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.
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can be absorbed by their roots. A dally
record of the amount of water In th
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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
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was suggested by the necessity of
grounding thoroughly telephone and
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Wine skins, made of the hides of pigs,
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A 28-pound ball, fired by an English
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A story is in circulation to the effect
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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
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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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perfectly familiar with that admoni
tion. And I have renson to fear that In
my case It applies In a literal as well
as In a figurative senoe. But I can't
help It"
"You are not usually this way."
"I know it When I was graduated
at the head of my class In college I
was as meek and modest as the lost
man on the list. When I was elected
to office and ran away ahead of my
ticket, I could have defied anybody to
accuse me of showing the least elation.
When I won my first big lawsuit, I
endeavored to bear success with the
same philosophy which I should have
felt was proper In defeat When I got
my picture In the paper as a leading
citizen in my community, I could have
delied any of my old-time friends to
detect the slightest difference in my
behavior.
"But this case is different. I hope
you'll bear with me, but I've Just rid
den my bicycle three times round the
block without falling off, and I Just
can't help putting on aira."
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BIG GUNS SHORT-LIVED.
Bent Back to the Shop After the One
Hundredth Firing.
"The life of a gun Is one of the most
ansatlafactory things about It," remark
ed an ordnance officer In discussing the
war question, "and though a number of
experiments have been made In connec
tion therewith there is no absolute' cer
tainty 89 to the results. A general rule
has been arrived at which Is thought to
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sistence of the ouicers and men who
operate It This crystallization of the
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to a white heat and allowing it to cool
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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
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This crystallization of the metal Is not
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cars is not so rigid. As with the oft
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tf Hsu Cat and Cunnlnsj Children,
" bImw Heads and) Wide A1
Oh, the sleepy head girls, they nap fat
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Heigh bo.
Nap in a row!
Annie and Fannie and Bessie and Pto,
Oh, the sleepy head girls!
Dollies neglected and duties forgot.
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Never a lassie to pin or to sew.
Oh, the sleepy head girls 1 !
Oh, the sleepy head boys, they nod hi s
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Heigh ho.
Nod In a row!
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Never a wide awake boy in the band.
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Oh, the sleepy head boys!
Oh, the wide awake folks, they dance is
a row!
Hip! Ho!
Dance in a row!
Annie and Fannie and Jimime and Joe,
Wide awake girls and boys!
For aH the sleepy heads left with th
dark.
And lassies and kiddies are up wit& the
lark,
Freddie and Neddie and Bessie and Flo,
Wide awake girls and boys I
-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Oldest Animal on Earth.
In the days when Elizabeth was at
the height of her power there was born
a turtle In the Island of Aldabra, which
Is situate between Madagascar and
Mozambique. That tortoise Is still
alive and In good health. Shakspeare,
Cecil, Raleigh and Essex have voted
with the silent majority, but the turtle
Is still only a possibility of steaks and
soup. He Is the oldest living animal on
the face of the earth. For a century
and a half he has been In the possession
of a family In Mauritius, whose ances
tors brought him from his native Alda
bra. Exports say that he Is at least
300 years old. Besides being the oldest
animal alive, be Is the largest turtle
In the world and measures 6 feet 6
Indies over his shell. When he stands
up he is 3 feet high and the breadth of
his shell 1b 2 feet 0 Inches.
The other day Walter Rothschild
brought him to England and presented
him to the soological gardens.
A Brave Act Kewarded.
Mr. Edison, who Is known all over
the world as a great electrician, was a
poor boy. He sold newspapers, he ran
errands, he did everything an honest
boy could do to support himself. The
following story, relating to an event In
his boyhood, shows that he was a brave
boy.
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.
"I will."
He extended his hand and said: "It's
a bargain," and so Edison became a
telegrapher. Selected.
Goldle-dear," My Latest Pat.
Guess what he Is, children. He has
pretty, bright wings; yet he Is not a
bird. He eats honey like a bee; but he
has no sting. He washes his face like
a kitten; yet Is no cat His head Is
something like that of a grasshopper;
but he cannot Jump. What can he be!
He has a proboscis-like tube through
which he eats, and he walks on four
legs like an elephant; yet he is only s
beautiful butterfly, with a black spot
on each wlag!
He flew Into my room one warm
spring day, when I had doors and win
dows open. But the very next day It
snowed, and poor Ooldle had to remain
a prisoner. For a full week the weath
er kept very cold, and he sat motionless
on the sitting-room window, where be
could get what sunshine there was. But
by and by he began to droop, and I be
gan to wonder if he was not hungry.
But what could I give him to eat? 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
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Next came a
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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
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"To these pills I owe my roleasii f-o:n the
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Huch Is the history of one of the most re
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face of sueh testimony, enn anyone say
that Dr. Williams' l'iuit I'i.ls are not en
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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.
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At Cork Assizes .-eieinl persons who
hud been summoned as jurors were ex
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At the present rate of increase the imp
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is said, in 200 years.
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Stockings were first used in the lltl
century. Before that cloth bandages were
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Fits permanently cared. I?o fits er nervous,
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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
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States, not even excepting Mrs. n ,
DL. ..l.lnn, , . "7
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to 1,250,000 acres, or about 2,0oo silaP(1
miles. The ranch on which she reside,
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"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.
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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.
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