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Jib OK A MM A. O Sou!? where are thou in the watches Stlll- Cau Slumber- jailers fetter thee at will? Or are they servant netting captive free From harb iing clay to ride the greater sea? Where are thou, then, betwixt tha dusk and dawn What bourne receives thee ere new (Jay Is born? Is spark divine, of yet diviner fire. Ashed in the embers of Its earthly pyre? The sleeping dust is but thy mask dis carded, Ist thy full life by It should be retarded; The day thy night, the night thy suu arisen, And Sleep the opener of tho spirit's prison. Harriet Osgood Lunt, a if3 I A Pair of Postmen. BY KATE M. CLEARY. (Copyright. 1901. by Dally Story Pub. Co.) It was a shock for Kennedy. He had almost completed sorting out the letters to be delivered along his beat when he came on that one addressed to Nora Dillon. He recognized the chlrography Instantly. He had seen It many times. The letter bad been written by Bertram Ryder. Ryder was not only a feliow-noatman. but his warmest and most intimate friend. Why. be had not known that Ryder was even acquainted with Nora the Ctrl whom he had come to love with a passion quite incommensurate with Us pay and his prospects. Not that th!3 latter fact would mat ter if they really loved each other. So tar Kennedy had not dared to put hm affection to the test of a declara tion. But he had been screwing his courage up to that point for weeks, and although he was far from being eonoelted felio- ha had felt that tie was being encouraged by the pretty daughter of the prosperous contractor an Elm avenue. If only she would come to the door tBr the mail today! He would watch Mr-would notice her acceptance of the envelope addressed by Ryder. The thought spurred him to activity. He aastened through with hU work as rapidly as possible and went trudging oft oa his afternoon delivery, his well parked bag slung over bis shoulder. The glare of early summer lay hot and yellow on the city streets. Crowds Of well-dressed people were coming end going. The laughter of children ailngled with the silver dripping of fountain in a little green square. Bat Jin Kennedy could only think of roe opening aoor. woicn , framed a - straight, young, girlish form in a gay little gown. That was one of the things which had first attracted him Co Nora Dillon the fact that her pret ty, srlght garments, pink and helio trope, and asnre seemed somehow to suit well her swift, sunny smile snd laughing bin eyes. Kennedy's bag was considerably lighter by the time he turned into Bin street His heart was beating at warn he reached the comfortable home of the Dillon. He rang the bell, and stood waiting, the letter in his band. He could hear the light, famtl tar step he bad learned to know and ing down upon her. "A letter for you this time." "For me?" she laughed, and held out her hand. "I don't get many let ters." Jim did not offer to go at once. In stead he stood In the same attitude, his keen grey eyes striving to read her thoughts her every motion. He was conscious of a sharp tightening In his throat at sight of the blush that way 's tH Sap Tm " CZM tor eosstag along the ball with tf rt MUstJr the door had swing I C! wag stawdtas there, (air . te fear erto white gowm, " C:t yrr-j fsiw clearly mat -i f l . at crass t - miibW twe saajeej ms wrsbi 7 izx rrjfai" t otU'Ca sr A .. ... "Married:" echoed Jim. ercd instantly over her soft cheeks at sight of the superscription. Oh," she said in a low voice her tone surprised but comprehensive. Oh." she put the missive hastily in her pocket He fancied some embar- assment lingered in her blue eyes or dinarily frank as a child's as she glanced up at him. "You look dreadfully warm!" ahe exclaimed. "It Is s hot day, isn't It? Won't you wait a moment until I bring yon a glass of lemonade? Mam ma and I were just drinking some." She vanished before he could refuse snd was quickly back, a goblet con taining an ice-Unkllng beverage in her hand. "Thank you," he said, and drank it as well as he could for that dreadful constriction in his throat. Then he had returned the glass, bowed, aad was gone. Ah, with what a heavy heart, with what leaden footsteps wss the rest of his route covered that radiant summer dsy! How could be know that a disap pointed little face with puckered brows, was gating after him with eyea grown suddenly misty and mystified. He had not acted like himself at all! What was the matter with him? She had thought she had fancied There was bo mail for the Dillon household the nest ur nor still the next So Jim had no excuse for stop ping. But on the evening of the second day he found himself driven to Elm stmt At least he could look at the house which held her. He might even muster up courage to ask her to go to the contemplated picnic at Garfield Park with him. He had beea made welcome la their home. More than oaee Mrs. Dillon had permitted bar deoshter to so out with him. He had every right to invite her. Just because Bertram Ryder had written her a let ter, and that she had colored con fusedly at sight of It wss so reason why ahe would consider his attentions welcome. A soft, warm, dark, rainy slant It was. Keanedy, about to cross over tothe u; -.tea home of the Dillons, suddenly stopped Ilea back iato the shadow of a tree, for the door opposite had led, aad two people were dJstlaet- ly revsCsd la the lighted rssOsta, Ke itaoiMi Kera. Aad Oat maa wmA can tons, aad gZsktly tzztzi i shoulders of course that was Bertram Ryder. He could tear the clear voice of the girl speaking with cordiality. "Don't you worry, Bert!" she wis saying. "You can trust me to arrange affairs so that no one will suspect. What's that? I'm an angel? Oh, no, I'm not." There was a ripple of laughter. "Good-bye. Till Tuesday, then!" Jim Kennedy turned on his heel, and went home, sick at heart It was the little maid of all work who opened the door to Jim when next day duty forced him to ring the door bell of the Dillon domicile. And on the day following he found hlmfelf waiting there rebellious and miserable, with another letter from Bertram Ryder in his hand. This time, although it was Nora who eagerly opened the door, and stood as If wait ing for him to speak, he only lifted his cap formally, handed her the let ter, and turned away without a word. And as he strode angrily off, his smouldering jealousy was fanned to fresh flame by the sight of Bertram hlm.se If coming Jauntily up the street. It wa3 evident that he had received leave of absence, for he was in bis best civilian attire, and looked particularly sanguine and Joyous. "Hallo, old fellow!" he cried, and would have stopped Kennedy, but that Individual jerked free from the friend ly hand laid on his arm, and strode on Ryder looked after him in dismay, but the next instant he had caught sight of Nora. He sprang up the steps. "There was no need to send that last letter, but I was afraid they would not let me off. The old man was very kind though, when I explained the situation. Heavens, Nora, what's the matter? You're white as a ghost" Nora's reply was distinctly feminine. She sank down, and burst Into tears. By the time be had succeeded In wresting from the girl the story of her sorrow, he began to divine the reason of Jim Kennedy's sudden coolness to wards himself. "I'll fix that," he assured her. "Just as soon as this little affair is over before we even leave town, I'll fix tbat!" He was as good as his word. That very evening be hunted up Jim Ken nedy sitting moody and dejected is bis lodging bouse. "Look here, Jim," he said, "thtnss bave got into a snarl, and I'm here to untwist them. I was married this af ternoon " "Married," echoed Jim. He started to his feet as though stung. "Married!" "Yes, to Cicely Barstow, as nice a girl as ever drew breath. We've been as good as engaged for a year, but her father objected to the weddiqg as she has some money In her own right he wanted to bold on to. My cousin, Nora Dillon, has helped us out by giv ing Cicely my letters which went' un der cover to Nora at least the few last ones I had to send that way, as the old people were becoming sus picious. By the way, Nora is feeling pretty badly on account of your man ner to her lately. Suppose you go up to the house and explain eh?" Jim grabbed bis friend's hand, and wrung It energetically. "I will right off. Congratulations, Bert! Good luck to you snd my best wishes to Mrs. Ryder!" inen a peaming-raced young man hurriedly furbished up his toilet and made his way to Elm street at a pace which would undoubtedly have won him first prize in a sprinting contest! The police of Paris are likely to ba kept busy if they attempt to arrest every "cabby" in the gay city who ut ters an oath or who talks insultingly to his fare. The myriad "cabbies" of Paris are in a class by themselves. As a rule they hire their cabs and horses by the day from one of the great com panies which control the business, pay ing a fixed sum as rental, and making all they take in above that figure. Most of them wear the livery of the com pany from which they rent, and their vehicles are painted to correspond. These liveries are muEt often light in color, and the cabs of the City Cab company, the largest in Paris, are painted in imitation of wicker work. The cabby wears a high hat, made of rubber composition, and a sort of cross between sabots and shoes, with wooden soles and leather uppers. In his hat the smart Paris cabby wears a cockade of some bright colors. The regular fare In Paris Is a franc ab wheels brings forth a flood of fluent French profanity. Outside the fortifications of Paris the legal rates do not apply, and the cabby is allowed to collect as much as he can get. There are one or two In teresting suburbs Just beyond the lim its, and the Paris cabby likes nothing better than to get an American fare may be hired for a few cents an boar, the exact amount depending upon the familiarity of the Jinrlkisha maa with the ways of civilization. Holland O'rt Girls In Holland have a great deal of liberty. They pay rails, shop and go to parties at the houses of friends without a chaperon, walk and travel alone, cycle and have tennis and wheeling clubs In company with youug men. They enjoy their fun and free dom, and are in no hurry to marry. Social dlstinc'ions are, however, rath er marked. The bourgeoisie is divided into numerous and carefully observed strata. Marriages are not arranged, and the parents' consent Is only asked after a proposal is made and accepted. It is not the custom to give a dowry. The girl only provides her own outfit and the household linen. Rich people sometimes give the daughter a portion, but no father would dream of cutting off bis own comforts in order to pro vide one. An engagement of four or five years is not uncommon, and ono Is seldom broken off. A girl takes her Dance round to introduce blm to all her friends, and is then free to go about with him unchaperoncd to public restaurants and evening parties to which one would never be asked with out the other. Wins Taklaa; Elevator Car. In New York now women are taking the "elevator cure" as the proper spring tonic. An elevator man in the tall Battery Park building was trying to explain the other day how popular the treatment was getting to be.'Three out of every four women who ride In this car," be said, "are taking the 'ele vator cure.' How does It cure? And what? Search me. The motion is sup posed to have a benefice! effect on the circulation of the blood or something. Some of the men try it, too, but the women have it the worst Whenever a stranger comes up to me and asks for nctitious person 1 Know they are after the ride and nothing else. Boms of the sharp ones generally pick out a name in the directory before they en ter the car. They never go Into an of fice, however, and always take the next car down. When you consider there are four elevators here aad then count the number of big office buildings south of the postofflce, you will see a woman can ride around all morning and never hit the same elevator man twice. But we know them." What Slavery Is frafeiiWl. According to correspondenuce issued by the London foreign office, 98 per cent of the slaves of. Zanzibar and Pemba prefer to remain slaves. Fewer slaves applied for freedom in 1900 than in 1899, because the British com missioners over, most of the slaves know they are not likely to gain much present advantage, seeing that those who were thrown at their own re sources have a difficult time to make living. The masters have been kinder since the Slavs legislation wss enacted and seek to maks their service more attractive. Osisral Stssrt Beataaa, Oeaeral Harris C 'Hobart has re signed from the Milwaukee public library board after a service of twenty five years. General Hobart Is bow 1b A PARIS COCHERE. 20 cents for a course, about a mile. By the hour a Paris cab costs fifty cents. In addition to tbis fare It is tbe custom to pay the drivers a tip of one sou which equals a cent on each franc of his legal fare. If he has earn ed a fare of five francs, for instance, he expects a tip of five sous in addi tion. If the Paris cabby has an Idea that his fare is an American he does his best to get more. When offered his regular fare, with tbe customary tip added, he Is likely to throw it on the ground and spit on it, at the same time rolling off a string of expletive! which would warrant his arrest on suspicion. Before a man is allowed to drive a cab In Paris he is supposed to past an examination conducted by the munici pal authorities. At tbe same time It is a fact that few Parisian cab drivers know anything about driving. Their vehicles are not cabs at all, but little victorias drawn by one horse and, as the streets of Paris are wet all the time they are washed several times a aay ana u is uniawrui to drive a horse which is "rough shod," a Paris cab horse rarely goes more than a few blocks without sitting down on his haunches. The difficulty Is heightened by the presence of the huge omnibuses, which, outside of the cabs, are still the only practical means of transportation In tbe French capital. Each of these omnibuses Is drawn by three big stal lions snd is heavy enough to run over ths ordinary cab without making a A RUSSIAN DROSKY, to one of these points, where he Is free to exert all his powers of blasphemy. So rare Is a decent driver among the cabmen of Paris that when an even average relnsman is found his fortu nate employer is likely to take him with him wherever be goes. Thus the great actor, Coquelin, brought his French coachman with him to Chica go, and boasted that he was a wonder because he had not had his wheel taken off more than once or twice In a year or two. In Vienna the conditions are practi cally the same as in Paris, with tbe difference that no man who can pos sibly afford it will take a cab in the Austrian capital unless it Is drawn by i two horses. In London tbe cabby Is again multi tudinous and necessary. But for tbe great buses, the few tramways and electrics in the suburbs and tbe more I recent "tuppeny tube" the Londoner depends chiefly on the "keb." and to CHAIR OR HAMMOCK. Below is to be seen a novelty in a combination chair and hammock which, being capable of numerous ad justments to suit the desire of the oc cupant, should prove itself a wry com fortable piece of furniture for the porch or lawn. Tbe ordinary ham mock has to be suspended from trees or the side of a building, and this sometimes prevents its use, but the new arrangement needs no hooks or other attachments, being complete In itself. For those to whom the swing ing motion of the hammock gives a feeling of nausea It may be tbat the different - direction of the movement of this new invention will be found more comfortable. When It Is desired to use the device as a chair the sup ports at the center are loosened to allow the four end braces to Ult nearer together at the top, when the slack in the fabric can be drawn toward one l-UL.Ll.U MAMMOCK AND RUCK ING CHAIR. end. As a person sits down the chair will tilt Into Its proper position snd provide a comfortable seat Tbe petticoat for Slearieraasa. In these days it is the ambition of most women to look as slight as pos sible. A great help to this end is a petticoat, of silk stockinet, which fits the figure like a skin from waist to knee. These skirts are furnished with detachable frills of silk, which button on tbe stockinet portion, and give from knee to ankle the fussy, frilly ef fect demanded by fashion. Many wo men who pride themselves on their slim figures decline to be burdened with superfluous skirts, and with satin knickerbockers no other petticoat is needed but the loose silk lining which is a feature of tbe ordinary skirt Nev ertheless, two smart models for petti coats are very alluring. One for even ing wear Is of white glace silk, edged with three plnked-out frills, and drap ed with a deep flounce of ecru point d esprit net run with satin ribbon and tied at intervals with rosettes of the same. For morning wear with ta'lor gowns a petticoat of glace silk, bor dered with one deep godet flounce and strapped with silk to match, to quite the right thing. ENGLISH CABBIES. Jar. Tbe omnibus drivers are usually bis eignty-ninui year. He was one of j tood drivers, and they go sailing down we union prisoners woo wnaeiea tietr way out of Libky prtsoa at Richmond during the war of tha rebel lion aad was twice semocraOe caadldste tot of WleesmsiB, the first time la 1st! aad later la ltCS. ' la the war of iero who files A JAPANESE JINRIKISHA. walk for any distance in the English metropolis is a confession of bad form. u iuiicb mm tare ror either a "keb" or a four-wheeler is a shilllna a cents or "two snd six nnn n hour. With s shilling fare the London cabby expects a tip of "tuppence" or, wun two ana six, a tip of sixpence. If his passenger hands out the leral fare, with the regular tip added, the caooy win take it for granted tbat his fare "knows the ropes," and wl.l touch his hat with a polite thank you. air.' But If be Is overpaid by a single penny ne at once jumps to the conclusion that be has been driving an American millionaire, and will immediately der mana a still larger sum. In St Petersburg tbe droskles are usually driven by peasants, who corns In with their speedy little horses from the surrounding country and rent tneir vehicles and harnesses by the da v Often the same drosky will be under lease to Jwo men st the same time, one of them running it st night and the other In the day time. A Russian cab by will charge as mn h for a drive as Be thinks he can get. but be Is usually good natured and rare'y abusive. He is also usually kind to bis horse. Sometimes be sleeps In bis drosky st night thus ssvlng the expense of other lodging, and picks uo his meals alone the streets. In Japan and alone tba Chinese coast ths jinrlkisha takes tbe piace or the civilised cabby. With tbe New Torts a VlaaaeHI rM The concentaration of bai.king capi tal partially explains the amazing rec ord made by the New York clearing house recently in comparison with rec ords made elsewhere in the United States. As, for instance, In one finan cial center, one of the most Important outside of New York, tbe clearings for the month of April aggregated S250, 000,000, and tbis was looked upon as a wonderful record, and so It Is, stand ing by Itself, and yet the clearings or the associated banks of New York hive been averaging as much aa tbla every day for the past three or four months. and some days bave been twice as much. Holland In PhiladelDhla Press. Two Llvee C-npnrrd. A curious fact Is revealed by the Peerage with regard to the earl of Uicester. He and his father married, and exactly 100 years lie between tbe dates of tho two ceremonies. Each man bad two wives, and tbe present earl is a son of his father's second marriage. the Paris streets, as though they be longed to them. When they approach a seetloa which Is at all crowded they blow a shrill born sad ths oabhlaa. wanted by previous experiences, scurry J'arlklsha the owner and proprietor te tba curb or to the "Ulanda" in tba ai us same time as horse, and mlaile of the aew boulevsrds to gat pulu th Ught two-wheeled cart along at of the way. It to then that tha I mutow streets st a rate whleh to ash horses att dowa oa the wet pare- MaMeaUy fast for the comfort of ths CM Chat the lilsrlatTti U i' . a jianusaa, maa aad all, Wl'e Waa "BeS-atc- When asked by his wife for monev to buy some Hour, a resident of a western town banded ber a 110 bill. Bhe refused to give him any chanxe! saying tbat ahe was a member of the uunaioes. The husband bad her ar- rested, but tbe local Justice dismissed the tase. Hs tbat Is rich need not live sBsrlas- ly, and ba tbst can' live sparingly peed sot be rich. Orlef tor dead wife sad a trouble some guest eoatisus to the tareshaUL aad there are at rest 4 - v. ; f,,