THE AVERAGE MAN.
!nn of (tranlte;
nl bronied bv the mn,
poornerrow slionld";
,uod the work be had
111' ndlK-
I nnr. on
. .. n.tlan).
nni wmiij ni. I -
i .!!' tnronli bin pallor and tan
Li, l dull". eeylog:
lit, Cu,y tn uftjrnge man.
M ik hori or poet,
n , ..r wpftrintf n crown.
"I
L , tmi.l-worklojr eervaut
luiiin'i'ioM I'm down;
Jrn. mi l if u nt" "omplnlulngj
at on tl b wy J "m,
o' tlw diys ' om9 morn'
fnt f!:e sveraga maa."
BY RICHARD DUFFY.
OFHY VAN TWI8-'
torn won having her
11 r s t vacation in
twelve years. The
previous ono had
been Infore tUo Von
Twistorns lout all
their money, and old
Mr. Van Twistern,
wboHO line ran hack
to the Dutch tjom-
lur to escape the shame
... , a
ll Ikl llptev, couiuiniuu . ;-
. I inrinir twelve long yenra Sophy
i. Like.) fur aud nursed her invalid
at-Jy,
" thy who in charge of tho laces at
""Vs wruod a luir salary.
4 hnmiror, when she recoived her
."';' vaoation, she wonld Bend
tUor up to the dray Monntmu
Soniiyifematneii in mo nai
""id the dresnmaking to last her
"l"lr and herself during the winter.
Crctotuer would have preferred to
with .Sophy, but tho daughter
;'pstiiiiitu iu this particular. As
w.as nil docility in every other,
y-t jrs. Van Twistorn yieldod.
itiijr, Sophy would waudor down
IMMouittiiin Valley with her book
"it-Lr knitting, tryiuR to pick ont
(corners of shade, which she
r ll ffttcy bur mother might kave
rfcp. hupliy knitted wristlets and
Hn-teUes And road books like "Bob-
AMsmfo-e ." Sophy was thirty-six
iailin knew herself to bo au OKI
"fjthe second day of hoi stay, as
.xiil n sTToet child .s voico Bing-
I ilonn't lovn nobmly,
fjouody loves ml
ov tbreo times this bit of tho
souff was rcpeatoii, ana nacu
with itreator Rusto. I'lieu
saw coming down tho path a
itilo r I of about live or six
ia a ciitty pinnforo, with, it
a 'ii.l, iv very dirty tanf-lo of
curia 1 .ilinp; upon her checks
ihouMers.
fu'it soui cnuily, little girU"
- called timidly. 1
Inii-Op!" was the stout veply, auu
mtti tle va-ihond rau tip to her with
luliitjy eyes oud lips.
I4i-.au t yon r,ay jicaso;
K''-th, I kin. I alwavs say pleath
Bosijiv who gives mo crackers. "
11 you nay please to me?
'will if you always give
r
en there,' Sophy replied,
o mo
aud
""'kohl up a lunrshmaliow iu cold
"""ttism hcfiiro tho child's louginir
jpoth! n'cath! I'lonlh!" Ehrilled
,, k.thy suatobed tho child up and
llA hr smndfxsd check. She
ped nviriiUiimllow after marsh-
jw nito tho tiuy month. Any-
ji.lwouUl I sow Sophy was
.bl,kf, ' 7
Corfhftt's your name, littlo
au old
Rill?"
iked, su.ly patliu tho tangled
liltli.
t." ;
t?" And your otiior uuine?"
1'iKfonnt Housn Dot."
a b-fbei-u's ' nr mamma?"
fiusiziurj to do with me."
heiu'j ; )ur pnpa?"
puy w i arpiisea to hear her re-
- I tbo
by rote. 'Tap's dead.
'""'tae It.
h" s', you
'Hut h
'.( n't nay that."
Dhy staiaJalthe child, invalided.
j won't," Dot said, shortly, "if
I Rivo mc aomo more more caudv
ll flK,te do you live?" Sopuvnskod.
Wri't I toll you that I'm "Mount
't, tru W,J'ulf in thummer, when
f " 1 3 'uw'ieu. i tuieop with
Whut ill- van
burn.
In wiuter Jim and mo
..v.. UW kl ,
p in
aiuo. i) you evor
attic? Gee! It's oold
"""wbut
r,n .
. H JO
or name?"
omo to see mo
again
..ai.:'ll yo iiuve caudv?"
Hm-Pluifs j nr name?"
nBljely nai.u.' Sophy."
(k.;f! a funay name. Oood
r;iiu Kuiu- Up t0 H0(J Mr Bual
' """'"p on the hill. He's
tim.V'3 v;a tho smndged cheek
s, ui ... i. mined two moro marsh
wh T r tuu, uol's baud. The nl.il
n M flon !,nr kn ,! . iL.
Til? i'1""0'' love nobody,
ko;"'T lovee me. "
hui 7 t ' 01 tllB hogriraod lit
f rti ,! , sllB ont of High
u. of v.-, , Jl UBr Sl,n8 had fade
.f .V , ' e--aua a girl, too,
,n - , mother must that b
if , ,low haPly should
' " r,"u" 1 4 to have mi..l. ni.n.i
n i
. Then Mias Van Twis
erw
Herself m a dnv dienm
r tbe
ook and road lesolutnlv
,oui
tead three chapters and
of Dot's sonc raiiw in
1
t an eoho could not be
d it grew strongor eaoh
euough, there was Dot
and if
iue ptttb. Oulv. a ireu
er hand as she skipped
ot oned, while yet fifty
'I fetohed Mr. Bosley to
ele7
tl s Hophy, Mr. Bosley
wii, stout man,
manner. Ho had great,
s aud a round. shava
Ha warm alt buttles and wins them.
it hiiildn nil turrets Hint tower
Ovr wall of Hie olty to tell fe.
Of the role aad priests of the honr.
Without hlin the uminrnt Is belplose,
The earth, but n plnoo and n plnn.
H-J dm all and clothes all and feel
nil,
Tata sad-smlllog, average man.
Then I lifted m bund In a promlee.
With tenth t cloee, and my breath
Held hard in my tbrout, nud I ut
tered . A vow that shell oulllvo death.
I nwearthnt the bulldor no longer
To me ehnll b leee tlmn the plnn.
Henoetorwnrd b gnerdon and gl.ry
And bope for tbo averaire man.
Uumlln Oarlnnd.
UNTAIN HOUSE DOT.
faoe. There was nothing liandsomo
or dashing about Mr. Hosley. Yet a
wealth of kindness and comfort showod
iu his every move and speeoh.
"I hope yon will not think me
rnde," ho said. "Dot insisted that I
should come to see her 'Candy Lady.'
And Dot managos to make ino do
everything, except leave her, I think."
"Dot has managed rjuito happily
this time, Mr. Uosley," Hophy re
turned, timidly. "My name is Van
Twistern. I've been at tho Monntain
Houso three days, but I made the ac
quaintance of Miss Dot only this
morning."
"Mr. Bosley, kin I have another
cracker, pleath," pleaded Dot, delving
into his coat pocket.
"That's the last one, Dotty eat it
slowly," he said to hor as he took off
his nap and mopped uis balu lrow.
"Onoh! Look at the yaller butter
fly," Dot burst ont, and the next in
stant she was leaping down tho slopo
like a fawn.
Mr. Bosloy and Sophy watched hor
frantic chase. Then when she began to
dodce iu and about the shrubbery they
fell to talking about tho charm of tbe
mountains; then of hotels: then aud
Sophy was most inquisitive to hear
this Mr. Uosley hegau to ten wnai
ho know abont Dot.
'I came intending to remain three
oeks," ho said, "aud Dotty has per
suaded me to remain a fortnight be
yot-d that time. I don't know now
when I shall go back to the city. I
almost wiHh somebody would send mo
toleirrara saving I must return ut
ouoe. and yet "
He went on to relate tunt lie linn
found out that Dot's mother had come
of furmer folk book iu tho hills. SUo
was a waitress at the Mountain
House. She had run away with one
f the guests, who, of conse, had use
for her only as u summer cxpori
ment.
"You can guess the vest, Mins Van
Twistorn," Mr. Bosley continued
more sadly, with his eyes lixcd upon
tho ferrule of his oaue, whioh ho was
oiling in tho dust. "The child was
au impediment to the mother, who
had taken a courso from wiucu tuore
is no return. At two years Dot was
sent to tho Mountain House. Tho
mother sent bourd money nnd the old
housekeeper took care of the little
thing. After a while no money came,
and tho result was that
A shriek from Dot mako Mr. Bos
lev and Scnhy iumn to their feet. Ho
urried down to tuo lioiiow, wnero
inouutaiu brook ran noisily. Before
Sophy could catch up with him be
was climbing back. In his arms lay
Dot. sobbing and clinging to him.
"She fell into the brook, no called
to SonhY. "I think alios more
frightened than hurt."
"There s a out over her oyer cried
Sorjhr. ooming nearer. "Yon had
host carry hor baok to tho bouse."
When they reached the Uotel tliey
fouud the proprietor- on the ver
audah.
"Hollo!" he granted. "What's
happened, Dot?"
"She fell into tho brook,'' 3ir. Jos-
ley explained. "Get some clean
clothes for her nnd soino oold water."
Hey, Jim!" the proprietor yelled
to the stage driver. "Dot's hurt her
self. Take hor back to tho barn and
put hor to bed."
"Mr. Doru," Hopiiy uroto in quietly,
I think Dot needs care. I'll take her
to my room. Head her clothes up
there."
Mr. Dorn looked aghast for a mo-
mout. Tht-n he saw an extra tiobar
for himin it, and answered unctuously:
"Just as you like, Miss Van Twist-
em," and wuiKca awaywim a pool
opinion of the lady's suuity.
(fivo her to me, please, Air. uos
ley," said Sophy.
Ho lMd the trembling, sobbing Dur-
den in Sophy's arms.
Miss Van Twistern," he mur
mured, "you put me as inueh in your
debt as you do tbo littlo one. I tiiauk
you."
Sophy gazed at him as he walked
thoughtfully down the road. He
mopped his brpw feverishly, and as
he turned Sophy fanoied that his
capaoious white kerchief was thrust
to bis eyos.
Sophy forgot all abont this tuat
evening when sua lound Dot in a
fevor. There were a few anguished
moments of delirium ulso, in whioh
she hoard from tho puroliod throat
broken bits such aa
'Mr. Bosley the Candy Lady
rieath Sophy Mr. Bosley."
At ten o clock Sophy called a doctor
who was staying at the hotel. He as
sured her that Dot's ouly danger was
frorc her highly nervous raako-up aud
noglooted condition. All the ohitd
needed was nurture and care, Sophy
sat widu awake all that night, hearing
the fragmentary moaus of the child
aud the rustle of the summer wiud iu
tho trees beside the window. She
felt, nomehow, strangoly satisfied and
calm.
It was in tho first days of Septem
ber. Dot was out f bud tot the third
morning in three weeks. She was
taking a sun bath in tbo rocker at the
window, whioh looked out on the
valley. Sophy's plain but refined faoe
seemed worn and pale fr6m watching.
Yet there was glow in her eyes that
betokened a new interest iu life.
Now she knitted stookiugs for Dot,
and read nothing but "Jack the Giant
Killer," "The TUrea Bears" and
"Mother Goose."
She had taken aa extia week of va
cation, for which she must pay. Borne
how tho thought of going back to the
storo to work for nothing but th
privilege of living in a lonely flat re
pelled her. Sho felt sho would lik
to remain always thus with Dot, knit
ting littlo stocking ami roading
'Mother Goose. ' Mho had grown to
chuff Dot, anil say that she meant to
tuko her to Xcw York and keep her
ulweys. Dot would reply, "Bully!
only what's to become of Mr. Bosley?
You know be always gives ino crack
ers." Then Sophy would seo the impossi
bility of keeping Dot all alono in
Hat whilo nho was at work. She conld
not afford n servant, and still it
seemed almost a duty to snatoh the
child from her precarious way of liv
ing, and yot it was plainly impossible,
and yet Here tho skein of her
thinking always got in a tangle.
A knock sounded on tbo door, and
Mr. Bosley walked iu softly, as he
had come evory day. for throu weeks,
no matter iu what wnathor.
"Well, it's oomo at last, Sophy"
Dot had insisted that he call Sophy
by her first name. Ho held out a
telegram. "They want mo back day
after to-morrow."
Ho sat down, sad and reticent.
"Why don't you ask ino how I am
this niorn'ng?" cried Dot.
How aro yon, Dot?" Mr. Bosley
asked spiritlessly, "I've brought you
n new pioture book."
"Oh, you ro a daisy! sbo sunned;
and in two minutes she was deaf and
dumb to everybody in tho glories of
her new beok.
"Sophy er, Miss " but Sophy
had noted his cautions air and caught
his summons before he conld correct
himself. She went quito close to him.
I'd like, he whispered, "to loave
you cr er a cnocic lor uot s ex
penses." "Why, Mr. Bosley?"
"rlease allow me, be broke n,
and suddenly seized her hand
"We've been here together, foster
parents to her. You've done tbe part
of the woman: let me do that of the
We've thrown aside convention
alities, perhaps, but wo've cleared the
way a little for Dot. I ve culled you
Sophy "
"And I vo called you Air.
"Coll mo Jim, will you? It's for
Dot's sake you know."
"Jim and nopby s faco named;
her hand was as ico in his and her
whole formed swayed so that be
stretched forth his arm to stay hor.
"Jim its for Dots sake, she
murmured.
Dot looked round unnoticed and
silent as stone.
"You've been very good,. Tim, aud I'd
like to let yon do what wonld make you
happy, but I can't. You see it would
bo like taking it myself. I've got to
go home next week and leave her.
want to take her, but I can't. Let
me have my way tho little while I am
still here.
"Sophy," he faltered, trombling
now as much as she, "I want to take
her, too. Let's tako her together."
"Oh, Jim, Jiml"
"Say yon will, for Dot's sake."
Sophy's head'sauk upon his shout
der, bis lips turned to meet hors.
"For Dot's sake," she sobbed.
"Hooray I" shrilled Dot from the
other end of the room. "Mr. Bos
ley's coming with us, aiu't he
Sophy?"
Uniform Tlmt la a Uniform.
The mysterious mission of Engi
ncor Ilg, Emperor Menelik's old aud
trnBted adviser, to Europe, about
which the Italian, French and Bus
sian press has been so much cou
corned, is at last explained, and iu a
way undreamed of by auyone. It
seems that so far tho great and clo
rions Abyssinian army has had no
uniform distinctively its own. Men
elik, wishing to organize his troops
on European lines, nnd feeling that
the uniform is conducive to good dis
cipliue, immediately decided to have
ouo, but oue wlnoli would preservo
the chief characteristics of the Ethi
opian costuma and at tho same time
bo workmanlike and durable.
A ItuBsian artist, lately in Abys
sinia, has overcome all the difllcnlties
by designing a mixture of both Euro
pean and Ethiopian. It consists of
n short dark colorod tuuio, with one
lino of buttons only, corded with red
for the soldiers, and with gold for tho
officers. Tbo trousers aro so very
ohurt that most of tho leg remain
bare, as do also tho feet, Monelik hay
ing rebelled at the idea of shoes for
his "quick steppers," who, in fact
aro rouownod for their extraordinary
swiftucss in inarching. 1'rom the belt
hangs tho cartridge case, while they
carry, besides, a rule, a sword and
short dagger. The officers have also
a revolver. The cap, if so it may be
called, is the most curious feature
this interesting costume. The ordi
nary soldies' cap not seeming appro
priate, a plume of feathers has been
substituted, those of tbo omoers be
ing ostrich, held to tho head by
species of round ooinb. And thu
tho Ethiopiau army, with blaok faces
glistening under gay feathers, will pro
oeed to battle with the proud conviction
of being the most gorgeous troop
in Africa. Home Correspondence in
the Tall Mall Gazette.
FritiMie Wlllnrd'a Kmpty I'ockelhook
It wus characteristic of the bit
Francos Willard that she never had
any money: Miss Gordon attended
to uer nuances, and it was fonnd ou
the wholo best to leave Miss Willard'i
purso empty, beoiune if Bue started
out in the morning with a full pocket
book she came back penniless in tbe
evening. One night sho told in her
inimitable way of having gone to Ch
ciiro, and renchod Best Cottage agai
on tho capital of a postage stamp
At tho station sbo turned her pocket
ont, but not a bit of chauge was to b
found. She had forgotten all about
it. "What am I to do about it?" she
asked the ageut, perplexedly. "Anus
is out, I think, aud I havou'ta oont of
money.
"I'll give yon a ticket, Mibs Will
aid," said the olork.
"When L cot iuto tho bus I re
memberod again," she said, "aud told
tho driver, I think I'll havo to walk
for I haven't any money." "Ob
that's all right, Miss Willard," said
the driver. And so all day, greatly
to her amusement, she weut on get'
ting in debt to the railroads, cabme
and restaurr.ntr.. Chicago Inter
Ooean.
OOOD LIOADS NOTES. I
rrnfmiied Hmnle Hlhwj.
sy ovEnxon rollins, of nm
I Hampshire, Xauarn J. Baohel-
v I der. Soeretnrv of th Board
of Agriculture of that State,
aod Dr. John D. Quackenbos, emcri-
;ns professor of rhetoric in Columbia,
re engagod in the planning and eon-
motion of a scenic road, 600 miles
long, mostly in Xew 1 Hampshire. A
society is being formed, of which Pro-
lessor Quackenbos will be President,
ad as soon as a company has been in
corporated stock will be issued.
Others who aro working for the rose"
are Colonel John Hay, Federal Secre
tary or State; Colonel Haskell, of
Newton, and General Crnfts, of Beth
lehem. The (Governors of Massachu
setts, Connecticut and Vermont have
expressed --their friendliness toward
tho project ns a benefit to tho wholo
New England mountain country.
"Tho scenio road," said Professor
Qnnckenbos, "will bo an outgrowth of
the general movement for good roads
iu that section. Tbe road are no
worse than those in any other mount
ainous region in this country, and
some of them are away above tho aver
age; but it is notorious tuat few Amer
ican roads, judged, say, by Em-orioau
standards, comport with our develop
ment iu other directions. Our road
will be a macadamized turupiko with
toll-gates at frequent intervals.
"Tho best macadamized roads cost
between :I500 and $t)00 a milo; we
eslimato that our SOU mile road will
oost 82,000,000. This figure may he
exceeded or reduced, accordiug to the
extent to which wo deem it expedient
and consistent to avail ourselves of
roadways already laid.' We shall prob
ably avoid existing thoronghfares moro
ofton than might bo imagined, far of-
toner tbau ordinary road-makers would
considor neoessary. Beads are usually
bnilt nearly in a straight line, but our
road will be nniqno in that it will have
no reference to commercial convenience
or economy of time. It will wind iu
and ont of woods aud fields, up and
down hills and slopes, skirting hikes
and crossing streams, and past historic
spots.
"Autoraobilists using it can carry
with them provisions, golf-clubs, fish-
ng-rods, shot-guns, and wuat not
without impairing tho mobility which
they sharo in almost equal measure
it U the wheelmen. To them thu
long, scenic road will offer attractions
not to be fonnd clsewhoro. It is in
tended mainly for automobiles, bi
cycles and horses. A New Yorker,
with his family, could set out. in his
automobile to spend his vacation alnug
the scenio road. Ho would proceed
to New Boohelle, Stamford aud
Bridgeport, through tho Berkshire
Hills and tho Hoosao Mouutuius, to
Bennington, Vt., thonce t hrough a gup
in the Green Monutaius, to Brattle
boro, aud on to Keone, X. IL, tuppiug
the sconio road thore.
'The road will start from Boston.
aud proceed diagonally to the Con
necticut Biver, thence np tho Con
necticut Valley, with a wido curve
around tho eastern beach of Lake
Sunapee, on np almost to tho head
waters of the Connecticut, back again
past the foot of Mouuts Washington
and Adams, aud through the rest of
the Whito Mountains, along the right
shore of Lake Winnipiseogec, across
to tho sea, through Portsmouth and
Gloucester, and so ou baok to Boston.
Thus, the tourist willtraverso mount
ains, forests, lakes, rivers, seashore
and settlements."
flrnunta or Btnle Aid.
Through State aid there have boon
built in New Jersey abont 150 miles of
hard roads. Counties, boroughs, town
ships and other municipalities have
constructed as many more. Each year
siuoe 180o, whon the State begau to
aid in this ruattor, tho miles of road
improved have inoreasod, and the ont
look, aocordiug to-the recent annual
report of Honry I. Budd, the Commis
sioner of Pnblielloads, is for a steadily
widening interest. In 1805 tho con
struction was forty-six miles, in 18!)d
fifty miles, in 18l7 soventy, iu 1808
eighty-five, and in 180!) about 110,
while the total additional mileage peti
tioned for is 505. For tbe year ended
in October last the cost per milo was
somewhat larger than in the provious
year, beoanse of tbe higher price of
labor and stone, aud delays in trans
portation due to the shortage iu curs.
Tho iuoiease iu tho State appropria
tion from $100,000 to 8150,000 ena
bled Borne of tho more enterprising of
tho oounties to build as many miles as
the limit of law ono-fourth of ono
per rent, tax ou their rotables would
allow; and this iu many cases thus
brought to the point where continu
ous hard roads over comparatively
long distances are available. Thus
there is a continuous line from Newark
to Lake Hopatcong, soveral from Mor
ris uounty to the uranges, and ono
betwoeu Camdon and Trenton; whilo
approved applications provide for eou
tinuous hues from New Brunswick
and Trenton to Loug Branch, and an
improved highway all tho way from
New Brunswick to Trenton, and thenco
to Jersey City. Among tho recoiU'
mendations made by tbe- Commis
sioner, au important one Is for logis
lation to regulate the wiath of tires.
It passes his comprehension that tho
State, after expending at least 81,000,
000 in improved roads, should not
guard them against destruction by iu
different owners of freight-vohioles.
Assembly bill No. 215 at Trontou pro
poses a rebate iu taxes to nam's of
wide tiros.
American KnropeHn llnmU,
In spite of the pride of the Amori
can people iu the development of our
oities, and notwithstanding the fact
that their wealth enables them to havo
only the best, they have been slow to
appreciate the value of thoroughly
well-paved streets. As.statod by Mr.
Albert Shaw, European oities havo
been ahead of us iu accepting the doo
trino that "smooth and clean high
ways area wise investment from every
point of view, and that so loug as tho
work is done in a thorough and soieu
tiflo manner the result is worth hav
ing, regardless of oost. No oity
should think itself rioh euough to
prosper without them, and no oity is
so poor that it can not afford them if
it has any reason whatever for con
tinued existence. From Modern City
Boadways, by Nelson P. Lewis, iu
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly.
r,,
Origin at
the "Mshthonee
Connerllrot.
Irltio"
Disappointment in love of pretty
Wethersfleld girl and the piqne of a
Narragansett Indian from Long Island
were productive of apiece of Connec
ticut history which is sometimes pnt
down as myth. The last man to prove
that it was not myth died few day
ago. ne was Sol Webster, male de
scendant of the Wetherfleld girl, last
of somo three hundred others who
lived strange lives in the woods and
hills aronnd Barkhamsted.
Tho pretty white maiden, in the old
colonial days, had follon in love witb
a young man in Wethersflold, Conn.,
bnt her father forbade her marrying
him. Thereupon she took a vow that
she would wed the first man who
offered himself. About that time the
Narragansott Indian, n brave named
Changham, bad loft his tribe, bocatise
of some. injury to his reputation, and
had oomo to live in Northern Con-"
nectiont. Whon he hoard of the
Wethersfleld maiden, he hurried to
ber and offered his hand, which, . ac
cording to her vow, she accepted.
Together they went to what is now
Barkhamsted, and became the pro
genitors of a people who during
contnry havo been knowu as
"Lighthouse tribe."
It was iu trying to learu how
thi!
th
an j
poonlo so far from tho coast could
got such a name that tbe romance wai
nncai-thed. The couple established
their home on what is called Bagged
Mountain, on the upper waters of th
Tunxis, and years afterward the light!
from thoir hut servod as a landmark
for the stago ooaahes which passed
that way. Honco, it is said, the name
"Lighthouse tribe."
Changham and his wife brought up
eight children. . Tba protty but wilful
Molly lived to be 105 years old, dying
in 1820, at which time sho was known
as Granny Changham. Tho half
breeds flourished at tbo Lighthonso,
a rough aud roystoring colony, fot
generations. Their doings were man
and strange, but actual crimes, such
as that of the murderer Mossock, th
exploits of whose half-breod band
gave tbe namo of Satan's Kingdom tc
their resort, below New Bedford, was
never laid at their door.
Eventually they began to degenerate
through the marrying among them
selves and from other causes, and in
their latter days wero "a baud of
bleached-ont, basket-making, root-
gathering vagabonds." Their cabins
became fewer and more miserable,
aud at last the remnant of tho tribe
dispersed.
Ono hut alono remained near the
villago of liiverton, a milo from tb
original Lighthouse. It was occupied
by old Sol Webster and his wife, whe
wero, as far as known, the sole sur
vivors of tho family. Their poverty
was extreme. The man said ho wat
about eighty years old, but he looked
much older. The woman is several
years younger. Both wore lineal de
scendants of Changhain's daughters,
bnt never wero ablo to untangle their
genoalogies.
Tho old settlement is situated in a
wild spot of great natural beauty. witb
here aud there a lilac bush marking
tho site of somo former cabin New
York. Hjrald.
Oold lentil Not All Oold.
"I'd hato to pay that woman's den
tist bills," said a business mau to a
friend on a South Side L train the
other day. Across the aisle from the
men was a woman who showed enough
gold evory time she opened hor mouth
to make a man want to leave home
and try his fortnno in the Klondike.
Two of her uppor teeth had been re
placed by pieces of burnished metal,
and ono of her lower tooth also bad a
twenty-two karat sheen about it. Her
companion had only ono gold tooth,
but sho kept it doing the work of threo
by a oonstant smile.
"That s another case of tho old ad
age, 'All that glitters is not gold,
said the business man s friend, "One
of the latest dental novelties makes
gold teeth possible to anyone at a
small cost and without even sacri
ficing a healthy iuoisor to make room
for the metal. For a quarter yon can
get a shell that cau be stuck over any
front tooth, and with an exoiida to
smile you cau prosont a regular gold
mine to tho public. Actresses tlrst
afieoted the gold tooth and then tho
Yankeo man got an idea. Iu a short
timo there was au epidemic of gold
teeth. Tbe novelty man carao out
with hid platod shells and sold them
like hot cakes. No ono but the dontist
has any kick against tho imitation gold
tooth, and as a dazzler it is hard to
boat. That woman's tooth may bo
tho real stuff, but I believe she can
slip thorn off when sho wants to and
got them plated whon they get tar
nished." Chicago Intcr-Oceau.
A KeinaikslilM FoMil.
Near tho town of Culdera, a port
about 400 miles north of Aralparaiso,
a remarkable fossil has just been dis
covered. A series of storms so chauged
the contour of the bench as to un
cover an enormous rock of saudstouo
which, ia untold ages past, was tho
tomb of a ourious uioustor. Captain
Harris, of the steamer Guatemala,
who is au amateur geologist, says
that it was a species of ichthyosaurus,
Tbe length of the fossil from tho
tip of the muzzle to the tip of tho
tail is twonty-six feet. The head is
nine foot long and six feet broad, auc
tho depression in the rock varies from
two inolies at tho tip of tho tail to t wo
foot at tho oeutro of the body. Tho
left flu seems to have been foldod un
derneath the body of tho monster
when he lay down ia die. Tho right
fin, which shows unmistakable evi
dences of scales, is almost perfect,
aud is nearly twelve feet from it.- tip
to the oontre of the body. Valparaiso
Correspondence Chicago Bcoord.
llnlluml's Kent IiiUlmi l'nalni.
The possessions of Holland in tht
East Indies comprise 000.000 square
miles, including not only tho great
islands of Java, Sumatra and Colebes,
but a large pin t of Bornoo, tbe west
ern part of New Guinea, the sinullei
Sunda Islands, aud the Moluccas.
Their present population does not full
short of 30,000,000, more than two
thirds of whom are in Java alone. Thf
islands oould easily sustain a popula
tion of 100,000,000.
Usee Bnt Don Not Uer.
The Emperor of Japau owns about
8000 fine horses. Racing is his ohiel
passion, but ho allows no betting.
A Itartier TV tin Makes About SOOO
Veer From Konr Cneloiner.
Thomas Whalen shaves fonr mill
ionaires a day. He makes the ronud
of their residences ivory morning and
nscs his own fast pacer to save time.
They all pay him a liberal salary and
in throe hours each morning he earns
more than tho aversgo barber does iu
fonr days.
Mr. Whalon's clients are P. D.
Armour, S. W. Allerton, Marshall
Field and N. K. Fairbsnk. They
employ him by the year, and his salary
eoutinnes whether they are in Europe,
New York, California or Chioago.
His contract calls for a daily shave iu
Chicago, and if the millionaire's chins
are not to be fonnd, Whalen is not tho
sufferer. His "pull" is said to be of
the gentlest, but his fellow barbers
deolare it is Tory strong, and besides
tho salary he get there is always a lib
eral Christmas present.
The scalo of salary paid Is as fol
lows: Mr. Armour, $75 per month;
Mr. Field, $75' per month; Mr. Aller
ton, $50, and Mr. Fairbank, 835. All
of these gentleinou have their private
barber shoos, and Mr. Whalen has
the running of them. He keeps each
supplied with the flnost razors, shears,
strops, soaps, mngs ana oiner requi
sites of a flrst-olass tonsorial parlor.
Ue knows the turn of evory whisker
of hie patrons, and there is nover any
kiok about razors with a "pull."
His labors begin oorly. Mr. Ar
mour's home is his first stopping
placo, though recently, during that
gentleman's residence in California,
he has not been gottiug up so early.
Mr. Armour hat always shaved at (5
o'olook and ofton earlier. From there
it is only a block to Mr. Field's
Prairio avenuo mansion, and just
aoross tho street, a little to the
south, ho finds Mr. Allertou ready
for his daily scrape. But to reach
Mr. Fail-bank ho must make a big
jump to the North Side, and his fast
pacer comes iu good use. Cars aro
too unccrtaiu, and Mr. Fairbunk
cannot bo kept waiting or disap
pointed, and before 9 o'olook Whalen
is at the Lake Shore drive eutrauoo,
ready for Mr. Fairbunk to come to thu
private barber shop.
"Tom" Whalen is ono of the best,
known barbers in Chicago. Ho has
made a competency out of his work,
and his income now is by no means
beggarly, averaging close to $3000 for
tho year. His lust shop was iu tho
Methodist Ohnroh block. This ho
sold several years ago. Ha now de-
votos his attention to his fonr million
aire customers and several fiuu horeos.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Timidity is a robber.
Cynicism is sin-icism.
The truth ncods no apology.
Mite sometimes bocomo might.
Every seat may be a mercy scat.
Bitter truth is sweoter than llattory.
Inequalities iu refraction make rain
bows. Cowardioo is the tap root of all ty
ranny.
Dissatisfaction may bo the spur to
aotivity.
The front horso ulways has to pull
the hardest.
A donbla-faccd man can seo iu only
one direction.
Luoky stones are ouly fouud iu
plucky paths.
A smooth and shiny courso makes
slippery travel.
Tho higher lifo is found iu tho val
ley of humility.
Jealousy is tho compliment we pay
to our superiors.
There is nothing more eloquent
than silent time.
To livo the trnth wo must havo the
truth abiding in us.
America needs good parents evoit
moro thau good politics.
Trnth may be bruised and laid up,
but it nover gets heart failure.
Liars should mako it a point to rare
fully cultivate their memories.
When tho wish is father to tho
thought tho both will look alike.
Great sonls are subjoot to widely
nnlike passious, just as great pendu
lums swing botwoeu wuloly-opposito
poles. Barn's Horn,
Four Cnurtnlilp MtinriHyn.
The fonr Sunduys of November aro
observed as feto days in Holland.
They aro known by tho curious names
Review, Decision, Purehaso and
Possession aud all refer to matri
monial affairs. November in Holland
being tho month par excellence de
voted to courtship aud marriage,
probably because the agricultural oc
cupations of the year ure over, ami
possibly because the lords of creation,
from quite remote antiquity, havo
reoognized the pleasantness of having
wives to cook aud cater for them dur
ing the long wiutor.
On Review Sunday everybody goes
to chnroh, aud after service there is o
church parade in overy villago, when
tho youths and mnideus gaze upon
each other but forbear to f-peak.
Ou Decision Sunday each bachelor
who is seeking a wife approaches the
muideu of his choice with a ceremon
ious bow, and from ber manner ol
responding judges whether his ad
vauoes ure acceptable. Purchase
Sunday, the consent of tho parouts in
sought, if the suit has prospered dur
ing tho wouk. Not till Possession
Sunday, however, do tho twain nppoat
before the world as actual or proBpoo
tivo brides and groom n.
- Tlilnli Mtm Grow on TrccM.
The Sioux Indians still share with
the old Aryni: nnd Semitic tribes in
tho belief that there aro tines that
bring forth humau beings uud other
that bear various portion! of the
human body, and iu the fourteenth
eontury au Italian traveler, on arriv
ing at Malabar, was told by tho uativei
that the country abounded with a tree
that bore men aud wonvin. The latter
were attaohod to the limbs by tbe
nother extremities, aud were full
formed when the wind blew, butwheo
the wind died out they soon withered.
These speoimens of humanity reaohod
the length or height of three feet,
' Judging- Character.
You can never judge a man's charao
ter by the way ho judges yours.
New York Press.
A firammer'e Had Rrvak In One of the
Central Aaaerlea Capitals.
"It take soma time to learn the so
cial rope In Central America," re
marked a gentleman in the banana
trade, "and a stranger It very apt to
put his foot In tt The first time I evef
went Into the country myself was as
the representative of an American ma
chinery bouse. There was a good Held
for us In one of the republics, but the
tariff wu prohibitive, and I concluded
to go over to the capita) and have an
Interview with the minister of agri
culture, hoping to persuade him to rec
ommend a reduction. I spoke pretty
fair Ollendorf Spanish, but was other
wise green as a gourd, and aa soon at
I arrived I made a bee Hue for the
administration building. .While I was
cooling my heels In an ante-room, wait
ing for a chance to speak to somebody
In authority and ascertain how the
minister could be seen, a very black,
fat little . negro waddled In, wearing
what I took to be a species of livery.
He had exactly the air of an Impudent,
overfed house servant, and be looked
me over In a way that made my blood
boll. 'HI. boy!' I said sharply, "how
long miiBt I wait here?' 'How should 1
know?' he replied In Spanish; 'It H
doesn't silt you, to grt ont.' H
chuckled aa he spoke, and bis answei
o infuriated me that I lost my bead
Jumping up I seized him by the collai
and the slack of his absurd embroider
ed trousers and propelled bin, tur
key fawhlon, through the open door.
'There, you black scoundrel!' I ex
claimed, 'go and send somebody aftet
my card!' The little fat darky waa so
amazed that bo couldn't utter a word.
He simply gazed and disappeared. Half
a minute- later a squad of soldiers
rushed In and placed me noder arreet
and then I learned that my friend In
the embroidered pantaloons -waa the
minister of public Instruction. I will
leave you to Imagine my feelings. It
took three hours of solid talk from
both tbo American and British consuls
to get me out of the scrape, and, inci
dentally, I made a groveling apology.
Of course, I didn't dare to Introduce
the machinery proposition after such a
debut, so my trip was a flat failure. As
I said before It takes some time for a
stranger to grasp the etiquette of those
ports." New Orleans Times-Democrat
The Ideal Woman-
"Mold first ber physical frame, and
then, rs the strength she gains will
permit you, fill and temper ber mtnd
with all knowlodge and thoughts
which tend to confirm Its natural In
stincts of Justice and refine Its natural
taste of love. All such knowledge
should bo given her ns may enable her
to understand, and even to aid, the
work of men. It Is of no moment, a
a matter of pride or perfectness in
herself, whether sho knows many lan
guages or one. but It is of tbe utmost
that she should be ablo to understand
the sweetness of a stranger's tongue.
It Is of no moment to her own worth
or dignity that she should be acquaint
ed with this science or that; that it
is of tho highest that sho should bo
trained In accurate thought. It Is of
littlo consequence how many positions
of cities she knows It is not the ob
ject of education to turn a woman Into
a dictionary but It Is deeply Import
ant that she be taught to extend the
limits of sympathy and to understand
tho nothingness of the proportion
which that little world In which sba
lives and loves bows to tbo world In
which God lives and loves." John
Huskln.
MARKETS.
rALTiMOaa.
fisAiN urn
FI.Of.;ninto. jiTOtPat. ? 4
lllirh (Jrnile Kxtrn "
WHKAT Na 2Um1 ' 71
t'.'OKN No, 2 W'liltH 10 41
llnlN Southern A I'uuu... au
11YK No, 3 51 65
11 AY Choice Timothy.. IBIIO 16 51
ionfl to Prime 14 00 15
f-Tlf AlV ltyn in car Ms. . 14 I0 14 s i
Wheat lilockb 00 Hiyt
CatHiiinks Hut) iii.'
raXSKU noons.
XOMATOKS-Btml. No. 3. '
No. 2 5'.
I'KAK Hlauilnrds 110 ) 4H
tieeiimls 80
:oi(N Dry i'nok "
Midst 7U
must
cny KTEKiiti irtf n
Llty Cows 'Jli 1"
roTATOKS AND TKOITABLIM.
POTATOEH Uurhanks. . 65
ONIONS 40 l'i
rnoviHiosA
non rrtoiHJCTs-shii ;t' g 7
t'lfiir rlllilw 1 l'i
Hams 104 IV i
Sli-t-B Pork, uer bar 13 5"
LAUD Crude 4
11 1 t refliind 7
Bl'TTIS,
IIUTIT.ll-Flne Crmy....t 27 m i
Tinier Fine 2 11
Creamery Polls ,. i7 2-
1-iikbbs.
CIIKF.SK M. Y. Funcy... )J 11','
N. y. rim i.i'v i!n;
Hilm Iih. W 7.''
i.nui
EO.Iifi h'lttlo 14J4 K,
North Carolina 13 II
14VS KIOLTRt.
CinCKKNH 10
Diieks, per lb II 11
Toiunort,
TOIIACCO -M1. !nfur .. I Ml 9 J 5
Hound ouiinnuu !:0 4 50
Middling 01 10)
lum-y ... 10 ii KOI
1JVK STOCS.
riXt' Host Urevee 429 9 470
BHKKr 4 50 5 cu
Unas 4 40 4 0)
Il'llU AMUaitllfS.
ML'RKIIAT 10 f 11
Itivvnoo 40 43
lied Fox , :00
Skunk lllai-li . KU
Oiiiihfciin 2H
Mink f
oner ttW
HEW TOHS
FLOril Uoutiern i S83 420
WHEAT No. Sited 76 1fi4
HYL Western . 64 M
CUltN No. II 41 4'i
OATH No, 8 . 28 28 W1
bll'ITEltBlate ' 18 25
EOOH Htate 16 ftU'
CHKK.HK Mate 12 i
HILAllKUaiA.
FLOnt Bouthera 8N a)
WHEAT No. tiled 72 78
COllN No. 40 41
OATS No. 80 81
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