7 T THE MOTHER-HEART. About Iho weary mother-feet Stayed ruddy children blossom-sweet. Anoa their grimed hunds plucked her skirts, , , Begging htr kisses for their bur; And oil, ns walling bade hor hiilt, fUw found tho selfsame lnd nt fault A ceaseless worry to the rest; Tat still she loved her Bad Hoy best la riper yenrs, when nt her feet children clustered blossom-sweet, When far and near her broken brood Hai broadrnst borne tho bond of blood, ram, 'mid the others' cheering news. Tidings that set her henrt a-brulse Despoiling her of pence and rest: Set still she loved that Bud Boy best O.' mother-heart, thy mystery tlnaolred to end of time Bhnll be! But aome day, when life's sands shall flow T their conclusion, we shall know. od. on His love-bnllt throne nbove, Tmm whom romes all the mother-love With which this grntoful world la blest Ha willed she love her Bad Boy best. Woman's Home Companion. The Flood and What it Brought By Arthur B. Rliinow. : ; : : ? The Ohio rose at tlio rate of three Inches an hour wlillo the little tribu tary rushed into the broad stream like torrent. The old man on the dock jf the shanty boat scnnned the horl on for a rift. After a brief examina tion, however, he shook his head. . "Looks like It's going to keep It up for some time yet," he grumbled in a Jeep voice. ' "'Over there in the enst,,,the clouds io not look quite so dark, father," re plied the girl sitting at his tide. (She seemed strangely out of place on the Id boat. So did her father, who could not altogether disguise the refinement jC former days. They had taken refuge an th is houseboat because their lit tle farm was flooded. "We were poor before, Nora, he again broke the silence; "hut now we are homeless. We'd have been drowned like rats. If It hadn't been for old Joe getting us." The old man stared at tho relentless current as he spoke. Every word seemed to be uttered with: a attain, Nora regarded him with filial solici tude, as she pushed back her chair so to be better sheltered by the awn ing. Her eyes were filled with tears. Old Joo was strumming his banjo, tie was oblivious to all danger. He was not afraid of getting wet. To the accompanying splash and rush of rain and river, he hummed and strummed Ills favorite melodies. The selections were rendered with such pathos, and Such a difiplny of uniqueness In Improv ing the original tunes, that the girl could not help smiling. But when he drifted Into "Old Kentucky Home," she trembled and quickly glanced at her lather. Ho looked very sad ns he sat there dreaming, his foot beating time to the Id air. The song was ended with a line flourish, and Joe rose to go Into the cabin for a nap; but the expres sion of grief did not fade from the mans' old face. "Yes," he growled, "my old Ken tucky home." "Look at those I033 drifting down," Nora remarked as sprightly as her tears would permit. He did not look. "The Idea of cheating a man out of his old home stead, and by his old comrade, too," lio muttered. ' "Surely, father, the east is growing much brighter." "Driving an old man from his home, Because he's lost a scrap of paper." We shook his fist, rose and stepped iout from under the canvas, regardless of the rain. The girl constrained him to come tack, but she could not prevent his hot words. "And I can swear I paid every cent of it," he continued. "That sickly pol troon knows it, too. I hate him; him and his whole family; he's a liar ' "Father," she pleaded," "perhaps he Is far less happy than you know. Be tides, he is sick. And then, you know George is different; he always was good to us." 'She did not look at her father as she made the last remark. "How can I care for the son of the van who has wronged me as that scoundrel did?" the father roared. ' They were silent He scowled as tifi thoughtof the past; she smiled ss she dreamed of the future. , After a while, Nora suddenly Jumped up and Intently gazed at an bject which was being swiftly borne down the smaller stream. -"A boat, father," she exclaimed. "Look at that boat! I believe it is in danger of being upset by thelogs." The father looked, quickly rose to lis feet, and took in the situation with eyes that age had scarcely made less keen. - , "The fool has lost his oars," he Buttered. "If the logs hit him, his aobby boat will surely keel over. Seems to me I know bim; do you?" As be turned to the girl, he say that tie color had left her cheek. "It's George, father!" she cried, as le steadied her. "Don't you know The father looked again, just in )me to see the boat capsize. He had jeeogntzed the face, however, and a grim determination took possession of Ills heart This was the chance for seveirge for all he bad suffered. He girl's shriek roused him from k)s indifference. The current will sweep him right fey ear boat, father. Quick, the rope!" The father did not stir. ' The girl dragged the coll to the dee of the deck, but It was a heavy rope, and she knew she could not handle It. "Father," she cried, as she shook htm, "get ready to throw the rope. He'll be hurled against something and sink before h cun make the snore." The old niaa still stood as In a trance. "Father," she pleaded, "If you love me, you must love lilm. Don't you understand?" He started, and gave his child piercing look. Then he Jerked up the rope, whirled It nbove his head, and threw it, just In time for the young man to take hold. It was not hard to draw George up on to the deck. He was not a very heavy man, and besides, Joe now came to the rescue. When the sheltering canvas was reached, Nora proved that her words had been true. Her father looked on with a strange mingling of hatred and love. When the young man turned to him, however, his eyes flashed defiant hatred. "I came down the stream wllh the Intention of seeing you," George bo gan to explain, "when I found your farm flooded, I Inquired nnd was told you had gone to old Joe's house boat. I suppose you can guess the rest." "What do you want?" the old man growled, looking at his daughter, his only child. Geoi.je drank the hot coffee Nora had quickly prepared for him. "I came to tell you that father died" he answered, "and that ho repented before he closed his eyes. He told me he had suffered a great deal. Ho handed me the receipt, which he had picked up and kept when one day you dropped It. Here it Is; ho told mo to give It to you. And he asked me to beg you to forgive him, and to think of him as he was In the old days." The old man took the paper with trembling hand, and sat down. He could not say a word. George was taken Into the cabin, where he mado the most of Joe's clothes. Presently, Joo came to tell Nora and her father that tho "young feller" wanted to Bee them. Tho old man waved coiiBentlngly at Nora, but he did not go. Bitter and sweet fought a great battle In his heart. When he finally did stand on tho threshold of the cabin, ho overheard the lovers' conversation. "But now I nm a poor man," said George; "do you want a poor man?" The answer was not given In words, although It was distinctly audible. When the old man turned to glance at the sky, ho saw that tho sun was breaking through the clouds. From the Christian Herald. COW AND A GARDEN. Picturesque Features of Old Days at Army Posts. "There is one thing about army life nowadays and since the Spanish war" said an old officer recently, "that seems to be more pathetic than tin ny. When I went Into tho army there used to be company gardens nt every post. There are none now. I haven't seen one since I came homo from Cuba. It Is barely possible that somewhere, remote from tho moro convenient posts, some company hav ing a prospect 'of remaining for two or three seasons lias had the courage to keep up the old custom and planted and hoed its garden. But If there is I don't know where that happy com rany is. This is ono of the things that go to explain the 'something wrong with tho army.' The enlisted man jn the old times was fond of fresh vegetables. Sensible captnins and wise first sergeants got their heads together and laid out a good garden. Men were detailed to plant it and then to hoe it. Company feel ing ran high on the garden question and there were healthful rivalries In in garden making and tilling. The fine potatoes, big Juicy ears of sweet corn, red ripe tomatoes, reverberant onions, toothsome peas nnd beans, and even, 'watermllllons' and canta loupes that the boys used to raise were fit for the gods on Olympus. . "All that Is gone, and with the com pany garden also has gone the com pany' cow andithe officers' cow, too. There used to be a time when the ver iest shavetail who dared to get mar ried kept 8 good cow. Out on the plains there was grass galore. In some western posts you could keep a cow out on public grass nearly every month in the round year. When the word came to prill up nnd move sta tion there was little trouble In selling a good cow, either to the troops who were coming la or to some nearby set tler. In those days we could live bet ter and cheaper and thero was solid satisfaction in producing that part of the table supplies. Now with the In crease of the army since tho Spanish war, there aro too many officers who came from city life and aro as help less as quartermasters and commis saries as babes In swaddling clothes. "The old sergeants are now -fewer and farther between. Flush times and low relative pay give us a rather lower class of men In the ranks, and the old time zeal in garden work is gone. Besides, the prospect of going to Cuba or the Philippines on a week's notice In nildseason crushes out all desire to garden. Then, too, the posts are growing bigger and there U not so much ground available. A good acre of rich western land used to provide fresh vegetables for a com pany. I remember a remarkably fine garden my company had once at Leav enworth, Now there would have to be forty gardens there. Our men In the Philippines do not try to garden. Our vegetables are a delusion there. They start and grow, but do cot pro duce." From the Army and Navy Journal Tha Seasons. When springtime comes a-glnncing, a- pruiu-iiig nnd duncing. It breutheB upon the meadow-lands, unci nmtres them fresh und fair; When birds and bees It's bringing, a- winging und singing, It scatters buds and blossomings and Beauties everywhere; And It's helghho, for u frolicking, when spring is In the ulr! When summer days come, glazy and haxy nnd luzy, Then It's nt the brook or rlver-slde you'll And the urea test fun; For It's In the wnter Hushing, und dash ing nnd splashing. Then out again upon the bank, and drying the Btin. ' Oil, I lie happy, happy holidays when summer is begun! When autumn winds como spying, and flying nnd sighing, Then its nutting time, or squirrels spry will surely get your share, You can hear them go n-scnttering, a- pntleilng nnd chattering, The greedy little follows! There's crumgh nnd Borne to Bpnre. Oh, what merry times n-plcuhklng when autumn's everywhere! When wlnterflnnws enmo sifting nnd lining nnd drifting, Then ll's gliding swift ncross the Ice, unheeding slip or full; Or It's down the hills n-post!ng what coasting nnd boasting! And then some fort bombarding with the snowv cannon-ball. Oh. hero's three cheem for winter, 'tis the jnlllest of nil! Maud Osborne In St. Nicholas. The Gander and the Cow. A gander on a farm nt llolbeach, Lincolnshire, in far-away England, has made a friend of n cow, nnd follows It to the field every morning. When It conies up to be milked the gander conies, too: Twice every dny this queer couple can be Been going through the town of llolbeach. Tho men In charge of the cow have tried to drive the gander back, but It refuses to go, and If shut away from It, manages to obtain Its liberty and seek out Its companion. Phllaodphla Record. The Boy Who's Loved. How people, says Robert Burdette, do trust a truthful boy! We never worry nbout him when he Is out of our sight. We never say, "I wonder where he Is; I wish I knew what he Is doing; I wonder whom he Is with: I wonder why he doesn't come home." Nothing of the sort. We know he Is nil right, nnd that when he comes homo we will know nil about It and get It straight. We don't have to ask him where he Is going nnd how long ho will be gone every tlmo he leaves the house. We don't have to call him back nnd make him "solemnly prom ise" the same thing over and over two or throe times. When he says, "Yes, I will," or "No, I won't" Just once, that settles It. Home Herald. The Spider That Goes A-Hunting. Do you know that there is a kind of spider which Bplns no web? It is called the "hunting; spider," and its favorite hunting ground is n sunny wall, because there tho flies are most likely to assemble, and flii3 are a dain ty of which ho Is particularly fond. It Is a most Interesting sight to watch one of these savngo littlo crea tures when In 'search of a dinner. It prowls nlcng Just llko n littlo lion un til It catches sight of n fly. Then there Is a moment's pause, while tite cplder looks carefully over the ground, as If deciding the best course to take, os soon as Its mind is made up on this point, it pulls itself together and rushes on its prey so quickly thnt the poor little fly does not even know It Is In danger until It Is actually In the enemy's clutches. Home Herald. "Billy Bowlegs." You remember the old chief of the Seminole Indians, Micnnopy, and how Osceola sent him to waylay and fight Major Dade and our soldiers In the first real battle of that Seminole war? MIcanopy had with him nt that time his young grandson, who was about twelve years of age. This boy rode a small Florida pony on that eventful day, and when the battle began he led his pony behind a clump of earth and grass, called a hummock, and stretching the lariat, a Blender hair rope, on the ground, tho pony under stood that ho was meant to, stand still. Then the boy took his bow and, stringing an arrow ready for use, lay down In the tall, thick prairie-grass near MIcanopy. I suppose this boy's real name was CIcanoupito for that means the grandson of MIcanopy in Spanish but he began when ho was so very young to ride astride big horses, and on top of such large bun dles, that It made his legs crooked, and his father, who knew a very little Spanish, nicknamed his Plernas Cod vas, meaning bowlegs. When he grew up. Natto Jo, a man who was part Indian end rart negro, called him Guillermita las plernas corvas, mean ing to say little William Bowlegs; but when Natto Jo came Into camp, and spoke of him by that name, the soldiers asked what it meant and turned for themselves Into Billy Bow legs. Billy Bowlegs was thirty-two yenrs old when he first led his warriors Into battle. About 350 Seminolcs refused to go West when most of the Creek Indians went to live in Indian Terri tory after Osceola died, and it was these who followed Billy Bowlegs. He was a full-blooded Seminole, a perfect marksman, and his powers of endur ance were as remarkable as bis abil ity to appear and disappear In the most unexpected manner. This was possible because be was so well ac quainted with the Everglades, and never went very fur from that region. The Everglades Is the name given to a large shallow lake In Florida, about 1 GO miles long by sixty miles wide. It contains many Islands, some large and gome small, but all covered with trees. The whole Is very marshy and full of the inter twined roots of tree trunks. Long streamers of moss hang from the trees and while the Indians In their light canoes could push among the vines and thickets so that no trace or sign of them could be seen by a white man, it was impossible for the soldiers to follow them on horseback or on foot, for the water was up to a man's waist. The Indians hid their women and children in these Ever glades, and scouts sent to hunt found no trace of them during a search of weeks nnd even months. From Major Gen. O. O. Howard's "Famous Indian Chiefs" In St. Nicholas. Lady Betty. Lady Betty was n pretty littlo grey squirrel, with a bushy full and bright bluck eyes. Her home was in tho apple-tree ut the foot of the yurd. No body even knew that Betty lived In the old-apple tree until one morning she took It Into her little hend to call upon her neighbors. Auntie saw her scampering along the picket fence, and, softly opening the window, so as not to alarm tho little Btranger, she threw out a handful of nuts. Betty was bo surprised that she stood still a moment, wondering whether It would be safe to come .down from the fence or not. Since nil wn3 quiet, and the little creature saw nothing to alarm her, she sprang lightly to the ground, nnd was soon seated comfortably on her haunches nibbling the nuts, which she held In her fore paw. It was a pretty Bight, and auntie called to Harold nnd Gertrude, who lived upstairs, to como and Bee the little visitor. Gertrude got there Just In time to see Betty, with her little cheeks puffed out, scurrying to her home In the old apple-tree. Harold was disappointed because he did not see her, but auntlo said, "She will come ngain; for,' don't you see, she Is carrying nuts home to her little fam ily, and she surely will remember and come back for more." Tho next morning nt nbout the same hour tho children, who were on the lookout for her, saw the little gray pquirrel running along the fence, on top of the pickets, which Beemed ns easy to travel as a road. She stop ped at the same place, and this time, when the window was softly opened, showed no desire to run away. Harold threw n nut quite near to the window, nnd the little creature came bravely over nnd, ns Gertrude said, "picked It up nnd held It In her little hands." while she nibbled the sweet meat, throwing the shells on the ground. Auntie nnd the children tried to coax her nearer, but her courage was not quite equnl to thnt. However, It did not take many days before she learned to trust her new friends so well that she would climb up on the window sill, by means of Iho water spout near by, olid wait until some ono brought nuts. She never failed to carry some home to her children, nnd Gertrude nnd Harold wished there were windows In the old apple-tree so that they might Bee what was go ing on Inside. One morning, while the children were at breakfast In their dining-room Betty suddenly appeared, running along the piazza roof, just outside the dining room windows. She came brave ly up to one of the windows and looked In, as If to say, "Have you any nuts for me?" You may be sure it did not take Harold and Gertrude long to find the nuts,, and Betty was soon nibbling as contentedly as though it were a com mon occurrence to climb piazza roofs. When she had finished her break fast, the children watched curiously to see how Bhe found her way down, but it was a very simple matter. At the end of the piazza stood a trellis made from a tree, closely trimmed, and' this made a fine ladder for the little squirrel. Lady Betty Is still living, and makes her daily trips on her highway, while tho children watch for her coming. Sometimes, when she appears, there is a dog or a cat in the yard. Then Betty goes swiftly along, as though she would say, "No, thank you, I can't stop to luncheon today, for I have very Important duties to attend to." So she hurries on her w.ay lest a Btop might be a very serious matter; for squirrels, as well as children, have to watch out lest an enemy catch them unawares. Helen Clifton, In Kinder garten Review. The King's Writing Desk. King Edward carries at one end of his gold albert a gold key, which opens his private writing desk, and there is no duplicate. All state pa pers, however, are kept In dispatch boxes until transferred to the safes In the secretariat, and of these the keys are kept by Lord Knollys. When his majesty has quitted his personal apartment, no servant Is allowed to enter until an assistant secretary has destroyed the contents' of the waste basket, the blotting pads,' and even the printed wrappers of newspapers received from every capital in Europe. Tlt-Blts. THE SIMPLE Lire. I long to lead the simple life i'ur from tiio city s nolBe, And- free 1 1 0111 worldly cure und strife. Bring up my guls und buys. Removed from city smoke und dia I'd live but 1101 so far 1 could nut easily run in In a speedy touring cur. A tiny lilt 111 I tulii would buy, I Cosey and snug und ncut, Whose guldens utwuys could supply I Delicious things to eut. A cottnga 'nenth some spreading tree Where robins build their nests, With room for all the family And say a dozen guests. A few choice books of highest rank (Homo of the lighter sort), A billiard hull, a swimming tank, An indoor tennis court. Of horses eight or ten would be Enough for every need; Of sleudy hunters two or three And Just a few for speed. ('Twould not be wise to be without A motor cnr. of course; A neat substantial runabout Might save nn extra horse.) Bo, dally gaining strength and health, With children dear und wife, Content to leavn the race for wealth, I'd lead the simple life. Borne dny I'll own a fnrm like that, But not Just yet, I fenr. Meanwhile I occupy my flat. bix Hundred plunks per year. Puck. Nan Yes, Harold proposed last night but he did it so awkwardly. Fan He always docs. Chicago Trib une. " 'Rastus, does yo' nex' do' neighbor keep chickens?" "Well er-huh-huh! He keep ez many ez he kin. Yassuh!" Cleveland Leader. BInks Is Jenkins the kind of a man - ll f .1 1 1 1 nlnnj .... - I.I. r .. I -..!-. dluuu up 1UI Ills II I. HUB f Banks Yes, Indeed anywher except In a street car. Judge. I "Was that picture you Just sold a genuine work of art?" "No," answered the dealer, "but the story I told about it was." Washington Star. I Mrs. Rivers "The De Styles are go ing to take a flat. Mr. River3 You ! don't tell me! What will become of their family skeleton? Puck. Doctor Now, my boy, show me your tongue. That's not enough. Put it right out. Small boy I can't 'cos It's fastened at the back Punch. I Teacher What is an excuse, Willie , Wise? Willie Wise An excuse Is some thing you can't think of when you want It Philadelphia Record. "Everybody is anxious to know the truth," remarked the morallzer. "Yes," rejoined the demoralizer, "but every body Isn't anxious to tell It." Chlcaog Daily News. Patience Brazil will soon bs able to raise all the rice needed for home consumption. Patrice What's the matter? Marriages falling off over there? Yonkcrs Statesman. "Mucker!" snapped the beginner at golf, "If you don't quit laughing at my game I'll crack you over the head." "Go'on!" yelled the tough kid. "I bet yer wouldn't know w'at club ter do it wid." Philadelphia Press. "That was a remarkable feat of Washington's In throwing tho dollar across the river." "Yes, but he had an advantage over present-day athletes." "How so?" "It's much easier to throw a coin than a clearing house certifi cate." Cleveland Plain Denier. ' Church The sperm whale can re main below the surface for abo:tt 20 minutes at a time. Then it comes to the surface, and breathes 50 or CO times. Gotham I giies-a the sperm whale could get along in the New York subway all right, then! Yonkcrs Statesman. "Speaking of marriage," observed the Cynical Bachelor, "the longer a man Is married " "The happier he is," broke in the sweet young thing. "I was going to Bay," resumed tho Cyni cal Bachelor, "that the longer he Is married the less he seems to mind It" Philadelphia Record. Lawyer So you want a divorce from your wife because she throws things at you, eh? Client Nothing of the kind. She's too smart to throw things at me. Lawyer But I thought Client (lnterruptlngly) She invariably throws things at the dog, but she al ways managed - to hit me Chicago Dally News. "You will admit that many a multi-millionaire's heart is In the right place." "Hadn't thought of the mat ter," answered Mr. Dustln Stax. "There is so much anxiety to get mon ey invested in the right place that the location of a njan's heart does not seem to be a matter of much conse quence." Washington Star. Arizona Dislikes Children. "Talk of children not being wanted in New York apartn.ents!" exclaimed a city woman who has recently re turned from a two years' residence In souhern California. "Why, Arizona is the worst place in that respect that I have ever happened to visit. You can hardly find' any ono there who will rent you a house If you have children. We tried various towns In' the state, but there was no abiding place open to us becauso of our three little olive branches. "We should have liked to settle in Tucson, but not a landlord would have us. Finally we had to give up and go to southern California, where they are not so hardhearted. Wouldn t you think that a new country like Arizona would be glad to have settlers with children, who would help to build np the region? But It doesn't seem to Tie so. I think somebody ought to call the president's attention to this alarm ing condition of things in one of the newer parts of the Vnlon." New York Times. "Displacement" means the weight of water displaced by the vessel, the weight of water displaced being, of course, the same as the weight of the vessel. The manufacture of rubber from the native guayule shrub has begun In Marathon, Texas. It is estimated that the factory owners control 75 percent of the guayule land in Texas. A cement that will resist white heat may bo made of pulverized fire clay, 4 parts; plumbago, 1 part; iron filings or boring free from oxide, 2 parts;: peroxide of manganese, 1 part; borax, Impart, nnd sea salt, 1-2 part Mix these to a thick paste and use imme diately. Heat up gradually when first using. It Is reported thnt a Glasgow engin eer has produced a small rotary tur bine engine .little more than a foot In diameter, capable of developing 40 horsepower. Only two blades are used. The new turbine is to De fitted on board an experimental torpedo boat, and the Inventor nBserts that it will produce a speed hitherto un known. As a safeguard against defective construction, Plauen, Germany, pro hibits the building of walls and sewers with cement, or using concrete, when tho temperature at 8 a. m. is below 25 degrees F., and with lime at 21 de grees. When freezing delays harden ing of concrete, the wooden frames must be kept In place until the end of cold weather. Julius Caesar, in order to restore the Vernal Equinox to the 25th of March, the place It occupied in the time of Numa, ordered two "extraordi nary" months to be inserted between November and December in the cur rent year, the first to consist of thirty-three and the second thirty-four days. The Intercalary month of twenty-three days fell Into the year, of course, so that the nnclent year of 355 days received an augmentation of ninety days, the year on that occa sion containing In all 445 days. This was called the "Last Year of Confu sion," the Julian year beginning with January 1, B. C, 40. Steam turbines, says a writer in La Nature, have hardly entered the do main of tho practical as a motive power for great ships before they are threatened with the rivalry of gas motor3. Mr. James MacKechnle of Barrow-in-Furness regards recent ex periments a? having demonstrated the practicability of powerful gas motors for ocean going vessels. Among the advantages claimed for gas motors are their more effective transforma tion of hent Into work, their relative lightness and compactness, nnd the absence of cmoko stacks. This last Item Is urged as a matter of prime importance for war ships. ' AMERICA'S PRECIOUS STONES. Turquoises Lead In Numbers Few Opals to Spoil Cur Luck. So far as Is known at present this continent is not very liberally sup plied with precious stones. Statistics In the United States were not gath ered until 1SS9, when the Census Bu- rcau announced nt $1S8,S07 the val ue of tho output of precious stones for thnt year. The latest report on the subject is that of 1902, when the output reached $32!vi50. This does not include the haphazard picking up of stones by stray seekers after them, so that the. real crop of gems Is probably more -important than the figures show. According to the statistics from 1896 to 1902, diamonds were found In only three of those years, 200 in 1899, 150 in 1901 and 100 in 1042, a some what significant decrease. Since that time the alleged Arkansas dia mond field has come into notice and the leading Item of the list will again have figures instead of the single word "none" set opposite it. Most of the precious stones report ed have weird and unheard of names, such as prehnite and diopside. But in the number found turquoises lead the rest with 120.000 reported. Next come sapphires, 115,000 of which were found In 19u2. There were 30,000 tourmalines, 1. 200 crystal quartz specimens and even 2,000 anthracite ornaments were found worthy to be Included In the report. There were 1,000 emeralds and 4,000 beryls, but the sad state of the epl dote and the diopside hunters may be inferred from the fact that the discoveries of these stencs fell from 230 in 1S9C to none in 1902. Neither, alas, were there any prchnites - or utaMites. No wonder this is a lucky country If wearing opals has anything to do with it. In 1902 only fifteen were found, and during the three preced ing years we apparently sported none at all. . At least none was discovered in our possession. New York Sun. A Tpie Story of Gamblers. "Friday, the 13th!" He looked den- antly at the date the unlucklest date of the year! He walked out of his house No. 13 and under all the lad ders he could find. He read his paper again, and picked out a horse 8st 13 lb. and placed 13s. 00 it At his restaurant he picked out a table with twelve other diners. Later on he opened an evening paper. His horse had won at 25 to 1! London News. 1
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