fOLITT® FAVORITES jj THE FACE ACAINST THE PANE. THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH. Mabel, little Mabel, j With face against the pane. Looks out across the nignt And sees the Beacon Light i A-trembling in the rain. She hears the sea-birds screech, And the breakers on the beach Making moan, making moan. 'And the wind about the eaves Of the cottage sobs and grieves; I And the willow-tree is blown To and fro, to and fro. Till it seems like some old crone Standing out there all alone With her woe, Wringing as she stands, Her gaunt and palsied hands! j While Mabel, timid Mabel, , With face against the pane, Looks out across the nignt. And sees the Beacon Light, I A-trembling in the rain. Set the table, maiden Mabel, And make the cabin warm; (Your little fisher-lover Is out there in the storm, And your father—you are weeping! O Mabel, timid Mabel, ' Go spread the supper table. And set the tea a-steeping. Your lover's heart is brave, His boat is staunch and tight; And your father knows the perilous reef That makes the water white. But Mabel, darling Mabel, With face against the pane, Looks out across the nignt , At the Beacon in the rain. The heavens are veined with flreft And the thunder how it rolls! In the lulling of the storm The solemn church-bell tolls 1 For lost souls! But no sexton sounds the knell In that belfry old and high; Unseen fingers sway the bell As the wind goes tearing, by; How it tolls for the souls | A PIANO THAT LAUGHED. | <j| BY CLAUDIA MAY FERRIN. -y 0 one could piny upon It—that is, 110 one whose nerves I were very sensitive or whose (J - horrors of the uncanny or the Inexplicable were in the ascendancy. A maguificeilt piece of workmanship It was, to be sure, famous since its completion for its sweet tone and its wide compass of expression. Yet it Stood there in Mr. Brlggs's parlor ready to indulge in mocking laughter at who soever should dare to seek its music. The laughter in itself was sufficient to unnerve even the most courageous scoffer at the possibilities of gliostdom. It was a harsh, grating "Ha, ha, ha!"— such as a merrymaking bedlam will give vent to, and w'ith as little occa sion for utterance. The longer any one played the louder the laughter be came, until even the boldest would clasp his hands to his cars and arise in nervous haste. Another strange thiug was that it did not begin until the performer touched the note G, con tinuing until he ceased playing, Whether that note was sounded again or not. It stopped as soon as the last echo died away, which caused more than one to gaze back at the instrument in sliame-faced confusion. "What shall we do with it?" said Mrs. Briggs, helplessly, after a final effort to play upon it without heeding Its ridicule. "Sell it," replied her husband, promptly. "No, no, no!" she said. "Father made me promise upon my knees that I'd never part with it. Besides, who'd want it? I must have a piano that I can play upon, for I cannot live with out music." "Well, then, I'll send an expert to examine it—what say you?" "Send him, of course. But what good can he do? The laughter was not heard until after father died, and you know that the letter G was his Initial—G of Gottlieb." "It is a strange coincidence, to be sure. But G may also stand for Gretna," said the practical Mr. Briggs. "Let's see what the piano-maker will will discover before we worry further. Then if he cannot remedy the trouble I'll get you a new one." The next day the expert came, taking apart the beautiful instrument and minutely inspecting every detail in its make-up. To their dismay he discov ered nothing out of the ordinary, in forming them instead that it was the best-made instrument he bad ever ex amined. Ills efforts proved a failure, obviously; l'or as soon as he had put ! it together again it stood ready to emit that blood-curdling laughter in the face of any and every performer. The instrument was made in Ger many by the father of the cultured Mrs. Briggs. Gottlieb Yandofen had been one of the leading manufacturers of pianos in Berlin, also owning large manufacturing interests in Paris mill London. He was reputed as fabulous ly wealthy, yet at iiis death the entire bulk of his fortune did not exceed $3,000,000 in American money. This was to be divided equally betweeh his daughter, Mrs. Briggs, and liis son, Karl Yandofen. A sense of disappoint ment was experienced by the former, though she tried to persuade herself that she had known so little about her father's business affairs that per haps she had overestimated ids finan cial worth. The son was absent in Australia and Its neighboring islands when the father was attacked with his final Illness, falling to receive the letter bearing the news of his approaching demise. Three months previously lie had gone thither, led by ills roving disposition and tlie desire to see that part of the world. Tile two had had a lengthy conversation previous to Karl's depar ture. but Gretna hnu not learned the purport of it, neither did sho let it con Of the sailors on the sea! pity them, God pity them, Wherever they may be! God pity wives and sweethearts Wuo wait and wait in vain! And pity little Mabel. With face against the pane. A boom! the Lighthouse gun! (How its echo rolls and rolls!) 'Tis to warn the home-bound ships Off the shoals! See! a rocket cleaves the skv From the fort; —a shaft of light! See! it fades, and fading leaves Golden furrows on the night! What makes Mabel's cheek so pale? What makes Mabel's lips so white? Did she see the helpless sail, That, tossing here and there, Like a feather in the air. Went down and out of sight? Dywn, down, and out of sight! Oh. watch no more, no more, With face against the pane; You cannot see the men that drown By the Beacon in the rain! From the shoal of richest rubies Breaks the morning clear and cold; And the angel on the village spire, Frost-touched, is bright as gold, Four ancient fishermen, In the pleasant autumn air, Come toiling up the sands, With something in their hands- Two bodies stark and white, Ah, so ghastly in the light, With the sea-weed in their hair! O ancient fishermen, Go to yonder cot! You'll find a little child, With face against the pane, Who looks toward the beach, And looking, sees it not, She will never watch again! Never watch and weep at night! For those pretty, saintly eves Look bevond tHe stormy skies. And tney see the Beacon light. cern her very much. She knew that her father and brother were upon the best of terms. Two months after Gottlieb Yando fen's death Lis daughter Gretna was married to Augustus Briggs, au Ameri can professor who had gone to Ger many to study the language. This seemingly hasty marriage was but in accordance with the father's request, for he knew that his daughter's inter ests would he safe in the hands of that gentleman. As soon as the busi ness could be adjusted, the happy pair sailed for America, expecting Karl to reappear upon the scene at any day to take charge of affairs there at Berlin. But he did not come, and. unknown to them, was anxiously awaiting word from the beloved Fatherland. Finally, he wrote his sister a letter of inquiry as to her silence, which reached her a few days after her arrival In America. Three months more passed, and at the time of the final struggle with the mys terious piano Mrs. Briggs was daily expecting another missive from her wandering brother. The letter failed to come, hut the brother arrived in its stead. Sun burned, weary and heartily satisfied to refrain thereafter from bis long, aimless journeys,. ho appeared at her door one morning, to be welcomed as none but a sister can welcome. Explanations over, ho began to glance casually about the room, and Immediately his eyes fell upon the new piano. "What's this for?" ho queried. "Where's father's piano?" "It's haunted," replied Mrs. Briggs, with subdued voice. "Haunted? Tut, tut!" And without further comment he seated himself at the familiar old instrument at the op posite side of the room. Eagerly he struck the central note E, then list ened intently. Next the note F, and listened ngain. Lastly the note G: and as the laughter began its weird reverberations ho turned to his sister with a smile of triumph. "Haunted, is it?" he cried, exult antly. "No, no, Gretna. That's just what I was hoping for. Come, sit down, and I'll tell you all about it." Leading her to a divan near by, he seated himself beside her, and began to explain carefully the hitherto un fathomable mystery! "When I was about to leave on this last trip, you remember, father called me to him and we had a long conver sation. That morning he told me for the first time the exact amount of his fortune- —about 910,000,000 in American money—and gave me a working knowl edge of his three establishments. He had long been thinking of selling his interest in the factories at Paris and London, but was not yet ready to close negotiations. Whenever he did so, that would necessitate the handling of large sums of money, and he was then at a loss to know just which city— whether London, Paris, or Berlin— In deposit the bulk of his fortune in. He expressed the fear if such should be the case he knew that you could not manage affairs, as you had never handled money except to spend it. I read his thoughts and offered to give up my trip, but he would not consent to that. Instead, lie exacted a promise from me that when I should return I ills time I would remain at home and devote myself to business. "Well, when ho had explained every thing so thoroughly (hat I knew Just what was depending upon mo. lie then (old tne that lie was afraid to leave his foriune all hi one lianl:. and that he Intended to divide It Into two sums. The smaller amount he would leave in the hank with which our family has always done business; Iho other—and now comes the great secret of the piano. "Toil know as well as I that father did every hit of the work on this in strument except, perhaps, the carving. He spared neither pains nor expense in building it, for it was to be a family treasure so long as an atom of It remained. Well, that morning he took me to it and removed a part of the case, showing me that the rear of the musical framework was double, with space enough between the boards to admit one's hand. In that space is a peculiar bit of mechanism of father's own devising, which he termed a iaugh ing-jack. It can be connected with the musical apparatus by means of a very slender wire, which Is brought around past the sounding board in such away that 110 one can find it unless lie knows beforehand just where to look for it. "To show me how it worked he at tached the wire to the liammershank of a string near the centre of the in strument, and struck that note with his finger. At once the laughter began, just as It will do now. He played a strain or two and the thing kept laugh ing as long as the piano continued to sound. This amused me so that I laughed In earnest. He feared that you might hear us, so he released the hammefshank from the secret wire. "He then told me that he was think ing seriously of depositing Ills money in a bank in a foreign country, so that the lawyers and sharpers would not be so apt to discover it and perhaps purloin part of it in case I should not be at home. He mentioned England and France, because of his factories being at the capital of each country, the suggestion, whereupon he explained that if he deposited his money in England, at London, he would attach the laughing-jack to the note E, by which I should know that a letter of introduction to the cashier of the Bank of England was secreted in this recess at the back of the piano. If lie left the money in Paris ho would attach the wire to the note F, mean ing France; if in our home city, to the note G, signifying Germany. Of course when lie gave me these instruc tions he took it for granted that I would get word immediately if he should die ere I returned, so that you would not need to be alarmed by the laughing-jack's merriment. He said further that if he should die so sud denly that he could not attend to this matter, then I must look for the letter in the secret recess In his desk at home, with which you also are fami liar. I searched for it there as soon as I reached home, but finding nothing, I concluded that you had either taken it or that it was in the piano." "I found nothing of importance," re turned the sister. "There was no letter there, at any rate—nothing but some old bills and about fifty marks in money." "Then I'll inspect the piano." With that Karl Yaudofen arose and moved the instrument to a lighter part of the room. In a very few moments he had taken away a portion of the casing, and his first act was to show his sister the thread-like wire attached to the base of one of the hammer slianks, the prime cause of all that hideous laughter. With a small stool which he had brought for the purpose he unwound the wire, whereupon he struck the middle G note of the key board to prove to her that the en chantment was gone. Ho next save his attention to the double back of the instrument, dis closing the unusual bit of space to ■which ho had alluded, with Its queer piece of mechanism within—the laugh ing-,lack. Near the latter was a care fully sealed envelope, addressed to Karl In scrawling hand and lettered in faultless German—the father's special legacy to his son and daughter. With trembling hand Karl opened It, to find therein the following message, also in German: "My Dear Son—The money awaits you. as I promised—all In twenty-mark pieces. Present this letter to the cash ier of our national bank, whereupon he will produce an exact duplicate of it and will give you the key to a box in the safety vault. Take the money and divide it equally between yourself and Gretna: but first give the cashier 100 marks as a reward for his fidelity, although I have already paid him a handsome sum. Sell our interests in Paris and London, and live in the old home, remembering the blissful days when your mother lived and we were an unbroken family. Awaiting death's call, GOTTLIEB VANDOFEN." Thus the magnificent piano delivered its message, which touched a tender spot in the heart of each recipient. Nothing was left them but to obey, with Karl as the principal actor in the drama. A few months later the wishes ex pressed in the letter were all fulfilled save one. And Karl had taken the in itial step toward its consummation, having begun to pay attention to a buxom little lass In Berlin with a view to installing her finally as mistress of the Ynndofen mansion.—New York A Mnltli>llcatinn-Addition Table. The following table was worked out by a Harvard professor. It is interest ing to look at, but one Is thankful that it is not included among the multipli cation tables: 1 time 'J plus 2 equals 11 12 times 1) plus 1! equals 111 12.1 times t) plus 4 equals 1111 1224 times t) plus 5 equals 11111 12345 times t) plus (i equals 111111 123450 timeso plus7 equals 1111111 1234587 times 0 plus S equals 11 i i 1 11 12345G7S times 9 plus 0 equals 111111111 1 time S plus 1 equals 9 12 times 8 plus 2 equals 9S 123 times S plus 3 equals 987. 1231 times S plus 4 equals Cifid 12345 times S plus 5 equals DS7GS 123450 times S plus ti equals 987034 1234587 times 8 plus 7 equals 957C348 123-13078 times 8 pins S equals 38785432 12313UiSU times 8p1u53qua15987034321 —Success. TWENTY MILLIONS PAID -> FOR AUTOMOBILES IN 1902 •j-H' £~ K CURIO3ITIES OF THE INDUSTRY IN AMERICA-BOOMS IN * + I UNEXPECTED PLACE3—THE DEMAND FOR GASOLENE MOTOR I •I- VEHIOLES-2000 AGENTS AND DEALERS SELL THEM. -I *.—{• "h "f 4-+ .}. —j. _ IT is usually stated that there are about 300 automobile manufactur ers actually engaged in building complete vehicles in the United States and about 2000 manufacturers who, in addition to their other busi ness, make comiioiient parts and ac cessories for automobiles. A great many of the latter have found it un profitable to cater to the automobile trade, however, because the require ments change with lightning rapidity, the shapes of parts are intricate and the orders received are rarely of suffi cient magnitude to warrant special efforts. Summing up everything, the total output of automobiles for the lirst eight months of 1002 may be placed at about 10,000 and their value at some what more than $20,000,000. This takes no cognizance of the automobiles which have been imported from Eu rope. Beginning with the East and count ing only manufacturers who have reached or exceeded ten automobiles, we find in the State of Massachusetts eleven builders of steam vehicles with nn output of 770 machines sold at $717,500. One of these builders makes only heavy steam trucks, worth about S3OOO apiece, but has not yet built very many. In the same State, in which the stenm automobile was originated so far as the most common American type is concerned, there are eight manufac turers of gasolene vehicles whose out put was 705 machines, sold at about $747,500. More than one-half of this number were made by one firm, which made its debut at the first Madison Square Garden show in 1000. Massachusetts has never been favor able to electromobilcs, and the few makers who built electric carriages in previous years have apparently given it up. A few may have been built here and there to order, but none for the market. Connecticut occupies a peculiar posi tion. One highly capitalized concern, with manufacturing facilities which should be sufficient for turning out 1500 automobiles per annum at least, had no model corresponding to the pop ular demand at the beginning of the year. It sold its left-over stock at reduced prices, and made up, of new vehicles, prolinbly not more than one hundred. Of these some fifteen or twenty were gasolene vehicles and the rest electric carriages. Another large concern, capable of producing 4000 or 5000 steam vehicles, also found itself on the wrong side of the market, and limited its output to somewhere in the neighborhood of 2000 machines, while devoting much of its energy to the designing of new models. Two much smaller concerns rested on the! roars and produced practically nothing. In the district adjacent to Now York City, including parts of New Jersey, only seven manufacturers have made gasolene vehicles. One of these seven firms has failed. The production amounts to about 403 automobiles and their selling value to SOBO,OOO. Here also It is a new firm which has done most of the business, turning out about 300 gasolene phaetons at a mod erate price. Heavy delivery wagons (gasolene motors) foot up a value of about SIOO,OOO at nn average of S3OOO each. In the same district electric trucks and delivery wagons have been pro luccd by one firm, aggregating $300,000 in value and 200 in number, and an other firm has made from twenty-five to thirty electric delivery wagons of a lighter type, valued at $30,000. Still another firm has made about 100 elec tric vehicles, some of them delivery wagons, but mostly runabouts, sold at $130,000. A dozen large trucks operated on the system of combining a gasolene motor with electric transmission of the power and an auxiliary storage battery, com plete the rouud-up of actual manufac ture of electric automobiles in New York City and its vicinity, but a great deal of experimenting is going on which Is likely to lead to results in 1003. Three steam vehicle manufacturers have turned out in excess of 1100 pleasure carriages, many of them of largo size and some of them intended for slago lines. Their value comes comparatively high, reaching a total of $1,322,000. Other parts of New York State, es pecially Buffalo, Rochester ami Syra cuse, are represented In the industry as follows: Si:: makers have produced 245 pas vehicles worth $213,750; live ethers have made 2SO steam pleasure vehicles selling for $277,500. and a few electric runabouts, probably not more than fifteen in all, have been produced by two of these firms, who give some attention to all forms of power. Until recently the State of Pennsyl vania had one manufacturer of steam carriages whose output reached 100 vehicles. This firm went under, but a successor has taken over the plant. Aside from tills resurrected concern the State has only one devotee of steam now, as against four makers of gaso lene carriages who have produced about seven hundred and twenty-five machines at a valuation of $1,038,500. Cleveland is one of the undisputed automobile centres. There have been made 1300 steam vehicles of a con struction type which was unknown in rnis country two years ago and which it-presents a distinct Improvement In some respects over its nearest proto- type in the French Industry. Here is also situated the largest American factory of gasolene vehicles made to sell for more than SIOOO apiece, and probably 1000 of these automobiles have been made in 1902, aggregating a valuation of close to sl,- 800,000. Of small electric enrringes be tween 300 and 400 have been turned out by one concern. The total production of gasolene vehicles in Cleveland reaches abort 1320, made by five manufacturers, and its value is estimated as high as $2,- 379,000. With the steam and electric vehicles the total runs up to $4.-179,000. In other cities of Ohio, such as To ledo, Wan-en and.Clyde, there have been produced and sold from 700 to 750 gasolene vehicles, mostly of me dium power and dimensions, valued at $1,110,000 ; 500 steam carriages, all of the water-tube boiler system and worth about $500,000. The State of Ohio thus reaches an output of five and one-half million dollars' worth of automobiles, and in the prices obtained ranks higher than any other territory. Three factories in Indiana have pro duced at least 050 electric carriages, mostly runabouts, valued at $037,500, and one of these concerns which has only recently entered the automobile business, lias about 500 more vehicles coming through. The two older firms are also very active at present. Steam vehicles are not made for the market in Indiana, but the State has produced about 225 'gasolene vehicles which have been sold for $350,000 or more. The Industrial ten-strilep of the year has tieen recorded by the State of Michigan. Somebody's intellect must have grasped tlie peculiarly American requirements of automobiles, for the product of gasolene runabouts In this State jumped from about 1000 in 1001 to more than 5000 this year, and their valuation from SOOO,OOO to $3,500,000. Tlie automobile industry in Chicago and its vicinity Is given over to the explosive motor system exclusively, with the exception of one company, which has produced 100 electric deliv ery wagons, mostly intended for use by the company's financial backers in their other business. Another firm, which built electric runabouts in 1001, now builds gasolene runabouts. The total production of gasolene vehicles (Including factories at Kenosha, Milwaukee and Peoria), amounts to 430 valued at $303,000. Tlie city of St. Louis lias produced, perhaps, 100 gasolene vehicles, worth on an average of SIBOO apiece, making $1 SO. OOO in value. California has made great efforts to secure factories, hut so far haR only two, making in all perhaps thirty-live automobiles. By looking into the facts and figures for each of tlie eighty-six manufac turing concerns which have been con sidered above, it is found that fifty firms made 10.040 gnsolone automo biles which sold for $10,431,250. This would make an average price of slight ly above SIOOO apiece, but if the one firm which turned out nearly one-lialf of the total number at a much lower price is left out of the figuring, there remain 5010 gasolene vehicles costing $7,181,250 or an average of about SI4OO. Similarly it is seen that twenty seven manufacturers of steam ve hicles produced 6180 carriages, valued at $0,525,500; again an average of slightly more than SIOOO. Thirteen makers of electric vehicles produced 1833 trucks and carriages, sold for $2,202,500, the trucks bringing the average up to between SI2OO and SI3OO a vehicle. Several of the manufacturers make all three types of automobiles and this accounts for the discrepancy between the ninety firms noted in' this sum mary nnd the eighty-six firms actually existing. More than 2000 a .ents and dealers in automobiles are doing business throughout the United States. On a total turnover of $200,00;', they should ■earn $2,000,000 In profits and commis sions on the basis of a ten per cent, advance. This would make an average of only SIOOO to each of them.—New York Sun. Skinning Prnii. The lapidary was skinning a pearl. He had on gloves of a \ery delicate I sort of kid, and the glasses that he wore had lenses ol' such great magni fying power that his eyes, through them, looked as liig as saucers. "] wear gloves," he said, "because the hands perspire freely in this work, and perspiration lias often been known to | discolor pearls. This stone was Injured I by the accidental dropping on it of | some acid. The disaster discolored it, I you see. With this very delicate little tool I am removing its outer skiu, and if I find that the acid has filtered through and discolored the Inner skin also I may remove that as well. A pearl, you see. Is composed of concen tric layers, or skins, and you can, if you are a clever workman, peel it down and down until it disappears. That operation, indeed, is often done by the apprentices of the lapidary trade. They work on spoiled, worthless pearls, and the experience is very good for them. It teaches them a great deal about the pearl's auatomy, and it gives a wonderful cunning to their hands. The pearl is the only precious stone that can be skinned. To skin it is often the only way to restore its milky color." —Philadelphia Record. BEAUTY'S WAYS. One Chlcnco Tonne Person Followed All the Holes. "Why, how you look!" exclaimed the book-keeper as slie met the stenographer. "Have you been sick?" sick?" "No," answered the stenographer, humbly, "I have just been beautify ing." The book-keeper looked impolitely surprised, and the stenographer con tinued: "The beauty pages of the magazines have always fascinated me and I read them until I was convinced that there was no reason why I should not be beautiful." The bookkeeper stared. "So I followed the prescribed rules for business girls. I shivered through a cold bath each morning, took an hour to put on my clothes, and then had a hearty breakfast, consisting of a peach and two grapes, eaten very slowly. The directions hinted at tak ing time during oflice hours to brush, one's hair and put on fresh powdery, but I did not attempt that, as my em-r ployer does not read the beauty notes. It was also recommended that the. noon hour be divided equally between lunch and a nap, hut it was 15 min- > ute3' rush from the office to the near est rest room, so I had to shorten the lunch and the nap. The nieal3 did not strike me as particularly strength ening, but the beauty writers said that if one would persist in the diet one's friends would be astonished at the change" "I am," said tho bookkeeper. "The directions further said that when a business girl reached home at night she should take off her tailor made and put on something light and fluffy and forget that she is a work ing girl. I fluffed. Then I ate din ner so slowly that by the time I had finished avoiding the pie and rich pud ding I was ready to begin again with, the soup course. Then I took a long walk to reduco the size of my hips. At 5.30 I began getting ready for bed." "Horrors!" shuddered the book-'" keeper. "I brushed my clothes, laid out fresh linen, did the physical-culture act for 20 or 30 minutes, took a hot bath, brushed my hair 15 minutes and gave It a tonic, rubbed my neck with a fattening oil, manicured my nails, said my prayers and tried to get eight hours' sleep. Of course, during the training I had to refuse all invitations, but I comforted myself with the thought that the other girls would be jealous of my beauty." The bookkeeper smiled. "The more I walked the fatter I got. Today I read another article in tl.e same magazine and no doubt by the same beauty specialist, which said that walking developed the hips, the fattening oil darkened the skin and while fruit breakfasts might do very . well for ladles of leisure, working gh'iia nodeed hot steaks. So my whole sum- ' mer has been wasted."—Chicago News. Tho Fmperor and the Dueliftts. The Germans cannot get rid of the idea that it is "honorable" to bear un sightly scars on their faces telling of duels fought. Their emperor recog nizes the absurdity of this and fre quently tries to put a stop to the prac tice, having issued an order on one occasion directing the punishment of any officer dueling without his con sent. Not long afterward, consent was asked by an officer of high rank, and graciously granted on condition that his Majesty should be notified of the time and placo of the meeting. When tho duelists arrived on the ground they found the emperor there before them, and seated near a nevlyv erected gibbet. The challenger asked j tile meaning of this, and was aston ished when the emperor replied: "It moans, sir, that I Intend to wit ness your battle until one of you has killed the other, and then I will hang the survivor for murder!" —Chicago Journal. Ptinlalnnenta. There are still great. local variations as to the punishment inflicted for triv ial offences. For England and Wales the proportion dealt with whose of fence was considered to be of a trivial character during 1800 was 4.62 per cent, and the proportion convicted summarily and released, either on their own recognizances or on finding sureties, was 1.115 percent of the total number of persons tried summarily. But in some police districts, sucli as Gloucestershire, those discharged, without conviction exceeded 10 per-v cent of the persons prosecuted, while in other districts, such as Bristol, the proportion of persons released on recognizances was nearly as great. On tile other hand, there are several dls tiicts, including such large boroughs as Burnley and Hartlepool, in which those powers have not been exorcised at all, and others in which their use has been a very rare occurrence.— The Justice of the Peace. It Didn't I.ook nmniilike. Lord Shaftesbury used to tell this story: He had looked In at a poor dwelling and had been shocked to see it so very dirty. If, he thought, the piace were once made clean, perhaps ihe occupants would try to keep it so. The work was executed, ceiling and walls being left a spotless white. About a week afterward I.ord Shaftes bury was passing, and wa3 amazed to see the walls blacker than they had! been before. He expressed his sur prise, and the tenant, a good-humored liisliman, explained the matter thus: "Shure, we're very much obliged for your lordship's kindness, hut the place had such a cowld look we thought we'd just ask the sweep to come in and give it a few warrum touches."—Lon don Daily News.
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