur face many, of course, be used for ad vertisements, and while advertise ments given away In this shape will probably be of much value, the cost Is little more than If the same adver tisement bad been printed on plain pa per. The new cup Is also made square and with a cover to admit the selling of Ice cream, etc., the boxes being fold ed away Into a minimal space until used. Philadelphia Record. LOST FOR t.OOO YEARS. A Great Find of the Highly Prlxed Thessallan Marble. The quarries from which the an cients obtained their highly-prized Thessallan or verd marble have been discovered, and are again being worked by an English company. The quarries, which have been lost for more than 1,000 years, are in the neighborhood of Larisea, in Tbeasaly, Greece. The ancient workings are very extensive, there being no fewer than ten quarries, each producing a somewhat different description of mar ble, proving without a doubt that ev ery variety of this marble found In the ruined palace and churches of Rome and Constantinople, and like wise In all the mosques and museums of the world, came originally from these quarries. In fact the very quar ry from which the famous monoliths of St. Sophia, Constantinople, were ob tained can be Identified with absolute certainty by the matrices from which they were extracted. In modern times verd antlco marble has ouly been obtainable by the de struction of some ancient work, and it has, naturally, commanded extraordi narily high prices. As a consequence, a number of ordinary modern greens of Greek, French, Italian and Ameri can origin have been described and sold as verd antique marble. No one, however, who is really acquainted with the distinctive character of the genuine material could be deceived by these inferior marbles. Thessallan green is easily distinguished from any other green marble by the following characteristics: It is a "breccia" of an gular fragments of light and dark green, with pure statuary white, the whole being cemented together with a brighter green, while the snow white patches usually have their edges tinted off with a delicate fibrous green, radi ating to the center of the white. The cementing material Is also of the same fibrous structure. Philadelphia Rec-rd. Russian Monks Walled Up Alive. The stories of self-torture Inflicted by religious fanatics In India and the similar tales which come down to us from the Middle Ages are all eclipsed by actual occurrences in our own day and in close touch with nineteenth century European civilization. The monks of the Greek Church are noted for their insane practices lu this respect, but a recent affair has eclipsed anything heretofore made known of their cruelties to themselves and each other In their efforts to gain the crown of martyrdom. A St. Petersburg dispatch to the Lon don Daily News cabled to New York tells the story, and the Russian Con- sul-General in New York, as well as the pastor of the Greek Orthodox Church here, see nothing in the alleged facts which they regard as Incredible in the light of their knowledge con cerning the practices of certain of the Greek Church monks. The story simply Is that seventeen monks in a hermitage at TIrespol, in the province of Kherson, deliberately decided to cause bernselves to be walled up in the monastry that they might earn martyrdom by this horri ble death. They presented the scheme to a brother monk, and, so far from being shocked at the horrible protioei- tlon, he applauded it as a meritorious act of piety and self-punishment. He volunteered, moreover, to act as ma son In walling in his brethren In their living tomb, and they accepted his ser vices. It waa not until their mysterious dis appearance began to excite comment that an investigation was made. It was at first thought they had emi grated, but when the remaining monks were closely questioned one of them confessed that he bad helped them to commit suicide In the manner above described. There was a descent upon the mon astry by the police, and when the wall was torn away at the point Indi cated, the horrible truth of the story which had seemed beyond belief was revealed. Indian Medicine Men. Major A. E. Woodson, agent of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians of Ok lahotna, says tbat the reign of the medicine men is one of the greatest outrages of the present day, and as a direct result of their practice one-third of the children born of Indian parents die every year. Two of Black Coyote's children were taken sick, and. Instead of taking them to the Government hospital, he sent for the medicine man, who blew a green powder Into the lungs, ears and the nostrils of one of the little pa tients. The medicine failing, the medi cine man made an Incision with his knife under the tongue of the child, with the result that death soon fol lowed. When the green powder failed to restore the child to health the mcdl. cine man declared tbat there was a ghost under the child's tongue, and to kill the ghost be made the Incision. The medicine man then adopted he roic measures in order to save the oth er child. He took it Into a tent, strip ped it naked, and laid It on a cot. He then heated a big pile of rock In the tent, and when they were hot he threw water on tbem, filling the tent with steam and causing the child to sweat copiously. When the child was cov ered with perspiration be took It out In the cold air and sent It home, without having taken any precaution to keep It from getting cold. Next morning the child was dead. This Is only one of the hundreds of such outrages against the health and life of innocent people. The big medicine man of the Cheyennes Is Little Man, who lives near Cantonetnent. He makes his medi cines every year and distributes tbenf to the other medicine men. Boston Transcript WO TING FANG, AMBASSADOR. A Lawyer and a Graduate from an English University. Tl appointment of Wo Ting Fans as Ambassador from China 10 the I'uited Slates Is a deimrture In the choice of diplomats scut to this coun try from the big Asiatic Empire. Mr. Wo Is the first such ambassador able to dispense with an Interpreter, even for the most delicate Internation al negotiations. An American who has leen with Mr. Wo repeatedly on pleasure trips iu China says he speaks English more fluently than any of the official Chinese whom he has ever met Mr. Wo can never belong to the high est class, because he preferred study ing abroad to remaining at home and taking the complicated studies neces sary to attain rank. In spite of that he has made a record unparalleled by any of his compatriots. He gradu ated at an English university and studied law In England. He also took up International relations. On his re turn to his native land he settled In Hong Kong, and was the first native lawyer to practice there. Mr. Wo at tained celebrity In his profession, and was also so fortunate as to acquire a fair amount of money by his law prac tice. He was one of the representatives of China who acted with Li Hung Chang In the making of the Chinese-Japanese treaty. He was appointed special am bassador for the episode of its ratifi cation, and now has been sent to this country. Mr. Wo is regarded as a great Asiatic, and the choice of a man of so modern a mind and education Is a distinct compliment to this country. By some it is regarded as the out come of Prince Li's observations when in this country. From the inside conies Infornation that his appoint ment had been determined upon be fore LI even left China, and It Is known that the wise old statesman made many Inquiries, even mentioning Mr. Wo in such a way as to empha size the IuiKrtance of this new ap pointment. Mr. Wo is said to have a Christian wife. New York World. JESSE JAMES' SON. How He Got Work from the Son of Ex-Governor Crittenden. Ex-Gov. Thomas T. Crittenden, of Missouri, waa asked if the story was true tbat be had employed in his of fice Jesse James, Jr., whose father, the outlaw, was killed through Mr. Crit tenden's instrumentality. The ex governor replied: "If I were to build a monument of denials as high as that erected to Washington at the capital, I don't sup pose I could effectually stop the continued existence of this story. The facts in the case are that several years ago my son, Thomas T. Crit tenden ,Jr., then a real estate dealer in Kansas City and now County Clerk of Jackson county, In which Kansas City Is located, advertised for a boy to work In his office. On the morning follow ing the advertisement a number of boys were on hand and my son resort ed to a kind of civil service examina tion to test their merits. The boy whose papers were best was called forward and asked his name. ' 'My name Is Jesse James, Jr.,' he replied. "My Bon was more than amazed, and said: "'Do you know who I am?' 'i'Yes, sir; you are Gov. Critten den's son.' " 'Well, then, you go home and tell your mother all about this, and If she Is willing for you to work for me and at the wages I offer, come back to-morrow morning.' " 'Very well, sir. I have got to help my mother and sister, and I'll be back.' "And back be was the next morning. At this time Mrs. Jesse James was liv ing in the suburbs of Kansas City. Now let me tell you what became of this boy. He remained with my son for several years, being honest and faithful to a degree. Then my son se cured him a place In Armour's pack ing bouse in Kansas City, where be Is now employed, respected by every one and having a number of mon under him. And he is hut 20 years of age. This Is the whole story." You have all read of the habit which this eccentric monarch (Will lam) has of appearing unexnectedlv at the military barracks around Ber lin ana other garrisons in the empire at all times of the day and night, and ordering out the troops as if there had been a hostile attack upon his palace. His vigilance and energy and love of excitement are marvellous. He will get up at 2 or 3 o'clock In the mornlne. swallow a cup of coffee and ride ten or fifteen miles at a hard gallon to surprise one of his generals or brigade commanders, who are required to or der out their troops for drills and manoeuvres on certain mornings of the week. He has been known to ap pear at a guard house and give the alarm "to arms" In the middle of the night. The commandants of the gar risons and the fortresses never know when to expect him, and have to sleep witn one eye open In dread of his appearance. Chicago Record. City Boarder To what breed does a.U peculiar looking hen belong? Farmer Horn beak I dont know ex- "tiy, but I cat her a Populist ben. "What In the world mees you call cr that? "Wal, she refuses to eat on anything except door-knobs, and It strikes me that her belief tbat she Is capable of accomplishing a good deal more than she Is cut out for Is a distinctly Popu llstlc characteristic." New York World. MONUMENT JARRED BY AN OWL At Least It Caused the Recorded Swaying of the Washington Pile In one of the msny glass cases in the Smithsonian Institution at Wash lugton Is a stuffed owL This particular owl is the one, lu the words of the late President Hayes, "that Jarred the Washington Monument," and therein lies the story. During the Centennial year Congress resolved to provide the necessary funds for the completion of the monu ment, which up to that time had beeu worked at only while the several smaller appropriations lasted. It was discovered, however, that the original foundation was likely to prove Inca pable of sustaining the enormous weight of marble necessary for carry ing the shaft 050 feet above terra fir ma. A new foundation was therefore needed, and architects thought a solid concrete bed 100 feet square and near ly fourteen feet In thickness would ac complish the strengthening desired. During the operation of replacing the old foundation it was considered ex pedient to provide means for noting carefully the slightest vibration of the walls lest the monument might le In danger of collapsing. Accordingly n heavy weight was suspended by a stout thread from the apex to a pan of thick syrup located in the base, so that no chance drafts of air would lie likely to sway the weight. An inge ulous contrivance was so attached to the weight that the slightest vibration of the shaft would be faithfully re corded, and its Insecurity would nl once be an established fact One morning, a few months after these careful precautions had been taken, there was a great commo tion among the workmen. A complete record of numerous ierturbatlons and tremblings had been written on the !n Jex, showing conclusively that the mammoth obelisk had Jarred, swayed and settled during the night. Scien tific heads were dubiously shaken. After much persuasion one the men finally consented to go to the top and examine Into the cause. The aston ishing report came into the midst of the anxious throng below that an owl In seekug shelter In the lofty tower, had somehow managed to catch Its wings In the thread and was still hang lug there, suspended In the Interior of the monument, and the Innumera ble flappings and struggles of his owl ship had all been recorded by the in dex as testimony against the stability of plumb-laid marble blocks and solid concrete. Philadelphia Record. RAISED THE WRONG FLAG. It Caused a Great Commotion in the Russian Fleet. Not so very long ago a crack cruiser of the new navy ploughed Its way through the Baltic and dropped anchor off St. Petersburg, according to the Washington Post. There were Kus slan craft lying all alwiiit, nud within a quarter of a mile of the Yankee cruiser there was the olive green, high-turreted flagship of the Russian squadron, with half a dozen great guns IKiklng their nose from her barbettes fore, aft and midships. The white cruiser, as custom Is, ran up her ensign with a salute of a single guu that is, she Intended to run up her ensign, but what broke out at the yank of the hal yards was none other than the double headed eagle of Russia. NolxsJy on hoard noticed It for a moment, but what did attract their attention was a puff of smoke from the Russian's for ward turret, and almost before the boom of the great gun had rolled to them across the water the starboard turret roared a second greeting. This was an excess of courtesy, but sur prise Increased when tlie midship bar-iM-ttes followed suit ami the big bow guns began again in turn. In casting eyes over heaven and earth to see what in the name of na tions was the moving cause In this cannonade, the Yankee bluejacks saw to their surprise the Russian ensign, which all unintentionally floated from their own peak. It was plain that the Russians were saluting their own flag. The salute was good, but the surprise was at so much of it. Of course, the American commander could not haul down the friendly flag while the salute was going on, so he kept it up, while the Russians likewise kept up their cannonade. It lasted for over an hour, and every one Imd lost count of the shots, but when it did finally cease, to the further astonishment of the visit ors, the Russian admiral's barge was lowered away, filled with a miscellan eous load of gold lace and epaulets, and came skimming along across the water. An excited loud of Russian officers came swarming over the side. which was courteously manned to re ceive them, though the object of their coming was a deep and shrouded mys tery. They fell on the neck of the American commander ami of his offi cers, swearing eternal friendship and brotherhood In a potpourri of French, Russian and English. The American crew had to take It all for granted till by a series of diplo matic questions they elicited the fact that It was the Czar's birthday, and the hoisting of the Russian Hag had been accepted out ot hand as the most delicate sort of an International com pliment. Tlie Russians had returned it with the national salute of 100 guns. The little girl was a member of a large and noisy family. She was vis iting the bouse of a neighbor one day; there the absence of children and per fect quietness of the bouse Impressed ber. "Mrs. Blank," sbe exclaimed at last, "Is It always as quiet here? 1 don't see," drawing a long breath," "I don't see how you can breathe." New York Times. PEBBLES THAT GIVE LIGHT. Stones In California Ditches Which Emits Brilliant Light. An Italian working in irrigation ditches on a ranch near Stockton, Cel., has made what promises to be a won derful discovery. According to the story be tells to the San Francisco Examiner, he retired early one Monday evening, forgetting to open a certain gate in one 01 tne Irrigating ditches. About midnight he awoke, and immediately getting out of bed be donned bis working clotnea ana proceeded to the field. He found that the gate, being closed, had hacked the water up in such a volume that it bad forced out the restraining dam and overflowed the field. Upon going to the place where the water bad broken through the em bankment be says he noticed a peculiar gleam coming from the spot. On clos er inspection he observed that the wa ter bad bored a bole in the ground about three feet deep and twice as broad, and tbat in the bottom of the bole, where the water still remained to the depth of a foot or more, there were numerous objects which emitted light This was so brilliant that the water appeared to be a pool of liquid fire. The man decided to ascertain the cause and plunged his arm into the wa ter. He brought out a small pebble about the size of a hickory nut It was white and smooth, and as it re posed in bis palm it emitted a light sufficient for him to tell the time by his watch. The stones are declared to be perfectly smooth and as bard as flint Some of them are to be sent to the science department of the State University with a view of learning their true character. Profcsor Max M tiller, of Oxford, in . . . 11 .1 ....... I .... a recent lecture, cinicu uiiemitju 11 m largest liook In the world, the wonder ful Kuth Daw. It consists of "2! parts In the shape of white marble plates. covered with inscriptions, each plate built with a temple of brick. It is found near the old priest city of Man- dalay. In Burmnh. nnd thN temple city of more than 7 pagoda virtually makes up this monster book tlie re ligious codex of the Ilmhlists. It Is written In Pall. Rather strarge to say. it Is not an ancient production, but its preparation was promoted by the Buddhistic party of this century. It was erected In 1S."7 by' the command of Mindoinin. the second of the Inst kings of Burmnh. Home Journal, "Hear me out, Glorianna Hyde!" ex claimed the Impetuous young man. It may be that I have spoken too soon. You may not have 'anticipated such an avowal, from my lips 'on so short an acquaintance.' Does it seem short to you? To me It seems centur ies. Love Is an eternity in a second! You may not have given me any tan gible encouragement, but in your gra cious presence, within the sphere of your attraction, under the spell of your lovely dark eyes, I have seemed to hear a whisper of hope like the soft rustle of an angel's wing" "Mr. Blngwell," Interrupted the mat ter-of-fact young woman, yawning slightly, "angels don't have wings. The best authorities all agree on that now." John Kavanagh, the fiddler of the Klondike, before the year Is over will probably be held responsive for the downfall of some scores of musicians, who, tempted by the stories of his good luck, are tracking their way to Alaska, provided only with their in struments and a hopeful deposition. Kavanagh had been employed at Port Costa, but he became possessed of the idea that there was money to be made In the north, so be struck out for Juneau. From that place he moved on to the Klondike region, going afoot over the rough country Intervening and carrying with him as his outfit a Winchester rifle and a violin. Once in the diggings he found himself about the only available musician, and the miners paid him $30 or $35 a night to play for them at their dances. Argon aut. A remarkable instance of animal kindness and sagacity may be seen In Frankford, every day. A gentleman is the owner of two dogs, one of which. Crib by name, is very old and totally Wind. The other dog. Carlo. Is a much smaller animal, of the snanlel varlntv. Old Crib roams around the neighbor hood, led by Carlo, and whenever the blind dog Is about to come tin against a fence or the steps of a house, Carlo goes In front and pushes him In the right direction. When Crib wishes t lie down In the shade In the middle of the pavement, which Is the greater part of the time, Carlo lies down In front of him, and If several pedes trians are coming along at once niic-es his old friend to get up and make way for them. Philadelphia Record. "There's one thing about Joslar," said the young man's fond mother; "he does like work." "He don't seem to git much of It done," said Farmer Corntossel. "That's Jest It, He lingers over It an' lingers over It like be wbj scared to death of losin' It!" Washington Star. The Falrmount Park Association, of Philadelphia, baa purchased the bronze group of Dickens snd Liula Nell, which was among the most pop ular exhibits at the Chicago Fair. The statue Is the work of Edwin Elwell, and represents Little Nell leaning upon a pedestal, on whlca In a chair sits Dickens, looking In a dreamy way at this most fascinating of his creations. ' ' '