WHAT8 LOVE? Vny toll me what ii Love? A thing Of whirh the bird A ml. poets sing? A meluci Intanaiblt. Jlut wondroiiV sweet And heeutifulT Or in it sonic rare Prize ' Thftt money buys? Or is it something vague, kA hint Which finds development In print? Or ii it sacrifice And shame Kndured . In that dear name? Or in it that plain Sentiment Which pay the bill ' For clothing, food and rent? Or it it heart and soul and mind Wind To the world; clear-eyed and true To itself; ready to do ' And tc suffer; willing to givo Or to lake; To live Or to die for it own lake? Or is it fain and longing, Cyes wet With team That never can forget? Or ia it Pray toll mo what is love? -William J. Lnnipton, in New York Sun. I A STRANGE CAPTURE. S lOOOCOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOCDO -yr T eight bells on nn October night In the year 1S13, the ysy fiiHt sailing brlganllue Cor (i lear, of New York, bound tome from Capo Town. Cnptaln Jubes! Starkweather, lay drifting In n thick lea fog, without as much breeze as ivould wink a candle. The shore Hue of Southern Africa iras only thirty miles dlntnnt, the Wnl rlsch Hay entrance bearing northeast y half east. In those days that, was i formidable const, partly from iid rhartcd surrouudlugs, but. more be muse Its principal products were Ions, crocodiles, sharks niul half can lbal savages, with a few unfriendly i Dutch Boers a long way to the south ward. The dog watch hud been set full half in houf, and there ought to have been i breaking of daylight, but the fog thickened, and tho darkness was so spaque that the helu" "inn Bald be . :ould feel It brush hls tickles when ae stirred her wheel. ' Suddenly there rose fr. n the foggy blackness that lay packed upon the ten off her povt bow, seemingly not Iwo cables' length away, a longdrawn, welling, Indescribably despairing cry. luch as no man of that ship had ever before heard. Following the strange cry, as the ship settled In the hollow after a lazy jwell of the barely breathing ocean ?ould 1 e faintly heard a gurgling pant Ing, as If some tired swimmer or spent dinger to a wreck was distressed by the heaving water. . Every man on deck clustered along her port bow rail aud leaned out, lis tening, with straining eyes. Mate Doollttle leaped up, clinging, with his fight hand to her fore port shroud, Ills left hand hollowed to nn ' ear, twinging his body far outward, listen ing till tho sound ceased. Then he called: "Name o' wonder! what was that? Do nny of you men know-;" No one answered. The noise of the crew moving or Mate Doolittle's voice attracted tho creature, whatever it was; for while they listened, with bulging eyes, tho cry rose again, nearer, and with a still more melancholy whine, but with a Bote of eagerness modulating Its des pair. Tho gurgling punting could be plainly heard, swimming toward the ahlp. Mr. Doollttle jumped Inboard and ordered a boat lowered. While the oieu were overhauling her falls ho ran below, nud reappeared with Captain Btarkweuther by the time the boat was ready to let fall Again that lamentable cry rose from the hollow of the sea; this time close ibourd. off her starboard bow. fol lowed by a gurgling niban, like that Df "some strong swimmer In agony." Laptalu Starkweather ran to bis boat. vuhubbcs; no oruercu. l ut a couple of loaded muskets In her stern theols, Mr. Doollttle. Tumble In, men! Let full steudy so unhook. Mr uoomtie, whatever It' Is, bring It aboard." The boat vanished as the sen heaved her. She was Invisible In the fog be fore she had pulled her length, but those on deck could trnce her course by the grinding and splashing of her oars, hue pulled about, zigzag, three or rour minutes, and then lay still, lis toning. Suddenly there came from her gieut splashing, confused yells, und the roar cf a musket. Mate Doollttle ,w.is heard giving excited orders. vDpwn cuthyises! Dout strike him! Jackson, don't Are again without or. ders, but keen ready. Tumble att Face him, men! Face him! Oars let fan-soflly-glve w.ay. IIUlou, the I Ship!" "Illlloa, tho"boat!" I - "Make & UOlse nil llppfc rlini-n nn can Judge our distance. It's blacker Uere than an African watch pocket We've taken on board an awful mis seuger. Way enough stand by to icuu on:!" The boat floated out of the darkness a shadowy mass, and slowlv heaved past alongside, until she lay under the uavits. X here, was something In her bows a great dark heap, from which the men nil recoiled aft; the foremost holding their ready cutlasses In baud aud Jackson with a leveled musket at liis shoulder. "Hook that forward fall with nn oar blade, Brown." , "Aye, aye, sir. Fast forward, sir." "Fast aft, sir." "Haul taut. Hold all. Heave the lines on deck. Now, men, i-p this after (an ono at a time steady." Ouo by Tee the men climbed up, the mate iar. swa-non hn .nt. ,. i,i...j , 3 nnp uuiBiuu. As she'll a up the dark heap In her towr'", ;i'n',Uh.,a.1 luto a huge lion, sprawled il'Tgwlth his hind parts drng A lvater. He seemed nearly ,i i i l.ffilrten wlihir" """ BuspB. vas hoisted level with the Mate Doollttle said to , (lUweuther, sarcastically; "There's jour waif. Captain! I've brought him aboard according to or ders. What shall we do with him?" Cnplaln Starkweather scratched his head and considered. Then be or dered: "(Jet him on deck." Sailors are ingenious. They cost lines about each limb of the beast cau tiously; they muzzled him; they wound nnd tied hlin like' a great bale; they heaved him Inboard, growling feebly, too spent to fight, but alive. rorti;gucie IVrez.who had often been on that const, explained that the nul- lnal had probably followed some prey Into the sea, or bud been caught by the ebb tide when crossing the mouth of n creek, nnd floated seaward, lost In the fog. So he had been swimming nbont all night, or longer, lucky that the sharks did not get him. There was a grent cage on board. The Coilenr was to have taken on a young leopard at Cnpo Town, but t ho beast died before the ship sailed. So now Captain Starkweather had this cage overhrtuled by the carpenter nnd set up amldshlp. Waif, as they named him, was put Into It and nursed very carefully. His sea swim and the crew nil making a pet of him tamed him quickly. There was some trouble about food, but the men spared him nil the meat they could, nnd the ship put ln twice for fresh stores on her way home, so when we made New York there had never a healthier or stronger beast entered that port. In those days lions were rore and costly. Captnlu Starkweather cleared over $300(1 from tho adventure, and Waif lived many yenrs, the pride of one of our great traveling shows. J.L.Bates. In ltecreatlou. Do Mi I pi Go to the Bottom? What becomes of the ships that sink nt sea? Do they go all the way to the bottom, or do they meet some where under the surface a certain pressure that buoys them up aud holdu ihem in equilibrium? Somebody, we forget who It Is, bus given rein to li'.fl gruesome fancy and pictured all the ships that have been lost In mid ocean as wandering about like so many ghosts half way between the surface and the bottom. There Is no foundation whatever for such a notion, though many person have it. Auy object that will sink be neath the surface of the sea will go nil the way to the bottom. The pres sure encountered on the way down, which is simply enormous In the deep er parts, has nothing to do with the objects sinking, for It Is exerted on the object, as well as on the water, thus equalizing the conditions. The reason why the object sinks to the bottom Is that the water is not compressible, at least it Is so little su that Its density at the bottom of the sea Is only a trifle greater than It Is at the surface. Tl)e scientists tell us that the water nt the bottom Is just ubout as much denser than the water nt the surface ns sea wnter Is denser than fresh water. lUils slight difference In density, therefore, docs not nnd cannot stop the downward course of a sinking ship ot nny object that is heavy enough to sink readily beneath the surface. Pres sure, as we have said. Is not a factot in the case at all. YTaverley M !?' zinc. An Obliging lllnhop. So kind and obliging is the Bishop of Norwich, England, that n host of stories nre told nbout how he has go) himself into trouble by his wllllngnes to help others. Ouo day he was to holil a continuation In a small town nnd, arriving some time before the houi for service, took a stroll. His steps led hi in to the outskirts of the town and, passing n picturesque Utile cot toge, lie stopped to admire it. A pretty littlo garden separated the cottage from the road, finished off with a ucal hedge and green gale. "Oil, please, sir," said a voice from the other side of the hedge, "would you open the gate for me?" This the Bishop at once did. Then to his surprise, instead of the tiny child he had expected, there stepped forth a girl big enough to have opeuc-l the gate herself. "And why, my dear," said Dr. Sheep shanks, "could you not open the guto for yourself?" "Please, sir,, because the pnlut'l wet." said the girl. A glance at his baud convinced tlu Bishop of the absolute truth of he) statement. Another story, which th Bishop dc nles, yet which Is told of him, relate! that a small girl having tried valulj to reach a knocker on a door, nske; the Bishop to rap it for her. Then sin advised hint to ruu away, as she In tended to do. Pugilism In Japan. The extent to which the .Tapanesi nre becoming Europennlzed In the lesi essential mutters of life Is shown bj the manner In which our sports ant pastbncB are taken up by the veriiue ular press. The recent fight between Fltzslin mous nnd Sharkey was reported a length by more than oue Toklo paper I heir unities In the native syllabary be coming Shlyakel nud Fultsuzushlmon Facts like this and also the no less re mnrkable one that the Inst of the slio guns or mayors of the palace, win treated tho Mlkauo ns a puppet nix reigned as nbsoluto princes, Is now ti be seen riding a bicycle in Toklo, shov how thoroughly itie Japanese havi turned their bucks on their old wuyi and ideas. Loudon Mull. Stole the Old Man' Collin Hoard. Joseph Sims, the old man of Cuckoo Louisa County, who bad prepared tin boards for bis coffin In anticipation oi approaching death, has much lm proved. About three weeks ago somi cruel thief stole tbese boards. Mr Sims determined that bis preparattoni for burial should not be lnterfere with. He therefore prepared othei bourds for his casket, and these hi had p'ncsd beneath the muttress oi the bed In which he sleeps. Mr. Simt ii believed to be 102 years old. Hi was for a long time believed to tx only eighty-two, but records have re ccutly been found which Indicate thai ha was born In 171)8. Bultluior Sun. HEROIC WOMEN'3 WORK. Made Bag for llefenne of Legnllom, M'hli Cnnnona Homed. Lady Mucdonuld, Mrs. Conger and the other ladies of the legation offered their curtains nnd portieres for use, nnd the scissors ruthlessly cut up most exquisitely embroidered draper ies into sand bags, while (hose who were In chnrge of the fortifications continually sent messengers nsklug for "more, more." One of the mission la dies hnd Just laid in a new supply of table linen, nnd some of the native Christians, finding It nud knowing whose It wns, brought. It to her. This, with all like material, was used, ns were drnwn-work linen sheets nnd pillow canes, while bolts of rare dam ask linen were cut up without com punction. In fact, all sense of cos,t, nnd even sense of beauty, seemed to be lost In the enger desire to furnish the means ,of protection to human lives. Besides these beautiful things thus sacrificed there were nlso used common materials, such ns old Mon gol tents, hangings to Sedan chairs aud stacks of old Chinese clothing. These were cut out nnd sometimes sewed by foreign ladies unused to other than delicate work. However, tho foreign ladles were greatly assist ed by tho Chinese girls of the mission schools, nnd by the women of the fam ilies of native Christians. Of the for mer there were some 150. ltosldo the supplies brought from the foreign stores there were great rolls of cotton cloth, nlso of silk nnd broende satin, from Chinese stores. The Chinese nt their funernls wenr special garments. Many of these were used, tho long, large sleeves being well suited to the purpose of bag-mnkin" It was n con tinual surprise, that new supplies from new sources came In each day as needed. The housekeeping committee nnd those who worked In tho diet kitchen were particularly hard worked, being constantly busy, and exhibited an In genuity in planulng nnd preparing ap petizing edibles that was marvelous. The materials were horseflesh (called pony meat), coarse wheat flour and a dark-colored rice. These were the sta ple materials. There was a small quantity of canned meats, which was used as an occasional relish. The white rice nnd ull dellcncles were re served for the babies and the sick. One of the missionaries told me she went each day to another part of the legation, in constant danger of flying bullets, to get a slice of white bread for her sick baby. The woman having the flour baked a loaf each day, not for the use of her family, but for the sick. While there were three ladles en the standing committee of housekeep ing, nil the ladles took their turns In looking after the cooking, serving, ta ble setting, etc. As there were sev enty In this family they werj divided Into three messes. And It was neces sary to have three of each of the meals. As the dining room was nlso living and sleeping room. It required much work to keep It In presentable condition. One of the bardest things to bear was tho utter impossibility of having quiet. There were times when It was unsafe for nny one to be out side the building, and all work bad to bo done with n large number In the room. Outside was the roar of artil lery; Inside, three busy sewing ma chines, and women anil children, aud servants at work, besides all the men not required outside on the formica tions or nt tho mill. This constant noise nnd Impossibility to bo alone was more wearing upon the nervous system than nny amount of work. Leslie's Weekly. . Light Felt Iliitu Popular. Felt assumes every color, (julle re cently n taste was developed for pale rose colored, sky blue nnd mauve of different shades. This does not mean, however, that there Is nny decrease In the demand for chalky white und pale beige, ond for the many shades of light, medium nnd dark browns. The deeper positive tones most In vogue for felts are "Coquelicat" and "Paur pre," and a dark, dull green, which does not figure on the color card of this season, nud which may be de scribed us a much darker shade of tho two light greens sampled under the names of "exposition" nnd "unlver selle." Pale blue and pluk fells make charming dressy hats for young girls. Some of these of the soft formless shape Intended to be worn off the face nre very simply trimmed; as, for In stance,, with a breadth of liberty silk to match, twisted round the crown and then passing over the brim In front and fastened to a nurrow coronet of ribbon by a small b'UK'h of flowers. The r.fluvo hats have a somewhat less youthful appearance. One Is of a Pat ina tint; rfce brim Is cuught back by a torsado of inlrolr velvet to match, that also encircles the crown, and the hat rests on a coronet In which ire fastened two half-open rses of a Bor deaux tint, with a few brown leaves. About the edge of the brim, the head resting on tho velvet torsade, Is a mar ten skin. Millinery Trade Review. Caro of the Finger Nalla. The ugliest hands can be improved If a little careful attention is given to the nails. The paring of them is Im portant, they should be brilliantly pol ished, and, of course, the appearauce of the milk, white crescents is one of the chief features of a pretty finger nail. The shape In which the nails are cut should depend to a certain ex tent on t'e shape of the finger tips, but filbert shaped nails are generally considered the most beautiful. Mani curing will do much to beautify the hands, and If but one hour a week is given up to tho care of them excellent results may lie expected. Every day, after washing, 1 lift flesh at the base of tlsc anil she uli! be pr?we.j back. Lemon is oue of the best medium to use for removing stains from nnlls, and orange wood sticks should be em ployed t eleunlng the skin beneath the nnlls. Bough hands will be Im proved by being rubbed with a soaped nailbrush daily. Brittle nails need the application of a stiff toilet treoni nightly. After the nnlls hnve bad their dally brush nnd elca-i they should be pol ished with a chamois pad. Itougli powders ore sold for the purpose of giving a pretty pink tinge to the nails. When these are used they should bo sprinkled over the nail before It Ii polished with the pad. America's Orand Old Woman. At the grent bazar of the Woman Suffrage Association, which wns held In Madison Square Garden, in New York City, one ot the chief attractions was the presence of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Sharp of Intellect, keen of mind, and Impressive In speech as ever, Mrs. Stanton Is rounding out her long and Important life In a golden nge of frui tion nud consummation. Debarred now from public speaking, and' from more than occasional presence nt gath erings nt which she was once the per sonal leader nnd vivifying Inspiration. Mrs. Stanton still exerts a far-reaching influence. From the big mahog any urmchalr In which her delightful apartment overlooking Riverside Drivt ond the Iludsou beyond, she sits en' throned, mon commanding than mun? a figure emboJylng the Inheritance oi a dynasty, the venerable womnu watches the world's events ns they pass, keeping a sharp eye on thnss that relate to the efforts to which sh has given her life, and almost equally Interested in everything that pertnlnl to tho development of her race. Sha often dictates strong, vigorous utter ances for publication, nnd every day her afternoons nre spent with her sec retary, writing nud answering letters and attending to the innumerable det tails of a still active life. One who meets Mrs. Stanton nowj with her elghty-flvc years completed a few days ngo, feels like parnphras ing Uladstoiie'rt title and calling her the Grand Old Woman. Like Glad' stone, she has fought many battles, scored victories and suffered some de feats. Like tt 1 in, too, she has never known when she was beateu, counting successful opposition merely a tempo rary backset, to counteract which re newed effort must be made. Like, Gladstone, too, physical disability has not weakened close Interest In public affairs, nor, for a single moment, made her thluk that everything is not worth while, llich 111 memories nnd retro spect, it Is a privilege to have her draw upon them in her listener's Inter est. She bus none of the garrulity of age. She will condense tin struggle of years In n phrase, though her eye will kindle nnd her voice thrill over the recollection of what the accom plishing has cost her. Harper's Ba zar. Tho Children lnlo Partnership. A lady was recently speaking of lief plan to keep all business cares and anxieties from the knowledge of her children keeping everything depress ing out of their life, she called It that they might be free to enjoy them selves ns long ns possible, with no feeling of trouble or responsibility. "But will that really add to their hap piness lu the long run?" asked an old er mother, dlssentlngly. "We have al ways tried to take our children Into partnership to have them share our plans and interests, nnd let them know whut we arc trying to do and what we have to live on. It scents to me that successes ore more valued If they come as something ouo has hoped for ami helped to work for, 'and re trenchments are more easily borne If they are Intelligently agreed upon In the family council iusteud of forced upon tho younger members with only the bald statement that we cuunot af ford this or that, it strengthens the family tie If the children feel that It is our homo, our business and our Inter est; If they know that their opinion is considered nnd that their votes count; It is a menus of education In wisdom, self-control nnd unselilsbuess. Life's best good for nil of us lies In Its disci pline; not lu escaping Us burdens, but In learning how to bear them. Leslie's Weekly. Hliort ISolero Coats. All the new cout costumes for win ter wear show tho abbreviated bolero coat, but the prettiest have some fash ion of basque, either pointed, tabbed or breaking up the plain edge lu some mnuuer. Even the bolero which reuches to the waist at th buck runs down luto tabs or points In front, aud the sack coat termluutiug on the hips shows slightly elongated scallops at the front. Many boleros are single breasted, but slope across nud fasten with clasps or a couple of fancy buttons on the left side. Broad revers oi embroidered cloth, silk appllqned with luce or cov ered with perforations of cloth or vel vet, are outlined with narrow borders of fur, aud these are smarter than re-, vers entirely of fur. New Styles In Ilnta. All the new hats are shallow at tho buck nnd stand out -a good deal lu front, but toques will be very fashlou uble, aud the black velvet picture hat of moderate size is certain to be popu lar. Paune la also used for toques and for bows in straw aud crluoliue hats. All bows, whether of silk or velvet, are stiffened by the edges being stitched In many rows, aud frequently the stltchlug la In a different color, such as heliotrope or pale blue on vio let, amber or pink, or white on black, but the color is luvarlnbly repeuted be neath the brim', cither lu flowers or In cboux of silk or chiffon. Concerning Brldetinald. There 1ms come a sudden revolution against overelaboratlon In the costum ing of bridesmaids, and their long bag bats and bouquets hava been tuken from them. It Is right enough to have pretty maiden attendants, but 'their gowns must not dwarf or outshine that of the bride. household HIMTS : Decorative Ferns, Boston ferns, and tho sword variety particularly, have lately sprung luto high favor in the up-to-date home ns a decorative plant, quite equaling, If not surpassing, for the tuoineut the vogue of the palm. The Young Daughter' Itoom. A dainty and pleasant room to which the young daughter of the house lays special claim Is furnished In this way: The walls nre papered with white paper strewn with npplo blossoms, and hnve a frieze of the faintest tone of green. The woodwork Is green and the hangings of old-fashioned cretonne with upple blossom pattern and lined with sute?n to match the pink of the blossoms. The furniture, simple and pretty, is forest green in tone, and the stained wood floor Is covered with a pink and green rug. When the Cut TruvcU. A novel method to Insure thi com fort nnd safety of a cnt, while travel ing, wns seen on nn Incoming train one day last week. The pet kitten was not as usual lmmuru.il In the dark ness and stulflness of a box or basket. Insteod, it wos sewed In a bog of stout ticking, mude nbout eighteen Inches square. At ouu side the littlo head wns thrust through, the seam closing snugly but not too tight nt either slda of tho neck. In this way the kitten's body was perfectly free Inside the roomy bag, and the bright eyes could see the friendly faces nbout, while all chance of sudden flight was prevented. A loop of broad tape served as n strap handle, which tho young owuer slung over one shoulder on leaving the car, and carried her pet with ease aud sat isfaction to both. A Dinner For t.flO. A dollnr-nnd-a-half dinner will l.r found ample for one or two more than the five or six persons provided for, and one need not feel embarrassed at tho sudden arrival of u guest If one has a meal such as this: Cream of beet soup 2C Veal cutlet, breaded, with tomato sauce 3' PeaHe, potatoes 2ll Lettuce salad, crackers and cheese... 20 Caramel pudding with whipped cream. 20 Coffee ic $1.20 This leaves a margin of thirty cents, which may be used for flowers or thf little extras of the dinner table, salted nlmonds, jelly, olives or bonbons, or II may be laid away for such staples as olive oil or fancy cheese, or some rel ish to be used In an emergency. Such a menu may lie varied at pleas ure. For Instance, If you have guests you may add another course aud have n more elaborate sweet, using the whole of your $l.dO und economizing a trifle on other things. If you omit the cheese with the salad nnd save a little on your dessert you will have forty cents to spend on your fish course. If crabs aro cheap, ns they should be In the nutumn, these will be delicious deviled und served lu their shells. If you aro where you cannot get them, you can have tlmbales of any fish In market. Canned salmon, hot, with sauce tnrtaro Is always nice, or you can have a very simple course by serv ing large sardines broiled on toast. Canned lobster of n good brand may bo converted luto lobster n la New burgh nnd served In ramekins (individ ual baking dishes), or you can have creamed oysters. Harper's Bazar. household recipes Outmettl Crackers To one pint of fine out men 1 add one gill of wnter; work a few minutes with a spoon; turu out n dough-board well covered with dry oatmeal; roll out to one sixth of an inch in thickness, nnd cut into squares with a knife. Bake lu a very slow oven. If desired, a heap ing tablespoonftil of desiccated cocoa nut may be added. This cracker Is ono form of the Scotch "bannock." MInced-Meat Turnovers Sift one cup of entire wheat flour, one ten spoonful of baking powder nnd one fourth of a teaspoonful of salt Into a bowl. Rub in one tublespoonful of butter and milk enough to moisten ami make a dough thot will roll easily. Roll out on u floured toard uud cut with a five-inch patty cutter. Put a tablespoonftil of minced meat on one half of tho round. Fold the other half and pinch the edges together, Bako about twenty minutes. Sponge Cake (a fine old-fashioned recipe) Beut two cups granulated stigur with the yolks of six eggs until light and foamy; add gradually four tablespooufuls cold water; stir In, beat ing all the time, two scant cups of sifted flour; when well beaten fold in carefully and lightly the whites of tin eggs, which hnve been beaten to a stiff froth with oiu)-quartcr teaspoon ful of salt; bako In a 'moderate oven, not allowing It to brown until It bus risen all that It will; flavor with oue teaspoonful of lemon extract. Potato Soup One pound shin of beef, one pound of potatoes, one onloe. half a pint of peas, two ounces of lice, two beads of celery, pepper and salt to taste, three quarts of wnter, Cut the beef Into thin slices, chop the potatoes nud onion and put In n stew pan with the wnter, pens nnd rice. Stow gently until the juice Is dm vn from the meat; strain off, take out O.e beef and press the pulp and other in- f gredleuts through a coarse sieve. Put this pulp bHck Into the sor.p, ,ndd the celery cut In, hits; simmer till this U lender and nerve. ilnnt lili HOW TO WALK. TflraS1innlriP.nl lie Turned nt fJlrtt Should Mot lie Tanght to "March." On analysis nil methods of walking will be found to correspond to tlnw main types. The first of these Is the flexion or bent-knee gait, which Is used by nil uncivilized, sandalled, or moo rnslned nntlons, nnd nlso by nil per sons w ho are obliged to walk long dis tances In the shortest possible time over uneven ground. This gnlt has re cently been offlclnlly adopted In some Europenn armies on account of Its con venience for prolonged inarching. In this mode of walking the body always leans forward to a considerable de gree, the knees aro always held slight. ly flexed, and tho whole sole of the foot comes down to the ground at the same Instant. This oblique position of the body, this elasticity of the bent knee and this perfect play of the arch of the foot make propulsion easier, the expenditure of energy becomes less In consequence, nnd the endurnnce of the walker Is enhanced In .proportion. Yet, this flexion gnlt Is not graceful nnd not adopted for women except on long walking tours. The second type of walking Is the straight-leg gait of the soldier on par ade. In this walk tho body Is held erect, the forward foot Is Tull ex tended and strikes the ground villi the heel first, the ball of the foot com Ing down next, the other foot swinging In perfect cadence in front of the first, the heel ngalu striking the ground first, etc. There Is no question that this gait, however admirable Is may be from a military point of view, does not conform to the standard of womanly grace. For this reason, and in com pliance with the principle that abhorn all Jerky motion, I would discourage the teaching of marching In glils' schools nnd colleges. As a rule, tho result Is very ungraceful, the lines of thumping, shoulder-shrugging girln walking ot n swinging cadence to the Stirling strains of martial unibic belug anything but edifying. Tim third type Is the gait of the pe destrian on the well-graded surface! of our city streets. The great toei should move in parallel lines, pointing directly forward; for while the out ward polntiug of the toes is normnl lu the passive standing attitude, It is not normnl when the foot Is In action. Th wnlk with toes pointing out hns been thoroughly inculcated Into most of in by nursery maids, governesses and dancing masters, and Is the most po tent factor In the causation of flat-foot The foot should be placed on the ground with the boll of the foot, no) with the heel, first, in order to give full play to the arch. The knees should be very slightly bent, Just enough tc life the foot New York Medical Record. Au Obstacle to Portrait Painting. "I'm pointing a face," said a por trait painter, while conversing on some of the difllcultics of his art. "There Is ono thing which I have found abso lutely Insurmountable. That Is deaf ness. A sitter may be restless, self conscious, unable to assume a natural expression, expressionless there may be a hundred and one difficulties, but all of them except deafness you can get around In some wny. You cau sur prise your Hubjcct Into animation, make him smile, catch him lu all sorts of ways unawares, nud by putting this nud that together at last get a charac teristic likeness. Deafness ulouc Is latol. Y'ou tell one of your best anec dotes,' one which you have used bril liantly time nud time ngniu, and your subject looks black and says, 'Beg par don?' You go over to shout tho pleas antry Into his ear, and by the time you get back to your place again you'vo forgotten what fleeting lock you were trylug to catch or else your subject's face has returned to Its passlveness. Deafness alone is the one thing which destroys the mutual sympathy of sit ter nnd painter, nnd the Immediate transfcrrence of expression to the can vas, without which a really good por trait is Impossible." New York Suu. A WoniHH'i Bank Aerouut. "Do you know, I have begun to save money," said n young woman to her companion on a train on the Erie Rail rood the other evening. "My husbuud Increased my ullowuuce ?." a week, and I am saving every penny of It putting it In n savings bank and get ting Interest on It. The country bank where we live would not allow me' any Interest, so I take It In to New York Just ns soon ns 11 any gives me the money. I hnve $20 lu bank now." "How much Interest do you get?" asked her companion. "Three per cent," was the reply. "Thut will bo sixty ceuts lu a year," continued her companion, "and you have made four trips to New York to muka your deposit. Thut Is forty cents each time for railroad fare, ten cents for car fare, uud possibly fifty cents for lunch, so It costs you $4 to make your deposits." "You talk Just like a mnn," wns tho depositor's Indignant comment. "You don't count the pleasure of walking up to tho bunk clerk aud laying down your deposit just like a business man. That Is worth a dollar." New York Commercial Advertiser. A Scotch Story. In a dull Scottish village on a dull morning ono neighbor called upon an other. He was met at the door by his friend's wife, and fhu conversation went thus: "Cauld?" "Ay." "Gaen to be weety. I think." "Ay." "Is John Ju " "Oh, ay, he's In." "Can I see him?" "No." "But a wanted to see hlin." "Ay, but you canna see him. John's deld." "Deld?" "Ay." "Sudden?" "Ay." "Very sudden?" "Very sudden." "Did he say anything about a pot of green paint before ie deld?" , Belligerent Boe'ua Bird. Captain Bruliu, of the Kauai, -w4 run Into by a kos'un bird on the way from Kaunl on Wednesday night. Tho creature hitting hlin a thump on the .top of the bead as he was on tint bridge startled him a good deal, nnd for a minute lie thought he bud bciti struck by the wake ot the vessel which wns cast adrift by the heavy sens. ilgnolulti Republican. O B AT EFULFO KINDNESS. Bow Indian Rewarded a Mnn Wt tendered Ulna Herrtee. President Dwlght of Tale college, tells good story of Indian wit and friendship. II the earljr days of Uteh fleld, Conn., an Indian', called at the tavern and asked the landlady for food, frankly stating that he bad no, money wfth which to pay for It. Bbe refused him harshly, but a white man who stood by, noted the red man's half-famished state, and offered to pay for his supper. The meal was fur nished and the Indian, his hunger satisfied, returned to the Are and told his benefactor a story. "You know the Bible?" said the red-skin. The man assented. "Well," said the Indian, "the Bible says God made the world, and then he took him and look at him 'and say, 'He good, very good.' He made light, and he took him and look at lilm and say, 'He good, very good.' Then be made dry land and water and sun and moon and grass and trees, and took hlra and look ai him and say, 'He good, very good.' Then he made beasts and birds and fishes, and took him and look at hlra and say, He good, very good.' Then he made a man and took him and loo' at him and say, 'He good, very g.jol.' Then he made a woman, and took him and look at him, and he no dare say one such word!" That last conclusion was utterew with a meaning glance at the landlady. Some years after this occurrence, the man who paid for tho Indian's supper was rap tured by redskins and carried to Can ada, whee he was mode to work lik a slave. One day an Indian came to blm, recalled to his mind the occur rence at the Litchfield tavern, and ended by saying: "I am that Iadlatu Now my turn pay. I see you home. Come with me." And ti redskin guided the man back to Lltchfleld.- TH&IR PITIFUL END. VThen iBdlaa Women Beeome To OUC to Work They An Left to Die. The attention of tne United States government has Just beet! called to av barbarous custom that It still betas practiced among the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians in Oklahoma Ter ritory. The Indians ot these tribes,, while living under the management of an Indian agent, are comparatively clvlllseC and do not go on the warpath., but work for their living as farmers. But they have no love In their hearts for one of their own people after that person has passed his or her age of; usefulness. An aged squaw, after she reaches the f.ge of eighty years, Is sent, Into the fields and left th jre to die, unless some sympathetic hlt'j person, corns along and sends the joor old womaa to the Indian agency, where she may be taken care of at the .ex pense of the government Travelers. in the reservation may hear the dis tressing cries of some deserted woman at most any time they care to llBten. The women are given a few days' ra tions, clothed In their best garments and taken into the fields amid the horses and cattle. There they are left alone. Not being strong enough to get away, they have to remain there and die. The plains of this Indian reser vation are strewn with the bones ot those who have been left to die because) they were getting too old to work any more. Buncoed Out of file Seat, "In the matter of strategy a woman can get the better of a man every time, in minor affairs, at least," said a man who Is in business down town, and who rides home In a West Phila delphia car during the rush hour ev ery evening, sry-a the Philadelphia Retford. "I usually get a seat, for I ta'te the car away down at Fourth sUfcflt The other evening I was busily r parting my paper when a woman got aboard at Twelfth street. I glanced up slyly, and saw that all the seat were occupied. Hasty as my glance was she caught my eye and that was my finish. Smiling broadly, she cam over to where I was sitting and ex claimed, 'Why, how do you do? How are all the folks?' I couldn't place the woman to save my life, but I lifted ray hat and replied that we were all well. 'She must be some friend of the fam ily,' I argued with myself, so I folded up my paper and gave her my seat After she bad settled .herself comfort ably she looked up at mo In a queer sort of way and said: 'Really, I must beg your pardon. I took you for Mr. Jones. You look so much like him But sUjD had the seat, nnd she kept it It was a clear case of tjneo." He who cannot feel friendship Is alike Incapable of love. Let a woman beware of a man wro owns no oat but himself. Talleyrand. MARKET QUOTATIONS. BALTIMORE. Fi.oub, Bultimo Bout l'utent, 4.60; High Grade Extra, 4.10. Whkat, No. 2 lied, 70'72. Coaa, No. 2 White, 41141. Oats, Southern nnd Pennsylvania, 2627. Rvs, No. 2, 5051. Hay, Choice Timothy. 16.00 tol6.D0; Good 1o I'rime, 15.(X 15.1)0. Straw, Kye in onrlouds, lO.SOll.W); Wheat Blocks. 7.0O7.f0; Oat Blocks, 7..r08.00. Tomatofs. Stud. No. 3, .B0; No. 2, .02. Pkas, Klnndiirds, 1.101.40; Seconds, .80. Cons, Dry Tuck, .80; Moist, .70. limits, City Steers, .10' .10); City Cows, .09.ti,Jtf. IVtatoes, llurtianks, M)U ,'ht. Onions, ,4.Vy.50. Hoo Products, Shoulders, .08'tf.OHH; Clear rihsides, .OH'i-u) 01); Hams, .Ilia' 'H.n; Mess Pork, per burrel, 15.00. Labd, Crude, .04; Heist ro lined, MUX. HuTTKR, Fine Creamery, .2t!'3.2T; Under Pino, .?!). 2U; Creamery HjIIs, ,2ti .27. Ciikksb, N. Y. i'uncy, .11.12; N. Y. Plats, .122.12; Skim Cheese, .05X'2.0GX. Kuos, Stute, .25 26; North Carolina, .20.21. Livk Povltst, Chickens, per lb., .07K.08; Ducks, .Ott ffl.OOjJ Turkeys, .07J.0a. Tobacco, Md. luierioiH. 1.DCM2 60; Sound com mon, 3.50'i4.00; Middling, G-007.00; Fauoy,10.0CWil2.00. Jlunr, lbt Beeves, 5.405.85.. Sukki-, 8.00'4.00. Hot. B.&O'tfii.OO. NEW YOKK.-Pi.oua, SoullieA.3.R5 4.10. Whi.it, No. 2 Und, .77.78. Hyh, Western, .ft657. Cokn, No. 2, .45. 40. v Oats, No. 8, .26-W.26K. Hut. tkb. Slate, .16ai.24. Puns, Stute, ,27 .30. Ciikkkk, Stale, .H,W.H.' PHILADELPHIA.. --Flour, South ern. 3.854.20. W iiicat. No. 2 Bed, .Ti a.73. Cobb, No. 3, A'iHA-iH. Oats. No. 3, ,2U'.30. IIuttkb, Stntt," .'ii-e .28. Kues, Ponn'a ft,. .25-2ti. . i
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