"USED -
VTiere 1 no map thnt shows tin whet
Iu hill lnugn at the sky;
JTo map or we would Journey there
Where dowered vatic. v lie.
Um little land of Used-to-be
A fancied land, forsooth;
Which has for mete and boundary
The dim frontiers of youth.
Oi little Land of Used to-be,
Tour roses were so red!
Tour skies were n 7.11 re ten
Where ships went nailing overhead,
A land of laughter and or song.
Where been' contented croon
Kept time with swaying pof py bloom
Through, Bummer alterrwons.
We seek the pathway to that land,
But seek it nil in vain,
Sometime tho mln seems like a hand
That tapa upon the pane
And lulls us softly into sleep
Blent with a rovery
Wherein our glad hearts And nnd keep
The Land of Vied-to-be.
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WHO STOLE THE CAPTAIN'S HAM?
A Mystery of the Briny Deeo Which is
Still Unsolved.
By R. H.
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It was perhaps from (tome dim. In
stinctive appreciation of the futility of
reckless competition, more likely from
a mutual respect for one another's
lighting powers, that stealing from the
calley was so finely systematized by the
tokers and sailers of the Scotch
Prince, cargo and cattle steamer of
Liverpool.
A great hulking, dirty, rolling car
tier of the ocean, with a long, hatch
flotted sweep of deck fore and aft,
team winches Innumerable, and six
teen boilers, she carried a matter of
twenty-odd seamen and as many stok
ra, to say nothing of their under
tndiea, tho trimmers. These trimmers
were a humble set, cursed a great deal,
and tolerated as a sort of necessary
vll by the better elements of the
"black gang." They had no recognized
right to participate In tho perils or the
fruits of "galley ranging." It was con
sidered a sort of poaching for them
to steal for themselves, and shocking
Impudence to ask for a Bhare of what
was stolen by others; so they generally
had to be content with their bare
whack." so neatly and accurately set
forth by the pound of this, the half
pound of that, and the cunce of the
other per diem on the printed sheet of
"British Steamship Rules," duly panted
up In each forecastle.
Now the "British Steamship Rules"
re a very prudent and atlmirablo in
stitution. In the olden days a crew
might bo overfed or underfed, or both,
alternately, according to the length of
the vcyage and the eccentricities of
the skipper. But during the last gener
ation great minds were exercised over
this evil, and tho result Is the neat
poster referred to abovo, which removes
from the sailor's mind all uncertain
ty and speculation so far as food Is
concerned, and provides that inRtead
W the extremes nnd sudden transitions
-which formerly obtained, u gf-ntle, ac
curate K.-mi-starvafion s'.nll hi main
tained wlitiO.it Interruption; U::it in
stead of tho violent agony of pa"ir:g
from plenty to far.iinc, bmI s.nin'l Imcr.
from famlno back to plei-.ry ngaln, that
those who so down to the sen in ships
nave a legal right to l:e underfed r?!;u
larly and to pluo sweetly away luto an
early and anaemic grave.
Sailers are nn ignorant lot; they
sever appreciate what Is done for them.
"tls true 'tis pity; and pity 'tis 'tis
true" that never have cargo broaching,
fralley ranging, and' other like crimes
flourished before as they do today in
most ungrateful spite of tho benign
ration system.
The trimmers of the Scotch Trlnco
thought they fared badly. To bo sure,
they had "salt horse" and potatoes
once a day, to say nothing of delicious
"burgoo," and no less than two ounces
of petrified hard tack every morning
and evening. It was tho bcmity that
spoiled them. At least the steward said
so. And they -would have stolen, ac
tually have taken food that didn't be
long to them, had a chance offered.
But the firemen and sailors had Just
such vicious propensities themselves,
and they kept a Jealous eye on all
chances.
The firemen and sailors, as wo have
remarked befcre, managed things In a
very business-like way. On tho ;3cotch
Prince, as on the majority of trans
atlantic freighters, the different messes
of the crew were served by "peggles"
that. Is, going in rotation, the men of
each mess took turns In bringing the
food from the galley to their respect
ive quarters, They usually worked in
pairs, one man carrying tho soup or
coffee can, the other the meat or bread.
The cookroomB were in an alley In
the deckhouse, the ovens and soup
kettles In one room, and tho bread
room Just diagonally across. The sail
ors' peggles and the firemen's poggies
would naturally reach the galley about
the same time; one set would go in
for the bread while another were get?
ting their soup and meat, and then,
taBtng it turn and turn about, and not
often enough to be too palpable, the
firemen's peggles in the breadroom, for
instance, would set up a cry that they
oould not find tne hardtack, and while
the cook came to unearth it, the sail
ors' peggles In the opposite room
would stuff their waists and caps with
soiled carrots, spinach, slices of steak,
and other delicacies of the officers'
mesa. Vice-versa, the sailors' peggles
M.a,li Antrum th HAntr'a BltunMmi
Wlills a stokers' peggy absconded with
pudding. The trimmers, also, bad
heir peggy, only one; as they were a
TO - BE."
O, little Land of Uscd-f'-V,
Ho far, nnd fair, and faint.
Whence mellow song come nmrmnrlr.
In accent old and qunlnt I
Tour tree were all so broad nnd high
And prodlgnl of simile
Wherein the scattered sunshine
In mosaic leaped and flayed.
Oft timet we look to where It Hcfr--
For this we know full well:
Its distant (tlntnnur never flics;
We never lose tho spell.
Ah, would that we mirht rle and go
Iown paths of memory
And find tho land we ucd to know,
The Land of Used to-be.
O. little I.nnd of I'sed to-be,
What treasures do you hide!
The singing streams that romped
And run through meadows green and
wide;
.'ho birds, whose songs, It seemed to us.
Were echoes of our glee
Whv Is It wo can never find
The Laud of Used to-be 1
Chicago Tribune.
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small body, and he was out of place
In a manoeuvre of this kind; It was
obviously a situation where "two are
company and three a crowd." The best
he could expect was to be regarded as
a neutral spectator and not pounded
by the robbers for being In tho way
nor blamed, on the other band, fall
ing to prove an alibi for other peoplo's
thefts.
The trimmers took their hardship
very much to heart, but there was no
apparent remedy. Wherever their soli
tary peggy happened to be he was out
numbered by the enemy and helpless.
In addition to a superior force tho
strokers and sailors were either gifted
with a sort of second Bight, or had
some mysterious channel cl informa
tion with the galley, possibly through
a terrorized mess boy, that ennbled
them to prognosticate pretty accurate
ly what was being cooked there on any
particular day and where It could be
found. The trimmers had no prlvato
wire;, the only hints they ever re
ceived they gathered, second hand,
from the gossip of the firerooni.
One noontime, when the trimmer'
pegRy reached the galley he found tho
stokers' peggles there ahead of hlra
and the representatives of the fore
castle in the breadroom. He was con
scious of a sort of electrical excite
ment in the air without seeing any
thing at first glance to warrant it. He
had just filled his soup bucket and
was waiting for his pan of meat when
the cook went off to get his pipe.
The stokers' peggies Btood for an In
stant looking at the cook's retreating
figure with the rapt gaze of devotees
at the psychic moment of a miracle.
They recovered presence of mind nnd
tilted off the lid of a pot on the galley
range. Within, Just rising and falling
with the ebullitions of the water, was
aluolous, fragrant, Yorkshire ham.
Hie stokers pT?i" traced their hum's
;i tlielr ston.Kchs :iiic. mnuk attitudes
r.y.nl.'olizi-ig ii',;,ivciut!o;i. Ylie poor
tnr.ii.ipr. nvi renmo with cnsoilon, fair
ly drooled i;r i!;e sl-jlit.
Ignoring Mm, the stokers afroed to
111:: quickly around, In contrnry tlirec-tloi-.s,
to tlie starboard ailoy to mako
sure no officers were in sight between
the galley and tho stokehole fiddler.
They departed on the double-quick. In
about three secomU the lid web back
on the pot nnd the despised trimmer
was going le'.ow, very rapidly, with
a. soup can in one baud and 20 pounds
of ham In the ether.
He had JiiRt about gotten down the
oompanlonway, by wonderful luck, un
observed, when the two Bailors' peg
gies came cautiously out of the bread
room. "Give us 'alf, would they! Ya!
The mischief they would," said cne;
"grab tho pot and cut." With the lid
stul on they took pot and all and sped
for the forecastle.
A moment later stokers' peggy No. I
got bark, and missed the pot. Just
then stokers' peggy No. 2 appeared.
"Ye think ye're cute stcalin' the 'am
while I'm running liko mad around the
ship, don't ye?"
"Dcn't try to get out of It that way,
w'ore's the 'am?"
"You stole It?"
Ditto!"
In sparring for an opening they
turned and saw the chief steward
standing at tho door listening to their
dialogue.
Half an hour later, two stokers sit
tig in irons under tho main hatch
heard a cry on deck: "Aye! me 'am,
me 'am; cntch 'im!" There was a
commotion overhead. Where two ..ad
boen sitting In Irons there wore pres
ently three. A sailor, with a faraway,
sorrowful look on his face, had been
caught sneaking up the forecastle oom
panlonway with an empty pot. He was
captured in the act of throwing it over
heard. ,
"Too many clues to this mystery,
said the first officer. "First the stokers
stole it, now it seems the sailors stole
It; next we'll get evidence against the
trimmers." But be never did. New
York Evening Post.
A Character Book.
To prevent the manufacture of bo
gus recommendations of servants in
Germany every servant Is obliged to
keep a character book, in which neces
sary entries of dates and character
descriptions are made by the mistress
or master. Ths servant must then
taks the book to tbe nearest police sta
tion and have her record dated with
the official stamp.
A WAY T1IK JAM IIAVR
(SHOWN IN THE MATTER OF MAK
ING ARTIFICIAL LIMBS.
Why American Manufacturers Are
Not Likely to Profit by the Russo
Japanese War American Artificial
Limbs Still the Best In the World.
"Will tbe Russo-Japanese war cause
sny Incrense In the demand for Amer
ican artificial limbs?" was asked of
a New York maker of such appliances.
"Not a bit," was the reply, "or not
In Japan, anyway. Whatever artificial
limbs tho Japanese may require they
will buy of their own makers.
"We have sold some, artificial limbs
In Japan," the Now York manufactur
er continued; "I guess about fifty alto
gether. The first one we ever sold
thero was supplied to a Japanese no
bleman, who was also of high rank as
a st.ito official, and who lost a leg by
the explosion of a bomb thrown at
him by an assassin at the time of tbe
Chino-Japane?e war.
"This leg gave Its wearer great sat
isfaction, and subsequently we sold to
him duplicates of It; the first and Inst
we have sold to various purchasers In
Japan, as I said, about fifty artificial
limbs altogether, but now tho demand
for them has wholly ceased, for the
Japnncne are now making their own.
"We print a catalogue, which Is real
ly a book of several hundred pages,
and which contains, besides a cata
logue of our productions, a treatise on
artificial limbs and their uses and in
formation concerning them. It Is Il
lustrated with cuts of artificial limbs
and of various other appliances which
we produce. We send these catalogues
all over the world.
"Some time age we received from
Japan a reprint of our catalogue, done
In Japanese, put out there by a Jap
anese manufacturer of artificial limbs.
He sent a number of copies of this
book nnd offered to send us more If we
desired them."
This Japanese renrlnt of the Ameri
can catalogue Is, like the original, a
book of some hundreds of pages, and
It Is bound In boards. It Is printed on
thin Japanese paper, and In Japanese
characters.
In this Japanese reprint many of tho
drawings of tho original are also repro
duced, the work on these, however, not
being so well done as It might be. But
tho look contains, bound Into It, a
number of leaves of plate paper, on
which are printed half tone portraits,
these including pictures of somo Jap
anese wearers of artificial limbs, and
Including also a portrait of the found
er of the American concern whose cat
alogue Is thun reprinted. 4
"In fact," Bald the New York manu
facturer, 'they gave us in the book the
very fullest credit In every way, but at
tho same time they wrote us that they
considered the making of artificial
limbs a humane enterprise, and that
If they required further Information
concerning the making of them it
might bo that they would write to us
for it. And If they do, 1 dare say that
we shall send It to them.
"For their example In reprinting
our catalogue Is one not likely to be
followed, and the Japanese trade Is
lost to v.f. anyway. American arti
ficial limbs are the best that are made
In the tforld anywhere. In lightness,
In the Ingenuity of their construction
and In adaptability to their uses they
excel nil others. Just as, In their respec
tive v.ys do fo many other Ameri
can Inventions In the construction of
which Ingenuity and skill are involved.
"But now, with artificial limbs made
In their own country, the Japanese will
buy no oilier. For they are an Intense
ly patriotic people, and however good
ours may hs, and whether their own
may bo good or bad, the Japanese re
quiring nn artificial limb will buy one
only of Japanese make.
"But this does not apply everywhere.
There are other patriotic peoples who
patronize tiiclr own, as, for example,
the Germans. And In other countries
they may, so to speak, dissect our
limbs, tnke them apcrt to discover and
reproduce their excellences, but they
are not likely to go to the extent of
the Janano:;- And, after all, ours re
main tho best, and we will sell them
all over the world.
"In many far countries, when any
body ha3 need for an artificial Ilmli,
he sends for it to where ho can get
tho best, and no he is likely to sand to
the United States; or. If ho was of
European birth or descent, ami ro with
naturul inclinations In that direction,
It might bo that be would send to
France. 0 wo get orders from every
where, only yesterday, for example, we
received an crder for an artificial leg
from an interior city of British India,
And, with throe sales added to tho
business done in our own country, we
have all tho business mo can conven
iently do, and bo, when we take into
account all the circumstances, we are
not disturbed by tho reproduction of
our catalogue In Japan."
"Y'oii spoke of tho Japanese noble
man subsequently ordering additional
limbs duplicates. Do people that
have occasion to wear an artificial limb
commonly own more than one?"
"Some men have a dozen, and It
would not be remarkable for a man to
have two or three or half a dozen legs.
The stump of tbe natural leg Is liable
to change more or less with time, re
quiring a corresponding readjustment
of the urtiftclal leg to Insure perfect
comfort in the wearing of it. So a
man would bo likely to have two arti
ficial legs, the second one to be worn
when the flret.was undergoing refitting
or repairs.
"And some men have a number of
legs, as they would have a number of
suits of clothes and wear them as they
would the clothes at different times.
And an artificial leg Is liable to miu
hap, just as a natural leg is; it may
be run over, Jubt as, perhaps, tbe or
iginal wan, and a man keeps a dupli
cate so as to be provided against stlch
a mishap or against any other.
"Men do about artificial limbs just as
they do about any other artificial aids.
One man wearing spectacles, for In
stance, may have but a single pair, and
he may wear them a long time, until
they wear out, regardless of any
change in bis eyes; while another man
may provide himself at the outset with
one or more duplicate pairs for emer
gencies, and he gets new spectacles
whenever his eyes seem to require
them, and so he accumulates specta
cles; and It is Just so with artificial
limbs.
"But with all these demands coming
to us from one source and another and
due to one and another cause, we do
not look for any Increased demand due
to tbe Russo-Japanese war." New
York Sun.
QUAINT AND CURI0U9.
The Chinese have twice sacked Mos
cow, ence In 1237, and again in 1293.
Brine springs flow under tho town
of Norwich, England. They have been
there for centuries, and were used fcr
the production of salt long before the
Christian era
There are very few paupers In Japan,
because old age Is revered there. No
parents or children come to want there
unless all their natural protectors are
dead or disabled.
Norway's coast line seventeen hun
dred miles In a straight line becomes
twelve thousand miles If followed
round the fjords. In these fjords arc
over 150,000 Islands.
A. B. Saunders of Sunset, Me., raised
the prize carrot of Hancock county, If
net of tho state. Its length over all
was 46 Inches, circumference 14 inches,
weight three pounds seven ounces.
John Mcnroe of Rock Point, Vt, shot
a bird recently thnt Is undoubtedly a
species of cormorant or sea trow, a
bird rarely seen In Inland waters, gen
erally being found In the larger lakes.
The bird was nearly black. It meas
ured five feet and six Inches from tip
to tip, nnd 37 inches from head to tail,
and weighed 10 pounds.
Hundreds of pounds of honey have
been discovered !n the great equestrian
statute of Gen. Robert E. Ife, at Rich
mond, Va. Both the horse and rider
are hollow, and It appears that ever
Blnee last summer bets have been go
ing In and out at the parted Hps and
nostrils of General Lee nnd his steed.
The bees are nlimat numberless, and
they have been making honey con
stantly. There Is 110 way of Retting
insldo the Btatuc without damaging
it, and the bees will be left alone In
their Iron home.
A Bpecles of acncla which grows
very abundantly In Nubia and the Sou
dan Is called the "whistling tree" by
the natives. Its shoots are frequently
distorted In shape by the agency of
larvae of Insects and swollen Into a
globular bladder from one to two In
ches in diameter. Alter the Insect has
emerged from a circular hole In the
side of tbi swelling, tho opening,
played upon by the wind, becomes a
musical instrument suggestive of n
sweet-toned flute. The whistling tree
is also found in the West Indies.
Dr. Forel, a well known American
neurologist, who has devoted much
time to tho study of tho nervous sys
tems and the sensations of nuts nnd
bees, concludes that the vision' of In
sects Is In "mosnlc," thnt Is, ns If It
were made up of bits separated by
dark lines, the lines corresponding to
the edges of the fucets of the Insect's
eye. Tho Image is usually not sharp,
though when the number of facets Is
considerable (twelve thousand to
seventeen thousand). he definition Is
gcod. It is his conclusion that Insects
have moro than Imitlnct they have a
soul, so to say; and at any rate, n
mind capable of forming Judgments,
of choosing. Bees have, for example,
nn astonishing memory for localities.
Instinct and automatism are fur from
constituting all their mental life.
Lovi and Royalty.
Tho pnoouals of royal persontigps
aro generally far moru commonplace
than those of ordinary people, though
there is often moro love behind them
than ono would suspect from au ar
rangement which Is really a matter of
statecraft. Tho proposal of the C'znr
is a case In point. Whllo ho was etlll
Czarvitch, ho met and fell In love
with Princess Allx of Hcsso. who was
staying at York cottase. His propos
al was made In correct form. "My 1 m It
er, tho Czar," Bald ho "desires mo to
offer you my hand and heart.'' ".!v
grandmother, tho Queen, hr.a com
manded mo to accept the offer of your
band," said the prlnccsn, but, she add
ed, "and your heart I take of my own
accord."
It was n lovo mntch, nnd In spite of
the trluls nnd troubles that have be
fallen them. It Is a thoroughly happy
marriage. Chicago News.
In Exchanrjo for One Apple Tree.
What a gift it was .to this country
when old England gave us the applo
tree, brought over as It was by the
governor of tho Massachusetts Bay
colony in lii29. From that onotreo we
have become tho greatest apple grow
ing nation in the world. Our yearly
production exceeds 100,0(10,000 barrels,
and Colond MatthewB, he who keeps
an account of all that Maine produces,
says that our own state sent over to
tho old world last year 500,000 barrels
a liberal return for tho tree brought
here lu 1C29 Jy Governor Winthrop.
Bangor Commercial.
The Owl and the Lark.
Oh. the (KM nnd the I.nrk
Went u-ntllng lifter dnr.
And the? hunted nnd they flouted down
the river to ttte reu:
On tliHr iimiuliiHiiK they played,
Anil n h incrrv mulii mucin
Tbuttbu donkey hi the dlstuuco fairly
luuglicd aloud lu glee.
Tho tldo wan ebbing fnut,
And the bout went urlfllug past;
The donkey gave s wlitatlu as bo
munched 11 thistle bloom,
And be uld. "It my trailer,
They will riirely emu to grief.
Ami the motion of the ocean will pre
cipitate their doom."
The lxnt It sped abini,
And so merry, wan their song
Tbut the moon very soon wouderod
what tho iioIku could be;
Peeping over the horizon,
Shu exclaimed, "Well, that's sur-
prlHiu'l
Do tfiore Ktrnnperi know the danger
of this shiny, briny nciif
Then the bout gave a lurch.
The Lark wnbblcd on tier perch;
8he u bnudlin1 her inuiidoliu, when
overboard It. went.
But ttie Owl said, "Now, my dear,
I will get it, never fcurl"
Aud with mi onr he duliej mid
spluhbed to reach tbo instrument.
But nlnul the boat upset
In the wutery wave so wet,
Aud both the qiiuklng, shaking birds
were ttuulpi-d Into the deep;
The Owl wim wukiiu.I ugr.niuU,
But the little Lurk wu. drowned,
Which cini-eil the Ow l to oh I mid howl,
uud moved llio mucin to weep.
Curolyu Wells, iu ISt. Nicholas.
t
Ella's Doll.
In the fairy days there was a lovely
girl with a face of purest white, save
where tho roses dyed her cheeks and
Hps, eyes of velvet brown and hair
like yellow spun silk. She had a beau
tiful home, 50 dolls and many toys,
but she was not content.
"Dolls are stupid, dumb things."
she exclaimed, fretfully, ono dny. "I
want reul, live fairies to play with."
The 60 dolls looked at her reproach
fully, but sho pushed them from her,
and lay so still pouting and longing
that soon tho white HiIh drooped over
the brown eyes aud Elsa knew no
more of the things of earth.
After a while she heard a humming
and a murmuring, something between
tho drowsy buzz of Insects and the
rippling of a stream over a rock bed.
It was very pleasant to hear. "I
wonder what it Is," said Elsa, sitting
up.
To her surprise her 60 dolls were
not where she had loft them, but flit
ting about were creatures that bore
a resemblance to them, although they
were a thousand fold more beautiful,
and ench bad gauzy wings. It was tho
fluttering of these wings that had
awakened Elsa. Sho wos very glad
to be awake, for never had she seen
so enchanting a sight.
"Oh, oh, now I have someone worth
playing with!" Bhe exclaimed, and she
called the dolls endearingly by name.
They paid 110 attention to her, bow
ever, but continued to amuse them
selves. Now ntid then a silvery luugli
would ring nut, but whnt tho merri
ment was about Elsa could not innko
out. Her dolls, which Blio had treated
so contemptuously now left her en
tirely out In the cold.
Elsa sighed. Then shn.erled. S'.ie
could not help It. K!io had lost her
dolls Blio dlil not Bee how sho ever
could havo thought tlicm stupid, for
they really were tho loveliest dolls
ever seen. Never, never, Elsa was
sure, would slio ever have anything
half bo dear.
"Why do you shed tears?' nn old
woman asked her.
"I abused my VMn and neglected
them, and now they havo become
fairies nnd have turned their backs
upon mo, and I havo no one to play
with,"
"Would you like to be a fairy, too?"
"Oh, moro than anything else, but
I never can be."
"Well, let's boo. Now, shut your
eyes."
Tho old womc-i rdiook a silver ball
over Elsa's bend ..d a golden powder
fell all over her.
"Open your eyes," commanded tho
old womnn, and Elsa did bo, nt the
sanjo time realizing thnt she was
floating through, tho air nnd thnt sho
shimmered Just like tho doll fairies.
"I am a fairy,' she tried to say, but
toe words catno out In a littlo song,
ifho immediately started in pursuit of
tho other fairies, and when uho over
took thorn they gave her a cordial
greeting. They frolllcked together in
rnad Joy, and Elsa was tho happiest
fairy of them all.
After a while It thundered and El
sa started in fright. She was not a
fairy and her dolls were Just bh plain
dolls as they had always been, but she
hugged and klssod them all around,
and exclaimed: "You ore tho sweetest
things in the world and I am going to
play with you as Ion,? as I live. I
wouldn't change you for all the fairies
that ever lived In fairyland." Bar
bora Rowc, in Mirror and Farmer.
Scissors to Grind?
Jessie stood over the kitchen sink
busily washing tho breakfast dishes
and sighing as sho did so, for it was
monotonous work.
"Oh; dear," sho grumbled, ''I just
wlBh I had all my tlmo to myself dur
ing vacation tho way the other girls
do. Dishes are fearfully tiresome!"
Just then a scissors grinder coming
along the street called "Scissors to
grind, scissors to grind," In a very
pleasant voice. Jessie went to the
door a be knocked and said very
politely: "No, thank you, we haven't
any dull scissors today."
The grinder was a young Italian
boy and he looked so tired and for
lorn tli at Jcsslo stood by the door a
moment, and looked at him pityingly.
"Are you thirsty?" she asked, pleas
antly. "It's such a hot day, pcrnaps
you would like a glass of Ice water."
"Tanka," said the boy, showing his
white teeth as Jessie handed It to
hlra. "Vera sorra you got no scissor
to grind," continued he. "Not one
pair dls week. Verra discouraged,"
and he picked up his machine and
started down the steps.
"Poor thing," thought the little girl
to herself. "I'm awfully sorry for
him. I'd give him tho monoy In a
moment If I had it." Then the
thought flashed over ber that sVe did
have It a nice new 10-cent piece up
In her top bureau dramer that Uncle
Frank had given her only the day be
fore. "Oh, dear, f simply can't give
that up. It's all t have." Then as sh
caught a gllmpso of the poor, down
hearted Italian boy walking slowly
down the walk, all her sympathy wai
aroused and her decision was made.
"Boy," she called out, "come back a
moment. I have a pair after all,"
and charitable little Jessie ran up
stairs and came down with her moth
er's shears and her one and only 10
cent piece.
The boy had come back, his fac
was all smiles as he set to work, and
In a few moments the shears were
beautifully sharpened.
'"Oood by," he called, as he started
down the walk the second time. "You
verra kind lndy."
"Good-by," answered Jessie, and she
wnet back to her dishes.
About two months after this, every
fence In tho village announced the
fact by flaring posters that the circus
was coming to town. This Instantly
created wild excitement among all the
children. Everybody but poor Jessie
seined to be going, and bo she tried
not to see tho enchanting billboards,
and pretended that Hons and tigers
weren t a bit Interesting to her. Moth
er had Bald from the first that It would
bo Impossible for her to spnre tle
necessary quarter for admission for
little Harry needed shoes, and baby Jo.
slo's hat was worn out. But mother
promised that next time It came they
should all go, so Jesslo was trying to
look forward to that, and not think of
what she wos missing. It was hard
work, though, ond the prospect of
pleasure a year ahead was not much
comfort.
And then finally the cirrus er ne!
There was no rcastn for Jessie's miss
ing the parade, anyway; so seizing lit
tle Harry's hand she started for the
village, and stood In open-mouthed
wonder as the chnriots and clowns and
elephants marched grandly and ma
jestically along. And the horses! Jes
sie had never seen such btautiful
creatures In all her life. 'Oh, dear!
oh, dear! Just to think I can't see them
perform at all!" she almost Bobbed.
Suddenly the procession stopped. A
freight train was slowly pulling into
tho station, and the gates wen down
and prevented anything passing. This
pleased Jesslo Immensely, for she had
all tho 'more time to look at the won
derful creatures before her. And whom
do you think she saw standing di
rectly In front of ber, leading a tiny
pet poodle? The littlo Italian scissors
grinder himself.
"Why, there's my nclssors grinder,"
cried Jesslo aloud.
At the sound of hor voice the boy
turned and Instantly recognized his
small friend. "Hullo!" l;o called, end
then stepped over to where she stood
"I never forgot you. Do you go circus,
to-day?"
"No, said Jesslo mournfully, "wo are
Just watching the parade."
"Nice to see show," said the boy.
"Belter eouie. I Join a month ago.
Havo goo 1 lucij ever since. Scissor
bitblncsH no good."
"Thut's nice," said, Jessie. "I wish
I could come, but wo c-can't ufford It,"
she ended, turning red.
Tho boy smiled broadly. "I give bn
your kindness, lady," ho said. "Yen
and little hoy romo to circus, ask for
Tony; and I coir.o let you in free."
Just then with an extra blast of trum
pets, tho parade slarted, and Jessie
had only tlmo to gasp out "thHnkyou"
beforo ho was gone.
It seemed Just too good to bo true.
"To think, mother, I inn really going
to tho clr?us nfter all, and Marry, too!
Oh, I can't believe it, I can't believe It
But It was true, and that afternoon,
Ji'sslo and Harry presented themsel
ves nt tho wonderful circus tent, and
ralterlncly naked for Tony. In about
two minutes ho came out, and es
corted the two happiest children In
town to their seats right In front of
tho mlddlo ring. I never could protend
to tell you all tho things they saw,
for It would bo imioss!ble, but oh!
they had such a good time.
"And Just to think," said Jessie that
night at tea, as they both were trying
to describe the performance at the
soma time, "if I hadn't been nice to
that poor littlo Italian scissors grind
er, wo would never have seen the
circus at all."
Stanley's Legacies.
Sir H. M. Stanley left behind him,
according to the British Weekly, not
only an Immense amount of material
concerning himself. In the form of
diaries and letters, but also docu
ments of Immense historical Impor
tance, which could not properly be pub
lished during tho lives of the persons
most concerned In them. His publish
ers are said to be In communication
with a well-known English man of
letters, with a view to a biography,
but probably much of tbe matter can
not yet be given to tbe public.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
tie that Is down need fear no fall.
Banyan.
Strong reasons make strong actions.
Shakespeare.
Pity Is best taught by fellowship In
woe. Coleridge.
A beautiful face Is a silent com
mendation. Bacon.
Jest not with the two-edged sword ot
Ood's Word. Fuller.
A man's best friends are his 10 fin
gers. Robert Collyer.
The men who make history have not
time to write 1L Mctternlch.
When tho heart Is won, the under
standing Is -easily convinced. C. Sim
mons. l;et us learn upon earth those things
whbth can prepare us for heaven.
Jerome.
He who can conceal his joys la great
er than he who can hide bis griefs.
Lavater.
The highest manhood resides In dis
position, not In mere Intellect. H. W.
Beecher.
The motto of chivalry Is also the
motto of wisdom;-to serve all, but love
only one. Balzac.
No man can be provident of his time
Who Is not prudent In the choice of bis
company. Jeremy Taylor.
If we had no fallings ourselves we
should not take so much pleasure In
finding out those of bthers. Roche
foucauld. A solemn and religious regard to
spiritual and eternal things Is an In
dispensable element of all true eroat
ness. Daniel Webster.
IN THE PRE83 BOX.
Where Professional Scorers and Re
porters Keep Track of Our
National Game.
At the grounds where the profes
sional clubs ploy baseball, you may
have noticed a small boxlike struc
ture perched on tho roof of the grand
stand. Its position directly back of
home plate and on a line with the
pitcher is the best possible for a view
of the game, and If you are lucky
enough to be invite:! up by some of
those who have a right there, you
will he surprised to find how much
better you con watch what is going
on than from a seat nearer the
ground.
This littlo house wlti the w!re net
ting over the front to guard asalnst
foul flies is called the press or scor
ers' box. The young men who sit
there have need of every facility for
observing the game, because after
ward they must present an absolutely
accurate record of it If the contesting
nines belong to an important league
and play In a large city there will be
an official scorer for ear 1 club, besides
reporters from ench of ne dally news
papers. The scorers i.ave to record
every move of the game and, when It
is over, present to the managers of
their clubs a complete set of figures,
from which everybody who under
stands the Bport can tell exactly what
each player has done how well or
how poorly he has played.
Watch a scorer at work. Before
him Is an open book with the names
of one club written down the left-hand
Bide of one pae and those of the op
posing team. Inscribed on the page op
posite. After each name hj a lino of
checker board squares, curiously
marked off, nnd at tho end of these on
tho right of each page are several
perpendicular columns headed A B,
R, 1 B, S II, S H, P O, A and E for
the summary. These stand for, re
spectively times at hat, runs, the times
a player hns reached first base, sttlon
bases, sacrifice hits, put-out, assists
nnd errors. The symbols used by pro
fessional scorers are comparatively
few and easy to remember, and any
one familiar with the game ought to
be able to use them after half an
hour's study followed by a little prac
tice. From Allan P. Ames's "How to
Keep a Baseoall Score" in St. Nich
olas. Makaroff'a Culture.
Admiral Makaroff was something
more than tho typical cultured Rus
sian, says the Westminster Gazette.
One might talk with him almost with
out suspecting that he was a foreign
er, bo easy was his command of Eng
lish. His longest stay of late years in
England was during the building of tbe
Ice-breaker Yerinak. which he do--slgned
and which he Baw constructed
at Newcastle-on-Tyne. giving persrjnal
suerintendence to every detail. Ad
miral Makaroff was an enthusiast In
regard to that vessel. He believed
that she was the forerunner of a type
by means of which the secrets of the
Frozen North will ultimately be given
to the world, and ho talked with light
dancing In his eyes . of what the ice
breaker might ultimately be expected
to achieve.
The Spice of Life.
A white Russian priest must be mar
ried, but ho cannot marry a second
time. If his wife died he must enter
a monastery. Hence, says a writer
in the World's Work, the Russians tell
many Btories of tho extraordinary
means to which the priests resort in
guarding the health of their wives. If
the priest's consodt sneezes, a 'mild
panlo ensues In the household
No Fear.
Borroughs I'm afraid I've got heart
trouble.
Lenders Oh, you needn't be afraid
that you'll ever die suddenly.
Borroughs Think not?
Lenders No, you'll pay the debt ot
nature slowly, Just as you pay all your
other dobts,. Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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