STAND UP FOR THE SOLDIER,
Stand up; tand up for the soIdtr man!
IStand as he stands fur you.
Stand up tor the man who does and dares
For the Hid. White and Hlue.
Send a hall to the soldier man,
Sturdy and stanch and brave,
For the good God knows when the bugle
Its lust tfn'S o'er his grave.
Stand tip: st::iid tip for the soldier mun:
Nor quibble and critirl.se;
God know jou are glad when we need
hi hUj.
That he marches and flights and dies.
Send a cheer to the voldier man.
icady tjd true and iriin;
Tell him fair for his good deeds there
His country's proud o him.
Stand tip; stand up for the soldier man,
Fight inp try foe .and your;
A hundred-) tars hug hl blood fun rd ."
And constant the strain endures.
Send a hail to the fighting maji.
Honest of. heart and soul;
With hl country love and the fiac above.
4iui the Great Peace for his goal.
Baltimore American.
A Father's Blessing.
BY W. H. ("BUCK" HINRICHSEN.
(Copyright, I'M, by Authors' Syndicate.
JUDGE THOMPSON sat in his easy
chair in his comfortable library
smoking his after dinner cigar.
The judge was happy, as happy,
at least, as his judicial dignity would
permit. His court had adjourned for
the term and a two months' vacation
was before him. He was planning how
to spend It.
A light tap. the door opened, and
Mrs. Thompson entered. She was a
tall, dignified lady, a fitting mate for
the judge.
"Come in. mother, and sit down I
was just trying to decide where we
would spend our vacation."
The lady sank into an easy chair and
remarked:
"I think we had better remain at
lome, my dear."
"Remain at home. Why should we?
"Yon know, James, tnat Harold Ham
ilton has been paying our daughter very
marked attention fur several months
and yesterday he proposed and Maria
accepted him. We have been discus
sing the matter today and have decided
that the marriage shall take place in
about two months. The preparations for j
the weeding will, of course, occupy the
intervening period and we shall have
to forego our vacation this year."
The judge frowned.
"So you have it all arranged without
even consulting rne, have you?"
"Mr. Hamilton will call upon you this
evening to obtain your consent. It is
simply a matter of form, of course, but
it is the proper thing to do."
"A matter of form?"
"Certainly. You cm have no objec
tion to him. He in talented, rich and
of good family. His habits are good
and his future brilliant. Besides he
and Maria are sincerely attached to
each other ,1 am very much pleased i
that Maria has chosen so wisely.
"Humph," said the judge.
There was another tap at the door.
"Come in," said the judge, and Mrs.
Thompson greeted him cordially, while
the judge nodded.
"Sit down, Harold," said the lady. "I
will leave you and the Judge to your
cigars,"
Mr. Hamilton sat down and aftr a
few commonplaces broached the object
of his visit. .
The judge listened to him patiently
until he had finished. Then his an
swer was brief and sharp.
"I refuse my consent."
"Sir?"
"Yes." said the judge. looking at hira
full in the face. "I mean it. Maria can
not marry you with my consent"
"May I ask what objection you have
to me?
"No. I do not give my reasons
That '
!s all. sir.
You" can tell Maria if vou
like, but I forbid you my bouse here- j
after."
Harold was a proud man. He rose '
instantly. I
"Af'er such language, I cannot re-
main lonser in your presence. Good ;
evening, sir." i
"Good evening." said the jndge. light-
ing a fresh cigar.
In the parlor there was a scer.e.
Maria was heartbroken. Mrs. Thomp
son was surprised .
"Wait a minute, children. I
ppeak to father. There is some
take."
She found mere was no mistake, "l ne "so i married, ana tne weaning jour
judge was emphatic. j ney included a stop of several days in
"I will never consent to this marriage,-; a town on the Ohio river, where we had
and I don't want to hear any more ' a cosy table all to ourselves at the ho
about it. Please drop the subject." tel. It was at dinner one day that the
The judge's manor and tone admitted
o no discussion, and the lady brought
no comfort to the disconsolate couple
in the parlor.
"I will go and see papan, myself,"
sobbed Maria. "I know he will not
break my heart."
She found the judge braced for the
shock, for whrn she threw herself in
his aims and sobbingly asked his con
sent to her marriage he answered her
firmly that it was impossible. She
should not marry Harold Hamilton.
"Furthermore," said he, "I want you
to be ready to start for Colorado by
next Wednesday. I shall take you with
us on onr vacation, and you will forget
thir fellow before we return.
"Never!" declared Maria.
"Oh, yes, you will."
"Papa, won't you "
"No." said the Judge. "I don't want
to hear any more about, this silly affair.
You be ready Wednesday, mind. Now
go to bed."
The judge smoked his cigar out. then
ftnoked another. He waa probably
making vacation plans.
Mrs. Thompson carried her dignity
to bed early, leaving Harold and Maria
alone.
"Your father has no right to ruin our
lives. Maria," said Harold.
"Dear papa, this is the first time he
has refused a request from me. He
was never even short with me before.
.What can have come over him?"
"What shall we do, dearest?" asked
Harold.
. "He mar relent"
Harold shook his head.
"The judge never changes his mind,
lie will never give his consent to our
triage. He will take you West with
him and we shall be separated. In the
meantime he baa forbidden me the
konte. I cannot come to aee you even."
Marin cried on hie shoulder.
"Ok, Harold, my heart is broken!
!Wt shall wt dor
"Cat Married."
: Tt nana win not consent."
V ant tfrninai with that tar-
fXj. Carta km korrttier
"No, just a little unusual. Au elope
ment is not what it used to be. We
are both of age. I will procure a li
cense and engage the services of a min
ister. We can get a couple of friends
to accompany us to the parsonage, be
quietly married and take a trip some
where." "But what will papa say and do?"
"I am sure I don't know. He cannot
hold out long. You are his only child,
and when we are married he will make
th? best of it."
"Shall we consult mamma?"
"No indeed. This is our secret."
"Oh. Harold, I am afraid."
"Afraid of what, darling? You have
known me for years, and we love each
other. My means are ample for our
support, and nothing is wanting to
our--happhies8--trtrt marriage;"-
She laid her head on his shoulder.
"Won't you think less of me?" she
whispered.
"Never."
"And you will love me the same, al
wavs?" "Yes."
"And and "
"Yes."
Nestling closer to him, she mur
mured: "It shall be as you wish."
"My brave, loving girl."
Their simple plans were soon laid.
She was to pack a small trunk, to be
sent for after the ceremony, and with
a girl friend promised to meet him at
a certain drug store at 2 o'clock the
next day. He wast to procure a license,
engage a minister and secure the com
pany of a male friend.
From the drug store they were to
walk two block to the parsonage, where
the ceremony would be performed.
They would then write to her mother,
send for the bride's trunk and start the
same evening for Boston.
These plans were carried out to the
letter, except that the trip to Boston
was indefinitely postponed.
The wedding ceremony was over and
the tedious legal formalities were com
plied with, when the doorbell of the
parsonage rang and a messeng?r
brought a letter addressed to Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Hamilton.
"Papa's handwriting," said the bride,
trembling and turning pale. "Open it,
Harold, dear."
The young husband tore open the
letter. It read:
"My Dear Children: All Is forgiven.
Come home and receive
a parent's
blessing. Your happy father.
"James P. Thompson."
Maria nearly fainted
"What does this mean?"
A half hour later they were in the
judge's library. The judge looked com
fortable, the newly-married pair looked
happy, while Mrs. Thompson frowned.
"It Is all right, children, but I did
not want my vacation spoiled by prep
nations for a wedding," said the judge
"I thought you would have spirit
enough to disregard my apparent wish
es, and I fully expected the elopement.
I kept track of your movements, and
.wana was never out of the house a
minute without mv being informed of
her whereabouts. In this way I was
able to get my letter to you after you
were married before you had time to
get out of the city."
"My dear old papa," said Maria, hug.
gins him.
"Thank you, father," said Harold.
fhaking his hand heartily, and they
winked at each other.
Mrs. Thompson remarked:
"I certainly regard the judge's con
duct a very unusual and undignified."
1 he others laughed.
The judge enjoyed his vacation.
A BAD HAXF-HOTJR.
Meeting of Former Lovers on Their
Wedding Tours.
Baltimore Sun: She Is very pretty,
and no one wonders that her husband Is
much in love with her unto this day.
'ut she tells this story of a bad half
nour on ner weauing journey.
"I was W she said, "when I was
married, and had been engaged to my
husband a year, but preceding both en-
gagement and marriage I was sort of
engaged, s-hool-girl fashion, to another
ycung feiiow. It was one of those in-
tangible engagements that melt into
thin air when the real prince comes
but fervid enough while they last. In
this case my Interest in the affair cool
ed with the rapidity of a collapsing bal-
will j loon, and, as the youth lived in a dls-mis-!
tant city, no embarrassing explanations
I were necessary.
patriarchial waiter approached and ask
ed if we would object to another gen
tleman and lady being placed at our
table.
"Bride like yourself, missy," he add
ed confidentially as he passed my chair.
In a moment he ushered to their places
the other couple, and I looked up to
encounter my former fiance, consterna
tion and amazement written on every
line of his face. Lacking the wit or
wisdom of experienced years, I dropped
my eyes without further recognition
than rapid paling and flushing of coun
tenance, and he following my lead, be
gan discussing the menu with his wife.
"The dinner proceeded in such appal
ling silence, so far as I was concerned,
as to fairly paralyze my husband, and
explanations were in order as soon as
we returned to our apartments. TVn
how he laughed and went In search of
the rival couple, only to And they had
left the hotel Immediately after the
meal, and we have never heard of eith
er of them sinre."
Lady Farrer, of London, the treasurer
of the South African women and chil
dren's distress fund, has received a let
ter from Mrs. Steyn, the wife of Ex
Presldent Bteyn, of the Orange Free
State, In which the writer expresses her
great pleasure at the Improvement
made In the camps, especially In that of
Bloemfonteln, with which she Is per
sonally acquainted. Last January there
waa a marked Improvement In the
quantity of meat, In the quantity of
rations and In the supply of vegetables,
and these changes being accompanied
by rains and cooler weather, a rapid de
cline In the death rate followed. Mrs.
Bteyn mentions that just before the
tine she was writing the mortuary waa
for four days empty. She conclude
with warm expressions of gratitude to
al lfriends in England who have helped
the camp Inmates In their distress.
Keokuk Date City: A Wisconsin girl
won the state oratorical content
Whether or not this will militate
her If she ever hat SMtriaoninl
PARIS
Paris letter: The exaltation of the
Parisian couturier has been reached.
To his ears has come the. news that
American firms are henceforth to orig
inate styles of their own.
One of these august individuals who
I have the pleasure of knowing shrug
ged his shoulders the other day while
he deigned to give me a few moments
in his atelier and said, with a smile of
condescention worthy of Padercwski,
"Originate! the American! .as well go
to China or to England. The inherited
fashion genius of the Parisian designer
will never be duplicated in our gen
eration at least, w ho. may 1 ask yon,
could originate or who could indorse
a new idea in America?"
Wilh this he swept himself grand
ly away leaving me to the tender mer
cies of his leading saleswoman.
One could easily conceive the rea
son for (he great artiste's scorn when
some of his-latest creations were re
vealed. One exquisite evening gown of
which I took particular note was of
whits satin, covered with a chower
of tiny flower-like spray, formed of
white cloth pastilles, attached by sil
ver and crystal pailettss, with sulks
of gold thread. The curves of the long
skirt were outlined by Venetian lace
through which glistened a flounce of
gold tissue, a large green velvet rose
being tucked into the golden bertha uf
the pouched and embroidered bodice.
This unique model was admirably
snp)e.Tientcd by another a chic gown
of v;h'.te moire, trimmed at the lower
part ot the xkirt with graduated panels
a beautiful Beauvais embroidery In
the most delicate tints, spangled light
ly with gold, the low, tight-fitting bod
ice opening over a vest of Brussels lace,
the waist ct the back terminating in a
little coat tail.
The next novelty shown me. which
seemed to be a part of a preconcerted
plan to drive American originators to
despair, was a tea-gown of white net.
embroidered with threads of gold and
anplioup. with tinted RniKipla and fine
Cluny loee. The gown was made en
printers, but Femi-fiuing, falling over
a ounce of rose-pink chiffon, attached
by a garland of chiffon rosc-s, the trans
parent yoke of lace being embroidered
with gold, long open sleeves completing
the dainty picture.
So much for the extreme novelties.
A very pretty evening dress of white
tucked mull evolved by this same dress
maker was made with insertion of mull
BLACK AND WHITE EFFECT.
Boa of white chiffon dotted with
black, with long ends tied with white
ribbon. Hat of white roses and black
lace.
The Reno (West Virginia) post of
the Grand Army has. decided to investi
gate the war record of United States
Senator Stephen B. Elklns, who Is
charged by one Dr. Leeds, also a mem
ber of the post, with never having been
in the army. The understanding Is
that. If Dr. Leeds does not prove hla
case, he ia to be dropped from the or
ganization. ,
The memory of Deborah Sampson
Gannett, the woman soldier of the Rev
olutionary war, whe fought under the
name of Robert Shurtleff, was honored
lately nt a banquet at Sharon. Haas.,
LADIES PLAY PING-PONG.
In I
FASHION FANCIES.
embroidery, having a full tucked ruffle
on the skirt with a deep embroidery at
the bottom. Another Is a handsome
evening gown of white dotted batiste,
trimmed with black lace insertion, hav
ing a black lace collar with lower
sleeves of lace covering the batiste.
In day gowns there was the same
plethora of original effects, which
scarcely can yet have been either orig
inal or copied in America, I should
imagine.
A very attractive model was in pastel-blue
crepe voile. The general ef
fect of the costume was extremely
dainty. The front of the skirt waa ar-
i ranged' in long narrfrw pleats, strapped
at intervals with silk of the same shade,
attached with tiny gold buttons. The
BLACK AS A TRIMMING FOR YELLOW.
The yellow straw colored and burnt straw hats of the season are al
inost iu variably trimmed with black. This simple and stylish model is
an excellent example. It is yellow Etraw piped with black chiffon and
trimmed with black wings.
lower part was encircled by deep tucks,
the bodice, also, being tucked and kilt
ed, pouching over a sash of ft silk
and being relieved by a collar of
guipure lace. v itn ibis la worn a
smart little walking cape of pastel-blue
cloth reaching only to the waist and
very daintily shaped. It opens In front
to reveal a waistcoat of natural-tinted
linen printed in various soft colors and
trimmed with rosettes of blue velvet.
a roll collar just crossing at the waist.
Another chic summer gown was of
Ivory mousscline-voile, formed into
miniature box-pleats strapped with
narrow stitched bands of silk, a lace
edged flounce, a perfect maze of ruch
ines and tf rapping!. ftKtcutnet around
the hem In thedaint!est way and
headed by a gold bordered band. A
part of the bodice and the sleeves were
of lace, the rest of small puffings of
voile, straps of silk and touches of
gold.
Another rarely attractive voile gown
is In a pretty Sevres-blue shade, nar
row short tucks fitting into the hips
and deepening to the hem, both at the
front and back, stltchings of black and
white eilk softening the flounce of
crossway tucks, the pleated bodice
showing a vest and undvr.-6le ves of
lace, trimmed with white and black
brandebourgs. Another attractive
gown Is of dark blue foulard, effect
ively patterned with large mtdalllons
of moire of the same tint and small
white spot. The long skirt Is arranged
In wide box pleats, but gathered iato
the centre of the back, inserted with
an open-work passamenterie of blue,
the bodice being cut square at the neck
and tied across a vtt of muslin and
coarse linen embroidery by a silken
scarf, a handsome tasseled clasp of
corals confining the belt at the waist
A most quaint and attractive gown Is
of snpphire-shot taffetas glaee. Its
shaped flounces Iwlng piped with black
velvet. The skirt Is very slightly kilt
ed in front, a deep collar edged with
little shoulder frills forming a kind of
flchu to the bodice, which with its un-der-sloeves
of black lace, the upper
ones daintily irlllod, completes quite a
little picture-gown. A pretty morning
frock or seashore costume Ih of a rath
er loose fawn linen canvas, the scvere-
ly plain skirt decorated at the foot
A recent statement by the Bank of
England shows that holders of consols,
receiving dividends through that In
stitution, now number 6,177, as against
6,117 three months ago and 5.K34 a yeai
ago. This Indicates strikingly the ex
tent to which consols have been picked
Up by small English investors on the
decline.
An ordinance to regulate and Improve
the condition of barber shops of Phil
a delphla will be Introduced Into coun
cils. It will provide for the licensing
and registration of all shops and for
the appointment of Inspectors to Inves
tigate their sanitary condition.
with upright strappings of stitched
cloth and silk, the simple bodice
strapped to match: when open the
fronts form revere faced with guipure,
the same tint. It is completed by a
chic little overcoat which fits neatly to
to shoulders; and from there hangs
loosely at the back, it is strapped with
cloth, too, and laced at intervals with
cords of eilk to match.
A very novel costume (illustrated)
in pin check silk is trimmed with bias
-bands of solid blue. The circular ruf
fle on the skirt is made of bias widths
corded with blue. The lower sleeves Is
made of a bias piece and the waist Is
In blouse effect over a corsage of white
lace.
The boa still remains very fashion-
able. I illustrate one of white chiffon
dotted with black with long ends tied
with white robbon. A hat of white
roses and black lace is appropriately
worn with the loa.
Another hat illustrated Is of yellow
straw, piped with black chiffon and
trimmed with wings.
AffiOijg tin- beautiful miilinery Is a
toque of white straw, tb brim turned
till with sapphire chrysanthemum
straw, and adorned with sprays of
white pepper berries.
ANIMALS ANT) DRUNKARDS.
How Horses and Dogs Regard Men
Who Are Intoxicated.
Philadelphia Record: "I've worked
around animals more or less all my life
until the trolleys did away with
horses," said the motorman. "and I
have noticed particularly the effect that
a drunken man has on them. A horse
hates a man with a jag worse than the
devil hates holy water, but a dog seems
to feel that a drum, isn't renponsible for
himself, and acts accordingly. A dog
not matter how fierce he Im, will never
bite a drunken man. He seems to know
by Instinct when a man Is under the
weather, end treats him much as he
would treet a child. But with a horse
it's different. A horse treats a drunken
man with contempt doesn't want to
have anything to do with him. There
used to be an old bum who loafed
around the car stables, and who some
how or other always mansged to keep
loaded up to the nozzle. Rome nights
he would creep into a stall and go to
sleep in the straw. The horses, when
they finished the last run at night
would always be ready to drop in their
stalls, but I never knew a horse that
would sleep with a bum. Rather than
lie down alongside him the horse would
stand up all night."
Lord Kelvin favors the general adop
tion of the metric system. He said be
fore the house committee on coinage
weights and measures (hat SO per cent'
ui t ne peopie wno had ever given the
onuei any uiougnt were
In favn,
the chanirn unit iha ,.n. ... in . .
he characterized nn "stupidly Ignorant."
Mr. James Glalsher, the meteorolo
gist, is &3 years of age. Forty yearn
ago, eays the New York Sun, he made
one of the most remarkable balloon as
censions on record. He was able to
reach a height of 28,000 feet before he
became unconscious, and the balloon
probably reached 35,000 feet before his
companion, Mr. Coxwell, managed to
pull open the valve.
iMdr'.L??7l,! hM ,?en
167,000,000. Of thla amount the United
5XSJ bL ntMnt l65.J6i.76l, Canada
M7M00. Cuba 1262.000, Ireland
Bngland 4M,Q00, Scotland fllTR,
C AHA DA WANT! SETTLERS.
And She Working Hard to Secure
Them.
(Ottawa, Can., dispatch.) The
Canadian house of commons has voted
1442,000 for immigration purposes.
This sum is to spent in efforts all
over the world to induce more people
to come to Canada and make tbe
dominion their home.
Principally It is desired to encour
age farmers or persons willing to be
come farmers. The minister of the
Interior told the house of commons
that his department considered that
there was a sufficient cumber of me
chanics and artisans. !t was agri
culturists that were needed.
Some of the uses to which this Im
migration fund is put are interesting.
For instance. $4,000 was spent laat
year in making a copybook for Brit
ish children which set forth sucn facta
as these: "Canada has rich farm
lands;" "Canada is rich in minerals;"
"Canada's fisheries are among tbe
largest in the world," The idea, of
course, is to associate Canada In the
minds of the youthful Britons with
tne idea of a land to which it would
be desirable for them to go If ever
they desired to emigrate.
The sum of f(SO,000 more was spent
in salaries to Immigration agents in
Canada, who take care of the Incom
ing colonists and see them settled;
$27,000 more is spent in a similar way
in the United States, and $20,000 in
Great Britain and Ireland, Tbe rest
goes in pamphlets and literature.
The ereat idea throughout Canada
is to attract British emigrants. In the
nine years preceding 1890. more than
a million and a half of emigrants left
tne United Kingdom, of whom only
13 per cent came to Canada, while no
less than 68 per cent of British emi
grants went to the United States,
uetween 1891 and 1900 at least 72
per cent oi British emigrants went to
the United States and still only 13
per cent came to Canada. ThcBC facts
rankle in Canadian bosoms ana ine
...imigratlon literary fund Is readily
voted each year.
"There are three well marKea tines
in regard to the questions," one of
the uttawa papers says this week.
"First, that every Canadian who is
kept at home and prevented from go
.ng to the United States Is worth two
emigrants; second, that the most
desirable Immigrants we bring to our
shores and the most welcome is the
man of English, Irish or Scotch birth;
third,, that next to these, highly de
sirable settlers are drawn from Uie
United States, Germany and tbe Scan
dinavian countries. Every govern
ment In Canada may be relied on to
do every thing that patriotism can
HUEsost to keep our own people from
going to the United States."
The paper takes comrori irora re
ports that some people are tmmi
irratinK from the United States to
Canada. It puts the number at 10,-.
000 a year and tells of the arrival of
a coach containing 70 settlers with 17
carloads of effects and stock at Al
berta, coming from the United States
side of the border. It quotes this edi
torial welcome extended to them by
ihe local paper, the lnlsfail Free
Lance, under the heading of A wel
come Invasion:"
The newcomers are of that hardy,
energetic class of agriculturists who
have done so much toward making
the country wert of the Mississippi
the garden of the United States. We
welcome them to the broad acres and
affntia nf Alhut-to ana evnect.
ere long to see the virgin prairies
around their settlement transformed
Into cultivated fields.
Whether from England, Germany
or the United States, Canada wants
new settlers, she ia not getting them
at the rate she desires and Is willing
to go a long way to encourage them to
people her vacant stretches of ter
ritory. Left Without an Issue.
The Prohibitionists are absolutely
without an issue this year. Not a
single measure passed the last legis
lature on the liquor question which
can fail to meet with their approval.
Every move to change the mulct law
In any material degree was voted
down by an overwhelming majority.
It was the general comment that al
most the unanimous sentiment of the
legislature was ugaiiiHt uuy Cuaunu
that would be likely to open up the
question again. From the prfsenti
rmllMril thn Prrdi hU inn vnla la ltLel
to fall to a very low point this year.
The party will get its ticket on the
ballot without petition this year, but
this is not likely to happen again for
several years. Any work along tem
perance lines will have to be done
from this time on by the Anti-Saloon
league. It will continue Its work in
the various counties where the mulct
law is in operation and will seek to
dope up the saloons and prevent the
Illegal handling of liquor. The at
tempt to merge It with the Prohibi
tion party is not likely to meet with
much encouragement from this time
on. Des Moines Register.
Penalty of Aloofness.
"Some men," said Uncle Eben,
"gits de reputation of bein' stuck up,
when de troof is dey Is too bashful
to try to run anybody's business 'ccp.
pin' delr own." Washington Star,
Or the Lawnmower Wrist
The medical journals have discov
ered a case of "ping-pong ankle."
Strange that nothing like "garden
spade knee-joint has ever appeared."
Des Moines Capital..
The government of the Malay penin
sula Is planting gutta-percha trees on a
large scale, and It will not be necessary
to cut them down, as gutta-purcha can
now be extracted from the leaves and
twigs without Injury toithe trees.
The quantity of coffee consumed In
the United States Is so large In com
parison with other bevereges that It
easily holds first place. The visible
supply of coffee In the markets Is now
unusually large and there Is assurance
for a year to come of low prices. Cheap
coffee will go a little way toward easing
the drain upon 'the householder's purse
consequent upon the high prices of
other foodstuffs.
Had General Jacob Smith been In
the vicinity of Martinique when Pelee
exploded ha would be charged with the
catastrophe. The general la nerving
ovarUnM aa a Deyratio fcagaboo.