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'That Havana lottery will evacuate J
with the Spaniards. Uncle Sam will
protect the Cubans against them- I
selves.
Adventurers have thus far spent j
$30,000,000 in going to and from the
Klondike, and have brought back
$6,000,000. But, then, think of the 1
fun J
A Philadelphia paper in its story of
the jubilee crowd said it was "nip and
tuck between tho pickpockets and the
police." It would be interesting to
learn which finally got the most.
.Mr. Joe Leiter is said to have tnkeu
to literature. If he can bulge the
poetry market in the same way that
he did the wheat market he will be
Regarded as a benefactor by a very
numerous constituency.
Dewey is said to be coming home.
It will be such a hoine-eoraing as no
American ever bad. For his own
comfort we advise that he be put un
der strong guard in Fort Warren,
where his family and friends might
visit him with passes signed by him
self.
In the conflict which resulted in the
resignation of the Brisson ministry in
France, the grave underlying ques
tion was the supremacy of civil or
military law in that republic. As
long a* militarism prevails in France
it can be a republic but in name. The
promotion of the rights of tho people,
the establi shiueut of personal free
dom, and all of the elements which
enter into republican government are
at war with the idea of military su
premacy, As long as the man iu ep
aulet- is the hero of tho populace,and
his will s ipplants that of the states
man, true republican government is
impossible.
The curious relations of personal
vanity with the worst forma of crimi
nality are plainly shown in the case of
Vacher, the notorious "Jack the Rip
per" of Paris, who has been con
demned to the guillotine. Although
evidently a mental pervert, with the
usual accompanying mania for homi
cide, he was willing to give tho full
details of liis crimes, previously con
fessed, only ou the conditions that
they should be published in all tho
leading papers, and that he should
have a separate trial for each murder
iu the place of its commitment, thus
obviously adding to the morbid noto
riety of his doings. The desire to'
eriate a startling sensation by limit
ing his acts to the murder and subse
quent brutal mutilation of young
shepherdesses was paramount to all
other motives, although he inciden
tally refers to his fancy for shedding
blood. As is not unusual in such
instances of gross depravity, he plied
his dreadful work long enough to give
it the air of great mystery, and when
tillable to keep) tho secret beyond a
certain time be was compelled to
opeuly jeopardize his safety by
exploding a revolting confession.
Criminologists are quite uniform in
their statements regarding the preva
lence of this weakness among thieves
and murderers. The detectives un
derstand so well this propensity on
the part of wrongdoers that it is an
ever ready avenue to, secrets which
otherwise would perhaps never be
discovered. It is tho plainest of nil
exemplifications of a fact that "murder
will out." The crime and its punish
ment grow from the same root.
Sho Couldn't Mlrs tho Ch.nro.
Mrs. Drayton—Ah, well, it has al
ways been my dearest wish to grow old
gracefully. Mrs. Winston—ls that so,
dear? I'm awfully sorry' for you. Mrs!
Drayton—You are sorry for me? Why?
Mrs. Winston—Beeausb your dearest
wish has been to grow old gracefully.
Of course you'll never have a chance tc
try it over and make use of the prac
tice vui've had.
Jrnluui of Illinwelf.
"Is he really so Jealous?" "Why, he
Is even Jealous of himself since some
ane told him matrimony had made
another man of him."—Cincinnati En
quirer.
THE NEVER WAS A BOY.
When I come home the other night
With an ugly lookin' oyo
That I had got into a flglit
Poor ma commenced to cry,
But when I told pa lionr it was
He clapped bis lmnds for joy
And told me I'd done bullv, 'cause
Once he had been a boy.
"Boys trill be boys," I heard him say;
"They won't lie otherwise,
And the ono that learus to light liis way
Is the one that wins the prise;
When I was his ago ilghtin' was
Blv greatest earthly joy—"
But ma, she kept on cryin', 'cause
She never was a boy.
My golly, but I'd hate to be
A girl" with fluffy hair,
And always prim as A, B, C,
With clothes too clean to wear!
When ma was small I s'po9e she was
I Red cheeked and sweet and coy—
But, oh, tho fun that missod her 'cause
She never was a boy.
—Cleveland Leader.
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I FARMER TUCKER'S GIRLS. I
X By Ilelon Whitney Clark. A
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It\ UMPH! Marry
/ iug for love is
j (I nonsense,"
/ | declared the
vji "j! 1 eldest Miss
I vj/l I Tucker, se
ll verely, as she
| * threw aside the
I ' J novc ' H l' fl Bad
I- ■ ' --- - r | been reading,
I RU( * stretched
fi f f I k er ' oes °l° ael '
I I to the warm
| / | yZy-% \ fire that was
ILX / blazing in the
old-fashioned
* fireplace. "I
Intend to marry for money!"
"Why, Neva?"
The eldest Miss Tucker was chris
teued Geneva.
"How can you say so?" cried her
younger sister, opening a pair of big,
biuo eyes, mystic and tender, with
thickly-curling golden lashes. "I
think it would be the nicest thing iu
the world to fall iu love with a hand
some young man, with eyes as black
as coals, and live in a pretty cottage,
ull covered with vines."
"Stuff!" interrupted Neva, snnp
pishly, curling her red, but lather
shrewish lips, in a scornful manner.
"Love is all bosh! I wouldn't caro if
I never saw a cottage, or a vine! To
be mistress of a brown-stone house in
the city, with frescoed walls, and
Turkey carpets, and a boudoir paneled
iu .blue velvet, is my ambition, and
I'll accomplish it, too! With servants
iu livery, and a superb dining-room,
handsomely furnished—a marble-top
sideboard filled with silver-plate and
painted china, cut-glass decanters and
goblets, and pickle-stands—if I could
liave all that, I wouldn't care a snap
for such nonsense as romance and
love."
Tho entranco of Tom, the hired
hand, bringing a fresh back-log lor
the lire, interrupted them. He stirred
down the embers till they glowed like
a bed of melted rubies, threw on a
huge, spice-seeuted log, fringed with
scarlet lichens and gray moss, and
turned to leave the room, a handsome,
mnnly-looking fellow, iu spito of his
homely suit of butternut jeans.
"Tom!"
Miss Geneva snapped out tho word
as if disdaining herself for speaking
at all, and determinedtocutitas short
as possible.
"Bring a bucket and take these
ashes up!" Bhe commanded, haughtily.
"And stamp the snow 'off your feet
before you come into tho sitting-room
again."
"Oh, Neva! You've hurt his feel
ings; how could you?" cried Honors,
her blue eyes flashing, and her cheeks
glowing indignantly.
"Feelings!" sneered Geneva. "The
idea of a hired man having feelings!
That's one of your odd notions, Norn.
Besides, if ho don't know his place
better than that, I'll teach it to him,
that's all."
Tom re-appeared with a bucket and
shovel and proceeded to take up the
ashes, whi'e Miss Tucker cast a
withering giarce at him, as much as
if she were a detective, and he a
hardened criminal, in the act of com
mitting burglary.
"Well, well!" muttered Aunt Betsy
Tucker to herself, as she furued tho
heel of tho blue yarn sock she was
knitting. "Who'd a-tliought, after
two years at boarding-school, Genevy
would hev come homo with sich no
tions as that? Shucks! I'd rather be
an old maid forty times over, than
mnrry a man fur his money, like sho
talks ol' doing, I don't believe in 110
sich! It's nothiu' but riches an' fine
clothes from mornin' till night with
her. Her head's plump full of it.
But Honory, bless her! uothiu' could
spile her. Sho's got a heart as soft
i?s a robin-redbreast's, and while
Genevy is a-naggin' ami a-scoldin' at
Tom from mornin' till night, Honory
more'n makes up fur it by her sweet
words an' srailin' looks. An' that
makes me think. What was it she
said about coal-black eyes? Tom's
eyes are blaeker'n any coal ever I see,
an' the way ho looks at Norn out of
'em is enough to turn any girl's head.
Wal, she might do wass than to marry
Tom Alderberry, though sho is as
pretty as n pink, an' good as any angel
that ever lived!"
And Honora Tucker was a very
pretty girl; with eyes liko summer
gentians, and cheeks as pink as the
velvety petals of a Michigan rose.
The air was keen and crisp, but
clear, and gleaming ice-crystals hung
from every tree and shrub, sparkling
like diamonds.
"Nora! Nora!" called' her sister,
"see what an elegant carriage, with
silver-mounted harness and a servant
in livery. Oh, my!"
"And a span of matched horses!"
crieA Nora, enthusiastically, as Bhe
peeped from the dimity-curtained
window.
"Where can they be going?" cried
Neva, devoured with curiosity.
"Girls! Genevy! Yer pa wants
yon an' Honory in the best room,"
called Aunt Betsy, mysteriously, from
the lower hall. "Quick, too!"
"It's someone to see us," cried
Geneva; and springing to the looking
glass sho quickly smoothed her rather
neglected tresses.
"My! how touzled my hair is!"
cried Nora, peeping over her sister's
shoulder at the shining coils of red
gold hair wound around her head, and
curling in little tendrils over a brow
low and smooth. "But I haven't
time to fix it now. Hurry up, Neva!
Maybe it's our fairy godmother in a
pumpkin coach, like Cinderella's,
with six field mice for footmen."
"Stuff!" cried her sister, crabbedly;
"don't be a goose, Nora."
Farmer Tucker, with corduroy over
alls tucked into the legs of his cow
hide boots, stood in the best room,
talking with a tall, elegantly-dressed
gentleman. Miss Geneva paused a
moment to bestow a withering glance
on Tom, who stood by the door in the
hall.
"What are you loitering here for?"
she demanded, tartly. "Eavesdrop
ing, I suppose! Go about your work,
or I shall inform of you immediately."
Tom made no reply, bnt his face
lighted up as he caught a look from
Nora s blue eyes, and a low-breathed
"Never mind, Tom," from her red
lips.
"Here they be," cried Farmer
Tucker, with a glow on his honest
face, as the girls entered the room.
"These is my gals, Judge Alderberry!"
Alderberry?
The sisters stared. Could this ele
gant gentleman in the finest of broad
cloth, with diamond studs sparkling
on his hosom, be any relation to Tom?
They were soon enlightened.
"Gals, this is Tom's father," ex
plained the old farmer; "an' he's jest
found out whar his son is. Got mad
and driv him off because he wouldn't
mnrry a —a—"
"An heiress," smiled the judge.
"Yes. An' now he's sorry, an'
wants Tom back, an' says he kin mar
ry whoever ho pleases."
"Yes, whoever he pleases," re
peated the judge; and if he prefers te
livo in the country, he shall have the
best farm in the Htnte, and the finest
house money can build; for Tom's my
only child, and all I have is his."
"But yon must stay to dinner with
us, Judge Alderberry," insisted Miss
Geneva, hospitably, as soon as she re
covered her scattered senses; "you
and Mr.—Mr. Tom, too."
And she hastened to congratulate
the cnce despised "hired hand."
But Nora, blushing like an October
peach, slipped away to the vacant sit
ting-room to quiet the sudden beating
of her heart.
Tom going away! Tom, with his
hniulsome coal-black eyes.
"Nora," whispered a tender voice.
"Nora, darling, will you love me and
be my little wife?"
And there was Tom, with her hands
in his, and her head drawn close upon
his breast.
*••
"Sarves Nevy jest right," solilo
quized Aunt Betsy, as she dished a jar
of ruby-hued quinces into the old
fashioned china preserve dish. "Sarves
her jest right. Mebbe she'll lam a
lesson avter this. But I d'n know;
'pears like some folks is as hard to
lain sense as one o' them antymires
that pesters so in the summer-time,
a-gitten inter the vittles an' things."
And it is presumable Miss Geneva
never did "laru sense," as sho is still
on the unmarried list. —Saturday
Night.
The Window Cleaner*.
The curious jointed ladders nscd in
window cleaniug, runniug up to avery
narrow opening between the sides at
the top, so that the ladder can be
placed securely against the corner of
a window, and joiuted for convenience
in carrying, are now more often seen
than ever as they are carried from
place to place by the men who use
them. Many banks and stores and
other buildings of a more or less pub
lic character have for a long time had
their windows washed by professional
cleaners, who are employed by con
cerns that make a business of it and
make contracts with their customers to
clean their windows a certain number
of times yearly for a certaiu amount,
the amount, of course, depending ou
the number of times they are cleaned.
There are private houses whose win
dows are regularly cleaned by profes
sional cleaners. The number of stores
and places 111 general that have their
windows washed by professional clean
ers is increasing steadily and includes
now many small establishments as
well as big ones. In stores the work
is usually dour once or twice a week,
so that the windows aro easily kept
clean, and it does not take very long.
It is done, of course, on fixed days
and nt regular hours. The cleaners'
work is laid out in routes to econom
ize time.—New York Sun.
Russia as a Land of Learning,
Russia has tho third largest library
in the world. This great collection
of books was begun in 1714 by Peter
tho Great, who named it the Imperial
Library. It has 1,200,000 volumes
and 26,000 manuscripts. Tho princi
pal contribution to it was the Count
Zaluski collection, consisting of 260,-
000 volumes and 10,000 mauuscripts.
Year by year tho library is increased
by the acquisition of thousands of vol
umes, and with similar progress Rus
sian writers are steadily adding to the
native literature of the empire. It was
the fashion not so many years ago to
look upon tho Russians as barbarians,
but the world has since learned that
Russia is great in science, art, letters
and general culture.—Chisago Rec
ord.
I paaeiaeisiagigaaagio^
!1 WOMAN'S WORLD.
Be^9ieK*)iem6(eieeeG!v!oieioie^k|
SEND THEM TO BED WITH A KISS.
Oil mothers, -Alveary, discouraged,
Worn out with the cares of tbe day,
Tou often grow cross and impatient,
Complain of the noiso and tho play;
, Tor tho day brings so many vexatious,
1 So many things going amiss;
But, mothers, whatever may vox you,
i Bend the children to bed with a ltlssl
I The dear little feet wander often,
[ Perhaps, from tho pathway of right,
The dear little hands find now mischief
To try you from morn till night,
But think of the desolate mothers
Who'd give all the world for your bliss,
And, an thanks for your infinite blessings,
Bond tho children to bed with a kiss!
For some day their noise will not vex you,
Tho silence will hurt you far more;
You will long for the sweet children's
voices,
For a sweet, childish fuce at the door;
And to press a child's face to your bosom,
You'd givo all the world for just this;
For the comfort 'twill bring in sorrow,
Send the children to bed with a kiss!
—New York World.
THE WINTER FURS.
Souio Suggestions For Those Who Desire
to Be Warmly Clad.
If fashion took note of common
(leuso she would porceive that long
basques, which slope off to the front,
are not iu accordance with reason.
The necessary pleats of tho skirt,
which cannot bo entirely abolished,
although in the new models they are
reduced to a flat minimum, are quite
sufficient fulness for tho hack. But
sensible or not, fashion has quite
made up her mind that in tho oncom
ing season there shall bo depth at the
back and shallowness in front. Even
the new fnr mantles are made in this
"shawl-shape" manner; much longer
behind than in tho front. Capes,
coats and bodices alike are cut away
in n graceful slope from as high as the
waist-lino in front and descend to al
most three-quarter length behind in
some cases, and always to a good
depth. A becoming form of the new
coats is one fastening by a button
over the chest and sloped awny very
gradually thence so that the basque
on the hips has a pleasant ovifl line.
Many of them, however, are reduced
to a mere tail-coat, being cut sharply
nway right from the front and over
the hips.
If you are buying new furs by all
means have two kinds mixed. Seal
skin and sable, of course, make a
perfect mixture; even a collar and
lapels, or just a throatlet, of sable
will make a sealskin cape much rnqre
important than without the addition.
Persian lamb is excellent style mixed
either with sealskin, with real sable,
or with that distant cou3iu of sable,
mink, which it is idle to flatter oneself
can bo mistaken for sable by a good
judge—tho softness of the more costly
fur being quite absent from tho stiff,
short-haired mink—but which never
theless, being so like in color, has
much the same smartness of effect.
Sable becomes ever more and more
costly; a full-length cape of it, made
in the popular shawl shape, and
edged round with a full flounce of fine
sealskin, shown at a large far house,
was priced at 810,000. Sealskin is
perhaps not quite so dear as it was
two years ago, but appears to
have permanently gone up far beyond
the scale that prevailed ten years ago.
Of course, fine furs are a possession
for life, and are therefore worth buy
ing; but, on tho other hand, they need
to bo endowed with an annuity, for it
costs more to bring them periodically
up to date in style than it does to buy
a very handsome new coat of any
other material. A novel feature in
the new furs is tho application to
them of big fancy buttons. It is not
in very good taste. The brilliant
coloring of the button has a gaudy
look agaiust tho sober richness of
fur; nevertheless, there it is.—Phila
delphia Times.
A iTouian Cyclist's Wondeiful r.ltle.
Everybody must have hoard more
or less of Mrs. Darwin Mcllrath, who
so lately landed in New York from a
trip around the world on a bicycle,
which was begun at Chicago three
years aud a half ago. Mrs. Mcllrath
is an exceedingly good looking woman,
who seems rather slight in physique
far such a trip as she has just com
pleted, on which she covered on her
wheel nearly 30,000 miles, including
eleven countries besides the United
States. Slight as she appears now,
sho weighs twenty pounds more than
when she started on her trip, her
weight originally being only ninety
five pound s.
Mrs. Mcllrath was accompanied in
her circuit of the world by her hus
band, and in many of tho districts of
China, India, Burmah and Japan
through which they passed, they were
tho only white cyclists ever seen there,
except Lenz, the young Pittsburg man
who was murdered by the Kurds of
Armenia.
Notable pluck and fortitude were
shown throughout by Mrs. Mcllrath.
When the start was made from Chi
cago she had been riding a bicycle
loss thau thirty-five days, and yet in
the last day's run before reaching
Denver, she covered 130 miles, the
bnnner run of the entire trip.
Mrs. Mcllrath says she suffered
more from seasickness whilo crossing
from London to New York than she
did from all the other inconveniences
of her trip combined. The trip has
cost theso two daring adventurers
311,000, bat they think it was well
spent.—New York Mail and Express.
A New "Liberty" Fabric.
The production of a new "Liberty"
fabric is as notable an event in the
world of women as the appearance of
a new star above the horizon is to as
tronomers, and I am quite sure that
tho new "Orion" satin will be hailed
with enthusiasm wherever it is seen.
j ! lu the first place, "Orion" satin, son
; and exquisite on the surface, drapes
| with marvellous grace. Lldies will
i also appreciate the delightfully crisp
j and elastio texture of tho new fabric,
' which not only insures that perfectly
graceful draping whioh woman value
so highly, but also prevents that un
sightly creasing which is so ruinous
to the effectiveness of any dress, aud
at the same time, in the "Orion" satin
there is no suggestion at all of the air
of limpness and meagreness which is
sometimes noticeable in n delicate ma
terial like satin. The materials of
whioh the new satin is composed are
of tho purest and best, and the fabric
is not only new but uniqne.
Another charming practical advan
tage of the "Orion" satin is that the
wide rang e of colors in which it i(
produced makes it equally suitablefoi
youthful or more mature wearers.
Among them aro some perfectly rav
ishing shades of pink, from the ten
derest to the richest rose; a range oi
exquisite greens, from a peculiarly
delicate yellowish shade to a rich
olivo of splendid lustre and depth;
pure white aud delicate old ivory, the
loveliest gray blue and other exquisite
blues, yellows and golds in beautiful
gradations, heliotropes in dainty
variety, and a rich, soft black. Alto
gether a more beautiful and more
adaptable fabric I never saw.—Lady's
Pictorial.
Dressing For At-Hnmo Parties.
For at-home dancjug parties young
Indies are expected to be suitably
gowned, which means in thin gowns of
organdy, net, chiffon, etc., over silk
linings, or light silk gowns with belts
and sash ends of velvet edged with
tiny frills of black or white mousse
line. Silk at seventy-five cents a yard
is pretty, nnd would be economical, as
it would answer another season for n
lining. White, pink, turquoise, light
yellow aud lavender are tho favorite
evening colors in the order named.
White forms a convenient dress, as
different accessories may bo used with
it aud the skirt worn with odd waists.
If merely a looker-on, a light dress or
waist, mado high in the neck aud long
sleeved, in silk or chiffon, or a light
weight veiling trimmed with three
gored rufHbs to the knees, each edged
with velvet ribbon; blouse waist
finished with two rubles around the
low neck and a removable yoke of
white lace over pink, or of pin tucked
taffeta, with collar, belt .and sash ends
of the silk, would ;be appropriate.
Another suitable toilette is a black
silk or nice white wool skirt, with a
full gathered waist of light- colored
chiffon having collar and sash of silk
or velvet. One nioro advanced iu
years might wear a light waist and
black silk skirt or an entire black silk
costume with lace yoke or vest.—
Ladies' Homo Journal.
Mi Dix Won.
In hor early attempts to right the
wrongs of tho insane, Dorothea Dix
met only discouragement aud coldness, 1
or indifference, which is worse; but
she did net cease to labor, and if she
ever lost heart no ono but herself
knew it. She asked for an interview
with the ohairman of the most impor
tant house committee in the North
Carolina Legislature. Uo declined the
interview under the pretext of pres
sure of business.
"Very well," wrote Miss Dix, "1
must see you. You will call on me or
I shall call on you."
The chairman then went to see Miss
Dix. He entered the room, hat in
hand, a bundle of papers under his
arm, and declined the proffered chair.
"I have colled," he said. "I am in
haste. Will you make your business
known as quiokly as possible?"
The lady began to speak". Elo
quently she pleaded the cause of the
insane. She spoko Worn n full heart
aud a well-stored mind. Her listener
became interested; be forgot that be
was iu a hurry, sat down, piled his
papei'3 on the floor aud heard with a
rapt attention. The interview lasted
three hours, and the chairman was
won over to the cause, and he was
ever after a strong ally of Miss Dix in
her noble work. Thirty-three lunatic
asylums in this country owe their be
ginning to Miss Dix.—Youth's Com
panion.
Tlie New Muff.
The novelties in mull's this season
are more beautiful thau ever, though
not designs for comfort. It is said
that some of the mufls really have no
openings for the bands, the only con
cession to convenience being in a little
pocket sewed upon the inside for the
reception of the handkerchief or a
tiny pnrse. One of tho prettiest
muffs yet seen was of shiny black silk
broadcloth nearly half a yard long.
It' was very narrow and was almost
completely covered with a huge bow
of white ribbon, brilliantly striped
with broad bands of crimson. The
ribbons which held it around the ueclc
were of red and black double-faced
satin.—St. Louis Republic.
Gleanings From tho Shops.
Girls' coats having a cape in out
work lined with a light color.
Garnitures for evening dresses in
silk cord, chenille and beads.
Immense "grandmother" muffs of
long-haired furs, such as bltio fox.
i.alf-long coats of block cloth with
a jet-embroidered velvet vest.
Swiss bodices in silk brqid, net em
broidered and mouseline spangled.
Trimming satin in white embroid
ered in jet spangles, white ribbon nnd
black silk.
Cloak clasps of silver, gilt or steel
set with jewels, especially opals and
turquoise.
Girls' poke felt bats edged with fur
and trimmed with wide strings, bow
and soft quills.
Tiny ruffles of ribbon or gauze hav
ing a drawing string, the gauze being
plain or embroidered.—Dry Goods
Economist.
BRITISH LOVE US NOW.
INCIDENTS THAT SHOW THEIR RE
CARD FOR THE UNITED STATES.
Remarkable Emblematic Cars That
Graced the Last Lord Mayor'* Proces
sion in London—The American Flag
Wildly Applauded In Cnnudu.
A cable dispatch relates that in the
last Lord Mayor's procession there
was a car emblematical of the Eng
lish-speaking races. It showed Bri
tannia and Columbia seated side by
side undor a cauopy. The British flag
was borne by au American sailor,
while the American flag was borne by
a British sailor. There was also an
illustration of Admiral Tatnall's
"blood is thicker than water" and of
Admiral Kimberlcy's repetition of the
same filing to Captain Kane after the
disaster at Jpia.
Tuis is a significant incident, and
more significant still is it that it is
only one of a long series that show the
love of Englishmen for tho United
States. Whatever may have been the
reason for the change, writes D. S.
Richardson, in the Times-Herald—
and I know Americans who say that it
is merely because England finds itself
without any other ally and wishes to
use the United States as one—it is
true that the British love for Ameri
cans is now intense, and the average
Briton Relieves that if England goes
to war with France or anyone else his
nation can count on the sympathy if
not the aid of the United States.
Returned travelers from Great
Britain and Canada bear witness to
this. I remember when I was in
Canada three or four years ago I
found a contempt and almost a hatred
of Americans everywhere. They be
haved that the United States wanted
to annex Canada, and perhaps on this
account the Canadian's way of show
ing loyalty to the mother country was
to evince hatred for America. ' Two
years ago au American flag was torn
down at Toronto and trampled under
foot *by Canadians. The average
Canadian believed that the time would
come some day when there would be
a war between England and the United
States. It will be remembered that
when the Venezuela incident arose
tho Canadians were much more blood
thirsty than the English, and there
are those who believe that if Canadian
diplomats—of which there are none
had had the mauagement of tho affair
there would have been war.
But now it is different. I was talk
ing tho other day with a man who has
just returned from a trip through
Ontario. He says that Americans are
the rage. Everywhere ho goes he sees
the stars and stripes flying, and they
are almost as much in evidence as the
union jack. They are pasted in win
dows crossed together much as the
Cuban and American flags were
crossed some months ago before we
know as much about tho Cubans.
This is not only in the windows.
There is a great demand in all parts
of Canada for buttons with the Ameri
can and British flags crossed, and men
wearing these buttons are seen in
every block. My enthusiastic friend
told me that half of the people he met
wore them. Even if that be an ex
aggeration there must bo enough of
thorn to show that there is really a
kindly feeling for this country.
More significent was the saluting of
tho American colors at a dress parade
and gunnery practice at Halifax.
Everywhere the American flag is
shown there is wild applause. They
cheered the same flag that they hated
not so mauy years ago.
Returning travelers from England
tell tho same story. No great func
tion is complete in London nowadays
without tho presence of a representa
tive of the United States legation. The
health of President McKinley is drunk
with the same deep sentiment that the
health of the Qneeu is quaffed. Ameri
can flags are also to be seen pretty
generally around the city. The bunt
ing made iu this country fluds a ready
sale, aud buttons like those in Canada
are worn. Americans find a new and
warm welcome. No longer are they
asked about their form of government
and what is tho name of their "king"
or such questions as whether Indians
roam the streets of New York and Chi
cago. It used to be tho fashion to be
ignorant of America. It is not so
nowadays. It is tho fashion to know
all about this country aud to takrf pride
in our achievements.
The same sentiment is reflected in
the English newspapers and reviews.
There is no more sneering. There are
many articles telling of tho United
States. Our deeds during the Spanish
war are cited as examples of Anglo-
Saxon courago. Dewey, Sampson aud
Schley are made as much of—almost
—as Lord Kitchener himself. The
periodicals point with pride to our
achievements in war and speculative
articles are published to show theeaso
with which the United State) and Eng
land together could whip the world.
The strange part of it is that the
feeling iu England is so much more
inteuse than it is here. However much
luauy Americans may approve the pro
posed Anglo-Saxon alliance and regard
with favor the entente cordiale which
now exists betweeu the two nations
there are no demonstrations on the
surface like those in England and
Cauala. An Englishman could not
fail to notice the difference if he came
here. Americans recently returning
from England filled with ardor which
they caught abroad, notice the differ
ence.
It is striking. Is the reason to be
found in the fact that Americans are
less emotional than are Englishmen?
ruinla'a Undeveloped Gold Mlnea.
There are hundreds of millionaires
in Russia whose fortunes are in the
shape of vast domains containiag gold
and silver of incalculable value, but
whioh have never been developed.
EVERY MAN TO HIS TRADE.
A Cleveland Merchant Learned That He
Could Hun an Klevator.
An energetic business man whose
dainty establishment is in the Colonial
Arcade recently made an arrangement
with n photographer to take some pict
ures of his store front. When the
artist arrived with his camera it was
found that in order to get the best
point of view the elevator would have
to bo utilized. The photographer
would get aboard, the car would be
run half way to the second floor and
then thepicturewould.be made. It
happened, however, that at the pre
cise moment when he was wanted the
elevator boy was gone.
"Here," cried the merchant, "I
guess I can run it myself. Anyway,
I'll try."
He jumped aboard the car, gave a
vigorous tug on the starting rope, and
to the photographer's dismay shot up
ward at a great rate. The car flew
through the second floor opening and
was soon lost A sight. Presently the
anxious photographer heard it coming
back. Whisk! it dropped toward the
ground floor. But it didn't stop. It
went right on into the cellar. The
photographer caught a hurried glimpse
of a pale yet determined face and then
it was gone. The car stopped at the
bottom with what the vaudeville artist
calls a boomp.
A few momonts later, to tho photo
grapher's relief, the merchant came
up the stairs. * He looked like a man
who had met with a sudden shock,
His collar had broken loose and his
coat was tryiug to climb over his head,
he held the remains of a mashed hat
as he looked ruefully at several bat
tered fingers.
"Hullo," he said, and even his voice
appeared to have been forced up
several notes.
"Hullo," said the photographer.
"I left the elevator down there,"
said the merchant.
"I see yon did," said the photo
grapher.
"If yon lean over and listen," said
the merchaut, "you can hear it chuck
ling."
He straightened out his fingers with
tender solicitude.
"I had an old axiom forcibly im
pressed upon me," said the merchant.
"YesV" said the photographer.
"What is it?"
"Every man to his own calling,"
said the merchant. "Let somebody
else run the elevators of this glorious
nation. Hullo, ' here comes that
blamed boy now."—Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
A llniiibow Set in Sliver.
One of the strangest atmospheric
effects I ever seen happened on our
third day in the channel. The moun
tain-walled river had widened and we
were again coming to narrows, when
over our pathway in front of us a great
rainbow sprang from the snowy sum
mits of n low mountain in the south to
that of another mountain almost oppo
site on the north of the channel, mak
ing a great rainbow span over the dark
water. It was a splendid many-colored
arch of the gods founded on pedestals
of frosted silver. As wo approached
the rainbow faded, the sky was blue
overhead, but a great wall of fleecy
white clouds had dropped down upon
or rather risen up from tho water.
When I first saw it I thought it was a
field of icebergs. It was as white as
snow and it extended upwavd to what
seemed a height of several hundred
feet, stretching across the channel
from mountain to mountain. Above
this wall the sky was clear and tho
only other clouds to be seen were those
hovering over tho mountain peaks.
We sailed out of tho light into this
cloud wall, out of the dry air into a
mist so thick that we could almost
wash our hands in it. A half hour
later we were again under a clear sky.
At times the masts of the steamer
were in the clouds and the deck clear
and dry. Again the clouds would,
form a roof over the channel and again l
tho lower walls of the hills would be
hidden and we could look over the
clouds at the green and snow above.
—Frank G. Carpenter, in Atlanta Con
stitution.
Tracing Ilia Ancestry.
Slims is lean, angular and six feet,
four inches tall. Jones was boasting
about his distinguished descent and
the fact thnt he could trace his an
cestry back to the time of William the
Conqueror. "We have the same
characteristics right through the
whole lino," declared Jones with unc
tion; "strong bodies, lovel heads and
good hearts. Dress one of those old
Joneses in modern apparel and he
would look like Jones of to-day.
There is the most striking kind of a
family resemblance."
One of Jones' hearers intimated
that his imagination must be getting
the better of him. He questioned
very seriously whether all these dis
tinguishing traits could be so faith
fully transmitted.
"Jones is right," volunteered Slims
a3 he straightened out his phenomenal
length. "I'm just about the average
hight of a Slims from the time of the
flood down to the present."
"Do you mean to tell me," said
Jones in envious surprise, "£uat you
can follow baok in an unbroken line to
an ancestor who went through the
deluge?"
"That's what I can."
"Then he must have been in the
ark," with the air of a man who was
getting a clinoher ready.
"Not at all. He was the fellow
that waded out."—Detroit Free Press.
An Unprofessional Practice.
By order of the Berlin Barbers,
Hairdressers and Wigmakers' Union,
apprentices are forbidden to wear
their hair cut short, because the
practice is unprofessional. The union
decided that "the apprentices' hair
should be tastefully and carefully
dressed in order to act as inspiration
ifor the business and for customers."