m HEART OF MAN.
I am part of the. tklaf I despise,
Sine my life 4a fcotiad by their com
mon tajk,
And eeofe , idler I meet ilk njun ' 01
street
Hath within him what -all that' outside
him blie
The miraculous, infinite heart of mu
With its countless capabilities.
"Sbeloekesft gnost at the general feast
That at every rip as he slips savs grace
Hath within him a touch of thm untamed
beast.
And -change of nature la change of place.
HAPPENED DURING A NAF
Gun end Frederick Holllday, my
Bade, served bis country In the field
from the opening of the civil -war to Its
close. Horses were allot tinder him;
comrades fell dead t hie side, but
neither eteel nor lead could touch hjm.
Yet his name was written on a bullet.
It was a drowsy summer jtfternoon.
I lay In a hammoak underthe trees be
fore my uncle's house, called Sunny
eldo, on the banks of the Hudson, some
miles below West Point Someone
passed along the ccmorete walk near me,
but I was so near to sleep that 1 hnd
not the energy to tarn my head to see
who It was. I supposed, however, that
It was Captain Charles Marshall, the
accepted suitor of my uncle's daughter.
My feeling for Marshall was not cor
dial. I would hare preferred to hare
seen Margaret engaged to Horace Pre
ble, whom I liked exceedingly.
A few minutes after the steps which '
I took to be Marshall's passed me, I J
suddenly remembered that the General ;
had asked tne to confer with him upon
a matter of business that afternoon. I !
knew that I should find him at that
hour In the "long room," as It wns 1
called, an apartment extending the full '
length of one sldo of the house.
At one end was the General's desk, '
where he wrote his letters. There wns
also an easy chair for reading, aul
some small, revolving boekeases. The
other end hnd somewhat the appear
ance of a conservatory, and midway 1
was a couch with cushions, a work
basket with colored wools, and ether '
Indications that Margaret often kept
her father company la the long room, i
She lay on the couch fust asleep. The
Oeneral, at his dsk, had net moved
at the sound of my coming.
I put my hand on Margaret's fore- '
head and waked her. 6 he did not start, ,
but only opened her bre-wn eyes and
looked up at me with instant recognl
tlon. Before either of us spoke Mrs. ;
Holllday appeared In a doorway and
said:
"Captain Marshall Is here." !
The girl followed her mother to an
other part of the house and I walked to
the General's side.
I spoke and he did not move. I laid
ray hand upon his shoulder. My touch
disturbed the equipoise of bis body. It 1
slowly, heavily slid from the chair, and
fell to the floor, where it lay face up
ward. "Find Dr. Hilton," I cried, "and send ,
him here instantly. Tell no one else."
Haniey obeyed with alacrity, and In
scarcely more than a minute Dr. Hil
ton came. He was a young physician
resident In the family, with which he
had a distant relationship, and assured
of a competence under the General's
will.
General Holllday bad been shot
through the body. The bullet had shat
tered the spine and death had resulted
Instantly from the shock. So much Dr.
till ton was able to say with perfect
certainty. He added that the murderer
must have stood directly behind his
victim, and have aimed welL General
Holllday had been dead a very short
time certainly less than an hour.
Mrs. Holllday was utterly prostrated,
and I believe that nothing but her
mother's dire need saved Margaret.
I have already confessed my preju
dice against Captain Marshall, and it ,
to, therefore, with the greater pleasure '
that I admit him t have proven him
elf a servicable man In such an enicr
fency.
It was under his direction that we at
last began to make an Investigation of
the tragedy. We had alreay telephoned
the police of West Point
Evidently the extraordinary circum
stance the seemingly Impossible detail
which distinguished the case from all
other mysteries was the presence of
Margaret when the shot was fired. She
told us thru she had come to the long .
room Immediately after luncheoa. Her
rather hail come In, very soon after
ward, and had gone at once to his desk.
She must hare fallen asleep Immediate- .
ly, and she remembered nothing more
till the moment she saw me standing
before her.
"This Is beyond belief," said Hilton.
"It is utterly incredible that Margaret
should not have been awakened by the
report of the weapon, but It is even
more preposterous to suppose that any
human creature could have had the
hardihood to commit this crime rii;ht
before the girl'd faoe, even though she
slept"
"He might have felt sure that she
wouldn't awake," said Marshall, and
I noticed that his cold gray eyes
canned Hilton's face narrowly.
The suggestion seemed to escape the
fcyslclan, but It came like a blow to
me. Margaret's sudden and deep sleep,
might furnish the explanation of the
intire myati ry. Hilton pat next to Mar
garet at the table. He might have
3rugged her food.
But Margaret's sleep might have been
natural In the beginning. Then some
one might have come noiselessly to her ,
side, as I had done, without disturbing
her slumbers. He might have caused !
her to inhale some soporiferous vapor
which would have dulled her sense?
while the murderous deed was done.
"They make powders nowadays."
said Marshall, "which develop extra- ,
ordinary energy but very little noise.
I think It possible that a weapon so
charged might have been fired In this
end of the room and not have been :
heard by anybody but the murderer. It
Is extreine'y Improbable, but we must
not forget the fact" i
"Where ere you?" I asked, with ,
unintentional rudeness.
"I was In the parlor with Mrs. nolll- ;
day," he said. "And your question re- j
minds me of one that may be pertinent. I
Dr. Hilton, from your examination of I
the body, should you think It likely that
General Holllday was shot ai:er Mar
garet left this roomT"
"Gentleman," I said, "we waste time
with suspicions. Let us confine our
selves to the facts In the case."
There is a police officer In West Point I
who has a considerable reputation is :
a detective, lils name Is Bernard Kel
ly. Within an hour after the message
was sent out from Sunnystde Kelly ar
rived. First we questioned the servants.
Three of them believed that they hnd
heard -a sound like a pistol shot abont
:he time when the crime must have
been committed. The other three were
sure they had not
Hanky, the butler, was nearer to the
long room during the critical period
than any ether person not actually
within It He had heard nothing, but
he had seen something of consequence,
uamely, a maa whom be did not know
walking iwif $191 the bouse.
lt nrst TifM sasaleleae lav en
tered npoa Haniey. They were found
ed only upon nip seneaner ai in time
when ha and I war together In the
long- room, immediately aiter my dis
covery 9t the crime. Certainly there
conld net have been a mar perfect pic
ture at maty terror than as furnished
than.
Bt I eonld net at Irat sapply a m
tire for kiss,
fas WOet, after paaalns entirely
thrancn soy socle's body, had pene
trated the back at the desk, and the
wall also, t was aaiased at tit power
ef the projectile, but Captain Marshall
was not
It s imported bis theory that the new
expleslve for small arms figured In this
case. Ha was an expert upon this
point; Indeed, be waa at that time con
ducting experiments with a rifle In
tended for die army.
His knowledge of the subject was nn.
dsrubtedly gjreat, and the mors I thought
open it the more Important In my mind,
because the coincidence of the presence
of such a man in that house at a tlm
when a mysterious and powerful
weapon had been murderously em
ployed. My Interest became horror wfiea I
found, soon afterward, that this lr
cumstance Impressed Itself more
strongly than any other upon the mine"
of Bernard Kelly.
He learned from Mrs. Holllday that
she had left Marshall alone In the par
lor for fully ten minutes. He seemed
not to have moved when she returned,
but he had had time to go to the long
"oom and return.
On the afternoon of that day I had
seen a pile of bank notes in a drawer of
the desk, and the topmost had been of
the denomination of $ 100. How much
was In the pile I did not know. My
uncle had closed the drawer Immediate
ly. When we searched the desk, under
Kelly's direction, there was no money
at all in it My uncle had only a few
dollars and a gold watch in his pockets.
If robbery was the motive, whom
should we suspect? I thought of Haa
ley instantly) and In private I described
to Kelly the demeanor of the man at
the first alarm.
About an hour after he had gone I
away I received a telephone message long?" "Don't bother me, jouunj.
from hlsu, saying that the case would j "But father, I wish to know." "Ob
soon be cleared up. I begged him to it's so the public won't be able to see
name the guilty man, but the only re-j now much their heads have swelled.'
ply was that be would be at Sunny
side early the next morning.
At 8 o'clock I was standing on the
veranda In front of the house when the
sound of the wheels startled me, and I
saw a carriage containing Bernard
Kelly and a man who leaned far back
with his face In the shadow.
The carriage rapidly approached. In
a few seconds it waa near enough for
me to see the face of the shadow. Kel
ly's companion was Horace Preble.
"In heaven's name, what Is this?" I
demanded.
"I am a detective In the pay of the
New York police department" he said.
"I'm here professionally."
"We wired to New York for a man,"
said Kelly, "and Byrnes sent up Mr.
Preble. Between us I guesB we can
lift this matter down. Would yon like
to look at the body, Mr. Preble?"
"Not yet" he replied. "Let us have
look at the room."
Captain Marshall Joined us while we
were busy there. Preble was ex ami n
.iig the bullet hole In the desk and In the
wall. He enlarged the latter until he
could see through It and then he looked
out. following with his eye as nearly at
possible the direction of the ball.
"There's a chance that we can find It,"
he said, and he led the way to the
grounds at the rear of the house.
Fifty yards back we came to a large
tree, and in its rough bark near the
ground, after the mo6t careful search
ing, Preble fo'un a bullet hole. Five
minutes later he held in his hand the
leaden missile that had killed Genera'
Holliday.
"Captain Marshall," he said, "you, as
an expert, will be able to tell us what
sort of a weapon carries such a bullet"
"You know already," replied the Cap
tain, with a sort of gasp. "I can see
that In your face It Is the bullet which
the rifle I am testing carries. There is
no other like It"
I looked anxiously at Preble and saw
to my surprise, that he was not regara
lug Marshall. He was looking over the
Captain's head.
I turned and saw a man running
through the grounds. He was bent
double, and seemed to fancy himself to
be shielded by some of the low shrub
bery. I recognized Haniey, the butler.
Kelly overtook Haniey before he had
reached the road which bounds the es
tate upon the south; and in a few min
utes the trembling servant stood before
Preble. The detective nodded to Kelly, j
who instantly began to search Haniey. 1
In one of his pockets was a package of :
twelve $100 bills.
"Now, let's have your story without ,
a moment's delay," said Preble, sternly. !
"I swear to you, sir," replied the but-1
ler, solemnly, "that I had no hand lx j
his death. I robbed him, but I did no t
kill him. It was this way: I went mto
the long room to speak to him. Miss
Margaret was asleep on the coudh. The
General also seemed to be asleep with
his head on the desk. And right there
in plain sight was all that money.
"The General never stirred. He was
dead, then, sir, I've no doubt but I
didn't know It I got away with the
money and hid it In my room. So this , '
morning, when I learned that one of
the servants had seen me go Into that
room, and had told on me, I resolved to
run for It" j
"I believe you, my man," said Preble.
ne directed Kelly to keep an eye on j
Haniey and then we all went Into the
long room. We found Margaret and
Dr. Hilton there. Margaret greeted
Preble with great cordiality.
He opened his hand and showed
splinter of wood about an Inch and a
h:iif long. For my part I had no Idea
of Its bearing upon the case. The
others seemed equally at a loss.
"I found this on the floor at that end
of the room," he said, pointing away
from the General's desk. "It was
knocked off the inside of the wall by the
bullet. which killed your father.
It sur- j
prises me, gentlemen, that when yon
had found where the bullet went out '
you should not nave loosed rer tne
plnee where It came In."
"But Preble," I exclaimed, '"yon are
not going to tell us that the murderer
fired through that wall and across the
whole length of this room?"
"And a mile of open country besides,"
said Preble, calmly, "if my theory li
trne. Captain Marshall, will you tell I
me whether I am corroct in saying mat
a line drawn from the spot where Gen
eral Holllday was struck down and ex
tended through the wall one foot to the
left of that window would pass closo to
your laboratory on the other side of the
valley T
Marshall's head was wet with per
spiration. "It Is true," he said, In a low voice,
"I am afraid that theory la right"
"You have seen the bullet," said Pre
ble, "and I have proved the direction
In which It came. The weapon could
not have been fired near the house or
you would have heard the report The
sfans4UTbascSijrcpj
the Impossibility a sssnj I
distance and
into this nob preclude the possibility
ef intent it Captain Marshall will ac
company me to the Spot we can Warn
whether there was an accidental di
charge of a rids at the hour earned."
He bads ui good-by, sad Went away
with Marshall and Kelly. In an boot
Ws received a telephone tassosgs from
the last named thai Preble's theory had
beea eo&Szaued.
He pined npon his evsreoat
That sneering Johnny Power-
big chrysanthemum and aaldi
"That's whst I cauliflower."
-Chicago Tribune.
-I wonder if that diamond Mudge
has la of the first water?" "I doubt It
It has been soaked so many times that
It must be of the tenth or eleventn
water by this time." Indianapolis
Journal.
Sea here, walterl Those eggs an
not cooked properly.' "I know It sir;
but ron said they were for your wife.
and I knew If the lady was your wife
she couldn't be rery particular." Yon-
kers Statesman.
"All 1 ask." said the man with th
business gUnt In his eye, " is that they
will give me plenty of rope." Then It
waa that they recognized him as a
manufacturer of campaign cigars.
Indianapolis Journal.
"See how clean of snow Brown's
sidewalk Is and look at Jacobson's,
next door." "Yes, but you don't un
derstand." "Whatr "I saw Brown
borrow Jacobson's snow shovel two
hours ago." Chicago Record.
Mr. Henpect (anxiously) Can 1
bring proceedings In court, Mr. Black
stone, to set aside my wife's will?
Lawyer Why. your wife isn't dead,
man, Is she? Mr. Henpect No; that's
Just the trouble. Somervllle Journal.
Mrs. Snaggs (who was a school teach
er before her marriage) The scientific
name of the turkey Is Meleagrls Gal
lopavo. Mr. Snaggs We will abbre
viate that name to "Dennis" for the
time being.-Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
"Father." said the small boy, "what
makes piano players wear their hair
' Washington Star.
Mrs. Lightly You used to call me
j "dear" before marriage, you never do
!now. Mr. Lightly Before I married
i you I thought you dean now 1 know
: you are dear, very, very dear, more
' dear to my purse than my heart To
! Date.
Youth (with Incipient beard) I want
bottle of face letion. Druggist Do
you want something to use after shav
ing? Youth (confidentially) No! You
' see I'm raising a beard, and I want
; the face lotion for my fiancee. Phila
delphia Record.
j "What on earth have you been do
ing, my child?" exclaimed Fannle'a
i mother as the little girl came into the
' room with her hair all awry and her
' dress torn In a dosen places. "Play
In' shoppln', ma'am!" was the reply.
j Ton kers Statesman,
j "You are worth your weight In golf
, to me, darling!" he murmured. "Then
3o go home early, George, dear," she
replied, wearily. "I've lost ten pounds
: since we became engaged, Just sit
ting up with you. We can't afford such
extravagance." Harper's Bazar.
Lad of 10 I say, pa, what Is the
meaning of these numbers at the bot
tom of every picture? Look at this
one: Shakspeare, 158. Perplexed Fa
ther (who has never been In a gallery
before) O! ah! I expect that Is his
telephone number. Humorlstlscbe
Blaetter.
"I love to hear you talk, my dear,"
said Mr. Bickers to his wife, when she
paused to take breath at the end of
the second column of a curtain-lecture,
"but your volubility Is really a re
flection on my wisdom." "How so?"
"Because a word to the wise Is suffi
cient" Judge.
First Wife My man's Just gone out
wild as a hawk 'cos ho can't find any
money to spend on beer. Second Wife
Where do you hide It? Do tell! Mine
knows everywhere 'bout the house. I
can't hide nothln' from him long. First
Wife I always puts It In his own coat
pocket, the one as hangs up behind the
door, and he don't never look there
for money. Ally Sloper.
Served Him Rlg-hr.
Brown I hear that Green's wife 1
leading him a merry pace.
White Let s see; sue s nis tnira wire
isn't she?
Brown Yes.
White Well, I've no sympathy for a
man who doesn't know when he's go
enough.
Carry a Black Cat for Look.
The workers at Barrow-in-Furness
makes it a point of carrying a black cat
on every ship that Is built there. They
consider that this brings luck to the
ship.
The man who goes to church because
he has nothing else to do is an Idle
worshiper.
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SAftRETS AND feOOKaV
fellcfcts at Which the BTedera Child
, Xaawt NUUg.
I do not believe that the modern child
wows anything about an attic The
jln-de-slecle attic Is a respeotable place,
where boxes aire solemnly piled and
where moth camphor sheds Its fra
granca abroad, says a writer In Lippln
cotf a. There are hardly any old books
to bo fonad, for most people send them
to the Hebrew merchants on the side
hstreets. Our attic was a long, low
room, with mysterious dark corners.
Into whoso depths we did not pene
trate. There was an old hair trunk In
one corner that held some of grand
mother's muslin dresses. It waa open
ed only on rare occasions and I was al
lowed but a glimpse of the faded beau
ty within. There was an old spinning
wheel where spiders bung fantastic
wreaths and there was a guitar with
broken, nioldered strings.
But the corner where the books were
piled was the spot I liked the best An
old-fashioned, tlny-paned window let
an occasional sunbeam stray across the
"Ladles' Repositories" and "Saints
Rest." There was a fino old elm tree
that tapped against the window and
sometimes a robin sent a thrill of Bong
Into the dusty corners. Just beneath
the window seat I used to sit a small
crouched form, bending over a musty
volume.
But when I wished to read under the
nost blissful conditions I fortified my
self with half a dozen russet apples,
whose juice would have given flavor to
a treatise on Hebrew grammar. Now,
I never see a russet apple without see
ing also the dim old attic and an utterly
contented child, and I am sure the mar
ket women misunderstand my wistful
glance, for they draw closer to their
baskets and look at me in suspicions
fashion. An apple, so some tell us, de
prived us of our Eden; but apples were
nn important feature of my childish
paradise. So let us leave them In Po
mona's care and look at the Intellectual
part of the feast.
A Buntlful flliTa Affliction.
From th R'p'tV.l ri, Verjiillet, litt
The Taekere of Versailles, Ind., Ilka all
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purtioular, has given them much concern,
the is fifteen, and from a strong, healthy
girl, three years ao, hv1 besome weak and
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at all. Her blood became Impure and Anally
piie became tho victim of nervous prostra
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verge of Bt. Vitus' dance.
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Edna Lyall's style of halrdresslng re
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frizzy pompadour. Maxwell Gray
draws her hair over her ears, almost,
but not quite, in the exaggerated fash
ion of Alice and Phoebe Cary, whose
hair hung pouch-fashion around their
ears and necks.
The curl was and Is In favor with
women who write. Elizabeth Barrett
Browning's expressive face was fram
ed In a shower of dark curls, which en
hanced the look of youthfulness under
her dark-fringed eyes. The all-round
brown curls of Jane Austen were the
admiration of her friends, who regret
ted her early adoption of the cap which
English women still think It decorous
to don at middle age.
Amelle Rives (Princess Troubetzhof)
!s fond of the fluffy bang and the grace
ful coil low in the neck. Miss Sarah
Orne Jewett wears. In place of the
ban. a little parted wave.
George Eliot wore her hair simply
divided and falling in smooth neck
curls. So did Mrs. Anna Jameson.
The bang seemed In part a concession
to older and more extravagant styles
of hair, and numberless are the women
who adopted It and wear it-still despite
Its tendency to die out of fashion's
grace. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett
has always worn It low over her high
forehead. When younger her hair was
simply divided behind it to fall over the
tilts of her ears and coil low In the
neck, but now she has adopted the
bang and the French roll. Clara Louise
Burnbam, too. wears the bang and a
figure eight at the back of her bead.
Mrs. Mary Hartwell Catherwood In
dulges, too. In this bang. So does Jen
nie June.
There Is a certain dignity about the
style known as the English bun. It Is
especially striking when worn on top,
but It Is not every face that will stand
It. Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge adopts It
with grace and effect; also Marion Har
"atvl and Mrs. Amelia E. Barr.
Constance Fenlmore Woolson wore
ihe bang with her curled low In her
neck. So did Miss Anne Reeve Aldrlch,
the promising young poet who died In
1892. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wears It
and also the Grecian, or what is better
known as the Psyche knot. It becomes
her, as moat girlish styles do. Mrs.
Rose Hawthorne Lathrop makes con
cession to the bang, and so does Mrs.
Louise Chandler Moulton. Even Maria
Edgeworth had to wear a dark friserte
when the gray peeped from under her
rap behind.
New Danaeat
Mother Johnnie?
Johnnie Yessum I
Mother Look out for yourself there
In the street; If yon don't the first thing
jyou know you'll be bicycled. Roxbury
Gaxettee.
Hi BelfaC,
Bill I see a Milwaukee railroad has
discharged several Indian conductors
for appropriating money.
Jill Perhaps the Indians believed
that none but the braves deserved the
fare. Yonkers Statesman.
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tle Oaee to Bead.
Grandma's Party.
My grandmother gave me a party,
'Twn in the old-fashioned blue room;
Each guest wore a long gingham apron,
And carried a dustpan and broom. -
She tanght us to march jnst like soldiers;
We had to stand np very straight
And "present arms" the moment she said
so
(Our bullets were cakes, which we ate).
We cooked our own supper together;
It was candy with nut-meats stirred in.
And cookies cut out with a thimble.
All pricked round the top with a pin.
Then sweet Katie Grey cracked the chest
nuts (There were lots of the meats piled up
high);
We each had an apple turnover
(I like them much better than pie).
Oh, the games we all played I can't men
tion! There were more than a dozen, I guess.
And none of us had any mishap.
Except Nellie Brown tore her dreas.
My grandma can tell such nice stories
(They're nicer than any you read).
How one day she was lost in the coal pit
And they found her by seeing her head.
She was naughty once, when she waa lit
tle. She cut off her hair just for spite;
And then there was conip'ny at dinner;
Oh, didn't she look like a fright!
She used to lie down by the fireplace,
And once her dress got all on fire;
Then once, when she crossed the swamp
pasture.
She sank to her knees in the mire.
Yes, we had a nice time at the party
At least I know I hnd, for one.
The others snid uothing about it;
I a'poce they weut borne when 'twas
done.
Yes, I s'poKC well, you see, 1 was sleepy,
I sat in the grent corner chair,
I shut my eyes 'cause they were tired.
When I woke there was nolmdy there.
Jack thought he would tease me next
morning.
But grandma just said, "Never mind."
She's a darling to give that party.
And she's always so pleasant and kind.
Elmira Telegram.
Batter and Finn for Postage.
It was an expensive undertaking to
send a letter to a friend fifty years ago.
The rate of postage for a single letter
carried a few hundred miles was often
equal to a whole day's wages of a la
boring man. Especially was this the
case In the more unsettled parts of the
West
"To show what these rates then
meant to the people of that part of the
country," says Postmaster General
Wilson. In the Youth's Companion, "the
following extract from a letter which
I have received from Mr. W. H. Wal
lace Sr.. postmaster at Hammonds
ville, . Ohio probably the oldest post
master In point of service, having been
connected with It since 1S31 may be
of interest:
" 'On a letter that came 400 miles and
over I have taken from the farmer five
dozen eggs, or four pounds of butter,
or two bushels of oats, or two bushels
of potatoes, or two-thirds of a bushel
of wheat, and to pay for thirty-two
such letters it would cost the price o
a good milch cow. I passed
over the first thirteen miles of railroad
built In the United States Baltimore
aud Ohio capacity of coach, twelve to
fifteen persons; motive power, two
horses tandem; rate of speed, ten miles
an hour.' "
Ont of the Months of Babes.
Little Edith was relating the Lord's
prayer after her mother one evening,
and when she reached that part which
relates to our dally bread she paused
and said: "Mamma, 'ou might mention
to Dod zat I like butter on it too."
"Mamma," said 3-year-old Mabel,
"dive me annozer piece of tandy,
please r "Why," said mamma, "what
did you do with the piece I just gave
you7" "I losed It" replied the little
miss; "I dess put it In my mouf, an' It
failed wight down In my 'tomnch."
Little Mamie bad heard some one use
the word "sockdolager," and asked her
little 5-year-old brother what It meant
"Why," he replied, with the air of one
possessing superior knowledge, "it's
when you go to the church and the
preacher gets tired of talking, and he
says; 'Let us sing the sockdolager.' "
"Father." said the little son of a cler
gyman, "I think you told a story this
morning when yon was preaching."
"Why, what do yon mean 7 asked the
good man, In surprise. "Well," answer
ed the observing little fellow, "yon said
'One word mere and I have done,' and
then yon went right en and talked fir
nearly ten minutes."
Small 5-year-old Tommy, a company
with bis mamma and a cousin frost
Boston, ged f, ww walkinf Quingb
W to
Lincoln Park, when he espied a alga
reading "Keep off the grass," "What
does that mean, mamma r he ashed.
Before she oould reply the young Bos
ton lan answered: "It Is evidently
meant to infer that the sanctity of the
lawn should be preserved.'
The minister was dining with a fam
ily of which little 4-year-old Bessie waa
a prominent member. When her papa
began to carve the turkey he asked the
minister which part he preferred, and
was told that It was Immaterial. After
a time It waa Bessie's turn to be served,
and In reply to a similar query from
papa she said: "I deaa I'll take a piece
of se lm-teriaL too."
The house fly makes 810 strokes a
second with Its wing; the bee 100.
The finest shops In a Chinese city are
those devoted to the sale of coffins.
It Is stated that a third of the popu
lation of the United States now live Is
he Mississippi Valley.
In the number of murders Italy leads
fiurope. In the number of suicides
Uussla is ahead.
Instead of an engagement ring, the
Japanese lover gives his sweetheart a
ploce of beautiful silk for her sash.
The smallest bird's egg Is that of the
tiny Mexican humming bird, which Is
scarcely larger than a pln'a head.
The leathern apron worn by the
blacksmith Is mentioned by Pliny as in
use In his time, two thousand years
8gO.
The average weight of a man 6 feet
tiigh should not exceed 178 pounds; at
least that should be taken as a natural
proportion.
Among new Inventions Is a boat with,
steel fins which Is propelled solely by
the motion of the sea water. It goes
best In rough water.
Smoking is universal In Slam, and
children begin to puff the native cigar
ette, rolled in lotus leaf, at the tender
age of three or four.
There are some large landowners in
Australia. One of them has 620,000
acres, another 1,200,000, a third 3,600,
OuO, while a Wg bank owns no fewer
thaa 7,800,000 acres.
Almost all the camphor of commerce
Is the prod action of the camphor laurel
or camphor tree, which Is a native not
only of Japan, but of China, Cochin
China, and Formosa.
Up to 1826, on the Sabbath, there
were chains across the streets of all the
churches below the City Hall, In New
York, to prevent the passage of car
riages during the hours of worship.
The fishermen of Holland take the
precaution of killing all fish caught as
soon as they are landed, while French
fishermen, on the contrary, allow the
fish to die from asphyxiation.
The smallest known specits of hog
are the pigmy swine of Australia. They
are exactly like their larger brethren In
every particular except size, being no
larger than a good-sized house rat
It Is not generally known that the
pharmacist has long nsed the dog-rose
for the manufacture of a confection,
pratlcally a jam, which he employs In
binding together the Ingredients of
pills.
The favorite sport of the Siamese is
fish-fighting. So popular la It that the
King of Slam derives considerable rev
enue from the license fee exacted for
the privilege of keeping fighting fish.
BaJser'e Gnaw, mm A cinvara.
Are warranted. Thry produce f We are
the largest grower in America. Lowest
prices. tnd Potatoes only $1.50 per bar
rel. Big farm sped catalogue with co-er
and grain samples (worth $10.0 to get a
f tart) sent you by the John A. Ealzer
Seed Co., La Crosse, Wis., upon receipt of
10c postage. A. C. 4
The manufacture of steelrails has been
so profitable in Russia that rail rolling
mills have paid from 80 to 70 per cent
dividends.
rtnwrntlTt Investors
Tan largely inrream their Income by placing
thair accounts in my handa. Twenty years of
Wall Street eipvrlrnce, in additoa to reliable
laiiE lFottMATin-, enables me to advise
Ton most sncrvssfnlly. Write for particulars,
which are intrmttinic to thote ha Tine money
to invest. C'HARI.KS HUGHES, Investment
Broker, 63 Wall btreet, New York City.
Solomon's temple was 107 feet long, 36
feet broad and 54 feet high, not being
larger than many private houses of the
present time.
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oteratlon or delay Irom bnainess. Consultation
Iree. indorsements of physicians, ladies and
r romlnenl citizens. Bend tor circular. Utnc4
toursW A. 11. lol P. M.
It has been found in Switzerland that
in building a railway laborers could work
only one-third as long at a height of 10,
ooo'feet as a mile lower.
hew Star Tobieco Tbe Best,
rmoke B'edre Cigarettes.
Cobeza di Vaca explored the Gila river
country in 1535, and reported that the na
tives were dressed in cotton garments.
Mrs. winslows Soothing Syrap for children
teething, softens the sums, reducing lnSamma
Hon. h! as pain, cures wind colic. 2&0. a botUe.
A carrier pigeon club has been formed
nn the Hawaiian Islands for the rapid
conveyance of letters.More than 50 'sta
tions have been established already.
Te Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund money if it (ails to cur, fjn.
Of the total earnings of the railways
of tho United States last year abont 70 per
cent came from the freight service and
30 er cent from the passenger service.
Fit permanently cared. No (Its or nervons-ne-s
after first day's use ot Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. S2 trial bottle and treatise free,
int. K. H Kline. Ltd.. Ml Arch tit., Phtla. fa.
Jeware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercnry,
as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
mell and completely derange the whole system
when entering it th rough the mucosa surfaces.
Such articles should never be used except on
prescriptions from reputable physicians, as the
lamage they will do is ten (old to the good yon
n possiblvderlve fom them. Hail's t atarrh
Jure manufactured by F. J. Cheney as Co-,
Toledo, O., contains ne mercury, aw Is taken
Internally, acting directly npon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Hall's) 'atarrh t nre be sure to get the genuine.
It Is taken Internally, and Is made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. J. - honey A t o. Tr stimonisls free.
FwSold by Drnggiitta; price, 7So. per bottle.
Hall's ramily HUa are the best.
Stockings were first used in the elev
enth century. Before that cloth bandages
were nsed on the feet.
For Whooping Con eh, PIso't Cora Is a sue
rMifnl remedy. M. P. IIiktcr, 87ThrooD Ava
Brooklyn. N. Y Nov. 1. IShT
The two little Islands of Zanzibar and
Pemba furnish four-fifths of the cloves
consumed by tke world.
Vrhnt Elae Does It Look LtkeT
Dlggs Looks like snow, doesn't it?
Biggs Looks like snow! Why, It Is
snowing.
Dlggs Well, what did I aay
tese
f 1 to time. Sold sy dnsnrlots.
Pains and
Every human body can bs
CURED ef them by using
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warming Notes Call In- the Wicked to
HRI8T made ser
vice sacred.
Imagination it
the artist of
thought.
Truth la the
goal o f human
aspiration.
Inquiry unset
tles error, and es
tablishes truth.
A spiritual
mind dwells
much on spiritual things. -
The peat la the schoolmaster ef the
future.
Some men are long-headed and narrow-hearted.
Love fat the spiritual cement which
binds ne to God.
Noble deeds are steps np the moun
tain aide of character.
It Is better to insult a prejudice than
to sacrifice a principle.
A Mve mustard seed Is more potent
than a mountain of sand.
Understanding Is the scale of thought
where all Ideas are weighed.
Theology haa magnified God's Justice
at the expense of His goodness.
BRAVE BILLY SPEKE.
Berotesa of a Little EnsUals Boy Win
Died in India.
Among the many stories of peril and
sacrifice related by Sir William Wil
son Hunter In his history of "Tho
Thackerays In India," there Is . none
more pathetic than that of the boyish
heroism and filial devotion of a little
midshipman, who died in a Calcutta
hospital Just after English rule was es
tablished there. Tbe record of the sad
affair was gathered from the disjointed
narrative of the ship surgeon, who told
the tale with a sob In his voice.
During the capture of Cbandernagar,
the English flag-ship, the Kent, under
Admiral Watson, was riddled with can-not-shot
and swept with grape. Cap
tain Speke and his son Billy, a lad of
16 years, were struck at tbe same mo
ment. Doctor Ives, the surgeon, dressed the
father's wounds, and then hurried to
the lad; but the little midshipman
would not allow his leg to be toucbed
until he had been assured npon the sur
geon's "honor" that his father had been
attended to and fared welL After be
ing satisfied upon this point, the noble
boy said:
"Then pray, sir, look to and dress this
poor man who Is groaning so badly be
side me."
"I have done -what I can for him,"
replied the doctor, as he bent over the
young fellow. "Now It Is your turn."
"Sir," said the wounded lad, "I fear
you must amputate above tbe Joint."
The old surgeon felt a lump in his
throat as he answered, "My dear, I fear
I must"
But Billy Speke uttered not a word of
fear or dismay. He simply slasped his
hands together, and lifting his eyes to
ward heaven, whispered softly and dis
tinctly, "Good God, do Thou enable me
to behave worthy of my father's soar
The petition was granted, and
throughout the long torture of amuuta
tlon the heroic boy did not speak.
The next morning father and son
were taken to Calcutta, the father be
ing placed In a relative's house, while
the son was lodged In the hospital un
der the doctor's eye.
During the thirteen days of agony
that followed, the midshipman's whole
thought was for his father. In his de
lirium he fancied that voices told him
that his father was dead, and this aug
mented his disease and increased nis
suffering. At last be conld bear It no
longer. He begged for a scrap of paper
and a pencil, and by the flickering light
of a rush, and with almost the last ef
fort of the boyish brain, he scrawled
these Incoherent words to the doctor:
"If Mr. Ives will consider the disorder
a son must be In when he is told he is
dying and Is yet In dotibt whether his
father Is In as good health. If Mr.
Ives is not too busy to honor this short
note, which nothing but the greatest
uneasiness could draw from me. The
boy awaits an answer."
The boy did not "await an answer"
long. The good surgeon hurried to his
dying charge.
"And Is he dead?" asked the boy.
"Xo, my dear. He Is almost well."
A smile illumined the fast glazing
eyes. "Thank God! I am satisfied
now, and ready to die."" and then the
young martyr begged the doctor's par
don for having disturbed him at so ear
ly an hour and died!
He sleeps In brave company, and
among all the graves In India there Is
none worthier the tribute of a tear than
that of the boy hero, brave Billy Speke.
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There Is a clerk la one of the departs
BMtvtn who so closely resembles FresW
dent McKlnley as to be frequently mbV
taken for the chief execntrre. The
President's double rather enjoys the
distinction of looking like Mr. lcB3a
ley, and to make the likeness mors
striking he affected the dress of tke
President until a few days ago, when
an Incident occurred. t"p to that tints
he was to be seen strolling In the vS
cUJty of his lodging-bouse on quite a
prominent thoroughfare enjoying the
attention his likeness to Mr. McKInlcy
produced. He was generally accom
panied by a companion, who addressed
him as Mr. McKlnley when people
were close enough to catch the words.:
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from tbe actions of those who were
thus attracted. Thinking- It was the
President, an effort was generally
made to secure another glimpse of the
man.
The other evening- the , President's
double was on parade and npon that
particular occasion bad become tbe tar
get of numerous eyes. While posing as
the ruler of the land and enjoying his
fun at tbe expense of others some fa
miliar acquaintance - suddenly ap
proached and greeted him with his
true name. This quickly undeceived
those who had made some pretext or
other to take a position where they
could obtain a good view of the sup
posed President, when tbe tables were
turned upon the double. His discom
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