WHAT ON2 COY THINKS.
A itlth la alwaiadrn. jiliirf In tbo rUitlng
knttttn.:. .
Ao'l tlie n ell- tliat I tlroa-lfd. uo, Ton
to il In 1 1 mint to 'lir ;
AnJ 1 Inintr-I for Mm niaci till I thoucht
mv lio'l w ni'll'iiim.
VS'lii n thorn iii-on her lureli-sil si calm
Mocka llicy lay.
I'irt-ltn 1 1 it till I ai b iarm, the I'iiuuU
n J th r t'itl ,
Wbn th otlirr lya nerel.irnlng tarl.arnli
Hon tn tft ; .
An.l I vt. ataM ami l-rrvl hit varans whan I
I rir.l h't willow wliltlm.
An I I uta d niul tail uir cliaj'trr will Or
to I o b uir tret.
Anil l'eliai to alk I (-Hide tier n ilia went
ti ri.lnu in l Init.
V lin t nautt-d to b raclnj. to I kl king, to
I nit. ,
Anl 1 va aaitr-l wlilla alie gavo tba folk a wcrtl
or tan of urri'ttim,
lirt on on- fiK.t niul tlio otbt-r, aud 'inot
atraiil' "lib aioutib.
'You ran talk of Young America." I Bay, "till
ymi air 'nrltit,
It n lil Aim r lea tbat bat tho InaMe of th
trnrkl" . ,,
7beri ulir rapa me ltb tier thltiihle auJ calla mo
a Y'.iiuk varUt ;
And riian xIip l-oka 0 iroelh'oiio I have to
Uko It t.a-k.
Put ! There la alwayi a jxri'j-criinnt or a jMiny
in I . iNH-ket.
Then, tia.er a xKkot tbat mat bn f to Mg
and '!.!-
Au 1 nil li'tn tlia candla In tny r mm burn wajr
... wn t- tl i k.. ,
W liln- lm atnwe and I'ultere rnuua aliout till
1 iuii aouiid anlwp.
Tl.r' alwoT iJiniii,lr at boino hon err
ot.o la M-attarum .
bb i twin ilin lain uiwu yiur lueivl In a way
to link" vou Kf"" i
f-La alna. t ki- a fellow's auk' wheu errj mi
la 1-at '.mint ,
Aud wh' ii I toar my Jai kei. t know juat where
ti tfo!
Anlwii"n 1 e l'ii In awimmluK afler fa-her
uid 1 nhnuMn't.
And HMitlmr l.a I l.T a l or nil according to
tlnur,
Il i n.i,.l. an K'net a iilvi r. the voice tbat nr
1 millMll I i
The Imy tbat w-.n t Ko awltmnlng auch a day
aiul-i I a tool '."
Bouio inira tlio e a n.me'htng in l.er volco o If
aliM fc'w a lilewmiu.
At, I I I -,k at htr a 11101110111 and 1 kerp at III at
a iiimiim! -
And n aha U by thla tluia tbore la no need of
nn-al! 1! ; ...
lor th.ro a n tiling llkoa. Kraudmitlierta l av
alMitit t he hiitiao.
Harriet I'tincott r.KifTotd.
AX ASTONlSlfKI)" LAD.
That's a iiuocr-lookinj objee',
Aleck, Coating lu tlic cove. It loons
like a hue (ileco of hard snap."
'Hard soap don't swim." replied
Aleck shortly. "It's prol.ahly a dead
hake, or a little yoiiker's aty seal)
io.t Hut wo must lanry. Dcnnv,
and gut these tl-h upon the Hake.
The sun is coiniiih' out finely this
luorniiirf.
'J he speakers, two Newfoundland
lads, limthcts. aicil II and I, lived
at Hear o e, i.onavista Hay, on the
northeast oast of that wrcat, loucy
island, and (liev had never Lcuii out
side the "lay ditrlct."
Their lot in ll!c was not an easy
rne. Since a recent disaster to the
oeallntr fleet, when their lather had
lost insure, they hail leen tho whole
support of a family of ten po ons,
Ine.iiJin two uxed (,'randparcnts
their mother and live younger broth
ers and sisters.
In that romoto settlement of Usher
folk there wero no schools nor oppor
tunities 9nr.1i1K aC.j y-"'t stt-vo
fishing and sealintr. To provido even
the barest necessities of life for thein
sclvcsaDJ their kinsfolk tho boys
wero obliged to work con-tantly and
attend sharply to their tihiiiK.
The llouti u obJL,c however, ex
cited Penny's curiosity. It was pe
culiar in appearance. Ho did not be
lieve that it was a dead il-h, and he
irlauccd at It occaloually as he spread
tho dres-cd co lllsh on tho Hakes to
cure in tho Juno sunshine. At length,
when h.s task lor the time beinii was
over, ho picked uu an oar, pushed
their era y old dory Into the water,
und skulled out to make sure what
the i,ueer-lookin' mass was
Tho straime object was of a siniru
lar. variegated, grayish, w'reet.ih.
yellow color, and at tlrst binht he
thought it was Jelly. Hut on tmirh.
liikf 11 with the oar ho found that it
was hard as hard, in 1-ed, as hard
so t p.
Then he touched it with his lingers,
and found lint H uave luitli a pe u
liar odor. At iciiiHIi he reaclnHi
dnwn, and Kttiiur a tlrm bold mi the
nus, HMe l it into the I oat. It was
of irn'K'ular shape, nearly as lar,'o as
a half -Imshi'l ine isure ami about as
heavy as he could lift,
lleca ned il ashore ami set, it on
one end of the tlsh-ilake, wtiero both
he and Aleck tested it with thou
knives.
It is a hard, iruininy st'.itT,'' said
Aleck. "1 don't behove it is good
fur au tiling'. 1 duii't like the smell
of it."
"I do like tho snii 11 of it," said
Icenny, "but it mak.-s uie feel iuoer. "
1 no old k'raudiua oi tin- family
c ini'- out lu thi' Makes an I attci
poking u and snlit.u it, said that it
was ik "whale stune."
It remained on the Hake for a
iii'inih or more, when the Novia
N'otla skipper of aco.iater which had
p'lt in U buy their tUh liapp.-ned to
uolb e it. After turning it over and
puis nr it in li s hands to note it
weuht, and trvinif hi- :a-k knife
upon ,t, lie cast an in uiriiii! luok at
Aloik.
That's ijuito a chunk of resin,"
lie said. "Where d'ye net it'"
Washed ashore," repl.ed A look.
"branny savs it's a whale stone,"
added lcnny.
The skipper turned away with ap
parent careles-ues-. "My took pluyi
tho flddlo." ho said, looking back.
"I'll k'lvo yo a dollar fur that to rosin
Ms lld llo bow with."
Aleck would ha .e said yes at once:
li'il l enny, who had uuicker percip
ti'ins, had noted the furtive glance,
uud said:
"o; I'd rather keep it "
The skipper talked of various mat
ters for some time, hut at lenmh
camo back to the subject, of the
"losin," ami ollered two dollars, then
three and at last live. Hut lienny
still obstinately said, "No; I'd rathei
keep It."
Tho skipper staid with them for an
hour or two, but ,at last went oil" to
Ins vessel without further allusion to
tho "rosio."
Aleck, much vexed, 'called Denny
a fool for not accoiklnj tho offer made
by tie captain. Fl via dollars was a
lare sum to those poor boys. Hut
lienny still resisted.
"I found It." he asscrtod. and 1
hall set my own price .Skipper Mc
Leod cannot buy It for flvo dollars.
I lo wants It moro than he cares to
let us know. I saw that plainly
enmwh In his eyes."
Heforo night, too, Ionny prudently
took tho whale stone olT the fish
flake and hid It away la a safo place.
This was a wise act, for tho next
morning the boys found everything
topsyturvy about the flakes and the
landing jetty, us If some one had
lcn searching thoro diligently,
riic coaster still lay at anchor In tho
bay.
This very suspicious circumstanc,
coupl d with th skipper's behavior,
caused I'enny to think quit' serious
ly about his whale ston and Its pos
sible value, until at length h be
came so earn st about It
that he rcsolv.d to find out
in somo way what it was and what it
was worth. Hut the flsln rfolk who
lived near had no knowledge of such
matt rs.
S3 during the following wo k,
much against tha advice of Aleck
and the older numbers of th family,
I icnny took an o'd potato sack, and
putting the gummy, yellowy mass
within, started to trudgo with It on
his back all the way to lit, John's,
th capital of tho Island.
It was a heavy load and a groat un
dertaking for a lad of his ago and
limited experience. II; was tlvo ot
six days making thi Journey; and
when at length ho arrived in the
city he was oulto at a loss how to
got the information bo desired.
After walking tho streets for some
time he mado bold to nt r a store
and ask the shop keeper to buy his
treasure. Tho man look at it, and
laughed at him for fetching such a
worthless loss as tbat to market.
At another store a mao examined
It curiously and offered i fur it lie
was so disheartened that he wa
much tempted to take the money and
start at once for home; but ho re
solved to try a little further. Ac
cordingly ho shouldered his tiresome
load, and went out on tho street
a.'ain
hancing to glance back, ho saw
that the storekooner was following
wry slowly after him, as if to see
who:e ho was going. As he turned
awkwardly to go on, he Jostled against
a man in a uniform tho most splen
did garb be had ever seen and felt
greatly ashamed that his dirty gunny
sack had rubbed ugalnst such a gor
geous red coat.
"1 didn't mean to, sir," ho faltered,
deprecatingly.
The otlicer laughed good-naturedly
and a-ked him what he had got so
heavy In his gunny-bag.
"I don't know wtiat It is sir," ro
plied Denny, rather disconsolately.
"I wish I could find .some one wio
could telf ma" 1 ' - -
Let me look at ItA said tho of
ficer. Denny turned his treasure o it of
the sack; and li s new jac iualntance
examined it, first with a smile, then
more attentively. '
"If 1 am not mistaken, my lad.''
he said st length, "this Is ambcrgr s:
and It so, It is valuable. Where did
you gi't ItV"
Penny told him tho history of the
whale stone.
"Soyouaroa stranger here'" the
olllccr remarked.
"Yes. sir. I've walked all the w.n
from Honavi-ta Hay, uud brought
this thin.' on my shoulders."
"Well, 1 may be in error," observed
the uniformed gentloman; "but come
with mo to somo tradesmen whom J
know. They will probably tell ut
whether 1 am ri'ht"
To tho m rcatitile house of some
dealers of a 1 ctter el iss they accord
ing.y repaired, and artcr a crltlca
examination of tho gummy mass, anO
various tests among others, heat,
which comnlctcly volatilized a small
f.agment ot It, these t aders pro
nounced the substance ambergris, ol
good iiuality, such as is formed in thi
bodies of wnales.
Heforo purchasing it, however, thej
wanted a few diyV time In which U
look more fully into t'.ie valuo of the
article; und by advice of the major
for that was the rank of the oilicei
who had thus kindly Interested hitu
self in Denny's behalf ho left hii
load with them, and then sough!
loiklnirs for tho night.
It was a week or inoro before Uu
merchants finally decided what the)
could afford to give for tho ambergris
and meantime 1 onuy grew very itn
patient, for tho major had now go:.
away from St. John's, and ho did not
have tho benefit ot his counsels aftci
the first evculng,
Hut the mercantile firm at lasl
came to a conclusion as to tho value
ot tho substance; and the announce
ment (Ulto took tho young flshor
man's breath away. They could paj
him, they said, at present prk-ei
.'il.jo per ounce; and the masi
weighed forty pounds uud fou
ounces! At that rato tho total woulc
bo 1 3, 4i.
Denny's head fairly whirled around
lie haa not expected over a few nun
dred dollars at best. S:elng ni;
aiua.onicnt, th i old merchant line
his clerks lauuhed heartily. The;
advised him to have the money placet
on deposit and subject to bis order a'
ouo of the city banks; and this lu
did.
1 am glad to bo ablo to add tha'
Denny has mado very good use of hii
suddenly-acquired money. In ar
economical maimer ho first made hit
family very comfortable ut Konavlsti
Hay, and then resolved to cxpenc
$.',000 in obtaining un education it
tho United States
It was at one of our New Englanc
high schools that tho writer mado hii
uciiualntanco, and learned from hiu
tho facts of this story. -llooert S,
l'almer. in Youth's toiuqaaloa.
A MODEL RESIDENCE.
ELEGANT HOME FOR ONE WITH
MODERATE MEANS.
Thi On Embrace Many Morel Peat area
ol Kalerlor Variety anil Interior Com
partneaa Knot Are Slat and Window
Mar Stained Olaaa Coat la 4,800.
A Dealralit Horn.
This country residence embraces
many novel and good features of ex
terior variety and Interior compact
ness and convenience. The workman
ship and materials throughout have
been of the best description, the ma
terials being purchased by the owner
2narccTin v. Bar.
and the work done by the day, and
no pains have been spared to make It
first-class In every renpect.
The Interior arrangement is very
complete and unique, the hall being
finished in oak, parlor In maple, li
brary and dining-room In ash, all the
Qre-places having hardwood mantels
of handsnmo design. The conserv.
ntory Is a pleasing feature of the first
floor plan, and Is accessible from the
dining-room through a easement win
dow; access Is also obtained In a like
manner to porch in rear of dining
room. A clothes-shuto is arranged
from second floor to soiled clothes
closet In laundry, nn arrangement
that Is appreciated by every house
keeper. Stained glass Is used In all tho
windows above transoms. Hoofs are
slated and rldgca covered with rt-d
terra-cotta cresting. Too Interior
woodwork Is filled and varnished.
The heating Is done by Indirect radi
ation. Cost about $ I, .100.
The cost of a house is the one thing
desirable. Every one asks what this
and that will cost, and a great many
people who have started out to build
without first ascertaining what their
building would cost, have leen very
much deceived when all the bills
have boon received und tho amount
aggregated. We know of one In
stance where a gentleman, Home
years ago, was erecting a large resl.
denco by tho day, and did not have
"iv. idea ,wju-n he commenced' what
it was likely to cost; and long beforo
tho structure was completed ho had
paid out over $:!0,000, and was so
disgusted with It that 1 o would not
I xa or riusT r i.oo it.
kcp any futther account: and to-day
this house, which cost so much
money, could be duplicated for 10,.
)00. That is what we call bad man.
agement. However, as time aro at
present, there Is likely to be but very
little or t-uch.
It is reasonable to suppose that
anyone without building experience,
who undertakes the erection of a
building In this way unless there
aro special circumstances governing
tho case will have to pay for the
knowledge he will gain. A business
man wants to know, after his ideas
aro put into a tangible form, how
much all this will cost In dollars and
cents, without any cxtias or addl-
CSVfSjfc.".
'.''
" ' ' Wtif r.t
TL4N OF SkODDD rLooa.
tlonal charges whatsoever, anc It Is
right and proper that everyone fhould
look through all tho links and com
plications that require tho exiendt
ture of a considerable sum of money.
And no one who starts out wUh the
Intention of spending 94,000 n the
erection of a dwelling, and wlids up
with three times that amount, will
be likely to think they havi used
much Judgment, and will ty und
shift tho blame on some oru else.
Hut it Is ono of those things that
time will place where it belongs. A
building will vary in cost of coistrue
tlon according to locality, aid will
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.,.
NT j
IT"""! Som
it 3
also depend greatly on tho business
management.
(CoprrtKht by laltlaer. Palllaer A Co.. N. T4
RAM'S HORN BLASTS.
Warning Mote CaUtn th Wlckad to Baa
pantaare.
LOST opportu
nity finds Its waj
back.
You began
your eternal lifo
at your birth.
A PROFAHB
tongue plays tbd
devil's music
Crooked steps
are tho most apt
to oe noiicoa
U N BBPKNTEO
iln Is a promissory note to the devil.
Death only changes the surround
mgs not the eternity.
Wiikx you use an oath you defy
ood and serve the devil.
Most people believe In the total de
pravity of somebody else.
The day that does not begin with
prayer docs not bcglu right
Gnu's peace Is only for thoso who
Jo not fear tho devil's war.
There Is nothing tho devil is so
much afraid of as the truth.
Sin may try to hide Its head, but
It cannot cover up its tracks.
A drop of dew tries as hard to do
God's will us u thunderstorm.
Viktvk never stops paying divi
dends because the bunks break.
Tuk man who trios to deceive oth
ers Is himself deceived by the devil.
A i.ik feels easy only wheu It for
fcts that It has a truth on its track.
Too many Christians pay the Lord
In promises, aud tho devil In spot
sash.
Philosophy may keep a man from
doing wrong but it cannot make Dim
better.
Tiik Pentateuch seems to trouble
iome Picn to-day, bat John i:lUdo
ties a criticism.
Helioion has begun to starve
whenever it begins to walk with its
bands In Its pockets.
We are all living under a sentence
of death. oouer or later tho sen
tence will be enforced.
Yor can generally tell how much
religion a man has by measuring it
with his own half-bushel.
Tiik Hlnle speaks of tho bottom
less p,t, to show that all lost sinners
will fall to the same depth.
The man who docs no good with
his money helps the devil every time
be puts u dollar in his pocket.
Ik you aro over 70 years old you
aro Hi ing i n an extended n t . It
may fall duo at any moment.
D ) not fool yourself. If the first
man wasmado with eyes and ears,
his itakcf can both see aud hear.
-TfiEHK isn't .tttr uJ'a gof?g"tnto
the church to work for tho Lord, II
you lot the devil hold your purse.
The reason so many Christians arc
lean in soul Is, so lew ot them hun
ger and thirst after righteousness.
There would I o more success in
life if more of us were willing for
God to tell us where and how tv
work.
It Is a bad moral atmosphere
where vulgarity passes for wit uud
humor, aud men uro entertained
by ,lt,
Ik you love your enemies and do
good to those who despitefullv us
you, you aro i u the right r. ad to
ll.uven.
Small Mm antl Women.
A photx grai her who has beep very
successful in representing children at
their best, says they should not be
dressed and crimped and curled with
a view to effect. What is wanted Is
a natural picture. A carefully
studied pose may bo very "sweet," but
it Is pernicious from tho artistic
point of view. "Show tho gentleman
how pretty you can look," urges the
fond mother. "Sit just as you did at
home for papa." And tho poor In
fant, willing enough to oblige, but
desperately shy in showing o,l a rum
key trick In an uniccu-itomed place,
goes through his little performance
with tho air of a martyr, or .with a
hard, obstinate look creeping over
the baby la o It is hopeless to ob
tain a satisfactory photograph under
such circumstancts. Just as It Is hope
less to make a ll.enc which tug
gesta life and vivacity when a child
is of tho stolid, expiessiomess kind.
When such a child Is usruTed Into
the studio, sits exactly where it U
told to sit, never moves a muscle, ot
shows a sign of syrap it'ietlc Interest
when attempts are made to pl;y with
It, tho photographer's heart sinks.
He will get a g tod likeness; tho feat
ures, tho clothes, the attltudo will be
exactly reproduced, but there will be
no life In the plcturo. It frequently
happens that the children havo been
so much talked to about tho pho
tographer that they regard him ai
th y do the dentist who periodically
pulls out their tclh. Their dread
of the ordeal to come Is fatal to the
prod u -lion of i really god photo
graph. There can be no more satis
factory 6ttters than clil.drcn from
babyhood up to the a .re of 5 or ti
years, before tho timo they be
gin to grow self-conscious. Hut all
naturalness Is often driven out ol
them by the u n reason iu; exhorta
tions of mothers which frighten th?
children Into behavior while theli
portrait is taken, which Is altogetbei
rorelgu to them. To procure a satis
factory plcturo tho small si iter j must
be perfectly at ea-e.
Should Trof. Garner, in his simian
itudies, go s i far aa to get at the
monkey literature, a collection o(
their talfs might catch on.-
BUDGET UJ?. JbU.
IIUMOnOf". ffKKTCIIR FROM
VARIOU5 SUL'KCKS.
Summer Days Her View of ft
Whore the, Reaemblanre Cam
lo-Th mil Kxtcnt,
Etc., Kte.
Brooklet mnalivtllv flowlnc.
Z-iihyrs through th brtnolics sighing,
Cnttln In tho mnadoir lonrinir.
Glar potiila In linn lylnc.
Bon blrla myt carol almjlrnr.
Flower exhnlinir scent delicious,
Mil ln in a h.immnck awlnnlnif
While her mother' waattloir dlah.
New York Press.
WHKRS TnR RKSEMBLAXCE CAMS IN.
"The buby is wonderfully like its
mother."
"Yea, I have to mind her just the
lame." Truth.
HER view or IT.
She "I don't see how anybody can
like caviare. It's a depraved taste."
He "Sn, if a cultivated tAste."
Bh- "Well, that's the same tbiug."
-Life.
A fOUXntR ATTIlACTIOM.
First Citizen (year 1901) "I no
ticed no female voters at the polls to
day. What kept them all away ?"
Second Citi.en "A big bargain
tale on the next block."
A SIllHT THAT OLADDEXS.
MiiM Teatt "Dill you ever look at
youraelf in the glass when you were
angry ?"
Rival Bello--"h'o, I'm never angry
when I look in tbo glass." Life.
THE FULL EXTENT.
Little Clarence "Pa, what tloos
Congressman Thickunck raeau when
he any a, 'Upon my word of honor as
a gentlemau?' "
Mr. Callipers "Nothing, my son."
-Truth.
KOT THERE.
"Will you not wait," he pleaded,
"until yon know mo better?"
"It is quite inole, I fitney'ahe
answered, a oho rtn her fluster down
tho index of tho commercial report.--Detroit
Tribune.
EFFECTUAL.
"Gritmp has at last solved the prob
lira of abolishing distress in tho
world."
"What's his scheme?"
"To atnrve the poor off the face of
tho earth "Truth.
A LOGICAL CONCLUSION.
"Cyrus," ho said, reluotsntly, "I
don't think I would make a good wife
for a poor man."
"Then you'd make a mighty poor
true tor a good man, ' tviilMd Crrat,
grabbing his hat. Chicago Tribune.
A MODERN MART.
"Wonder what kind of an entry
old man Golding mndo of the money
he gave his daughter when she mar
ried that noblemau."
"Don't know, but presume he
paid it on a count." Atlauta Consti
tution. REVERELT WOUNDED.
Iloax "Do you think the English
tongue will ever become a dead lan
guage?" Jom- "Well, judging from the way
some people persist in mnrdoring it
it ou:ht to bo dead now."--Philadelphia
lieeord.
CROSS-REFERENCE,
The ever-acute Critic discovers this
interesting cross-reference in the Cent
ary Dictionary (page 4908) ;
" 'To pop the question.' See pop."
Cipher Donnelly never found more
thtta that in all his Shakespeare hunts.
Buffalo Express.
HILENT PARTNER.
Nibbitt "That woman who just
went out is the partuur of your joys
ud sorrows, I suppose?"
Rufton--".She' partner to my joys
all right, but wheu it comes to my
sorrows she slips over to sue her
mother." Boston Courier.
PLAIN C01IOLLART.
"Mr. IIoldgoLl sent mo up a beauti
ful bouquet last night."
Adole "It makes mo very happy,
dear."
"Why?"
Adelo "I know now that flowers
are very cheap." Chioago Inter
Ooeau. LOST INDEED.
"Aw, Bunkins is sou iul!y oatra
ciBed." "Yes."
"Completely an ontoast."
"Completely. II is social status is
so low that he ooullu't eveu lead
money to a titled foreigner." Wash
iugtoaStar. FLATTERED THE BEX.
Teaoher "Why was Solomon the
Wisest man in the world?"
Boy "He had so many wives to
advise him."
Teaoher (a strong-minded female)
"Well, that is not tho answer in -the
book, but you may go up hoad."
Good News.
AN EXBAUSTLESS PLEASURE.
Aunt Maria "I thiuk you and Mr.
Mauu ouirht to get along nicely to
gether. You kuow you both like the
same people. "
Matilda-"Yes, and what is better,
we hate the same people. Just think
what nice long talks we shall have to
gether." Boston Transcript
APPARENTLT XOT TJNWH-j.l
"I should think yen wonl.J
nnweleome visitor at thehoine,J
yon call," said the philosopher u
bill Olleetor.
Tou would think so, but itlJ
antvaae ft wma a Ka A
If I II T7 f BJfJ BIS a
"It doesn't?"
"So ; I'm generally invited
again. "
CLEVER REPARTEE,
Marie "Here is a
madame."
gray J
Madame Sparkle-Eyes "Verj
pull it out."
Marie "But, madame, ten re
ers will come to the funeral."
Madame Sparkle-Eyes "Well
uoes i matter uey will coaJ
it I lit V " 1
uiaca I Jjiie.
Ti THE 1KT OF HIS KNOWLEDlJ
"Mr. Springs," said the law J
pro iesor, "irora tuts artio!
'Forms of Judicial Procedure
many kinds of judgment do ihett
pear to be ?
"Two," answered Mr. Rr:
promptly. "Judgment for the t,
tiff ami judgment for the defen.iJ
Lhieago tribune.
FIT FOR STATEHOOD.
"Yon fellows think we are not
ized down in Oklahoma, said
tourist from tho West, "but wb
tell you that we have sixteen men
cler indictment for horse-stealing,
haps you 11 change your mind.
"I can't see where the civiliztt
comes in on that soore. "
"Dou't, eh? Seems to me wh-
community goes to the trouble ol
dieting a horse thief it s getting pi
well along." Indianapolis JouraJ
nAD MET BEFORE.
Air. McMwat bad risen unm
early, and as he opened his kit
door to see how a sunrise looked,
encountered the milkman.
"Hello !" ho said. "Haven't I
you somewhere bofore?"
"Yes, sir," replied the milk;
filling the crock on the Btep from
can. "I initiated you night 1
last into the Royal Order of the X
of the Anoient Mystery. I m tb
jeHtio Generalissimo, yon know
morning, isu't it?" Chicago Trib
HIS PARTINO HH0T.
She spurned his suit.
"Never," she insisted.
Nor yet did hope flee ais breait.
"Can you not," ho askeJ, husk,
"learn to love me?"
She shook her head.
"And still"
He hissed through bis eleue
teeth as he made for the door.
"they say never too old to le
She started violently, turned p
and sank in a miserable heap .on
floor, crushed by his cruel worJt,
Detroit iribune.
PRELIMINARY.
lie leaned gracefully against th
mautel.
"Yes," he repeated, "I love yoi
danghter."
The old man in tho easy chair r
garded him keenly.
"Can you support a family?" h
asked, after a pause.
The youth knit his brow.
"That depends. How "
Ho looked tho father of his belove
straight in the eye.
"How many of you at there?"
Presently they came to the term
of an amicable understanding. Di
troit News-Tribune.
Car Horses lor Farm Purposes.
The advantages to be gained b;
buying foot-sore street car horses fo
farm purposes was discounted yester
day by a Bergen County farmer wh
recounted his experience thusly:
"SVheu the cable came on Broac
way the papers were full of the cheap
ness of tho old-time horses, I decide'
that the opportunity of my lifetim
had come. Into New York I went
and I bought four horses. The;
seemed sound and tough as shoe loath
er. They had beou working regularl;
on the oar service. Going home
noticed that the horses seemed to ge
very tired. They dragged their fee
after them, and raised a perfeot clout
of dust which nearly smothered me
A few days afterwards I tried on
team plowiug. The horsos seemei
willing euoujh, but they were a
clumsy as cows, and both of them fel
in the course of the afternoon. Thej
seemed to get very tired and final!;
one ot them decided to quit on me
and then the other. The fact of thi
matter was that the difference in thi
work brought into play au eutirel;
different set of muscles not used oi
the hard pavements, and tho horse
became leg weary. It was severs
months before tV.ey became thorough
ly hardened, and 1 lost more in timi
and feed than would pay for a fin
team of regular country horses, and
what's more, I didn't have an unusu
ally good team at the end. No, sir ! .
don't believe in cheap horsos." Nei
York Mail and Express.
The Oil Bean of Formosa.
One of the leading crops of the ill
and of Formosa is the oil bean. Twc
kind are cultivated, both being rela
ted to the soja bean. To extract the
oil the beans are first crushed under i
great stone wheel ten feet in diameter,
whioh is drawu arouud by mules in i
conoeutio channel containing tin
beans. The crushed beaus are mad
into a cake with straw, and the oil ii
expressed by very primitive appli
anoes. After the oil is extracted, th
cakes are taken from the pross, thi
metal bands and straw casings ra
moved, and, after being left to drj
for awhile, they are shipped away foi
manure. American Agriculturist.