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LUCiTLV FAKIiEY.
rouum pak-
LEY v:iit n!wnS
::ii'ltlli. Shi' was
a baby whoso good
nature was a tnai
ol 1(1 UlP wise wo
men. In time she
grew to bo a little
Kill who never lore
her pinafores ami
w h 0 "practiced"
faithfully, althouch
t hir children lurked beneath her win
'low "daring" her to come out ami play
l.ingalow. Her lirnthet ami sisters
u-kinl her to do their iaskj ami secietly
Hoarded her as "soft" for her pains.
During their short married life she
fctened ami carried for her husband as
would a spaniel and took his roach
words with the same dogllko subinls
Mvnuss. When Maik Parley tiled
dank people paid none too noon her
youngest idster, Maud, came to live
with her. Maud wan hit; and raw
! lied, with ashy blonde hair and a
Mnpcr which would have tried the
ni'il; St. Fran. Is. At lliit Luctetlu'u
Jiii-nds hoped that she would be emeu-
ipatcd by her sister's inarrlnne, but
ax .Maud slipped from i to " unwed
the hope died.
Meanwhile Lurietia continued to do
lur duty. She visited hypochondriac
and cross old people, who pouied Into
h'-r patient ears all their symptoms
and complaints. She really Telt guilty
when she made a call at a ple.ib.int
home where the fatnly asked after her
health and how her dowers were
blooming.
When her neighbors were ill Lucre
tr sat up with them eveiy third night,
'Mid If they died she put the house In
older for the funeral and lent her crape
bonnet to the. chief mourner. In fact,
it grew po shabby she had to have it
it.ade- over before f.he let Mrs. Hansom
ke It to Kansas for her son-in-law's
obsequies.
She was piesldent of the Dorcas so
ciety and many a time she wore shabby
elmes and cotton gloves that she might
give a child a cloak. She made a spec
ial effort to go to prayer-meeting dur
ing very wet or very hot times, when
lest conscientious people thought up an
txeuse for staying home.
There came a spring when he felt
strangely weak and listless. Her feet
lacged ns If she were dragging a ball
and chain and her hands were so thin
that her rings dropped from her (In
fers. She stopped at Or. Spurgeon's
olllce one tiny on her way homo from a
burch meeting.
He pushed his glasses up on his fore
head and looked at her attentively; he
teii. her pulse and asked her many
questions which seemed to have no
Ixaring on her case.
"Nothing much the matter, In thete?"
the asked.
"Oh, no," he paid briskly, writing a
few hieroglyphics on his paper pad.
"I'll give you a tonic anil I wnnt you to
piomlso to do what I tell you."
"All right," said Lucretla. for she
was used to obeying his orders.
'Have a good time," he began, "stop
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SUCH A REST.
visiting Mary Yost, and those other
rick folks. Huy some good clothes,
lie In bed of a morning, let Maud see
to the house. Piny cards. Say mean
things about your neighbors. He as
fclflsh as you can. Don't put yourself
rut for anybody."
"Is that quite right, doctor?" Lucre
tla objected.
"It Is a prescription," he returned
"just as I tell one person to take hot
baths, I tell you to boflelflsh and lazy
though you haven't much natural abil
ity." "Poor little Lucretla," the doctor
thought, when sho was gone. Ho had
known her since a child, and ho recog
nized In her recital of symptoms the.
beginning of a hopeless disease. "Mark
Kar'.ey was a brute and Maud Is a ty
rant and tho whole town Imposes on
her. I'll try to glvo her a little good
time, though It's n lato start."
Lucretla endeavored to obey tho doc
tor's orders ns to taking life easy Just
ub conscientiously as sho took her tonic
before meals, but It was hard to roveiso
the habltB of a lifetime, The first morn
ing when sho heard tho rising bell she
thought of the doctor's command and
. concluded sho would have her toast
nnd colTeo brought to her. Sho was half
terrified at her audacity. Maud came
In, her face rodder than usual from a
recent scrubbing.
"Aren't you ever going to get up,
Lucrotla?" sho asked, tharply, and
poor Lucietla huddled on her clothos
and wont down to breakfast like a
naughty child.
Hut during the day sho made some
progress. Mrs. Lynn hcnt word that
Jimmy 1b having fits and would Mrs.
Farley como over?"
"I am very sorry," sho said to tho
messenger, "but I'm not well, so I
can't bo." Her conscience hurt hor
purely afterward, for sho had 6een
Jimmy through all his previous flt3,
end it seemed cowardly to desert him
now. In tho afternoon, however, sho
went to "Miles' Dry-Onods Palace" and
bought herself two silk gowns nnd a
pair of high-heeled slippers, In her
fccart Kho had always loved French
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boots, hut she li.nl mortified the llesh
by wearing btoad tow and common
sense heels.
She had wfo re.nl literature of an up
lining tendency, not o much because
she cnjooi it nr because she thought
she ought. Now she read the silliest
rovpls on which she could lay hands,
and even subnet Ibed to a paper given
up to Jukes and gibes
She spent long afternoons pla lug
end no with Jimmy of the Pits. Poor
Jimmy was not an accomplished player
and ho sulked when he was beaten, so
line Lucietla had a chanc to be un
Mlllsh while pin suing pleasure, and
nhe always let the boy win.
Ah time passed even Maud could Fee
that her sister wns very 111, hut even
after she was obliged to He all day on
her sofa Lucretla continued to enjoy
heiself. (iradiially the practice of self
Uhncss grew easier and she found she
was as anxious to hove her own way
as alio had formerlj been to" give It up.
One day when Mis. Wilkius called she
felt thnt she outdid herself.
Mrs. WllkliH was not a pleasant per
on: sho had eultn.ued the vliluw to
the iici-Iect of the graces. K very body
said thoy respected her. but they weie
ery apt to .slip out the back door when
they naw her opening the gate.
"I came in to lead to you," hp an
nounced, loosening her bonnet htrings
iM.d rolling her gloves Into a wad.
"What did you bring?" Liuirtla
asked without much enthusiasm.
'The Scientific Journal, there Is an
Inteiestlng article on recent discoveries
In electricity." she replle 1.
"Thank jou. hut I believe 1 don't
care to hear It." Lucretla said.
"Then probably you would like
Haines' article on 'Climatic Changes In
the I'nlted States.'"
"No." said Lucretla, "I don't caie to
hear that, either."
"I had always thought you were In
terested In the world's progress," Mrs.
Wllklns said reprovingly.
"I've tried to be, but I guess I never
wns," Lucretla owned "Just as I used
to make myself believe I enjoyed Mil
ton when we linil the reading class."
Mrs. Wllklns stared at these bold
statements, then changed the subject.
"When do you begin your house-cleaning?"
"I don't intend to clean this fall," the
other replied airily. "It Is Bitch a
bore."
On her way out, with the despised
magnzlno under her arm. Mrs. Wllklns
met Maud.
"What has come over your sister?"
she asked. "She lolls on that lounge
in high-heeled ullpper reading trash
and says she doesn't Intend to clem
house."
"Don't ask mo," Maud returned.
"She Isn't the same woman she was be
fore she was slek -everything has to
go her way now."
It was very near the end before Lu
cretla realized that there was no hope
for her. "Did you know It at the first?"
sho asked the doctor when ho cem.o
In one evening.
"Yes," ho answered.
"And you told mo to enjoy myself
because you knew my time was short?"
"Yes."
"Oughtn't I to have been preparing
myself for heaven?" alio asked after n
pause.
"You have been doing that nil your
life," the doctor replied. "I thought
you deserved a llttlo time to enjoy
yourself In a worldly way."
"Well I have enjoyed It," sho "aid.
with a sigh of content "even when I
was well I never had such a good time.
It was real hard at first to assert rr.y
rights, but after awhile I just gloried
in It. You heard, doctor, how rude I
was to Mrs. Wllklns?"
The doctor nodded anil grinned. Mrs.
Wllklns was no favorlto of his.
"Hut 1 have done worse things than
that," Lucretla went on. "Maud never
would put enough salt in my oatmr:,!
and once I picked up my shoo .ml
threw it at her. It wasn't Iady-l!kc,
but It wnu such a relief. I have had
such n good time being selfish and
doing what I pleased. You don't think
It was wrong of me, doctor?"
"No, It was all right," he ancworsd,
stoutly, for ho was used to tnklng the
responsibilities of tho dying upon his
broad shoulders. Then Lucretla was
content.
At the very last she turned her poor,
dull oyes toward the physician. "I
have had such a good time," pho
whispered, brokenly, "such a rest."
I'ortilgn 1 1 cm-1 Niiijmt.
There Is room for a little healthy
Americanism In tho naming of Now
York hotels. Tho Victoria and the
Hrunswlck have been closed. We hnvo
tho Kmplro nnd an Imperial, but no
Kepublle. Wo havo tho Windsor nnd
Si. Jnmes, but no Whlto House, Monti
cello, Montpcller or Washington, fnviu
uro Mt. Vernons In many cities, but
they nro generally of an Inferior class.
Wo have a Mario Antoinette, but r,c.
Martha Washington. We havo a Hol
land houso and Savoy, Vondomo and
Norniniulle, and St. Cloud nnd Greno
ble. In other American cities thero
are a few American, United States and
C'r.ngresH houses, but most of them
vero named a gteat many yenro ago,
r.nd Washington houses nro generally
of tho third class. Aro travelers so
ui-Amerlcan that hotels miiht havo
forolgn names to attract them?
HntiilUtlnn.
"Tho next living picture, ladles and
gentlemen," cl anted tho barker as ho
drew tho cur'aln, revealing a lady
wrapped In though. 'Wl looking the
other way, t:
T.tialiation. o
called, ladles anil gentlemen, on ac
count of the lady's striking bade"
Cincinnati Knqulrer
(jiiml i:i'ii for l"riplne frrtlcr,
A London coroner tho othtr day ex
cused a juryman who said ho was a
railway servant aud had been on duty
all night.
CUNPOWUUH-FinST USED.
Cannon l.mplo.vcil li the .MiltiiittmlniM
In tin' llflfcntli Century.
Prom St. Nicholas People oulsldo
rf inlliiaiN life who have no connec
tion with tho making of gunpowder
know It only as a eoiiive, black powder
like sand, which will Hash off with a
loud repou If shut up lit a ease of any
Kind aud n'l on 111 o.
It Is a u-r quier mixture, made up
of three tdinple and well-known nub
Munco.4, no one of which will explode,
although two will bum. No one knows
when or how It was dlH"overed, for as
far hack Into the dark ages as iccoids
or tradition will carry us wo find that
giinpo.vder. though not used for guns,
was known. It was. no doubt, looked
upon with awe and fear by tho un
cle nts on account of its tlame, Its noWo
and Itrt rending force, but tholw U'JH1"
mechanical skill could suggest wry
tittle use for it.
Possibly It was u.ed in warfare long
before the beginning of history, but the
Hainan In historical tlmcn to rorm
an idea of the tenible destruction
which till.- awful, bursting, fiery mib
(.tance nilijit produce wn an English
monk lriim d Hogei llacon. Mouka in
bin day were the ilicmlsWc, miiol.us
and wi Iters of the win Id. and this
Koger llacon traveled and studied
much and made continual experiments
Mi bis bibor.ltni'V lo mow for himself
and to dewlop what he learned from
others. He probably t'.aw gunpowder
eiiiong the Moors In Spain and tried for
himself Its explosive effect. Then he
wrote of Its composition In the year
UMIT. and in his writing suggested that
It could be used In engines of war
lo deal death and destrue.ion to nimlea
of men.
Soon after linger Hueon's lime his
uiggestlons were taken up and guns
weie constructed first by binding Iron
bars together with hoops to form a
tube, then by casting a tube out of
brass, with one end cttved. Stonea of
Miltable hlze were selected as shot and
tho powder had to be carried around In
(bests or barrels and nhoveled Into
the muzzles of the guns. In spite of
theso drawbacks wry large guna weie
built, for there waa one used by Mo
hammed II. against the (Ireeks at the
siege of Constantinople In IIM which
threw a stono weighing 000 pounds u
distance of one mile.
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
'lhvrn It u 1'iit of .Money for Hi" IMi"
entery of u Cure 1 li.i 'nrc.
.. an .lucent! w were needed in the
search for a cure for consumption, It
would be found In the bequest of a re
cently deceased Pieneh woman, Mine.
Audlllred, who luw left the tmm of
$li;o,000 In trust, the Interest to be paid
annually for the lest of his life, to the
physician of any nationality who dls
coveiH such a cine. U any person still
exists who does not believe that this
dreadful disease Is contagious he must
be convinced upon reading the facts In
iclatlon to It brought out In the study
of Its prevalence In convents. A nta
tistical Inquiry among the Catholic
nursing orders of Oermany sIiowb that
the deaths from tuberculosis form
nearly two-thirds of the total deaths,
and in half the returnn this propor
tion reached three-fourths. A case was
cited where a nun died from the dis
ease, and, although the cell was, as
supposed, thoroughly purified, two
other nuns, both healthy women, who
tenanted the cell, ono after tho other,
tipeedlly succumbed to the fatal mal
ady. A minute Investigation nftcr tho
('cath of tho third showed that the cord
near the bed. which was attached to
tho dropping holt of the door, had not
been removed at any cleansing. This
was taken away, purification again re
ported to, and a fourth nun took tho
cell, and after five years has shown no
signs of consumption.
inmiitv Vn I'mlrcl.
"And now, scholars,
como to Sunday school
Annie may answer."
"Please, lim'ani, It's
what Is It wo
to learn nbout-
tho way to sal-
vatlon."
"Annlo Is right. N
bw, does salva
What, doesn't
, what Is It that
because It was
free? Ah, doe
silver."
tlon cost nnythliiR?
anybody know? Why,
makes us very happy
always planned to be
llttlo Tonunle know?"
"Please, ma'am, It's
Knifllnli-Speatlni; Ainerlriiin.
Within the limits of tho United
States in 1801 thero wero C.'Jno.OOO En-gllsh-speaking
people; now there uru
70.000.000.
I'ortcmurJo Ytlilely Spoken.
At the beginning of this century the
iVi'tiiRuese language was in irw uy ,
4S0.000; in 1890 It was Hpoken by 13,
vnO.OOO. THE WHEEL.
Hlcyclea all look alike until aL
you havo bought a cheap one, says the
Somervlllo Journal.
In Now Zealand wheels have always
been transported free of charge when
r.ccompnnlcd by owners.
A noted chiropodist says h'.-.ycJe rid
ing produces the high Instep so .-uucli
desired by beauty Bcekcra.
Tho most iccont complaint Is that
bicycling la practically lessening tho
number of marriages every year.
"Ducas Drown, Poultry, Pish and Dl
cyeloB," is a sign which attracts tho
attention of tho pasaoraby In a titnull
Maine town.
Within five years tho city of New
Yoik has had added to the nii.nber of
vehicles that use tho streets at least
200,000 bicycles.
Dlcyclo nccldentH In tho crowded
streets of Iondon for tho flrat threo
months or 1C5C wero hut 181 altogether,
10 being seiiuiu and none fatal.
''Al'STY" AVJtPPKS ON 10.
TH12 DAL LAUOD PALLS UPON
HUH MISTRESS.
Ammmeiuli Trie, to Mr Irnllifiil lint
tint (lurk mill III" ,Mei;e lo Die
Ormtilil uiu'liter Ale Confnliit; - - t'.mln
wild u Mull.
a I M i nitt-ed tne
Hour with her
heaw. plantation
tread and set ihe
IJ6 i lii k down on the
TO ni.miel. sas a
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atlV-'V wilier in tin- Clil
7, iV w) ago Dill News.
ii unit, in iix cia,' .
kepi company with
2!7 "'', vieole mahog
any aud curried It
jelf in lordl f.Hitnn among li peers,
'jut now for many years, on account of
3oine obi lire deningcnnnt, It had been
retired to humble yo ie y.
"Tin clock doctor, he say she all
light, now, an' Jest u- inagnllciu as she
ever wie; only ou'll jiv.l haw ter
wind her up. plcnn um'tim," said
Aunty.
The inlstiiMs cheerfully aiie-e and
.'ssawd the novel task. !
The key turned in Its place with In
finite illlllcully, as If it dragged after
it the whole weight of the unwilling
years aud there was a si range guian-
lug aud cieaklug within and n convul
sive shudder of the whole machinery
and fiainework. Hut it began to tick !
and the hands began to move.
Aunty survejed It with awe and de
light. "Sho goeri tribuliitln' along aa peait
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Prom an oyrlo altitude of l.lfiO feet
Chicago proposca to look down on the
icbI of the -world. A tower which sur
passes In holght the Eiffel structure of
Pnrlfl Is projected by the citizens of the
Windy City, and already land on which
to build has been secured and actual
work begun. This cloud disturbing
structure la tho outcoino of n patriotic
deslro by Chlcagoans to fly tho Ameri
can flag higher than any other banner
In the world. Tho structure Is to bo
known aa tho City Tower, and as an in
duction It will outrival anything ever
before undertaken, except tho World's
Fair. The baao of the tower la to bo
.'I2C feet squnre, and It will occupy an
entire city block. At tho bnse, from
tho four corner supports, each of which
la GO feet Bquaic, will rlso arches i!00
feet across and tho same In height.
is ever nho did. How naehal It doeti
Eound!"
"Whoro did you get such a fino old
relic, Aunty?" naked tho mUtress, not
'.ng Its points.
"My olo mlBtr'a glvo her to mo nrtor
tho surrender. They waa all broke up
and tho olo plantation was Bold and
they 'went to N" Orleans ttr llvo. An
now, honey, I'bo ready fcr de letter If
you Is."
"Yea. Aunty. Who la the lettor for?"
"My granddaughter. Her mother glvo
her ter me an' I let hor t'o to N' Or-
You
u'i thpj didn't get eilong- "
"Who. Aunty" our granddaughter
cud her mother""
"Hies yer heart, no' 1 tueaiM her
father an' mother, an' they separat
ed an' lie's got another wife an' she's
y.ot another hiisbau'."
"Oh. well. I have written 'My dear
granddaughter.' Now, what next?"
"'I was mighty glad ter hear fioin
.Mm ell an" that you was well an' dolu'
well.'
"She glw one when she orter give
twclw an' she give twelve when tdu
orter give one." said Aunty. Interiupt
tug her droning iivltsttlve.
The scribe looked up In bewilder
ment. Aunty's eyes were fixed lis
(usefully on the clock.
"Didn't you hear her strike?"
"No. Never mind the clock now.
Aunty."
'He said she weie all right," mur
mured Aunty, sadly.
"We will consult him ugaln If she
Is not. but now we must write the let
ter If you want It to go in the next
u-.nll."
"1 duos want It ter go powerful bad."
"Well, then, what next?"
' i am well and doing well at pres
ent, but I have had mighty pore health
this winter. He a Kod girl an' don't
lei git our poie ole grau'iiinther.' If
her father don't let her come up heie
'fine long I'm gwlne down there."
The scribe caught her breath and
diew her pen through a Hue and a
half.
"What you do that fcr?" complained
Aunty.
"Never iiiiiul. (Jo on."
"You worries mo so, scratchln' out
the wrltln', I done forgot. Oh! 'Won't
you please let my grau'daughtcr como
Thcae arches will support tho llrat land
ing, which will have 1)0,000 square feet
of flooring, where 22,000 portions can
bo accommodated at ono time. There
la a dlatanco of 225 feet from tho
ground to thla flrat landing. After
passing the first lauding thero la no
other landing until ono Is another 225
feet up In the air. There, at a holght
of -150 feet, there la to be n platform
150 feet aquare. Thla second platform
l.n about aa high aa tho top of tho Great
Pyramid of Egypt, or tho Waahlngton
monument. Six hundred and eoventy
llvo feet nbovt; tho ground la tho third
landing, far higher than any building
In Chicago. At an elevation of 1,000
feet above the earth Is the fourth lund
Ing, and from thcao stairs lead up to
tho very top of the tower. From tho
Chicago Dispatch.
up nn' aeo mo, If it's only for n day?'
Tliat'a fer her father," said Aunty,
Tho writer paueoJ.
"If I'd listen nt her Aunt Lulu I
shouldn't nover havo let her go with
him. Toll her I'm a-comln' down ter
pee hor. Ho bratti her with his crutch
and don't Blvo her nothlu'. 'Don't
think hard o' mo 'caiue I didn't eoud
you anything Christmas, I wa3 away
from homo two mouths wa'er-bounil.'"
Tho mistress laid down her pon.
"Oh, Aunty, what a story!"
"It's Jest ter aatlufy her, honor, bo
leans ter tdaj with her father
nhe won't think ban', o mo. Tell her
I'm comln' l iv we her In a week or
two an' to he i;v ,r, look out for
inc."
"Now. Aunt, ou know 1 can't paro
jou In a week or two."
"Co're I cldi'.'i, an' I ain't a-gwlup.
Hut she klu be hmkln' out. I wish,"
lidded the kind ?oul, regretfully, "that
I could lend her sonic fruit Hut how
can I.' I don't Itno.v .unholy gwliu
thoie."
"Why. Aiint, thete' clways let- it
ft til t In the city market an I you can
wnd her a dime oi two bits any tlitio
In ii letter and she can buy some."
"Law Mikert! Ho I kin. lluevoiuw It
you ul'ayH thinks of everything.' That
head o' yours Is plum full all tho
tune." said Aunty, iidmlrlnglj.
is that all. Aunty?"
"Oh, tell her ter he sure ter ax bet
father ter pray frr nie."
"Aunty, I wouldn't. He wema to hr
a bad fellow."
"Hut you see. honey, I don't want
him ter be mad at me, 'cause niebhy
then he won't let her como uit' bjo me.
I don't reckon he uluu ter let her como,
nohow. He took her away ter keep
Iter, but lie needn't have gone at It
that reverent way."
"What name shall I write on the out
side?" "Hev. Jim Hi own."
"Hut. Aunty, It's for your grand
daughter." "He gets the letters an' he'll know
who It's fcr. And now there's another
one an' It's to the Hev. Jim Drown. An
then If you ain't anything pat-tickler
to do. I'd like ter have you write ter
my daughter out on Tlckfaw, ploaw.
nia'nni."
Two hours later the ainanucnslrt laid
down her pen with a long mIrIi of roller.
Tim OrlcWml of Sir. I'Mtnulinii.
Mnny years ago Frederick V. My
ers, In an article on George Eliot, tolil
us how onto, when he called upon that
great woman and George Lewes, ho
found the couple vastly amused over
tho fancied dlscoveiy by a friend that
the portrait of the pedantic, cnpiiulous
and Jealous Mr. Ciiriauhon had been
drawn from lswcs.
"Hut whom did you draw It from?"
asked Mr. Myers.
Mrs. Lewes pointed solemnly to nor
own breast and said: "Prom myself."
This old story Is brought to mind
by a paragraph In Mrs. Annie Pleld'd
"Days with MrH. Stowe." In tho cur
rent Atlantic Monthly, from which It
appears that Mr. Stowe wiih the rrlend
who Identified Lewes with Casauhon.
In the summer of 18!9 Mrs. Fluid
culled upon Gcorgo Eliot at her homo In
St. John's Wood, In London. Tho
novelist expressed the great love and
admiration which sho felt for hor
American contemporary. "Many let
ters had passed between Mrs. Stowo
and herself and idic confided to ub hor
amusement at a fancy Mrs. Stowe had
taken thnt Casauhon In 'Mlddleinarch'
Lowcn. Mra. Stowo took It ni entirely
cwcb. Mrs. Stowo took Is so entirely
for granted In her letters that It was
Imposslblo to dl3posseu bcr mind of
the- Illusion. Evidently It wnn tho
Bource of much harmless unuiFcmunt
at St. John's Wood."
Iluil Never llvwril or Him lie fore.
"A now Blang phrase fc picked up
and worn out In n day In tho great
cities of this country," wild a com
mercial traveler, "but oinetimea yoar3
elapso before they aro over heard lu
rural districts. I -was tddetracked In
a small mining camp in southern Ore
gon a few days ugo and waa playing
frcozeout with Bomo of tho natives,
lu the courso of events I got threo
tena nnd mauo a Hmall bet. A big,
i red-ahlrtcd hoo.iler opposllo raised mo.
I raised him back, nnd ho eamo back at
, mo with another raise.
" 'Well, I'll linvo to call you,' I raid.
My nanio la mud.'
"Ho raised up from his chair,
laizcd my hand In his big paw and
' baking It enthusiastically, said in all
; seriousness:
J "Glad to know you, Mr. Mud. My
I name la Jenkluu.' "San Franelaco
Pobt.
NEWSY TRIFLES.
Tho fruit BenEon for Georgia growers
baa been ono of tho moat miccesbi'ul
ever known.
Sixteen out of tho eighteen assembly
dlBtrlctH of San Francisco havo woman
fuffrago clubs.
Tho cost of a London four-wheeled
cab la from 350 to $400, that of a nan
rom about 350.
In Ilussla tho principals In a duel
partako of breakfaat together before
going out to fight.
A flowering plant during Ha llfo Ie
txld to abstract from the noil 200 time!
Its own weight In water.
It la proposed to celebrate tho 100th
anniversary of tho" discovery of Natal
by an exhibition next year.
English rndlcalB aro asking for tho
appointment of public defenders to op
poao the public prosecutors.
A forty-four-ycar-old chancery casa
has Just been decided lu Ungland, and
thore was a little mouoy left for tb
contestant!).
Tho pIIcb of old London brldgo, drlv
en 800 years before, wero found to bo
In good condition when tho now bridge
wns erected.
Tho city attorney of Helena, Mont.,
warns tho council that tho Indebted
ness Is over tho limit and future con
tracts will be Illegal.
A Now Orleans man who rides homo
on a street car Is mot every ovonlng
by a pet cat, which waits for him at hla
usual place of alighting.
In Albania tho men woar petticoats
ami the women transom. Tho worueu
do nil the work ami the husbands ut
tend s nothlns lu particular.
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