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HIS (MX ROMANCE.
T was to years
since Jos Bentley
. . -"- IF Bin
bad left his home
a quiet little
Ohio town to seek
His fortune in the
West For two years
each working day
had found him at
his desk in a large
mercantile house
in Chicago. He had
been fortunate in securing a position
at once, through a brother of his town
iios'tinaster, who was -now chief clerk
in the office. Joe will never forget
.those two years lonesome two years
they were, the more lonesome, perhaps,
'because he had never been away from
home and among strangers before.
When he first came to Chicago the
"World's Fair and other attractions
made the city a wonderful place for the
tountrv bov. but these soon
paieu or,
.passed away, and the loneliness settiea
epofi him as he felt himself a stranger
, In a strange land.
; Far a time he attended church, as
had been his habit at home, but they
were such large places, and the con
gregation and young folks dressed and
.acted so differently from the church
. folk at home that he finally got in the
habit of staying away. He sorely missed
his town acquaintances, the compan
ionship of his sisters and brothers and
the bright smile of Cousin Fan, who
used to pop in. so unexpectedly and
leave such a volume of sunshine behind
. her when her father would come to
town to do his marketing. The girls
wlth whom some of his fellow-clerks
associated, and with whom they tried
to make him at home, somehow failed
to fill the bill. Somehow it didn't seem
right for the fellows to greet them on
the street with a familiar slap on the
shoulder and a "Hello, Kit. old girl,
, how you is?" and In spite of himself
he felt too much of an aversion to
them to enjoy himself or make himself
entertaining and dropped them.
At last a change came gradually, to
l)e sure, so slowly that Joe hardly knew
there had been a change till it was
there. For several days the seat at
the opposite end of the table in the
restaurant Joe ate lunch had been oc
cupied by a modest-appearing, little
woman, whose long lashes fringed the
darkest of blue eyes and whose slight
ly pouting lips ami rounded cheeks
r glowed with the natural health which
can never be duplicated by art, and
which only country air can give. The
nest day she was in the same seat, and
tle next and the next, and Joe soon
came to look forward, unthinkingly, to
seeing the bright face of the unknown.
One day the chair was vacant, and
Joe, with a sense of deep disappoint
ment, knew why it was he looked for
ward so eagerly to the noonday meal.
The next noontime he took particular
-pains with his toilet and was so im
patient that he was at the table five
minutes before his accustomed time.
She was not there and his heart sank.
A minute later it bounded again as he
saw the well-known figure coming down
the aisle. As she pulled back her chair
preparatory to taking her seat, some
how or other, Joe never quite knew
"Til ASHAMED OP YOU."
ho'w it happened, the big blue eyes
flashed for a moment into his and he
was on his feet blushing and bowing.
This was the beginning, and it be
came customary to bow, later to sit side
by side and talk during lunch, and, if
time permitted, to walk with her as
far as the Monadnock building, where
she was employed. He had vainly tried
to discover her name, but when he had
naively informed her that it was awk
. ward to call her "Say," she had asked
him to call her simply iliss Margaret,
adding that this was what she was most
generally called and was most accus
tomed to.
This went on for several weeks and
Joe had several times been on the verge
of asking for her address that he might
call, or asking her to accompany him
to the theater, but he kept delaying,
. fearing that he might rupture thegrow
ing friendship and be left again to
himself and the lonesomenes3 of feel
ing that he knew almost no one.
One noontime (and Joe will always
remember it) she was not in her ac
customed place, although the day be
fore she had been speculating what the
bill of fare would be. He ate as slowly
as -he could and spent his whole noon
hour in the restaurant, but when he
left, the chair was still vacant. The
next day the same experience. He re
proached himself for not finding out
1 more.about her perhaps she was sick
or had met with an accident. At any
rate, she knew his name and address
why didn't she at least drop him a
line? Surely it was cruel to leave him
in such uncertainty. He brooded over
what might possibly have happened to
her, till his health began to falL He
had never thought the daily walk of a
few blocks could mean so much to him.
Several weeks passed by and the
chair still continued vacant Ob tke
.vary day his" two years was up Joe re
membered that she had spoken of
Oconomowoc one day in connection
with her family. He would ask for
a few days' respite from work and go
up there. He had never asked for, a
vacation and they surely would not re
fuse him. Besides, it was not far froat
-t Chicago and many Chicago men went
up Saturday nights to spend Sunday
with their families who were stopping
there. Anyhow, he would go. for the
rest of the week possibly he "might
see her or, learn of her and the change
would do him good even if he aidn't.
The next morning, Wednesday, -lie
started. He could only be spared for
fsr tke rest -e tk week, tat what
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might not happen in four whole days?
When he arrived at the depot of the
pretty little Wisconsin town he found,
himself anxiously looking around,'
though he condemned himself for his
foolishness In doing so why should
she he around the depot if she was In
the town?
After he had registered at a hotel he
wandered aimlessly about the tdwa,
admiring the handsome houses and the
beautiful twin lakes, and watching th3
launches, filled with happy campers,
darting to and fro. In the afternoon
he hired a boat and tried to fish, but
after a couple of hours' effort, when
only a couple of sickly looking dog
fish rewarded his efforts, he gave it
up in disgust and returned to the ho-
te!
At dinner that evening he was made
aware of the fact that a circus was in
town by a couple sitting across the
table from hira. who had come in from
the surrounding country and were go-
lng. ,InhrbeMjaJsthere was
i nothing talked or but tne circus, v.
made him feel quite at home to see the
enthusiasm created by the mere, fact
of a circus being in town. How differ
ent from Chicago, where nothing
seemed to be able to command but
passing interest.
Then he remembered that at home
everybody went to the circus why
shouldn't tney do it here? and per
haps she might he there. He would
go to the circus.
It was a little late when Joe reached
the tent. He had not calculated on
how many would be ahead of him for
the single barber's chair nor how long
it. would take the hotel bootblack to
put a satisfactory gloss on his shoes.
As he entered the tent he went down
the open space to the ropes and start
ing at one end glanced as critically at
each face as the flickering of the gas
oline lamps would allow. Of a sudden
bo stopped, rubbed his eyes and looked
again. Yes, surely that was Margaret;
looking fairer and more winsome than
ever, appearing quite out of place
among the rustics who surrounded her
and, wonder of wonders, there was
an empty seat beside her. In a matter
of ten minutes Joe had forced his way
to where she sat and found himself at
her side. She appeared glad to see
him and Joe felt supremely happy as
explanations on both sides were being
made though he thought it strange
that she assigned no reason for htr
sudden departure from Chicago.
All things must have an end and tho
entertainment came to a close. Joe's
request to "sea her home" had been,
accepted and he seemed to be treading
on air as he left the tent with the lit
tle hand resting lightly on his arm.
As they were nearing a crossing and
Joe was opening up a subject of car
rying on a correspondence a woman's
form came under the light across the
way. Margaret half turned around
to go back with a "Gracious, there's
ma!" Joe looked more closely and
saw a middle-aged woman with a determined-looking
face hurrying toward
them. She took Margaret sharply by
the arm and drew her to one side as
she said:
"I've been hunting for you every
where what made you change your
seat? We won't trouble this young
man for his company any further"
with a scathing look at Joe "I'm
ashamed of you, out with a young man
and your wedding only three days off.
I'll be glad when Frank has you to
look after instead of me."
And as Margaret was being hurried
away from across the street Joe caught
the gleam of a ring on the little hand
that was surreptitiously waved to him.
ITS LATTER-DAY DEGENERACY.
The Umbrella Is Xo Longer a Portly,
Respectable Instrument.
The real old family umbrella has
gone out. Call that slim, stuck-up, af
fected, attenuated thing a family um
brella? Go away, says a writer in Lon
don Queen. I remember the genuine
family umbrella; it was kept in readi
ness behind every front door; it was a
large, portly, heavy instrument As an
emblem of respectability it was highly
esteemed in middle-class society; it was
serviceable as a tent in rainy weather;
it could be used as a feapoa of offense
and defense on occasion. I have seen a
picture of an elderly gentleman keep
ing off a footpad by means of this lethal
umbrella. He made as if he would
spear or nrod the villain. Why, one
prod would alone make a hole of six
inches diameter in that murderous car
cass. The nurse used to carry it, with
difficulty managing the baby and the
umbrella; it went out to tea with the
young ladies; the maid who "fetched"
them home took the umbrella with her.
It succeeded the lantern and the club
formerly carried by the 'prentice when
he escorted his mistress to the card
party after dark. I remember it,-Tsay.
There were three brothers who came to
the same school where I was but a
tiny little boy. They lived at some dis
tance and had to pass on their way to
school through a stratum of inferior
respectability. Every morning brought
to these three brothers the delight and
excitement of battle with the boys he
longing to that inferior respectability.
To the eldest brother, whx carried the
really important weapon, the itmtrella
was exactly what his battle-axwac toj
me uon tiearu so ne raised It; sr
he wielded it; so he swung it; so he
laid his enemies low to right and left
of him, before him and behind him;
while the other two, relying on the
books, tightly -strapped, brought them
to bear, with shrewd knocks and
thwacks and poundings, on heads and
shoulders and ribs.
'Twas a famous family umbrella
green, too, if I remember aright
I4fe I the Georgia Xoaataias.
From the Ellljau Mountain Sentinel.
Mrl Henry Shepard was in- town
Monday, and showed us the head of a
squirrel which his little boy killed that
was quite a curiosity. Jt had only one
ear, and its lower teeth had grown
upward into its upper jaw and the up
per teeth grown downward through its
tongue into the lower jaw. It is a
mystery how it lived, as it was impos
sible for it to hay opened its mouth.
Market for Railroad Ties.
It takes each year 200,000 acres of
forest to' supply crossties for the rail
roads of the United States. It takes
15,000.000 ties to.supply the demand, for i
which the contractors get on an aver
age 35 centsvaplece, making in the ag
gregate $5,250,000.
TUBES FOR THE MAIL.
LETTERS BETWEEN NEW YORK
AND BROOKLYN.
Plans Ar Completed, Work oa the
Material Has Decs feegoji aud the
Plant trill Be Pat la at Oaee Thfee
aad-a-Half Mlaate TraBsfen.'
LANS for the con
struction of the
pneumatic tubes
which are to con
nect the New York
and Brooklyn post
Dfflces were com
pleted last week,
and the work of
constructing the
apparatus begun.
The plant will he
put in without delay and be in opera
tion -witwrfflaety toys, -jruw.wt-w-
Ydrk Herald; B. C. Batcheller, the
engineer who Is in charge of the work,
gave this information about it:
"There will be twd pneumatic tubes
laid from the basement of the New
York postoffice, running under Park
row and upon the Bridge, where they
will be extended alongside of the car
tracks, and then under Washington
street to the Brooklyn office;
"These tubes will be of cast iron, in
twelve-foot sections, bored to the ex
act diameter of eight and three-sixteenths
inches. They have to be most
accurately bored and fitted together
with the utm'ost nicety, which Is done
by caulking the joints with lead and
oakum, for they must be airtight and
be perfectly true Inside, so as to insure
the free passage of the carriers that
DISPATCHING MAIL
hold the maii matter. Then, where
there are short bends, as there must
be in making the necessary angles,
brass tubes have to be used.
"In the basement of the two post
offices will be placed air compressors,
together with :he necessary receiving
and despatching apparatus.
"A very important part of the plant
is the carrier, which is an accurately
constructed steal cylinder, twenty-four
inches long, weighing twelve pounds,
and made to fit in the tubes, so as
to move freely. When this carrier is
freighted with mail matter it is placed
in the despatching tube, air from the
compressor is let in behind it, and
away it goes, nnder street, over bridge
and under street again, to the post
office on the other side of the river,
making the journey in three and one
half minutes. The air pressure re
quired to do this is only six pounds to
the square inch. If necessary, the pres
sure and speed can be increased.
"As one tube is used for despatching
and one for receiving, a regular stream
of carriers can be kept going in both
directions, with only ten seconds inter
val between them. As each carrier will
hold 600 ordinary letters, this means
that it is possible to despatch 216,000
letters per hour in each direction, and
that the tubes will carry all of the first
class and most of the lower classes of
mail matter between the two post
offices." The plant will cost about $100,000,
and will be constructed and maintained
by a Philadelphia company. It is
known as the Batcheller system and
is the same that has been in use in
Philadelphia for four years, between
the general postoffice and sub-station
No. 20, the distance of half a mile.
The establishing of a pneumatic tube
mail service over the East river Is only
the beginning of an extended system,
which is expected in the near future to
connect the general postoffice with sub
stations, railways and steamer land
ings. Charles Neilson. second assistant
postmaster general, who has charge of
the mail transportation, obtained an
appropriation for the Bridge system
from .the last Congress, and said that
it was to be the beginning of an ex
tended plant.
"Pneumatic tubes between the New
York postoffice and the various rail
way stations," he said, when asked
about the contemplated work, "will re
lieve the department of seventy per
cent of the wagon transportation. It
is estimated that tubes can be put in
and maintained at the present rate paid
for wagon service in large cities. Then
th tubes will expedite, the delivery of
the mail and make close connection at
the same cost as now."
Another Boycott.
- "Now.come right down to the meat ofl
the matter, Shaver; wnat are you form
ing this barbers' union for?"
'-'To boycott the football players that
are mining the hair-cutting branch of
the trade." Detroit Free Press.
Pleads for Early Consideration.
Cbolly.: "What do you think, dear
boy? That beastly tailorsent me a bill
to-day, and it is a week yet before the
first-
"1 expect he was sending early to
avoid the rush." Pearson's Weekly.
Oh, Doat Tea Remember!
There's nothing more disgusting to a
boy than to follow a fire engine half a
mile up a long hill under the impres
sion that it's going to a fire, only to find
that they are taking the machine to be
repaired. New York Tribune.
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OBSTINACY OF THE LLAMA.
The Male Is VacUIatfag Coat;
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This Animal.
The hoy called "TJ-par to the Uaaas.
lifting his finger as If to point the up
the trail. Ordinarily, remarks a writer
in St Nicholas, the animals would kavs
obeyed, but the aggressive manner f
Barton had aroused their obstinacy and
they did not .budge.- TKe boy pnt hi
shoulder to the ribs of one and Meaje
hard; but the brute stood its ground.
"Well, it is to wait!" said he; and rai
about his path, gathering up very small
pebbles until the shabby hat was full.
Then he sat down on a bowlder that
jutted from the bank, settling himself
as If for a long rest Then he threw j
mild and measured pebble at each
llama. Thpv turned ilielr heads a little
and wrinkled their disagreeable nose&i
it. ,- j . .- it A. anil fcpT!
xie waneu lor some nine . J
pitched two more pebbles-wh1cli .Kaq
the same effect So he sat, slowly and
ciiK nnnti th iipnsfl hair of his charges.
Evidently he was in no hurry; and the
two travelers, impatient as they were,
had too much wisdom or experience to
try to push him. They sat.qnietly in
their saddles, watching the droll scene;
It was very ridiculous to need deliver
ance from two stupid beasts and to get
it from such an owlish little tatterde
malion. An hour crawled by, and the
stones in Ramon's hat were running
low. Suddenly the brown llama turned
with a snort of disgust and stole off tip
the trail The gray one hesitated ajad
ment, snorted and followed. "That
way they get tired, sirs," said the boy,
emptying his hat and pulling it down
upon his thatch of black hair. "I'd
take a good club to them!" growled
Barton, who had great confidence In
THROUGH THE TUBE.
the Saxon way of forcing things. "No,
the boy Is quite right It Is another
case where you must nol try to be
smarter than nature. The llama is the
stubbornest brute alive; a mule is va
cillating compared to him. if you put
a pound too much on his load he will
lie down; and you might beat him to
death, or build a fire beside him, but
he would not get up. Nobody but a
Peruvian Indian can do anything with
a Peruvian camel and Ramon has just
shown us the proper tactics. Hurt the
animal and he only gro.s more sullen;
but the. pebbles merely tease him until
he can bear it no longer. And really
he repays patience when he behaves
well, for he is the only animal that can
work effectively at these terrific alti
tudes, where horse3 and mules are
practically useless. But adelante (for
ward!)," the professor concluded.
CENSUS OF THE WORLD.
Most Stupendous Undertaking- That Was
Ever Devised.
A census of the world seems impos
sible, but it Fs going to be undertaken,
says the London Mail. The unparal
leled labor is to be one of the gigantic
projects to celebrate the advent of the
twentieth century, and it is safe to
say that a more stupendous undertak
ing has never before been devised. The
scheme had 1U, real inception at the
biennial meeting of the International
Statistical institute, recently held at
Berne, Switzerland, where a committee
was appointed to consider ways and
means. The first step in this, impor
tant committee's labor was to enlist the
interest and aid of LI Hung Chang.
They met him when he was in Berlin
and secured the promise of his influ
ence in China. In no nation will the
work of census-taking be more difficult
than in China. Anything approximat
ing the accunte census of the popula
tion of the earth at the present time is,
without doubt, an impossibility. In
addition to the poles there are many
spots on the earth that have never been
visited by the explorer and others from
which a census enumerator never
would get away alive. The population
of the earth is now estimated at 1,700,
000,000 guesses founded upon the ob
servation of travelers and upon other
guesses mentioned in treaties given by
such countries as China, Persia, Arabia
and-Turkey.
Adreatare with a Bengal Tiger.
From Bengal comes an amusing, al
though exciting tale of two young
army officers who tried to capture a
tiger. , Having gorged itself on a cow,
the animal was asleep when these two
men caught sight of it. They might
have shot it, but it occurred to them
that there would be as much honor
and a lot of money la taking it alive.
So they made nooses in two long ropes,
and after some manoeuvering from a
reck above, managed to lasso the neck
and one leg of the tiger. The beast, of
course awoke, and for a time regarded
the ropes indifferently; but when be
'attempted to walk away, and found
himself restrained, his rage knew no
bounds. He gave two or three great
jumps, and the ropes snapped like
strings, and then he started for hl3
would-be. captors, and would have
caught them had not he become en
tangled in the ropes. While he was
jumping around they poured ballets
into him, and finally hit-a vital spot
So they got him after all, bet-not in
the way they, intended.
" Patriotic.
Booker Would you like these hooks
bound in Russia? Smith .No. Amer
ica will do.-New York Herald.
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.--, POOD FOR THE CATS.
& Hare flfW fa
. ThW Lives la IsfeaWi
left to himself the London1 tfiff
would probably multiply exceed-
', far thrc is enough waste from
human household M keep at
one pair of sparrows, says the
i Spectator. That would give
ling like 1.500.000 sparrows to
ire of greater London. But these
res id not reiroMnt actual facts.
r sparrow population is HgoroHsly
i down, not br want of f ecundity-3
at the seo. for instance, where food
skelter abound, the birds seem td
i at all seasons of the year hut
tke operation of the natural enemy,
great fact in all wild life, which
the progressive London sparrow
Rtkls case is tag London cat If any one
WHI count up (he fiumber of houses in
.his or her knowledge which do not
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ubiquity ox tne natural eTiemywI" we
come apparent Poor people keep more
cats than rich people, so the small
houses abound in cats. Rich folks'
cats, which have large houses, as a
rule,- enly catch the sparrows on their
6 wS estate, but poor cats have to
poach at large, and their ravages
among the young sparrows are prodig"
ious. It has been observed that a sparrow-killing
cat bags on an average two
young birds a day. No amount of cor
rection seems to prevent their indul
gence in this form of sport They
know it is wrong,- biit it Is too fas
cinating. One young cat of the Writer's
acquaintance went into a fit after a
mild beating for killing young spar
rows and as soon as he recovered went
off to catch another. A cat in the sated
house which was surprised with two
naked nestlings in its mouth slipped
them underneath a mat on the stairs
when it saw its mistress approaching.
Nature is tod strong for them, and the
drawing-room pussy seems no more
able to resist the taste for sport than
the stable cat
PROGRESS OF THE BICYCLE.
Something- New That Is Being, TriCct In'
Switzerland.
Lovers of the bicycle and they are
legion are awaiting with interest tho
coming of the chainless wheel, says the
Hartford Post it is announced that
it is coming soon and it is expected that
it will be. a considerable improvement
over the wheel now in use, being easier
to care for. Something new in wheels
is reported from Switzerland. It is the
invention of a Geneva man. The sad
dle of this bicycle is developed into a
seat and it is dropped back almost im
mediately over the center of the rear
wheel, the steering-bar being length
ened to enable the driver to edntrol the
wheel without bending forward. Tfi3
inventor says that the principle of the
machine is the utilization of the con
siderable amount of force, very litttle
known, which is afforded by a point of
support Without this point of support
the only force a man has is his own
weight On the other hand, if the back
be well supported, he has in each leg
a force more than treble his own -weight
and which s, In fact, equal to the
weight he is capable of carrying com
bined with that of bis own body. The
construction of this bicycle is intended
to make use of this considerable
amount of Wasted force. The point of
support in the new wheel is the back
of the seat, by means of which the
cyclist's body is thrown back and his
legs lifted up, owing to the position of
the pedals. The body is thus placed
in a "normal" posture. The rider Is
upright or leaning slightly backward.
It has been tried in the streets of Ge
neva and made a favorable Impression.
The ease with which it ascends hills
was particularly noticeable. The bi
cycle has not reached its full develop
ment Tranc la the Strand.
A statistician says 12,000 vehicles, in
cluding 3,000 omnibuses, pass through
the Strand,.London, in the day, and the
narrowness of the street causes each
of the 63,000 occupants to waste, on
the average, three minutes. The total
waste of time equals 3,150 hours, the
money value of which, at the very mod
erate rate of one shilling an hour, is
$785 per day, or nearly $250,000 per
annum.
FRIENDLY HINTS.
For to cast away a virtwms friend,
I ca)I as bad as to cast away one's own
wife, which one loves best Buckley.
Scorn.no man's love though of mean
degree; love Is a present for a mighty
king, much les3 make any man thy
enemy. Herbert
The place where two friends first met
is sacred to them all through their
friendship all the more sacred as their
friendship deepens and grows old.
Phillips Brooks.
t First on thy friend deliberate with
thyself; pause, ponder, sift; not eager
in thy choice, not jealous of the chos
en; fixing, fix; judge before friendship,
then confide till death. Young.
A generous friendship no cold me
dium knows, burns with one love, with
one resentment glows; one should our
interests and our passions be, my friend
must hate the man that injures me.
Pope.
Real friendship is a slow grower, and
never thrives unless grafted upon a
stock of known and reciprocal merit
Remember to make a difference be
tween companions and friends. Ches
terfield. We take good care of our health, lay
up our money, we make good our roofs
tight and our clothing sufficient, but
who provided wisely that he shall not
be wanting in the best property of all
friends. Emerson:
How much to be prized and esteemed
is a friend, on whom we can always
with safety depend. Our joys, when
intended, will always increase, and
griefs, when divided, are hushed into
peace. Margaret Smith.
Nor unremembered is the hour when
first friendB met Friends, but friends
on earth, and therefore dear; sought
oft, and sought almost as oft in vain,
yet always sought, so native to the
heart; so much desired and coveted by
all. Pollock.
Kansas City has copied the "white
wings" idea from New York. Its street
cleaning force has recently been put
into whita duck uniforms.
SIGNS OF THE STARS.
SOME TALES TOLD BY THE
HEAVENLY BODIES.
CarWpoadefltt Should Be Carefsl ta
Follow lastraetloas sis to Fall Names
&U Addresses Date, Place- and Boar
X Birth.
HE Astrolcjsr a
gain insists that all
persons writing
him with a view
"of obtaining free
readings in this
column, must scad,
fall name and ad
dress. The name
will not be pub
lished. The data
are often megre, in
which case it becomes necessary to
cadt It will therefore be seen tha
it Is quite necessary to give name and
pest office address. These readings
are 'free, and will be published In order
as received. Persons wishing the same
length reading by mall can obtain it
by sending twelve two cent stamps;
Write name and address, year of birth,
day of month and hour of day, whether
a. m. Or p. m. Also state place of
birth. These arc important points and
without them an accurate reading of
the planetary indications cannot bo
given. Persons who arc not sure as
to data should write the Astrologer for
special instructions by mail. In doing
so send four cents in stamps for reply.
Address: Prof. G. W. Cunningham,
Dept- 4, 101 So. Clinton street, Chi
"cagd. The following readings are for thi
week:
Miss Meg, Hemlota, Mo.
According to the data furnished, the
eodiacal sign, Scorpio, which ilars
rules, was rising at your birth, there
fore Mars is your ruling planet or sig
hificator. You are medium height, with a well
set figure, and will grow stouter as you
grow older. Your complexion, hair
and eyes, medium; the eyes have rath
er a sharp, piercing sight. You are
very energetic and ambitious. -do not
like opposition, and will display quits
a spirited temper at times; you are a
leader, and have the ability to execute
plans iiwa creditable manner; you are
fond of soldiers, fireman, surgeons, all
manner of military parades, news, etc.
If a war wotlid some you would like to
go and be right at the front of the
battle; you would make a good sur
geon. You have far better command
of language than this sign usually de
notes. Your husband is, or vrill be, a
peculiar temperament, and rather hard
to understand, and marriage will only
be a trifle ever average fortunate. You
are under both a good transit of Jupiter
and an evil tnmsit of Satunl.
F. II., OceoJa, Ohio.
According to the data the zodiacal
sign Aquarius, which Uranus rules, was
rising at your birth, therefore Uranus
is your ruling planet or significator.
The sign Pisces, which Jupiter rules,
was intercepted on ascendant, there
fore Jupiter Is co-significator. You are
of medium height; medium to light
complexion, hair and eyes; when young
your hair was flaxen; you will grow
stouter as you advance in years; you
are reserved in your manners, yet quite
a busy talker; you are inclined to in
vestigate any of the occult and mys
terious forces In nature; you are a
seeker after truth no matter where you
find it; you are naturally an advanced
thinker, and was born with a kind of
knowledge which jou never had to
study to learn; you just knort many
things without ever having had to"
study them, and if asked to explain
how you knew this or that you could
not tell where it came from; you feel
and know things in advance. If you
would thoroughly understand this it
could be made valuable to you. Saturn
will make an evil transit for you soon.
Miss S. S. MarlonvIUe, Mo.
According to the data furnished the
Zodiacal sign Sagittarius, which Jupi
ter rules was rising at your birth, there
fore Jupiter is your ruling planet or
significator. You are tall, with slender,
well formed figure; medium to light
complexion and eyes; the hair, auburn;
in general appearance you are com
manding, you are jovial, cheerful,
happy temperament, you are very am
bitious and will be a leader in any
thing you are interested in; you are
kind .to animals and especially fond of
a horse. You are very courageous even
to. a reckless degree at times. You will
be looked up to by your neighbors;
they- will expect you to take the lead,
and they will follow. You should
secure an education in art for you are
gifted in that direction, but there will
be something to hinder you from get
ting a proper education in it unless
you make special effort and overcome
the obstacles that will be in your path,
yet you are otherwise- quite fortunate.
Note. Those who have sent in their
stamps (26 cents) for readings by mail,
will usually be promptly answered. In
cases where there is an apparent de-.
lay the astrologer should be notified at
once and-the mistake will be rectified.
What lie Did Know.
Inquiring Spectator Which horse
was it-that won? Speculative Spectator
(gloomily) I don't know the name of
the horse that won, but I know tho
name of most of the horses that didn't
win. New York Weekly.
Sometimes.
Bacon I was reading -to-day of a vio
lin maker who made over 7,000 fiddles
In his life. Egbert It's a fact, then
that the evil a man does lives aftehim
Yonkers Statesman.
Celestial Fashion.
"When I married you," he said, "I
thought you were an angel." ' "I in
ferred as much," she said. "From the
very first," she went on, "you seemed
to think I could get along without
clothes." Tit-Bits.
Xot Tet Known.
Tommie Tompkins Pa, was Senator
Ducksworth, who died the other day, 3
politician or a statesman? Tompkins
Nobody knows yet, my son; his estate
hasn't been appraised. Truth.
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EVOLUTION OF THE UMBRELLA
tiam tho Old-Tlsae -Whalebone SjsMadss
to to Bow Chaaael Steel.
Forty years or so ago umbrellas ere
made with stretchers or hows of whale
bone. These hows were rather bulky
in themselves, and they were apt to get
a little permanent bend from long nse
so that they bulged when the umbrella
was rolled up; making the big, hasw
umbrella, familiar to middle-aged and
older people, and occasionally still
seen, though on tho stage oftener than
la real life. With the introduction of
petroleum oii into general use as an
illuminating oil, aud the consequent
very general abandonment of the nse of
whale oil came the decline of the whal
ing industry. Fewer and fewer vessels
went sifter whales, because there was
less and IesJ domand for the olL Of
(tourse, the supply of whalebone de
creased with the supply of oil, hut the
orice did tst, aor- did the demand.
There joro-. still some uses for whkm
ble, aud with constant demand and de
creasing supply the price of whalebone
steadily advanced, as it has continued
to do. Whalebone soon became too
costly to permit of its further use for
umbrella stretchers. At first a slender,
round, tempered steel rod. With these
slenderer bows the umbrella could be
more snugly rolled and the old baggy
umbrella began to disappear, and the
modern tight roller to take its place.
Then came umbrella bows of light steel
rolled in V shape, and then, in the
quest for a still tighter roller, umbrella
handles were made of metal. The first
tubing handles were made of brass.
Steel would havo been cheaper, but
there had be2n discovered no satisfac
tory method of brazing 6teel tubes such
as are used in umbrella handles. There
is such a method now, however, and
umbrella handles of steel tubing are
now made in great numbers. And
ndwadays many spreaders are made of
steel, rolled channel-shaped. In cross
section this spreader is shaped some
thing like a capital letter E without a
tongue, and the ribs of the umbrella
the steel rods that run from the slid
ing ferrule, or runner, as it is called,
on the handle of the umbrella, by
means of which the umbrella is spread
are so attacned and adjusted to the
spreaders that they shut into the chanr
nels when the umbrella Is closed.
C0I1I Coin Nearly Alt Kerr.
Of the gold coin now In circulation
In England a small proportion only
hears an earlier date than 1879.
Happy Vermont.
Vermont's Legislature meets but once
in two years, and the session this year
lasted but seven weeks.
BITS OF KNOWLEDGE.
At the bottom of the deep seas the
water is only a few degrees above the
freezing point.
Ships' built of steel are said to be
able to carry 20 per cent more freight
than tho'se of iron.
The year of Mars is "almost twice as
long as it is on our planet, being exacts
ly 6S7 days of terrestrial time.
Microscopists say that the strongest
microscopes do not, probably, reveal
the lowest stages of animal life.
Sun spots arc believed to be openings
in the sun's photosphere, or luminous
envelope, through which the orb is
seen.
There aro more wrecks in the Baltic
Sea than in any other place in the
world. The average is one wreck a day
throughout the year.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The largest standing army is pos
sessed by Russia. Germany and France
come next.
The West Point Academy has this
year a class of 332 cadets, the largest in
the history of the institution.
Michael Faraday, the noted chemist
and philosopher, began his business
career, nt the age of thirteen, as a
London newsboy.
In the Baltic Sea there are more
wrecks than in any other place in the
world. The average throughout the
year is one each day.
Tho late Mr3. Hicks-Lord, of this
city, so appreciated the faithfulness of
her colored maid, Maria, that she be
queathed to her $400 a month for life.
Russia, with a population of 110,000,
000, has only 18,334 physicians. In the
United States, with a population" of
about 73,000,000, there are 120,000 phy
sicians. Paul Kogue, of St. Joseph, Mich.,
tried to kill a calf by striking it with
the butt of his gun. The gun was dis
charged by the blow, causing the death
of Mr. Hcgue.
The cultivation of sugar 'uccts has
proved so profitable this year on Grand
Island, Nebraska, that "farmers have
sold" their crops for sums double the
value of the land on which they were
grown-
The problem of cheap living has been
solved by the Rev. Miles Grant, ot
Bostoft. His daily diet is graham bread,
milk, cheese and vegetables, and he
centinues to' maintain good health at
a cost of 87 cents a week.
The eyesight of a San Francisco cat
became defective, and the owner. Miss
Thompson, induced an oculist of that
city to make a pair of spectacles for
the animal. Now the cat can see as
well as ever with their aid.
Stout canes in large numbers have
for some time been conveyed across the
Prussian border into Russia. The
czar's officials at -last examined the
canes, and found them stuffed with ni
hilistic literature, printed on tissue
paper. '
Columbia college is to have a gymna
sium which will cost $500,000. There
will be a running track one-ninth of a
mile in circumference and 112 feet
wide. The main room will measure 35
feet high, 100 feet wide and 160 feet in
length".
An uncommon accident befell the lit
tle daughter of Washington McKinny,
of Sparta, Ohio. She was coming from
school, holding a pencil in her hand,
when she stumbled and fell. The pen
cil penetrated her chest, touched the
heart, and caused death.
He Well, your sister is married.
Kbw it's your turn. She Oh, George!
ask apa. New York Journal.
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