' Charles Marriott, the author of '"The
Column," Ih now finishing a ucw novel
which In entitled -The House on the
Sands."
"Old Paths mid Legends of New En
gland," l,y Katharine M. Al)l)ott. Is
shortly to ar'iit' with the Imprint of
- P. Putnam's Sons.
' Dr. Lyman Abbott Ih now at work
oti a wuigtaphy of Henry-Ward Beech
r. which Houghton. Mllllin & Co. ex
pect to publish next Se(teml)(T.
, Murk Twain Ix making haste to put
the finishing touches to his papers ou
Christian Science that a hook may be
made of lliein for early publication.
Miss Alice Itrovvn, the author of
"Meadow Crass," has written a third
novel, "The Manncrltigs." The action
passes in u country house and includes
a double love story.
The author of "The .Story of Mary
McLane" Is at work upon a new book,
it is 8a hi to be quite different in char
acter from the iirst one, and to be
written with more reserve. It Is ditli
eult to imagine what form the girl's
Ideas will take now that she Is two
years older and lias seen more of the
world.
Henry Holt & Co. have in press for
Immediate publication a handbook on
"Money and Banking," by Professor
William A. Scott, of the University of
.Wisconsin. While Intended primarily
for educational use, It will be service
able also to the busy general reader
who wishes a clear statement lu com
pendious form of the first principles of
modern currency.
', The little magazine which the Scrlb
ners have published for so many years
'under the title of the Hook buyer, has
.een transformed and given the title
of the Lamp. It has been made a lit
tle weightier, lending off with an ar
ticle on "Macauiay's First Essay," by
.Professor Wilbur L. Cross, nml
'department called "The Rambler"
been relegated to the pages at
the
has
the
back.
John Lane will soon publish n novel
by Mrs. Wilfrid Ward called "The
Light Behind." Mis. Ward Is a niece
of the Duke of Norfolk, the premier
British Duke. Her father was James
Kobert Hope Scott, the parliamentary
barrister, and a close friend of Glad
stone. He came Into possesion of Sir
.'waiter Scott's home, Abbotsford, by
his marriage with the romancer's
granddaughter and sole descendant.
Miss Lockb.'irt. Mrs. Ward's childhood
was passed at Sir Walter's home. She
published an earlier novel some time
ugo. culled "One l'oor Sample."
PEIRIFILD rOSSIL flSHES.
Ueccnt geological research has dis
covered a series of wonderful fossil
fishes among the shale deposits of Wyo
ming. Their original forms have been
somewhat flattened and changed. They
measured from 20 to 30 feet long, and
were lu life exceedingly ravenous and
dangerous. That they fought among
themselves Is almost positively known,
for a specimen has been taken from
the rock the stout back plate of which
had been completely crushed in two,
bearing In Its solid bone deep Imprints
and gashes which lit the Jawtlps of
this species, which had Jaws set with
a bristling row of teeth. These for
midable creatures are found along with
others lu what are known as the "Had
Lands" or fossil beds of the West.
This whole section was. ages ago, a
great lake, which, through changed
geological conditions, was drained,
leaving the mighty monsters of the
deep to sink and become burled deep,
away from the destructive elements
of the air und flesh eating animals. By
piling up successive layiTS of sediment
nature has thoroughly embalmed and
preserved their remains these millions
of years, until the pick of the fossil
hunter has cut and chiseled out their
petrified forms.
THErTiwy8ATRADE.
Secretary Moody I'olnta tint It Op
portunities for Young Men.
"Not only the man behind the gun,
but the man behind the coal shovel, the
man behind the wheel, (he man In
front of the engine, and, not by any
means least of all, the. man In front of
the galley range each of these Is the
subject of solicitous thought by men
wLo are distinguished as brilliant com
manders of ships and of squadrons,''
aa Id (Secretary of the Navy Moody,
apropos of the departure of enlisting
parties for the navy, to cover the Mid
dle West and Southwest.
"I mean by that to convey forcibly
that each of the many trades, callings
and occupations which constitute the
Industrial life of a modern warship Is
belli scrutlnlwd for avenues of Im
provement; that there Is a consistent
and comprehensive effort being made
to Improve the conditions surrounding
the eullaud nun afloat, aa effort which
has already borne auch fruit that I
think I am Justified la saying that In
do navy are tbt conditions of comfort
which surround the Ben of the navy
of the United Mate approached.
"The system under which toe navy
department Is training material foi
crews Is, I believe, If continued along
the present lines and with the Improve-
tnents that experience will enforce, cer
tain to give us the finest man-o'-wars:
men the world has ever seen. A boy
from 15 to 17 years of age who enters'
the navy as an apprentice at f9 a month)
receives a good English education and
a thorough training in seamanship. lie
has certain preferences in the matter'
of rating, and may easily, by good con-
duet and continuous service, work his
way up through successive ratings,
which will give him from $30 to $5 a
month; the latter pay, with the quart
ters and rations, equivalent to at least
$H." a month In shore emploment. Ilq
Is aided at all times; If lie" evinces an
ambition to perfect himself In his pro
fession, by Instruction ou board alt lot
and In special schools established for
the instruction of petty officers and ad.
vanced seamen, and Is eligible undefl
certain requirements to take the exam
ination for warrant officers, positions'
ranking next after ensigns, and with
pay ranging from $1,200 in the first tiva
years of service to $I,8uO after twenty
years of service, with allowances and
permanence of position and employ
ment that makes the rank quite as sat
isfactory In a financial way as a very
large proportion of the better-paid po
sitions ashore. There Is also the posslt
bility of securing a commission as em
sign, a possibility that has been real'
Ized within the past year by an ex
apprentice." Washington Post.
saaj 5 5 S JJJhJl 5 J
Ways of People
Who Steal Dogs.
Dog stealing in London has Increased,
to a very large extent latterly, and th
professional dog stealers, of whom
there are many, are having a very pros
perous time. A well-known West Enij
veterinary surgeon explained some o(
the methods of the dog stealers.
"These men," said . he, "are by na
means ragged loafers, but well-dressel
persons of some address, many of them
well off," says the London Express,
"They find out that a well-known so
clety lady or gentleman has a doa
which Is taken for a walk daily. Thcj
cultivate that dog's acquaintance with
surreptitious feeds, and then one daj
the man finds himself round a cornel
alone with the dog, and the theft li
accomplished.
".Sometimes a decoy dog Is taken out,
especially In case where It Is desired
to steal an animal of the larger kind,
Kensington Oardcns are the happy
hunting grounds of the dog thief and
scores of pets are there stolen from
their owners. I should say from mj
knowledge that nt least tlfty dogs a
month are stolen In the West End
Generally speaking, a lost dog can at
ways be recovered If one goes the right
way about It. For Instance, I got ta
know a dog dealer who, though ht
would never steal a dog on his own ac
count, must, 1 am morally certain, In
In touch with those who do. A clienl
comes to me with a tale of a lost dog
and prepared to spend money to get II
back.
"I go to fill' dog dealer, describe tli
animal, and ask him to keep his cycj
open for it. Very shortly he comes to
me and tells me for what sum he will
be aide to produce the dog. Sometimes
negotiations go on for months. Where
rewards are not forthcoming, or where
the police? are hot on the track, th
stolen dogs are sent down to Club How
In ISethnal Creen, where there is a sail
every Sunday morning."
SADDEST KIND OF POVERTY.
Mcntul l)eUt ut Ion Womc thun Lock
of H(c0llriK Money.
No other, foruajof poverty can com
pare with mental 'destitution. Though
a man own neither houses nor landi
nor money, yet. It' he has a cultivated
mind and a broad mental horizon, It!
the door of his Intellect has been openl
ed wide, so that he drinks lu beauty
and Intelligence wherever he goes,
anil If he has developed his sympa
thies so that he is in touch with llfn
at all points, he has found the seercj
of success and happiness.
On the other hand, if a man merely
accumulates millions of dollars, though
he own broad acres am live In a pal
ace. If his mlud lias been starved, if
lie Is Intellectually poor, he will know'
nothing of the wotld beautiful lu hook
he will see nothing to admire In art,
nothing to soothe or elevate In inuslcj
says Success; If he has been wholly
absorbed lu crowding and elbowing
his way through the world to the to
tal neglect of his higher nature, ill
spite of his bouses and lands, his palaJ
tlal residence and all his costly stir
roundlngs, he Is the most despicable
and pitiable kind of pauper.
Saving money and starving the mind
Is the poorest business that any hu
man being can 'possibly engage lu.
Wear threadbare clothes, If necessary)
sleep lu a bare aitle, If you must; saw
rlllce legitimate but unnecessary
amusements; do anything In reason
rather than starve your mind. Teed
that nt any cost short of Injuring,
health.
A youth who has learned the alpha
bet has the key to all power. He i-tin
make royal Invest ments, for mental
Investment Is the greatest any one can
make. It Is a form of wealth that will
stand by one when panics or other1
misfortunes have swept away proper
ly, when friends fall away, wbeu the
whole world seems to have turned
against you. No matter what hap
pens, If you have a rich mind, If your
Intellect Is a storehouse of precious
knowledge, you can never lu reality be'
poor.
Mao la made of dust and the aver
age girl la looking for the mannfac-'
tured article. '
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
The Passing of the Beard.
NOTITINO Is presently plainer in a world that
lives its little mysteries, and likes to keep
the observer In a state of tremulous suspense.-
about -a--good -many things than the fact
that It is beginning to shave again. It has always
shaved, more or less, ever since beards came In some fifty
years ago, after a banlsbmeut of nearly two centuries,
from at least the Anglo-Saxon face. . . . The flowing
whiskers have long vanished; the beard that once streamed
meteor-like upon the wind now streams only from the
cheeks and chins of rustic sages; the Imperial and the
goatee are rarer thsn the mutton-chop whiskers; the square
cut chin-beard has ceased to be significant of our nation
ality, It Is so Inadequate to our numbers; all other dots and
dabs of hair upon the human countenance have been gath
ered confluent!' Into the full beard, or have perished before
the remorseless sweep of the razor. The gain of manly
beauty through the fashion of clean-shaving, has not as
yet, It must lie confessed, been very great. Those who had
not grown beards, of course remain as they were. In their
native plainness; but it Is in the case of those who had
worn beards, that the revelations are sometimes frightful;
retreating chins, blubber lips, silly mouths, brutal jaws, fat
and flabby necks, which had lurked unsuspected In their
hairy coverts now appear, and shake the beholder with
surprise and consternation.
To our own taste, we think the average man looked
better In his beard. It was natural, and it was dlguitied.
It hid certain things, certain features, expressions, that
were best hushed up. That smirk, that sensual pout that
bull-dog clinch, they were all mercifully hidden or they
were at least so much palliated that they remained a dark
suspicion, and not this dreadful conviction with which
they now alllict the spectator. It can be said that there Is
a gain for honesty, If not beauty, In the now fashion ol
shaving, and this cannot well be denied. Hut It appears
that the Creator could not trust the human countenance to
Itself, at k'ast as It was given to men, and found it best
to hush It up In a jungle of hair. Women were fashioned
so fair that they could be allowed to look what they really
were, but with men It was another story. Harper's Weekly.
Mistakes in Modern School Methods.
TWO theories have wn-ked no end of mischief in the
graded schools of our cities. One Is the theory
that oral Instruction Is superior to the old fashioned
study of books. This is at the bottom of most of the
bad spelling which Is fast coming to be a general
defect. There are no rules for English orthography. A
child cannot learn to spell by ear. The only possible way
to learn spelling Is thorough familiarity with the appear
ance, not the sound, of the word. And so long as correct
spelling Is one of the commonest tests of education, it
certainly seems as If every effort should be made to secure
It In the schools.
The other theory Is that methods are more important
than results; that a child should be taught In a certain
way, whether that way Is the quickest and easiest or not.
The Important thing In education, and one would think
that the veriest simpleton could see it, Is that the child shall
be able to read aloud correctly, to write a good hand,
to use the rules of arithmetic with ease and accuracy, to
tell something of the countries of the earth on which be
lives and their history, and to speak and write his own
language without making any serious mistakes.
It should be obvious that this Is enough to occupy the
whole attention of the average child up to the age of twelve
or thirteen, without any extraneous and ornamental studies.
If school committees could be convinced of this fact, the
HE MADE A SNIPE TRAP.
HliiiolH l arnirr Tell of a Huccennfnl
Contrivance.
"Nope, snipe bunt'in' ain't what it
used to be," said an Illinois farmer
while in the city with a train load
of live stock the other day. "Per a
real lively Nimrod the Illinois prairies
Is nlgb onto the slimmest picklu' In
the land. I used to be as ytmr as Job's
turkey didn't have a blamed cent
but I bad more fun shootin' snipes
than I now get out of tlgurin' up my
bank deposits. When the snipes disap
peared, I sold my olo blunderbuss and
went to work, and, by George, I own
a section of black land, and there ain't
a snipe been on It In five year.
"There wasn't anything a few years
ago that afforded more genuine sport
than snipe liuntin'. I've killed a bush
el sack full of little sandpipers, long
legged mudders ami Jacksnlpe In a
day. I used to hunt while the burrs
was a -i bokiu' the daylights out of my
corn crop and my horses were so ali
bied poor they had to stand In the
same place twice to make a shudder. I
didn't have no time fer burrs and
horses while the snipe were snuckltf
around them prairie ponds and ditches.
But the mos' fun was not In slutigh
tcrin' the birds with a gun. It was
lu triippin' them. Hain't you never
hearu of a snipe trap? Oh, well, then,
that's different. Well, sir, a snipe trap
was the simplest thing you ever saw.
It was nothing but a enlarged mouse
trap with modern Ideas put Into use.
Now, you know, a snlpo runs along
the edge of a pond where the mud Is
sort ' soft.
"Well, I rigged up a flat box and
look the murderln' devices out of a lot
of mouse traps. I fastened 'em In the
hox. Then I bored a lot of holes In
.he (op of the box Just over the little
traps Inside. I covered the box over
wltli mud ami took a dead snipe and
stuck Its head In one of the holes In
the box. It would take a pttrty smart
bird to see anything under the mud,
and there was nothing there but a doz
en little holes In the ground.
"A tmlpo Is like n monkey. What
one does they will nil do. If one sticks
its head under a board and pulls out
a worm, every other ono will stick lta
Ili ad under. Well, as I said, I set a
dead bird at the trap. Before long a
drove of the birds settled around the
pond. When they saw the dead bird
With Its head stuck down ft hole III
lie ground they thought he was boldln'
t banquet. They hustled over and
ii'ght to stick their heads Into tho
oilier holes. 1 wn hid In the tall
. !i(--t und I heard the wlrea cllcktn'
nil,! .i' (he bin's Uopplu' their wings
T I THEN was
1 I our yutn
1 ant text
pupils who have
as they were choketi. In two minutes
every trap had a snipe. I walked out,
dug uji the box and took out my game.
There's no limit to hunt in' like that if
you can find the snipes, but they ain't
111 my section of the State no more."
Chicago Inter Ocean.
BURNS A THOUSAND YEARS.
Lamp First Lighted Ten Centuries Ago
la Now Going Out.
Since the reign of King Alfred,
something like a thousand years ago,
Towneley hall and park In England
have been In the possession of the
Towneley family, which traces Its
origin back for more than a thousand
years. The members of this family
have a distinct claim to celebrity, for
It Is to be feared that the famous
lamp of Towneley Chapel was the last
of (he so-called ever-burning lamps In
England. At the beginning of the last
century there were some half a dozen
known to fame still alight and which
had been burning for centuries, while
at the time of the reformation and
the dissolution of the monasteries by
King Henry VIII. there wen; many
hundreds of them that had been burn
ing without interrupt ion from t lie time
of the Norman conquest.
Doubtless these perpetual lamps
were a remnant of that form of pagan
worship known as the everlasting lire,
which was kept alight by guardians,
both male and female, the latter
known as vestals, and who were pun
ishable with death If they allowed the
fire to go out. How much Importance
was attached even after the reforma
tion and well on Into the seventeenth
century In Europe to these ever burn
ing lamps Is demonstrated by tho fact
that some of the greatest scientists of
those days devoted both much time
and labor to the discovery of some
species of illumlnant that would burn
forever. Many works havo been writ
ten about the matter by French, Ital
ian and English writers, some of
whom vouch for the most extraordi
nary details on (lie subject. Thus, fori
Instance, It Is solemnly asserted that
nt the opening of the tomb of Tulllu,
tho daughter of Cicero, lu Koine, in
the Via Appla, In the sixteenth cen
tury, a lamp was found burning there,
which, If the story authenticated by
records at the Vatican and bearing
the signature of Pope Paul III. are to
ho believed, must have been burning
for more than 1,000 year.
Bailey In his English dictionary of
17.10 tella that at the dissolution of the
monaHterfes In the time of Henry VIII,
there was a lamp found that bad then
burned for more than 1,200 yean
that la to aay, tinea tat aacand cen
path of t lie overworked teacher would be easier, children
would be better trained, and the people who make their
living by Inventing new ways of teaching these simple
things would have to employ their fertile brains In some
other way.-Washington TImesr
Bad Spelling.
the last spelling book published? Havt
outgrown the use of that once lmport-
book? It would seem oftentimes, from
I their ignorance of the rules of spelling and their
arrangement of the letters In words, that they
disdained the practice of good orthography. It Is all very
well to talk about some people being natural spellers and
some being poor spellers. There are faulu of ear which
are hard to overcome; but eyes can be trained to correct
these faults, and decent spelling, under all circumstances,
at least from every graduate of the grammar grade, should
be demanded.
It is a fact of observation, explain It how you will, that
taken prizes for scholarship In grammar
schools of good Rtanding cannot write a letter free of
blunders In spelling; another fact, that pupils in high
schools, remarkably well read for their years, are guilty
of gross errors in spelling; still another that pupils who
have the wit and brains and style to write a charming let
ter, misspell abominably; and yet another, that boys seek
ing entrance to colleges of first rank, able to pass examina
tions in mathematics and science, spell after the fashion
of "witch." Boston Transcript.
American Extravagance,
ECONOMY In this country (the United States;, and e
peclally on the Pacific coast, Is almost disreputable.
A man Is ashamed to acknowledge that be walks to
save car fare or orders a light lunch to save the ex
pense of a heavy one. One never finds Californians
ordering one portion of meat at a restaurant for two per
sons even when they know that one portion would be
more than enough for both. There was a time, not very
long ago, when people In San Francisco disdained to accept
change from a quarter of a dollar.
To be saving In the United States a man must have
moral courage. The man who refused to pay more than
a reasonable price for clothes, let us say, or for dinners,
and who puts the money thus saved into a bank, feels like
a thief; and people talk and act as though to save money
were in fact to steal it.
Only in extravagant America, however, Is economy dis
reputable. Here, as some one has written, where one man
is as good as another, he must bo lavish of his money; being
all sovereigns, we must be as prodigal as princes. But in
Europe no one respects a man the loss or treats him the
worse for trying to live cheaply. People of wealth and
breeding do not disdain to practice little economies in Eu
rope. They dare not to order a big dinner when they want
only a light collation. They are not afraid to travel sec
ond class or to put up at the quieter and less expensive
first-class hotels.
This extravagance with money is a natural trait of rich
people, and It would do less harm if only the really rich
Americans displayed it. But the middle-class Americans,
striving to show themselves as good as the millionaire
countrymen, are the most prodigal of all, and it is they
who, while spending more than their means made reason
able, have created the general opinion In Europe that every
American traveler is an unspeakably opulent person to
rob whom is the patriotic duty of every European brigand
that goes under the name of inn-keeper, guide, merchant,
servant or others of that ilk. San Francisco Bulletin.
tury of tho Christian era and de
clared that this lamp was in his days
to be seen at the museum of rarities
ut Leyden, in Holland. Shakspeare in
his address of Pericles refers to "ever
burning lamps" and Spenser, too, al
ludes to "lamps which never go out."
From a purely antiquarian point of
view, therefore, it must be a source
of great regret that the owners should
permit the extinction of a lamp which,
according to tradition, had been burn
lug without Intrruptlon since the days
of King Alfred that Is to say, for
more than 1,000 years lu the chapel
on the Towneley estate.
Relic of John Brown's Knd.
One of the Interesting curios on view
at the late Middle States and Missis
sippi Valhy Negro Exposition at the
First Ueglmcnt armory was owned by
Henry Washington of 5'Jl West Lake
street. It Is a piece of the rope with
which John Brown's existence was end
ed at Harper's Ferry. Washington
vouches for the authenticity of this
reminder of the martyr, whose spirit
"goes marching on."' He bases his
credence on the following circum
stances, as related by him:
His mother, Harriett Duckett, a free
woman, was married to a slave owned
by Edward Stonebreaker, of Pleasant
Valley, Md. Because of the difference
in the social condition of the two she
was compelled to live apart from him
at Harper's Ferry. When John Brown
made his appearance at that place his
arrival was known only to a few free
colored people thereahouts. Notable
among these was Harriett Duckett.
On the day that Brown became a
martyr to tho cause which he believed
to be right throngs of curious people
came to view his execution. After the
bunging the rope was cut up and the
pieces distributed among the owners
of the nenr-by plantations as souvenirs.
Among those who secured a piece of
the rope was the master of , Henry
Washington's father. When freedom
finally came to the slaves tills black
mini found himself In possession of this
historical relic, which at his death ho
left to his son. Chicago Kccord-Uer-ald.
llrr Devotion.
"I believe Anglo married that rich
perfHinery manufacturer for his mon
ey." "She saya alio didn't aweara ahe'd
tick to him if he didn't have a scent"
-Philadelphia Bulletin.
When yon hear a man aay that every
man baa his price ba l looking for t
buyer.
X SON WAS MOURNFULLY LATE
The old farmer died suddenly, so
when Judge Ciilroy, his only son, re
ceived the telegram, he could do noth
ing but go up to the farm for the fu
neral. It was difficult to do even that,
for the judge was the leading lawyer
in , and every hour was worth
many dollars to him.
As he at with bent head In the
grimy little train which lumbered
through the farms, he could not keep
the details of his cases out of his mini.
He had been a good, respectful son. He
had never given his father a heartache;
and the old man died full of years aad
virtues, "a shock of corn fully ripe."
TJie phrase pleased him.
"I wish to tell you," said the doctor,
gravely, "that your father's thoughts
were all of you. He was ill but aa
hour, but his cry was for 'John! John
unceasingly."
"If I could have been with him!"
said the judge.
"He was greatly disappointed thai
you missed your half-yearly visit last
spring. Your visits were the events ol
his life," said the doctor.
"Last spring? Oh, yes; I took my
family then to California."
"I urged him to run down and see
you ou your return, but he would not
go."
"No, he never felt at home in tl)9
city."
The judge remembered that he had
not asked his father to come down,
Ted was ashamed of his grandfather'!
Wide collars; and Jessie, who was a
fine musician, .scowled when she was
asked to sing the "Portuguese Hymn"
every night. The judge humored his
children and had ceased to ask hi&
father to the house.
The farmhouse was in order and
scrupulously clean; but its bareness
gave a chill to the judge, whose own
home was luxurious. The deaf old wo
man who had been his father's servant
sat grim and tearless by the side of the
colli n.
"Martha was faithful," whispered the
doctor, "but she's deaf. His life was
very solitary. The neighbors are young.
He belonged to another generation."
He reverently uncovered the coffin,
and then with Martha went out and
closed the door. The judge was alona
with his dead.
Strange enough, his thought was still
of the cold bareness of the room. Those
hacked wooden chairs were there when
he was a boy. It would have been sa
easy for him to have made the house
comfortable to have hung some pi
lures on the wall! How his father had
delighted in his engravings, and pored
over them! ,
Looking now into the kind old face,
with the white hair lying motionlesj
on it, he found something in it which
he had never taken time to notice be
forea sagacity, a nature fine and sen
sltive. He was the friend, the com
rade, whom he had needed so oftenl
He had left him with deaf old Mar
tha for his sole companion!
There hung upon the wall the photo
graph of a young man with an eager,
fStrong face, looking proudly at a ehuo
liy boy on his knee. The judge saw the
strength in the face.
"My father should have played a
high part in life," he thought. "There
js more promise in his face than in
mine."
In the desk was a bundle of old ac
count books with records of years of
hard drudgery on the farm; of work in
winter and summer and often late at
night, to pay John's school bills, and
to send him to Harvard. One patch ot
ground after another was sold whila
he waited for practice, to give him
clothes and luxuries which other young
men In town had, until but a meagrs
portion of the farm was left.
John Gilroy suddenly closed the book.
"And this Is the end!" be said. "The
boy for whom ho lived and worked,
won fortune and position and how did
he repay him?"
, He knelt on the bare floor, and shed
bitter tears on the quiet old face. "Oil
father! father!" he cried. But tbert
was no smile on the quiet face. He
was too late. Youth's Companion.
F.ggs Exported lom Kgrpt.
A remarkable feature of Egyptian
trade Is the great expansion In the ex
portation of eggs. According to the
Egyptian customs returns, the total
quantity shipped during the first elev
en months of last year, January to No
vember inclusive, was 04,2(52,500, val
ued at E.7r,uT(, England taking 58,
721,000, (lermauy (183,000, Austria
Hungary 2.205,000, France 2,109,000
and Italy 7."i,500. The exports during
December also, It Is understood, were
exceptionally enormous, England be
ing a large buyer. As a result the
price of eggs Is rising In Egypt Egyp
tian eggs are said to be gradually oust
ing Kusslan eggs from the KngHsh
market.
Tho Man Who limn.
"An old college chum of mine located
down this way several years ago," said
the Eastern tourist. "He was rnlhei
unscrupulous, but bound to rise. W
considered him a good man to tie to
Jenkins, bis name was "
"Ah, yes," replied tho Texan. "V
considered him 'a good man to tie, to
- to lie to a tree. Oh! he rose al
right.' "-Philadelphia Press.
fust Itamtnder.
(itiest I used to come In here several
years ago.
Walter Yaa, nab; an' I Barred yo'.
Guest That so? I don't remembef
you.
Walter-But yo' useter; yaa, aah,
ebry time yo' useter remember me, tak,
-Philadelphia Press.
