- - - - - - - - - - - - - - V- _ - - - - - - - I ( _ _ _ _ OMATIADAIr4Y BEESt'NIAyJtjNJ : 1 1 _ 1S9 ( . Ii - - - - - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - H - . : .q fJ HA' Heleii's Reserve Force. , I _ A Bicycle AccidcntandWhat Came of I te a . ' - f. * ) fly . Grnrn. ( ( 'C right. l4 ; , ! I ) S. . McClure Co. ) 'lIere Is a box of beautttut rows for you , ! e1en. white , bluab , moss and Jacque. ' l uloii't care for ny flowerL" "They are very freah anti fragrant. " a'I ) ont want nnyttIng fragritnt. " "Your cat is mewing to come tn , be looks for you everywlicro. " "Ho can run , he's happy enotuh , " "Mrs. Steen sent over to ak tf you'd ftke a glass of jelly with your stper. " "I doti t want any nIaper , " "Ton ) brought hurne oine flno trawber- ' ries thia morning. " ' l iiont like ttrawbcrrie. " t "You used to like them. " " 1verythIng h ( Iiffercnt now. " " "May and \gnes inquire for you. cvcry ' day they inut think It strange that you refuse to eo them. " t "I catmt help It , manuna , I don't vhdi . to see anybody , " "You would tech better if the curtaln Were up o that the sunhtoe could Btreant In it 19 a beatitiful day , " ' 'k'om& may feel like tmnshIne , I don't when I can't o out and enjoy It. " A itifled sob came from the tlepths of the pillows. "O. helen , don't cry any more , you will bring back your headache. " "One or two immore aches don't count. I am d'IoomecI to suffer , " L A DREARY INVALID. p Helen was , in truth. a dreary Invalid. 1 The sununer vacation. to which she had looked forward with so many fond antici- . . Patlons during the school year , was now hopelessly si > ohIetl. She had worked hard during her school months. She was sensi- 4 ble of the fact. As a reward for her In- dustry. her father had given her , as he promised he would , the long coveted bi- cycle. How Proud she was of the wheel ! lichen thought sue could never weary while skim- inlng ssIftIy over the smoothly Pa'el streets , under the leafy trees , down the broad avenues and over the winding paths of the park. To her the summer vacation Was to be one long drawn out season or Pleasant days and nights. of course , the thoughts of hardworkIng 1atnma gave her an occasional twinge ; but , then , she had her bicycle , and thoughts of the dull routine of domestic duties were asIIy forgotten. Themi came the unfortunate accident , in 'whIch Helen was ilckel UI ) very rhitc and very faint from where she had fallen , a confused heap on the Pavement.'hen flnally carried borne , time doctor was sum- imbued. Iu looked grave as he gently cx- arnined her injured knee and told her that it had been very badly sprained. lie placed it in a hllaster cast and told her that at th very best she could not be free under six months. lie kindly counseled patience anti advised her to busy her mind with some light occupation. The good old doctor left helen in a pitIful - ful state of misery. In spite of the doctor's advice. she persisted in making herself as ¼ miserable as she could. She had her room darkened , rctused to see her girl friends I ' 'nho caine to inquire for her and buried her face in the pIllow , content with passing the time In bemoaning her own condition. TOM'S PLAIN TALK. Time doctor's advice was sound , but it was reserved for daster Tom , a free-spoken youth of 12. to be the first to arouse liden from her unhappy frame of mind. lie had entered her room to bring a letter and had stumbled and fallen over a footstool. , 'l say , Helen , " he cried , indignantly , as ho arose and rubbed his elbow , "want us all to get hurt and be laid up , don't you ? fr. You're runnIng this thing into the ground , curtaimma down , everybody tiptoeing about with a long face , and you acting as though you % s'ere the only sick person in town , fussing and frettIng and not making the best of thIngs. " "There isn't any best , " moaned the girl. . . 'Course there Is , " cried Tom , cheerfully , "you might have hurt both knees and dis. Iocatel ( a shoulder and broken eight or ten ribs , and we might be dreadfully poor and have hard work to pay our doctor's bill. I mentioned that to father at breakfast ; he aaI ! lie didn't mind the bill , but he did t wish you had more common sense and con- sitleration for other people than to act as You do , he hadn't supposed you were so h'premely selfish. I didn't either , none of r' ever suspected it. " \ , , "Did papa talk like that about me ? " ' : asked hobo , with considerable energy , "Not those very words. but those are the Ideas Some boys get hurt a sight worse at foot bail , often they have a concoction of the brain , but they don't act like perfect- that is. they don't act awful silly , they just bear it , boys are made that way , it is their nature to. Even if I was a girl , I'd be ashamed to make mamma trot up and down stairs trying to get things for you that you won't have until she thinks her feet will drop off Nothing tastes just right for you , I s'poSe the cook will give notice. Father said if you weren't disabled he'd like to shake you on account of your notions. " Helen gasped for breath. "My father said that about me ? " Not Juit that. maybe , but that's the linriression your only father gave us about his only precious daughter who makes the house seem like a tomb , Nobody has drawn a free breath since you got hurt. " . -I J , ? ; ( . . . ! . . ' . . , ' . 4 " .I'I\,3"I . hELEN OF"TEN SICI1ED lIFA\'ILY. "You w3uld feel ready for a tomb If you couldn't run about for bix wceks , " said ibe in a hollow voice. . , "Six weeks Isn't all , " shouted Tom. ' "You needii't think that is the t'nii ! the " doctor 1014 father you could walk only a little then , there wouldn't be much strcngtlm in your knee , ) OU could go a I I - few steps hero and there around the place. i . but you'll not be as good as new for a long I ( Helen sat straight up in bed and flied ; her eyes on her brother. ' "Tom , you arc saying this to plague me ; t . , I think you are very unkind. " . 4 "No , honest Injun , that's what he said ; i r sprains are bail , folks don't die , but they , i' stay lame if they are careless. " "Then he won't , let me ride in six weeks V' "Ride ? b'mI' sniffed the boy , "you'll ride no more timid year , and you won't go aim any more irowls for weeds and Stofles , ; and you won't go boating nor nothing this ' : summer. Maybe i'ou can saunter round J the yard a little , and Jf you take care of yourself , go to school in September , but don't be too sure of that , for you might have to stay out till New Year's. h In snite of the gloom of the chamber , v , TOnI could ee his sibter's eyes flash , he o felt that he bad shmProached the danger a . i line and be began to edge away tram the i ted , ii . "You are the cruelest boy I ever kuew , t ' l1 Leave my room at once ! There's one n thing sure , you won't et hurt failing from your bicycle ; papa never will give you one ; he said he wouldn't so long as you t to , utidht1vncd In arttbmetlc ad ltstory p U and hare to stay In the same class next : 'eat. " Tom felt this thrust keenly , but he rallied , " \'eil , you- head may be all right , but your heart isn't what It ought to be when ytu can't thiiik of anybody but yourself , " "i.eave this room immediately , " coin. manded the invalid. "I will , I will. lt's not such a cheerful idace that anybody wants to linger here. " "Go ! " Tom clattered dowim the stairt , three at a tune. "What's this ? " said his father , who was In time bali below , talking with Mrs. Arnold , "St'CiilS to Tue I Imeai'd loud voices. " "Oh , I was only giving Sis a few home I truths , " said Tom in an olT-hianil manner. " 1 told her she as no-end selfish to treat us all like this , she ought to think a little of time family and not be a pig , amid you'd like to shake hem' . " "Why , Tom , " cried his mother , "you sliotmldnt have spoken so to your poor sister. " "I know of a eenter.rtilm 1o was laid lii ) for months , and time fellows said ho was always jolly and good , would Imlay checkers , and tb liuzzies or anything you wanted. but Sia , she Just whines till I'm sick. She tiliik5 sue is going to go out for a scorcher the minute the six weeks are up , but I let her know there's no more riding for h.'r at present , the other girls will excurt 'rouni witlitut her. " "Thomas , I inn ashamed of you , " said his father sternly , "your sister is in no condition - tion to bear such things. You have a very delicate say of breaking bad news , Go to yotir room and stay there. " Tom hung his head ( tild slunk away , "I dread to go upstairs , " said Mi's. Arnold , "ilie vill cry herself into a fever ; it was bad enough before , but she will be utterly hopeless now. " don't know whether to give that boy a thrashing or a gold medal ; lichen bad better know the truth , she ought to have courage to rise above It ; she has disappointed - pointed inc. Perhaps WO have humored her too IflUCh. " hELEN'S REFORMATiON. It was several hours later when Mrs. work aim a large basket of stockings , hmt' pays that the summer sewing is aay behind. " Helen pouted the least bit in the world. 'I hate plain sewing , and above all , darning. " " ts. I have hearth that you do , " said her father , calmly , "perhaps your mother does not enjoy it ; divided between you , it might not he burdensome. and she could find time to visit a little , she Is confined to the house tot , much. " I might baste and get work ready for the machIne. I suppose I have been a little elflh. " "I suppose so , " aith her father , with unfaltering promptness. "Then let Us think of Tom , he failed at school , but be might make up the work and try the ox- amnination again before September If you would devote two hours a day to him. I feel quite discouraged about Tom , " "Oh , hmaPa ! " this time there was certainly - tainly a scol on the pretty forehead anti the petit was decided , "it would niake ale perfecti ) ' nmiserabie to teach that boy every day. Yomj don't know how thick ho is- " "Helen" " \Vell. he isn't quick at all : he makes dreadful mistakes about the commonest things. I hearth him say that the Isthmus of I'anama connects the north anti south Poles and that the Puritans were a sex t'ho caine over to find freedom from thought , and- " "Never mind the rest. Helen. it is not kind to repeat such things. Toni Is a sweet-tempered boy. " he burst into tears. "You think I'm not , you think I'm lazy and conceited anti fond of my own way , and peppery and ad- fish. " "You understand your own faults so well , darling , " said her father , drawing her head down to his shoulder and kissing her hot forehead , "that I believe you will try to correct them now that you have time. It is 8 fine thing to have a quick brain and to be first in one's class , and it would be a very helpful thing to use that brain for Tom , Who is a little slow. Tom would darn stockings it ho could , he is very thoughtful or his mother. " "lie teases me a great deal. " "You tease him. Then there is your hi. cycle doing nothing all summer , and there is your Cousin Ruth who has to walk back amiti forth to the store and e on her feet nearly all day , she would enjoy- " lichen started to spring up , but the plaster cast detained her. "Vhy , papa , nobody evar let a brand new bicycle ! My beautiful , lovely wheel ! " "Yes. as I was about to say when I was interrupted , that would show a thoughtful spirit. ' ' She signed and looked at him reproach- - . . - - - - - - - - - - - : : ) . tc ? ? ' ' " ) , . I ¶ iIt1 , = - 1mi- e , ' iP : , . I 'I ' I I. c'- ' j . , . ' - I ; af1 i : - ' . ( 'v : : .i P , hELEN'S CONFESSION. Arnold went 'to Helen's room. She was greatly astonished to find her seated near the open window ; her face was red and swollen with weeping , but she. looked calm and aelf.possessed. "Mamma , I've been thinking what I'd better do this vacation while I'm laid up for repairs. I am going to study my history for next year , read the novels we have been told to take in connection with our English literature , "Ivanhoe , " "Last of the Barons , " "Tale of Two Cities , " and so on , anti I'm going to write half of my essays , say about ih'e , antI go on with my French , then I shall be very much at leisure next year , maybe I'li have time for extra study. " "An excellent plan , I'm sure , " said her mother , almost too surprised to speak. "You might begin some of your Christmas fancy ork , making do3'iies and embroidering handkerchief initials ; you are always so hurried then. " "Yes , I will. I'm sorry I've lost ten days , I might have done a great deal. Tell the girls to caine tip at any time now. Richard is herself again , I hope cook will have some strawberry shortcake soon , she does make the best. If papa will visit nie tonight , I'll read the paper to him ; that reminds me. I want my "Emerson's Essays , " they are with time rest of my school books. don't take the trouble to bring up anything now , wait till somebody baa to caine up , and will you leave my door open , Itlease mamma , so that Snowtlako may come in ? " CONFIDING IN SNOWFLAKE. 11cr mother went away , fearing to break the spell by a word , IFelen had been almost her father's idol ; his s'ords about her throughtless conduct had cut her to the heart , She , selfish and Inconsiderate , an ob. ject of discomfort to the whole house ! She was too quick-witted not to realize that It was all true , and she had fortitude anti clii enough to try to lighten her affliction ; still , it was hard to spend morning after morning of that bright early summer in one room ) ) . even if it was a very pretty room , furnished in olive and pink. anti to hear in the street below the gay ting-ling of bicycle bells as the girls and boys of the \Vheel club started out on their little pleasure trips. The sing. ing of the birds and the sho'uts of chiidren playing hati been hard to bear , but the hi. cycle bells made her clal ) her hands to her ears-those merry , maddening hells that brought up visions of runs out away from the town. over pretty country roads bright with tangles of blossoming wild roses , across bridges spanning clear , shallow brooks , past fields of clover anti tail timothy studtletl with daisies. fields where the haymakers were busy , and the whirring of the mowing machine - chine anti the whetting of a scythe would aiI forth a lively answer from ) ) all their boils as they shot past. hleien , conjuring up the picture of their bliss , often sighed heavily , and tears would rail on the glossy black coat of the cat , sun- 1111K hImself Oil the vindow sill , "Oh. Snowflake , it is dreadful to be kept In the house all these perfect days ! W'br.t : an we do ? If we think about ourselves we'll be miserable , won't we ? " Snowflake put two velvet paws on 11cr mhoulders , rubbetl his ebony head against er cheek , and offered to lick it with his jutmneg grater of a tongue ; it was doubtless is way of assenting to her philosophy. "Now , kitty , Is the time to apply 'Emer- ton's Compensation. ' It made very good 'e'adiog In school , and then we thought it rime and beautiful , but when a person baa .0 say those things to her very self , with lobotiy around to applaud , It is differemmt : For everything you have missed you have ; ained something else , anti for everything rou gain you lose something. ' "There conies papa , now we'll talk with tim. " Snowflake. seeing that he would no longer to required In the conversation , tucked his taws under him , brought liii elegant tail vol hIs nose and settled dowim for a nap , PLANS FOR W'OItK. "Papa , " began helen when Mr. Arnold ad taken a scat beside her easy chair , "I could like to extract all the good I can out C this situation. may knee doesn't ache any iore , but I ache all over with envy of those rho can go out ; to forget it I study morn. Igs until I grow' tired and restless , two or bree hours , What else can I do to improve 1yselt ? " " \'eii , my girl , the days are long to e spent on one small person ; you might ry to Improve the condition of other peo. le , At this moment youg mother Is at fully , but he remained firm. ' "May I take it over tonight with your lore ? " "V-c-a , papa , " she gulped down a large , lump in her throat. "When I asked how to improve the summer I thought you would I tell me something grand and heroic I could do for myself. " "Granti and heroic things are rare , " said her father , smiling , "but there is always the commonplace useful deed. Helen , in a desperate contest , when the fighting has been long and barth and it is as though the enemy must win , the extra troops , the reserve - . servo forces are brought out. anti they often turn the tide of battle , This Is the time for you to bring out your reserves and conquer - quer certain \vell know ! ) enemies of yours. " FEARING NO L'NSELFISIJNESS , "Just what Emerson says , " observed i Helen to her confidant ss'hen her father had left the room , "Since those two sages agree , I think I'd better follow their counsel. " Snowflake stretched himself , yawned his t'htcst anti purred Ostentatiously. It was a good omen , his mistress thought. lichen arranged a program for every day , a time for her own studies and for Tom's , for sewing and for reading aloud to her mother ; she set apart half an hour for weeping and bemoaning her miserable lot. but discovering one morning a pair of birds building iii her neighbor's lilacs , she gradually - ally came to devote the wailing tIme to the daily progress of the nest , the eggs , and tile young. Tile weeks sped by pleasantly. Never hail a vacation passed so quickly. In a hundred ways not thought of before she learned to help others , In August she could walk about the house I and grounds , On the evening before school was to begin Tom caine tearing up the piazza steps. "Oh , Sis , I've taken my exam. anti passed , I have' .N ever could have done It without you , Father , you promised me the best wheel In tOW ! ) , end you said the doctor said she could ride again in October ; we'll go over the universe together ! " "Papa , " said Helen , "I have accomplishetl all the studying I planned to do , but I haven't written my fifth essay , I cannot think of a good subject. " "Take this , my dear gIrl , 'Out of the nettle danger , I will pluck the flower safety , ' " 'I'uiE liOi"S "ltt'N II.tCis , " t A Neat Little Story l'Ili'lm Carrie , . ii Its Own Mitrimi , Ii The lIttle lamplighter Caine zig-zagging k down Burnet avenue , says time New York ii Herald , The gas jets IOPped into fianmi' , first on one side of the street anti them , on the other , as he pursued his Godliie mitt- sion , " 110w do you like your job ? " I asked , as h iio trudged along with his ladder over hi t shoulder end hi torch in hi hand , a i'ro- metheus In embryo , im "They always give the meanest jobs to the little fellows , " be answered , fi " 110w Can one job be worse thrn another - o other when the lamps are all of time same b ; height and equally far apart ? " I iiicjtmired. sI "Oh , but they give us all the 'run ti backs , ' " he replied. "And what in the world is a 'run backr " It "Vh ) ' . " said the boy , "they mire liiilc , al short side streets , down which ve nave 10 L'O and run back , with nothing to do tin the return trip. " ' 'Little man , " saiti I , "don't commnii'e to jt kick about having all tile iiartl ob ar.tl 01 'run backs' before you are o't of your knickerbockers , Time longer you live the . more 'run backs' ' ' Ci you will hmar , 'l'herc is not a job in the whole wide torld hlcb fit isn't full of them , " a "S'hy , there's the mayor , now. lie Si donUt have any. " ct "Doo't he ? " I replictl. "I reckon by the ai time he gets through with all his wogk and Ic the ouico seekers and creeps off to bed bw be thinks the whole job is a 'run h8l. ' " . fit " 'ell , how about a ' ? " ' preacnej' he in'm'C sinuated , In "Let that pass , my boy , " I aniwered , 'I fe would rather you thougat I had the trouble re than have you remember me as co'piaimin about then ) . But just lean your ladder against that lamp'post and sit on th third , round , so that your head will be on a level af with mine. There , that is good. r'ow listen , "There are drawbacks In mvery kreer , en You call them 'run backs , ' It is all tIe a ! , same , All along the pathway of life there SI are toll gates where the tr&yelera have to co , pay a fraction of their time their s'r&'ngsh , their money , their very life , or the L'rivi. lege of continuing on their jourmmei. ° Thee who travel o' one road never see the toll gates on the othr and the mean ones are forever frtt'1g amid te mug because they have to iayo , , much more than any one else. It i 'bad enough to hear an old man moaning vt"-r the drawbacks - backs of his life. but L 4t Intclt'raiili. to hear it from a little boy. . , If you want to make every one despise ) just keep re' pealing this coniiaint iou , have mmmdc to me. I , " "If you want everybody. 1covp I el 1lvt'c.r you-yes , If you want t stmccee' - take your 'rtln barks' without a murmur. "Vhen the good God ijmit os our mcdi- doe there is alway' a Utle bitttr with th" sweet , and must not'alays be mfliitlflg wry faces over it. , "Keep your torch I iii oIroil , light every gas lamp on your rouelmi'tle , meiril while you make yod. ' "m'mm. : "ks , ' calmy your wages hotmie to ) 'ur mother , be n good boy , and you'll ! , e a noble man. Gooi night , " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ l'iI.tTTlE Oi' 'I'll ii 'Ot'STiitS , "Now , WIllie , " said Mr.'iikins , "papa is going away for two weeks. Remember whose boy you are anti behave accordingly. " "You bet I will , daddy , " saiti'iIlle. . "I'll have just as good a timno as you vihl' Visitor-Johnny , do you ever get any good marks at school ? Johnny-Y.yos'm , but I can't show 'em. "Little girl , is your papa a Christian ? " "I-I guess lie is , ma'am. lie never swears , 'ceptin' when he's puttin' down carpet , " Mamma ( at 7 o'clock in the eveiming- Come , Ethel , it is bedtime. All the little birds have gone to sleep in their little nests. Ethel ( next morning at 5 o'clock- Come , mamma , it is time to get up. All the little birds are up , and the mammna births , too , Little Boy-flow soon are you and sis gob' to be married ? Accepted Suitor-She has not nameti the day yet. I hope she does not believe in long engagements ? Little Boy-She doesn't , I know , 'cause all her engagements hits been short. Aunt-\'hy did you stare at that man so rudely , Ethel ? Little Ethel-Oh , he's a drefful man ; he never goes to church or nothing. I heard father say he 'as an acrostic. "Mamma , I would like to put on my heavy woolen breeches totlay. " ' \'by so , Tom ? " "Well , you know , we get our reports - ports today. " p 'FlttiNI ( I'i'i'I , I'rct I Trie'iM U ii , i % ii'tliii lii is 'l'iiiiilmt Cii I ' . ii iil Ioix'i , There is money in small dogs for any woman who will cultivate the ' , stmionabte and not too finely bred species acer hog to the siniplest rules of canine h'gh'mi" . ' h's ' is the opinion of a girl who ii ta a small dog farm In her father's back yttr'i ai.'i i mn'tking it pay. She began three years oo by rescuing a batch of fat PuPI"s I imn a watery grave simply through mentieriwss of leart , and , when the orphans teere thrown on her hamfds , volunteered to tint them icnes when they arrived at monthc ef discretion. "It was a big bar sinister soniewlir in 'heir pedigree that made them woi'tiiicss to their original owner , " she explatn"J vlmt'n tlllng about her ezperiment , "hut t saw they \'ere developing Into t'cry fair Ipeci- incus of middle class fox ter".rho' I , , o I gave theni the advantages of a IICCI ) cJ'- ' eaion. I don't think their nm'iil. i'ost flIt a cent. - Some nice iargedry goods boxca made suitable kennels. I I feti them with mk ! ! antI kitchen scraps a I . ) f pure affection for their race I had them properly docked , collared and 'nanled. and gave timemu a plain , soliti education In , tieportment suitable - able for house animals. I tlitin't give them away. I sold every one"of tile four at $5 apiece to women who were willing to pay that price for dogs possessed of good habits sound digestion , sweet temper and abowing some pretty tricks like mine. "That stroke of luck put jdeas into my heati , especially when my front door bell was besiegeti by women anxious to buy up more "darling little beauties" like those I had just disposed of. 1 imierely increased my row of dry goods bdxe. picked Up here and there any likely looling puppies I could lay hands on and , and ftnd I can sell them , directly their cduattona& finisheti , at a s'ery larie profit on my orgtilal investment. I can almost guarantee to.cgnvert a $ fox terrier into an enchanting little piece of $2 property by the time hL' arrives at the age of 12 or 14 weeks. lie may not have the smallest right to register his name in the dog's book of peerage , but because of the proper food anti influence thrown around his infantile days he can command any place he chooses In the right sort of feminine heart. "First of all I select for my dogs capital names. cultivate stout constitutions , sweet , cheerful tempers. carefully break them to the lash , inculcate perfect house habits , train them to understand children and strangers anti teach every one a few pretty tricks , Of course it takes time and patience and a genuine love of the dog itself to cultivate - tivate these excellent habits and varied ac- comnpiishments , but really the outlay is small anti every dog I sell turns up at lila future mistress' door in collar and ribbon neck how , but all of them are not fox terriers , "I both breed anti raise Yorkshire and Scotch terriers , Danthie Dimnmnots.Vater Cocker and King Charles spaniels , a few pugs. an occasional poodle and a great man ) Dachshunds. These are what I call the stantiard small dogs , easy to raise , readily trained anti always in fashion. The big dogs are too expensive to board anti are not nearly so clever or sosalable as their smnallcr brethren , while the dogs of purely aristocratic strain and rarities I never Invest - vest in , Now and then I will take a high born puppy and raise and educate hIm for bis owner. and since my dog experiment is I proving so profitable I am trying my bands ) fl cultivating cats for the same market , "Just now I am testing a litter of charm- ng Maltese kittens , bringing them up with ny puppies. I got the whole batch for a t tong. as an ordinary cat is not greatly ought after these days , and the average Inc Maltese Tabby or Tommy does not com- nand at most more than S or $10. Still I t xpect to be repaid for my efforts at trainI I ng theni as mnousers , gay pets and dainty touse companions. and any woman with a roper love of animals can do all that I tare done , The capital Invested need not IC over $25. any good veterinary's book wiil I ive her all the technical information ranted , and patience , with personal atten- ion , are the other requisites to success In his lntmresting little industry. As to ills- osing of the animals when old enough amid roperly trained , I can only say I never new the clever , lovable small dog born ate the worltl that there was not always ome feminine heart , hearth anti purse open I " a him. .timut"r l'fli'bI OP ? O'I'E , IL Is said of thelateCoionei North that a is manner was so brusque the usual ameni- es of civilization were forgotten in his resence , and , atier lie umsiThulIIed a meet- ig through the btmsine9 of the day , It was equently the case that nobody felt suf- ciently grateful to propo5 the usual vote r thanks , But the colonould , never be hi slked of his dues. "Well. now , " he would tout , "who's going toprgpoae a Vo'e of h lanks to me ? I sbanLf lave this Chair , si DU know , without a vote of thanks , Come r long , now , some of you , &ud gIve me my ) tC of thanks. " . aj William Woodward of Baltimore , who has tat died In that city. was nearly $5 years d , and was for many years one of the oat prominent and wheLy , known citizens a the tIaryiand mnctropolis. , 1i was an in- ientiai Episcopalian , a.ntji was connected , t teacher and superintendent , with the inday rchloi of St. P ter't EpIscopa4 te iurch , Baltimore , from 1819 untIl one year si o , a period of seventy-five years. In 1mm ngth of service , this record is thought to in unsurpassed. lie cast his vote for iresio ) nt for John Quincy Adams In 1824 , and or ted at every national election since. Dur- g the war he was a supporter of the decal cause and since the war voted the pubiican ticket. . F,1 Florence Nighiingalo was 76 years old on U ay 15 , Born in Florence , abe was named at ter her birthplace , liar fatit was S'Iifa m E. Nightingale of Embley Park , Ilampin ire , and Lea Hurst , Derbyshire , and ulorIa cc , the younger daughter , was , with her am , ster , Francai lart'henhope , who married wi r Henry Ve.rney , and diei in 1b90 , his be heiress. Besides the hIstorIc part Floe- I PHOTOGRAPHIC : VIEWS 2 , 0 S 0 S e , * OF TIlE RLHNS OF TIlE GRUAT 1 . ST , LOUIS CYCLONE , . " The oni ' authentic edition of the ' , ) pub1ihed-a perfect portrayal storm's 'Is awful woth which killed and iojurcd nearly 2OOZ pcopc-Ict ( thousands ' of families homeless and uttery destroyed s5o,000,000 worth of property * * 43 Full Page Views ' ' This graphic and authentic resume of the cyclone's deadly and clestruc. ' ' tive work , by means of the pc and camera can only be obtained at the business office of l'he Bce for the low price of 25c and the coupon below. ! * Call at the office and examine the work , which is not offered for sale at c * any other place in tli. Cit ) ' , "Ihe Bee having secured the exclusive right I- . for Omaha , South Omaha nnd Council Bluffs. OtIt-of-towil subscribers ' , can secure this work by cutting out the coupon below and mailing it to 't- , the Cyclone Vit.w Dept. Omaha 13cc , and enclosing cents in coln , with their iarne and address , I _ _ _ _ _ i"Can . be secured at COUPON. To secure this intei'sting set The Bee Office ' ; : - of views , cut this out and bring it Bee Building , Omaha , with 25 cents to the business of- lice of The Bee in Omaha or * } or The Bee Office Council Bluffs , or mail it with 25 ' ' . cents in coin to 16 North i'vlain St. , i , CYCLONE \'IEVI \ DEPT. O1IAHA BEE , Council Bluffs , NED. , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' _ _ _ _ * HH _ _ _ _ emmce Nightingale played in the CrImean war she viii aiuays be Known as the friend anti supporter of the Governesses' institution In Harley street , London , anti as the writer of man ) ' valuable books on nursing , T.e : testimonial fund of $2OOOG subrcribed by a grateful coun my after the Crimean cam- palgu in honor o the "lal ) ' with the laimlp , " Miss Nightingale hantle I over for the foun- ciation of a nurses' traln.ng and employment institutlomm. Delicate health has mn.ide Miss Nightingale live qu etly for many years. but he has ever been at work for the gooti of o hers , William J. Gilpin , the assstant manager of the New York clearing house , handIci more carli than any other person in the United States , and probably in the world. It does not pass through his hands in the form of checks. bonds or stock certificates , but in legal tenders and treasury notet-that is to say , In ao mans' actual dollars. Every busi- ileE day ef the year he handles over .OOO.- 000. lie has coumited as much as $15,000,000 to a single day. Altogether he has had to do wth toe handling of over 25,000,000,0O0 in cash , This stupendous sum represents far more than the sutti total of the fortunes of all time millionatre. in Anierica and Europe ombined , To assist the Inagnation in the proper appreciation of its immensity , it may be noted that if Adam-from tue day of his creaticn-abcjut 5,900 years ago-had con- tinuoualy counted silver dollars , day and n.gmt , for every minute of the time that has elapsed to the present day , he most have counted at the rate of over ten per minute to have aggregattd the number f dollars that have pansed through the hands of Mr. Gilpin. Or , were they coined into pennica and strung together to as to touch one another , they would make a string of copper extending into space for a distance of over 31,000 miles. Yet Mr. Gilpln is not a rich man himself , Ho draws a fa'rly good aaiary-$5,000 a rear , henry \\'atterecn writes from Verttailies : "If there Is a bell I have no doubt that Louts Quatorze is serving there now as hih priest of the heating irons , and , as he sits upon a heap of live coais , toasting his feet and lapping - ping his tongue , it may be that-looking out of h's peep hole and seeing theae fc.untains play-he ha changed his mind &omewlat about the divinity of kings. Time should represent the grand monarque as coated on time right band of satan , regnant among ilevlls as he was recoant among moon. an archangel at last , singled out and elevated. though in everlasting fire. lIe earned his listinction , " Not long ago two Englishmen traveling in iwed , . , lost their luggage and as they did ot pcak Stredis'h they were at their tnd to explain the matter. Two young men tnally came to their rescue and politely isked in English if they could be of any tssistance , 0mm explaining their situation he young men prom ceth to telegraph for the est goods and made an appointment to meet it the same place tue followIng day. The ppontment % sas duly kept ; the luggage duly Ieiivered-mhe Englishmen , full of gratitude , touring out their iti.nest thanks to thetr umi- nown friends. "Do you know whom you are banking ? " said one of them with a endie. 'No , sir ; we wkth we did , ' "Well , then , per- tans you wll ! like to know. I am Prnce ! ) ccar of Steden and this is my brother , Eu- cite , " _ - p EDIS0s : 'iii. Ios' Site' Almis ( lie E1'i rio \'IzimrmI imm ills lmerimmmt-mt is , Mrs. Thomas A. Edison has always been l full sympathy with her husband's work , nd Is supremely happy over the wonderful Uccess he has attained in the field of cience , She is at once a loving mother nfl affectionate and tiutiful wife , and a elpmnate. She reigns queen of the Edison alace in Lieweli'n park , while her lmu- I amiti wields the magical wand of genius in Is laboratory at Orammge , N. .h She often lsits hilt ) at his laboratory , even assisting mu in his experiments. On some occa- ons when be baa retmmainetl In his work- ) om for days at a time , delving into the onderful laws of nature. anti seeking to pply them to his purpose , she has stayed ith him the entIre time , sleeping on a cot ear his workbench. This is the only kind r a woman that could live happily with dison. or any other genius ; and that isle lo the only kind of a woman that is a iltabie and agreeable wife to a man whose fe is a slave , or rather a tool , to science. If women generally evidenced more real in- rest n their husband's employmentou. de of the numnber of dollars he can invest gowns and bonnets and house furnish. ga-there would be less differences in dmiions as to iietber marriage is a failure . a success , Mrs. Edison was a Miss iiler , an Ohio girl , the daughter of a ecbanician and engineer of somne Inventive nius. It Is quite apropos to state that rom Edison" is also a Buckeye , lie was rn at Milan , Erie bounty , 0. , February ' 1817. liii znotlmer was a sensible , agree- ile and well-educated woman , anti his ther was a village jack-of'ali-tratie. , earn- g a living by doing odd jobs for neighbor. g farmers , Edison's entire school life mounted to two months , Ills biographer rites ; "Whatever else he knew as a boy learned from his mother. " Edison's first wIfe waa a bright 11th. . omce clerk , whom he admireh , proposeil to and married , all within about three days. St'lisIdtutu % 'milte , ' . , of the Glt.NI ) TItINK R.ILVt'A't' SYSTEM is said to be the handsomest train ever nut imi eomtmnissiot ) by any ralhroati. It leaves Chicago Wednesday afternoons at 5 o'clock , commencing June 24th. and makes tile round trips. L. R. MorrJw , City Ticket Agent , 103 Clark St. , Chicago , will be glad to tell you all about it either personally or by mail , LAlOlt .tNl ) i.\iUS'VItY , Expert lithographers in San Francisco are paid t0 a week. Owners of restaurants in the business district of Detroit organized and abolished the 25-cent meal. The Ohio law commandIng labels on prison-made goods has already caused the failure of one contractor. The cigar-making machine now in use in I3inghamnton , N. Y. , Itirns out 3,500 cIgars a day and requires three operators at & 0 cents a day. Eleven men are displaced by one plachine. Silesian glass % 'orks are turning out glass bricks which are very strong and not cx- pensive , Walls constructed of these bricks will transmit light freely , yet are not so transparent as to he seen through. Inlmiligration is now almost as great as at an ) ' time in the history of the country , upwards of 2,500 a day landing at New York , a large majority of whom are Italians. The class is much below formner arrivals , and as high as SS1 have been barred and sent back in a single day. In harmony with the agreement of the Western and Pittsburg Glass Manufactur- era' association. all the factories in the country shut down last week for an indefi- nIle period. The suspension will last three months , perhaps longer. and will affect .000 glass workers , Not long ago the Shakers of Lebanon , N. Y. , had occasion to rent a building in Now York in which to seli their products. The owner of the building naturally inquired - quired into their financial standing. lie found that the community was worth about $15,000,000 , investeth in first class securities When a stranger visits the anthracite regions of l'enmmaylvania he Is filled s'ith sympathy for the poor Italian and Slav. sa's Henry Iiooti in The Forum. lie con- alders the American rcsi'lent heartless in the extreme. lie is amazed at the way foreigners are regard.tl. But a single year spent in that land will show him the truth , no matter how tender hearted he is. lie vlli then know that disgust should take the place of sorrow. lie sees a thousand idle Americans and a like number of for- ctgnera slaving for eighty and ninety cents a tiny. lie sees the Americans sending tleir children to school , supporting churcha , living in decent houses , trying to be cleanly , anti to wear presentable clothing , He also sees the scum of Europe taking the place of the former , content to swarm in shanties like dogs. to contract scurvy by a steady tiiet of the cheapest salt pork , to stifler sore eyes and bodies rather than buy a towel anti washtub ; to endure typhoid fever rather than undergo the expense of time most primitive sanitary apparatus. . l'.ili'it H'I.t'i'Hl ) lmi'l'lS'i'Y ( , SI r.'et Cit r 'mtmiml Imetor ' , 'x'li Iie'it misc tlti- ? , imiim ImisistI t'IItpii I'gt , It isn't often that honeaty is reiiikci , but such nfl unlieartl-of thing happened the other tilt ) ' % stmt're so many minhearti-of things are niva's hatneilitlg-on a trolley cur. A man got Omi a Market Street car at Tlmirfrenth strec't , sa'tt a St Louis cx- change , 1k' took from his llock't a 5-cent Piece amId held it in his Imaild for tue con- d Oct or. Iltit the eontlmn'tor didn't coma for it. Maybe he had Hot set-ti th pas-nger get on. At tiny ratt' tht' ear renelieti Third street , and still mitt' honest itian held the nickel Ii ) his itunil. At tin' next corner he got off. As lie rc'ached the platform he quietly slipped his fare into the conductor's bitt titi. The latter se'rneti annoyed. lie had al- reatly fixed up his hook ( or the trip. " % % 'hy t1itlnt ) 'OU flut it in your pocket ? " he said to the lmaSsL'tmg'r , bolt itmigrily. With a crestfallen look the passenger replieti that the next time he would , . - - A ilomms.-lsuld ' n-fish re , I ) . 'IV. Fuller of Canajoharie , N. Y. , sa'e that he always keeps Dr. King's New Discover - cover ) , in the hou- and hits fmiiy has always - ways found the Very best results follow U.s usa ; that he would not be without it , it pro. curable. 0. A. Dykeman , drugizt , Catskill , N. Y. , says that lr. ICing's New Diecovery is undoubtedly the best cough remedy ; that he has usd it in hi family for eight years and it has never failed to do all that is claimed fer It. \'by not try a remr.edy i long triedband bated ? Trial bottle free at Kuhn & Co.'a drug store. Regular size , SOc and $1.00 S The dancIng man is a luxury at fashionable summer resorts wh ch Is beccming more and more rare every sean , and the landlord who can advertise the required quantity of tlJI. , de'irahie article has a financial success assured - sured in advance , Dancing is such a lot of Use'ess exertion to the modern young man ( axed to the Utnlott wIth all sorts and condi. tiorm , of athletics , To be , 'ure be can st : up until morning drinking whisky anfi sola , de' your no end of champagne suppers , antI tlay bali , tennis , and ride , row , and run until it iii a wonder that he lives at all , but dancing -well , that ii too laLer ous for his phycicai being , and altogether too frivolous for his superior ideas ut amusement. , Brokois aiid ScuIators t Have 'ou real the B'-ia s of the NEW CONC - C SOLIIAT13I ) PROLiUCI2 AND STOCI' 13X- CIiANQI ! ? They offer a.lvantages to you never accorlel molts patrons by an e hange before. Non-reclentmembersTliADE'tS'ITlOm } TCOM k" MiSSION through salarici anl bonJe4 hrokers , Write for'nforinatlon. Consolidated Produce and Stock Exchange , Consolidated Exchanle Bldg. Chicagolll. . I LST ANHOD ! I f you are sufTcring from the effecms of yOuthIuI rolmyortho exceises of maturer - - ycart , reauItmmi in nervouness , nigbtIy F iosseswati parts , iack of memory 500 general tiebitimated condition , icrlte me I . and i it' ii ho happy to mali you in plain envelope. the rectpe that complemeiyeuretl Lao of a case of many years' ctan0ln. I want NO i'A % being 1ad to help mr fel- iow-manhibiaatlliction. Correeponilenco . C. L. NEWLAND , DoxSi. Kalamazoo , Mich. , . _ - . - - - - - - , ' \e men ! the msrvelou , French Si t P-l flimedy CALTHOS rr- , nri , t - en i. legal gusrsntremhsttALTIosciii ! l" sTOP' nmchMme.tF.mi"ton. . , 11 BE - - ctIt : Mrmuiorhrv V.i'toele P K. nd ItITOflr ICor , ' ) I'- ' ' t')1Ai I''se:1ondavj'ta1ufiea , 1ll.M Allr.VON MOIIL CO. , - r.i si Ag.t. . Uaei.U , Okk , PATRONIZE tJ'Mra ' 1DUSTRIES I ' fltim'tlI1ISlig goods mmmdc S 5 at tht. fllowimig Ncbras- kit f.m Ct Oi'iCS , I I 3'OII CIII- riot find sslmtt you % 'nnt , COmilIflhuiicatC % 'itIi time c , IimfltI fmmctmmrcm's as to v ii U t deulem's hlalidIC tiicii' - - - - goods---- IIAGS , IIUIILAI' AND TWINE. itiiis : OM.tII.i. iitt ; co. Manufacturers of all kinds of cotton anti bur. iamt bagr' , cotton mtour sacks and twine a wpeo- ! ! ! _ ' CIi-6l&-ClS S. 11th Ht. I3FtE\S'EIIIES. O.iAlA IlltlIi'1NG ASSCi'I'iN ( ) ( , ( 'ar load shipments made In our own refrig. crater ears. titue itttton , Elite flapirt , Vienna flxm'rt anti Family , ' , delivered to alt mails FLOtYlt. S. Manufatiurer of Gold Medal Flour. C. E. Itlack , Manager. Omaha. IRON WOItKH. i'r-is ; : & - C'GII.L lltON ' % % 'OItlCS , I mu a mmd lirnss [ 'aim mmmIcrs , Manutactureis and .litbera of iitachInry Germ. , 'rai r'pairlng a sI"-Clalt' . 1501 , 1503 and 1105 Jackson bIrIeI , Omaha , Neb. lNII'S'i'ltIAI , IRON W'OihiS , Manufacturing tnti repairing of all kinds o moariminery , engines , pum1 , elevators , printing mreat'ea , , hangers , sltafmin and couplings. I4'G an , . ! lieS liowarii $ t. , Omaha , I'.tX'I'OX & ' % 'llIJt I.ING lItON Manufacturers of Archltevutrai iron \'ork , ( tenprul Foundry. Machint. and Jttaeksmimh work , Ingtat'ers and ( 'onmraciors for lire I'rc ( ilutid- Ings. 011k. ' mind works : U. 1' . ly. and tka 17th street , Omaha. \S'AT(21i. I1Iti' SEIIViCII , - _ A31 ili lC.t ? lIS'i'IIIC'I' 'l'HlEGIItl'II. The only p'r'tect Iromrcmtun to pr'tperty Exam. In , ' It. It'st thing on eault , Iteduree insurance rait's. Del Douglas stret. siiiivr c'roitts , J , II , COMI'tNY , lIxelusi'e cu.atoni shirt tailor , , 1516 l"an'iam. - _ * AWNINGS. 'OLP ImlIOS , . % C'O , Manufaturcrs of tents , awnings , tarpulmans , flags , banners anti streamers. 'I'INTI4 FOR IIINT. ' 'J3'1tG l3'iutli lflsmteath street , Omaha , Net' . llectrotypItig and Stereotyping pea TIlE TaAbw. i'laL. . m545 b5 ss sri noted for their iul'siur Snub aui Fi'tatleg quimli , , igUIIrnti'i , tlrit.dioa urk. J'rooit srylcs an : c4nunsble chsrtj. . . ' , VrIt. fur . .Iiwst.s. Ssnd ( ni on. of uur httet ( 'ut c&tioiti. , ' , . OltEAl' % t'EtTE1 $ TYI'i I"OUNUIIX. UUUows4 bt.OLAiL.8j'xa , . - _ - .