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L r>r<hr| to Produce f.’jre "re; az Vties f * 8»c urtr* »r -n pt-(iap ires When p■•rrtttf in C fer- a Wilt Bloom tarty << / r; ^rre from C*scsse. W ‘ if , . r> T*:«* | iant expert* of *■ ‘ *1 • t < ! : rrlt -liture are tiiraitif lL. - al- I t. to thlnr* of l <* •'% a* ■ . IJ :>> i anti rer • ral !»••* f tv. . ■ volred hr tt-i * * tri r!l • r« br.bl'lty some t •« el % s > ’ji Mi lmw<. j <•»*<*» of 1 *S!- flt>' H b ■»r i mi! mmm W lr «*« ’ n* ra«t b. Jaii : rtiirh art* or r:'s preen Lt i-iaret! up ~tt. as well as ttaMia. it; the United Callowtty, In . o' [ ’-fit lrdu -'ry. * i >rt *.t Industry, of I t.s have In "• . from n*»r ■ !.* r fn ntr-< r. and «L * 4— • ' !• il< flow.-rlnp |.lints ** tns it I. «>r; th» i« -ease V: I * o' v . rt. have been i • r I • t by our ex l‘ Mr fl! • <!-.<{!;-■ fur the pur »•» 1 *■' ■ r • - t. .. ij-ties of lilies * * *• ri*! ■ -irp. and to ,•*. i*.. prartleabilitjr of 4e—u prow in Ob - > lo r • • I*! IDi t - ir • s country dlrect ■ •i ■‘.. .r.g of hy :a cr, \ as the 'Yrniuda lily. two months i *!,•• period !:'*•- the lU-r ‘ - iocs require ai-c a re, ■1: r • ,n» biea effect * i* » flower I -•.-r lily. t JAPANESE AMiJAiSADOR AND WIFE _ ?Z*A20iSJ> •>20SS ZS&AfZZ?sl WASHINGTON —Society in the national capital has received a distinct additii u it: the recent arrival of Iiaron L'chida, the Japanese ambassa dor. a.ad Latum ss L'chida. Their first big reception, just given to their colleagues in the diplomatic corps, proved that they will be delightful bo--ts, and cards to their residence will be in great demand. The staff of the eoba y crn<ists of Counsellor and Mine Matsui. Mazinao Hanihara, Mr. l’a kahashi. i.r. Osaki and Lieut. Com. Tanaka. but nor ,-uifo an broad and a little short'r th n the Philippine lily. V:> t> ibis time Americans have had to rely for a s; supply of Philip pine It!; . it the Philippine is Ian lit. and they arrive early in the ■. y 11 he tiS"d for f'.,- l:.c !' by ;;r wing them in Cal ifornia they ran be obtained in the f, '■ , -i t;:.r-» It-r forcing into *• • tb •: *’»-• vinter. The plants •’ ■ r yji hi H.-r in. says Mr. ■. d in. •=! w . "... of the lily ay it; if ye; Tk orr.ee firm it for aces pa r the the selection of plants which show free dom from disease as manifested by spotted leaves and distorted flowers. Three varieties have been selected, ell of which are well known in this country. Wl n these plants come into bloom the Covers are cross fertilized with 1 rtair. purr .-os in view. The seeds '<•1.; ti j lams are sent to Califor 1 ! : and elsewhere about the end of tlic -ir.nrKV. They are planted out in ’! •' field In tl: following spring and m a y . r the growth made by the ':i: l - is so great that hundreds of pk. -,’s have been recently produced bo; ring ia the neighborhood of 30 flowers to a stem. rt r7* P —• JLj GOOD SHOT ~.r. in Corrjpati F.'-iigners :c ■( -:ri Their Fa'f 3elew s in Gen 9-L ■ i t.- for t " . .. Cbim . e vol 1 ■ : d Since *•■>- i ■ •!* * 't. r compan.es Isa**- d is other [arts of < ! . i k [ : l ■ -?• • trol of for o'* a: i ic -1 by the exa«a I*, o' i : . , «; j.i:: v.i rlcan, Jap ar tind 11 ' r. -- re:..panics In Sts*!'*! • *■ < rosspaay has e and tolds tL pi ; r t« iac lll*j pr»* til* r t ■ i :.-0( r company Tb • v • • .. fiany ar*- rich tin. an4 cit r! Ja .nj j>i -itlons In tli* ;st -m -■ ... ■ ■•* r nt and a* ife. >ini !j U t!;!. j:..t of the rihang fcai toU. • »r -*j- v. h'.. h is com ■mi 1--4 t: . IJrt* -1. i f: it, Is only icO tin- - t- t ji orrsi when a |4a far. n« r The company Is 'a 1 • to *. • • -••rv t c iifi.- and t*. ■ . .i -!■ lug It wl'h (o,t . r i r with the other uu: - Its Alr>-a «up oompeti tim t. • . to r- tl." roost difficult t>c*k4 t*r> us - Chit • - ■ right ahead In **k<> : -.r, this '«.** and the com mant-ft ml* %•» -V In high terras of * - mm? tc »1i!(S t* Chinese shot Tk » couiptt.* • r. r- luirea teams I roe each unit u r part to inarch front i*-. -1 to poir ' It their own I ,tc». it testing their knowledge of tk- e> *tle its nnl th< r abi.ity to Hart- rap'd:? as t>.»y would be re tjulrt < <>•:» In times <*: riot, such as shoo*: .{ '* B- U i.” *'»':? steadier We ft- -».♦ir. l*‘ 1 £• i». At <h« et 6 o<j- *«3 inarch. w hich by «h-- shortest n *«• i> c c. i men n..les. the m*m Un to advance ap the rifle rang- am* alt. -k :*rr. 's. appearing and d.si- i . ring wb: b rc prescr.l flg •ares of w • j. le •» coals i the Chlnere Sod fcnaki These figures are t "cult to *>•’ i d <fa< crack shots lurr not U ea able to register 2 high Ier** i . ge in the rompetltlon just held lie Chlaese obtained S3 S8 points for aheedwu. Iceating the all British Mad cus-ynf, which was nest with lit! th <Ut • ri ib» Japanese and Gerts.-*' ‘ wit* all beaten by the Chi nes* in eti'«t i* Tlie Jfaxlms, artll ler>. lot* IT and Japane^ were, how ever, at aiaare the Cl nese in the final i -»u: j, the; ...ad*- up in nu-.rchlcg ' t sr>c I' r . 1- *d:t tiled that the fhit. ■ 1 pi>trig re aticntlon to wte t. u y * - .<* to the bulls than they • hav- ! i tail 'hey doubled h •:< ■ way round as most of tin; men I ' 11 d) • that aay :.ny !• slug a man was put out of a ion imn (Lately. r doubt tha- the Chinese » h- a : rtr*. rly trained is a steady shot. d ia tb ■ g neral com 1. w • have such a ' J t. . her i ! Chinese in the rv, jt-i th y always have men : l.orine competi • ’• * •• cii!:. • cannot march , • ■ This is evident in the . ‘ir army I have seen regulars ’ ri n ::t n march of four miles to. :x hrvr a day, hut the •••••• :.r: :y will 1 e !e. ineuinhered even •* n Yuan Shi Kai’f model army was, ■ i ‘here is ■ t n; ,rh reason for hope - th‘ new Chin •* army. Foreign • i rvr.- speak in the highest terms the < f’ici> nry of the new army. v.hJU * - . d at maneuvers, and if it < • mi. . .1 with pal leaders much may l*e attained. The Chinese con ha- at any rate demonstrated ■hat » bin- se can shaot with deadly ef : < • the most dii!: -ult targets. Dog Is a Cat's Bodyguard Str;r ge Ani-ral Friendship Reported By Men Constructing Big Chicago Building. f'hlcnso—Awaiting the time when f!: lion shall He down with the lamb. Jack. a mongrel fox terrier, has st irred a little millennium of his own n the new building of the People Ga3 I 1 t and Coke company in Michigan ;.v< ii'i lie ha.- not only made friends . iih a cat. n rice’s black taboy, but has been its protector since the days iv kittvnhooij, passed amid the bustle hat aitccds the constiu-Uou of a sky tcr?rer. No one r.«re« lift a band against :!■. ■ cat u lien Jack Is present. No one f the workmen in the new building would attempt to do so. but Jack s' Ttu guard nevertheless. And the tortoise-shell cat that the Women's Athletic association left behind when it moved away is accorded scant op portunity for a peaceful rest as she appropriates the black sister's bed of straw. Jack sends her flying in an in stant. spitting and clawing and with tail In air. The strange friendship began when the work on the buildiug. now near ing completion was begun. A little black kitten was established In the office of tlie construction company with the duty of providing a little ex citement for visiting mice. A week ! afterward Hubert Anderson, superin tendent of construction, picked up a ) starving and freezing dog in the , streets. The dog crept into a corner near the firebox of the engine. The men fed him. He soon gained confi dence in himself and permitted the workmen to pet him. Now this was the kitten's favorite place, and she did not like intrusion. She arched her back and scolded Jack in feeble imitation of a full-grown cat. but the dogs unruffled good nature won her over. She made friends with , him. J,ater the workmen found the two curled up together in the empty barrel which had been the private abode of the kitten. T'ne friendship has remained un changed since that day. Jack is now decorated with a collar bearing the inscription "Bridgemen's Mascot,” for, to his presence the workmen attribute the freedom from serious accident that the new building has experienced. The cat has a ribbon. Twelve Children in Nine Years. hos Angeles.—A mixed quartet of babies, two gir's and two boys, ar rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. \V. W. Wilson in this city, making 12 | children to this couple in nine years. The Wilsons were married in Chicago j 25 years ago. Two sets of triplets ! uiel one pair of twins have previously | been born to them, seven of whom, j including the last four, survive. THIS MILKMAID UP-TO-DATE Mrs. Scott Durand, Illinois Woman, Earns $12,CC0 a Year from 60 Ccws. Chicago.—Mrr,. Scott Durand gave members of the Kane county Farm ers Institute at Geneva, the other day a surprise when she told them about h r experiences ns a dairy woman '.Viren a questioner asked her to what she attribut'd her success she an swered, because I am a woman.” Mrs. Durand caused surprise when she said her profits n herd of CO tows was $12,030 last year. Asked what she did with the money, she said she spent it in keeping a free kinder garten in Chicago. 1 became interested in the question of good milk for babies,” Mrs. Durand said, "and tin more I tried the more fascinated I became. The outrages perpetrated upon the people by care less and money-grabbing milkmen made my blood boil, and I made up my mind that I would show them how to run a dairy and make money, and, at the same time, make the dairy barn as clean and wholesome as my own kitchen.” The man who has too many irons in the tire will scon run out of coal. Goats for Japanese Babies fnr --f C;a's Miik as Promoter of Tuar:cu>3l<i Reason Assigned for Change. Cni«_,.( .>*'_»> t.ay !>e rmplovwl to ■ . • - of Japan «» . j ■. aii4 pruraul gii tj it mUte'a ;.n«l h.s counsel HHMM F«*ar of cow’s ui-lk a> - i confer of tuberculosis Is »be |tru f : 1 reason assigned for the coou rnp’a: 4 chance in babies’ diet I .j*a '1 ' ;r* a s pc rial envoy from tte J i ’* ;;«:-ro: who was in Chi t: * *■ h -r c y on a mission to t , . . -’ion and also to ,i5t . > • • •* n.g of sheep to j ■ • . . f - rt 1 1» of food as opposed iu PiM as a - ■ =al meat food. -j ■ ■■■< v .. said the Jap tr,« f . . •.■ official, ’that you An.rf.--z:.* ■"•'2 ’ know much about *i.j 1*: • • * not the country lo . i.i of tbs milch vari ety o: _• animal. On my way to Chi ta*. . _e I’ac.-c ccast some of your business men anti scientists oven tried to dissuade me lroru the project. They tell me the goat is a sort of scav enger. that he eats tin cans anti all kinds of rubbish. Still. I am not dis heartened. 1 think I shail have to go to Switzerland, though, to study the goat first hand. "We In Japan are greatly exercised over the problem of proper food for tables.” continued Dr Tantmura. "We are not satisfied with taiik from cows, as many believe tuberculosis germs are passed from the animals to the hildren. Also cow's milk is very ex p« nslve. As many Japanese mothers are not strong enough to nu/se their babies we must have recourse to the ‘ milk of animals and we have about decided to return to the old-fashioned i manner of obtaining it from goats. We shall try to import a large num ber of goats into the country aud give i them a good trial. There are a few ^oats In Japan now, but their scarcity makes their miik very costly, also. -The dying out ot old Buddhist op position to meat as food has caused the Japanese to try foreign food. We intend to raise sheep in our country, and I am hero to find out all 1 can on the subject Many declare that sheep cannot be reared in Japan. We shall convince them to the con trary. "Raw fish is very good," smiled the envoy, "but I confess that 1 like lamb chops.” Elk Running Wild. Manchester, N. H.—The herd of elk which the Ragged Mountain club, its membership made up largely of resi dents of this city, a few years ago placed within a reservation on the mountain in the town of Andover are reported to have escaped from their enclosure and alarm is felt for their safety. While in the park the elk are pro tected by law, and anyone causing them harm is liable to a heavy fine. When they are out running over farms and destroying property it is another thing, and prominent, attorneys say they may be killed. TIE LINCOLN TOY SHOP I L “By aldon ¥ak&ycelt jwijfcSw; UCKED away in a most ln conspicuous part of the y. national capital. Is a plain little frame building which is perhaps richer in mem ories of Abraham Lincoln than any other structure at the seat ol' government, with the possible ex ception of the White House. To the great majority of the thousands of tourists who every year visit Wash ington. the very existence of this structure, to say nothing of its sig nificance, is unknown, and yet its history sheds a new- and illuminating side light on the simplicity and kind liness of Lincoln’s nrivate life. This hidden tribute to the big-hoart edness of the venerated chief magis trate is nothing less than a toy shop to w’hich the busy man, bow'ed down by the weight of a devastating war, stole away time and again to buy wooden soldiers and other playthings for the mischievous Tad who consti tuted during this stormy period the one ray of sunlight in his father's life. 1’naffected by the march of ! commercial progress, this quaint toy ! shop stands to day just as it did half which he wore on all occasions and for the time being the toy cannon and soldiei3 which Tad and his father had procured at the toy shop were all but supplanted by a militia company which Tad organized among the serv ants at the White House. The young ster was very much in earnest and at night he compelled his privates,—all much older than himself.—to mount guard around the executive mansion. However, such sentry duty continued only until the comparatively early hour when Tad, exhausted by his strenuous activities, went into a sound sleep. On many of his visits to the toy shop President Lincoln was accompan ied by the late Thomaf Pendel,—who ■was at his death the dean of the White House attaches in point of con tinuous service—a member of Presi dent Lincoln's personal staff. Pendel was always a great favorite with Tad and the youngster, who had a slight impediment in his speech always called him "Tom Pen.” Pendel was sf much in 'he company of the pres ident's son and knew his desires and ambitions in the matter of toys so Toy Shu). Frequently Visited by President Lincoln. a century ago, tucked away in a mod est little frame building.—its show Window the rendezvous for children from tar end near. The same name is over the doer as in the days when Lincoln was a patron and the shelves which line the well-ordered interior are crowded as ,in the old days with trophies to delight the childish heart. This most interesting of toy shops was founded by Joseph Stunts, a color bearer of Napoleon, in the year 1S55, and is still In possession of the family, having pursued the even tenor of its way despite the changing conditions cf the passing years and the competi tion of department stores. Years ago toy shops were not so numerous as they are at present and this juvenile fairyland situated within walking dis tance of the White House has had as its regular patrons the children of half a dozen presidents. Tad Lincoln came here not infn quentiy to buy toys but more often it was the president himself, who made the trip in quest of some new plaything as a surprise for the little lad who was the apple of his eye. Time and again passersby sawr the tail figure of the chief execu tive. wrapped in his big shawl and wearing his distinctive high hat. emerge from the little shop carefully carrying a package of the newest in ventions of "Stuntz, toymaker." There is evidence, too, that Lincoln came to have a real affection for the crippled veteran of Waterloo who. with wound ed foot propped on a chair, worked day in, day out. deftly creating new miracles in wood for his little constit uents. Tad Lincoln, who was the means of the disclosure of the particularly apt pealing side of his father's character as examplified in his frequent visits to the toy shop was a fine example of the bright, energetic American boy. Tad was about ten years of age at the time and like all boys, particularly during the civil war period he devel oped a most profound martial spirit On the occasion of one of his numer ous visits »o the w»r department. Secretary Stanton made him a lieuten- , ant of United States volunteers. Forth with he induced those in authority to provide him with a regulation uniform well that rot infrequently on the oc casion of the visits after nightfall to the little toy shop he was better able to judge than was President Lin coln as to w hat playthings would most please the !ad who had the largest place in the chief magistrate’s heart. "Tad” often went to sleep in Pendel's arms and it fell to the lot of “Tea Pen” to soothe and console the lad when news came of the tragedy at Ford's theater. Often the visits of the president and Tad to th° little toy shop, almost with in sight of the White House, were co incident with the receipt in Washing ton of news of some defeat to the union forces and it was suspected that the president choose this form of outing as the one best calculated to take his mind off the disheartening situation. One such visit was made just after the battle of Fredericks burg In which the union loss in killed and wounded was very heavy. Ar rived at the toy shop Tad amused himself shooting down little tic sol diers by means of a toy cannon, all unmindful of the significance of the spectacle to his distraught father. However, the president saw the grim suggestion in the childish play and turning to the toymaker who stood near he inquired: “Does it hurt you as much to have your soldiers shot down as it does me to have mine?” Among the toys that were purchased for Tad at the little shop that is now historic was a set of tools and these the inquisitive young workman tried on everything around the White House. A Lincoln Anecdote. President Lincoln was an unusually tall man and was said to be rather vain of his height, but cae day a man called on him who was really three inches taller. "Really,” said the president. “I must look up to you. If you ever get into a deep place you ought to be able tc wade out.” A woman can look at a man in a way that makes his feel like a plugged nickel—then she spoils the effect by saying things. ABRAHAM LINCOLN IN 1864 At the Time When Heart and Patience Were Taxed Almost to the Breaking Point. Lincoln, silent under the stings of j criticism, but with almost sublime faith in the final success of the cause of liberty, of which he was the great exponent, appears in 1SS4. as we now see him in his environment, to have become imbued with the idea that perhaps, after all, the people of the north would declare themselves at the polls in November as being willing to I end thej, bloody war by putting McClel lan in the presidential chair and thus pave the way for an amendment to ! the constitution which would permit j the southern states to withdraw peace 1 fully from the union and set up a separate government, with negro slavery as its corner stone. Lincoln, with his lofty ideas of eternal right and justice between man and man, whether white, black, red or yellow, had, it seemed, almost tost heart, and his long-tried patience was nearly exhausted. He was indeed al most at the rarting of the ways as he saw so many of his own political party and former supporters wavering or actually deserting the colors and op posing the government in the very matters which to him were vital. They had turned back from their march up freedom’s heights, the topmost peaks of which he had already scaled, and from which only, as he believed, could he had clear visions of the controlling questions of his day and generation. To him those visions and what they meant to his country were sublime verities, as indeed they later came to be to most or all of his country men—David Homer Bates, in the Cen tury. Depended Upon Circumstances. — We were talking to the gentleman who had trodden the boards of the lyceum circuits for lo, these many years. “Under the inspiration of your sub ject," we offered, "you lose sight of your audience completely, do you not?” "Sometimes,” he answered, "I am saved that trouble." V HE was very pretty—there was no doubt whatever about that; and Harold Vane, who liked to look m at pretty things of all kinds, especially women, lingered in the shadow of the hallway and watched pretty Maud Ethlyn as she sat at the old-fashioned fireplace, one dainty foot resting on the brass andiron, and her furl-crowned head bent low as with a tiny gold pencil she wrote something on a sheet of note paper which re posed, woman-fashion, in her lap. Presently the writing ceased, and the fair writer, thinking herself alone, proceeded, in a way she had, to talk to her own charming self; and Harold, the man w ho listened, excused himself on the plea that what she was saying could be no secret, or she would not utter it aloud, even though supposing herself to be alone. And this is what I he heard: "Yes, Cupid. I have written a valen- i ine to the one who is destined by j Made a Little Curtsey. you to be my fate; for. according to maidens’ belief, only he, my own true lover, can find it and answer it; lienee, should an answer come, it will be ab solute proof to me that the writer of it is my future lord and master.” And she made a little curtsey be fore the long pier glass; and, snatch ing a soft wool shawl from the sofa, she wound it about her head and shoulders and. the valentine in her hand, went out on to the porch and ran down the garden path. Harold from the hall window discreetly watch ing her as she went lightly down past the old moss-grown well to the some what bleak and deserted summer house, where he saw her slip the val entine under a loose stone at the sill; and then, for reasons of his own, not wishing to be discovered by the fair writer of the valentine, he swiftly left the house by another path, making a circuit which in a few moments brought him also to the summer house, where he deftly abstracted the valen tine, not pausing, however, to read it until safely within his own bachelor quarters; but, having reached them, he could no longer brook delay and, with hat and overcoat still on, he drew from his pocket the tiny sheet of note paper and read, in Maud's graceful chirographv. the following: Good saint, on earth somewhere, they tell ms. Is waiting a Valentine. Brave and tender and loyal alway. And destined some day to be mine. Can you not And him. and tell him duly Another heart tender arid true As a Valentine somewhere is waiting for him. And to find her let him ask you. Early the next morning Maud visit ed the summer house and, while not really expecting to find her valentine gone, she did hope that it might be, so eagerly raised the stone at the mill gnd pave a little shriek of girlish de light gt finding her hope realized. Ye3, her valentine was unmistak ably gone. But who could have taken it? And. whoever, it was. it was quite shabby of him not to hav* an IDEAS FOR ST VALENTINE'S Something New Devised to Greet the Anniversary of the Saint's Day This Year. Horoscope valentines ere new this year, the casting of the horoscope be ing followed by an appeal for favor or a declination of the honor, varying with the nature of the revelation of character made by the planets. Lov ers whose affection is not a fleeting one may prolong the sentiment of Valentine's day with the assistance of the valentine puzzle. The puzzle consists of six red hearts, each bear ing a single letter. These cards are to be sent daily, the last one on Feb ruary 14, the letters on the hearts berjing a mystic message which, when complete, will cry out “My Love,” against a flaming background. There are many heart designs and in these days of valentine parties, no stock is complete without a large sup ply of red bits of the cardboard ar ranged for decorative purposes, seme already inscribed and others plain for the benefit of the hostess who ds sires to be original in the sentiinoats with which she regales her guests. For the valentine party, above all others, must hare anatomical place cards and favors. Drafts on various trust companies, express orders, and other formal mes sages continue in favor and there is a “cailophone” message, a cow being used as the line and the peaceful feed ing of a little calf leading to the in quiry, “Who’s buttin’ in?” In con trast to the comics, are the cards bear ing dainty sentiments; one having a four leaf clover in the design bearing the verse: lie who finds a four leaf clover Any wish of his comes true; I have searched the meadows over. And my wish embraces you. There are many elaborate valentines for older people, i^nd painted card and sentiments, pretty frames to earn the photograph, handsome boxes tt be filled with candy And a8 ever there are the handsome gift books anr with it all St. Valentine is thronet more firmly than ever—a third centun saint with a court of 20tk centuri girls and boys. J swered St. Could it have been that teasing boy cousin of hers? If bo, she would never hear the last of it. But. no—Jim would never have put the stone ba?k properly. Maud was becoming a good (rela tive, at least in affairs of love. But who could ft have been? She felt certain that no one had seen her deposit her valentine there under the stone; hence it being gone would ar gue that Fate had indeed been at work in her behalf. But who was the man? And Maud dropped down on the rus tic seat, albeit not a romantic spot In winter, to meditate and arrive at some conclusion undisturbed. She really did hope that it was not the young clergyman; for she was not at all up in theology and was quite too undignified for a clergyman’s wife. “And the young doctor would not do, nice as he is,” she said, emphatic ally, "for I never could be sweet and amiable enough to share him within the other women in the town.” She paused a moment and then con tinued: “Ralph is a bright young lawyer, but so metaphysical; and, while I can oc casionally assume an interest in metap physics, that mental diet daily would be very wearing. But don’t you think. Miss Maud,” she continued gayly to herself, “that you are presuming a great deal in taking it for granted that any one of these gentlemen wishes to be your valentine? Oh, no! I do not flatter myself. But the eli gible young men in town are so few that I must mention them all to find somebody, so I might as well refer to the others. Reginald comes next, and he does waltz divinely; but waltzing is not very profitable, and I fear it is poor Reggie’s strongest point. Tom is intellectual; but he has such a dreadful temper that I should feel all the time as though I were living with dynamite. Joe is a tyrant, and he is so insanely jealous. Now, I love tc have my own way, or think I do; and, if a man were determined to be jeal ous anyway, I am afraid I might bo tempted to tease him a litMc, so that combination would not do at all. Only two are left—-Jack and Harold; and Jack is a dear good boy. hut not at all commanding." (She had forgotten that she discarded Joe because he was.) "And last, but not least, there is Harold.” But what she thought of him the little lady did not say. That evening, as she again sat at the old fireplace, feeling, it must be confessed, somewhat disappointed at the nonarrival of her valentine, a white missive, evidently tossed in through the open hall window, fell at her feet. But no one was in sight, and. full of eager expectation. Maud opened the sealed missive. "Oh. how romantic! how delicious!” she exclaimed, as. with beating heart and dancing eyes, she read: O, sweetheart mine! I have no gift to offer. So priceless as thou art! I only- come, a lover true and tender. And Lrins to you my heart. Then, as she turned her head, the door behind her opened softly, and somebody took her in his arms, and somebody's kisses silenced the pro tests of her lips. A little struggle—a woman's last pretense of battle before the surren der she is happy in making—and then Maud, with all the tender love of her heart shining in her glorious eyes, whispered, softly— "O Harold! I am so glad it was you 1” Substantial Valentines. Tn olden days valentines were prett7 gifts to some friend chosen for the day. The lady valentines of the six teenth and seventeenth centuries were honored not by anonymous verse, but by substantial gifts. THE LION IN LOVE. LOVE IN THE LION.
