BE A G00D BOY ; G00D- BY,
By John L. Shroy.
day
When I stood at our old wooden gate,
ray,
Well armed with a primer and slate,
And as the latch fell I thought myself
free,
And gloried, I fear, on the sly,
Till T heard a kind volee that whisper-
ed to me:
“Be a good boy; good-by.”
It
all
“Be a good boy: good-by.” sperms
They have followed me
years,
They have given a form to
ful dreams
Aud seattered my foolish fears.
They have stayed my feet on many a
brink,
Unseen by a blinded eye;
For just in time I would
think:
‘Be a good boy; good-by.”
these
my yvouth-
pause
Oh, brother of mine, in the battle of
life,
Just starting or nearing its close,
This motto aloft, in the midst
strife,
Will conquer where it goes,
* * » - . » *
of the
Mistakes you will make, for each of us
errs,
But, brother, ju
To accomplish your best.
occurs,
1st honestly try
In whatever
Be a good boy: good-by.
Saturday Evening Post.
MRS. TROYER'S
FIRST RECEPTION.
BY EDGAR
The woman who at 20
dreamer for love of his handsome
seldom believes much in love at 40, if
she that Frances Arn
strong wis no exception to this rule.
When warried Arm
Strong she was of the opinion that a
straight nose, and
voice outweighed in desirabilit
tion, aud a bauk account. when
a partner for life was wing considered,
At the end of twenty years of poverty,
disappointment and humiliation
had acquired the cooviction
$5.000 a year and a little bac
would glorify even the most malignant
squint,
And, strangely took it
for granted that Margaret would share
her views, Margaret was her dang biter
and bad inherited her father's nose and
Ler mother's decision of character
When Armstrong finally closed
dreamy eyes forever on this world
widow mourned him outwardly
ently as ber limited wardrobe
permit, and inwardly facea on
ficiousness that nothing in his life had
become Lim half so well the lear
ing it,
oor
TEMPLE FIELD.
marries a
face
lives long.
she Chester
dreamy eyes a tenor
y ambi
energy
she
that
kbone
enough, she
his
his
de
wonld
as
the «
us
Armstrong! [le wonld
have presumed to ask pretty Frances
te share his poverty if she bad not
wanted him to But. of
she didu’t know ad
been a beautiful girl f
her long,
misfortune was a
still, which
why Judge Trover
in securing for her the small
ance which Armstrong,
act of enrelessess
never
KO
obviously
Course, that, She |
and in
Spite
soul wearing struggle with
beautiful woman
the reason
himself
life insur
by nn er
was perhaps
interested
ml
swWhi
had jeopardized by
a lapse in payment just at the close
bis inefficient life
The judge thought it was
his old friendship with her
he showed the widow
and other kKindoesses during the ye
which followed her death
What the widow
bit she accepted
and gratefully.
of
Iwennuse of
father that
handsome this
ar
husband's
the benefits simply
Judge Troyer's income
and his squint was not aggressive,
offer of marriage
'rances Armstrong told herself she
was marrying again solely with the
chject of giving Margaret the comfores
and advantages her own girlhood had
conspicuously lacked. We are so mined
besr scrupulous about leing honest
with ourselves than we are
people,
some time
tion with an indifferent acquiescence
mired.
home and position she was giving her?
enjoyment of the mansion of which
the simple little marriage ceremony at
tress,
atmosphere of Juxury with which she
found herself surrounded!
was her native element, Her fore.
futhers had heen colonial planters, and
she was well fitted to adorn her new
station. Every fiber of her Iwing
thrilled with the consciousness that
she had come into her own at last,
Margaret, watching Ler curiously,
thought she received her guests with
much the afr of a queen holding an
drawing room. Shé was very tender
with Margaret. The one real affection
which had survived the shocks and
disasters of her hard life in Frances
Troyer's heart was lavished on this
tall, pretty daughter. She would do
so much for her In the rich, new life
that was opening out so splendidly be.
fore them both, Margaret should nev.
er know of the mortifieations and hard.
ships which had been her own portion,
Her heart sang as she planned the
girl's future,
Mother and daughter were address-
large reception
pay her already extensive social oblig.
when their first difference oe-
“Of I shall send a card to
Margaret had sald.
“Nonsense,” replied
“He would
course
mother
no one
her
know
here.”
Hoy Armstrong was a distant cousin
a young fellow with all
musical talent and gen-
which distinguished
Somehow Margaret's
mother with a sudden
anxiety, They had played duets to-
in the old days, and Roy had
Leen very kind at the time of their be-
but all that was well
then. Now it was manifestly
impossible,
“It is absurd to
the good looks,
eral lack of force
the Armstrongs.
tone filled her
think of It,” added
‘rover with decision.
“He shall be asked.” erled Margaret
hotly, “or 1 shall not come down. He
is my cousin and I shall not have him
sh.ghted.”
“Don’t be silly,” sald her mother
sternly. “Roy would not expect an in-
vitation., He never goes into society.”
Margaret said no more, but there
was a little coolness between them
after that, an estrangement which the
mother felt keenly, but made no effort
to break. Margaret would see her fol-
ly in time, And she would talk to her
wht +n Was not busy; the
matter would wait, The girl would be
for a chance to think it
she sO
ON er,
But when the night of the reception
arrived and Mrs. Troyer in her clinging
brocades took her place in the flower
hung doorway to receive her guests
only joy and pride were in her heart
she glanced about her elegant rooms.
They were quite perfect, and even the
judge at her side looked unusually well
in his evening garb. What a differ
ence well-fitting clothes make in a
man, she reflected, giving his necktie a
little wifely pull, the old gentleman
smiling, well pleased at the attention,
Margaret had not come down yet,
and as the first arrivals began to rustle
up stairway Mrs. Troyer
servant to eall her What a
gown the child had to
thought, her eyes lighting with a smile
are] how Mar
all her haughty coldness, had
not been able to cry of ad
miration when it had been lifted in all
its fragile elegance from the
day
More guests were arriving
as
sent a
prety
she
the
wear,
as she rememin even
garet, for
repress a
its box
before,
. and a pro.
aping from the orchestra on
the stairway was piercing the air with
a discordant promise of harmony to
when the servant returned, look
ing perturbed
“I couldn't
sa id,
mature ser
come,
find Miss
this," uneasily
little folded note
Mrs, Troyer turned But
took the note, and, opening It
steady fingers, she read it slowly
twice; then it Huttered from
still pale,
self possessed, greet
Margaret
holding
only
he ont a
she
with
y
ts
Ppaie,
once
her
but
an
and she turned,
ididly
entering guest
“What it?" the judge sald
wilderment, catching the paper
fell and adjusting his glasses to
the hastily scrawled words.
At make
them, then they gradually assumed a
g to his puzzled eyes
“Dear
were n
grasp
sple {fo
is in be
as it
read |
first noth of
he could ing
mean
and 1
have
ready
honse 1 shall be
with him,
"MARGARET."
wife
wamma,” it ran, “Roy
afternoon i
when
iarried this
gone to him, and
(0 receive
you are
him
glad
at your
glad—so to Some
The
alarm
whe Ww
turned his in
spite
fudge to
but in of her ghastly face
as smilingly performing her
duties as hostess to the crowds begin.
ning to fill the rooms.
The indulgence of grief is the one
luxury denied to those fortunate
ple--ihe rich,
peo-
A Servant Not Worth Healing.
Florence Nightingale is still
and active, Through inheritance
is rich, having an attractive home in
London and a beautiful country seat
known as Claydon House in Bucking-
hamshire,
Once Miss Nightingale
allve
she
herself set
Inborer who occasionally worked upon
her estate. He was past middle age,
who knew nothing of
all
It wax not the Interest
but of wonder and bewil
One afternoon she curtsied
that was done.
and sald:
“Your Ladyship. Thomas only got 8
Don't
him die and get another man for the
Philadelphia Saturday Even.
Trees Are Not Ready to Use.
A few years ago a Western rauroad
The
trees have wade good growth, Lut are
not quite ready for use as poles, and
being cut
out and made into fence posts in order
to thin the forest,
A Curious Discovery.
At a depth of twenty-seven feet a
eurtous discovery was made recently,
a Berlin paper says, on the island of
Gothland-<the skeletons of several
knights in full armor seated on thelr
horses, Archneologists think they dato
back to the ninth century,
ia
NEWS FOR THE FAIR SEX.
ous FEMININE TOPICS.
Danger in Pertumes - A Favorite Wedding |
Gown Dress Allowances of Royalty —
Smart Winter Hats, elc., etic,
Danger in Perfumes.
Many women are a great
fond of strong scents for the comfort
of their friends and acquantances, and
algo for their own safety, It is not
half widely enough known that strong
perfumes are injurious to the sense of
smell, and that by thelr frequent use
the secretory glands of the throat and
nose are overtaxed and weakened,
One day the lover of strong scents
notices that the hearing is less acute
than usual, and that the sense of smell
Is defective, This state of thing
deal too
ance is attached to it. After a time
the whole head Is affected, and throat
aud lung complications follow, likely
to end In chronic Hiness. Smelling
salts are a fertile source of deafness,
and they, as well as all other strong
and pungent odors which act on the se-
cretory shouv'' be avolded
as much as possible,
Processes,
A Favorite Wedding Gown.
Satin of an ivory-white holds
year after year
for a wedding
ered with lace, trimmed with lace
flounces, or it may has been the
case with two or three wedding gowns
turned out recently—be absolutely
plain, with only a bit of lace around
the neck. In each and every case It is
an exquisite material for the pur
The long lines of the train that
part of every wedding show
beauty tie fabric
vantage, while the tulle of
vell that falls over the olds
the skirt only to hance the
beauty of the satin. In this country
as in France, it Is the fashion for wed
ing gowns to be made high d and
long There great
many gowns made and
sleeves of luce ORS
material
be cov.
favorite
It may
as a
gown,
us
pose
i5 Ow
gown the
to
lace or
of the best
SECIS
necke
sleeved, are now 8
with yoke
effect. Ti
gown left as
gown (if
in guimpe
can be taken out and the
a low-necked evening
sired, but one the ohje “1
is that it Is difficult to make
guimpe and sleeves fit correctly, It is
nevertheless a mn that | ma
followers Bazar,
so de
tions to this
of
the
fash
Harper's
as ny
Smart Winter Hats ia Colors.
The degree of smartness of a hat de
pends this the
than on the and trimming
setting aside certain special
g strictly to the domain of the
foremost
season less on slinpe
color and
shapes
belongin
hatter
“automobile”
Crown, very ns
most any shape
a smart article
ing Capoles
sald to he ine
The foundation shape
ever chosen, has often little
with the form once
it has been so added to
of the saucer or mold for
been so modified out of
shape,
there were no
stands
wide, low
nl
ted Into
included
there may be
among which
with Its
at the
may be conver
the
rrow base),
sailors
Respect
no ial
of wire
of Sire sham ®
or what
in Common
it is finished: either
fis in the case
or it has
its original hat
zable
ms,
a% to be
unrecogn
trimming
cated mm
£ ompl
orin sh
ring capote Aes
are
as pipings, rouleaux ot
gether
lonnes
vet
spiral fas
div
ribbon
in size,
needlework
dion, or small bouil
ided by narrow ruched
Many a ¢
compri
vel
apote, insignifi
cant S08 A vast amo
Herein
many
int
the
new
Tes
of ti
irin
hand
“4 ¢ “ §
Us resi
a
of the
models, and I» that
either prepared ready to
cuted by the milliner li
the medium-sized
several lined
stitched in reg
they are
whereas others have the
with satin surrounded
high folded band of velvet. Cravats
and kerchiefs made of thin silk with
complicated hemstitched borders, and
scarfs finished with band knotted
fringes, are provided for trimming
morning hats, and with the addition of
a couteau a simple sailor is fully
equipped.
Then there are flowers, such as roses,
daisies and single and double dahlias,
made out of piece satin, in the produc.
tions of which some millinery hands
are wonderfully expert, These are
generally put on in groups of three in
Hnings
or exe
reel
hats 1 have
with satin,
ilar
coverad
Among
noted
machine
in
rows, Ome
Canes with velvet
only, crown
covered by no
with couteaux a pair of wings,
plume of 1eathers, a very
lecoration. Millinery Trade Review.
Butertalaments for Children.
Interesting entertainments for the
ing from the childretfs literature for
ideas, In their world Mother Goose,
Hans Andersen, Grimm and
some of the youngsters may
prominent parts, There Is no form of
amusement so thoroughly enjoyed by
them as that in which they or their
friends are participants, to pose or
mimic as the case may be; and the lit
tle ones are always delighted to recog.
nize their fairy-tale friends. This sort
of entertainment pleases them vastly
more than any Introduction of novel
ties which they cannot gnite under
stand or which excites antl worries
them,
The second part of such an entertain.
ment may consist of a fan, broom or
Japanese drill in which the lttle ones
are costumed prettily and with fans,
brooms or umbrellas go through varl
OUR nanocuvres to the sound of music.
When drills dre attempted, not more
In arranging children's tablesux,
| aril or games one person only should
be in charge, and should be able to
or she
will be quite unable to control a num-
ber of excited little ones, Nothing is
person In charge soon communicates to
those whoin she is directing and assist.
It is her duty to be behind the
the finishing
word of en-
and a word
of praise as they come off the stage,
She must attend to every arrangement
before the audience in
irritating to onlookers to see an lot of
unnecessary running about and fixing
dresses and to put on
touches, them na
couragement as they go on,
to give
assembles, as it
be.
tween the parts of the programme,
If on the day or evening of the enter-
tainment assistants are neces®ury they
must be selected as even tempered
calm ns herself or her work
will count for naught,
Nursery songs may be sung
fore the end of the entertainment by
all the little participants as they are
prettily posed, or as they march around
the curtain will finally
much pleased audience
company of small actors
American Queen,
and
prey lous
just be-
the stage, and
descend on a
and a happy
The Czarina's Unpopulariny.
The Czarina has never popular
in Russia, And of late the feeling
against her bh much in
Whereas a few months ago she
disliked, she
of be
“the E
and “the
been
as become more
tense
ted,
“the
wis 8 Werely
i OW
is spoken onstantly as
an”
German” by
for
sympathy
elgner’’;: as iglish wom
party
and it is
granted that
with Russi
One
another: always taken
she is more in
a's enemies than she is with
friends
illitary
r. with
Russia's
The whole u party to a man
Grand Duke
ir head; and
'
al
the
i 80 are the
Pob
stands
the
Lpowerful
fit court she
ladies-in-waiting
with the n
edonostzew, Even
plone, for her own
i against her, and
her ex
What is
middle
irst
gradual
eat nu
rf
of the people cherish against her a
igues
ng at
the Czarina downager
perhaps still more ser
garde | i her ut
a certain amount of favor.
ous
classes, who re with
Are
ily deserting her; le the gr 18%
unpoptiarity the is
the more remarkable as there 8 no
in all Ex
i
life more cons
who
enti
sirives
ROVOry consort Iron
ign
does her work in
than xl
ously he does,
harder to
wo
win the love of her people
is a woman of marked ability, one
ght play
the world were sh
kindly, too,
a fund of sound
On the
is for an
that
She is sweet-natured, and
has practical cot
hand,
mo
of calling a
# somewhat lacking in
proved too well in he fa.
sarette
genes other
cmpress a
habit, spade a
ahe
£ An
} 8 devoted wife
inter
and mother,
ested not only in
and
views as
1Tairs
one of
i
oii
:
rina’s anpo
go dl classes
bulk of populc is owing
odd feeling they that
der an unlucky spell-—that the
not her. When
the Russian frontier she was received
with lamentations: for the Czar Alex.
ander lay dying. and the whole nation
wane in sore It was by his
deathbed that was betrothed, and
the baked meats of his funeral migl.s
well have furnished forth her marriage
tables, As a bride she had to listen to
Pe Profundis instead of to wedding
hymns, and to go about in mourning
garments, The Russians are a super.
sitions race, and they shook their
heads even then, Evidently this West.
ern bride found no favor in the eyes
of the fates. What good could come of
a marriage celebrated in such circum.
The birth of three daughters
while the empire is left
is a proof, they now
foreboding
London
i= un-
ikons do
she «
AN aho
have wile
rossed
1
smile on
distress,
«he
stances?
in succession,
without an heir,
any. that thelr former
were but too well founded.
World,
Novelties Seen ia the Shops.
Cloth capes and pelisses richly braid.
Many satin-faced cloths, with velvet
Cashmere gloves in staple colorings
Rough woollen materiale, woven
with large transparent grenadine dots,
Girls’ frocks made with plain wool
skirt and box-plaited waists of vel
veteen,
or blue cloth, with ribbon-bound edges,
Box coats of seal, persian
covered with rich lace,
Celtic silver throat clasps for coats,
texutifully enamelled or set with semi.
precious stones,
Large detachable collars made of
mousseline de sole appliqued with
Venetian guipure or renaissance,
tively trimmed with riehly-colored
phensants’ breasts and orbaments,
Elaborate shoulder capes of mink
edged with two double frills of brown
chiffon, which also form the long stole
otids. Dry Goods Economist,
NOTES AND COMMENTS.
The British temperament may be |
rather slow about seeing a joke, but
it can spot gold mines instanter,
“0 baussiergrabentapezierer” in
what they call a tramp in Germany.
If the name, iu full, conld be trans
plauted to this country we might have |
less tramps,
———————
Why are large gifts to coiieges
to charities called “princely’’? Prin-
ces do not give largely;
better to receive than to give, and
they live up to that inverted gospel.
from
The projected
would
Georgian Bay to
mean the saving
transportation of grain from Chicago
to Liverpool; all but twenty-nine
miles is open river and lake waters,
ship ecanal
Montres!
The census of Germany shows that
the population is increasing at the
No wonder
France is mak ing up her mind to re-
a8 to Alsace-Lorraine.
A professor of the Johns Hopkins
faculty just starting in upon the
work of collecting French fables. In
view of the brevity of the human life
he will probably "decide to confine
himself exclusively to past periods
and all researches the
myths of the Dreyfus affair,
is
sxe hie nt
eschew into
Africa imported year sundry
matters to the amon of 8400,000, -
000, of which the United States fur-
nished 818 000,000, She exported
during the same time $350,000, 000, of
which this country took $10,000,000,
With all conntries the trade
seem to run in our favor.
Ast
it
id
t
n
balances
an $89,000
pre-
President Loubet owns
chateau. His mother,
fers to live in the old peasant cottage
in which the President was born, It
is also said Loubet passes most of his
ime when at home with his mother
at the cottage. No wonder the man
loves the people, and stands up so
¢
t
nobly for the republic,
however
Giive every child under the Amer-
ican flag a fair chance to be educated,
give men and women a fair chance
to work at a fa r wage,
clea put in
of whatever
natare and the needs of society
open doors them, and
will make the career fit the person,
all
let no obsta-
way of men or
CiaNs,
then, fin-
1
be the
women
ally
will
or close
San Diego C
the
It covers 1,000 acres,
bave all been grown
i# said to be now in full
the dividends derived
orchard are end rmous,
verification of the old
tunes are frequentiy made |
ing.
yanty, California, has
lemon grove in the world.
and the trees
since i890, It
and
3
iargest
bearing,
from the
This is a
saw that for-
by squeez-
The Kearsarge is not only atrinmph
of American shipbuilding; she is also
a proof that a demand for first
battle ships can be met both on the
Atlantic mud Pacific coasts whenever
there shall be a essity for such
construction thinks the Philadelphia
Heeord, 1fships be needed shipyards
will be forthcoming. We've got the
got the steel: we've got
we ve gol the money, too.
rate
ne
iron.
the skill;
we ve
The subversion of Finland's con-
titutional government as a result of
the ezar's ukase is complete, There
is nothing for the Finns now in their
native land but the despotic rule of
the czar, unhampered by constitu.
tional imitations. It is not surpris
ing, therefore, that Finns are plan-
ning to emigrate in large numbers to
the United States and Canada, where
liberty is not held snbject to the whim
of a single man, exercising arbitrary
powe
One of the most disagreeable fea
tures of life in modern cities is the
constant presence of nose, or rather
of a multitude of noises, some of the
most excruciating kind, although
people in time become used to them,
To the sick and nervous, atleast, they
remain always torturing, and the
wonder is that so many of the un-
necessary noises are tolerated, That
many of them are unnecessary every
person who has taken note of the
matter recognizes, Enormous as the
traffic is of a large community, it
might be easily conducted with less
of the clangor and disturbance that
Bear, the old Indian chief who had
been victorions in a hundred battles
123 children and grandchildren, the
It is rather curious
#0 many battles he should succumb
having got off a car head foremost,
much more independent than judici-
-
8i'k has been employed more sener-
has iver been the case before, but we
dou # if the queen of fibres was ever
nse + for such a pur
day. A ohild having accidentally
rw llowed a serew the doctor induced
the enfferer to follow up this diet with
a geantity of raw silk. The delicate
fibwes, as a result of the rotary motion
of the stomach, coiled themselves
around the piece of metal, The raw
silk, thus attached to the screw, was
drawn up snd the child relieved of
what, but for the iugenuity of the
physician and the efficacy of the silk,
would in avery short time have caused
lits death,
————————
It is lack of money that keeps men
from marrying? This is the reason
often advanced; and it seems to be
{ justified by the recent episode ad
| Chicago, where fifty couples rushed
to take advantage of a free perform-
{ ance of the ceremony-—how they were
lto live afterwards evidently being »
less important matter. Porhaps it is
jonly in the higher walks of life that
the blessed estate of holy matrimony
is avoided on financial grounds.
i Bociety demands more and more of
{those who belong to it, and young
men in moderate circumstances dread
the burden of a wife and family, pre
ferring their own selfish pleasure,
This may be deplorable, but it is hard-
ly strange, observes the Provideues
| Journal,
Atheistic doctrines are said to have
acted on the minds of Bohemiaus in
this country so disastrously that an
epidemic of snicide has broken ont
among them, and the Johemian
| Brotherhood of America, a secret
order representing a variety of re.
ligions is meditating a plan
to revolutionize the social customs
and religions practices of that people,
or at least that portion of them wh.
have taken up their residence in the
United States. The scheme is easier
talked abont than realized, but the
new order professes to believe that it
is the only way in which the American
Bohemisn can be saved from exter-
mination,
beliefs,
Minnesota papers claim for that
state the distinction of an exception-
ally efficient administration of the
nstitutions forthe state's dependents,
A constantly decreasing cost per
capita for the last decade is offered as
one proof of the measure of efficie ney.
The figures for the last fiscal year
show reductions in the case of most
of the institutions, Of special inter-
est in thess figures is the cost of food.
In the asylums for the insane it was
10,8 cents a day per inmate, a slight
increase the 9.8 cents cost in
1887, and a considerable decrease
from the 11 cents in 1895. In the
institutions for dependent children
the food expense was as low as 7.1
centa. It was 8.7 cents in the school
for feeble minded, and varied from
13.9 t015.3 in the sehool for the blind,
. cannot eat the mame food as
seeing people,” the report ejplains,
The next highest cost is 12 cents in
the prisons, where the inmates need
to supply the exhaustion and wear’
due to hard labor. Prisoners are not
daintily fed, of course. but there is
no complaint as to the fare, and the
fact established that a working
adult may be wholesomely nourished
under institution methods at a cost of
12 cents a day.
over
‘who
is
Electricity as a means of execnting
persons condemned to death seems
not to be entirely satisfactory. No
criminal who Las tested it has com-
pisined, but observers in some cases
have found some fanlt, says Harpers’
Weekly. One tronble with it is that
its effects vary so much in diff rent
cases that it is impossible to tell be-
and how strong a currentany
case may require, The newest pro-
posal for scientific execution is to
have an air-tight lethal chamber,
Which may at any time be filled by
hydrocyanie acid gas, which may be
tur rned at any time withont the
knowledge of the prisoner. At the
first guip of it he would lose con
sciousness, and would never know
what killed him. At the meeting of
the American Association for the
Advancement of Science, at Colum
bus, Ohio, Professor W. GG. Johnson,
of the Maryland Agrienitural College,
advocated the nse of this gas for kill.
ing criminals. No doubt it would be
satisfactory to criminals, but it
seems donbtfal whether a civilization
which accepts suave a method as
this of enforcing the death penalty
will not reject capital punishment
altogether. Death is a rude remedy,
Eliminate all its rudeness, and its
remedial properties are likely to be
more sharply questioned than ever.
foreh
on
the
BO
Japanese Aristogracy.
Undoubtedly the most powerful and
at the same time exclusive aristocracy
was that of the Daimos, or territorial
lords of Japan prior to the great social
revolution of 1868. There were fewer
than 300 of these great lords. Their
power within their own provinces was
almost absolute, and they owed merely
a nominal allegiance to the sovereign,
Yet dn 1868, 241 out of less than a0
Daimos voluntarily surrendered their
centralized government might conduct
the affairs of the empire In a manner
ern ideas which the nation was then
making up its mind to adopt, and from
this surrender the phenomenal prog.
power un
doubledly dates,
AS I A SH AN,
UpteDate Tomy Atkins,
Tommy Atkins i= still regarded in the
Boer homestead as the poor man in a
helmet who
stands up to be shot at; whereas if the
the field he would be thunderstruck to
find that there is not a red coat or a
white helmet among them: that Tom.
my is almost as clever as the Boer
himself in taking cover; and that his
uniform js such that he can scarcely
be distinguished from the dry grass
through which he Is wriggling his way.
«Transvaal Critic. .
Of 140 large Jewish firms In Franke
furt, Germany. sixty have declared in
favor of Sunday closing, While eighty
Se uppused 10 it