SWINGING CN
l en Me I picture painted. I can s-nell the drying hay
Where the busy mower rattle through the lazy summer's day;
1 ran aee the hungry plowboy wading through the billowed corn.
With expectant ear to windward, lisfning 10 the dinner ho;
While unconscious of necesity, the future or of fare,
t
r
t
I snake wondrous chiid.&h journeys as I swing upon the gate.
Strange how back among the msny recollections of the past
Memory will grope and wander till it brings to us at last
Borne poor, foolish, fond remembrance, seeming hardly worth the while.
Yet somehow mad? wondrous potent; lite a tender pcsslcg sm'la.
Fleeting, gone, and goon foretell yet remembered by and Ly
With a swelling in the bosom and a dimming of the eye.
Now my traces fast ere graying and my eyes have sober grown
With the years of varied happiness and sorrow I have known:
Still I sometimes hear the echo, when the evening light : low,
And without my darkened ces-inent ghostly breexs eerie blow,
" Of the frlendlv, rustv ralt'e of the latr-het as when late
In the hazy, lazy Bummer time we swung upon the pate. ;i f
Lowell Otus Keese, In Lille's, Weklr.
Hilt tti-r4--fr-fr-H-K--H--K-i"H fr
HE ASKED
M l I I M I I I 1 1 1 I I I I H I 1 !H -
PI HE mart marry somebody,
said
Qj her mother.
" "I don't see why she shouldn't
refuse Uiem both, if she wants to,"
mid her father.
i Th srlrl Droceeded with her break
fast calmer. She had endured the ar
guments of her excellent parents on
the anbject of her matrimonial future
far several weeks. Indeed, they were
f inch more disturbed about it than i.he
fcaa herself. Being pretty, a iritle
spoilt, thoroughly healthy, and essen
tially feminine, she was in a delight
ful Hate of Indecision.
Jack was everything that an dal
lover should be reasonably good-look-leg,
absolutely devoted to her, a demon
t all games, and entirely lacking the
Boot elementary notion of financial
prudence.
Monty, In his own peculiar way, was
almost as suitable. If he wasn't hand
tome, he was the best dressed niau In
IWsize Tark, which is saying a grear
leal; he played no game, except
"bridge," which he had reduced to n
Sue art; and his financial condition
Was literally glittering.
Jack appealed to the romantic slot
of her character, and had the suupnrt
f her father; Monty appealed to her
prudence, and had the support of her
other.
Tou will have to make up your
sslnd directly," said her mother.
"I am afraid 1 can't, mother," said
Ike girl, helping herself to toast cheer
fally. "It Is so tiresome."
"If I were a girl, 1 shouldn't hesitate
Ire minutes," said ber father, mean
kkf Jack.
"No more should L" said ber inoth-
"I think I shall pt the one irh;i
tsta Brat," said the girl, handing in
her cup for a second edition of cof
fee. "Don't be wicked," said her mother.
"Not a bad notion," remarked her
father, reflecting that he could win;
at Jack, and give him a bint.
"Tou don't mean what you say,"
Id her mother thoughtfully.
Of course, she hadn't meant it but
aartng said It. she begau to think thnt
he did. "Why not?" she said. "I
oppose I must be a duffer, but I don't
know my own mind a bit. Monty rep
resents a carriage and furs, and and
1 really think I should look rather ol
ty In furs. Not clipped rabbit skins,
pon know, but real furs."
Her mother nodded epproraL "Yon
re a girl who wants to be well
iressed," she said.
Mr. Bush looked at his daughter
Vrubtfully. "J-Vhat does Jack repra
ent?" he naked.
She pouted. "I don't quite know."
the said, "I think he represents ov
ary thing that's jolly except the car
riage and furs. That's what is st ag
gravating, if I could only take a lit
tle bit of each, it would be nil right
( don't feet n scrap like a girl always
does In books. I simply don't know
What I want, and I shall accept the
who asks me first, because I like
tfcem both very much, and and I dare
ay it will be all right."
Her parents hook their heads at ber
reckless). ess, quite forgetful that if
they bad not been so urgent the girl
would have been able to make up hor
Wind without assistance.
"Shocking." said Mr. Hush, and be
lade up his mind to send off a wire
to W favorite as soon as be reached
Mm city. "Jack ninst cut up here this
st-otuliijr. and get it over." he reflected.
"It's only a kindness to ber to save
fcer from that snob."
His wife popped on her bonnet 4
acton as he had left the house, and
: stepped round to the nearest telephone
all office. "I must give Monty a bint"
he Mid. "Margaret will thank me
tjr."
lUpplly Ignorant of the steps her
farenr had taken, Margaret set about
tt tittle rwniid of household duties.
At It o'clock Mr. Wliiterflood came.to
' Tut th piano. He had wrestled wi:h
J Crawl R room piano, once a qnar-
K for BiWen yearn,- -owi me hum- i u. uk . "- 1r
imtu with Wared pocket hamtkem aide that his watch chain troubled,
f sad black baa. wae a particular her. Why did be wear such a very'
? of Margaret 'matin.
S kmnt on the telrpbonf that th
; l lLSr would arrive toon sf
' ('tetes u aed the old
THE GATE.
-l"l i- i-l-i"M"i
HER FIRST.
WWh.44,
"Nobody is at all likely to call," said
the girl lightly.
So Mr. Wiiiterflood proceeded to bis
Irritating task, tapping r.ote after note
in a vain attempt to adjust an instru
ment on which a certain healthy young
1 idy d' 1 ghti d to pi ;y comic opera with
the load pedal down.
Margaret sat by his side. "It gets
worse and worse," raid the old man,
sadly. "Some of the notes In the bass
are almost dumb."
At that moment -Mrs. ISunh entered
the room with an expansive smile of
triuinrh on her face. "Monty has call
ed, and wants to see you particularly,"
she said.
"Monty?" said her daughter with a
frown. "What brings him here?"
Then, she remembered with a start
her reckless wor's at the breakfast
table, and her heart sank.
"If you are a wise girl you will seize
the chance," said her mother; then
she added piously, "hut I don't with to
persuade you. I think you Mid you
intended to accept the one who ahktd
you first."
The girl sighed, and swept rather
angrily out of the room. It wa really
too biid to have one's words taken up
like that. She didn't want to accept
any one just now. Whoever heard of
a m:in proposing before lunch?
She found the glittering youth ir the
library. Ilia attire was as nearly per
fect as the most expensive tailor could
make It but it was easy to see he
was cerous.
"What a funny time to call," said
the young lady rather rudely, but she
was not In a gracious humor. "I
thought you were busy in the city at
this time In the morning."
"So I am as a rule," he said with a
somewhat vapid smiles "But I had a
telephone message "
"Of course. It's awfully nice of you
to look In," she said hastily. "You
didn't come to the concert last night?"
"Xo," he stammered. "The fact Is
I understood that you you were going
with some one else."
The young lady frowned. It was
rather a sore point Jack had prom
ised to take ber and he had not turned
up, so that she had been obliged to go
with her parents. Monty had uncon
sciously scored one, and her mind re
verted to the furs.
"I wanted to ask you something," he
begun.
"I'm Jnst going shopping," she said
wllb sudden energy. "You can come
too if you like, and then you cau ask
ue as we go along." With true fem
iidne procrastination she was trying to
postpone the evil moment, for she bad
n Insane feeling that she would have
to keep her word, and accept hiiu if
he succeeded in asking her the ques
tion. "I want to know, If " he began
desperately.
"What about umbrellas?" she asked
severely. "Is It likely to rain?"
"I don't think so," he said. "The
question I was going "
"Of course, yes, you were going to
ask me a question," she said sweetly,
"Now. isn't it funny? Whenever peo
ple ask me pjet;nns, I always give
thti wrong answer."
Her eyes were sparkling wlib ex
citement. Hhe had olmtinately made up
tier mind that If he Rueceeded in pro
posing, and forced, her to give an an
swer. It should be: 'yes.' She had also
decided that she 'didn't want to say
'yes,' but didn't quite know why she
objected. Fo she was fencing for her
life, and wondered why Jack didn't
happen to look In; or a chimney catch
fire, or Indeed anything happen to save
her from her owir obstinate folly.
Wlthout.givlng him a chance to any
a word, she chattered on. And till the
time she was chattering she was think
ing and trying 1o reconcile herself to
the Inevitable. , Hut the more she look
ed 'at him, Die less alluring became
the prospect of a. carriage and furs.
She noticed that his forehead was both
nnrrow and low,' and though' she had
not nineli hraln herself, as she reflect-
heavy one? ,.
"Hut I can't stand here listening to
you." she sn'.d at',lnst, when she found
her breath was rflvlng out. "Yon are
srk rlmttorbo. Monty. I'll go and
M o Mt. sad we II go ant'
Trt I kirn'l iiM jm my sjweo
C3f U C3i! kt akttr
teratiou be placed his back to th
d(.r. I
"Oh, dear, how slow you are," she
said. "If it's about the daneo ,
"It isn't about the Unce," he stam
mered. "It's about you. I I waal
you '- pmrry uit" .
Nothing could hare been more awk
ward than his proposal, bat it reduced
her to a state of despair.
The piano tuning was going on sol
emiily. Tap tap tap, went the noted,
followed by a grand flourish of chorda
Then top tap tap, ajaiu.
"Why?" she asked, argumentative-
"Why what?" be gasped, bliukins
Lis little eyes In a bewildered way.
"1 really must call at tLe butcher's,
she sa.d, jumping at tl.e chance fol
delay fclveu ly hi indecision.
"Hut will you?"
"You mean, marry you?" she askec1
demurely. "You don't give me time U
think."
"I'm awfully for.d of you. and an
all that sort of thing," he said, eager
! ly. "We should be treasei.douBly Jul
ly. and all that fort of thing. Th
governor says I can draw up to $5.txjf
a year out of the business for a start
and and things would be ripping."
fc'he looked at him desperately. Wh.
was she to do? She began to feel fof
some queer reason that to accept hilt
wa almost impossible, but she hai
given her foolish little word-
Then a Lright idr-a struck her. Ter
haps be would let her oX
"Suppose I don't love ypu," shf
said.
"That doesn't matter a bit," he saia
cheerfully. "If you will promise tc
marry me. I expect I shall make yo
love me In time. I am oh, lord, whal
a beastly row that piano-tuner Is mak
ing."
"I'erhaps It would be better to talk
It over another morning," she sug
gested.
".'u. no, tell me now,' be said. Tlu
piano tuning had suddenly ceased, ai d
be -was dashing at the subject brave
ly. "I'm awfully fond of you, Mar
garet The fact Is you you have fain
Iv liowled me over. I can't s'ty exactly
what I mean, because I am not mm 4
of a hand at talking, and all that sort
of thing, but "
Theie was a gentle knock nt tli
door, and Moi:ty muttered somethii J
under his breath which i;o British prlu
ter would set up in type.
It was little Jfr. Winterflood wLl
entered. I
'Good morning, nils," he said. "1
hope I haven't disturbed you."
"Not at all," she said, beaming witi
pleasure.
"Oh. I found something of yours 19
the plaiifl." said the little man.
"Something of miner
"Yes, it's a letter. No wonder thi
bitss notes were nearly dumb. Goat
morning, miss."
She took the envelope, and tore It
open. It was nddressed to her It
Jack's handwriting.
"Dear Maggie" It ran "I exped
you'll be wild with me for not turning
up to take you to the concert But
have been summoned Into the countrj
by telegram. Uncle Tom Is serlouslj
ill, probably dying, and has asked tt
see me. 1 leave Euston to-night, and
have just dashed In here hoping ta
czteh you. but too late. I shan't b
back for two or three days at the
soonest. Good-bye, dear little girl, ot
rather an revolr. This Is my birth
day, and I made up my mind a long
time ago that I would ask you to-daj
to share my lot Will you be my wife)
There! at last I have summoned up
my courage. When I come back I wilt
try to tell you how much I love you
Good-bye. once more. Jack. I am
leaving this on the top of the piano
so that you will find it In the morning
Walt for me, Maggie. Don't promise
yourself to any one else, until I havi
told you all I mean."
For some Inscrutable reason that lefr
ter cleared the way. She knew exact
ly what her answer was. She knew
not only whom she did not want t
marry, bnt whom she must marry, tin.
less she wanted to be a miserable wo
man for the rest of her life.
"Is it settled':" asked her inothr.
after Monty bad gone.
"Quite." be said. "I kept my word
and have accepted the one who asfcet1
me first. Jack came last night. There i
his letter." Montreal Family Herald
Pold-ir Tree as Lt: hiiunsr I toil i.
la H jiland tlie Lomlurdy poplar I;
often used as a lightning rod. and i
planted near haystacks and Isolate
farm houses. This poplar has the hab.
of growing nearly vertical, with U.l
branches in an upright position; a soot
as the rain falH the water rim -nlo-is
the branches and forms along the stem
a constant stream of water from tbi
top to the ground. When llgbtnlnf
strikes In the Tlclnlty, the tree beln
the highest object has the best chanes
of being hit "' when the llghtslni
strikes the tree It finds In the streats
of water which flows down the aten
a tfe conductor toward .the grouml
Of course the rream got seldom In t
straight line, and at places where thi
limlis Join together the flow or watet
takes Often anninn- ir-un. i or nun
may be doomed, but the haysUol. U
aaved.
1 . a t ..... I i , t
,flOCt'TS 1)111 iot ciirmn uitr ..i iiiiiik'"
; tlon' net-lied the victim. -That coin.
off yonr bill." Philadelphia Press.
a -u-ks...,,..,.,, au.
-
charging VX.hTnf:iX' 2
average man bns In breaking off h.s
Marriage engagement
Tboro ura tua BiHug issoula m
1DCTO ar HBP SUSf S"UI
"I'd like to have your cft w turn ' ' ' "" ; ' ' tA K &f 3 'anywhurr WW lohg-halred ls- Ij'stltutlons In Co;euh..geM. For soma
little mldnlgnt stiper i serveu ai youi " . . ,r 1 ' ' tiof ( ' 1 - 'V- i - , v years back the seveiilybov and glrla
house Inst month." said the cuturer., f.-rm or of jrrictiltiir. ; ,Xi win . m rhe ntara have been earefiillr wtuka
Yim ll hsve to wnlt until 1 get tli lot sa (hst, modern school systems are "'. ' . ..... - ' "... " ' a.. , h. , ,.'.. 7.
I HH II H I H t 1 M 1
t
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OLD
t FAVORITES
f 1
"111 Take Too Home A;i.Kethlea.H
I'll take you home aglia, KathWa.
Acron tbe oceso wild and wide,
To where your hrt has ever been.
Place firt you were my banaie bride;
The rjes all hive left your cheek,
I've w.i!i'!ie-l them fade away aaJ die:
Your v -ice i. i 1 whene'er yon s;ieak,
Ai,d tears he ia your luviiig eye.
Ch'r;i:
Obi 1 will take yon ba.-k. Kith'.een.
To where yn-jr heart will fee! no pain.
And a..re the OM are freih and greta,
I'd like j on tx your home agaia.
I kiow yon love me, Kathleen, dear,
Yimr he trt s ever f nid and true,
I a) way feel when yoa are near
That H e hold nothing dear but you;
The smile th it yivi once gave to ni
I scar-ely ever ? Ihem now,
Tho miaj, many times I see
A darkening shadow on your brow.
To th:tt dwir home beyond the sea.
My Kathleen shtll again return,
And when thi:e old friends welcome thee
Thy loving heart will cease to yeara.
When l.-itighs the little silver stream,
l$eUe your mother's humble cot.
Aid brii.-'ite'st ray of sunshine gleam. ,
Then all your grief will be forgot.
The Brave at Home.
The tnaij iio bind aer warrior's sssh
That smile that well her pain dissem
bles. The while beneath her drooping '8
0:ie ft irry tear-drop hangs and trem
bles. ,
Thonih Heaven alone records the tear, ,
And fume shall never know her story.
Her heart ha hed a drop ss dear
As e'er bedewed the field of glory.
The wife who gird her husband's sword
'Mid little one who weep or wonder.
Knd bravely speaka the cheering word, .
What though her heart be rent siiun-
der.
IK(omed nightly in her dreams to bear
The bolts of death around hira rattle,
Ui kheJ as sacred blood as e'er
Wa poured upon the field of battle.
Th mother who conceals her grief
Wh.le to her breast ber son
she
pre.et.
Then breillies a few brave word and
brief,
Kisting the patriot brow she blesses.
Wild u.i o; it bat hor se-ret Gol
To fca iw the paia t liat weighs upoti
her.
SV1 li 'ly blood a e'er the sod
1 -cived ori Freedom' field of honor.
Ta mias Baeh.iiian Bead.
THE JOY OF KNOWING
knowledge Farmer Should Hv
Value of Cuutuct with Hoit
There was a day, sayn Breeders' Ga
tette, when the farm wai a little world.
The farmer did It all, knew It all.
lie sold little, he bought little,
liia men were paid in kind. A
Jay's work waa exchanged for a
bushel of wheat If the farmer
jwned his soil be could hardly fail to
live well. lie could even make money
If he had the advantage of living close
to cities. There were no railways. The
prairies and the deserts were untamed.
The farmer then did .not know how
badly he did things. He had not found
out how cotly many of his practices
were. His cattle were fed and fat
tened when 4 to 6 years old. Ills
wethers must be 4 years old. There
was even a "4 yeariold" club in En
gland, the purpose of - which was to
maintain the practice of eating only
4-year-old mutton, notation of crops
was little practiced. Fertility was
mckiUined, if at all, by careful saving
of manures. In that point our fathers
were often better than their sons.
While the old-fashioned farmer sold
Uttle he also "bought little. He did not
(;b Into the markets for feeding cattle
ur sheep; he did not go on the market
for foodstuffs or fertilizers. He kept
cows, the nialJa milked and made but-
ter, tlie calves were grown on the
pince; they were finally fattened
and i
! w i. me lamier aid not arm.of ,
; ilUppinj Uiem to mrrket himself. He '.
'did not much watch markets. lie!
i s:pw little about .sources of supply
Iti feeding cattle or gawp, or as to ages
jtnosi proiitable to buy. There was then
much less need that the farmer should
',e an educated businoss man. There
wjs need that lie should be 'ei-Saonlieal,
nving. skillfd In oil manner of trades
jnd arts, for he made his own tool's,
M.(p, shingles, candies, clothes, bouses.
ne was a carpenter, builder.-. skilled.
ex nan, swu;ig tlie scythe and cradle,
balf-soled his ot'd, boots.
Tlle aijooi were ruder, then.
The
fiirmer-g worked mornlug And "' bof these. people, make any
emlll1(? goin2 generally laie to school,; f ney" a, ;l .,
,eMrn(Hi to rea(. ?IL cypher. "ii little IJ "f 0ic WJTQ P Ull the vase
f ge0irri,pby. .What he learned did opt 4wn.V thf,fl
we., bfln away from the soil, lie fea'd jMxa., ., , ,
.teady-goiug papers by Ibe fir of wi'rf-1 Then 0,ie, of town man's knees
left t,enngt fcud good old-faWifoiied w,W looienwl. and tils' tongue 'cleaved
jook, ToHi.T the Wn-ile syilert oV the'-rof of his month when be w
,uool!ng i changed. oya are pushed ."he pnrdwse-r tioncbitlarrtlyl hhd oer'
nU(.n at 10 Ai w dld at Ii- Jhnt.
s no UtmfT atiy time for thewi.dov!
ork on tlie farm before-or sfter.ockooi
Uotirs. They bring Xlmlrlf.8 ho:ut,j;
Inanrl.tr Ia fha nM tilll VI An tmlloVA
' : -
there oil too' marl- Hhrorelng 'of bMtn
s-ork. stimy ana nana wjwk.--iwp orrt t
h,,T!.p!'",r:0f "".I
pontsci wun me son nn tne real
40rk f t,,P f"rm ,D C0"""C;l0n W,,hi
, ,he ng you care t glvo. We
ira not glrlng too ranch education to
mr bJr mttch we r negtecUng ,,
.a
jo save turn ine narni sinit. jisin
vstkg win Mt kvt, twt will Mis
Langusges will help if they da not take
too much time. Chemistry Ls the foun
dation of ail sciences; tie boy cannot
do without that Geology helps. Bot
any helps. All these and other
things but lay brosd the foundation
for a profitable agri -ulrursl education
and make a man able ta uu.jer.uua
and appreciate this world of which be
is a part The life is more rhaa the
meat.
The tendency of modern agriculture,
with its machinery and horse power,
en.ab!ir.z men to rean wide fields, is
need of sWnUfle and practcal teach- eguul to tweuty-two bor-poer.
lags of soils End miinUiaing and re- lu Englai-d, the annual ausa;ap'lo
...... ,.!. o., , fr.itt amounts to hfieea
storms ler:ii:iy to iue:n. j u iii",i .....
learn that of the farmer practicing his ; pounds per head. In Germany it ever
art on the prairies to-day. He is a ..i not quite three pounds per he a.
soil robber, and wisely enough; for ail j ie aVl r.te paetirer h.:u! 6i steam
pioneers must 1 soil-robl-er. The ra ;n aS j, ia.rt J..'d fro.n twenty,
young generation of far.ni r mast ce.e ; to twenty-seven miles klti e eleo-
t tw t-,is.mialur Hie farmer is a , ,;i i;,,,. have Wa oowi'CtiaS tor
btis;nes man. He must know with
deli.-iiteness and skill many things. He
must know how wUely to choose cattle
for feeding, to buy feedstuff wisely
for them, to feed thetn e..o:to:nlc.-lly.
Thanks to modern methods practical
men, skilled In these arts, are now to
be found in our agricultural colleges.
Agricultural education pays well In
the joy that It brings the young farm
er. The common processes of the art
to lie on new ineanllll. A be plows,
i..,.i r.t ,min, ,,n . koII he U
turning up lhe history
nf tho work!
since the very rocks 'cooled. He is
thinking of the chemistry of that soil
end of the problems concerning It and
lis productiveness problems that
neither he nor his sons will find .all
nettled. It ls nowhere a dead world to
him, but a source of thought and pleas
ure everywhere. He will do things
better, he will make more money for
bis training, but what ! as Important,
be will take a new Interest and pleas
ure In doing things.
RAPID BRIDGE-BUILDING.
Iron Work Manufactured, , Shipped
Hundred of Jlili und 1. reeled.
Wherever the demand is made, the
engineer must make the face of the
earLh lit bis purpose. In the wilds of
the Andes he must throw h.s structure
of steel aero a torrential ravine from
a precipice on one side to the mouth of
a tunnel on the other. At distance of
thousands of miles from the place of; -aU!ntou, 2MU of whom have env
rr. iiiuiacture the parts of the bridge Xvrn ,jl sei-vli e af:-r competitive ex
tiiuit fit like watehworks when put to- ! tl;n.it:on. Nine hundred of tiie-i are
C'ther In the finished stru"ture. ' ,,,,;, aUarb-s ringing from fl. to
Five years ago the l'eii -oyd i.ringe
years ag
Company, of l'.illadelpiu i. manufac
tured for the English government the
famous Atli.ir.t br.dge in seven spans
ot one hundred and lilty feet each,
weighing one nuJ one-half million
IKiuuds, In twenty -nine working days.
The metal was shipped to Egypt and
carried more than a thousand miles up
the Nile Valley Into the Soudan. After
arriving at its destination It was put
together on Its piers, ready for railway
an,; timber staging and wl absolute
accuracy of fit in all it. parU. This!
bridge was Imperative for the success .
of the plans of Lord Kiu-hener In Jhe
i a i i i t fnm
CHmiJaio t-Uttl uiaut uin luuir nuu ivi-
tune.
In 1900 the Pennsylvania Steel Com-
pany bpllt tlie Goktelk double track j
railroad viaduct to cross a ravine in i
Burma. This vlnduet is nearly half a !
mile long and three 'hundred and twen
ty feet high In Its highest portion, and
the weight of manufactured metal was
about three and one-half million
pounds. This structure was shipped
from the place of manufacture Just
about half way around the, globe, and
then transported several hundred mlies
Inland, and rapidly erected, with every
bolt and rivet fitted accurately In its
place. Woman's Home Companion.
Clad of lu .
An out of town visitor stepped Into
an auction room the other day to see
what sort of kniekknaeks were being OWJ iilreadyon hand for the erection of
sold. He did not know that- the at- magnificent 12-story clubhouse. Fcr
tend tuce was composed chiefly ot pro-, ty members of the club, which Includes
fwwloiml buyers, and noted that"' It i Mrs. Emmons lilalne. Mrs. J. Ogdea
. kx! abby. ' '
"Now, I'll give yonr pocketbooks a iuer or cqimi social ana unanciai
rest" mVi the' auctioneer.: -"Here. is -a prominence, have Mgiecd to pay the
s! uple littla vase whh Cnina designs, premiums on the Insurance. The club
What am I bid?" ! will have a mttit orium, gymnasium.
He held up a dtn?y, d'mlnutWe pice recreation rooms, lilirnrles, fountain
nt nneeototn which lookisl rather nreic rootii, bowling alleys and niiinero.is
ty through the dust.- - i t
t'Five," fiald so-nwne. " ,
"Ten.' aid a second. (
"Fifteen." sald'the- interested otflook?
er, jingling' his' available 33 ceats In'
his p'X'ket' - '-
Tlie btf'.e vsse wts bid up until the
. min from out of towu reluctantly, llld
t
his ,Ti ceSts.
Til iuive to walk borne." he refleot-
ed, "but -It Isn't, fur to the hotel. I
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,nv"rliiliiiU.lohlA IjHiL'er
f ant ' ker.
A..yihi..g t KvVrnhlns;
Towue-.So.e people kick it
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k tnoni a 1 1 inrn rn fi i n mnrin
nniier ins ur. nn i ow ; m uvtnrr v" ' ' " "" " iiiil-iti aiit
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The oldest fcradut of Tale
, jIirv
r are uiuUters.
A Jain bride r-ves aer
present to her pireuU i a slight rec
ompense for the trouoie Ufy hars
taken in bringing her up.
The power of ua engine in India is
i swaiel.
tlliitss given in ehvuxnt uwiesa us
an elephant power neiu
suburban busings.
The botanical papers r-port that Ie
Vries, the great Dutch experiment,
evolutionist lias by long continued se
lection produced a v.irfety of cl.,ver
which has normally four leaves.
India was In possession of a steel
secret once, which is lwt now. This
was the Inlaying with gold of ateol
bh.dcs in such a manner Hwt the
strength of the blade was not Impaired
. temper si-o
lied.
An luveetigaton VI
the Obi ana
Ycneei III vers, made uiul -r tiie au
pie.'J of the Bi--aa govern men:, has
revealed tie fact that the-a streams
are uavigr.ble by ocean stamen for a
distance of I.'khj miiea from their
mouths.
A Chelsea (IZnglatid) hosjiit.il Is
mo'iming tlie loss of a bequest or $0
through a le-tl Informality. Tha
testator signed his will In his bed roi;n,
and the witne.so thoughtlewly carried
it Into another roo;u before sign. us it.
thus making tho document Invalid.
An English watchmaker has Just fin
Ished making a tiny wateh in the fona
of a' shirt stud. IU dull is two-U-teetitlm
of an inch In dki meter, and it
is to be worn with two o:by sta.U Ity
turning the upper stud the watch U
wound, while by turn'ng the lower one
the hands are luijumed.
More than 8 00J women are enrdoyed
In loe various iroveriiiuetit oili e.s in
s, n ., 0;hers bcin;; pud tho
i:nne:ia'ii:i of ordinary cierk-
to ; a yer.r.
I 'To!iS'-!ince money" in Griit Britain
now anioun's to tlioiKinds of punl
.annually. The first sum noticed , was
on March .T), ITS), w'-ea $l,Hh) wuM
crrriej to the public account la conse
qnence of a note received by the chan
cellor. The writer wini troumeu soui
M to
! consider the money the property of tho
,
mt
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ease tne cuiisi-iuu.r ui uu iwiirsi
INSURES HER LIFE FOR A CLUa
ChicaKO Woman Kvolves f fttrlk lastly
Orlixinat Flan of Kinunc '.
Mrs. Pnii!;ii- Ilarrlcfte Lyon, secre
tary of the Woman's Athletic Club,
CVfir-o lr' e'vi'ved n strikii.gly orig
inal plan to pro
vide the club with
a permanent and
palatial home of Ita
own. Hie has bnj
ber life Insured for
JlWWXX) nnd wirt
the itolicy as coilai
e r a 1 a Chicago
bunker will sd
i'.mce the amount,
which will be used
In addition to fJOO-
Armour, sirs. Harold Mei-ormick una
simiptnoim nparttiicnta fur (..hicngo a
selec t wonien ami will be the bit fit
ted club of the kin 1 In oxblenee.
l . n ui . urn (.las.
A cliff of natural glass ca.i be seen
i In Yellowstone i'urk. Wyoming. It is
half a mile long and fro.n lot! to '."JO
feet high, the material of which it con
tslsts being as good glass as that arti
ficially manr.f. ctureiL The detise glass
- .h,..n forulli tlie .... ,,, ...,.
Hve t0 ouc i,umiro ftn,t tl,iv!c wuilt
; th.- mcfr portion, having suffered and
iun.VP)i m;iny age, of wind and rain,
has :a,uraliy worn much thinner. Of
j course, the color or the cliff Is not that
of glass-trans oarent and
j white but Is niosttv b'iack pnj soma
pIfl, mMt,i auA rtreakd with
iirownlsh red and shade of olive greea
ftnj uro,vn, f
$1 ill V. Inii-r
Home curious e.perliireUis bnve bees
made at one of the royal phlUtithropIo
under. Thereby It I proved that tho
j children g.ilh weight mostly lu autumn
and In the early part of lnvo.niier.
From I h time till the end iV April
there U scarcely any Increase la
weight. More remarkable .still, thera
Is a diminution till the end of aa
mer.
Know same I smuts real dlsmandsi
i wmI tJMr will Inaist are !
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