THRKMCORI J IMB tfclr tbraa-neors years tad taa a I have mla, without a 1Kb. At tuber more or less thaa mua Mot such am 1. 1 am not of them i lire to at Eaa bean a stranga, bewildered dream, waarala I know not thlnirs that b I From things tbat seam. 1 thought. I hoped, I knew ono thing, ind had ona Rift, when I was young Tba Impnlee ami the power to slog, Aud 13 I sung. To bar a plena In tha high choir Of poela and dasnrTO tha same what wore could men til men desire v Than poet fame. I Kbt It long, but navar fonndi la oholr ao roll was and ao strong Ik Jubilant volt-re there, they drowned My aimple eong. The Knot in She was young and remarkably prot. ty, with the prettlness that la quite un mistakable and generally acknowledg ed, that can even triumph over a frock that la not quite fresh or a styleof hair dressing that Id not altogcthersultnble. But then, In her case, it was such charming hair, so bright, and so curly, that he told himself fnslilonable dress ing, which would have reduced her head to the level of repetition of all the other he-:ls In the room, would have been a mistake, a piece of vandalism. And as for the dress, that was, at any rate, simple although of the kind that la not expensive, or even particularly tasteful and he managed to overlook It Tet that was something of a feat to Ms credit or not, as you looked at the .hatter for he had the reputation of being one of the moBt fastidious den In London. Moreover, the child e-ehe was only a child, as he admitted had absolutely no conversation. And she was eighteen and badly dressed, while he owned to thirty-five, and was well known as an accomplish ed man of the most sensitive, most ex quisite taste. The woman wasn't born, his friends bad teen in the habit of saying, who could entirely reach up to his stand ard of perfection; among themselves they had often pictured her, the near est thing possible, the woman ho would surrender to, and she was cul tured and witty, delicately sympathetic, daintily beautiful, and certnlnly beau tifully dressed to the last little detail. And it must be admitted that he had always so pictured her himself. "After all:" they said. "So, after all, the usual thing attracts him! Of course, she's sweetly pretty, and he'll choose her frockB!" They didn't feel any less pleasure in their idol because, at last, they had discovered his feet of clay; they were, Indeed, enthusiasti cally inclined to applaud their newer and more homely view of him, and they let the girl wim the heaven searching eyes absorb him, while they looked on in an attitude distinctively suggestive of hand-clapping. "After all!" they would chorus, and someone would Invariably add, "Well, bell know how to spend the money!" Yet It was common knowledge tbat be was not overburdened with money, having been, apparently, too overbur dened with brains to acquire It In any Quantity. And all the time he was with her be thought only of her eyes and bis own power to waylay them from heaven. But when he waa not with her, many of his thoughts' circled round the cheap row of pearls she Invariably wore, and bis mind, attuned to great subjects, took to itself a holiday and pent It In wondering why she tied a knot In tbem. Waa It of set design or did she really think they looked better knotted? There had come Into his mind, the first time be saw her, an old saying, long forgotten, that a girl knots her pearls when she wants a love letter. Now did this girl of the innocent eyes In this manner deliberately advertise a want? And was It simply a love letter that he wanted, as one might covet a rare curio, or, say, a first edition? (He said, a first edition.) Or was It not, perhaps, a letter from a particular per son she had set her heart on? Some one who might see the touching little Indication of readiness to receive a ten derly worded epistle; someone who, it was hoped, would be ready, would be eager to comply? Although this last possibility undoubtedly put the girl In the better light, it Is noteworthy tbat It was not the Idea be honestly favored. He followed the little story further. For If the knot was the result of any thing more than merest accident, or other than a clumsy device for keeping the row tightly around her white throat, then, since, as far as be knew, the knot was never untied, also, as far as he knew, she did not get ber letter. The blue eyes were sometimes pa thetic; in time it grew to hurting him that she should even possibly want What be could have so easily supplied. IThe whole question, as childish as she was, and as strangely engrossing, haunted and disturbed bis leisure, and one night, having just left ber, be sat down and wrote ber the letter. The bulk of the talents for which people praised him were In the habit of emerging from the point of his pen, and the letter was worthy of his repu tation without being at all above ber power of appreciation even supposing he was in all things as young aa she looked. It was simple, in fact, as her speech, and as beautiful, after its fash Ion, as ber eyes; and, reading it over, he knew he had never done anything better. But he wasn't as mad as he anight hare looked If anyone could AND TRN.-, . . . . ' f. Han would not sear rue than, ad bow t ear nut, I accept my fat. When whit hair thateh tha furrowed brew L'rowut com too latl Tha beat of II f went long ago From met It wet not much at bt Ouljr the love (hat young bcarta kaow, Tba dear unreel. Sack on my past, through gathering tears, Om' mor I cat ray eyas, and ae Bright abap that In my better year! Surrounded mel They left ma here, they left me there, Went down dark pathway, on by one Tba wlae, the git-at, the young, the falri llut 1 weut on. Andtgoonl And bed or good, Tb old allotted year of men I bate endured ae beet 1 could, Three-ecore and tnl Illobard Henry Stoddard. the Pearls. have seen htm and he only posted It Into his pocket Having been written to her, It was sacredly hers, and to have It about him gave him a feeling of pleasure he acknowledged with a laugh, and for once did not try to ac count for In words. After that be wrote her a letter every time he saw ber, and, but that some thing happened about the sixth time, it is a matter to wonder at how far he would have allowed bis pockets to bulge. What occurred was of the most com monplace description. In bunting for something else, he dropped one of the letters at her feet She caught It up with a little cry, "Why, It's addressed to me" If he bad not stopped ber she would have opened It there and then. But he couldn't prevent her keeping It nor prevent himself seeing the laugh In her eyes a stray gleam that seemed to cast a new light on the pathways to heaven. "If you like It," he said, "there are more;" and he took out the pack, turn ing it over. 'llut, if they're mine, I would much rather have tbem at once!" she cried. "If they're mine, you have not right to keep them!" To tempt her into pleading for them, into more laughter, Into quite a tor rent of teaming and excited speech, he held out as long as he could. In the end she went off with her letters. "I'm convinced It's some rubbish," she threw at him in parting; "and I do want to see Just how silly you are!" "Will you tell me how silly you think me?" be asked. "If you're silly enough," said she. Of course, he expected an answer- expected It feverishly, filled with a boy ish impatience and unrest he had never surpassed In his boyhood. When It came, it was like her, he told himself; and it was certainly put In few words, If that was really like her, and his doubts on that subject were brand new ones. "Will you come and see me?" she wrote, naming an hour. Of course be went praying the while tbat he should find her alone. And she was alone; so far, he quick ly saw the realization of his wish. Yet for the moment as he advanced toward her up the long room, he hardly knew her hardly recognized her unadorned beauty, the child of the dowdy frocks, In the perfectly dressed girl now wait ing for htm with laughter and blushes chasing each other on her bewildering face. For the first time in bis life be found nothing to say, and so she waa forced to begin. She seemed not un willing. "Your letters are charming," she said. She put up a band to the Imita tion pearls, side by side with some tbat looked priceless, among the laces at ber neck, and twisted them round to show him they were unknotted. , "Your letters are charming," she re peated, with the least little break in ber voice. Then she brightened and smiled. "And -what do you think of my frock?" "I think it is charming," be said. She came hearer to him. "Will you answer me something?1' she asked. 1 "Yes yes anything! " "Only this which sort of frock do you like me In best?" "This," he said, true to his creed. This I suppose. Oh, my darling,, we are starting at the wrong end, but if you keep the letters we shan't be able to afford such frocks!" "I wouldn't give tip the letters for anything." she declared. "I go with the letters," be said. Again the laugh in her eyes. "And I'd rather give up the letters than you," she smiled. "Then hang the frocks!" be cried, and would have caught her to him, but she warded him off. "Stop, do stop" then she blushed "for a Stop, won't you, please! Then don't you know really? Don't you truly know?" "What?" "Tbat I've more frocks and more money to buy new ones than I know what to do with, and and" "Do you mean to tell me!" "Let me tell you. I mean, I bad the childish Idea I see now bow childish It was to try and' pass myself off in your society aa a poor American girl, for a change. And It was a failure, fright as I looked It was a failure, with just one exception. You are the exception, and until now I have never felt quite, quite sure tbat even you could be excepted." Into her eyes crept their pathetic look. , "My dearest," be cried, "just for your sweet self I loved youl On my honor, I did not know, and I loved you because I could not help It" -rttti trmrwif W h&rwafd Wnmptf. "No woman wants to be loved fof any other reason," she said; "and 1 shan't mind the stemey. and things any more.' "And the knot fas the pearls?" he asked, later. "I knotted them at first because It seemed, somehow. In keeping with the stupid sort of girl I was to be. nut when t noticed how you always stared at them, I kept them knotted to" "Well, why?" : "To keep you staring!" she laughed. "And did you never find out?" "Oh!' she Interrupted, "I asked just every one why a knot In a row of pearls should make a wise man any man stare so. I was always asking, until some one toNl me about the old saying of the love letter, and then" "And then?" "And then" She still hesitated. "By then" he amended. "Oh. I'd like to finish." she said. bravely. "By .then, I was so anxious for your letters I couldn't untie It You see," she almost whispered, "my heart was caught In the knot and it wouldn't untie until you helped me." New York American. DEBT FORGIVEN DRIED HER EYES. Western Widow Displayed Undoubted Talent In Not Transaction. At a meeting of bankers in Clay Centre F. P. Blake, responding to the toast "Securities." tcld of a pretty young widow who got Into financial straits and borrowed from his bank $20 on the security of a fine Jersey cow, says the Kansas City Journal. It nearly broke her heart she said, to pledge the animal, which was almost as dear to her as ber children. Then came a long period In which she re newed the note time after time, some times paying Interest and sometimes not, and always distressing the bank officer with her sorrowful talk. "Oi.e day," proceds the story, "she showed up In a more sorowful frame of mind than usual, and, with more tears and wetter cheeks, also, than usual, announced that Bhe bad given up the struggle. The cow was dead, and she was wearing her life out un der the weight of a debt unsecured, and which Bhe saw no prospect of ever being able to pay. She wanted it discharged. The cashier took to the woods, tell ing Blake that It wan no use for the bank to monkey longer with that pa per; to treat the woman aa nicely as ho could, making ber burden as light as possible, dry up the fountain of tears, then go over to the register of deed's office with her and have the mortgage released. All of which Blake did In his smoothest and most gentle manly way. Just as they were com ing out cf the court house curiosity got tho better of him. and more as a space filler than anything else, he said: "Madam, now that this Is all set tled, whon did your cow die and bow did it happen?" She had wiped her tears away by this time and was radiant and smil ing, a poem In contradictions. Turn ing to him she said: "My dear boy, you tell that sweet cashier of yours that the butcher killed the cow two years ago." Dayton (Ohio) Journal. QAINT AND CURIOUS. The salmon can, for short distances, travel at 26 miles an hour; the swift est of marine creatures are those of the whale family. - Eight Japanese sportsmen In Brit ish Columbia accomplished the teat of catching alive a full-grown . bear without steel traps or fire-arms. One of the Japs jumped on the back of the bear when rushing through the trees, and his companions followed and pin ioned the bear to the ground. It is an ancient custom in the vil lage of Whorlton, Durham, whenever there Is a wedding, for the bride to give a rlbbcn to be run for by the young men of the village. After the marriage two of the bridesmaids sus pend the ribbon across the road, the men start about 100 yards off, and the winner carries it away with him. If he has a sweetheart he presents it to her. The colonies, so-called, of the world, occupy two-fifths of the land surface of the globe and contain one-third of the world's population, or about five hundred million people. Of this co lonial population of five hundred mil Ion, only three small groups number ing less than fifteen hundred million population, or 8 percent of the whole, are composed in any considerable de gree of the people of the governing country or their descendants. The remarkable experience of Mar garet Bozenral, "the dormouse of Men elles" came to an end the other day when she died. She had lain In a trance tor 20 years. The malady came upon her as the result of a shock received In ber 21st year. From that time on Bhe was never once aroused from the cataleptic state till only a day or two before her death. Her mouth and eyes were always closed. She was fed through a tube Inserted In her mouth otter physicians had broken a tooth for the purpose. Every doctor in Europe was familiar with the details of toe case, which made ber one of the most talked-o! women on the Contlnent.Dr, Charller, who attended her since 1883, operated for an abscess in her arm a few months ago. After tbat signs of re turning consciousness were noticed. The day before ber death her limbs twitched violently, and she opened bei eyes tor an Instant She made an at tempt to speak and rouse herself, bul the effect was beyond her strength. , rt-TTYrfrri rrsv" Ctf. Qood for Tired Nerves. 'When you feel fagged try the harm less stimulant of hot milk. Heat the milk till a skin begins to wrinkle on the top of It, and then drink it in sips. You'U find it wonderfully refreshing when you are feeling "fagged out" and It will do you more good than the best beet tea, for hot milk Is both nourish ing and stimulating, whereas beef tea is only the latter. About 8 leaves. In making a new sleeve or In alter ing an old one there is one general scheme. The fulness which appears at the el how and below Is either pleated in or shirred In from the shoulder near ly to the elbow. An to tha cuffs, into which this fulness Is caught, tbere are two styles, either a broad, narrow cuff or a deep and tremendous flaring one, reaching almost to the elbow. This holds good for coals and coat sultB es pecially. For shirt waists suits the narrow cuff Is more popular. High Crowns In Women's Hsta. Once more we are confronted with the problem is a return to higher crowns Imminent? One or two first rate firms answer this In the affirma tive, whereas others of equal Import ance flout the Idea altogether. The same uncertainty prevails with respect to the much talked of revival of small to ques and bonnets. Tbey undoubtedly have a following, both In the millinery world and with the public, but whether this Is su (Tli lent to ensure them an all round success, remains to be seen. Millinery Trade Hevlew. Vasssr's Queen of Beauty. Of all the women's colleges Vossar usually haB the prettiest students, al though beauties are rarely of an Intel lectual turn of mind. An exception 1b one of the seniors of this year. She Is Miss Edith Randall of Bay City, Mich,, and she was chosen the prettiest girl in her class. Miss Rnndnll Is tall and Hondo, and ber Michigan friends call her a "typical Gibson girl." She Is not unlike the girl Gibson has made famous, although ber physique Is somewhat different. Miss Randall Is stouter than the Gibson girl, but even so her figure Is superb. Miss Randall is to be married and the groom-to-be Is Robert Bailey Eddy, a Michigan man. Miss Randall Is the daughter of Dr. Isaac Randall, and her future hus band Is said to be a man of great wealth. New York Press. To Reduce the Waist Lie supine, the arms at the sides. Raise first one leg and then the other until the knee is on a level with the waistline. Let the movement be slow at first, and afterward as quickly as pos sible, and do not exceed six times for the first week. After two weeks, let the movements continue until the legs are tired. Next, He prone, the arms parallel with the sides and the bands resting on each side of the bust; then, without moving the logs, rise slowly until the arms are perfectly straight This ac tion will be felt at the waist and in the arch of the back. The next exercise should not be at tempted until the two first described are done with perfect ease. Lie prone with arms and legs stretched apart as far as possible, then lift both limbs at the same time, raising them until the body is supported only by that part below the waist Rest between each movement American Queen. Amphibious Children. Ways of keeping the babies comfort able these breathless days are as hard to come by. as recipes for cooling beverages tbat call for less than five pounds of Ice, says an exchange. One desperate woman found that her own strength was not equal to giving the two small boys In her nursery the number of cold baths they seemed to need during the day. She determined to let them play Roman bath all day long and run the chance of getting pneumonia as an evil only equal to asphyxiation from the heat Her bath room Is big and bright, and the tub Is a generous modern affair. It was filled one-third with tepid water, into which was thrown a few handfuls of sea salt, such as Is sold for bathing purposes. The sweltering small boys were then given permission to bop in and out of the tub and make the bathroom their playroom for the day. Nothing more delightful had ever been proposed to the pair, and they spent a moist and pleasant Sunday, sailing boats, playing whale and otherwise disporting them selves In their tiled playroom, where anything could be spilled aud where the full-dress uniform was of tropical simplicity New Orleans Picayune. The Mother In the Home Circle. The mother ought under all circum stances to cultivate the utmost confi dence of her children until they take pleasure in whispering Into her ears ill matters pertaining to their private associations and personal experiences. No child ought to keo any secret from the mother. And there are many things ot which children are Ignorant that the mother In her own delicate way Is the only one qualified to Im part to tbem the proper knowledge concerning such matters. If she doei not do It, then some Indiscreet outside person will volunteer to them the In formation; and It will be done In such a way as to lower the tone of inno cency In the minds and hearts of these unsuspecting boys and girls. But th wise mother can take her children Into her confidence and give them all the facts necessary for them to know and leave them untainted by evil thoughts and suggestions. No mother's false modesty ought to prevent her from do ing her full duty In such requirements, for she may rest well assured that there are others always ready to tell to her children questionable th!"ss and In a harmful way enlighten them on delicate matters. But If she Is a wise mother she will not permit outsiders to steal the confidence of her children and thus make their minds Impure right oh the threshold of their experi ences. New Orleans Ulcayune. The Summer Fashions. In the summer styles long, flowing lines, sloping shoulder effects, quaint collars and berthas are extremely pic turesque, and never before have mate rials lent themselves with such grac to the fashionable modes. There is no end to the variety ot collars, pelerines, and other waist garnitures In lace. The embroidered linens exhibited express In the highest degree the present luxurloui trend ot fashion; they are unquestion ably the novelty of the season. The pure white and creamy batistes and mulls are beautiful enough this season to fashion a gown for the most ex clusive function; they are procurable In both plain and embroidered effects. 1-awns of all grades are shown and are especially well liked for morning frocks. Daintiness and simplicity are the chief considerations In their make up. Lingerie dresses evolved from the sheerest and finest of lawns, organdies, batistes and handkerchief linens are elaborate enough for the most formal occasions. No more servlceabe dress can be found than one of a thin Bilk of Japanese of China weave, ior, when soiled, It can be washed perfectly. Fash ion has decreed that the summer ward robe must contain a loose white coat of some sort, and the practical woman will make It of canvas. In the street frock the tailor mode white canvas is ultra-smart Fans of lace, gauze, feathers and 'flowers will be carried this summer. Summer gloves are 'an Important item in the outfit and are shown in both slk and lisle and really fit the band better than kid. The De lineator. Making Slip Covers. It's decided economy to cover one's furniture In the summer. Besides, it's so much cooler and restful that this feature alone Is a paying one. . Everything possible should be dons In hot weather to save one's nerves and conserve energy. And a hot, stuf fy environment makes not only tot mental anguish, but for actual physical discomfort Belgium linens are the best material! to select They are heavy and weal well. All slip covers should be calendered on the under side to prevent the goods from rubbing the fine damask or other materials of the furniture It protects. Sip covers should be made full to allow for shrinkage. They need not look baggy it cut properly, but with the correct allowance made, tbere will be none of that puckered, drawn look so often seen after laundering. The binding should be shrunk before putting on. Worsted binding Is the kind usually employed, and this shrinks more than the linen. Conse quently, If it is put on without be shrunk, the first trip to the washtub brings back a puckered, unsightly slii cover. A good cutter is essential to success, for the Blips must be as carefully fitted to the shape ot the furniture as Is a gown to its wearer's figure. The beet materials can be ruined by a poor cut ter. The stuff should be laid on the furni ture and cut, then and there, follow ing the outline of the furniture, and plnnod together while still in place on the article to be covered. Two sewings are necessary for good job, one for the' material and on to put the braid on. Some do this all at the one sewing. But It is a cast where baste makes waste. The twq sewings make the cover doubly strong. And slip covers get a deal of hard wear, especial y If there are children li the family. Philadelphia Telegraph. ClINCt NOTES. rtrr? n c.' '-"-r"'-' ' Point the hour hand of your watctl to the sun, and south Is exactly half way between tbs hour band and the fig ure XII on the watch, counting for ward up to noon, but backward Sftel the sun has passed tbe merldan. Fot Instance, supposs that It Is S o'cIork point the band Indicating 8 to the sun, and tbe Ogurs X on tbs watch It due south. The current In motor nerves, says Professor Mathews, shows a marked fluctuation If tbs tip ot the nerve be dipped Into acids, alkalies or salt solu tions. The sclds quickly depress the current, alkaline salts Increase It The current may thus be many times abol ished by acids and reappear on dipping Into sodium hydrate. This Is due to the electrical charges In the dissociat ed atoms. Important tents of the fatal propor tion of carbonic oxide In the air have been made by Professor Mosso at tbe Turin Physiological Institute. A heroic subject was confined three times In a hermetically sealed Iron chamber, the air of which was mixed first with i-J33d ot carbonic oxide, then with l-286th, and lastly with 1 -231M. On tbe last experiment the man ceased to breathe, being restored only by oxy gen. Through a series of Investigations In the University of California Dr. Joel btebbins, fellow of the Lick Observa tory, bas made the discovery tbat tbe variable star Omlcron Cell, which bas been known to vary at uncertain Inter vals since 1590, Is at present undergo ing extraordinary fluctuations and a variation of brightness of at least 7,000 times Its ordinary intensity. The dis covery is of unusual value to the astro nomlcal world because the scientists bad believed the star to be inert A recently Invented automatic Ufa belt Is made of rubber and when flat contains a chemical. The whole is strapped about the body of a passen ger, and in the event of a shipwreck or accident the wearer .s to throw him self overboard. Valves open automati cally and permit a small quantity of water to enter the belt This water coming In contact with the chemical (which Is prohaby calcium carbide) torfns a gas which inflates the belt and causes It to act as a regular life buoy. Facts About 8lr Thomas Johnstone Lipton. Born In Glasgow, Scotland, 1850, of Irish parents. First employment, mes senger boy at CI cents a week. Early education at night school In Glasgow. Ran away to America at 15. having saved money for steerage passage. Worked two years on South Carolina farm. Came to New York earning passage as stoker. Stoked to Glasgow, being without money. Went to London with $400 saved by his parents. Opened small general store in which he was clerk, bookkeeper and deliv ery boy. Business developing be opened oth ers, and then still more. Incorporated as Lipton, Limited. He now owns nearly 450 stores throughout England. Fortune estimated at over $50,000, 000. His Income $7.60 a minute. His business watchword, "Advertis ing Is the LIfe-Blood of Trade." Tea plantations employ 6000 coolies. Owns packing houses In Omaha and Chicago. Knighted after the Queen's jubilee In 1898. Given baronetcy in 1902. Bought the yacht Britannia from the Prince of Wales (now King Edward), who was forced to raise money, and gave it back to him. Contributed $125,000 for the Prin cess of Wales (now Queen Alexandra) dinner to the poor of London at the time of the Queen's jubilee. Residence Osldge, Scuthgate, Eng land. World. Social Customs In Mexico. Ladles do not attend the funerals Children kiss the hands of their parents. The host is served first at table. The bridegroom purchases the bride's trousseau. Feminine friends kiss on both cheeks when greeting or taking leave. Gentlemen speak first when passing lady acquaintances on the street The sofa Is the seat of honor and a guest waits to be Invited to occupy it Men and women In the same social circle call each other by their first names. When a Mexican speaks to you oi his home he refers to it as "your house." When you move Into a new locality It Is your duty to make the first neighborly calls. When friends pass each other on the street without stepping they say adios (good-by). Even the younger children of the family are dressed in mourning upon the death of a relative. Young ladles never receive calif from young men and are not escortej to entertainments by them. Dally Inquiry Is made for a sick friend, and cards are left or tbe name written in a book with the porter. Dinner calls are net customary, bul upon rising from tbe table the guest thanks his host for the entertainment Mexican gentlemen remove theti bats as scrupulously upon entering i business office as in a private real dence. After a dance the gentleman rt turns his partner to her seat besid her parents or chaperon and at one leaves her side. Modern Mexico. A general 'alrlkn eVetnerl Itfimlneiii among the Herman conl miners. The Bricklayers' International Union lis a membership of over KO.OW. Philadelphia textile works employ C108 children under sixteen reors of ge. Applications for three charters In Torlo Hlco lisv been received by Hie Nntlonnl Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. Striking shoe operntlves at Montreal. Can., have returned to work, their strike resulting In an Ignominious de feat for tho organization. It Is reported tbat the Western Union contemplates n advance to lt opera tors which will arernge $.1 a month. About GOOD men will lie affected. A number of firms In Wheeling, Vf. Vs., have refused to concede the de mands of the union tinners. The hit ter's strike has been dragging on In consequence since April 1. It Is exacted that It will be but a tew month when a sufficient number of schoolteachers are organized in va rious parts of tbe country to warrant the formation of a natlonnl organiza tion. Carpenters at Toledo, Ohio, who were holding out for thirty-seven and one half rents nn hour, have compromised on tblrty-flve cents. This agreement lasts for a certain period, when the) advanced scale goes Into effect I'nder agreement signed by th Hotelkeepers' Association nnd the Walters' L'ulon at Chicago. WK) em ployes receive n ten pe cent, advance In wages nnd Improved working con ditions. The agreements run until Au gust 1, 190,". During 1002 labor disputes In the United Kingdom were fewer than In the preceding year, but they affected a greater nuinler of workpeople than In the preceding five years. The time lost, however, was less than In 11)01, nnd wns below tbe average of the last live jears. prominent people. ITerr Kubellk, the violinist, reached! bis twenty-third year a few days sgo. Senator Cockreii possesses a remark able memory. He never forgets a face. President Roosevelt has declined nn Invitation to attend the Frontier Asso ciation reunion nt Cheyenne, Wyo. Venetian friends of Pope Plus X. Mid that he looks ten years older than he did before bis election to tbe Pont la en te. Andrew Cnrnegl" has offered the eltTi of Dublin. Ireland, the sum of H0.0fV toward the erection of a free public library. Mrs. Jane Lnfhrop Stanford, Presi dent of the university, has sailed front ian Kraiiclseo, t.'nl., for a two-year tour of the world. "K!il" I.nvlgne 1 teaching French men how to 1 1 ' v . He Im" many pupils at bis school In P:iri. J'.llly T.avigne, Ills brother, Is running a club in Ke nt lie. Probably the oldest public officer In the Nation Is Jitdc John Slaughter, assistant to the Stt librarian of Wy oming, who lins jut passed his ninety fourth birtbduy. King Charles I. cf Ttnnman!n, who re cently celebrated the thirty-seventh an niversary of bis coronation, I described as "one of the wisest and most beloved luonnrcbs of tbe time." diaries Stevens. Secretary of the Anti-Vaccination League of Minneap olis, Minn., died from smallpox. He bad frequently denounced vaccination as Inefficacious and a barbarous prac tice. Joseph Wlngnte Folk, who bas leen mentioned as a Presidential possibil ity on the Democratic ticket, is tbo young Circuit Attorney of St. Louis who successfully pushed the recent "boodle trial" of tbat city. Mary E. Wilklns, (Freeman) made at one time the curious discovery that In writing to her intimate friends she unconsciously imitated the handwriting; of the person she addressed. This is) an unusual form of plagiarism; A Life-Saving Kite. Of late years tbe kite has emerged from the position of a mere toy. and has been successfully employed for meteorological observations at high al titudes. A more recent application of the kite principle Is ss a life-savins; appliance to be carried on shipboard. Its particular duty being to establish, communication between a stranded vessel and the adjacent shore. It stands to reason that a sbtp In this position generally bas the assistance) of the wind in carrying anything shoreward, and it would be far easier to launch a kite under such condi tions than It would be to fire a rocket In the reverse direction. Tho kite car ries a guide rope and contains In a pocket a ret of signals and instruc tions. It is also furnished with ap paratus for telephonic communication between the crew and their would-be) rescuers. But we must confess that, seeing the frequent difficulty of tele phonic conversation ashore in a quiet office, we can hardly believe tbat It would be possible in a bowling tem pest The kite Is the invention of Comt Brossard, and it is said to have been tried with success at Toulon and at Brest Golden eag!es are increasing In tho Scottish highlands, owing to the ef forts mode by large landowners for their preservation. 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