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Pickwieke In Livery. The dignity of some fat coachmen in New York is very Impressive. Their development is outlined distinctly by their coats. They have swelled steadily and persistently year after year, and every now and then the coats have been let out and the buttons moved to acconimodate increasing Inches of girth. A coachni's figure has a great deal to do with his success. The at tempts of fat men. to look lean some times verge on the humorous. They hold their heads high to escape the imputation of obesity aitid puff out their chests heroically. But with all their hauteur, pomposity and pretentious bearing they look only like very fat men in tight clothes, reminiscent of Pickwick in livery.-New York Press. The Dead Man'a Threat. Returning home recently, a woman who had taken out a summons against her husband, a painter's laborer, on ac count of hIs ill treatment, saw by the light of the moon her husband stand Ing, as she thought, behind the door ready to strike her. She ran aw'ay, but it was afterward discovered that the man was hanging by a rope from a ventilator over the door with his feet almost touching the floor. He was dead.-London Mail. Without Trimmings. Payne, an examiner at Cambridge university, whose questions were al ways of a peculiarly exasperating na ture, once asked a student at a special examination to "give a definition of happiness." "An exemption from Payne," was the reply. Odd Hair Styles. Some of the New Hebrides people do their hair up in a bunch on the top of the head and stain it yellow, while the Inhabitants of Ombal island pass it all through a tube so as to make a kind of plume. The Marquesas chief's favorite method is to shave all the head except two patches, one over each temple, where he cultivates two horns of hair. No doubt this is to render him more a thing of terror to ills elemies than of adin'rntlon to his friends. Ills reason for shaNing the rest of the head is to allow more space for tattooing, as if all the available skin of the body were not enough. Not Yet. "They're saying you're Just like all the other members of the house," re marked the newly elected legislator's close friend. "They say you have your price." "That's a lie." declared the new inem ber. "I thought so." "Yes. I haven't got it yet, but I have hopes."-Philadelphia Catholic Stand ard and Thies. Cutting It Short. "How long can you stay?" asked a hostess who had received an unexpect ed visitor coolly. "No long-er than I can help," was the crisp re-ply. "I have telephoned to have Iy 111111k stay at the (depot and to notify mne of the flyst train I can take hoie. So sorry I can't stay longer." Cilicago Iceord-IIorald. Little Things. Litile wordsI; are the sweetest to hear. Little chiarIitieos fly fart hest and stay longest on1 the wing. Little lakes are stIllest, and( lIIttle hiear'ts are the fullest. :and little faJIrms tihe best tilled. And when Nature would make anyting es-~ p)eellly rarI'( and beautiful she makes it lit tie-lIt tie pearl-s, little diamonds. little (ldedops - mulltuml In parvo. Much in little is tile great beauty of all that we love best. Too4 Frank. Many take1 advantage of what they call a true Interest in our welfare in order' to rub gall into our wounIds. Tile man who boasts of his5 frankness and of is ha1tr'ed of' flattery is usually not frank. but onlly brutal. Had44 the Years. Daughlter-Gi-eorge andl I are bo0th 01(d enloughl to marr-y. papa! Faltherl-I was wonldering if that was ti onIly collater-al George hlad to start wih-Brooklyn Life. SIr Frahncis Jeune10 lalid dlown tile axloml that "1no womllan enn~ love two men01 at once0, w~hile to a nmn11 the (B visionl of hisa aff'ectionls !omues niaturai Cholly O - lhat w i ao eleva tin'yo "Yes. but wh-lo told you it was clev er?"-Exchiange. Not n Repeater. Miss GossIp-Does little Reginald talk yet? Mrs. Knowser -- Not much. You needn't be afraid of his repeatIng any thing you say.-Philadelphla Pualetin. Not Complaining of That. "Some people say you hlave more mnoney than brains," said tihe blunt personl. "I hlope 50.'' answeredl('t Senator- St r ghmnil. "Most e'0vryodyV ! r'un aeri Variots Sources of Silk. Silkworms are not the solcesource of the production of silk. It is also ob tained from several vegetable sub stances, but of an inferior and less durable description. HExcellent colored silk is obtained from the prepared and finer Ilbers of the bamboo, whiclh 1 much in demand for clothing in trop ical countries from Its lightness andl() porosity. Another form or silk Is oh tained fromt the pods of' tie silk cotton tree, of which there arte- several varle 'les in existence. the nmterial obtained fromt them being known as vegetable silk. Went lier One Better. "I never saw you in such a becoming lint, my dear. Did you get It ready made?" "I was just thinking how unusually pretty yours looks. Did you make It yourself?"-Brooklyn Life. How It Was Done. "I thought Miss Pumpleigh f1gured on marrying ,Jack." "So she did, but another girl with more money outfigured her."-Smart Set. Envy Is not only a great weakness, but it is a great ignorance too. No man envies what he can surpais or equal. Judicial Ignorance. The ignorance of worldly affairs on the part of judges is proverbial, but a county court judge the other day cer tainly amazed the court, says an Eng lish newspaper. 0ounsel happened to Bay that the defendant, a vocalist, could not "turn up" at a certain place. "Turn up!" said the judge in bland surprise, "but he is a vocalist, not an acrobat." This recalls the story of the j.udge who asked, "What is the Stock Exchange-a cattle marketl" All on One Side, "I am told your bride is very pretty," said Miss Peppery. "Yes, indeedt" replied Mr. Con Beet. "Several of the guests at the ceremony were pleased to call it a 'wedding of beauty and brains.' " "Well, well! She must be a remark able woman! That's an unusual com b1ination in one person."-Philadelphia Press. An Ixehange of Compliments. "Maan," remarked Mrs. Dinsmore re flectively as she dressed for going out, "is fearfully and wonderfully finade." "And wonaii." added Mr. Dinsmore, who was waiting impatiently, "is fear fully an( woplerfully made up."-De troit Free Press. Hig words are the tombs In which we bury our Ideas.--owler. Sneeziung In the Orint. Many savage and semiicivilized races of the orient have sonile vuious cus toms regarding the sneeze. When the sultan of Monomtopa sneezes. for in stance, the fact Is madem known fromt the pialace by a certain signal. istant ly every subject within hearing of the signal sets ip a shout, the cry is taken up by others and so extends until it runs through the contines of his ei pi-e. When the sultan of Sennar sieozes. on the contrary, every woman Iin his harem or wvithin hearing turns her ha-k onl himin aid makes a sign of conltemIlpt by IVsm!iti ng lher hips with hier hantds---dlisgusted that so mighty a per sonage should have to sneeze like an or-diitmry miortal. iIe Knuew Right Ofr, "Ah," sighed( thex wvretchedi Mr'. New pop, "w~hat enni he more wearing on the nerves thanm a baby that cr-ies all night long?" "Twins," answeredl the man who had been through it.-Chicago Record-He aId. -Opposition. I A cer-tain amount ofopsionsa great help to a man. It Is what he wants andl must have to be good for anything. IlardshIps and opposit ion are the native soil of manhood and self reliance. -JTohn Neal. Our duty is to be useful not accor-d ing to our desires, but according to our Maggie's Gift. Thme iister's eyes swept with intenamse search ing t he pathetic faces of1 his styl ish , worldly conigregal t ion, lie had made an impap:ssioned anppeatl for help) in the) suipport of a little home mission c.hurtch among the mnountains, a section where rougnh mendI andl women kne w scarcec ly anything of God and of the re ligion of Christ IIe had hoped to inspirec the people with the spirit of giving, to make them feel that it was a sweet, blessed priv'ilege, aind-he had failed. A sense of dlesolation crep)t over him. "'uod help mie,'' his lps mmur mnured, mutely, and Giod had hlp comiing. Hie could not see the bett figure of little cr-i ppled Maggie in the rear of the churca fig.. which was trembling under the fire of his appeal. "Lord Jesus," the little one was saying, brokenly, "I ain't got nothin' ter give; I want the peo ple in the mountains to hear 'bout my Saviour. 0 Lord, I ain't got nothin' ter-" What was it that made that child catch her breath as though a cold hand had taken hold of her heart ? "Yes, you have, Maggie," whis pered a voice from somewhere; "1you've got your crutch, your beau tiful crutch that was given ter you, an' is worth a lot of shinin' dollars. Y ou kin give tip your best friend, what helps you ter git into the park where the birds sing, an' takes you ter preachin', an' makes your life happy.'' "Oh, no, Lord,'' sobbed the child choking and shivering. "Yes, yes, I will. He give up more'n that for me." Blindly she extended the polished crutch, and placed it in the hands of the deacon who was taking up the scanty collection. For a mo ment the man was puzzled, then comprehending her meaning, he carried her crutch to the front of the church, and laid it on the table in front of the pulpit. The minis ter stepped down from the rostrum and held up the crutch with shak ing hands. The sublimity of the renunciation unnerved him so that he could not speok for a moment. "Do you see it, my people?'' he faltered at last; "little crippled Maggie's crutch-all that she has to make life comfortable? She has given it to the Lord, and you-" There was a moment of silence. The people flushed, and moved restlessly in their cushioned pews. "Does any one want to con tribute to the mission cause the amount of money this crutch would bring, and give it back to the child, Who is helpless without it?" the minister asked gravely. "Fifty dollars," caie in husky tones from the banker. 'Twenty-five." ''One hundred." And so the subscribing went on, until papers equivalent to six hun bred dollars were lightly piled over the crutch on the table. "Ah, you have found your hearts -thank God ! Let us receive the benediction," almost wvhispered the minister, as he suddenly extended his hands, which were t remubling with emotion. Little Maggie, absorbed in the great ness of her offer-ing and the lov'e wvhich p)romp)ted it, under stood nothing t hat had taken place. She had no thought of the fut:ure, of how she wvould get to her humble home, ;or of the days when she would site helpless in her chair as she had once done. Christ had deC mandedt her all, and she had givcn it,. with the blind faithI of Abra ham. She understoodl no better when a woman's arm drew her into close embrace and(1 soft lips whispered into her earis: '"Maggie, dlear, your crutch has made $6o0 for the mission church among the mountains, and has come back to stay withI you again. Take it, little one.'' Like the flash of Ii ght thle re camne lihe consc 11 iousnss liihat ini0 smie mys eriouis way her gifit had beeni i. a cep)ted of G odl and ret urned to her. and( wvithl a cry of joyt the child caught thle be loved eruLt ch t o her lonely heart ; then, smi Inug t biroug h1 her tears at the kind I aces and reverent ial eyes, she hobbled out of the sanctuary. ''Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and pr~ove mel now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to re ceive it.'' (Mal. 3 :mo.)-Gertrude QU NORTHAN Florida A passenger service and comfort,equipped w Dining, Sleeping and T For rates, schedule, i tion, write to WM. 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