Won? Is a bad bedfellow. Kick It
at
peaking of rotea, It lan't quality,
bat quantity, that count.
A preferred creditor la one who
ever asks for hia money.
Many a man goea to the bad beeauae
he attempta to poae aa a good fellow.
Bachelors may lead bllaaful lire,
but yon can't make a apinater believe
It
Don't forget there U always a wrong
aide to a question aa well as your
side.
Lay figures form a very important
item in the stock equipment of a poul
try farm.
Any meek and lowly man can get
hia wife's undivided attention by talk
ing in his sleep.
There is certainly enough money
spent on the road to rain to keep it
in excellent repair.
At the age of 127 this country's re
markable rltality may be attributed to
its wonderful constitution.
Men laugh at trouble and women cry
OTer it or at least that's the way tbey
usually act at a wedding.
There Is likely to be a bitter taste
is a man's mouth after lie lias been
forced to eat his own words.
The trouble with trouble Is that most
people can't distinguish between the
genuine article and the counterfeit
A Kansas City man dropped dead
while sawing wood. A most sensible
man if there was much more wood iu
aight
Abdul II. may not have much mou y
for paying his debts, but be can al
ways find car fare for a few army
corpse
If a man is unable to boast cf whttt
hia ancestors accomplished it is up
to him to do something on his own
account
Mr. Harry Lehr's lattst triumph is a
parrot that sits on bis shoulder at din
ner and swears. Mr. Lehr's efforts as
an uplifter continue to be inspiring.
King Peter promises hia devoted sub
jects that he will raise the army to a
height worthy the hope of the Servian
people. Always providing the army
doesn't raze him first.
Often a man spend more for fire
crackers than he could get for his
voifc About as often, also, he puts
more patriotism in the Fourth than
be does in the ballot box.
America waa well represented at the
last court of the season held at Buck
ingham Palace. Once we had "taxation
without representation," now it is
representation without taxation. How
times change!
England's king has awarded a medal
to the American architect who re
modeled the whits boose. The least
we can do In return Is to offer a vote
of thank to the gardener who ia keep
ing the grounds around Windsor Castle
in good order.
A French journalist Is worried be
cause there Is no distinctive word for
citizens of the United States. He
suggests "Unistatlsts." A Toledo,
Ohio, man thinks this Is too long to
become popular, and recommends
Unites;" but the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, regarding this also as too long,
suggests dropping the first and last
syllable, leaving "It"
Fire life positions In the government
errrice,, to which s salary beginning
at twenty-seven hnndred dollars a year
is attached, have been going begging.
Tbey are In the corps of civil en
gineers In the navy department After
live years' service the pay Is Increased,
and at the end of ten years It Is tblrty
flve hundred dollars. There must be
either s dearth of civil engineers, or
the demand for them In ordinary busi
ness mast be so great that the pay of
fered by the government does not tempt
tbem. Of one thing there can be no
doubt: this profession offers greater
attractions to young men than It did
twenty years sgo.
For preserving tbe peace in a partly
civilised coontry a railway, according
to a famous statesman, la worth more
than an army corps. Although tbe
railways which art building from
Haifa to Damaacua la Palestine, and
from Damaacua southward toward
Mecca, are primarily tar military pur
poses, they will spaa O country
wfclcs was praapawa tzi fertile two
ttxnsaad ysars aaa, kef ha ataea as
mm im of ths wast gtaaw of tha
ir3h They mm tZxxZj Aasrl
n lutrrmssmn muCtm aa Oa pteta
3 r. D uzzrt usOra
rr S r-L'-n. CT; as!
5 o. l.-jcc"J o r
sums for employes ot railways, and
of other large establishments. In thil
country. The same Idea is carried out
j in other countries by the government,
and bus taken tihape almost simultan
eously in places far apart. In New
Zealand citizens who have been self-
supporting and self respecting, and
wh.seincompfroru private sources fa'U
below a fixed minimum, are given a
pension graded according to their
Meeds, when they have reached the
age of sixty-five years. In Denmark
a somewhat similar plan prevails. A
pension Is given at the age of sixty,
varying from 12.25 to 14.50 per month,
according to the locality in which the
person lives. This law bus been In
operation in Denmark for a dozen
years. A pension system exists also
In Germany, and In France, Austria
and England plans and laws looking
in the same direction are being seri
ously discussed.
People may find it hard to believe,
when surrounded with every luxury,
that the money in the bank may some
day suddenly melt away like a snow
drift In the spring sun. But it hap
pens so sometimes. And poverty is
most unkind to those who have once
known opulence. Ten years ago, Jas.
B. I.eddon was one of the wealthy men
of Boston. He was a broker, rated at
at least a half million. But the panic
of '93 cleaned him out and left him
penniless and broken In spirit. Hi
abilities seem to have been atrophied
for he never got up in finance again
The other day he was arrested In New
York for permitting his children to
peddle on the streets. For two years
he had been living in a small, miser
able room, supported wholly by big
two daughters, aged eleven and thir
teen, who sold perfumery. A thirteen-
year-old boy Is in the Juvenile asylum.
Now, broken hearted and disgraced,
the once rich man lies in prison, sep
arated from his children and charged
with violating a city ordinance. It is
a pathetic but significant rebuke to
the insolence of wealth. People are
apt to entertain the Idea that If they
can only get rich they are fixed for
this world, if not for the next. Usual
ly, a rnau who loves money well
enough to accumulate a large fortune
loves it well enough to cling to It. But
n it always, as this case, and many an
other testify. Money is a nice thing
to have, but It Is not a safe thing to
fasten one's life ambition upon or to
pin ail of one's hopes to.
The novels that have been most
popular In the last year In England
represent a rather marked departure
from the geueral taste that had pre
vailed for several years. Apparently
our English cousins have not only
eschewed hi great measure the histori
cal romance that has so long maintain
ed its sway there, as in this country,
but their preference of the last year
denotes that the literature of gloom
is again in the ascendant It may
lie said for the historical romance that
while it was frequently meretricious
in the kind of entertainment It served
up, It was at least unimpeachable as
to its moral effect. On the other hand,
the non-historical novels that have met
with a cordial reception this year In
England are, broadly speaking, of
quite a different character. The note
la the note of depression rather than
that of optimism. It would be a one
sided attitude, a narrow theory of art,
to bold that fiction should only treat
of human happiness. Misery, the irony
of circumstance, the million defects
of civilization and their tragic In
fluence on the individual soul, are all
too well known, too obviously fact
to permit of their being ignored in the
novel of realities. The writer of atorles
must perforce accept the material of
life. It Is the smalluess of heart, the
lack of the higher charities of truth
portraying in the fiction of the pres
ent that impairs its worth. One re
ceives hardly more than a cold-pboto-grapbic
record of life, a comfortless
reiteration of the wisdom with which
the soul of man Is already overstored.
What is the pleasure one takes in the
clever execution of such pictures of
human experience compared with the
satisfaction that one fewls In the novel
wherein Is encountered on every page
(be presence of one who desires to
lift the load of humanity as well a
ably describe It? It Is tbe quality of
sympathy that, after all, counts tb
most In novel writing, and without it
the story treating of the bitterness of
mundane things is seldom truly worth
the reading.
On Dangerous Groaad.
"Now, bishop, bow old do you think
I am?" coyly asked a literary spinstet
of i i' nn whose unfa Ming courtesy wai
1, 1 nu-nted by bis-wit on many oc
cast il.s.
-.My dear lady, that Is a hard ques
tion for a man who csn scarcely re.
mem lie r his own age," said the bishop,
cautiously, "and In your case It la par
ticularly difficult, for yon look flvi
years younger than It seenu Dosslblf
you can be, when: I consider what
wonderful amount you have accom
plished." Sea Elephant Captarwd.
A southern sea elephant captured bj
a whaling vessel on an Island In Mm
antarctic circle has been received bj
tbe National Museum at Washington
It Is an amphibian, with bnt the sug
gsatlon of a trunk, which has no pro
bonslle power.
Psalaa Oars la Japan.
Tha dtalag ear baa made Its appear
aaea aa Japanese railways.
Whaa any ana la very far behind th
Haass, ww always lauglaa that aaa at
tig cat ahartebd posaisslsaa la T
tcrar Crafa Mat."
NEW AUTUMN SKIRTS
FASHIONS OF THE COMING SEA
SON FAVOR ECONOMIZER.
General Tendency I Toward Plaln
Dtw ia Trimming aad Cat Hoaarh
Goal Will R Muck L'aed Notta an
Gotham Mode.
New Tork eorrespoDdenrc:
Ol' It economizer is
favored iu the skirt
faabknis set fur fall
and " winter. She
may not lie able to
manage all tbe
new modt-U pre
sented, but some of
them she'll nnd
nicely adapted to
mkiu" over and
utilising tiieable
remnants. Skirts
are to be intricate,
you ee. with a
good deal of cut
ting of the goods,
Kspecialiy will the
skinnier tind satis
faction ia the indorsement given to two
mil tlirt-e flounce hkirts. Tbey give
'plendid chance for making over old
irisHCM. In the new skirt ti.e fullnos
U gflineii Ht the bottom without the bulk
it hips ami waist I bnt shirred imd giith
i red model give. That in s decide! gain
for stout women, too. Some pretty mod
e's have the ruffles graduated, some are
INCOMING FORMS OF
in fancy point and others are made of
acenrdeon plea ling. These latter, of
course, may b followed only ia the very
light material.
There art current, aa any observant
woman koowt, a boat of gathered and
fhirred model. They're very pretty, too,
in light summery tuff, but moat of them
would be altogether too bulky in the
heavier weave that loon will lie tes-
mnlile. Yet it term a unlikely tlint all
these pretfy tkirt will be turned down
bard juat beeatiae Jack Froat hat made
hia appearance. Some of the many that
wouid he imjioaaible in goods of winter
weight probably will be retained in the
lighter weaves employed for evening, and
other will be cleverly modified io that
gathering or ablrring may be retained
with little increate of bulk. The abort
kirt that it. tbe walking tkirt designed
jutt to clear the ground it well eatab
!ihed, and the coming on hardly will
ee any other model on the street. The
ihree-quartert length coat i quite the
prettiett cot to go with tnee skirt, nnd
i suit thin composed, either in box pleat .
id pleats or plainer arrangement. i
(iiit the thing.
The newer material ihown for thick
fall and winter mitt include heavy,
msnniah good (gain, both In plain ma-
terial and large plaids. Tbs rougher
:he fabric, the better U will a liked, or
a It I promised, sad It la aotlesaMa
that with the appearance of the heavier
ood. Hi plainer models sf tsUorlag are
ppenring. It is a rsilsf aftar tha tsoa
latit decoration of rissat ssases ts aaa
hiiiier models, tosas sf tha early saes
itered for tb coming wis tar are as plate
pnssl'.l. Evra tha slesvss srs taa
M pl in cot sleeves, and atttstaa) II la
r one 1'iii.g esarstlal. TaOoSa SfS te
,..lrlsg, fur the peHsd af aawaaMi la laa-
NO INELAB0RATENE8S HERB.
orating haa been very trying for tbem.
Many sew heavy auitings art fanciful)
rough, showing large knoba, twist and
knots, feature that suggest dressy sacs
fur the fabric. Collarles style arc go
ing out, and almost all the new model
how collar of one kind or another. Dark
elvet collar r seen here and there,
and there teeuit to be turning back to
ttyle of two or three seasons ago. Wom
en who duu't wast to give up the larger
tleeves may compromise with a 1mt
showing few pleat and Just a little
fullness at the wrmt. But tho who lik
the plain coat sleeve, with or without
tbe turnback cuff, mar bar it and feci
lire of being in tyle. Stitching will be
the atand-by in finish, for women with
good figures and tkiiled tailors aren't
going to diaguiae by a lot of trimming
the display made of their proportion.
The accompanying picture, parially
the hrtt two of tbem. show tome of the
new akirt suggested in the foregoing.
The pointed ruffle model waa gray taffeta.
A yoke of black ciianiill.v over white silk
trimmed the accompanying bodice. Of
the two triple ekirtu, one waa gray can
ran cloth embroidered in gray ailk, and
the other waa accordeou pleated oft
black tiiffeta, with edge pinked. The
bodice of the first of this pair showed
tbe shawl shoulder droop. The other had
a y.ike of figured net over white. In the
cuiii-liiding illuatratiou are skirt models
kli'itving less radical chnge from Hum
mer fa'hious. The -double okirt waa
d:irk blue etamine and white guipure, the
bodice uintehitig and huviug n girdle belt
of bl'ie vehet with steel buckles. Coffee
colored voile and lace to ninteh were com
bined in the dress next shown, and soft
green voile and Irish Ince made up th
TRIPLE SKIRTS.
third gown, a darker green velvet gfrdl
being added. Such model a the last
two abow coifc'luai vely that she who I
fond of elaboration may have 'm in
plenty.
Colored belt have added to the beau-
tiet of summer gowns and are to b con
tinued. There ia a wide rang in the
way in which they are to be ud. When
colored leather belt fir! came into ne It
wna said that they were to give the tame
eolor to the whole suit and a wild acram
hie waa made to iiiiti'h tbe gown' ma
terial exactly in the fancy belt. But now
contra: re neen more often than re
matching. Bright red lieltt with blck
akirta and white ahirt walata are pretty
and striking. Tbe belt are, for the moat
part, narrow, juat covering the band of
the akirl.
Fashion Notes.
A f,!ii jacket in flowered ailk ia
chnrmiog thing to wear over sheer auni-
mer skirt.
Xo straight line are ien on th turn
mer hat; the brim are gTcefully rurv
ed on all aide.
A low waist of lace i one of tlie very
tii:irtot evening bodice a woman can
weir thia summer.
The prevalence of white and th pro-
fualon of lace ar tb noueeabl fsatares
oi sijriiknble gathering.
A stork and girdle of slmond gssen
taffeta ia sn cffectlv bit of coloring for
sMsr a white or s blaek wslst.
Moaloer eollar at all klada mrm avaS.
sally grawlag dssper sad daspsr, so that
avw may raany saewa ail as
eases.
Tbe brrm. saeh a fsaMsaaM
dassratisa this year, Is saursrssUy
ar waiottiaea. evea aa a
blaek walsta.
VWWVSrWWkA
Chicago now psys her superintendent
f schcols $10,0tD a year.
The bubonic plague, which h i uow
een in India more than six years,
ibowa no sign of abating,
j Tbe largest camp of the (ildeons, the
rgsnlratlon of Christian commercial
men, Is In Chlcgao.
There are 1,575 Young Men's Christ-,
an Associations In America, with liZi.
124 members and $23,0tMXW worth of
property.
j Mrs. I.eland Stanfi rd is sa:d to carry
I larger amount of Insurance than any
alher woman In the world. Her olicles
mount to more than a million dollars.
) Reporter tin the Matadoi)Hstor!a
Is It true. Mr. Goldwaller. that you
have iMjught this hold? Iiinuuieraldl
llonsire No sir! It is not nec.ssary.
I can afford to be a guest. Puck,
j Tbe prefect of the Seine having pla
card) d Paris with jMstirs tlesi rib.ng
.the terrible effects of alcohol an I ali
'intln drinking, tbe cafe proprietors
ach filed a damage suit against blm.
I An ainnlcur Rtatin1lcliin In one of the
'government depart incuts has flgimd
out the Interesting fact that It Is ab ittt
S!vcn times safir to travel on the rail
ways of the United States than to stay
at home.
The Kaiser lias recently Inniinc a
landowner In Switzerland bv means f
a legacy. A wealthy (Jcrmati merchant
bequeathed, to the Kmpcror a whole
nip. known as the Itftgcn alp. In lite
canton of Heme,
King Kdward has given orders for
the disbundnicnt of bis private liiinl,
one of the ancient fcuturts of his
court. In Its present form It was s
tflMlshed by Charles 11. It Is com
posid of ihlrty-fonr nnixlcl.uis, under
the dim-tlon of Sir Walter I'arratt,
"niasrer of the iiiusic k."
A loving cup of old KnglKb Jack
wo d, once owned by liishop Asbury's
mother, and freiueiitly us-d as a fft' ra
mcntal cup by John Wesley when he
administered the (acratiK-tit to tbo lit
tle band of Metbodixt at th Anbury
home, has just been given In the Wp.s
leyan I'lihersity. Middletovi n, O mi.
The Iiclglnn au'.horitieH in Africa
have threatened the Amil a;i I'r sbv-
tcrians with forcible cvictliii unle.-s
they vacate their stallnn nn the Knsal
River, and otlnr lnisHlounrics have
Ix-cn expelled from Jtiapa, Iic'Huk i f
Hie acthlty of Proti-stant m sioi a 1 s
In exposing the borror of the awful
bnrbarltlts for wh'cU Helglnn anthtri
tles are rcsixinslbe.
Count de la Vaulx, who tried last
fall to cross the Mediterranean in a
balloon and failed, owing to bad
weather, Is reconstructing his baboon
and will make the trial again this year.
Ills ballast will be In tbe form of wa
ter pumped up through a hose, th
lower end of which trulls In tbe sea.
When the balloon rises more water sa
pumped up, ami when it d w ends some
Is let out.
The cut-rate cigar has become one of
Ibe abominations of New York. A
man may walk tbe length of a shorn--esse
looking in vain for a plain ten
cent cigar, in half tbe shop this tra
ditional smoke cannot be found. He
can rind any number of "two for 17a."
"three for 11a" ai,d "sli for 31s." but
that good obi ten-cent cigar of bis
father's and bis own esrly manhood
bas vanished. New Vork letter.
PRINCE OF WALES DI8LIKED.
Htr to British Throne lias No Elc
mtntt of Popularity.
Far and away the three most popular
memli'T of the royal family to-day are
the king and queen and little Prince
Edward, eldest sou of tbe Prince of
Wales. That' tbo king and queen
would be populnr everyone expected;
they always were at Prince Bnd Prin
cess of Wsles. But tbe present prince
and princess are about tbe least popu
lar members of the bouse of Hanover.
Prince George, lite "sailor prince,"
was once almost Idolized by tbe crowd,
aays rbe New Vork Times, but that
was when he waa a sailor. Since be
gsve up the sen he has dhfttd itat k In
public regard. It is some years ago
that, after a prolonged period of in
activity, he suddenly took It Into his
head to command a battleship nml
started on a cruise. Tbe British press
wept tesr of Joy and be was the hero
of the hour. But after a few weeks
"tbe sblp came hack" and tbe royal
commander baa given himself leave
of absence on shore ever since.
When be ws younger he took hi
profesalon very seriously and never
shirked tbe dlsagreeableTjess connected
with It. Tbere Is a perfectly true sto
ry of bis ship, when he was s lieuten
ant, touching at a Turkish port. The
local governor at once came to pay
his respects to tbe royal prince. The
ablp was coaling, operations being
commanded by the officer of the watch,
black as s negro from coal dust, and
perspiring freely. The admiral re
ceived tbe pasha, who explained that
be caroe to pny bis reapects to the
queen's grandson.
"Ha Is on duty Just now," explained
the sailor; "tbere he K" pointing to
tbe hot and dirty officer. No wonder
tbe public liked a man who did his
day'a work and never flinched nor
sheltered himself from Irksome tasks
behind hia titia.
Tha trouble with tbe prince to-day
tsau to be that hi health Is Indlffer-
aat Wbsthsr hia severs attack of fe
rsr jast aftar hia alder brother's death
raakaoad blm, or whether, as
ay, it la a aattr of weak db
caa anaat tad, bat aa fc sot
m taa to taka groat ears af
himself. , At Buckingham palace they
keep late hours: the king seldom re
tina before midnight At Marlborough
bouse the i-rit.ee goes to bed much
earlier and never sits up late. He
hates horse racing and never goes to
Newmarket or other races if be can
powlbly avaid It. The present king's
death will be a great blow to tbe poi'"
larily of racing.
All members of the royal family
avoid witnessing cricket or football
niatchea. but tbe prluce seems to dis
like agricultural shows ss well. Hi
chief hobby I fishing, snd this give
a hint to hi cbarscter, for s fisherman.
Is, as a nile, quiet, reserved and fmnl
of solitude. The long and short of It
Is there will be a slump In loyally
when (Jeorge V. comes to the throne,
unless be come out of his shell ami
Imitates his royal father's geniality.
OWNER WANTED FORSI, 000 BILL
It Wat One Lost on Pullman Car ami
Found by an Honest Traveler.
W. J. Snyder, an insurance man of
litis city. Is looking for the owner of
a $1,000 bank note which he found
in the smoking compartment of Pull
man car on the Heading road. The
note was a brand ttcw yellow gold cer
tificate. He thinks he knows the mini
who dropped it, but he cannot tluil
him.
Dii the way from New Vork last
Friday evening Snyder fell into nm
versaiioti with a flashily dressed man
who seemed to be in high spirits and
ready to tell the story of his life on
tiie slightest pretext. Incidentally bi
remarked that luck was coming bis
way, and that be had just won $12,X"
on the races at Morris Park.
When Snyder's f.u-e betrayed .
shade of duulrt at this statement the
stranger drew out a fat wallet from
his inside pocket and showed a large
hunch of yellow noli. Snyder left the
compartment without teaming the
lucky individual's name.
Half an hour ialer, as the train
was approaching Hie terminal, Snyder
returned to the smoking compartment
to liirht a cigarette. In doing this lie
accidentally UJWet the lxiX of safety
matches on the flour of the car. In
reaching down to p'n k them up again
his hand encountered a crisp $l,mx
natp. lie stared at it in amazement
for a minute nnd then tiinde a hasty
tour of the train, seeking the man wh
had exhibited his wealth so freely ,x
short time before. Hut that gentle
man had left the train.
Snyder thereupon told the coinluctor
of his find, rejmris tiie Philadelphia
North American. The latter demanded
lliat the bill be turned over to hi
keeping as railroad property. Snyder
refused to do so. but handed the con
ductor a visiting card with his name?
and addresa.
Next morning he deposited the note
with a downtown trust company. loiter
Snyder told the story to the president
of tbe Institution. The money now
await It original owner.
RECORDS FOR PH0N0QRAPH8
How Thar Are Mailt for tb Trade -ainger't
Voice.
"Hid you kuow," said tbe dealer In
electrical novelties to a Philadelphia
Record writer, "that there are a num
ber of men who make their living by
sluglng Int'i phonographs by making
records? Yes," be went on, "some of
these chaps earn from $-10 to ISO a day.
"Their work require a voice a
trong and a physique a powerful as
a grand opera singer's. You must yeil.
Into a phonograph at tbe tiptop of
your lungs, yon know, In order to make
a good record, aud for you and me to
yell like that would prostrate ua In
about four minutes. But tbe profes
sional record maker bas a leather
throat aud a ateel constitution, and
you can t wear blm out.
"Ha makes four records at a time.
He alts at bis piano, and tralind upon
blm are the horns of four phonogrspb,
each at a certain angle. The angle la'
an Important matter. It must be accu
rate or the record Is not good. If the
angle la an Inch out It Is necessary to,
destroy tbe record.
"So at bl piano lit the singer, and
Into the four bonis he bellow a loud
as he can. When the song I done he
removes the cylinder snd put others
In their place. He make four clyln
der at a time, and to make iy i. rp
gards as a very good iny-t work
"You get for making these cylinders
from 25 to .VJ cents; though, of course
you get much tn:ire than that If you
are a well-known pinion. A speech br
President Itoosevell, for n)rllinra
would be worth considers bly over M
cent, snd If Adelln pt ..,, ln(r
Into some phonographs wh.n she
come over here I know she Is to be
naked to It is safe to s.y that sbe will
demand more thun 25 or !W1 eei,. .
ord."
Hieakfaat P.mil.
People who are accustomed to par
lake of dry toast and hot water for
breakfaat will enjoy the point of view
of a waiter In a reataurant of the far
West, aa told by the New York Times-
The traveler from the Kat took hia
aeat at the table one pleasant morn
ing and gased pensively out of the wln.
dow until some one approached.
"Have you any breakfast food?- be
inquired.
"Well. I guess yes," cheerfully re
ponded th cowboy waiter. "We got
hsm and eggs, fried asussge, chuck
steak, spsrerlbs, mutton chops, corn
beef hash, hog and hominy, light bread
heavy bread, hot bread, cold broad.'
corn bread, souls basta L
cow butter, eoffse, taa and bottarallk
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