Astrononior lira busily searching for another world. Ami yet thin one seems lo ln mora llinii pooplo cnu readily liundlo. Singing I' mow r niinondod ns n euro for disease. Thorn nrn diseases and diseases. Anil, naturally, thore U 101110 singing nml ntlinr elngiug. It in proposed lo establish ('liinoso commercial schools in I'.tiglnml which would lio assisted by tho government, ami which would train young mnii lor suivlco in tlio Chlnoso export trade. Two million ton of sugar nra run- iinioil niitiiinlly in this country, whiln tlio pnliro product lint ynnr From nil tli n sources under tlin rontrol of tlio I ii it -it Stales, including piiiip, limit, maple nml sorghum, nun barely one 11 1 i 1 1 11 tons. One of tlio natural riiiioBit ipn of tlio Ithiiio llm liimfmilwi'K full in to to 1 10 turned to eoiniiiprciiil n n liy t ho erection on it of n tiirlitu )tiin t i'n;ui lilo of producing thirty thousand hoi nepouer nt low wnlnr. Thus ma terialism is Inking tlio ptneo of senti ment in tlio show places of tlio Old World ni well ni on this rontinoiit. Prpsiilont Harper of Chicago nnivor h i t y, in n recent nddrois, hns Hokim with grout frntiluicss about tlio pros pect if ciiloni'B for wliirli college eournes bio especially dotiip;iied. Ho mid tlio "learned professions" nrn now four in niiinlior, Podugngy bi'iiig lulled to I.nw, Medicine ami liviuity. Ho insisted Hint all four of tlimu nro now overcrowded to tlio starvation point. Thoro nro fow hits of news more satisfactory tlinn tliut tlio iHlnud of Iry Tortugns, with its mighty for ti'onn. linn boon transferred to tlio navy, mid and will Iioiir-ufoi th norvo ns a fort i Hod nnviil bnso nnd coaling nta lion, I oniui kn tlio Now York Tribune. It in tlio first such station cvor pos sessed by tlio I'nitod Htiiton, nml it is pint wlinro such n ono is most uoailod. It will bo n veritable ". lilirullnr of tlio Gulf" for tlio protection of our south ern const, tlio guardianship of our C'nribbpnu possessions nml sentinol skip ovor tlio eastern approuphos to the cniml Hint in to be. . Wo miluto tlio flag upon Fort Jeller-ion Long niny it wave ! Tlio dcnlors iu nutoinohilos rooiii to linve overlooked a iinoful point iu no'; advertising moro copiounly tlio special adaptability of thoir machines for Sunday uso. The grout objoction of the more scrupulous Sabbath-keepers to permitting folks to take their car ringos out on Sunday hns been thnt it make too much work for servants and horses. This in a fairly sound objec tion, for the desire to mnke Hnudny, ' as far ns possible, a day of rent for all hands has a great donl to recommend it, But an automobilo, especially the sort that the ownor himself guides, need make hardly any Sunday work in the stable, states K. S. Martin, iu Ilnrper's Weekly. At o pinch it can even stand unwashed until Monday raorniug. Neither coachman nor groom is noeded to tnke it out, or even wait at home until it comes back. It is the ideal Suuduy vehicle, beating even the bicycle, sinco its use is neither so laborious as to impair due Sunday rest nor incompatible with Sunday clothes. ' The Water Valley (Mo.) Itemizer, and its former editor, the Rev. It. r. Gibbs, a Methodist clergyman, now dead, have been the cause of odd libel and newspaper litigation. In the se vere winter of 189S the Itemizer pub lished articles written by its minister editor, alleging that there was con siderable suffering among the men and women employes of cortaiu cotton mills in Water Valley, due to the ex cessive severity of the season, and re flecting on the treatment of the em ployes. The company got an iujuno tion restraining the further publica tion of such articles. SubaequeuUto the granting of the injunction the minister-editor died. The injunction, when heard on its merits, was dis solved; bnt the widow, who by that time became a party to the snit, for tome reason appealed. The supreme court affirmed the dissolution of the injunction ou tha grounds that an in juni Hon could not be made perpetual against a man deceased, that a pub lisher conld not be restrained from publishing; such a man's articles, and finally that the articles were not libel loun anyway. Now the widow has brought damage suit against the president of the company, alleging that her husbaud, the editor, came by bis death from injuries inflicted ou him by the defendant in a street en counter, and from the humiliation and wo:iy consequent on thnt enco"uuter, which was brought about by tha arti cles published in tha Iteinizor. A BONOOF LIFE, Whnt are the lilies ot love Hint I tiring to you Whnt nil tlin tnusto ot sours Hint I sing to you r Withering -dying! Tim souk nml llm sighing Am passing nwny A In tlin linnvnna of gray Tim stnrm-nloiids nro flying. And llfn (hut somns 1 1 In Is not llfn, dear, nlwnyl llnre Is the swont lirnnth of spring-winds fiir-MowlMR tlnlo llm hnrvimi llm urniil of tho sowing! Hut nflor llm ynnrs, In Ihn vnllny of tours Whom tlin sorrowful ufay In thn hiipn o' tlin rtny , f'nliit thn linrvnnt nniinnrsi Anil llfn Hint snuins life Is not life, doitr, niwnyi The tnnrs thnt I wnnp, nn.l Hie prnynrs Hint i irny in yrm The snmiinnt of wonts Hint I slii-ttint I sny to you Hltflilnu nml sIiikIiir 'I lin tnnilnr nrnis i'llnlntf, H'mll llinsn, ilnnr, di-lny 'I'lin limit lirows nml Him grsy Of Mffl'S twIllL'llt. KlVlft-WlllUII.I? Ah, llfn thnt siioiiit llfn Is nut lift', ilnnr, niwnyi Hut I know, Willi this sky o' thosprliiKtl no nhovn von. It Is llfn fur una br-ntit Ifiil momniit to love V"ll I A lllii that still IiIokkvI With ti'tiilnr nnrnsMMs; 'ritrit llglitfins thn iluy IIIiIps tlin tliorn-wrniit Ii nwny 'Ni'iith thn uolil of voiir Irnmiosl Ami lnvii that Is lovu It Is lovn, dnar, iiiwuyi Prnnk Ii. filaiitoii, g AUNT liOSK'S SKUKKT. 0000000000.0300300000000000 1KLVATj h K Y roHo, fiiiioiin, bin ryobrowa o o n t r a o t o d, bin in out Ii drawn. "I toll you thin inni-ringo shall not tnko place," be said. "And I swear it shall!" oriod Andro, with only a nbndo loss of determination in bis fuco and Toico. l!ut tho old man pnid no attention lo bin son's wordn, and continued: "In In tlio most outrngooua thing I ever heard of. A boy whoso educa tion has boon what yours has, upon whom no oxpnnso bus boon npiirnd, who for tttenly yonrs has lieou my ciiiiHlunt tlioimlit, to ho utterly luck ing in ovory feeling of grntitudo. Just at tlio very moiuoiit when I bnvo nindo pliiim for your future you nu nouueo to mo that you intend to marry tho girl of your olioieol And what n choicol A girl without a pminy!" "lint you do not boliovo money to bo tho only coiiHidnration iu miirriugo, do you?" said Andro, striving to bo calm. "It noemfl to mo that happi ness enters in somewhere, nml if I can bo happy with no ono but Noo mio " M. Delvnlloy burst into a loud, ex asperating laugh. "Thnt is too good I lie can bo happy with no ono bnt Nocmio; a porson of whose existence ho was ignoraut mouth bofore lust I" "Hut father " "Enough!" The tone in wlnoii thin word was pronounced oonviucod Andre that bis father's daoisiou was inflexible. lio was aoonstomod to bow to tho will of a despotic father, just as he had scoii his mother yield until her death. In his childhood ho and bis mother bad been companions, and ofton togother they had bent their heads to tho fury of a storm aroused by sorao alight or irregular domostio occurrence. Not that M. Dolvalloy was a bud man. He was quiok-temperod, but usually reponted his outbursts and tried to make nmonds when he saw the effect of his harsh words. Before ho was very old Andro had seon that the family life of his father and mother was not a happy one, though he did not know to what to attribnte the state of affairs. Since bis mother's death be had simply given in to his father wheu any question of disagree ment had come between them, and un til now they had lived comfortably together. The next day Andre returned to the charge. "I believe if you know what an un happy night I passed, father " "Enough, I say!" cried tho old mau, not allowing him to complete his aentenoe. I tell you I will never give my consent to the marriage. A girl without a penny!" "I would not ask for your consent at all if she had not refused to marry me without it!" exclaimed Andre, hotly. "Ob, you would notl" M. Delvalley laughed. "And pray, where would you live and what would you do to support your wife?" "I could find something," replied the young man, in a tone which made bis father say, more gently than he had yet spoken: "I am oonvinoed that this girl and her relatione are after your fortune. You met them at summer hotel. They found out who you were and thought you would be a good 'catch,' and have proceeded to catch you." "If you would only listeu to me, father, I could oonvince you of Noe juie's sincerity." Without replying to his son 51. Del valley went on: "As you can't take euro of yourself, I must take care of you. Where do these Darauds live?" "No. 27 Hue Nollet." "Rue Nollet! And you say they are not after your money!" M. Del valley said, as be left his sou. He re turned in a few raomeuts, a paper in his hand, from which he read iu a loud voice: "Mine, Durand, 27 Rue Nollet: I formally refuse my consent to the marriage of my sou Audre and your daughter, nud inform you that iWhe event takes place I shall absolutely disinherit my ton. Delvalhy." Ito rung tho bell and a sorvant ap peared, "Send thia tologrnm nt onoo," ha saui. Andrn made a move to follow tha servant from thn room, but nftnr n glmino at bis father rnst.rnitiod him self. Tha old man wnitnd until tlio sorvant hnd bad timn to Inavo the house nnd then rntirod to his study, leaving Andro alone. Thn nnhniipy jonna man sat think ing of bis misery for somn time. Tha words of Noomio spoked thn niuht bo fore name back to him; aim had been so full of poiilldcnco, whiloba was doubtful enough of his father's ap proval. "Whnn he knows how much we love each other he will cousont," slio unn said. "Hut if be refuses?" Andro bad asked. "Then it must bo good by for ns, lipcnuso I can never lot you ruin your self for mo." And in spite of plnnd ings and arguments bIio had romnitiod f 1 r in. "Poor N'omnio," lie thought. "How will slio feel wheu sho rends the tolo ftrn in ? And her Aunt llosp, who con sidered tlio limrriiiL'o already mndn. Klio iihoiI to tell us when wo feared lo tell father Hint wo had no cnusn to worry; Hint, everything . would porno out as wo wnntnil it; Hint nlin hnd a iiin;;io clinrni which hIiii could apply. If necessary, at thn lust minute, ami that chnriu n secret. Whnt will she say now? Why not go and find mil nml givo her a nhniinn to try it?" An dro sprang up, seized bis lint and run from the house. 'Vi!ll,"snid Noomlc, "whntnows?" Slio had nut yet received tho tula gram. "Tlio very worst, "said Audio. "He refuses and threatens to disinherit me. lint, ilenront, you will mnrry me anyway. I cim II ml something to do, and wo will nt least havo each other." IHoeiuio wns vorv mueli in love, and her good resolutions began to waver before the strength of her lovor's do- sire. They wore talking despondent ly wlion tho door opened ami a tirottv elderly woman onterod the room. ' JJeur mo, bow unhappy von look I'' Bhe said. "What in tlio mnttor?" ".M. Uolvalley has refusod bia con- sent," said Noemie. "Indood! Woll, it would bo funny if it woro not bo nnd." "Aunt Ituso, bow can you?" mur mured Noemio. "It i rather furious, mmliimo." said Andro. "Ho has sent a tulogruiu. bur, it lins not coma yet. lint Htill Aunt Jioso smiled. "Stay hero until I oome back. An dro! I am going to try my littlo fuiry clinrm ns a last resort." All attoruoon tho two young noonlo nut disconsolately together, waiting for tho telegram ami for Aunt itoso. What had becomo of bis father's dis patch? Andre could not imngiun. At Inst, long after tho time it should havo como, tho maid entered with tho for midublo envelope Noomio took it and was about to opou it when Andre said: "Tonr it up without reading it. Wo know what it says." "I want to aco how it looks." re plied Noemio. As she read a wave of color swont across her face. "Andre," sho cried, "thore is aome mistake. Listen to this: " 'I have the honor to ask the hand of i Mile. Noomio Durand for my son Andre. I will call at your conveni ence. Respectfully. M,DEI.VAl,Mr,Y.,H "Is it possiblo that Aunt Rose was successful?" oriod Audre, beside him self with joy. "It must be that. Rut what means did she employ? What is her secret?" It was a long time before thevfouud out, and thon Andre overheard a con versation not meaut for her ears. "I was right, was I not. to keeomv faith in your good heart, and to inter cept that fitst dispatch before I went to see you?" asked Aunt Rose, in a voice that Andre had never heard ber make so tender and soft in tone. "Ah, Rose!" responded M. Delval ley in a voioe stranger still to the listener, "how could I know that the girl of Andre's choiee was yonr nieoe? To tuinK that I was about to separate them, as your father separated us, be cause I was thon poor that they would have suflered all that I suffered in giving you up, and in thinking of you all these years! And now that we are united at last, you will not re fuse" but suddenly Andre realized that he was listening and crept softly away. Wlmt nis Lea Was Good For. It will be remembered that shortly before the outbreak of the Boer war Sir George White met with an aocldent to hia leg. He had by no means re covered when hostilities were in sight, and Lord Wolseley told him that he feared that his temporary lameness must be a reason for keeping him at home. But Sir George White, who was lunching with bia chief at the United Service Club, had an answer ready which clinched the matter. "I beg your pardon, air," he anawered; "my log is well enough for anything except rnnniug away!" Sir George atnrted for Natal' by tho next steamer. Main ly About People. Map ot Franca Mads or Jwelt. The Czar baa preaeuted to the Freuoh Government a map of Franoe composed of a mosaic ot precions stones. The map is a metre long and a metre broad, framed in slate colored jasper. The sea is represented by light gray marble, the departments are in jasper of various colors, nnd 106 oities and towns are iudicated by gems set in gold. Paris is represented by a diamond, Havre by an emerald, Ronou by a sap phire and Nantes by a beryl. The uames of the cities are inlaid in gold aud tha rivers traced in platinum. s THH EQ1T& Nr.w Yon Oitt (Hpenial), It lara marked that the children's clothing to docldodly dressy. Frooka in their waist ornnmontntion nro very ornate. Little girls' dronsna aro not gener ally ont with skirts in shape. This is done only when tho nkirt in ontirely pleated iu narrow, lingorio pleats, which are stitched down about one third of the skirt, and then allowodto full looso, giving tho necossnry ful ness to the lower pnrt. Drosses ore shorter than they woro Inst season. Thero has been soruo attompt made to introduce trimmings at tho extrcino edgo of the skirt, but FOR BRIDES AND it baa not been generally adopted. The deep hem or frill, with the trim ming in the skirt above it still ob tains. Designers have at last suc ceeded in produoing a pattern for a eircular-out akirt in frock or coat that does not sag in the seams or hang un evenly. This model is universally shown. In cotton frocks seams are connect ed with insertion by lines of veining. These strifes of insertion extend in some models to the extreme edge of the hem. In othera they terminate where the additional oiroular ia at tached. The Eton or bolero effect ia noted quite as often for children as for "grown-ups," not only iu woolen frooks, but in cotton ones also. Frocks For Waddings. Decided originality is shown by many of the frooks now iu preparation for weddings. The first one shown in the large out, reproduced from the New York Evening Sun, is a wedding gown in white aatiu. Ita long tnnio, reaching clear to the skirt hem, is cut into aeriea ot deep pointa finished all aronnd with frill unon frill in whita chiffon. A frilled and kilted under skirt in chiffon ia revealed by the tanio'e pointa. The eorsago eouaists of an anderbiouse in kilted chiffon with a bolero of tha satin edired with a chiffon frill. All-lace wedding gowns will be popu lar. Here ia one fashioned in fetch ins war that oan acaroelv be imnrovail npon aa a model for thia aort of frock in thia aort ot material. Ita founda tion, of course, ia white aatin, over whioh ia draped the lace. Iu thia ease, the laee is Brussels ot the finest pattern. Au adding of I ehiffoa frills FHOCK FOn A ( II 1 1, 1). A t0 Of FASHION- round tho court train la effontivo. Chiffon frills also trim the corsage at throat and tho slonvna nt wrist. Across the drnpnd front of the norsngo runs a garland of orange blossoms. The quaint lonnh Imparted by tho flohn seems to be In high favor for hridnmnld gowns. Hero, for Instnnon, is such a frock in white Liberty satin, with yoke in white silk guipure and a (lohu in white chimin frilled all round. At thn waist is a broad snsh with long frilled ends in lily greon chimin. Another model for a bridmnnid'a gown hns its flnhn In whito chiffon also, but edgnd with la.ie. Soft white sntiu la tho material of tMs frock, tho skirt of which tins a dopp shaped flounno edged with chimin frills nml bonded by several bunds of white laco insertions. The no-collar vngun npprnra in n third bridemnid frock model. This also displnys tho bolero, without wliioli so few costumes of whatever sort nro Been nowadays. Tho bolero is cream colored guipiirn embroidered iu dead gold; the under -blouse, which, finished with tho llmist of frills at tho throat, does away with tho necessity of a col lar, is iu kilted lily given crepe do (rhino. A I'rrltjF WhIi Frock. A pretty littlo wash frock for n littlo girl is striped watermelon pink and white, each stripe having a littlo figure upon it, Stripes lend them selves prettily to trim miners. This has a pleated riillbi around tho skirt, ploated so Hint the red stripo comes together solidly at intervals. Tho waist is pleated baok and front so that tho red is again together, and the snme effent is given in tlioshort piifTod sleeves, lhoro is a lace insertion let in nt all tho senilis of Hie skirt of this little frock, at the head of the pleated rullla.and it outlines the pleats in the front nnd back of the waist. Thin is mado to wear with a guiinpe. Bull Fnr l.llllc (!lrl. Many littlo girls' nuits aro mado with Eton jackets and skirts like those of their nldors. They are made mm mm BItlDEMAIDS. cbiofly in the heavy wash materials, tha linena, ducks and piques, and have plain little straight waiata of heavy white wash materials. A Havlval Id OIotcs. Elbow sleeves have brought a re vival of the becoming long mousque taire gloves. Mad of Flowarad Org-andla. The big sister's summer wardrobe will contain a sonbonnet, which sho will wear while participating in the most ancient and royal game of golf. It is a dainty affair, made of flowered organdie, beruttted and beribbonei, and the belle will indeed present a charming picture when she sailies forth in oue of these elegant and elaborate editiona of tho homely gingham and calico niototvna ct clden timaa. m s VVN TH aOMMEB OIBL'a BCMDPXXET. M;?, JOSH SIMPKIN3 ON ETIQUETTE, I've attt'lfri'l lip on ollquotM, llmi.l every 1,'wk thnt 1 could ttot, And vet There Isn't mm In nil tlin lot 'J lint tolls a Ml.-r It Is no I hi rlrKor to nt pin For liroakfnst, himcs why shouldn't ft And, furthermore, I cannot find Jn nil the hooks I call to nil let A slnKln Hun Thnt irlves a reason worth a whoop Aftnlnst a ",, n't plain of soup When fellers dons. A nil ns forentlfig mnrrowfnts Without n spoon, I think thnt that's A fool ish sort of rule. When I ent nensn I'll do ns 1 Jnrn plnnss I Ami whnt Is more, till I'm a snob I'll nt my corn sirniht ofT thn cob Ami spnrrnrxrnsfi I'll ent as I Ifnvn alwnys ilons in ilsys irons by A sort of iIhiikHmk from thn sky A sort of Kill from hmivon eom. Hold 'twlit my llnKr ami my thumb. And as for thosa penullnr tlilnir ''alio I fliiKor-liowls, I vow, by jliiR ! 1 will not nso 'em ns they say 'I ho hon-tons mi' 'em today. If my hands nln't both xood and "lean, Th pump Is where It's nlwsvs been i And fur ns ever f eouhl see. It's plenty gnod enough for IS". 1 don't stand miieh on etiquette, lint yet I'm too ollte to n-n-h mv pn At tnlilo spite of no'tlnl laws. Ilnrper's Ihiftnr. HUMOROUS. "That wns nn arrow escape," re inTirked tlio ronlirinod bachelor, as he dodged Cii I I's sliult. Dix Did tint polifl'-mati die a natu ral death? Mix Ves; he just went from one sleep into nnotlior until ho foil into thn Inst sleep. First Medical Student I believe in lotting wo I enough nlono. Second Modic.il Student Thon you'll nnvor mnke a successful do. tor, "(iirls aie getting awful finicky. That girl refused me." "I)id sue give ' auy reason?" ".She says I inndo a pun while I was proposing to her. " He (nt the cliibreenptioiii Are yon a member of this club? She No; only married people belong. Ha Then suppose we organi a trust for the purpose of Minkim; each other eligible? Magistrate I believe you rlinrge the officer with shooting at random. Plaintiff Xo; I don't know nothiu' about Itandom, whoever he is. Thn bullet took a alien of skin off my shin that's what I'm I'm s.ire about. "liy the wny," said the Cornfed Philosopher, "I think I may tnka ad vantage of this bei.ig th gardening season to remark teat there is often very littlo difference between a bud ding genius and a b ooming idiot." On-'s sense, of sitit may bi flrt-class Whose b-irln(j may li W"k. For many a-d tha mountain ps'.s Who cannot hear Its ponk. "This bell," said a well-mea-iing sexton, when showing the belfry of an Interesting village church to a party of visitors, "is only rnng in rase of a viait from the lord bishop of the dio cese, a Br,', a flood, or any other snct. calamities." "Mamma, what wonld yon do if that big vase in the parlor should get I broken?" aaid Tommy. "I should whip whoever did it," said Mrs. Banks, gazing severely at her little son. "Well, then, yon'd better begin to get np yonr muscle," sai l Tommy, "coa papa a broke it. Wife (who has been struck by a bi cyclist) Never mind, dear; don't make a acene over it. Husband What? Do yon think I'll let him go without aayinsr what I think? "But I'm not really hurt." "That don't matter. A little more and he might have run into me." "And you are stack on yonr last husbaud?" we faltered, wishing to seem very sympathetic. The beautiful woman burst into tears. "I never waa ao badly stuck on all my life!" she sobbed. posed he was worth a million, lan t worth anything.' An Irish lawyer addressed 1 ns "gentlemen" instead i ors." Alter he had brother ot the bar reminded him of hia error. He immediately arose to apologize, tlina: "May it please the conrt in the beat of debate I called your honors gentlemen. It was a mistake, yonr honors." Klnilarcartan Work In Cnba. When the proper materials arrive in Cuba which will be soon the nor mal training will begin in earnest A corpa of teachers is to be sent ont from the States. Under these, normal classes for teachers will be established in the island with a view to ultimately placing proper Cuban teachers in tho public sjchools. At present education ia of the most antiquated type. Tiicr is no class work at alt; instruction is wholly individual. inch child "ia called up to the teacher's chair, re cites hia lesson rspidly and takea his seat again. Judging by past experience, how ever, there ia little donbt thut modern methods will be eagerly accepted, for thna far no trouble has boen experi enced in the introduction of new ideaa. And here and there one cornea upon a atrnggling, groping aspirant to better things, hopelessly following the lead of some loun forgotten edu cator, under the blind illustuu that ha is on the rbbt iomI at last As often V. have tried, I have found the boys 'deeply interested in agriculture an entirely new phase of employment to them. In the little, couutry town where Iwoikedwitb. my boys, the small experiences turned out huge successes, and my littla agricultural leasoua bore fine fruit Zillah J. Levy, in Harper's Bazar. A Parson ' All Know. An egotist ia a man who thinks b knows more about himself than you think von kuow about him. ew Xork Prena. a husband in "I anp- and ha the conrtl of "yonr hon-. concluded, a
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