Leisha's Choice
"Who ll there 7"
The door burat open on the words,
and Leisha ataod on the narrow porch.
swinging a leather strap against her
short skirt Her eyes lighted with
merriment en the visitor who bad
swung from bis horse, and tapped the
step with his whip to attract her at
tention. At his eager Inquiry, ill
shook her bead.
"Not t-day. Dan," sh aald gently.
"To-morrow T"
"Wall r twrhaps."
His fao clouded.
"Yon haven't been rld'ig with ma
lately," h aald sJowty. "It's that Kan
don." He bit off tbs last sayagely.
'Now, Dan I Not Jealous f No, yoo
are too big for that."
Phe hesitated, fingering th strap
In her band.
"I am going down to Hilton with
Mr. Randon to-day," ah ald at last,
adding hastily, "1 will go with you to
uorrow, Dan. TTp to the old plac."
He turned In silence, and mounted
his horse Tiy slowly.
The girl ran out to him, and put up
a pleading band.
Trossr" sh qneried gently. "We
fo too good friends to quarrel."
"No." be said shortly, then he
reached suddenly for ber band and
iruthed tt fiercely.
"Till to-morrow," he aatd, and put
lli g spnrs to bla horse, be rode off
"ion th trail.
Leisha watched him out of sight,
on slowly want back to the house.
An hour later sh waa off with Ran-
' sha thrilled as sh looked up at
''.might figure. The significance of
flay waa rry obvious to hor. Sha
0 meet Randon's mother and sls
a? d see the manner In which they
I in Hilton. Next week they
1 return to their home In New
':, nnd Randon, his health recover
vo-jld go back to business there.
"Vy cam Into town about noon.
" xs a mushroom Western town,
.i,g up orar night In a plain below
bills. At on end were a group ol
i. villaa. with tiny strips of lawn
' -vide cool awnings. To the moun
-bred girl tby war palatial, and
Instinctive refinement roes to
et the occasion. Sh summoned th
mere of ber Eastern school days
- her assistance as they swept up he
re th most pretentious of th Til'
3.
Mrs. Randon cam out to meet
rem, and th girl crimsoned before
tl e patronising curiosity of her gate.
"This la Mis Fenton," said Ran-
- n. and there was pride In bla tones.
The girl felt th chilling reserve In
- mother's response, and bar face
ew hotter. Bhe thought of ber
''ort, rough skirt and high, stout
,oota. Bhe did not know how bright
or eyes were, how pink ber cheeks,
tow her llpa curled up lntemptlng
corves, and her brows arched In pen
r!"ed Hues against ber forehead.
Randan's sister was better. Bhe
"s a frank, happy girl, but Leisha
i tailed before the unconscious ease of
I -r manner, th elegant simplicity of
I jr dress.
They had luncheon In the cool, ex-
- rlslte dining loom. Randon sat ba
de his guest and sought to put her
i her ease, but In these surroundings
1 e too had assumed terrifying propor
t ona, and ah did not breath freely
' 11 they were well on their way back.
And then be told her what sh bad
I .ug suspected; that he loved her.
"I dont know," she faltered, "I can'
cot tell you now, I think I am a lit
tle confused."
His answering glance waa qulxxl
cally tender.
"I understand," he aald gently, "I
will wait till Friday.".
When he lifted her from her horse,
he pushed back bar curia and kissed
1 er forehead.
"I will wait tfU Friday," he repeat-
d, and waa off, a brave, bright ptc-
t ire of Mlf-aaanranc.
It waa early when Dan cam for
1 er In th morning, th daw hardly
f - y on th grass.
His face waa vary stern, a contrast
her own mood of gayaty. For soma
n isoo sh waa filled with bubbling
I. represslbl Joy. Sha alternately
r D and chaffed th silent figure by
I er sld, her laughter echoing far
('own th trail before them.
In the plac they had known for
y-ara, they tethered the horses, and
i ood looking out on the wide, West-
n country which swept beneath the
re on which their feet were rest
ing. Struck dumb by the grandeur
i li ut her, th girl's mood of laughter
fed. Leaning on shoulder again.
a projecting boulder, the man looked
i wd at the thoughtful little face be
tide him.
"Ieiaha," he aald, and bis vole
he'd a note of resignation that did
to', escape bar, "I've thought it over
asd I guess I haven't anything to offer
wl.-i Randon. He can give you every
I'iui, while I it'll be thla always,
most likely. But I want to tell you
this, Leisha, seems aa If I must tell
you this Just once, I love you girl,
love yoo."
With a auddaa gesture he caught
ber shouldera in either hand and look
ed down at ber with ail the fierce In
tensity of rough, young passion,
To Leisha cam th vision of Mrs.
Randoa, supercilious, condescending.
The walls of th splendid house seem
ed suddenly to lower about and suiotb
er ber, Bhe raised her head and
ther waa the country an loved, the
face she had always known and trust
ed, and with a little laugh that was
half a aob, ah laid her cheek against
Don's shoulder. HELEN IRWIN.
Snake 8tory,
"Before he went flshln'." said th
town story teller, "be swallowed 'bout
a pint an' a half of anakebite remedy,
an' of course you know what that Is,
Well, after the anake bit him tha rap-
tile cut all sorts o capers, kaze th
remedy went straight to its head. Last
thing It tried to do wua to swallar
Its tsil an' tt got Itself In the form of
a loop an' I'm a liar ef th children
didu't roll It around all dayl"
A Lcio$ In LogiCf
U is ii;i!v wiihlh tiis memory of
living mnu ttiat legislation has un
dertaken to protect domestic animal
frhrn tre rn'olty of their owners. Own-
ershlp wns held in be snsolute by most i
but there was one, man In Lng.nr.3 a
hundred vein ago who rould demon
strate the un'.rinble nature of tills
theory. This man was Thomas Er
ekine. one of the K.-eatest lawyers !4
advocates of his bm. A trnflltlon sur-
tves at Ila-nr'stead. the residence of
ord Krpklne, which Mr. Charlea
Harper has put Into his book, "Ru
ral Nooks Hound London." and which
shows how this legal authority would
ave administered more recent laws.
It Is related that the celebrated
Lord ErHklne, talking one day on
Hampstead Ilnath, saw a ruffianly
river shamefully thrashing a misera
bly ill-cared for horse.
Mv lord remonstrated with the driv
er on the cruelty of It; whereupon the
fellow retorted. "It's my own;
mayn't I use It as I please?" and
started whacking the wretched ani
mal worne thnn ever.
Ersklne, greatly annoyed, laid his
alklnK-ntlck. over the shoulders of
the offender, who. crouching and
crouching and grumbling, asked my
lord thla la the drawing-room ver
sion, not a verbatim report, which
would read rather differently what
business he had to touch him with the
stick.
Why," said Ersklne, "the stick s
my own; mnyn t I use it ns i pieaser
Rubber Cultivation.
A striking Indication of the great
stimulus which the cultivation of rub
ber plants has received within a
few years past Ib given by the latest
report of the director of arrricultur
for the Federated .Malay States. In
1897 there were 345 acres of. rubber
plants under cultivation there. In
1900 the area had Increased to 4,693
acres; In 1905 to 43.338 acres, and In
1907 to 126.235 acres. The fall of th
price of rubber In 1907 did not inter
rupt the industry, but simply led to
Improved methods of production.
Even at the lowest prices, the prollt
of the farmers, over the cost of pro
duction, Is said to bo more than 100
per cent The greatest enemies of the
rubber plants are root fungus and th
termites.
The World's 60,000 Plays.
Mr. Reginald Cfurence. tho well-
known bibliographer of dramatic data,
has been working for twenty years
on a Stage cyclopaedia wnicn win
contain a bibliography of plays, of
which It has been possible to find any
record, from B. C. 500 to A. D. 1909.
In order to bring his remarkable work
to completion Mr. Clarence has delved
among ancient rocords and musty
manuscripts, in the British Museum,
he has studied the numerous works In
the Guildhall Library until his book
contains particulars of nearly bO.000
plays, covering the whole range of
stage productions drama, comedy,
farce, opera and comic opera. London
News.
Nil Desperandum.
Percy Parklngton rose and bryrh
the dust from his knees. Thcuia
lng himself up to his full height, I
gazed resentfully upon the form t
Miss Muriel Muptrlns, who noncaal-in
ly fanned herself the while.
"Very well. Miss Mugfclns, cam-
In bitter tones from Percy. t. r
very well! Vou have spurned me, !
Is true! Indeed, you have spurnec
me twice! But, though despnir eats-
my heart, I shall not die! I will win!
My name shall become known, ans)
my riches shall become envied "
"Pardon me for interrupting you.
Mr. Parklngton." Interjected Miss
Muggins "but when you shall have
accomplished all that you may tr
again."
Th Ninety and Nina.
Senator Tillman, at a recent ban
quet, told an amusing story.
"The pastor of a Tallapoosa
church," he began, "said rather point
edly from the pulpit one Sunday morn
ing: "'Ah autny- am rej'iced to see
Brudder Calhoun White In chu'eh
once mo'. Ah's glad Bmddab Calhoun
has saw de eror ob his ways at lawst,
fo' der la mo' Joy obah one slnah dat
repentetb dan ober de ninety an
nine
"But at this point Brother Calhoun
White Interrupted angrily: -
" 'Oh,' said be, fro-n his seat, 'de'
ninety an' nine needn't crow. Ah
could tell some tilings erbout de nine
ty an' nine ef Ah wanted ter!"
Japanese Wood for Sleepera.
The Atchison railroad is about to
experiment at Great Bend, Kan., with
cocobolo and Japanese oak as material
for sleepers. This wood is so bard
that It la almost Impossible to drive
spikes Into it, and e-.re spikes in
bored holes will be used. It is expect
ed that the slevpcrs will laat from 2'
to 30 years. They cost a trifle more
than the American oak delivered in
California. The reason for expe. I
mentlng with them is that nathe ok
la becomlug scarce, and It is de-mcil
wis to look In time for a substitute.
Th Rar Gift of Courtesy.
Courtesy includes not merely social
kindness, graces of spee.h, absence of
business aasociar.es and of all the fe!
low citizens with whom a man of af
fairs may bave business to transact.
It Is not American to keep one citizen
waiting all day at the door because
be la poor, and to grunt another cltl
sen an Interview because It Is belleveu
he la rich. Wisdom la not confineo
In a purse, and frequently much wis
dom may be learned from a poor mail.
Proof of 8ucces.
If every day we can feel. If only for
a moment, the elation of being alive,
the realization of being our best
aelves. of filling our oVs:lned scope
and trend, you may be sure that w
are succeeding. Hliss Carman.
Just aa Bad.
Courtesy over the telephone la a
virtue, aud It's Just a offensive to the
girl at the switchboard to be culled n
Dutch mutt aa It would be to b tolo
that bar bat Isnt oa straight.
MAN fHlY eftlM-ON'T HANSi )
Notoriety Gained by a Most Pefiullar'
Cl'xumstanos.
A. great crowd gathered at th Con-
grcgatlonal Church In Newton Abbott,
In Devonshire, Knginr.d, recently to
witness the marriage of John Lee, of
Babbacnmbe, to the ho?d nurr.e of the
Infirmary in the former village. There
was nothing of particular luterest In
the ceremony to attract so much at
tention, but tho rronm'a name Is prob
ably as widely known as any In that
part' of England, although this no
toriety was gained by a most peculiar
circumstance.
Lee la generally called "the man
thev couldn't hang," and undoubtedly
this appellation is deserved end very
appropriate. Just twen'y-three years
ago he was 'convicted of tho murder
of the woman by whom he was em-1
ployed as butler at Baubaeoinbe. and
a sentence of death was passed upon
him. Evidently Providence has a spe
cial fate reserved for Mr. Lee. because
he escaped unharmed. Bltho'igh sev
eral attempts were made to bang hlra
at the Exeter Jail. The gallows in
each Instance refused to act, and
three times when the eondenwied man
had taken his sTnnd upon the drop it
frilled to fall. The remarkable pert of
It all was that previous to tne actual
tests the mechanism alwaya worked
perfectly.
The news of the Inability q execute
John l.ce spread throughout the coun
try, creating a grest penssllon sad
n.aking famous the nabl-nconibe mur
der. So great rn Ircpros'on was
ir.i'Te tli-it l-ee's ser-teTNe was cora
nr;rd to penal servii-nie, and be was
released a year Riro n?:er doing twen
ty two years of hit fin a.
On the StreM Car.
Phe pranced into Ihe car and gav
a sweeping 20".i:prehrnswe glance
about the car for a refit, like a dog
looking over a pile of lu:uh?r behind
a barn to see which way a ra Is golr.g
to Jump out, fays the CloveVind Plain
Denier.
The car was not crowded Just
fll'M and many of the i-eats were oc
cupied by men. Noiuiiy l::iu down his
pa; er aud the 1 1 1 1 ' c w.:u,an reached
for a strap.
Then she r'ghted the motorman snd
bh'tenert up to the front plmform like
l rerFon who has Jutst thought of
to '. ethlng.
"PaKt-er.rrers are not allowed 'to
st? '-d on this platform." the motorman
her.
r.n't you ninlie an exception In
my cuj-e?" she aeived. I shall cer
tain!? do no harm out here."
"It's !-(-.ilnxt the rules." insisted th
mc'orn:an.
S'.ie oi eued the front door and
started rifck into the car with an air
of one resigned to obedience. Aa she
lid so she made this remark to the
air nrm-n. within the bearing of
everybody else In the car:
' Veil. I cuppore I can stand In-
sii'.e. but I thought I would rather be
where there was at least one man po
lite enough not to alt down when
thure's a lady standing up."
Not Within His Rights.
"Can I have two good seats, well
down, not behind the post, and on the
aisle?" asked the quiet gentleman at
the box omco window.
"Three dollars apiece." replied the
ticket seller, slamming Out two tickets
that called for seuta In the last row.
behind a post -and in the middle of
the tow at that.
"But these arcu't what I want," ob
lected the man.
"Can't help that. Got to take 'em or
nothinV' responds tha ticket seller,
obviously lirltated
"Look here, young man, that'a
way to talk to people wao come here
to buy seats."
"Huh! You talk as if you owned th
theatre."
"I do. I happen to be the nes
owner'
"Then got nwr.y and let people that
wbnt to hv.y seats have a chance. You
know very well you can got In foi
nothing."- -Life.
A Primer cf Life.
Only a dreamer nsks Time and Tit
to wait for him. when he might "head'
(lieu off, st'.l Time for money, and
make Tide turn a mill wheel.
German Dialect In Wisconsin.
It Is two German women who ar
speaking In the presence of an lrisb
woman.
"Th' tap o' til" marnin' t' ye. Mis'
Brettschnelder. Ti glad I am V sea
th likes av ye. Iss yer daughther
Gretchen goin' to the Hill th' mor
row?"
"Faith an' she Is. Ven me bye
Hninrlch can get th' bay haarse away
from th' ploughlu' I t'ink I'll go nu
ll;!, bedsd."
Ihls Is not travesty: it Is a report
of German dialeiL The nisuner of
I speech can e about naturally enough.
i i u wie iiermans arrived nere in
fuil fi-rce the country was already set
tle;!, lamely by Yankees end Irish,
Phil the (ie-uinn had to buy hie farm
here or there. Thus a number of them
fo: nd themselves located In the town
of 'Citn. where, of couive, they learned
the lms'irco of their country. 'And I
leiio It to u, y fel'.ow-cjtlzens in V'is
coiijin whether a German cannot
spisk as bio.id and rich brogue as any
son of Erin. Charles D. Biewart la
tha Atlantic.
Percoclous.
TS'e Hte Francis H. Lengett. New
York's largest who'esa!e grocer, bad
a conterppi fur the morals of the aver
cr.' Wall street man, says th New
Orieans Statesman.
Mr. Lastott uted to say:
I onre l.;rd aa errand b',y. who,
after I bad discharged him, uo do bt
went on the street. There he siio ild
be doing well.
"The boy wag from the co'int'-y.
He only worked for lue about two
days. The last day he as v..:j me
I rent hlin out for $4 worth of aiampj,
giving htm a (5 bill.
"When he came brick with the
atciups he tiidn't offer ire any change.
"'Well,' I said impatiently, 'where s
tho change, Alfred?'
"There ain't ar.y, air aald th
bt-jr. Siamps h'" 1 '"
fNil)WiYnitiii..rtsiiii s I
THE. iRlNCE.SS
OF THE ROSES
"Mamma says I must not ask yon
to tell mo any more stories, but she
won't tell me why. Do yon know
why?"
Richard Travers smiled down at
the little tnnhien who was anxiously
awaiting an answer to- this puzzling
smcstloa, tod then his eyes lasted
gravely on t'ie child's mother, the t
beautiful Eleinor Lyndon. Half un
willingly she returned his gaze, and
brown and grey eyes met and clasped
like drawn steel. "1 was afraid Elean
or was annoying you," sha explained.
"It Is a!ys a pleasure to amnrs
Miss Eleanor." Richard Travers an
swered gTavely. "Well, little onr,
what Is it to be to-night, a tale about
hears, tigers, etc?"
No, a story about a prlneeas," th
child said vsg 'ely.
"A princess?" be lanehed. "We'L
once upon a tine instantly the
greater part of Mrs. Allerton's gties'.s
who were gathered on the broad ve
anda. clustered around Richard Trac
ers, for he was famed as a story tell
er.
"Once upon a time there lived a
princess. The Trlncesa of Uo-es sorno
one called her. for ahe waa rarely
seen without a spray of crimson
roses twined In the ahinlng waves of
ber hair."
What a lovely title and how ap
propriate for Mrs. Lyndon." lanithed
pretty girl' in pink. "The queen
Cower Is rarely absent from her
toilette."
Mrs. Lyndon smiled at the compli
ment, although a tittle wearily. th
girl who had spoken thought, and she
fancied tho color bn.l faded quickly
from her face when she suggested her
connect'on with the Rose Princess.
As Is the privilege of royal per
sonages, he went on, she selected
from her larye circle, of courtiers, ber
prince. The Prince loved her dear!y,
and one night he told her so. Ths
Princess answered that s".ie csxel
also. But the Prince was poor and
the Princess ambitious, and she told
him he must go may and make a
name and fort-tne !n the b!g world.
and when he returned she would he
waiting for him; they would be mar
ried and live happy ever afterwards.
To the Prince, a request ef the
Princesa was a command, and be
made immediate preparations for de
parture to unknown lands where ha
felt sure be would win fame and for
tune. "For two years he labored under
Alaskan ekles. ever striving to com
pel the earth to yield Its golden
treasure, but Dame Fortune eluded
bim like a will-o'-the-wisp. At last,
heart-sick and weary, he was about to
abandon his anarch for fortune, when
the unexpected happened. His claim
proved to be the largest for miles
srounri. He was rich beyond his wild
est dreams. And now to return to
the Princess, but the streets were
thrnijsred with people In gay attlr. all
wending their way to the church, and
very nmvlllingly he was pushed with
the cro'.'d a!n ost to the very door of
the church. It was evidently a wedding
that v.'as In progress, but he was not
Interrtted In weddings or anything
trlse thai kept him from the PrinceBa
"He was doing his best to withdraw
om the crowd and hasten on his
;o. rney. when someone In tha rear
anxious to se-r the bride pushed bins
llmost rii-ectly in the path of th
wedding party.
"Without the slightest interest h
glanced at the bride. She returned
his gaze, haughtily, defiantly, and
swept past him like a young ampreaa
on ber husband's arm to the waiting
carriage. Toe bride waa the Prtnceaa,
his Princess.
"From the gossiping crowd be
learned the Btory. The man the Prin
cess hail married that morning bad
visited the little village on a hunting
expedition. He bad become acquaint
d with the l'rlncets, and they had
walked, danced, drove and rode to
gether, and all this time the Prlnc
was starving and dying beuexlit th
cruel Alaskan skies."
The Btory had grown too deep' for
the little Eleanor and liie had fallen
aaleep, one tiny band supporting her
curly head.
Everyone waa listening breathless
ly, Eleanor Lyndon Included. Al
though the night air was warm and
laden with the lecenae of countless
roses, she shivered as though struck
by rn Icy blast, and she crushed be-
tveen her trembling fingers a crim-
on rose, th broken petals falling to
bt floor like a shower of blood.
"But tho wheel of fortune Is never
die," R'chard Travers continued, bis
ro:ce hoarse and atern, "and fate has
placed a strange revenge in the h.tnds
if he Prince. The husband of th
Prlncecs and the Prinze are engrged
In a Duanctal scheme that means
everything to the former, and should
the Prime withdraw hla support, th
Princess and her bvsband will be
cooler than ever the Princess was be
I 'ore In her life. Memory of tbe old
days may make him merciful und
three same memories may make him
bard as steel."
Mrs. Lyndon arose swiftly and
awoke Hie llttl Eleanor. "Com,
dear." the said gently, vainly striving
to steady her trembling voice.
Richard Tt avers arose and opened
the door. She wan sweeping haught
ily past bim, when be touched her
gently to draw ber attention. "For
give me, Eleauor, fur making you suf
fer. . I, too, have suffered. But I
promise you the Prince will be merci
ful for the Rose Princess' sake," and
turning awlftly he Joined the laugh
ing group on the piazza.- KATHHY
M. SULLIVAN.
Poor Opinion of Countrymen.
Ou of the great intellects of Eng
land has stated that n't abo- o SO ""0
people in all Britain ran read and un
derstand the ordinary Lotitloo news
paper. Hans Brcltman Says:
"Yen a polidiisben meks a deficit,
be alvays tries to reek der peoples
ashamed of der deficit." Clvland
Nsws,
fiiirtii i
THE NEW DIAMOND FIELDS.
Stones Small But Plentiful In Carmen
South Africa.
From the methods used to locate
the stones the new diamond field In
German South Africa m'gbt very well
be called a Tom Tiddler's Ground,
ays the Wide World Magazine. Th
diamonds are very small, but are ex
ceedingly plentiful.
They arc found in the open desert,
where nothing but sand, unrelieved
by the slightest t'sm of brush or shrub,
lsto be seen for vast distances. Th
men who search for the stones need
less to Bay, they are all natives have
ten miles to go every morning from
camp. -
The searchers work on their hand
and knees, apparently regardlen of
the blinding sun-hlne, sifting th sur
face sand through their fingers. Most
of them are old Kimberley boys and
they are very keen on discovering
stones. The district Is hardly a para
dise for the white man. being notori
ous for Its frequent dust storms and
terrific hent.
A Disappointed Bird-Levee.
It Is never hard to Identify the
bride and groom, and It Is correspond
ingly difficult to refrain from a good-
natured smile at their expense. A
writer In the London Chronicle Illus
trates these truths thus:
"We tried to koep th railway-car
riage to ourscies," aald the girl who
can ap;n cis;e c oke against herself,
even when on her honeymoon. "At
Birmingham tbe gunrd opened th
door. and. In spite of Walter's scowla.
lifted a small girl Into our compart
ment, making rather embarrassing
apologies.
"She was a little g'rl of about sev
en, and she at on the edge or to
seat nnd stared about ber.
"What Is tl matter?' said Walter.
"T dont see the birds,' aald th
small girl, plaintively.
Birds what birds? asked waiter.
' 'When I came from the other train
your guard Bald to ciy guard. "Oh,
shove her along with the love
birds."'" Krakato's New Dress.
A unique opportunity to study na
ture's processes In restoring th vege
tation of a land swept clean by a great
disaster was afforded after the tre
mendous eruption of the volcano oa
the little Uland of Krakatoa In 1883.
All living organisms were destroyed.
In 1S86 a number of planta had al
ready established themselvea on th
de "stated island, those In tbe Interior
being, remarkably different from those
on the coast, ferns especially pre
prmderRtlLg. In 1897 further progreae
had been made, end In 190S the forest
trees had advanced so far aa to make
It evident that within short time the
Island will again be densely forested.
It is believed that the first plants to
establish themselves on the blasted
soil such as ferns, algae, mosses,
rompositne and grasses were borne
thither by winds, and that ocean cur
rents were probably the agents con
cerned In the importation of seeds
aud fruits. Youth's Companion.
An Elusive Menu.
The opossi'Tj Is good to eat. Du not
boing doolt In by any organized f ro
vlalon ceuipsny, is sometimes haid to
K"L A tourist in Georgia, aaya a
writer in t!.e Washington Times, stay
ed ov,rn!ht at the Palace Hotel la
a llttl? vli! :pe, end expressed a desire
to taste- fieorgla oppossum. The whole
opossum, rooked In genuine Georgia
style with pettitoes on the aide, aaa
plii'-ed before lilm.
"Two ollr rs extra for the possim,"
said the l.indlotd, when the gasst
camo to settle.
"It's an outrage!" said the gues'.
"It's according to the way you look
at tt, stranger," said the landlord;
"but It took me six nights' ews.i'.p
wadlng to catch that possum, ah'
when I caught him I caught the rheu
matism with him."
Fort Ancient.
One of the most interesting and dis
puted questions In American arche
ology la that of the origin and age of
Fort Ancient, In Warren County.
Ohio. The Stat of Ohio baa recently
purchased this site, which la to be
turned Into a public park. Mr. War
ren K. Monrehead believea that Fort
Ancient Is 800 or 900 years old. He
regards the more modern articles
found In a grave In its vicinity aa la ar
Intrusions. Ho does not, however, re
gard tbe question of the age of tills
most interesting structure as yet set
tled, and says that many years of
study and exploration will be required
to clear up the mystery.
Use and Ornament.
Mr. Newricb, the Pittsburg multi
millionaire, waa furnishing th library
of his magnlrlient mansion.
"Let me see," he mused. Tou'v
got the order for that 185.000 editioa
de luxe of Dickens bound In levant?"
"Tea, sir," replied th bookseller.
"And th 10.000 set of Shakes
peare?" "Yea, slr."
"And the standard authors, bound
In calf Thackeray, Scott, Washington
Irving, Cooper and all them there
other fellers?"
"Yes, air; I have a memorandum of
the entire list."
"Well. then, that's off my mind,"
said Mr. Newrich of Pittsburg, with a
sigh of relief. "Now, what I want is
something to read. 8ay, have you got
complete set of 'Old Sleuth'?"
Owner of th Building.
A young Brooklyn teacher waa ex
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some of the mysteries of tbe navy.
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school Is Ilk tha captain of a ship
and the teacher may be looked upon
as the blue-jackets, or sailors. Now,
children, who owns the navy of Uncle
Sara V Nobody anawered. To carry
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"Who owns this school?" Th bsn4
of a little girl in th back row went
up. "Well, Hattle." aaid the teacher,
"who doea own this school?" With
ayes sparkling with tha Inward aa
turanc that ah waa about to kit tea
center of th target Haiti awsr4;
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Tickets on sale at Port J alt
points Jn th West and Bcnthwsstat laws
rate than via any other flrat-elass llae.
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44 Holidays only
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" 70S, Way Sunday Only. . .
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NaT, ilally Expras I SB,. a
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IT Dally Milk Train t 10 a
" 1. Dally Kxpress 11 SI
" 115. Foi Ho'dilfE'pt Sua.. II IS r.
" S, Expressthloagolludal I st -
W, Dally Kxoept Monday.. 00
" 6. Limited Dally Exvnss. 10 OS
Trains leav Chnmbsrs straat, Mssr
York, fur Port Jarvls on wsk day at
180, 1 14. til, 10. SO A. M., 1.00
t jo, 4 an, i, 7 is, o.it it r. si.
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FAMILY PRIDE.
Rsegsd I Ittla Timothy Mad the
Showing Possible.
Dr. Charlvs El. Woodruff, V. 8. A,
has conduced soui luvestlsatlona
which appear tn show thai th blond
type is doomed to extinction In Amr1
ca.
"Poop! tcka prld tn b!E
blondes," said Dr. Woodruff. fa.U
out!)' at a dinner In Wsi 'liaLton, "but
If my Investigations are norrvct, tltaa
this pride is misplaccd--au nrlsplaced
as that of Timothy Olcutt.
"Timothy OU-ott, an un-hln of
wretched appearanre, was haled be
fore a Boston maalstrat. chars-ad
with obstructlnf traffic, by playing
ball, In Treinont straeL
" 'Can't your parnu drvaa you bea
ter than this? th matistrate astcd,
looking with disgust at TlmoUiy Ol
coil's fill by rags. ,
" 'Me parents Is dead,' Timothy
blubbered.
" 'But you've rot son friends
aurely,' sold the lu&trtstrat.
'I'v ot a brother,' th boy an
swered. His brow cleared and he
apok proudly.
"'Where Is her
" 'lie's at Harvard University.' aaid
Timothy, throwing out his chest.
"'Is h In a good poaltioa thrf
naked th magistrate
"'No,' aald Tim. 'He's la a sottl
thre. H wai bc-a with two h."