(
To the Sea.
Tho earth Is our mother, but thou
thou are father ot us and of time;
for all things now were not when
thou wast strong In thy prime.
There was silt-net- first, and then dark
ness, and under the garment ol
these '
Was the body of thee In thy might,
with its Infinite mysteries.
And God alone was aware of thy pres
ence and power and form:
"And out of His knowledge foresaw HU
will in thy calm and storm.
Answering unto His will. He gav
thee lordship and crown,
And bade the kingdoms of man to
worship thee and bow down.
For earth He made out of duet, for
change and defeat in the blast:
But thee He made eternal, through
aeons and aeons to last,
Unmarked by sun or wind, and su
preme where thy waves are
tossed ;
Not an inch of thy beauty to perish,
nor an ounce of thy might to be
lost. William Stanley Braith-
waite in the Century.
WITH
MODERN
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IMrROVhMhJN ix I
"It Is precisely as I feared, Ade
laide," said the girl's uncle, rising
somewhat wearily from the papers ho
had been sorting on the dining-room
table. "When all the bills are paid,
you'll have just exactly nothing left.
I suppose we should be thankful that
your father left you free from debt.
Of course, as I'm situated "
"I shall get along splendidly," re
turned Adelaide, with commendable
pride and courage. "I'm not afraid,
and you needn't worry about me. I'm
nineteen, I'm through school, and I
know of at least two positions that
are mine for the asking. If I can't
earn a living any other way, I can
wash dishes for my board!"
"Oh, you II never need to do that,''
returned Adelaide's sole surviving
relative, seriously.
"I know I sha'n't. I could earn two
livings If I had to."
"I'm glad you're so. confident; but
II you shouldn't "
"But I shall!" declared Adelaide,
her chin elevated, her shoulders erect.
"By this time tomorrow I shall be oc
cupying a salaried position, hoarding
with Mrs. Hill, and glorying in my
independence."
Sure enough, the morrow found
Adelaide drawing maps In an Import
ant real estate office. Never was
there a more enthusiastic clerk; nev
er was real estate business studied
so perseveringly; never did novice
learn so speedily.
Yet at the end of eight weeks Ade
laide, who sincerely believed that her
services had been of unusual benefit
to Gore & Pelham, was paid an extra
month's salary and dismissed. "But
why?" she demanded, in her surprise.
"I really can't tell you!" stammered
Mr. Pelham. "I don't exactly know.
Mr. Gore perhaps "
But the senior partner likewise
weakly waived the question, suggest
ing that Mr. Pelham might perhaps
explain.
r Adelaide secured another entirely
desirable position within the week;
one's first Impression of Adelaide was
always favorable. But in spite of un
tiring Industry, this place, too, failed
her at the end of the second month.
Again no reason was given; again her
employer was vague and polite, hue
. his parting smile was slightly satiri
cal. The third place las!ed Just six
weeks. Mild, easy-going Judge Whit
ney said, with apparent regret, tha:
he guessed he would be his own clerk
for a while. Oh, yes, Miss Adelaide
had done all and more in fact, a
great deal more than he had asked.
Yes, indeed, she was punctual, indus
trious, accurate, clever. If she need
ed letters, call on him, by all means.
He wished her all success, but good
by! Four more offices welcomed Ade
laide. Four more employers discov
ered very speedily that it was pos
sible and decidedly more comfortable
to exist without this clever, enter
prising young woman's aid
; The morning alter her polite dis
missal from the .city treasurer's office
found Adelaide perched on a high
stool in what , was known as Gray'a
store. She was keeping books for
Thomas Gray & Company. This en
tirely respectable mercantile business
of fifty years' standing had been es
tablished by "old" Thomas Gray. J
now belonged to "young" Thomas
Gray; but "young" Thomas was fully
sixty years of age, and his ways were
ven more antiquated than his fath
er's had been. He thoroughly disliked
what he called "new fnngled notions,"
yet because of his unswerving honesty
and kindliness, he stood high In pub
lic estimation. People wondered
when he installed a bookkeeper.
"It's because- I'm a relic of the
past," confided Adelaide to her friend,
Rose Miller. "He went to school wit a
father, so I'm thereby connected with
his won generation. He likep that
generation best; but I Intend to make
a few changes when I get my work
' to going smoothly. Why, we're wy
behind the times! The firm's on a
splendid fooling financially, but nc
tody would ' know It to look at us.
Look at me, perched like a chimney
sweep on this high stool! I don't sup
pose there's another like it In the
State."
"It's a good place, Just the same,"
said Rose.
"Whenever I'want to be sure of get
ting linen thnt Is linen, wool that Is
wool, or coffee that is coffee, I always
come here. There are lots ot more
showy places, but you can depend on
Gray's."
.The black walnut ofllce was certain
ly guiltless of modern Improvements.
A big cupboard held piles of whole
sale catalogues, trade journals, extra
stationery, samples of dry-goods and
staple groceries. There were shabby
books and pasteboard boxes on top of
the big iron safe. A large unframed
portrait ot a tattered but still feroc
lous tiger hung above the desk.
"Ready," said Adelaide, "to eat me
If I make mistakes In these dingy old
books. But just wait till my hand's
In. There'll be some housecleanlng
round here, Mr. Tiger, and away you'll
go, first thing."
But the books, kept according to
Mr. Gray's old fashioned Ideas, oc
cupied so much of Adelaide's time
that for five weeks the tiger remain
ed unmolested.
During February, when trade was
always dull. It was Mr. Gray's habit
to go East to select his spring stock.
Then Adelaide was left alone with
the tiger in the case-like office. The
day after Mr. Gray's departure came
the winter's most severe snap. For
five days the thermometer reglsterel
from ten to twenty below zero.
Horses and pedestrians hurried
along in clouds of white steam. Thj
closely packed snow creaked noisily
underfoot. Windows were thick with
frost. Telephone wires hummed and
whistled with the intense cold. The
shopping district was deserted.
In Gray & Company's the Idle
clerks huddled about the two huge
base-burning stoves that had warmed
the building In the first Thomas
Gray's time. Adelaide, however, was
sufficiently warm. She stood on he."
stool, reaching for the tacks that up
held the tiger.
"What In the world are you doing?"
asked Julie Iva Tour, who served all
French-speaking customers.
"Cleaning house," replied Adelaide,
dropping the time-worn tiger ginger
ly to the floor. "Don't yon think we
need it? Bring me a roll of paper,
Mr. Anderson; I'm going -to straighten
this cupboard."
'My," exclaimed the Swedish clerk,
admiringly, "but you're the smart one!
I've been here nine years, and I guess
nobody but Mr. Gray has touched
those shelves In all that time."
"Bring me a big box, somebody,"
said Adelaide, poking dusty cata
logues off the cupboard with Sir.
Gray's umbrella. "I don't quite dare
to burn this trash, but there's no use
having it here." (
"Mr. Gray," warned Julie, "is fussy
about having things changed. I've
told him it would be handier to have
the spool cases where the button
shelves are; but no, he says It's al
ways been just so and that settles
it."
"But this," said Adelaide, "Is my
corner, and I'm going to have it just
as fine as I can. I've sent for a cata
logue of office furniture, and I'm going
to persuade Mr. Gray to fix this place
up."
"You don't know him," demurred
Johnson, the old shoe clerk. "This
store is just about all the home and
LHimiy lie owns; aim -lie uwsu i
kindly to changes. When he can't
get the same old brand of sheeting,
the same make of lamp chimneys, or
the same old cut of overshoes, he's
terribly put out. I'd go easy with that
desk, Miss Adelaide."
The office certainly looked neater
when Adelaide finally tucked her dust
cloth Into the roaring stove. It look
ed different, also. A calendar had re
placed the tattered tiger. An arti
ficial palm waved its too green leaves
above the safe. A damaged curtain,
taken from the stock, hung before
the cupboard. The desk, turned cor
nerwlse, was bare except for a few
new pencils, Adelaide's fountain pen,
a new scarlet penholder thoughtful
ly provided by Adelaide for Mr. Gray's
personal use and a new bottle of ink.
Even the pigeonholes wore a Sunday '
air of unprecedented neatness. The
enterprising young woman eyed it all
with complacency.
But Mr. Gray did not. He reach
ed town after closing time, three
nights later, let himself in with bis
own private key, and went straight
to the old-fashioned office to write a
letter. No one knows exactly what
happened during the first five min
utes; but he spent the next thirty
five in a frantic search for tils own
battered penholder, twenty-five more
hunting for his own particular kind
of ink, another fifteen in digging up
the stack of blue-lined paper that no
longer occupded the right hand cor"
ner of the fourth shelf of the fam
iliar cupboard. By -the time he had
accumulated these articles and found
the necessary envelope and stamp, he
was too annoyed to be able to write a
good letter.
To calm himself, he reached fir
"Jacob Faithful," for be read and re
read Captain Marryat, in preference
to anything more modern. But "Ja
cob" no longer rested face downward
cn top of the southeast corner of the
safe.
Then Mr. Gray's eyes sought Mie
tiger's. An exceedingly up-to-date
girl returned the glance.
"I'll discharge Anderson by tele
phone," muttered the angry merchant,
"if this is his work!"
But Anderson. fortunately far him,
had no telephone.
The next morning, when Adelaide
arrived, the office looked considera
bly worse than it had in the begin
ning, for her employer had spent
most of the night restoring his anci
ent treasures to their proper places.
"Yes, I did it all," confessed Ade
laide, eyeing with consternation the
chaotic office. "But I thought you'd
like it."
"Do you think so now?" demanded
Mr. Gray, surrounded by scatter
palm leaves.
"'So," returned Adelaide, remalnlnt
outside the railing. "I don't."
Come in. I guess we'd better have
a clear understanding in this matter.
Do you see this book? Well, when I'm
vexed or puzzled I like to read It
there's something port of slow and
restful about old Captain Marryat.
But I like to find him at home when
I Teach for aim. His -home's right
here on top of this safe not under
sample packages of hand-shucked
rice. Do you see that tiger? When
I get tired of being tied down to busi
ness, I like to look at him. I've al
ways had a fancy that I'd like to hunt
tigers in Tropical Jungles, but I guess
this Is the nearest I'll ever come to
it. Anyway, I'd be lonesome without
' that picture."
I "If I'd known"
"Do you gee this desk? It was fath
er's. So was that cupboard. This was
father's penholder. I've a fancy for
keeping things as nearly as possible
as father left them. I'm used to them
myself. You see, thry've been this
way for over fifty years. Now you're
comparatively new "
"I'm nineteen."
"Just so. And you've lent several
jobs "
Adelaide colored painfully.
"Without knowing exactly why.
Yes, I thought so. Did yon, by any
chance, introduce any modern im
provements in the real-estate busi
ness, the bank building, the Insurance
office, or up in the city hall? Did you
get In a little missionary work on
Judge W:hltney's spelling, and make a
few alterations In Doctor Truscott's
queer way of keeping accounts? Did
you think that 'avenue' looked finer
than 'street' when you lettered Gore
& Pelham's maps?"
"I'm afraid I well, I did try to im
prove things a little."
"Just so," returned Mr. Gray, whose
eyes were entirely kind. "It's a habit
of yours, perhaps? A good habit to
outgrow, possibly. You see, improv
ing elderly, experienced persons like
Judge Whitney, Mr. Newcomb, Doctor
Truscott or 'Mr. Nichols Isn't precise
ly what's ex-pected of you. Why, I
shouldn't wonder it you were a real
nuisance to them, breaking up their
lifelong habits, trying to improve
their business methods, putting their
belongings In different places"
"How how did you know?" de
manded Adelaide, suspiciously.
"Just guessed It. Perhaps they had
to lose you In order to be comfortable
In their own offices."
"I suppose that means," quavered
Adelaide, "that you'd like me to go?"
"Well," returned Mi". Gray, in the
eentlest of tones," It's this way, my
girl. Your bookkeeping's al light,
you've a good, clear head for figures,
you're a smRrt, capable young per
son; but those wretched modern im
provements of yours ."
"Suppose I promise to save them all
for myself?"
Good!" cried Thomas Gray. "In
that case you'll do, provided you and
Jacob and the tiger can. live peaceably
in the same cage." From Youth's
Companion.
Folly of Worrying.
A number of statesmen at Washing
ton, D. C, the other day discussed the
foolishness of worrying about things
not likely to happen, or which, If they
do happen will be so remote as to be
of little consequence to the worrier.
One of the party told this story to
illustrate his point;
"Reminds nie of a thing that hap
pened in my school days. We used to
have a lecture every Friday afternoon,
and one day the lecturer was a geo
logical sharp, and chose 'Niagara
Falls' for his topic. He told us all
about the geological information of
the falls, described the different peri
ods that it is believed are traced In
the gorge, and then went on to say
that the falls were slowly wearing
back toward Buffalo, and that in the
course of some 208,000 years they
would have worn back to Erie, Pa..
and that town would be left high and
dry. Just then one of the girls in
the class began to Bob wildly. 'What's
the matter?" asked the teacher, in
alarm. 'Oh,' she -wailed, 'I've got -a
sister living in Erie!"' Buffalo Com
mercial. The Craze for Labels.
Many -people anxious to show their
friends how far they have traveled,
and at how many places they have
stayed, refuse to remove the old rail
way labels from their bags and port
manteaus. It is a harmless vanity as
far as it concerns themselves,' but
one which causes much bewilderment
to the railway authorities. The num
ber of confparatlvely fresh labels on
a bag renders it very difficult for a
porter to know which is positively the
last, and not infrequently luggage goe3
astray in consequence, especially
when changes of train have to be
made on a journey. At holiday times
this label fad is a real nuisance to
the railway authorities, for if bag
gage is lost and cannot be traced com
pensation has to be paid. A small
leather case, abont a foot long an 1
seven or eight Inches deep and wide,
was recently seen which had no few
er than forty-two labels plastered on
it, many of which were new enougn
to puzzle the most expert porter.-
London Railway Review.
NEGRO SUPERSTITION.
Boi.. at Them Are Juit Like the Onea
Bald by Their White Brethren.
Many of the negro superstitions In
Kentucky are quite interesting. Aa
old philosopher told me with great
gravity: "If you want peppers to
grow, you must git mad. My old
"oman an' me had a spat, an' I went
right out an' planted my peppers, an'
they came right up." Still another
saying is that peppers, tp prosper, must
be planted by a. red-headed or by a
high-tempered person. The negro also
ays that one never Eees a Jailbird on
Friday, for the bird visits h!3 sutanlc
majesty to "pack kindling" on that
day. The three signs in which the ne
groes place implicit trust are the well
known ones ot the ground hog appear
ing above ground on the 2d of Febru
ary; that a hoe must not be carried
through a house or a death will fol
low, and that potatoes must be plant
ed in the dark of the moon, as well as
all vegetables that ripen in the ground,
and that corn must be planted in the
light of the moon. Feed gunpowder
to dogs and it will make them fierce.
A negro will not burn the wood of a
tree that has been struck by lightning,
for fear that his house will burn or
be struck by lightning. It a bird flies
Into a house it brings luck. If a craw
fish or a turtle catches your toea it
will hold on till It thunders. When a
child I was told by a black nurse that
if a bat alights on one's head it will
rtay there till it thunders. This was
so terrifying that even now I have an
unnecessary fear of being clutched by
a bat. To make soap, stir it with a
sassafras stick in the dark of the
moon.
LIED FAR FROM HOKE.
Adventuroul 1'rlnres Who Tell VictlnM
to Ilnrne or ltulletn.
The death of Prince Henri d'Orleans
calls attention to the fact that princes
who go roaming abont the world have
no protection against the common fate,
and frequently die far away from the
land of their birth, of diseases due to
the climate, or even sometimes from a
bullet. The Prince Imperial was killed
in the Zulu war in South Africa;
Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig
Holsteln died of fever in the Boer war,
ami Prince Henry ot Battcnberg died
of fever in a little war on the West
Coast of Africa. The Prince of Conde,
a young man of great promise, and pas
sionately fond of travel, died in Aus
tralia. Now Prince Henri d'Orleaw
dies in Saigon, Indo-China. Prince
Henri gained much notoriety through
his visit to Abyssinia and his subse
quent duel with the Count of Turin. II
was a genuine duel, and real blood was
shed in it; but the prince died, after all
his adventures, of an abscess on tin
liver. A relative of Prince Henri
fought another celehrnted duel In 1870
He was the Duke of Montpensler, and
he fought with the Duke of Seville
whom he killed, greatly to his own dis
may and the surprise of the spectators.
They were both brothers-in-law o)
Queen Isabella of Spain. A Bourbon
Prince who has protested recently
against duelling In all Its forms is tht
brother of Don Carlos, the pretendei
to the Spanish throne. This Prince,
Don Alfonso, is a devout man and 8
good citizen, but he cannot enter Spain,
for in case of the death of Don Jayme
he would become his brother's heir as
representative of the Carlist cause.
New York Press.
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Depth of the Enrtli'a Atmosphere.
The Belgian Royal Metcorologica!
Observatory has recently published th
various estimates of mathematicians
regarding the depth of the atmosphere
surrounding the earth. Tho calcula
tions of these savants are certainly
ruftlciently curious and divers to re
flect discredit upon them all. Biot es
timated the depth at 40 miles; Bra
vals, 70 miles; Mavin, 81 miles; Cal
landraw, 100 miles; Schlaparelll, 125
miles; Marie Davy, 187; and Rltter,
216 miles. During the early part ol
the nineteenth century it was general
ly accepted in Great Britain as 47
miles, but the fact that meteors are
incandescent at a much greater height
than this eeems to entirely controvert
this Idea. Sir Robert Ball makes the
statement that meteors have been seen
at an altitude of over 200 miles and
since they only become secablo when
they come in contact with the at
mosphere, it would seem that, if Sir
Robert Is correct, Ritter's estimate Is
the nearest to the mark. Philadelphia
Times.
Soni of the Deisert,
A party of Bedouin Arabs, with cam
els, horses and asses, which has been
for some weeks encamped at the Zoo
logical gardens in Vienna, has left foi
Trieste. The men appear to have made
a considerable impression upon the
Viennese women, as they took away
with them no less than seven brides,
five girls and two widows, all posess
Ing property. About thirty rejected
admirers of tho Bedouins, who saw
them off at the station, and wept in
an affecting manner, would willingly
have followed the troupe and em
braced a desert life but were rejected
by the Arabs because of their poverty.
The women selected will be married
according to Arab rites upon reaching
their destination. As the train moved
off the Arabs uttered a piercing, part
ing cry, responded to by cries and
waving of handkerchiefs on the part
of the rejected ones. The horses,
asses, and camels are left behind to be
sold In Vienna. Detroit Free Press.
Bis Monejr'e Worth.
"Mary Ann," said the economical
husband at the summer resort hotel,
"let the mashed turnips alone and take
some more of those cream potatoes.
Think what they're charging us here
for board!" Chicago Tribune.
jjgggSte
New York City. The blouse that
Is simply tucked Is one of the pretti
est that young girls can wear and
this season It is greatly in vogue
made with collar and cuffs of lace as
illustrated. In this case it matches
the skirt and the material Is dotted
Swiss muslin, but the model suits the
odd waist quite as well as it does the
entire frock and Is. adapted to every
seasonable walsting.
The blouse Is made with front and
backs and with moderately full
sleeves. The lower edges of these
last are gathered into narrow cuffs
for elbow length, into deep cuffs, that
fit the forearms snugly after the
latest fashion, for long sleeves.
The quantity of material required
for the sixteen year size is three and
one-eighth yards twenty-four, two
and three-eighth yards thirty-two or
one and three-quarter yards forty
two inches wide with three and seven-eighth
yards of Insertion, one
yard of ruffling to trim as illustrated,
even and one-eighth yards ot inser
tion for the deep cuffs If these are
used.
For Stormy Days.
It is a great relief to know that
when hot weather comes, and it is
necessary to wear a raincoat, we will
not have to wear those heavy silk af
fairs, either in white or any other
color that have been . worn ' for so
long.. The new raincoats are ot rub
berized pongee, just as waterproof as
the strongest rubber, but light and
cool, and fairly becoming in their soft
lines.
Facing Often Matches Feathers.
Black picture hats, trimmed with
long ostrich feathers chosen in pale
pastel shades of blue and pink, leaf
green and lilac, are enjoying a great
vogue at the moment. Sometimes
feathers In two or three ot these
pastel colors are seen grouped to
gether on one and the same hat, but
a more surely successful result is ob
tained when the feathers are selected
In one shade, or In several tones of
the same shade.
Embroidery For (jloves.
The embroidered edge to the gloves
is so light and lacy looking, button
holed in Bcallops as a finish, that one
could not help thinking what pretty,
work it would be to decorate plain
silk gloves one's self, and save almost
halt the cost of those already orna
mented. Four Gored Skirt.
The skirt that is perfectly smooth
over the hips while it is gracefully
full at the lower portion is the one
that is most in demand for walking
and general wear. This one Includes
that essential feature and is novel
at the same time, being made with
wedge shaped panels that are laid
under the gores and which allow of
treatment of various sorts. In this
case the skirt is made of mohair and
is trimmed with silk braid and little
buttons, but If a combination of ma
terials was wanted the panels could
be of striped, plaid or checked ma
terial, while the gores were of plain,
or vice versa; or one material can be
used for the skirt with another for
the panels. Again, the trimming can
be banding ot any sort, either braid
or the same in contrasting material
cut into bands, or anything of a sim
ilar sort.
The skirt is made in four gores,
these gores being made with exten-
sions to the depth of the panels. The
extensions are turned under to form
pleats and the latter are arranged
over the panels, the edges being
joined beneath the pleats.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is seven and
five-eighth yards twenty-seven, five
yards forty-four or three and five -eighth
yards fifty-two inches wide
eighteen and one-halt yards of braid.
Fichu Without Frills.
A fichu of- satin, without friiia
worn over a diaphanous frock. i L
change from the usual order of things,
ana snouia do accompanied by sj
transDarent hat trimmed with mj
bows or choux ot the same satin, and
a transparent parasol treated like
wise. Cotton Voiles.
The figured cotton voiles mk
Ideal negligee.
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