LIFE. f
A erut of bread and a corn to sleep ta
4 minute to smile mod an hour to weep la,
A. pint of Joy to a peek of trouble,
V'w momaa eo"'
An th. i.'n.t i
"at la nrel
V eniat uC . corner that love make)
precious, i
With the amile to warm and the tear U
refresh as;
And joys seem sweeter when cares corns
after;
tad a moan is the finest of oiia for laajh
ter;
And that is bfel
THE WRONG CARD.
THE attorney was in a reflectlr.
mood, as he walked from the of
fice to his home. The afternoon
had developed business of great Im
portance, which would take him a
thousand miles away during the next
lx months. The lawyer, however, wat
In love, and dreaded to leave the field
free to his many rivals.
As he walked along, he pictured him
self in a certain pretty home uptown,
laying his love and lucre at the feet of
a charming woman, who, long ago, had
come to be an esaential part of his ex
istence. While he was thinking orer the situ
ation and hurrying homeward, he was
hailed with a business-like: "Ho. Farr;
I want to speak to you a moment!" j
Turning about he faced the speaker,
a friend of his Junior partner; and In a
few minutes they were deeply engaged
In a discussion of some abstruse quea-1
Hon, concerning a case which was then
Interesting a great many lawyers. I
When the two parted, the one who
bad hailed Farr handed the latter
a
ia.rH with a request that be would give
It to Somerton. the Junior partner of
the firm of "Farr & Somerton." In the j
hurry of parting r arr took the cara (
wiwoui looKing at it, ana ouiy auer
he had reached bis residence his mind
ltt full Af thA mattni thav ha1 4?ia
D kit. 1U VI lit- UIMlin lit! J uu u . 1 j
cussed, did be think to glance at the
bit of pasteboard. It should have borne j
certain memoranda which Somerton
desired; but was, however, quite
blank, save for the engraved name of .
the owner. With a slight smile at the .
other's carelessness he tucked the card
In his pocket.
Supper over, he betook himself to
pipe and slippers. Then, lounging com
fortably in a big armchair before the
study Are, he gave himself up to the in
terrupted reflections of the afternoon.
As a result of bis cogitations, before be
retired a letter bad been written, ad
dressed to "Miss Margaret Lamore."
In it Miss Lamore was informed' that
be would call the following evening on
an urgent matter. The letter, perhaps,
was a trifle stiff and business-like, but
surely could not help being clear to a
woman. So, at least, thought Farr,
and be went to sleep that night t
dream of a gracious woman and a suc
cessful suit.
The business of the next day put an
and to any further air castles for the
time being, but when evening came he
lost no time In hurrying whither the
letter bad gone. Arriving there, a ring
brought the maid to the door a new
maid Farr noticed. With his thoughts
on the coming Interview, it was only in
ft mechanical way that he gave her his
card and asked to see Miss Lamore.
A few moments' waiting, and then the
girl returned to say. In a well-bred
voice, that Miss Lamore had an Imme
diate engagement and begged to be ex
rased. Somewhat dazed by what he consid
ered a rebuff, Farr left the house.
Once moTO-Uerhla-owu roogJne con
trived, wifhln an hour or two, by the
aid of his pipe, to put himself in a
mood which played havoc with senti
ment. An early train the next day carried
him rapidly away from his home and
the woman who, a few hours earlier,
bad been all In all to him. Now, how
ever, he thought he had convinced him
self that she was not worth the woo
ing. Yet every single day of the next
half year had Its full measure of bit
terness, souring even the great suc
cesses he met with. Not a single night
bnt found him wearily praying for
sleep, to drive away the vision of s
proud, sweet woman who so persist
ently haunted him. Sometimes he wear
ied of both himself and the world, but
be was obliged to live and meet his fellow-men,
even If a woman had scorned
bis love.
Time passed, and the conclusion of
his mission allowed bim to return
home. But little more than six months
from the day when Margaret Lamore
bad made life seem so gloomy to him,
he was once again in his native town.
On the day of his return Somerton In
sisted that be should dine wltb him at
the earliest possible opportunity, and,
of course, tired though he was. and de
sirous of nothing beyond peace and
melancboly qniet, he was compelled
to acept the Invitation so warmly
pressed upon him. Accordingly that
evening found him on the way to the
Somerton home.
He must have forgotten that Mrs.
Somerton and Miss Lamore were the
most intimate friends, or, perhaps, it
was natural to start when he found
himself face to face with the latter in
the Somerton parlor. That he did start
was a fact quickly detected by Miss
Lamore a fact also which naturally
Increased her embarrassment.
"Judging from your appearance, Mr.
Farr," said she, "your health has not
been much benefited by the Western
trip."
"I am afraid not," was bis answer;
"the work was hard, and I did not go
to it in the liest of spirits." This list
with a glance intended to be full ot
meaning.
She saw the look. and. wondering ni
It, colored.
"Von loo!- s, ..-'..-r. n-. sin. 00"
onuea. -mat 1 nave not tne near to
scold as you deserve; yet you must
have known how much I should re
gret not seeing you before you took the
trip.'
The seeming effrontery of this took
the power of speech from Farr, and
the astonishment depicted on bis coun
tenance brought a flush once more to
the face of his fair companion. Seeing
that he was not disposed to speak, she
resumed:
"You promised to call and then left
without a word. I certainly did not ex
pect It of you."
Recovering himself a little at this.
Fair told hrr, with as much dignity
as possible, that she must have been
deeply engrossed that summer day to
have forgotten the card he had sent up
10 her. and the fact that she had plead
ed an immediate engagement as an ex
cuse for not seeing him.
Then followed a period of polite and
gentle contradiction. Mies Lamore firm
ly instated that he had not seat SB his
ardTand Farr as obstante persbrted
ci
. JSl wh-to
in aaytnc that ha had. Whan, for ser- j
era! minutes, they had aeenaed and
a.bnsinM each other of forgetful-
.
Sands ay hetmkHg owl
wltb:
"Do 70a know why t w sated so tunct
to see yon that dayf Do jon l't1"
that I conld be, for moment forget.
fnl of the moat trifling incident thai
PPa then, when I thought yov
tad treated me with aoch cruahing In
difference T"
They were now seated on a conch,
and he, with a bitterness bom of the
an happiness he had experienced, toM
her his whole story from that day ts
this present time when aha saw bin so
Ul amd worn worn, not with toll, bat
with the hopelessness of his life. H
had no new phrases in which to frame
his thoughts; but the old, old words
semed to satisfy her; for when dinner
was announced there were at least tw
people supremely happy among those
who went arm in arm to the dining
room. Somerton's friend. Barton, with
whom Farr had held such a profound
discussion on the day when the story
opens, arrived In time to Join the party
at dinner. When the meal waa well
under way Barton, suddenly recollect
ing, desired to know why and where
fore Farr had so carelessly neglected
to give bis partner the card which had
been Intrusted to his care. Farr, In his
new-found bapplneas, had little mem
ory for such trifles, and forthwith Bar
ton rehearsed the affair. Then, recall
ing the incident, Farr said:
"Ton are the one guilty of careless
ness In giving me the wrong card. The
one I did receive from yon bore no
memoranda whatever; when I discov
ered that fact I put the card In my
pocket, and have not srt-n It since."
I "I have," Interposed Miss Lamore.
"The idea of your calling upon me and
! sending up Mr. Barton's card!"
1 A gleam of intelligence came into
Varr ovpa and a nuick amlln naased
between him and the charming girl be-
,de him,
Then, with almost unseemly
haste, they turned the conversation
into safer channels. Exchange.
SPLENDORS OF DARIUS' COURT
Royal Baimenta Valaad at Many
Millions,
The remote past lives again In Prof,
Benjamin Ide Wheeler's "Alexander
the Great," in the Century. Having
sutdued Greece, the young king is now
fairly launched on his career of con
quest in Asia, to revenge the Persian
onslaughts upon western civilization.
One learns from tne piquant pages of
bis latent biographer all that is to be
known about one of the greatest men of
all time; and the scenes and customs
of tne ancient world are revived by
many a graphic touch. Thus, the
splendors of the court of Darius are
brought before us in theee two brief
paragraphs:
The court of the kiug waa main
tained with extraordinary dignity and
splendor. The person of royalty waa
surrounded with everything capable of
giving It elevation, dignity, and charm
In the eyes of the masses. Surround
ed by a vast body of attendants, body
guards, servants, eunuchs, and court
officials, the king was removed aa far
as' possible from the vulgar eye. He
save audience seated on a golden
throne, over which was stretched a
baldachin of purple, supported on four
golden pillars glittering with precious
tones. In his presence his courtiers
prostrated themselves in the dust. Who
ever stood in his presence to address
him hid his hands In the sleeves of bis
mantle, as token of his abnegation of
will to restrain or harm. He was never
seen on foot. He sometimes appeared
on horseback, more often In a chariot.
Guards and scourges went before bis
car to open the way. There followed I
- -. oharlAta of Mlthra. and Magi carry
ing the sacred fire. Around him and
behind him wer the staff-bearers and
his body-guard. On soiema C?C25iS;
the ways were purified with frankin
cense aud strewn with myrtle. The
king's attire was valued, Plutarch
says, at 12,000 talents (about 17.000,
0001. Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, rank
ed aa the queen of Darius. Among his
wives of second rank the first place
was held by the daughter of Gobryas.
who had borne bim three sons before
he came to the throne. Below the sec
ondary wives were the concubines, who
formed a numerous body. Three hun
dred and twenty concubines of the last
Darius (IIL) were found among the
?aptives after Alexander's victory at
I sens. The stories that passed current
among the Greeks concerning the ex
tent of the kings' retinue and the lav
IshDess of their court, and which come
to us particularly through the pages of
Xenopbon In his "Cyrus' Education and
Training" and of Plutarch in his Life
of Artaxerxes, are the natural tribute
which the wonder of a plainer people
pays to the grandeur, luxury, and cir
cumstance of an older civilisation.
RECENT INVENTIONS.
To prevent babies from dropping
their nursing bottles . and breaking
them a new device Is attached to the
clothing by safety pins, and has a num-
ber of spring clamps which hold the.
bottle securely enough to prevent It
from dropping out.
An Englishman has invented a pneu-
matic tire which can be turned wrong
side out to mend punctures, the rim
being formed with two deep grooves at
the rear and the tire molded with roft. '
inwardly extending edges, which nre ;
pressed into the grooves and held there
by the inflation of the tire. '
For use In washing ladles' hair
.. . . . t,
with :in extension on one side, with a
slotted portion to fit over the neck and
prevent the water from getting on th
clothing.
Telephones nre to be fitted with s
new attachment to bold the receiver
i consisting of a bin Red arm, which it
j bent backward when not in use to rest
on the disconnecting arm and cut the ;
circuit, the forward movement closing .
the circuit and bringing the receive!
In position without the necessity of
' holding It In tbe hand. j
A Westerner baa patented a self-'.
basting roasting pan. In which the
' meot Is carried In a revolving cylinder, :
with bandies at either end by which
the cylinder can be turned over to dip
tbe top of the roast In the liquid and fallen upon a certain village not twen
return It to an upright position ait In ty miles from London as three Ameri
tervals to brown It. ran tourists strolled through It. Not a
: soul was abroad, save tbe geese and
! fowls on the common. "This," said the
The Baat Maa. j Americans, "is real Euglnnd." Aud
Willie was greatly puzzled as to why they turnei p a ,nUddy by lane to
there should be a best man at a wed-, tul En8i,,nd B New Year peace to the
ding. FlnaUy to his own mind the;fu,L ln dolI1,j tbey stumbled upon
problem was solved. "It's so if the j B antiliue cottage with a quaint board
groom backs out there'll be some one to . 0Ter tne door They approached to in
take his place." Judge. I apect tne board, and from the Inside of
I the cottage came the sound of about
j twenty yokels' voices, all singing dif
Tae Water Bad Wilted. , fvreI!t tunes together in voices Hi! !if-
EUea awoke feeling thirsty one hot ; .rontlr -Uwi h A..r.
gn-. atamma
from the pitcher, from which all the le.
.wallow, and
. . .. thhi
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WHrar waa man. hihdiuib. afaim n .
COULD NOT BLEEP.
lira. Ptnkhum Believed Her of All
Her Trouble
Mrs. Madoi Babcock, 176 Second
St., Grand Rapids, Mich., had ovariaa
trouble with its attendant aches
id pains, now she Is well. ' Here
are her own words:
" Your Vegeta
ble Compound has
made me feel like
a new person.
Before I be
gan taking it
I waa all run
down, felt tired
and sleepy most
of the time,
had pains in
my back and
side, and such
terrible
headaches
all the time.
and could not
sleep well
nights. I al
so had ovarian
trouble. Through
the advice of a
friend I began
the use of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege
table Compound,
and since taking
it all troubleshave gone. My monthly
sickness used to be so painful, but have
not had the slightest pain since taking
your medicine, I cannot praise your
Y"". " . ' '
husband and friends see such a change
Vegetable Compound too nwen. aiy
in me. I look so much better and have
some color in my face."
Mrs. Pinkham invites women who are
ill to write to her at Lynn, Mass., for
advice, which is freely offered.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Waralaa: Nates Calling tha Wicked to
Keaeataaca.
PRAYER Is listen
ing, as well aa
telllner.
Industry glvet
the devil no el
bow room.
Death Is the
Christian's s y n -onym
for glory.
God never lose
anything.
Give me my eu
logy while I live.
Men need
Christ, not criticism.
Error Is truth twisted by the devil.
Fierce storms may mean a quick voy
ge. Don't grow crazy over sin grow sans
aver It.
No time that Is spent with God is
wasted.
Culture will never convert tares into
wheat.
Weak-minded men are apt to be ob
stinate. 1
God sees self as a vanishing point In j
m. 1
as
1
m
ma Bvneuie. spends $2.30 on postage per annum.
The types of Christian experience are New York comes second with an ex
not stereotyped. ' penditure of $2.27. The District of Co
A good conscience is the best armor
against calumny.
Many are sick of evil, without the
courage to be well.
The devil Is very personal to those
who bear his scars.
Happiness Is In enjoyment rathei
than in possession.
World philosophies make us hungrj
for real Inspiration. "s
To oira rowarrt
la ttnena
aownwara is aivme. j
True education never IndujTcon
tempt of the ignorant.
" The man wui "has injured you will be
the last to forgive you.
When you are delivered, don't carry
any onions out of Egypt.
No treasure waa ever stolen from the
Heavenly Trust Deposit.
The body Is the temple, the heart Is
the altar, love Is the Incense.
When we despair, not only our com
pass, but our ship, is gone.
If lying Hps are an abomination to
the Lord, what of lying lives?
God never sends your checks back
marked "account overdrawn."
The devil has no eraser that can
touch the Lamb's book of life.
The Book of Life will last when all
other biographies have burned.
Chance and luck are the twin chil
dren of Ignorance and Infidelity.
A crack in a wall may be very small,
but you can aee a great deal through It
It is not the man who is painting the
house who is doing the greatest work.
The manner In which you spend your
leisure will determine bow you wiU
pend eternity.
Dangers of Indigestion.
An old way of poisoning criminals
psed to be to compel them to awallow
arge quantities of bulls blood, and It
Is interesting to note how this acted
us a means of causing death. Bull's
blood is not a poison at all In the ordl-
T sense of the word, but when It
fnters the stomach It forms a coagulum.
nd instead of the organ being filled
with liquid, which might be ejected by
vomiting. It Is filled with a solid mass,
This mass presses upwards upon the
heart and displaces it. The pressure
opwards upon the lungs Interferes with
(be respiration and the pressure back-
wards upon the aorta, cava and the
solar plexus would probably be snffl-.-leot
to cause death. The same thing
occurs in animals when they are first
turned out among the clover; they over
eat themselves, snd are very likely to
iie from over-dlstentlon.
A case was recently reported In the
newspapers of an Irishman who had
aten largely of potatoes snd milk, and
who died suddenly. The post mortem
examination revealed no disease. He
.vhs apparently healthy, except that his
-tiuraach was distended, and no doubt
'.!o died in exactly the same way aa the
-riminals who were compelled to drink
.;Ts 1.V..-1.
The Real England.
A New Year calm seemed to have
lean. Is more real Enghud."-Loa-
,ob;
K,n
' "
when a
offers yaaj sssartblrty
Ar nothing daat accept It unless yen
aaTerd ta fay at least lirtli lea
MILKS OF STAMP
Mm of the Mlllloaa that WerS
laaaiod Iaat Tear.
tJncle Sam printed Just a few postage
tamps during the year 1898. The num
ber of 2-cent stamps Issued during the
year waa about 2,500,000,000. Such a
number, obviously. Is beyond the grasp
of the human mind, but perhaps the
matter may be made more clear by pot
ting it otherwise.
An ordinary 2-cent stamp la exactly
one Inch long. From this fact, by a lit
tle calculation. It Is easy to discover
that the number of stamps of this de
nomination issued In 1P98, placed end
to end, would extend a distance consid
erably exceeding 39,000 miles. In other
words, they would make a continuous
trip of stamps, each one adorned with
the head of the father of his country,
stretching in a belt more than once and
a half around the equator.
Of course, though the 2-cent stamps
are those principally used, there are
others. Enough 1-cent postage stamps
have been Issued during the year 1898 to
stretch from New York City, by wsy of
Europe and Asia, to Bombay, India, if
similarly arranged in one strip. All
other stamps, as to production and
sales, are of minor Importance compar
atively speaking, but it is interesting
to know that almost exactly one mile
of $1 stamps were manufactured for
the demand of 1898. Of ?5 stamps the
production was equivalent to a little
more than half a furlong, or about one
fifteenth of a mile.
Now, if all the postage stamps print
ed by the United States Government In
. , , .,..
1898 were placed one on top of another,
as neatly as might be without putting
them under pressure, how high do you
suppose the pile of them would bel
There Is no use guessing; you would
never get it nearly right, unless you
went to work to calculate it for your
self. The 3.500,000,000 stamps of all
denominations printed during the cur
rent year the statement, of course, la
aproxitnate would tower to an eleva
tion of twenty-one miles. This Is mors
than three times the height of the high
est mountain In the world Mount
Everest, in the Himalayas. If the same
number of stamps was piled up In the
form of the ordinary sheets of 100 hun
dred each. It follows that the stack
would be over a fifth of a mile high.
During the year 1S98 the number of
special delivery stamps sold was about
5,250,000. It Is only reasonable to sup
pose that the average journey of the
special delivery messenger Is half a
mile. Indeed, that Is nu absurd under
estimate; but let it go at that. On this
assumption the total distance traveled
for special delivery in 1898 was about
2,625,000 miles. That is a very consid
erable space to traverse, ns may be
realized when It is considered that a
messenger boy, in order to accomplish
that total distance, would have to go
about 1,000 times around the world, or
five times to the moon and back.
It appears, from figures furnished by
the Postoffice Department, that the
average person In Mnssachusetts, lu
eluding
men, women and children,
.
lumbia third with $2.1(1 Colorado Is
fourth with $1.93, and Connecticut is
fifth with $1.80. The States ranking
lowest in this regard are South Caro-
Una, with 25 cents per capita; Missis
sippi, with 34 cents; Alabama, with 35
cents; Arkansas, with 37 cents; and
North Carolina, with 41 cents.
Tha Zoaea.
"How many zones have wo, Willie T
l"7"1 the teacher of a pupil In the jun
ior ciass. "r our, was tne reply. eii,
then, name the four," said the teacher.
"The frlgerated, the horrid, the temper
ance and the Intemperance," answered
the little fellow.
Soot In London.
One thousand tons of soot settli
monthly within the lift square miles ol
London.
Tlie 'average political orator wlm
howls about the Independent life of tin
farmer doesn't know an ox yoke fruu,
a horse collar.
.Nature has arranged things so that a
poor man Is able to display as many
virtues as a millionaire.
There Is no earthly love-so true and
.i'.ciipnsive as a mother's lore.
There is one thing about a boiling
piece of meat there is always enough
of It. There Is never enough steak.
A black eye Indicates a revensefu
nature on the Dart of the other fellow
waul
onsGBipUon?
We are sure you do uw.
Nobody wants It. But it comes
to msny thousands every year.
Itcomes to those who have had
coughs and colds until the
throat is raw, and the lining
membranes of the lungs are
inflamed. Stop your cough
when it first appears, and you
remove the great danger of
future trouble.
stops coughs of sll kinds. It
does so because it is s sooth
ing and healing remedy of great
power. This makes it the great
est preventive to consumption.
Put one of
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
Plasters over your lungs
A wholm Mmdleal
aUhwjr Fees.
For four mM In atmmpt to pay pott.
w. will aena you aixtoon modual
boo Km.
JKWe Alwlom f
Wo havo th exriatlv
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I
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snn. of Ihf aia it nam ml iilijaiis.ua
B In tbe Oalted States. Utmiaal spar.
Tsr' aaS knag f si laats tan-
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SPRAINS
BAD
WORSE
WORST
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triftiag by
GOOD
BETTER
BEST
remedy for pais,
ST. JACOBS OIL
FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
4 COLUMN OF PARTICULAR IN.
TEREST TO THEM.
Boaaethlas; that Will Interest taa Ja
vaaile fsTesabere of Kverr Hoaeefcal
-Qnaiat Actioaa and Bright Baylaaa
of Maay Cat and Caaalas Children.
A small boy who is not familiar with
rural ways was taken by bis fond
msmma for a brief stay In the country.
On a farm In a neighboring county he
waxed fat and sunburnt, and picked up
a wondrous store of astonishing experi
ence. One day the farmer smilingly
said to his mother:
'Just ask your boy what be bid two
eggs in the stable for." So, at the very
first opportunity, the mother said to tne
6-year-old:
'My dear, what did yoo do with those
eggs you took from tha henhouse T"
'Oh, mamma," replied the boy. "I
didn't want yon to know about it."
"Why. It's all right," said mamma.
"I only want to know what my boy did j
with them."
"I hid them In the stable," said the
little fellow.
"And what farT
" 'Cause It's my scheme."
'Tour scheme? And what Is youi j
scheme?"
'Why, you see, mamma," said the lit
tle philosopher, "when eggs Is borned
In a chicken-house they is always little
chickens, an I fink if they was borned
In a stable dey might be little horses!"
Union Signal.
Among the things we children ate
Which mother osed to make.
Hie one we liked the very best
Of all was "gingercake."
Ma made good biscnita, bread and plea.
And fine cranberry sauce.
But we agreed, beyond surmise.
Her gingereake was "boss."
She'd take a big, deep, yellow dish
And fill it np with flour.
Molasses, ginger and whatnot.
And bake it half an hour.
Then how we feasted on that cake!
We ate it day and night.
'Good" wasn't any name for it
'Twas simply "ont of sight."
As, could I be a boy again
And hare my choice, I'd take,
Of all those goodies of my youth.
My mother's gingercake!
Aacieat Plajrthlasa.
A writer in the Churchman gives the
following Interesting account of old
time toys: We find In the old museum
of Leyden several ancient toys, like our
jumping jacks and monkeys which
climb a stick. There is also a man mak
ing bread; and, if we could pull the
string, his jointed body and arms would
bend and roll the lump of dough on tin
inclined table. In a visit to the British
Museum we have seen little baskets
made of the fibers of the palm, some
worked In colors, musical Instruments,
dolls, draughtsmen of various sizes
generally conical, with globular tops;
one has the head of a cat, others are
pyramidal, while under one is the fig
ure of a Jackal. Here one can see a
Qreek dancing doll made of terra cotta,
which was found near by the famous
battlefield of Marathon. Here also is
a rudely modeled doll, with curious
looking hair made of strings of tiny
black beads dangling from its small,
round bead, which was found In tbe
mummy case of a little Egyptian prtn
ress who died two thousand years be
fore Christ. And In the museum of the
New York Historical Society can be
seen some Interesting ancient toys in
Dr. Abbott's collection of Egyptian an
tiquities. Thus we have learned that
there never was a time In history when
children did not have their much-loved
playthings.
Oar Clnb.
We're going to have the mostest fun!
It's going to be a clnb;
And no one can belong to It
Bat Dot and me and Bnb.
t
We thought we'd have a Beading Club
But couldn't, 'cause, yon see.
Not one of us knows how to read
Not Dot nor Bnb nor me.
And then we said a Sewing Olnb,
But thought we'd better not;
'Cause none of us knows how to sew '
Not me nor Bnb nor Dot.
And so It's Just a Flaying Clnb:
We play till time for tea;
And, oh, we have the bestest times!
Just Dot and Bnb and me.
-St. Nicholas.
A Faany Little Cab Bear.
The funniest model ln my experience,
utld the artist, waa a cub bear; and
Jnrlng his visit to the stndlo we langh
sd more than we worked. While his an
tics were very amuaimj, it waa the In
describably funny expression he al
ways wore which kept the stndlo In
uch a stats of hilarity. "Unbeknown"
to us, one day he got ont; and, walking
along on his hind legs in a ridiculous
shuffle, effectually blockaded tbe ball
way, until we came to the rescue of taa
frightened people. It was not tbe only
time he fell into trouble. When we
lirst came into possession of little
Bruin we sent the studio lioy with a
larra market basket to brinz tha treasv
nre uptown. The boy was cautioned
to be very careful of his charge In
fact, he was cautioned too much. On
the elevated railroad train that boy
fairly ached to got a look at the bear,
and so opened tbe ltd tbe tiniest bit and
peeped In. Instantly the animal thrust
his whole head ont, ta the great aston-
of the ladr naaaeagers, among
a eiaatwd a small panic It Is
to say flam bath bear and boy
wen pat off at th Irst stopplng-pUca.
Chicago Record.
Vtotor ta Asia.
ka Amnlcna. of which
Trot. Wheeler gives a rlvld descrlptka
la tha Century, waa remarkable as
bowing aha military genius of Alex
ander tHe Great at an early point lr. his
rer. It resulted ln the crushing de
feat of tha Persians, and bad been
planned by Alexander In such a waj
iTta leave tbe Greek mercenaries ot
Darius practically ont of the fight
Whan tfce Fvawians had been drive
from the field, these mercenaries wart
ntpldly disposed of, such aa wage not
aUoghtered being captured and senl
home to slavery. Tbe percentage ol
loea on the wtaners' side waa as sm
aa in a Spanteh-Ainerloan sea-fight
Alexander buried the few fallen Mac
edonians with high honors and exempt
ed then- parents and children from the
payment of taxes. The wounded ra
il. i hi. rMt-aonal attention. "He
went from one to 'he other, looked at
their wounds. Inquired particularly as
to how they had been received, and
allowed them what M a ear m a M-
. v,.w .nil esnecially to that of
the Greek soldier 'to teU their tales
... h.. r their deeds.' Incidents
like this," says Prof. Wheeler, "betray
in a striking way the extent to which
Alexander's leadership and his empire
were a oersonal thing "
Maine Ont tha Hymn.
a onlnred exhorter. while holding a
.,in in Anorria. aava tbe Atlanta
Constitution, solicited a special collec
tion to defray the expenses of the meet
ing. "We'll pass roun ae nat, n
lit. "andurln' de slngln' of de hymn
on page No. 205 'On Jordan's Stormy
Banks.'" And then he proceeaea ro
nine out" the hvmn. but so Intent was
he on the collection that be forgot
whole lines of it, and supplied others,
with the following result:
"On Jordan's stormy banks I stand
En cast a wishful eye
To Canaan'a fair en happy land
(Don't let dat bat pass by!)
"O de transportin', rapturous scene
Dst rises to my sight!
;Drap in dat nickel, Brudder Green!)
En rivers of delight!
'Could I but stand whar Moses stood
Eu view de landscape o'er.
Not Jordan's stream, or Death'a cold flood
(We wants ten dollars more.")
sues Howard, aiea.
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LEARNED OF THE BATTUE.
Newa of the Santiago Naval Battle
Astonished the Austrian.
When the American fleet was operat
ing in Cuban waters foreign men-of-war
occasionally happened along to see
what was going on. It chanced that,
very soon after the vessels of Sampson
and Schley had destroyed Cervera's
fleet, an Austrian Ironclad hove in
sight. The Indiana steamed out to meet
It, and soon a boat, with a lieutenant,
left the Austrian to visit the Indiana.
The Washington Star tells the story:
The Austrlans had heard nothing but
a distant cannonading, which might
have, been salutes. The lieutenant's
visit was merely one of ceremony.
His countenance betrayed astonish
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the decks blackened with powder, and
men and officers begrimed and covered
with perspiration; but he asked no
questions until he was conducted to the
Captain's room, and found it filled with
the stifling smoke of gunpowder. Then
the Austrian officer asked Captain Tay
lor what sucb a stats of things indi
cated." "It Indicates," answered tbe Captain,
"that we havs jast engaged the ene
my.
"What? Oarverar"
"The same."
"But what were your looses r
"None."
"But where la the gpaniah leetT"
The Austrian waa now thoroughly ex
cited. "Come np on tha poop and I will
show yon," said Captain Taylor.
They steamed ln the direction of tha
shore, and the Austrian officer had his
glasses leveled.
"There Is one, and there another, and
a little out of view, there is tha Cristo
bal Colon," said Taylor, pointing ont
first one Spanish wreck and then an
other. The Austrian, whose sympathies were
undoubtedly with the Spaniards, waa
shocked beyond expression at this pic
ture, typical and declaratory of tha
ruin of a nation. The Americans re
spected his feelings, and he departed la
silence.
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