There la a growing Impression that Teal a belongs to the romantic class of flctlonists. It may not be generally known, but It la none the less true. The word century la not found In the Bible, states the St. Loula Star. If the automobile and the bicycle people, by joining hands, ran only accomplish good roads, then the peo ple en masse will join in extending thanks. One effect of the 8011th African was Is the great falling off In Scotch cities In the number of marriage during the past year. The war has taken from bonny Scotland thousands of marrlngrable young men. Edward VII cannot complain of any lack of opportunity to distinguish him self as a statesman. Asia, Africa and Kurope, not to mention North and South America, have a large number of problems which may be brought to bis attention. When finished the Arkansas state capltol will be a permanent exhibit of that commonwealth's resources If the suggestions of the architect and building commission shall be followed. The basement or first story will of Arkansas granite, the upper stories of Arkansas marble and the woodwork of Arkansas timber. The latest thing in the life-saving line Is a pitch cloak. It is a Swiss In vention, and weighs about one pound, and will keep a fully-equipped soldier above the surface of the water. It has waterproof pockets In which food and drink may bo carried, as well as blue lights in case he wearer Is ship wrecked In the night. The first we know Africa will be taking rank as a wheat-growing coun try. Last year the Dark Continent turned out 44,000.000 bushels of the cereal of the finest qunlity. Australia produces only 35,000.000 bushels, but this small output Is accounted for by the fact that wool-growing Is more profitable than agriculture. Recent storms in England have been playing havoc with the Druldio remains at Stonehenge, t'0 of the larger pillars having, been overthrown by them, and others are crumbling under the Influence of tho elements. It la now proposed to protect what remains standing by planting trees ,ln the moors surrounding the ancient temples to serve as windbreaks. ' Russia took first place In 1900 as re gards turning out naval vessels, while England and France dropped behind considerably. Germany followed Rus sia, with Japan third and England fourth. Russia's cuota .was two first class battleships, one first-class ar mored cruiser, eight destroyers and for Germany and France together Jhree first-class battleships, one first class armored cruiser, one second class crulBer. two third-class cruisers, and three destroyers ' were launched. As for England, only two first-class armored cruisers, one third-class crui ser, four sloops and 80 destroyers were commissioned. - While two boys were skating recent ly on Crum Creek, In Swarthmore, Penn., they heard a cry for help, and, hastening to the place from which It came, they found a girl of their own age who bad broken through the Ice and W8B In desperate peril. One of the boys Instantly leaped Into the water and swam to the girl's assist ance, while his companion remained at the edge , of the Ice, ready to do what he could when the rescue had been effected. The boy In the water reached the girl, and after a long struggle brought her almost within reach of the other boy. The motions of the latter caused the Ico to break under him, and he, too, fell Into the water. Then a terrible question as- , sailed the first boy. He knew that the second boy, who was his most In timate friend, could not swim. His own strenrth was almost exhausted, and he could not save both the girl, whose name be hardly knew, and bis closest friend. He had to choose, and did choose the friend. Leaving the girl, he swam to the boy and held him above the surface until they were both pulled out by other boys who at ' last reached tbe scene. , The girl's dead body waa recovered several hours later. The boy who could have saved her at the expense of his . friend's life Is half mad with doubt as to whether hlsoonduct waa rteht or wrong. Tbe question Is not a simple one. Many considerations have to be taken Into the account, anions them, that the boy to whom the alternative was presented was only 18 year old. ' THE tOOM OP DREAMS. I broider the world upon a loom; 1 broider with dreams my tapestry. Here in a little lonely room I m matter of earth and sea. And the planets coma to me. I broider my life Into the frame, 1 broider mv love, thread nnon threat! The world goes by with its glory and shame; Crowns arc bartered, and blood la shed; 1 an ana Droincr my areams tnateaa. 1 And the only world is the world of my areama. And my weaving the only happiness, And who knows but that God, beyond1 our guess, Kits weaving worlds out of lonelineas? Arthur Symons, in the Saturday Review oocooooooocooooooooooocooo In a Toy Shop, ococcooocooooooooooococo. HE walked Into the toy shop with the uncertain sir bred by nnfnmlllnrlty. He wns r not old perhaps fifty; he may, indeed, have been younger. The lines about his mouth and the crow's- feet about the eyes told of a lire that had been none too ensy, and yet there wns that subtle nlr of prosperity about liiin. too, tlint In turn told its tale. Outside In the street the sun beat down on the white sidewalk with a glare that reflected even Into the care fully shaded shop. Behind the count ers the young women stood or sat In small groups. They looked cool and pretty In their light summer frocks. On the counters were toys, heaps piled on heaps, It seemed to the man, al though the arrangement was orderly enough. For a moment he stood In the door way. After the glare of the street the shop seemed almost dnrkness. Grad ually the forms, of the young women were outlined to his sight, and then be snw dimly tbe things on tbe counters. An officious and onscquloua young man came forward rubbing his bands. Within a minute the man was In charge of a cool-looking young wom an, with a pretty smile end a grnclous manner. Almost before he knew It the man was talking with her and ex plaining tilings that needed no expla nation. "I want to get a er er er, a toy, you know," he said. "Yes, sir," said the young woman. "Here Is a very pretty doll. How would tUat do?" and she brought out a wonderful creation with eyes that opened and shut, and long blonde curls. It was dressed In a pale blue silk gown. "How do you like that?" asked the young woman, holding the doll up for Inspection. Then she pressed a hidden spring. Mamma; mamma, papa, papa!" said the doll. "Great Scott! what's that?" almost shouted the man. "I waa making tbe doll talk," replied tbe girl. "Do they make dolls thut talk?" asked the man. "Why," snld the girl, with a pity-lug smile, "they did that ten years ago." ."Dig tjjej?" said the man; "well, you 8ec4 It's a ggpd many years since seen any toys.1 "Shall I send It home?" naked the young wohihtT. "K6,n sjild the man. "I don't think that would do atall. I suppose you think I'm a pretty old man to po nuy log toys," he continued. Irrelevantly, "but you see, I've been so busy trvlnjj to get rich that I never bad time to think of getting married till nbout two years ago. Been out WesT aM the jfrno," he continued, half sadly, "and, sometiow, I didn't see many things like that out there." "Here Is something else that you might like, sir," interposed the young woman, ns she brought out a wonder ful locomotive and train of cars. She pressed a spring and the engine bell rang, the whistle blew, and off the train started on the circular track. "Is that what they call a toy?" asked the man. "That is certainly a toy," replied the girl, with a laugh. "I wIbu I could remember some of the things I had to play with when I was a boy," mused tbe man; "I don't suppose you could get a Noah's ark, could you?" be continued doubtfully. "I'll see, sir," said the young wom an, "bat they're awfully old-fashioned" "Mebbe so; mebbe so," said the man absently. The young woman walked to the rear of the shop and soon returned with tbe toy in question. Yes, there It was. The Noah's ark! It hadn't chunged a bit In all the years that had Mod. . Tlie same old gabled roof, one side of which opened like the lid of a box. The same square win dows, the same narrow ledge around the bottom, aud tbe picture of the dove, bearing the branch of olive painted on the side. Slowly the man opened tbe bos and began to take out tbo little figures. His bauds actually trembled with de light. The wonderfully made green trees, standing on the little brown bits of wood that are meant to repre sent mother earth. The quaint figures of men and women; the soldiers with their little woodeu staffs. And tbeu tbe animals. Where has their like ever been seen before? He spread them out before blm and looked nt and beyoud tbeni, and the shop and the glure of the sidewalk without vanished from bis vision, Green fields stretched before him, and deep In their hollows nestled tbe little white house with tbe bright green blinds and tbe red chimney. In front of the house was a narrow little walk bordered on each side with sweet peas iu bloom. How tbey smell I He could even smell the 31 here in the shop. Then be looked up. Tbe girl was wearing a bunch of those wonderful blossoms la her belt. H had not noticed them before, and h had almost forgotten how sweet those blossoms can smell. There Is a small lad running up the narrow walk to ward the bouse. One arm, broken by a fall from a tree, bangs limp by hla side. A sweet-faced woman cornea rushing out to meet him, and with a cry of Under love gathers him In her arms. He lies In her arms, sobbing while they rush for a doctor. And ns he lies there, bearing the pain ns best he can, the little sister came toddling up with something In her hnnd for blm. "Take dls. Tommy; 00 hurt," and she hands blm the choicest treasure of all her treasures tbe little blue camel from the Noah's ark! And here, almost half a century later, be stands with something warm and sticky held tightly In his hand. He opens It, nml lying in his pnlm is the little blue camel from Noah's nrk! In nil t icse years be had never for gotten the little blue camel, and Its companions hnve not changed. They are the same now as then. "I'll take that," he said, shortly, as he turned awny. At home his wife laughed when she snw the toy. "Ha by Is too young for a Nonh's ark," she said. "Why did you buy It?" "There wns a little blue enmel In It, he replied, vaguely. The wife laughed as she kissed her husband. "I fancy you bought that for another aby," she snld, tenderly, with per fect understanding. Waverley Maga-sine. FUN IN CHINESE COLUMNS. Cat-tout Advertisements of tlie Wily Orlental. A noticeable feature of the China newspapers Is the "exuberant verbosi ty" of their advertisements. This Is due to cheap ndvertlsing rates, ns well Oslo the flowery lan guage of the Kingdom. All sorts of communications get Into the news papers, but the business system of Chinese editors Is so admirable that Instead of airing private and public grievances in "letters to the editor," they nre Inserted In the ndvertlsing columns, "and thus help the editor to get nn honest living. An announcement Inserted by a Jilt ed swnin whose lady love eloped with Chou I.lng, closes with these heartfelt words: "I cannot control my wrath and bit terness. My loved one has, It Is plain, teen enticed awny by this rascal's do celt. How, I wonder, fan n mere tailor's dummy like this succeed in winning her? Surely he has no law or Justice be fore his eyes. It Is on this account thnt I am advertising. Should any kind-hearted gentlemen give me Infor mation of her whereabouts by letter, I will reword him with $20; should ho bring her back to her parents, I will Joyfully give blm $40. I will most cer tainly not eat my words. His kind ness and beuevoleuce for a myriad generations, to all eternity, shall not bo forgotten." Quacks In China advertise In beauti ful language. One such ad. reads: "Our recipe has come down to us from a physician of tho Ming Dynasty. A certain Mandarin was Journeying In the bill country when be saw a woman passing BoutlfwafJ oVer the moun tains, fts though flying. - , !'In her baud she held a stick, nud she whs pursuing an old fellow of a hundred years. The Mandarin asked: Why do you beat the old man?' Ske answered: 'He is my grandson, for I am 500 years old and he Is llfl. He will not purify hfmseif by tnklriff bis nicdl- erne, ana so 1 nm beating blm.' ..m. . . " T . . ..... . . ue dianuarm, anguten rrora bis horse and knelt down and did obeis ance to her, saying: 'Give me, I pray you, this drug, that I may hand it down to posterity for the salvation of mankind.' "Hence it got Its name 'Fairy Re ceipt for Lengthening Life.' Take it for five days, and the body will feel light; take it for ten days, and. your spirits will become brisk; for twenty days, and tbe voice will be strong and clear, and the bands and feet supple; for one year, and white hairs will be come black again, and you move as though flying. "Take It constantly, and all troubles will vanish, and you will pass a long life without growing old. Two dollars a bottle." Wardrobe as Gallery Adjunct. An enterprising photographer In Washington, D. C, who is inuklug money right and left, keeps an elabor ate equlpmeut of opera cloaks, Par isian bats, ball dresses and other fem inine apparel constantly on band for his sitters, says the National I'hoto News and Views. Thus, the young woman who comes to blm clod in a home-made "tailor" gown and a fifty cent hat. may .appear before the eyes of admiring relatives aud friends In other cities arrayed lu sable furs and a beplumed, cbapeau, or looking the lugenue to perfection lu a debutante's gown of white rlehly-trlmmed with pearls, which for all tbo fortunate ones who receive tbe photographs know, are of great price. Helra of Living- Balers. Here are some Interesting statistics lu regard to tbe heirs of llvlug rulers. There are thirty-nine rulers la Eur ope aud twenty of them have uo malo belra. Seven of them have one son, three have two, four have three, one has four, three have five, and ouly one, the Emperor of Germany, has six. Al together the tblrty-ulue rulers have fifty male aud thirty-seven female de scendants. Among these 4liere are twenty-four princes aud fourteen priu cesses, who are tbe descendants of German emperors, kings, grand dukea, dukes and prince BACILLI ELtCTROCUTEP. The Extraordinary Inreutton ef a French Scientist. A French scientist. Dr. Frnnelsque Crotte, purposes to electrocute the ba cilli In Impure water and thus render It fit for drinking purposes. Tbe extraordinary fenture of this In vention Is thnt Dr. Crotte charges the electric current used with an antiseptic gas. Wherever the electricity pnsses the chemical gns goes, too, doing Its work of cleansing but leaving behind not a single other trace of Its presence. It resembles a bneterleldnl X-rny, for It pnsses where It will nnd kills every microbe It meets. So reinnrknble nppenred the claims of Dr. Crotte that the Patent Ofllce refused to grnnt his nppllentlon for a patent until tbe most exhaustive In quiries nnd demonstrations. How thorougngolng these hnve been Is shown' by the fnet thnt a patent hns been granted on "process" a thing which the Fntent Office very rarely grants. Even by this new process the bacilli nre not killed easily, for It takes a mil Hon volts to put them hors tin combat, while 1(500 volts Is the power with which criinlnul.) are electrocuted at Sing Sing. In using the Crotte method of elec trically destroying germs the liquid which Is to be purified Is plnced In a vessel, preferably a glass vessel. Wires are attached to opposite points of this vessel, but It is worthty of no tice thnt the metnl ends or whiit electricians technically call "elec trodes" do not come In coutact with the liquid. A perfect strcnm of spsrks Is poured Into the liquid when the current Is switched on, but there Is no cbnnge in the tempernture of tbe fluid, tbe ouly difference caused by the electric fluid being the total extinction of the germs of disease. Fancies In Fond. ' Odd food fancies nre met nt nearly every house. I know a hostess who uses rock enndy for sweetening In her , afternoon tea nnd mnrascblno cherries for flavor, one to each cup. Nobody else brews such delicious ten, her friends declare, nnd they never seem ' to understand why. The rock candy conies In uent packages of crystal, which nre dipped up by au antique sugar spoon. Another young hostess made a speci alty of cake and beverages In which she could serve whipped cream. She was under salary from tho proprietors of flavoring extracts, which they were continually booming, nnd was supplied with the material, which she demon strated In her refreshments every nf ternoon. She was a popular girl and had Instituted a tea before she beenmo nn advertising ngeut. She was devoted to cooking, and therein lay her value to her employers. She began with vnnlllii, made cakes flavored with It, and put It lu her tea. It adds a most fascinating flavor to the favorite fem inine beverage. Then she added chocolate to ter tea outfit and used whipped cream. The uext day she changed to lemon flavoring, then to almond and orange, nnd created such a degree of Interest through her afternoons that questions began to be poured over her. There was her choncc to speak a good word for the makers of the flavors, nnd she UBed it In such a clever way that their popularity was established without anyuouy suspecting uer interest in 11. You con rendlly see bow valuable nn nsslstnut she was. Pittsburg Dis patch. The Killing Faulon. The stago was rolling along the can yon trail when suddenly the horses reared back on their haunches as a lone highwayman with a Winchester appeared on the scene. "Step out of tbe hearse, gentlemen, and hands up!" he ordered. One by one they climbed out, with elevated bands. The highwayman re lieved the party and several times was forced to remind one nervous llttlo man to keep bis band from hla pock et. "What's the mnttcr with you?" ho finally roared. "You make another move like that aud I'll pump the slugs in you!" TleaBe let me," pleaded tbe llttlo man, as bis baud ngnlu slid toward his pocket. "rienso let you?" roared the desper ado. "Please let you perforate me? You're Imposing on my generosity, son ny. Look out! Look out! Keep your mitt away from that pocket or by the eternal! " "But It won't hurt you!" protested the little man, "it won't hurt you at all! Stand Just as you nre now nud keep your rifle levelled. There! that's it!" And while tho highwayman was re covering from his astonishment the lit tle man had flashed his kodak and snapped the button. Iudluuupolis Sun. End of Ceutury Gold. Reports just completed show that the last year of the nineteenth century broke the gold record, with a produc tion valued at $307,000,000, nn Increase of $400,000 over tbe yield of 1809. The great increase of the Inst two years waa (),(I1K),400 in the United States, 17.085,000 In the Klondike aud Alnska, and $10,000,000 In Austrulaslu, These were,, Indeed, wonderful gold produc ing years, with the latter only a little In the lead, aud this notwithstanding a great falling off in Africa by reason of the war in the Transvaal, where for each of the years 1800 and 1000 the output was $7,000,000 below that of 1808. England's IMelieat Town. Nottingham is the richest town In England. It has established the only unlvtrsity college uialutalued by municipality. THH EITg New York City. The comfortnble, yet tasteful morning jacket Is essential to every complete wardrobe nnd am ply repays both the trouble of making and the .cost of material. Tho really charming May Mnnton model Illus trated combines ninny desirable feat ures, and Is well suited to washable fabrics as well ns to challlc, ensbmere, albatross, French and Scotch flannel nnd tbo like. The original Is made from linen Batiste with trimming of needle work Insertion nnd edging, llio fronts being cut nwny to form the square neck nnd the standing collar omitted. The fronts can be finished to the neck, ns showu In small Sketches, nnd either gathered or tucked to yoke depth, the sullor collar being used or not as preferred. The backs ore simply but correctly fitted with curved centre nnd side FANCY back seams, tho wide underarm gores connecting it smoothly with the shape ly fronts. Each side of tho opening In centre tho fronts are laid In small tucks, which run to yoke depth aud provide graceful fulness below. Tbe sailor collar Is joined to the back and rolled over its edge, meeting the out side tuck, and the trimming Is ex tended to the lower edge, giving a vesl effect to the full fronts. Wheu tbo jacket is made high the neck may be gathered, simply finished with the standing collar aud buttoned down the fronts. The sleeves may be finished with tbo trimming lu bell shape or f lathered Into the straight cuff bauds 11 bfubop style. To cut this Jacket for a woman of medium size three and a half yards of material twenty-seven Inches wide. threo and a quarter yards thirty-two Inches wide or two and a half yards forty-four Inches wide will bo re quired. To trim ns represented will require twd and a half yards of Inser tion one aud a half Inches wide and four yards of edglug two Inches wide. Woinan'a Fancy Waist. The wnlst with a shawl collar makes 1 marked fenturo of the season's styles -while tucking lu some form Is nl- most universally used. The very ehnriulug May Mnnton waist shown In tbe large drawing combines tho two in a most attractive manner, and Is singularly well adapted both to entire costumes nnd odd waists. The model Is of white Liberty satin with trim ming of lace, and Is made over the fitted lining, but white and colored Batiste, organdy mull, Swiss muslin and nil tbe similar materials offered ns well ns soft silks nud wool fabrics are admirably adapted to tbo style when the lining may be omitted. Tbe lining Is simply shaped with fronts and backs, ouly over It tho seamless back of the wnlst proper is arranged with the fuluess drawn dowu In gathers nt tbe waist line. The plastron uiudu of inserted tucking Is sewed to. the light frout lining nnd booked onto the left, under the edge of the fronts, which are plain n the boulder and gathered at thy waist MOIlNINd JACKRT, If. "f tSi. op f ASN'ON- line. The slinwl collar is tucked Im groups, as Indicated, finished nnd nt inched to the neck nnd fronts. The sleeves nre In bishop style with thn fulness arranged lu lucks flint fall free to form puffs nt the waists. When the wnlst Is made unlined tlie plnslorn Is stitched to I lie right front mid hooked or buttoned over onto the left licnenth the collar. The slnndiiii; col lar Is Joined to (lie lieek of 'back and plastron nnd closes nt the left side. To cut this wnlst for u woman of medium sise live nud n quarter yards of material twenty-one Indies wide, five yards twenty-seven Inches wide, three yards thirty-two Inches wide or two nnd n half yards forty-four inches -wide will be required with three quar ter yard In nny width for plastron nud stock collar. Fancy I'.otero of Uroniltall. A bountiful example of n gray bolero. In broadtail tlie very darkest gray Is worn over a severely plain skirt of pnniio of the same shade. The front shows 11 wnlHthnnd of the latter ma terial decorated with tiny gold lirnded buttons nnd a chemisette of black nnd white chiffon crossed with gold nud sil ver bra Id. The Inner sleeves, which appear from under the bell shaped fur ones, nre of the goffered eh I (Ton In a liny band of black pnnne nt the wrists, mlorned with the gold buttons. To give n ridiculous touch of summer to this cossy rold-wentlicr costume there Is n large toque composed of four or five shades of blue tulle and some wonderful lace, with a cold wrought dagger stuck In nt the side! Traveling Capet. Traveling nnd country cupes nre of tlirce-quarter length, tlie shoulders. covered with triple cupes, shaped WAIST. berjhn arrangements or a species ol broad hood, which Is, however, pure ly of tho ornamental type. The storm collar was at Its best, but nu ugly aud awkward accessory, aud the new col lars, although still high, ure half turned over to form a frame tor the neck, Instead of holding It like a vise. Olrl'a Jacket. No wise mother permits her children to be without general utility Jackets that can bo worn over nny gown. The attractive little gnrmcut showu la en tirely practical, at the same time that -It Is essentially siunrt, yet Is not dim cult to make. The original, designed by May Mnutou, Is made of castor col ored smooth faced cloth, but mixtures are admirable and tan Is always lis style, while dark blue Is always good, and cheviots us. well as cloths are worn. Tho bucks ore made with a curved senm that renders the fit excel lent, and Is found In all the latest mod els. The fronts arc loose llitiug, lap slightly lu doublu-brcastcd style to close with buttons aud buttonholes worked lu n fly, or through the fronts If so preferred. The neck Is finished with tho regulation cent collar aud lapels thut are formed by fuclua and rolling back the fronts, and pockets nro Inserted with tnllor-stltcbed laps. The sleeves are bell-shaped at t he wrists and can be slipped on nud off with ease. To tut this Jacket for a girl of eight ami. a jacket. years of ago one and threes yards of material forty-four wide or niie and a quanor yf lucues wide will be vwniU'ed, mm I, '
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