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rpjiE FKKEMAN U the lanreit paper In Nortb
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INDICATIONS.
I know bo likes me; not by by
And tender amilea or look carossina.
I know It, yes.
By his unpleasant manner; by
ilia new found, dreadfully distressing
Awkwardness.
lie who was tranquil, debonair.
Was dexterous-tongucd, carelessly cheerful.
Was blithe and bold.
Sits with a dull and vacant stare:
Smiles in a gloomy fashion fearful
To behold.
tTtters h who was frolicsome
Such, heavy, vapid things as nof
Spake he before;
Stammers and blunders ; or is ilumt
Long periods. He who was clever
Is a bora.
Thinks not ot what he wears, although
Dapper of yore; is all but dowdy;
Seeks no ezcusa
For hair too long, collar too low,
HM too antique he who was proud, ba
Who was spruce!
Dismal he Is, and fail and meek;
Timidly lets his plain, his many
Chaucvn klip by;
He who was dauntless dare not speak
One trifling- word. Nor does he can ho
See that I
I know he loves inn. And som da;
I shall have hardily eonfekMd it
Tenderly, too;
I hhall avow tho slmplo way
Tell him bow easily I miossod it--How
I know!
Emma A. Op per, la Judfe,
WHICH TOOK HIM?
Ilusband or Son-in-Law, the
Widow Must Have Her Piquet.
Mr. Vincent, widowed and wealthy,
looked haiiKhtjr and flVrce.
It was threo o'clock in the afternoon,
ami the .sun took the liberty to intrude
through the window into tho library,
furnished in pnrplo leather and walled
witli lxH.ks, which had hail a pretty
cotiiplcto rest for the ten year that the
late Vincent had been in his grave.
Mrs. Vincent sat and glared.
Her dark, prominent and wrathfnlly
astoni:.hcd eyes had for their tarjfet a
youiifj man. in whose barinjf appeared
a singular mixture of deference and de
fiance. Ho, on his part, saw before him a
lndy under fifty, ltit not far. The lips
were yet full and red, and her figure,
though ample, still retained agreeable
lines. If her hair was white, the black
eyebrows held their color and empha
size! the air of command Ui which the
Roman contour of the nose most con
tributed "Well. I never!" she cried, slapping
down a pack of cards on the table.
The man smiled slightly.
A young man, with curly brown
hair, cheerful, bine eyes, up-twisted
mustache and a firm chin a fre.sh,
alert, compact, healthy young man.
whose loose, elegant costume proved
that he understood how to achieve that
careless grace which so charms women.
An intelligent young man with cynical
confidence in his smile.
He stood unfrigLtened. just the sort
of young man who should not 1h what
he wan-secretary to a mature Cali
fornia street widow of spotless reputa
tion and large means.
"Well, 1 never!" the lady exclaimed.
The younjj inun spoke resolutely:
"Xo, Mrs. Vincent; I shall play
piquet with you no more. Piquet is a
good enough game, and I am not averse
to it in reason. But I object to piquet
in the forenoon, in the afternoon, and
in the evening, six days in the week.
I confess I'm tired of piquet."
"In that case, and because of your in
solence," said Mrs. Vincent, with cold
deliberation, "you may consider your
self discharged," Mr. Middles."
'Very well, ma'am." And he turned
toward the door.
"Mr. Middles!"
lie halted, his hand on the portiere,
and faced alxut-
Sh.! placed her glasses on her modi
fied IJoman nose, viewed him steadily,
an 1. toying with the cards, inquired:
"Would an increase -of salary be any
inducement, sir?"
"Snt" -
"Then go!"
lie bowed and disappeared.
He hand sought the bclL Jeames, la
livery, lntU imported from London, re
sponded. "Hoggins, Mr. Middles is in the halL
Sny to him that I wish to see him."
The secretary returned, overcoat on
arm, hat in hand.
Mrs. Vincent threw herself back in
her chair, and, clasping her plump,
white hands above her head, saiL, in
the conciliatory tone of the negotiator:
"Mr. Middles, let us not aot hastily.
I acknowledge that I cannot well spare
you. Next to myself you are the best
piquet-player this side of New York."
"I know it, Mrs. Vincent. Indeed, I
play better than you.
"You do not!"
"I dL"
His frozen calmn ess cowed her.
There was feeling; in her words that
followed:
"You loved my husband, did yon
not?"
"I did. He was a father to me. I
owe my education to him, and and "
"All that you are."
"Which is not much, Mrs. Vincent
"He was your benefactor, and you
loved hirn, yet you refuse so little a
thing as to play piquet with your bene
factor's widow."
"I do. llratitude has its limits."
"Evidently. You will not humor an
old woman's weakness and lighten the
burden of her loneliness?"
"I will not. Kesides, it is no a weak
ness, but a disease, this insanity for
piquet. Moreover, you are not old. On
the contrary, Mrs. Vincent, you are
still a charming woman, and by with
drawing yourself from the world, and
giving yourself over to cards, you
wrong yourself. ..Worse than that, you
fail in your duty to your daughter, who
has the life of a nun."
"That is nothing to you, Birl"
"True."
Again he moved toward the door.
"Will nothing," asked tke lady, in
alarm, "induce you to sit down to a
jume with me just one?"
"Nothing that you would give, Mrs.
Vincent."
"I'ooh! Ym know very well that
I'll give anything you ask. I can't do
without 3-ou. What is it you want?"
"Yourself."
"Eh? You mean "
"That neither as secretary, protege,
nr friend shall I play piquet with you
again. As j-our husband, I will."
"(iod bless my soul!"
To no woman unburied can an offer
be cither long surprising or disagreea
ble. It was with warmed cheeks and
softened eyes that the widow said:
"Do I understand that that you
you love me, Krnst?"
Mr. Middles bowed, but averted his
glance.
isho sighed and murmured:
"Ah", 1 am rich."
"Precisely, Mrs. Vincent. You are
rich, you love to play piquet, and I am
ihe best player on the Pacific const. If
fou will marry me, I will play; if not,
aot."
"Well?"
"ITnder the circumstances, I do not
see that more can rationally be said."
"Cut the cards."
Eighteen, golden-haired, slim, supple,
adorable. Adele Vincent flashed her
scornful eyes on the visage of Mr. Mid
dles, who, undisturbed, sat at ease in
the conservatory.
Mrs. Vincent played solitaire in the
adjoining library, awaiting her atlianced
ami piquet.
"Why, mamma is old enough to be
your mother, Krnst M iddleav"
"I know it."
"Your motive in making this mon
strous engagement must be purely
mercenary."
"Strictly."
" "Anil you feel no shame In making
the admission?"
"None."
"Fauhr
"Thanks."
"For what?"
"For so well expressing my feel
ings." She sank upon a lounge, her pretty
feet crossed, covered her face with her
little hands, and her lovely young body
was shaken with sobs.
"Don't cry," said Mr. Middles.
"I can't help it. Oh, it is infamous!"
"Yes. Still I congratulate myself."
"Congratulate yourself!"
"Enthusiastically. 1 have neither the
brains nor energy to conquer a fortune,
therefore I marry one."
"You can descend to that?"
"I rejoice to find that I can. I am
not the fool that I might be. Many
men quarrel with their luck. I dis
cover that I am too wise for such folly.
Compose yourself, my dear Adela. I'll
be a father to you."
"A father! You are but eight years
older than I. Oh, Ernst, consider. You
have been a sn to mamma and a
brother to me. We have grown from
childhood together. Papa loved you.
Don't. I beg of you, don't make us all
ridiculous!"
"My word is given, Adele, As a gen
tleman, I must keep it."
"A gentleman, indeed! I thought
you a man, with a man's courage, a
man's honor. Oh!"
"Calm yourself."
"Caim myself! You put me to
humiliation and sell yourself and your
talents for "
"The prizes that talent gives take
years of conflict to win. I get the prizes
without the conflict."
"The brave young man who was to
face the world and achieve!"
"I have outgrown the illusions of
youth. Adele."
"And you will marry a woman in
whose crazed sight your chief merit is
your skill at piquet?"
"You have said.
"At least you have the decency no
to pretend that you love mamma."
Love is a luxury, and luxury is not
for the poor. No; 1 do not love your
mother. I love you."'
"Me!"
"I have for years."
" You you never '
"Never told you. Why should I?
Would you share poverty with me,
Adele? Would I, loving you, permit
you? You speak of my talents. I have
tried to use them. They do not exist."
"And you"
"Yes, with my whole heart and soul
Lore you! Uod! It is not in me to ex
press how much!"
I'm very glad to hear it," said Mrs.
Vincent, wholly opening the library
door.
"Mamma!"
"Hem!"
"One word, Ernst Middles. Would
you as Allele's husband, and provi4ed
for, play piquet with me?"
With pleasure." -
"You'd better marry him, Adele, my
child."
"Oli, mamma! after what has hap
pened?" "Come, Mr. Middles, the cards are
waiting."
"Itut I'm neither your husband nor
your son-in-law, Mrs. Vincent."
"So. Adele make up your mind; yes
or no. Evidently it must be one or the
other of us. JVVw, Mr. Middles; piquet,
if you please."
"Not until after the ceremony,
madam." Arthur McEwen, in
gonant.
LOQUACITY OF BARBERS.
The Conversation Dodge Merely Ome mt
the Tricks or the Trade.
"A great deal has been said about the
talkativeness of barbers," Raid a veteran
wielder of razors to a New York Tele
gram man, "but if those who try to be
funny on that subject were better
posted they would find a reason for it
other than the mere loquacity of the
barber. We discovered long ago that it
was infinitely easier to handle a custom
er when we could get him interested in
conversation. This is particularly true
of a nervousor fidgety man, who, if the
operation goes on in silence, becomes
restless and growls at the razor, or ob
jects to the way in which he is being
shaved. The talk takes his mind away
from his face, so that he is often sur
prised to find the work finished when
he thought it had scarcely begun.
"You have probably noticed that a
barber never gets into an argument
with his customer, but that his opinions
veer around like a weather vane to suit
those of the particular man upon whom
he may be operating at the time. The
conversation dodge is merely one of the
tricks of the trade. Customers who
6how by their manner that they prefer
to le alone with their thoughts while
under the razor are never annoyed more
than once by the talkative barber.
'Of course there are a few younger
members of the tonsorial fraternity
who use little judgment in talking to
customers, and no one is more amused
than their fellow-barbers when they get
a wt-bock from some irascible-tempered
victim of their gabble. The facetious
young man who used to put small corks .
in his ears or put on a pair of ear muffs
when he climbed into the barber's chair
seems to have become extinct."
BEING A SWELL.
llo
It Is Possible to Manage It on ..
Smell Salary.
How do I manage to be a howling
swell on a salary of Sl.-.!O0 a year? re
peabnl young Trotter, of the treasury de
partment, to a Washington Star report
er. Why, my dear boy, it's the simplest
thing in the world. I economize on tho
necessaries of life so as to devote my
income as far as possible to luxuries. I
can go without a meal with entire phil
ofcophy, but to forego a cigar when I
want one would make me feel poor and
occasion me corresponding distress.
' I pay Si-50 a week for a comfortable
hall bedroom. I am never there ex
cept for sli-eping and dressing purposes
and it serves me as well as if it were a
palatial apartment. Why should I
squander money in that way? For my
meals I go to restaurants. Washington
has the cheapest eating houses in tho
United States, and I do the thing frugal
ly, without starving myself in tho
least. My annual expenditure for food
and lodging is certainly not more than
$375.
That leaves me a clear for cloth
ing, incidentals and amusements. In
the last category the most expensive
item is a horse. That costs me 320 a
month. It is well worth the money.
lecanse a horse is not only a source of
enjoyment, but an appurtenance most
raxentiaJ to what you eall swellness. I
go to a cash establishment such as are
to be found in every city where, by
paying the money down, I can get my
garments made to order for little more
than half the fashionable tailors' prices.
Ily practicing this method I can dresn
like a lord, including all underclothing,
collars and cuffs, and so forth, on S'HH)
a year. Washing is an extra. For my
neckties I get 1 yards of some thick,
handsome silk, white or blue, and in
duce one of my young lady acquaint
ances to cut the stuff in two length
wise, and hem the cut edges, so as to
make two four-in-hands, which I tie
myself, of course. If you know where
to go for them you can buy the hanil
somest possible patent leather shoes
"ties" for summer use, at S'J-V a pair.
White gaiters do not cost much, and
there are few additions to the dress
that contribute more to a generally
swell effect. The spring overcoat I
have on cost only 9"iG, and you will not
find a more stylish one in Washington.
Subtract for clothing and really
necessary incidentals from and
you find that I hare So0 half of my
entire income to throw away upon
nothing in particular, that is f impor
tance. In summer I have one month's
vacation, which I always spend with
friends in one place or another, so that
the outing costs me very little.
Here it is taken for granted that
youthful beaux are poor, and that very
little is expected of them. Men are so
scarce that they only have to le polite
and presentable in order to find them
selves acceptable in fashionable draw
ing rooms.
If a man would be well dressed, how
ever, it is all important that he should
take care of his clothes. Let him take
off his best things when he gets home,
hang nphis coat and fold up his trousers
on a shelf, with the creases together.
It costs very little to dress well much
less, in fact, than many persons spend
in dressing badly. The thing is well
worth studying. In another way also
it pays to be well dressed. A man who
is so is better received everywhere. His
attire is a letter of recommendation to
strangers, and even his friends cannot
help according him more consideration
on the strength of it,
SPOONS OF BREAD.
How the fterront Staff of IJfe Hervee Two
IurpMA.
Here comes the bread-seller. He bi
one of a large class, and the flat, pancake-like
loaves that he has in his bas
ket show 1kw the lJeyrout people malre
bread. The same flat cake, of varying
size and thinness, is everywhere the
form of bread in Palestine and Syria.
When fresh it is very sweet and palat
able, but when old, much like shavings,
says a traveler writing in St, Nichols..
At some towns in Mount Lebanon the
loaves are baked in circular form,
about two feet across, and almost as
thin as paper. It is related that once a
foreigner, on eating his first meal in
the mountains, took one of these loaves
and spread it on his lap. thinking it was
some new style of napkin. Strange as
this seemed to the Syrian host, we can
hardly be surprised at the mistake, for
to our western eyes this thin, pliable
sheet looks far more like cloth than
bread.
Now, this kind of bread has one great
advantage, in that it does away with
the necessity of using spoons. Those
sitting at dinner tear off a piece from
the loaf, fold it as a cup, and then dip a
portion of food from the general dish in
the center of the table, devouring thus
with each mouthful both spoon and con
tents. The housewives of lleyrout enjoy a
touch of that convenient cooperation
that is proposed by certain reformers of
to-day; not that they take their meals
in palatial public dining-rooms; but they
do have public ovens, thus doing away
with some of the household's "private
gear."
The dough is flattened out into disks
of the proper size, and the boys or girls
of the family put these on trays and
carry them to the nearest oven, where
they are soon baked on the smooth hot
slabs. We cannot stop here to describe
the various and interesting processes of
bread making as they are practiced in
the villages of Lebanon or in the
Iledouin camp. Other things close at
hand crowd upon our attention. .
Don't Like Dtab Wash Inf.
Of the tens of thousands of indigent
Italian women who have come to New
York within the last few years few
have sought to get a living by domestic
service. The fact that they cannot
speak our language makes them un
desirable in households; and, besides
that, they are untrained in such duties
as are' needed by American families
and know nothing of the art of house
keeping in the American way or of
kitchen work and cookery in the
American style. Several New York
families, however, who have procured
Italian domestics, give satisfactory ac
counts of their experiences with them,
rhey say that the Italian young women
ire quick tolcarn.anxious to please and
very sure to b extremely polite, and
that if the mistresses who hire them
will only be patient with them for a
few months they will very likely find
them to be unsurpassed in the perform
ance of the duties of domestic service.
THE HEART'S QUESTION.
"Shall I lovo, or shall I not"
Mused a maid perpb-xed with care;
0, to taste this mystic cup.
Shall I venture, or beware T
"Is there any human love
With unminglcd Ky ropletef
Or Is It not lnloT-mixed
With tho bitter and the sweet r
I have seen a mother's hair
Whiten as the early frost.
All for love; as yet her child.
Was not 'mon( the dead, or lost.
Twss the caro-worm pnawed ber heart,
Lest some dauber tnijut befall:
In her cup of loother-bliss
Was this drop of fretting (rail.
X have known a tender wlfo
Smile and sigh, be calm and start,
As anxiety's hot hand
Held or loosed bur aching heart.
For the warm and loving tie
Seemed not as It once had been;
Jealousy the skeleton.
Slowly mlxeu the worm wood In.
Then I knew two maldons sweet.
One with heart all bruiwd and torn.
While the other wUd w ith love.
Laughs the gaping world to aoorn.
And If all were pure and good.
Pulses heallnir calm and slow.
Still thrre comes a time alasl
Hither one must surely go.
Ah ! metblnks this human love
Slyly dips Its two edg-ed-dart
In some subtle drug of irrief .
Ere It plunge In the heart.
Question doeply. O my heart I
And the answer weih it well;
What the cup of love contains
Only it4-lf can tell.
-Hannah More Kohaus, In Inter Ocean.
A PEACH-STONE CLEW.
It Brought the Murderer of Horace
Tompleton to Justice.
"Five Thousand Dollars Reward!"
This heading of a poster attracted my
attention as I was "wheeling" toward
the place where I purposed enjoying a
needed and hard-earned vacation, and
I stopped to read the poster in its en
tirety as follows:
"The above sum will be paid to anyone wbr
will furnish Information that shall load to tho
apprehension of the person or persons respon
sible for the murder of Horace Tcrapluton,2of
this town, on the evening of August T.
"Sri k.-the or STASDIHll.
Standish. August K ISM."
It was the first that I had known ol
the crime, as those in my vocation sel
dom care to read the criminal news ir
papers, having enough to do with such
things in the regular routine of duty.
I resolved, however, to strive for the
reward, and, changing my course,
wheeled my way to Standish, about
twenty miles distant.
I reached Standish late in the after
noon and in the evening I went to tho
residence of the chairman of the board
of selectmen, to whom I said:
"I am a detective," showing him my
credentials, "and wish to work on the
Templet. n case."
'.'Two detectives are already at work
upon it, and I do not think it necessary
to employ another one," he replied, "at
least not until they have proved them
selves unable to ferret out the crime,"
he aildeiL
"I will pay my own expenses and
charge you nothing for my services un
less they are successful, in which event
the reward of five thousand dollars
shall be given me." I rejoined. "And,"
I continued, "I will not even claim the
reward if the two in your employ base
their operations upon the same clew."
"Cnder those conditions I see no ob
jection to allowing you to do as you
wish,"
Where are your detectives from?" I
asked.
"Albany."
"And their names are "
"Thomas 1 turns and James Perrin."
"I am not acquainted with any de
tectives thus nameiL and, probablv
they do not know of me. So I car
prosecute my investigation without
arousing their suspicions that I am
competing with them, I will assume
the name of William Dean."
So far our conversation had been
carried on while I was standing out
doors. Now he invited me into the
house, and when we were seated I
said:
"Please acquaint me with all the
facts in the case,"
"Mr. Templeton," he began, "was
about forty-five years of ago, the
wealthiest man in the town his native
place universally esteemed by all who
knew him, without a known enemy in
the worhL
"Last Sunday evening his wife, on
her return from a prayer meeting,
entered the library, to find him on the
floor dead, his head in a pool of blood.
"The physician declared that his
death resulted from blows in Dieted
upon his head with a blunt imple
ment in the hands of some unknown
person.
"There had been a heavy shower
early in the evening, and as there
were mud tracks on the carpet in the
library from a window which was un
fastened to the easy-chair which Mr.
Templeton occupied when in the
library, the theory is that the murderer
gained an entrance to and made an
exit from the room by way of this
window while Mr. Templeton was doz
ing, as he was wont to do when alone."
"Will anyone be pecuniarily benefited
by his death?" I inquired.
"The sole heir to his property is his
widow."
"Suspicion attaches to no one?"
'It does not,"
"I presume that I should be per
mitted to visit the library?"
"Certainly. Many from far and near
have visited the scene of the tragedy
out of mere curiosity, and your visit
thereto would be attributed to the
same motive. I will accompany you
there to-morrow morning, where, at the
request of the detectives, everything is
exactly as it was when the crime was
perpetrated."
"Thank you," I said, and, bidding
him "good evening," I went to the
hotel.
The following morning Mr. Ames,
the chairman of the board of selectmen,
and I went to the library of the late
Mr. Templeton, where, doubtless owing
to the earliness of the hour, there were
no other visitors, and I prosecuted a
vigorous examination.
Ten days later, when the other de
tectives had given up the case as
"hopeless, I went to Mr. Ames and
asked:
"About how much is Mr. Ralston, the
cashier of the local bank, estimated to
be worth?"
Some 10,000, I should say," was the
rply.
"He could not easily raise that amount
of ready money?"
"I think not,"
'Mr. Templeton was very method
ical in his business habits, I under
stand." "He was."
"He would not have leen likely to
issue checks without making a note of
them on the stubs in his check-book?"
"No."
"Within the last month Mr. Ralston
has paid out between 'J,000 and 10,000
for stocks and for margins; in the local
bank to-day are checks to a similar
amount bearing the signature of Hor
ace Templeton genuine or forged
none of which are recorded on the stubs
in his check-ljook."
"What!" fairly screamed Mr. Ames.
On the morning of the 11th, in Mr.
Templeton's library," I began, giving
no heed to Mr. Ames exclamation, "I
found what escaped the notice of my
brother detectives a peach stone in a
stove, so moist as to indicate that the
peach from which it came had been
eaten not long lefore.
I liusp-teted that poison had been ad
ministered to Mr. Templeton through
the medium of this fruit and resolved
to base my investigation upon the sup
position that f his was the case.
"The physician to whom I stated my
suspicions reluctantly and secretly re
moved the stomach from Mr. Temple
ton's rntouiM lody. An analysis re
vealed undigested pieces of a peach and
enough prussic acid to kill half a dozen
men.
"I learned that when Mrs. Temple
ton, that fatal evening, left her home
te attend the prayer" meeting Mr. Ral
ston was chatting with her husband;
that the day lefore he had received a
basket of peaches by express; that at
the time of his death Mr. Templeton,
though extremely fond of them, had no
peaches in his house.
"These circumstances led me to in
vestigate Mr. Ralston's pecuniary af
fairs and I discovered the facts which I
have given to you,
"That is all I have to say."
"It is enough," returned Mr. Ames,
trembling like a leaf.
Cashier Ralston was charged with th
murder of Mr. Templeton, arrested and
confronted with the evidences of his
guilt. At first he protested his inno
cence, but his manner, intonation, anc
the expression of his countenance beliec
his words.
Finally he confessed that he hac
caused Mr. Templeton's death, as I had
surmised, refusing to tell where he had
obtained the poison; that he had in
flicted the blows upon the dead man's
head and made the mud tracks on the
carpet to induce the lelief that resulted
from them: that ho th rew the peach
stone into the stove and had no idea
that, if seen, it would be given any
consideration; that, owing to disastrous
speculations, ne was on the verge of
financial ruin and had forged Mr. Tem
pleton's name to a large amount of
paper which he had used as 'collater
al;' that he hnd committed the mur.ler
to prevent the discovery 'f his forg-ries.
He was sentenced to be banged, but
committed suicide before the day -set for
his execution.
I received the 55, 000 reward." Fred
F. Foster, in Chicago News.
SENTIMENT ON WHEELS.
Pretty and Peenliar Vaane for at New
York Truck.
"My Darling."
These endearing words, in bright
j golden letters, stood out in bold relief
on the dashboard of a huge four-horse
truck ia a Inroad way blockade of ve
hicles. They aroused tender memories.
The driver looked as unsentimental as
possible in his coarse raiment and with
his rough manners, but he was not
profane or brutal toward his horses.
Patiently he awaited the loosening of
the jam, while his neighliors filled the
air with curses. Finally, his horses be
coming restive, he climlied down from
his box and soothed them with gentle
words and caresses. Thena bystander
asked why he called his truck "My
Darling."
"Why," he said, "because it keeps
green the memory of my daughter, lit
tle Nellie. She's dead now, but before
she joined the angels she clasped her
hands around my neck and said:
" 'Papa, I'm going to die, and I want
you to promise me one thing, because
it will make me 6o happy. Will you
promise?"
'Yes," I said, '111 promise anything;
what is it?
"Then fixing her eyes upon mine she
said: Oh, papa, don't be angry, but
promise me you'll never swear any
more nor whip your horses hard, and
be kind to mamma.'
"That's all there is about it, mister,
for I promised my little girl I'd grant
her last request, and, sir, I've kept my
word."
Then the blockade was lifted, the big
truckman resumed his seat, dashed a
tear from his eye and was soon lost
in the muddy tide of travel. N. V.
Herald.
Marriage In Heligoland.
The facilities for marriage jn Heligo
land have been greatly curtailed since
it has become a Oerman ptssession.
Among other conditions loth parties
must produce certificates of birth in
order to prevent Jews being married
there. All who are under twenty-five
must produce a legally attested written
consent of parents, or, if these are dead,
a certificate of their death. Willows or
widowers must produce the death cer
tificate of the deceased wife or hus
ban.L and, if they have children, prove
that the property willed to those child
ren is securely settled upon them. The
entire expense of a marriage in the
island is alxmt two hundred marks. In
spite of these conditions marriage in
Heligoland is a much simplerand easier
affair than in (iermany.
An Hilarious Inventor.
A man in Seneca, Mo., invented a
steam catapult which would throw a
five-pound missile a mile. He got to
gether a pile of eight hundred missiles,
put one of them into the slot and
touched the thing off. It landed on the
roof of a hotel and the guests thereof
looked out of the windows in dismay.
They thought for a moment that the
clouds were pelting them with huge
hailstones. Then came another shot,
which struck a poor fellow in the
abdomen and doubled him up in
sta uter, end a moment later another.
The excited people armed themselves
with pistols, shotguns and various other
"weepins" and started for the old mill.
The man was having quite a picnic, but
was at last captured, extinguished and
exteruiinaUd.
NOT HIS WILLIAM.
But lie Didn't I'lud It Out Intll the Lad
Was Kpanked.
There were eighteen men and one
small boy in the Indiana avenue car as
it swung around Lake street on to State
yesterday afternoon. As it turned on
"Madison street the ladies, most of them
fatigued by chasing after spring dress
bargains in the stores, began to file in,
and one by one the men rose and gave
up their seats, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. At Twelfth street there were
twenty-six ladies, one large old gentle
man and the small loy seated, while a
row of uble-liodied citizens developed
their muscles by dangling from the
ends of the straps.
The large old gentleman seemed to
be watching the small loy, but the
small boy was not watching the largo
old gentleman. He sat with his hands
in his pockets, fidgeting upon his scat,
and anon whistling in a penetrating un
dertone. As each lady got in he favored
her with a penetrating stare, which per
formance caused the large old gentle
man to scowl luminously.
At Eighteenth street two more ladies
entered the car, and reached for straps.
The old gentleman instantly rose, and
with a courtly bow surrendered his
seat to the first of the ladies. Then he
looked around for a scat for the other,
and suddenly his eye fell upon the small
loy still seated and contentedly whist
ling softly to himself. A pained expres
sion spread over the old gentleman's
face, and a startled gaze quickened on
the boy's features as a hand, a large,
firm hand reached his arm and a pained
voice said: "William, get up this in
stant and give your seat to the lady.
Great goodness! That I should live to
see a boy of mine sitting and whistling
while a lady is standing! What will
your poor old mother say when I tell
her this? William, I am going to teach
you here and now never to disgruce my
name again."
The small loy listened open mouthed
to the gentle tirade and ineffectually
trying to wriggle out of that firm grasp
now suddenly found himself elevated,
face down, over a large, broad knee.
He had just time to gasp: "I ain't no
boy of yours," when there ensued what
is described as one of the grandest and '
most symmetrical whackings ever ad
ministered in this or any other age.
'during the performance the small boy
ad repeated his original statement
.hree times, in three different keys,
tnd then he was set upon the floor.
The conductor, a man of delilera
tion, evidently, here thought it his duty
to interfere.
'Here:' he said, "you shouldn't lick
that boy if he's no relation to you."
'I never seen hint before," whined
the l)oy.
"What? What?" said the old gentle
man: "docs the young rascal deny his
own father?"
Then he put on his glasses and his ex
pression of astonishment was beautiful
to see.
"Why, bless me," he exclaimed, "why,
I thought it was my youngest boy, Wil
liam. Dear me! 1 hopu I haven't in
convenienced you, young sir; you'll ex
cuse me, won't you?"
PRECEPT AND PRACTICE.
An Old Story- That Has a Moral Kven In
These Hays.
'It happened at Athens, during a
public presentation of a play in honor
of the common wealth, that an old mun
came too late for a place suitable to his
uge and quality." relates n writer in the
Lutheran. "Siue of the young men,
who observed the difficulty and eon
fusion he was in, made signs to him
that they would accommodate him if lie
came where they sat. The old man
bustled through the crowd accordingly
for the seat proffered him. Rut when
he curaa to the seats to which he was
invited the jest was to close and ex
psi? him as he stood out of countenance
before the audience. The frolic went
round all the Athenian I tenches. Rut
on these occasions there were also
particular places assigned to foreigners.
So, when the old man skulked toward
the Ijoxcs appointed for the Lacedemon
ians, that honest people, more, virtuous
than polite, rose all to a man and, with
the greatest respect, received him
amongst them. The Athenians, being
suddenly touched with a sense of
Spartan virtue and their own degen
eracy, gave a loud applause of admira
tion. Then the old man, as soon as the
noise snbsided. cried out: The Athen
ians understand what is good, but the
Lacedemonians practice it- "
Ka tine; I'.KK Shell.
"Look at that man," said a Rowery
restaurant waiter to a New York Sun
reporter, as lie iointed to a customer.
'He has ordered three ltoiled ogps.
Watch how he eats them." Tlie person
referred to dropped his eggs into a cup,
mashed them with his sjxtn, seasoned
them lilterally with salt, pepper and
vinegar, and devoured them with every
npjH'arance of relish. The singular part
of the performance was that he ate
them shells and alL "Two other cus
tomers come here for breakfast and
supper." said the waiter, "who eat their
eggs that way. They order three eggs
at every meal; so, you see, each man
eats the shells of half a dozen eggs in a
day. It's a queer custom, isn't it? I
have asked them why they do it, and if
they are not afraid the shells will hurt
them, but they all say it aids digestion
and saves trouble."
Famons Names Kitlitrt.
There is not now living a single de
scendant in the male line of Chaucer,
Shakespeare, Spencer, Milton, Cowley.
ISutler, Dryden, Pope, Cowper, Gold
smith, Ryron or Moore; not one of Sir
Philip Sidney, nor of Sir Walter
Raleigh; not eme'jf drake, Cromwell,
Hampden, Monk, Marlltorough, Pcters
lorough or Nelson; not one of Itoling
broke, Walpole, Chatham, Pitt, Fox.
Rnrke, Grattan or Canning; not one of
Racon, Locke, Newton or Davy; not
one of Hume, Gibbon or Maeaulay; not
one of Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds
or Sir Thomas Lawrence; not one of
David Garrick, John Kemble or Ed
ward Kean.
Nature's Work.
There is a curious freak of nature to
be seen along the road leading from At
glen to Cochrunvillc, Pa. Two gxl
sized streams of water meet at right
angles on nlmost level ground, cueh
haying a heavy fall in reaching the
point. The water of Utth streams meet,
but neither is impeded iu its course.
They cross like two rosuls und continue
iu their rvscctive 1h-U.
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