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Chicago.—“Thero she was, waitin’at the church.” And one couhJ repeat the oft quoted Xords of the erstwhile popular song, not cniy once more, but C«e times lucre, to bint at the story of the pa< liont and loyal girl who waited ia va!u at the house of worship to hear the wed.ling l^ells ring for her. Six times, actually, sweet, sensib’a and attractive Inga Lindquist waited at the church for Alfred Rasmussen that the parson might tie the matrimo nial knot for them. But some strange fate intervened to blast the hepss of the blushing bride-elect. Each and every time the bride groom-to-be proved recreant and eith er failed to appear at the- church, or fled after the bridal party and guests had assembled. Four times the faith less Alfred made his “get-away” just before reaching the sacred ed'Sce. and twice he quietly slipped away while those present waited for the minister to eorno to the altar. On each occasion the heart-broken iiride wa3 left in tears of shame and anguish, while the wedding guests raged at his heartlessr.ess in desert ing the trusting girl and depriving them of the promised sumptuous fea3t and merry-making that wore to follow the ceremony. let tiii3 recalcitrant fiance really , *md truly loved the confiding and pa tient young woman who had given her ail of the passion of her heart. And she—well, she had such unbounded faith in the genuineness of his pro fessed affection for her that the bitter denunciations of her friends and rela tives could not shake it, and she read ily granted him forgiveness each time lie pleaded for her pardon. He wa3 so eloquent, this handsome Alfred Ras mussen. and he sued for her womanly indulgence with such eloquence and protested his deep, undying love far her with so ardent words of endear ment she could not deny him the clem ency he craved. So it was that she O0n seated four times and then twice more to “give him another chance." And only after the last chance did she triumih by a ruse. > Heroine No Silly Girt. Miss Inga Lindquist, the heroine of the ‘‘waiting at-the-church six times" romance in real life, was not a giddy young thing or either “sweet 1C,” 17 Or even 18, for that matter, when her romance began. Indeed, full 30 sum ami, like as hot, fis many win ners, had been recorded in her life his I tory up to that time. Inga Lindquist for a number of years was an expert milliner, and as fore-woman In a big millinery house, earned and was paid a good salary, one that many an able man in mercantile life would be only too giad to receive for high-class service. The young woman's employers valued her services so highly that several times she hinted at giving up her position to engage in the millinery business for herself they induced her to remain and gave her a substantial advance in salary. Early in the present year she came into a very nice inheritance through, the death of a relative in Sweden. She resigned her position*to engage in business for herself, opening a hand some store cn the northwest side of Chicago, where dwell the Twell-to-dn Sixties, Germans and German-Ame.r^ p ' *3 i Biness from the start was a splfen | lucqesn. with Mis3 Lindquist, for felasS -trada came to her unao Her success in business Bd her friends very much, but taflSfof single blessedness wa9 the Bourse of^ annoyance and disap aent. to them. ai.” ft was when the fair milliner’s Cdose friends—the feminine ones— were about giving up hope that she would ever become a bride that the good-looking young pharmacist, Al fred Rasmussen, came on the scene and fell in love with Igna Lind quist. It was a real surprise to the friends of both. “Handsome Al,” as he was called—and Is yet—b7 his intimates, was generally regarded as a good fellow. ia due course the engagement of Inga Lindquist and Alfred Rasmus sen was announced to their friends and relatives. Then the date was set for the wedding. Despite the protests of their friends the couple decided to have a quiet wedding at church, with only the bridal attend ants and a few close friends and rela tives to witness the ceremony, though there was to Le a grand feast at the home of the bride’s aunt, Mrs. •Ceder quist. After the latter the new ly wedded pair were to take a trip to New York and other eastern points. That was in April last. Miss Lind quist, her bridesmaid, two young wom en friends, three male friends, a cousin and her aunt, and Rasmussen's ! best man and six of his friends, wait j ed at the church. t Rasmussen did not com-?, and the bride-to-be and the bridal party retired—Mls3 Inga broken hearted. Nothing was heard from Rasmussen, no one knew where he was. Airs. Cederquist, the brjdc-eleet’s aunt, and several of her gentlemen friends were anxious to notify the po lice of the fiance’s disappearance, fear ing that maybe he was a victim of foul play. But intimates cf the miss ing man protested that It would re sult in sensational notoriety for all concerned, and their objections pre vailed. Three weeks later, or in the early, part of Alay, “Handsome Al” re appeared and called on his weeping sweetheart. He pleaded hard for for- ■ giveness, alleging that he suddenly became frightened at assuming the responsibilities of married life, and was so worried about this while on bis way to church that yielding to im pulse, he fled and want to Milwaukee. Secured Forgiveness. So eloquently did the recreant lover plead that his sweetheart for gave and took him back. Then new plans wore made, and it was decided that the wedding should be the last week in May. Again the milliner was "waitin’ at the church” for the pecond time, but the faithless lover came not. Once more the bride-to-be returned home to put away her wed ding dress and finery, shed tears, wring her hands—and plan new crea tions for her rich customers. Sev eral weeks later Rasmussen turned up at Miss Lindquist's home, but the In dignant Mrs. Cederquist, in her wrath, refused to admit him, and drove the trifling fellow away; he had brought sadness and disappointment too often to that home, she declared, to be permitted to again enter its por tals. But Rasmussen was not to be de nied, and aguin his pleadings won for giveness. For the third time the wedding day was set,' and again the bridegroom came not. What expla nations he made that caused his res toration to favor can but be guessed, ; but again he was forgiven, and again were preparations made for the nup tials. _ History repeated Itself on this occa sion and on another that followed, and then for the sixth time the bride •arrayed for the ceremony, confident : that at last she might rely oa the fer ! vent promise of her lover. But, no. Again the wedding proces sion was marshaled at the altar, and the bridegroom was “conspicuous by his absence.” Bride at Last Aroused. Everybody was too dumfounded to utter a word; even the repeatedly de ceived minister was so stunned that re cetfld not Tent bis sneer in vro; - * Wk£B the ethers recovered the pester; af speech there was a babbie of ladle-' aaat talk. Only the bride was attest —for a time. She smiled faintly, tat ' ft face showed a grim datermfaa us, which the others coald not read. Bidding her aunt, the bridesmaid, at teadaat and her gentleman coutafi entar the esyri^es, she informed <fc« rest #>.» party that there would h« he least at her home that day, bat later en they would receive an invita tion te dine with her and her “hue baud.” Then MJss Lindquist drove home, leaving her guests to wonder wbat sfco me art. ^ The patient milliner was aroused. She ea'd little, but seemed to have some plan of action ready. There was much going and coming on her part la a way that smacked of mys tery and premised a great surprise. Evidently she contemplated a strategic move and like a goed general she kept silent until the time came. Flans Carefully Laid. It was the latter part of Septembar when Miss Lindquist had her plans ready. She called on the pastor oil her church—the church at which sh* wait ed six times ia va:n. She had a brief talk with the wise man of the cloth and came to an understanding with him. Then she had a conference with her standing bridesmaid and her cousin and Rggraugsen’s permanent best Tnan, [ A few days iater a caf?fh?e drove up to the door, of Mrs. Cederquist’s house. ! A servant came out with a small trunk, which was places on the foot rest at the driver's coat. Then Ingft, her aunt and her bridesmaid entered the carriage. Another conveyance drove up to the doer and into it quick ly “pi’ed” Miss Inga's cousin and the best man. Miss Inga and her party were driven in one direction and the other carriage In a different one. The rig containing the milliner and her friends drove to the home of “Handsome Al.” It was early evening and he was there. The driver rang the doorbell and when it was opened asked for Mr. Rasmussen. He appeared quickly and as he did Miss Lindquist called to him from the carriage. He hastened to her. Were Married at Last. “Get In, Al,” she said sweetly. ‘Tm going on that wedding trip of ours. It’s been put off so often I’m jip^ heartsick to make it, even if I havj to go alone. Besides, business i:s quiet now and I can spare the time. Come and drive with me to the depot, Al, , won’t you?” ccaxingly. “Al*’ get in quickly, and was not a little astonished to find there were other occupants—the aunt and brides maid. But their presence did nat abash him and he renewed his old style of love making. Very earnest ly he pleaded with Inga to not go away, JMS4 JQdS7X7SSZ? r vowing that he would wed her without any further delay if she consented to remain. The young woman pretended to be obdurate and let the artful dodger go on with his pleas and vows. So Intent was Rasmussen he did not notice the direction in which the carriage was being driven. But Inga had laid her plans carefully, so care fully there was practically ho danger that they would go amiss. The driver had his instructions, and before “Handsome Al” knew what was in “the wind” the carriage stopped be fore the door of the parsonage of the church at which Inga had waited so many times. In bis bewilderment the bridegroom failed to note another car riage at the curb. In a few minutes Miss Lindquist and Rasmussen were standing before the minister and around them stood the rest of the bridal party. And the ceremony fol lowed. It was brief. When, the min ister shook hands with the newly wed ded couple and gave them good advice and extended bis congratulations, the “wedding welcher,” as his friends had dubbed Rasmussen, was all smiles, kissed his bride with fervor and gave the “glad hand” to all of the wedding party. A few moments later all en tered the carriages and were driven to the home of the bride—this time a real and smiling bride. FIGHTING V/AY THROUGH ICE. j Graphic Description of Perils of Arctic ! Exploration. —k One of the most striking passages in ! Robert E. Peary’s “Nearest the Pole” j is his description of the action of an 1 Icefloe which threatened his ship. He j ; writes: “Its slow, resistless motion i was frightful, yet fascinating. Thou-j sands of tons cf smaller ice which the ' big floe drove before it the Roosevelt L iiad easily and gracefully turned under [ tier sloping bilges, but the edge of the [ (big floe rose to the plank sheer, and a few yards back from its edge was an Old pressure ridge, which rose higher l than the bridge deck. This was the [ Crucial moment. For a minute or so, [ which seemed an age, the pressure [ was terrific. The Roosevelt's ribs and [ Interior bracing cracked like the dis- ■ [charge cf musketry; the deck amid bulged up several inchea, while main rigging bung slack and the and rigging shook as In a vio gale. Then with a mighty tremor Intaking his breath for a su Ik, yh. ■., r- ■ 'M ■ / i 4* preme effort, the ship shook herself free and Jumped upward till her pro peller showed above water. The big Coe snapped against the edge of the ice-foot forward nnd aft and under us, crumpling up Its edge and driving it in shore some yards, then tame to rest, and the commotion was trans ferred to the outer edge of the floe, which crumbled away with a dull roar, as other floes smashed against it and tore off great pieces in their on ward rush, leaving the Roosevelt stranded but ES.fe.” On another occasion it required 35yj hours of incessant strain and struggle to clear a way through the obstruct ing icefloes to the open water beyond. Mr. Peary says: "The Roosevelt fought like a gladiator, turning her full weight against the heavy floes whenever we could get room for a rush, and rearing upon them like a steeplechaser taking a fence. Ah, the thrill and tension of it, the lust of battle, which crowded days of ordinary life Into one! The forward.rush, the gathering speed-and momentum, the crash, the upward heave, the grating snarl of the lee as the steel-shod *Uim spilt it as a as - ” - son’s hammer splits granite, or trod It under, or sent it right and left in whirling fragments, followed by the violent roll, the backward rebound, and then the gathering for another rush, were glorious.” At such times the physical tension was intense: "Everyone on deck hung with breathless Interest on our move ment, and as Bartlett and I clung in the rigging I heard him whisper through teeth clenched from the pure ly physical tension of the throbbing ship under us: ‘Give it to ’em, Teddy; give it to ’em!' More than once did a fireman come panting on deck for a breath of air, look over the side, mut ter to himself, ‘By-, she’s got to go through!’ then drop into the stoke hold, with the result a moment later of an extra belch of bliick smoke from the stack and an added turn or two to the propeller.” Coat of Producing Tea. One tea company in India has under cultivation 1,460 acres, while another haa 1,303 acrea. It costs to produce the tea and place it in the market at Calcutta from t to 9 <ents * pound. , * * • V' . « -*rrM | At the National Capital 1 Gossip of People and Events Gathered in Washington 1 • STRICT RULES FOR VISITS IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY ll>" ASKINGTCN— Just at present] if matters are dull socially, but j there is an air of expectancy and enough people are in the city and more are returning every day to keep up the interest. Houses and visiting lists are being overhauled, as visiting is the joy as well as the bete noir of the Washing ton woman and ha3 to be attacked I scientifically as well as diplomatically to accomplish all that is required by an exacting public. There is a regular etiquette in re gard to visits, and woe betide the un lucky stranger who unconsciously sins against the cast iron rules laid down j in this supposedly most democratic, of cities. The judges of the supreme court | must be called on by '.he cabinet, sen ators and representatives first. Then the members of the cabinet call on one another and on the senators and house members. The senators make their supreme court and cabinet vis its and finally reach one another. But a senator's wife whose husband has been in office six years cannot demean herself by calling first on the wife of cne who has only served his country three years. The senatorial and congressional records are called in requisition and lists made out and the length of time men have held office noted. The house members are not as exacting and a little moro license Is permitted them, but still an immense amount of form is necessary to steer clear of the breakers of social political life. Diplomats are exempt to a certain extent, as after presenting their cre dentials to the president they quietly ait the onslaught of visitors. It requires a discriminating foreigner or ono who has employed a secretary from the very innermost fold of the fashionable set to tell whom to re and whom not and to sift the shower of cards that descend upon him, especially if he belongs to the diplomatic corps. i '.Washington is an especially easy (Ity for outsiders, as they have the right of way and must call first on all those who hold an official position. These visits are returned and thus the thin edge of the wedge is inserted that leads to social distinction. ■ —— -1 ~ T— ~ ~ — I,, in , ROOT-GRANT WEDDING TO BE MOST SIMPLE AFFAIR If probably will be a relief to the great masses of the people to know finally and positively that Miss , Edith Root, daughter of the secretary of state, and Ulysses S. Grant III. are to have an extremely simple and quiet wedding at the home of the bride's parents on Rhode Island avenue. The c ildren of the big ones, especially in Washington, ordinarily, have enough spent on the gewgaws of their wed dings to keep them in household sup plies for 10 years. The only social affairs in Washington more costly than funerals are the weddings. The daughter of the secretary of state is to marry the grandson of a . resident and the greatest soldier of his time, and few people are to be i gathered together to witness the cere-' mony. It is a fine and an appealing arrangement. There probably will be a lot of presents. Neither the bride r.or the groom, it«is supposed, can prevent the flood, of gifts which the prominence of their families will start. Young Grant is a quiet, unassuming studious fellow, with a bent of mind for mathematics, for he graduated into the army’s engineering corps. The bride is a girl of domestic tastes. She has been comparatively little known in the swirling circle of Wash ington society. It is said that she has good sound sense, and her dis inclination to go the rounds seems to prove the point. It is understood that young Grant has no money beyond his pay. He is a first lieutenant of engineers and his wage is about $125 a month. He gets, an allowance for quarters, however, provided he is on detached duty where there are no army quarters. The gov ernment will give him and his wife three rooms to live in, cr if he is away from an army post It will give him the equivalent cf the rent of three rooms. It is said that Edith Root, although the daughter cf a rich man, is per fectly capable of keeping house in three rooms, and keening house there contentedly. Lieut: Grant has an enormously wealthy aunt, who lives part of the time in Chicago, but he has no expec tations from her. and he is too much cf a Grant to take anything if it were offered. Elihu Root's father was a college professor, who was earning about $1,500 a year, perhaps less, when Elihu was a boy. It isn’t at all probable that he will contribute largely to the household funds of his future son-in-law. He doubtless would prefer to let the' young couple go it alone for some time to come. This wedding promises to be entirely satisfactory from every in trinsically valuable American view point. . Mg———— ROOSEVELT CELEBRATES FORTY-NINTH BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT cele brated his forty-ninth birthday a few Sundays ago. He spent the day, as is his custom, attending church in the morning, and spending the after noon in the open air. In the afternoon he received a com mittee of ten representing the Hun garian Republican club of New York, of which the president is an honorary member. The custom of the club of extending its congratulations to Mr. Roosevelt on his birthday began when he was governor of New York. He became a member on his return from Cuba in 1898, and during his first cam paign for governor of the state of New York the club took an active part In New York city. The commit tee extended congratulations on the president’s successful hunting trip and heard a partial description of it. Aside from this visit the day was marked by no special observance.. There were family congratulations and presents, and the president attended Grace Dutch Reformed church as is his custom. Returning from church, he spent an hour in the White House office, and in the afternoon took a long walk into the suburbs of Wash ington, on which he was accompanied by Secretary Root. Although 49 years old, President Roosevelt, after six years as the head of the nation, is only two years older j than President Grant when he took ! the oath; a year older than President ! Cleveland and the same age as Presi I dent Pierce. He is still a much j younger man than weTe his predeces sors when they assumed office—McKin ley at 54, Lincoln at 52, Tyler and Ar i thur at 51 and Polk and Garfield at 50. SHROUD OF MYSTERY FOR TRIP OF PACIFIC FLEET THE voyage of the battleship fleet to t he Pacific will be veiled in im penetrable secrecy. No news regarding the maneuvers to be conducted on the trip around South America will be allowed to fil ter through to the American taxpayer. Newspaper correspondents will be rigidly excluded from the war vessels. The journey of Rear Admiral Evans’ large squadron will be virtually on a war footing, for the only information that will be allowed to reach the peo ple who are paying out millions* to keep the navy up to the highest state of fighting efficiency will be in the i t form of meager reports furnished- by naval officers specially appointed for that purpose and who will carefully avoid references to those things in which the public is interested. These decisions were arrived at by President Roosevelt after a consulta tion with Secretary Metcalf, Rear Ad miral Evans and Rear Admiral Brown son, chief of the bureau of navigation of the navy department. After a conference, Secretary Met calf announced that the fleet would set sail from Hampton roads on Decem ber 16. The president has been in formed on ail important items in the itinerary She Knew. A Washington public school teacher was quoting to her pupils the sayings ol various wise men touching the value of Bilence on certain occasions, when she gave them the proverb to the elfect that we have one mouth and two ears, In order that we may listen twice as much as we speak. A day or so after the instruction the teacher, to see bow well the les son had been learned, asked a girl pupil the question, as above. - luttfr> Mabel had forgotten the ohH > , ,- • _ - ’ ■ - ; — V V- , osopher’s maxim; but the question did not seem a difficult one to an swer. “Because,” said she, “we should not hav% room in our face for two mouths, and we should look too crook ed if he had only one ear.” “No, Mabel,” said the teacher, “that is not the reason. Perhaps Rosalie can tell us-” “Yessum,” responded Rosalie. “It’s that way so we can let what we hear go In at one ear and come out at the other!” . v- - ti i.Osj&hti.‘fesS9r.’:N-'rift.. T'WE <50 ; omiL PROPOSED CHAIN OF , WATERWAY# The most ambitious waterway* scheme ever planned is that which would give to the Atlantic seaboard states a coastwise .canal and create for the erst a new era of commercial independence. Even the most care less reader in these days must have noticed the renewed and even lively interest in the subject of canals, which, to far as they are projected, surpass in extent and importance even those schemes for canalization which a century ago fired the imagination of everyone who had the prosperity of the nation at heart. Throughout the country waterway improvement schemes are being prosecuted with nore earnestness than ever, and some idea of their extent may be gained by the simple statement that the schemes for these improvements already ap proved by the federal government en gineers represent an outlay of $500 000,000. It has become plain, especially to those business men who have to ship freight, that at present the railroads are unequal to the task. In the northwest the great lakes, forming a natural outlet for trans portation, are being more and more utilized. Generally speaking the coun try is well watered, and consequently better waterway transportation may be said to be a potentiality. But all the water courses in the United States are not naturally fit for the traffic. They must be made fit, and this, in most cases, is a simple matter of ex penditure. President Roosevelt has given his approval to the schemes of the middle west to make the Mississip pi a deep water route from St. Louis to the gulf. This will cost, simply to start the plan effectively, $100,030,000. But those who know the value of water transportation do not hesitate to say that it is worth it. New York is spending more than that amount to resuscitate the Erie canal which, by the way, 50 years ago, was said to be responsible for the commercial de generacy of Philadelphia. A canal is being cut through the isthmus which connects Cape Cod with the mainland. This will bring Boston 74 miles nearer New York, to say nothing of the elimination of a route through Nantucket sound, which is dreaded Because of its dangerous shoals. Within three years, it is ex pected, this canal will be ready for the passage of coastwise vessels, for it is a comparatively simple task. The cut ting necessary from Buzzard's bay to Cape Cod bay will be about seven miles in length. A regrettable feature of the undertaking is the necessary i destruction of the beautiful houses of j President Cleveland and of the late Joseph Jefferson. While this scheme is designed to DMMBRZDG& Q7V 1 ZED&SKFSfrKZ CAMZLIy. . eliminate a aangeruiis tuuie, me pru posed Norfglk-Eeaufort Inlet canal farther down the Atlantic coast is in-' tended to make it unneessiry for coastwise ships to venture in the treacherous neighborhood of Cape Hat teras, which has a reputation of being the graveyard of shipping. Valuable as are both these projects, they may be made more far-reaching in their beneficial effects by the coast 7,ise waterway project. The origin of this plan, which is national In scope1, is to be found in a meeting which was held at Trenton. The conference at the New Jersey capital had been called for the purpose of advancing Tren ton’s interest as a port. ; As the New Jersey city is 40 miles farther from the sea than is Philadel phia, necessarily it cannot become a port without some advantage accruing to the latter. It is of mutual interest, therefore, that the channel of the Delaware be made such as befits a first-class waterway. The 30-foot chan nel from the sea to this city, it is said, will be a fact by next June; then an attempt will be made to have it deepened to 35 feet. At present, nothing can be accomplished towards this end, as the government engin<'«rs reply, very wisely, that it must first be demonstrated that a 30 foot chan nel wiil hold before money should be spent on a survey for one of 35 feet. Trenton, however, while demand ing a better waterway, has modestly asked for a channel of ten feet deptli at low water and 300 feet wide. It will have to be cut through a bar over four miles long, which at present pre vents approach to the New Jersey capital to all but barges of the shal lowest draught. Trenton's manufac tures and commerce are constantly in creasing, and the railroads appear to be entirely unable to prevent the freight congestion experienced at this point. It was at this conference, to which the Philadelphia congressman and Mayor Reyburn had been invited, that the subject of the Atlantic seaboard waterways route was first broached. Congressman J. Hampton Moore elec trified his audience in the Trenton chamber of commerce when he pro posed the scheme. The conference had been called to hear a report on the removal of a sandbar in the river and heard one of the most ambitious and encouraging schemes for water way improvements that had been pro posed for many years. The plan suggested by Congress man Moore for deeper waterways on the Atlantic seaboard is said to offer no especially difficult engineering features. Neither is it believed that it will require anything like the sum about to be expended on the Mississip pi. The waterways, for the great part, are already here. What is needed is improvement. The route of coastal waterways as planned would make possible an entirely safe voyage from Boston to Beaufort Inlet, in North Carolina, for average sized coastwise vessels, for it would be entirely “in side," thus avoiding the dangerous shoals in Nantucket sound and the treacherous sands off Cape Hatteras. In addition to these advantages, it would materially shorten the distance between many points on the route. Storms, which now necessitate the seeking of shelter, or a run out to sea, would be avoided, thus shortening the time. Freight carrying vessels could make the trip at any time of the year in perfect safety and on schedule time. Delays would seldom occur and cer tainly no more frequently than on railroads. Philadelphia would be a gainer, according to the belief of Mr. Moore, by the adoption of his plan, for it occupies the geographical center of this waterways route. To Stop Use of Opium. Consul-General Straight, of Mukden, says that Chinese authorities have been active in enforcing the provis ions of the anti-opium edict and it is expected that all dens will be finally closed by the early part of June, 1908. Proclamations in the vernacular have been posted everywhere throughout the city urging the people to abandon the use of the drug. There have in the past been 1,600 dens in Mukden, the daily consumption averaging 200 packets, or about 1,000 pounds a day. Common Fault of Many It Doesn’t Pay to Talk About the Carelessness of Others. "Don’t talk to me about careless ness,” said a young woman, smarting under a rebuke on this score. “Every body is careless about something, and it doesn’t behoove people in glass houses to throw stones. It’s only that certain rues of us—myself included— have a most distressing habit cf being found out, and so we are made scape goate for a general sin. I am careless —and it’s a very bad trait, I am free to admit—about , social obligations, keeping up calls, sending cards and all that sort of thing. I know it is a lack in my make-up, bnt I realize that my being reproached all the time for It is because my sins of omission are so dreadfully obvious. I console myself, however, with the thought that those who set themselves above me in this regard are very prob ably decidedly careless about things over which I may exercise special care —the keeping of accounts, for exam ple. I have learned that there is apt to be a hole in the armor somewhere, and so it doesn’t pay to be censorious. How many of us have known people, the soul of business honor so far as trust reposed in them is concerned, but reckless to a degree in their own financial affairs? Haven’t we had brought to our attention time and again the woman who is punctilious ness itself with regard to the appear ance of her children, but who is sin gularly blind as to the state of her husband’s raiment? And there art others,” she added significantly. New York City Railways. New York city railways carry more passengers each day than do al of the other railways in the Unlteo States. For Married Men. .He knows little who tells his wife all he knows.—Fuller.
