THE QUIET MAN IN THE CORNER. I lingered o'er a checker game a night or two ago; The one who played against me secued to have 110 ghost of show; I had a bunch of lusty kings that strutted all about And bullied my opponent's men, who. dared not venture out. 'Way over in a corner shrunk a timid lit- Who staid right in his station ever since the game began. He watched my crowned heads marching by with banner and with song, And seemed to be discouraged over stand ing still so long. But pretty soon an opening occurred two blocks away, And not another moment did that little fellow stay, He bounded o'er the board and took three kings in one fell swoop, Then landed in my king-row with a wild, ecstatic whoop. _ I Circumstantial II _ I J Evidence. || | L—d & A THE Carews had quarrelled. There was no doubt about it A prolonged tit of "sulks" lu (i dulged In by Mrs. Curew be cause her husband bad forgotten a cer tain commission she bad charged him With had culminated In verbal warfare following the removal of the cloth af ter dinner, and this was followed Bbortly after by the removal of the master of the house. The act had been prefaced by a statement on Harry's part that if she was going to sulk all the evening he would goout and amuse himself, nnd then, hardly giving Millie time to get In n last word Mr. Carew had dashed Into the hall, snatched hat fcnd stick and quitted Laburnum Villa, Closing the front door behind him with vigor that shook the whole house. When perfectly convinced that she had driven him off the premises. Millie repented with the thoroughness that marked all her actions; she ran into the hall and opened the front door. In the vague hope that Harry was within calling distance, but there was nothing hut darkness to be seen, and she reluc tantly closed it again. And Harry bad gone out without bis great coat—he would catch cold, be Very ill, perhaps die, and she would be responsible; the tears came into her eyes at this train of thought, and she felt herself the wickedest woman in London. As she stood remorsefully gazing at She garment Harry ought to have been wearing she saw it lacked the top but ton, and remembered during dinner Harry had said something about a but ton coming off his great coat. Millie carried the coat into the dining room and fetched her work basket. The but ton should be put on at once. She laid the coat on a table for greater conve nience, and as she did so a letter slid out of the inside breast pocket. Millie picked it up. "Henry Carew, Esq., Acanthus Club, Earl street, W. C., was the inscription, in a feminine hand, and the postmark was on that day, and Harry's excuse for forgetting his commission had been pressure of work at the olfice: yet lie had found time to visit the club. Who was his Correspondent? "He certainly ought to tell me; it doesn't look like a business letter," said Millie to herself, and then somehow the letter came out of the envelope. She was only looking for the signature, but the heading first caught lier eye, nnd it was, "My darling Harry." Af ter that it is needless to say she read the letter. The address was 0, Queen Anne Villas, Wellington Road, Kcusel Rise. "My darling Harry Your bracelet came by this morning's post; it's just lovely. But you mustn't be so extrav gant. Be sure and come this evening to be thanked and scolded by your lov Ing sweetheart. Doris Forbes." Mllly turned very white and held her breath. What did it mean? She looked again at the address, at the envelope, examined the postmarks. There could be no mistake; the letter was genuine, addressed to ITarry, received and read by Harry Harry, who had married her a little over a month ago. Presently she rose to her feet, shak ing with emotion. That was where he had gone, to see this Doris Forbes; well, she would follow him. expose him to the innocent girl to whom he was obviously passing as a single man. Sternly repressing a longing to cry, Millie went upstairs and put on her hat and cloak; she would not let herself think of tlie future, but kept firmly be fore her Hie thought of exposing Harry to the girl he was deceiving. With the evidence of bis double dealing in her pocket she came downstairs, and leav ing the great coat still lying on the table, lacking its top button, she opened the front door and slipped guietly out of the house. 11. The Oarews lived in Kilburn, so it was not far to Ivensel Rise, and a cab speedily deposited Millie at the gate of No. (i; in response to her rap a trim maid opened the door. "Is Mr. Cnrow here?" asked the wife, trying to speak in an ordinary tone. "No, ma'am, he's not." The servant turned and addressed a young lady who was descending the stairs: "A lady, Miss Doris, asking for Mr. Ca row: are you expecting him this even ing?" The girl came forward and glanced curiously at the visitor. Millie noted she was slim and pretty, with fair hair and delicate features. "Mr. Carew may come here this evening," said Miss Forbes, courteously; "did you want to see him?" "You will do," muttered Mrs. Carew hoarsely, and without asking permis sion stepped into the hall. The servant had retired, and the two women faced You've known these quiet fellows that just sat around and thought And never made a noise while the others raged and fought; The whole community had come to think of them as dead, Or else so very near it that their hope of fame had tied. The chaps with recognition for their por tion pose and strut, And seem to overlook the man who keeps his talker shut. But some day, when 'most every one is looking t'other way, This quiet fellow sees a chance to break into the play. He reaches out and grabs things that the others had ignored; lie puts into the life-game all the energy he'd stored Through all the years of silence. So you'd better not forget The still man in the corner, for he'll reach the king-row yet! —S. W. Gillilan, in Los Angeles Herald. each other under the ornamental gas bracket. "I must have a few words with you, said Millie. Miss Forbes, without answering, led the way into an empty sitting room, then coldly addressed the visitor. "What have you to say to me?" "Are you engaged to Mr. Carew?" burst out Millie. The girl flushed hotly. "Yes, but who are you, and why do you ask?" "Because I have every right to ask. Because he Is deceiving you. Because he Is my husband." "Your husband!" Doris stared at the strange young lady who made this astounding statement. "Oh, no! you must be mistaken." Millie thrust the letter before the other's eyes. "You know your own letter, don't you? Well, I found it half an hour ago in my husband's great coat pocket." "There must be some mistake. Have you got the envelope?" "Henry Carew, of the Acanthus Club, is my husband; he married me a little over a month ago," replied Millie, pro ducing the envelope. "I can't believe It," said Doris, slow ly, but she had grown very pale; "it seems so impossible—and yet " A knock at the front door interrupted lier. "That will be lie," she cried eag erly; "now we can have this cleared." She opened the door. "June, if that's Mr. Carew. show him in here." Very faintly through the closed door the two women heard the footsteps of some one in the hall. Mrs. Carew stood by the corner of the table mo tionless, but Doris, in a fever of anx iety, moved restlessly to and fro. The moments seemed to drag, the delay to be endless, but really only a couple of minutes had passed before the door opened again, and the maid's voice an nounced "Mr. Carew." A young man strode in. "Doris!" lie cried, as he came toward Miss Forbes with outstretched hand nnd a smile cn ids face, but she just touched the ex tended lingers and indicated Millie. "Do you know this lady?" she asked. 111. The young man announced as Mr. nnd Mrs. Carew looked at one another across the table, "I have not, to my knowledge, that pleasure," lie said po litely, nnd then stared with amaze ment at the relief on his betrothed's face and tlie bewilderment on that of the strange lady. "I knew It!" cried Doris with heart felt relief. "She said—she must be crazy—that you were her husband." "I lier husband!" "Is this your Henry Carew?" Millie finally found voice to say to Doris. Yes, of course it is! Now will you kindly explain what you mean by say ing lie married you a month ago?" "I never saw this gentleman before in my life. I said 1 was married to Henry Carew; In my husband's pocket this eveniug I found the letter 1 showed you just now." In fact, except being about the same height, there was not the smallest re semblance between the visitor and Mil lie's husband. "All, the letter!" cried Doris; "that's what so bewildered me." She turned to her Harry. "Where is the letter I wrote you by the lirst post this morn ing, addressed to your club, which you ought to have received?" "I did receive it; at. 2 o'clock to-day. when I went to the Acanthus for luncheon. "I have It now,"—he dived into ids breast pocket of his great coat —"why, no! it's gone." "How did It get into my husband's coat?" demanded Millie; "that's where I found it." Henry Carew llio second look the Id tor and envelope Mrs. Carew produced and gazed wouderiugly at tliem. "This is positively uncanny!" lie stated. "Has the coat been out of your pos sessionV" asked Doris, as he seemed unable to give any explanation. "Let 1110 think. I read the letter in the vestibule and put it in the breast pocket of my overcoat. 1 hung tlie coat oil a peg in ilie luncheon room while 1 lunched. Then I put ft on and went out. .No. I didn't. I had half an hour to spare, and had a game of billiards and gave the coat to a waiter, and he brought it to ino when I finished, and I put it on and went out. Ah! Is your husband a Henry Carew V" inquired the young man of Millie. "t)t course," said Mrs. Carew, impa tiently, "or all this trouble wouldn't have arisen." 1 hen I believe I know who your husband is." was the triumpbat reply. Millie, who in her bewilderment, was beginning to wonder whether the ex istence of her Harry was not imagina tion on her part, gave him ail her at tention, and Doris began to think her supposition that her visitor was crazy might he incorrect. "He's Paul Carew, the junior part ner of Stephens & Co., the wool brok ers?" asked the young man. "Yes, yes," cried Mrs. Carew, eag erly, and in her excitement ungram matically added, like the monks when they spotted the thieving jackdaw, "that's him!" "But still," continued Miss Forbes's Harry, speaking more to himself than lo his eager audience, "that doesn't ex. plain how lie got—why, I don't believe this is my coat!" lie was feeling in the pockets ef his overcoat with a puzzled expression, and looking at a season ticket pass drawn from the ticket pocket. "That's Harry's ticket! You've got on his coat," cried Millie, a ray of lighi illuminating the puzzle, "and he's got yours—but they're exactly alike." "Of course they are," said Harry Ca rew; "Harry and I patronize the same tailor. He must have been at the club to-day. though I didn't see him, and the waiter mixed up our coats." "You know my husband?" "I should think I do. Why, we're first cousins, and have been great churns till a year ago, when we quar reled over some trifling matter, and haven't spoken since. I heard he re cently married. Hasn't lie never told yon of his cousin Harry Carew? Fancy that!" "Well, Harry," said Doris, "you've never told mo you had a cousin of the same name as yourself." "Haven't I? That's just how we've drifted apart. I must make it up with Harry; I'm Harry Solus, he's Henry Paul Carew. Now, is everything clear to you two ladies, and nre the charac ters of Ilarry nnd Harry Paul cleared?" And both the matron nnd the maid declared the two Ilarry Carews were completely vindicated. Harry went home with his relation by marriage to fetch his own overcoat and return his cousin's, and then left with a message to his old chum that he would call on him on the morrow at his office and "make up" their quar rel, and presently Mr. Carew returned and Millie made full confession of all that had happened since his departure. So, the moral of it Is, never judge by circumstantial evidence. New York News. How to Ho Topiilar. Appear happy even if you are rot. Happiness is never out of place except at funerals. Even then it is better to check it with your coat at the door than to leave It at home. If you have a stroke of luck sec that an account of it Is thoroughly circu lated. The reputation of being lucky Is a powerful magnet if you want a large following cf friends. Wear an air of prosperity at all times, even while availing yourself of the bankruptcy law. No one (except your creditors) will think less cf you for looking prosperous at such a time. One of the most important requisites to attain popularity is to dress well. Your jewels may be imitation, but you must have a good tailor. Few can tell the real from the false in the matter of gems, but even a "Buttons" will sneer at ycur back If your coat has not the proper cut. When you converse let It be lightly about nothing in particular. Remarks that indicate deep thought, sincere sen timent or strong feeling arc bad form, and won't be tolerated by fashionable people. If you don't know bow to talk without saying something, learn how to listen effectively. There are always plenty of people ready to be enrolled among the friends of a good listener. In short, the happier and luckier and more prosperous you seem, the better dressed you are, and the less you say, llie more friends you will have.—Fran cesco dl Marin, in Life. Didn't Know Enough to Betrcat. Among the amusing features of the recent mimic war, one incident is re counted by Adjutant-General Thomas Barry, Chief of Staff, as one of the most unusual conflicts in the history of war. Among the points defended by the Army was a signal sinlion on Mcn tauk Point. Ilere was stationed a horse battery, intended to cover the -Signal Corps and also intended to bo able to withdraw in ease of serious at tack. This latter duty was not fully comprehended by the gallant artillery men. Accordingly, when the liear sarge, the Alabama, the Brooklyn, the Olyinpla and ail the other big ships of l lie fleet sailed up and opened their batteries on the signal station, bring ing into play every gun, from the 13- Inch lo the rapid tire ones, the defend ers of the shore displayed no intention of retreat. 'Wheeling their two small cannon into point blank range, they returned the tire of the combined fleet. and faster came the shots of the horse artillery. Theoretically they were an nihilated; practically, they were only spurred to still greater activity. Not until the umpires signaled them to stop firing, and later informed them that they were all dead, did the brave gun ners pause. Not since the day of the Matnnzas mule has so unequal a fight been waged so successfully.—Now York Tribune. Justice. The difference ill human opinions re sulting from tho lack of an absolute standard finds no more perfect exam ple than the practical attempts of men to define justice. One judge at law will sentence n man to a year's confine ment in prison for an offense consid ered by another judge worthy of, say, I ten years. Tho one makes allowance for mitigating circumstances; the other looks at only the oCef.se. Which is the more just? Considering the definition of the word justice, a word best paral leled by equity, surely the beauty f the right dwells with the milder judge, i-New York News. J I A UNIQUE WOMAN'S MISSION. Where Deserted Wires and Widows Ar.| Taught a Trade. On the top floor of the New Era building, Halstoad street nnd Blue Isl and avenue, is one of the most unique institutions in the city. It is known as the "United Hebrew Charities' Workroom." The presiding genius, or more technically, the superintendent, is Mrs. I.ouise Mitchell. This workroom has a unique mission among the poor Jewish women of Chi cago. It aims to give employment to deserted wives and dependent widows, who have children to feed and clothe. It seeks to make them self-supporting by teaching them various kinds of needlework. And lastly it endeavors to educate them in the decencies of life, to raise them in their own esteem, and to give them that desire for a certain social standing so essential to the hap py woman's make-up. The committee in general charge of the undertaking is headed by Mrs. Louise Schott. The other members are Isaac Greensfelder, Mrs. Garson Myers and Mrs. Alfred Kohn. Every day the rooms are filled with women whose poverty nnd helplessness arc known to Superintendent Edward Itubovits of the United Hebrew Char ities. They come at 0 o'clock in the morning and leave at 4 in the after noon. These hours allow them to com plete all their housework before leav ing home, and to return in time to pre pare the evening meal. The tasks giv en them are not hard, and in payment each receives seventy-five cents a day. The only drawback to the workroom Is that it can accommodate no more (ban fifty women at a time. The com mittee must, therefore, perform its duties on principles of scientific char ity and according to the means at its disposal. It cannot be generous. It can only be just. In commenting on this Superintendent Ruhovits says: "Our applicants appear in a different attitude from that adopted by those who petition non-Jewish charitable In stitutions. They demand, where others ask. It is true that our donors were more liberal. The peculiarities may have their origin in that maxim of the Bible: 'For the poor shall never cease out of the land.' And, therefore, the liberality, on the one hand, is greater, and the demands from our people on the other hand, are more persistent. "Our manner of procedure Is easily explained. A ease appears and the ap plication is taken. Then an investiga tion is made. This is done for the pur pose of learning the history of the case and to ascertain the causes that prompted the person to ask for as sistance, and also to enable the mem bers of the committee to form an opin ion as to what extent aid should be furnished. Such investigations fre quently lead to detection of intended fraud, sometimes to unworthlness. "On this latter point I wish to say that the women who are taken into the workroom nrc all respectable ami up right morally. "We <lo not, as a rule, undertake our investigations with the preconceived idea that we shall discover its object to be unworthy. When we do discover it to be such, it is quite accidental, and very disappointing. In that ease, of course, the applicant is refused aid. When we have cause merely to sus pect that something is wrong, we give the woman the benefit of the doubt un til something further develops. "Every worthy case is taken up promptly and all possible assistance is granted." The work furnished is chiefly that of making men's neckties for the wholesale establishments. The big manufacturers furnish the material, and pay from fifteen to twenty-five cents a dozen for having the tics made up.—Chicago Chronicle. A Hygienic Floor. A germ proof house is the latest ad dition to the hygienic terrors of life. It is not yet actually in existence, but medical congresses are busily and even hopefully paving the way for its ad vent. When it arrives, and we arc all thoroughly scientific and uncomforta ble, our homes will be single-storied, without stairs, built on gravel soil, des titute cf cellars, with concrete and blocks of earthenwaro "pierced for ventilation" placed under the floor, and the ordinary bricks "will be superseded by glazed and tightly fitting hygienic brick." The roof will be tiled, übt slated, and the windows will reach from top to bottom of the walls. The dining table will be of polished ma hogany, the chairs cushionless or stuffed with medicated wool. The walls ought to be made of a cement that takes a high polish, can be stained to any color, and washed frequently. Curtains and draperies of all kinds will be abolished; pictures will be per mitted only when let into the cement walls; for artistic touches we shall be depending on "plants of the India rub ber and eucalyptus type." In no room will there be corners to harbor dust and bacteria, and the skirting will always curve into the hardwood par quet floors, instead of striking them at right angles.—Loudon Chronicle. Sucking Poisonous Wounds. Among all people the sucking of the wound has ever been considered the most effective remedy of immediate ap plication for snake bites. In Africa a cupping arrangement is employed in emergencies of the kind to draw out the poisoned blood. The ancients fol lowed the same methods, and when Cato made his famous expedition through the serpent-infested African deserts ho employed many savage snake charmers, called "psylli," to fol low the army. They performed many mysterious rites over men who were bitten, but the efficacy of their treat ment appears to have consisted In suck ing the wounds.—London Express. II ima OUR. BUDGET I ! OF HUMOR.. 1 An Improvi'incnt Stißsested. The automobile. To take no chance, Should always carry An ambulance. —W'ashiuglon Star. Scarcely Courteous Himself. Ncwricli—"l have uo time for any thing common." Wigwag—"No; not even common courtesy."—Philadelphia Record. True Dlftiiitercfttediißftg. While clearing the kitchen Jane picked up a stick and was about to throw it out of doors. "Oh. don't throw that away; that's mamma's stick to whip me with," cried the small boy of the house.—New York Sun. An Offset. Wealthy American Father-in-Law— "l find. Count, you did not tell me the full extepi of your debts." Count Boylon do Bnkkovisnek—"And you did not tell inc, Save, ze full ex tent of Mademoiselle's tempore."—Chi cago Tribune. Not Keadj to Kctarn. "Ah," he sighed, "I was happier when I was poor." "Well," they answered coldly, "it is always possible for a man to become poor again." But somehow the idea did not seem to impress him favorably.—Chicago Tost. A Horticultural Sweetheart. "Did Biffkius ever tell you about his love affair?" "Oh, yes. When he first met the girl be thought she was a peach, and she soon became the apple of his eye, but he learned that she didn't give a tig for him, so it soon became a case of sour grapes."—Toledo Bee. No John Hither Way. t rn ianrttQi.tTMilil'l ii.yqi.VUs hi -n - i ■ W) 1 / 1 ( \J "It must be horrible to be buried alive." "Well, It's no joke to be buried dead, either."—Ainslee's Magazine. The Poet's Explanation. "What do you mean by 'embers of the dying year?'" asked the poet's wife. "Why, Nov-emlier and Dec ember, of course, my dear," replied the long haired one with a fiendish grin.—Clil 'eago News. Special Inducements to I.!lK>rality. "What are your rates?" asked tho prospective victim of the lady fortune teller. "I can't afford to tell you anything but disaster for fifty cents," replied tbe lady, "but for $1 I'll agree to tell you a good fortune with no bad luck in it." —Ohio State Journal. flood oh Any. Managing Editor—"Well, what's the trouble?" Assistant—"The beauty editor is away, and a woman writes to know what to do with a wrinkle in her fore head." Managing Editor—"Tell her to putty it up and forget it."—San Francisco Chronicle. A Complexion I m pro vet. Mrs. Enrlyhird "This is a pretty slate of things. Here I liuve lo get up at 3 o'clock in the morning to let you in." Mr. Earlybird "All on your ac count, my dear. I read in a paper the other day that nothing improves a woman's complexion so much as early rising."—New York News. Colnmbus unci tlio Hoe. Columbus was pleading his cause before Ferdinand and Isabella. "Westward, ho," bo exclaimed, "Is tbe course of my voyage." "Ah," interposed the fair Queen, "then you are the original 'Man With the Ho.'" Crestfallen at this comment, the great navigator took out his maps and began to mark 'em.—New York Sun. Exceedingly Strange Conduct. Carr—'"Meekton was arrested last night while taking a spin on his new automobile." Motorleigh—"What for?" Carr—"Acting suspiciously." Motorlelgh—"How's that?" Carr—"Why, he wasn't going more than six miles an hour, had his lamps lighted, kept sounding his gong at all crossings, and hadn't even run over a dog."—Puck. SPORTING BREVITIES. Tale's golf team bent the New Haven (Conn.) Country Club by 2!) holes to 2. Paul Dashicl will umpire and Mat thew McCluug referee the Harvard- Yale frame. Ivatherine A. has trotted the fastest race on record for a two-year-old at Lexington, Ivy. W. J. Clothier, of Harvard Univer sity, has won the intercollegiate tennis ! championship at Philadelphia. Martin J. Sheridan lias equalled the world s record (his own) with the dis cus at tlie Belleville (N. J.) games. .Tames It. Keene has engaged Jockey Tjucien I.yne for next season at a sal ary of $211,000, (lie highest ever paid on the American turf. Fourteen yearlings and two-year-olds are being sent to Newmarket, Kngland, by Messrs. J. It. and F. P. Keene, In charge of M. M. Allen, who will train them there. | The Jockey Club of Taris has with drawn tlie licenses of the American Jockeys, Milton Henry and J. Kieff, ex cluding tliem from riding on any French racecourse. Itytlimie, the blind trotter, who was recently cut. down in a race at Lex ington, has won $21,250 in purses this season. This is the largest amount cap- < tured by any trotter. * • John M. Ward, the once famous base- . ball player, is becoming quite as fa- -W. mous In golflug circles, lie lias won T mnny valuable prizes and Is now the champion of Rtnlen Island. A Western statistician has taken the tronhio to arrange tables that show that In the United States there are more than 14,000 football teams, nnd something over 200,000 players. As yet this statement has not been disputed. A formidable invasion of the rtrltisb Isles by prominent American athletes next spring has been determined upon by lCruest HJertberg, the Columbia trainer. HJertberg has a financial guarantee sufficient to cover all the necessary expenses of his team. Odd Bridal Customs. There used to be a custom of strew ing flowers beforo the bridal couples as they went to the church and from the church to the house. Suppose the way with fragrant herbs ' were strewing L All things were ready, we to the church were going, And now suppose the priest had joined our hands, is a quaint old verse that refers to this custom. The Persians introduce a tree at their marriage feasts laden with fruit, and it is the place of the guests to try to pluck this without the bridegroom observing. If unsuc cessful they must present the bridal couple with a gift a hundred timet the value of the object removed. In Tuscany brides wear jasmine wreaths, and there is a legend that a once reign ing duke, who at great expense pro cured this flower for his own partic ular garden, gave orders to his gard ener not to part with any flowers oi clippings; but the gardener, who was In love, took a sprig to his sweetheart is a gift. She. being shrewd, planted it and raised from it several small plants, which she sold to the duke's envious neighbors at a great price. Jr-"*a ■l short time she had saved sufficient money to enable her lover and lierselt to marry and start housekeeping, and so the Tuscans have a saying that "the girl worthy pf wearing the jas mine wreath is rich enough to maki her husband happy." riso's Cure for Consumption ts an Infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. TV. &AHC£L, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. The experience that makes a inon poor er should also make him wiser. Money refunded for eacli package of Putnam Fadeless IJves if unsatisfac tory. Repentance is too often embodied in the Words: "What will people think!" gIKHXHJOWOIWOOCHjOOOOOCHJOija ■ ST. JACOBS I, i OIL ! 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