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HOMEWARD BOUND.
*EECEaEsaLss)
The train goes roaring up the track,
I'he sun is in the west;
The smoke rolls eastward, dense and
black,
And 1 complacently lean
To-day I've done my best.
hack—
I think of one who waits out there
To greet me with a sho
‘And I will kiss him and we'll fave
Across the open fields to where
The lights are pee]
;
Contentment
Th
I've
ren
e
tates
worked to-day
And I can feel,
The miles recede
h, but the
fills my heart to-nigl
and God are kind:
with all my
with strong del
behind.
vears will pass away,
And I am doomed to see
A change {
The chiid will be
Who
that
waits
to night
a ma
parents only may
n some da
lor
me.
-3. E.
Kiso.
3 ok Hk ek Sh KAO Rk od
THE TRIBULATIONS OF
DOOLITTLE WRIGHT
————— Lr a
kK Ak
BY MARY GRACE HALPINE
NOR XO
YOO OKOKER
YU HATS in a mame?’ That
is what Shakespeare says
but it is my belief, if he
had had the one that was
hung like ‘an @ incubus
axvukd my neck ever since I was old
enough to have any name at ail, he
tune. 1
misfortunes
would have sung quite another
ascribe to mine all the
that have followed me from that time
to this, and which have heen neither
few nor light.
My paternal cognomen is
Not remarkable for elegance, it
true, but if it ,had be prefixed by
John, James or Henry, it would have
distinguishable from
the rest of my neigh-
been in no way
those borne by
bors. But, unfortunately for me, 1
had a maternal uncle by the name of
Doolittle Tickellum.
He was rich and a bachelor, with no
nearer relatives thax Repay and
nieces, and, when I came i this
world of toil and trouble, my then
having a fatherly eye:to my future
needs, proposed that 1 should be named |
for him,
To do my
at first she
mother justice,
strenuously opposed it. - Thorou
imbued with the idea under which
most mothers la that her baby was
considerably brighter and prettier than
hor
other women’s babies; in fact, some-
thing altogether extraordinary, she
was proportionately indignant at the
suggestion.
I was lying, kicking and screeching
upon her knee, if my phetograph t:
en at that interesting age can be re-
lied upon, as ordinary a specimen of
the countless throng of infant human-
ity as it is possible to imagine. But
catching me rapturounsly to her bosom,
she nearly smothered me with kisses,
declaring ‘that I was an itty. precious
darling; the pittiest, thweetest baby
that ever was! And that papa ought
to be ashamed of himself to think of
giving it such a horrid name.”
But when my father set sirongiy he-
fore her the substantial benefits that
might accrue to me from this Strole
of policy, alluding to the ariful ways
with which Cousin Sophronia, another
of the nieces, tried to interest our rich
relative in her spoiled, dis:
(
1
i
Tommy, she yielded a reluctant con-
sent. :
“But just think, Henry, how horrid-
ly it sounds! Doolittle Tickellum
Wright! It's perfectly dreadful!”
“He can change it in a few years—
before he is old enough to have it do
him any harm, 1 dare say. Your un-
cle is an old man, dear, and can’t
live forever.”
But he seemed likely to do so. From
the day that there was thrust upon me
that luckless name he appeared to take
a new lease of life, and to grow young-
er, instead of older, every succeeding
year.
Uncle Doolittle was duly informed
of the honor that was done him, to
which he responded very graciously
by sending me a silver mug. together
with the assurance that “if I'did honor
to the name it bore he would do some-
thing handsome for me.”
He lived in an adjoining State,
I was ten years old my fath:
to see him. He was a lively,
served old gentleman, whose full, fiorid
face was rendered still full and
florid by the snowy hair and beard that
surrounded it.
He patted me on the head, hoped that
my
When
+ took me
well pre-
mora
I would live to be an honor to my
name, repeating the above assurance—
“if I did he would do something hand-
some for me.”
I had already experienced
the disadvantages of the name to
wwhich‘he had alluded, and, in spite of
I had received from
father, a feeling of sullen resentment
swelled by heart, which must have
found expression in my countenance.
for ‘the old man shook his head as he
looked at me, saying, in quite another
sone of
my
tone:
“I hope you'll try {o be a credit to
it.”
“Father,” =aid I. as we walked down
the steps into the street, “I hate my
name; all the boys laugh and make fun
of 15”
“Never yon tind that, my boy: when
you get this fine house into your hands,
as perhaps you will some day
be your turn to laugh.”
, it will
I was, the idea was a very
g one. . True, my Uncle Doo-
had many relatives as well as
great wealth. but who so likely to
herit the bulk of it as his namesake?
Still, granting this, there were times
when I felt, in t bitterness of my
soul, that I was likely to earn deariy
all I should receive,
I shall never forget n
school. Mr. Bumbleby,
ter, had fiery-red ha
gemper that usually
in-
greeable |
hae
same you alwas
Though 1
comin
|
|
1
He was 1n an unusuaily irritable mood
that morning.
“Hold up your head and speak so I
faltered
can hear
my
A titter ran throu
boys as 1
Turning
brought
shoulders with a force and energy tl
out
nane,
ver
you?’
the r¢
obeyed.
y red,
ittan
made me dance
*1'll teach you!”
he could speak,
y of your low
any
he roared, as 1
the long line of
Mr. Bumbleby
down over my
about very
he cried,
lively.
as soon
111
1at
as
“not to come here with
jokes.”
It was some time before I could con-
vince him that my name was no joke—
which,
Sort
Once
“Doolittle
got your
sti
Ico
of thing?
school.
ye
ie
into m
indeed,
being to me—and then,
ng any re
, muttering
a name as that wouldn't
got any more of that
deserved.”
Bumble!
said,
it was
aret
Ww
1 1
jot
sort of th
with
sis that caunot be put upen paper:
Wrig
1
it vanished from
Then,
mering:
“Hal
"Ss
Knew
ge
i
¥ class,
my
as I stood hesitating and stam-
+
t
+
t
I thought sco!
considerably
auy
188801
I
it?
perfectly bh
every v
very
he
‘more
sarcastic emp
just a
oes
mind.
Take ¥
I'll attend to you presently.”
The
attentio
na,
to, hecame very
than were agreeable.
In
passed.
this wa
v
When I left school,
fact,
tion that he would now give some ear-
so often
notified of
i
but
But
Save
1
np
ever
to repe:
the
AL
iest of the hopes,
realized.
as he made no res
the
my
thus
frequent,
grimiy
schoolboy
Nor did my troubles end here.
far
instead of 1
. he bid me take
“{hat a boy with such
other
suppose
bout
iar
likely
from
ing than
boy
esilige
our
alla
more
1
118
in
you |
the
efore
of
seat.
ded
SO
days
my uncle was duly
with
often
the expecia-
held out,
ponse to this,
expressed
hope, that I would do credit to a name
I hated,
I should
support, I
something
that
and
do
began
Like most young
aud expectations,
HASY
‘
larg
cancy of this kind
fice,
family
JIIOWD,
The
ny
“Sorry,
credentials,
Yer
herth,
salary.
with wi
had
Pres
been
1 applied for it.
ident looked at
and then at me.
SOTTY,
v
with
Having
in an insuran¢
10s8e President my father's
favorably
to
for
my
as it was necessary that
something
cast
should be.
own
about what
men of my calibre
lo
do
and
I wanted some nice
ittle to
a
1eard of a va-
and
young
me,
then
‘2 of-
at
man.
Known your {father a good many years,
also his
whatever of
but.
HY
me?
“No
©
your
Wright! It
your
father before him.
competency.
it covldn’t be thought of.”
ny not?
objectic
I
i
name I
the company,
self.
crative
: partner,
Take my
ni
at
object
would cast
said,
all to ¥
to.
ave ¥
in astonishme
“What possible objection I
ou!
weil-established and
business that wanted
I offered my serv
No doubt
Buit—
nt.
0
It's
Doolittle
discredit
as you can see for
advice and change it.”
But I did not yield the matter thus.
Hearing of
on
your-
Iu-
a work-
with very fair prospects of success,
til forced to. mention my firs
“Doolittle
partner,
“That
senior
versing.
might drop
and tak
e the other.
“Wright!”
with whom
sounds
your first name,
ices, and
un-
name.
exc ay the
I was con-
badly! You
you come info the firm.”
“Then,
which
was Si
added:
“What does T. ¢
“TF wa
Ss in
nothing to co
“Tickellum.”
“Tickellun,
is worse if
more ridiculous,
give
who
such
Glee
say to you is,
>
will
names as
1 by
glanci
ing :
igned D. T.
for it
1
LUT
ily as possible.
I
to do this in
ji
ever felt
anyibix
at
ai
those
the Grand
get rid of
Good morni
1
more
iy
ing a great deal.
cle
would
attac
which
Vol
muac
NO
yd
Ic
I,
gH
ks to
1 be a
after v
1st as di
te cler
with a
to my
take
which
threate:
red
pity,
life,
aid you st
1
all events.
inofiending
ought
Jury.
strong y
and
I suppc
You'll have to,
that is
at my letter to him,
Wright, he
ang for?”
now, a thera was
to go forward.
Why, that
the other—
A nian
io be
All 1
them as s;
sir
child
in-
can
e ed
ine Lingd
say-
But 1 knew my un-
10
after
to fail when th» goal
her attempts,
I accept a sec-
tail
small
g of a come
but I
various ot
in
mortal
strously,
kship
correspo
This was S«
ambitious
was 1
offense at
who was now prostrated by one oi the
he was subje«
be his
end
uring
a small re
ndingly
ething
hopes
it,
an
alia
It
SO
end-
consoled myself with the thought that
uncle's decl
health
angeme
made
nt
it
At this juncture I completed the sum |
{of my tribulations by falling in love.
The object of s, Miss Clara Monta-
and lovely
, if folly it
roperty in
a small
certainly fai
to excuse the fo
had
right, by no
gue, was
enough i
was, She also some p
her means
consideration
So far as could be judged,
the fair Clara,
seemingly
own
10 me.
the attrae-
if not
to be
tion
SO demonst
vy as rutual;
ative,
equally as well pleased.
The reader will re~dily infer that I
did not bring into any marked promi-
nence my luckless name. In fact, she
was in entire ignorance of it, until!
one of my rivals maliciously. alluded
to it, and in a way me with
ridicule.
The next time
10 COYOL
I visited her she re-
ceived me with marked coolness.
When I pressed her for a reason, she
opened fire on me hy declaring “that
she never could marry any one with
such a ridiculous name!
“But you can easily change it.” she
added, in a more gracious tone. “and
if you have the regard for me you have
vou will not hesitate to do
professed.
so.”
I assured
name was as
her: that I was named
the “that my
distasteful! to me as to
or a rich and
3
fair speaker
fo
T
1
ne
aged uncle. who would greatiy dis-
pleased——"
Here Miss Montague
“Yery well, Mr. ittle Wii hi
Doo!
very appropriate >
you will do as you course. But
if you would rather di » me than
your uncle, you needn't take the trou-
ble to call again: I never wili mar-
ry a man with such a ridiculous name.”
Exit Miss
my not very pl
While I was
Montague,
ne point
accordance
» when re-
to see him.
an very low;
more than
“doing some-
my will,
1
| \ spered, as 1
{ bent over
i Bub ue p 1 that he hag:
for himseli
laid down
i
i
, fto
jf that desirable eyent as long as
| possible, he linge: ed nearly six weeks.
{ The samc that centained the
ded the”
Clara oli rgue.
a pill as this was to swal-
ow, I consoled by the thought
that I was now about to be rewarded
for all my trials and mortifications.
When my uncle's wills was opened,
it was found that he had left sums,
varying from one to ten thousand dol-
lars to all his numerous kith and Kin,
leaving a double portion to the very
few “who hadn't bothered him,” as he
expressed it.
To me, "his
{ news of his
mar-
Te
riage of Miss
As bitter
Was
beloved namesake,” he
bequeathed the full-length portrait of
himself that hangs in the library,
knowing that his tender affection for
the original would make him prize it
beyond anything else he could bestow.
If there are any curious to see said
legacy, they will find it in the attic
of my present abode, with its face to
the wall.
I have taken my father's name,
though no one seems to be aware of
the fact, all my acquaintances insist’
ing on calling me by the one I have
borne so long, and which I seem likely
to bear to the end of the chapter—Doo-
little Wright.—New York Weekly.
Plants’ Quest of Sunlight.
Though it has never been proved that
plants have brains, it has been proved
often that thiere is some power within
them whereby they combat evil condi-
tions and what is best for their
| good.
A resident of Castle Valle
a vine that showed ast month
to have, if not a brain, a substitute of
equal value. This vine, a young one,
grew in a clay pot. A stick stcod in
the middle of the spot. and the vine
curled up it. It was about two feet ia
height; in length, it would have raeas-
ured four feet
Usually the vine was placed in a
south window every merning, where it
absorbed all day the benefit of the
sun's rays. It happened, however,
through an oversight, that one afters
noon the shutfer shaded half the win-
and the vine was in the shut-
ter's shadow. A foot away was the
sunlight, warm, glittering, life-giving,
but where the plant stood there was
nothing but gloom.
“Du g the four days tho vino stood
in the shadow with the s cht neap
it, it ¢id something that proved it to
have a faculty akin to intelligence. If
uncurled’ itself from its supporting
living thing
seek
r, Pa, hag
itself
dow
4)
stick. and like a n it
crawled over the window ledge to the
SUIT.
This vine, to be sure, di not uacnrl
itself and crawl with the rapid moves
‘ments of a snake. Its moeoveracais
were, indeed, so slow as to be impor
ceptible. Neverthele doaning about,
it overcame every onstac nd final-
ly it lay basking in the cu n. bi
QOreconian.
Tr 3ir
Pointed Paragraphs,
People read too riuel anc ican tco
little.
it doesz:'t do right Lo iz ant
Treuble sc fails 15 ctll on {he
who
The only use
is to make sor
expects it.
a girl has for a Cudeé
1e ran jealou..
r]ld’s a stage ard niost of
are tie pedestrians.
tell no tales, but it's dif
with the writers of obituaries.
wideawake chap in the bald-
at burlesque shows always
goes to church.—Chi-
nian
All the w
the actors
Dead men
ferent
The
head
ps when he
row
go News.
‘were newly
| wonten about three years
Didn't Use Slang.
Apropos of the slang habit among
American women, this story is told of
one of them.
When Henry M. Stanley and Mrs.
Stanley were last in this country, Mrs.
Stanley, after a dinner party one even-
ing, spoke of the amount of slang used
by American women, whereat one of
the women sitting near her said:
“My dear Mrs. Stanley, you do us
injustice. American women do not
use slang nearly as much as English
women do. Why, if I should use a
word of slang my husband would
jump on me with both feet.”
Mrs. Stanley apparently acquiesced,
but she doubtless was scarcely. con-
vinced.
Tatermelon Luncheons,
termelon luncheons are a popular
diversion that may be commended to
those who wish to give a simple al
fresco entertainment. A pile of choice
melons are gathered and cooled and in-
-itations se nt out: for a gathering of
the neighbo ham-
moeks and camp and lounging chairs
are placed about in the shade, piles of
plate s and forks are sét in some conve-
pient place, where every one can help
3
Wa
1g Clans. Rugs,
himself, while the master of ceremo-
ni ah a long, -sharp knife, carves
melon after melon into big segments
for the jolly crowd. Large baskets are
placed near to receive the'rinds, whic +h
pile up past belief to those who never
participated ih a’ functien of this. sort.
oi : he Economical Bride.
- They wero up the. State and
wed. Part of the bridal
tour included a visit to the Aquarium.
The fish hatchery exhibit interested
the bride; who was of frugal disposi-
tion. After watching the embryo
water denizens in various stages of de-
velopment she said:
+ John, dear, you know we agreed to
raise our own poultry to save expense.
Don’t you think it would be a good
idea to do the same with fishes? Sup-
pose you see the man in charge here
and buy a dozen trout eggs. That will
be enough for a start, and you ean ask
for directions for raising them. We
Fe put a pan of water in the incu-
bator with the eggs. It looks easy and
I'm awfully fond of fisk.”—New York
Press.
from
The Smart Woman’s Bathing Suit,
One swimming suit.
One costume for surf bathing.
Two or more much trimmed suits for
still water frolicking.
One or two highly
bath costumes.
Halt a dozen sunbonnets to match
costunies,
Ditto silk and rubber bathing caps.
A dozen sashes, belts and neckties
of shades to suit. :
Two dozen pairs of silk
work hose,
A choice eollection of hose, in hizh
and low effects, in colors to match
each costume.
Likewise gloves,
The same beach umbrellas.
At least two long bath coats to «lip
en over the scantier get-up.
And once there was a time when a
single blue flannel suit, a big
straw hat and a pair of black stoek-
ings answered for the whole collec-
tion liste ove.
A Washwomen’s Strike. +
The humble washwoman is not gen-
erally considered a fomenter cf dis-
turbance of the peace save as a cause
of profanity when she washes off the
buttons on the underlinen of the male
sex—much less as a starter of strikes.
Nevertheless, because of several wash-
ago a strike
was instituted at Dayton, Ohio, which
cost that city and the hundreds of peo-
ple employed in a big cash register
company located therein over a half
million of dollars. John H. Patterson,
the president of the cash register com-
picturesque sun
and open-
sailor
pany, furnished towels to his em-
ployes and also paid a number of won-
en to wash them. Curiously enough it
was these very employes who were be-
{ng supplied without cost to themselves
of these conveniences who rebeiled at
the washing—the washers being: wom-
en who belonged to no union.
sult was: a strike that lasted some
months.
The re-
A I'anous Woman Painter.
Fraulein Grete Waldan, the first
woman painter to receive an crder
from the German Covernment, who
decorated the hall of "the Cerman
building at the Paris Exposition with
wall paintings, has again been coianiis-
sioned to furnish paintings for the St.
Louis Exposition. She is contributing
to hall of mines and metallurgy four
large paintings, two of them views of
the Brupy plant, the forging of a can-
nou gun and the flattening of plates for
fon cians. cor iAinly no everyday sub-
jects for a woman. She made studies
for them on the spot. The other two
painungs present the celebrated mines
ers in full activity. The contrast be-
tween the winter landscape (portrayed
at ten degrees out of doors), the dark
clouds of smoke and the red glow of
the fire, is said te be admirably rem-
dered.
Another painting by the same artist,
destined for the hall of honor at the
educational building, represents the
famous Berlin thoroughfare “Unter
den Linden,” with the new library, as
it will appear when finished. Itis in-
tended to give an idea of modern Ger-
man architecture. — Philadelphia In-
quirer,
een
To Clean a Summer Gown.
any summer frocks does a
ve up because she is afraid
te in the laundry? She pic-
roses turned into small an-
wrehistie flags, and Ber lace mitts
shrunk into half hose, and her wool
chiffon done into melancholy rags, for
unscientific washing does these cruel
tricks to pretty cloths.
But there is one way of getting deli-
cate things clean without injuring
their texture or losing their color, and
that is by using borax water. Dip all
fine printed lawns, chiffon and laces
first into a pail of cold borax water,
two tablesnoonfuls {0 a. bucket of wa-
ter: leave the lace aud muslin im-
mersed for tem minutes, take the chif-
fon out: almost immediately. Then
rinse thro borax suds having a
shaying. of soap. Never boil
delicate fa L.ast, rinse in two
waters, first warm and then cold.
How m
woman gi
of their ft
tres her
castile
brics.
Do not wring, but let them drip dry
in the .wind, out in the sun. Just be-
fore they are quite dry take them
from the lines and slap in the hands a
few minutes. Press musiins and chif-
fons on the wrong side, but pin lace
onto a clean sheet that has been fas-
tened to the carpet; stretch it tight
while pinning and when dry it will
look like new,
te a
Women’s Strength.
A young mother was boasting the
other day of her baby, her first and
naturally the most wonderful baby in
the world. Among other things she
told of her strength, and remarked
that it was an inheritance from her-
self. She belonged to a family ef
strong bodies and healthy minds ob-
aired through a free outdoor life in
which walking, rowing and swimming
played an important part. “But moth-
er is losing her strength,” she re-
marked, and in further explanation I
cleaned that in the pursuit of a hobby
she had sacrificed a precious gift. She
ras devoted to painting and worked at
it long after she had become conscious
of extreme weariness.
It will not be hard to guess the end.
She will have to give it up when wear-
iness becomes chronic. It might be
avoided by discretion; if she would
rest when she first becomes conscious
of a lack of freshness she might still
Le one of a strong family. But she is
of the thin class driven by the whip of
duty and the fear of not being able to
turn every minute to account. A fig for
that kind of duty. It is a duly to rest,
to enjoy yourself, just as much a duty
as to work or sleep. I believe there are
women who regard sleep as a bit un-
necessary and take as little of it as
possible, but I do not belong
Boston Traveler,
tc the
mumber.—
A net that icately ribbed with
silk is novel.
Such dainty parasols ave csvored
with flowered tulle.
A checked skirt with a little black
taffcta jacket is a good combination.
A net gown flounced with cloth is
one of the fashionable iuncongruities.
Most ¢f the Eton jackets are cut
shorter than those worn ia the winter.
Eleuses of embroidered batiste are
much smarter than those cf thin China
silk.
A new wrinkle in chiffen is a ganzy
fabric with patieras cutlined in drawn
threads.
Ready-riade walkiazx “sk
bar so searce last ycar,
fornd in abundance.
IFull top sleeves s ‘ed to the close
undersleeve with a cap beading: dis-
tinguish a nobby Ponzge ceat.
is ef mic-
are now to bo
A closely Gx: ‘aped bodice, definiag the
lines of wa ud bust, succeeds blouse
effects on ji Tewest gowns,
Tris ycar’s
tsan ase S
formed cof fine ¢
Poke bos
bows
denc
Liv yoke is shallower
and generally
and shirrings
inet tied with big
under the chin, are much in evi-
¢ at smart afternoon gatherings.
Brown is a hot color, and only the
woman to whom nothing else is be-
coming will wear it through the sum-
effects,
of Konigshutte, in Silesia, with smelt-
ser,
THE FROG AS A SENTRY.
How a Fisherman’s Luck Was Spoiled by
a Green Croaker.
A Pennsylvania fisherman has dis-
covered that bullfrogs act as sentries
to fish, and that it is useless to try to
catch bass when a deep voiced, bel-
lowing frog is watching. The hint
comes at a most seasonable time, and
it would be ungenerous not to spread
the information as wid ly as possible.
The keen observer spoke of his experi-
ences along the shores of French
Creek to illustrate. He had gone out
after black bass, had caught ten big
ones. and was in high spirits, when
“suddenly I heard a frog strike up. off
to my left, with a tremendous bellow.
1 looked around. There sut a big
green fellow on a stump. When I
ok at him he turned one of his big
goggle eyes upon me, and I give you
ol word that if that frog didn’t wink
at me, then nobody ever was winked
at. It was just exactly as if he said
to me:
“Oh. I'm onto you?
“I thought I would fish a while Jong-
er, just to test the frog-spying the-
ory. Five minutes passed. Then the
frog let loose again.
“I looked around. sie gave me an-
other wink. I fished for half an hour.
during whieh time the frog croaked
ten times, and I got ©t so much as a
nibble.
* “This settles jt? said.
“T chucked a stone at ‘je froz. It
missed him, but he skedaddled off the
stump and disappearea under the wa-
ter.
“I fished again. In less than two min-
utes I hooked a three-pound bass. 1
landed him, and within a quarter of
an hour I landed three more good ones.
“Then I heard the croak of a frog
again. 1 looked around. “There was
the same impudent old chap on the
stump, and from the way he glared at
me, I knew that he knew I had dis-
covered his little game.
“As long as I let him remain: there
and croak I did not catch a bass ‘or get
took out my
Fifteen minutes after
bassV
a bite. Then 1 revolver
and’ shot him.
that I had three more big
To fishermen this evidence should be
conclusive, and the Lint valuable.—
New York Post.
Got the Wrong Bride.
Before the magistrate of Aliporve,
one Modhu Sudan Daft was
cha wall with having -mpurderously: uas-
saulted Nobogopal Chatterlce, a
matchmaker of the locality.
re-
The eom-
plainant had negotiated the marria
of the accused's son. The bride
shown to the father, an! ample mar-
riage gifts were promised. The mar-
riage was celebrated within sod
doors, and on the fellowing moring the
accused found that an ugly in-
stead of the one shown to him, was. the
real bride.—Allabahad Pioneer.
gir!
The Woman of It.
When Mrs. Pot met Mrs. Kettle the
memory of the little dispute of their
husbands was fresh in their minds.
However, Mrs. Pot got over it grace-
fully, and the other members of the
been nicer
Mrs. Ket-
Mrs, Dot's
pleasure.
club said no one could have
or more thoughtful about it.
tle advanced cordially, took
hand and murmured her
Mrs. Pot cried:
“So glad to see you!
you look! Black, my dear
coming to you!"—dJjudge.
And how weil
is so be-
He Found It,
In one of the ncighboring cities a
family was seated at dinner, when the
doorbell was rung. The servant went
to the door. It was noticed that she
held iong parleying, and it was sur-
mised, consequently, that there was
some element of unceriainty in the in-
terview. On her return, the master of
the house inquired:
Well, Bridget, who was it?”
“It was a gentleman, sir, looking for
the wrong house.”—Philadeiplia Pub-
lie Ledger.
New Crease to the Trousers.
A feature of style said to have been
introduced by the King is te have
the creases in the trous: at the side
and leg seam instead of back and
front. Already a few West End dan-
dies have adopted this plan, Lut as the
effect of this innovation is to prdouce
a thicker appearance to the leg, we do
not anticipate any general adoption of
this fashion.—Tailor and Cutter,
To Circle the Globs on Foot.
Last year Oscar Zeller, of Zcssen,
started en foot from Berlin for a trip
around the world. His plan was to zo
via Mukden, Vladivostok, and Japan
to America. The war frustrated that
plan, and he has now started for Fer-
ng Straits, aiong the northernmost
Siberian telegraph line. His success
{s considered very doubtful.
mens i
A London Husband's Pledge.
A man recently summoned in 8 Lon-
don Police Court by his wife for as-
sault, finally agreed to sign the fol-
lowing document:
"1 promise that I fill never stile my
wife again; never uze’bad language;
always be just; give her all my wages;
and always make hor comfortable.
How Jap Children Write.
The pens used by the childten of
Japan consist of bamboo and Fabbits’
aair. The pen itself is a tiny brush of
hair tied to the end of 2a hamboo stick.
[t doesn’t seem ‘possible that writing
ander such circumstances comid be
good, but Japanese children
‘write very well, indeed.
on
really
Our Fruit Export.
of fruit from the Tr nited
ates in th e fiscal year 20 04% ill ex-
ceed $20,000,000, against 1 en $5.
600, 000 in 1894 and less tos $2,000,000
fn 1884. The growth in the exporta-
tion of fruits from the United States
18 been very rapid during tke
ast
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