THE DAY'S
b is splendor of th valltv,
Flower etuddd-tUI begfr
Lbnpld stream and drooping willow
Vith th brw.e and tuDthla flirt,
la th pastur on th hllUM
Graa too aolamn, meek-eyed kin,
Wall th eotne o( th bay Held
hflogie whk th odorous pie.
Vtnglea with th r' tree's baliam,
Waving grain nd Bong ot bird.
While th heavens overerehlng
Like ateloed glar wludowt foftly Marred,
Olor.fr the d)'i swift marching,
Led by D.iture' twlllUt byuju,
At above lb Deaoeful valley
Ibm tb mountalnf tul nd grim,
Ida
i Genera Lord Marchmont, V. C.
By LILUAS CAMPBELL DAVIDSOH.
Toe village of Charlton Bishop waa
m Tote, with evergreen archea and
flag and garland of flower and
bay. "Welcome to Our Hero!" "Well
Done, Marchmont! " "Charlton Bishop
Bids Welcome to Ita V. C. General !"
waved frcm banners stretched across
the street.
General Lord Marshmont, K. C. B.,
V. C, and most of the other letters ot
the alphabet was their own.
He was born and brought up In the
little creeper-grown rectory over yon
der, and In spite of all tradition about
ft prophet In his own country, Charl
ton Bishop was going mad today In
Ita welcome to Its world-renowned
hero, fresh crowned with his laurels
after the South African war.
At the big house where the Vava
sours lived there was excitement, tco.
Old Sir John had fussed over wreaths
and banners, and a house party of
eager and distinguished guests waited
for the arrival of the hero's trium
phant chariot. It was an honor to be
asked to meet Lord Marchmont, an
honor eagerly sought.
Adela Vavasour looked lovelier even
than usual In her Paris frock and hat,
the rose color of excitement and grati
fied antlclaptlon on her cheek. She
walked to the open window and
tepped out cn the terrace Impattently.
"Do you want me, Adela?"
Grace Rawson's position at Charlton
Great House wns not particularly well
defined. She was not exactly a poor
relation, not exactly a companion or
housekeeper. She was vaguely de
acrlbcd as the Vavasours' cousin, to
whom they were kind.
She had been educated with Adela,
and when Lady VavaBour died she
took up the place of everybody's friend
to the household. Adela was too gay
ft person nowadays, too Immersed In
her social round and her ambitions
and her smart Interests, too occupied
In motoring, and being photographed
for society papers, and speaking at
club debates to have much time to
pare for her cousin Grace. Yet she
beckoned her out now, and drew her
Jong the terrace.
"Grace, I feel quite absurdly flut
tered, like a girl In her first season, do
you know. I wonder how much he
has altered? One knows his face so
well from the Illustrated papers, and,
of course, he la older and sterner, but
he ta even more handsome than he
used to be. How little one dreamed
ot today, when he went away from
Charlton Bishop that last time, a raw,
awkward gunner. Just expecting his
company! 1. one had known then!
But how could one? Otherwise I
would never have refused blm. But
one never dreamed of this!"
"I suppose not," said Grace, a little
dryly. "Yet he waa the same man
that he Is today."
"Oh, hardly! One really couldn't
have been such a fool as to follow the
drum with him cn a subaltern's pay,
and spend one's life as a miserable
garrison gunner's wife. It was really
ft little more than he had any right to
xpect, even If we had played to
gether In the rectory garden when we
were both In the sublime Innocence ot
youth. Really, It was presumption then
almost Impertinence for him to
fancy I would marry him. Now, ot
course, it Is another thing."
"Is It?" Again there waa a strange,
faint smile In Grace's gray eyes, a
mile sad In 1U tender memory,
"Grace, don't be Idiotic! You talk
Absurdly sometimes. Of course I
could not marry him then. Now It Is
smother matter; of course, he knows
that himself. When papa wrote and
asked blm down to stay with us, he
accepted so eagerly that It was quite
touching. He knows now be li it i
position any woman would be glad to
have."
"It ought to be more than flattering
a man like Hugh Marchmont!"
Adela went on, regardless of any
thing but Iter own thoughts:
"It will be a kind of romantic com
pensation for him like a thing In a
book. Here In this very house, where
he had his refusal; in the very drawing-room"
"No; It waa out here on this terrace.
Tou sent me to tell him, because you
would not do it yourself, Adela, it waa
fttrocious of you! It wasn't womanly!
I waa too young to understand then; I
can aee how eruel it was."
Adela laughed. She had a musical
laugh, and Bhe daintily snapped oft the
head of a rose that nodded by the
terrace wall. ,
"Was It here? I don't know," she
aid, looking about her with Interest.
"Ot course I sent you. He would
have stormed and been disagreeable.
He was always ao desperately serious.
What did be ey? I never had the
curiosity to ask you. Now it becomes
C foresting, in the light of the pres-
' "Never mind what he said." The
Ridden vision rose to her unbidden of
Che white, pain-drawn face, Uia In
SPAN.
. Shadows lengihea y I lytsf
Homeward lac th rovla; kl-
Loud th llttl atrmmlet babble
O r th pbbl 'neeth tb vlni
Fattr lower droop th tbadow
from tlm'i brief loom tb day ll torn,
Daraa (hroud tb beauteous vlly
Day U dud tb night I bora.
B I Th gloom of mount It brok
Livid diver thread th air,
Him ot light Ilk baraldi follow.
Bunt th moon In radiance fair.
Talley, streamlet, wood and hill-top,
Olorlfled traaiflgured II
In lb beauty of tb night time
Heats th thron ol (iod on Higo.
Lou I Qlbba, la Wsshlagtoa County Port.
credulous eyes, the boy's sharp les
son In a woman's heartlesaness, that
changed him Into manhood, and sent
him stung and smarting into the
world. "I shall not tell you; only,
If you had seen blm as I saw blm
you could not have waited till be waa
rich and famous and ft hero to ask his
forgiveness."
"Hla forgiveness I My dear goose!
a woman don't ask a man to forgive
her because she won't be his wife."
"But you let him think you cared
for him. You led him on and en
couraged him you know it, Adela,
Oh, it was horribly cruel! You made
him suffer."
"That kind of suffering does ft boy
good. Ho ounht to thank me, it it
made blm a soldier and a V. C. Any
how, he can ask the half of my king
dom now, and it won't be denied him."
Hut even while she spoke there
came a shout of cheering. The one
gun of the neighborhood exploded
with fussy importance, the band at
the station struck up "See the Con
quering Hero," mixed with the sounds
of village hurrahs and the tramp of
fast-trotting horses. Adola's still
beautiful face sparkled with pride and
gratification.
"Why, there he la!" she said gayly.
"I must meet him at the top of the
terrace steps. Run In anj tell the
others, Grade. Rout the Duchess out
of her room she's writing letter.
Tell them all to come out and meot
him here."
There was a flutter of pretty frocks
through the long windows as Grace
flew on her errand. People hurried
down the terrace to Join Adela; her
father came round the end of the
house. Another moment and the car
riage had flashed into sight had
drawn up at the bottom of the steps.
The hero of the BrltlBh people. lit
tle embarrassed by the warmth of
his reception, stood smiling and cour
teous at the steps of the terrace, hla
hand grasped in his host's, his ears
assailed by eager welcomes, his glance
passing from one to another of the
clamoring group.
They were all vehement to shake
hands with him, to bid blm welcome
home, to shower congratulations and
pretty speeches. And still his glance
strayed on.
Now he and his beautiful hostess
were walking down the terrace to
gether, and In at the long windows
ot the drawing-room.
She noted with approval his tine,
soldierly bearing, his bronzed, strong
face young still, in spite of the faint
ly grizzled hair about the temples.
"He is better looking even than the
portraits of blm," she said to herself.
His glance was still wandering.
Presently be spoke.
"Is Miss Rawson out there on the
terrace? I only Just shook hands
with her a moment ago. I should
like to see her If I might."
Adela smiled. She felt she knew hla
reason.
"He wants to find out from her at
once what his chances are," she
thought, amused. "Well, he shall be
put out of bis suspense." '
Aloud she said graciously:
"Do go out and talk to her, while I
take all these people to listen to the
band."
He stepped through the open win
dow, quick to accept the permission.
Grace stood at the terrace end, near
the very spot he so woll remembered,
where be bad thought his hope and
trust bad been slain.
The bond at the other side of. the
house waa frantically playing "Sol
diers of the Quoen." The air was
full of the buzz of voices, the linger
ing cheers beyond the park gates.
The world seemed all a-flutter with
garlands and roses and festoons, all
there for his cake!
He walked down the terrace, and
stood face to face with a quiet girl,
no longer in her teons, in a white
frock.
"Miss Rawson, this is a real pleas
ure!" Her band was in his strong,
warm clasp, and his kindly eyes on
hers. She tried to lay something In
response to the congratulations that
were on every other Up but hers. He
stopped tbem with brief thanks, look
ing round him with a half-amused
glance. "Why, this Is the very placo
where we parted where I saw -the last
of you how many years back?"
Adela waa right We remembered!
He had returned with the Impulse of
that memory still in hla heart
Grace said something trite about
change time had made; she hardly
knew what she said. He assented
gravely, yet smiling. He waa still
looking about him as If he were bring
ing' back the little scene.
"Yes, ft was here! How often have
I thought of It At night over the
camp Ire out oa the veldt? under the
stare!"
"I hop the pda did pot go with
your
She could not help saying It out ot
the compassion in her heart - -
: He looked up fulckly, surprised,
Thf pain? Ko, no I That waa ft
pin-prick a stab tor the hour It
could not last I But the memory of
that moment lasted; It was at once my
solace and my star ot hope. Perhaps
you will never know how much I owe
to It; it can never be told."
Tbe memory of Adela! Had that
been his spur, his impulse?
Men's hearts were net tbe onlv or.es
that had to endure pain
She wondered why be should find It
needful to put out hla strong hand
again and take hers into it while he
told ot his unchanged feeling for
Adela.
"But I can speak some of It I can
tlitnk you now for the sweet and
gentle womanliness tbat trltd to soften
tbe blow It bad to deal me, that
showed me all women were not hard
and worldly wise and cold. I could
have knelt down tnen and kissed the
hem of your garment for tbe angel
you were to me. It was when I bad
put seas between us that I knew. The
strong impression of your face as you
looked at me with sorrow and sym
pathy; the sound of your voice as
you tried to comfort me In my disap
pointment and distress. One moment
like that when two hearts lie open,
flashes a searchlight Into them. I
knew then how great was my mistake,
I bad taken the shadow for the sub
stance. I had wooed a dream, the
real woman stood at my side. She
went with me through all the years
that followed. I have come back to
try to win her. Will you be my
longed-for wife?"
And Grace's eyes were misty as she
answered, feeling as though the ter
race tottered beneath her feet.
"I have loved you always. I loved
you then, and I love you now more
dearly. But I never dreamed ot thlsl"
New York News.
QUAINT AND CURI0U8.
The mole is said to be deprived of
eyes, which Is untrue. They are very
small, which prevents them from being
injured by the earth through which it
borrows. When not In use the eyes
can be brought forward from tbe mase
of fur which conceals and protects
them.
In the orangery of Versailles Is the
oldest pomegranate tree in France. It
dates, in fact, back to the establish
ment of the orangery In 1685. In ex
ceptionally warm and bright seasons
tbe old tree still decorates Ita branches
with a few flowers, but no fruit has
been seen upon it for a long time.
One of the principal articles export
ed from Morocco are eggs. Last year
there were shipped from Tanglcrs
alone 62,400,200 eggs, the value being
estimated at about $490,000. This trade
has sprung up during the last tew
years, and has rapidly Increased. The
eggs, though small, are of good quali
ty, and large quantities are procurable
at a moderate price. MoBt ot them go
to Gibraltar and the United Kingdom.
Five thousand dollars is a big price
to offer for one flea, but that la the
amount positively offered by Charles
Rotchachlld of England, for one ot
those bothersome insects. Mr. Roth'
schild needs a polar flea to complete his
collection of these insects, and th
$5000 will be paid over to the person
who brings him a flea from the back of
the ArcUc fox. The flea of the Arctic
fox is to flea fanciers what the egg
of the great auk Is to the collector
ot birds' eggs. Mr. Rothschild has fit
ted out a whaler, which Is now in the
far north, to look for this flea among
other Arctic curiosities.
One of the novel features at the St
Louis World's fair will be an enormoui
floral clock. The dial of this clock
will have a diameter ot 100 feet, the
minute hand will be 15 feet long and
made of bright-colored foliage plants.
Surrounding them In a circle will be
collections of 12 distinct plants, each
collection being 25 feet in length and
15 feet wide. Tbe hands ot the clock
will be of steel and will have wooden
troughs for the soil. In which will be
planted flowers and green plants The
entire face ot the clock will be made
ot flowers and at night will be lighted
up by 1600 Incandescent lamps. The
machinery of the clock will be hidden
from sight
A curious story of a coin comet
from England. Since 1789 and up to
a week, or bo ago there has been lying
in one of the oldest of London banks s
sealed package containing one ot the
famous petition crowns of Charles II,
known familiarly as the trial piece ol
Thomas Simon. Simon made 15 ol
these in an effort to convince Charles
that be could make a firfcr and more
artistic coin than could the Dutch. The.
coin in question was offered twice fof
sale, unsuccessfully, the last time la
1774. The highest bid was then 2
guineas. In 1789 It was put away to be
offered for sale In 114 years. It Is thi
property ot a well known noblemot
and it is doubtful that he will follow
out the purpose ot his ancestor.
The "Towing Cure."
An eminent London doctor whost
nervous system had suffered severelj
through overwork recently took a tr
from Staines to Oxford, having himself
towed all the way. He is now advising
every patient whose nerves are un
strung to undergo the "towing cure.'
The quiet there is in a boat which it
being slowly towed, the gentle vlpplt
which follows the boat and the sooth
ing motion, together with the fresh
air, are said to have a wonderful ef
feet upon the nsrves. London Truth
MAN'S ANIMAL ,f B1END3
THE DOO AND THK HEN MOST
WIDELY DISTRIBUTED.
Regions Where Horse Can't Live
Mules Most Common In South Amer
ica Great Range of Cattle Cat's
Love of Civilisation Silk , Worm
Girdles th Earth.
The dog Is the most widely distrib
uted of the domestic animals, declares
the New York Sun. He lives in the
lowly hut of the African savage and Is
the companion of the Greenland Es
quimaux, the most northern Inhab
itants of the world. He Is In fact tbe
Inseparable companion of man and Is
found wherever tbe human race ex
ists. His habitat Is thus extended
further north and further south than
that of any other domestic animal.
The horse has also a very wide hab
itat He lives north of tbe Arctic cir
cle only in the northern ports ot Nor
way and Sweden; tbe northern half
o2 North America and the northers
third of Asia never see him. Tbe most
northern part of his habitat In Asia
Is around the north shores of the Sea
of Oshkotsk and in the neighborhood
of Yakutsk on the Lena river.
South of this latitude be Is found
nearly everywhere except In very
moist and hot regions like the Amazon
basin and equatorial Africa and the
southern part of India. He thrives In
the dry beat of tbe Sahara desert in
many of the oases, but he would be
nought for In vain In tropical Africa
between the latitude ol the Cape
Verde Islands and the Tropic of Capri
lorn. When explorers pushed northward
from the Congo their native servants
were greatly surprised on reaching a
region near Lake Chad to find the
horse In abundance. Their astonish
ment was unbounded when they sawthe
horsemen ot the Soudan on tbe fleet
est of riding animals that bad evr
met their 'gaze.
The mule is more generally distrib
uted over South America than any
other of the continents, being found
there everywhere excepting along a
part ot the hot, damp coast between
Pernambuco and Rio Janeiro; and he
In also practically unknown In the
Gulanas, the Amazon basin and Terra
del Fuego.
His home covers perhaps a fifth as)
much area as that of tbe borse. There
are few mules around our Groat Lakes
excepting along their southern shores,
but from the lakes the animal extends
southward to the Straits of Magellan.
His heme In all temperate and hot
countries, is practically coextensive
with that of the horse, but it does not
extend nearly as far north as tbe
horse's range, and he is not found in
the deserts.
The range of the ass Is about as
large as tbat of tbe mule, but be lives
in Asia, far to the northeast of the
mule's habitat and his habitat
stretches across the continent as far
as Irkutsk on Lake Baikal.
The range of tbe tame reindeer has
been widely extended In northern Asia
by the tribes tbat number him among
their valuable assets; and now he la
in process of being widely introduced
into Alaska. Civilization, therefore,
has done much to extend tbe habitat
of this animal to the south, but the do
mesticated reindeer has not been In
troduced into most of the great regions
of the Arctic, where the wild animal
roams at will.
The range of cattle is practically co
extensive with that ot the horse. Cat
tle, however, are found more exten
sively in very hot damp climates than
the horse and are entirely absent from
dry desert regions where the horse
is found In considerable numbers.
Cattle, for example, are wholly lack
ing in the desert of Sahara, but they
graze in the southern part of India,
where no horses are found. They are
grown wherever grass thrives, except
in some hot regions of excessive hu
midity, 'while the horse Is important
only in regions whore grain supple
ments grass as a part of his food.
The hen embraces nearly all the
world, and Its range would be as great
as that of the dog if it. extended far
ther north and south; but it is found
north of the Arctic circle only in Nor
way and Sweden, and is as yet lack
ing in the scouthern part of South
America, except where the Scotch
have settled in Patagonia. '
Travelers throughout the most of
Africa and India and in many little
known parts of the world can usually
add chickens to their food resources
without difficulty; but there are some
largo islands, like New Guinea, where
the hen is not found, and more than
half of Australia Is destitute ot this
animal.
We seldom think of the enormous
addition which tbe hen makes to our
resources. It is well known that our
country, year by year, usually pro
duces more geld and silver than any
other country In tho world. But the
last Year Book of the agricultural de
partment gives facts to show that the
value of tbe eggs sold In this country
has every year surpassed that of the
gold and silver It bos mined since 1850,
except in one year.
Nearly all our cats are found to the
south of southern Iceland, and New
Zealand Is the most southern country
In which they live. They are almost
wholly lacking among the Islands of
the Pacific group. There are plenty of
tlrcm In tho Philippines, but they are
practically unknown In the myriad
islands to the east of that -archipelago.
The ca.t has been Introduced Into
tbe Danish settlements of southwest
Greenland, but as a rule it is not a
domestic animal among barbarous peo
ples. The result Is tbat the animal
s not known in about lne-tblrd ot
South America, including nearly the
entire Amaaon basin, and Is nevef
seen in at least twe-tblrds of Africa. ,
It lives la Morocco. Algeria, along
the Nile and among the whites on tho
oast and west coasts; but tbe vast
expanses ot tbe Sahara and ot the
tropical Interior ot Africa do not know
this animal.
The dumseitcated .ostrich la not
found In any of the haunts of the wild
bird, but Is confined in Afrira to the
north and tho south parts of the con
tinent, where be Is raised for his
feathers. As Is well known, there are
a number of ostrich farms in Arizona
and southern California where the
animal Is thriving.
The honey bee lives almost all over
the wcrld where flowers supply the
nectar it requires, except in the Am
azon basin, in most of which the bee
Is not found. Tbe bee, therefore, Is
distributed all over our country,
though very sparsely In the dry and
unforeated regions of tbe west It is
wholly absent In the cold and most
of the desert parts of the world.
The silk worm girdles the earth be
tween the 60th parallel of north lati
tude and the Tropic of Cancer, being
found further south only In Slam and
Cochin China. In other words, It lives
wherever the mulberry and other trees
on which It feeds are found In perfec
tlcn. It belongs distinctively to tho
northern hemisphere, but may yet be
Introduced Into parts of the southern
hemisphere that are favorable tor tbe
mulberry.
FISHERMAN'S PARADISE.
A Name to Which Newfoundland Is
Ctrtalnly Entitled.
A native of Newfoundland Is a born
fisherman or a fish dealer. If the turn
of his business life prevents him from
catching fish, It seldom, If ever, gets
blm out of the atmosphere of tbem.
It he doe?n't catch them he sells them,
or gets his living In some way out
ot them. He lives and thrives, as it
wore, on codfish, fresh and salted, or
in the fattening from cod liver oil,
crude and refined. The scheduled com
merce of the Island is made Up of
fish the cod, herring and the salmon
the latter a mere drop In the aggre
gate bucket. This condition has ex
isted since tbe early years of tbe 16th
century, when the Portuguese, tbe BIs
cayans, tbe French and English fought
fiercely over the rights to tbe coast
fishing.
For nearly 400 years the traffic in
these special products of the seas was,
and is now, carried on purely from
the dollar standpoint, and during this
long period we find no reference to the
angling wealth of the Inland waters,
except when, here and there, a stray
Waltontan, stranded In transit to his
far-off home, Improvised a rod and
fishing gear and gave glowing accounts
of the salmon and trout waters near
the coast. But these reports were few
and far between, and owing to tbe
Isolated location of the Island and the
dearth of transportation facilities,
Newfoundland continued to be an un
developed Utopia to tbe anglers ot tbe
world.
This condition existed until within
the last decade, when the American
tourist, as restless and indefatigable In
his search for new avenues of pleasure
as he probably had formerly been in
chasing the dollar, traversed the isl
and and corduroyed, as It were, Its
many and difficult portages in his
heart for choice angling waters. He
found them everywhere; nestled In the
lap of every vale; In the concaves of
tbe hilltops, and dashing down the
monntaln sides, widening from turbu
lent trout rivulets Into noble salmon
rivers flowing placidly to the sea. For
be it known tbut more than one-third
of the . area of the island is covered
with fresh waters, and In their broad
reaches live many species of fish es
teemed the world over for their game
qualities. It Is not to be wondered that
such a country forms an objective point
in the Itinerary of the angling season
with the fisherman. William Harris
In the Illustrated Sporting News.
Heat Hints From India.
Though Britain is Itself a cool coun
try English soldiers have plenty ot ex
perlence in India, which isn't, and the
British war authorities are cona'B'i-iy
testing new devices for avo'dlrg sun
stroke. A metal lining for army hoi
mots was tried out at AMerbhot .Tiring
the recent manoeuvres without decis
ive results.
Sunstroke occurs In tbe British army
In India not In the hottest months but
In the miiEgy weather Jusi before the
rainy season. The rules -for safety In
hot weather are: Eat little, especially
of mere fuels, such as fat; tako flu.s
freely, as they aid the .ernl ratio
cooling mechanist,; wr loose, jor-
ovs, thin, light-colored cloth; bewart
of over-exercise In hot, damp air.
l:ullan experience frowns on the no
bat fad. Kipling's advice to the "re
crulty" Is, "You must wear your 'el-
met."
Protect your eyes and brn'n and
spinal cord by bafbrlm for tbe eyes,
hat fur the se.'vl a- l brim or handker
chief dr high collar tor the nape of
tl-e ntclt.
.ii thin pruutry the ennt profoetj the
rest ot the spinal cord, but in India
an extra layer of thin cldth Is often
sewed into tbe middle of the back
of the jiu-ket.
Meanwhile tho scientists are still dis
cussing whether heat prostration Is
caused by visible sunlight or h.T the
"Roentgen rsys" therein. New York
World.
Relics of the Armada.
Some interesting relics of the Span
ish Armada have been found in Tober
mory bay, whore one of the Spanish
galleons was sunk. A bronze breech
loading cannon, laved 1563 is among
tbe finds.
YEARNINGS.
Brisk, break, bak, '
On thy eold gray moo, O
While tb thing 1 want but never as get
Speak out In thy plaint to m.
Oh. well for tb eonntry lass
That tb ehoot th chute with yH,
And well for th dry good clerk
Tbat h bathe In tbe beating awell
Anrl th stately mlillonatr
Walk down tb ide with a amlle,
But allow. h, show me railway ear
With hi d) on both aide ot ih allt
Up the beai'h In a great whit t-nt
There are pri-acher men today,
And people stirred by tbe earnest word
Dow down their heade and pray.
And It'a well they hope to receive
Something they ouslit or ought not to,
Sat why ean't I bate an automobile
That will aut, and quit when It ought tof
f br's wind and the shining ana
And th beautiful bright blue bay,
While band In hand on th shining sand
Contiguous lovera atray.
I i-aren In vain for tb founti of Joy
Tbat fount aa they bill and eoo,
For I'm looking today for fountain pea
Tbat will fount when 1 want It to.
Oh, well tbat the flrherman mourns
For tb lobetera that er Bo mora I
B should set lobster pot oa th proper
apou.
For there' lobetera enough on aborat
let the tulug we want but never eau get
Make all the iiroxneat bleak.
And I'm yearning, In vain, for a loat goll
ball
That will anawer, "Here, sir," whea I
peas,
Wlntbrop Tackard, In Lite.
HUMOROUS.
"So the automoblllst finished tbe
race in a burst ot speed," "No; only
In a burst of the gasoline tank."
Teas Gracious! I must be getting
awfully old and homely. Jess Yes?
Tess Yes, four girls I know are going
to be married and have asked me to
be their bridesmaid.
"And why do you think you would
make a good book agent?" asked tbe
manager. "Well," replied the appli
cant for a Job, "I used to be a pro
fessional hypnotist."
"Yes, since Mr. Gotrox broke a mlr
ror yesterday she is convinced it is
vesy unlucky." "How superstitious.
"Not at all. it was a French-plate
mirror and cost $400."
Horry Blanche says she has lnsti
perable reasons for remaining single
Horace Yes; I know what they are.
Harry Then she has told you? Hor
ace No, but I've seen her.
He I declare, I feel terribly rattled
at the Idea of playing In the tourna
ment before all that crowd. She Oh,
cheer up they probably won't know
any more about tennis than you do.
Little Bobby Say, Pop? Father-
Well, well, what Is It now? Little
Bobby It a Chinaman speaks broken
English, would a white man spesk
broken cblna? (Exit Bobby to bed.)
"What Is a man's ideal?" "That
depends." "How do you mean?" "Why,
before marriage it's the woman he's
going to marry, and after marriage it's
some woman that be didn't marry."
"You could call bim a captain of ln
dustry, couldn't you?" "You could,
but you wouldn't do it it you were
wise at least not to his face. He
thinks he's at least colonel of Indus
try."
"What a dismal feller tbat man Blgs-
by Is." "Yes. What's the matter with
him?" "I heard he was crossed In
love.' "Is that all? I thought he must
o' loBt some money on somethln' se
rious."
"I suppose," said the Impressionable
young girl, "tbat you didn't have to
wait long for a husband, Mrs. Sharps.
"No," replied Mrs. Sharps, "I didn't,
but I do now till midnight, at least,
and often longer."
Clarence (cautiously) Would r If
I were to ask you to marry me ei
would you be sure to Bay "Yes?" Clara
(also cautiously) Well, If I were to
say "Yes" er would you be sure to
ask me to er marry you?
"Of course," said Mr. Staylate, "there
are some things that always go with'
out saying" "Yes, and worse still,"
interrupted Miss Patience Gonne yawn
ing at the clock, "there are some oth
ers that do Just the opposite.
"It will come out all right in time,"
be told his wife. "Fortune knocks at
every man's door once, and some day
she'll knock at mine." "It won't help
you any," returned bis wife. "If For
tune wants to find you she'll have to go
to the club and send in her card."
While waiting In the reception room
for their hostess some visitors were
entertained by that ladys 4-year-old
daughter. One of the callers remarked
to the other. "She Is not very p-r-e-t-
t-y." "No," Instantly replied tho
child, "I am not very p-r-e-t-t-y, but I
am very s-m-a-r-t"
"Young man," said tbe stern parent,
to the applicant for a Job as his son-in-law,
"I want you to know that I
spyit $5000 on my daughter's educa
tion." "Thanks," rejoined the youth
who was trying to break into the fam
ly circle. "Then I won't have to send
her to school again."
"Your . financial rating is satisfac
tory," said Mrs. DeSwlm to the appli
cant for her daughter's band In matri
mony, "but I'm not so sure as to your
Uncage." "Ob, I've got a lineage from
way back," rejoined the young man.
"I've had a father and mother, two
sets ot grandparents, four sets ot great
grandparents, sight sets of"
8wedlsh Offloer fq Turkey.
A report from Constantinople Is to
the effect tbat 100' Swedish officers will
be Installed In the Turkish gendarme
oatrps of Macedonia. Their pay will
amount to BO Turkish pounds, or about
$260 per month.
A Japanese author ta said to have
completes' a work of flctrou that runs
Into ahasty volumes.
THE NATIONAL CAME.
Waddell baa the ' smstlpsf bftttm
average In tbe American League.
That Washington Infield works beat
tlfnlly. Too bad they ennnot hit.
Joe Kelley snys that ITnrry Dnlsft
has played great ball for Cincinnati.
Pitcher rounds will finish the sensor .
In Denver. More farming uv Brooklyn.
Robert Loo fledsc. proprietor of the
Ft Louis tenin. will rebuild his base
ball park next winter.
Tip O'Neill, right fielder of Dnffs
Milwaukee tesm, will lo utility player
for the Bostons In 1904.
Catcher Mornn has put more tmllo
over the left field fence In Boston thl
year than any otbe- player.
tjole again leads all of the bats
men with a small average for a leader,
tbsnks to the foul-strike rule.
Cincinnati pnys Mllwnukee $2000 for
Pitcher Elliott, and the player will re
ceive $2000, with $500 advance.
Cleveland seems to hsve fired a Jewel
when Walker was canned. Ills work
with Louisville has been superb.
Catcher Moron, of the Boston Nation- .
sis, gets more assists per game than
any other backstop In tbe country.
The Philadelphia League Club has
released pitcher Jack MeKetrldgp, anrl
the New York League Club has signed
blm.
Cntehpr Nppdhnm. who wns to Jolnv
tho Boston Nntlonals, did not mnteiisl
Ir.c Ills ' folks do not want blm to
piny ball.
Clarke Griffith predicts that Cleve
land will simply swamp the Reds In
the Inter-State games at the close of
the season.
ntcher Roy Evans, Inte of Brooklyn
and Ht. Louis, hns signed with t'lio
Fodnlln (Mo.) Club, of the Missouri
Volley League.
Manager Powell, of the Atlantic?
tenin, has offered bis men $1000 if they
win tho Southern League pennant,
$500 If tbe team finishes In second.
Place, and $250 for third place.
. j
SPORTINQ BREVITIES.
v
Entries for tbe amateur golf cbam
tlonBhip total 14S.
The rail bird shooting in Delaware
began September L
Boxing will be resumed In Bntto,
Mont, in tbe near future.
Tbe Cleveland Club has purchased?
the famous Columbus third baseman,
Terry Turner.
E. E. Smothers' Billy Buck won the
$15,000 Massachusetts Stake for trot
ters at Readvllle, Mass.
Out of twenty-one games decided by
a one-run margin, tbe New York Ameiw
leans have won fourteen.
Crabs were never more plentiful than
they are nt present In all the watcra
about New York City. ,j
Surf casting is demanding the atten
tion of anglers these days. Good
catches of wen k fish are being made up
and down tbe New Jersey coast
Ormonde's Right, son of the famous
Ormonde, won tbe Autumn Stake at
Sheepshcnd Bny, New York City, rid
den by O'NIell, who also won on two
other mounts.
It is said that boxing is to be revived
at Chicago this coming winter. It if
further said that tbe authorities msy
allow tbe bouts to go ten rounds in
stead of six. - .
C. S. Titus, who lost bis champion
ship laurels to Y. B. Greer, the-Boston
sculler.-tn the National championship
at Worcester, has entered the Middle
States regstta st Washington, so that
he may meet bis rival again.
Louise Kobcr, an elgbtecn-year-oldt
girl, won the 100 yards dash at the
games of the Grocery Clerks' Union at
Celtic Park, New York City, in tbe fast
time of 11 4-5 seconds. A twelve-year-old
girl won the potato race.
Tbere is talk among tbe most Influen
tial Clyde yachtsmen of building so
other yacht to compete for the Amer
ica's Cup. If it is decided to send a
boat on such a quest all designers will
be asked to compete, and the best de
signs will be accepted.
Regulating the Exhibits.
All exhibits in the Palaces ot Man
afactures and Varied Industries at the
St. Louis Exposition will be require
by Chief Milan H. Hulbert to conform
to uniformity In height, so necessary
to artistic effect, in a great exhibit
building. All ceilings for booths wll
be 15 feet high. The largest Bhow
:ases may be 15 feet and surmounted
with a dome. The other sizes provid
ed for are 9 feet, 6 feet 6 Inches and
12 Inches. Counters are 30 Inches high
and on these may be showcases It
Inches deep. All tables on which dis
plays are made must be of tbe uni
form height of 30 Inches. All railings
must be 30 Inches high. Bases for ex
hibits must be six inches high.
Detecting Food Adulterations
The photo-mtcroscoplc camera for
taking pictures of food adulterant
tnd disease bacteria, and the micro
:ome for cutting articles of food inte"
nrlnitesimol pjeces, have lafely been
isod with great success by tbe Agrt
.-ultural Department. Imported foods
ire now tested by the department In
t mkroEcoplo laboratory established
for the purpose Many astonishing rev
elations have been made under the
sew reculatiotiB adorned br Congress.
Fifty years ago the population ot
England and Wales was divided equal
ly between city and country. Now 7T
per cent of It la urban.
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