Worn When Away.
Tim selection of traveling gowns is
frequently found to be a difficult mat
ter, for they must l> > becoming, ami
above all tilings practical and useful.
One worthy of attention was carried
out in n soda green cloth, its dominant
note in ail particulars being simplic
ity. The neat littie coat was cut
doubh-breasted and prettily strapped
and embellished with a touch ol tine
ilver embroidery This, when worn
open displayed a daintily incite I lawn
shirt with linen collar and dark green
'elver tie. both being feminine in
■ tyle. yet of irreproachable neatness.
The si.irt was gracefully plaited and
cut walking length, and designed to
wear with this costume was a warm
green cloth wrap and a pretty felt hat
trimmed with ivy leaves and berries.
White Linen and Lace.
downs of coarse white linen, much
trimmed with heavy laces, are to be
worn even more than during the last
hot season.
Some of these are fashioned on
quite elaborate models, as, for in
stance. one which lias a llirectoire
•oat entirely of ueavy white lace, with
small hip panels of the linen overlap
ping the lace. The skirt is long and
sweepingiy graceful, for this ts in
tended for a dressy gown, and hands
of tin' lace are run up anti down it.
The new buttonhole embroideries
and the button laces, whereon dangle
countless little crocheted balls, arc
extremely effective on these coarse
white linens.
Fashionable Loose Coat.
Loose coats make ideally com I or -
able wraps ami are In the height ot
style This one can be made with
the smart little shoulder capes or
without and can be buttoned over or
rolled back to form rovers. The
model is made of tan colored brord
t loth, the revets of satin in the same
color edged with fVisian braid, but all
■loaki tg matc'dals are appropriate.
4436 Woman's Coat, 32 to 40 buvt.
The triple capes 111 snugly and give
tin. drooping line without fulness and
the sleeves are wide and ample allow
ing of wearing the puffed ones be
neath. without danger of rumpling.
To make the coat for a woman ot
medium size will lie required I'a
\ ai ds 117. 2% yards 4 4 or ~>2 inches
wide.
A May Manton pattern. No. 4436,
sizes 22 to 40. will be mailed to any
address on receipt of ten cents.
Her bridal Outfit.
Sill, muslin, crepe <!»■ chine, or one
of the newer weaves, liberty or
duchesse satin, taffeta, or pean de
cygne. is an excellent choice tor the
wedding dress. If of a thin fabric
nothing could bo more charming Ilian
the new (obit lS;:o skirt gathered at
tlie belt and having graduated tucks,
interspersed with bands of tilniy lace
running around the foot of the skirt
to just above (lie litters. A full blouse,
wide girdle, deep yoke, and bertha of
lace and immense tucked sleeves with
lingeries undersleeves of lace com
plete the costume.
A modish traveling costume is of
mixed tweed, the coat in sort or three
quarters length, and with a jaunty
skirt jusi clearing th ■ ground.
Pretty Curtains for a Set of Shelves.
One nf the prettiest curtains ween
for a set of shelves was of brown httr
'ai> with trimmings of red. The cur
tain was thrown over the brass rod in
such a way as to form a deep lambre
quin at tile top. The burlap was lined
throughout with red. Red felt was
used for the border. The top and hot
tom was feather stitched to the bur
lap with red worsted in clusters of
si.\ quite long stitches, the middle
one longest, and the others graduated
toward each end. The dusters of
stitches were about an inch apart.
Bedroom Hangings.
Nothing is prettier or more dainty
lor bedroom decorations than th * up
holstery dimities in the old English
style. They can lie got in may put
lerus and launder beautifully, so atv
more durable than a flimsy fabric.
They may he used in the entire deco
ration of the room for bedspread, can
opy. window hangings and dressing
tnhle covers.
At the windows it Is prettiest to
hung the curtains straight down each
side with a full vallance across the
top. Cushions for the chairs and coit>
tier seats can lie made to match, too.
For Afternoon Teas.
I ea table cups on a m w plan are
°flared for sale in the large shops tliis
month. In serving any beverage in
lormally in the drawing room the cup
;tnd saucer combination are often
found to lie an awkward one to manip
ulate. These new cups are supplied
with a metal holder and no saucer is
turnished The metal holder consists
°t two hings of silver which pass, re
spectively, around the upper and lower
portion ot the cup and terminate in a
handle.
Fringe of Ermine.
The alliance of lace and fur is an
old story, though perhaps the connec
tion iias never been more originally
devised than in the ease of an evening
dress recently noted, where flounces
of cream Alencon lace were finished
by a fringe of ermine tails. A scheme
of quaintly attractive character, this
was carried throughout the corsage,
which was furthermore enhanced by
bows, bretelles and sash ends of black
velvet, passed through buckles of old
paste.
Extravagant Garter Buckles.
Some of the new garter buckles are
extravagant in setting and design.
One seen recently was of Roman gold
set with a fletir de lis design of dia
monds. Another Roman gold garter
buckle had a china medallion set in
the frame, on which tie' monogram or
favorite flower of Hit* ow ner could be
painted. These buckles also come in
sterling silver at thrice the price of
the pseudo gold.
A Suggestive Stole.
\ stole which is full of suggestions
is made of plain Brussels net. with
flowers or leaves cut out of cloth and
sewed oil to the net foundation. Tinted
flowers would lie pretty for the woman
with time and teste, and velvet could
he used instead of the cloth An en
tire gown of such work would not tie
too great an undertaking, and would
he very handsome.
Things That 'Help.
I'se soapy water when makii
star h. It will make the clothes more
glossy and easily ironed.
l ine black silk underskirts with
flannel to insure warmth.
Dusty or rusty looking jet trim
mings can be made quite new looking
if soaked for about ten minutes in
equal parts vinegar and water. Dry
in a cool place.
Fruit a Complexion Beautifier.
There is no better cosmetic for (he
skin and no better complexion beauti
fier titan a large, juicy apple eaten at
night. Some will find perhaps that
the skin ol the apple gives them indi
gestion. so it is better to peel it. Next
to the apple as a blood purifier is the
cranberry; it is most wholesome.
Oranges eaten in the morning are
very beneficial.
The Necessary Trunk Cover.
A trunk cover is a necessity for the
woman who •'lives in her trunk." A
green denint cover was attractive with
its edge buttonholed in white long and
short stitch. The monogram of the
owner was worked in the center. A
steamer trunk covered in this fashion,
when piled with gay colored pillows,
makes an excellent window or cozy
corner seat.
Novel Bonbonnieres.
One of the most charming bonbon
ni' res of the season is of bisque or
china, in Japanese style. It repre
sents a little almOml-eyed maiden car
rying in either hand a basket or pan
nier. Both ot these receptacles are
tilled with bonbons. The trinket can
lie very appropriately applied for table
trim tiling.
Novel Ideas.
The more unusual tin- trimming on
costumes this season the better, and
anything you like is fashionable. Sec
ond hand shops are the resort of many
a fair maiden these days. Antique
buttons of metallic orn tm-nls. queer
braidings and quaint meadollions are
used as coat trimmings and to trim
fur stoles.
Readers of Ibis paper can secure any May
Man ton pattern illusl luted above by filling out
all blanks In coupon, and mailiLg. with loceuta,
toK. E. Harrison4 Co..65Plymouth Place,Chi*
eago. Pattern will be mailed promptly.
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NEWS IN NEBRASKA
THE STATE IN A NUTSHELL.
The depot building at {'i * v was de
stroyed liy fire.
Dr. A. Offerntan. Auburn's first
physician, died last week.
Organization of a commercial club
has been perfected at Beatrice.
A series of revival meetings have
been inaugurated in Columbus.
Steps are being taken to provide a
new court house for Burt county.
Mrs. Paul Schmieke of Nebraska
City was seriously bin tied by a gas
explosion.
Revival services have commenced
in Table Rock and will lie continued
lor some time.
At Beatrice .John .Taeknbofsky, a Po
lander, was sentenced to thirty days
in tile county jail for beating his
wife.
Charles llagedorn of Papillion lost
one of his large stallions, the animal
dying cf a lung trouble, its value was
?_>,500.
Mrs. Prof. (Iraham of Papillion com
pletely severed a tendon in her wrist '
by falling upon a piece of broken !
china. The injury is severe
Marcl; 1 the free rural delivery sys
tem of Adams county will he extended
by the installation of seven new
routes from t lie follow ing centers:
Two from Juniata, two front Kenesaw.
one each from Roseland, A>. and Hol
stein.
Antone Sacks, an 8-year-old boy. re
siding at 505 North Twelfth street,
Omaha, was run over by a rig driven
by Frank C. Egan anil received in
juries which resulted in his death.
Egan was arrested on a charge of as
sault.
Blare Treasurer Mori on sen has tin- ,
dor advisement an offer from tin*
county board of Burt county to pur
chase $8u,0(in in bonds issued for the
building of a court house, lie is la\
orably impressed with the offer anil
will probably purchase the bonds. The
interest rate is -I per cent.
Mrs. Julia Smith, shot hy a. man
named Sigler at St. Louts, was lor
merly a resident of Lincoln, in that
city she lived with her husband near
Twentieth and N streets. She created
a sensation by digging the sum ol
J1.48U up front the cellar floor, de
claring that her husband was cruel
and starting a divorce suit. Bite was
allowed to retain the money and soon
after left the city.
Mrs Henry Schneider, ag'd forty
tv; . vears. wife of a farmer I'vim
Washington county a mile and a half
from Kontanelle, died, following an
accident which made necessary the
amputation of an arm. Site was
working near a feed grinder when the
limb was caught between two cog
wheels. breaking the bones twice above
and twice below the elbow. Blood
poisoning and death resulted.
Attorney (leneral Front lias gone to
Washington, where be will defend the
right of Nebraska to Island precinct,
a piece of territory isolated from Ne
maha county by the Missouri river.
The commissioners appointed by the
court completed their labors in De
cember and the attorney general
claims the evidence in the ease is fav ,
orable to Nebraska and against the
content ions of the Missouri attorneys.
The case will be beard in the 1 nited
States supreme court.
Butte is looking forward to a large
growth this year. Thirty business
houses ami residences will be built the
coming summer, and the town is now
recognized as the largest in North
west Nebraska and the business cen
ter for a large territory, drawing ter
ritory from Holt, (iregiry and Keya
Paha counties. The large (louring
mill and electric plant, operated by
C. A. Johnson and Pickier, is running
both day and niglit. It also furnishes
the electric lights for Butte. A court
house will be built early in the
spring.
Andy Mann, a business man of Hast
ings, came home from .Vitiden with
the bone of his leg fractured just
above the ankle joint, which lie re
ceived by a fall.
The Argo starch factory at Nebras
ka City lias commenced operations
and will begin grinding corn. The full
force will be employed by March and
a steady run is expected.
William Uearingor, who had been in
the asylum at Lincoln about three
months, returned to Orchard vlasi
week, and attempted suicide by chok
ing himself with a belt. Hi* will bo
returned to Lincoln.
Conductor Ratclllfe of the Ord
branch passenger train bad an expert
enee tHe other evening while bring
ing his train down from Valley county
which caused the passengers iit tin*
first coach to think that possibly the
Russian navy was in the vicinity. The
fuses and torpedoes on hand in tin*
baggage coach suddenly began to dis
charge without just cause or provoca
tion and it was necessary to stop the
train and apply all the crew toward
putting out the fire. The (lames were
extinguished ami no serious damage
was done.
At its session recently the county
hoard of Hall county by unanimous
vote adopted a resolution calling for
a snerlal election on the proposition
of authorizing the board to sell the
old court house property, donated
to the county by tin* Union Pacific in
early days, for court house purposes.
In any sum not less than $ in,Olio,
Edward Himes, a corporal in th<>
Twenty second infantry, tried at the
fall term of the district court ot
Sarpy county for criminal assault upon
Miss Hammond of Port Crook, and
found guilty, was given a second trial
wilts he was again found guilty.
NECRASXA AT EXPOSITION.
Cotnmiss cn Rer.dy to Be;jin Installing
tbe State's Exhibit.
The Nebraska commission to tlie
Louisiana Purchase exposition held its
final session in Omaha Much btisi
ness was transacted, mostly of a de
lail nature and preparatory for the
removal to St, Louis, where they wil!
be maintained until after the expos!
lion. Secretary Sliedd has departed
for St. Louis. The three ear loads
of exhibitIotematerial collected nt the
commission's store house in Omaha
from every quarter of ihe state will bo
shipped a; once to St. Louis.
Aside from the agricultural exhibits
the educational exhibits will lie of
a notable character Most of these
have already been assembled at Lin
coln. under care of the superintendent
of the educational exhibit for the
state, and these will he shipped to
St Louis as soon as practicable. Ev
ery city in the state is represented in
these school exhibition and some of
ihe finest and most artistic of them
come front the district schools
throughout the slate, and the city
schools will certainly have to look
to tlieir laurels. The school exhibits
are by far the best ever undertaken
by the stale schools and Nebraska
need have no cause to fear but that
it will occupy its usual front rank at
the exposition in this' respect.
The horticultural exhibits promise
to surpass anything ever undertaken
by Nebraska in previous expositions.
Over Ittn barrels of Nebraska fruit are
now in the cold storage plant at the
exposition grounds. Si Louis, and ail
are in the best condition.
NEBRASKA FIGHTS FOR LAND
Attorney General Prout Has Gone to
Washington.
Attorney General Prout lias gone to
Washington to represent the state in
the ease in the Pulled States supreme
e.mrt wherein Nebraska and Missouri
are each trying to own an island In
the Missouri river along side of Ne
maha county. The evidence was pre
sented to a commission consisting of
Alfred Ha/Jett and John W. Hallibur
ton. who have now prepared their re
port to tlie court.
The findings of the commissioners
are regarded as being favorable to
Nebraska, since the two officers agree
that the Missouri liver went on a
rampage on July 5. ImIT. and withij
one day cut across the neck of Nema
ha county, leaving a new channel,
while the old channel, which had
meandered around several miles to the
eastward, gradually dried tip. The
Nebraska officials believe that this
makes a clear case for this state, the
theory of the law being thai land
which is cut off by some sudden
change in a stream remains within
1 lie original Jurisdiction, while if it
had been cut off by a gradual shifting
of the sands the jurisdiction would
become that of the territory to which
the new land attaches.
Boy Killed Sliding Down Stairs.
KRKMONT.—Vincent Sloggett. a
•'•-year-old son of M. J. Sloggett. resid
ing at 1302 Hast Sixth street, fell
while sliding down the stair rail at his
home and sustained injuries which re
sulted in his deatli half an hour later.
The hoy was playing in the front hall
with his sister and said lie was going
upstairs and sht'e down the rail.
About half way down lie fell, the hack
of his head striking the sharp front
of a stair.
Printers Must Wait.
LINCOLN. Blanks and supplies
nr.ist be printed for the state hoard
of equalization, but I he printer must
wait until the meeting of the next
legislature for his money. The blanks,
and supplies will cost front $2,600 to
$3,000.
Fled From Russian Spies.
LINCOLN.- Believing that Russian
spies were dodging his footsteps, Jul
ius Sigsmun. employed at the Burling
ton yards, fled from the city. He was
working under an assumed name and
had deserted from the Russian army
Some fellow countrymen discovered
his secret and wrote a letter saying
that he would he taken to Siberia un
less he re-enlisted at once. When lie
read the missive Sigsmun started
west along the Burlington tracks ami
has not since been seen.
Farmer Accidentally Kills Wife.
CARI.KTON.— David Kockow, a
farmer living three miles east of here
instantly killed his wife by the arch
denial discharge of his rifle while he
was shooting at a target. He was
standing in the doorway of his house
when i lie accident occurred. The Hall
entered his wife's head and died in
stantly.
In the conduct of life habit counts
for more than maxim because habit is
a living maxim and becomes flesii and
instinct.
Big Damage Against Railway.
The jury in Judge Estelle's court at
Omaha returned a verdict that tht
plaintiff in the case of John Boesott
against the Omaha Street Railroad
company recover ihe sum of $4,650 for
Injuries susiained by him in 1899
Plaintiff claimed to have been per
manently injured and crippled in the
leg i,wing to a defect in the trucks
on one of the trail cars of the de
fendant company, wnieh was the
cause of throwing him to the pave
ment The case was begun In 1900
and lias since been tried lour times.
IMPORTS FROM THE LUZON.
Only Small Part of Business Carried
on Under American Flag.
WASHINGTON The development
of the Philippine* commercially and
industrially lor the first nine months
of l»ii.1 is the subject of a special bul
letin by itie bureau nf insular affairs.
It is shown that both in Imports ami
exports there v. as an increase, com
pared with a corresponding period in
the preceding year. Heavy exports in
hemp and copra offsetting heavy im
ports of rice, explained the increase
During the period named the im
ports were $2G.l03.tiO|, against $21,
338,322 for 1902. The exports amount
ed to $23.f»ti3,12S, an increase of near
ly $4,300,000. The rice imports were
the only ones that increased and there
was a falling off in the general trade
the United States losing in per cent
and the United Kingdom lb per cent,
while Spain has only two-thirds of the
amount of its trade in 19'I2
United Stall's exports increased
from $7,232,411 to $9.38ti.iCG an.! the
trade with Spain was practically the
same. But a small part of the Unite,'
States business is carried under th*
American flag and all but 3 per rent
of the general trade of the islands Is
done in foreign bottoms.
Russia to Present Her Protest.
WASHINGTON At an important
conference, scheduled for Wednesday
at the Stale department between Sec
retary Hay ami Count Cassini, the
Russian ambassador. Russia's protest
to the powers agHinst Japan’s alleged
violation of International law will be
communicated to the Washington gov
ernment.
WANT TO FIGHT FOR JAPAN.
Former Rough Ridera Anxious tJ See (
Service.
SIOIX FALLS, 8. I) Ever since It
was announced in Washington dis
patches lhat Colonel Melvin Grisly
of this city, who lias been in Washing
ton for some time, intended raising
a batalion of rough riders for service,
with the Japanese against the Rus-.
sians, the office of Colonel Grigsby In
this city lias been flooded with letters
from applieants for places. Most of
the letters are from former members. I
of Grigsby's Rough Riders, a regiment,
which was formed during the Spanish
American war, who wish to see active
service during (be war in the far east.
Colonel Grigsby lias written here to
the effect, that the report is unfound
od. and has instructed his son. Sioux
Grigsby, who is in charge of the
Grigsby law office in this city during
llte absence of the colonel in the na
tional capital, to write such of the
applicants a letter, stating that the
report of tiis intended action is un
founded; ttiat the laws of Japan for;
hid the enlistment of foreigners in the
Japanese army, and that no good citi
zen will violate the neutrality laws of
tile t'nited States.
HERRICK TAKES UP SCEPTER
Governor Is Hanna's Successor as
Leader in Ohio.
COLEMHl’S. ().—Now that it is
claimed by the Hanna republicans of
Ohio that Governor Herrick lias suc
ceeded Senator Hanna as the domi
nant power in Ohio republican politics
the following statement made by the
governor with reference to the selec
tion of delegates to tlie national re
publican convention is important: •
"I can onlV quote from tlie last let
ter that Senator Hanna wrote - the
last with tlie exception of a pencil
note to tlie president on January
tlie day of tlie Gridiron banquet: '\V*
must organize our full strength and
choose tlie Roosevelt delegates from
among our friends.’ ”
Continuing. tli° governor said : "The
opportunity now arises for all good re
publicans to unite in the conduct of
the party on broad lines In such a
friendly spirit as to eliminate all dif
ferences."
SEVEN LOCOMOTIVES A DAY.
Built in Philadelphia on a Rush Order
from Japan.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—In conse
quences of a rush order from tlie Jap
anese government for locomotives, a
locomotive plant here lias established
a new record by the construction ol
seven locomotives in a day.
The engines ordered by Japan are
for tli*' military railroad that will con
nect Pusan, on the southern coast of
Korea, with Seoul, the capital
The order, whTli called for twenty
locomotives to be completed within
thirty days, was received late in Jail
nary. Eight of them have been
shi| pod to Ptisan. The remaining
twelve will lie shipped this week.
A BATTLE AT SAN DOMINGO.
Dominican Government Troops Com
pletely Overthrow Insurgents.
WASHINGTON—Late Sunday night
the state department received a cable
gram from .Minister Powell, dated San
Domingo. February Hi, saying:
"A decisive battle has been fought
between the government forces and
the insurgents. It extended over twr
days and resulted in a victory for the
government. The siege has been rais
ed anti the insurgents are in retreat.’
Rush Order for Transports.
NKW YORK Rush orders were re
reived in this city Tuesday by the
quartermaster's leparlnietit to have
shifts of men work night and day It
put the transports .McClellan and
Sumner in readiness to put to sea
Orders have been placed for coal anil
both vessels will have their bunkers
tilled within thirty-six hours. The
commissary department has also been
ordered to provision the transports
for l.utm men. It is thought the trans
isirts will be In readiness in that
time.
HA3 CLAIM TO FAME.
Story of the Man Who Discovered th*
First Beefsteak.
Beefsteak, like most other good
things, was discovered entirely by
accident, says a writer in the Chicago
Tribune. It appears that Lucius Pla
nts, a Roman of rank, was ordered by
:hc Emperor Trajan for some offense
to act us one of the menial sacriftcers
to Jupiter; he resisted, but was at
length dragged to the attar. There
the fragments of the victim were iaid
upon the fire and the unfi rtunate sen
ator was forcibly compelled to turn
them. In the process of roasting one
of the slices fell off the coals and
was caught by Placus in its fall. If.
burned his fingers and he instinctively
thrust them into Ills mouth. In that
moment ho had made the grand dis
covery that the taste of a slice, thus
carbonadoed, was infinitely beyond
all the sodden cook* ry of Rome. A
new expedient to save liis dignity was
suggested at the same time, and he
at once evinced his obedience to the
Emperor by seeming to go through
the sacrifices with due regularity and
his scorn of the employment by turn
ing the whole ceremony into a matter
of appetite. He sw allowed every slice,
deluded Trajan, defrauded Jupiter and
invented the beefsteak! A discovery
of this magnitude could not long be
roncealod; the sacrifice began to dis
appear with a rapidity and satisfac
tion to the parties too extraordinary
to be noticed. The priests of Jupiter
adopted the practice with delight, and
the king of Olympus must have been
soon starved if he depeuded on any
share of the good things of Rome.
Matched for $35,000.
A well-known financier of this city
wears a handsome ruby ring. It was
admired by one t>f his friends the
other day, who said: "You are not
the only one that lias taken a fancy
to it. The other day Mr. Ilartmau
said he would like to have it.”
The friend then said: “Well, if it
had been Gates he would have
matched you fo- if.” The financier
replied: "Yes, so would Schwab,”
ami Hien told a story of there being
a difference between Mr. Gates and
Mr. Schwab amounting to about $35.
000. They con’d not agree, and rather
than enter into any litigation Schwab
propped to match for the sum. It
was done, and lie was the winner.—
Philadelphia Press.
Hadn't Detected It.
Heinrich Conried was standing in
tiie bad* of the Metropolitan opera
house a few nights ago during the per
formance of a German opera. As lie
leaned <>n the rail behind the bark
row of scats lie hoard the whispers of
two men sitting almost in reach of his
hand.
One of them was apparently a na
tive American; the other talked with
a decided German dialect.
"The acoustics of this house,” whis
pered the American, "are very bad.”
The German was heard to sniff au
dibly once or twire.
"Vot makes you say dat?” lie asked
of ills American companion. ' I don't
I smell aiiyt'ing.”— New York Times.
New Graft in Missouri.
“A new graft lias been discovered
in Sedalia," sa vs one of the papers of
that place. "Every night for some
time past the men's waiting room at
the Missouri Pacific station has been
crowded with men sleeping In the
seats. When asked their business
there by station attendants, they in
variably resurrected tickets to some
near-by town and said that they were
waiting for trains. A few days ago
about fifty of those regular boarders
applied at the ticket office to have
the tickets redeemed. The agent then
became aware of the fact that the
tickets were purchased for the sole
purpose of bunking in a warm room.'’
— New York Tribune.
Took Ginger Ale.
A good story is told of a rounder
who found himself in a well-known
cafe in New York. Four young blades
were there Each ordered a pousse
cafe. The Irishman watched the bar
tender make the gayly colored drinks
and thought lie would like one him
self.
"What will you have?” asked the
bartender.
"(live me one of them pussy cats.”
said the Irishman.
“One of them what?" asked the bar
tender.
Arrah,” said the Irishman, "give
me a ginger ale. and this is tlie sec
ond time I’ve asked you.”
The Fire Babies.
They are all mine I love them so.
These little lots that come amt go;
| In endless train they troop along.
Knrapt with laughter and with song.
From ev'ry shad'wy corner they
Come dancing' In abandon gay.
And o'er the polished door they glide
Close to me and my fireside.
They tell me tales no others tell:
They quell the sobs no others quell.
Ah!When their lingers reach to tne
My lieatt of pain again is free.
They swing upon the rings of smoke.
These little tikes, these funny folk.
Ah' faithful \ isitors of night
They're dancing III the firelight.
- H. S. 1<. in New York Press.
Unique Wall Paper.
A morose French eccentric papered
his walls with the deep bordered in
vitation cards received to the funerals
of friends and acquaintances.
Mercantile Marine Casualties.
Idf.si year the British mercantile
marine sustained 1,48;! casualties, of
which ;!48 were complete wrecks. The
loss t f life was 5,;>18.
Inducement for Marriage.
A woman in Russia, until the day of
her death, if she remains unmarried
is under the absolute sway of her par
ents.
