Perfumed Ribbon Now.
The largo shops now provide per
fumed ribbon, sold by the yard, in
tended for insertions in lingerie. These
tome in two widths, one extremely
narrow, the other baby-blue, pink and
yvhite. Fastidious women prefer to
&isc the delicate sachet which is not
In general use, some faint suggestion
of flowering cherry blossoms, or of
scarcely perceptible orris root, or
evanescent heliotrope. Since the
drawers of the bureau or chiffoniere
,where under linen is kept are lined
j .with sachets to fit, the garments kept
therein have a faint perfume when
taken into use,
I The perfumed ribbons will serve
.women not so fastidious, and those
who do not object to sharing with the
World any perfume used iu this whole
sale manner.
Names of Wlilte House Ladles.
It is an interesting study in nomen
clature to run over the names of the
President's wives. There lias been
but one Mary—Mary Todd Lincoln.
There were two Marthas—Martha
Pnndridge Washington nnd Martha
Wnyles Jefferson; two Abigails—Abi
gail Powers Fillmore and Abigail
Smith Adams. Another maiden, pos
sessed of the commonplace name of
Smith, who married the wife of a
President—Margaret Smith, who mar
ried Zachary Taylor. There were also
two Elizas—Eliza Kartwright Mon
roe nnd Eliza McCardle Johnson.
There was a second Todd—Dolly
Todd Madison. After Dolly, v. liioh
was perhaps the most fanciful name
savoring more of a nickname, were
the two rather high-sounding names,
Letitia and Lucretia—Lctitia Christian
Tyler and Lucretia Rudolph Gi. 'Ki'ld.
Julia Dent Grant, Lucy Webb Hayes
and Louisa Catherine Adams laid
Christian names more modern and
less sedate than Jane Appleton Pierce,
Hannah Hoes Van Bureu, Itaehel Don
elson Jackson, Sarah Childress Polk
and Anne Symmes Harrison. Frances
Fo'.som Cleveland, Caroline Scott Har
rison and Ida Saxton MeKinley are
familiar to all.
The Useful Fan.
In spite of all the "spiendidiferous"
fans set out for our tempting every
summer, we usually manage to be true
to the simple little Fatiuitza fan,
which folds up so inconspicuously that
one would never be accused of carry
ing concealed fans.
It is much more desirable and dur
able than its kindred weapon, which
is known as the pistol fan, though
perhaps not as ingenious, nor as sur
prising to the uninitiated, if, indeed,
there be any in this laud of the free
who do not know it.
In white the Fatinitza is suitable to
accompany any airy fairy get-up,
while in black it is a standby.
Many well-dressed women fairly
live with it in summer and consider
it good taste even for winter theatre
going, For church and the like it
hasn't an equal.
With leather-covered handles it
costs a quarter (though some may he
had as low as a dime), aud with cel
luloid liaudles it's a matter cf half
a dollar. The tan ones have amber
sticks, the brown ones shell, nnd, of
course, these may be imitation, for
n song, or real, at a price to make the
uninformed gasp. The white may
also be celluloid, or ivory, or mother
of pearl.
Teaching the Alphabet.
This method was employed by a
bright young mother: Instead of an
swering her little one's eager inquiries
about the symbols on her blocks by
a mechanical repetition of their names,
she made up a play which should fa
miliarize the child with the letters
ns individuals. First, she bought
a large box of blocks of all shapes and
sizes; then, selecting twenty-six small
cubes, she painted the letters on tliem
nnd put them 'all in a box by them
selves. Showing tills to the child,
slie told her that these persons all be
longed to one family, called the Al
phabet family. There were Mother
A and twenty-five children, and a
father, etc., who was away on a voy
age and would not be back for some
time. The child's imagination seized
the idea with avidity, and on the first
day lie learned with ease the names
of the mother and four children. Af
terward lie was limited to learning
two new names each day until the
■ number was complete. Upon the in
troduction of each new member of the
family they built him a house of other
blocks, just the shape of himself, nnd
t lien drew his likeness upon paper.
Each letter had a tale of bis own
ndveutures to relate, and many were
the evolutions he was put through.
Within a fortnight the three-year-old
.child was constructing new characters
by putting letters together, and the
rapidity and ease with which he pro
ceeded to spell was surprising.—Flor
ence Hull Winterburn, in the Wom
an's Home Companion.
Summer Skirt*.
The skirts of the summer gowns are
most important. They must be well
made and well hung nnd in no way
interfere with a long slender effect,
and yet they must be tucked nnd
pleated—a combination most difficult
to obtain. One of the newest gowns
has a box-pleated skirt, but the box
pieats are put quite far apart and are
graduated in width, narrower at the
belt than at the hem, and arranged
with a black panel between eaeli
pleat. These panels are either entirely
covered with lace or embroidery, or
have bands of the lace and embroidery
across them nnd put on to give the
effect of a lace-trimmed underskirt
' with a pleated over-skirt. The same
' v idea is carried out by substituting
for the pleats the fiat bands 01 the
material that are stitched down to
the under-skirt or are lined with silk,
fastened half way down to the skirt
and then caught at the end with three
gilt buttons. When this style of skirt
is used the same idea must be repeated
in the waist, and the bands on the
waist must exactly match in size
the upper part of the bands on the
skirt —this makes the waist look much
smaller and is always more becom
ing.—Harper's Bazar.
W§ COVDOFR
CHAT=
There is still living in Vienna an old
lady—by name Frau Grebner—in bet
ninety-first year, wfio sang in the
chorus at the first performance of
Beethoven's Choral Symphony.
Miss Dorothea Klumplce, an Ameri
can astronomer employed regularly
by the French Government at the
Paris Observatory, has been given
charge of the balloon work. She as
cends almost daily.
Mrs. Edward D. Winslow, the wife
of the United States Consul-General
at Stockholm, Sweden, was the first
woman to operate an automobile in
that city. Her machine Is of American
make and is propelled by electricity.
Miss Ellen Terry's one superstition
is said to be a fear of the single num
ber throe. She will not enter a hotel
1 room numbered three, nor a car, nor
a berth in a sleeping car. She will not
sit three at table; she declines to go
on the stage by the third entrance.
Women physicians have established
themselves all over Itussia and have
achieved a position of respect. They
hold official positions and since last
year those in the Government service
are entitled to pensions. No Ameri
can women are reported on the list.
The last descendant of John Bun
yan has just died at Lincoln, England,
in the person of Mrs. T. M. Keyworth.
The last male descendant died many
years ago, and a monument is erect
ed to his memory in Lincoln Cemetery.
Now the honored line is extinct. Mrs.
Keyworth was nearly ninety-nine
years of age.
City Clerk Donovan, of Boston, has
chosen for his messenger a seventeen
year-old girl, Miss Annie G. Kiley,
who is the first of her sex to hold such
a position in Boston. The Civil Serv
ice Commissioners were unable to
supply a girl in response to Mr. Don
ovan's request, and he therefore chose
his own messenger.
Miss Burdlett, an American woman,
hopes to make a small fortune out of
the I'aris Exposition. She has bought
the Pompeiiau house built about forty
years ago by Prince Jerome Napoleon.
Miss Burdlett proposes to transform
it into a tea house anu restaurant.
The waitresses will wear Pompeiian
costumes, and, aside from the refresh
ment feature, the place will be well
worth seeing simply ns a curiosity.
FL(&LEANLNGS
—V FROM TIIE. ••-
GPTLRKSHOPS
Plenty of foliage in various types
in millinery.
Silk gauze grenadines in rich bro
cade patterns.
Embroidered India silk robes bor
dered with fringe.
New models in children's pique caps,
coats and bonnets.
New ideas iu pompons and ostrich
goods for midsummer.
Taffeta metallic ribbons in all colors
with hemstitched borders.
Largo varieties of openwork stock
ings in silk, cotton and lisle.
Taffeta silk golf coats showing ap
pliques of appropriate emblems.
Graduated accordion-pleated tlounc
ings with narrow rucbings above.
Carded and silk-dotted crepes in
solid colors and tasteful combination.
Children's straw braid hats with
Lane crowus aud full bow of taffeta
ribbon.
Thin-textured crystal-corded poplins
with white grounds and colored
stripes.
Non-sbrinkabie garments of every de
scription for golf, cycyliug and steam
er wear.
Silk and wool grenadines with bay
adere lace insertings or self-embroid
ered figures.
Leather and leatherette glove, hand
kerchief nnd uecktle boxes liued with
colored satin.
An unlimited array of wreaths, mon
tures, fruits and berries for trimming
children's bats.
Plain nnd trimmed separate skirts
of linen organdie, duck and pique to
be worn with shirt waists.
Many shot mousseline ribbons in
white and pastel tints in sasli, mil
linery aud general trimming widths.
Fancy ornaments, straw novelties,
galloons, rieli embroidery, nets, braids
and tissues In millinery departments.
Large all black hats are deemed
very elegant this season, nnd they are
especially good style with all -"bite
costumes.
Grecque scarfs in colors of soft
taffeta or crepe do Chine showl vg nov
elty Oriental borders and knotted
fringe ends.
Infants' long aud short coats of
Bedford cords, cashmere, fancy light
woolen materials aud pique tastefully
trimmed.
Large picture garden lints loaded
with flowers, smart golf bonnets and
all sorts of outing headwenr in great
abundance.
Jacket suits with Eton, tight-fitting,
double-breasted and fly-front coats,
trimmed with folds, braiding or silk
stitching,—Dry Goods Economist.
SELECTING A JURY.
A Queer Faculty That Lawyers Some
times Seem to Possess.
j "Selecting a jury seems to be a mat
j tor of intuition with some lawyers,"
said a prominent member of the local
j bar, "and those who are the most suc
| eessful at it are often unable to give
{ any reasons. 'That man will be
j against us,' or 'that man will be for
j us,' they say, and make their chal
! lenges accordingly, but if you ask for
| the whys and wherefores they are non
plussed.
"One of the cleverest men in that lino
I ever knew in my life was the old
lawyer in whose office 1 studied. The
way 'the colonel,' as we called him,
could spot a case of potential hostility
in selecting a jury was next door to
miraculous. I remember on one occa
sion he was representing a railroad
company in a damage suit brought by
a mail who claimed to have received
spinal injuries in an accident. His
hurts were not visible to the eye, but
according to his story ho was in con
tinual agony. One of the jurymen was
a soiemii-lookiug chap who was in the
grocery business. While the colonel
was questioning him he noticed a lit
tle chain hanging out of his upper vest
pocket. 'What's attached to that
chain?' he asked abruptly. 'A pocket
thermometer,' replied the juryman.
Without assigning any definite reason
the colonel tried desperately to get the
man off, but the judge passed him.
"The jury gave a still verdict for the
plaintiff, and it developed that the gro
cer had been his chief advocate. 'I
knew he would oppose tv as soon as I
heard about that thermometer,' said
the colonel afterward at his office.
'Any grocer who carries a pocket ther
mometer is necessarily a hypochon
driac, and, as our defense was based
on the theory that the plaintiff's inju
ries wore entirely imaginary, the argu
ment naturally gave this cliap offense.
He had probably heard that sort of
talk applied to himself.' 'Did you
figure that out on the spot?' I asked.
'No,' he said, 'but I felt it in my
bones.' " New Orleans Times-Demo
crat.
WISE WORDS.
Victory belongs to the most perse
vering.—Napoleon. t
Necessity is the mother of invention.
—Farquhar.
An obstinate man does not hold opin
ions—they hold him.—Butler.
We cannot always oblige, but we can
always speak obligingly.—Voltaire.
No thoroughly occupied man was
ever yet very miserable.—L. E. Lau
don.
He who thinks his place below him
will certainly be below his place.—Sa
ville.
The less wo parade our misfortunes
the more sympathy we command.—O.
Dewey.
Who dares do all that may become a
man, nnd dares no more, he is a man
indeed.—Shakespeare.
To owe an obligation to a worthy
friend is a happiness, and can be no
disparagement.—Charron.
There is no great achievement that
is not the result of patient working
and waiting.—J. G. Holland.
He that does good for good's sake,
seeks neither praise nor reward, but
he is sure of both in the end.—Penn.
One of the most important rules o£
the science of manners is an absolute
silence in regard to yourself.—D. 11.
Aughey.
The malignity that never forgets or
forgives is found only in base and ig
noble natures, whose aims are selfish,
and whose menus are Indirect, coward
ly and treacherous.—Killard.
Wlion Johninießhurg W:s Taken.
A war correspondent who described
the occupation of Johannesburg by
the British troops mentions the fol
lowing Incldeuts:
As the music censed a great roar
of cheers broke out, followed by a
chorus of "God Save the Queen."
During the singing of the anthem a
tall Free State artilleryman who
was watching the ceremony refused
to remove his hat, and a bystander
tried to force him to do so, when a
British guardsman forcefully inter
posed, saying:
"Leave him alone. He fought for
his flag. You are too cowardly to
tight for any flag."
A march past, subsequent to the
march through the town, closed the
ceremony, and General Roberts pro
ceeded to his headquarters in a small
inn at Orange Grove.
A pretty scene was witnessed there
at the close of the Held marshal's vic
torious day. One of the staff officers
approached in order to discuss a mat
ter of importance with the commaud
er nnd found him with the innkeep
er's little daughter on his knee, trying
to teach her to write. When the otfi
cer interrupted. General Roberts
looked up with a smile and said:
"Don't Interrupt me. Can't you
see I am busy?"
Wnn Once Occupied by I)anto.
The house which was occupied Ir
Mullazzo by Dante after he had heer
expelled from Florence has been soltf
to a man named Guelfl for a sum
amount!ug to about .5425. Because
the poet wrote several cantos of the
"Divine Comedy" in this house efforts
were made to have the Italian Govern
ment intervene and stop the sale, bill
It refused to take an}* action.
Cut orr Tliolr Cue*.
As a result of the visit and speeches
in Ililo of Leung Cliitso there is n
movement on foot among the Chinese
to abandon cue wearing. Eight Hih
Chinese have already cut off their cues
and more will do so, it in said.—lla
waiiau Star.
| VICTIMS OE LIGHTNING
! LAST YEAR'S DEATH ROLL THE
LARGEST EVER RECORDED.
, Five Hundred and Sixty-two Pomona
Killed and 850 Injured A Number
j. Killed /Without Any JBxternnl ol
\ Injury—Five Victliua of One Stroke.
I * ——r HE facts collected l>y the
J I Weather Bureau show that
| the loss of life by lightning
(, ~ In this country last year was
| greater than in any year since statis
tics began to be collected. Five bun
j drod and sixty-two persons were hilled
instantly or suffered injuries from
which death soon resulted, and 820
persons were injured, many of them
suffering from physical shock, others
from painful burns and others from
temporary paralysis of some part of
the body. The most common form of
injury resulting from lightning seems
to be the paralysis of the arms or legs.
In Professor Henry's report on the
casualties of the year he says there
were some remarkable escapes troin
death. In some cases the clothing of
the person struck was set on fire and
the body was scarred or burned; how
ever, complete recovery followed. It
is not easy to explain how these per
sons escaped death, and there Is still
much uncertainty as to the maximum
voltage that can be applied to the hu
man body without fatal result.
In some cases of death the body of
the person struck showed no external
marks of the discharge, and death
seems to have resulted from complete
collapse of the cellular tissues. In
many cases, however," the cause of
death was made apparent by the dis
coloration and burning of various parts
of the body. One singular case was
that of two brothers who were killed
while driving together In a dog cart.
They were found lying side by side on
the road just as they had fallen out of
the back of the vehicle. The elder
brother bad no external sign of injury.
The skin of the younger brother was
burned in a number of small, circular
holes over the chest and abdomen and
the back was burned from the neck to
the hips. The metallic collar stud was
fused and the skin beneath It was deep
ly burned. The waistcoat and shirt
were charred, but the coat was unin
jured. No signs of disturbance of the
ground could be seer
It is usually supposed that the dam
age is done by a single bolt, but it is
often difficult to explain the casualties
on this theory. Thus, in one case last
year a span of horses attached to a
wagon and a man in the rear of the
wagon were killed while the driver,
who' was sitting between the horses
and the man, was not seriously hurt.
This case and others of a similar na
ture seem to confirm the belief that
not one but a number of discharges
may reach the earth within a compar
atively small radius Inside which there
may be small areas of safety. Photo
graphs of the so-called ribbon flashes
show that at times the discharge is
from thirty to forty feet wide at the
surface of the earth. There appear to
be narrow lanes within these broad
paths that are free from violent dis
turbance. A person standing in one of
these lanes might escape serious in
jury while others near by might be
killed.
The greatest number of fatalities, or
45 per cent., occurred in the j>pou, the
uext greatest number, 34 per cent., oc
curred in bouses; 11 per cent, occurred
under trees, and the least of all, 9 per
cent, in barns.
A dozen persons, mostly women,
were killed either while taking clothes
from wire lines or while near the lines
during a thunderstorm, it is well
known that in the cities many wire
clothes lines are extended between the
dwellings and trees or the back fence.
Professor Henry says that this is a
source of danger, and that wires
should never connect a house with u
neighboring tree. If wire is used at
all, it should not be stretched within
fifty feet of a dwelling house. Here
are some precautions that are recom
mended during thunderstorms. Per
sons in a house should avoid chimneys
and open windows. The safest place
is probably the midu-e of the room.
In the open, persons should never seek
the shelter of trees. Wire fences and
live stock should be avoided. If on
horseback, it is wise to dismount and
wait until the storm passes away.
In one case last year live persons
were killed by a single stroke of light
ning. There was also one case of four
deaths from a single stroke, two cases
of three deaths, and several cases of
two deaths.
The greatest number of fatalities oc
curred in Pennsylvania, where there
were ilfty-si.x deaths, and there were
forty-one in Illinois.
In both these States there was an
exceptionally large number of fatali
ties in the mouth of -day. In the whole
country, however, the largest number
of casualties occurred in June, July
and August. December was the only
month without a casualty, thougli only
two persons were killed in October,
four in November, three in January,
and one In February. The statistics
of 1 SOS and ISO!) show that the number
of fatalities by lightning in any region
is by no means in proportion to the
number of thunderstorm days. In
Pennsylvania, for example, where the
increase in deaths in 18!)ti over IS9S
was about 140 per cent., there were
fewer thunderstorm days in 1800 thau
In 1898.—New York Sun.
Bordeaux. France, buys about, 40,-
000,000 barrel staves per year, all but
two million of which come from Aus
tria.
SCIENTIFIC AND jNDUSTRIAL.
In foreign countries aluminum is
| being used extensively in army equip
ment, Germany and Russia being es
i pecially interested in the experiments.
I Germany; with its microscopic atten-
I tioti to detail in military matters, con-
I elders every fraction of an ounce de
ducted from the infantry equipment
as of importance, and has introduced
aluminum even into such things as tho
nails of the soldiers' shoes, in some
regiments.
The dangerous character of wood
alcohol, now quite generally used in
alcohol lamps, etc., seems to be little
understood, but has been emphasised
within recent months by a number of
painful experiences. Not only have
small doses of the commercial spirit
resulted in death, but from two to five
teaspoonfuls have produced total blind
ness through atrophy of the optic
nerve. Even inhalation of the vapor
has caused serious impairment of vis
ion.
A German scientist has been making
some observations in South Africa on
the subject of the influence of repeated
detonations on tho ear. He examined
the ears of ninety-six soldiers before
and after a battle, and found marked
changes in no fewer than forty-four,
or nearly fifty per cent. In seven
cases he found small hemorrhages in
the ears, and in one case a large bleed
ing, while the firing caused the edge
of the ear drum to become red in thir
ty-seven cases.
Dr. Sehliep, of Baden-Baden, Ger
many, finds that the condition of elec
trification of the air has a great deal
to do with the feel of the weather.
The atmosphere is usually positively
electrified, tho earth itself being nega
tive at all times. When the air is pos
itively electrified the effect on us is
exciting and stimulating. When,
however, there is very strong electri
fication it may cause over-stimulation
resulting in nervous disorders. Nega
tive electrification is tiring and de
pressing; it causes milk to sour and j
meat to spoil quickly and stimulates
all kinds of germ and plant develop- j
inent.
A French authority gives the world's
production of calcium carbide last
year as 2.'16,000 tons. At the average
cost of .$75 a ton this would represent
nearly .$20,000,000. Those figures show
to what magnitude this industry has
developed in a short time. Calcium
carbide, it will be remembered, is.
tised for the production of acetlyeuc
gas. The cost of producing it, even
under the most favorable conditions,
is sfill 100 high to give it a fair chance
against other sources of light. The
idea now is to make an electric fur
nace which will operate continuously,
so as to avoid the waste and delay in
cident to producing the carbide in sep
arate charges.
A German electrician lias devised a
telephone system which he calls a
party system. It involves the use of
a main telephone with which is con
nected various other parties who may
supply their own telephones paying a
small sum for the right to connect
with the main telephone. Each party
can call up the central station if the
signal shows that the line is clear, and
during a conversation no other party
can listen nor in any way disturb the
conversation or call up central. If
one of the parties is called by the con- ]
tral station, the main telephone is 1
called up first, and from there the sig
nal is given to the party desired by
pressing a button and turning a switch.
Reinga Living Without Nourishment.
There seems to be no philosophical '
necessity for food. We can conceive '
of organized beings living without j
nourishment and deriving all the en
ergy they need for tho performance of j
their life functions from the ambient j
medium. In a crystal we have the
clear evidence of the existence of a
formative life principle, and though
we cannot understand the life of a
crystal, it is none the less a living be
ing. There may be, besides crystals,
other such individualized, material
systems of beings, perhaps of gaseous
constitution, or composed of substance i
still more tenuous. In view of tlds j
possibility—uay, probability—wo can- !
not apodictically deny the existence of 1
organized beings on a planet merely t
because the conditions on the same
are unsuitable for the existence of life !
as we conceive it. We cannot even, j
with positive assurance, assert that
some of them might not lie present
hero, in tlds our world, in the very
midst of us, for their constitution and
life manifestation may be such that
we pre unable to perceive them.—Niko- i
la Tesln, in the Century Magazine.
Grammur in (ho Public School*.
Grammar is one thing that cannot lie |
successfully acquired by absorption. J
It is true that a child's environment j
will have much to do with its use of
the English language, but an under- I
standing of tlic rules of grammar is |
essential nevertheless. This is espec- j
ially true of our own language, tho j
use of which is surrounded by so j
many arbitrary rules, complicated witli
so many "exceptions." These must lie
drilled into the child. It must know
what is right and why it is right. It
is not enough that it should acquire
a correct use of English by reading
the best authors and hearing it prop
erly spoken, for it is then likely to lull
Into error at any time. It speaks cor
rectly because it hears others with
whom it associates speak correctly,
but It cannot detect a fault as it could
if given proper instruction in technical
grammar.
English grammar should be a study
—0 real study—in the public schools.
That is imperative if tue rising gener
ation is to speak correctly.—Chicago
Post.
WHEN YE'R GROWIN' OLD.
There's a sadness stealin' j'e, ' .
When ye'r grotfin' old," r
Th' don't pear so much before ye„ V
W hen the world grows cold,
Ye'r a' stand in' in tli' evenin'
Where th' shades unfold,
When th' light o' day is leavin'
An' ye'r growin old.
Night is drawin' of a curtain,
Soi' . bell i s tolled,
Tilings look sort o' gray, uncertain,
Where th' shadows fold
Th' landscape's wavering pictures
That are till unrolled,
W hen ye'r life is in th twilight
An ye'r growin' old.
Like ft fire that's sort o' fadin'
When the ashes hold
But a sort o' ghostly shadin'
Of a joy that's cold.
Like a sweet song, hut whose echo
May ye'r memory holu.
When the sunset gilds the hilltops,
An' ye'r growin' old.
Bui the's light hevond th' hilltops,
When ye'r gray an cold.
Out, beyond the crimson sunset,
There is dawn unrolled,
Tlie's a glow o' promise beam in'
<)f hopes that fold
Ye'r heart nnd bring it comfort
When, ye'r growin' old.
—Bismarck Tribune.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Nell—"Did slie marry well?" Bell—
| "No, I believe she liad a raging head
ache all during the ceremony."
I Policeman (examining broken win
: dow)—"Begorra, but it's more sarlous
! thin Oi thougnt it was. It's broken on
! both sides!"— Punch.
When his dear Anna said she'd be
His bride he felt elated;
lie couldn't help it. for, you see,
He then was Anna mated.
-Elliott's Mrrazine.
"I don't believe iu taking women
seriously," said the con firmed bache
lor. "That's because you have never
taken one at all," repliec the married
man.
"What do you think of the census?"
asked Mr. Beeclnvood. "It is a ques
tionable proceeding," replied Mr.
Homewood.—Pittsburg Chronicle-Tele
graph.
"Youngling is going to marry the
widow Henpeck." "Why, she's twice
as old as he is." "Oh, well, he'll age
fast enough after the wedding.
Brooklyn Life.
He quite despised the poet's trade;
Plain prose to him was sweeter,
But lie fell in love with a pretty maid,
And then he ran to metre.
—Philadelphia Record.
"Yes, it is true that he has sued her
for half of aer inheritance." "Ou what
grounds?" "He says she promised to
be a sister to him when he proposed to
her last winter."—Chicago Evening
Post.
"This theory about fish being brain
food is all nonsense." "Why do you
say so?" "Because the greatest num
ber of fish are eatjn by the very peo
ple who are Idiots enough to sit: out all
day waiting for them to bite."—Brook
lyn Life.
Nell—"Why do you think he would
make a desirable husband? lie isn't
young, nor rich, nor handsome." Belle
—"I know that, but I've heard lie has
lived in the same boarding house for
six years, aud has never kicked about
the fare."
"Woman," said the Corufed Philoso
pher, "will never succeed i.i her de
mand for the same pay as man for
doing the same work. The only way
to get the same pay for the same work
Is to howl for more pay for less work."
—lndianapolis Press.
Fair Widow—"Yes, I've made tip my
mind that when I die I shall be cre
mated, as my husband was." Gallant
Captain—"Dear lady, please don't talk
about such dreadful things. Consider
how much better it would be, in your
case, to—er—cross out the C!"--Punch.
Mr. Wigwag—"Did the new carpet
arrive all right?" Mrs. Wigwag—
"Yes; It came intact." Mr. Wigwag—
"Hooray! Hip! hip! That let's me
out." Mrs. Wigwag—"What in the
world are you talking about?" Mr.
Wigwag—"Why, didn't you say it
came in tacked?"— Philadelphia Rec
ord.
Origin of the Cipher.
Although the ancients knew the deei
mal numeration, they could not use
decimal mathematics because they had
no knowledge of the cipher, which is
a rather recent Invention, lu the sixth
century we find among the Hindoos
and Chinese the first mention of a
round sign to classify the figures in
decimal order. Through the interven
tion of the Arabs the cipher came to
us not before the eleventh or twelfth
century. Before that epoch it was
therefore Impossible to Imagine a deci
mal system, and it required several
centuries to realize tlio advantages to
be derived from the decimal division
of our actual measures. Iu 1070 a cel
ebrated astronomer of I.yon, named
Mouton, was the first to call attention
to the advantage of such division, and
nil scientists who, after him, occupied
themselves with Hie reform of weights
nnd measures made this division as
the essential basis of the reform.
LUVCTS' Pimm Upset.
"Did you ask papa?" she questioned
eagerly.
"Yes, nnd it's all off," he responded,
as one in a dream.
"Why, (lid he refuse?"
"No, but lie said when I asked to
take you away from him I was ask
ing to take away the light out of his
life; that the home without you would
be a prison cell."
"Well, all papas say that, you big,
tender-hearted fellow."
"I know," he responded, huskily,
"but It isn't that."
"What is It, then?"
"Can't you see? He expects me to
take you away from home, and I
wouldn't have the nerve after he
talked like that to stay—and— cr—well,
don't you see?"
"I see," she answered coldly. ln.
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