mm TRAIN ROBBERY By Sarah C. Weed. o OW Lueile, it's your turn:" "Kut I don't know any ghost stones. Let some body else trl! one!' "Oil, there needn't bo N anything MUo n rcnl live Just anything that's thrill- ghost In It. ing and mysterious:" "Well," replied I.ucile, tlioitfrlit fully, "the most thrilling story I can tell is something that happened to me last cummer." The listening group drew n little nearer the fire and turned expectant faces toward I.ucile, who leaned for ward from her pile of cushions. "You know that after college closed last June, I started on n trip through ithe far West with n party of friends. AVe spent several weeks in traveling, and had a most delightful time. After reaching California the party broke lip, and I planned to remain a few weeks with a friend who was to come East with me and pay me a return yislt. "I had been with my friend only a few days when I received n letter from my mother, saying that she had not been well, but was now recover ing. I was therefore utterly unpre pnrod for the telegram that caino three days later, summoning me home nt once, as my mother was in a very critical condition. "I started at once and alone. Von can imagine the apprehension with which I began the long journey. It seemed as if I could never cover the vast distance, and the train seemed to crawl as we dragged through the .weary liours into the second day. "At last we reached a wide stretch f prairie country. I had slept little the night before, and the strain was liegiuning to tell upon me. When bed time came I took a simple sleeping powder and went to my berth early, ffhe powder bad an almost instantan eous, effect, and I was soon asleep. Then began a series of haunting dreams. I seemed to pass through calamity after calamity, indefinite and awful. At last the dream took tangi ble form. I was on the swiftly rushing train. A terrible collision was about to happen. In the distance I could hear shouting, followed by several sbnrn explosions. Another moment and the crash would come! Then with a struggle I awoke. "In trembling haste I drew on my shoes, and throwing my dressing robe round me, I ran down the car to where I saw people hurrying through the floor. In the mingled confusion of dream and waking reality, I paid no attention ta the group, except to see that they were in frantic baste, and that they were all crowding down the steps on one side of the car. "For a moment they seemed to hesi tate, as if to make room for me. Don t wait for me! I cried. I will Jump from this side,' and I made my way down the steps in eager haste. "By this time the train had nearly Stopped, and I found no difficulty in swinging off the lower step to the ground. By the dim light that came from the train I could see that I was the only one who had alighted on my side of the track; the others had es caped on the opposite side. A feeling of great thankfulness came over me when I thought I had been saved in What seemed a wonderful way. "But as I watched, a mighty wrench seemed to shake the train from end to end, and instead of stopping, it seemed to gather motion. Car after car passed me with increasing swiftness, and as the Inst one whirled by, I looked about for those who, like myself, were left Standing by the tracks. I was alone! "With terrified eyes I peered into the darkness on all sides, but not a living thing could I see. "It must be some awful drenm. Surely I was on the train that was moving away in the night! I pinched myself; I cried nloud. Surely I could feel, and I could hear the sound o my !Volce. With the feeling of horror still upon me, I rose and started along the track after the train. "Once I stumbled and nearly fell, and for n moment the shock brought me to myself. As I lifted my head a familiar sound caught my ear, and tiwny in the distance I could see com 5ng toward me a moving speck of light. My dream was merciful at last! The train that had whirled away in the might, leaving me in that terrible dark loneliness, was returning. I should dream that it stopped and took me aboard, and the horrible nightmare iwould be ended. "As I looked and listened the light licenuie big nnd bright, and the sound grew until It became like the rushing of w ind. I stepped aside just in time to allow the Western Express to race Jiy me. Again I was walking along Ithe tracks, and it seem td that I had been walking thus for cycles upon Cycles of time. "Gradually I became awnre that a Change was taking place about me. I raised my eyes and saw along the east ern horizon a faint, iitiearllily light creeping into the sky. It slowly strengthened, until above the horizon showed the slender crescent of the warning moon. "A few hours more and the strain upon my reason would doubtless have been too. great, but before long morn ing begiin to approach. The air tool? on a new freshness; the stars pa!c then disappeared, and the watery moonlight lost itself in the light of the coming sun. As the landscape grew in the morn ing light the unrealities of the night began to pass, nnd I began to compre hend what had happened. I stopped and looked nt the tracks that stretched away to the vanishing point before and behind me. There was only one explanation possible. I had had some terrible dream, and under its spell I had In some miraculous manner got off the moving train. The group that had seen hurrying through the car and down the steps had been only the shadows of a dream. t Gradually the difficulties of my po sition forced themselves upon me. What was 1 to do? Here I was, alone upon the groat prairie, with no habita tion within miles. My clothing, my ticket nnd my money were all on the train that was fast making its wny to ihe Kast. There was. only one thing I could do. In some way I must stop the next train. "In the meantime I continued my walk. The morning light was now sntlicient to give me a clear view, and after a little, as I looked far ahead down the narrow, glistening tracks, my heart gave a great leap. Surely there in the distance was a building near the tracks. "It was still early morning when, footsore nnd exhausted, I reached a lit tle telegraph station, where I found a sleepy night operator. lie opened his eyes wide when a young woman, attired in a dressing robe, a young woman whose hair was disheveled and shoes scratched, appeared before him. I told my story as coherently as possi ble, and was relieved to find that he agreed with my explanation. " 'Yes,' he said, when I had finished, 'you must have had the nightmare, and had it bad. But how you ever got off that express train without breaking your neck is more than I can see!' "I never think of that night operator without a feeling of gratitude. lie was a man of resource. In a few mo ments he had made and piaccd before me a cup of steaming coffee, clear nnd strong. " 'Now,' he said, 'we must plan what's to be done. In about an hour your train will reach Hamlin, where it makes a stop of twenty minutes. I will telegraph there to have your things removed from the car nnd held for you. Then I will get orders to have the next express stop here and take you aboard. It will not delay you many hours.' "He seated himself at the instru ment, and then began the click! click! that seemed to me to continue many weary minutes. At last he turned to me with a smile. " 'It's all right,' he said. 'They will take your things from the train, nnd the next express, that goes through in about two liours, will stop for yon. Doubtless your disappearance has not yet been discovered, and won't be un til the train reaches Hamlin.' "Another weary wait began, broken at last by the insistent dick of the telegraph. As word after word of the message was spelled out by the instru ment, a look of surprise and keen in terest came into the face cf the opera tor. At Inst he turned and looked nt me curiously. "Then he told me that message thnt hnd just come over the wires. My train had reached Hamlin, nnd my absence had not been discovered until then. So far, nothing very startling, but listen to this! When the train from which I had made such a mys terious exit renched Hamlin it had a strange talc to tell. The night before, on the open prnirie, it had been board ed by n Inrge band- of train robbers. There hnd been a brief struggle, in which the robbers had been success fully repulsed, and the train bad gone on its way. "A few weeks before there hnd been a daring and successful robbery on one of the roads in the Southwest. A large sum of money hnd been taken from the express car nnd the mnlls rifled The detectives who worked on the ense believed this robbery was one of a series that had been carefully planned, nnd hnd wnrned all the Western ronds to be on the nlert. When the train on which I had taken passage started for the Kast, it had on board, all unknown to the passengers, a strong guard. "In the struggle that followed the attempt to hold up the train, the rob bers soon saw they would be over powered, and sought to make their es cape. To create confusion nnd to mnke it more difficult for the guard in the express car to shoot, they had plunged through one or two of the other cars, and so off the train. My car had been one through which they had rushed, and it was this band of desperate men thnt I had followed in the affright of my awakening. "The train had been brought nearly to a standstill, nnd thnt Is why I hnd no great difficulty in getting off. Of course when the robbers renched the ground they scattered in all directions, and heuce I saw no one beside the tracks when the train had passed. "You can Imagine the feelings, with which I heard the operator's story. It was- a relief to know that I hnd not been the victim of n sleeping delusion; but when I thought of the night, the lonely prairie, and the desperate men, a new terror took hold of me. "The rest of my journey was without incident, The anxiety in regard to my mother kept in cheek the nervous re action that might have followed the terrible experiences of thnt night. When I rerfched home, I found the critical point in my mother's illness past nnd the danger over. It was then that the reaction came, nnd for days I was almost prostrated. Even now the terror and haunting unreality of that night on the lonely prairie will seize upon me, nnd I imngine I shall never get beyond the spell of that ex perience." Youtli'a Companion. A Sensible Kail. rerhnps it is because her attention has been directed to the thrifty, in dustrious 1 Hitch maiden thnt the New York smart girl adopted for her very own such-a sensible fad as sewing. For some years past the fashionable girl has never been able to find any tune for sewing. Now she has sud denly acquired a fondness for making pretty things with her needle dainty chemisettes, frilly undersleeves and sheer turn-over collars and cull's, to say nothing of transforming plain pockethandkerchiofs into things of beauty. Her sewing afternoon is now as much the f:ishlon as an afternoon ten. Many times prizes are given for the most original bit of hand-woj-k, such as a novel stock or something new in the wny of a chemisette. And one girl who was most enthusiastic over her sewing fad served individual ices nt her sewing afternoon in the form of work-bags and very big thim bles. Woman's Home Companion. Fans nnd Gloves. A new wrinkle in gloves is that the long suede mosquetaireB umy match the tint of the frock exactly. More white than colored gloves nre worn, however, and more white slippers than tinted ones. But to match n faintly colored gown slippers sometimes have the toe trimmed in color, with white lace or embroideries setting off the bow or rosette. All evening slippers are wonderfully fussy, and everything is seen upon them, from a genuine diamond buckle to a little wreath of pink rosebuds. Fans, be it said to the shame of the makers of modes, nre dally growing bigger. Some of the radiant I.onis sort, with their superb paintings, arc still small enough not to lose in love liness; but the fan of the moment is an ostrich feather nffnir, made in a set form or to open nnd close. It is rather clumsy for small women, though the venus of fashion will carry one off superbly. Philadelphia Inquirer. Styles In F.tickles. In plain flat gold n buckle of colonial shape with two prongs was set off at the corners by marquis stones in American Beauty red. Another in sil ver showed sapphires nt the corners to mntch the royal blue belt, says the Philadelphia Telegraph. Children's heads in silver nre em ployed ns clasps nnd are marvels of the silversmith's art. In one, the fea tures of a little girl smiling through grnndmother's spectacles, peered from the depths of a poke bonnet. Another showed a roguish baby's face with tousled hair. A jeweled buckle will transform an otherwise simple dress. Peacocks hnve their bodies studded with rhine stones and the fan-shaped tails picked out by rhincstones and emeralds. Crab or centipede designs are most effective. Each of their many legs is a line of rhinestones and the bodies nre closely studded with glittering brilliants. The horsewoman can have her gold buckle a combination of horseshoe and nails, and the girl who has a fancy for her monogram on nil her posses sions can have nn odd though smart buckle showing her Initials la Chinese characters. The (iowns of Liberty Satin. Negligee effects ore becoming ex ceedingly popular this season nnd the Idea is prevalent in many of the even ing gowns and party frocks. Tea gowns are, of course, sort of negligees In themselves, but one which is the acme of fashion and displayed recently Is of pink liberty sntin, shirred several times at the waist as a substitute for the popular girdle. The skirt, which Is long and graceful, is inserted with deep ecru lace thrice from hem to belt, and around the bottom is employed handsome lace ecru, making a most elaborate conception of the skirt. The wnlst is made with the "Dutch" neck and has for a yoke the plain satin, shaped nnd litted smoothly across the shoulders. The lace then forms a sort of droop shoulder effect below this, and runs across the sleeves, which nre puffed with n tightly-fitted cuff. The material is then shirred onto this lace. A pretty novelty which has been but lately introduced is a leaf-shaped affair of shirred !ace, which is attached at the collar and falls below the waist line. It gives a finish to a gown and Is especially adapted to this oue in par ticular. NeWark -Advertiser. Bright Ited Coats Xnw Worn. For young girls bright red coats are extremely fetching, and a model which hails from London Is now being worn by the heiress of a well-known New York family. It Is a brilliant scarlet cut in sack shnpe showing the Inver ness cape with a modification thnt is, the cape comes over the shoulder and sleeves only, and not in front. It is faced with black cloth and has a stand-up military collar lined with the same. The sides of the cape and the cuffs arc set off by gold buttons, which nre also used for fastening the double breasted coat itself. The sleeves nre gathered full into black broadcloth cuffs. Except In very stormy weather this coat is turned above the bust line In the form of rovers and the contrast between the black ni:d red is extremely effective. Another novel coat Is built of tnn colored kersey, trimmed with euitiold- cry and braid, showing the popular brown shades mixed with gold. This is built on long, loose sacque lines, the back showing n broad double box pleat, from either side of which the belt springs, while the front has in verted pleats running from shoulder to hem. The garment has double sleeves, n tight-fitting undersleeve with a heavily embroidered bell-shaped cuff, nnd the large angel sleeves which fall over these are fastened on with a yoke empiecenient over the shoul ders. Their outside seam gives the effect of an Inverted pleat. The braid and embroidery which run around the neck nnd down the front nre set off on either side by gold bullet-shaped buttons and the belt has a gold buckle to match. eminent For Fashionable Woman. What might be termed a cape with sleeves is n garment which just now finds high favor with the' middle-aged woman, because it can be worn over the high-sleeved blouse without in jurious effect on the undergarment. The wrap proper Is pleated into a col lar-shaped neckpiece, which is com pletely hidden under embroideries. The sleeve nnd the coat being cut in one, the garment hangs in full folds straight from the shoulder to a point well below the knee. Between each of the dart-shaped pleats are inserted embroidered motifs to match those employed on the collar and shaped neckpiece. The sleeves are gathered into a large flat band of the embroid ery and the yoke effect is enhanced by the use of ribbon rosettes with long ends finished off with silk tassels. This model developed in hunter's green cloth, with gold nnd tan embroidery and tan-colored ribbons, was most ef fective. Where the two-piece suit Is used the long fur stole Is employed to reduce the tailored effect. As the season ad vances women seem to add more nnd more tails to these long stoles, and they now sweep the hem of the dress. Particularly with fox nnd sables, rows of tails are set on at regular intervals until the front of the garment looks like a shower of fur pieces. Muffs o to extreme. They are either very flat, suggesting a great envelope, or they are very tiny, the latter being built from rare lace combined with tiny fur tails nnd flowers. There is no question regarding the revival of seal for next year, and wise virgins in the matter of fashions are picking up sealskin wraps included in the reduced garments, with the view of using them next year, if not to wear them this season. A wonderful im portation from a London house shows a long ulster-like coat of seal, with immense shawl collar or sable. It Is said thnt another combination which will be extremely popular is one that was common years ngo, thnt of seal and beaver. Newark Advertiser. VToinpn Rifle Expert!, Bide shooting at a standard range promises to become n popular sport among the fashionable women of Phil adelphia, due to the example set by Mrs. Anthony J. Drexel during her re cent visit. She brought the idea from England, and it bears the stamp of royal approval. Society has therefore taken kindly to the sport, and dealers In firearms are being overwhelmed with inquiries regarding weights and kinds of rifles suitable for women. The secret of Mrs. Drexel's devotion to the sport of rifle shooting did not leak out until just after her departure, together with her husband and Lord Vane Tempest. I'pon the return of Mrs. Drexel nnd Lord Tempest from nn extended tour of the West, n valet was frequently seen about the hotel carrying three rifle cases, one of which was much smaller than the others. It was known that the rifle carrier was Mr. Drexel's valet, but nothing was definitely known of what was going on until Mr. Norman White house, of Now Y'ork, happened to send a long gossipy letter to n friend in this city in which she told of the interest she nnd Mrs. Drexel are taking in range shooting and how carefully they compare scores daily and the benefit they feel as a result of the outdoor exercise. It appears thnt Mrs. Drexel, while here, was coached on the sport by Lord Tempest. Each afternoon dur ing her stay here Mrs. Drexel would journey with her husband and Lord Tempest to the First Itoginvent range, near Essington, nnd before leaving she had ecored several bull's eyes; knew what the scorer meant by a "1 o'clock breeze," nnd hud learned to n;iuipi late the sights without jamming her shapely fingers. Meanwhile Mrs. Whitehouse was practicing nt a range near Crcedmoor. and the two society leaders exchanged dally letters telling of their successes. Mrs Drexel tried every range from 1(10 to 1000 yards. Towards the- last Mrs. Drexel Induced several of her more Intimate women friends to go to the range with her and try their luck, nnd thus the practice has been given a great Impetus. Just .before sailing from New York Mis. Drexel and Mrs. Whitehouse were warmly congratulat ed upon their skill by Lord Tempest at a dinner party, and arrangements were suggested which will probably result In the formation of n shooting club made up of fashionable women of Philadelphia and Xow York.-rhila' delphla Inquirer. TALE OF A PLUM TREE." A larfre nnd juicy plum hung high I' non a nlum tree hough, To ciitlwr it I long did nigh. i;ut iliu not nunc Know now. The only wny that 1 could see To get it was to climb the tree. You know what plum trees are to climb How very tall they grow? I had the dickens of a time Ascending this, I know. I barked my sliiifs with baric, I tore My clothes and scratched myself full sore. I persevered and reached the top And almost touched that plum, When just my luck it had to drop, That's what it did, by gum! Mv efforts shook it from the twig And gave it to a prowling pig. A nig too lazy, fat and big llimsi if to climb a tree, An unappicrintive pig Bail eof the best of me? A surfeited infernal swine Had got the plum I marked for mine! I slowiv. sadly clambered down, I sadlv shook my head, And with a contemplative frown, . " "J was ever thus," I said. Ami "Such is life! It only shows It's just the way it always goes! Chicago News. Hc-"And why do you think I am a poor judge of human nature?" She "Because you have such a good opinion of yourself." Chicago News. "I wonder what it is," said the family man, "that makes landlords and jani tors dislike to have small children in flats." "The small children, I guess," replied the savage bachelor. Philadel phia Public Ledger. Bessie "Mr. Dandee is an awfully polite gentleman. He never permits a huly to stand in the street car If he has .1 sent to offer her." Kate "Yes I know; he loves to hang to a strap, so ns to show his cuff buttons." Fuddy-"llave yon noticed bow Cadgers hangs about Mis.3 Kelso! He seems to be dreadfully gone on her." Duddy "He happened to hear her say she Just doted on dogs, and he has been haunting her ever since, the puppy." To read them o'er 1 love to pause. Those poems in tile nnig,izine. Thev realiv soothe mn more becc.i'P 1 never know just what they mean. ashingtoti Mar The Sufferer "Wow! I'm going to a dentist and have this tootli out." Chris- (Ian Scientist "Your tooth doesn't nehe. Yon only Imagine it dn?s." The Sufferer "Then I'll have (he dentist extract my imagination." Sun Fran cisco Bulletin. "No, sir," roared the Incorruptible patriot, "I wear no man's collar:" "Well," remarked (lie facetious by stander. "I don't blame you for not wanting to borrow, but a chan wouldn't do your looks any hurt." Cleveland rialn Dealer. Mamma "I hope Willie didn't tell n fib when you found he had been nt the lam?" Aunt Jane-"Not at all. When I discovered that somebody had been at the 1nm lie looked nt Kldo and said 'I didn't know, auntie, that dogs liked Jam.' "Boston Transcript. "Snv." said the girl's dear little brother, "are you a baseball player?" "No," replied youn.t Mr. Slowton, ''what -ado yon ask that?" "Oh, noth lug, only when ma was askin' sis, the other day, whether you was ever goln to come to bat, she fnid it looked to her as though you was pluyin' for your release." "I wisht," in accents wliw.y Said little Fivc-Ycnr-Old, "This med'eine was as easy To take as was my cold." Cntholic Standard nnd Times. "Well, Freddie," said grandma, who had Inst arrived for a month s visit, "I suppose your father was greatly surprised to get my telegram saying was coming?" "Yes, but his surprise was not ns great as mother's." "At the glad news, L suppose?" "No, grandma; but at papa's language." Chicago Daily News. I'latlnum Scarclly ami Value. So numerous are the uses of plati num that It is easy to forget how small am the quantities used for eacii partic lilar purpose, and to get all exngger ated idea of the annual production of this peculiarly precious metal. As matter of fact, there is gathered of it from the whole world only between BiiMKK) and 170.0UO ounces, and of (hi amount the United States, despite th extent of its mineral wealth, supplied only 110 ounces iif 11KV.!, and that wa sixteen' ounces more than :t produced the year before. The value of the 11 ounces was S'JtSOO. Thnt was our (11 i-ect output of platinum, but nbou three times ns much was caved as a bv-pi'oduet of certain mines in Wyom ii'.L'. Kussia is the great platinum country, supplying ninety per cent, o all that is used, and most of the rest comes from Colombia. The Electrical Review, summarizin the coming report of the Geologic? Survey, says that the (otal value o our platinum imports In BIOS amounted to SJ.O").!):;;!, which was distributed n follows: Unmanufactured, Ml'd pounds Ci&lIN.NiU); ingots, bar sheets and wire USDS pounds (Sl.oDl.'JJl); vases, retort nnd other apparatus, vessels and pari thereof for chemical uses, B!S.SDU articles manufactured of platinum, SOOOO. The price of pure platinum In wholesale quantities nt New York continued during the whole of .1901 ns ilurius the last seven months o 1002. at $.19 an ounce. The value of platinum lies in its power of resisting i llr.lt ami it3 small aOinity for (he other mPI1ts. It lae'..s both the beauty I of K0,i nmi ti!0 strength of iron, but in J n3)Wn place it has no substitute, and ns lt js extremely scarce Its price ve I mnlns hiSh.-New York Tiuios. Paris Eats Important Factor in Food Problem cf French Metropolis. :-: :-: :: snoiaeiO'ffORSF.FLESn has become n . 5 lilirlilv inir.ortnnt factor in H the problem of cheap food 4t I.. TIrit.lo -n-oltno tlw. OH-TO. III ll""-', ...i. aiaGIOK,' spondeiit of the New York Tribune. Parisian students, clerks, shopgirls, employes and work ing men and women, knowingly or un- liowliifily, subsist hugely upon (he meat of the animal described by Buffon the noblest conquest of man," but which, to use the words of M. Pelletan, Minister of Murine, who presided this week nt the opening banquet of (he Paris Municipal Equine Slaughter- ouse, has now become "the noblest conquest of the pot nu feu for the welfare of the workmnn." M. Pelletan Introducing horse and donkey meat into the rations issued to French blue- ackets. It was for this reason (ha( (ho head of (he French Navy enme (o the feast, and not, as was humorously suggested by M. Mongeot, Minister of ,gricul(ure, in gastronomic revenge upon the memory ofV the hussars of Ichegru, who captured the Dutch fleet ns it lay frozen in the waters of the Texel. By the courtesy of (he municipality of Paris a Tribune re porter participated In this memornble horseflesh dinner, which took plnce in the stables of the newly constructed qulne slnughler house, In the centre of which stands n superb bronze bust of Enille Decrolz, "apostle of horse meat and founder of the league against (he use of tobacco." Eight hundred guests sat down at the dinner, which began with donkey sausages, followed by "horsetail soup," "consomme du choval a la Decrolx," "filet de eheval a lit Geoffroy-Kaint-IIilairc," horse's liver "saute n la gralsso de choval," vegetables conked in horse fat, horse bacon, fried or grilled, and bewilderir varieties of snicked horse chops, horse sausages, stewed horse's ears and salt- neded horse's tongue. These dishes were insidiously preceded by "horse nedv cocktails" and supplemented by champagne, which Inspired several timid guests with (he requisite courage to nartake of a formidable pate of horse giblets and other equine odds, ends and inside mysteries encrusted In pastry and surrounded by horsefool Jelly. The new ami spacious equine slaugh ter house, built upon the latest hygienic principles, is situated in (he distant southwest corner of Paris known as Yaugirard, which comprises (he Fif teenth Arrondissement. or ward. The slaughter house Is rescr-ed for horses only, and brisk business Is already be ing carried on within its Imposing walls. It Is the finest establishment of the kind In Europe. It Is provided with a cleverly devised irrigation sys tem In connection with the Seine, nnd n plentiful supply of pure spring water Insures the (borough cleaning of (he flesh while being prepared for dally distribution to (he fifty horse biKclier shops situnted in the different quarters of Paris. The new abattoir owes its origin to the Ilippophnglc Butchers' Company of France, and will' become the property of (he municipality in sevenlv-flve years' time. Some Idea of its size will be obtained when it is ndded that (he slables can necommo date 300 horses, and It looks as If (he horse butchers were looking forward to n boom in (heir particular trade, But, although horses hnve never hnd n slaughter house of their own, their flesh enters largely Into the bills of fare of a large number of chenp res tnurants. According to the first pro pagandist, Einlle Decrolx, whose bust, appropriately enough, now adorns (he facade of the new nba((o!r, (he flesh of the horse presents (wo great advan tages over beef. In (hat the horse i not liable to tuberculosis nnd that it flesh Is more digestible (ban other flesh foods. Against this must be set, how ever, the trifling Inconvenience tha Its appearance is distinctly unappeti. Ing, for no a mount of grilling can dis guise the fearsome network of small vellow veins which often cover (n surface of a horse steak nnd which are calculated lo daunt the most fcro clous of appetites. But. If tabooed by the epicure, the fact that 40.000 horses are killed and eaten annually in Fan alone proves abundantly (hat (her must be a large number of person v.ho, consciously or unconsciously, make many a meal of horseflesh. Nominally its sale is restricted to 300 specially licensed butchers, but a good deal of it Is probably palmed off on Inexperienced housekeepers as (he third class beef sold by most butchers (o their poorer customers. Indeed, there is a close resemblance between horse beef nnd (hat furnished by worn out draught oxen, nnd the two nre sold at similar prices. The cheap restaura teur, like the unlicensed butcher, does not label the viand otherwise than by the polite name of "biftcck." Only its price, as marked on the little slate which does duly for a menu should make the prejudiced consumer thought ful. Most visitors (o Paris nre content to cat nt cither the well known expen sive restaurants on the 'great boule vards or at Hie modern te priced Duvals which rear their dark red fronts in every thoroughfare in (he capital, pro viding a good, If monotonous, bill of faro at uniform prices. Considerable I variety might be imported into the I . .. .1 1.- 1 1 .1. daily mcais uy vishois im uau mi courage to go further afield and fry some of (he modest little eating houses which enter more especially (o poor students of the various schools. Among the gods of Montparnasse, for Instance, the purchasing capacity of (he franc Is Itretchcd to its utmost limit, for in Horse Wleat, numerable small eating houses vie with one another in providing the most at tractive menus nt prices within the rench of very humble purses. A pe rusal of these menus will reveal a large variety of dishes of beef with high sounding names, which upon closer ac quaintance will prove to be manufac tured from horseflesh. Judging, how ever, from the numbers of young per sons of both sexus who pntronize these establishments daily, the fare meets with their approbation. One such, iis portals painted a delicate pastel green, offers a portion of meat, veal, beef or mutton for ten cents, "half a portion" for five cenls. Of the thirty or forty students a large sprinkling being Americans who mny be seen nny day sealed at the long tables "chez Lnr- nler," a large proportion order only the small helping, making up with the big platefuls of carrots, beans, potatoes, etc., to be hnd for one penny. The beef at this establishment, by whatever name It is served up, is nlmost Invaria bly horse beef, but, thickly covered up wl(b sauce of nil sorts, lt finds nn un complaining nceepfance from the hun gry young people, who accompany their meal with unlimited chaff and gossip. Montparnnsse hns another specialty besides its spurious "blftecks." At (he head of Its ill written bills of fare there may be frequently seen "pnte de fole gras, two cents." This ought to be ealen wl(h more discredon than the beef, for It Is compounded of pigs' liv ers, nnd the portions are large enough to upset the digestion of nn ostrich. The native loves this savory hors d'oeuvre and often begins his meal with It. Taken in conjunction with the beef nnd a very solid rice cake, also very popular in these spheres. It seems to call for the fillip provided by die four-cent cup of blnck coffee, with two-cent dasli of klrseh or cognac. This Is n typical luncheon In the busy Latin Quarter, nnd much testimony might be obtained ns to Its satisfying nature. At more ambitions res(aurnnts than Lander's the staple ingredient of the ment soups with which every French man begins his evening meal Is horse flesh, so that In one dress or another the six million kilos of horse meat which nre sold annually in the meat market of rails nre more ubiquitous than is generally imagined. WHAT SHE FOUND. lie Tale of Two Women Who Kept Watch For a Man. The worried-looking woman with the (angled red hair and the woman with the shrieky voice and curling pins were having nn animated conversation over (he back fence. The dnzed-Iooklng car. Icature with a peg in her mouth, was looking on, and listening. Said (he woman with the falsetto hair: "Oh. you can't be too careful. I always lock up everything and stick a kerosene tin in front of every door, and put nails in the window. I feel safe then." The womnn with the voice let lt crow triumphantly. "A fine lot er good that would do'yer if there was n burglar in the house! What's th' good of lockin" yerself in t' be murdered? You ought f do ns I do, nnd hnve a good look round before yer lock up!" "So I do I look everywhere!" sniffed the woman with the emphatic hair. She of the voice fixed her with an unbelieving eye. "Under th' stairs?" v "Of course'." ' "On (op of fh' wardrobe?" "Well, you don't think I'd forget thnt!" "Under th' bed. (hen?" "Why, you must think I'm a perfect fool! I couldn't sleep if I didn't looH there!" Then the caricature took the peg out of her mouth and raised up a tired voice. "I lister, too." she sighed; "but I don't look anywhere now. I lister worry meself Inter fits, thlnkin' I seen burgiars in every corner. Teople ustcr laugh at me, but I uster tell 'em I might find n man an? night-so I kept on lookin'." The weary one paused in her narra tion, heaved n sigh, nnd clawed feebly nt the wisp of gray hair that naa floated across her eyes. "(!o on go on!" The tired atom sighed again heavily, and proceeded. '"Well, one night I did find a man. I looked under th' bed. ns usual, an' there was me 'usband, that I 'adn't seen for seven year!" The woman with the revolutionary hair remarked, "Lor!" She with the wild voice squawked hilariously. "That," concluded the weary one, in a mullled tone, "was ten years ago, an' ever since I've been supportin' 'im. That's w'y I don't look now. I couldn't afford to find another." Then she sank from sight nnd re sumed nt the wnshtub, and (he other two wrecked the remainder of her character Sydney Bulletin. Alrnlil of Insult. A remarkable adir.ission was made at an Inquest yesterday at Llanneily on the body of a railway servant named Sutton, who died during Monday night without receiving meiiica! attention. The widow said her husband was un conscious for some hours, but she did not fetch a doctor, because it was not proper for a young womnu to be seen out nt 10 o'clock at night. She could not do it even to save her husband'! life, i her could she fetch his par ents, v lio lived in (he next street. London Telcsraij'J.
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