FOR FUN'S SAKE.
Of all the gifty that bring content,
~ With which/mankind is blessed,
Sure, never a mortal should deny
The sense of humor's best;
A kindly eye for comedy,
A wise respect for fun—
Oh, he that doth possess these things,
His soul's a lucky one!
Ye grave reformers of the world,
We pray you in your might,
Mold your humanity as you will,
But slay not humor quite;
There is so much worth laughing at—
Even, solemn ones, in you
Oh, though you lift us to the skies,
Leave us a laugh or two!
~Ripley D. Saunders, in St. Louis Re-
public.
A DIAMOND RING.
BY INA BREVOORT ROBERTS.
the of a
f New
Hiare
self as he walked
palace belonging
millionaires.
his belongings
to the public
his daught
to a
in the ma
eclipse all previous weddings
A well known photographe
ceived an order from a
photographs of the
th= home
who was t
man, was
pictures,
Arrived at the house,
the drawing-room. He then proceeded
to the library. This room, i
and impressive becan f the num
of books it containe
homelike and less :
other rooms.
When he had the lig
arranged
away the
him and
As he
up steps
{0 one
and
be married
wedding
nagazine
important
lect,
he photographer's right-h
now on his
Fahey 3
of the brnide-e
way to
to
apps a
tains th
range
The fac elon
creature, half girl,
she saw
at sight
COMpoOSsL
“May come She
question in a hesitating way
Max smiled at her. “I
you waited a few minutes
uneasily, “unless you want to |
picture. Just step back out of sight
I will call you in a moment.”
The girl's astonished face as she obey-
ed him made Max realize that
been a trifle dictatorial to someone who
had more right there than he. She evi-
+. wep
nr’
asked
would rather
" he returned,
and
himself wondering, as he timed his ex
posure, in what capacity
He came to the conclusion that
was probably companion or secretary to
one of the family. Her dress, as well
as her way of carrying herself and her
manner of speaking, told him she was
mot a servant, and he knew that the
millionaire and his family were out of
town. They were supposed to
slipped away to give the bride-elect a
few days’ rest and shelter from publicity
before the weddin
“You may come in now,” Max called
As the girl entered the room he no-
ticed that she was very pretty. She
walked over to his camera, which she
examined with interest
“Do you like this work?” she asked
“Why, yes,” Max answered carelessly
and he smiled.
yosrig man, with a peculiar charm in his
smile which made it difficult to refuse
him anything he chose to ask,
The girl seated herself before the fire
and
of
tions about his work until Max found
himself growing communicative. He
told her how busy they were at the
studio and that
she
tonous
remarked.
smiled .
“Yes; it is a nice house,” she said
cally,” observed Max, turning to look
to it to
me. There'll be a fine time here when
that wedding comes off,” he went on
“It's going to cost something, I tell you,
but I like to see rich people spend their
money. It seems queer, though, mak-
ing such a fuss over a slip of a girl not
out of her teens. Do you know her?”
he asked suddenly.
“Yes, I know her”
“Do you like her? I have always
heard she had a very lovely disposition,
sweet and gentle, you know, and all
that.”
+ “Oh, 1 suppose under all her moods
she has a fairly good heart.” said the
girl, rising and going over to look out
from one of the windows.
“Well, she'll need it if she keeps her
prince in order,” said Max in a matter
of-fact tone. “Of all the—I wonder if
that girl knows what a peor sort of man
he is?”
Max's companion made no reply to
this speech, but chancing to look at her,
he saw that her cheeks had flushed and
that her lips were tightly pressed to-
gether.
“I beg your pardom,” he said con-
tritely. “That wasn't nice of me, was
jt—to try and get you to discuss the af-
fairs of the people you work for?”
The girl's face relaxed, and she smiled
as she answered: “Oh, it does not mat.
ter, People who have money must ex-
pect to be discussed, I suppose.”
A silence followed which was broken
only by the faint splashing of the foun-
tain in the hall. Max was intent on his
exposures and his companion, who had
returned to her chair, appeared to be
absorbed in a book.
“I wish Maisie could see this house!”
Max cried suddenly.
The girl looked up quickly,
is Maisie?” she asked.
Max's face grew red under his fair
skin; he had spoken without stopping
to think. “Maisie is he began in
a blundering way; *
engaged to,” he ended bravely.
shyness in his manner, in such contrast
to his former easy assurance, seemed
to amuse and please his companion,
“So you are going to be
too?” she said, smiling at him,
“Who
Max answered, rue-
were, But
a long while yet,”
fully, “I only wish I
there's no such luck.”
“Doesn't she want to be married yet
“Yes, but
“Why 2?"
interest,
5
we've got to wait"
The girl's voice was full of
Bit
i “Too poor N answered, laconi-
“We n ii 1 get
thing for a
'
Sal
my
i lot to keep house, and Maisie a hrst-
rate manager more saved
:
up, we would obliged to
' % 1
riakes me mad
joney [ wasted
the
I think of
before 1
sale Sed Tien §
{ LAKES a gir xe
ut of a fe
wait for
'
when
knev
ake the nonsense
11 to show you
the kind he went on
ind not to propos
enough t
Maisie is
“Well, she has made a man
declared Max, “and I'll wager
more than the girl who lives here ca:
t, I don't |
even try :
Maisie.”
Max's companion had
staring into the
flames of the
You
1:4
iIKe
where the
wg leapt and curled
are right,” she said: “all girls are
Maisie ut he will
ry ided, and
away without wai say £
Max looked after her retreating figure
with a perplexed face “Well!” « he
ejaculated, “she di off in a hurn
I wonder if 1 hu feelings? She
seerns to be touchy subject of
that wedding. It often [ taik to
any one about but that girl was
different, from ‘the general
| run suppose that comes
| from watching the swells. If she comes
I'm g ing to ask her who she is
I wanted to before, but didn't dare. It's
funny what there is about some people
| that yu ask them questions.”
. 3
hrepiace,
she a then
od-bye
the
isn't
Maisie
somehow,
of people. |
back
won't let v
Af
as Mi
handed
At the d
pompous servant him an enve-
lope and a small package. “1 was desir-
ed to give you these,” he said.
“What ?""—began Max.
“
or,
You were not to ask any questions,
sir,” interrupted the man gently, as,
without giving Max time to speak; he
in a flood of light and a dim roar of
mingled noises
Bewildered, Max went
sunshine and down the
opening the envelope as
out into the
marble steps,
he
written on
Tell her to wear it,
from a woman she has helped. And tell
that all the diamonds in the
world could not weigh against being
loved as she 13.”
a princess.
the wrapping from the package and
it contained. The cover flew
closing a ring set with a single radiant
diamond, a priceless stone that caught
the suns’ rays and flashed and sparkled,
blazing with light and fairy colors.—The
Ladies’ World.
Jaunt Taken by Wyoming's Covernor.
The great State of Wyoming is cross-
ed by only one railroad, and that is m
the southern portion. Not long ago,
when the Governor of the State wanted
to go up to the Big Horn Basin, where
there is the most wonderful climate and
healing springs in all the world, he had
to go from Cheyenne to Grand Island,
Neb, then to Billings, Mont., and sixty
miles south to Red. , then by wa-
to his
TOP OR BOTTOM.
Ancwering the Question of Which
the Faster in a Wheel,
Among the many questions which or-
iginated in cycling and have now donned
automobile garb and proclaimed them-
selves as something brand new is the
time-honored hoary-headed alleged prob
lem as to whether the top of a wheel
moves faster than the part which rests
on the ground. The problem never was
and is peculiarly meritorious on ac-
which it is clothed. The fact that the
with the earth has come to a standstill
on what might be termed a dead centre
point is so apparent that any child can
see without going into any explanation,
and yet there are those who will argue
the question seriously, as if that feature
of the problem was not apparent tb
The question is as to what is the
bottom of a wheel, say, when the wheel
1s twenty-eigh hes in diameter and 1s
going over i; ake, to eliminate
Il unevenness of the road. The rim or
[ wb. having
1 v
tim
aation Wf
the hu!
hat
fay
tl
difference
wheel
responsive Uu
fact that
vay 2
fortuitousness 13
wrong im-
n as to
SCOTTISH PACANS,
Queer Rites Practiced in the Neighbor
hood of Ross.
“tices is weird,
appears that many
committed
f in the Bulgie River,
inhabttants refused
iy being buried in
on the plea that
view of Loch
the
ground about
the cemetery,
suicide
uried in
fish would
onsecrated
yards
forsake
from
r now lie
this woman's grave has to do
with “pagan rites” has still to be told,
There is a local belief that
epileptics will be cured of their trouble
by drinking water from a certain pool
out of the skull of a Such a
skull has been kept hidden for many
years under the surface of the sol of
this grave, but whether it is the skull
of the woman herself is not clear,
Those suffering from epilepsy go to the
grave in the dead of night, unearth the
skull and drink out of it
water of the pool already mentioned.
This practice has been going on for a
long time, but has only now come under
however
suicide
Some nine years ago the skull had a
curious adventure. A number of men
cross removed the skull from its resting
place and kept it for some time near the
parish manse in order to have the benefit
people who are looked upon as the prop-
ficulty in recovering it, but ultimately
did so, and replaced it in its sepuichre,
This is the story of the skull to date,
but the sequel remains to be told, as it
is not tnlikely that there may be a
struggle between the minister and his
some bowl.—London Express.
No Danger From Parasites.
There seems to be little danger from
importations of parasites. With para.
sitic and predatory insects the food hab-
its are definite and fixed. They can live
on nothing but their natural food, and
in its absence they die. The Australian
ladybird originally imported, for ex-
ample, will feed upon nothing but scale
insects of a particular genus, and, as a
matter of fact, as soon as the fluted
scales became scarce the California of-
ficials had the greatest difficulty in keep-
ing the little beetles alive, and were
actually obliged to cultivate for food the
very insects which they were former!
$0 anxious to wipe out of exister
LIVES UNDER A BUSH.
Census Takers
Eccentric Irishman,
The census takers have made a re-
markable discovery in Epping Forest,
where an old man has been living under
a bush for nearly forty years and has
now for the first time reckoned
among the population of England,
A census taker said he could find
somebody of whose existence England
had never heard.
this invitation people accompanied him
to the borders of the f{ where a
been
forest,
wreath of smoke issuing from a ho
bush gave the first indication of this
modern Rebin Hood's whereabouts
Under the bush was found a wizened old
man, gnarled and crabbed as the bush
itself.
A layer of leaves a foot deep formed
the bed on which this wild man of the
woods reposed. A few sticks placed
tion and the leaves of the holly bush
served for the walls of his cave.
inhabitant was a taciturn old
whom even the offer of a whiskey
failed to thaw out
thick slice of bread he grunted out chap
tions.
been “ten years before the
r, afterward
fourteen
Then he ‘
him kin
them as boarder, he
own The
most suitable refuge and therefore
had camped out under the bush for
than thirty years.
He was born in Cork in 1828, and is
still a virulent patriot. His
William Birk. For food he relies on the
charity of the people
villages, where he u
Sunday d rs. He
a government pension,
aries of life.
the pools of
quarters,
mo
name is
sually goes
has a
vides
1
1 relics
the
neces
on
he declares are far superior
which to the
he has
comes to the man of co
valor everyw
Ways
headed personal
cept in society's latest and mos
development. The term was used
y express the feeling that he
+
t
the vernacular of the border
i
To 2
’ ty
ies In which
to monkey witl
infrequent, where all were
restless and the majority turbulent
the ordinary forms and servants «
inadequate. Law and
the assistance of off ers
to keep the §
y be a law unto tl
tice were
required
ion was afraid to end
was at least pr
the labors of the pea
le Hxkok, 1
sheriffs
and deputies enforced the law, made life
safe and property secure, and br
y srought
order out of chaos by their ready courage
and good sense. .As Wild Bill Hickok
was the original, so was he the first of
the class
Relative Length of the Seasons.
If the year be divided into two sea-
sons, the warm. and cold warm
season including the time when the daily
temperature is above the annual aver-
{the
is longer than the cold for nearly all
parts of the United States. The excep-
tions are in the Rocky Mountains region
and in certain small areas in the lower
Lake region and the middle Atlantic
States. The longest warm season is in
the Northwest, and on the middle Cali-
fornia coast, where it exceeds the cold
season by thirty to fifty days.
The longest cold season is found in
ceeds the warm by about ten days,
warm season
twenty-five days earlier than
southern coast of California
on
In the
twenty to twenty-five days earlier in the
days earlier than in the north Pacific
coast region—New York Sun.
Looked Into Three States.
Passengers on the City of Chicago,
which arrived at St. Jospeh, Mich., the
other day, reported that on the trip
across the lake they were able to see
three States from the pilot house—Iili-
nois, Indiana and Michigan,
The principal buildings of Chicage
were recognizable, Montgomery, Ward
& GCo.’s tower and the Masonic Temple
standing out in bold relief. Spires in
Michigan City, Ind, also were plainly
seen, as ‘was the smoke issuing from fac.
. At the same time the
Id see the clay banks just
Joseph, in Michigan, and
impses of the
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
he Latest Nappenings (ileancd From
All Over the State,
JUSTED EMPLOYES SUE FOR SALARIES
itephen Connors Killed at Clark's Summit
Fourth Fatality at Frick's Pittsburg Office
Brigade May Camp at Buffalo-Killed bv His
Trala--Other Live News.
County Prohibi-
ionists held their annual conven-
ion at Media and placed in nom-
nation the following officers, to be vot-
'd for next November: Recorder of
Deeds, Charles Palmer, of Chester;
Register of Wills, Joseph Penn of
Middletown; Coroner, C. C. Fergu-
ion, of Prospect Park; director of the
oor, Thomas Kirk, of Newtown; del-
gates to the State convention, George
3. Yarnall, of Media; Charles Palmer,
si Chester; C. W. R. Smith, of Lans-
jowne: Levis B. Disbrow, of Colwyn;
Rev. C. H. Burnley, of Swarthmore;
Arthur Shrigley, of Lansdowne; alter-
Rev. C. W. Burns, Lansdowne;
C. Furguson, spect Park: W. W.
)
hinson, he Committee on
The
Delaware
tions
¢ betore
1 ¢
ore
pr
wariare
against
yy
ating womar
ng arbitrati
, which they al-
he month of April,
given in their favor
grows out of a deal which
ade between Edward Kester, Re-
with his colleague on the
. Horgan, Democrat,
appointments were mas
the aimshouse. The employees t
sir positdope an April 1, with the un
at they were good for a
: 1
Qeal
judgment
The trouble
§ Shortly
was broken and K
Henry Becker, ;
ber of the p
o ree errs
agree
gt '
nena WwW
t § io Creneral (
iller. “The is now ent
his hands and the completion
depends upon
a sausfactory ment h
Exposition management. The ma
the Leg:
troops out of the Sta
reer al > |
winad :
ter of securing
1
ture to take the
a 1
consent of
llentown College for Wo
in Lyric Allen
Knappenberger, president
college, delivered
William H. Deshler
for drawing or painting was
to Miss Maggie Y. Hartzell, of Chur
Samuel A. But:
Ada LL. Sowers
Theatre
the address
medal
presente
present
gold
ciation
g chaffer,
lentown ‘oll the
the theater a reception t
ating ciass
which a
the
Wing exerci
» the
was held at the college, :
as given in hon
of the fnal examinations
of the clagses of the West Chester
State Normal School shows that all the
seniors and post-graduates, with those
who had been recommended for State
certificates, passed. Of the juniors, all
except twelve will complete the old
course next year. The seniors num-
applicants for State certificates, 4
Prof. Delp, of the school, to-day took
the members of the Examining Board
over the battlefield of the Brandywine
and pointed out to them the many
points of historical interst.
The forty-ninth wyearly
meeting of
days’ session at Longwood Meeting
house, cast of Kennett Square. Fred:
srick A. Hinckley, of Philadelphia, pre
sided and made the address of welcome
Elizabeth B. Passmore, of Oxford, is
clerk. In the morning “Imperialism”
George GG. Mercer
and Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia
{n the afternoon Rev. Charles F. Dele.
of Massachusetts. and Prof. Edward
Magill, of Swarthmore, spoke on
“Peace—the Best Method to Prevent
Judge Johnson at Media quashed the
indictment against E. E and U. G
Smedley, of Chester, who were cha-g +d
with buying plumbing materials from
persons without license to sell it, thus
violating the provisions of the Act of
April 11, 1899. The court declared the
Act unconstitutional, as the Constitu-
tion prohibits the General Assembly
from enacting any local or special law
regulating trade.
e annual commencement of the
College Grammar School at Haverford
was held in the yymnasium. The head-
master, Charles S. Crosman, addressed
the graduates, and announced the fol-
lowing awards of prizes: For the high-
est average in the lower school, Charles
Beret; in the middle school, Arthur J.
ite; in the upper school, Roderick
Scott, and the “all-round” prize to John
Hastings Thomas.
Amos K..Brown, a conductor in the
employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
was decapitated in thd west yards at
Columbia while his tfain was being
made up. He was strugk by a draught
of cars and was thrdwa under the
wheels. Brown was ih his year
and was the second dgidest conductor
on the Philadelphia digsion.
.
COMMERCIAL REVIEW.
ficneral Trade Conditions.
New York (Special) —R. G. Dun &
0's weekly review of trade says:
“The labor pation in many
ie country 1s still seriously
and constitutes
some
perations
hesitation
SCOUTARINE New
nd tions
: quick
$ to be expected in some of
labor and in the
meantime trade is encouraged by re-
ports of a satisfactory condition of win-
ter wheat over a large p n of the
country. As for spring wheat the crop
was put in under very
tions and there have been few unsati
1AClOry reports.
“Railroad earnings for May, 9.6 per
cent, In excess of 1900, 23.2
cent, over 1899, reflect a continued ac-
tivity in the country, while at New York
clearings gain for ti B68
cent 1900 and cent
ver 1899, with gair
ies outside
over 1900 and 27.:
“The cessati
orn
ot
cent
reason for
would otherwise
decision 1
tiiese CONroversies
ii
Nii
favorable condi-
and
er
pet
Dang week
per over
rontributed
in breads
Hay —The
10te No
A yt be
$14.50a15
Green Fruits
LL
Fru:
ns, spring
, 81 .
jo, new, Bermud
Egyptran, p
us, Eastern Si
String
$100a31.50;
$3.00a1.50
Caroling
Beans and
eth
vO
:
i
»
eye pea
Hiack ™
Diack peas
1.75
r
Nearby white beans, per
areen peas, pe
Butter. —Creamery,
14a15¢; imitation
State dairy, 17a18¢
Eggs. —State and Pennsylvania,
13V3¢; Southern, itatac;
152200; 3
creamery, 14airc;
13a
Western stor
Provisions — Bulk shoulders, Ba8iic:
do clear sides, obs;
bacon rib sides, 10c;: do clear sides
1034¢; bacon shoulders, oc. Fat backs,
Sugar cured breasts, 11V4c; suga
shoulders, 9c. Hams —Small
large, 11¢; smoked skinned
Lard—
Best refined, pure, in tierces, 9¥%c; in
tubs, 9Vic per Ib. Mess pork, per bbl,
cured
11sec;
Hides «Green salted, 6%:¢c: Southern,
1, tic; dry calf, 10c; dry glue, 634¢.
Bull hides. per 1b, gresn, $436: Goat-
kins, 1sa2sc. Calfsiins, green salted,
Spring
Sheenskins boas se.
Marke: 1s at
10¢;
hick-
Spring
Joa sc.
Live Poultry.- :
the following quotations: Hens
cach, 2%a30¢C; spring
Ducks, ran
Lrecse, apioce,
steady
16a22¢.
15a1bc.
faa 01
HUCKE,
Live Stock.
Eat Liberty, Pa Cattle
tra. $5.00ab.00: prime
~FPrime heavy hogs.
fiums. $6.00: roughs,
«~Wethers, $113a4.25;
s
* YET INES,
$3.00a8.18. Veal calves, §8.20:f70 ®
Chicago, lL—Castle—Choice steers
steady; good to prime strers, $5.35016.10;
poor to medium, $4 5038 40; cows $278
23.75; hetiers, $280a5.18; bulls, $28
4.50; calves steady. $4.303600 Hogs
Mixed and butchers’ $35.7028.070;; rough
heavy, $5.65a5.75;: light, $5655.00,
A
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
a
We have thirty fag factorizs.
Uncle Sam owns 162,115 mules,
Paper wood is as hard as wood.
Paper water mains are a success.
Texas has seventeen clerks’ unions.
Peekskill, N. Y., painters now earn
sags.
: fauston, Texas, carpenters now get
3 r aay.
"Frisco Labor Council consists of 64
unions,
Our metallic products this year are
valued at $5a7.218.084