v HOW LITTLE IT COSTS. “How little it costs, if we give a thought, To make happy some heart each day Just one kind word, or a tender smile As we go on our dally way, Perchance a look will suffice to clear The cloud from a neighbor's face, And the press of a hana in sympathy A sorrowful tear efface, it One walks in sunlight, another goes All wearily in the shade: One treads a path that smooth, Another must pray for aid It cosets so little, I wonder why Wc give It so little thought A smile, kind words, a touch What magic with them is wrought! is fair and} u glance, | THE EXD OF THE STORY. A By El Moore izabeth County office, editor of pro tem at gloomily The Journal = frowning heavily and bitti at his mustache Things stood in tor in chief had been away, leaving Hugh Elliot and, as that young man was this way this had been much to his delight Jefore leaving the editor had place before Hugh the matter i next including of begun the jssue, sion a week, This proved the snare to Hugh On looking over it he his dismay, that the missing. He had fously, in sion about the desk. the story story it was dis final looked for but vain-—he unfinished, upon Suddenly be left it himself a good natured face, “Ha, the claimed hanged thing Brushing what thei 1side he placed ed ng He lau ready he humor Evidently » approaching a thi thi before hed 88 of the or 4 sel { who seemed were a tall one want made went ariel ana resolved ho was villains were alway: Hugh and, StOr'Y was complete with reasoned) nt vil reirivg some malicious remarks abou tion and vengeance, and bowed himself ff with all the smiles and grace that accomplished villains are Th Nosmo touching song and thin general and g the heroine he manuscript thus artificially pleted, was handed in with the materials for the next issue of Journal, and then Hugh put the in order, and, much elated by his su cess as an author, started for the clu grounds. The supposed toy King sang ended whol POSSESS en the the remark the st ¥ with of life closed a4 Swoon in desk paper came out on time with every department up to its usual stan ard of excellence Hugh read his production with great delight and congratulating himself on having so successfully “gotten ont of a hole,” as he expressed it, when the unexpected happened in that peculiar way it has of doing. The unexpected in this case came in the shape of 2a young lady, who walked into the office the day after the paper came out and demanded of Mr. Elliot to see the editor. Hugh was not unaccustomed to the sight of young ladies; neither was he accustomed to such a peculiar mingling of chills and apprehension and thrills of admiration as he experienced when iLis particular young lady appeared on the scene, She was a sweel-looking girl, In a dainty toilet of pink that suited hes brown eyes and hair to perfection. But, in these same brown eyes was an omin- ous look that called into existence the chills of apprehension which he was also forced to acknowledge. “1 regret to say the editor is out of town,” replied Hugh, courteously, and | most truthfully. par Wad his place?” ia Here the chills of apprehension rose event cast its shadows before.” “l have the honor,” wishing heartily all was in it belonged to anybody else. “Then it is you I have to thank for 80 altering the story published yestey-| day that even its author can scarcely | recognize it. May I ask if you con- slider your alterations an improve-| ment?” This was, then, as ne had guessed, the author of that unended story. must explain,” he sald gee, the last pages of the manuscript were missing Unfortunately, I had] not read the first part of the story, Lu ing so rushed” (with tennis. though it explain that), at the ending. 1] er wis not to “and so had to guess am exceedingly sorry about it, but it} could not be left unfinished, and as the | end could not be found there was noth Any amends that can be made will be done most gladly, I as Necessary ing else to do Sire “You you, are very kind, What amend “Well,” sald HMugh, with attempt to defend his know how frequently the most popular writers nowadays end their tragically, As | have had no experience in that line, 1 thought I would probably right to follow their idea of the ending to speak of the elf, was light man the and the the villain the of a desperate course; ‘you glories come nearer lead no correct story it int not tad GArK the hero one nail HELD mi The Certainly not } brother of the only heroine all there was no villain, as you « i her he dark man was And it tories to end sad, 1 nding the right Hugh rely "1 the story trothed as to being the fash ion fol believe stories way hastened to sa my mistake d not do wrong Nosmo nciuding remarks King—wasn ved throughout | fy to do some end.’ vering and ance gavetly “Tom Hugh, angrily high against himsel in office Anyhow, here was a chance to show one thing vowed thai on this took fight Cole the was well at least he fight Engle al id, and that there { oid would ao and make brave gion 80 place on the fie the earnest in two hours. with SOOn For light BiIER Hugh he was playing that the maiden 1 s ily obiivious to intermis knew in superbly gion, the battle raged his heart tl and he felt wiiite in hig {O0, was not a fine strokes When loging game was called Hugh found himself with Tom Eagle as one of his opponents, The four play- well matched, and Hugh Knew that this last game would be no trifling matter To make it still more trying he observed that the little party with which Tom had been, including the brown-eved girl, had approach. their court to watch the game and the resuit, the « ore were When the prizes were awarded Hugh | Elliot received the first gentleman's prize, a gold scarf pin in the shape of a ball and racquet, tied with the club colors, i Tom Engle was the first to con-| gratulate Hugh on his victory, which] i of discontent, “And now come meet my cousin,” he! said. “Nice girl. Going to be here the | for you for two or three days to have | you come around.” ; time unaccompanied by any thrills of admiration. For, entering the club grounds and heading straight for them, was Mr. Page, the editor-in-chief of the Journal, who, having just returned, was ang. ious to consult with Hugh as to his success, and rightly guessed this was) approached the ladies, | knowing Tom weil, | also | and Mr, Elliot, the | my ruthless | Miss Ruta | gisters you already man and, the young he came up, vas presented “Mr, Page, ladies, day, and My cousin my conqueror, Somers, and know." Hugh bowed with mingled feelings of embarrassment and pride; but no hint of their late uy- pleasant meeting in the few words with pleasure wits victory | played | | on sald; “1 congratulate Mr. Elliot,” she magnificently.” “Thank you: 1 you Youu you am glad there is one | thing 1 can in a civilized manner,” | answered, with a significance wl feb | understood, i do lie she only (Others soon Mr. Page took ask Hugh about 1 hie pe ¥ the group, and] opportunity to | Joined the first the paper, had no trouble during said, O11 absence he Not especially,” replied Hugh, hesi- knowing full that ot but be overheard | “Thery gone | { had expect- of my talingly, and well word could n Somers. were NOt Cuite as ters You have seen the paper seemed t I'he that re wi omewhat sur truck involved toward HL lied Hugh, Unfortun- nissing exclaimed Mr. Page You mat Page leaving pie stranded together from party ym during the siked away their Con ns Mr. | lae 48 soon was glanced furtively | ach the other BONE other, and what each saw in face must have been reas. suring. | without more ado, both immediately dropped thelr dignity and broke into such a hearty, good-natured | the whole thing had | wotild have been impo turn laugh at taken that it BRET hil fter +} ' te regain their 1% gible after na } gain ner dis made them feel like old acl at remem ber first time | without further ance, and onoee what vou evel Do to me you the eked gaW you he preliminar- eq [ said a lot didn't hateful “Never mind them too, that you believed ending the right way of a case where used begutifulls | “But I thought you liked two endings, | like one of Rudyard Kipling's stories, | and | believe you couldn't think of more. My ending might do for one, supposing there was sich a case, | and ii : “Lat suppose fa Go| on,’ i “Well, yours might do for the other, and you might have Nosmo to sing. See; here he in.” “Oh, bother Nosmo!' “And the heroine swooning, and the villain—that was what you called my | hero, 1 believe uu" “In this story I'm thinking of, the villain and the lover are one, 80 one ome Ones But vou sald in love stories! I'm thinking | vour ending could bel 1 Hs such CARs “It seems to be rather involved, too.” “Then let me untangle it, Ruth, and, That is the use I want to Here the vHiain looked so much in earnest that only one ending seemed at all possible, and Ruth answered, try. ing to speak very innocently and fail ing dismally. “Of course It’s a pity not to make some use of it. If you think my end- ing better than yours-—" “Wever mind inlshing your seatence, either, Ruth,” sald Hugh, &! #1 do think wours better than mine, But if 1 had never written mine, perhaps we could never have lived yours as now shall. S50 you see there is some- thing to sald for two endings.” “But I don’t know,” began Ruth, with; one effort the irresis- tible. “Oh, n« mind, I do. fledged editor now, and am know all about love storfes.” “Whether you do Ruth, saucily. But here his own hands and the story becomes involved Chicago Record. adly. we be feeble to resist i 3 ii I'm a fh supposed to yer or not,” added hopelessly HER OPINION OF HIM. A Lawyer Once. anything exasperating in lawyer who delights and otherwise despitfully » a witness, more particularly when that witness is a woman, It is on this account that there is a general rejoic- ing when that kind of an atiorney is » and thigh by one of his sup- hel victims, Of wing tal 5 Lhe posedly such the The Was pless foll was on the stand and she mannered respectable boarding of one of Iman nice Kept w a very woman who a cheap hous and the desire her gues brought pay his iil How Gl dl you i the lawyer, with no dishonest that had ¥ court to make m o the BAY you were madam 7 reason or an elderly lad; no to lose a than a Mors of her hair enough flushing to * roots “Will sou be kind to say, Ong was that? continued the witness har pay in advance” court forgot its dignity an« hed except the attorney How the Boy Escaped. A young man was tried for murder having killed a member of a rival fac- tion in faction fight (writes Aubrey de Vere in his "Recollections”) The judge, reluctant to sentence him death, account of his youth, turned and said court who could speak as to character 7° The youth looked round court. and then sald, sadly: “There « no man here, my lord, that I know.” At that, many grandfather chanced to A on your the once how matters stood Ha “You are a queer boy that a friend when you see saw at know ““Oh, then, it is myself that js proud to see your honor here this day!” “Well,” said the judge “Sir Vere, since wou know that boy, will you tall us what you know of him?” will, my lord.” said my grandfather, “and what I can tell you is this—that from the very first day that ever | saw him to this minute, | never knew any- thing that was not good” The old tenant ended his tale by striking his hands together and exclaiming: “And he never to have clapped his eye on the boy till that !" The boy es- answered minute! caped being hanged Toads im a Solid Wood Cavity. A Providence (R 1) man who was visiting Norwood the other day, brought to the Journal office three toads that were found in a cavity of the trunk of a tree entirely surrounded by solid wood. He said that the tree was being split by a couple of wood- choppers, and as they cut it open the toads fell out. All three were in an apparently lifeless condition, but one that was smaller than the other two showed some signs of life later in the day. Pneumatic pressure is used to ring a new door bell, the push button pump- ing air into a tube, which has a piston at the other end to slide out and push the beil clapper. i i i “ NOTES AND COMMENTS, quantities weainly to THussia 18 exportung large of rubber shoes to Germany, L.aubeck and Stettin For a short distance a lion tigar can outrun man can equal the spead of a fast horse; but the animal lose thelr wind at the end of about a mile They have little endurance and f remarkably weak in lung power, Or a and hal? pre The tunnels of the world are estimat- ed to number 1,142, with a total length a14 miles. There are about 1.000 raflroad tunnels, 12 subaqueous tunnels 90 canal tunncls, and 40 conduit nels, with aggregate lengths of 350 miles, about Reckoning the average American at $400 a year this v represents the total work and e of a year! Maine altera wages an As gum arning no less than 86,950 men whole And the cost of the 5.000000 if we fit her for battleship alone IONE necessary to ‘ sented the 7 work of In spite of all the about gold in Alaska, the Well Express Company, which is very good authority, estimates the gold product of that country in 1807 at $3,751,000 helps to bear siatemen:? This expended grea a Fargo out the that more has been money Al anid Vv an Fes CAN IX railroad three af i ' ral fem sh a To the v i a dozen blacksmiths in the high school of manual They work loon i ang are turning ings in apron th he world's headq ting # iGILE Of rallway ¢ made is for the and « is also engaged in s¢ for Norway, Japan which formerly » for their supply oR destruction of the brings the mourning all New York Tribm undreds of people are persona in the death of relatives riends The whole Nation ed, in the loss of more than dred and fifty of its faithful servants in that very department of service in which it was 7 to take most pride struct} of a fine new warship had cost more than £3.000.000 pon BAYS ne Ios ana oe is bereay two hun- its public beginning The de which entails Can many that be The destruction of and efficient lives is a eparable 50 loyal loss irr In the south of France there are sey women who derive enormous io- comes from the culture and sale of fiowers. The district surrounding the Riviera is most notable for its market- blossoms, Charming Cannes and the delightful districts of Grasse and Nice are almost exclusively devoted to flower culture. Grasse is celebrated Nice produces a plenitude of Jovely iiliea and violets while Cannes is re- it may appear, more than 2 000.000 pounds of flowers are exported from these districts during each season. It is stated that the violet crop last vear from the flower fields of the Riviera realized the collective amount of £50. 000. Bermuda grass, which has been re- garded as an unmixed nuisance in Georgia and adjoining states ever since it was accidently imported there thirty years ago and at once spread over great areas, has now been discovered to be useful as stock feed. It $s al- leged to produce wonderfully fine pas- tures, even on wornout lands. This is an interesting exception to the rule that plants and animals imported into countries where they are alien become nuisances. The scientific gentlemen who took it on themselves to import will be awful examples of misplaced meddling while the sparrow endures, and Australia would like to Iyneh the people who imported the rabbit, which has proved the greatest pest to that land any animal ever was anywhere. - - nT ————— T———————————————————— tim Interference with the orders o. Jaturs ari At selencs Liable to prove disastrous ofl tne McGill Montreal some Hudson's Bay inland ocean, of a recent meeting greduates at interesting fact it. This 1 Mediterranean territory about were hroight © which is Americ million rive called the North i drains a Muare miles flowing in area from natural ent to mineral Walruses as bearing seals gt uirbed For loth with dis three with vast rs the and west hore and whales south, east harbors line its good farming White lands deposits big as elephants, and far- disport themselves undi the finest figsh no nets are afloat and ashore there iz one to take it away south of James Ba: large as all England, the Scotchman of Indians the epread wealth In the a no trict iri and in one Or the tion is forty families director of Geological survey 15 A MOORE 158 i i n gaid Wulh than nortion of Huds portion of Huds same latitude north : freeze tion navi ga und Cimens of broaght stated that produ gO anda Gypsy Homes snd Bills One of the sirange peot TOA 4 Bohemians are Hiways Seen at west CRImmpE’ are some ( tance from the nearest town or village to some forest they are noth single Fishing With Shove's a Was wverflow sie in the they took 250 pounds They had fi i tO their nat ' Are and spring them the ice of water many overflowed { will perish in a short tin ommences 10 freeze, for There are pickerel in Parsons #0Ome 8. DD.) Ex-Justice Field Not the Oldest t was thought that when Justice the Bench he was mmnoected with the Supreme Court, but this is erroneous Archie,” the old attendant in the robing room, antedates Justice Field by several years, while the old long whiskered and grey-haired doorkeepe: at the main entrance has held that position for over forty-five years, has geen twenty-five Associate Justices come and go, and has served through the term of four Chief Justices. In fact, (he old man often grumbies abou: the ways and methods of the Court at the present time, and in disapproviog them shakes his head and says: “They Field retired from the oldest person fa 107 or Chief Justice Chase's time X-Rays for Comsumption. Dr. Muhsam of Berlin has just meade a report on the beneficial action of the Roentgen rays on animals which have been innoculated with tubercula When the rave were not applied the animals died within a few days of the time they were innoculated. When the rays were applied they lived a couple of months, It is not considered ad. missible, however, to deduce from these experiments hopes for human be- ings suffering with consumption. Balloons to Stedy Ocean Beds. One of the uses for which balloon: may Le employed is the investigation of the soa bottom. It har been found by aercnauts that frequently the lot- tom is clearly visible from a balloon This fact has re- cently been made use of 10 racover a tcrpedo boat which had been lost off Toulon. Not only was this found, but also two others, which had vanished at an earlier date.
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