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k 'Rose of Christmas, i MT Ma the eve of in ill inmis. I The air was' frosty iicn' boot heels i mailt' the now creak under me flower, hut not for myself. Have them a they paused yon forgotten my oor people in the hoa with the quirk tread ' pit a Ik? Give lire the Bower for them. 1 of those who had eanuot have ta many of them, aud, oh, but a few hours left , Philip, you raunot imiigine bow much joy , in whieb to nntiei-1 (pate the coming of the Christmas aaiut I and the advent of Chrixt-myth in their 'lilies of the valley what will you?' borne. Chriatnin greetings mingled with the It was Christina morning in 8t. Jo erdera of the ahopkeepers to haateu tbelscph'a hospital. There waa a faint anti delivery of goods, the fur and satin of i septic odor in the air. The long line of the millionaire' wife brushed against thej narrow white cot stretched their serried faded, threadbare shawl of the Hhiveringl rowa down the room In pitilessly quiet ar--woman from the city' darkest lnm. who ! ray. On one cot lay a woman, who waa tiad atoleu a brief and boneless holiday I a mystery to the hospital officials. She from toll that in this one bour of the had been brought in late in the afternoon world's joy she might breathe the iiicerisei of an unknown exigence of happiuess. of gift, of plenty, of a fabulous and dream like ease, a vision that flouted la-fore ber tarred eyea in dimmer unreality than the toefed talea of pagan magnilieenee. . A flood of brilliant light poured out from the ahotm. Such was the luxury of the holiday season that not only the situs of winter were evident, but the garnered treasure of all hinds. There were fruits from Persia and Arabia, gems from ev ery nation that the jiiii chines on. luxnri n furs from slm ie-;!on. where only intrepid explorers Iium- trod, silks from h..rn ,h .,. ti... h Tear round, the choicest ami daintiest bits j ., K. ...is,, i-, i-,.ii,i,..:.. i (m h,. ,.f 'h-,. ..,t i the ci.it.-ila of the Enroucan and Asiatic ! nations. Countries whose history told of! the Chriit n.vlh so far in the dim liulit i of hhonrv that lis oriiriu is butt, niled their : warea side bv aide with the iineiiuuled lro- : Auctions of the new world, riviilimt in ; cwtlincKK and beauty all that appeared tojrience in a hospital. She reflected vaguc--temnl the heads and the niirain of men. I ly. that it would be her last. She had Amid this Christ mas iov I'bilin Mere-i 4ita walked with an acrid and indefinable pain at his heurt. A gray, leaden mood had settled over him like a fog. lie made a strenuous effort to forget. He hud told tiiinsHf that the coining of thia anniver sary should not overwhelm him with that agony of recollection which he knew down in his innermost soul he could not endure. 'nT day the approaching holiday had "IT IS HE!" filled him with an unacknowledged terror. It waa the firm Christmas he had spent without her. without Mirabel. And, tell ing himself that he would forget, that he would not remember, he straightway re membered with the intimate fidelity of iaiu all (hat could wound him now. A breath of fragrant air from out a floriut'a shop made him turn bis head for u moment, and nx he looked he saw forget-me-not. The sight gave him a pang. He recalbsl the morning they had first t. It wn a iimming in spring, fresh with In inn ei-e. Her eyes were blue bine like the forgi-t-ine-liots. Then, less tlnlli a year later, they were wed. uinl I lie one Christmas they had sH'iit together had acemed to him more exquisite in its mt fect happiness than the one on the plains of Judea could have bi-eti lo the shepherd. Then came misery; scarcely had the echo of the Christina bells dieil away in the air than that fa In I episode had occurred that had parted (hem. It arose In u Irille, as most of the world's misery and wars bave, and ihen before be knew it he had aaid'worils that had made a gulf between them which it seemed could never U hriiliiil. She said she would go away and battle with the world by herself; he made brutal reply. Then they parted, but when, after a few days of devastating lonetine, he went to seek her, she had gone. Ho the year had dragged out It course lid this terrible holiday was fit hand. It Hull II till ltelf before hi eyes---it joy mocked him at every step his ineffectual attempt to forget it brought It more viv idly before him. Again the opulence of a tlorlat's shop met hi Kate. A sudden resolution came to him; he stepped up l the window and peculated lietweeii orchids and hlic. "Ah, I'lilHp, I hooslng my Christmas gift," said a vob-e at his elbow, lie larnedit was his cousin, a woman Lorn to bring to others some of the light and joy deni.il them In their own pisir live. "lo not hesitate an." she continued, laughing, "yon know how easily I am leaned In Hie matter of flower. Shut four rye and choose whatever you see first when r" lM'n them, and it will Midi Hie " "14 will Iti roe more pleaaure to suit one tn.le than to truat to a hnphaxnrd straight into the simp and say what you will have." "Oh. Philip," Raid the wiminu. her eyes filling with a soft mist, "yon lire always Kmm1 and gcncrou, aud I will li-t you give tney will tiring me aim ana surreriiig. "Vou may have all you want," he said, "Here they are, rosea, violet, orehidB, or the day hernre Insenwiblc. Khe waa young and beautiful; her clothing was that of a gentlewoman; she had all the marks of refinement, allieit with certain aigna of toil, but every mark that could identi fy her had tieen carefully clipped from her garments. Kor hour the watehcra thought the angel of death would atop at her be fore he took the one next her. Yet he passed ber by. and in the early hours of the morning she revived and murmured words they could hut indiatinetly under atand. Toward noon she revived so that her conversation became intelliglhle. Rut with the return of consciousness she eem- en 10 guard uer seerei more eioseiy. one """ " n"w" the (motions of the hospital physicians, and insiateil that she would soon la- strong and well nud would Iuv'' ,h" Tb Christmas (lower had come in and the nurse selected the finest bunch of American beauty roses in the lot and took them to her patient. She lay. limp and Hib - nt. in her cot. It was her first erpe fainted on her way to the river, it is true but that was no reason why she should not carry out her design. It was only nuestioii of time. The nurse approached her. She bore a large box. "Here is something for yon," she an id It was a large white box; around It were wide, pnle blue ribbona. A spray of holly lav on the top. She looked at It listlesaly "Shall I open it for youT' said the nurse SHE CUIKH. pleasantly. "It was sent I'upedally for you by a friend." The pale patient almost smiled. The nurse's kindness was almost pathetic. "There is no one to send me (lowers," site aid, "but you may open it for me." The nurse did so. A ush of fragrance filled the air. The roses burst upon the vision of the pale woman with the glory of midsummer, dazzling in their bright ness. They lay in tln ir sal in-padded home like fragrant jewels. "Ob, how beautiful!" she cried. "Let me have them." As sin tisik them a card fell out. She hsiked at It ns one might look at a dear face that bad been hidden for years. Her eye dilated. She was silent for one mo ment, then she cried out in a voice that thrilled the nurse and caused every head in the ward to bo lifted from its pillow! "It is be!" she cried. "It is lie, I must go at once." They remonstrated with her, but the si k woman was well. She arose from that pale couch with sudden vigor-her eyes were bright every trace of Illness loft her, "I uint go to him." she re pented, time and again. The doctors came and looked at her nnd then conferred in a low tone with the nurse. "She may go." they said. So she tisik her roses nnd walked down the street. It was a beautiful morning the sun shone brightly Mud the air was crisp one could not have guessed that the angel of denth had hovered near her dur ing the night. She walked some distance and then she neared a church. On its steps, just stepping out to go down the avenue, was a man. Ills restless agony had driven blin forth In the early morning to try to exorcise the demon that would not let him rest. He had passed the church, and, drawn by an impulse be could neither define nor resist, be had entered. With the si rains of the "(ilorla In Excel rimrlnu- ill bis enrs ha went out. As he stood on (lie sli ps of the culhcdral nd looked casually down the street he saw what made his heart stand still. A mist swain before his eyes-hls kncea hook under him. lie hastened toward her. "Mirabel!" he gasped. She lisiked up at him with a amile. ' "I a going to aee you," she aald lm i.lv. The moruing sunshine mad a halo about her head. Her eyea were Oiled with dewy sweetness. The purple shadows of the aftermath of pain were slipping away on the horizon before the glory of dawning day. He felt daruled. Ilia heart leaM-d, then burned within bun. He drew ber arm within his own and they turned down a quiet aide street. She tsmiled at him. "I knew you would find me some time," she said, with an infinitely gentle air. When they brought me your rowa in the hospital this morning and I saw your dear name once more I knew that our trouble and separation were over forever, sweet heart, bow good it ia to see you once more." He understood how fate bad played with those Christ mas roses, and iu the sudden illumination of bis mind and heart he felt as if be had narrowly escaped fall- iug over a precipice. As they walked down the street together the liella rang "(Jlory to God in the High est, and white pigeons circled around tne steeple. AN INNOCENT USURPER. Portrait Painter's Daughter Hat Upon the Throne of Kagland. To ait uin the throne of England, and there to receive the obeisance of fh real sovereign. Is nu experience granted to but few. Miss E. U. Taylor, In her nook, "Heirlooms In Miniature," tell a pretty mory of how Mlaa Blanche Sully, daughter of the Ameri can portralt-pa Inter, once enjoyed this diwtiuctioo. The queen gave Mr. Sully three or four sitting, after which he told her that he did not need to have her sit longer, and asked if she would allow hi daughter to take her place, as she wns so nitich In the habit of posing for hi in that she could sit us still a a log a matter of peculiar Importance while Jewels were Ixdug palrMcd, on account of the changing light upon the atones. The quoeu readily gave her consent, nnd when the artlwl returned to hi lodgings ,'imi tohl Miss Blanche that she was lo ai-cuinpuuy him to the pal ace the next day, that young lady was in a Mate of wild excitement. Having left home In a great hurry, she had only one silk gown with her, which she de scribes as an "ugly thing, green striped with Mack." The despised gown was donned, and Mis Blanche set forth with her fattier for the palace. Mr. Sully hud not told lii-s daughter what nlie was to do. uud great was her surprise When she vva.s suddenly raised to the throne of England and arrayed In the queen's robes, with rhe royal crown upon her head. Although tihe head that wears a crown is said to be uneasy. Miss Sully declares (hat this crown, which whs adorned with many beautiful Jewel, dldftot cause ber any uneasiness, being no heavier thttu an ordinary velvet hut. After she had ljccii sitting for what seemed to her a very long Wine, the doors wen; suddenly thrown open with a great flourish, and the queen was an nounced. From no one do we get a more Interesting picture of the fresh. Joyous young queen than cornea to us from this other girl's recollections of Uer. She say that the qiiei-n was not pretty, but had a lovely complexion and golden brown hair, which wns drawn away from her face and gath ered In n large knot at the back of her head. The royal young lady looked at Mis Blanche, sitting in her regalia, made a low reverence and laughed, after which she glanced al, her own gown, then at Miss Sully", and laughed again. The two dromes were precisely alike, ex cept that the green and black sitripos were wider on that of the queen. Miss Sully describes the queen's manners as gracious, and her conversation, when nlie talked with the painter, ns delight ful. Her youthful majesty must have had a sympathetic leenug lor a young up- nctlte. as she ordered refreshments for Mis Blanche, a tiling she had never done for her father. Miss Sully recalls the golden salvers, the handsome tea sen Ice and the cut glass tumbler si-t In stands of gold fili gree. There were so many queen-cake In the lniKk(t that was handed to her that she aiked her father If (he queen lived on queen-cakes. She. poor child, was so awetl by the strangeness nud magnilieenee of her surroundings thai she could not eat a morsel. Too Confident Emergency lectures nre good Iu their place, but a writer In the New York Times thinks that some of those who attend upon them acquire very exag gerated Ideas of their own consequent ttluess to deal with serious cases. The other day a woman fell in the street, and broke her arm. She was taken Into a store, aud clerks ranged themselves at Ihe door to keep the crowd out. A gentleman had helped to carry her. When she bad been placed iu a comfortable position, lie, after cut ting her aleeve from wrist lo shoulder, called for some cotton, and making some splints of the thin boards upon which dress goods nre rolled, prepared to set the limb. At this moment n tall woman with eyeglasses, having with illlliciiliy run the gauntlet of clerks at the door, pressed eagerly forward. "You're doing that all wrong; all i wrong," she said. As the gentleman did not even turn, she continued, "Come, you must let me do Unit. You don't know aiiythlug about It; I have an emergency certifi cate." The gentleman paused In his work, and without looking up, reiiiarked briefly, "Pardon me, madam, but I am a surgeon." A woman may lnslt that she wauls her husband to 1' present when she gives a ftarty, but that doesn't change the fact Unit he Is a particularly good husband If he ha business out of towu. The rainbow appearing. la always bent ou dia- CHINESE HOSPITALS. Black Hole Where Patients Are Killed Instead of Cured. ' If ever surroundlugs were conducive to 111 health, or a prolongation of dis ease, those of a Chinese hospital are certainly meant to le productive of continued revenue to the owner. For, be It remembered, the Chinese hospital is a private institution run by the un dertaker. He is always on the safe side. If the patient keeps alive he gets money for caring for hlin. If hla friends tire of paying for bis keep he ia placed In the "Chamber of Tranquil ity" and starved to death. After he dies tile undertaker, that Pool Bah who ha three offices only, buries him and makes money out of him to the laL Imagine a room about 10 feet wide and 12 feet long, filled with the odds and ends of a junk shop. Let this room be so dark that it taken two candles to make a light, and so filled with the malodorous smells that are usually met with In Chinatown dens that a Strong man hcnitates before he enters and gasps for breath after be gets In side. Place half a doxen bunks around the walls and a cauldron In which some witches' broth I boiling In the corner. Have two Chinamen to each bunk In all stages of disease and in all stages of fllthiness. Let the wall be so full of ra holes that the three eats which make themselves at home on the bunks with the sick Chinamen are Insuf ficient to watch them all. Imagine all this and you may have some slight conception of what the Interior of a Chinese hospital looks like. If your im agination Is very vivid, aud If you have seen Chinese opium den, yon will get pretty clone to the real thing other wise you will miss It. It is almost le yond Imagination. But the front room Is Elysium In comparison to' that other, just back, through a dark hall. There are grades of darkness, the scientists tell us, and these grades may le found in these Chinese hospitals. "Some darkness can be seen; some can lie felt. That In the back room of this inferno can be felt palpably. In fact, it is present to' all the human senses at once. It can be tasted. It can be heard. It can be seen. It can be felt. That It can lie smelled goes without saying. You stand just within the opening, which by courtesy is called a door, and you hear breathing, ns If some one were exhausted after a long run. You are not mistaken. It Is a man breath ing heavily in hi race with death. He Is still allve. and you wonder why. Groping your way you reach some stationary object and light a match. It gives Just enough light to enable you to see a candle on a bench and you light that. Then you feel that an electric arc light would scarcely le sufficient to enable you to pierce that Stygian darkness. It i well, perhaps, that you have an obscured vision. It Is possible that if you could see all that Is In the room at one you, too, would be a sick man. It Is noisome den where vermin abotiBd: where rats make their home; where the living and the dead human ity He side by side the one waiting for its coffin ami the other for the cessa tion of the struggle for breath. This Is part of the Chinese hospital. It. is also u part of the undertaking es tablishment. This Is the "Chamber of Tranquillity," and if one couldn't be tranquil here he would bo restless in his grave. It's the grave's next door. fiau Francisco Chronicle. Pick from Portugal. Next to Portugal, Japan sends greatest supply of toothpicks to United States. These are made hand from fine reeds. They, too, sold In close competition with the I he by a re the American product, owing to the cheap er labor in Japan. The cases in which the Japanese picks are Inclosed are line specimens Of skill with the JackUnil'e, I ney are oi wood, cut into strips as thin and delicate as tissue paper, but very strong. The cases are ornament eis wiin uanu-puiiiteii .Japanese scenes in i, nre of a size convenient lo be ear- rii d In the vest pocki-t. The competl lion between the Japanese and Port it guese makers on the one side and American manufacturers on the other has become very keen. An Importer of toothpicks said reconily that tin' Japa nese picks can lie made and sold In the American market, cases and all. for less than (lie cost of the paper boxes that contain the domestic picks. Phila delphia Times. Parlholtir Statue of MtTcrty. The Bartholin statue of "Liberty," the "Bavaria" at Munich, and the "(icr manla" opposite Blngen on the Ithlne, are modern echoes of the famous Co lossus which Chili'oft set by the harbor of ancient Rhode. The "Liberty" ex ceeds It III height (one hundred and fifty fec-0 by half; but still. If the Co- lossus were among us to-day, il would doubtless be treated in the guide-books with eminent res?ct. Like the Lib erty. It stood by the harbor of a great emporium, where the ship of all na tions came and went. In the form of a patron deity, H reirVoiited the genius of a state, and In lis dimensions II spoke for a national taste which, as the Laokoon group and the Farm-so Bull, both Khodliin compositions, seem to Ih- trav, worshlM'd much at Ihe shrine of the god of bigness. Century. The Ant qnlty of Ion Cream. Ice cream Is an older sweetmeat than many would suppose, tu the beginning of the Kovctileenth century goblets made of Ice and also Iced fruit, I. e fruit frozen over, were llrst brought to table. The llmonadlers, or lemon Hde sellers of Paris, endeavored to In crease Ihe popularity or their wares by Icing them, and one more enterpris ing than the real, nu Italian named 1'rocope Contentix, In (he year MVM Conceived the Idea of convening such beverages c.i.lrely Into Ice, ami about twenty years later Iced liquors, L at., liquors changed iuto Ice, were the principal things sold by the llmona diers. By the end of thau'eentury Iced liquors were quite common in Paris. Ice cream, or iced "butter," a It waa first called from Its supposed resem blance to that substam-e, soon fol lowed. It was first known In Paris In 1774. The Due de Chartres often went at that time to (he Paris coffee houses tc drink a glass of iced liquor, and the landlord having one day presented him with his "arms" formed in edible lee, this kind of sweetmeat became the fashion. (Jermai cooks at once took up the new art. It was not long in reaching England, for in 1770 a French cook, resident in London, named Cler mont, wrote "The Modern Cook," In which sweet ices were first described for the Instruction of English cooks. Present day cooks have elaborated the Ice enormously. Gentlemen's Maga John Payne says Omar Khayyain'f full uame was (Jhryatheddin lbn K: Fethh T'mer lbn Ibrahim El Khey yauii. Algernon Charles Swinburne, the English poet and ardent supporter ol Anglo-Saxon alliance, Is said to be con templating an American tour. Harold Frederic's novel, "Gloria Mundl." Is to be brought out in book form shortly. It Is reported that ovet 35,000 copies of Mr. Frederic's book The Damnation of Theron Ware, have been sold. The translation into English of the iMitcb drama of "Lucifer," by Vondel the greatest of Dutch toets, just Issued at London, reveals a startling analogy to Millon's "Paradise Lost," aud throws a strong suspicion of plagiar ism on one of the greatest of Engllsl poets. Here is a joli mot of Lord Bosebery's told to Miss Katharine de Forest, tin Paris correspondent of Harper's Bazar, by a woman who had heard him say il at dinner: "Memory," said Lord Rose bery, "is the feeling that steals ovet us when we listen to our friend's orig lua) stories." A new story now iu press with A. C McClurg tc Co. is called "Maria Fe llcia; A Tale of Bohemian Love," ant! is from the pen of one who has foi ninny years been styled "the (ieorgt Eliot of Bohemia," Carolina Svetla Her works have Im-oii varied and nu morons, but no translations of then? Into English have hitherto been made Harry Steel Morrison, a lti-year-oli boy, has written a true story of bis ad ventures, called "A Yankee Boy's Suc cess, lie began as a reporter for a New York paper, Interviewing Presi dent .McKlnley, Russell Sage am others. Then, with only twenty five dollars Iu his pocket, he made a trii abroad, aud actually succeeded in ex changing comments with Gladstone. Queen Victoria, the King of Belgium and the President of France. It is said that Mark Twain wrote v reply to a common question: "The books which have most Influenced ni life? With pleasure. This Is Ihe list The Innocents Abroad,' 'Houghing it, Tramp Abroad,' 'Prime and Pauper,' 'Huckleberry Finn,' Tom Sawyer. 'Yankee at the Court of King Arthur.' Personal Reminiscences of Joan ol Arc,' 'I'liild'u-Heail Wilson.' 'Following the Equator,' and the publications ol the late linn of Charles L. Webster Ai Co." American Needle. Pittsburg Is soon to manufacture the llrst. needles ever turned out In tills country. The American Needle Com pany, composed of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg capitalists, has been organized, and will shortly erect a plant with newly Invented ma chinery, which will revolutionize the industry. The new Invention, assisted by 2 operatives, will produce lJMHl,. (KM) needles every day. At present I.riim employe are requited lo do this work A member of the company made ihe following statement regarding the machinery and the proposed venture: "This iieedli'-inakiiig machine will create a revolution in thai Industry, a monopoly of wlilch has ever been en joyed by European manufacturers In England, Germany. France, and Switz erland The . machine amalgamates twenty processes, receiving Hie crude steel wire at one end and turning out a tut die, almost compleiw. at the other end. Nothing remains lo lie done lo finish Ihe needle Xcept temper It and stick II Into its papr receptacle. Tin tempering I always done with bunches of needles, probably 1,000 In a bunch. Machinery next lakes the needles nnd slick them In paper." New York Commercial. IhIbiiiI of Monte Crlsio. Lover of Dumas' Immortal romaie-e will note with Inleresl the statement by Ihe Loudon Morning Post's Koine corresiioudeiit that Hie Island of Monte Crlsio, rendered so famous by Dumas' Immortal r'oinance, I about to be or ganized as n hunting ground for (lie Prince of Naples. The Italian news paper add that the lease of Hie Mar quis Cluorl, who previously hired the shooting In the Island, ha run out, and that the stale Is arranging lo re serve Ihe Island which Is thickly wooded and completely uninhabited as a special shooting ground for the crown prince. Wo have noticed that when a tele gram Ik marked "Collect," II Is Usually from kin, and they are coming to visit. WHAT SYMPATHY COULO DO. Prettr Peasant Olrl Waa Restore to ranity In a Prison. It is difficult to Imagine a bright aid to prison life, and when to confinement is added the gloom of insanity. tn darkness seems impenetrable. The author of "The Dungeons of Old Par Is," however, gives a touching picture of what womanly sympathy once ac complished even iu so extreme a case. There was a strangely sympathetic side to this saddest of the prisons of Pari (St. La .a re, for women). Tba sick and worn-out were always tender ly regarded by their fellow-prlsonera, and if a woman died In the prison, it was uot unusual for the rest to club to gether to provide a costly funeral. In the early years of the Restoration, a pretty peasant girl named Marie was ent to St. Lazare for stealing roses. She had a passion for the flower, and a thousand mystical notions had woven themselves about It in her mind. She said that rose-trees would detach them selves from their roots, and glide after her wherever she went, to tempt ber to pluck the blossoms. One in a garden, taller than the rest, bad compelled ber to climb the wall aud gather as many roses as she could, and there the gendarmes found ber. This poor girl excited the most vivid interest In that sordid place. The pris oners plotted to restore her to reason, christened her Hose, which delighted her, aud set themselves to make artifi cial roses for her of silk and paper. Those fingers, so rebellions at allotted tasks, created roses without number, till Marie's cell wa transformed Into a bower. ' An Interested director of prison labor seconded these efforts, and opened in St. Lazare a work-room for the manu facture of artificial flowers, to wlilch Marie was introduced as an apprentice. Here she made roses from morning till night, and her dread of the future being dispelled, the malady of her mind reached Its term with the end of ber sentence, and she left the prison cured and happy. She became one of t he most successful florisits in Paris. The Spanish Vessels. The Century prints part of Captain Sigbee's "Personal Narrative of the Maine." Captain Sigsliee says: After the destruction of the Maine, and while the Vizi-aya and Oquemlo were In the harbor, we could plwerve no drills tak ing place on board those vessels, al though it is isissible that they might have gone on without our being able to observe them. There was much ship visiting on Itoard. In everything they did, except In res)ect to ettiquette, the practiced nautical eye could not fall to note their Inferiority in one degree or another to the vessels of our own squadron at Key West. Our vessels were then having "general quarters for action" three times a week, arid were keeping up their other drills, including night-drills, search-light practice, etc. The vessels of the Vizcaya class, lielow iu the captain's cabin and officers' quarters, were one long stretch of beautiful woodwork, finer than on board our own vessls. The smaller guns of their primary batteries, and the rapid-firing guns of their secondary batteries, were disposed between the tin-rents on two decks in such dove tailed fashion that in order to do great damage an enemy needed only to lilt anywhere in the region of the funnels. 1 remarked several times once to Ad miral Sampson, who was then Captain Sampson of the court of inquiry on the destruction of the Maine that the Spanish vessels would be all aflame within ten minutes after they bad gone into close action, and that their quar ters at the guns would be a slaughter pen. Future events justified the state ment. Afterward when I boarded the wreck of the infanta Maria Teresa near Santiago de Cuba, her armored deck was below waiter, but above that there was not even a splinter of wood work In sight; In fact, theie was hard ly a cinder left of ber decks or of that beautiful array of bulkheads, It may. have been that the Maine remained longer in Havana than had originally been intended by the Navy Depart ment. It was expected, I lelleve, to relieve her by another vessel; which vessel, I do not know. I had hoped that the Indiana or the Massachusetts would be sent to dispel the prevailing ignorance among the Spanish people In regard lo the strength and efficiency of our ships. The department may not have accepted ni.v views. Neither of Them Knew It. Bill Nye was once chatting with Sen ator Shirley of Maine, and remarked upon the lad, that he (Nye) was born at Shirley, in the Senator's Slate, add ing that the town had doubtless beeu named for one of the Senator's ances tors. "1 didn't know," said the Sena tor, "that there was such a town In Maine as Shirley." "I didu'l know it, either," ahl Nye, ''until I was born there." A Partial Iteturn. Alg.v - You say she only partially re- turned your affection? Clarence-Yes. She returned all the love letters, but retained all Ihe Jew-elry.- Loiulim T!l-Blts. If people are going to laugh at your Joke, they will do It the first time you spring II : there Is no use spoiling It again and again. An actress ha two objects in life: lo make an artistic success during her youth, nnd win a rich husband for her old age. A woin'a'u usually buy what ber husband tikes lo eat. mid learns In lime to get along without getting what she likes. A Isiy's idea of something terrible Is two boy engaging In light In the school room, In the presence of tluf tenehcr. h. n.nllcd. "Count with me
