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ANTHONY'S
temptation
By CHANNING POLLOCK
Copyright, 191)4, by C'hanrung Pollock
«;
"What Is ItV" Inquired Stella Milt
thew, stopping In tin* middle of !»«'r dish
washlng and"The Good < »1«1 Summer
Time." "What is itV \ check?"
Anthony, svlio had (Miinc to be known
In publishing circled as ''Stella Mat
thew's husband," did not answer at
once. Ills fare turned a shade redder,
and he erammed tin- envelope which
the postman had given hint into there
cesses of his inside pocket. St< lia tiling
down the dish rag and thrust herself
Into the doorway between the kitchen
and the combination dining room and
library. "IMd you net a check?" she
persisted.
"l»o I ever get cheeks?" Aidhony rc
turned sa\*;ely, yet with a note in hi-~
voice that inspired pity " 'Hettirned
with thank-- Rejection doe-, not ne«c-.
sarlly imply lack of merit That's the
. oil Ira
=4' A] pfM
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"WIIV, KIDDIE," SHI: \ll>, "W AS IT A
CUffi K V"
Bort of tiling they send inc. I wish I
knew w hat il is they like about > <>nr
stories."
"Why, nothing specially, dear," re
plied his wife She wiped her arms on
her apron that she might put them
about his neck without soiling his shirt.
"You write ever so much better than I,
only I've I teen at it longer. You mustn't
get discouraged. You'll strike it in
time."
"Time! I've been at it two vears.
No, Stella I guess it's a eity d< ~k and
twenty live a week for mine for tie
rest of my life. What's the odds any
way?"
In the face of such hopelessness as
thlM Stella felt her presence worse than
useless. She put up her rosy lips to be
kissed and went back to continue her
struggle with the coffee cups She had
seen Anthony "down" very often of
late, and she had recognized In this
heartsickness the one malady of which
Bhe might not even try to cure him
Her attempts Indeed seemed only to Ir
rltate and annoy the big, square
chinned fellow, whose defeat was so
much the harder for liini to hear be
cause of her success.
Anthony loved his wife, as a great
many everyday men still do, in spite of
the qulbs and jests of the comic pa
pers. He had thought her the daintiest
and brightest of little women when lie
married her, and his greatest delight
had come with the contemplation of
the things he would do for her when
he "got there." That lie would ulti
mately "get there" he had never doubt
ed. The newspaper on which he work
ed had printed three or four of his ro
mances, and scores of his friends had
complimented him on their cleverness.
Surely the magazines ought not to be
difficult after this!
As a matter of fact, they had proved
not oin.v (IJT/leult, Hut impregnable
Manuscript after manuscript was re
turned to liiin. always "with thanks"
and a printed slip. Stella, on the other
band, had re -eived sf> for her very first
story, a fable intended for children,
and had sold nearly everything that
had come from her pen since. This
had not been so humiliating, for Antho
ny naturally looked upon fairy tales
with some contempt, but lately Stella
had found a steady market for humor
ous verse, and humorous verse her bus
band considered his forte. The fact
that he was fond of her and wanted
her to be proud of him made her prog
ress merely the more a reproach. It
was he who must be proud of her now
—he, Anthony Matthew, Fix feet one In
his stockings. Somehow those six feet
were the crowning aggravation
There was no denying that, not with
standing his superior height, Anthony
did not write half so well as Stella.
His work lacked the grace and point
of hers, and he conceded it A bur
lesque sonnet which she had finished
the night before lay on the desk beside
a long envelope addressed to the "l'.d
I tor of the Decade." Anthony hiid read
the verso twice, and he knew that It
was better Mian anything he had ever
done. The I»eca<le would print It, and
the boys at the otfico would say: "Saw
a poem of your wife's this morning I
should think you'd no In for magazine
work some yourself, old man."
Stella's fresh young voice made Itself
heard al«ov the clatter of plates In the
room adjolnintr "The flood Old Simi
mer Time" had trlvon way to "Beda
lla." Anthony paused, holding the man
uscript, to listen:
"<>h, Hedalta. 'lndia, I>alia,
I've made up iny mind !> ■ t;11■ • yo;
Oh, Bedalla, lieilall.i, dear!"
Mere association of words shot a
Hidden impulse into hi- brain. The son
net was In his hands, the addressed en
velope was before him why shouldn't
this contribution goto the Deeado over
his signature? its appearance as his
composition would be in the nature of
n triumph, and Anthony felt that he
had earned a triumph of one kind or
another. "I saw a poem of yours."
they would be compelled to remark frt
the otlice. And Stella? Why, Stella
could gain nothing by the use of her
name with the verse nothing but a
few dollars, which lie could easily
make up to her In allowance, \nyhow
Stella was his wife, and what belonged
to her belonged to him. If slie knew
what he was going to (!o she wouldn't
care, she would be glad that he had
found a way to be happy.
Anthony seized the pen at Ills elbow
and signed the poem In a lirm, round
hand; then he folded the paper, placed
It In the envelope and sealed It Stella
heard him open the door of the apart
lueut and came out to ask where he
was going"To mail your 'stuff' to tye
1 'eeade, ti<' t<>l«l her. "I II I"' right
back."
Hut lie didn't come "right back."
Once the t ii\ had been dropped in
tin- lii>x his guilt tlin \v awa> its mask
and rose to lace lilm. He realized as
suddenly as the temptation had como
to him that lie \v:is a thief. The paltry
excuses through which lie lia«l looked
at his act melted under the glaring
eyes ol' an accusing iscicuce, anil lie
dared not return to the tender gaze of
ins wife "»Jreat heavens, what have I
,|,(ii' " lit- asked himself as he stood
at the cruel and "What have 1 doneV"
In- kept re, eating as tlie elevated hur
rieil him along to his work.
All through the day new phases of
his plight persistently crowded into his
mind. What it the editor of the Decade
recognized Stella's style In the sonnet
and wrote to ask questions? What If
he failed to keep her from seeing the
especial number of the magazine in
which the poem was published? In ei
ther lit' these events what Would sh>J
think of him? Would he lose her re
spect and her confidence altogether?
Anthony wiped the perspiration from
his brow at the thought. She might
even cease to love him.
It was a hard eight hours for the city
editor of the afternoon paper which
paid fir the Matthews' livelihood. It
was a harder evening which brought
Stella's w> homing kiss and her half
hart Inquiry. "What took you away so
suddenly this morning?" The week
that ensued Was hardest of till. lie
had become si> morbid on the subject
of the suiiiiet that he was afraid to take
the one backward course that suggest
ed itself to him that of writing the
editoi that a mistake had been made
in the signature lest that astute gen
tleman should suspect the truth. His
eyes, formerly so frank and honest,
rarely met those of his wife, who soon
discovered that s unething was wrong.
On the elevated station one after
noon when he was going home Antho
ny s'iw the August number of the
1 iccaiie. Only nine days had elapsed
since lie had posted Stella s poem, yet
he looked through the magazine with
agonizing apprehension. Suppose it
happened to have been used In that
issue? 11 is hands were shaking when
he turned the last leaf, and he felt a
hysterical longing to laugh or cry.
"This thing is playing the very devil
with me.'" lie coiifc-'sed to himself. "I
can't stand it much longer. I'm going
to tell Stella all about It."
lie fully intended to do so when he
opened hiit door and saw the love and
solicitude in the face of the little wo
man who met him. "Then- s a letter in
the dining room for you," she said.
"It's from the Decade. I didn t know
yon sent them anything. You won't
let it make you blue, w ill you, dear?"
"No," said Anthony shortly. lie
strode into the dining room and shut
the door behind him. It had come at
last. What should lie do with the
money? Nothing in the world could
Induce him to touch it. Ho wasn't
that kind of a thief.
A few minutes later Stella, finally re
solved not to be angry at anything
Anthony did when he was so plainly
despondent, opened the door anil stared
at him "Why, Kiddie," she said, 'you
look so happy. Was it a check?"
"No," he replied exultantly, dropping
on the tloor the bits of paper he had
held in his hand. "No! A returned
manuscript thank God!"
KnJ«»j«-il the UnKpipew.
In his story of the life of Lord Strath
cona Mr. Heckles \\ illson tells an
amusing anecdote of his lordship's ear
ly days when as Donald Smith he en
tered the employment of the Hudson
Hay company and commenced to build
up the riches which made him a peer
millionaire.
A fellow Scotchman who worked
with Smith on the same station
brought out a set of bagpipes on one
occasion, and when the Indians anil
Eskimos had gathered round he struck
up "The Highland Laddie" or some
such air. The delight of the aborigines
was immense. Their faces lit up with
rapture, and with open mouths and
ears they drank in the sounds produced
by the instrument.
Afterward a discussion arose at the
company's factory as to whether the
Eskimos wen- of Mongolian or Ice
landic extraction.
"Hoots, mon, ye're a' wrang." broke
in the impatient piper. "Did ye no see
the chlels this mornin' whilst I was
twirlln' the pipes? I've nae (loot nae
doot ava they've true hieland bluid in
their veins."
Irish Proverb*.
Th»» pro\<*rlis of 41 nation aro tin* ilis
tilled wit of generations of its people,
and the true wit of the race is often
times in proportion to the truth and
beauty of its proverbs Few nations
and few languages possess more beau- j
tiful sayings than the Irish. "The silent
mouth Is melodious," is an Irish apho
rism pregnant with beauty and poetry.
And another saying, inculcating a char
ity which Is spiritually needed in tills
modern world of ours, Is that which
tells us. "Our eyes should be blind in
the abode of another." The beautiful
faith and the magnificent optimism of
the Irish nice are well pictured in their
proverb. "Cod never shuts one door but
he opens two." "Autumn days come
softly, i|uie!dy. like the running of a
honm! upon I moor," is poetic, vivid
truth. And here is n sharp, satirical
one that cuts -vend wnys%t the same
time "A poem ought to be well made
nt first, for there is many a one to spoil
it nfter-.var I " Leslie's Monthly.
Ilrary Clay IIK a Twln«* Splicer.
It has been said that Henry < 'lay
achieved success so easily that he
<|iiite misunderstood others and over
estimated hhlisel! Hut he was eager
to learn the best way to do whatever
he had to do. In"The True llenrj
Clay" the author gives an instance of
this:
At fourteen Henry became clerk in
a store in Itiehmoiid. whither the fam
ily hail removed Stories are told of
his willingness to do his duty, al
though the work was distasteful to
him.
Once he \..is reproved by the store
keeper 112 >r wasting too much twin.*
Thereafter he -a\cd every scrap he
could get and tied the pieces together.
Again it wa - explained that using tills
sort of twine might be offensive to the
customers, a ■ it made the pack: ges
look untidy b\ reason of too many
knots. So he t insulted with a s<nl ir
at 111 <-1111;- i'. who showed him h>w to
splice stria:with a smooth Joint.
From that time he spent his leisure
hours makltii short pieces of twine of
the same *•' e into a continuous cord.
When h!s > ;|ilover discovered this he
was so i! in 'i plens«><| that he had all
twine snved ind turned the task of
splicing If over to young Henry, with
the result il 'it the young man't enthu
siasm rajii tly abated.
Iron \ round It.
Finneg in What alls yer face?
1 Flanagan The ould woman hit me
wid the l'a\ n's of this mornhi's meal
o' mush. Fiun-gan <!o 'long wid ye!
Sure, mush is too soft Flanagan -
oh, she didn't stop to take It from th<»
| pot! Philadelphia Ledger.
pfM'tf ;
| FLORINE S 1
AMULET
By INA WRIGHT HANSON |
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'.<t #5 1
S'l Cointrivlit, r«C, b« 7»m tVrtuhf IfaiiM'ii JS
1 found Florine by the tea table on
the veranda gazing dreamily Into ber
rup. She worn my roses In the belt
»112 her white gown and In her bronze
hair. For some time I hud not dared
to approach Florine without being for
tilied with disagreeable speeches; oth
erwise 1 should have been guilty of
proposing to her. Considering that her
monthly income wan quite equal to my
annual one, a proposal of marriago
from me would bo palpably absurd. I
sighed, and my sigh amused Florine.
"Oh, I'm glad it's you!" she said
brlghtlv "I saw a visitor in mv tea
cup."
I frowned and took a chair on the
other side of tlie table.
"1 wish you wouldn't," I sai'l
"Wouldn't what? Oive you a cup
of ten? Well, you needn't drink it.
Are you afraid It will hurt your com
plexion?"
Her tone was bantering, but her
eyes had a hint of concern In their
violet depths. I looked away as I an
swered .
"The other nlglit at pit you turned
your chair around three times, and
then when you lost you attributed it to
the misplacing of your rabbit foot."
"1 did make a mistake," she said
gravely, "it wasn't the rabbit foot;
It was the day. Wednesday Is my un
lucky day."
"If you keep on folks will think you
are weakinlnded," I continued, keep
ing my ga/.e carefully from the danger
ous charm of her face. "I have actual
ly heard it said that you wear an amu
let I"
Florine was silent so long that I
was compelled to glance at her. She
was regarding me with what might bo
termed a complex look. Her mouth
was dimpled with smiles, her lifted
brows were derisive, but her eyes were
troubled. I Ignored the eyes.
"This superstition business detracts
from your real worth," I went on re
lentlessly. "It Is the flaw In the dia
mond, the blight in the rose, the the
"Fly In the ointment?" she suggested
politely.
"To have it told around that you
wear on amulet!" 1 reiterated In lino
scorn.
Then Florine laughed. When Florine
laughs—
"You poor old dear!" she exclaimed
as soon as she was able. "I don't be
lieve you have the ghost of an idea
what an amulet is!"
I was solid on that score, for I had
Just learned the definition from tho
dictionary.
" 'An object, usually a peculiar bit
of stone, metal, bone, paper, wood or
tli'- like, worn by superstitious people
as a protection against witchcraft,
bad luck, disease, accidents, etc. A
charm"—
"Oh, don't!" she choked. "You are
too absurd." Then she went off into
another gale of laughter.
"I don't see where the absurdity
comes in," I retorted. "If that isn't
an amulet, then what is it r"
I supped my tea with dignity while
Florine recovered herself.
"I knew a girl once who wore an
amulet," she said at last. "It was the
—well, the picture of somebody she
liked."
Picture- ah! To be sure, I wasn't
an Adonis, neither wiw I afraid of
breaking the camera, but for one rea
son or another 1 had faced a photog
rapher. Picture, was It? Was she the
girl? I wondered.
"It wasn't bone, metal, stone, paper
or wood," she went on."And she
didn't war It as a protection against
l anything. She Just wore It because
she liked It, because she liked the man
i whose picture was in it."
"It wasn't an amulet then," I said,
setting down my cup.
"It was au amulet," contradicted
| Florine. "I'niuiaginary folks get their
definitions out of the dictionary. Other
people"—
"How about a walk?" 1 interrupted.
I couldn't even pretend to be disagree
able any longer; neither could I mus
tor up determination enough to leave
her lovely, laughing sprite that she
was. I'erhaps there was less danger
In walking.
"Rut I am going to have another
I caller," she demurred.
"I»o you see him In your teacup?"
I asked.
"No; I see him at the gate," she
laughed, "although he may be coming
to see mamma. lie Is very foud of
mamma. Possibly I shall be nt the
summer house soon."
It was clearly a dare, and I took it.
I went to the summer house. Around
the summer house are trees and flow
ers; in front is a mlnaturo lake—a
beautiful place, but a dangerous one
when a man has no right to tell what
sometimes dims his eyes and Impedes
his speech.
As I sat down something at my feet
caught my eye. I picked It up. It was
a heart shaped locket set with rubies.
It flew open In my hand, disclosing
two scraps of white cloth. I exam
ined the pieces with some Interest, efl
peclally as 1 notices! that my mono
gram graced the upper one. They were
two corners from one of mj' handker
chiefs evidently. Anyway it was my
monogram. When my eyes fell on the
other piece a bewildering lot of
thoughts chased through my brain, for
that piece bore my profile, traced clev
erly In purple Ink, Florine's amulet -
a "picture of a man she liked!" No
more letting a paltry fortune stand be
tween us. if she really cares, and It
must be she cares, or
When I got so far I Jumped up and
started Joyfully for florine's presence.
Then another Idea assailed me. Sup
pose Florine should think that my find
ing the amulet Influenced my declara
tion; that It was an affair of honor, so
to speak I laid the locket carefully
under a small tir and went back to the
summer house. I was scarcely seated
when Florine came flying down tho
path, her flimsy gown floating like a
lovely white cloud around her.
"You can laugh or you can scold. I
don't care!" she asserted tearfully. "I
did treat an aWuTet, but no\» irs
gone!"
She sat down by me dabbed at
her pretty eyes with a square Inch of
lace edged linen.
I neither laughed nor scolded 1 be
gan telling her a sfon
"(Mice upon a time there lived a beau
tiful princess adored by every one. In
her court was a man, neither rich nor
overwlse, but loving her, he thought,
best of nil She accused him of having
no Imagination, and maybe he had
none, but "fie saw In the sunset gold of
the princess' hair In everj blue flower
| hue of her eyes. In every purling
| streamlet, tin* ruus" of her laughter.
Often ho criticise! the princess,' al
though to him alio was perfect"—
"What diil he do It for, then?" cried
Florlne.
"He had a mighty purpose."
Florlne giggled I looked at her sns
piclousU hut she made another dab at
her eyes, no I went on:
"For all his harsh words he repented
In sackcloth and ashes, and when the
day of his repentance was over ha
kuelt on the ground at her feet"—
"Oh, no!" corrected Florlne. "Ho
might have taken rheumatism or some
thing."
Were ever eyes so blue or lips so
sweet? 1 plunged ahead recklessly:
"He took her little hand In his"—
suiting action to the word—"aiul put
his arm around her so and kissed her
like tills"
"How dare you?" said Florlne very
softly.
"I don't dare," I answered meekly.
"I was only show ing you what the man
did who belonged In tii** court of the
princess.''
"Well, goon," she commanded.
"1 can't."
"Why?"
"I don't know what the princess did
after he- after that," I sighed, al
though looking at Florlne hopefully.
She smiled.
"Oh, tiie princess said, '1 have lost
my amulet, and I can never seo hap
piness without It; so methlnks I will
publish a decree that to him who find
eth it will 1 give his heart's desire.'"
"Inscribe the amulet, O princess!"
"The decree should state that the
amulet Is Inclosed within a case of
gold, shaped like my loving heart and
set around with rubles like drops of
my own heart's blood; that tho amu
let Is of line linen, marked with purple;
that each separate line stands for love,
trust, happiness; that all the lines to
gether form the lineaments of of"—
Fiorlne's dark lashes rested upon
very pink cheeks. She hesitated.
•■I goto search for tin* amulet," I an
nounced, rising.
She looked at me approvingly. I
peered under the step, made two short
detours in the direction of the lake,
then discovered it under a small fir
tree.
Florlne clapped her little hands.
••How beautifully the story proceeds'."
she cried as 1 sat down again to tell
her my heart's desire.
••I am wondering, though," she mused
a very long time afterward, "how tho
man came to find the amulet under a
fir tree when the princess lost It In tho
summer house."
it ml It tisftlann.
Hugo (Jauz in Ills book on Rossla
vrritfs us follows of tlu 1 ivlntlons exist-
Ine between the Russian oftlcials and
the Poles: "They remain separate, llko
oil and water The Russian, even
though ho is the master. Is of no conse
quence here. It is only necessary to ob
serve for the space of an hour from
some corner of the elegant dining room
of the hotel the behavior of the Polish
society and the complete Isolation of
tho Russian oflieers or officials. It is
only necessary to t.e able to distinguish
the groups from one another tho Hal
tic nubility with their almost bourgeois
families, merchants from ail the prin
cipal countries. Russian functionaries
and Polish s .cicty and it will at once
he. ome clear who Is at home here,
lirmly rooted to the >ll, so that all oth
ers become strangers and intruders. It
Is the Pole ~ and the Poles alone."
• -m
--\ot ii Typical Xrrchfint.
One of our bu-\ dry goois merchants
had a habit of netting Into a spas L "of
rage and drawing ids pen through the
name of air employee against whom
he Imagined he had a momentary
grudge, the act n caning immediate dls
charge It < 1 that n young worn
an was übsent for three ilnys owing to
the death of her mother Outside of
the regular compulsory vacation it was
the o;.l\ tlni" site had been away from
the store in ten years. On her return
she was Informed that her services
were no longer needed. She pleaded
to be reinstated, but the merchant said:
"<>ur business must g > on. Wo cannot
wait until you burj your dead. This
store never close- " A few years later
the only son of this Hint heart died,
and the girl wrote this letter: "You
discharged me be uuso 1 remained at
homo long ciiouvh to bury my mother,
saying < >ur business must goon. We
cannot wait until you bury your dead.
This store never closes ' perhaps, sir,
you may now be able to close your
store and make time to bury your
dead!"— New York Press.
Tlm* sitlnnm.
An easterner \vh > has spent some
years In the government service, In
eluding much time In Mohammedan
countries, was inveighing against the
orthodox theatrical representation of
the oriental salaam.
"That tiling you seo on the stuge ev
erywhere is all wrong," he declared—
"l mean that bowing tho head, raising
the hands at arms' length, palms down,
and waving like you were swimming
below water. I here's no such thing
anywhere that I ever went, and I saw
lots of salaams, including those to the
sultan of Turkey himself. The real
thing Is meant to renrosont groveling
with your forehead in tho dust, but
they don't grovel any more, at least
now. They Just stoop, make a motion
ns If to scoop up a little dust with the
right hand from the ground and then
rub it on the forehead. That means 'I
am dust in your or some such
oriental hyperbole." San Francisco
Chronicle.
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A FISH THAT FIGHTS.
The AKKI*<*NNIVP an<l
Unt of Slum.
So aggressive in the plakat, a littlo
tisli from Slam, that the entertainment
It affords has become a national pas
tlme. The fishes are trained togo
through regular battles and are reared
artificially for the purpose, while tho
license to exhibit them to the general
public Is farmed out and brings a large
amount of money Into the royal coffers.
They are Kept In aquariums built for
the purpose and fed upon the larvae of
inos<iultocH and every possible cam
taken of them. When tho fish Is In a
quiet state, with the tins at rest, tho
dull colors are not at all remarkable.
But If two are brought together or
within sight of each other, or even If
one sees Its own image in a looking
glass, the little creature becomes sud
denly excited.
The tins are raised, and the whole
body shines with metallic luster and
colors of dazzling beauty, while the
protecting gill membrane, waving like
a black frill round the throat, makes
grotesque the general appearance. In
this state of irritation It makes repeat
ed darts at Its real or reflected antago
nlst. If two are placed together in
a tank they rush at each other with the
utmost fury. The battle Is kept on un
til one is killed or put to flight, but not
until they are entirely separated does
the victor shut his gaudy llns, that, like
flags of war, are never lowered until
peace has been declared.
WHY TRAVEL ABROAD?
\ n American Should C«lve III* l-'lmt
Stu«l> to IIIN lloiti<» I.ami.
When Payne wrote "There's No Place
Like Home," he gave poetic expression
to the love he bore toward the *igle
nook more precious than "temples or
palaces." What flowers of rhetoric
could approach in power of assertion
these five little monosyllabic words,
"There's No Place I.ike Home"—to
gainsay which were impossible!
It Is the great privilege of Americans
to be able without hyperbole to apply
them to travel, for what Is there in any
part of the habitable globe more
fraught with interest, instruction, edu
cation, refreshment of mind and body
and uplifting of soul than nature has
provided, with hand so lavish, for tho
delectation of those having the good
fortune to dwell in this goodly land?
Would he see a Riviera? We have
several on the shores of tho azuro wa
ters both of the gulf and the Pacific,
far distancing that laved by tho Med
iterranean.
Docs he pine for si-.ow capped moun
tains? I.et him repair to tho plains
whence Pike's Peak, Logan and
our other great elevations rear their
hoary summits into clottdiand.
Would he witness a majestic cata
ract? There Is but one without a rival,
the Imperial Niagara—in the chain of
our great lakes, most turbulent <>f
links.
Neither Nile, Niger nor Ganges, great
rivers though they are, are comparable
to our own Mississippi, well named
"The Father of Waters." Our peerless
Hudson excels Iti picturesque effects
the vaunted Rhine.
What of the beauties of the Golden
Gate, on whose shores sits enthroned
queenly San Francisco, pronoiu*ed
peerless among cities by a much trav
eled European prince of Imperial
blood?
Where is there, even in miniature,
anything to vie with that earthly para
dise, the valley of the Vosemlte; what
to compare with the deep and rugged
gorge through which passes to the sea
the impetuous Colorado river?
The Mammoth Gave of Kentucky, one
of the world's wonders, Is as yet but
partially explored.
Why, then, travel abroad, while all
these and vastly more than can be
enumerated remain unseen at home?
"Are not Ahaua and l'harpar, rivers
of Damascus, better than all the waters
of Israel?" said Naaman the Syrian of
old when ordered by the prs|>het to
betake himself to the Jordan for heal
ing Who can help admiring his pride
of country and robust patriotism?
Most worthy are they of emulation.
Be it for health or recreation, there
Is no grander travel field than that we
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EVERYBODY WANTS A TIP.
K*perfence of nil Amerirnii Woman
While YflftitliiK Venice.
OHO of the tilings thai most astonish
you with regard to the working class
Italian is thf perfect -frankness with
wliirh li«' shows liis di'sire for a tip.
No false modesty obscures it. You
may sometimes fear that you will for
got it. I .ft such fears forever rest,
lie won't let you. Hi' will follow you,
asking you if you have your parasol
when In- sees it in your hand or if you
know tin- way out when he has just
told it to you. The whole poor popula
tion of Venire is absolutely naif in its
exhibition of a ilesire for any small
sum of money the passerby may throw
it. The children, one nml all, make a
ilemanil for a soldino as a matter of
course. It is a sort of greeting to ev
ery foreigner casually as a phrase of
general usage.
Coming from the bath you fee the
girl who has charge of the bathhouses.
If you don't she has a dozen ways of
making herself disagreeable next time
you come. And do not allay your trou
bled anticipations by the thought she
may not recognize you. One glimpse
of a face fixes it in her memory for
months After that you fee the wom
an who takes care of your purse and
Jewelry If you fee her enough she
drags out from some inner recess a
cheap mirror which distorts your coun
tenance and allows you to look into it
and see how truly hideous the human
visage can be made to appear. Before
the bath you have to fee the old wom
an who gives you your bathing suit.
If you neglect her the next time you
come she will give you a suit that
doesn't fit you or is full of holes.
When you go out on the terrasse for
a black coffee, which costs 10 ccflts,
you fee the waiter. When you got Into
your gondola you fee the old man who
draws it close to the with a hook
ed stick and offers you his withered
old arm to lean on. W hen you get out
of your gondola at the hotel you feo
another old man with a hooked stick
and a withered arm. And then at din
ner, if you haven't Just feed the wait
er he will be cross, and tip in your room
afterward if the femmo do chambro
has not recently had a tip she will re
fuse to answer the bell.—San Francisco
Argonaut
Oatricli Buttle*.
Male ostriches battle for supremacy,
and admiration of the females with aa
much ferocity as stags, bulls, buffaloes
and other animals. An ostrich battle
is amusing, as it amounts praeticallyj
to a boxing match with the feet, in
which the males dance around each
other lightly. There is this difference,
however: If any boxer could hit as
hard as an ostrich with one of his feet
he might settle the championship with
a single blow. It must not be supposed
that the ostrich will not strike his an
tagonist with his terrible beak. In
sparring the ostrich stands on one foot,
with the other foot and wings raised,
bill vide open and neck distended. He
strikes with the force of a trip hammer,
and in lighting both birds warily dodge
blows, tinier modern training an os
trich equals a horse in power and can
do many of the stunts of the horse. Isy
aid of his wings an ostrich can leave
behind the swiftest running thorough
bred and under harness has paced in
about a horse's record time.
What the I'le Wan Mode Of.
A cooking expert gave a dinner re
cently to a cooking class of pooug mar
ried women.
"I am making." she said, "a collec
tion of cooking stories. Only yester
day a new one wgg* told me by a dis
pirited young wife.
"This young wife, who had never
cooked so much as a beefsteak in her
life, all of a sudden bought a cookbook,
entered her kitchen and plunged into
the construction of an elaborato and
difficult veal |>le.
"The pie, a strange looking object,
was serve*l to the husband, a caustic
person, that night at dinner. He help
ed himself, tried a mouthful and then
said:
" 'What's this?'
"'A meat pie,' said the wife. 'I
made it out of the cookbook.'
" 'All,' said the man, 'this leathery
part is the binding, I suppose.' "
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I HtopH on HLl;nal or on notice to eomtncl"
I a Stops on Mlgnal to take on passeneern for
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TIME TABLE ■
In Effect Nov. 29th, 1904.
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I S(Tlinton(l>N.ll).V . y H ;W 47j liC;4 •>
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A. M I*. M. P.M
! Willcesharre,.. Iv M. ?jlu :r» 2I • «'«»
Plyiu'tli Ferry "{ ; J.*» I 1«' 42 I'► fO °T
N:ifUiot»ke * 4 7 'XI 10 "•'» IS 01 rt IT
IVlocana'jUH " IJ 11 07 8A) ®
Wapwailopen . 44 H 11 h; " 1
IS e?cuj>eck. ... ur >JO 11 '&< •» 4*J 7 (Kr
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j Pottsrille IV £>s<l ;LL » J
I Hazletnn " 7 o."> 2l■ 21'
I Tumhlcken " 7 T.L 05 :> "■
I Kern (lien " 7 '2l •I • ■' ' |
' linck (lien "i 7 >5 ; '22 ; i 22,
Nescoiieok . .. ar' 8 o*2
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NfHcopeclr... .Iv ;H lh 2o '■'» 4J 7
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I h. Hloouighurk 44 47 II ."»o 400 725 ......
I ('arnwispa Iv h *»6 il r»7 4 I.; 7
suuth Danville " 00 12 lo 4:U 7 ;,i
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L.owisliurg.... ar lo IS I 4"> •4>
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Weekduv «. I Daily. 112 HAG station.
Pullman Parlor ami Sleeping 4lari» run ON
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an«L Lrle. between Sunliury «U.! Pnlladelpnia
and Washington and between llarrlstiur", Pitt <
tiurg and the West. ...
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ift-oeral Manager, I at»s. Fratne Me
GEO. 'V. BOYD. ♦ *• n PasNeugur Agent.
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