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: !- .» r •'I •fe ')f t ' -I K I .r EIGHT. JUAWS OP srrw. ¥on«—m* AUTHOBMT- j..fi. f .ill I IB I § ' :< i •1! J! | ?! •? 1! \Br i Ja-tlw city, !>o-l I've n .rteati np.i tome J trtker- stuff tu tUut iHtuu-ie, We can - ITJUI ft jjjx* aa the klww.ttnd eooU the I steals «n n otitic aa we used to wh«0 > m? Mere. GbiiatM/.* . ; *\ j l-ot a icot'aMi ,.{Prlde ;-aad hunger struggled:; then htatigtsr-won, and pres- j entiy Tom was agisting Lucy down :. the trestle to the sandy share of the ' island ana by the time the fire WU i built tils mother's supplies wore ready j for 'the sacrifice, la addition to tbe i steak, there, was, a loaf of bread from gnat before the trestle was reached 1 * fashionable bakery, »)4d even a bo* ^ -of floe table salt of a sort, hot obfefin- { able In Bayview, The sfeafc was car *p*,» ~>«*™.t*,. r toto strips ready for broiling. The conductor | The £r ^ grant £amW ^ not ^ tt . By CftRL WtLUAMS. C©P7rifhte4, legs,, by Associated Literary Press; J • * the fat man in the corner scat rose end left the car, reducing the number et iti Occupants to two. emlied softly to himself as be gave the go ahead signal. . fie, coolo 1 remember; the_ time when, instead of sitting; at opposite ends of the car, aa they were at present, the maa and the girl shared t£fe same cross •eat on their daily ride into town. .' .; •a the two bells sounded tho motor began to hum, and presently tbe subur- ban car rambled on to* the trestle which cot forty minutes off the run- Idngtiine from the dly to Sayrlew by •panning two mile* of salt water on «tardy piles, .'the sun silvered the crests of the iHay wayeS; while the summer breeze kicked np and frosted the walw of the , ats^e£ f now slowly approaching the; draw In the channel on the other aide if the island. It was an Ideal summer afternoon, and no pettier ,|pot -eoold,, ttata been fonad than Sound bay, but lta beantiea were entirely lost on the $m >«f«is«ger8, t&oug?» tha.ji»dtor- mtax, to whom the bay was an old atory, regarded the acano with pleas- ft tmeted the crew ol the car, but not an- | til' Lucy and he had eaten {heir fill did ^ Toia permit the two men jfcp have * • morseL Then while the motorman ' took his turn as cook he and Lucy aotjght the other aide of the Island. the i» was brokea mm, and they chatted aa though auch things aa cook- ing schools and their evil effects npon the digeatioa were unknown. \it makes me think of when we were little tots,\ cried £ficy as Xcnn lighted a cigarette. \Too alwaya naed to smoke corn silk cigarettea after we had one of our al fresco meals.\ • ^hoae Vera great times,** he x»- •ponded, with. &. laugh. .\JSo yon re- inember. how w« natsj J0 : jpl«i,n to grew qp aa qtilekly as. w* cotdft so that we might keep ft real house and ban ice cream for dessert eTery.day T* \AaA ** war* going to iaake feolt cake instead of the plate kind and have a slice between»meals whenereri, we wanted it,\ stmplem«nted#jacy. \It all seemseo far'awajr.**' ' ' '•' •••-**-' T •* AN :- UNFINISHED PROPOSALr, By <t, B. LEWIS. . CopTrigivtod, mt, by Associated Literacy Press, 2?o' more. '^tfEtiiaents, no mora pr- estations, ao.njoro tears. 'Tft* rar.th* cr simply UjfeW her arms aronnd her daughter and tnormured that sho was itio nwectat^ ileafKt: dJinRjliter in tbc Trhole world' end then trcnt r>ft to ii»' form mflora t|iiit bo bad a dncb. A ciacVtt may be ejgjlaifled, w*n» & UKE ftANGlSHUK. It* Strongly Psrfuined Waters Art Mauvs In Color. •\Graisse clinging to to Aft>, hlgb above the Mediterranean, i s Buppoaed | which mftk^s eiTecttve^ase. of the bait to give the straager a headache on ac- xcce, ' Tom Norton and Lucy Brayllng, each ! t>nay with bis or her thoughts, gars co heed to the blue bay, with its silver tipped \wave* 'i'hey had met today for the first time since tbe dreadful night two weeks ago .before when lacy had broken b«r enfagetnent This had followed a trivial quarrel Xtjscy had announced that she was tak- ing cooking school lessons, and Tom bad teased her about It . The day bad been hot, and she had taken his Joking seriously, with the result that when Tom had,come away the ring he had slipped on her finger with auch glow- ing hopes a few weeks before was tncked In his pocket, while at his heart there lay a burden of dun despair. Blundering, he had tried to explain that he was only speaking in jest, but Lucy had spent half i£e day over a \,iic* stove, and to have Tom poke fun at the. Cake which bad been: the result of her labors was too much for femi- nine endurance, and she would liBten to no apology; r : Now as tbe car rotted along she 'kept her glance straight ahead through tbe front windows, and Tom pretended an absorptions in tbe scen- ery as viewed from the rear platform, tiiough neither v?as conscious of the ' • beauty of fk» ^day. The car had just reached tin island. midway in the channel when with a audden whir the motor came to a,.' stop and the car rolled on a few yards and halted. The motorman climbed down: i<> the trestle and examined the Case; then he climbed back again and threw on the power. A second time he climbed down, and , on bis return he tested the lights and (found that they would not burn. The conductor made bis way forward, and presently be- too, dropped to the track end made his way toward the still open draw. . \ The motorman came Inside and took a -seat opposite Lucy after admitting Ignorance as to the cause of the delay. It was not until the conductor came back from the draw, where a tele* phone was Installed^ that they knew the worst. ' • \The power hocm Is aflre,'' he *•> ported. \The lire chief wouldn't; let his men go until the power was shut off, and here we are to stay untfl the fire is put out and the switchboard is repaired.** \ f •\I that we can walk,*, sug- gested Tom. \The ties areelose to- gether.\ \ The conductor glanced through the rear of the car. 'Tfru cab if the walk- ing's good OD the water,\ be assented. \Both draws are open, and they cant elose them until we get power a^iin.**' • \How long do you suppose that w* •bafl have to stay hettT asked Lucy' r Bespatrlnsiy. ' •/ \Fonr or five hoars,? wise the \uncoo- '• fjpting response, **The v aw1tohb^ard burned one* before, and It took six ' : botifs to.flxlfc\ , • \But sorely they win send a boat after us,\ suggested Lucy hopefully. *?f yoij learned what' the matter was there must hate been a telephone at tbs draw.T. .;•-•.' *\Tber« Is.** admitted the conductor, .•trut Just now there isn't no one at the ether end of the line. I bet they're burneio out It ain't a dry Une, you know.\ ,. \• ' . -:,';._ Lucy turned her sttentfon to, the scenery -.again, and the-confluctor and ,tt» motorman went out on the front platform to smoko their pipes and en- Joy a chat. Tom repaired to tbo back platform and lit a cigar: There vi-as ho boat In sight save the^ two tinyl steamers that made dally And yet it was so near,** be remind- ed. \Just because I happened to. feel as: though I could sot be serious, no matter how hard I triad, I want and spoiled It alt\ * \But we were botti wrbof, ttat nighl;'* protested the ghrL not have been so serious:*'' What followed this remark ft not necessary for publication,' and it was some moments before the two returned tomundane^ interests. ' .. .^ \Hurrahf shouted VMaSf, imd 1.^ locked at blm in surprise. Then she turned tt> follow hjs JtratarevOf dli«i<>- tlon and. ecjioed Jhis cheer, *T:he di^a%, was slowly swinging Into placa. The current was on again. . RegrerTnliy the condnctor suspended his culinary operations, and/The motor- man climbed back to Ids ppst with'a Slice of, steak sandwiched between-tvro, slicoa of bread. In a few minutes they were, rattling oyer the closed draw and home was In sight again. - \Have yon tbe ring 8tyit» iaAed Lucy as they left the car at their cor- ner; ••-- - - . ;. . •\ »- • *TU bring it orer toniifct,* i» prdmi- Ised. \I'll be over early, \iod make a fruit cake, and I'll bring tbe cream.\ \A poking BCboo! droit- cakef' tba demanded teasingly. ' j \A ^T^,frui^•cake, , • e^rfcected Tom, with a smile, \It's enough that you cook it£-'. •\••.'.\'•' • V\ «Bilt there won't be timiiP objected the'gir!.-' •'.;.••• \Then let's have soma Wore steaks\' suggested Tom. \That tasted better than fruit cake awhile agft, with yon across the Are, 'We ought to be *ery gratefni to fix* car compatiy.\ . \And to the steak,\ suggested I<flcy. *Tt was the steak that compelled sur-. -render.**'' •'#..•..'; •' \ But'fier^s>yes told a different story; and Tom regarded a passing trolley with a' glance of positive affection aa he tarned to at hto gate. \ .. Better Than Polios, . \-; ; The first, thing the victim of a rob- bery should do, says Lincoln I. Btef- f ens In the Amerkan Hagaxine, is to telephone to the newspapers rather than to the police. He #ayat •trSe/pol*^,^rywherje warn,cn% xens not to let anybody but the police know of auch troubles. They say that If the newspapers get hold of the news they wiUppbtiibit This ^frighten Away the thieves and prevent the po- lice from recovering' the* stolen prdjt erty, /This is only a,police trick, to avoid criticism. They give to tb* press all their anccesses; they suppress their faflurea, and thus keep up. the- appear- ance of efficient service. . As_ a matter oil fact On first thing that the yictim of a robbery ahoald do is to telephone to the newspapers—all of them. That would' soon, ahow what a small pro- portion of the reported cases is de- tective bureau like, {hat of, Wew Xbtfc detects, and it will make the police work on jroor casSi** , * , 8h««JnO th. HaWtsirt. . Families of French Canadian farm- ers often run into large numbers, aa is demooBtrated by the following- written order received; by tJie proprie- tor of a Quebec ahoe store: \You will put some shoe on my littie families liks this, and' send by Sam Jameson, the carrier: One nun, Jean: St jean (me), forty-two:'years; one woina»» Sophie St Jean (ahe), forty-one years; HerHedes and Leonore,, nineteen ycaraV Honore,. eighteen years; Cellna, seventeen years; iN'arciaee. Octavia and Phylife, siiteea years; OIWI*. fourteen years; Paillinpav thirteen years; Alex- ahdre, twelve years; Eoelaa, eleven trips, between tbs? city and the bead years; Bruao. tefl ^ears; Pierre, niho of the bay. The one city bound had rounded the point, and tb<* other was too far away to; be signaled. The tm\$ chance was to, bKil some paS3lh« pleasure boat, and there was Small cbauce that such craft would come this far dowB the Bay. For an bour^ ^hich seemed a day to the mnroonrti c-nes, there was Quiet la the car. Ohr^ -or twice Tom tnrSPd toward Ln.cy, hnf-she. prpgsptly famed: her pac&.J-rind To.trf turnad' hi3.\ga^9\i(>- ward, thte tiay tfffa.tii. ' Pr^sniir t'fao npjittjrman and. con- ' a^rtor r?i-»ti one. af tho; scaii and Hr^tr th^ir hnct) ,pnOs from this-lopfcnr. Tb'pii tasy re'tn?&«l : to, tht> f coaf ptet- form,. igneyiag tb* options htmget *f. th.eir pa«:;pHger3- \' \ Te& -sawiiiit ttrcy was «s2ins titw- jprJly -at \tlik -feast;-. - Cbwttfnlly to sprang mp- and .entered iht* car., *\$ ddb'rwatifc toahnoy yon,\ tm satd ilffiSentry, \bat wiil yea i?ma w« yony ^nt& la teaching thorn rcUows a Io#. i*nt I did soma aarkatmt Sot motber years; Eugene, we ibis blm; jEdonard and Eliaa, seven years; .Adrlcn, six_ years; pamfllej five years;: Zoel, four .years: J6seph, three years; Moise, two ytairB;. Muriel, one year; BtiKairs (he: gi> b&titt «ot>. Hfl^ much?* •j, Hi» Ot«charg«. A touching instance of the humor which never deserts a true Irishman e*pn in his ttorst troubles Is- recorded. A soldier was seen in the 'rrchch.es bpldiBg lib bands abose the eftrth- \worisa. .IJia captain. ti^eH: ' **What are yoo dototr that for, Patr He rpplied, wlt]S t frJ»» a* be •workea ^hisjittgerar ••I'm feeltog for a farfough, sir.** 3mt ttien a riftq bay sanjei;. htn arm itist below the ttidtt Then a tjueer ex- ptesston of pain and humor passed oterbii lew as be eiclaimed; \AKd faitit it's a discharge,*wLffla« dofi. Answers. - tTfc<dOTtt 1* tocwleoVre, sonwd Judg- *«nt and gt?«dconduct running togetfc- tr in harness and.ketpiag stop. When mothers put it the way (hey do we must sympathize, with them more <*r less, •specially when ih# moth- er is a widow. It isn'b, through any spirit of avarice that she w^iuld hate her daughter marry rich. It is sunply that the money may be in the house when the man comes around with the gas bill. It Isn't because of snobbish- ness that shy would prt*r to be tbs mother-lnJsw^ of a duke rather than a commoner, but dukes are said never to call their mothsrs-ic-law old cats. It isn't from any desire to smssh rc- mances or break hearts that they tug -the daughter of twenty off to Europe in bope* sha wUI forgit the tban, of twenty-fiye to fan in. lova wl^a suitor of sixty, Xt'M. P* 0 *, ^e. dear girl may have a grandfather, a father and a husband all in one, • * j *•'• Such were the guiding principles of Mrs. Delaad, relict of Judge Etehind, and it is requested that ; -* fair per cent of ttie, readers of taarstory be- come hor partisans and give hsr m fair •how. x.\ : ' • i i '. -._. •.' <M cporaa tbf danghter,- Clara, bad received the education given to all •yx>nng-.'gu^^|^a», fathers or mbthera: are able to pay; for tbe same ty. the sauare foot, and she had arrived at the age of twenty withoiit causing anjr 1 particoitr worry to anybody whett^hi n abonld vj met young Albert Lee. Ihey caltgd him youngLee becsuse \be was only twenty-two and because tsars wai an old Lee, who was sixty. Young Xjse^aa still at college, -and.- ft waa^ftiif ait unsetQetJ question aito -what jpitofesaloh be would select.to. make-JUf vway through life. . 3m an in- deftaitelf d^fl»l^s,rway be bad* beei paying bis attentions to Miss Clara for several'inpntw; before tbe.wldoired; mptber, witb t\. wbinap'a intuitioni aroused herself to the reafixation \tihat* her laibb might be stolen away. Then; like a dutiful mptber, she; be^in mak-. |ng! Ihqjairies- arid scolding her, daugh- ter at tne Sims time. ,\ ' It. did, not take long to exhausf the schedufe of, mtjuirles; Young Le> was all tigbf adcially, aM b|a ajxty-yeafr old,, father^ would leave blnTvk^cbhjr ft^blf prcpert^r, whett the ..reaper; ciunei bjt tt«» waa*o telling wbift- er he would pass awar at slxtj^bne or 'eifehty-iive^ •:,.'. /' -; ----- \' It ivas ioiig odd? for .a tt&pigr witb a businesa head on her to take. She at^ once, put bjsr foot dedrn,^ and of course it vfa» the- wri&g foot, *h« began by ^criticising fee suitor and elided by announcing that she would rather see her daughter fc> bar grave. There- wet* arguments,\. protesta- tions, tearsi A girl, who Is beghininig to feel the impulses df>lb?e may be argued-\ or bulldoaed into silence, but to cciivlipic© beFiif afl^'4nbihei*. tbingi After A.f)»1^iB^iite8':'t1sjra;ba4-.no^ ing further; to say, and in h«sr\exuber- ance dsrer/ ber jWomph tbe ;«»ther ai* nounced --fiT e#rly trip |i> fiurc^iai Young lie* w\»uld' hot follow.. The «xV cltements and enjoyments of London, JParls and Berlin would quite drive, him from the dauf5hter*s mind, and apaie .-tof. ibat d^ugb^^ould imaei at the maternal feet and eSjdaimi' ' \ ' \Bless you, mamma, that you have caused me to forget that pennllces young man ahd'-engaged ma to the liv- ing remains of an ancient lord, duice ^cotultr** i- ,:-...''• ,.,. • The living 1 remains appeared to Lon- don. JEe was L«fd Somebody o* oth- er. The only certain tiling about his age was *aat fai was over sixty. The OTly certaiiy thing about bis attentions; to the daTQ|btei; yr$n- «iat be balieved; iibe jobber fai richer, than isba waa and tnat ha' had several mortgages on severaTrumed castles that he wish- ed to repair. •-.. ; After the first meeting, which came abdnt tnrcngh Occident milbrd wag In evldeaca-at brief Intervals during the tour, lasting three months and more. Ha received all prci>er en«wragement train the mother, and there were tltaes, whan ths daughter sat and looked at nfs dyed hair and false eyebrowa and pasted wrinkles and was amused. In due time, wbich was a day «r, two before tbe ladlas sailed for nome, ha mad* bis proposal. It was first made- to the mother, woo received It smflingiyr then to the daughter, who also smiled a little, but prevaricated by saying that she didn't know^ bar own heart . •, ''..••\' • Milord was in doty bound, as gal* lant rematos are, to say that be would fldya her time, a#d Clara looked back etT London .from the decks of-*t&e steamer aud 'congratulated herself that this ended it all. ' ^ : That wa*jwbet* ah* was jnst as much mistaken a» her mother bad been. Tb?y had been borne only four weeks When milord put. in an appear- ance at tte Atnerican manor bouse. It waa no- one's business but bis own bow he bad managed to raise the casb for the trip. There are money lenders to London wbV.wm take long chances. His love bad not grown cold with the departure of Miss Deland. > Joat as tbe mother bad figured on, young t#* bad not followed the cou- ple abroad. There are poMolfices all over Qm> civilized world, however, and a slangy sir! might have said that it waft a cold week when Clara didn't receive: end answer a letter from a certain New England college town. Sa» way nava even met youttg l>e *fter her raroro. They may aaxe met - sad strolled on tbe broad highway leading to the vHJagfl-lufit a little stroll and Just a little talk. If so, the mother didn't know anything about it Milord had arrived to rehew his pro- posal and not three days had passed •when, the- jmother wanted to know what the daughter's answer was to be. \If he proposes to me again -I ahall accept him,\ was the prompt and nn-, axj?«*«d_rspJ#» Yoo see mountains of flowers there, as j In, a milling country you see monn- taina of wheat The ;odor i s powerful, but aa far as headaches—no. \But in the Caspian district there is a lake so strongly perfansed that if the stranger boats on it or swims in it he really gets a headache. This lake's waters are mauve to color, and from it an odor of violet^ is exhaled. \It is Lake Maugisblak. I visited it ^kw4r.«rZ,,ta» coimt of Ittperfome\ said a perfumer. Slto^Xr^ \ Grasse ***** ^e world's perftnacs. Notbtoi' has heretofore been «ald as to Miss, Dcland Setng^ the sole owner a»d Cbatlffenr df an, electrie Wnabotiiti and evea now tbe name of the maker win not be announced except *ar retro* lar advertising rates. - When she realized that a Second proposal, from milord was Inevitable, sbft chose- her own ground to recefcre if That is. she invited the living remains to take a- trip with her over the nigh-; waysi l?ad he been * TOnng tnan of thirty he would nave scented deviltry in tba air. Had Be been a f evr yMr* Alder be could not hate managed to climb Into the vehicle. For the first mile of tba trip be hung on wjtb a deatb ; grip and said nothing. Then, as no calamity happened, he got over bis scare a bit and proceeded to observe: ,-'.Uj <j. \My dear and charming Miss Deland, yon rememberctkat in liopdon''i--; Th^ dear andj;chsrming one steered the vehleleoTer the- humpy gpound be- side the track,-and the bumps and bounces that followed kept milord in sterror for the majft fiTe minuu*. He; had not been, smashed up or thrown out, and he began again: -•PI make no excuse for following you to America.. As I told your dear mpth- •rtoXjondon\y- -\-.-.--'-.' -' '.-.^ •':\ - ! •Wie Wecrrlc; started for the ditch, abd; Clara screamed, andfo|a f|wjseconds tberei iv^^efrery. promise of-* --aragedy^: Milord gasped a prayer and dug in his toes, and when tba'vehicle waa osce: .more In'tbe straight and narrow path its contStaciresi said; - I *t d^K.^t^wa*ye^•.J8Jk•tbat'c^.' fused me, but I wffl do better besce-. rtwrib. toa wtire Mying; tbgt yott toid; orl told or. mother or some brie else, told somebody something in London.\. * ; ^res,' Is; it pbUttfely necessary, 3ly dear\Mlaa T>eia.nd, to drive this TehicBs: is,if we were racing with a,locomo- tive?\ • '....:< y ; ..\.;•; ••';'\•- -; : \Oh* ncit kti-'aJV. my lord. Yon were aaiying\i- - \ ,.'-,\• •':--... \1 waa aayini to yobr 'imoaier that I had met, my tdear it last And tbat'*^- This tnne^the afectrlo left the road and/bruahed t^ hazel bushes, and no: n»h wwuld hafe kept btt nerve and piade a miujrJD^'prbposai theo* '• Mi- lord tbtmgbt if, wis all over, and it waa tally five \mibute* before he conid IwaUo^ theUtimg Ca^ ttu^ttnd gasp onttr --. .- />,-,;,-'. >\ • . •'-'\My ; -dw,--tf.^Vwere--\.to'ta\k«: a alower paled 1 fc$tfeite I •honio; enjoy the ride more. I felt it ray first-TOtty to let your motber Jtnow what niy ftei- inga^ Were'tottaTd yoo, dnd ihw\-+ \ - \Wbfc you dlonjt cart Ibis fast.'go- Sx^'damvif*- tdU^pte^i the \a|r1 *T^e ba-ve 'aimp^r been lingering..' t, will now' abdw^y^ ifie,speed I gen- eraJly,rida*ttfc^;'.'/..'' -* -••-\ - \..>/\• i She aTtdtfed fali^. Mti M&m& It out MS wn ^thm eiant Ailf««tor' fittsppidfl < *ut*!*. . M •/iih«rm*B, There Is a canny reptile flsbenpaii SIBVANTS' SIGN LANGlJAGL Peoullaf.itiea of Employers 2nd Tour- ists Noted by Marks. / ' f ' Servants and.;hotel porters In inahy Cities of Europe have a sl^n language - as complete as that Of the American trattip. -'. , \It is 0;Ot generally known,\ said a courier, \that serVantp are in tne habit Of giving useful tips to their succes- •}. aors-.and to the man who dcMvers tha groceries and meat by marks oh the bark entrance. In most of the big Paris flats and apartments, such as wbich he ewries in his own mouth. This la Ibe sJUgatbr snapping turtle,, a giant among reptiles, known to attain a nja33hidni weight of 1« pounds, with a iengtb of 6h6ll of about tweflty-eight Inchest It haunts iTlvera' flotylng into tho gMt of Mexico, including the Mis- sissippi, , where tt is common. In ap- pearance and actions It is an enlarged duplicate of the common snapping tur-~a Amerieans like to take for the season, tie. its pale brown hues well match • the back door la literally covered wUX banks are of white salt crystals, its } the soft muddy bottoms on which it barely -.perceptible signs_ which.-nphc*. lies motionless, angling for fish with the decoy. The halt Is attached inside the lower Jaw; close to the tongue, and to see if I couldh'tbottle it up: and* put i Is a weU developed filament of flesh. that ft yeas a thSjsand miles an nour, bat jot^^cotjtrsp'lt'faiB otdy twenty, iff needed. encouragement* to- go pn, \abd Miss; Clara gata'it to Mm by dbaerv- ;Jngt . *-''.'' \ * ,-i. •' '-'•':-: \Yes yon spoke to mamma, and tb«n\- ''-. *J- ' ' ••\' ' \'•: **lbea>, tay dear, X Had th*^^ conrage to--.-* v. - ••_\; ••;•- Away went t!ba niajsln^ltor a tele-, f^apnjpoje, and;iba living remains for- got hi» dlfcuity andcried1 bat in appre-' henslon. He; ;wia gathering binttjelj fot/*\jmapls-liPn»tb!e teblcle missed, the pole by -ail ''W tbree^eightba of [tak:. inch and was guided back into the road raanlng on two wheels. ' '•Yon bad t% courage--; to---to**^, queried Clara when things were going \ \ .again. '- ',--,'• ', • •',' '• \Yes my dearvgirl, I bad tbe conr- ag©;*8 well »« )Qie honor to ask for a priyate tetervie'sr with; yroo, anci wben it had been accorded IJV . , •.. \ Atthiapolnt t^rnnabont shot to tba rigbt, abot to the left* dumped ahead and then niadt a; indden:' sweep and beaded for home. It came ta t bait for Just throe seconds, tot that w*s plenty\ Of tuna for miloSd to tumble out -tod.remtrk:;.:- , *?The scenery is so beantlfal here that I think I, will walk back to the bouse.\ ••Btit when the private interview had bean accorded\— ''- '• . •' : ' rest T/nxi *ea; I fidnk I will **Weftf* asked \tte motbar when tbe daughter reached home. „*He neyer proposed. He didn't half propose,\ waa tbe answer,' \and now 1 if Mr. Lee calls and yoo like him half as well as I do\— *.,.'- \CJara yon/ go ia xonr room. 1H- lord leaves tomorrow. Yon' have frightened him out of America.'* \ . —• ;..,^ ij< — „ , . . Mlttp«lled Names of Places. . A. name tary^difflfeuit to find leorrect- ly spelled to tbait of the jy*e~Cmtarlo portr Sacket H«rbor, When it Is not \Sacketfa Harbor\ or \Sackett Har- bor\ if iacomntoady \Backet's Harbor* Another, \tipt so treqnentiy wrong; is \Newburgh the city of which name la In tba town «f •'Kewbnrg.'* Thfe brings up the problem of 4, Pittsbnrg,*» which its citisena like so well to spell •*Rtwburgh,\ Another punaer is \Hoo- slcfc Falls,\ which ia t>n tbe Hoosac *tver, In. Bensselaer county. The TJnit/ «d states -geographical board la tbe ui- tbnate authority, on tbe names of place* in Amerlca.>-Bochester Democrat and Chronicle. » Llshtlna the Nest There dwells in mpper Burma a bird with the high sounding name of New-, «»nrUt basa, but wbtah Js rc;t3ty a sort of blackbird. It Is conspicuously clev- er, at least In one curioa« particular, for It actually lights up its nest artifi- cially. To do this It Wo»ks up * Tot of clay into balls acS sticks these balls all over with living flrefites In such » way that although the fireflies are held cap- tive, they shine all the same. TbeNew- eouris basa then decorates its nest with half a dozen or so of these balls by banging tham round. The balls last for only a few days and are then replaced by others, and so on all through tbe Mating season. , It on the perfume market No go. • 'Troa aee, it la flje ptesenqe of the aeaw«d ^OlydcyaiBa vioiacek that gl-voi the' lak*' ltt| hue and smelL Wbenf you bottle the waters the seaweed-afr-'; cms after *r f«W days die and rofc Then tbV odor changes from violet to,, :-*pabt•:-.-\•':••'.' ->' •\>'•' '.' - ':'! •^Bnt If yon are «ye* in tile Caspian visit the Manklshlak peninsula and take a look at the lake,. It is to.lts way jas cufiona as the asphalt lakes of agouti iLmerlc#.'*---New Otteans Times-Demo- «rat'>; ;-J\ / .-:'•..; -.,.;-• - .- jTbs «tlng in the Letter That Cams ., \ --'••-• •/fsr'-fjer Husband. j; ,.- flHarryi'ioya,\ aaii Wait '-KneW to bar husband when fie entered his borne a few evenings ago, \Fve been dread- -.fnllcr : i inanaed>r '-•',-'.' < ^^aitedy* rapeated Mr.\ Knew in- jftltgnaltttly.\B> wboml*' * >\By 3*ur niottter.**\ \Itty inotbe^^ jloraf Non5tena«, deaf. She's the falndest Woman In the world. And Bow could, she tosul't yonT She ittft ncro; ihe^g milei away.\ '•Bnt, Harry„ she^^did bisult me,\peK sisted* Florat \and it was done In a - letter^' -• - : : ->- r •^fio* itto tn»\' ,\ 'J*ir tell you about it A letter came 'j^- u j^:..thl9;^morning.- addressed to your mbther^S handwriting, and so, of courae> I opened it\ '•• ; /\Of coursei'* said Mr: Knew dryly. r J ««tt wart'written to you aTVthe way 'through, you understand/?'* »» fYea, I nndertsand that, but where does the^ insnlt to yOu come to?\ - ^In•'; the posfecript. When I read along to that it said, *t)ear Flora— iJTon-1 fall to give this letter to Harry; % want blnijto bav'e it,' Now, tell ine, wasn't that as insnltt\ — Pearson's Weekly. 'y\_ - :-' r ~ A ; I • Ths Unprodlgal Son. Tlie president of a club of: Hew York waiters said the other day of a pojr- simonloua young man: , , , *- \He resembles ft chap they tell about 16 Bucks county. .» \ftDhls chap lived alone wfib his lather. On -tiie Old man's death he ?!wonld Inb^rJt tie farm. * fWell, finally the old man took sick. His end dreyr near. The son sat Up with nun a night or two, expecting him to pass away, but be lingered on^ \On^e fifth or sixth night the^son, instead of sitting up, put a lamp, turned torn* 'very, very low, an a table- by the bed-and went off to bis own iroom vritti itbo^^ caution; v . < > ^•^Wb«ni yon fjeel that tt is all <over wltb^you, father, don't forget to blow c^ tfie lamp.'\--Washington Star. white and dtst'toct from the yellowish moutii part and closely resembling: a largo; gr»b. While waiting the turtle keeps this grnb- in motion, giving it ©ie aspect of crawling about Ini sdla!^ circular course. Its mod colored fbetty often stiadded with a growth of fine, fraying mosa, looks like a great round alone, abd close to U la a second sniall- er atone, the bead. Close to this small- er stpne crawls the plump white grub. A fish sees It and makes a natural mistake, only to^be/seized by a sudden snap of the powerfljj jaws. The jaWs are remarkably powerful; The com-' toon snapper, which , attains only a third pf the size of his larger relative, will bite a fingW clean off, and the al- ligator snapper could bite through a wrist-ipr foot-Chicago Tribana TRICKS Or^ WRITERS/ A Ruse by Virhlch KlpHng Flqued His Readers* Curiosity, \rWhen I first began to read Kip-' ling,\ said aa admirer, \my curlosfe' was immensely planed by the scraps of verse with which he usually headed bis early etories. Tbey were all cred- ited to poems I had never heard of. In my life and were, Just such salient, striking fragments as would naturally whet one>^ appetite for the remalndofc For over a year I tried hard te locate those mysterious poems and enlisted half a dozen book dealers in the search. At last one of them wrote me mm m$m mim* Ons of the Funny Inoldonts Possfbla \-- In a Diver's -J-jfe*-.... : As. showing how much at noma a man jnay b> today inider watej;;lmay relate an amusing story. Some months ago while, a great battieshlp was at Malta one,of the seamen divers went down-to dear fier propellerjrpm some flotsam that had. beconio entangled, and he failed to come npv: It chanced thiat tbO rest of the battieship's divers were-aibora, and grate concern was felt on the ironclad for the missing worker. Signals by telephone and life line were sent below without avail, ini, tbe iaoncb *l»Ove g the throh-throb of. tb* air pump's cylinders went on, but; tbe attendants; looked at one another in dismay, fearing some strange trag- •dy detp down in those heaving green a»aJB»'4--- The \worst was feared-^whea aomO big bruahea and other tools came float- ing to tba .surface, and thereupon the navigating lieutenant sent.ashore an Urgent message for one of the other divers. The man came on board, dressed immediately and went below, *nly to come up ftoi Of indigttatiott. \Why* that fellow'k been asleep ail this timer h& said wrathfully. It was true.- The man had Just had his lunch, and,findlng the work much less serious than be bad thought he finished it in a few minutes and then sat comfort- ably on one of the giant blades of the battleship propeller and went to sleep with Inquisitive fishes swarming around him. attracted by the dazzling searchlight on his breast The officers were so amused, at the occurrence that no punishment was inflicted on tbe iasronei-^tJKtohoias. s ' . that l was wasting time and that, the' alleged qnotatlona were merely Mr. Kipling's littie joke. \In other words, he manufactured 'em to order and stuck them at the top of bis tales for the sake of the. odor of erudition they lent to the production. 1 was mad for a while, but when I cooled off I bad a good big laugh. Of course you 6now Scott nseduto^c* the Eame thing, and so, for that matter, did Edga* Allan Poe. Poe was really tbe worst quotation fakir of the lot , \He would write wfce sounding de- tached sentences and credit tbein to imaginary German philosophers with long, outlandish and impressive names. However, I don't know why the thing should be punishable. The business of a writer Ot fiction to to create an illu- slon, and as long as he does it I for one am not particular what means he employs to contribute to the: end.\— New Orleans Times-Democrat but the Initiated-can understand. \A freshly engaged domestic knows exactly what to expect^ whether hla maslera are easy or bard to please, whether it ia *monsipnr' or 'madams' who Is hard to get along with. Otbe\ signs tell whether the food Is good or\ bad, whether tbe work IS difficult or not, etc. \The boy from tiie groceris or the baker's. or the butcher'B will also be informed whether he can expect a big tip-of-not .'•-;.' - ; -^ '•-..-\-. **Tbe system fa even more developed among hotel servants. A faraHy arrlv- Irg from Italy, after having refused to give what'Rome Italian porter consid- ered a sufficient tip, will have the fact advertised In every hotel be visits in Switzerland Or France. A little mark on the trunk Is all that is needed.\— Pbfladelphla Ledger; W AMERICAN FRENCH. The Struggles of a New Yorker tn • Paris Restaurant. He gazed complacently at the gay labels on his branks. M Funny how you hear in Paris''—so be continued his reminiscences of travel—'Sonr thin American accent: struggling with the sonorous French tongue. You hear queer mistakes, too—no end of 'em. The queerest I came across was mads by a j<$w York man. \Thk tourist at tbe Chatham wanted to aay*J-am bungiy.' He should have said, 'J'ai fate}.' Then the waiter would have brought him a meal at once. -What he did say was: •Je sols fameux, garcon.' He sold there; Tin famoas, waiter.' And the waiter, impressed, bowed and smiled. 'Congratulations, sir.' \No food came. He must have made an error; so he tried again: •\A. \Garcon j'al une femme.* That meant he had a wife. The waiter said he was sure she was a winner. \Bather red now, be took a third dive: \*Je suis femme.' This time the New Yorker said he ^ as a woman. \ 'ALnd madam drc^es ia this way for comfort's sake?' the waiter in- quired, with a gallant smiles-New York Press. Immigrants* Purses. TEa\ Immigrants . who stream into New York ail bate different ways of carrying their money. The 3&teb*Bnni0Tant' carries a canvas bag in which notes and coins, are crammed together. •JThe Germans wear a money belt, gay and costly, of embroidered cha- mote. ', • The French and Italians carry brass tubes. With screw tops .wherein they keep their cash In twenty franc gold 'pieces;. \.-'- - ;* The Swede is aure to have afi im- mensepocketbook of cowhide that has been batided^down' from fatbe^ to son tor generations. The Slavs carry their money to their high boots, along with a fork and spoonv—New York \Tftresa Specialties of the Friggltrici In Naples .? -''-. -and.Clenoai-,' Huge meaty chestnuts are found ev- erywhere in. Italy. Peeled and, boited; in a reddish broth seasoned with lau- rel leaves and carlway seeds, the nuts are palatable. About two dozen of the large kernels are sold for a penny. In both Genoa aid Naples the friggltrici are interesting, and some of their spe- cialties are well worth a trial if one pan forget tbff unappetizing appear- ance orcooks and cooking appliances. One friggitrlce attracts attention to a tray of golden balls which she piles in a pyramid- Th# golden-balls areftrti- chokes. They are boiled in salted wa- to^NuJtil tender and are put in a pan orer. steam to .keep them' hot -until la Customer appears. For threepence the vender will take one from the steam- ing pan,, dry, i t dip it Into, battef and pop tt into the hot oil. A monient later a golden brown ball, delicious and crfepy on |be, outside and tender and succulent on tbe inside, is handed to the purchaser, Tbe frying is. man- aged to such a way that when the fritters are token'from the kettle they are very hot but so dry on the outside that they scarcely soil tbe fingers when *fb# Kind of Boy t*» *»*§. eaten from the band Another frig- That Marshall Field of Chicago knew gitrice specialty is that of cheese balls. bow to wrest victory from defieat and i They ar* made of paste flUed with make stepping stones of stumbling s grated cheese and fried; Mashed chest- blocka Is shown, by the folloiving story j nuts, rice, chopped chicken and many told of nbn by « friend: When a boy young Field \went to a great merchant and asked, \Do you want a boy?* \Nobody wants a boy,\ replied the merchant \J&o you need a fcbyr the boy persisted, not a t all abashed. \Xobotly needs a boy,\ was the reply. But he would not gfere up. \Well soy, mister, do yon have to bate a boy?'' \I think likely *ve do/' re* piled the merchant, \and I rather think we \trill have to hate a boy Just like you.\ H' «W llll .-, • * •..in Quits Unexpected, Tho Mistress—What, Suzanne, going to leave me? Going to get married\? This Is most unexpected, The French Maid—Oul, madame, but set *es not my fault Eet w«» only last night sat your son proposed to me.—Harper's ..ttsaar vegetables: are used to vary the fillings for tbe popular frttos. Some of the frying kettles are portable, and the frtggjtriel have rejralar routes like the milkmen, where they tap at the base- ment door, get their orders, take their tiny bellow* and blow up the char- coal unto it gl«ws and then cook the breakfast of meat balls or rice cakes or artichokes, which: are sent in hot— Leslie's Weekly. . At the Masks* Sail. \Do you know, by Jove, I actually kissed my own wife just now.\ \Shi Don't say a word. I.did tba same thing.\—Harper** Weekly. How It Happened. T&ey met the old cow ail forlorn And asked how she *ot her crumpled horn. 1 crossed the road.\ the old eow ndd. \AM* aa sate ooUWed with my. heAA\ \Chuck It, Duk^!\ While the Duke of Connaught was in Cairo he went for a stroll one morn- ing, and on his way back to his quar- ters he came face to face with an old Englishman wearing the ribbon of the Indian mutiny on his breast The duke stopped and spoke to the man about his military service for some littie time. Presently the man said, not knowing, of course, to whom he was speaking, \Are yon to the army yourself, then, sir?\ The duke smiled and admitted that he was. \Getting on all right?\ was the next question. The duke smiled again and said (Boat he had not very much to grumble at on the. whole, though perhaps he was not doing quite so well as he could wish. \No and you never will,- my boy,** wai the surprising retort of\ the veteran^ \What yon want in the army today is either brains or a tremendous amount of influence behind yon. You may take my tip, old chap, and chuck Iti\—London T. P. O. A WAR fRSGlljtr ' ~ Fethetic Incident at the Siege of Pari .\„;-• Hudson. ,, , At the siege at Port Hudson, Xm„ there was one gun commanded by Al- phbnso DubreuiL He was, a young sugar planter who had opposed seces- sion, but maintained that if Louisiana seceded he would go with bis state. Dr. Chatraad, his neighbor, was a vio- lent secessionist and DubreuH and the doctor's daughter Amelia were lovers. Louisiana seceded. AJpbonso raised a company and* proved so brave a Con- federate that the doctor, who had op- posed his daughter's marriage, readily consented, and the pair were married. His bride was accorded special per- mission to go into the bomb proofs of * the fort, where in comparative safety she; could be near her husband. There she saw him operating his enorffions gun, but her heart was torn with fear for bis safety. Suddenly she became excited by the noise of firing and, rush- ing out from her place of safety, was struck by a piece of shell and fell back, lifeless. Dubreuil ran to her side, saw death in her face and went back brave- ly to his gun. The next morning wes beautiful, and the sun shone gloriously. There was cessation of hostilities that' the dead might be buried., Thus engaged, a re- quest came, from the enemy to allow the body of a young lady to pass through Our: lines. It was granted. Tb^ little cortege came, preceded by a military band play ins a mournful dirge, and bolted at the outpost The old. musket box used as a bier was ac ; companied by two ladies and Several 0iBcef8« One of the latter, a handsome young fellow with long hair, walked calmly and slowly, but his face'be- trcyed the greatest grief. A detail of Confederate priratos acted as pallbear* ers. Our men uaeotered their heads. All wero bltodfoided and: led tbrongh our lines to the steamboat They bada a last adieu to the dead bride and re- turned bUndfoldecl, It was the saddest sight I ever aaw.— G. N. Saussy in Spare Moments. Worth Two Man, *Len made the glee club.** \Why his voice Is cracked.** \I know, but it split the other night, and he's tinging dueta nowV-Yaif Record.
