MAY ON THE MARSHES. OHM with bottercaps, with Mst ot whit .Wild UHea-of-the-vallej, tb marsh trrcen Glimmered with blns-flari coajatkas aU between Me and the brimming stream's loaf Hoe of light. And all the aweet air laughed u to I sprite, And danced and reigned with mnale crystalline, With trilled and tittering melody, faint and keen, Where in the flags the marsh-wren woke delight Delight to break my heart; for when I turned To meet your dark-eyed smile, to sea your face Reflect the light wherewith the sunse burned. Only the dark-eyed flags emiled up at me. Only the green waa touched with golden grace. And only the mamh-wren thrilled my tear to ee. Century. KEEPING STEP. "Go away; It's no use, Mab," said Prlaoy Cnrtwrlght to her sister. "The thing bos been settled ages ago so far as I am concerned. Hush up, now hush up!" "Agu ago!" Mab echoed, refusing to "hush up." 4,I believe it mu9t be ages ago. Well, if you persist in this unrea sonable course." "I don't persist any more than you. Look at how you did with Tom Van duren." "That was a long time ago. I didn't do It for an example, either. And you aald at the time you wouldn't do us much for me. Then you went and did the very same thing, after all." "Don't care," I'risey said doggedly. "I will not marry off and leave you for any man under the canopy of heaven." "Then, my dear, since we cannot get our suitors to keep step, so to speak, we might as well make arrangements for a quiet and dignified old maidhood. Lot's buy a parrot or something, Prieey." The front door bell rang while the two youug women were discussing their mutual affairs In their own room on the second floor. Just as Slab's brilliant suggestion for the purchase of a parrot had thrown both the suitors into a fit of luugliter the servant girl of the bonrdlng-house aiMared at their door with a square envelop addressed to Mab. "The boy says he's to wait for an an swer." "Here, Prisey," said Mab as soon as she had glanced at the signature, "this must be for you. It's addressed to me yes no wait a minute." Then she rend to herself: "My Pear MhI Do you intend going out this evening? If not, will you ee me at 8:30? I have something to say to you of the greatest importance to my self, at least. "JULU'S CLEMENT." "Ilere, Prisey, read this." And Mab handed the letter to her sister. "What do you Think he menus?" Then she added, speaking gently, to avoid belli;: heard by the servant girl, . who was waiting at the door, "Do you think he's got us mixed up?" As i'risey read the note her blue eyes widened In amazement, but she only aid, "You're keeping Jane waiting. Mab." Mvb turned suddenly toward the door. "Tell the boy 'Yes,' " she said. "That's all the answer there Is.' ' The door having closed behind the ser vant, there was a silence of some mo ments between the two sisters. They seemed to take the Incident in contrast ing ways. The brunette, Mab, stared as a child might stare at an elder sister Prisey was her elder sister who has met with a calamity and perplexes by her coolness under it. Prisey went on with her occupation, which happened to be pulling feathers from an old bat to rearrange them on a new one. These two orphan girls had been ajone together in the world for so long that each expected to understand every Inmost feeling of the other by Intuition. "Don't you care?" Mab said at last. '!?" said Prisey, looking up from her feathers for one moment. "What for? Why shouldn't he?" "Was I right, Prisey T" "Perfectly right, child." At the appointed hour Mr. Clement rang the ball and asked for Miss Mabel Oartwright. "Did you say Miss Mabel I" Jane asked. "Yea, JHsg Mabel. Jane really felt uncertain aa to whether Mr. Clement's memory had Dot played him a trick. "So yon have something of the great est Importance to say to me?" Mab asked blm when she had taken a very tralgfat chair opposite her visitor. "Er yes, Miss Mab. I hope you won't hurry me, though. Did I say the greatest Importance' in that note I sent you? Oh, well " "To you, I think you said. But I don't want to hurry you. It's very sloppy onl of doors. Isn't It? ' "Oh, now, don't make fun of mI" "How?" asked Mab Innocently. "Be cause I asked If It was sloppy?" "I might as well come to the point," aid Clement. "Look here. Miss Mab; of course you know what happened last nlgttt at the Jernay's to me, I mean." Mnb only fixed her dark eyes on him and when he hesitated said, "Oo en," "Well, I want to know If If you think that Is, If I have your sym pathy." Julius Clement had a fine mustache, which curled with boldness and grace, and which he always stroked and pull ed when he was In doubt or In deep thought. On this occasion he was In both, and he acted accordingly. "Do yon need a groat deal of aym ;ntby?" Mab asked him. "I don't know whether I ought to say I do," Clement answered. He had al ready worn out his first embarrassment and was beginning to warm to his sub ject "Perhaps I ought to consider my self fortunate, rather." "Oh, may I ask " "Of course you may. I suppose you know what answer I got?" "Well, no." "Just so." ne laughed nervously. "But then I found out something I think." "What did you find out?" "If your sister said 'No' It was be cause It wasn't because it was be cause because she wants always to be with you. Just as you are? There! Am I right?" Mab hud a way of tightening hex lips which Prisey called "shutting up her self all to herself." She went through this process now. "We were bilking of buying a par rot," she said, very seriously, after a little pause. "A parrot? What for?" "For our amusement and consola tion." Clement laughed at this Idea so heart ily that Mab began to wonder. "Tell me seriously." Clement said, "Isn't It sometblDg to Imw tfcai body cares for you svea "Mr. Vanduren to sea Oartwright," Jaaw InterrupUd, opealng tho door at this point In tbo laterrlew. "Mr. Vanduren!" Mab exclalaMd, not concealing her surprise. "Oh, I or I Intended to tell yoo," aald Clomeat. "He arrived ia town to day, you know. Ton hadn't heard r There waa some embarrassment In the meeting between tola young artist and the girl who. Is the languaga of common report, had "given him tho mitten" nearly two years before. Van duren had taken himself off to Mexico and Central America, alleging an irre sistible longing to sketch nature In those parts. "You quite surprised as," aald Mab as she shook bands with tbo bearded last arrival, "and very pleasantly. When did you get back? Prisey will be so glad to see you again. Let me go np and tell her you are here." Without prolixity It would be Impos sible to describe Vanduren' manner of receiving this suggestion. There was more than mere embarrassment, there was annoyance. Something seemed to have gone wrong. Mab saw this much, but was not clear as to what was wrong. Clement smiled a very proper, conventional smile and stroked his mus tache. Vanduren mumbled something which Mnb felt perfectly at liberty to take for assent. Accordingly Mab left the room and the two men stood lace to face. "You seem amused, Clement," aald Vanduren, breaking the silence. "Well, why shouldn't IT" Clement an swered. "What did I tell you to-day? Of course, you didn't tell me you would be here so soon very first evening, you know." "I didn't think It necessary to advise you of all my movements beforehand," sand Vanduren, coldly, while he stood before the mantelpiece critically exam ining an applique drapery. "That's right, Vanduren quite right. Now, before tbey come down, let ma tell you something." Vanduren turned quickly and faced the other man. "We have no time to lose," Clement went on, speaking hurriedly. "You may not know it, but you are my 'god out of tho machine' that's a classic allusion, you know. I'll explain It another time. See here, I knew well enough you'd be here to-night. That was why I told you I was coming. Now you want me to get out, don't you?' For answer Vanduren only stared. "Yes, you do. Miss Prisey won't come down." "How do you know that?" "Never mind. No time now for argu ment. I only want to make a straight forward proposition to you. If I get out of this will you promise to propose to Miss Mab this very night? Yes or noT "Well. I'll be shot?' Vanduren ex claimed In an undertone. "Yes, I know," said Clement "It does seem a queer and quaint Idea, but there'll be time for explanation later. Yes or no?" A rustle of skirts could be heard on the stairs. "Yes," said Vanduren, making his de cision hurriedly, as one who leaps In the dark. "Good for you for us both." Clement whispered to him as the skirts came nearer the door of the sitting-room. "And tell her to take a day or two to think It over not to hurry." "I'm so sorry, Mr. Vanduren," said Mab, opening the door. "Prisey has a headache. You are going to be here some time, are you not In the city? That's right She told me to say she hopes you'll come again soon. She was very glad to hear of your return." The rest for ten or fifteen minutes was small talk, about traveling and art, oiexlco and volcanoes. Then Clemen In conformity with his promise, "got out of that." Next afternoon the two girls were to gether again In their room. Prisey was turning over a letter that had come to her through the mall. "I think you might let me see It," said Mab. "I let you see mine yesterday." At last, after some hesitation, Trisey, without speaking, handed her sister the letter, which read: "You must not think uie overbold If I refuse to take your 'No' for an answer and come back again within forty-eight hours of my defeat at the Jernay's. Something leads me to tbo conviction that this Is a specially favorable chance for me to 'try again.' Will you reconsid er your decision, or Is there really no hope for me? "In the bitter case mercifully end my juspense by an early answer. "JULIUS CLEMENT." "I wonder what he means by somt thing,' " Prisey remarked as Mab hand ed her back the letter. Mab was shutting herself up to her self to think. "I tell you what, Prisey. That man Is no fool." Mab paused a while for furth er meditation. "Yes," she went on, tt will take a pretty sagacious woman to manage Mr. Clement He sees Into things, does Mr. Clement Came here last night to ask for my sympathy, eh? Forgot to mention that Tom Vanduren was In town. My dear Prlss, that man knew very well that Tom was coming here last night It was a plot to force TTm Vanduren's hand. If I thought Tom was half as clever " "But as it Is?" I'risey Interrupted, putting an arm about her yonnger sis ter's neck. "As It Is? What?" "Why, Prisey, I think they're keeping step at last Don't you?" "Then we needn't advertise for a par rot?" said Prisey. And the two sisters wrote two little notes that evening. Mab's note was to Vanduren, and It said: "Coma and get your final answer to-morrow at 8 o'clock p. m." rrlsey's was longer. But the effect of the two communications was much the same. The two sisters and their two suitors kept step admirably a few weeks later to the tune of the wedding march Chit-ago Chronicle. ' -J Rain for Plants. Rain does plants comparatively Btt1 good until It enters the soil, where 11 can be absorbed by their roots. A dally record of the amount of water In th soil would Indicate whether the indi cations were favorable or otherwise for certa 1 n crops. There is a plan for bury ing specially constructed electrodes In the soil. In order that by measuring the resistance to the passage of a current through the soil the amount of moist ure can be ascertained. This method was suggested by the necessity of grounding thoroughly telephone and telegraph lines. If the terminals are not continually In a moist soil the lines do not work during dry seasons. Wine skins, made of the hides of pigs, gnats, calves or oxen, are still used in the rural districts of Spain. A 28-pound ball, fired by an English warship in 1812, was recently unearthed near Alexandria, Va. A story is in circulation to the effect that the city of Washington stands on leased ground, and that the lease must be renewed in 1899. A STATESMAN OF RUSSIA. Row a Great Ucactioa Was Caused by Constant ne Pobedonoitzc E. Ambassador AnJ.-ew- D. White con tributes to the Century a sketch of "A Statesman of Knssia," Coustantine PobcJoaostzeff, Procurator-General of the Most Holy Synod. After speaking of the death of Alexander II. at the time when be was granting liberal In stitutions, Mr. White says At his death the sturdy young guards man became the Emperor Alexander III. It Is related by men conversant with Hussian affairs that at the first meeting of the imperial comcUors, Lorls-Mellkoff, believing that the young sovereign would be led by filial rever ence to continue the liberal policy to which the father had devoted his life, made a speech taking this for granted, and that the majority of the councilors seemed fully In accord with htm. when suddenly there arose In the council this tall, gaunt, scholarly man, who, at first very simply, but finally with burning eloquence, presented a different view. According to the chroniclers of the period, Pobedonostzeff told the Empe ror that all ao-ealled liberal measures. Including the constitution, were a de lusion; that however such things might be suited to Western Europe, they were not suited to Russia; that the constitu tion of that empire had been from time Immemorial the will of the autocrat directed by his own sense of resjwnsi blllty to the Almighty; that no other constitution was possible In Russia; that this alone was fitted to the tradi tions, the laws, the Ideas of the hun dred millions of various races under the sway of the Russian scepter; that In other parts of the world const ltution al lilerty, so called, had already shown Itself an absurdity socialism, with Ha plots and bombs, appearing In all quar ters, attempts making against rulers of nations everywhere, and the best of presidents having been assassinated In the very country where free Institu tions were supposed to have taken the most complete hold. He insisted that the principle of authority In human government was to be saved, and that this principle existed as an effective force only In Russia. This speech Is said to have carried al! before It. As Its Immediate result came the retirement of Lorls-Mellkoff, fol lowed by his death, not long afterward, upon the Riviera; the entrance of Pob edonostzeff among the most cherished councilors of the Euiieror; and, as tin consequence of this, the suppression of the constitution, the discouragement of every liberal tendency, and that com plete reaction which Is In full force a? the present hour. Justifiable Elation. The Washington Star chronicles ths fact that a somewhat elderly gentle man entered his own house one day last autumn with such a look of self-satisfaction upon his countenance that his wife was at once struck by it; and like a faithful spouse, she proceeded to put him on hie guard. "Richard," she said, "I hope you have not forgotten that pride goeth before a fall." 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So far as has yet been discovered, there Is no remedy for It It is not exactly a total loss after a gun has become dead, for the steel can be used for thousands of things In the way of bolts, braces and the like for new work and for re pairs. "A modern gun Is .in expensive r.lTjilr, running from $75,000 away up. It is equally expensive to keep It In opera tion, the cost for each cartridge sent from it being over $1,000. which does not Include the putting of the gun on Its emplacement or taking It down, nor the thousands of dollars necessarily expended In paying salaries and sub sistence of the ouicers and men who operate It This crystallization of the metal Is one of the mysteries of the sci ence of ordnance. The gun could be revivified to some extent by heating It to a white heat and allowing it to cool off slowly, but the treatment Is not ex actly satisfactory or even approximate ly certain as to results. It has been said of us as of other nations, that If we kept every gun we own In actual firing operation for even twenty-four hours the powder and shell bill would bank rupt us, and there Is some truth in it. This crystallization of the metal Is not confined to guns, however. The same thing occurs In the journals or axles used on the railroad cars. It Is for that reason that carefid railroads put on new axles every five or six years. In Europe there are laws upon the sub ject though It Is custom with us. In Germany it is unlawful to use an axle on passenger cars more than four years, though the limitation on freight cars is not so rigid. As with the oft fired gun, the steel In the Journal be comes so brittle by the crystallization in consequence of Its use that it is lia ble to snap In a dozen pieces any time after Its life U ended." Washington Star. BcantF is Blood Deep Clean blond means a chan skin. 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One summer forenoon, while the train was being taken apart and made up anew, a car was uncoupled and sent down the track with no brakeman to control It. Edison, who had been look ing at the fowls in the poultry yard, turned Just In time to see little Jlminle on the main track throwing pebbles over his head, utterly unconscious of Ua iiKer. He dt-opped his papers on the plat form, seized the child in his arms, and threw himself off the track, face down ward. In sharp, fresh gravel ballast, without a second to spare. As It was, the wheel of the car struck the heel of his boot. "I was In the ticket office," says the child's father, "and, hearing a shriek, ran out In time to see the train hands bringing the two boys to the platform." Having no other way of showing his gratitude, the agent said: "Al, If you will stop off here four days In the week, and keep Jimmle out of hann's way until the mixed train re turns from Detroit, I will teach you telegraphing." "Will you?" said Edison. 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Did butterflies eat honey like bees? I asked. It certainly would do no barm to try, and as I had none In the bouse I boiled some sugar and water together In a stioon, and as soon as It was cool gavt him a drop. Presently Ooldle stuck out a long tube, like a thin stick, only hol low; this he put right Into the sweet drop, and sucked till he had enough. Then he curled It np like a tiny watch spring and tucked It away (T think under bis nose), and began washing his face witsh both forefeet at once. This done, he began to fly about the window-panes, as If he wanted to get out, but I did not let him, as he was better off Indoors while It was so cold. It does not do to handle a butterfly, so In the evening I always made him walk on a bit of thin board, and set H with him on the mantelpiece In tbe warmest part of the room. He then would fold his wings up straight, and remain till morning. By and by I got him some honey, and thought I had done great things for him; but it mupt hare been too sweet for him,, or else he ate too much of It (be did not tell me which), for be died seon af tar Yoeth'a Companion. Nine out of every fen men whose names are signed to a petition couldn't tell yon wtiat lfs for. The armless wonder, who writes with bis toes, ia nerver A COSItSTOIlAKV or BBAKSrBAng. - The following case was printed originally in The Monitor, a newspaper published at Meaford, Ontario. Doubts wore raised as to Its truthfulness, consequently a elose watch was kept on the ease for two years and the original statement has now been eXP'tcVhadb1en a hopeless paralytic for five years. His ease has had wids ial t tention. He was oonfluod to bis bed. was bloated almost beyond reeogaUlcn. and could not take solid food. V oetora eaUed the disease splat I sclerosis, and I aU sa d be eon Id not live. The CanaJmn Mutual Ufa Association after a thorough m;a?0l tT bint bis total disability elaiai of 11.650. regarding him as forever ob For three years he lingered lint his e on- taklnc; soma ot Or. Will iams' rink Pills for Pais People there was a slight 'nhansre. a tendency to sweat freely. Next came a little feeling in his limits. This extend ed, followed I , a iiriiikiniy raa mm oiuiri. sensation, until at last the blool be?:in to course freely and vigorously through his body. Boon he was restored to hi old time health. A reporter for 2'n Monitor recently eallnd on Mr. Fetch atfain and was told: "You may say there Is no doubt as to my cure being perraanout. I am in better health than when I gave you the first in terview and certainlv attribute my core to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. "To these pills I owe my roleasii f-o:n the living death, and I shall always bless tbe day I was induced to cake thmn." Huch Is the history of one of the most re markable cases in modern times. In tbe face of sueh testimony, enn anyone say that Dr. Williams' l'iuit I'i.ls are not en titled to the earnful consideration of every sufferer man, wou.au or child? Is not tbe case. In truth, a rairnlo of modern medi cine? These pills art) sold by all druggists are considered by them to be one of the most valuable remedial agents known to aclence. WHAT A WOMAN DID. To Europe Six Times in Twelve Years Learned i ix Lanji uaices. A plucky American woman, who le gan to support herself at eighteen, has shown how a poor school teacher can see Europe to the best advantage In twelve years, says the Philadelphia Times. Earning a small salary in a public school, she has taken private pu pils and lived frugally, and has been able to go to Europe every other year for a two months' holiday. Her first Journey was matfe to En gland and Scotland, and was enjoyed so keenly that she planned another one, and saved money for it during the next two years. The second tour was through France, Belgium and Holland, and In order to travel comfortably she learned French during her leisure hours. Returning to her school work, she be gan to study German, and at the end of two years was ready for a Journey up the Rhine and to Vienna, and thence through Dresden and Berlin to Bre men. With renewed ardor she plunged Into the study of Italian, and at the end of two years she started for Rome. She made the round of the Italian cit ies, and spent a fortnight In Switzer land. Two years afterward she was In Spain, and was able to speak the lan guage. During the last year she has made her sixth Journey to Europe, traveling through Denmark, Norway and Swed en to Russia, and spending a fortnight In Moscow. She carried with her a fair knowledge of Swedish, and not only knew tbe Russian alphabet so as to read the street signs, but could make her own bargains with drosky drivers and go about without a guide. In the course of twelve years she has made six Journeys to Europe and learned to speak six modern lungHages, and she has supported herself entirely by her earnings as a school teacher, and has paid every penny of her trav eling expenses. Starting with a pains taking study of the language of the country which she was to visit, and also preparing herself by a course of reading, she has mnde the best possible use of her time abroad. The reward for all this energy and perseverance has come In her thirtieth year. Her knowledge of foreign lan guages has fitted her for broader work as a teacher, and she has left the pub lic schools to take a position as in structor In French, German and Italian In a high school for young women. There may be higher alms than those ordinarily Involved In foreign travel, but the persistency of this American girl In carrying out her plans Is worthy of praise. It is a great gain In any hu man life, If It Is governed by a definite purpose and keeps that purpose stead ily in mind. I nse Piso'a Care for Consumption both In my family and practice. Dr. (J. V. Patteb son, Inkster, Mich., Nov. 6, 1894. It has been stated that there are in the United Stales over 50 distinct secret or ders, with over 70,000 lodges and 5,500, 000 members. - Sent free, Klondike Map from Gold Commission's nrt'.cial xurvey. Ad dress iaiDerAeCoCoUTB Cola At Cork Assizes .-eieinl persons who hud been summoned as jurors were ex cused on account of poverly. To Cora Constipation Forever. Take Cancareta Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c. If C- C C. tail to cure, driiKgista refund anoney At the present rate of increase the imp utation of the earth will double itself, il is said, in 200 years. rnie Guaranteed by I)K. J. II. MA1KR, 10ft AKCII ST I HILA I'A. Kane at onor. na C rration or delay Irum busincM. ComiuluUon liee. fcndorwmenu of phyiciana. ladies and Imminent citizens. !-tuJ luc uruuiw oatc tui.u A. M. lot Y. XI. Stockings were first used in the lltl century. Before that cloth bandages were used on the feet. Fits permanently cared. I?o fits er nervous, neaa after flrat day'a use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer, $2 trial bottle and treatise free. PR- U. U. KLINE, Ltd.. S31 Arch St.. Phila. Fa. What For? One of the most curious branches of a certain London theatrical wig-maker's business Is the painting and erasing of black eyes. Just as many hundreds of dscolored eyes have been hidden by his art as those made for stage pur poses. "A short time ago," said the wig-maker to an Interviewer, "a man rushed Into my office and said he want ed me to paint him a fine black eye one that would not be distinguishable from a genuine one. I was surprised and amused. "Whatever do yon want that for? I asked. 'Well,' he said hesitating ly. It's like this, you see. Before I left this morning I had a tiff with my wife, and she actually went so far as to strike me in the face. I know she repented It Immediately afterwards; but I want to teach her a lesson. So Just make me up as good a black eye as possible, please, and when I get home, I will show bet what has tamper was t&ooa. lb for.' I 1 Srrasx Taatea ortT Use Vt RAM'S HORN BLASTS. t. Motes CalllswtMa Wicka Hapaataoca. FEAR and ove are foes. Envy bite its I keeper. o nor tunny may trip a giant. Hunger and ambition are bard to rock to sleep. morning star never rises. A good name is made, not be- Itowed. rubllc opinion is never tongue-ueo. The abuse of health Is veiled suicide. Every heart has a thorn and a throne. The man who thinks leads the crowd. Carniel faith leads to Carmel victory. The grumbler blows out his own lamp. Small boats must keep near m shore. If you can't be a sun, don t do a loud. Heart wisdom Is ahead of book learn ing. Man never makes truth; he onl ais- rovers it. The man above suspicion lives above Hie stars. Ignorance and witchcraft are fast friends. It Is hard for bad motives to drive good bargains. The farm and the garden are tne dcsi gold diggings. Compared to eternity, this life is as the last gasp of the dying. Discretion Is not cowardice, neither Is blatant volubility courage. Exuberant patriotism Is often used as a cloak by knavish politicians. A prayer for guidaucc on election day Is quite as appropriate as on Sunday. Weeda thrive best In richest soil. This applies to churches as well as to fields and gardens. T.nr not onlv "Ditched his tent toward Sodom," but he was found living right down town when destruction came. Consistency, thou art a Jewel." Im agine a saloon keeper horrified at tne desolation wrought by Spain in Cuba. Through the cloud of Imminent war, 'a prudent man forseeth the evil," but that does not binder him from doing his duty. Ont nf the Months ot Babes. Willie, aged 4, hnd a new bnby broth er. The first time he saw him he walked around him two or three times viewing him critically and asked: "Say, mam ma, what did that kid say when the barber hheared all bis hair off?" Harry, aged 5, was reading aloud to his mother about a ship and came across a passage saying: "And she steamed down the river." "Why Is a ship called "she, Harry?" asked his mother. "Well, I guess It's because she has to have a man to boss her," was the reply. "Oh, papa," exclaimed little 4-year- old Ned, "look what a bright star."' Yes," replied the mather, "and It Is three times as large as our earth." "Oh, no. It isn't," said Ned. "Why do you doubt It?" asked his father. "Because If It was it would keep the rain off," was the logical reply. Little S-year-old Bessie was watching her mother drive a nail one day, when the latter accidentally bruised her thumb and exclaimed: "Oh, my gra cious:" "Why did ou say zat?" asked Bessie. "I don't know. What should I say?" queried her mother. "WeH," said Bessie, after a moment's reflection. "'ou might say re 'niandments." The little 4-year-old daughter of a minister was visiting and at dinner found the carving wus about to begin without the customary grace. Calling out loudly: "Walt a minute," she fold ed her hands and, bowing her head, re peated "Now I lay me," etc., all the way through. This done, she raised her head and waving her hand to the carver, said: "Now you can let her go." There Is a little 5-year-old girl In Chi cago who evidently appreciates her mother partly because she Is her moth er and partly because of selfapprecia- tion. "Mamma," she said the other morning, "guess what Mabel's mamma siild about you at the party last night." "I don't know, I'm sure. What was It, denr?" asked her mother. "Why," was the reply, "she said you was the sweet est little girl's mother in Chicago." i"ie favoriti punch of the modem .'.ilist Is served in a glass. Quite Another Thinjr. "Say, Horace," said one of them, "do you know this tranipin' around the streets with an ndvertisin' banner is a repnlar dog's life?" "No, It aiu't, either." "Vou don't mean to say yon like it?" "No, Gerald, I don't like il. but what I say Is that It ain't no dog's life" "It ain't?" "No, sir. It ain't. I led a lo;'s life one winter, and I know what it Is." "Wbnt's It like, anyway?" "Well, n dog's life is where a nice kind lady brinirs vou n ulnte r.f !,.., als three limes a day, and the rest of I the time all you do is lay up alongside i of a warm stove anil dream. That's ' what a dog has to do, Gerald. That's I n dog's life for you, snd it comes mlclity near suitin' me. Don't never holler about a dog's lire."-Chie:i-n Itecord. OTO- as jTfK m PUBLISHERSand printers Tbe Gentral Newspapsr Union, Lid 6i4 CHESTNUT ST.. Philadelphia. Furnishes Machine Composition In English and German. FOR NEWSPAPERS, BOOKS, MAGAZINES, PAMPHLETS, LEGAL DOCUMENTS, ETC AIo Photo-En Ravin . Una arA Wirn and In Colors. Ti.MV A r v," "Don't Hide Yon Light DndeTTEMkrltVto wflj k SAP OJL 1 0 .r.ft-.-)iamt,y ait --m.,' .. g -rjmmirM .iaaaiiT-rnar i inn iiiH -' '' Rioheat Woman in Texas. Mrs. Richard King, of Texas, ably the richest woman In the l,lit States, not even excepting Mrs. n , DL. ..l.lnn, , . "7 ureen. out w umj iu.r ai((j ed estates In Southern Texas amount to 1,250,000 acres, or about 2,0oo silaP(1 miles. The ranch on which she reside, Is the largest in the world. It Is called "The Santa Gertrudes." In the center of it, thirteen miles from her front gate, is Mrs. King's home, a central chateau, looming np like a baronial castle on a slight eminence. 'All around It are the pretty homes of dependents, surround, ed by well-tilled fields and gardens. The 200,000 cattle, of Improved ana imported breeds, and all sheep within the Santa Gertrudes ranch belong to Mrs. King. The current expenses of the ranch reach JlOO.oon n j e. r. Three hundred cowboys nre in her eiiij,!,,, for whom she keeps l.isx) ponies. Increased His Class. This could only happen In Scotland, where a way has been dlscoveied by ( Glasgow minister to compel even tht worldly passions of men to mak tat righteousness. He noticed that the young women who came to Bible ck at his house each had a young man waiting for her. So one evening what aid this canny Scotsman t!o, iu-n tit elusa was In progress, but m:il;e na tx. cuse to leave the room and step out side, where, as he expected, he fin. nd a small crowd of waiting swuins. With much politeness he pointed out hi.s un willingness to keep them from thir sweethearts and invited them to coin inside and see thein. It is needless to add this r;iiignW minister has a mixed Bible class no en bis bands. And it Is doing well. Boston Herald. Try Allen's) loot-Ksw, 1 powder to be shaken Into the shn", at this season your feet feel swolli n, urt vous and hot, and Ret tired easily. 1; )., bav smarting fnut or tiirht sh u-, try Allen's Foot-Ease. It cools thu ft-i-t and makes walking easy. C'ur.'s swollr-n hud sweating feet. Misters and callous spots. Kelieves corns and bunions of all pain ami (TiVHS rest and comfort. 10,000 ti-sl imonluls. Try it to-day. Hold by all dniL'trists mid 9' oe stores for 25e. Trial package FhUK. Address, Allen a. Olmsted, La ltuy, K. X, Amblgnons. A noted evangelist is fond or telling of his experiences In preaching to the negroes In the South. At the close of one of his meetings a very large old colored woman en me up to him and shook his ha ml warmly while she said: "God bless you, Brudtler Jones! Ton's evahbody's preacher, an' evaiilxaly loves ter heah you preach, an' evnh niggah love to heah you; an', Urml bT Jones, you preaches mo' like n ti i -n r than any white mnn that evah liw-d; an', Brudder Jones, you've pot a white skin, but fank de I-awd, you've got a black heart!" The Outlook. To Provide Domestics. The Housewifery Club, of New fork, Is Intended to facilitate lo;m-stli; work. It provides its members Mith maids having satisfactory refeiem-es, and stimulates the servant by paying her a prize at the end of a certain time If her work has been satisfactory. Good Reason. "And why did she choose hlra among so many admirers?" "The others did not proi,oe." Brooklyn Life. The finest looking people of Euroe are ".he Tziganes, or gypsies of Hungary. 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