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r3CDDDODDOOOeiKKOODDODOOCr Capitulation of Celia ID I tell you that I had asked auntie to come here. Leu?" "No, you certainly did not," replied Leonard Vaneourt, bis fort-bead lowering into a frown, an lie helped himself to a secoud piece of toast. "Might I inquire which of the two U going to afford us the deurlous delight of her presence Clarissa, the satur nine, or Amelia, the magpie luiltatorr "Leu!" The delicately traced eye brows were raised in indignant ex postulation. "I think that it is par ticularly unkind of you to speak iu that manner of my relations. Vou used to say that Aunt Amelia was a shrewd business woman." "I would be the last to deny her that uualiucatiou, Celia," remarked Vaneourt, grimly. "It was positively a stroke of genius the way the old reptile ahem lady palmed off on to me that property iu Southwark. Fif teen houses, my dear, with only rudi mentary drainage and a hungry Coun ty Council waiting on me to render the same effective. Aunt Amelia ought to have beeu a company pro moter. Egad! she would have made her fortune at the game, my respected aunt-in-law has It In her bones Where is the Daily Express'" Celia's lips commenced to quiver. "I think that you are horrid, In," the vouchsafed at length, glancing re proachfully at her husband, who sud denly became immersed In the money market column of the paper which he had discovered under the table. . "1 must say that I think you are particularly' unkind to speak of my relations in the way you always do! You should not forget, dear, that Aunt Clarissa has beeu more than a mother to me, and brought me up since I was a tiny tot; the first time you ever met me, lien, was at her house." "I know," replied Vaneourt casu ally. "But if it hadn't been for O-us Harrington taking me to Rutland Gate I should never have seen either of you. I remember the evening well. I took an instinctive dislike to your respected, more than a mother of an aunt! A feeling Incidentally which has intensified ever since." "You used to say that yon were very fond of her before we were married, Len." Vaneourt coughed, dryly. "I was diplomatic, Cella," he said, quietly, as, laying aside his paper, he buttered a piece of toast. "Vou see, aa I could only see you in her house, I was obliged, in a sort of way, to hold the candle to the your aunt" 1 "She was very fond of you, Lea." Celia Vancourt's eyes were bent re proachfully on his. "Ahem! That was very kind of her, dear. You see, Celia, I had shekels; In London society I was considered rather a decent match at the time I married you." Ills accent was irrltatingly sardonic. "Do you mean to insinuate that Aunt Clarissa liked you because you were well off and had a bouse in Park Lane?" demanded Celia, her face flush ing an angry pink. "Aunt Amelia did, anyway," smiled Vaneourt unfeelingly. "My spare cash made her Sonthwark property boom in a manner which brought a smile to her face! She had me on toast. Celia." She rapped her knife impatiently on the immaculate damask. "Leonard," he remarked, with dignity, "I would have you remember that you are peaking of my relations." "I have no desire to rob you of their Ownership, dear," remarked Vaneourt; then added, as he commenced his breakfast in real earnest, "I wish to goodness that you would manage to see that we get bacon for breakfast that la not salty enough to skin the Inside of one's mouth. I don't believe that the tradesmen would dare to sell such abominable meat to anybody else but OS." Cella'a face grew tearful looking, as be poured herself out a cup of tea; then, glancing across the table at the sombrely annoyed features of her husband said, irritably: "I never met such a growling man M you are in my life! The moment anything puts you out you quarrel with your food. Goodness knows, I am fanciful enough, but I don't find this bacon a bit salty." ' "Of coarse not! It Is quite sufficient for me to say that It Is for you to declare the contrary," said Vaneourt, angrily. "I never met such a contra dictory woman as yon are In the whole course of my existence. I am just about sick of UP "And I am tired to death of you and your grumbling," retorted Cella, flush ing with anger. "Everything that I do Is wrong. I can't make out what on earth made you marry me!" "Because I was a victim of the throes of drivel.'!!? lunacy, flint's why," Mid Vaneourt m agcly. "I wish now that I had never sot eyes on you. Why, tver since my marriage I have never known what It Is to have a decent breakfast. If I don't get a high egg t gat salt bacon which a sailor would kick at. and If I get neither of those two things I have a piece of ash which wmI4 disgrace an Kaat Bad cook abop Mt la front of oh." Ca Batted Indignantly, as. tuning tl kit abate, to atrkad ftp Ma discard tl tzzx Mi fattening It aat angrily, l:Smueta ta mad tta esataata. CZ7 ttttrlag w taw far an j t vri mm. xasM yaa art as : . LH rrar ctaulia to have ever come across you I will ask Aunt Clarissa when she comes here " "1 tell you she isn't coming here!" Interrupted Vaneourt peremptorily. "I won't have the old cat in the house so there! I'm master here, kindly re member." "And I am mistress!" retorted Celia. "So Aunt Clarissa shall come and " "What?" "And when she does I I shall tell her that how unkind you are and ami ask her to take me away," con tinued Cella In a faltering voice, un beediug his interruption. "I I never want to see you again I hare you!" "oil. very well, then." Vaneourt rose with as much dignity as be could as sume. "As such is the case, and since I am not allowed to be master of my own house, we bad Ix-ttt-r separate amicably. I, for one. shall be very pleased to be freed from a nagging woman!" "And T, from a brute! "That Is a question of opinion," re marked Vaneourt easily. "I have been asked by Carstairs to go for a cruise, and as his yacht leaves Southampton the day after to-morrow I may as well go with him until I have decided what I will do. Of course, I shall leave you the house I will clear out." lie crossed the room to the door, adding, as be opened It, "There will le enough mon ey paid Into your account to satisfy your requirements." Then, without awaiting a reply, he closed the door behind him, Celia gazing half discon solately, half defiantly, at the vacant chair on the other side of the table. Vaneourt had not been gone long be fore he returned, dressed In faultless style, a Kaglan over his arm and a bowler In his hand. "Well, I'll say good-by," be said lightly, extending his band to his wife. "I've told Job to pack up'my duds and to bring them to me at the Carl ton. I shall be stopping there till to morrow morning, when I shall leave for Southampton." "I see." "We shall be cruising about the Mediterranean for about two mouths." he continued, eyeing his wife covertly as he spoke. "After which I may go to South Africa for a few mouths to do some big game shooting." "You wiil enjoy yourself, I hope," said Cella, placing her slim hand In his. "Of course. If we ever meet In society we need not be dead cuts, need we, Leonard?" Her deep blue eyes were raised al most wistfully to his. "Of course not," he said with a strained laugh, as, pressing ber cold hand In bis, he went toward the door. "Addio, little woman, it Is a pity that we should go our several ways, don't you think so?' "Yes, It is. Good-by." Her voice faded away Into a whisper, adding tjuaveringly to herself as the floor closed behind her husband, "he might have kissed me before he went. I don't think thathe minded leaving me and I I oh, I don't care!" she cried angrily, dashing nway the tears which had gathered on her lashes. "If he had tried to kiss me, I'd have slapped his face for him! I hate Leonard, and now that I am free I shall be as happy as " The harsh , clang of the hall door below caused her to stop abruptly. For a moment Cella stood silent, then, sinking Into a sofa, she burled her fluffy head amid a bevy of cushions. and cried as if her heart would break. "He's gone!" she muttered In a strangled voice, broken by sobs, would And I made sure that, he come back." Meanwhile, outside in the street. Leonard Vaneourt bailed a hansom, and, stepping Into It, was soon lowl Ing In the direction of the Charlton. I am afraid that I have made a fool of myself," he soliloquized. "I made sure that she would have stopped me before I left the bouse; of course. It's all most unearthly rot to thiuk for a moment that I could live without my little Celia. A day would be bad enough, but two months I have half a mind to turn back and say that I was only bluffing, only I should look such an ass If I did. I might have kissed her before I left, though! Poor little girlie, she half raised her face to mine when I said good-by, and ob, I am going to chuck this fool's game and shall toddle hack, and she can stodge me with high eggs and salt bacon as much as she Jolly well likes If she will only take me on again. Cabby, I " His sentence was never finished, for, as lie pushed open the trapdoor above his head, the pole of a brewer's dray crashed Into the side of the han som. When Ieoiiard Vaneourt came to his sense It was to find himself swathed In bandages lying In led In a darkened and ffluillinr room, while curled tip be side him on the Immaculate counter pane, sat Cella, ber slim fingers cooling his fevered brow. "Hullo, girlie!" he ejclalmed, with a weak attempt at hilarity. "I haven't gone after all, yon see." "Are yon sorry. I en. that such Is not tha eaaer ana queried gently, neatling bar taar-atainad cheek against bis. "Woald yon miad. daaraat-I maaa- Osila-if I aald that I waa gladr to askad, alawly. "Hindi On, Ua..yoa an tha daarsot toy ta as tto waddr aba triad, lav aajlarrsQr. "I ttoajbt ttot yaa waaM have come back, but when I found that you did not I Just sat down and wrote to the Carlton to ask you to. dear." "And I hoped that you would call me back, Cella," he sald. ilellghtedly. "And when I found that you did not, girlie, I thought that I would just come back and say that you might do any mortal thing you Jolly well liked. If you would only take me on again, Cella." She passed her hand caressingly over his cheek. "Call me girlie," she whispered, hap pily. "You know, dearest, how I hate Celia." "I don't," Vaneourt replied, fondly. -I loyg her better tha u the whole world! Kiss me, girlie." New York News. NEW WAY TO KILL SNAKES. Squirrels Have Devised a Method ot Getting tbe Hest of an Koemj. A new condition of animal life has developed on Indian Island, In the State of Maine. As the Indians who inhabit the island never kill anything they do not eat, and as they eut neither squirrels nor snakes, both of these species have multiplied greHtly of late years, and they have become as common as grasshoppers uud as un afraid of man. It came about In this way: The natu ral food of the large striped snake con sists of Insects with now and then a plump frog or a toad for a holiday feast. As the Indians do not kill snakes unless they are very hungry the reptiles Increased so fast on the island that all the frogs and toads and most of the Insects were exterminated, compelling the snakes to e-.it chipmunks or starve. . They chose the chipmunks. Though these small squirrels are found all over the Island, they are most plentiful In the little cemetery at the south end. The big striped suakes soon learned where game was thickest and begau to make raids upon the undefended holes of the squirrels, catching them by the legs as they passed In and out, swallow ing them whole as they do frogs. For live or six years the struggle for mastery between the chipmunks and the snakes w as a bard one. The ratio between the two w as decid edly iu favor of the suakes, ami the chipmunks were in a fair way to be wiped out, when au inventive squirrel discovered a way of killing the snakes without fighting them. While a snake will enter any hole In the ground that Is large enough to re ceive its body, no snake has yet been able to dig a bole for itself, and when ever a snake Is plugged Inside of a hole that snake remains where It Is until It dies of starvation. Somehow the chipmunks learned this weak spot in the defense of snakes and tbey began offensive operations. Every day thoy went leaping among the graves and snuffing at the boles to learn If there were snakes Inside. As soon as one was discovered the squirrels carried earth In their check pouches until the hole containing the snake was filled with earth and beaten down level with the grass. They kept close watch for prying snakes for two or three years In succes sion, and last summer there was hardly a large snake to be found on the isl and, while the chipmunks had Increas ed so rapidly that they ate up many of the growing crops upon which the In dian depended for cash bounties from ihe State. ' In digging among tbe graves of their ancestors to rid the Island from a pest of chipmunks the Indians unearthed hundreds of dead snakes which bad been buried alive by the squirrels. Then the world was enlightened as to a new way of killing snakes. ' Iat Barrier Gone. "Henry," said Mrs. l'enhecker, "you have uot yet told me what good re solve you have made for tbe new year." ' "Why, my dear," protested Henry, "you know that I have no small vices or bad habits at all. Don't you know that you have Induced me to stop swearing and smoking snd drinking and going out nights, and everything else that I used to think tbat I wanted to do?" , "Yes, love," answered Mrs. Penheck er, sweetly; "but it sometimes seems to me that you read the advertisements of liquors and cigars with a sinful sat isfaction. It would be better for yon, spiritually. If you should sternly and firmly resolve to shun them hereafter." And ptxir Henry shrank further and further Into the nice new .housecoat that she had made from ber old dol man. Judge. - Poor IO as a Workingman. The westward march of civilized la bor has effected -no change more re markable than tbe conversion of the hitherto lazy, shiftless Indian "buck" Into a worklngman at 11.60 a day. Large gangs of them are now em ployed by a Western railroad in track laying, and they seem to like tbe work better than prnnclng around on i to nics, decked out with feathers sod war pnlnt. Perhaps tbe strangest part of the new condition ix tin? fact that it Is the men and not the women that are doing the work, a complete reversal of the old way. Thus has the long-suffering squaw been eman cipated. Insalted the Police. For ottering a strong expression of disapproval while quarreling with a constable at Vienna a nobleman baa been Sosd for Insulting the police. Tto day after Ha asks bar to marry bin, She goes around the toaat, and takes inventory of tto glBcraeks which ara ban, aad Which aba can taka with HIIIIHIIHIHIMMH GOOD I! Short Ctorie$i In a recent lecture to his people, Booker T. Washington told .them that there is little or nothing to be obtained without work, adding: "There was an old uegro, . professionally pious, ' who wanted a luxurious Christmas dinner, and who, night after night, prayed to the Lord to send him a turkey. The dayspassed, Christmas approached, and the old fellow undertook to com promise by asking the Lord to send him to a turkey. He got one that very night" When Lord High Admiral, the Duks of Clarence, afterward William Tbe Fourth of England, went down to Portsmouth to Inspect the naval es tablishment, the first person he met was his jolly old messmate - and friend. Captain Jack Towers. Tbe prince took him by the band and laughingly said: "Why, Jack, my boy, they tell me you are the greatest blackguard, In all Portsmouth!" "Oh," quoth Towers, "I hope your royal highness has not come down here to de prive me of my character?" It is related that Sir Hiram Maxim ami his wife were recently staying at a watering place on the Continent, and when the time came to pay the bill on leaving, tbe landlord of the hotel look ed askance at the proffered check. He knew the name, but had no evidence that the signer was the Owner of It. And Sir Hiram had not enough cash in his pocket to meet the case. Then Lady Maxim Invited the proprietor to go down to the pier, put a penny In a certain slot, and look. And he saw a "living picture" of Sir Hiram firing a Maxim gun in the presence of the Shah of Persia. That was conclusive. . It Is said that Balzac detested Uti- 'mas. Owe be brought to the Siecle the manuscript of a novel, which was to follow the "Trols Mousquetarles," then being published. He asked to be paid two ami a half francs a line. The director of the journal hesitated: "You see, M. Dumas Is being paid only two francs a line." "If you are giving two francs to that negro, I shall get out," and Balzac stalked off. Dumas was pot Ignorant of Balzac's feelings to ward him and did not spare him. in .the foyer of the Odeon Theater, Bal zac was talking loudly In a group of literary men: "When I have written myself out as a novelist, I shall go to 'playwrlting." "You can begin right away," called out Dumas. Not long ago, a lady was choosing a winter hat, with the usual uncertainty of mind as to tbe kind of hat she want, ed, or whether, Indeed, she wanted a jbat at all. After trying On nearly levery model In the shop, she pounced !wlth glee on one she had overlooked. "Here's something pretty!" she said; !"wby djd you not show me this be fore?" Without waiting for an an swer, she appealed to her patient friend, "There's some style about this, ji-n't there? How do I look?" The friend distinctly sniffed. "It makes you look a hundred, and It's very dow dy," she said. The other tried the !hat at .another angle. "It Is rather dowdy," she admitted, at this -juncture; "perhaps I won't risk It after tfill." A voice front behind- her made 'Its third attempt to- gain a bearing. "If you've quite done with my bat," It said, very bitterly, "I should rather like to put it on." , , .. . A TEXAS BASS STREAM. Ideal Fishing in Winter to Be llad in a Hemote Canyon, The' east fork of the Nueces Itlver ,ln western Texas makes Its way past 'Bullhead Mouutalu down through tb Nueces canyon to the main stream and thence to the gulf. In Its upper part It Is a bold and rocky stream, of iten fifty yards wide, and Ideal bass ;water. The Northerner who loves the sport and hates the time when tbe ice locks up the lakes and rivers of his ,bome can go down there with the cer talnty of getting plenty of fish and communion with primeval nature to 'getber. No tourists visit the east fork of the Nueces. It Is fifty miles above tbe line of tbe Southern Pacific Itallroad and reaching It is a matter of labor. , To traverse'lts canyon wagons must be taken from the little town of .Uvalde, and while there the anglers (Will be dwellers In tents. They will And ample . and excellent camping grounds, however, and , air that Is strong and invigorating. , Tbe best of the fishing Is In tle can yon which lies like an open barrel with Its ends pointing north and soifth, and (through It the winter winds whistle In ,half gales. Tents must be strongly 'guyed and pegged down to tbe last notch, and even then the sleepers will (flnd canvas on top of them many times. . As for the nmnhcr of fish a man may take,' that will depend almost 'wholly, upon bow infliiy ha wants. Lib erally he will be busy from Hie time if bis first cast In early morning until 'be drags bis stiffened Ixuly to camp at jilgbt. I The stream alternate In bright shal lows, seml-rsplds, from 30 to MM yards king, and deep, still pools which no man may cast across, which contain the'.flab. Though the water is as clear as crystal In tha sunshine, these pool ara nearly Jet black In hue and the big bass may not be seen nosing about tto bottom. Tbay ara all grean or large-mouthed baas, bat woaderfally gams for their kind. Tto stamcat la which they lira Is of an Icy coldness for tha most part, (hey fight a swift current through niurh of their lives and get their urus cles trained, and they give plenty of work to wrist and forearm. Like other Southern .bass which feed steadily all of the year, they far sur pass their Northern brethren Iu size. A fish of 4 pounds is not worth men tioning; those of 5 pound are common, 6-pounders are plentiful, and from this weight they run up to 7, 8. 9 and even 10 pounds. Tbe big ones seem to be as frisky and vicious as tbe little ones. Begin ning with the cool nights and morn ings of October, tbey feed voraciously and keep t up all through the .winter months, slackening only after the spring freshets. In December there are parts of the Nueces River wherein the bass will strike at a red leaf when It hits the water. New York Sun. ltnsinrx and the Golden Rule. A Cliloag business mm ftny tbat no Limine man could live up tu the prlneliilea of tbe gulilra rule. "Oh, let us have done with the Gtilih.-n ItUle, For it isn't business; It may do for the dreamer still or the fool. But it isn't biiKine. Let the poet ding on of brotherly love. And the Joy that is earned through being kind; Ix't the preacher prate on the dory above That will do for the meek nod the Inrne ami the blind. But it isn't business. "Y'ou mny fail, if you please, to gouge where you can, But it isn't busim-sH; You may hate to bear hard on another niaD, But it ixn't business'. Y'ou mny scorn to undo one who's weaker than you, And sc-ck no more than you know you've earned, Y'ou may treat other men as you'd have tbem treat you, . But, beaten and poor, at Inst you'll have learned That it isn't business." Hag it come to this? Must we deem it so? Then adieu to business! Let us back to the fields and the plow and the line. And have done with business, Y'et, because come weeds have grown rank and tail. Shall wo say no flowers may bloom again? There is greed, but it hasn't em;u!fd us all, And honor is still in the hearts of men Who are doing liuairiess. , Chicago Uecord Herald. Fast Travel by Kailwsy. A Paris writer claims for France the fastest railroad trains In the world. He says that the Northern railroad has a special between Paris and Amiens doing 81 miles iu 77 minutes, giving an average speed of G3Vi miles an. hour, and on tbe same route by other trains It registers speeds of G1V4 miles an hour, maintained for 120 miles, and 69 8-10 and M miles an hour for distances exceeding 100 miles at a stretch. The fact comes into imme diate contrast with the deplorable at tempts of the English lines having boat trains. Iu connection with the channel steamers. The Southeastern and Chatham rail road this year has conspicuously fail ed to approach Its own record of last year 1 hour and 41 minutes from Lon don to Dover pier, w hich works out at something under 45 miles an hour for the 754 miles. Even with this Ul eral time allowance the English trains are never to time, but the French are invariably. A record Is claimed in a recent run of. the mall and express from Boulogne to Paris. Owing to he late arrival of the boat from Folke stone the train was 40 minutes late in leaving Boulogne, but the engine driv er made up time and got to Paris punctually to the minute. His aver age speed for this run Is said to have 'worked out at 06 miles per hour. The distance Is about 100 miles. Brooklyn Times. Manila's IMasa, In Manila tbe principal plaza Is a beautiful flower garden, two sides of which are bordered by tbe cathedral and the Palaclo del Gobernador, while the other two are flanked by private residences. It is also used as a place for recreation for young and old. Here on certain evenings of tbe week an ex cellent band aids in drawing crowds of citizens, who either do not care for a drive or ride to nieet some friends or prefer a short walk and a breath of air laden with the perfume of tropical vegetation. For those who like a drive or'rlde on horseback and to Inhale tb sea breeze there Is a boulevard con sisting of two roads,-which meet In a right angle,, one of which ruus along the sea .like, where they have every day about sunset a regular corso whjcb, after a, few turns In carriage or on horseback, Invariably culminates in a social gathering just at the angle wbere the two roads meet and where the music of the military Is supposed to be the chief attraction. If nobody listens to Its' strains rt serves at all events as a pretext for the people to rxchuBge tho news of Hie day. More over. ' It Is here that Invitation for Ihu, rcsj of the evening are given or taken. , Vast Wtoe Cistern. At Astl, in California, a cistern KM fret long by 34 fact wide and 21 feet deep was formed In a hillside for ths storage of wine. The Immense tank was lined with concrete 2 feet thick, and coaled Inside with a glass as Im permeable as glass. The capacity of the tank Is 600,000 gallons. We hart noticed tbat Daw things art constantly discovered tbat threaten to "rarolutloniao tto world,'" but tbey never do. CAT BROUGHT GOOD LUCK. Siuanlar VeriOcolton of Very Old Superstition about Feline. Do I believe that It is good luck TOI 1 strange cnt to follow you borne said .he chubby man In response to a ques tion bv his" friend who was Just remark ing on a little experience he had with I strange cat. "Well, I should ssy i lo. Here Is an Instance: I was walk ing along with a friend In Chicago a few years ago lute at night, when e suddenly came utwn a cat that was very lame and Iu great distress. I picked the creature up and found tnai ill four of its feet were frozen. "After carrying the cat for some dis tance, nearly to my rooui.T dropped to to a saloon to get a nightcap, and I thought 1 would give the eat some milk. I did. I started to pick the cat ap again, but my friend reminded me tbat It would not be a bad Idea to let the cat follow us home. 'It will mean good luck, as certain- as the world never falls.' he said, enthusiastically. The cat followed us all right and hobbled Into the room with us that night. '"U Just wait,' said my friend; 'we'll huve good luck, us certain as the world.' "The next day my friend dropped In. 'Any good news yet?' he asked me as he rubbed the back of the purring cut. Nothing.' I replied. The next tiny be was around again. 'Anything yet. old man? be asked. 'Nope,' I said. 'wh. It'll come all right. Never fulls. and he dashed out again, lie made another call the following day. asked the same question and got the same answer. Jill belief was still uuxhnki-ii, so far as lh good luck legend was concerned. The next day he walked in ami found a let ter addressed to him on my desk. II upeued It, read it and fell back In a (H of laughter. 'What'd 1 tell you?' he said. 'Never fails. (Jood luck every time. I knew It would come. It nlwayt somes. Bead this. Come here, kitty.' and be grabbed the cat, pulled her up In bis hip and brushed her fur as he kept ou laughing. I glanced through the letter. It told 'of the death of a relative wllh whom my friend hud som trouble on account of property Inter ests, and the death meant that my friend, a really deserving fellow, would come into Visttsl(in of a good, comfort able estate. Yes, Indeed. If a cut fol lows you home you are certain to hav good luck." New Orleans Times Dem ocrat. The Tragedy of Being Poor. 1. In tho glimmer, when the hot wins sweep the plain. In the summer when the pan-lied fu lili gasp for rain. When the bky above is brassy and tin nun, Like a vessel from which molten mctali run. Hangs o'erlirad through tlaya that nevei seem to end, They totter in the dusty street and sigh, Tbe children in their huddled hoveli penned, Lie crying out through shriveled lips and dry In the siiuimt-r, when the heat ia atiiliug, Woe Asauinea a thousand shape tbey muni endure. Till Dentil is kind enough to claim thpis , . The tragedy of being poor! 11. In the winter, when the plains are whit with snow. In the winter, when the maddened bli lanls blow. When the aky altove Is leaden and tin i nun. Like s weary slave, whoso heavy tai.li la done, Shrinks out of sight, an if to steal s rest With faces pinched and blue they g their ways; The mother, with ler babies on hei breast, Beside the empty atove werps throug the days; In the winter, when the blasts are icy. Woe Assume a thousand shapes they must endure, Till Death ia find enough to claim then O, The tragedy of being poor! Chicago Itecord Herald. An KffecUve "Attachment." Attaching a man's property for deb) Is supposed to be a legal process, bul an Incident which occurred years ago in the city of Natchez, as related by Davy Crockett In bis "Life and Ad. ventures," shows that there are other "attachments" which sometimes ac complish a beneficent purjose. . Without further ceremony, tbe cap tain, assisted by bis crew snd passen gers, some three or four hundred la number, tnsde fast an Immense cable to the frame building where the lbef )iad been committed. Then he allowed fifteen minutes for the money to bs forthcoming, vowing that If It wers not produced within that time h would put steam to his boat and dra the bouse Into the river. The thieves knew that be would kee bis word, snd the money was prompt ly produced. Personal Allusions. Personal allusions are never snfe, and seldom effective or Lappy. At anecdote that illustrates this fact li that of a solicitor for a charitable liiNti tutloti who wenf In a woman's door nut asked ln'r for a contribution. "We have," be stated, earnestly, 'hun dreds of poor, rugged and vicious chl. dren, like those at your gate, and out object Is " "Hlr," Interrupted the Indignant worn tn, "those are my own children!" Coal Parohaae Up to te. "What kind of coal do you user "Kg." "How do yoa buy It'" "By tba doasn."-Indlanapolls Nswt Bewar f tba man wboTffsrt yot sdrlca at taa aipcasa of a mataai friasd. 3
