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The first thing New York City clo
thes to d* when any American dis
tinguishes himself is to get up a monu
ment fund. Getting the monument is
another proposition.
In general it is notorious that Amer
icans are far too indifferent to the
tnking of human lives. Long ago,
in many parts of the old world, which
.we think behind ours, sueli a thiug as
a highway crossing - steam railway
at grade became unknown. It should
he here, thinks the Detroit Journal. ;
Slaughter at railway crossings has
gone on long enough In this country.
Human life is more important than
tuouey or conveniences.
f The extension of domestic postal
rates to Cuba will he a good thing for
both that island and the United State's.
Two cents an ounce, instead of five
ceuts a half ounce, will promote cor
respondence between the two coun
tries, with beneficient results all
around. Nor will the change be Incon
sistent with the principle that Cuba is
a foreign country, remarks the New
York Tribune, for our domestic rates
of postage have long prevailed be
tween the United States and Canada
aud Mexico. The change will put
Cuba on the same postal basis with
them.
' Tempering copper so as to equal iu
flexibility, toughness and hardness the
best Damascus steel is an art which
the ancients possessed, hut which is
unknown in modern timos. Its redis
covery lias been vainly sought for n
century or more. Some years ago an
American iuveutor claimed to have
discovered the process. If he did, the
world reaped no bouefit from it, for
he died without revealing his secret.
Now a woman and her two sous, liv
ing on the Pacific coast, are said to
have evolved a process which tempers
copper so that it will cut chilled steel
and Harveyized steel plates. If so,
the lost art has been restored to the
human race, for Inasmuch as the se- I
cret of the process is iu the posses
sion of three persons there is every
likelihood of its being fiunily com
municated to others and becoming |
permaneutly retained in the metal in
dustries. Owiug to the greater duc
tility aud durability of copper over
Iron, a knowledge of tempering it will
he a boon of incalculable value to
maukiud.
Strange Reciprocity.
What do yau think of an alliance be
tween a plant aud au ant, n veritable
reciprocal treaty whereby the plant
furnishes food for the ant and the ant
furnishes protection for the plant?
This is an actual existing relation In
'Australia, where a small pugnacious
ant and the bull's horu thorn live to
gether under really remarkable condi
tions.
But for the plant the ant would he
without food, anil hut for the ant the
plant would bo destroyed by several
varieties of insects that attack its
leaves.
The reciprocal plan and agreement is
this: The thorn at "to end of each leaf
lias a pail* of hollow horns, around
which is secreted a substance fitted for
food for the ant, aud which is renewed
'by the plant as rapidly as it is con
sumed. In these horns the ant lives
and finds his natural nourishment
Within easy reach.
He objects emphatically to the pres
ence of other insects, and as soon as
any of the little enemies of the plant
alight on the leaf which he has pre
empted he darts from his home In the
thorn and makes such a fierce attack
on the intruder that he is glad to make
a hurried escape or else loses his life
In the attempt to hold his position.—
New York Herald.
— l The quick-tiring artillery, with
which the whole Swiss army is to bo
equipped forthwith, consists of nickel
steel guno, 7.4 centimeters caliber, fir
ing 10 shots a minute, with a range of
5,800 yards.
Ho was wounded for our transgres
sions, He was bruised for our iniquities:
till- chastisement of our pence was upon
Him; and with His stripes we arc
WORLDLY BEAUTY.
Don't grieve over friends departed.
If lost or living or dead;
Be jolly and bright and happy
And you'll find many more instead.
And the world is full of beauty
Kor those who can suffer aud smile,
While the sweetest task is duty.
Though adrift on a barren isj".
If you're worthy of love, you'll get it,
And there never was yet a day
That I couldn't see some beauty
As I traveled my worldly way.
—John A. Joyce, the Washington Post.
$ THE TWICE-LIVED DAY. J
J BY HO—ARB C. WARREN. ,
"Apropos of tlii3 repeating a day,
Mr. Prescott, where does the extra day
come from, anyhow?"
Laura Marcy and a vast array of
rugs and wraps were joint occupants
of a steamer chair in a secluded cor
ner of the deck of the Pacific liner
City of Pekin; her voice came from
the interstices between several pil
lows, a veil and a hood. Perry pres
cott's chair stretched over a consider
able portion of the deck in her neigh
borhood. They were gazing out at the
sea and talking fitfully.
"Why, we pick it up out here in mid
ccean," answered Perry; "we carry
it along away, and drop it where the
steamer going the other way can't find
it."
"Oh, yes, of course; but where does
the extra time come from? I really
don't understand it at all."
"It's simply taken from the boats
that we pass going westward. Some
time tonight, you know," said Perry,
gravely, "we meet a freight steamer.
They have plenty of time to spare on
board. We heave to, send out a boa*;,
ask for an extra day, pay well for it,
and ship it aboard. In the morning
you and I wake up, and it is today
again. That's the way they manage
It, Miss Marcy."
"Mr. Prescott, I think ; ou are very
rude. I really wanted to find out
about it. If you don't know yourself,
don't be ashamed to confess your ig
norance."
"Pardon me, Miss Marcy," said Per
ry; "I was speaking in parables, of
course; but there is an element of
truth in what I said. The boats going
westward lose a day, and we gain one;
that's the truth. 1 was just putting
the transaction on a commercial ba
sis, that's all."
"But how can it be so?"
"Easily enough. We drop an hour
hero and there, when we don't espe
cially need it; and today, when the
voyage beings to grow tedious, we call
them all in and paste them on today,
so we can get in a day earlier."
"Thank you for alluding to the te
dium of the voyage. For my part, 1
think it rather pleasant, except that
I cannot always enjoy my meditations
without interruption."
"If that is all, 1 will see the voyage
is one grand round of pleasure for you
in the future.'
There was a long pause. Prescott
moved about uneasily in his chair; he
started to rise once or twice, thought
better of it each time, and finally set
tled down to a silent contemplation of
the ocean and the extension end of hi 3
companion's chair. A little tan shoe
swung nervously to and fro in the
line of his gaze.
"Of course, I can take my chair to
the other end of the deck, if you wish,"
he said softly, at length. "But as your
I pillows and wraps constitute all your
landscape in this direction, possibly
my mere presence here will- not inter
fere with your enjoyment."
"It is quite immaterial to me what
you do," was the haughty reply.
Another long pause. The little tan
shoe had worked itself clear of the
wrap, a bit of black stocking and blue
skirt appeared.
"Let me obscure your view for an
instant," said Prescott, as he stooped
ever to tuck in the wrap.
"What time is it?" was the evasive
reply.
"Half past four; no, half past five.
I forgot to omit the last hour we
dropped overboard."
"Why don't you drop overboard af
ter it, and secure it for your own pri
vate use? You would spend it in very
amiable company."
The shoe had struggled loose from
Its moorings again.
"You are very gracious today," said
Prescott, meekly.
"You are very gallant, sir, I'm sure.
No!" she burst out, as he stooped
over again; "don't touch that shoe!
I want it just so."
The silence was awful. The little
shoo waved furiously. At length Lau
ra rose.
"I am going down to mother," she
said abruptly. "No, thank you, thuse
wraps will be all right there. Good
by."
She steadied herself by the rail, and
passed quickly along to the compan
way. Prescott was left standing bo
side he, chair.
The evening passed away without
his seeing here. The next morning
was stormy, and she stayed below with
her mother. Then it cleared and in the
afternoon she appeared on deck again.
Prescott had set her chair next to his
own in the same secluded corner and
carefully placed the rugs and pillows
upon it.
Laura greeted his pleasantly enough,
and allowed him to tuck her in the
chair without a word. When they
spoke again it was about the storm and
her mother's illness. There was no
allusion to their quarrel; each was
ostentatiously friendly, yet there was
a marked constraint about the con
versation. which soon dio.l away. Both
watched the storm-swollen waves in
Ulerce for a time.
Suddenly Laura broke the spell.
"Apropos of this repeating a day,
Mr. Prescott," she said mischievously,
"where does the extra day come from
anyhow?"
Quick as a flash Perry responded:
"Why. we pick it up in the middle of
the ocean;" and an amused smile
played over his countenance. Evi
dently their thoughts had taken the
same road and reached the same des
tination at about the same time.
"But where docs the extra time come
from? I really don't understand it
at all."
"We drop an idle hour, here and
there, don't you know, all the way
around the world; and then, when we
find we have done something we are
sorry for, we pick them all up, paste
them together, and live the same day
over again. And I'm glad it's so,"
added Prescott, wtth feeling, "for I
never wanted to live a day over again
so much as yesterday, I mean today."
There was a pause. A little tan
shoe, the mate of the one that had ap
peared before, was tapping the chair
nervously. A flushed face peered
witchingly out from among the pil
lows. Laura broke the silence.
"What time is it?" she said demure
ly.
"You mean it is time for me to
apol " he began.
"No, no, no. Listen, what time is
it?"
A light began to dawn on Pres
cott's face.
"Oh, let me see; half-past four."
A pause followed.
"Go on," urged Laura.
"Go on how?" he queried.
"Finish your remark. You forgot
something."
"Oh, yes; 1 forgot the last hour we
dropped overboard."
"I wish I had been dropped over
board instead of the hour," remarked
Laura, candidly. "It would have
served me right."
"Absurd!" remarked Perry, with k
warmth hardly called for by the de
mure statement. The little tan shoe
fairly danced about on the chair.
"Let me obscure your view for an
instant," quoth Perry, eagerly; and
ho stooped over to replace the wrap.
"Laura," he murmured, earnestly;
"dear Laura," and observing that tho
deck was deserted he pressed his lips
—yes, actually—to the tanned leather.
"Perry! How utterly absurd!" cried
Laura, blushing furiously. "Don't
touch that shoe! I want it so!"
Her own lips were pursed with scorn
perhaps —a- she said it; and the "so"
might have referred to them. Certainly
Perry interpreted the remark in that
way.—New York Home Journal.
LANE WAS READY.
Witty Retort Wlildi lie Made to Themes
A. Hendricks.
"Henry S. Lane was one of the best
stump speakers that Indiana ever pro
duced," said a gentleman the other day
who has resided in this state for over
CO years. "He was essentially a
stump speaker, using that term in the
old time sense of the word, and I am
sure that sending him to the United
States senate was equivalent to putting
him in a coffin, as far as display of his
peculiar oratorical ability was con
cerned. He was especially brilliant at
repartee, and his ability in this respect
might me likened to the play of a mas
ter with the rapier.
"I shall never forget the time that I
heard him make one of those apt re
plies to Thomas A. Hendricks. It was
back in 1857 or *SB, while I was teach
ing school down at Leavenworth, in
Crawford county. Lane and Hendricks
had been stumping the state and hold
ing a series of joint debates that roused
tlie interest of all the people. Their
stay at Leavenworth was limited to
the time between two boats, and it was
agreed that the debate should be gov
erned by this fact. Hendricks spoke
first and made a very plausible argu
ment for his side of the question. Lane
arose to reply only a short time before
the boat was due, but he pitched into
th argument of his opponent with such
a vigorous attack that in a very few
minues Hendricks became, uneasy, and
appeared to be very uncomfortable. I
was well down toward the front of the
audience, where I could see every ex
pression of the two orators' faces. Pres
ently, as Lane was in the midst of one
of his most scorching and sarcastic
periods, the whistle of the approach
ing steambat was heard.
"At the sound. Mr. Hendricks, who
was seatd on tbe platform immediate
ly behind Mr. Lane, leaned forward,
and in a whisper that could be plainly
heard by most of the auditors, said:
" 'Mr. Lane, the boat is coming.
Don't you think you had better stop?'
"Mr. Lane paused and looked down
over his shoulder for a moment at his
interrupter with a look of utmost scorn
on his face, then, turning to the audi
ence with a smile, remarKed: 'I
thought that it was about time that
the gentleman would want to take to
water.' This witty turn, of course,
caught the fancy of the crowd, and it
was many a day before Hendricks
heard the last of the incident." —Indi-
anapolis News.
AlaftkH'n Rich Copper Deponlts.
The rich coppei deposits of Alaska
are beginning to be developed, the first
shipment from the White Horse belt
having been dispatched to Tacoma al
ready. This belt, traversing a tribu
tary of the Yukon, is 25 miles long
and four miles wide. The ore is said
to range from 25 to 75 percent cop
per. and carries irom $6 to $lO per ton
gold.
Funnily Pride.
Wood—l notice Sawyer is very
proud cf his family tree.
Slabb—Well, he ought to It. His
father got his start in the lumber
business.—Detriot Free Press
§ TALKS *,
A Women's Hotel Company.
The Women's Hotel Company of
New York City has bought land near
Madison avenue and East Twenty
ninth street, and plans for a building
large enough to accommodate 500 wom
en are now being drawn. It is said
that subscriptions to the enterprise
amounting to $300,000 have been se
cured already. The object of tho ho
tel is to furnish comfortable quarters
for business women similar in style
to the various bachelor apartment
houses that are becoming so nu
merous.
A Spring; Hat or So.
One of the most striking hats shown
Is a large Leghorn converted al
most into the "coal scuttle" bonnet of
50 years ago by the straps of green
velvet that held the back close to the
crown, which was encircled by a green
velvet band. A large scarf of white
chiffon, flower painted in colors is
draped over and under the wide brim
in the front, and a superb white os
trich plume completes the picturesque
effect.
A white turban of the new and love
ly fancy gauze and straw mixture is
trimmed with a profusion of tiny pink
roses, hardly larger than an English
daisy. These are arranged in loops
and clusters, with white tulle. The side
Is caught up over a bandeau on which
is a bow of black velvet.
Many Clowns in One.
Different belts and sashes also help
to make up a wardrobe at little ex
pense. With a black gown it is pos
sible to ring the changes for an in
definite length of time by having
broad belts or narrow belts, colored
chiffon sashes or fancy ribbon sjshes
with fringed ends. A black silk gown
was in former years considered n®ces
sary to every woman's comfort and
peace of mind; fortunately the fash
ion has returned again, and very much
the same rule can be carried out as in
the white lining. A skirt with a fitted
top ar.d very flaring flounce or flounces
will serve to wear with the figured
black nets without lining, the embroid
ered muslins or chiffons, while the
waists can be worn under smart bo
leros with false fronts, or even with
a cloth waist and a cloth overskirt. —
Harper's Bazar.
Tho Proper Glovea.
Glace kid, buttoned gloves are the
correct ones for church, with two or
four buttons and of white or a light
tan. If tan, a heavier kid is used, and
one or two buttons are sufficient —in
fact, a regular heavy walking glove is
the smartest. Many women always
cling to a suede glove of the mouse
quetaire style with two buttons only.
These are of a lighter shade of color
than the gown or of black. Of course,
this does not refer to a red or a green
or a blue gown—simply to the brown or
gray. A white suede glove is absolute
ly inappropriate, however.
So much depends upon the lining of
the muff as to what gloves can be
worn from a practical point of view
that it is as well 10 buy one with refer
ence to the other. The present fash
ion of the white lining or the fur lining
for the very rich fur muffs makes it
possible to wear white or light gloves,
whereas the dark linings so soon soil
the gloves that it is generally silly to
follow slavishly the fashion of wear
ing white gloves, especially if econ
omy has to be consulted.
As the church costume is emphatic
ally a walking costume, heavy walking
boots or boots of kid and patent
leather are correct. The fancy dress
boot or shoe is not then sensible or in
good taste.
Concerning; Girls' l'eet.
"Girls between the ages of 16 and
18 generally have big feet." said a
fashionable shoemaker, "and they are
at such periods of their lives disposed
to be at and fiabby, but at 23 a re
markable change takes place. The
foot then completely subsides, the
fiabbiness disappears the flesh of the
foot becomes firmer, the muscles and
tendons get stronger, and the bones
become well set. Altogether a great
difference is noticeable. Yes, we have
great difficulty with girls of about
17 or thereabouts, for then they re
quire a shoe large enough for a full
grown woman. When they get older
and tho fot becomes settled new boots
made on the old last will be found
too large, and it is only when the
young ladies complain that their new
shoes are too big that we know the
foot has undergone the change just
described. Then explanations have
to be given, but the shoo maker
doesn't mind that so much, for a wom
an as she grows older like 3 to be
told thiit her foot is getting smaller.
After 40 the feet of a woman go back
to the fat and flabby state, and herein
grows the trouble of the shoemaker
who has to state, in explanation, why
the last pair of shoes do not fit; that
the cause lies in the fact that her feet
are getting bigger. No. I don't think
that cycling increases the size of a
girl's foot. True, one or two of our
lady customers have asked us to make
their new bots a shade larger, but this
difficulty Is gotten over by making
them 'full.' We have never altered
the length."—Washington Star.
The Mother's Health,
The child's dress should be plain
and not. elaborate. This makes a sav
ing on the price of the material, op the
work in the laundry, and the ca.*- of
the child, who is often hampered and
fretted with the ruffles and embroider<
ies, and made to feel various re
straint s in the endeavors to keep clean
and preserve from other ravages the
dainty apparel. A child should nevei
be conscious of its clothes. Many
mothers toil and deny themselves,
even to the point of injuring their
health, that they may satisfy their am
bition to clothe their children in beau
tiful garments. They are led to do
this from their social ambition and
from their motherly love, which would
lavish upon the child all that any
child could have. The great temp
tations of mothers is to make dolls
and puppets of their children. Fortu
nately to do this women do not have
to work as hard as in other days, as
children's dresses come ready-made
and a reasonable prices, so that the
maternal needle is not driven to such
feats of embroidery and dressmaking
as formerly. Nevertheless the pur
chasing of the children's wardrobe and
the care and mending which are nec
essary. are not among the least of
the demands upon the mother's time.
A mother once said to me: "I look at
my little ones trotting off to school,
and think that each child wears 50
buttonholes that I have made!"—•
Dr. Grace Peckham Murray, in Har
per's Bazar.
Tlalr Comb* of Pearl.
Combs of pearl, rarely carved, stud
ded with jewels and bound with gold,
are what the dealers in costly orna
ments are showing with the greatest
pride. It is remarkable that the jew
elers never realized the artistic utility
of shining opalescent seashell lining as
a hair decoration before, for hitherto
fans and opera glasses and buttons
have monopolized all the pink, white
and smoked pearl used in the femi
nine toilet.
Combs of the new departure are
made of only the most richly colored
pearl, and studded and crowned with
stones that echo the opalescent tints
of the shell. The advancing popular
ity of pearl has not in the least in
jured the vogue of tortoise shell, and
has generally increased the popularity
of the three, seven and fifteen-pronged
comb as a hair ornament. At intervals
some native returned from Paris
spreads a rumor to the effect that
combs and aigrettes have had their
day, and a few followers are found for
this gospel. After brief adherence to
this fashion the limpid glory of gems
shines out again from well-combed
tresses, and tho aigrettes, crescents,
etc., flash out cheerfully.
Among the pretty spring surprises
in hair bric-a-brac are combs with
tufts of tiny jeweled feathers quivering
at their tops and combs surmounted
with an exquisite white aigrette and
a few delicate diamond flowers."
A very recent pattern in combs
for the back hair shows tiny
golden roses, each with a bright
white diamond heart, blossoming
in an orderly row at the top of a
bowed band of blonde shell. If the
heads of very well-dressed women and
the contents of the showcases of very
prosperous jewelers are significant we
are going to wear very tall and broad
combs of modified Spanish shape in
the near future. However splendid
the glitter and workmanship of these
may be. their commercial value is not
always above the reach of a moderately
supplied purse. Combs carved by
Laiique and set with the whitest stones
from Kimberley are so cleverly copied
and set with handsome paste gems that
no woman need indulge the sin of cov
etousness, but honestly and happily
buy furniture for her head that is to
all intents and purposes as fine as that
Mrs. Astor or Mrs. Vanderbilt wears.
fFoßVoiA^s^r
All the soft crepe weaves are win
ners.
Point do Venise appliques are fa
vored.
Black and white is not necessarily
mourning.
Si!k mitts will be a summer feature
with elbow sleeves.
A four-in-hand is effectively knotted
under the ever modisn collar.
Undersleeves bid fair to figure in
every garment from a lingerie waist to
a coat.
Velvet ribbons will not be crowded
out by the new and fetching silk
weaves.
Boleros when not forming a whole
jacket are added to jackets and blouses
of longer cut.
Two or three lace collars (cut up
more or less) may be used on one
pretty blouse.
Bands of sprigged net run up In bon
ilones with edging on either side, are
one of the fashion modes of adorning
foulard gowns.
Amateur dressmakers should re
member that foundation skirts must
be cut with as much care and be as
ample as the outer skirt.
Among the lace trimmings, Venise,
Cluny and Irish guipure take first
rank. Black chantilly is very swagger
for garnishing white mouslins.
For a long coat there's no newer or
more effective sleeve than the smallish
bishop, which is caught into a cuff
that flares a bit over the hand.
Separate top coats foi spring are en
tirely out of favor this season. All
the prettiest and most stylish coats
form part of the complete c-stume.
Large, wide, low crowns and lavish
brim trimmings, mark the smartest
millinery creations. Large flat bows
of tulle, or lisse or laco backed with
satin often conceal these crowns.
PEARLS OF THOUGHT. ,
The only jewel which will not decay
is knowledge.—Langford.
He grieves more than is necessary,
who grieves before it is necessary.
—Seneca.
Recollection is the only paradise
from which we cannot he turned out.
—Richter.
Rashness Is the characteristic of ar
dent youth, and prudence that of mel
lowed age.—Cicero.
A thankful heart is not only the
greatest virtue but the parent of all
other virtues.—Cicero.
That action is best that procures the
greatest happiness for the greatest
numbers.—Hutchinson.
Not wealth nor ancestry, but honor
able conduct and a noble disposition
make men great.—Ovid.
He that will make a good use of any
part of nis life must allow a large part
of it to recreation. —Locke.
Nothing more completely baffles one
who is full of trick and duplicity than
straightforward and simple integrity in
another.—Colton.
Every person is responsible for all
the good within the scope of his abili
ties, and for no more, and none can
tell whose sphere is the largest.—Gail
Hamilton.
QUEER HOUSE GARDENS.
A Japrneie I>ln Which Bill. l air to lie
I'opulur Here.
Japan has sent many quaint and
lovely works of art to America, but
none more perfect and yet more sur
prising than the miniature house gar
den which is to the Japanese home
what the average window conserva
tory is to the luxurious American
mansion.
The difference, however, between
the Japanese and American house gar
den is very great. The Oriental prod
uct is a genuine garden, laid out
with all the taste and science of the
professional landscapist. The terri
tory it covers is from four to five feet
square. Such a fairy pleasure ground
is called in Japan a toko-nlwa, and
every well-bred Japanese family that
cannot afford a domain large enough
for a real garden buys a toko-niwa
and sets it up in what might be called
the area-way of the house, or in the
family sitting room.
Only recently have these exquisite
miniature gardens been brought to
the United States. They are delicate
things to import, and as yet are very
costly, for all the trees and shrubs
belong to the artificially dwarfed ver
dure of Japan, and only an artist of
true ability and culture can construct
a toko-niwa.
The foundation is a square or round,
shallow box. the sides of which are
daintily carved. Into the box go
stones and earth for the construc
tion of evergreen crowned hills, beet
ling crags, humpbacked bridges, peb
bled paths and stretches of meadow
land. Rivulets no wider than case
knife blades, meander through the
lawns, gurgle in rapids under the
bridges and widen into lakelets where
golden minnows glide and dive. There
is usually a tea house on the hillside,
and a bit of a temple or a shrine un
der a grove of trees that tower 12
inches in the air, and in the western
sense it isn't a garden at all, but a
wonderful bit of natural landscape,
copied right out of Japan itself, and
only large enough to ornament a ta
ble in the sunny corner of a room.
These Japanese gardens can be
kept alive and flourishing for a num
ber of years if the proper care is giv
en them; or if a Japanese gardener,
who knows what the little plants
need, is called in occasionally to re
fresh the lakelets and watercourses,
keep down the weeds and keep up the
repairs on the tea' house and temple.—
New York Sun.
General Hamilton and tho Boer Mother.
General lan Hamilton, while quar
tered in a Boer farmhouse won the
gratitude of its hostile mistress in the
following characteristic way: All of
his intercourse with her was carried
on through an interpreter, and her
answers were given with so little
grace that talk was not frequent.
Only once her stern face lighted: this
was when he asked about her youngest
fighting son, a boy of 14. Her Hps
quivered; emotion was not really
frozen within her.
Next day the general had occasion
to ride past the farm, and he called,
for a moment, upon her.
"Tell her," said he to the interpreter,
"that we have won the buttle today."
"Tell her the Dutch will certainly
be beaten."
"Perhaps her sons will be taken
prisoners."
Still no reply.
"Now tell her to write down on a
piece of paper the name of the young
est, and give it to my aide-de-camp.
Then when he is captured she must
write to me, and we will not keep him
a prisoner. We will send him back
to her."
At last her face broke into emotion.
Tbe chord had been struck. —Youth's
Companion.
First l.ynolilnsr in France.
From Montreull, a small town,
comes a story of lynching of two
burglars who nan incidentally assault
•ed the lady of the house while her hus
band, bound and gagged, looked help
lessly on. It is the first lynching in
France, so far as known.—New York
World.
A Superfluous Convenience.
"Why has a man 20 pockets and a
woman none at: all?"
"Because if she had 40 pockets she
would still carry her purso in hei
hand."- --Chicago Record.