A.NNIE Of, THE VALE.
n rognc stars are glowing.
aeir ciear jigoi oestQvringi
Their radiancy fills the calm, clear sum
mer night-'
Gome forth like a fairy, 'if
80 blithesome and airy,
And ramble In their soft and mystic light
Come, coma, come, lore, come!
Com ere the night torches pale!
Oh!t come, in. thy" beauty, '
Thjjj ib arret of duty
fcear Annie dear Annie of the Tale.
She vjorld we Inherit
a,chJmd by that spirit
As radiant as the mild, warm summer
fsvl
The watcljdog- is snarling.
Vox fear Annje darling-.
His beautiful young friend, I'd steal
"a, -way.
A. O. Dawes.
THE LETTER
FKOM CAMP.
SAT8 Betty, who ha9 spread her
small person and voluminous
many-ruffled skirts as much as
possible over the whole window seat:
"Lovey, dear, such a nice letter from
poor old Freddy. He says listen to
this: 'The weather is industriously en
gaged in raining rapid blows upon our
defenseless camp and the wind Is en
deavoring to fold my tent about me and
bear me up to my rightful place in the
world. Everything In sight, blankets
and bed Include, Is soaked and 1 feel
as If I were running a pawnshop as I
gaze arouud on the cheerful prospect
Scuddny Just slopped In as wet as a
sponge, but as chipper as a sparrow.
He says: "If you're writing to BPtty.
tell her that she could wipe up the floor
with me now. as she always used to,
with some real advantage to the floor."
I am writing this, my or er "
"Esteemed friend," suggests the little
girl whom every one has come to call
Lovey Dear, an endearing title be
stowed by the Irresponsible Bobby
Smythe, who chased her all around the
garden with a siphon of soda-water one
afternoon In endeavoring, so he saJd,
to perform the ceremony of baptism in
a perfectly legal way.
That the name fits her goes without
saying, for, however droll he may be,
Bobby Is Incapable of that would-be
funny sarcasm which makes unkind
cuts of one's small eccentricities of ap
pearance or personality, and if she were
not just the sweetest, gentlest, and ai
together most lovable of young crea
tures Sir. Smythe would have dubbed
her otherwise or not at all. At any rate
he never would leave a loophole
through which a loss chivalric naturo
might poke ridicule.
Betty laughs and blushes charming
ly. "Yes, thanks," says she, "that's
It er Whore was I? O, yes. 'I
am writing this, my esteemed friend, on
the back of my moss plate, which Is
the only writing desk the quarters af
ford, and my impressive style makes
It go "kor-plunk. ker-plunk" at every
word. 1 have placed a few lumps of
moist sod bonoath my feet to keep them
out of the pleasant pool of water which
has found a resting place In the tent,
and as I sit here more or loss drenched,
I must confess my er er esteemed
friend, that the damper which has
spread Itself over my person threatens
to even permeate my patriotism, and I
don't believe anything except a sunny
letter from you Will dry It off. I cannot
help, under those circumstances, turn
ing a longing, retrospective eye upon
that dear old room where, at about this
time In the afternoon, Ivovey Dear, In
her gray gown, was wont to pour tea
for a thirsty mob, while you and I
turned up to treat them to perhaps I
ongbt to say Inflict them with what
Bobby SmytlA with a perverted and
distressing serte of humor called a
"Deweyett," lirWrlng on the ett, as he
always lingers at any suggestions of
eat' "
Betty pauses to laugh gayly.
"That was good," cries he. "Freddy
Is awfully funny, don't you think,
Lovey Dear?"
"Xo, I don't think," answers Lovey
Dear, In a gently Injured way. To dis
parage, be It ever so lightly, that home
ly, obstreperous young Bobby Is always
to step on the tall of her coat.
"O, well, dear," says Betty, "Bobby's
appetite Is such an acknowledged suc
cess that "
'I have eaten my way Into even the
nost reserved larders of the social set,"
tnlsh9 a cheerful volco from the door
ay, "Howdy, girls! I knew you'd be
jlad to see ino! Betty singing my
praises, as usual? I declare the way
that old lady does rave over me! It is
embarrassing, renlly. But I cannot con
scientiously give her encouragement,
Lovey E)ear; there is such a difference
In our ages, and for mo to wed Betty
would be mating May to December,
would It not? 'I'on my soul, as I notice
how aged and decrepit she Is getting it
reminds me of a story "
"Help! Help! Help!" cries Batty,
faintly.
"Of a story?" says Lovey Dear, en
couragingly, though Bobby needs none.
An entire room full of people all pro
testing violently against hearing one of
bis tales have, nevertheless, rnany a
time been made to stand and hearken
to the bitter end, for no man has ever
been known to prevent Bobby spinning
a yarn which he thinks funny or appro
priate. Therefore, It goes without say
ing that Betty's appealing wall has no
effect.
The girls laughed lightly, poBslbly
from the forco of habitual politeness,
and Bobby, as usual, doubles up and
howls at the wit of his own yarn. Peo
ple, unkind critics, are wont to ascribe
Bobby's persistence of anecdotes to this
laugh of his. They say he roars go him
self and makes such a noise that he
thluks every one else is enjoying It.
"Bobby," remarks Betty, when at last
Mr. Smythe's mirth has subsided; "it
has just occurred to me that you an
till In town that yon haven't gone to
war with the rest of the boys. I declare
I'm ashamed of you, and Lovey Dear
must be, too, I know, for she said yes
terday that It was better to die a hero
than live a nothing; didn't you, Lovey
Dear?"
For a second a keen observer might
notlco how white Bobby gets; what an
anxious look flashes in his eyes; what a
firm set his mouth takes. Then be an
swers quietly:
"I wanted to go awfully. Betty, and It
gave me a pretty good wrench to see
the other fellows shoulder their guns
aid go off to fight around the old flag;
but my ntotlier, you know well, I sup
port her first, Undo Sam next"
And there U a little ring In his rolce
as he says this that brings a light Into
Lovey Dear's soft gray eyes a light
that, perhaps, who knows, may never
fall.
"You are a good bey, Bobby," re
marks Betty, "and what will yon do If
I tell you there Is a watermelon on Ice
In the refrigerator?"
"Have spasms In rapid suocesslon un
til It Is produced," replies Mr. Smythe
promptly.
Whereupon, rather than expose ber
Mll to the danger of hydrophobia, so,
Betty mays, she leads the way dining
roomwards, where, In the luscious Juice
of a round slice of really Indecent size.
Bobby buries his homely visage and
apparently the gravity that was his a
moment ago.
Presently Betty, being small and eas
ily satisfied, rises.
"I leave you two budding boa con
strictors to gorge yourselves out of pro
portion while Lgo and write a line to
Freddy; and, Bobby, for mercy's sake
wipe that melon off the end of your
nose! Why can't yon eat respectably,
like other people?"
"Well," answers Bobby, grinning over
t half moon of rind, "yon know a quill
driver must be so much around a pen
that he loses style. Good-by, dear. If
there were not another prospective slice
of melon between us, Betty, I should
be tempted to eat you you look like a
stick of peppermint candy In that red
and white get-up."
"Candled compliment," says Betty,
and disappears to avoid reproaches. . j
f or a moment mere is alienee in tne
room, then Bobby looks up with the
tame odd, grave expression on bis face
that was there a while ago.
"I know," observes he, speaking hur
riedly, "that you girls think banners and
fireworks of the fellows who are going
to fight for all that Is beet In Cuba. It
must seem tame to you for me not to go.
Did you," Jerkily now, "er do you er
like er toe less, think less er of
me for It, Lovey Dear?"
And Lovey Dear (how the name fits
her) answers gently: "O, no; not less
of you Bobby. There are even higher
duties than those which one owes to
one's country, and the best and the
bravest and the grandest battles fought
are the battles that no one sees: and the
greatest heroes are the silent ones who
must stand fast to the plain things
while others go inarching on."
"Ixivey Dear," and though Bobby Is
beaming like the midday sun and his
pleasant, homely face is wreathed In
smiles, his voice breaks In an odd little
way, and there Is something beside
Tight shining In his eyes, "Lovey Dear,
you're brick! Have another slice ol
melon with mel" New Orleans Times
Democrat. Round the Corner.
An amusing incident of Dr. Lyman
Ceecher's student days was told in a
sketch of the famous clergyman, writ
ten by John Ross DIx over forty years
ago.
One night he was awakened by a
sound at his window, as If some one
were drawing cloth through a broken
pane of glass. Springing up, he dimly
say his clothes disappearing through
the broken window, a thief having tak
en a fancy to them.
Waiting for no ceremonies of toilet,
younj; Beechor dashed out after the
burglar, who dropped the clothes at
ance and put himself to his best speed.
But Lyman was not to be easily out
run, especially when thus stripped to
the race.
After turning several corners, the cai
tiff Was seized and marched back" by
the eager student. He ushered him
Into his room, compelled him to lie
dowii on the floor by the side of his bed,
while he. more comfortably ensconced
in the bed, lay the night long watching
him, the silence being broken only by
an occasional "Lie still, sir!"
In the morning the culprit was taken
before a magistrate, who was evidently
a lineal descendant of Justice Shallow.
The magistrate, after hearing the par
ticulars, asked Mr. Beecher "whether.
In turning the corners, he lost sight of
the man at all."
Ho replied that the man was out of
sight but a second, for he was close
upon him.
"Ah, well," spid the magistrate, "If
you lost sight of him at all, you cannot
swear to his Identity!"
So the man was discharged. Mr.
Beecher met the fellow several times
afterward, but was never able to "catch
his eye."
An Idfa from Belgium.
In Belgium, according to a correspon
dent of the Chicago News, they have
what Is known as the hospital car, and
when an accident occurs the car may
be run to the spot, where the wounded
may be picked up and carried to the
nearest large city for treatment. In
stead of waiting hours for the arrival
of surgeons.
Again, the car can be used to trans
port large companies of Invalids from
place to place at certain seasons of th
year. The Interior of the oar Is divided
into a main compartment, a corridor
on one side and two small rooms at the
end.
The hospital proper is In the larger
compartment. It contains twenty-four
Isolated beds on steel tubes hang from
powerful springs. Each patient lies In
front of two little windows which may
be opened or closed at will. Each bed
Is provided with a little movable table
to hold all objects required.
On the outside of tne hospital cham
ber the corridor leads us to the linen
closet and the doctor's department. In
which there Is a huge cupboard used
for drugs, surgical instruments and a
folding bed. Various trap doors In the
floor open Into receptacles for Ice, a
provision cellar, etc. Arrangements are
made for an operating chamber, and
there Is even a small chapel for relig
ious worship.
The car will be used principally to
carry Invalids from Belgium to the
Qriracu'jus cure At Lourdes, France,
lie mi Won Honors,
A fine specimen of the greyhound Is
the English dog1. Pennegant, and he Is
very beautiful In splto of the fact that
FEXXEOAKT A BAOEB.
his coat is not the mouse color usually
seen, but a clear white and brlndle.
He has had especial success In raolng,
for which his master Is duly grateful.
Her Kind Friend.
Miss Blaeklelgb (looking at her photo,
graph)! should like to know whit peo
ple say about my picture.
Miss Dalsey No, dear, I don't Chink
you would. Boston Transcript.
Elderly gentlemen seem to hare a
penchant for youngerly ladies.
AOomtog-ont Party The man whoM
lentence has expired.
A character which combines the love oi
enjoyment with the love of duty and the
ability to perform it is tho one whose un
folding give the greatest promiso of per
fection. .. .
FOB LITTLE FOLKS.
4 COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN
TEREST TO THEM.
sassotUsujr that Will Interest tne Jn
v anile Jteaabers mt at very Honaehold
Hsraalnt Actiaaa nna Bright Sarins
f rimmy Cat an Canning Children.
The Little Vetnnteem,
Handkerchiefs for little gags.
Epaulette a rose;
Hobby horses for their nags.
And off the cavalry goes!
(They've heard the fireside talk of war
And that s what they've enlisted for!)
With little shiny swords of tin
(O patriotic sons!)
And garden plots for fighting in,
With Lllipntian guns,
They march to forts and fair ships.
With mother's kisses oa their lips.
And fierce shall rage the fight and long,
Till from the flower-sweet west
The shadows fall, and evensong
Shall summon them to rest.
Then mother's kisses, and "Goodnight
Beneath their little tents of white!
-Atlanta Constitution.
An Elephant' Teeth,
Whoever has looked inside an ele
phant's mouth has seen a strange sight
Elephants have no front teeth, and
:hey never eat flesh, or any food that
requires tearing apart. Eight teeth are
ill they hare, two above and below on
ach side, huge yellow molars as wide
is a man's hand, and about two Inches
:hlck. Over these hay or fodder Is shift
Hi by the queerest, ugliest tongue in the
d hole animal kingdom, a tongue that Is
literally hung at both ends, having no
jower or movement except in the mid
lie, where It shifts back and forth from
ilde to side, arching up against the roof
)f the big mouth like an immense
wrinkled pink serpent
There Is nothing stronger than the
Forking of an elephant's tongue, unless
t be the working of his breathing ap
paratus when he sleeps. Elephants,
Ike humaii beings, have two sets of
eeth the milk teeth, which are smaller
:han the permanent molars, fall out
n-hen the animals are about 14 years
1L These baby teeth, which are, nev
ertheless, enormous, are occasionally
lcked up by circus men among the fod
ler and preserved as curiosities.
To Splice n Break.
Many a boy breaks bis fishing rod or
Ms tennis racket, or his camera tripod,
r his ball bat and doesn't know how
to mend It
If the fracture is a "splitting" break
that Is, If the bat or stick Is not brok
n "short off" mending it by means of
iplicing threads or cord is one of the
easiest and neatest ways in the world.
It will make the rod almost as good as
lew and quite as strong, where glue
jvonld only be a temporary and unsatis
factory relief.
Before trying to mend anything by
this means, however, it Is best to get a
little practice first say on a broken
broom handle. Always use waxed cord
r coarse pack thread. For large bats
and handles fine flshllne Is the very
best thing to use. Place the broken
jnds of the handle firmly together and
hold them with the left hand or tie
them temporarily with a bit of string.
Make a loop from 1 to 2 as shown In the
picture and lay it on top of the handle.
holding It in place with the left thumb.
It should be of sufficient length to reach
beyond the break represented by the
lark line. Take two turns rery care
fully so as to hold firmly the end of the
loop at 2, and then wrap the string
tightly and closely around and around
the stick until 1 Is nearly reached. The
picture represents the string loosely
wound so as to show how the loop Is
mnde. In winding the real splice, of
course, the string should be as close
together as the thread on a spool. On
-caching the end of the loop at 1 thread
:h loose end of the string through the
oop, being careful to keep the wrap
ping tight Then pull at the other end
5f the string at 2 until the loop Is half
way under the splice. Thus both ends
sf the string are well out of the way
and perfectly secure from unwrapping.
Cut off the projecting ends close to the
splice, and your work la done. If very
large cord Is used a grove should first
le cut In the wood to accommodate the
loop. Soft annealing wire can be used
Instead of string for splicing, and it
sometimes makes a much prettier piece
tt work. Chicago Record.
Children's Parties in Japan.
"The Little Japanese at Homo" Is the
title of an article by Ida Tlgnor nod
net t in the St Nicholas. Miss Hodnett
says: The little girls, of course, enjoy
laying at scenes In real life, and Im
itate successfully weddings, funerals,
ilnners of ceremony, visiting, etc Like
our little people, they sometimes "play
ioctor." and they can mimic pompous-nc-ss
and peculiarities of all kinds. They
have children's parties, too, for which
the young lady of tho house sends Invi
tations In her own name. Children, as
well as grown persons, have seals, and
these Invitations are sealed with the
young lady's own seal In vermilion,
i'lie parties are given In the afternoon,
ind the guests begin to arrive about 8
j'clock, sometimes accompanied by ser
vants. The young hostess pnts on her
lacquered clogs fastened with scarlet
1 hongs In order to receive her guests at
the top of the steps, 'where she bows
very low to each, but does not shake
hands. All sre conducted to the recep
tion room, which Is usually in the rear,
overlooking the pretty garden, the little
clogs being first tnken off on the ver
anda. Each wears a silk kimono with
sleeves touching the ground; a hand
some obi, woven in rich designs, Is tied
in a butterfly bow, and gleams of scar
let or blue crepe are seen In the elalior
ate chignons. The girdles are gay, but
the dresses quiet and harmonious In
color. The guests are arranged accord
ing to well-known rules of precedence
and etiquette, the place of honor being
next to the raised dais at the end of the
room; and all sit with knees bent under
so as to rest the body on the heels. The
little hostess, aided by an eldr sister,
or perhaps her mother, at once serves
her guests with refreshments; and
these consist of the Invariable tea,
sliced sponge cake and various sweet
confections, and are placed before each
guest on lacquer trays, or little wooden
stands about four Inches high. Re
freshments finished, they begin to play
at quiet little games, always addressing
each other with titles of respect, never
lapsing Into noisy play.
"What a stupid old party!" some lit
tle American may exclaim. Perhaps
fou would not think so If yen saw them,
yourself, unseen, and could usdsrstaud
what they w sayta. Tbsy play
HOW TO SPLICE.,
with spirit, and have a sense of humor,
iiu let as they seem. -
-From Chlldren'a Months.
Teacher (to boy in his class) John
correct the following sentence: It If
rery cold. John (as he wines the perspl
ration from his forehead) It are thun
dering hot
"Well, Davie, did you enjoy your vis
it to the museum T" "Yes, mamma."
"Do you remember any of the nice
things you saw?" "Oh, yes, I remem
ber lots of them." "And can you tell
me what they were called?" "Yes;
most ef them were called 'Do not
touch.'"
"Johnny, I find three mistakes on the
first page of your letter," said a mother
to her 9-year-old son one day. "Ton
hafe spelled 'until' with two l's, "very
with" two r's, and left out the word
'brother in the last line." "I don't call
that three mistakes, mamma," replied
the boy calmly; "I call that two mis
takes and one forget"
Mrs. Cakebread was entertaining
some ladles at a select 5 o'clock tea.
and Bobby, who had been exceptionally
well-behaved, was In high feather.
"Ma," he said, as cake was being hand
ed around, "may I nave some tongue,
please f "There Isn't any tongue, Bob
by." "That's funny," commented Bob
by. "I heard pa say there would b
lots of It"
A little ,glrl went visiting one day,
and after a time was given the album
of family photographs to look at She
turned the leaves over carefully, and
pretty soon closed the book. "Well,
dear," asked the hostess, "did you look
at the album?" "Oh. yes," answered
the little maid, brightly, "and we've
got one 'saetly like it, ouly the pictures
are prettier." .
The boy came Into the house weep
lng and his mother was naturally solic
itous. "What's the matter. Tommy T
she asked. "The boy across the street
hit me," he replied. "Ou, well, I wisHld
not cry for that," she returned. "Show
that you can be a little man." "I ain't
crying for that," he reported. " Then
what are you crying for?" "He ran
Into the house before I could get at
him." ' -
STATISTICS AS TO DUELING.
Code la Moat Popular in Germany,
with France Next
More duels are fought In Germany
than In any other country. ?l-jst of
them are student duels, vhl.!i culmi
nate In nothing more serlou th;in
slashed cheeks or torn Ff-ali's, which
look extremely ugly wbvn hi;-.l..d and
often cause much trouble to the suf
ferer while healing. Of all :er;aun
university towns Jena aud Gotilugen
are most devoted to the code, la (Jot
tingen the number of duels nverages
one a day, year in and year out. With
in the space of four-and-twenty cotsoc
utive hours, several years ago, twelve
duels were fought In Oottlngen. In
Jena tne record for one day In re.-ent
times is twenty-one. Fully 4,000 stu
dent duels are fought every year in the
German empire. In addition to these
there are the more serious duels be
tween officers and civilians. Among
Germans of mature years the annual
number of duels Is about 100.
Next to Germany France is most
given to the dueling habit. She has
every year hundreds of meetings "to
satisfy honor" 4hat Is, merely to give
two men the opportunity to wipe out
insults by crossing swords or firing pis
tols in such a way as to preclude the
slightest chance of Injury. In the duel
statistics these meetings are not reck
oned, as they are far less perilous than
even the German student duels. Of
the serious duels France can boast
fully 1,000 per annum. The majority
of these are among army officers. More
than half of them result in wounds
and nearly 20 per cent. In serious
wounds.
Italy has had 2,750 duels in the last
ten years. Some 2,400 of these meet
ings were fought with swords, 17i with
pistols, ninety with rapiers and one
with revolvers. In 074 ca.ses the insult
originated In newspaier articles or In
public letters and scores were purely
literary quarrels. More than 700 prin
cipals were Insulted by word of mouth,
roll t leal discussions led to f50 and re
ligious discussions to twenty-nine
meetings. Quarrels at the gaming
table were responsible for ISO.
A summary shows that r.s regards
uumbers.the sequence of dueling coun
tries Is: Germany, France, Italy, Aus
tria and Russia. London Mall.
who Has these coins?
Two Confederate Half Iu11are Which
Are Kach Worth Sl.eoo.
If you happen to have one of these
half-dollars of the Confederate mint
of 1861, yon have a possession worth
about $1,000. You probably have not
the coin, however. Only four were
made, because the Confederate Govern
ment did not have silver bullion for
more. One now belongs to J. W. Scott,
of New York, who values It at $1,000,
and one to J. T. Jefferson, of Memphis,
Tonn., who holds It at $1,600. The
whereabouts of the others Is nnknown.
At a certain age every girl gets an
idea that It la cultured to rave over cut
glass.
Just because a man admits that he Is
wrong Is no proof that be thinks he Is
rL-ht
As soon as a man begins to be sorry
hs got married, he begins to try to trap
his wife into admitting It
The best points In a story are the
ones you think yon would hare put In
if you had told It Instead of the other
The easiest way to make a bitter en
emy of a man Is to tell him t good story
and then get It off at a dinner before hs
has a chance to.
The only real use the average woman
has for A man Is to shut thf front shut
tors and to blow oaf the alcohol lamp
SOW WOBTB 1,600.
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Women Bverywhero Expxona their
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fin. T. A. WALBBN, OlBsan, On wrHnsx
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its use, io used the Liver Pills and
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rin. FLORENCE A. WOLFE, gig rtaJbarrjr
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ute in telling them what has brought
about this great change. I cannot
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Compound enough. It is tho greatest
remedy of the age."
Ynma Convict Need No Gnard.
The anomalous spectacle of a large
gang of penitentiary convicts working
In the open with no officers or armed
force to guard them is presented every
day at Yumft. AH. They are camped
on the Colorado river, a little above
Yuma, to be exact, and they are en
gaged In cutting wood for the terri
tory. None of them escapes. None
tries to escape. Why do tbey stay?
Because each man guards the other.
Fich mnn Is a "short-termer," none of
t'nein having more than a year yet to
serve. All are allowed a rebate for the
work they do. When a convict has cut
two cords of wood be has earned a
day's rebate on his term." But should
one escape all lose rebates. Thus each
man becomes his brother's keeper.
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Nature often enshrines gallant and n
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lean recommend ft 7!.,'Cure for Consnrop
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Mine Arm ami sure the hand of courage
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rife Cftnta.
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it has sold at the hlhost price. Its price i
now 5 cents, samn as common brown soap.
Itars full size ami Quality. Order uf icroccr. Adt
Men nre often thought proud and osten
tatious because their accusers would be
so if they occupied their places. .
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"But" is a word that cools mnny a
warm impulse, strides many a kindly
thought, puis a stop to many a brotherly
ileed. No one would ever love his neigh
bor ns himself if he listened' to all the
"buts" that could be said.
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A Queer Calling.
To-day, even the emotions have a
value In the money market. There are
In London professional sympathisers
who soothe and comfort the bereaved
In return for pelf, performing tbe serv
ice for which tbey are engaged In so
tactful a way that they soon become In
dispensable to their employers. One of
the most prosperous of their sympathiz
ers Is a lady of unusual characteristics.
She Is a charming conversationalist,
has a useful knowledge of medicine,
and possesses a marvelous- power of
sympathy, which fairly fascinates
those upon whom It is exercised. By
these methods, combined with Innate
tact, she has contrived to secure the
patronage of several wealthy ladles,
upon whose bounty she thrives amas
Ingly. giving them in exchange timely
supplies of the suave and magnetic
solace for which she Is so remarkable.
Plajnrlna tbe Proflta.
"I suppose," remarked the horse re
porter to his friend the humorist, "that
you make a good thing out of your par
agraphs." "Well, some days I make very Untie
and other days not quite that much,"
replied the funny man. "Now, take yes
terday for example; I only permed five
tines, but tt represented twelve big,
round Hollars.'1
"Why, that Isn't so worse for one
day's tott." said the horseman. "By the
way, what did yon writer
"An order to my grocer for lnterlot
department supplies," replied the Joke
smith. Women Criminals (ttnnmbtr Mob.
Russia's penal statistics show that m
the dominion of the Gear the women
criminals outnumber tfee men by near
ly ed per cent, jugt the contrary being
the case In other countries, Xost cj
the women criminals are nnjnarrled,
and tjp Cm rr IsAelfi
RAM'S HORN BLATa
Warmlac Notoa Calllaa: tfco WlckaA ts
Bap taf.
THEY haw
isms In heaven.
Every true man
Is seeking truth.
Christ came to
set too prisoners
of habit tree. ,
Ha who harts
tJ J your reelings may
4 honor of men.
must become their slave.
Some pastors pore too much over
the book of Numbers.
Tho obstinate man Is usually too
weak-minded to give up.
Lose a minute and the chase of s
life-time win not catch tt
Knowledge of tbe Truth makes us
free to welcome new truth.
It Is a compliment to be called "su
perstitious" bp an agnostic.
The Christian who borrows religion
will never have any to return.
The pearl of patience comes from the
Irritating grain of persecution.
One tear In God's sight was Intended
to cover an acre of hardened soil.
As tbe living tree bears frclt so the
living witness for Christ bears testi
mony. ,
If we owe God a debt. Be helps as
pay it If we owe man. be requires
usury.
The sin which has been soaked tn the
tears of repentance Is easiest washod
away.
Some men like to mistake tbe echoes
of their desires for the voice of con
science. It Is when we are most dependent
upon God that we are most independent
of men.
A dark night makes a bright moon;
a dark world ought to make a bright
Christian.
To please a man, find out what he
wants what be needs Is of minor Im
portance. Creeds are evaporated graces. Cate
chisms are the dried theological fruit
of salvation.
Yes, salvation Is free, but there Is a
vast difference between free salvation
and cheap religion.
The farther men wander from the
Bible, the nearer the devil may ap
proach without a rebuke. .
It Is generally the man who Is striv
ing to do right, who Is amazed at the
opportunities to do wrong.
Tbe very weakness "of those who dis
believe. Is exhibited In their constant
desire to explain the reason of it
LIEUT. BLUE GOT HIS CONGE.
Doctored the Scalesi OsBcera "last
Welghti" Then They Dropped Hiaa.
Lieut Victor Blue, the nervy young
officer who recently performed the feat
of getting a good view of the Spanish
fleet In Santiago harbor by making a
during detour of seveuty-five miles or
so on Cuban soil, was attached to the
Bennington, w hlch was lying tn Bono
lulu harbor about three years ago. Be
was then an ensign, and he had not up
to that time been a wardroom caterer.
0 be was unanimously elected as soon
as he was attached to the Bennington.
Lieut Blue Is a giant of a young man
and exceedingly good-natured. But be
mude a sad hash of the caterer's Job.
lie got his accounts all mixed up before
he had served as caterer a week, and
be had to pay a lot of seigniorage out
if his own pocket The meals he placed
before his messmates were satisfac
tory enough, but the caterer's Job wore
on Lieut Blue a great ileal, lie figured
on how to get his conge. When a new
caterer Is elected It is the custom of
the wardroom officers to weigh them
selves every day. In a spirit of fun. In
order to worry the caterer, and to make
It appear by their solemnly averred loss
of weight that they are being half
starved. 'Lieut Blue went down Into
the engine room one day after he had
been worried over the caterer's Job for
a week or so and dug out a big drop
scales. He tinkered with It for a while.
Then he rigged a bo-sun's chair to it
carried It aft, and suggested to the offi
cers that when they wanted to weigh
themselves thereafter they use those
scales of his. The officers didn't sus
pect anything, and after dinner the
same day several of them weighed
themselves. They had all lost a pound
since tbe day before. They said the
scales were- wrong, and Lieut Blue ad
mtttred that perhaps they were. They
all weighed again the next day. Each
of them had lost another pound, and
they began to feel of their waist bands
wondertngly. All the officers of the
Bennington's wardroom mess went on
losing flesh, according to Lieut Blue's
scales, for ten days or so. Then a
meeting of the wardroom officers was
called, and Lieut Blue was dropped as
caterer, as being "Incompetent" and
"no account anyhow." Lieut Blue
didn't have to serve as caterer for the
rest of that crulse,and he wore a smile
of deep content every time he looked
at a weighing apparatus. Washington
Btae.
' Mistook Hie Mao.
Wallace And did you make hhn eal
his words?
Hargreaves No. He turned out to b
one of those fellows who would rathei
tight than eat Cincinnati Enquirer.
To Cure a Cold In One Day.
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firtiKBists refund monr-j-tf ltf.bilstocurc. 1XV
Words are like loaves, and where they
most abound, much fririt of sense boneaili
is. rarely found.
Raw's Tfctaf
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fectly honorable in all bualnoan ti an actions
and financially able to earry ant any obllaa
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Hall's Family Pills are the best.
All travel has its advantage'. If the
piKsenger visits better countries he muy
learn to improve his own; ami if fortune
carries him to worse, lie may learn to en
joy bis own.
Ho-To-Bae For fifty Cents,
Gaaraateed tobaeoa aabtt care amkea sreak
us strong, blood para. Me, ft. All draggisd.
There are few wild beasts more to be
dreaded than a talking man having notli
ing to say.
Borne people are dlaagreeable becousf
they can't attract attention any other
war.
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Some persons say they are never influenced by an
advertisement.
It is not expected that any one will buy Ivory Soap
solely because it is suggested by an advertisement.
If you have never used Ivory Soap, you may be
induced to ask some friend about it; should you find
as you probably will that she is enthusiastic m its praise,
then you may try it.
Millions of people use Ivory Soap ; they use it because
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THE QUALITIES THAT WIN.
Anecdote of (.lent. H. H. Whitney When
Ha Boat the Hedge at Want Point.
In tbe last few days many storteo
Save been printed about Lieut H. H.
Whitney, Fourth Artillery, who recenc
y returned from Porto Rico with valu
able Information for the War tVpaxtv
ment There Is one incident of bis ca
reer that has not found Its way Into
me newspapers. The story Is connect
ed with his student days at West Point.
nnd was told to a reporter of tho Bun
by a person who knew all about it
Whitney is the son of a clergyman,
and the father Intended that the son
should be a clergyman. Tbe son want.
5d to be a soldier, and refused to study
tor the ministry. When he was ready
for college be asked his father to try to
get him an appointment to West Point
The elder Whitney refused, and t&e
boy went to a Congressman from Penn
sylvania, in which State the Whttneys
were living,-and secured an appoint
ment He passed an excellent entrance ex
amination, and stood so welHn tactics
and discipline that in bis senior year be
was made captain In tho corps of ca
leta. Just before graduation In the
spring of 1809. a young woman la
whom tho cadet was Interested arrived
at tho hotel In West Potnt Cue even
ing Whitney wanted to call opon her.
(t la a rule that no cadet may poos the
hedge which surrounds tho hotel wlth
nt special permission. Whitney could
not get the permission. The girt was
going away tbe next day, and It was
absolutely necessary that hltney
should say good-by.
There was only one thing for him to
Jo run tbe hedge and take hts chances.
He did so. made bis caH, said every
thing but what he intended to say, and
started to return to tho barracks. On
tbe way ho ran Into the officer of the
gnard, who asked questions which tho
young cadet couldn't or wouldn't on.
swot to the officer's satisfaction. Ho
was court-martialed, and In the pres
ence of tho assembled corps was strip
ped oi his shoulder -a traps and reduced
to tho ranks.
The boy was terribly trt op, and,
while still otntvrttng; under tho humilia
tion, went to tho wife ox one of nhe fac
ulty and told her tbe whole story. It
happened sotoetvow that whenever a
eadet got Into trouble ho went to tbe
same quarter, and when ho eame away
he fait better (or having gone. When
Whitney bad told his story ah merely
laughed at him. . Ho CouMa't under
stand this, and. Jumping op, he said ho
would resign from tho army immedi
ately after graduation, as ho could ner-
sr live down his disgrace. After the
young man had given Tent to his feel
ings the professor's wife said quietly:
"Si down a moment, Mr. Whitney,
end listen to me. It is tbe lot of an
army officer to take many-chances In
active service. When be decides ho
must act quickly, and once his plan is
ettled bo must bot torn aaMe until bis
purpose Is accomplished. He who
pushes forward boldly, without filter
lug, is bound to succeed In the army.
In running tho hedge, after yon bad
decided that that was the thing to do,
you showed the very characteristics
which will win you success In your
chosen profess loo. If you hadn't run
that hedge, when yon knew who was
waiting for yon behind K, I should
hare advised yon to leave tho army at
once. Now I'm sure youll make a brill.
lant record.'
Bla Poor Kxcnae,
- She Why la H that yon hare neve
married T
He Well, to tell yon tho troth, 1 hare
never had time. .
She Still, you always seem to have
plenty of time on your hands when yon
loiter around here.
Then they beard a rooster crowing in
the distance and he hurried away.
Candor is tho brightest gem of crit-
No Chance for Breakage.
Oobang lie boasts that he nevei .
breaks his word.
Grymes That's so. No one will take
it long enough to give him the opportu
nity. Up-to-Date. - I
Thai 1 1. I
He Well, what do you think of mi
lovel
She-It lacks the ring of slneerity.-Dp-to-Date.
1?",rni,,,t ' .Memory.
She-Did you bring me that complex
Ion powder
He-Er-my dear. It slipped my mem
orv entirely.
She-And yet, before we were mar
rled, you said my face was one no man
could fomet-ClndnnaU Enquirer.
" Us ii Bussis csd nia.en
mi sr uigijct a
8APGLIO
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Foots About New if or k 'a School Army
Tbe school army of New York, num
bering 400,000 young Americans, would
make 400 regiments of the American
Guard allowing the girls to enroll
each regiment numbering 1000, an
army equal to forty full brigades of ten
regiments.
The length of stride of the average
school boy Is two feet six Inches,
brawn np In the single line, the last
boy In the line would bo up the State
200 miles, somewhere In the vicinity of
Syracuse.
Marching la platoons of sixteen, close
order, practically filling Broadway
from curb to curb, the column, when
ready to move, would e twelve miles
long, extending from the City Hall op
6 roadway to Fordham.
To carry the comparison further,
what a monster of a schoolboy this
army of 400,000 would make. Assum
ing an average weight of fifty pounds
each, all the school boys made Into one
would produce a giant of 20,000,000
pounds weight As 4 feet 8 Inches is an
average schoolboy's height, this Great
er New York boy would be 840 feet
tall, his girth at tho top of his knick
erbockers a mere trifle of 180 feet and
the length of his feet sixty feet New
Tork Journal.
Old Brattleboro Stamp.
The latest Inquiry for the old Brattle
boro (Vt) stamp comes from a Pennsyl
vania university, and tho writer aski
tbe pastmaster if be would kindly send
one, two or more, for which he Is prom
ised five cents apiece. Tbe last one sold
brought about $600. It was sold to a
former Brattleboro woman, now a resi
dent of Chicago.
Mot in Their Claaa.
"Why don't yon corns forward and
balp whip tho enemy T" inquired tbe In
dlgnant patriot
-Why?" replied the pugilists In choav
us. "We're waiting for Spain to get a
reputation." Washington Star.
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lau Principal Examiner U.S. l'nusloo BureaiZ
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A nooA Bealnnlnc
I m going to be a contortion! when.
I grow up," said IRtle Johnnie, proudly;
I'm In training now. so I want you to.
tell me what is the best thing for me to:
eat."
"Green apple, my boy," chuckled the
okl man. Deuiorest's Magazine.
t mona the Kleachera.
Josle Dasunwny has got her hnli
ayed so naturally thnt It looks like the
real gold, doesn't If"
e.V'l.d!?.'t ,!now- 1 t!"'Kht it looked
rlaited.C!Uvr:ai,d rialn Dealer.
... , A t'urtiii- hot.
Mistress-Mary! Have you got a.
young man In the kitchen?
Cook (under notice to love)-I haver
An I consider a young man lu the
kitchen Is a Jolly sight better than an
ok. man in the drorln' room! So there!
wFGire youths Biessm-"
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