THE REALM New York City. Whatever other garments may come and go the useful Jacket In always in style, always In de mand. The smart May Munlon model woman's jacket. shown Includes all the latest features and Is absolutely up-to-date. As Illus trated it I- of smooth-faced castor col ored cloth, the revcrs aud collar faced with white aud b nded with narrow black braid showing threads of gold. The fronts of the Jacket are titled with single darts, and can be turned back to the waist line, making Ion?, tapering rerers, buttoned nud turned back from the neck as shown In the small cut, or closed to the throat In Kusslan style as preferred. The backs include a centre seam and side-backs, and are joined to the fronts by means of under-ami gores. The sleeves are In bell style, and the neck Is liuished with the Albion collar. The model is closed by means of small buttons ami loops, but buttons aud buttonholes can be substituted, if desired. To cut this Jacket for a wonnn of Vvk IN mm Jir GIRL'S COSTUME. medium size two and five-eighth yards of material forty-four Inches wide, or two yards fifty inches wide, will be required. Ctrl' Continue. The open blouse ami the tucked skirt combine to make as charming a little girl's costume as can be devised. The very excellent May Manton model illustrated lu the largo drawing com bines all the latest features and is uni versally becoming. As shown, the ma terial is foule cloth in Kussiau blue, with triuimlug of darker blue velvet, full vest Hod undersleevcs of dotted silk, but Henrietta, cashmere and all light-weight wool fabrics are equally suitable, and color can be varied again and again. The pleated skirt has many advantages that are all Its own. Being stitched flat It fits snugly at the upper portion, yet falls lu ample folds at tho feet and allows perfect freedom for young limbs. The foun dation Is a fitted lining that closes at the centro front. On it are arranged the back, the fronts and the full plas tron. The back is smooth across the tihoulders and drawn down in gathers at tne waist line. The full plastron Is attached permanently to the right lining front and hooked over onto the left. The fronts are smooth across the shoulders, but full at the waist, an are extended to form pointed re fers. The right front edge Is tacked over the full plastron, the left Is booked Invisibly Into place. The sleoves are double, and Include the fajhiouahle Paquln cuffs, which are attached to the lining, while the up per portions, turned buck to form cuffs, are slipped over the whole. To cut this costume for a' girl of eight years of age four and three quarter yards of material twenty-one Inches wide, three and seven-eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide, or two and a quarter yards forty-four X Blackmail Constantinople Is full of spies. A disloyal word or the hint of a move ment for reform Is promptly reported to the sultan. Then, at the expedient moment, the offender is quietly car ried off to jail and his friends see him no more. Whether he Is in a filthy dungeon or bis body la racing down the Bosphorus becomes a matter of In teresting speculation to be discussed la OF FASHION. Inches wluo, will lie required, with three-quarter yard tliirty -two or forty four Inches wide for plustiou, collar and uudersleeves. Velvet-Topped Sllpperi. Fu'cinal ing as well as fashionable Is the little rclret slipper for house wear. It. has a dangerously high lied, to set forth the beauty of nn Aiidnltt sian Instep. It has n Hap which runs quite high, higher, indeed, than is nec essary, orer the instep. Velvet will stretch, and so the slipper Is rounded out with points of patent leather at tin- toe and around the heel. The buckles used with relvet topped slip pers are rather hi rue. Neither Jet nor gilt nor rhinoslotio hti -Lies are used Willi these. 'I lie silver buckle, looking as nld-l'asiiictii d as possible, and called "Colonial." Is preferred to any other decoration. Eii'lit It :mmii for C.lrls. I'ance frowns for unmarried girls are to be worn shorter, but the more elab orate the sown the Inline;- are the folds which take the place of ilie pointed train. Many tlounces are popular, nud satin Is made with the shaped llounce much corded at the edge. Cordings, heavily massed or in groups i.f gradu aled width, are seen on sik skirts, but for evening wear fussy little frills are much more effective. Three-fjuurter fonts. Three-quart -r coats will enjoy a short lease of popularity for pleasant days. Their c.-.treme plainness Is rath er trying to most figures. ut the tail ors manage to rellere this by cutting the rerers rather broad, which breaks up the straight lines. lnr.int'A Long fli-eft. Every mother takes delight In fash ioning her baby's clothes. The charm ing little gown Illustrated is simple ol constructiiin, at the same time that It is lu every way adequate to the llttli o'le's needs. As shown it is of French nainsook, with trimming and yoke of tine needlework, hut th" su.ue mate rial of English make, IVvsiau lawn, India linen, dimity aud a host of other dainty white fabrics arc suitable. The yoke can lie made from tucking, all over lace or ueedlewuru. Wvi trimming can lie !are or embrohl "i-y, as pre ferred, or flannel gowns ciin be finished with a simple hem or frill wiili tine tucks above. The yt .e can 1 i square, round or pointed. The skin is .simply straight and full, the correct outline being in dicated at the top for the application of ail three yokes. The sleeves are in bishop style, with tiny folds at the hands, and the neck can be linlshed with a standing or turn over frill, an preferred. To cut this dress two and three- eighth yards of material thirty-six incues wide will be required, with one-quarter yard of all-over tucking INFANT B LONO DOESS. or needlework, four yards of Insertion, and thu'O yards of wide ueedlework edging and one yard of narrow to trim as Illustrated. in Turkey private. The wily Turk knows a gooc thing when be sees it. Therefore hi turns the system to legitimate profit In the remote corners of the empln cn officer longing for his unpaid sal ary will dream that ho has evlduuc of disaffection against the rich men of the place. Ho puts a few of thorn Into Jail and keeps them there until they pay a ransom, according to thcli means. &j i If II FAMOUS STEEPLE JACK EASY, HEALTHFUL AND PLEASANT WAY OF EARNING A LIVINC. Itnmn Knoiia-li nt the Top A Profepiwr of Steeple limiting Talk lntrietliitr About III Profession Mnile HU Fir! Arent at Twelve Yenr. Climbing tall church steeples is nn easy, healthful and pleasant way of milking a living, according to Joseph B. Perry, iho man who recc'itly re paired and painted the spire that tow ers skyward high above the roof of St. John's Cathedral nt Erie and Su perior strei ts. IT" has been long nt the business nml has made enough money to retire in a year or so nn 1 sot ml the remainder of his life com fortably on the ground I'.t bis farm near Alpena. Mich. Terry Is getting toward forty-vim- years now, mid he says that when a man Is fifty years oM h is old enough to give up the sici pie Jack business. lie Is one of 111;. most famous steeple climbers In the lounliy. and although be has taken all Kinds of chances in his work, be lias never been hurt. In repairing til" sieeple of Si. John's f 'nthcdral In tills cii.v he took about as dangerous a chance as has fallen to ihe lot of nnj one. I!e crime here the day after the wind storm that seemed to be blowing the spire over almost, and. nil lumrrli ihe wind was about r.s high that day, he ascended the stet pie and tied a rope n round it. lie went up Inside the stee ple to Ihe highest point where there was a chance to get out, and from there threw a smail rope around the ba-ie of the cross at the top. Willi this he pulled a heavier rope Into place and was ready ft it- work. He put a strong rope around the steeple where it was beginning to crack open, attached a block and tackle to this and tightened the tope until the steeple was squeezed together again and the crack 'closed. This put an end to the danger of the steeple blowing apart for the time be ing, and after the wind moderated he -limbed the stei pie again and repaired it thoroughly. This took n week. For this work, although he could not work all tin time on account of the wind and vain, Mr. Perry got 1'2T. When he was throuc.ii he made a contract to paint the portions of the snire Hint needed repainting. Next spring lie will gild the great twelve-foot cross that surmounts the stei pie. The gild ing cannot lie done in winter because the gold leaf cannot be made to stick in colli wenll.er. Mr. Perry Is well known all over the United Slates and Canada, being, per haps, the best known steeple climber in the corn try. All the siiiiimei'he has been In New York repairing one nud another of ihe tall steeples there. It is interesting to hear the steeple climber talk of the things he has done high above the heads of the people In Ihe streets. "I made $110 before breakfast one morning." be said to a reporter. "It was at my home In Alpena. The wind had blown the cross from the top of the spire of one of the churches. The steeple Is J04 feet high and the new cross that was to he put on was six teen feet tall and tea feet across. There were some Utile windows In the spire about: fifty feet below the top and 1 went Inside the steeple until I readied them. Thai much, of It was easy. They had had a man working for n week to piu up the cross and he had failed, lie built a scaffold up from the roof of Hie church, thiuking that he would be able to reach the top In that way. He didn't get as uear the t.ip wiili a scniTold r.s a boy could go in live minutes by climbing up the Inside of the steeple to the highest windows. When he was through they sent for me. Tl.ey thought I ought to go up us far as the ether man's scaffold went, but I didn't wane any of Hint in mine. I never used a scr. fluid In my life. I wouldn't trust myself on a M-atT.-H. "They were in a hurry to hr.ve the cross placed in position on tup of th" sin-pie. and seni for me to do ii. They offered me Silo for the job. I got up at .1 o'clock in the morning ami went up inside rf the sect pie lo where tlu liitle wim'iow s are. Tien I got out ami climbed up the lightning rod to the top of ihe steeple, fastened a block and taekie, and had the men oil the ground b"low hoist the cross up to me. I pr.i ii In place and fastened It so that ro'.hiiig less Hutu a hurricane could blow it away, and then come down and wciii in breakfast. I was less than two hours on the job, and it was nutk :i'.g money faster than I ever made it before or have since. The easiest money I ever nmde was by goins up In a balloon. I happened to be hi a town up In Canada where the old Karnum circus was showing. To make It '"lore interesting the circus people were In the habit of offering ?llW to any one who would go up iu the balloon with the aeronaut when he made an ascension. This was to muke It look us though It were a very dan gerous thing tu go up In a balloon. I had nothing particular to do, mid so I waited until the balloon was about ready to start, and the uffer of $100 lo uny man who would go up had been shouted over and over, acd the hand bills making the same announcement hud been passed uround all through the crowd, und then I went up to the ropes around the balloon and suld I would go up in It for $100. Everybody heard me, and I tot a cheer, and there was no chance for the show people to back out. So they told me to get In antl up we went. We came dowu six ty miles awoy, but I got back and got my $100 the next morning, nil right. It was the easiest money I ever made. "I have been In tho steeple-cllniblng business for seventeen years, although I made my Orst climb when I was only iwclve years old. I was working for K. I. Oliver with the Intention of learning tho enrpeuter and millwright business, which I afterward learned ;.ni! worked at until I began climbing stei pies altogether for a living. There was a steeple 1114 feet high, and they wanted somebody to put a cross In place on top of It., The spire was a slender one, nud It was thought that It would tint be utroirg enough for a man to go on top of It. They advertised for two yt ars for some one to put th? woe- j lu p.nce, and ni one undertook the Job. I made up my mind that I could do It all right, and I did. Mr. Oliver made Hie plans for me, and told me Just what to do after I got to tho top of the steeple. The cross was made of galvanized' lr-n and only weighed 104 pounds, so that I was nblo to handle 1: nil right with the osslalnneo of th? men od the ground to haul on the rope for ine. The highest spire I evet climbed was "l." feet high. It Is on the cathedral In Ottawa, Canada. I glided the cross on that. St. John's steeple here, the one I have been at work on, Is 202 feet high. Including the cross, which Is twc'n'o feet high. I have left n rn-ie around the base of the cross, so that It will be easier work when It comes to gilding the cross next spring. I. al ways take n contract to finish n job for so much, no matter how long It takes. If the weather Is bad so that I cannot work. It Is my loss "I have never been nervous or dizzy when f was on a sieeple since 1 stopped Using tobacco. I used to lm a hard smoker, and when I was not smoking I was chewing all the time. I used It) be such a smoker that I would get up In the middle of the night to smoke a pipe. I got so that I was dizzy ami unsteady, and felt afraid somt limes. My doctor told nte that If I didn't flop using tobacco I would get a fall some time. I made up my mind to stop and I have uot used n speck of tobacco since." Cleveland Leader. CUfTOUS FACTS. Barbers for dogs are very much in demand In Paris, and those who are expert are said to earn comfortable Incomes. They solicit business on the boulevards. Marriage is Imperative in China, con sequently tnere are no old maids In that country; a husband Is provided for each girl. He may not be to' her liking.'luit It Is not usually with bet consent that the mutch Is made. When steel pens were llrst made they were so costly that the manufac turers advertised that they would make such repairs to their pens its might be uecesjary for a stated time generally about six months. When a man damaged his pen he carried It back to the factory and had It mended by au experienced mechanic. An English manufacturer drives something of a trade In crowns. They are real ones of solid gold, with cap of crimson velvet, Incrustations of garnet, topaz and other kinds of cheap but showy stones, aud are supplied to the kings of Africa of whom there are several hundred at a highly satisfac tory return of ivory and other mer chandise. While the first stone, of Cologne Cathedral was laid on August 13, 1218, und the body of the edifice was not opened until August lo, J848, tlOO years later to the very day, It was not, however, until August lo, 1S80, that the splendid structure was finally re ported completed, having thus occu pied In building the record time of ex actly Coll years. The other morning, when a teacher opened her schoolroom In Wesiboro, Mass., she found a partridge there. A brokeir window pane showed how tho bird got into the room. When au at tempt was made to capture the par tridge It fluttered around the room and tlnally crashed out through another window. The holes lu the glass are clean cut, as II' made by a heavy object thrown through the glass. In Southern Italy one of iiie peculiar customs of the peasants Is the wearing of price marks on new suits of cloihos. Whereas lu other countries tho deal er's ticket anil tag are removed the moment a suit Is bought, In the suim.v toe and heel of the European "boot'' they are fastened mi the tighter and worn tin.il they fall off. The object of this, presumably, is to show neighbor. ihnt you have now clothes, bought on such a nay and costing as much as Su-and-So's. The llorto n a Scout. Major Kurnhani, the famous Ameri can scout, who fought with the British lorces In South Africa, m a recent In terview iu a Loudon newspaper, great ly appreciates tho udvuutages of n "quick-witted" horse to a Kcout. "We can get Important lessons In scouting I rum the animals," suy Mr. Buruliam. "The horse Is especially well worth watching. Many times, whin out on the plains alone with my horse, I have laid down and gone to sleep lu perfect security, while the horso graxed close at hand. However exhausted I might be, I would wake up Instantly if the iiuiiuul stopped grazing. Aud It would be instructive to watch him then. "You could tell by the wuy he held his head that ho was saying to himself, Didn't I hear something a little un usual then'' He would cock one ear buck and listen behind him, und then go on grazing If convinced that every thing was till right. But sometimes when, so fur as the huuiau ear can tell, there Is no sound, the horse holds his head high, with his eurs pointed steadily iu some particular direction, then It Is time to muke investigations. "There Is as great u difference lu horses, of course, as there Is lu men, aud It behoves a scout to .travel with au intelligent, quick-witted horse, ami to study him thoroughly, especially tne language of his ears." No Ktri to White Kouee. Iu these modern days the front door of the White House Is not locked at night. Practically no doors ure locked und if the steward should look around for keys he would probably not Und half of those formerly In use. Big policemen are about the only doors at the Executive Mansion. They guard the main doors at all hours of day and night, and there is no need to close aud lock the Inner doors. Before Presi dent Lincoln's lime policemen were rure at tho President's home, and when all the clerks and servants bad gouo home at night the housekeeper went uround and carefully locked all the doors Inside and outside except to rooms occupied by those going lu and coming out. Washington Star. FARM AND GARDEN, i The lint Sheep Are Fst Eater. Sheep that, are rapid cater are much better to handle than those who eat slow, mid Rome large sheep breeders regard this as one of the best Indica tions ns to the reul value of the iml mul. One large buyer In Ohio claims that when he goes to buy a sheep from a breeder he takes out his watch and counts the number of movements made by the Jaws of Hie sheep per minute ns they eat. He llmls' Unit s.:ne eat llfly r cent, more rapidly than others, and those are the ones he buys. The Hojt lloilte. The hag house is a very simple af fair, when rightly constructed. Who ever builds nn xpcnslve hog house makes a mistake. The str.tcturc should be In shed foiin, wholly cn clised, with an outside pen attached, preferably with n board floor, on which the hogs, while taking exorcise, can work over roughage ami nuke a large quaullty -of excellent manure. The house should I'aiv south and be supplied wiili movable windows, which wilt admit sunshii.e and can be opened or shut as the weather requires. These windows should be about four feet from the floor. Below the windows should be spouts for conveying the swill to the troughs. A house eight by thirteen Is large enough for fatten ing ten large bogs or a dozcu pigs eight months old, and upon a pituli, another large hog or two more pigs could be accommodated. The house can be built ns high us one may like, but It must be remembered the higher It Is the colder It Is. The Epitomist. C'old-VVeatlier-l.nylng HenR. Cold weather will Immediately af fect the supply of eggs unless every precaution has been taken for the comfort of the hens. A warm roosting room ami a light, dry scratching shed ar essentials, without which hens will not lay during the extremely cold w-ather. The room where hens roost must be free from draughts, and so close that water will not freeze, except In zero weather. The scratching nhetl must be light and bright, with all the sun shine po.-Mbie. Start the hens to work nt daylight, ami Keep then constantly busy until dusk. A hen that will not work for her food is not constitutionally tit for a money maker, and should be sent to the market. It Is the nature of hens to lay eggs, nnd the Benson of the year snould not, and will not alter It, !t we make Hie surrc.iiulings iu winter slmil'ir to teat of summer. Those things which na ture so generously supplies iu summer lutist be suppbod by cm stives iu win ter, nnd the nearer we approach to na ture's laws the larger will be our prof Its from our poultry yard. Look carefully each day, and each hour of the day, to the hens' comfort, nud you will soon see Hint your time lias not been wasted. Home and Farm. tVater From the Hoof. Where u cistern Is In the cellar the water from Hie roof can be disposed of "with neatness and dispatch." Where It must be conducted away from the house or barn th piau shown In the cut is excellent. Let the con ductor lead into a drain that comes to i m iTVrrvrA??. """'v-tlL't"-- a rnACTifiAT, VATi:r. conductok. the surface at some distance from the building. This saves a downpour nt the side of tho bouse, or other build ing that washes out the earth and mukes not a little trouble. Hero the beud lu the pipe receives ihe force of Hie downpour, the water flowing gen tly out upou the surface. The under ground pipe should be of either un gluzed laud tile or ghc.ed sewer tile, at least us large as the tiu leader. It may come out ut tho surface a few feet awuy if the water will not Inter fere with the luwu, or tha arrange ment of the walks und drives. New England Homestead. Flowers For Spring. There Is no flower that gives so much pleasure, with as little work, as the sweet pea, and If properly inun aged It can be grown until frost conies. My experience und method of cultivat ing this flower have proved satisfac tory. My sweet pva bed last season was on the north side of a building, fifteen feet loug und three feet wide. On one side was the building, ou the other a wire netting four feet high. Pulverize your soil uutil it Is light aud mellow, aud If It Is not rich enough, procure some leaf mold from the wood land nnd mix smoothly. Wlthlu thu space named plant two rows of peas, selecting mixed varieties. Dig a trench four to six inches deep and plant the seed the same as you would garden pens. The reason for planting so deeply Is that the pea rootlet must have a certain amount of moisture to produce au abundance of flowers, and If planted shallow It cannot get the necessary amount. I brush mine with good twigs and limbs, und find that their tendrils will reach out and cling to limbs, but If tied up with cords or strings they cllug to each other. Water them dally, aud always Iu the evening after suuset, so thut the wuter will uot evaporate so quickly. Give au abunduuee of water. Pluc-k all flow ers dally. Do not allow poda to form or the vines will ceuse blooming Imme diately. During very hot weather cov er the ground with u thick covering of leaf mold or finely cut grass. This is to hold tho moisture In the soil. I have had sweet flowers from vines that were treated thus after frost hud come several times. Mrs. J. W. Bate, In Agricultural Epitomist. Keeillng- Down to ftrnna. More money Is lost by farmer through the Improper use of grass seeds than In any other way. It Is an almost universal custom to seed down to grass with an ont crop In enrly spring. The seed germinates, but the rank growing oat prevents Its mak ing any growth of consequence, and ns the oat ripen during the hottest and driest season In July and August, the surface of the ground almost Inva riably becomes so bard and dry that the yotng grass plants are completely used up. If you wish to follow oats with grass seeding it Is a much better nnd safer plan to plow uuder the oat stubble, nnd after thoroughly harrow ing and working down the surface to prepare a tine seed bed, row the grass seed alone about September 1, and cover It only by rolling with a heavy roller. And then do not be afraid of sowing too much seed. Not one farm er In leu sows ns much us would be most prolltable to him. Mr. (. M. Clark, of Connecticut, who claims to have grown over six tons of dry timothy hay per acre, never sows less than thirty quarts of seed. A per-) feet covering of grass or sod will not let as much moisture evaporate during our severe droughts ns will a few Inches of bare dry ground. And when n shower comes the sod covered land will take It all In, while the bare ground, having become bard and dry, will allow the water to run off and be lost lo the crop. Bo sure, therefore, to get grass eeedlngs started on every square Inch of your surface for best results. And don't forget that the only sure way to accomplish this Is to sow nn abundance of seed on a thor oughly worked and finely prepared seed-bed, nnd with no other crop to rob the young grass seedlingi of their much needed moisture. Without a doubt millions of dollars have been lost by tho American farmer through his persistent attempts to save one plowing by seeding dow n with a grniu crop. It Is better to do this work In September than In early spring, be cause you can make a more perfect seed bed, will be less troubled with weeds, nnd may harvest a full bay crop the next season just the game. Isaac F. Tilllughust, lu American Cul tivator. Give Cowb Air and Kxerlit. Ill order to secure the most milk pos sible during the winter month a great ninny dairymen keep their cows housed from early fall until late spring, giv ing them but little if any outdoor air and exercise. Now these changed con ditions are nil right if the change gives the cows greater comfort and health. But in a good many stables the ventil ation Is decidedly bail, and the nnininl Is day niter day laying In a stock of disease germs. For whatever you may do to your stables, and however well you may treat your cows, as to feed nnd care, if ventilation has been Imperfect nud neglected It Is sure to result lu some form of disease. Circu lation and ventilation are inseparable, aud Indispensable to perfect health. No ventilation Is good Hint does not curry tho foul air out of the stuble uud supply fresh and wliolcsorje air in Its stead. Thu air of the stable should never be exhausted or vitiated. If the ventilators do not communicate with the outside nil' they are of but little use, ns the hay, grain and straw read ily ubsorb the foul air,' which Is re turned to the system again lu the form of food to continue Its deadly work. The ventilators should go from the sta bles up through the roof and a circu lation should be brought about by tak ing air through the walls to the ventil ators lu such a way ns to produce a di rect supply of fresh air. By arranging these ventilators at each corner of. the building a perfect circulation may bo effected. I know of no cases of tuber culosis wbero the stables have u good circulation of good wholesome air, and have no knowledge of any ani mals that are kept In open sheds ever being nilllclcil with this disease. Warmth Is uot the greatest essential lo contforc and health. Exercise in the sun wiili a bracing atmosphere is productive of real health and com Tori. .The dairy cow must have it and plenty of It or tdie will not do her best as a healthy milk producer, uud her condi tion will soon break because of Inac tion. This is a subject which must be considered vital to every milk produ cer, as no milk cnu be a healthful food that conies from n diseased cow. All animals are affected to a greater or less extent If they are not furnished witu pure air aud proper exercise. The strong uud robust do uot become. so by Idleness. Carry out nature's plans; give plenty of sunlight nnd air. pure aud bracing, with moderate exer cise to bring the various functions Into active play, nud you will kill the dis ease you have been uurslug. . .Teff ry, In American Agriculturist. Cut Clover For liens. Cut clover haB become a regular ra tion for hens In winter. Tb? best ar rangement for steaming this is a candy pull with a closelittiug cover, such a Is shown in the cut. 'i-'hls can be had at a grocery store for ten or fifteen ceuts. Screw a picture knob to the top and It Is ready for business. Such a tight wooden pall will hold the heat all night, and the clover should bo well cooked in the morning. When using cut clover be sure that the pieces are very short, aud thut the whole ' muss Is thoroughly soft, else the clo- J ver may cause the hens to become . crop-bound, New York Tribune. ' A PAIL FOB STEAMING CUT CtiOVfB. 1 BALLADE OF STRAWBERRY BLONDE. "Carrots" they called it when we were young. In deen disdnin for the copper hue: "Ued-heml!" Hut now that it's praised and sung, Emtwhilo scoffers know their cue: "Ti'isn loved it!" and Titinn knew How the yellow and brown and the red re spond To the sun's rich ray; and they say 'tis true Cleopatra, too, was a slrawbrrry blonde! Catherine of Russia had Imir of flume Aepaain, Maintenon. Helen of Troy, Oinna of Poitiers owni-il the (tame. (None with loud laughter dared them annoy! ) Madame IWitmicr, France's joy, Anne of Austria, fair and fond. (To bronze their locks did they art em ploy?) Cleopatra, too, was a strawberry blonde. Eyes that wee jewel of blue or grepn. Or grny or brown, these dames pos sessed : Roue-tinted flesh with a sntin sheen. In a thousand elmngintf colors dressed, T.ong lines of ladien. nil rtisset-tressi'd, Appear nt the wave of Tradition's witnd. And fairer and stranger than all tho rest, Cleopatra, loo, was a strawberry blonde! FKVOT. It'lavin. Queen, with the auburn locks, Take thia for answer, duly conned. Thy flaming hair when the rude world morloi: "Cleopatra, too, wi.s ? strawberry blonde!" M.iv Waring, in Life. PITH AND POINT. Policeman "Where did you get all those fish?" Erastus "Hooked 'em." -What to Eat. The Herring "You have difficulty In speaking?" The Trout "Yes; there Is a frog In my throat." Chicago News. Mrs. Newlywed "My husband Is very easily pleased." Miss Caustiquo "Yes; I though that when he mar ried you." "Ah, music is the food of live!" She sighed. Said he: "A quostion: Is the ort you're uuilty of That gives me indigestion?" Catholic Standard aud Times. "Listen!" be whispered. Mnrjorlo pressed his haud softly. "Not now!" she suld. "It Is bad form to listen while the piano Is playing." Detroit Journal. "Who Is the greatest master of the brush In landscape work?" queried the teacher. The small boy' hand went up. "The street cleaner!" be cried, tri umphantly. "Will you be satisfied with love In a cottage?" he asked. "Yes," she replied confidently, for Bhe hud heard that the cottage was located at Newport Philadelphia Kecord. Sha said she meant to speak her mrnil, And wouldn't take much time to do it; The other said, with sneer uukind, It wouldn't take long if.she knew it. Chicago Kecord. "Allele," said 1be fond mother, "is reaching the age where a girl natural ly thinks of marriage." "True," re plied the, father regretfully, "but do you think we can afford a sou-ln-lawi" Chicago Post. Suitor "Yes, sir, I assure you, I would bo glad to marry your daughter, even if she were poor as a church mouse." Mr. Moneybags "That set tles you! I don't want a fool lu tho family." Philadelphia Press. Freshlelgh "Pray, how did you be come ossified?" Ossified Man "In my youth I was nice and soft like you; when I grew up and realized what a cruel world this Is, I became hard ened." Ohio State Journal. i Mr. Crlpps "Can't you Induce tho cook to have one of her friends come nnd take dinner with her to-night?" Mrs. Crlpps "Tho Idea! What tor?" Mr. Crlpps "I expect to bring Joues nnd Smith home with me, and I'd like to have a ulce dinner for them." Au enthusiastic young lady once vis ited a certain bishop nt Torqutty. Sho looked at the view for n moment, then burst out with: "How beautiful! Why, It's Just like Switzerland." "Yes," said the bishop, wearily, "except there am uo mountains here nnd no sea there." The Exhibition Crme. Has anyone ever figured out tho real benefits accruing to u city through an exhibition? Could such a calculation be possible? How much did Philadel phia gain by the Centennial V Whut material uid did the World's Fulr give Chicago. Somebody must profit hand somely, for the exposition craze goea on unabated. The. recent Purls expo sition ruined hundreds who had paid extortionate prices for privileges, and I have not heard of any great good doue to the city or Stute. France Is the "Mother of Exhibitions," having given birth to the first one In 1798. Loudon's Crystal Palace was open 144 days, In which period It was vlHlted by over 0,000,000 people. After all ex penses were paid there remained 9 balance of $750.000. Victor Smith, in New York Press. Fellue Altrulmn. "I once had a cat which always sat up to the dinner table with me, and bad his napkin around his neck, and bis plate and some fish. He used his paw, of course; but be was very par ticular, aud behaved with extraordin ary decorum. When he had finished his fish I sometimes gave hltu a piece of mine. One day he was not to be found when the dlunr bell rang, so we began without him. Just as the plates were being put arouud for the entree, puss came .rushing upstairs and sprang Into big chair, with two mice lu his mouth.' Before he could be stopped he uropped a mouse outo his own plate and then one onto mine. Hi divided his- dinner with me aa I divided mine with him." St James's Gazette. Wellington Mot a- Han of Builnees, The great Duke of Wellington was noted for bis rigid Integrity! Here : an Instance which occurred la refer ence to bis large estate. Some farm adjoining. his lands wag for sale, and his ugeut negotiated for him for the purchase. Having concluded the busi ness, Le 'went to the Duke and told him he had made a capital bargain. "What do you mean?" asked thu Duke. "Why your grace, I havo got the farm for bo much, and I know It to be worth so much wore." "Are you quite sure of that?" "Quito sure, your grace, for I have carefully surveyed It." Very well, then, pay tha gentle man from me the balance between what you have already given and the real value of the estate." Argonaut,
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