WHEN YOU'VE LEFT ME.
n loft me, day nl8lt
ver (jolnn rlKht;
. . Ms rlpplln sontf
fctitit nil day low,
ir i Iibv felt snd knew
'l - tn- vinl
V titiit life of all's bereft mo
Tii'n you ve leu me
ijinu you've left mel
f' i yrtu've loft m", then t say,
c rwet old lovln' wny:
' tarter if she knew how I
(it her ere she said iroodby?
it icier If she sow nnd knew
I my hinrt win brenkln', too?"
1 1 of r!1 tlmt hour fceioit uio
' Inn nlie left me
ha a nil- Jelt we? "
A Novel Complication That Ended
in Lovers' Meeting.
i ftif 73n quite comfortn
v I I Ida 11 yi " m.....
1.1- T ' nulra.l
I v?vJ Crawford, of the
iif News, as he threw a
vN- r u & oross VttU"
Vi.4 tlolcur'a feet.
, ?- li I "Perfectly,
UV thanks!"
jwo men occupied a sheltered
, It the cliffs at Hastings, closo
"iMPalaoe Hotel, and Crawford,
irrauging Vaudeleur's rug,
Imseif iuto a grass chair.
to!elenr olosed his eyes restfully.
'"'.ed pale and thiu, and his left
a eling.
V a Teirmomeuts Crawford burst
. ti ;
t i jove! isn't this glorious? What
lr.;jnce there is between it and
w'-franl",'
Cierl All the same, I liked it,
'""the rush and whirl; ay, even
wllng and the chance of boing
!adding cyuicnlly, "I suppone
,K,'grate(nl, but sometimes I wish
tb sword had caught me a few
tower dowu."
. f stop that. What ails you,
Ti ( often wonder whether it was
I iltimal enterprise made you so
J or a love affair, eh? By
'm 'tot rertjinds me of something
A'Y& brcoUfast this morning some
f'(tUov got to know that I was
ald. th News man. KIjo had
, jdently hoard that yo'i und I
Er pretty thick at the front, as
tlonjutred if you hart eom
i th-covered, seotuod quito inter
liloh ij-on, -old chap. Her name is
hl8tB;r?.i
"theaTcns! what's the matter,
" t You do look queer."
,f,J old follow, you see I knew
(sr,e. Engaged, got chucked;
h c"you see, I can't you un
Iluti" 4
ilng. ftJ quietly stooped down and
dthii Vaudelour's baud. There
at"'l of silent sympathy iu that
9 S'ldntn.r.
.
jour was always somewhat of
Tho latter
mi k:
J vo. Cruwforu.
why a sue-
a cr:
mvelist such as ho was had
t a promising futnre. His
itemtih escapes had become the
i D:e urmy. It was at Oindur
isul fun of luck almost came to a
e 111 ?
ng'tad iraggod him from be
)nuehi'ap of bodies, and at first
"l thought that tho dervish
unra'.- 'iO'shod tho "mad corro-
' ,"le 8eulinol.
JeirJRVlJ V was a close one, but
u in jBas thoy had pulled him
Lnd now ho was ou the fair
icovory.
2oiniunuio Crawford spoke.
-Adn.e We, old chap; I didn't
ofi'iipu Ke, we hadn't met until
1 Wf Br tunt."
nT'i Ploge; I am bo cou
nL8iwek. Crawford, I can't
whllet rnust Beti awuy- I can't
il8en:8"' or, at least, not just
boiuf
of h. jmseose! You can't go just
wlw'jjp i pulling yoll mund so
rt0"'bide, there is little possi-
bur meeting, as sho is not
uii oi 3onr belnS "ere. Hallo!
(ui:l.ii.?bit ca'liug me. Do you
m1, nCaviSg you for a few iniu
011 on I'
nnJ'-all. In fact T am afraid
i unlt aotlj complimentary to yon,
lit" is I lm I would rather be aloue
syoud JTor undersland?"
k!, 18 cottiprehended, and merely
"t't""jlrHtand, old man; I'll be
n.'off " then quietly
nu tl Pr " Bat thinking. His
r Jumif1'9 'fitter as they wentback
-;ani't he recalled' the heart-
,r l-Uner iu which this woman
olul.Hovef without auy pereepli
iiyimi'f He could never uuder
unil f t
ncl'flICro''U th0 8a,ne? be won
'it pen every woman play with
L-?1? fool him in the end?
,i-Kuii?',t,'ittioii8 abruptly ceased
mndi r "udercd down the path
Jnk-p,ion of tlie hotel,
the w1' f slighily B,i u fia,,!!
IIIdk ilf for a moment iu his thin
i olli'ii i
tratloifcly familiar figure was com-
: liitxi, and his fingers uur-
,oub ,te' au'l untwisted as ho
oelul.1 tlone woman in alt (he
talHl: " ll'RHt desired to moot,
dty, vl Impulse was to get awuy,
niorijf.s jieudcrcd suuh a pro
n wiioH$ibli'.
od at k state the sight of her
,ve dMp ,t,.nil,,e emotions. He
I I' Bi ulv Inu ....... 1...I..1
nt wa-
but It:
i)o wntelieU her, there
bt ai t a passionate lona-ini?
l.V and reiit.
Hud ft
red a 1
- York.
'"ly lmh! what a fool ho
a fool as he was eighteou
Hl'QOHtl
bl'i "a'mitercd carelessly
lingof rcsentmout dis
1"s nervonsness.
inter
need 1
lery ol
tied b
lit not deign to notioe
lid thero would bo no
9 uiaducBs to
gratify
seourc
the ofcle
pe object of his wratb,
f of exciting the atten-
Ma to
l kii
never deviated from
it
tist inevitably take her
where Vandeleur was
rolled along with an
r hand.
illroad
id KW
ColUDl1,
But it eweet (lioiiRlit comes with this!
" Here the roe wait your klM
Here, for nil Berth's bloom nnd bright,
Fells the tendered!, sweetnt llirht.
Here the violets, klued of dew,
Hend sweet tneni!s to you.
Of their bright umlles Spring bereft me
When yon loft me
When you lult met
And I eonnt the dny nd hour
Hold communion wltll the llowors,
Tell the rose, In songs I ll;o thl,
"HIib Is nomliix for your kl!"
Tell tlio birds, whore bloom stir.
"Save your sweetest on for horl"
But of nil tlmt day bereft uiu
When yon loft liie
Wheu you lult mel
Atlanta Constitution.
;tut: UANF1 PIN THF WHFFT &
Ro immersod was Miss Sinelair wi'.b
her reading.; that she failed to uotico
the man until sho was quite cIohc.
At the llrnt glatice, however, she
recognized him, and the sudden shock
was almost painful, but, recovering
herself in a moment, walked straight
up to Vandeleur and held out her
hand, saying gently :
"I am so glad, Mr. Vandeleur, to
see that you are better so very glad."
Although Vaudelour's heart beat
quickly, he was outwardly calm and
cool as he replied nouohalantly:
"Thank you. Except for the fact
of feeling rather weak now and then,
I am comparatively well. I trust you
are quite well, Miss Sinclair?"
"Yes, I am very well, thank you.
But but Mr. Crawford told me you
had by no means recovered yet."
Vandelour mentally anathematized
Crawford as he said, with a bad imi
tation of a laugh:
"Pshaw! Crawford is an awfully
good fellow; but, you know, he occa
sionally constructs a mountain out of
a molehill."
l'oiuting to tho seat which Craw
ford had vacated a few minutes previ
ously, he continued:
"Won't you please sit down, Miss
Sinclair? I long to have a chat with
an old friend."
His own desire now was to keep
her, and au unnatural elevation per
vaded him as he hailed with almost
hysterical delight the prospeot of
Bhowing this woman how utterly in
different he was to hor.
She hesitated a moment, then quiet
ly sat down.
"But surely, Mr. Vandeleur," she
paid, "your wound cannot be of so
trivial a nature as you would have
one believe? You were reported
killed at first; all the papers said so,
and I everyone was bo dreadfully
sorry."
"Were they?" said Vandeleur,
ironically. "Sorry to say their feel
ings mnst pass unappreciated.
Enough of myself, however. I pro
sume you are staying down here for
some time?" he added.
Daring their conversation Miss Sin
clair surreptitiously observed Vande
leur, With a dull pain at her heart she
noted the unmistakable evidence of
suffcriug iu his look.
A strong desire to toud and nurse
this man, whom sho loved as a woman
only loves once, overmastered htv,
and she experienced a mad impulse
to cast all conventionality aside, and
throw herelf at his foot and cry: "Oh,
my love, my love, I wronged yon in
nocently! It is all a mistake! Won't
you forgivo only forgive?"
Tho impulse died awny, howovor,
as sho glanced at Vandeleur, and Baw
the hard line of his mouth.
Jle will never forgive, Bhe thought
never.
Neither spoke for some minutes,
and the pause wus becoming awk
ward, when a puff of wind disarranged
A'andeleur's t ug. He feebly essayed
to reach for it; but Miss Sinclair fore
stalled him, and with a "l'lease allow
me,' arranged it.
While doing so her hand slightly
touched that of Vandeleur, causing
the blood to jump madly through his
veins, while tho color Hooded her owu
face.
Presently Miss Sinclair said hesi
tatingly: "I have been trying for the
last few minutes to to say something.
Will you listen? I want to ask your
pardon. Some time ago we I quar
reled with you, apparently without
any ostensible can ho whatover. Three
moutLs ago I discovered tho fact that
I had douo you a grievous wrong."
"Took you some time, didn't it?"
sarcastically interjected Vandeleur.
"I was acquainted with tho fact ex
actly eighteen months u;0."
Tho venom of his remark alxost
scorched tho words on hor lips, but
she quietly proceeded:
"i'leaso reservo your sarcasm until
you lmvo heard mo. Not even tho
fear of your misunderstanding shall
deter mo from performing what I con
sider U bo right and my duty to do.
It is right you bhould know that I had
some slight excuse to oiler for my ap
parent wauton ciiprioiousncHS,"
Mho paused a moment, reNtiuo; hor
chin ou her hand, ami Vaudeleur
Hlole a glance at her.
Sho had changed somewhat, ha
thought grown gentler and more
subdued, and the passiouiito desire
grew on him to open his arms and say:
"I forgivo all, I forgive all! Only
lovo mo!"
"Flease on," he said.
"Thank you," she rtpliod quietly,
"I will. The 'Story of u Man und
Woman' is an old title, and has been
used many times, yet I purpose ubiiir
it ouob agaiu as a hoadiug for my nar
rative." She paused a momont to collect her
thoughts, und glanced at Vandeleur,
who continued to ga'io sternly sea
ward. Then she continued:
"Tho man in this particular case
appeared to love tho woman very
dearly, and she well, she requited
his atleotiou."
Vandeleur started and shifted his
position slightly.
"He was a writer of books," she
continued, "and on her twenty-third
birthday he presented her with the
'first proof of the book that had made
his name. It was a unique present,
and she upureoiated it aocordiuglv,
until on turning over the loaves sho
found between the pages letter,
"It was a lovo letter, written in the
man's handwriting on a large shoot of
paper, and signed with his Christian
name, but not meant for her; the
name of the woman for whom it was
designed was Gladys."
"Heavens!" cried Vandeleur hoarse
ly, "'The Hand on the Wheel' it
was the page of manuscript that I
could never Until"
"Yes," she said quietly, "it was a
page of manuscript that yon had lost.
She, however, did not discover this
until later; but, in hor misery at what
she imagined to be tho man's false
ness, never answered his doinands for
au explanation never spoke to him
again."
She paused for n moment, overoomo
with emotion. Vaudeleur gazed at
hor dumbly.
. "Sometimo later," she proceeded
with difficulty, "a book was published
by a man, entitled 'Tho Hand on the
Wheel.' His heroine was called
Cllndys, and the lovo letter that had
destroyod tho woman's happiness was
reproduced ultuo.H word for word in
its pages.
"Thou sho understood, nnd for the
first tunc discovered tho awful mis
tako she had made. It was too lato,
however, to repair the error. He had
gone abroad.
"Then at last one day tha news
came that ho had been killed, and it
nearly broke her heart."
Vandeleur could not speak; the joy
in his heart was supremo euough to
preclude all utterance. He merely
hold her hand as if ho could uover let
it go.
Presently he drew her gently toward
hint and rested his cheek against
hers.
"Yon forgive?" she whispered.
"My dear! My darling!" was all
he said.
Two Women hihI a MUiimlpratamllng'.
It was not an unnatural mistake
One neighbor had advertised for a girl
to do general housework. Another
had announced in the samo way that
she would rent her fine house, fur
nished, during the summer. A woman
called on the former of these tho other
morning aud rang the front door bell.
"Please step 'round to the side
door," said the mistress, as she met
the caller. The luttor complied, but
with a puzzled smile. "I come in re
sponse to your advertisement," she
began, wh.in seated.
"Yes. You havo references, I pre
sume?" "Certainly, if you require them,"
and the caller set her nose a littlo
higher. "Does your house have all
modern conveniences?"
"Everything. The kitchen is par
ticularly well arranged and the laun
dry is complete. Thero is nothing
old and worn, aud that makes it nicer.
Where did you work last and what
wages have you been getting?"
"Work last? Wages? I bog your
pardon," aud the caller's eyes looked
dangerous. "I don't think vourhouso
would suit mo at all. I would like a
conservatory and a billiard room."
"Goodness, gracious! And I sup
poso you'd waut a private theatre aud
a roof garden. You can't work for
me."
"Madame, you advertise n houso to
reut furnished and whon I come you
insult me," and Bhe started for the
door.
Then thero was a hurried explana
tion, and, both being sensible women,
they laughed till so weak that eaoli
had to take two cups of tea as a bracer.
Kansas City Journal.
Fnnde Which Help to Malce TUnue.
Iu dividing our foods it is well to
remember that tho nitrogenous foods,
as t he name indicates, contain nitrogen,
and that they have for their basis
albumen, fibrin, gluten, casoiu and
legiimin. The principal foods of this
class are of animal origin, with the
exception of old peas, beans and
lentils, and the gluten of wheat. This
class is easily converted iuto tissue
making material, consequently is
needed in smaller quantities than the
heat or force foods, which are called
carbonaceous, and which are found
among the starohes, sugars and fats
the first two of vegetablo origin, tho
latter produced both from vegetables
aud animals. As these give heat aud
force to the body they should consti
tute two-thirds of our food. The third
class the iuorganio foods, water,
salts, phosphate of lime aud iron
cannot in themselves support life, yet
we could not live without them.
Water enters into tho composition of
tho body's tissues and is the greatest
conveyor of the foods. The salts are
found bo I'a iu vegetable aud animal
food; aud thus it is readily seen that
each sort of food should fulfill one or
more of the body's requirements, and
that perfect nutrition comes only
from wise combinations. Ladies'
Home Journal.
Koiiea of Wliale From Wny Hack.
The Pester Lloyd recent ly announced
the discovery in the district of Bor
bolya iu Hungary of un antediluvian
auiiiittl of gigantic proportions, whioh
had boen uuearthed iu tho neighbor
hood. Tho ominout paleontologist,
Professor Belle of Oedouburg, after
examining the Und, writes to tho Hun
garian newspapers in question: "I
confirm, thoJuet of tho palcontological
find being of the whale species. In
length it is eight meters. To- judge
from t lie strata in which the animal
was discovered, it is unquestionably
the oldest ever discovered iu Europe,
surpassing, as it does iu age, the two
uutudiluviau specimens preserved at
Antwerp aud Bologna. I am leaving
the completion of the excavation un
til t)i 3 arrival of the Budapest geolo
gists." F.leetrlu I.llle Make Trui'il Itloom.
An extraordinary phenomenon has
be'eu noticed with regard to the chest
nut trees iu tho Avenue Louise, Brus
sels, since the installation of the elec
trical trains. Their foliage begins to
turn brown and drop early iu August,
to bud, aud even to blossom again iu
October. The trees ou the opposite
side to the tramway behave like or
dinary trees, for they lose their foliage
iu the late autumn, aud do not put
forth fresh blossoms until the spring,
Botauists are inclined to believe that
the cause of this singular state of
things is due to the eloetrieal current
whieU passes under ground aotiug
upon the roots of tho trees, which are
otherwise quite healthy. London
Chroniole.
i CAMPAIGN PARALLELS.
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
AS A BASIS! FOR PROPHECIES,
National Campaign Freriletlona pem1n
tlnlia ot Politician! Itateil lu Parallel!
and CfiinpnrlflonaTlie Day of Sweep
ing; Victories Appareutly Urer.
The Washington correspondent of
;ho New York Evening Post says: As
;he Presidential campaign draws near,
there is much search for historical
parallels to tho present situation, and
prophecies are made on the basis of
theso comparisons. That there is a
good deal of nonsense iu such mat
ters, no ouo doubts. For example,
:ho Republicans in 1881 were cheored
by the assurance that no man whose
uame began with C ever hail been, aud
therefore none evor would be, eb.red
President. That comfort was with
drawn for the next campaign, but in
181)2 they were again confident of suc
cess, since no President, ouce defeated
for re-election, had ever boon ro
elected. So it is not safe to rely upon
precedents. And yet there are certain
facts in history which are uniform and
reveal tendencies nud iiilluencos.
These have fairly crystallized into
rules, which, however, like all tho
other rules, havo their exceptions.
Those who bclievo that President
Mclvinley will bo renominated rely
upon the fact that only one man, after
having been elected Prcsilent, ever
mado an unsuccessful fight for renomi
uatiou. This was Franklin Pierce. It.
is truo that Fillmore, Johnson, and
Arthur were candidates for tho nomi
nation, but they had been elected, not
Presidents, but Vice-Presidents, and
their failure was the natural result of
tho sudden shock of change, the intro
duction cf now policies nnd new men,
and the disappointments which thoso
entailed. It is well known that no
Viee-Prosidout who became Presidont
was ever nominated for President nt
tho end of his term. John Tyler was
nominated by another party thau tho
Whigs iu 181 1, but, after u few months,
he withdrow from the race in a lotter
full of auger aud disappointment. Tho
nearest parallel to tho case of Mr.
Clevoland was that of Martin Van
Bureu, who was elected by the Demo
crats in 183(i, was renominated by
thorn iu 18ft), was almost nomiuated
by them iu 1811, nnd was nominatod
by tho "Baru-Buruors," or seceding
Democrats, who would not work for
Lewis Cass, in 1818. So utrong was
tho "Little Wizard" that lie received
more votos in the States of Vermont,
Massachusetts, and New York than
Cass, although he carried no State.
Here are some interesting facts of
tho political successes and failures of
our Presidents, conveniently arranged:
Presidents reuominatod aud re-elected
Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Jackon, Lincoln, Graut, and
Cleveland.
Presidents renominated, but defeat
ed for re-election John Adams, John
Quincy Adams, Van Buren, Clevclaud
and Benjamin Harrison.
Presidents defeated for renoraina
lion Fillmore, Pierce, Johnson aud
Arthur,
Presidents who were not sandidatos
for reuotninatioii Tyler, Polk, Bu
chanan and Hayes.
Presidents nominatod and renomin
ated without opposition Washington,
Jackson, Vau Bureu and Grant.
Presidents renominated without op
position Washington, Jefferson, Mad
ison, Monroe, Jolm Quincy Adams,
Jackson, Martin Van Bureu, Lincoln
aud Graut.
Only ouo Presidont was elected
without opposition, Washington being
so chosen twice. This honor would
have been given to Mouroo for tho
second term but for an elector from
New Hampshire, who voted for John
Quincy Adams because, he said, he was
I unwilling to allow any man to be hou
! ored as "Tho Father of His Couutry"
nan ueen.
In speaking of "nominations," it
must bo remembered that iu the early
days of tho Republic thero were uo
political conventions, and consequent
ly no nominations iu the sense in
which we use tho term now. Thero
were mauy candidates for tho chief
honors then who would have figured
in the political conventions had they
been held. John Admits, it is said,
soriously considered himself au avail
able candidate for the presidency when
Washington was elected. Tho first
thing like a convention for the nomin
ation of a candidate for Presidont was
the caucus which convened iu 1801,
consisting of tho Kopublioau Senators
and Representatives in Congress, and
nominated Jefferson. At other times
nominations were made by State Le
gislatures. In September, 1812, an
unofficial political convention was hold
by the auti-Madisou Democrats aud
the Federalists to effect a coalition.
The result was the nomination of De
AVitt Clinton, of New York, for Pres
ident, and Bufus King for Vice-President.
The coalition was much more
powerful than is genorally supposed.
Madison received 128 electoral votes,
white Clinton received eighty-uiuo.
Only two Northern States, Vermont
and Pennsylvania, voted for Madison.
In 1821 a minority of the Congress
men held a convention aud nominated
W. H. Crawford, Secretary of tho
Treusury, for President. This was in
deed an odd contest, the candidates
beiug three members of the Mouroo'
cabinet John Quincy Adams, Clay
aud Crawford and a Senator, Androw
Jackson. As iu 1800, tho electors did
not decide this contest, uo oandidato
having a majority. Tho Houso of
Representatives, voting by States,
elected Adams. Had the electors been
allowed to vote by States, Jackson
would have had eleven, while tho
combined vote of the other three was
thirteen.
Jackson, by the way, wus a candi
date for President for a longer siuglo
period thau any other man. He wus
nominated by tho Legislature of Tenn
eseoe in 1M25, tho year after his de
feat by Adams aud three years before
the Presidential electiou. He at once
resigned his seat in the Senate to en
ter the cauvass.
The first national convention of the
type to whioh we still udhere met in
1835, one your before the election, aud
nomiuated Martin Van- Buren. This
convention resembled many other suc
ceeding conventions iu consisting al
most wholly of officeholders.
It is a fact uot generally known that
William Henry Harrison was a candi
date ot the Auti-Masous against Van
Bureu the first time. and. that this
was the only election in which the
eleotors voted for five candidate,
these being, in their order of strength,
Martin Van Buren, W. II. Harrison,
Hugh L. White, Daniel Webster nnd
W. P. Mangara. An apparent exoep
tiou to this statonient was the Greeley
vote, whioh was ncalterod after the
candidate's death.
The last candidato for whom a Whig
convention votod was Millard Fillmore
in 183G. He had boon defeatod for
the nomination four years before. Ho
received eight electoral votes, .thoso
of Maryland.
One of the electors who votod for
the Democrat Monroe in ,the "era of
good feeling" was the venerable Johu
Adams, of Massachusetts.
Only one man was nominated for
the Fresidoucy and Vice-Presidency
and declined it. John Langdon. of
New Hampshire, was nominated by
the Republicans in 1808 for Vice
President, but ono mouth later de
clined, and Elbridgo Gerry ' was
ohoseu.
Since tho dny of Monroe, tho most
sweeping electoral victory was that of
18(14, whon Lincoln recoivod 212
votes to 21 for McClellmi. All things
considered, the worst defeatod man
who ever ran for President wos
Stephen A. Douglas, who received but
12 electoral votes in 8lil); however,
ho received only TiOO.OOO less votes
than Lincoln, and fiOU.OiV) moro than
Breckinridge, and 80i),01ll) moro than
Bell, both of whom led him in elec
tors, a situation never paralleled.
The President who was worst de
feated for re-election was Van Buren,
who in 1810 receivo.l but (It) votes to
Harrison's 2:tt, tho magnitude ol the
Harrison vote being ono of the
greatest surprises iu tho history of
American politics.
It will be sceu from tho preceding
facts that the American voters aro iu
the habit of renominating their Presi
dents. The habit of ro-electing them
is almost as strong. As an offset to
thoso facts, one might suggest that
the only Presidents who wore renomi
nated over opposition, and two of the
throe Presidents who were ever de
feated for ro-eloction, were among tho
most recent, Cleveland and Harrison.
Tho friends of Mr. Bryan may de
rive satisfaction, so far as his chance
of renominatioti is concerned, from
tho history of Henry Clay, who was a
candidato three times. As regards
his chances of election, they can
point to tho examples of tho great
ideals, Jefferson and Jacksou, as well
as William Henry Harrison, all of
whom were defeated before being suc
cessful. One notable lesson is easily read in
the figures for tho last twenty-five
years, viz. , that tho day of sweeping
victories is over. Unless some over
mastering issue comes up. Presi
dential olections probably will con
tinue to bo closely contested, aud
their results difficult to foretell.
Feellni? Ill Ilmiipn.
A pbreuologist who has been tour
ing tho couutry and giving lectures in
the art tells the following "good one"
on himself. Ho was iu the habit of
inviting people of different vocations
to come upon the stage, and he would
dilate upon and expound tho pecu
liarities of their cranial construction,
lie had come to that portion of his
lecture whero he dealt with tho
criminal form of tho oruniuiu, and ad
dressed the audience:
"If there is any porsou presont who
at. any time has been the iumato of a
prison he will oblige me by coming
upon the platform."
A heavily-built man responded to
this iuvitatiou,
"You admit that you have been iu
prison, sir?"
"I have, sir," was the unblushing
answer.
"Will you kindly tell me how many
years you have Bpent behind prison
bars?"
"About twenty years," unhesitat
ingly replied the snbject.
"Dear, dear," exclaimed the pro
fessor. "Will yoi sit dowu, pleuso?"
Tho subject sat down iu a chair in
tho centre of tho stage. Tho pro
fessor ran his fingers rapidly through
the hair of the subject and assumed u
thoughtful expression.
"This is a most excellent specimen,
Tho indications of a depraved charac
ter aro very plainly marked. Tho
organs of benevolence and esteem are
entirely absent; thut of destructive
ness is developed to uu abnormal de
gree. I could have told instantly
without tho confession of this man
that, his life had been erratic and
criminal. What wus tho crime for
which vou were imprisoned?"
"I nover committed any crime,"
growled the man in tho chair.
"But yon said that you had been an
ininato of a prison for twenty years!"
"I'm tho governor of tho jail."
The Flrht Itnuili anl Mortar.
The Koreans iuvontedtho first bomb
and mortar. The lust for revenue had
taken such a grip upon thorn that
uothiug sufficed to hold thorn in check
when once they had the enemy ou the
inn. iioforo tho lirst year of the war
had expirod the Koreans hud imitated
the fire-arms ot their enemies, though
pebbles were at first tho only missiles
used. They evon surpni-sjd tho in
vaders iu tho lino of gunpowder, for
the records tell us that a certain gon
orul invented a piece of ordnance
which, whon discharged, would throw
itself bodily over the walls of tho be
Biogod fortress, and when it exploded
the Japanese who had crowded around
to examine it were either torn to pieoos
by tho (lying debris or choked by the
sulphurous fumes of the burning pow
der, the startling stateiuout that the
mortar threw iUolf over tho wall is
merely tho work of au excited imagina
tion, whereby tho projectile became
confused with tho machine used iu its
projection. We are told that the so
cret of tho invention perished with its
inventor, but that the mortar then
used still lies in ouo of the Govern
ment storehouses iu tho fortress of
Nun-ham, which guards tho southern
approaoh to the capital.
Description of a Womiui'ji (,'lul,
A woman'd Society for Political
Study is a club where a lot of women
get together to spend twenty minutes
telliug each other what their husbands
told them about the Transvaal War,
the yaoht races, the Dreyfus verdict,
the Peace Congress, tho Alaskan
boundary, arbitration and tho woather,
aud au hour aud three-quarteru put
ting on their wraps and eating cara
mels. New York Press.
000D ROADS NOTES.
An Aniplclont Itefflnnlnff,
The series of good roads conven
tions in the West had a most mil
picions beginning. The first was thi
State Convention held at Milwaukee
with more than sit hundred delegate)
present. As a forerunner of thorn
to come, this convention shows at
nwakeuiug on the subject which is no'
only prophetic of increased agitation
but it shows that the wheelmen an
fast converting the farmers to theii
belief that under the tnovemeut fol
better roads lies an important ques
tion of economics. As many of th
subsequent conventions will follow it
the line of this one its devclopmenti
are of peculiar interest, and, if closelj
studied, will prove of absorbing iu
terest to every student of indnstria
conditions. First, it mnst be knowi
that this convention was made up ol
farmers, tho class upon which thi
wolfare of the country fargely do
pends. Farmers havo maintained
that wheelmen have had only a Beltlsh
object in askiug for good, smooth
roads, and the wheelmen have not do
llied it, but, in defoneo, they have
pointed out the fact that a betterment
of the country highways means au ini
provoiuent of the fanners' condition.
Tho latter have been slow in accept
ing this statement, but Governor
Schofield sounded the keynote of it
when, in bis address of welcome, be
said: "Tho subject of good roads is
important to every man, whether he
lives in tho town or country. The
interest which in the last few years
has been awakened in the subject
therefore promises well for the
farmer. The wholo progress of t lie
race from the earliest period to the
present has been so related to the
building of highways that one wonderi
when he reilects that the last geuera
tiou iu this century did not make
more advancement in this direction,
, . . It is another evidence that
the farmer is coming to Bludy closely,
as tho manufacturer has long done,
how to reduce the cost ot pulling hie
products ou tho market."
Tlie Wtiffnn Itoail rrnlitcin.
H.I. Budd, tho Road Commissions
of New Jersey, says: "The slate ol
New Jersey is building aliont 40C
miles of roads. There are over l.ODC
miles of macadam roads built by the
state, county and municipal aid. We
are uow malting 12.") miles, which are
costing us to coustruct SI, 000 to
83,000 per mile, according to width
and depth; aud repairs aro according
to the usage of the roads, running
from $50 to $100-a mile per year. The
now roads are intensely popular, so
much bo that we havo uow about .V.KI
miles of roads applied for ahead of
our construction, aud now roads are
constantly coiuiug iu for my npprovul.
"Tho effect ou property values iu
some pluccs is very marked. In other
sections, on account of the low prices
of produce, tho property valuation
has uot been as yet much increased;
but wherever the roads go they aro so
desirable for carting the produce to
market that most of tho farmers are
becoming petitioners for the roads.
There are no new methods being tried
yet in road construction. Tho old
macadam and telford system is almost
universal. There has been some dis
position to use the steel track for tho
passage of wagons, but as yet nothing
has been done in that direction with
the exception of experimental stations
iu different parts of the couutry."
Klwiwn la Figures.
"The condition of roads iu the
Uuited Status, taken as a whole, cau
most clearly be shown iu figures. If
we can make inquiries of a hundred
farmers in as many localities as to how
long it takes each of them to haul a
load of crops to town, how far ho hauls
it and what his time aud that of his
team are worth, we can readily ascer
tain what it costs ou an average to
market a loud of crops," suyj Otto
Dorner. "If tho number of theso in
quiries be sufficiently increased and
xtended over the entire couutry the
result will pretty nearly show what it
costs on au average in the whole
United States to hum r. loud of crops
to market. If with each inquiry we
ilso ascertain the weight of the load,
wo can figure out how much it costs n
hundred pouuds, or a ton, to market
ill these crops, and if the inquiry also
include the uu-mber of miles compris
ing oaoh haul we can easily figure the
jost of hauling tho crops a ton n mile.
Phis gives a unit which cau be com
pared with the same unit, similarly
Dbtaiued, by similar inquiries made
iu other countries."
A Network nf Free l'lken.
The whole central section of Indi
ina is now covered by a network of
Tree pikes and grudod gravel roads.
The farmers cau reach their markets
ny Boason of tho year. Northern In
diana has made wonderful strides in
the last few years in building graded
aud gravel roads. The eastern section
is practically free ot poor roads. In
Wayne County alone there aro over
SD0 miles of as good roads as cau be
(ound in the Mississippi section. The
most notable pike in tho nation the
great National road rtiuuiug from
Washington to St. Louis passes the
entire width of the State and divides
the Hoosier community into two equal
parts. It is apropos that the display
be made in ltlOO, for it marks the
rloso of about 100 years of Indiana's
Jevelopmeut, in which roads have
been the greatest factor.
1'iuliliiff Iitimi'tttnt LeicUlnllnn.
Laet year under the provisions ol !
the Higbio-Armstrimg law the Legialu-
ture of Ner lor It htute appropriated
$500,000 for highway improvement.
There has been no appropriation this
year, and the good roads supporters
ueod to get to work soou if anything
is to be done. Tho law provides I liar,
the supervisors of a county must first
lV'y the Stato engineer, who must
investigate the improvements solicited
and submit plans and ostinii.t t of cost
to the supervisors. If the supervisors
deoide upon having tlio improvement
the State engineer must advertise for
bids. The League of Americau Wheel
men has been seeking to enlist the aid
of automobiliats in its good roads
work and it is hoped that some import
ant legislation will be pushed through
this winter. ,
A oopper oent reoently was drawn
oat into 6700 feot ot wire.
BALE. .
Bender Isle t now rl8
In NiriireHlve speech. A M
Ohvh me no power te eoriiKol
In metiiphnr and trope ornH,
I'll use mv lowlier it U in, anil st8
My (acts In humlile figure 8.
Ynunir, beautiful snil llssnme R
Was love. I nint wooeil hy William WS,
Dally as they tnnthor
Anil nltfhtly nt tin xnrileu c9;
Vet when lie'il ank her If nhM m,
Hlie over answered, "William, 8:"
He sliowoil her nil Ids love so gtS,
He iirKned every nllu till IN,
Anil would at lenxtli expntls
Upon his cheerless, lonesome sl,1,
lie pleil with her to tlx the (18;
Put lie would not imrtlclpS
In Ids lonir, amorous ileliS,
Hut would her forehead normal.
Aud eoyly answer, "William, wsl"
"At lenst," he cried, "O maid sedt, t
Though It my woe may eiiirntvH,
Tell, oh, I prny thee, led me stM,
Ijov'et thou Another? On, relH
Ids hHful ini'ne, iindsenl my fH!"
HUe blusliing murmured, "Wllliirn Vi'i'."
"I seel" he did eJuenlSj
"lis 11 Tlsll I'm Wlnls-n V8:"
He elasps the maiden roses;
Their hearts In nipt U'-ouh Joy pill".
"Aud may I klsn tluut onee, ilenr K1
Jiint oil" sweet klw? 8iw yec, oh, 8'.''
Tlio shy maid whispered softly, "3."
They kissed; 't win spring In 'SS,
lly fall they'd s 'or.i.l S.O.m.pas.
Hut now iiIm that I niii.t cH!
When she ph'.i I- furu kl.. tho grl
liiif brute lines thin reluHS,
"W8, K1, wS, Mr". Kj Wl, vS!"
Frank ('rune, in the Century
PITHAND POIJJT.
.Tack Freshly "Are you eii'j;a;;el
vet?" May Soniers "1'ropo.to ua.l
see." l'uck.
Mamt-.m "Why dor. 't you like Aunt
Fanny?" Johuny "Oh ! she's ulwuye
telling you not to spoil me."-- i'uek.
The Caller "I should like to look
at somo safeties." Tho Storekeeper
"Yes, sir; bicycles or razors?"
Vonkers Statesman.
"f ho literary life ii n l a path of
roses." "I don't know; lots of author;
lire eternally throwing bouquets at
themselvos. " Chicago Record.
"My datislitor'R music," Bighed the
mother, "has been a great expense."
"Indeed?" returned the guest, ".jowo
neighbor sued you, I suppose?"
Enpeck ".Saunders i a man of turn
anally sound judgment." Mrs. Ku
peck "Jn other words, suppose bis
opinions always coincide with yours."
There wan once an nnent R.irnc..
Who alvnv.H cntwluil 'round on his kui'O.
'1'iir," pal 4 he, "I inlht full
Tt 1 ioo,l up at all;
Ho I'm very uiuchsalur ou ttese!"
Life.
Boarding Houie Keeper (to newser
vau!) "I wish you would go up nnd
down stairs two at a time, Matilda; it
would suvo icy carpets bo much."
Fun.
Horoman "Tho fact of the matter
is my writings are uo ordinary stuiT.
They are a luxury." Binghani '!'
see. Something ono cau do without."
lioston Truuscript.
She "Do you remember how you
used to put your arm around my waist
when wo were engaged ten years ago'.'
l'ou never do bo now." Ho "Xo; my
arm has uotTgrown any longer." la
diatiupolis Journal.
"Of what is tho prisoner accused?"
asked one of the meu who were to be
judges in a French court-martial. "
don't know anything about the case,"
answered the other, "excepting that the
prisoner is guilty." Washington Sta.--
"Well, Mr. Smithers, did your boy
Toll u got through his t xamiiiittious uo
college all right?" asked the rector,
"Not all of Yin," said Mr. Smithors.
"He passed iu Latin, Oreek, English,
and mathematics, but he flunked ou
football," Harper's Bazar.
Tommy "Pop, the ruin falls alike
upon the just and the unjust, doesn't
it?" Tommy's Pop "Yes, yes; dou't
ask silly quettionsl" Tommy "And
it isn't just to steal another man's
umbrella, is it?" Tommy's Top
"Certainly not. If you ask more
" Tommy "But, pop, the rain
doesn't fall upon the mail that steals
the umbrella, und it does ou the man
that had his stolen. Ftinnv, ain't it,
pop?" l'hiladelphia Record.
When Women Aro Honlck.
"Are women more subjeot to soa
nickness than men?" Au Atlantic cup
tuiu answers: "Yes; but, ou the other
hand, they aland it better. A woman
struggles up to the point of despair
against tho what I might eail the im
propriety of the thing. She isu't ho
much tortured by the pangs as she is
worried by the prospect of becoming
disheveled, haggard nnd draggled.
She fights aguiust it to the lust, und
keeos no appcurances as long as sho
tan h Id up hor head.
"then she becomes maudlin and
path itio. Slio takes to her room nnd
nivuiibly asks three questions. First,
whether people die of seasickueat;
then, how many miles wo are from
shore, and, lastly, wheu wo shall got
there. She also often asks bow deep
tho water is, aid if I think it possible
for any one to po seven days without
any food. The doctor is always talked
over. I am asked time and again if I
think ho is capable and ellicieut, and
if I have confidence iu him. Wheu
the patient gets so ill thut she loses
interost in the doctor she usually lies
on her Bt.bi and cries by the hour.
But, luckily, the more violent attacks
only last n short time." Xew York
Press.
llalnritlU In tho TihimvhiiI.
Throughout most of the Trnnsvan
the midwinter months of July and
August are practically rainless, the
full amounting to only a email fraction
of un inch. September, too, in usu
ally dry. But with the advnuco of
rpring, iu October und Xovembor, the
rainfall rapidly increases, and when,
after Christ mas, Hummer sets in there
is a copious supply of from four to six'
inches a mouth, In the wholo year
about one day in six is ruiny. There
arc, of course, some regions which
aro practicully arid. But on the whole
the country is as well off for water as,
let lis say, our owu States between
the Mississippi and the Rocky Monti-.'
talus. What it noeds badly is a com
prehensive system of water storago
und irrigation.
Doe Hi ol it Notorious Mun.
The man who was killed by a posso
of citineuH of Spring' Valley while
seeking to otl'oct his capture for au
alleged burglary, was ideutitled1 as u
Springfield man who was known in
that oity as "No Toe foe," because o
having no toes on either foot. Cin
cinnati (Ohio) Enquirer,