SAND CASTLF-S. .
Dn)y, dear, you recollect.
How with childish hand,
(We. fnir castles, would erect
On the level strand?
lYou, in nancy pinafore,
1, with urchin spade,
(Wondrous castles, those of yore,
By iome wave laid low.
Bnck that wan, full twenty year
(Pardon, if you will),
But you're partial, it appears,
To the pastime still.
True, no longer have you me,
Dolly, for your mate.
But you have a via a via
.Whom you higher rate.
A BUNCH OS VIOLETS
.... ... ...
When Rf. 9 a. m. sharp Nclllo Bris
coe entered the office of Messrs.
Dunne & Flndlay, and made her way
to her accustomed Beat, she was quite
horrified to seo a fragrant bunch of
violets reposing on the tin cover of
her typewriter.
"Oh, dear," Bhe murmured, "what
would Mr Dunuesay If ho saw that?"
Very quickly she whisked the of
fending flowers out of sight, and
then glanced at the outer offlco with
n frown, wondering indignantly who
th culprit might be. Owing to her
position as typewriting clerk Nellie
occupied a little compartment to her
self, cut off from the outer office that
the rattle of her machine might not
disturb the others. She had been in
the employ of Messrs. Dunne & Flnd
lny for nearly six months now, and
of Into she had been much troubled
at finding small offerings continually
appearing on her desk. Once there
waa a box of chocolates, which slio
has ostentatiously handed over to
the old office cleaner for her children,
and in secret she had chuckled much
over the huge and quite apparent
disgust of the ledger .clerk, the man
whom sho had at once suspected.
After that there had ensued a se
ries of small nosegays, which had
been more difficult both to dispose
of and to resist. For Nellie folt that
a few flowers made a wonderful dif
feronco in the dull and dusty office.
Then she heard Mr. Dunne rap out
with some temper to a clerk who had
introduced a fancy brass inkstand on
to his desk that "an office was a place
for business, not fal-lals." So Nellie
felt that flowers, too, were contra
bands, and now as she looked at
them she discovered a now and
alamlng departure, for she noticed a
piece of paper, bearing the type
written words, "Pleass wear them."
"What Impudence," she said, as
she tossed the scrap of paper into the
waBte-paper basket. The flowers
should have followed, she knew, but
she had not the heart. "How sweet
and strong au odor they have," she
murmured, as sho inhaled their fra
jjrance. "She hesitated a little, and finally
compromised by putting them in a
spare drawer and trying to think that
no one could notlco the odor, strong
as it was. She stood in considerable
awe of her abrupt, curt employer,
and never dreamed that he was as
nervous us she. Only the day before
Mr. Dunno hud reprimanded severe
ly a young clerk whom ho had caught
smoking in working hours, and Ncl
llo was convinced that he would re
gard an indulgence In flowers ua
quite as serious an offence against
business principles.
Mr. Dunne was always punctual In
his arrival at the offlco, and Ncllio
had hardly got her things oft before
he appeared. In a lew minutes bo
came out of his private room and
walked towards hers, and she real
ised with a sinking heart that ho
was coming to dlctato to her.
"Good morning," he said, in his
customary gruff tones, as he entered.
"I want you to take this for nie,
pleaso."
Nellie slipped her paper Into her
machine and sat ready, her fingers
resting on the keys; but for all nor
apparent absorption In her work she
noticed with dismay a puzzled look
on Mr. Dunne's face.
"Dear me," he said; "what a cu
rious smell there Is here very faint,
but quite distinct. Very curious, very
curious, indeed. Have you evor no
ticed it before. Miss Briscoe?"
"No, sir," she answered, bending
over her machine to hide nor crim
son cheeks, "never before."
"Most unpleasant," he said, sharp
ly. "I shall have to speak to Fiudlay
about it."
Mr. Flndlay, the other partner in
the firm, was a man whom Nellie did
not like at all, and thia prospect In
creased her alarm. She took a des
perate resolution..
"Porhaps It's these, sir," Bhe said,
meekly, and not far removed from
tears.
She leaned forward, and opening
a drawer, displayed the offending
flowers.
"Oh," said Mr. Dunno. "Dear me,"
ho said again; "er flowers, Miss
Briscoe?" '
"Yes, sir," said Nellie, with even
greater moeknoss.
"Dear me," he said aguin; "er
violetB, are they not?"
"Yes, sir" replied Nellie for the
third time.
"A very pungent odor," he re
marked, "and not at all unpleasant,
really; no, not at all unpleasant in
fact, distinctly agroeable."
He looked at Nellie as he spoke
with such an air of surprise that at
another time she could have laughed
outright. But now she felt too dis
tressed, for it was a saying In the
office that Mr. Dunne was only really
wgry when he souined mild and In
terested and polite, ir ho had closed
the door with a contemptuous snort
rp i . Cave ,elt mparatlvoly
'8 e hnl0 Cm l"alty Wn" tt b en
lorlneT t0 raUle ,,w typewriter,
toping to recall his attention to his
?PderilrtlT0' But ho s exam
Ined the unlucky violets with Inter
est, and had Nolo beon lo"0a
Van". Dj0ylUS th0" "Wt ?r"
t. ','Al'eJ.0" f01,d cf flowers. Mm
"Am h0 ,". "uddonly.
A little, sir; at leMt VOry much'
That is. out of business hours." "
Oh. out ot business bourn." r-
For 1 note you sitting there
By the pleasant tide,
Charlie Ro( ks, or Lord de Where,
Lolling at your side;
And your costume is as short
As I ever knew;
And you're faithful to the sport
Quite the aunitner through.
Dear, t do not recollect,
vln those days nt old.
You were such an architect
As I now behold:
Castles Yankee. English, French,
l'lan you; gilded, tall!
Sure, misfortune cannot drench,
Miall not drench them nil.
Edwin L. Sabin, in The Bohemian.
9i e
3
m
peated Mr. Dunne, and Nellie almost
thought sho Baw something like a
twinkle of amusement In Uls eyes.
"But In business hours?"
"In business hours;" Bald Nellie vir
tuously, and hoping to goodness he
would take the hint, "nothing should
he spoken of but business. And 1
don't know who put the horrid
things on my desk," she added, now
quite convinced that what she saw in
his eyes was gathering anger," and
not a smile at all.
Mr. Dunno looked at the flowers,
nnd ho looked at hor flushed, up
turned face. It seemed to him that
the violets themselves were not so
sweet and so blue as her eyes, and
io wondered If he had been blind un
til that moment.
"Well, If someone has been put
ting them on your desk without your
permission, It was confound Imperti
nence," he said, vehemently; "and I
will see that it doesn't occur again
in this office. Will you take this let
tor, please?"
"Now he Is angry," said Nellie, to
herself, as she struck the keys with
her rapid fingers, never dreaming
how their swift motion had become
fascinating to the silent man who
watched them. The movement
showed her white delicate hands to
advantage, and Mr. Dunne called
himself an utter fool that he had
never noticed their beauty before.
Nellie was rather surprised that her
employer found it necessary to dic
tate in person that day several let
ters, which usually came through the
head clerk, but she would certainly
have doubted the sanity of any one
who had hinted at the reason. And
her belief that Mr. Dunne was very
angry over the flowers was more
than confirmed wh-m she heard him
speaking to Mr. Flndlay about it
with considerable show of temper.
"You needn't have given i.ie thing
away to the governor, Miss Briscoe,"
said one of the juniors to her, re
proachfully, at the luncheon hour.
"He found It out himself," she an
swered, " and I was very glad, for it
rightly served whoever did it for be
ing so silly. It's not business-like,"
concluded Nellie, with the air of a
banker.
"Well, no one will do It again,"
grumbled the junior, who was him
self the culprit, having made a small
bet that he dared.
"I am very glad to hear it," re
torted Nellie, with dignity; and later
on that Junior expressed very strong
views on the intrusion of women Into
business, and their neglect of their
rightful, sphero at tho fireside.
Meunwhile Mr. Dunne was finding
his miud invaded by some very
strange and unaccostumed thoughts.
He even began to wonder whether
success in business was really tho
only aim In life worth pursuing. Ho
discovered himself entertaining the
most curious feelings towards a
young fellow he knew who just then
was going about with a beaming
face, inviting congratulations on the
birth ot his first baby; if it had not
been so absurd he would have called
the feeling "envy," but ho knew that
the foollBh man could not be making
more than two thousand dollars a
year. And though he had never no
ticed It before the expensive apart
ments he occupied began to appear
strangely lonely of an evening. Ho
caught himself wondering whether a
bunch of violets on the table would
not make it seem less desolate, and
from that it was but a short step to
imagining a pair of blue eyes oppo
site to him. But here he checked
his thoughts In a kind of panic, and
duclded thut he had better go out to
a theatre, which ho found singularly
uneutertainlng.
In a very furtive manner, and feel
ing much ashamed of himself, ho be
gan to make inquiries about Nellie,
lie soon discovered that she lived
alone with an invalid mother whom
her scanty wages supported. ' Only
by the exercise ot much self-restraint
did he prevent himself from doubling
Nellie's salary on the Bpot when he
heard that, and he felt a quite new
glow at his heart, when his Inform
ant told him how carefully the girl
tended her mother, "though she is
out slaving all day, and might be ex
pected to want a little pleasure when
she comes home."
For anothor week he watched Nel
lie closely, she all unaware of his
scrutiny: and theu, on arriving at
business one morning, Bhe found
some expensive orchids on her desk.
With heightened color, Nellie car
ried them into the outer office.
"Tommy, she said, viciously, call
ing the office boy, "will you please
fling these horrid weeds into tho
street?"
Then she retired in high dudgeon
to her own little office; the other
clerks looked at each other, wonder
ing who was the culprit this time;
and Mr. Dunne, their Btern nnd
dreaded employer; who had beon
Handing Just by the open door, Bat
down heavily on a chair, his faco
white as a ghost's.
"That was meant for me," he said,
despairingly, with all a lover's lack
of logic.
And meantime Nellie was saying
to herself:
"ThoBe men are just too horrid.
Mr. Dunne will bo sending me away
If ho sees any more of it; and then
what will mother do?"
She could not repress a tonr or two
at this thought; but she felt reas
sured when for a day or two no
more flowers appeared. Her spirits
returned, and then one morning she
igaln found a hunch of violets on her
lesk.
"It's Juot too bad," she said an
grily, and then added, relenting a lit
tle as she lnhealed their fresh and
inspiring fragrance; but they are
lovely. I wish I dared keep them."
She felt they ought to he flung
with contempt Into the waste-bas-Uet,
but Bhe dallied, lacking the
heart. Then she heard a well-known
step behind her, and in a panic she
hurried them Info a drawer, turning
with rather a white face to see Mr.
Dunne entering.
"Can you take this for me, MIrb
Briscoe?" he asked, glancing round
the room, and for all his impassive,
business-like air, his heart sinking
as he saw no sign of his violets.
"In one moment, sir," answered
Nellie, as she hurried oft her jacket
and gloves.
She sat down to her machine,
rather wondering what this seeming
ly Important letter could be, and her
wonder Increasing at the very ordi
nary communication he dictated.
"Does it seem to you, .Miss Bris
coe,"Bald Mr. Dunne, when he had
finished, feeling that he must make
some reference to his offering, "that
there Is a peculiar odor in the
room?"
"I hadn't noticed anything un
pleasant, sir," answered Nellie, her
face red as fire.
"Not unpleasant, not at all un
pleasant," corrected Mr. Dunne.
Nellie made no answer, and Mr.
Dunne camo to the' conclusion that
she knew all about his offerings nnd
wished to show how unwelcome they
were. Had not his Instincts as a
business man boen much sounder,
than his instincts as a lover, it Is
highly probable that Mr. Dunne
would by now have boen in the bank
ruptcy court instead of being one ot
tho most substantial business men in
the city.
"Mls Briscoe," he said, In gloomy
despair; "about that account of Rea
& Saunders, It Is in here, Is it not?"
To Nellie's despair ho laid hold of
the drawer in which sho had placed
the violets and Jerked It oprn. She
wished the earth would open and
swallow her as she saw his start ot
surprise. He did not speak at first,
and she supposed him too angry.
Presently ho said:
"Miss Briscoe er ah Miss et
Eriscoe er er "
"Gracious!" thought Nellie in a
panic, "he's so wild he can't even
speak coherently." Her only hopo
became that when he discharged her
on the spot he would at least give
her a month's salary in lieu of notice.
"I didn't bring them, Mr. Dunne,"
she said, in despair; It's only some
silly fellow who doesn't know any
better, and oh, I can't help It."
"Some silly fellow," he repeated,
ruefully. "I thought you liked vio
lets?" "Oh, yes; but this Is in business
hours. In business "
"Hang business!" interrupted Mr.
Dunno.
"Hang business!" echoed Nellie,
doubtful If sho had heard aright.
"Hang business!" repeated Mr,
Dunne, firmly. "I put them on your
desk." he avowed.
"You!" exclaimed Nellie, and her
eyes opened so wide that Mr. Dunno
had to fight against an insane desiro
to kiss her.
"I put tho orchids there too," he
continued, watchln her apprehen
sively, "Gracious!" said Nellie, and then
she began to cry, quietly. "And I
thought you were so good," sho
sobbed; "and yet you can Insult a
poor, defenseless girl."
Repressing her tears as best sho
could, she got off her chair and be
gan to grope for her hut nnd Jacket.
Mr. Dunne watched her with bewild
ered despair and said to himself that
he might have known better than
suppose so lovely a girl could ever
think favorably of him, though it
was hard to have his attentions
called insulting.
"You are not going?" he asked
timidly.
"How can I stay here after that?"
she demanded.- "I always felt you
were so kind and Just, and to think
you would make fun of mo. Oh, I
wish I were dead!"
"Fun of you?" he said, and some
thing in his tone arrested her atten
tion. "It's deadly earnest to me,"
he cried; it's deadly earnest to me.
Oh, Nellie, dear! It's deadly earnest
Ij me."
She looked at him doubtfully, for
It was all as wonderful to her as to
him; but soon she believed him and
understood.
A hasty wooing was succeeded by
a quiet wedding, the bride and groom
being Nellie Briscoe and the senior
member of Dunne & Flndlay. New
York Weekly.
Electric Light In Disease.
Electric light treatment of diseases
Is reported by Russian physicians to
bo effecting many cures where ordi
nary remedies fall. Dr. Manllow
uses lights of fifty, thirty-two and
twenty-five candle-power, testing both
blue and white bulbs, and gives ex
posures at distances of eighteen
inches and less for fifteen to forty
five minutes at a time. The patient
Is sometimes treated dally, sometimes
ovary third day.
The electric light alone often cures,
but supplementary aid is called upon
at times In skin diseases, for exam
ple, a flourescent paint of a five per
cent, solution ot eosin or fuchsln be
in,; supplied. Success seems to have
been especially marked In hysteria,
neuralgia, rheumatism and skin af
fections. One physician mentions that the
light invariably proves a magnificent
tonic, invaluable in Insomnia and
general debility, and It has had effect
In checking hemorrhage from wounds
and even in tuberculous disease.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Nature's Part.
Two young women of a type which
Is by no means uncommon wei'e gaz
ing together upon the tranquil beau
ty of an English landscape.
"Oh, don't you love nature?"
asked ono, turning with elaspod
hands to her friend.
"Yes, indeed," was the response,
In a tone of gratifying Intensity. "It
adds bo much!"
A Custom of Turkestan-.
When Turkestan girls become en
gaged It Is the custom of the fiance
to pay her parents a sum of money.
If she Jilts htm later the parents must
return the money.
Bo Above Tlipm.
Do not allow your thoughts to lin
ger on an Injury you have received
or on provoking words that have
been Bpoken to you. Learn not only
to disregard acts of petty spite, but
let them gradually cease to be tho
subject of your thoughts, and they
will finally die out of the mind com
pletely. Woman's Life.
Succrssfiil Woman Farmer.
The proprietor of the famous Win
throp Gardens, In Holliston, Mass.,
Is a woman, who from a farm which
several years ago cost only a few hun
derd dollars Is to-day drawing rn
annual income of several thousands.
Her name Is Mary E. Cutler. This
scientific farmeress practices inten
sive farming of the diversified ty.pe,
cultivating, besides the ordinary
crops, shade trees, garden flowers
and vegetables. Miss Cutler is em
ployed as a special lecturer by the
Massachuscts State Board ot Agricul
ture. Has Too' Many Love Letters Now.
Hear the plaint of tho romantical
ly Inclined girl "What are wo com
ing to, anyhow? Is romance to bo
ended in the garbage can? For two
years I have been saving up all ot
JImmio'a leterB and George's letters,
and now that I am engaged to Jack,
I have decided some night to lead
them all and then burn them- ex
cept Jack's. But how? Last year
father decided to 'cut out' the big log
fires wo used to have and burn gas
and electricity instead. What -an I
do? Throw the letters In the garbage
can? I won't! What are we om
Jng to, anyway?"
Records of Diners on the Cloth.
Making a tablecloth a souvenir ot
happy hours Is an odd Idea that Is
being carried out by Mrs. Franklin
Bell, wife of General Bell, chief of
the General Staff. On a fine damask
table cover she has caused to be writ
ten the names ot her guests at lunch
eon, with the dates of entertainment
and short quotations about the feast.
This cloth is Bpread only when Mrs.
Bell entertained a guest for tho first
time, and the newcomer was request
ed to do the writing lit pencil. At
her leisure, Mrs. Bell overtraced tho
markings in indelible ink, which will
defy the onslaughts of the laundress.
New York Press.
Don't About Jewelry.
Don't wear a quantity of Jewelry.
Don't wear precious Bcones In the
morning. Diamonds, emeralds or
any other kind nro out of place at
the breakfast table.
Don't, at such u time, wear any
thing except what la actually neces
sary to fasten collar, cuffs or waist
belt. Don't, la tho evening, mix your
jewels. If a gold necklet Is worn,
the earrings should curiespoud.
Don't wear any Jewels which do
not harmonize with your dress, says
Woman's Life.
Don't be dissatisfied with your
trinkets because they are not costly.
Jewelry to be well worn need not be
expensive, but must be chic.
Yellow Gowns on lied Haired Girls.
"In suggesting gowns for red
haired girls nowadays no great at
tention seems to be paid by modistes
to what reasonably might be sup
posed to be the main point to consid
ered the color," complains a girl
with brilliant tresses, who thinks the
dressmaker will let the Titian beauty
venture abroad In any color but yel
low doesn't know her business. The
discovery that red hair and yellow
are quite compatible was made by
her on a sailing trip. She says a
storm came up and a rod-haired girl
put on a yellow oilskin jacket and
blossomed forth a beauty, and,' In
spite of the terror and excitement of
a storm at sea, the other women on
board uttered exclamations of de
lighted approval. New York Press.
Character Told in Household China.
If, as Howells says, the selection
of china is the index ot a woman's
character, some former mistresses of
the White House had complex minds,
observes the New York Press. In
the basement ot the mansion the vis
itor may see a sample of every set of
table ware used since Abigail Adams
hung her laundry to dry in the East
Room. The most ornate set was the
choice ot the young daughter-in-law
Of President Van Buren. From the
few pieces now on exhibition, it
would seem that all America's flora
and fauna were depicted in. detail.
Mrs. Hayes' china was the most cost
ly ever used in the White House, as
every piece was hand painted and the
work of selected artists in the French
factory at Sevres.
Morbidness.
Thousands ot people actually think
themselves to death every year by al
lowing their minds to dwell on mor
bid subjects. The Idea thut one has
some incipient disease In one's sys
tem, the thought of financial ruin,
that one Is getting on In life without
improving prospects any of those or
a thousand similar thoughts may car
ry a healthy man to a premature
grave. A melancholy thought that
fixes Itself upon one's miud needs as
much doctoring as physical disease.
It needs to be eradicated from the
mind or it will have just the same re
sult as a neglected disease would
have. Every melancholy thought,
every morbid notion and every nag
ging worry should be resisted to the
Utmost, ajid the patient should be
carefully protected by bright and
cheerful thoughts, of which there
ought to bo a bountiful store In ev
eryone's possession. Bright compan
ions are cheaper than drugs and
plasters. The morbid condition of
mind produces a morbid condition of
body, and It the disease does happen
to be In the system It receives every
encouragement to develop. Now
Haven Register.
Milking the Hliy Girl Talk.
The girl who knows herBclf to be
tongue-tied, though she regret It,
need not despair of popularity. No
body Is socially more disagreeable
and more dreaded than a woman who
talks too much, monopolizing the
conversation, and giving no one else
a chance to speak. People fly from
this over-gifted and aggressive talk
er. A mere chatterbox is equally
disliked. A good listener is always
sure of appreciation. If you can but
master the fine art of listening to
each person with an air of deep in
terest, Just as it there were nobody
else at the moment in the wide world,
and as If your greatest wish were to
understand what the other 13 trying
to tell you, you wiil have the effect
of taking well. All that Is really nec
essary Is not to let your attention
wander, nnd at the right moment.
In the right place, make some brief
rejoinder In affirmation. You need
never fear that you will be thought
too silent If you listen well nnd say
yes or no at proper Intervals. A good
listener is never a bore, while a great
talker frequently gains that unhap
py distinction. Girls are sometimes
tongue-tied because of indifference.
A bashful manner, up to a certain,
point, Is very attractive, says Wom
an's Life. But when It has to root
in a hampering self-consciousness
which makes one awkward and
clumsy or surly or defiant. It is a
fatal handicap.
Happy to Bed.
Whatever the child's daytime
naughtiness may have been, at night
fall ho should be forgiven nnd go to
rest with the mother's kiss on his lips
nnd her tender voice in his ear.
Hurdly anything can be worse for a
young child than to be scolded or
punished at bedtime and to carry Into
Its dreams harshness or gloom. The
mother does well to be a little blind
to some things and remember that
much childish culpability Is super
ficial and washes off also as easily as
the soil from the hands and face In
the evening bath, says the Indianapo
lis News.
Children should never bo allowed
to carry with them in their thoughts
the mental sufferings which too many
parents seem to think an absolute
necessity in the careful bringing up
of children. All too soon will they
have to faco tho world and Its sor
rows. When the nursery brood is un
dressed and in bed, the lights turned
low and the room quieted for the
night, the mother or older sister eun
sweeten their last waking moments
with stories before they embark for
dreamland. While tho most exact
and rigid truthfulness should be
practiced In our dealings with chil
dren and they should bo taught to
shun all equivocation and lying, still
we need not feur to satisfy their viv
id baby imaginations with the litera
ture of fairyland. They early learn
to find the truth wrapped up in the
husk of the story.
. Fairy lore is older thnn civiliza
tion, and its stories with variations
have been told and taught to chil
dren In all ages and all climes, and
their origin Is in the needs and hear'"
of the race.
As for silk linings, they will stay
for the present.
The majority of the fur neck nleeos
are straight Just a throw for the
throat.
Lace flowers with omlimi.i,.,
stems and foliage comprise the orna
mentation of a lovely batlBte gown.
The prevalence of liirht liinn i .
tlceable In evening towns, mininurv
and dressy gown accessories of every
Kina.
The prevalence of brown nnd trman
In dress and millinery has created a
domund for bronze und gold trim
mings.
The cloths of told ami sit vap Ara
fashionably used as lutorllnings be
neath the sheer dress material ami
the elegant lace robes.
The vogue of the Kninlro stvlo.
has had Its influences unon all atviou
The keynote ot every garment of the
present time must be grace.
The new wines have a ilnnnwiH
curl in the exact shape of a parrot's
beak. They are JiiBt as Bhort and
blunt, but they make a stunning
trimming.
Embroider the ends nf tho ti wn-n
with Petor Pan waist in a design
maicniug me turnover collar aud
cuffs to add an extra bit of tautufni
decoration.
Five yards Is an ordinary width
at the hem of the very lonir fur ranoa
that will be worn motoring, and too
mucn cannot be said In favor of tiiiia
garments In point of comfort.
A dress for a tlii of oierhr u r.s
dull blue rajah, with a pointed yoke
of the same in open embroidery. A
sash of the knotted Bilk girdles this
smart loug-bodlced dress at the side,
and the sleeves are short olbow af
fairs in nno Ulltlng and embroidery.
The Japanese have established a
steamship line connecting their ports
with Chile.
flGOTIXO BOB HAD THE FACTS
A Hitherto Untold Story Shows That
He Speaks by the Book.
The naval review at Oyster Bay,
because It was commanded by Admir
al Robley D. Evans, perhaps recalls
an Incident of the Spanish war which
has not before been written about.
It may be that Its recital at this time
will help to show how accurate a
man Is this officer, who has suffered
somewhat from a false conception of
his character.
Admiral Sampson had determined
to begin the war by the bombard
ment of Havana, and on April 4,
1898, Evans, then captain, wrote a
' letter to tho then editor of Harper's
i Weekly, containing this paragraph:
"I sail have the honor of leading
j In the Iowa, and when we open, at
about 800 yards, with Indiana close
astern, If those poor chaps from the
Maine don't giggle in their coffins it
will bo a wonder."
This was the pregnant part of the
letter. Sampson was forbidden from
Washington to attack Havana, much
to his disappointment and wrath. To
one sitting at a distance, not know
ing Evans, and knowing of the pro
posed bombardment only ss a rumor,
the letter might have Beemed a bit
of bluster.
But after a few months chance put
the log book of the New York, the
flagship, In the way of the recipient
of tho letter and there he read Samp
son's order for the bombardment of
Havana, giving the order of the ships
nnd designating the dlstanco at which
the firing should begin, precisely as
Evans had stated them In the letter.
But why go to within 800 yards of
the new forts, which were much more
heavily armed than the ships of
Sampson's fleet? Months after read
ing the log book the recipient of the
letter attended a dinner given In hon
or of Admiral Sampson.
The Admiral mado there one of
the few speeches of his life, and In
it he told the reason a reason char
acteristic of his keen Judgment and
of his boldness for selecting 800
yards. He had found out that a short
time before the Spaniards had mo
mentarily awakened from their usual
torpor and had practiced from the
new works, firing at floating targets.
They had floated these targets past
their guns at 3000 yards.
Sampson at once concluded that
they supposed that he would attack
at that distance and quickly deter
mined to go in at 800 yards, for, he
explained, the Spaniards having once
fixed their sights for a traget 3000
yards away would not be able to
change them, but would fire over his
ships until he had dismounted their
heavy pieces by his rapid fire guns.
So the chain was completed, for we
had the facts and the reason for
them. Harper's Weekly.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
Limitations load to liberty.
Bigotry blasts many blessings.
Selfishness destroys serenity.
Love calls no Borvlce degrading.
Tho Joy of service Is the secret of
Joy.
A man can bo sweet without being
fresh.
It takes more than curiosity to
make a good neighbor.
The people who shine as the stars
tltink only ot the sun;
Your prospects depend on some
thing beside your precepts.
The world needs your wltiiess as
well as your work.
You cannot develop affection with
out heart athletics.
Pardon alone purchases freedom
from punishment.
Many who glory in their titles have
ho title to glory.
Our greatest gratitude comes from
pur deepest disappointments.
He cannot bo truly brave who Is
not trying to be bravely true.
You will always find the best ber
ries in the biggest brambles.
Dignity Is a good thing In the mu
fceum, but out of place In the market.
The worst habits, In our opinion,
are those for which we have no ap
petite. Ram's Horn.
Tho Military Value of Color.
At no time in the history of war
I has the question of color received bo
i much attention from military men as
I within the past ten years. That the
I valuo of approximate Invisibility has
j boen fully recognized by our powers
that be Is fully shown In the passing
of the blue uniform and the advent of
tho oiive drab and khaki. A writer
In Harper's Weekly makes some very
Interesting observations on the ques
tion of color Invisibility as It con
cerns uniforms. Accumulations of
clear atmosphere are blue, he points
out; and the brighter the sun and
the greater the distance of the object
the bluer It appears; also, the blue
ness Is In proportion to the density
of the object. From 2200 to about
1200 yards, khaki In close formation
gives exactly the effect of the blue
uniform, because of the banked up
atmosphere before It. "Moreover,
given a distance greater than 1200
yards and a clear day, and it Is all
one whether massed troops wear
green, blue, olive drab, yellow, khaki
or black. Red and white are about
the only colors to remain uncon
quered by the atmosphere agaiust
a green or earth background; and
.when against the sky, red still flaunts
but white goes out like the blowing
out of a candle. This Is probably
Hie reason for tho cavalry guidon
liuving the red on top, und for signal
survey stations uBing red and white
Hags against a ground background
and red and green against the Bky."
Like a Dog WaU b.
Mamma had not noticed the clock
striking during all the. afternoon,
and thinking perhaps it had stopped,
She asked little Rita to go Into the
hall and see if It was running. After
a hasty survey of the long pendulum
swinging back and forth, Rita run
back and announced: "Why, no,
mamma, it isn't running. It's stand
ing still aud It's wagging its tall,"
Ilaruar'a Weekly. .
THOUGH'!' AMI
tm not what people oy I am, I'm not a
lsy man;
I simply do mj Work upon a scientific
plan.
I let my head save hand and foot, I bring .
my brain in piny;
And still I am a lazy chap, so nil my
neighbors snv.
Hut I don't care, 1 let 'cm talk, aud keep
about my work:
That is, I keep my brain hitched up and
never let. it shirk.
Each morn when I get out of bed I ait
right down and think:
I think how this nr that should go before
I eat or drink.
I think up some pond, easy way to do this
thing and that.
And after thinking hard a spell I have it
right clown pnt.
Instead nf delving in!o it and working
hard all day,
I simplify it lifty fold by thinking out a
way.
And, best of nil. sometimes 1 lind by think
ing long and drop
There's many jobs that once I thought
were nrettv middling steep.
! I do not need to do at all which I'd have
gone nnd dmic
Had 1 not sat nl thought 'em nut before
thnv were begun.
And flint's the way f lind it now, the more
I sit nnd think
The less hard work I linvc to do but get
my food and drink.
Po if yon sec me sitting here beneath (his
tree eneli Hny,
And my good wife is washing clothes not
very far away.
Pray don't nrnjiidiTe for I shall be lost
deep in thought to see
lfow she can pet those wafdiings out with
less of drudgery.
I'm not wbnt people sny I am, I'm not a
hizv mnn;
1 siniplv get through life upon a scientific
l;in.
Joe Cone, in the New York Sun.
Captain "What is strategy in
war?" Sergeant "Well, strategy Is
when you don't let the enemy dis
cover that you are out of ammuni
tion, but. keep right on firing."
"What do you consider the most
memorable occasion in your career?"
"Once, at an evening performance,"
answered the great tenor, with emo
tion, "all the boxes were occupied
with mutes. I shall never forget that
night." Minneapolis Tribune.
Man nt the Desk "No, sir, I don't
want it. I haven't any time to talk
to you, either." Caller (with pros
pectus of new book) "My dear sir,
that won't be necessary. I'm willing
to do all tho talking." Chicago Tri
bune. No politics can move me
Ka.e all I want's a tree
On ilu green side er a river
Whar de tih bite free.
Atlanta Constitution.
"So she is engaged to that funny
little Sir Julius! Yet once she told
us she could never marry a man
under six feet!" "Ah, well; I ex
pect she consented to a twenty-five
per cent, discount for cash." The
Bystander.
"And did you attend the concert
last night?" "Oh, yes. Your daugh
ter sang with much feeling." "Thank
you, I'm so glad to hear you say
that." "I noticed that when she
wasn't poking her back hair she went
lingering her belt." Chicago Rec-ord-Uciald.
yhe had r.o murder in her eves,
No rage her being wiemed to fill:
And yd this maul, to your urp:Ue,
Was dressed to kill.'
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Teacher "Have you looked up
I ho meaning of the word 'imbibes,'
Fanny?" Fanny "Yes, ma'am."
Teacher "Well, what does it
moan?" Fanny "To take in."
Teacher "Yes. Now give a sen
tence using the word." Fanny
"My aunt Imbibes boarders." Wo
man's Home Companion.
"Can you tell me the way to the
nearest drug store?" asked the stran
ger. "There ain't no drug store near
here," replied the polite native of the
Kansas prohibition town, "but if
you're merely passln' through and
won't say anything about It, I guess 1
can do somethln' fer you if you'll
step In the house a minute." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
The Ideal t'ily.
The Ideal city of the twentia'.n
century 13 thus defined by Lucy May
nard Salmon, A. M., professor of his
tory at Vassar College.
A city with clean streets, well
sprinkled streets, streets lined with
well cared for shade trees.
Streets und roads that are f.eed
from billboards that are a stench in
the community.
Vacant lots noTf used s dumping
places turned into attractive equnres.
Benches along tho roadside for
weary pedestrians.
Hack yards that ate visions ot
beauty instead of eyesores.
Window botes thRt br'htcn dull
walls nnd recreation piers on the
bank ot the river.
All these make for patriotism na
well as for civic beauty and right
eousness. If It is true Ihat Hie boy withqut a
playground is father to the man with
out a Job wo may s!irlnk"from look
ing Into tlioir future. Boys and girls
it ro turned loo;io ou Iho streets; mis-
hint', vice aud ortme result, and
whim tlieso conditions become un
bcarnblo wo turn to the curfew as a
negative means of dealing with con
ditions that ought never to have ex
isted. Another Lively Manhattan.
".Manhattan, New, Is about what
Sin Francisco must have been In the
days of "49," saM N. J, Blackwell, of
Chicago, at the Schllti. "The" vet
eran prospector who rocked a cradle
In placer mining In 1849 Is the',
brimful with stories of the old dan,
The tenderfoot Is thttie, us bllssftlly
Igtioraut ns of yore oa all things sun
uected with gold digging;. But there
is t new clusa pieueni which w n
kn'iwu In the days ot old. This is
the youuK smduitte of thu sctoo of
mine .'ng'.iieer;:in, who knows the
thooreltcal s'de thorouhl. nd with
a I'.ttlo exnerirew will make the vet
en.i.s hiutlo. ' '
"Tho town Is tho most democratic
on earth, lor the rich m-n of to-day
may bo poor to-morrow, and vice
versa. Gambling is ri.'v, ad many
a man's newly .r.iai.'c pit finds Us
V.ay iuto tho hands of the profession.
bl tumblers." Milwaukee BeutiaaU