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T 8 i) n n -raTiTi- nrrmii--rrm-ii--ifiiiii T iin i m,. v FOlt BOYS AND G1HLS. HOME GOOD STOHIES FOR OUR JUNIOH READEnS. MnrJorle's Rtirprle Tnrly SIIII ttic I-int Degenerated College. VrlU The (Japanese Frog Was Not Willie l'luy lug Tniln. The llnlldlng of (lie Nrst. They'll come again to the miplc tree, Ilouln mill all ttic rest, When the orchard brunches nro fair to see In the snow of the blossoms drcsti Anil the prettiest thing In the world will he The building of the nest. I Weaving It well ko round nnd trim, Hollowing It with care: Nothing too fur asny for him, Nothing for her too fair Hanging It safe on the topmost limb Their ensile In the nlr. Ah, mother bird, you'll hnve weary day When the eggs nro under your breast, And shadows limy darken the dancing rays When the fledglings leave the nest. I) tit they'll II ml their wings In a Kind nmnze, And God will see to the rest. So come to the trees with nil your train When the apple blossoms blow, ThroiiRh the April shimmer of sun and rain Go flying to nnd fro; And sing to our hearts ns we watch ngnln Your fnlry building fjrow. -Margaret K. Sangstcr In Collier's Weekly. Marjorle's Kiirirle I'arty. By A. W. B. Clear In tho soft, warm sunshine, the Easter chimes were ringing. It was little Marjorle Dean's birthday, and sho had come to pass a few days with her grandparents at their country place. Like all good little girls, Marjorle went to church with her grandmother, for the child took much pleasure In listening to tho choir boys sing; but tho greatest delight of all was march ing with the other little children up to the chancel, where ench child received an Easter plant to carry home. Being Sunday, MnrJorle's blrthdny could not be celebrated until the fol lowing day; and Mrs. Dean, not wish ing the child to be disappointed, prom ised her thnt Martha, tho old cook, should bake a largo birthday cake on the morrow. This was enough for the little girl's happiness, and she ran off to find Martha and to plan for tho beautiful cake. Monday morning came, nnd with It the warm, bright sun peeping In at Marjorle's window. After brenkfast the child ran out to find James In the barn, for she knew the cows were to bo mllked.and nothing delighted her more than to look on. Sometimes, when the cows would switch their tails across James' face, ho would pretend to be very cross, Just to hear the little "missies' " happy laughter. That afternoon Mr. Dean told his granddaughter there were some new nests In the barn, and as grandma was In need of some eggs, he suggest ed that Marjorlo should amuse herself hunting the nests. The old gentle man's suggestion seemed to please the child Immensely, so, hand In hand.they started for the barn, happy In each other's company. Mnrjorlo hunted about, peeping Into nil the nooks and corners of the loft until she found almost enough eggs to fill her apron. As sho was leaving the barn, she spied an old sleigh by the door. "Oh, look, grandpa," cried she, "would I find any eggs there!" But Mr. Dean was outside talking with James nnd did not hear the question. So Mnrjorlo stepped upon the runner nnd was about to peer under the sent when out flew old Duffy, tho mother hen, and for an Instant startled tho child so sho almost dropped tho cor ners of her apron. She looked Into tho sleigh and to her Joy found a nest con taining three large, warm eggs. After putting them In her apron, she ran to find her grandfather, to tell him of old Buffy's flight and tho discovery of tho eggs. Then they returned to tho house. When Marjorle had deposited tho pre cious eggs In Martha's care, grandma called her to dress for tea. At 5 o'clock sho was ready In her clean whlto frock and started downstairs to find her grandfather. To her astonishment, In the hall stood nine llttlo girls, all In their crisp, fresh gowns, looking very much like a party, thought Marjorle. "It's a surprise, n big surprise!" cried they all In chorus. Just then grandma appeared at tho door of tho dining room to find 10 of the happiest llttlo faces ono could wish to seo. She led them Into tho rom, nnd thero, on tho tea to )lc, was tho promised birthday cako. It was frosted In white nnd pink, with nine pink tapers burning bright ly in tho center. Tho children, over joyed at such a sight, clapped their hands, and soon the room was filled wfi thalr happy voices. Tea b :lng. over, Mr, Denn took tho little on:s trr hJa. study, wtiore he and his wife had, prepaVcd a ourprlio (or all. From 'chairs to isofn, .tables to booTc Bhelves, windows' to stove, were stretched strlqgVof all colors,. Mrfr Jorlo, was tho first to ask "Wh'y,grand- pa, what are all these strings It looks just like! a large spider's web." "Well, MarJorIo,you are nearly right, for It Is called a Cobweb Party,1' ro piled Mr. Dean, as ho gavo a string to each llttlo girl. "And now you must keep winding until the ends or reached." Such excitement prevailed for tho next few minutes that Mr. and Mrs. Dean were kept busy 'dlsentahgllrtg the webs. On went tho children from one end of tho room to the other, around tho chairs, under tho tables, over the M)fn, until nt last the strings ended nnd shouts of Joy wont up mm each child found tied to her string a llttlo green basket holding n brightly col ored egg. Marjorle had not finished; her well seemed longer than the others. Lint finally the string led her to the stove, where the fire wa3 burning brlnghtly. Suddenly the child uttered a llttlo scream, and bending by tho side of tho stove, cried out: "Oh! grandma, grandpa, come quick ly and see! n real live chicken." They nil ran to where Murjorlo was crouching on the floor nnd saw to their nstonlshment, n tiny little chicken amidst bits of broken egg shell, lying In the green basket. The children danced about like llttlo puppets, clapping their hands and cry ing aloud, "A real, true chicken; and all Marjorlo's own." When quiet was restored, Mr. Dean told the little ones of his granddaugh ter's discovery In the afternoon, and explained that this must bo one of Huffy's chicks, who, knowing It to be Mnrjorio'8 birthday, had come out to surprise her nnd wIbIi her "Muny hap py returns of the day." College Yells a Degeneration. There was once a time when a col lege yell was nn Inspiring cry, not wanting In thnt melody that results from the blending of sonorous young voices in perfect time nnd nccord.rlng Ing with enthusiasm, and pronouncing words or phrases chosen with some re spect for tho rules of euphony. It was undoubtedly music of a barbaric kind, such as marked the beginnings of civ ilization, but It held tho elements of harmony, with a defined cadenco and measure and pent-up fire that had something of the flavor of Homeric days. The college yell of today has lost all of its music, much of Us Inspiration and most of its significance. It Is no longer a spontaneous outpouring of pride nnd loyalty to the alma mnter, but n harsh mechanism which at tho turning of a crank pours forth a great volume of dlscordnnt sound. Its main object seems to be to make n noise, nnd a bigger, louder, more dtsagreeablo noise than tho rival school, should Us representatives be present. Now, it may be that American In stitutions of learning are wholly de pendent upon the collego yell for pres ervation and sustenance, and that they might helplessly collapse should Us support be withdrawn. Among conservative people, however, thero Is a growing suspicion thnt the Interests of education may be conserved with a little more decorum nnd n little less yell. Some ono has wisely suggested that an Initial step In weaning tho American university from dopendenco upon the yell would be to follow tho evamplc of Oxford and Cambridge and flx a certain day In the year when stu dents shnll be conceded unlimited li cense, when discipline and the faculty shall take back seats, and youth and merriment reign supreme, nnd not col lege yell and class yells alono be tho order of the hour, but when nil man ner of cat calls and carlcatnro of tho dominies shall bo reckoned nmong tho day's privileges. Should such an or der bo established, so strange a com bination of manliness nnd of baby hood Is tho American student that, finding himself cast wholly upon his own responsibility, one mny safely pre dict he would use his liberty with a wise restraint nnd consideration un known to English universities. The .)upuru'o Frog. The llttlo folks In Japan make somo very Interesting paper toys, and none Is more Interesting than the frog man ufactured out of green paper. First cut a piece of paper Into a square much larger than you expect tho frog to bo. Draw lines from the four corners of tho square and from tho middle of tho sides. First fold the paper along tho diagonal lines, then turn It over on tho other side and fold It along tho lines from the sides. It will then form a kind of box which can be pressed to gether along the folds In the shnpe of an unequal diamond. Now, seizing the paper below tho ends of tho cones, fold It backwards so as to have two moro regular, equal points. When this has been done to each of the eight cones tho result fill bo n perfect diamond, with a small diamond In tho center. Then each ono of tho cones must bo folded again, so ns to get all tho points around tho center. Care must bo taken to got the points as even nnd equal as possible To finish the frog, turn the upper points out so that they spread and form tho forelegs, and the lower points so that they form the hind legs. When it Is finished a fine, threud may be attached to tho frog's body, and by careful jerks It almost seems to leap around on tho floor or tablo. Tho pa per used should bo stiff enough to re tain tho folds as given to It, but not so brittle as to break tinder tho han dling. Do not be discouraged It the first frog you make Is lame, for then it is certain that tho points havo not been folded evenly. r v Fa her "pm glad tj sees Johnny, that you were sixth In your class )hls week. You wero only eleventh lost week." -j Johnny "Yes, air. FJvo of' tho boys has been homo-sick nil week." Phil adelphia Press. Not Wllllo That Time, "Willie, didn't I tell you I'd linvo to spank you If you put another rubber button on the stove?" queried an exas perated mother. "Yes'm," answored Wllllo, "but It ain't me this time; It's pa smokln' ono o' those cigars you gave him." CHAM P10K PUGILIST?. NEARLY ALL HAVE POVERTY. DIED IN John MorrlMcy I.eft III Witot, Although Worth Widow In 2,000,000 Once Heennn Alto l'oor. nod Vnnkee Sullivan Prize ring champions rarely amount to much In the pugilistic business after they onco suffer defeat Like John L. Sullivan, who has been on the retired list evor bIhcc Corbett defeated him In 21 rounds at New Orleans In 1892, they arc thenceforward consid ered old men, though still so young that In most callings they would be spoken of ns In the prime of 1 1 to. Of lato years nearly every pugilist "too old to fight" any more has "retired" to some sort of a retail drinking shop. This hns become bo common that the public expects nothing more nor less from any ex-champlon, though It was by no means tho Invariable rule In tho earlier, moro brutal, days of bare knuckle fighting. John Jackson, who was tho British chnmplon 100 years nnd more ago, taught boxing after he had retired from the ring, numbering among his pupils nenrly all of the young sprigs of fushlon nnd scions of nrlstocracy In England. He wbb 77 nt his death, In 1845, and an expensive monument Burmounted by a lion couchant, and guarded by n sculptured gladiator holding n wreath, was put up over his remains nt Brompton cemetery. Few or no other British pugilists have died rich, though tho last resting place of three others are marked by Impressive monuments. They wero Tom Crlbb.Tom Spring nnd Tom Sayors. Two exprlzc ring chnmplons have gone Into politics, and nmasscd woalth ofU learlng tho fistic arena, though neither hsd much money when death called. One of these was John Gully, the Englishman, and the other was John Morrlsscy, tho Amerlcnn. Gully got Into parliament, nnd for n while "enjoyed tho respect and friendship of many of England's most exalted per sonages." He made a part of his wealth out of racing, and tho remain der In various speculative enterprises, some of which turned out disastrously". In his later years he was In constant fear of tho workhouse, but he didn't fall so low as thnt. John Morrltwey's post prize-ring days were far moro spectacular than Gully'B. Morrlssey retired a cham pion, having defeated Heennn, nnd having sensibly refused to fight again. MorrUsey numbered old Commodore Vanderbllt among his closest friends, nnd by following the commodore's nd vlco was able to win heavily In Wnll street. Morrlssey iiIbo made money In wads and rolls In the two gambling houses which ho established one In New York, In Broadway, and ono In Saratoga. MorrlBscy s political rise began early In the 'COs. For yenrs he was so strong that ho had a virtual monopoly as to gambling there.whlch ho took advantage of by levying trib ute on all tho establishments of his fellow boss gamblers In town. He was sent to tho house of representatives In I860 by the Democrats, anil In tho fight between Tweed, the Tammany boss, nnd Tllden, sided with the latter. At ono tlmo Morrlssey's fortune was $2, 000,000, and ho Is said to havo mado $000,000 in one deal in "Hnrlem," en tered Into on nccount of a tip from Commodore Vanderbllt. The death of tho commodoro was the beginning of bad luck for Morrlssey. He tried spec ulation on his own hook, but without Vnnderbllt to tip him off found It im possible to buck up against Jay Gould nnd the other expert Wnll street op erators of that day. Still Morrlssoy kept up a bravo front ns long ns ho lived, for till death ho was Biipposod generally to have much wealth left. Tho lato William R. Travers and Ed ward Murphy wero his executors. On examination they found that bis es tate had dwindled practically to naught, and his widow, who had been a Hudson river steamboat captain's daughter when Morrlssey was a deck hand, found herself plunged In poverty Instead of rolling in wealth. John C. Heonan, who, though a vic tor over Sayers, was himself defeated by Morrlssoy, ran a gambling den for a while and for a time did fairly well; but the tide soon turned the wrong way, and Heennn died of consumption In Colorado, In great financial straits. Heennn was married to tho erratic Adah Isaacs Menken. Sho died In France n year or two beforo her hus band. Yankee Sullivan, wIiobo real namo was Frank Ambrose Murray, counted In his day and generation the greatest fighter of his weight and Inches in the United States, left the east and went to California to dig gold after his suc cessive deieats by Tom Hyer and John Morrlssey. Sullivan might have been a god thing as a miner, but In eomo manner ho ran against the San Fran cisco vlgilanco committee in Its palmi est days, and was by It thrown into prison. He was suspected of hnvlng been connected with n gang of bur glars, and, though nothing was evor proved against him, ho wub put In Jail and committed suicide. Tom Hyer.MIko McCool nnd Joo Co burn, each an Amerlcnn champion In his day, died In poverty, nnd wero burled with money raised by BUbecrlp tlon papers passed around among prize ring supporters. Soveral of thoso who havo bcon prominent of lato years nro still well heoled financially, nnd somo of them may eucceed In making money at their present occupations. Most of thorn are now selling liquor, but thero are ex ecutions. Frank P. Blavln Is said tn I havo been In tho Klondike mines along with Joe Boyle for sumo time, and to have appeared In Seattle recently with $20,000 In gold. McAullffo Is n book maker nnd reputed to be prosperous. Jem Smith, the Englishman, Is alter nately mnklng nnd losing money bet ting on the races. Charley Mitchell Is n good saver, and so are Corbett and Fltzslmmonu. PEDLER WAS A CHESS PLAYER. Ilet ll Opponent on n Nnmed Kipinre In n (II von Number of Mine. In Austria-Hungary thero is a mar vcIoub chess player, whose nnmo and residence are unknown, but who every now nnd then shows most remarkable flklll In the game. Tho lst story of Mm Is told by James H. Hyatt, of Philadelphia, who has Juat returned from RudupraL "I was playing chess with a friend In a cafe," says Mr. Hy att, "nnd plainly now my defeat, when a little bit of a shriveled Pole with n tray of cheap Jowelry stood In front of us and offered his wares In moat per suasive tonos. 'Go away,' I mid. 'You can beat him,' answered the pedler, whoie attention was on tho gatno. 'What do you know nbout U?' I Rsked. 'May I tell him?' he Inquired, looking nt my opponent. 'Certainly; crack away,' came the reply In a tono of as surnnco. Tnko his knight,' said my self-appointed Instructor. 1 did so, to humor him, though I lost my queen by Iho opcratlr-n; but, much to my Burpriso. 1 found that the very next move gavo mo tho game. 'lot me play with you?' .-usked the poller. '1 mate you In the moves you say nnd where you say.' 'if you do I will give you 10 florins,' I answered. 'Take the white inon. Mate me on my queen's fourth square In 22 moves if you can.' We etartcd In, my friend keeping nccount of tho moves, nnd moved rapidly. Aft er alxuit n dozen moves I had tho ad vantage of n bishop nnd n pawn, nnd was assured I would defeat my tiggres .pivc little opponent. When ho let n castle go by nn apparently careless play I was sure of victory. Then came a sudden chnngo In the situation, nnd I had to move my king out of check. I was on the.defens've nnd in r.ipld retreat. 'Twenty-cne moves,' said my friend, ns tho llttlo pe.ller put mo again In check with his knight. 'Mate,' cried my opponent, as he swung his queen across tho benrd. My king wan on tho queen's fourth square. I gavo him 10 florlna, nnd ho walked away shaking his head and hands with In finite satisfaction." New York Her ald. TUSCARORA INDIAN. Desrrndiint of Ited ducket, Clioien I'rln rcton l'nl virility Orator. New York Journal: Howard Edwin Gansworth. n Tusearora Indian, was appointed a junior orator by the Princeton University faculty. Gnns worth's father nnd mother wero full blooded Indians. Ho was born in San born, N. Y., near Buffalo, nnd is 21 years old. He descended on his moth er's side from the famous Seneca Chief Red Jacket, who was onco such a ter ror to tho pioneers In Western Ncrw York. His father's tribal namo won Rowasneenh. Gansworth was a studi ous boy, nnd was sent to Carlisle In dian school, from where ho entered Princeton. Ho supported hlmeolf by conducting n newspaper route through tho dormitories of tho university, de livering his wares to the studonts whllo they -were yet In bed, and also compiled syllabi of tho lectures for pay. Meanwhile ho held a high place In his studloa. Gansworth's room In West Collego Is decorated with many valuable Indian rellcn descended to him from his royal nncest6rs. Ho Is noted for his modesty, nnd Is widely popular with tho other students. Ho Is known an "tho Indlan,"nnd does not resent that appellation. IjiihI of the Haunt on. Tho Bnsutos Inhabit an Irregular and ovnl-shaped country In tho northeast of Capo Colony, the area of which Is nbout 10,293 square miles. It Is n well watered country, with a delightful cli mate and a soil which Is adapted for producing grain. Meadow land, also, abounds, nnd largo herds of cattlo add much to the wealth of tho natives. Tho cnpltal is Maseru, and therein six hun dred Bnsutos and thirty Europeans find homes. European settlement Is prohibited throughout tho country.and therefore the whlto population has re mained for some years practically lim ited to tho few foreigners who trado in wheat, mealies nnd corn. Illg rrlee for n Rent. New York correspondence Pittsburg Dispatch: Daniel Manning, of the Now York Stock Exchange, has sold his scat In that institution for $41,000. This Is tho highest prlco ever paid for a acat on 'change. J. Fletchor Shea, of Townsond & Shea, bankers and brok ers, wa3 the purchaser. Mr. Manning bought the seat only nbout a year ago, and It Is said that he realized a hand some profit on It after enjoying itr privileges for 12 months. Chlnaia Language by Tolrgrnpli. It Is said that CUInodo cunnot bo telegraphed, but that figures havo to be used, which correspond to curtain words. This code includes only about one-eighth of tho words in tho lan guage, though this has been found sufficient for practical purpose I'oMllile Finale. Laura Oh, I can got a Boat in a car any tlmo. I Just select somo man and look tenderly at hltn and presently he gets up. Flora And Jumps off tho car? Indianapolis Press. FEEDING AN AllMY. FEW REALIZE WHAT A OREAT TASK IT 13. l:nitnnmi Qnnntltlra of-StippltfS Mnit lie Constantly Hurried to tho Men unit nn Immense Amount of IjiImit Is Nve cwuiry. It Is very probnblo thnt 90 people nut of every 100 think of nn nrmy nB n great aggregation of fighting men, ntmed to the teeth with rifles, swords and what not, whllo thoy never onco give a thought to tho "men In the rear." Yet these men In the rear nro nn Important part ut tho fighting ma chine. When nn nrmy Is encamped In n friendly country thoro Is not so groat n difficulty In feeding It ns when It is penetrating hoxllo torrltory nnd has separated Itself from Its own country. And yet In either case It la no light task to furnish and distribute tho rood thnt Is to keep, say .'10,000 stomnchs Fntlsllcd nnd 30,000 hearts In the right place. This Is tho work of tho com missary department. When nn army division or an nrmy corpH Is encamped nt homo tho prob lem of getting supplies Is compara tively simple. Sometimes they nro fur nished on contract, sometimes brought In largo quantities a week or moro In advance of tho tlmn nt which they will bo needed. Tho commissary gen eral Is responsible for tho procuring of these supplies nnd hnvlng them de posited at a depot within easy roach of the troops. Each company of a regiment hns Its cookB; each regiment hns Its commis sary depot, whero supplies arc kept Bumdent for, sny, n week or 10 days for all the men. Men nro detnlled from each company to assist In the work of getting the supplies from tho regi mental depot to tho company kitchens every day. Others are detnlled to help transport the supplies to tho reglinont nl depots from tho general headquart ers whenever the storeB In the former nre getting low. As nil supplies are Issued from head quarters only on orders nnd receipts nre given for everything secured, It can be seen thnt there Is nn Immense amount of clerlcnl work neccssnry to the smooth and uninterrupted work of tho department. Suppose nn nrmy to hnvo landed on n foreign coast. Tho first move nfter the landing of tho men nnd nrmB Is to secure a convenient spot for a depot of supplies. These aro landed nnd piled high on the shoro until thore secmii to bo n mountain of boxes In extricably mingled In tho gcnornl mass. Gradually these aro separated Into different piles nnd order begins to make Its appearance out of chaos, until nil tho supplies aro properly housed. For nn nrmy of 30,000 men nnd 10,000 horses for three months It Is estimated that thoro nro nec essary 11,000 totna of food nnd for nge. This food In mndo up of palatnblo nnd strength-giving sup plies, with a proper proportion of meat, vegetables, coffoo nnd flour for bread or biscuits. Tho meat is gen erally ennned, although sides of ba con nro abundant, nnd oven herds of Hvo cattle nro taken nlong for fresh ment. Whenever nny Important movo Is to bo mndo by tho army each soldier Is generally supplied with rations for n day, which he carries In his haversack. These ho Is not to use unless ordered to do so. Thero nre, besides, two days' rations carried In transport for each fraction of a command to tldo tho troops ovor tho march. In the Eng lish nrmy thero nro even wagon nr rnugemcntB for cooking meals on tho march, great quantities of soup being heated nnd meat and potatoes being prepared whllo on the mnrch. But, when tho nrmy moves away from Us baso of supplies, then it is that the feeding problem becomes moro com plicated. Thoro are always a number of men detailed from each regiment to assist In tho work of bringing up supplies. The keeping open of a line of commu nication with tho base of supplies Is the first thing thnt n commander must nee to, for It means tho safety of his army. If this line of communication Is but n dny'n march, the work Is sim ple, nnd does not tnko many men de tailed to wagon driving to replenish tho Impoverished stock of tho regl mentnl or division larder. But when tho distance Is Increased to GO or 100 miles tho trick Is ono of great diffi culty. Mnsle' Aid to Mnrrlugo. New Haven special New York World: Miss Lillian C. Morris, 22 years old, has obtained dnmages from tho Winchester Repeating Arms Com pany for Injuries resulting in tho loss of the second and third fingers of hor loft hand. A cartridge machine on which sho worked was responsible for tho nccldent. Miss Morris held that her skill as a pianist was of no value to her, as the loss of the fingers pre vented her performing. Her attorneys in arguing the cose declared that hor chances for marriage wero hampered by tho injury and consequent Inability to exercise ler powers as n musician. Tho machine on which Miss Morris worked has a history of misfortune, being ono of thoso that exploded and Injured many persons two yeara ago. lawyer Studied letter. HIzzoner Young mnn, this court studied tho law boforo you wero born. Tho Lnwyor Yes, yeronner, but I have studied tho Inw since then. WORTH LITTLE. Aro Vmitmot nltli Kmplojrrrs, Kajs This' Mini. "I wouldn't give n cent for a contract, with an employer," said an advortlB- Ing mnn. "Contracts nro useless. If r' man hires you for n certain sum to do certain work, he pays you that sum because you are worth It to him and he'll keep you without a contract Just as long as ho will keep you with one. If ho agree to pay you more thnn you nro worth he'll find It out Booncr on later and then your contract Isn't! worth n fig. I know It shouldn't bo so, but it Ib so. I've got In mind now n. case In which n New York merchant1 who boasts of forty years of business Integrity figured. Ho employs n buyer In one of bin departments nt n ycarlyi Balary and contracted with him for llvoi yenrs. This buyer was one of tho beat. In tho business. He worked along for1 nbout n year and then something hap pened that mnde the merchant dlssat-j Isfied. Of course the buyer was under, n contract and the merchant could not get rid of him without violating IL What did he do? Why ho Bent for thli mnn nnd snld to him: Mr. , yon havo dono splendid work for us, and wo nro moro thnn satisfied. Wo fool thnt you deserve Homo reward and w' havo dotermlnrd to Increase your sal ary $1,000 a year. Woll tho buyer said1 he wuh very grateful und nil thnt and! went out nnd put tn some of his best licks. Ho got tho Increased salary for two weeks nnd signed n receipt for IL Then tho merchant sent for him nnd' snld: 'Mr. , we are mlstnken In our estimate of you nnd wo have deter mined to let you go. Wo don't ncedi you nny longer.' 'Well, I don't wnnt to stny whero I'm not wnntod,' said tho buyer, 'but I've n contract, you know.' 'Contract ?' said the merchsnL 'Whnti contract? Oh, no, you huvo no con tract. You consented to tho abroga tion of tho contract two weokB ago. 'Well, I don't think thnt' the buyer; began. 'It doesn't mnko nny difference, what you think,' snld tho merchant1 with forty yenrs of business Integrity, 'you did abrogate It. We don't need you nny longer. Good dny, air.' " New York Sun. FORCE OF HADIT. 11rr-l'rldent Henry WIIou Attended Henulorliil t'lkurii. During the Inst two or three days the nnmes of several United States senntors hnve been mentioned In con nection with tho Republican vlce-pres-Ideutlnl nomination, but this boom ing has not been received with entire satisfaction or Indorsement by tho sen ators themselves. Ono reason for this Is that tho vice-president has no vot In tho senate, nnd, as presiding officer, Ib supposed to bo Impartial and with-, out political prejudice. Soma senators' remember, says a Washington corre spondent In tho New York Mall andi Express, .how Vlce-Prcsldont Henryv Wilson of Mnssauchusetts left the sen ate to take the vlce-presldcntlal of fice, nnd soon after his Inauguration tho Republicans called a caucus of, their side, and out of habit Mr. Wilson was tho first to attend the meeting. As the senators began to gather they expressed surprise nt tho presenco of tho vice-president, but ho did not seem to notlco this, and finally had to be told that only senators could attend cnucuscfl, and thnt, as vice-president nnd presiding officer of the senate, he was not expected to attend party gatherings. Senators who havo pros pocts of ro-olcctlon, therefore, do not enro to give up their scat on tho floor to becomo a mero presiding officer, with only the right to cast the decid ing voto In caso of n tie. - j A Fud l'roin Fur Japan. "Ko-Kwnl" Ib quite tho fad of the hour for afternoon parties. Sir Edwin Arnold tells that tho Jnpancso have n pretty way of entertaining, the hostess glvinc her clients a number of dainty bottles, containing different perfumes, and the lucky ladles who can guess the proper names of tho scents receive prizes. All that come to us from the Orient has a charm of its own. What could be moro lovely than perfumes called "Dew From tho Mountain," "Breath of Spring," and "Dream of the Garden," It tho names give any hint of the odors. At a party given Thurs day only 8tnndard perfumes were given to the guests, and a young Amerlcnn lady from the Pacific slope mado the greatest number of correct guesses. When she returns to hor western home sho will wear a unlquo brooch, set with diamonds nnd Inscribed with the word "Ko-Kwnl." Detroit Free Press. Tho Irnder Among Copper Frodueera. Thero has recently been published In: Germany an Interesting book entitled "A Century of Copper," which showi thnt tho United States now furnishes moro than half of all tho copper used' In the world. Whllo tho production has Increased with great rapidity In othor countrles.ln nono hns the cop per Industry developed eo rapidly as. In tho United States. In 1890 the total valuo of copper manufactured was only $2,349,392; in 1899 It had Increased to $35,083,529. In 1890 wo exported 20, 237,409 pounds to foreign countries.) In 1899 wo exported 254,087,164 pounds. (letting IIU Ilnd In. "I didn't havo anything to do wlthv that Job," protested tho croolt. "No?" remarked the detective, calmly. "Woll, just for sociability's sake, I want yon to have a hand In this." Thereupon he produced a beautiful steel bracclot,the mate of which encircled his own wrist, Futnl Itemcdy, Dentist I Beo that I shall havo ttj kill tho nerve. Patient For Uoaven'al sake, don'L It would ruin me In my business, I'm a llfo Insurance agent Stray Storlca. fa M .; .
