TWO POETS. Two poets lived: their time came and they died. Silenced, they slept their long gleep, Bide by side. In memory of the one with loud acclaim M«n built a temple beautiful, of Fame. "Mid richest oarvings splendidly enscrolled Mis name shone radiant, embossed in gold. And even proclaimed him greutest of muu kiud. The Master-singer and the Master-mind. With lauds and praises did tbe temple quake, liut of the other silenced poet no man spake. Calmly surveying from his heaven's height The temple-builders in their puny might, Enthroned in splendour sate ihe Oversoul: And on eternal tablets did a name enroll Upon the honour-list of heaven's best; In flaming colours it outshone the rest. Hut 10, the letters did not spell the name Of him whom men placed in their hail of Fame. A Voice spake: "Empty Is the name ye quote : This pout lived the poetry the other wrote. —Elizabeth H. Finley. i AUNT MEG'S COLUMN. "Harry, I can sum up your case in three words," said Lancaster. "The fact is—and you cannot deny it — you're in love. "How on earth did you find that out?" he muttered. "Experience and casual observa tion," replied Lancaster, shortly. "By the by, 1 saw Milly Holsworth today." Then, with a grin, "Um, I thought I wasn't far out. She's a nice girl, Harry, and a clever one. Women nowadays who are good looking and can earn their own living are in great demand in the matrimonial market, so I'm told, and I can quite believe it." "Yes," groaned Ellington, "but when a man has only a paltry twelve hun dred and fifty a year the idea of —er— «2r —even proposing to a lady who can buy him up might give rise to un pleasant comments —h'm!" "Personally, I should try my luck. "Faint heart,' etc., you know. You never know what may transpire. Say you decide to see how absence might affect the case and to wait until your return from England. She might be snapped up in the meantime. Per haps the steamer might founder, and --and—" "Don't Lancaster, don't!" shuddered Ellington. "Your advice, old chap, I tear has not advanced the improve ment of the outlook at all." "Then the only course that remains open for you is to consult Aunt Meg," sighed Lancaster. "Aunt Meg! Who is she? And what's she got to do with it?" "Aunt Meg is a lady connected with a popular publication entitled "The Daisy," whose official duty it is to re ceive and reply to, through the col umns of the aforesaid journal, all questions that may be submitted to her notice on the all Important theme of love and its attendant trials, mis understandings and vagaries in gen eral." "Consult Aunt Meg!" the words seemed to ring in Ellington's ears for some time after the departure of his friend Lancaster. "A precious fool I'd be thought," he anused, "supposing I was idiot enough to trust my private affairs to the tender mercies of a modern lady Journalist, if the story leaked out. Certainly one might write under a uoni de plume or initials, but then I don't believe in such rot." Half an hour's meditation, however, served to put matters before him in a different light. He reflected that the journal in question bore a very high character, and he resolved to try Aunt Meg. After due destruction of various sheets of note paper, his communica tion was at last fairly neatly trans cribed and ran as follows: ""To 'Aunt Meg,' Daisy Office, 420 Fleet street, E. C.: "Madam—l trust you may be able to successfully advise me as to my actions in the following matter: To be brief, I am aged 30 and am in receipt of an annual income of twelve hundred iind fifty dollars as private secretary to a titled gentleman, who is about to depart on a voyage of infinite duration in three weeks' time for his health's sake, and I am to accompany him. A month ago I made the acquaintance of a charming lady about my own age, and we have met at various intervals ever since. "As you will already have surmised, I r.'m deeply in love with her, though I sia.ve not as yet declared my passion. As far as I am aware, from the state ment of a friend, she is in receipt of an income exceeding mine by two hun dred and fifty dollars per annum, de rived from her employment, the ex act nature of which, however, owing to the shortness of our acquaintance, I am unfortunately in ignorance beyond that it is something in a city office. "I have every reason to believe that xny attentions, such as they have been, are not altogether distasteful. What would you advise me to do? Ask her nc.v and risk a slender income, or wait until I am in more affluent cir- T.'Uznstances, which chance is slightly '•emote at the present outlook? ? H. A. E." Two Saturdays passed and left him in the deepest depths of despair, ow ing to the nonappearance of a reply ing his communication. Jn the meantime he met Mildred Holsworth on two occasions at the house of a mutual acquaintance and once was almost on the verge of a declaration, but checked himself in time to save making himself an arrant ass, as he termed it. It was with feverish excitement that he opened the last issue of the Daisy published before he left England. Eagerly he scanned the page sacred'.y set apart for the benefit of "Aunt Meg" and her amorous amblings. Yes, it was there at last! "H. A. E.: —Waste no time, but go and ask her at once. If I judge rightly from the tone of your letter, you need scarcely have any apprehen sion as to the nature of her reply. As to monetary matters, a girl who can not oomfortahly manage and be happy on the united income doesn't deserve a husband at all." It was all over. The last slipper had sped its course in the air and dis appeared through the window of the compartments which had the honor of accommodating the happy couple, and the last handful of rice lay whitening the platform like a miniature fall of snow. "I'm so glad it's all over at last," sighed Mildred Ellington as she threw herself wearily back among the cush ions. "But the whole affair was a complete success and went off without a flaw." "Yes, darling, quite complete, except for the absence from the ceremony of one to whom I owe a great deal of my present happiness—in fact one of your sister strugglers in the field of liter ature. Milly, 'l've a confession to make. I know you'll think I'm an awful fool, and perhaps be angry, but promise me, Milly, beforehand, that you will forgive me." "I'd promise you anything, Harry. It —it can't be anything dreadful, I'm sure," falteringly. "Then read that and put me out of my misery." And taking from his inside breast pocket a copy of the Daisy containing Aunt Meg's advice, which he had so successfully acted upon, he opened it at the fatal page and handed it to her. "Harry," she said quietly, pushing it, away, her eyes filling with tears the while, "I —I know what you mean now. She —she was there, and —and you saw her." "I saw her her, Milly?" ejaculated Ellington, utterly taken aback by her answer. "Yes, Harry, and you see her now! I —l was Aunt Meg at the time, and knowing whom your question con cerned replied accordingly. I, too, meant to confess all today, and you have made it easier for me to do so. Kiss me, Harry, and say you forgive me." —Waverly Magazine. QUEER ARE WCMEN. That I*. Some of Thi m Are, Says a Cyu leal Masculine Observer. "Women are critically curious creat ures," said a cynical citizen, "and the wonder to me is that they ever make a wise selection in marriage. I do not mean to say anything unkind,. for no man has a deeper or more profound regard for women than I have, and I admire Drummond chiefly because he said that woman represents evolu tion's, Go<Vs, highest achieve ment, and that she was really the cli max of all these forces, and they reached their limit in her creation, a result the forces had been striving to bring about from the very begin ning of time. I believe this is true. Being of a cynical turn of mind, 1 am not inclined to admit that the world is wholly good, but what good there is on this old planet is to be found in the other sex. "But why is it that we are constant ly confronted by the perverseness of woman's taste in the matter of choos ing between men as we find it, for in stance, in the stage portrayals? Take the average play, and we will gener ally find the woman's love drifting toward some fellow who is totally un worthy, a fellow who is a vertitable scalawag in all that the word means. "In nine cases out of 10 it is neces sary to kill a ft w men in order to pro tect some gootl woman—on the stage — from the fearful tortures of living all her life with an unworthy man. At least, one man will have to be of the melodramatic kind, why, there is no limit to the number of fellows who will be sacrificed in order to get the womaa out of a bad matrimonial bargain. Are men's ideals higher than the ideals of women? Is the heroic and the sublime in man's nature more highly devel oped and more delicately outlined than these same impulses in the nature of the fairer sex? Fiction, you know, and fiction of the standard sort, is filled with women of the kind I have mentioned. Of course, they are not all of the kind I have been discussing. Shakespeare's women, for instance, are made of sterner stuff, and histori cal examples of the stronger and more thoroughly balanced kind are not lack ing. There are the women of the French revolution, who towered above the men like giantesses. There are our own noble women, who struggled through the blood and tears that drenched the 'GO'S, and others might be mentioned, for we may count all around us the good examples of wise v<omen in all of life's relations. "But I was just thinking lightly about the appa-ently natural devotion which a woman has for the scalawag, pnd in a majority of cases, if she is called upon to make a selection be tween two men, she will lean toward the fellow who needs reclamation, in deed if she does not take him. If you do not believe it, keep a tab on them for awhile."—New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat. l*at ienre. "I never lose my temper when t» man insults me," said Broncho Bob. "But you didn't waste any time on Coyote Bill." "No. But I didn't lose my temper. I've learned by experience that noth ing keeps a man from shooting straight like losing his temper."— Washington Star. 1 irr 3!"" AND New York City.—The novelty of the season is undoubtedly the shirt waist with pleats that run to or over the shoulders. The smart May Mantou SHIRT WAIST. example illustrated combines that , feature with the new deep pointed I cuffs and stock and is suited to all the I season's waistiugs, madras. Oxfords, | pique, chambrays, linen, batistes, silks, j light weight flannels, albatross and the j like, but in the original is of silk cham j bray in pale blue, stitched with white, | and is held by white pearl buttons, j The Httcd lining extends to the waist ! line only, but forms the foundation on ! which the waist is arranged. The | fronts and back of the waist proper are laid in two pleats at each side, which j meet at the shoulder seams. The fronts include the regulation box pleat i and are gathered at tlie belt or left 1 free and adjusted to the figure as pre- I ferred, but the pleated back Is smooth ! and without fulness.- When the plain i back is substituted it is drawn down iin gathers at the waist line. Orna j mental stitching, simulating pointed j bands, is shown on the fronts. The i sleeves are in shirt style, but with deep i pointed cuffs that lap over and are but j toned at the outside. At the neck is a novel pointed stock that matches the | cuffs. I To cut this waist for a woman of medium size four yards of material twenty-one inches wide, three and sev S BOLERO WAIST. en-eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide, three yards thirty-two inches wide or two and one-eighth yards for ty-four inches wide Aviil be required. Woman's Itolero Waist. The bolero waist is a marked favor ite of fashion, and is shown in many of the advance styles. The smart May Mauton model shown in the large drawing is admirable in many ways, and is adapted to a variety of mate rials. The bolero, having no collar, makes it peculiarly desirable for wear beneath a wrap, while at the same time it gives sufficient of the jacket suggestion to be suited to street cos tumes designed for spring. As shown It makes part of a costume of satin faced cloth in sage green, with the full waist of Liberty satin in a lighter shade of the same color, the trimming being folds of the satin, cross-stitched on with black corticelli silk, and at the ends by jeweled buttons. The Utted lining closes at the centre front. (In it are arranged the waist and the bolero, so that both are made in one. The full front and back of the waist are tucked to yoke depth then left free to take soft folds, the closing being effected at the left front where an opening is cut from the shoulder to waist Hue. The jacket is fitted by means of shoulder and under-arm seams only, and is cut away at the neck to reveal the chemisette. The sleeves are novel, while in bishop at the upper edge which render them shape they include deep cuffs, pointed exceptionally becoming. At the neck is a regulation stock that closes invisi bly at the centre back. To cut this waist for a woman of medium size two and one-eighth yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, one and three-quarter yards twenty seven Inches wide, or one and three eighth yards forty-four inches wide will be required for the waist; two and a half yards twenty-one inches wide, one and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide, or one and one-eighth yards forty-four inches wide for the bolero. Tiny Jets For Lattice Centres. The evening gown of black lace or dotted Brussels uet is treated with paneling of embroidery. The panels are of white satin veiled with Chan tilly lace medallions. Although the medallions are not large In size they are enhanced by edges of ha by vel vet ribbon applied in three rows. At intervals here and there the ribbons are joined with small jet ornaments, "paillettes." which make lattices of the delicate structure. This adds to the beauty of the lace ovals used "in paneling the skirt. Novelties in Coats. The loose coat wrap is quite an ac cepted fashion for the season, and there are many charming little coats in black silk or soft material which are very smart witli the now univer sally worn black skirt. A limp, un lined blouse of silk batiste plentifully tucked and inlet with lace is most effective with a black coat and skirt, and there are many dainty tints of ciel and turquoise blue and the new vieux rose and pink with a salmon tone. A Haiulaoiue I'etlicoat. An attractive petticoat in a plain color has u deep flounce in plaid silk and lace. There are perpendicular stripes alternating, lace and silk, the lace of a deep cream and the plaid showing several colors in deep shades. The effect is of stripes of two 01 two and a half inches of the plaid and the same of the lace. It is a very attractive skirt. CuflTs on Lawn Slilrt Waists. Many of the white lawn shirt waists are finished with wide cuffs made of alternating rows of insertion and lace, with a narrow riilHe of lace at the end and coming over one side of the open ing. The cuffs fasten with three pearl buttons concealed by tue lace ruffle. Fancy Foliage oi» the Huts. Gold and silver tissue is now used to make foliage 'of the most fancy variety, and if fruit effects, such as tiny berries, grapes and currants, form a part of the spray, pearls aie employed for the latter. Girl*' F«ur-Gore<l Petticoat. Little girls as well as their elders have need of well titted underwear if the pretty frocks are to appear at their best. This carefully shaped petticoat was designed by May Manton with that fact in view and can be relied upon to give entire satisfaction. As shown It is of white cambric with frill of needlework, but taffeta, Sicilian and gloria are all correct as well as the va rious white fabrics. When made from silk or wool a plisse tlounce makes the best substitute for the embroidered one, although a bias ruffle, gathered, is correct. The skirt is cut in four gores so pro viding a straight back that can be trusted to launder satisfactorily. To the lower edge is joined a deep gath ered flounce that, in turn, is edged with a frill. The upper side is finished with a painted yoke-band, applied over the material that can be drawn up to the required size by means of tapes or ribbons. To cut this petticoat for a girl of eight years of age three and a quarter yards of material twenty-one inches wide, two and three-quarter yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and a GIP.LS' FOUE-GOP.ED PETTICOAT. half yards thirty-six inches wide or oue and a half yards forty-four inches wide will be required, with Ave yards of needlework for frill. SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. It appears that the greatest velocity of a rifle ball is not at the muzzle, but some distance in front. An average ol 10 shots; with the German infantry rifle has shown a muzzle velocity of 201:8 feet per second, with a maximum velocity of 2132 feet per second at 10 feet from the muzzle. The extension of the use of elec tricity in British warships in place of steam for subsidiary purposes is to be made the subject of a series of experimental tests. At the present time the capstan, steering engines, ventilating fans and derrick boists are worked by steam power. Arsenic is a very brittle metal, steel gray in color, and of no great impor tance in the arts. Metallic arsenic is found native in veins in metamorphic rocks in Saxony, Bohemia, and abun dantly at Chanarclllo in Chili. Ar senic is widely disseminated, as few sulphur ores are free troin traces of it. The white arsenic of commerce is arsenious acid. A striking proof of the lasting qual ities of cedar wood nas been discovered in the state of Washington. Near Ac me is a forest of hemlocks, which has grown up over a buried forest of ee uars. It has been iound that the trunks of ceuar are well preserved, although they have been lying in damp soil for at least 150 years. The rings of growth on the hemlock show that they have been growing over the ce dars for that length of time. Mr. Birkeland has continued his cal culations to determine whether the periodic changes in the area of tho spotted regions of the sun's surface are in any degree due to gravitational disturbances produced by either of the planets Mercury, Venus or Jupiter, ms latest calculations cover the period 1892-96, and his conclusion is that we must seek for other causes than plan etary influence to explain c.ic sun spot period and that in future it. is idle to look for the cause of this period out side of the solar sphere itself. Professor Georgeson, who is In charge of the agricultural experiment stations in Alaska, sends encouraging repoits of the conditions there. He made a trip into the interior and down the Yukon early in August and found new potatoes, cabbages, cauli flowers and other vegetables ready for the table, and gardens blooming with a variety of annual flowers. On the lower Yukon he found extensive tracts of land covered with luxuriant grasses, six feet in height in places, and appar ently well suited to agricultural pur poses. The following item relating to the Manila observatory is taken from Prof. Barward's account of his trip to Su matra: The observatory is equipped for both astronomical and meteorologi cal purposes. It has a fine refracting telescope of 19 inches aperture, the cbject glass being by Steinheil and the mounting by Saegmuller. On ac count of the troublous times of the past three year the object glass had been removed and hidden away during that period, so ihat the telescope was not in a condition to be used when the observatory was visited by the Ameri can eclipse observers during their stay at Manila. Father Algue, the director of the establishment, stated that they had a large percentage of clear nights curing the year, and that the atmos phere was steady much of the time. This observatory is doing very valua ble meteorological work. The study and prediction of typhoons—so destructive in the China sea, and of which Father Algue has made a special study—is of the utmost importance to navigation. The work was spoken of highly by the officers of the various vessels on which the expedition sailed. Measuring; Humidity. To most minds scientific instruments are so fearfully and wonderfully con structed that no attempt is ever made to pry into the manner of their per forming their functions, the results obtained being accepted as a matter of course. Yet many such instruments while apparently complicated, are really based on very simple principles. Of these the inermometer and the barometer are, of course, now general ly understood, although this was not always true. Another meteorological instrument, however, which is much used, out which is more or less mysterious the public, is that by which the amount of moisture in the air is determined. While delicately constructed and bal anced by means of fine springs, the chief reliance is placed on a few horse, hairs, which are exceedingly respon sive to the influence of dampness. When the air becomes moist they relax, and a pivoted bar, one end of which forms an indicator, is drawn along a scale, which snows just to what extent the air is saturated with water. When the air is dry the horse hair becomes tense and the indicator is returned to its appropriate place on the scale. It is in this way that track i3 kept of General Humidity, whose damp forces so effectually conspire to keep humanity in misery during warm weather. Inlelllgpfieo ami the SuflTra*;e. Symonds—!?o you object to worn at. suffrage. I should like to know upon what grounds, if you have any reason able ones. Belcher —I've heard more than a hundred women say the men are al alike. With such an idea in theii heads, "how can you expect an intelli gent use of the suffrage from them?— Boston Transcript. The Price of Thickness. J no persiflage of some of the snop« where the trade is with the poor is not without Its humor. Into a Fifth ave nue butcher's establishment there came the other day a little girl of the tene ments. She had a large hat with a feather—evidently the product of some ill-conceived charity box—and a little shawl was thinly covering her shoul ders. She carried a small brown paper parcel. 'Tlease, Mr. Schmidt," she began, shoving this ucross the counter to him, "my mother says this ten cents' worth of steak ain't thick enough. You have a right to send her a thicker piece." "I have, have IV" growled Mr. Schmidt, opening the parcel and look ing sternly and suspiciously at the re turned meat. Then he went to the till and produced \ dime. "There, take that to your mother," lie said, "and tell her if that's thicker, she'd better keep it."—New York News. Manj School Children Are fllckly. 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