Fifty thousand beggnr itraong the
children of Havana alonet That wilt
nut do. Schools unit shops and farms
unit gardens must contort (hunt froiu
their beggary.
Windsor Cnstle In to bo fittod with
elcctrlo lights mid bells of American
manufacture. The I'.iirI inh makers
will doubtless condemn Quoen Victo
ria's course in ordering those im
provements from tlio United States as
iueonsidcrnte mid unpatriotic.
Tlio nvorngo innn has smnll compre
hension of the cost of Apparently littla
things. A railroad otlicinl in a r remit
lccturo ntitcd tli.it it coHt his road
each year about 810110 for pins; 8,"i00(l
for lubber bands; 8"0lU) for ink;
87000 for lend pencils nlso that it
costs nearly ns much for stationery to
cnrry on the business ns for iron.
Springllold, Ohio, has a noble Knn
sinn workiug there nt 81 n day. ' Au
effort was nmde to hnvo him tnkn
11.23 a day, but he refused the ad
vance, saying that ho had enough to
get along on, and thin in itpitoof tlio
fact that he can spenk cloven lan
guages, is a musician and a painter.
Thin shows what edurntion will do to
man, comment the llufl'alo Express.
The burglars who robbed n New
York city dressmaker a few days ago
of goods valued at a thousand dollars
Lad some feeling. The newspaper ac
counts of the burglary noted that it
was the ninth time the plaeo had been
visited by thieves, and that each time
the dressmaker's loss bad been heavy,
nud the statomeut produced a remark
able aud unlocked for result, A few
Lours iater two bundles were received
by her, brought by the city express,
and on opening them she found the
missing goods and an anonymous lot
tor expressing sympathy for her in
her previous losses.
A table iu Science shows that
Canada lea Is all other countries in
the extent of her forests. She pos
sesses 71)9,230,721) acres of forest-covered
laud, as ngniust 4."0,0()0,000 acres
in the United States. ltussia is
creditod with 498,240,000 acres, about
4S, 000, 000 move than tho United
States. Iudia comes noxt with 140,
000,000 acres, (lermany has :14,347,
000 acres, France 33,4135,4.10, aud the
British Islands only 2,(305,000. The
table does not includo Africa or Houth
Amorica, both of which cjn'ain im-Kr--,
- -cr-v.
me n se forests. It may surprise some
randors to learn that tlio percentage of
forest-covered land is larger in several
Europeoa countries, Germany for in
stance, than in the United States.
Tho government's department of
labor has published an interesting
statistical sketch of women's elubs by
Mrs. Ellon M. Uernotiu, president of
the federation of these organizations.
The nnmbor of women's clnbs and
their total membership is flnrprisiugly
large. Mrs. Heruotin states that in
thirty states there wore last year 2110
clubs, with 132,023 members. Now
York takes the leal with 190, followed
by Illiuois with 183, Iowa 181, Ohio
180, Kansas 124, Massachusetts 123,
and Colorado 104. Theso are the
seven leading states in the list, and it
is a little remarkable that four west
ern states should exceed Massachu
setts, which is so largely busied with
reform movements. In addition to
the thirty state federations, with their
2110 clnbs, there are 595 independent
elnba iu the general federation, and
the number is constantly increasing.
The changes in Japan duriug the
past three decades are simply astound
ing. It seems bnt yesterday that
Coinmidore Perry put au end to the
seolnsion of the empire of the Mikn
do. Japan took the right way to de
velop her own power. Unlike China,
she reoognized her inferiority to
western nations. She seut her young
men by the soores to Europe aud
America to be educated; she invited
foreign scholars to teach in her
schools; she put herself under tutel
age, but with the constant determina
tion to graduate from that tutelage as
speedily ai possible. Now ber schol
ars stand on a par with the scholars
of the world. Her school system will
compare with that of the most pro
gressive country. A geueration has
accomplished this, and it is the moBt
marvelous social and political phe
nomenon of modern times. It proves
that ability and progress do not be
long to one favored race; it shows us
what China might do if the counsels
of some reformer like the unfortu
nate Kang might be allowed to con
trol in the oourtof the empire. There
is no fear of Japan's being divided
Isy greedy Europoan powers. On the
contrary, those powers are glad to
'accord to her ber full rights. Here is
the lesson whiok Chiua is slow to
learn, observes the Independent
HOME.
Ah, horns t when all elsewhere Is dreary,
When wn are mnst heartless and wesry,
VYbitt pines lieshle Is halt so cheer,
As liouio, sweat hornet
There Inn'ccnl Riee and rhllillsh prattle
liogiilln the hours with noisy tattle,
1'urguttul halt nf llfn's rnuifh tattle,
Wo are nt rust.
At night, whnn hnmn from work returning
Wn sen ntnr a brl(ht ll'lit liurnlnif.
Id hasto w seek the shortest turning
To home, sweet home.
Where o'er the friitfiil linnnl presMlug,
In him nml fnlth nwl love nlilillim,
Tlio mother hears from Hps i-iuilliiiiig,
The day's exploits.
Ami thus thn moments sit entrancing
Ullilo swift sway, whim some one irinnclng
At the tall clock, sees near nlviumliii(
1 ho iiiUiiiKlit hour.
Anil while the hint nf nk'M Is hrooillriK,
till, whom, liHsMn, coinii il reams so soothing
As now from out our hums nro smoothing
The lines of eari'V
Fancy In ilrenms her flight Is wlnirltiir.
In swrni't low tunes Jov tells seem rliiuirifr,
A pitnlin of pliant nllit wlmls are ulnnlnx
At home, swm-t home.
(M. K. J., In Tim Century,
j MISS RQSEAHHA
j The 11 Clock. J
"Things am In tlio smMIe ami rhlo niau
klml." Miss Itosoanna Meggs lived in a
bouse of her own a very commodious
and comfortable one on the corner of
the principal street of llrambleville.
She had but ono companion, an anti
quated woman called Lizette.
Miss Koseanna's ancestors were
people of quality, nud her house con
tained mitny valunlilo relics indicative
of by-gone grandeur; indeed Lizette
herself was little more than a relic,
for ns she was very old and very doaf
and rother cross tempered, Miss Hose
anna had no excuse for keeping her
except that she had served all hor lifo
in tho Meggs fnmily.
lint tho inanimate heirlooms, the
mahogany table and writing desk, the
chorry clock, the brass candlesticks,
tho pewter pinto and flowing blue
chilis, these were almost as dear as
life itself to Miss Itorianin's hoart.
Especially- was the tall cl ck prized
not only because it was i ol d cherry
and a hundred years old, il a day, but
because of a rumor thot had come
down with it, to wit, that (lonoinl
Washington had sat for a few moments
in a great, great uncle's parlor wliilo
tho tall clock prized, not only because
it was solid had been brought to
llosesnua's home by a m.'i.len aunt
who had grumbled nt. Koseanna's
bonrd and growled at Lor bod duriug
live years of invalidism, nud died nt
Inst, leaving behind a' elenn record for
jiuammbijjfy, but, Uotn farthing in
luouu? only" tho tall cloeK nfld ei)i;e
old clothes by way of comi'cnsatioTi.
The fact Miss Hofteahu.i never com
plaiued or so milch as hinted that her
departed aunt's disposition was not
altogether angelic, is evidence of tho
storo sho sot by tho tall clock.
It is not strango that she wns quitn
overwholmod with sorrow and chag
rin, when, rummaging through a
chest of old tettors ono June day, sho
chanced to find a little slip of paper,
neatly folded and innocent looking as
a school girl's note, but, alas, how
deceiviug are appearances! The note
ran:
"When I am gone (which I am convinnml
Witl't be Iouk. Heeln' I'm glluateit ns I be),
when I'm goue I want the cherry olock Unit
was Uncle Daniel's, nml that lian the honor
ot being ticked In (r. Washington's henrin'.
1 wnnt to go to Karah Mamt IMtklus, aud
noliO'ly elite. An I to this will umt te.itn
mont I hnroliy sot my baiut autl seal umter
heaven this day.
"Jane Ann Megns."
The slip dropped from Kosennnn's
hand, but she did not move or cry.
Through the open wiunofy she felt the
breath of the pleasant Juue breeze
and saw her log cabin and goose chase
and coverlets fluttering on the line,
and wondered in a dazed way, if she
could be identical with the liqht
henrted woman who hung them there
an hour ago.
"Oh, I wonld rather part with any
thing else in the house anything
elsol" she mourned 'at lust. "And
that it should goto Sarah Maud, Sarah
Maud Titkius of all people! If it had
been any of the other cousins "
Koseanna's breast heaved aud she
burst out crying.
Now every neighbor's child iu
Brambleville could have told you that
there had been a feud of many years
standing between the two cousins,
Roseauua Meggs and Sarah Maud,
who marriod a ritkins. But though
everybody knew of the rupture, very
few preteuded to know anything of
the cause, and the stories of those
who made such pretensions were so
.contrary that no one could be be
lieved. Some said thnt Iiopeonuo had con
sidered Lem ri kins beneath the
family dignity, aud quite uutit for ber
first co isin's corapauion; others de
clared that KoHejnua was jealous;
that she had wanted tern l'itkins her
self, that was where the shoe pinched,
while a large faction said that the
whole trouble hal come from Rose
au na having said lu Sarah Maud's
presence that "she would never marry
a man with such a one-sided, sliauihv
pamby gait as Lem Titkius hud,"
whereupou f'atnh Maud had fired like
fuse and goue off iu a rage that had
never cooled siuee,
Bnt whatever the cnuse, the fact of
the feud re named. Seven years hud
passed since the cousins who had
been like sisters iu girlhood -had
passed a pleasant word. Hosenuua
had never seen Sarah Maud's youngest
child, though she was now past three,
and as for the others she barely kuew
them by sight.
She thought bitterly of all this sit
ting there by the old trunk, iu the
light of the fair . June day. She
thought, too, of the martyrdom she
bad endured in csring for Aunt Jane
Ann, and that Sarah Maud, during all
that trying time, hnd never so much
as stirred ber n dish of corn-gruel
that gruel that sho always ordered to
be madn "a little thicknr'n than milk,
but not near so thick as gravy," Hnrali
Maud lind no time for cripple! and
insolent maiden aunts. And now the
precious old clock would slnud in
Snrnh Maud's house! Hilioly this wns
the tinkinilnst cut of fortuno's lush
that lloseantm bad ever felt.
Hut after nil what use was there in
fussing nud fretting! 'J hero lay tho
"will mid testament," nml downstairs
iu n jog iu the hall where it fitted so
nicely Btood thn old clock. There
wns only ono course open t'i n woman
nf honor. Itoscninin asked herself, in
bitter scorn, if she, Itoseiinna Meggs,
wns possessed either of honor or com
mon sense? Then, summoning nil
her dignity, sho closed tho old trunk
with a bang, nml walked with stntely
ineasuied steps down thn stairs nud
through thn dim hall, llnrdlv plane
iug in thn direction of the old clock,
she opened thn mnliognny writingdesk
and penned a short, curt note. In
cold, clear-cut Kiiglish, without au
unnecessary word, she explained tho
situation to ber cousin. 'I'his done,
sho put on her gnrden h t and went
out to find the man who md odd jobs
for tho villiwnrs of Jtrnmbloville. He
came in less than an hour, mid tho old
clock, together with the noto, wns
then sent to Sarah Maud l'itkins.
lti sennna's fortitude wns admirable
during the carrying out and packing
of her treasurebut when the wngon
wns well nut of sight she broke down
utterly.nud dropping into a chair cried
her heart out, with tho soft breeze
funning shock mid brow and catching
gently nt tho fold of ber print dress.
Old Liznttn, understanding nothing,
grow neni ly distracted nt her mistress'
grief. Her own troubles were quite
forgotten for the tinio those frightful
grievances that she never wonried of
conjuring.
"Hakes alive, mum, don't Inko on
so-t You'll be sick, sure ns can be.
Sakes nlivo, don't please, mum, fur my
snke, don't!" she kept repenting,
while she inarched hack mid forth,
like a sou try, before ltoseauua's
chair.
Iloseaniin's sleep wns troubled and
nnrofreshing that night. Her bend
ached wildly.nnd whun nt Inst sho fell
into n honvy drowse, a bevy of tall
(docks c.iini) marching nronnd her bed
nnd bo mn screwing up their faces and
talking mnong themselves in thin,
ticktockety voioes,
"She's worso thnn Ani on with bis
golden inlf about that cherry clock.
Why, she'd sell her soul for it nud n
Methodist, too! Now, if the old
thing had boon handsome like me
there would have been sumo excuse,"
n pompous old clock was saying when
lioscafiiia ; wpkj? with a start and found
it ns iiroud day. ,
Having overslept so Ion' it wns
quite Into when she brenkfusted, aud
the dishes woro not all cleared nwny
whou some one drove up to thb front
gate, lioHcnnnn's eyes were so lilurrod
mid weak from weeping that she could
sou but indistinctly, but she was not
for a moment puzzled; tho man
shambling out of the wngon was no
other than Lem l'itkins nobody else
in Christendom over w alked with such
a graceless gait and the woman he
was helping out must bo Sarah Maud.
In ber flurry liosoanua did not notice
something long like a cotlin covered
with a bluukot in the back of the
spring wagon. A moment aud Saruli
Maud knocked at the door, ltose
anna's heart leaped and thumped
wildly, but she matiagod to reach the
door; Sarah Maud stood before her.
"How do yoftt do, ltosennnn?" Bhe
asked thrusting forward her hand as
if she was uucertaiu about its being
clnsped. Hut it was, though weakly.
"How do you do?" ltoscauua re
turned. "I got your note and tho clock yes
terday," Sarah Maud bean. Her
voice was strained, and she was rather
out of breath. "And I thought we'd
drive right over this morning and tell
you that I don't feel rijlit iu keepin'
the old clock, and so we've brought it
back. You took care of Aunt Jane
Ann, and you ought to have it. It
was just oue of her mean freaks a
writiu' that note,"
Sarah Maud paused. Iloseanun
stood dumb like a sheep before her
shearers. Her face was bloodless and
her eyes ditu aud (Wed. Then she
made a rush forward and fell weeping
on Sarah Maud's neck,
Aud iu that hour the hateful breach
was healed forever. Waveiley.
AHIgnt0! fond ot HhIiIph.
Contrary to popular belief, no alli
gator will attack a man of his own
volition either iu tho water or out i f
it. It is, however, passiouatoly fond
of pigs, dogs and bubies, particularly
black bubies. All the loss of human
life from all:gatora in Lousiaua has
been confined to negro infauts. The
saurian is a nuetimes trapped by tying
a dog to a tree near the bank of a lake
at night. The howls of the animal,
which knows very well the perilous
duty it is on, will bring an alligator
one of the water inside of an hour.
It is theu surrounded by men with
torches, peppered with muskets loaded
with buckshot and finally beaten to
death with clubs aud axes. Not in
frequently a brokeu leg or two results
from the (luil-like blows of its mijhty
tail, A good mauy alligntors are
killed in the latter part of lebrunry
when they are just breaking from tho
mudhaiiks in which they have bsen
incased all the winter. At this tiino
tney are stiff, not more than half
awake, almost wholly blind aud could
not damage child. New York Bun,
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NEW YORK
E Designs For Costumes That Havo Do
ff como Popular in
New Yontc Citt (Special). Few
materials are so generally satisfactory
lor inn wentuer wear as in cashmere
in its various colors. The charming
nttie gown shown in the illustration
amply exemplifies the fact, and is ad
mirably suitod to both dark and light
tones, although the modol is pale bluo
banded with ribbon of the same
shade. The skirt, whlnb is straight,
falls iu graceful folds and is finished
with a deep hem. Tho waist, while
simple and childish, is rendered dressy
by tho bertha, which, inthisinstanoe,
is white like the guiuipo, and made
of fine needlework. The lining fits
snugly and closes together with the
bodice proper at the oenter back. As
shown the guiinpe is made of tucked
material, but any plain, white goods,
such as nainsook or Persian la.vn, can
be substitnted if preferred. At the
waist is a belt of the ribbon with ro
settes made from a narrower width.
To make this gown for a girl of six
years two and one-half yards of ma
terial thirty-Bix inches wide will be
requirod.
Jacket That Matches tiklrt.
Stylish tailor-finished jaokets that
match the skirt are made in this stylo
of broadcloth, vionna, black and col
ored cheviots, handsome ooverts and
the latest weaves in French camel's
bair serge. In the large engraving
gray cheviot is illustrated with oollar,
lapels and pocket-laps of velvet iu a
very dark shade. The black is ren
dered close fitting with the usual
seams and the frouts may be finished
in box style or be fitted with single
bnst darts. The fronts lap in slightly
double-breasted style, round flat crys
tal buttons effect iug the closing. The
lower ontliue, which displays the dip
effeot now fashionable, curves slight
ly over the hips, and the backs have
flatly pressed coat plaits at the
side and lap at the termination of
the oenter-baok seam. Pockets are in
serted on each front, the openings be
ing oovefod with square laps. Above
the olosiug the fronts reverse in pret
tily ronnded lapels that meet the roll
ing collar in uneven notches. The
stylish eoat sleeves are shaped with
under and upper portions which may
have the fulness taken np in four- short
darts or be gathered, if so preferred.
The buttons may be omitted and the
jacket finished with a fly closing, and
the collar lapels and pocket laps may
be of the material, strictly tailor fin
ished with machine stitching. Sept
rate jackets in this style may be of
fawn, tan, brown, blue or black elotb,
oheviot, kersey or melton, braid or
straps of cloth giving fashionable
completion when a more ornamental
effect is desired.
To make this jaoket for a lady ot
meeftum shce will require one and one
half yards of fifty-four -inch material.
Morning Jackets,
Soft silks, soft woolens, and even
eotton crepe oloths make vr gttr ac
tive morning jacksts.
A CTIABMINO UTTLB OOWST,
LADIES' JACKET.
FAgro,
tho Metropolis.
When expense Is no objoct, the pet
ticoat, or skirt, and jacket of figured
or flowered silk trimmed with nifties
of lace Is a delightful costume; but it
takes many yards of silk to make the
requisite number of rulllcs on the
skirt, and it takes a grcnt ninny yards
of Inoo to trim both jnckot and skirt
aceording to the correct stylo; conse
quently most women find it hotter and
much loss expensive to have simply
pretty morning jacket.
A good model is the one that fits
light in tho back, lias a balf-fllling
lining in the front, the front of the
innkot loose from the shoulders, lied
in with a ribbon bolt thnt sturts from
the sldo scams; the sleeves, medium
size, finished at the wrist with lace
ruflles; the collar a high one with a
Inee tio in the front.
This can be bad in any color or In
any Material, is exceedingly pretty in
dotted Swlrs, or even in some less ex
pensive cotton material, wbllo in silk
with Insertions of lace it is very smart
and attractive.
Hysit tinlpara an Autumn Panry.
A fancy of the antumn Is dyed gni
pnre, and a most comfortable sort
of gown it mnkes for out-of-door gath
erings. It is niado ovor taffetas of
contrasting lone. Lavender blue linen
is anothor novolty which at this sea
son is being used a greot deal. A
linen drcss,a!wnys looks well for morn
ing wear, although some of them are
quite dressy affairs. Ono which lias
a short bolero has rounded lapels fast
ened with a chonx of black satin. En
crustations of guipurn and pipings of
inousseline de soiemade a gownof con
siderable cfloct.
Tfew Neckwffnr.
It is said that velvet stocks are to
be revived for the coming winter, and
that velvet ribbon will be used exteu-
sively for trimming gowns. The long
scarfs of tnllo or chiffon are retaining
their popularity and increasing their
length. Laoo and net fichus and
jabots are reappearing, and the fashion
will probably grow, as the Empire
mode of dross seems to hold its own.
Skirt nf Flanred Lawn.
This stylish skirt of figured lawn
is made without a lining, and simply
worn over a white or oolored petticoat
of taffeta, lawn or nearsilk. It may
be trimmed with foot ruffles or decor
ated in any desired way. The skirt
has smooth (rout and side gores that
flare stylishly at the foot, the fnlness
of the straight back breadth being
collected closely in gathers at the top,
from where it falls in graceful folds
to the lower edge where it measures
three and threo-quarter yards in the
medinm sizes. For drop skirts of thin
silk or foulard, this style is appro
priate, soft ruchings of monsseline de
soie, frillings of ribbon or bands of
insertion forming effective decoration.
Lawn, dimity, grenadine, maaras,
percale, sateen, gingham and other
WOMAN'S SKIBT.
thin or washable fabrics will develop
satisfactorily by the mode.
To make this fklrt in the medium
AIM
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NUTS A3 FOOD.
The Use nf Them for Culinary pnrpnaet In
Smile foreign Connlrles.
We have little idea in this country
to what a considerable extent the nut
is nsod for food in a few foreign
lands. Our consuls have been send
ing information on this subject from
fnr mid wide, and the facts here given
are condensed from a number of these
reports. We nre trying to teach for
eign nations thnt Indian corn is an
excellent article of food, but most of
thn I'.nropenu peasantry still believe
thnt mnir.e is fit only lo fatten hogs
and foed cattle. Many of these uame
persons sit down to a ilish of steamed
chestnuts with much relish and are
content If they have nothing else,
which shows that tastes differ.
Throughout the centra of France,
from tho liny of lliscny to Switzerland,
there nre largo pln-ilntions and almost
forests of chestnut trees. The nnts
are very large, resemble the American
horse chestnut, and are extensively
eaten by tho pensuntry and animals.
In tho fall and winter the poor often
make two meals a day on chestnuts.
They are steamed nnd enten with salt
or milk, and physicians say they are
wholesome, hearty, nutritious and fat
tening. In some pnrts of France wal
nuts n No nre n regular Article of die
iiui iney are losing ground as a
article of food, because of their co
parative scarcity. Walnuts are sis'
used to mnke oil, and the convicts
some prisons nre employed crncki
tlio nuts and picking out the kern
from which the oil is exiu-ossed.
Almonds grow well in the midil
and southorn parts of France, an
while the shell is soft, green aud ten
dor, the nut is sold largely as a table
ni tide. The ment is white and creamy.
Hazelnuts are always high priced and
nre a luxury. The peanut is rarely
oaten in France, though the taste for
it is growing. It is imported iu enor
mous quantity for its oil, A few years
ago there wns a good deal of talk
about the merits of bread made of
peanut flour, and it was thoroughly
tested in the (ierman army, where for
a little while it was a part of the ra
tion issued to a number of regiments.
It wns declared to be a too highly con
centrated nud an irritating sort of
food, and the soldiers didn't like it.
The use of pennut flour was accord
ingly discontinued.
In Italy almonds are eateu while
green or soft as dessert by the well-
to-do, but the poor cannot anordfjejsr
them. Chestnuts are the only nutsV I
that enter into the regular diet of the
peoplo. Almonds, filberts and wal
nuts aro more of a luxury and are
served as dessert or with wine at so
cial gntherings.
Tho chestnut nlmost takes the place
in ('urea that the potato occupies in
the Western world. It is used raw,
boiled, ronsted, cooked with meat
aud in other ways. In Syria nuts are
not a pnrt of the regnlnr diet, but en
ter intothe composition of some popn
Inr native dishes. "Nuts in this coun
try," writes our consul nt Alexandria,
"may be classed as a luxury, for use
as a dessert and for consumption by
the natives at night just before goiug
to bed."
WHY THE BULLDOG IS LIKED.
He la (innil Companion anil 14 Loyal to
the Death.
A real lover of dogs is apt to have a
preference as to type, but he is apt
to be fond of all good dogs, no matter
what the class of special purposes in
the world. The dog lover is very like
in this regard the truly gallant man
ho may prefer blue eyes and fair hair
or the opposite, but bis heart goes
out to all women who are good be
cause they are women nnd because
they are good. To the uninitiated an
affection for a bulldog is strange,
for a bnlldog is not symmet
rical, is not graceful and sometimes
appears to lack intelligence About
bis intelligence, however, ths e is
more than one opinion; about his af
fection and bis loyalty there can be
no doubt whatever. His affection
knows neither hesitation, wavering
nor change, and he is a rare comrade.
Ue is not noisy, he is not nervous,
and he is not given to demonstration.
He fills the requirements that Emer
sou formulated ns to perfect compan
ionship. He does not need to spenk
to show his sympathy. He can tell
you what he wishes to say with bis lit
tle eyes, and he can be eloquent with
bis stumpy tail. This kind of a com
panion is not such as commends him
self to all persons, for there are those
in the world who like chatterers and
consider the unending small talk of
the drawing room the highest and
most pleasurable expression of human
wit. For such as these the bulldog
is not likely to have the greatest at
tractions. Let such have a frolicsome
do? or a kitten that will chase its tail.
But the bnlldog is a good companion
for a quiet man of a thoughtful and
philosophic cast of mind. The bull
dog w ill not distnrb the musings, the
bulldog will not say the wrong thing
at a time when silence is precious, for
the bnlldog rarely speaks. When he
does he is short, tboush not sharp, in
the communications and very much to
the purpose. The Criteriou.
i'mpernr I'peet the Plane.
Kaiser Wilhelm's restlessness has
brought about the retirement in dis
grace of the chief magistrate of the
Metz district. When the Kaiser
visited Met lately a programme w se
al ranged according to which be was
to be eutertniued at luuch at a certain
hour and was then to make a trinmphal
progress through a number of villages,
where school childien au 1 societies of
all kinds were to be arrayed ou either
side to greet him. The Kaiser in
sisted on getting np from luuch sn
hour before the sppoiuted time, whioh
upset the arrangements, so that he
found the streets deserted on bis
journey. The magistrate had to pay
for the tiixle.
size will require five yards ot thirty
sii -inch material.
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