THI krTTLE KINO.' Iters It potoot lltfla king Id every houaenold ruling A helpleM, dlmplej danluc thing Who, boanoerer drolling, VliCeunvf clamor (nr and wide, ' Except If ben he Is sleeping And then hla mother's at hla fide, Her Jealoua wntob a-keeping. II ton should ehnnoe to enme that way 11 any awkward blundur. What would Unit Iroirulnit mother lay Id eiirnoe you, I wonder? Ghs' il view you with nu n-peet chill I bh'd wavnyift) bm'kwrl. mnyliu. And aba Wuuli whl-pr "lo la etllL . Or ulse you'll wake tba baby." r DICK ARMSTRONG'S SACRIFICE. "Muriel, I want you to be hijr Wife. I tote you, dearest, and have always loved you. Say that you will hiake me the happiest man In the world." Muriel Carslake's radiant eyes lit up with suuuen enthusiasm. 'Yes, Dick,. I will. "My own darling girl!" he cried. It gems so strange, dear, that saint like you should care for stupid, hum drum fellow like me." Muriel, who was by no means callous at heart, began to feel various qualms of remorse. It was very wrong to de ceive poor' Dick, she reflected and to allow blm to fancy that she loved biro, when all the affection of her heart and aoul had long since been plven to his friend, Jack Castleton, but, after all, what could she do? Jock was simply a bundle clerk, earning a clerk's wage, whereas Dick Armstrong's Income run Into Ave figures yearly, and every one to those figures meant much to Muriel Carslake. An orphan, brought up In the home of a relative, where poverty reigned supreme, she bad come to loathe the mere thought of straitened means with deadly aversion. She tripped home and told ber aunt of the episode, and received that lady's congratulations with much composure. "You are a dear, sensible girl, Muriel," remarked Mrs. Vlnnlcombe, kissing ber niece warmly, "and you de serve to be happy. I am glad you have put all that nonsense about young Castleton out of your bead." Then Muriel went slowly to ber room and wrote the following letter: My Poor Dear Jack .1 have some news for you, which I hope you wont take to heart more than you can help. This afternoon your friend! Mr. Arm strong asked me to be bis wife, and, like the wicked, mercenary girl that I am, I said "yes", to blm. You see, Jack, be Is very rich. , and the mere thought of a life of poverty Is so horrid to me tbat I think it better to marry without love than without money.- I know It is very bard on you, dear, but you must try and forgive me, and for get me as soon as you can. You and I have bad some sweet times together, buf, of course, we must put all those memories out of our beads now and blbt out the golden hours for ever and ever. It Is hard, I know, but life is always bard, especially when love comes Into It Ah, why didn't your uncle buy you that partnership In the bank which we used to fancy he would do? If he bad done that, how differ ent everything would have -been! Then you and I could have married months ago, and this sordid business would never have been entered Into by me. It only you knew bow I hate myself for what I have done and for the way In which I have deceived poor Dick, you would, I think, pity me with all your heart As It is, I cannot ask for your pity, but only for your, for giveness. Good-by and God bless you. Your faithless but still loving MURIEL. And when the letter had been placed in Its envelope, - stamped and 1 dis patched, the writer of It flung herself upon her couch and sobbed her very aoul from her eyes. .. . "Great Scot, Armstrong, you're wet through. There, ait down by the Ore, man, and take off your coat You aball have one of mite to wear for the time being." "Thanks, Castleton, you're awfully food. I meant to drive over to your lodgings, but couldn't And a convey ance and so I walked. Do you know, I hardly felt the rain at all, for I was burning to tell you some wonderful news." "Well, slip on this jacket and make yourself comfortable, first of all" - Dick Armstrong obeyed good bumor edly, and assumed the lounge coat which bis chum extended to blm. Then, eating himself by the fire, he stretched his legs toward the blaze and said, alowly: "Old chap, I am engaged to be mar ried." Jack Castleton winced as the words fell upon his ears. The news of the engagement had already been conveyed to him by Muriel's letter, but naturally he gave no sign of knowledge, but merely bowed his bead and said: , "Inded. - You have my congratula tions." , "Thank you very much, old chap. The lady who la to be my wife Is some ose whom I think you know Miss Carslake." i . :. '4 r, . , "Yes, I know her very well, indeed." Then you know .the sweetest' a&d beat woman on earth. I don't deserve ber. Jack, I don't indeed.' - Such a girl as Muriel might marry an earl, a duke, a prince, and' yet confer distinction rather than receive It. "When we are married, Jack, you must come and see us very often, you'll come, won't you, old chap?" "I I yes, that Is, of course 111 coma" Hla Hps quivered as he spoke, and, to tall tba truth, Jack Castleton was ndsrgoing aa agonising ordeal. His lad If A v?litd Hats a kink w.thlu a bammoek lying, j, And wooer mmt that way 10 bring HU suit ol amorous rlgblDg, ' Do you tuppona tbat worda could woo Her heart from hlra who's tleeplng Tbitt any wooing could nnjo Xua vigil aba la keeping? . It yon were such a foollh wlgbt. And iMinie to bur a-idgtilna. vYht, tlilnk you, oh, tin eiuoua knight, vt uuld be lier prouipi rwp..vlugV If you, nb, widow fiilr, were ehe, You'd hearken to blm, maybe, Or would you anawert "Let ma be i Or hIm) you'll waka tba baby?" ; ' Eugene Field, nature was honesty Itself, and It agi tated him beyond measure to be com pelled to play a part and to allow his 'best friend to go in ignorance of the genuine condition of affairs. ' Dick continued to talk In happy tones, speaking with all the Joyousness of a lover regarding the woman be loved. When at length the clock pointed to six he rose to take bis leave. "Good-by, old chap," he said heartily. "I suppose my wearing this jacket of yours wont Inconvenience you?" "Not at all. It'a simply an old lounge coat tbat I ought to have thrown away long ago." The young men parted at the door of Castleton's lodgings, and Dick slow ly tramped away In the direction of the comfortable apartments which he occupied at the "Red Lion." Arrived at the Inn, he went straight to his room and, sitting down in a deep cbatr, put bis band to bis pocket mechanical ly In order to extract bis cigar case. In the excitement of his present mood he had completely forgotten that he waa wearing another man's coat, and lo! instead of the cigar case his fingers closed upon a letter. He drew It forth, and before he could realize tbat the communication was not one of his own his amazed eyes bad fallen upon a handwriting which be knew and loved the handwriting of Muriel Carslake, Merciful heavens! It began with the worda: "My poor, dear Jack." Dick Armstrong waa an honorable man, but for the life of him he could not refrain from reading every word which the letter, found by accident In his friend's coat, contained. When he had finished the perusal be read it again, and then again, the truth slowly sinking into his agonized heart as lbs words penetrated his brain. Presently beroseand paced therqom trying to think out the situation. So ' Muriel did not care for blm after all; ber heart belonged to another, and she had promised to marry blm merely be cause she dreaded a life of poverty. Her love was centered on his banking account not on himself. It was a bit ter awakening Indeed, and he groaned in the tortures of the terrible . dis illusionment He felt no resentment no shadow of resentment ealnst the girl. After all she had never sought blm out; she had accepted bis addresses with ' respect rather than with passionate ardor, and she bad on no single ocaslon made protestations of anything more than gentle affection. He read Muriel's letter once again, and this time, his eyes, lighted on the paragraph that ran thus: "Ah, why didn't your uncle buy you that partnership In the bank which we used to fancy he would do? If he had done that, bow different everything would have been!" . Dick knew quite well to what part nership the girl thus referred. For a long time Mr, Felix Densmore, the pre siding director of the local bank, bad been anxious to secure a young and energetic partner who would bring into the business a capital of 125,000, but so far, no candidate had offered him self for the enviable position. "I'll do it" he murmured; "I'll do it; yes, 1 11 do It . . . ee On the following morning Dick Arm strong went to London and drove to the office of hla solicitor in Clifford's Place. After a abort delay he waa ushered into Mr. Jennifer's office, the latter rising to greet blm aa be entered. "I am leaving England almost direct ly." said Dick, quietly; "and before I go I want you to effect a certain un uertaking for me. 1 want you to negotiate the purchase of the junior partnership in Densmore'a Bank at Bayfield and to confer it upon a friend of mine. But understand this. He is not to know that tbat " "That you are his benefactor, eh?" Interpolated the lawyer, with a saga cious smile. "Put it that way if you will." "I understand perfectly. Now be good enough to give me full details re garding this transaction, and it shall be carried out forthwith." : Dick obeyed, and half an hour lator the affair had been settled. Two nights later Muriel Carslake re ceived a letter in Dick's handwriting that ran thus: My Own Dear Ewee.ieart I am quitting England for a long time, and I do not know when I shall return. I have learned your secret, and know that your heart belongs to another. I therefore give you back your freedom, and hope, that you may be very happy with him you love.. Do not think tbat I blame you for on instant :, I love you too much to feel any bitterness against you, and although at first the blow was a heavy one, I hope that time may do much to soften my pain and bring forgetfulneaa. There are batter things in this world, Muriel, than get ting one's own way, and If I bave learned nothing else In my journey through Ufa, 1 have learaaa thai God kuows boat, - He decides all things for good. : Tblnk of ma sometime whea I am far away. Think of me as one Who, had he been privileged to become your husband, would have devoted hla existence to making you happy, but who, as It Is, can only remain your sincere and devoted friend, DICK ARMSTRONG. P. 8.-1 have kept the lock of hair you fc'ave me. Do you mind? That was all. The letter was short, simple, and concise; but In the writing of It a human heart bad touched breaking polut, and tears bad watered every halting line. , Three months have sped Into the past since Muriel read Dick Arm strong's farewell letter. In a certain room in an hotel In Melbourne a man sits with a home newspaper before him, glancing listlessly at its columns. Buddenly anexclamatlon escapes bis lips, and he reads these words: CASTLETON CARSLAKE On the 27th ult, at St. John's, Bayfield Lines, John Castleton, junior partner In Messrs. Densmore ft Co.'a bank, to Muriel, only daughter of the late Francis Carslake, Esq., of that town. Ho read the announcement again and again, till the words seemed to float before bis eyes. All baa happened as be hoped It would happen. Jack has secured the partnership and Muriel bas secured her love. All Is well except except what? QUAINT AND CURIOUS. Cyclones are rare In Germany, but a few weks ago there was one In Southwestern Hanover which uprooted trees and played various "American" pranks. Several villages In Its path had narrow escapee, r, It baa long been known tbat paper was first made in China, and was in troduced in Europe (Germany In 1190. Sven Hedln, on bis last Asiatic trip, discovered fragments of Chinese naner that were 1650 years old. Hlmly of Wiesbaden, the expert In old Chinese, Is engaged In deciphering the writing on this paper. The sinerstltioua collier la nfton laughed to scorn, but a miner In North Wales Is just now thanking hla lucky stars mat ne believes in omena. He waa boring under some coal, and waa startled br seeing a rat scuttling away. He walked away from the spot, ana eurecuy afterward a large fall of coal ocurred just over the place) where the man had been working. The oldest pewspaper in the world la the official Chinese Kip-Pan, which was founded about 1100 year ago. Vp to the year 1301 It appeared once a month anl the reading matter rolated chiefly to court life. Since 1830 up to 1876 it was a dally. It now appears three times a day; the morning edition is printed on yellow paper, the after noon edition on white and the even ing edition on gray paper. A peculiar accident to a bird la re lated by a hunter from the west One day he was startled by bearing a noise In a swamp surrounded by reexte. Ap proaching cautiously be found a king fisher apparently caught In some sort of trap. The upper mandible of the kingfisher had been splintered or cracked in some way years before, for the wound was healed up and several of the fine thread-like fibres of the reed had caught in this crack so that the bird could not escape. The hunter released the bird and set it at liberty. "A atrange way of testing the Inno cence of an accused person la em ployed In India," said a traveler who lately returned from Madras. "They haul the man up and give him a mouth ful of dry rice to chew. Dry rice takes a deal of chewing to get It masticated Into a glutinous mass, like gum, and tbat is the condition that the accused Is required to get It Into within tea minutes. If you are calm and not afraldl you succeed, but if you are nervous and Beared you fall. For It aeema that fear haa a strong effect upon the salivary glanda. It prevents them from secreting saliva. The mouth of a badly frightened person la always dry as a bone. It requires a tremend ous flow of salvia to chew dry rice, and therefore the scared prisoner In evitably falls In this test" A Narrow Escape. The Washington young man of whom this store Is told baa a best girl. His best Elrl haa a friend girl from Philadelphia, who makes her an occasional visit She came over this week. "Wouldn't it be Just lovely to giva Edythe an automobile ride?" said tba best girl to the young man. VExcellent Idea." cams th reari reply, the young man Inwardly consid ering the probable cost That evening the trio waa speeding along the Conduit road, bound for Cabin John's. The wheels of thA aur. omoblle waa buzzing. All at once there waa a ami nil of cracking Iron, and the machine cama to a suaaen stop, the force of which threw the young folk into a bunch. "Oh, how Jolly," exclaimed the Phil adelphia girl. "It certainly wouldn't bave been a success without a break down." "I dldnt give my real thoughts at tba time," said the young man, relating the story to a friend the next day. 'Ton may but I waa happy, neverthe less. Lucky T Well, I should say. There I waa paying $3 an hour for the automobile and a dinner for three looming up In the distance, provl dentlal, almost, wasn't It?" : And the young man chuckled at tha thought of what ha bad escaped. WwhlagU Star. IBi A Strange Cat Tale. An Angora cat net quietly In hl homo, lomulug bin lung balr with a I'ntaoumb, Tbeu, lest ha abould suffer from dampness or log, Ha threw ou bin lira another catalog. Kelt he took s catsup from bis pewter Indlo, Then shook up hla cuterplilar lu bla cat's cradle. Be tied 'nnaih hla cbln bla ruffled nightcap, And eurled blinself up lor a happy cat-nap, Carolyn Wells, In Youth's Companion. A Word to Boys. You are made to be kind, boys, gen erous, magnanimous. If there is a boy In school who has a clubfoot don't let blm know you ever saw it If there Is a poor boy with ragged clothes, don't talk about rags In his hearing. It there is a lame boy, assign htm some part In the game that doesn't re quire running. It there Is a hungry one, give him part of your dinner. If there la a dull one, help him learn his lesson. If there Is a bright one, be not en vious of him; for If one boy Is proud of his talents and another is envious of them, there are two great wrongs and no more talent than before. If a larger or stronger boy has in jured you and la sorry for it, forgive him. All the school will show by their countenances how much better it is than to have a great fuss. Horace Mann. Conundrums. What made the quail quail? For fear the woodpatker would peck her. What made the tart tart? Because she didn't want to let the baker bake her. Feet they have but they walk not? Stoves. Eyes they bave, but they see not? Potatoes. Teeth they have, but they chew not? Saws. Noses they have, but they smell not? Teapots. Mouths they have, but they taste not? Rivera. , ' Hands have they, but they handle not? Clocks. Ears bave they, but they hear not? Cornstalks. Tongues bave they, but they talk not? Wagons, Wby Is a solar eclipse like a moth er whipping her son? It is a-hidlng of the sun. Wby is Canada like courtship? Be cause it borders on the United States. Wby is a dirty boy like flannel? Be cause he shrinks from washing. Why Is "I" the luckiest of all vow els? Because it la in the centre of bliss. A Dog's Strange Charges. A citizen of South McAleeter, I. T., Is the owner of a remarkedly smart dog called Sunbeam. Sunbeam Is a water spaniel about two years old, and has always been a great pet In the house bold. About six weeks ago a brood of chickens were hatched, their mother dying soon after. Sunbeam at once began to manifest great Interest In tbe little orphans and took them la charge. At first Its owner was afraid be would Injure them, but he would bark and carry on so that be was at last given the whole charge of them and bis Joy knew no bounds. No stranger dares to touch his newly adopted children and all day he follows them from place to place all over the yard. If one of them happens to wander off a short distance from the rest be Is uneasy un til It la back again. At night the lit tle chicks find a roosting place in Sun beam's shaggy coat, and if they are not all to bed by a certain time Sunbeam goea after the tardy ones. The tiny chicks seem to realize that Sunbeam is their protector, and will peep long and loud if they lose sight of blm. They are thriving under Sunbeam's care Just aa well as If their mother were alive. New York Commercial Advertiser, An Awkward Laddie. . Nearly a hundred years ago, a atout, freckle-faced, awkward boy of eighteen years, dressed In a ragged waistcoat and short breeches, without stockings or shoes, rapped one evening at the door of a humble cottage In Northern England, and asked to see the village schoolmaster. When that person ap peared, the boy said very modestly, "I would like to attend your evening school, sir." "And what do you wish to study?" asked the teacher, roughly. "I want to learn to read and write, sir," answered the lad. ' The schoolmaster glanced at the boy's homely face and rough clothes scornfully, and aald, "Very well, you may attend; but an awkward, bare legged laddie like you would better be doing something else than learning bis letters." Then he closed the door In the lad's face. This boy waa the son of the fireman of a pumping engine in a Northumber land colliery. His birthplace waa a hovel with a clay floor, mud walls, and bare rafters. When be was five years old, be began to work for bia living by herding cows in the daytime and barr ing up the galea at night Aa he grew older, he was set to picking stones from the coal, and after tbat to driving a horse which drew coal from the pit He went half-fed and half-clothed. When ha called at the school-house, he waa plugmaa of a pumping engine, and, though he knew nothing of read- lng-.or writing, hs had studied the en gine until he had a complete knowl edge of tbe machine. He waa able to take it apart, and make any ordinary repairs. Not discouraged by the advice given him by the schoolmaster, he mode ap plication and attended tbe evening school. At the end of about two years he had learned all this school could teach him. He conceived the plan of constructing a steam engine. It took htm a long time, but at the age of for ty he had constructed several engines, and was known as a successful and energetic engineer, and was called up on to build long and difficult lines of railroad. But his locomotives were too slow; he wanted them to run faster. He pro posed to build one that would run at the rate of 12 miles an hour. Every body laughed at blm. Some thought be was crazy. One gentleman, who con1 slderrd hlmrclf very wise, said to him "Suppose you Invent an engine capable of running nine of ten miles an hour, and suppose, white It Is running, a cow rhould stray upon the track. Will not that bo a very awkward circum stance?" "I should think It might be very awkward for the cow," he answered. Well, he succeeded in making hit locomothe, and at a trial which took place near Live: pool it attained to the unprecedented speed of fourteen miles an hour. By making certain improve ments, this same engine, the Rocket, was made to attain the speed of thirty miles an hour. People laughed no long er, but admired. He was Invited aa a consulting en glneer to foreign countries, and wealth flowed upon him. Philosophers sought his frledshlp. His king offered him knighthood,1- but he preferred to re main plain George Stephenson. Youth's Companion. Uncle 8am's Beacon Lights. Every night Uncle Sara lights his flres in 1205 lighthouses, beacons and buoys. Over his dark oceans they shine to welcome and guide tbe ships of all the world. They stand In Inland states on every river where vessels float They beckon the thundering steamboats of the mighty Mississippi, They are sacred flres Indeed. Who ever might meddle with a United States light or set up a false light, would be liable to Imprisonment for ten years. Uncle Sam's lights are divided Into four great classes. Leading them all are the primary seacoast lights, that send out Immense beams, many of which can be seen sixteen miles at sea. In the second class are the secou' dary Beacon lights and lake coast lights. Though they are called see ond class" to distinguish them from tbe first class monster lights, they are the finest lights In tbe world, equalled only by a few famous lights on the British and French coasts. The third class Is made up of light vessels, the strangely shaped, sturdy ships with basket-work like flat metal disks on the tops of their stump masts, these disks are the day signals and the big lights, mostly electric, are hauled up the masts by wire cables at night In tbe fourth class of lights, Uncle Sam has grouped his sound, bay, river and harbor lights. They are of all kinds. Some of them are big light houses. Others are lanterns fed with oil and auspended from mere poles set on banks or In shallow waters. The most Interesting and Impres sive of these lights are the huge float ing metal buoys that are filled with oil or gas enough to keep the light burn ing tor two months without needing attention. Tbe lights on these bouys are never extinguished. They burn day and night It is cheaper and better to let them burn constantly after tbe buoy has been filled, than it would be to go out each morning and extinguish tbe light and each night to re-kindle it, for some of them He far away from shore and moat of them lie in danger ous places. Among the finest of the American lights are the two that Dura 128 feet above the sea in two great towers on Cape Elizabeth at Caaco Bay In Maine. One of these is a steady white beam. The other shows a steady beam varied by a white flash that appears once every minute. Tbe two lights can be seen 17 1-4 miles out at sea. Cape Ann has two lights that are set so high above the ocean that they can be seen even farther away, ahlps having sighted the pure white rays 19 miles at sea. The Cape Cod light which flashes out a dazzling beam every five seconds bos been seen 20 miles at sea in clear weather. A beautiful light la the one at Gay Head on the Massachusetts coast It is visible 19 miles away and It sends out" a great flash every ten seconds. Three times It flashes white. Then a deep, fiery red flash shoots over the water. Then come three white flashes again nnd so on, aa regular aa the finest clock. But the mightiest of them all Is the great Navesink light that towers from the high land at the entrance to -New York harbor. It stands 246 feet above sea level, and every five seconds flashes a white electric beam more powerful than most searchlights. Fifteen miles away, its glare blinds the beholder. In ordinary weather it is visible 22 1-4 miles at sea and the sailors have re ported tbat they saw the flash on the sky 35 miles and even 60 miles away from land. New York Press. Sallls and Willie. "Well groomed men do not always possess horse sense, Willie." "That's just as true, Sallie, as tha fact tbat a woman thinks she has tha best of tha argument If she can only get In tha last word." Holler Monthly. " LOVE'S FETTER. , . 'Let's klfi and part," ha laid. "Ah, Fats'! Waa wrong, to make oa meet! A brighter lot, a dearer mate, May It be yours to greet Thoimh both our bearta rmift feel the (mart 'Tli tor tba beat I Lot' kiss, aad part'' "Tea-yea. Let's part," ahe laid. "This is My firm dectelou, too. Lat a part 'tbj best ! Bnt-don't let's kiss No that Would never do I For surely you mutt know, sweetheart, Tbat, If wa klaa, we will not part I" Madeline Bridges. HUMOROUS. Wigwag Your wife la a thing of beauty, old man. Hcnpeckke Yas, a thing of beauty and a jaw forever. Wig Not all the bric-a-brac la what it is cracked up to be. Wagg No; sometimes there are some pretty bad breaks. Miss Yellowleaf I don't believe you have the nerve to propose. What are you afraid of? Oldbach Yon might say yes. Slllicus When, In your Judgment, Is a man old enough to marry? Cynl cue Not until be Is old enough to bave better sense. Nell Was the bride self-possessed? Belle Of course not. How can a bride be self-possessed when she Is being given away? Tommy Pop, what ia an an tithesis? Tommy's Pop An antithesis, my son, is an er urn well, your mother Is an antithesis. Sharpe Yes, Parker Invented the safest airship ever beard of. Wheal ton But It refused to fly. You couldn't go up on it Sharpe That's why I say it was the safest Teacher Now, Johnny, can you tell me what causes darkness? Johnny The gas companies. Teacher Why do you think they cause it? Johnny- Cause they need the money. "Mandy, I'm glad to see that your new hat hasn't any stuffed songbirds on It." "Of course It hasn't aunUe. The dear, sweet little things are get ting to be dreadfully out of style now." "So you have decided to get an other physician." "I have," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "The Idea of bis pre scribing flaxseed tea and mustard plasters for people as rich as we are?" Sharpe Say, old man, lend ma your automobile goggles. I want to protect my eyes from tbe dust Wheal ton But you bave no automobile. 6harpe iNo; I am going to beat my carpets. "I abould like to speak to you," aald the egotistical young man, "about the subject tbat is nearest my heart" "Go ahead," replied the flippant gtrL "I rather like to hear you talk about yourself." Photographer Beg pardon, sir, but can't you look a little less stern and severe?. Sitter Never mind how stern I look. This photograph la for cam paign use. I am a candidate for Judge, Go ahead. Muggins My wife is a great stick er for the harmony of colors. Bugglns Is that so. Muggins Why, I can't buy a new necktie that she doesn't want a new carpet, or wallpaper, or rug to match It "Say, pa-w," queried Tcmmy Tod dles, '"is a ring around the moon a sign of rain? 'That'a what," replied the old man, with a sigh long drawn out "And a ring around a woman's third finger Is a sign of more reign." Builder Yas, sir, this house haa Just been finished, andl is for rent at a very reasonable figure. Homeeeeker Will you give me a lease for five yeara? Builder Five years? You must be daft In halt that time it will be dry enough for me to live In myself. Little Dot Mamma, I don't tblnk Uncle George Is half aa smart as he trlea to make people believe he Is. Mamma Why do you think that, dear? Little Dot Because he claims to understand five or six different languages and yesterday I had to tell him what the baby waa saying. "If I'm not home promptly for din ner, my dear," said McDangle, you mustn't forget tbat our Board of Directors haa decided to hold afternoon sessions until further notice." And the wise woman smiled softly and 'pictured the Board of Directors up in the grand stand vigorously deriding tha umpire. The Color of tha Rose. More than with any other flower does the color of the rose have special significance. Red ia love, white Is alienee, yellow apeaks Jealousy. One of the legends connected with the rose tells that it became white through be ing bathed with the tears of mourners who sought the sweetest flower to lay In tbe hands of their dead. A prettier conceit declares that all rosea wer white until one day young Cupid, dancing among them, unset in hla merry sport a glasa of wine, which dyed tbe roses upon which It fell, red its own color. Another legend tells the story of a holy little maid of Beth- lenem who waa doomed to dath When the stakes were heaped around ber the Are would not burn, but the brands which had been flam In a turned to red roses, and those which had not caught, to white. From this time forth roses, red and white, were martvrs' flowers. The Turka nv tv. red roses sprang from tbe blood of Mohammed. The Delineator. Secure. "Have you aver done anrthlnar that Will causa you to be rememberu.1 hv tbe next generation?" "Certainly," answered the unambi. tknia man. "I have piled up enough debts to keep my name before a num ber of people for an Indefinite period of time." Washington Star. 'THE NATIONAL GAMtV ' v linylo has been doing good all around work. Tenner is the only .300 bitter of the tSoaton Nationals. The Brooklyn Cltih bns recalled Pitcher Vlckers from llolyoke. Tntay Donovan hns tried Wenty-flta players up to dste with St. Louis. TVtrent still lends the heavy bitters t the American League with .801. The rtuffnlo Club hna purrhnaed Out fielder Jack Sbearon from Rochester. Catcher Dmiglns Is to be trflnafcrred from the Pblllios to the Pittsburg Club, .... Tom Dnly nnd nnrry Dolan have dded wonderful strength to the Cin cinnati team. Malnrkey teems to he steadying down In Boaton. Last year he was fearfully wild. Comedlnn De Wolf Hopper considers Hans Wnjrner flip greatest of all pli ers, pnat or present. Tim Mmnnne thinks that Collins and P-etuJIcy both outclass Lench, the best of the Natlonnl third basemen. The Bnltlmore Cluh bns recalled Pitcher Louis Wlltsle's release, and hns sent Cntchcr Fuller and Tltcher Qettlg adrift. Snys the Washington Sfnr: Since the signing of Klttrldge snd the plnylng of Clnrke at first bnse the Senators look like another team. ntcher Mullln, of Detroit, hns n tnn. tnllzlng habit of holding the ball and looking the batsman In the eye for sev eral minutes at a stretch. There Is a vast difference between "scrappy" ball and "rowdy" ball. The former wins games and the latter drlvea decent people away. Tbe South bas all kinds of money with wblcb to buy players. A bunch of Worcester players was sold to New Orleans some time ago and Memphis has now bought Phyle, the Milwaukee American Association shortstop, and also Sam Dungan, formerly with! Washington. NEWSY CLEANINGS. Ohio Is out of debt London Is threatened with an epi demic of measles. Russia will not receive as a diplomat any signer of tbe Kishinev petition. One million five hundred thousand people in Russia are employed In fac tories. Tbe steamer Humboldt Is In at Seat tle, Wash., from Skngway, with (105, 000 In Klondike gold. . .... .v Treasury bond refunding operation! bave added about $33,000,000 to na tional banknote circulation. Thirty lives have liten lost in a flood which has destroyed fifty houses in Grnefenberg, a village of Austria. George J. Gould said at rittsburg that Baltimore will be made the At lantic port of the Wabash system. Accountants who examined tbe books of former City Clerk D. C. Weyand, of Cripple Creek, CoL, say be Is about $25,000 sltort. ' , The Marine Hospital service of the United Rtntes will send experts to Cal cutta and Bombay, India, to watch tbe plague situation. The plague hns spread to nearly all tbe Chilean ports; the postal service Is disorganized, and no American mail han been received at Santiago for nine weeks. In the bouse of John Webber, whom Cbnppaqua (N. Y.) people took for a wealthy summer resident, was found $5000 worth of plunder, the gleanings from many recent burglaries. Tbe United States Marine Band cele brated the one hundred and fifth anni versary of its organization. The affair was Informal. It 1s proposed to make the celebration next year more elab orate. Justice David J. Brewer, of tbe Su preme Court, said In Milwaukee tbat a lyncher waa a murderer and could be held by any court for murder in tbe same degree aa though tbe crime ware committed br an individual Table Manners In 1350. Forks were not In use in 1350, and a description of a dinner given at that dato shows tbat there haa been a vast improvement in tabha manners sine thn. As a rule one knife had to serve for two people, and often a bowl of soup waa used by two persons. For this reason, tha party giving the din ner arranged his guests in couples, trying to place people together who would be congenial, and not adverse to thla common use of tab l appoint ments. Spoons were seldom supplied to the guests, and the soup was drunk directly from the bowl, the latter usu ally hav.'ng side handles by which it was held. In lesa refined company there were no separate soup bowls, only one large porringer which waa passed around to the guests in turn. The diners helped themselves to tha pieces of meat they desired from the common dish, with their fingers. Napr' klna were considered a luxury, and were only provided In very aristocratic and wealthy families. Teachers' World. Great Navigable Rivera. An Investigation of the Obi and Yenesel rivers made under the aus pices of the Russian government bas revealed tbe fact that these streams are navigabte by ocean steamers for a distance of 1,000 miles from their mouths. The LATEST FASHIONS IN GENT'S CLOTHING The newest, flnestoloths. the latest designs, all the most fashionable cuts for tha summer season. Call at our shop and see samples of cloth a complete lino and let us eon vinos you that we ara tha leaders in our line. Reasonable prloes always and satisfaction guaranteed. Johns & Thompson. i I
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