Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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CGr -i '1 ULL ALLNG. What's the use in sighin' if your soul can sing &, song? Sainy day, or sunny, you've got to pull along! t Eurricane a-blowin', or tide a-runnin' strong. Time is a-flyin'-is a-flyin'! vhat's the use in wishin' ier the dead an' I dusty vears? Didn't they have crosses? Didn't they have cares? What's the use in weer:n'? World will I never heed your tears: Tbne is a-fvin'-is a-fivin'! Take the road contented-an' the old vorld at its bestt Travel soon is ended; there'll be time enough for rest When the Shadow comes an' scatters dust 1 an' daisies o'er the breast: Time is a-flyin'-is a-flyin'! Time is a-ffyin'-is a-flyin'! -Atlanta Constirtiton. THE WHITE LIES OF JULIETTE It hnconv.-niience of Always Telling the: Truth Pointed Out in a Girl's Journey. I From the French. JULIETTE TO HER FATHER. O 4 EAR FATHER - No one I D could possibly feel more 1. 0 keently than I your re 4 proaches -yesterday morn- I O"h W91 ing when I was just leav- I ng for Cherbourg with my governess. t Miss Harriet. and my little brother. Paul. In spite of your having forbid den it, the last thing I did before my a departure was to brush my cheeks I with my powder puff. t This you perceive-d as you bade me good-bye. Caught unawares, Idenied I the fact as stupidly as I did energeti- I cally, and you did not spare your de nunciation. Of eorrse I am heartbroken to think that I have ever displeased you. dear t papa, so I immediately made up my b mind that the best way to prove my g repentance and show my respect for you was to conform blindly ' your u counses. This is how I set to work to practice them that very day. 11 No sooner had we taken our seats in f the train. Miss Harriet, Paul and I, y than the guard came to take our tick ets. According to your instructions we r Lad bought Paul's at half price. a -I am sure that child ought to pay the full fare." said the guard: "he is d certainly more than seven years old." 1, He is eight years old, sir." I said, openly. a "Ten francs more, then," replied 'ue c guard. a We paid and the train started. Miss o Harriet was not at all pleased with c my interference. and she scolded and n spluttered away until she finally tl wound up by telling me that she did not think we appreciated her suffi- o cientlv. o . "I heard your father say the other fi day that I was stupid," she said. "You P needn't deny it, for you can't!" h Of course I had to tell her the truth. I -"He didn't say you were stupid," I st *answered, "but he did say that you were a goose." rr . Mercy! 'That was worse than ever. si She looked at me as- if she would like y<. to eat me up. She did not say much, w but I think, dear papa, that you had w better be on the lookout for another ti governess. a; We reached our destination without w further adventure, except at the cus- et tom house, when we were asked to de clare the brandy, the cologne, the game to for my aunt at Cherbourg and all the ci rest of the things. This cost fourjteen bi mere franes. a: .-fter an hours ride in the carriage am we at length threw ourselves into the 11, arms of your sister. Thin and bony, 01 more homely than ever-I am still be ing perfectly frank, you see--she stood waiting for us on the threshold of the i old house which you are so anxious to 11 sell to her. Vi "Why didn't your mother come with n: you?" she asked me at once. f "Oh. mamma was delighted to get tI rid of us so that she could have a good time with papa." I replied, for was it not the truth? 'Sh~e is not ill, then?" -t 'No. indeed." u "She wrote me that she was ill. Ah: le I understand perfectly; I am to have s all the care anid worry of taking care n of the children while she amuses her- r She did not seem pleased. somehow. t< I tried to caress her and soothe her. "But you love me,. little one, don't t1 you?" she said. "Yes. aunt," I replied.s "As much as your mother?" I was abou. to tell a lie. Fortunately y I r'emember'ed your words in time, so I answvercd her truthfully..s "Oh. n;o, indeed. aunt. not nearly so e much." h "Is it because you think your mother g is pretier and more agreeable than I?" o she persisted. "That is exactly the reason," I re- k plied.f She frowned at me as blackly as Miss a Harri>t had do:ne. but she gave ine one r hinst ei vn:e to redeem %:' rf W h:: howv do you think I am?"e she' t: c nded .'rossly. 1* :.in1 -:as bsolutely frank arnd t, said just v''at I thougzht. "'Ni ry vxty I should judgc." "LitIn fni.I amr only forty-flve," and asI3:3 seemed quite inclined to box s ray n1rs i thoufght it was high time to -get the p:-eSemrs that I had brought to p her. "lHere is a ('entrepiece that mammat sent you." I said as quickly as 1 could igett lW'd of it. "Ilt is v'ery pretty." and aunt ap pear'ed 0-lighted. "But whiat espe- I -alytota'hes mre is the thoughtt of all the stitches tha:'t my sister'-in-law~ has taken for me'* herself. "Oh. Iut Kie didn't emnbr*aider it her self," I said hastily, for I rememberedi how painied you would feel at such at delurture from the truth; -'the wait raSS did the work on it." Aunt scowled more fiercely than be- 1 fore, anad I handed her your box of( chocohates. "What: From Potin's:" exclaimned aunt. smiling, all her frowns vanishing t as if hy mnagic. "His chocolate is al ways the best, but it is so expensive." -~ This :iime. dear papa, it concerned you. so I told her the truth at once,. "'The box is from P'otin's, aunt." I sad 'Mamma hai it "iren to her on Zew Year's Day, but papa got the 'hocolate at the little shop on our cor Aunt looked as if she had a whole hunderstorm inside of her. and the rowns were in ful force as she said ourly: "I hoped thit your pareints would Lave the decency to come and se, me hemseives. Your father waints to se" ne this house.,and as Ie said he had Lad it specially repaired for me. per aps I might he suited very well:" "How curious:" I reniarked, saying xactly what I thou-lht. "There aven't been any workmen here for gi hree years. for I heard papa say so!" e "Ah.'-And do you also know why is our father wants to sell the house?' m I was tempted to be silent, but, in- sti tead, I said frankly: ga "It is too noisy here to be endurable, ya nid, besides, there are ztobles close wI y."V by I cannot describe, C ar papa. the un- fin ortunate efect of these undeniable d(i ruths. 'My aunt left the room hastily in nd banged the door behind her. I should have renounced then and here the attempt to be truthful if aston de Tournettes had not just that astant jumped from his horse and an ome hastily into the room. I wished P0 o announce his arrival to my aunt, lev >ut he stopped me, sfing that he had th' eard of my intended visit here and Op ad come to see me the instant he hil :new I had reached the city. ev He said that he wanted to speak to of ae and not to my aunt. Thereupon liC .e began to say many very pleasant pa ings to 'me, and finally asked openly bli I liked him. wl Ah! my dear papa, if it had been dis- wi greable to me before to tell the truth sil: assure it was quite different this in ime. Th "Indeed, you please me very much, tr< Ionsieur Gaston, and you always ave." 'Then you are not afraid to become iy fiancee?" OL "On the contrary, I shall be delighted do so," I said frankly, remnembering nit ow you had said he was the most eli- tir ible bachelor of the season. fui "And you will love me?" he contin- 6c ed. Wo "I love you already-" hf But I will stop here, Iear ra.pa. for seems to me that I can see you del owning this time, and I can hear raI our voice growling: sh "Naughty girl! You have said as Mn iany impertinent and awkward things o s you have told the truth!" I So let me hasten to reassure you, , ear papa. This is all a story that I t I iltb ave made up to tell you. Paul paid no more than half fare vut nd Miss Harriet is convinced that we vu Juld none of us get along without her, O ud that we think she is the very salt ro the earth! The brandy passed the sli stoms officers beneath their eyes and te oses, and they never suspected a th ilng. My aunt is delighted with mamma's mtrepiece, which she thinks is all her ,Tn work, and she is perfectly satis d with the cheap chocolate in the ta otin box. She will certainly buy the use And as for poor Gaston de r o~urnettes, he is still ignorant of my w ~ntiments!no I merely wished to show you, a trifle cn aliciously perhaps, but perfectly re- s ectfully, I assure you, that the truth p'er >u talked so much about is not al-it ays expedient to tell. Indeed, you sa ould not think it was modest or fit'-i og for a lady to issue froWp her well tim id travel about through the world wh ithout being adorned and veiled to a to1 ~rtain extent-. te You had far better trust to woman s t, finesse and taste to render her so- thr able, amiable and even pretty and ~et ~witching without losing any of her itural grace! Cover her with a little iodyne in the shape of a few innocent a is and she may journey freely with it fear of injury. sho Thus, dear papa, do not scold me so abc erely another time. I promice that will tell only nice, white, innocent :tle lies, and you must admit now, urself, that they make life vastly So ore agreeable and easy to live! In b Let, there is no getting along without bot teml JULIETTE. aoth The Country Editor,. The wcrm will turn. Sometimes it kes the worm a long time to make skn Sits mind to do it, but sooner or1u ter it does. Every mani who has ~rved time as editor of a country e 2wspaper has experienced the trouble r' ~ferred to in this little anecdote, butco t all of them have had the courage ~resent it. ' Let there be a society function in sd c little city and the local editor prs lr :t, some will approach him with a1 nile and say: "Well, getting some news to put in our paper?"r Of course they mean well, but they em never to realize that perhaps en a country editor cani lay aside is professional duties long enough to o out in society an'd meet his friendsco' a a social basis. I , "Deacon" Dobyns, one of the best nown ountry editors in Missouri, suf red this sort of thing for years, and lthough it rankled in his bosom, he evcr let on, but smiled in return and ' oddedi assent. But at last patience e'ased to be a virtue. Not long ago e attended a social affair in his home wn, going as an invited guest. While ingling with his frlends a lealI grocerj reeted him with the remark: "Good- evening. 'Deacon.' Gettin tl :me news for your paper?"h' "Yes, that's what I'm here for," re-t lied "Deacon." "IDy the way, Mr andis, are you here to drum up some 'ade for your store?" Of course the grocer got mad about but "Deacon" only grinned and re umed mingling with his friends.-I 'romn W. J. Bryan's Commoner.I e'u cioves. The word clove is derived from ve .no panish word me'anng a nail-the sin; Larity in shape between a clove and a ' ny nail is easily recognized. Cloves " t re the flower buds of a tree whichPI -rows to a height of fifteen to fortyCt et. These flower buds are the prin.' ipal products of the tree. They aredl athered carefully, exposed to the moke of wood fires, and afterward to he heat of the sun: or again they may >e dried by the sun alone. Cloves are uch used both in savory and in weet dishes. In braizing, making a oup. stew or ragout, no cook would ink of dispensing with an onior n tuk with ecinOC French Girl's Lingerie. ike her mother, the ittle Frenel lhas an inborn love of pretty in -ie, but the luxury of her underwea limited strictly to the quality of th terial and the beauty of the hani tehing. No lace trims the daint; cments unless it be very narrov lenciennes, edging a little frill o1 LIch three tiny tucks have been rui hand. Any embroidery that na; Li a place oil the lingcrie is workei ectly on the nainsook or broadelotl: button-hole stitched little scallops. ishington Times. reek-a-Boo Shoes. leek-a-boo shoes are pretty thing ong the most fanciful footwear. Th k-a-boo part is made by cutting th ther in simple designs on the toe an< low uppers on eitlcr side of th, ?ning. The shoes are of Md wit; h heels, and are to be found i ry clor anii shade imaginable. On the prettiest is in bronze, but wit] ht gowns those of different colors stel shades to deep tones in greer ie, lavender pink, and oyster an ite are pretty. The shoes are lacei th ribbons to lmateh, and worn wit] stockings of the same shade, whie] visible through the cut openings ey are pretty and dainty worn wit. cks of the same color. As to the Use of Perfume. Inch has been said of the vulgarit: scent.. Well, of course, there ar, gar perfumes. just as there are lov tsic and- art. The real reason of thi de against the vulgarity of per nes no doubt lies in the fact that thi nt bottle is made too evident. ) man of laste, in whatever class o: , will not pour in the Pau de cologn the pint. It is something far mor' icate that she requires. It is not id evaporation of strong scent tha delights in, but a very faint, elinlg fresh violets in her linen cupboart hanging her dress in a wardrob< ere a sceit bottle is left to evapor slowly. It Takes a long time foi subtlest part cf the scent to gel every tibre of the texture, il en she wears that dress there is n)( garity about it. She brings a kil razranit pr.esnce with her into th( m..and it accompanics her wherevei goes. reminding men of sumnie iings in pleasant gardens wherc lilies blow.-Modern Society. distress WhOin a Servant respects. woman should insist upon heinp tress of her own kitchen, lit unless posseses self-control, patience and she is really just as unit to man her servants as a child. It is a 7 true saying that a man or woman yhas not learned to control self is fit to control others. If a woman not go into her kitchen without ng her patience or losing her tern she would do better to stay out of Fault must be found, but with rants, as with children, it should be tquiet. dignified way, and a proper e should be chosen for it. A woman > does not know any better than :ake a time when a servant Is par Elarly busy or has some special ye of work she is trying to gel >ugh, such as washing, ironing or ing <dnner, will never be likely to e good service. If she scolds or 's she at once lowers herself to the 'l of her servant and loses the re et which every mistress of a hotuse ld strive to deserve from these ut hler.--Woman's Life. Now the Fling Coat. cry smart are the little fling coats. m of these abbreviated wraps reach to the top of the girdle, and yet rs come to the hips. A few end .he waist line. white chiffon voile with emneram en discs erhbroidered at intervals the blouse and the foot of the '.amid other trimmings, is fitted1 withl tile cleverest fling (oat, which thus been christened for obvious sons. Not so long sine :1 garment simiar usefulness was called the( his :artienlar example ts of emer green taffeta. It is piented and rt-sleevedl and adorned with em. icry and touchecs of lace at thl kt and front. It providles just thc 'ssary warmthl with i he shecL use and may serve for a theaCtre 01 taurant coat. ne in whlite taffeta shiows an Etor a foundation. Ovecr this falls a hlip ti pleating, the sleeves being or responldinig lin~es. 'ese small coats may he had alonm ts a part of a thlree-piece costume. Women and Laughter. Par-isan physieian has started ol of laughter. This is surely ar 'vation. We are lee-ustomeld Ii Lr that we.- may "ilugh and groev lr. t whieiher the thlr~at conIvQyet suc-h that1 ther alverage woman~ll 1 :1id of increasNing~. her avoiirdupois c, etl'r she~ is too lazy to (d0 mIori il sile oaesionally is not known it is a faIct that womICn (do n1 eni inugh. They' sipile, and ajas of:en giggle, but a heal-ty laugh i oling- a rare thinlg. taome peopl( i thart thle (childhlod training, fore ~Iris to beC lrss boisterous arnd rec ln thieir hilarity, has resulted ii absence of laughlter among w'omen( I srely an uinusicail roar is any ng but pleasinlg, but let us try t< tivate the "musical tinkle," the "sil 'y inugli" so much vaunted by thll elist, and In return1 we are promn that not only shall we be mor! ractive, but entirely free from dys sia-the latter is a prosaic bu forting reason, although if a worn suffers from that complaint It i! cult to understand just how she I feel well enough to laugh, an( ure her own illness.-Indianapoli: Exercise. 'he variety of beneficial motions tha y be had in muscular exercise Is ost unlimited. It is interesting t< ice that children, when free to pla,1 as they choose, instinctively mal miany different motions that they to use all their muscles. When r ple's ideas of propricty shall havi cone what they should bo grownf ple can exercise like childrii. wi being considered daft or silly. of the performances of childreni to older persons purposeless and less. There is such a state of ignor and prejudice that many peopl considerable education lack very r of having a proper conception of - relation of exercise to life and i One may learn and practice. with I .fit a system of exercises. as man; without having the acquaintance the principles involved that makes sible the greatest benefit and inti and enjoyment. There is an impoi advantage in .knowing the reason ithe various movements. and what .los make each movement, and muscles use bones as levers. Fathion to lio Motherly. Some cynics say it is merely or the poses of the fashionable mI when she lets herself be seen in pi with her children around her. some stout defenders of Mrs. I Avenue say she reatly feels the s of that Roman mother who said o1 offspring. "Tliese are my jewels." S. Barton French rarely goes f drive in the afternoon without at one of her children in her viet and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings Mrs. Francis D. Beard seldom are without one' or more of their i with them when walking or dri, Usually the children are drcsse such a fashion that the mother's ht, is set off. Henry T. Sloane prese this tradition of family affection. :lwCys takes one of his you'ger (Ia ters with him when h1- goes for afternoon drive. A develop:nelit of idea is the current fad of mothers ing their photographs taken with 1 children grouped around them. Y was only a few years :igo when "family pictures" were thonght te long exclusively to Coney Island. I tirely that man Roosevelt is getti fllowi ng.-Newark Advertiser. Care in Dre.sinz. The well-dr(sepid wonmn is alwa woian of keen intelligence and 1 powr. No seneless doll knows to dress. She may don gaudy rain spcnd a fortune on a gown so utt inappropriate to the ocasion that can only feel an intense pity for but no one wonId ever dream of ing the burden of her sin against form and good taste at the dooi the whole of her sex, says the W ing Times. Tile woman who dresses well, conformity withl her age. her w and1( her position in society. ehoo: neither extreme of the preval modes, but striking a hlappy medi is the woman who has brains uses them to make good selec from the fashions of the day. I tile well-groomed, suitably gon~ woman who att ills sucess, who inl business or social life. The age of the blue stocking passed. and nowadays the woman dresses unbecomingly through chi and not for the sake of economy is garded as5 eitheor mentally weak o1 seeking some eccentric form of advertisemneit. which is but anlo phase of unpardonable vanity. In commeial world the dowdy, insig cant woman, even if she has me aility. is at a discount whenc pred with thle well-dressed won contidient and smiling, with1 bright paity written all ovcr 11cr comely son. Tile latter has learnled an esser fact -thlat confidencee is horn of clo";es: and therefore. witil gem raini power, rea sons the necessit: making the most of :tll her points. By doing tis she Cengeh the feeling that her dress :adds to apcarance. she knows that it is ished in every detail, and thus suredl. her business. assumes first portance and success is gained by forgetf'ulnless of self. The woman orator, the actress. singer, the musician,. all undrrst "thle phlilosophly of clothecs" as a po' fuli adjunct to their peronality. this personality is to them of as r mount importance as thleir own ind ual gifts. W'hite lirn 'oat suits tailored heavily em'isreidered art showni. longt coat suits, whiill a~tre edeal M')st of tile sopalte cea:s ar: vet collars. All sorts of elioris ha~ve been r to introduc'e the wearing of airtif lowers as corsage ornamnents. bu ar the American womlan will noneO of it. Skirts grow wider and wider. ] thet mioderate ones are no0w at five yardis around tile hema. whlile are not too many to be considered skirts of thin mlateria]. Thlere are mnethods of laundering leaning wichl are secrets to tile w in general, but whlich make It posi and even practical to make wash rics into such dainty creations. -The r sibilities of the silk con basque& 'tdice, with a sheer skirt:i not bee: -:hausted, and the dressi ers are ylng with one anothei ringing d.arming variations upon Idea. The semi-tailored gown is the h outgrowth. The skirts of these go are as correct in line and- finish as tailor's art can make tl~em. While jakets or coats are exquisitely n: ) ' SCNILI=E How to Secure Good Roads. IO IS newspaper isver 0 SO much in earnest in the d 0n1 0 sire to see a system of im peo- proved highways in th he- 03V country. its editor know P"o- that no systematic highway improv( boit ment ean he had excer-pt by a gre: Iny. national movement, such as has bee em outlinEd in the Brownlow-Latiner bill in Congress. The people of'this Stat aliCe have an interest in the highways o e of its sister States. Highway travel doe auch not stop at State lines any more tha: the river transportation stops where th alth. waterways pass from one State to ar enle- other, or railroad transportalion whet do, the railroads cross State lines. IIhzl with way Improvement is sooner or latc Pos- to be recognized as a function of th ?rest Government. The Government cou tant prises a union of States of mutual ir for terests, and interdependent, each obl mus gatd to the other in a compact for th how general national welfare. We do no believe any question. present or proh able, is more pregnant with import ance to all the people than that of na te of tional aid to good roads. and we wan >ther to suggest to our read(ers that the onl: way this aid ean he secured is for th But people to demand it. The Senate Com 'fl mittee on Agriculture a year ago fav pirit orably reported on the Lat;mer bill. 1 ' her being substantially a copy of tb Ir;- j Prownlow bill, which was earlier of 3r a fered in the House. The bills will b least reintroduced on the assembling of tin oria, Fifty-ninth Congress. If the peopl and who favor national aid will write t "('11 their Senators and Representatives. i () sisting upon the measure. the little - ference in the two bills will be elim inated and the one thus agreed ui:m uty will be passed. It is all with the peop! rves themselves. One citizen is as n:ic and obligated as another in the mattc No citizen is so humble but that h! his has the right of petition. Every cithz' this can afford the time to write. Ie n av- attend the county meetings that shoail simr be hell everywhere to emphasize tih demand for GovrniImicn1t help to hette roads. He can sign a petition with hi neighbors asking Congress to give thi relief. He can write to his Senator fe: a Senate Document No. 204. study o whi,-h will enable him to talk gon roadsi to others. All may br. posted to rs a the asking; and we sugest that W!, newspaper brethren keep standing i ho a prominent place in their colun tent sone such paragraph as this: erly "Write to your U. S. Senator fo: one copy of Senate Document No. 204 her: Also tell him you favor the enactmen lay- of the Brownlow-Latimer bill for goo ,ood roads." of The press and the people must speal ash- out on the question.-Brooklyn (N. Y. Uptown Weekly. ,n m ork. Rload Malntenance. sing In the maintaining of the State roads ling so little experience has been had or um., the part of the Highway Commission, and ers and- the people in general that it h tion usually thought that when a road is t is once built it will maintain itself. Many ned Highway Commissioners and towr ther boards feel this same way towart an iron bridge and neglect to pain has it. but even a bridge built of iron whet vho neglected loses its strength, just thl( oce same as a road built of stone if neg. re- lected will go to pieces. The real life as of a ste ne road IS dependent upon the self- enre whtich it receives during the firs1 hier six monthe after it is finished, and the the porpetual attention which it receives uifi- after that. Some commissioners thinis tal that when a road is completed that if 'om- tlhe loose stones are raked off once it ian- thirty days that it will maintain itself en- for three or four years. and then the per- road can be resurfacsd with top) dress ing and a steam roller and atgain be itial coime as -'ood as new and ready to ge ood three years longer with~out attention. JI This method of caring for roads is far of from economicai and sat'sfactory. Th( toodi best way to maintain a road is, as soar er asiis turned over by the State to the her town, to e,ngage a man to tak~e ctargc i-~ of a five-mile section at an agreed pricec s-per year and put him in charge of the m-road. providing him with surface mfa the terial, which is stored at regular inter vanls on each sideO of the road for resur the fa-ing. 'This man goes every day with and his rake, his shovel, his ho:' and his ver-~ wheelbarrow the entire distance of the An~d road, rain <or shine. IHe removes the ra- loose stones, lhe keeps the shoulders vd- low at the side of the road so that the water passes freely over them to the ditch, he keeps the sluices opened. he 3 fills the depressions, filis the ruts and Srepairs each spot as fast as the surface Sdressing wears off or blows away. It JIs this constant attention which keeps the road always in good order and at the least exp)ense~ to tihe community. aud Our American road builders may be inexperienced in handling stone roads. and liuttt wonittakye iong to adopt the best ninthods. which long years of usage in aerone~t have provcn to be the most ade'0:mical-~nider and Driver. New York. e- I H was of Age. An instanece of the application of a -precocious knowledge of the law by a cild occurred in a Parisian scecol last IJanuar-y. In France education is obli t sO gatory. but the law cannot compel ma children to romain at school after the age of thirteen. This law, needless to :ven remnark, is usually a dead letter, but on east the occasion in question a pupil sudden ight Ily got utp in th middle of a lesson, o gathered up his books. placed them neatly in his desk. took up his hat and and moved toward the door. "'Where are ord you going': sked the teacher, with a sible certain amount of acerbity. "Sir," re fab- plied the boy, with irritating noncha lance, "I was thirteen years of age t on four minutes ago, and you have no iae longer any right to keep me at school." Sin By Cow -'rain. this Three covered wagons from 3Minne sota, drawnh by nine milch con-s, ttest passed through here for the country ws west of the MIissouri River. In addi the tion to making fifteen miles a day the with their loads the cows furnished ad, milk for the movers.-Miller Corrc spondence of the St. Paul Dispatch. With the Funny -Fellov-s A 'New Psalm. Lives of nurses oft remind us t We can hvpnotize our pals And departing leave behind us Husbands for surviving gals. -1ilwaukee sentinel. f Their Waning Honeymoon. S She--Have you got the time?" I He-"Yes. Do you want it?" e She--No-o-h"-T.ondon Punch. Hit Way. First Caiy--How does he address r the ball':" Second Caddy-"To .e dead letter office."-NCw York sun. Lectured Too Much. "You secta rather hoarse this morn ing, dear?" S"Well, my husband came home rather late last niglit."-Chicago Journal. The Ideal Girl. t "Is she one of those horrible girls who know enorugh to sat men right" "No; she's one of those delightful girls who knuw enough not to."-Smart Set. Grounds. Edythe-"Dvoree! Well, I never! What grounds can she possibly have?" Mae--The very best. A quarter-sec tion In North Dakota and a three-acre plot at Newport."-Puck. Literary Note. "That last book of Jones' don't seem to have anything in it." "Oh, I don't know-there are 610 pages, five illustrations and a book mark:"-Atlanta Constitution. Equally I%.norant. Upgardson-"What has become of I your new automobile? I haven't seen I it for a month or more." Atom-"I don't know. I havcn't, either. It blew up soon after I got it." -Chicago Tribune. Vnusual. "Was the eminent actor popular with I the profession?" "He should have been. He never in timated that he thought they ought to give him a benefit performance." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Where the 3ioney Goes. "Why do Rounderly's children look so shabby and hungry?" "I can't account for it. He's a good fellow." "Ah. that accounts for it."-Louis ville Courier-Journal. Meant Well. She (indignantly)--"Do you mean to say that Charlie Prettyboy isn't a gen tleman?" He--Oh. I meant no offense; I'll say more than that for him-he's a perfect lady."-Detroit Frsge Press. Politely Expressed. "She took a medal at the beauty show.' "She is not much of a beauty." "No, but she's a kleptomaniac." Chicago Journal. As Compared 31umm-"Cheer up, old man, and don't be so melancholy. You. remind me of Jonah." Glumm-"~Remind y'ou of Jonah?" Mumm-"That's 'what I said. He was down in the mouth, you know." Detroit Tribune. Explained. Urban-"De Smythe has only lived in the suburbs a month, but he is al ready a social favorite." Uppton-"Howv do you account for his sudden popularity?" Urban-"He bought a new laivn mower a couple of weeks ago."-De troit Tribune. N- othing Lcft But Flying. "You should adopt some heaithfal form of exercise," suggested the doc tor. "Take up riding, for instance." 'But," protested 31rs. De Style, "cv erybody does that." "Then walk." "Oh, but nobody does that!"-Louis vile Courier-Journal. Began at the Top. Philosopher-"Younlg man, in order to succeed in life you must begin at the bottom and work up." Young Slan--"That wasn't my fath er's motto. He began at the top and worked down." "And made a failure, I suppose?" "Not at all; he made a fortune _coal ming."-Chicago Journal. Hard Times. First Tramp-"Not mudh doin', Dard." Second Ditto-"Nothin' doin' at all. Things is orful. I ain't had a job fer six mona'ths." First T.-"That's rocky. What's yer Second T.-"3Ie? I peddles Chris' mns trees. What's yourn?" First T.-"I sells sowveneers at Pr'esidential inaugurations."-Wasinlg ton Tir POPULAR SCIENCE A new incandesecnt lamp with a zir conium filament is announead in Ger many. Professor Weddin, a physicist. recently presented'( a lamp of this kind to the Electro-Technical Society. of 0 logne. By means of the leprolin serum. a temporary cure has been effected in a number of cases under the care of the mission of lepers in India, and the pa tients are kept in special observa-tion wards. Silicon, the most abundant metal in the world, has been unknown on ac count of the difficulty of separating it from oxygen, but the electric furnace has now made it obtainable in quanti ties to meet any demand. In Paris the Postoffice Department Is now using several electric mail wagons which fire designed to trans, port the mail matter in larger quanti, ties and at a g-eater speed than the old horse-drawn vehicles. German newspapers speak of a new typewriting machine, which prints syl lables and short words instead of sin gle letters, attains much greater speed than others, and, it is claimed, will revolutionize the art of typewriting. Three rare specimens of male tree fern, Osmunda regalis, of niore than 1000 years' growth, have been pro cured for the Imperial Botanic Gar dens of St. Petersburg from the virgin forests on the Black Sea coast, near Adler. A scientific man in Buffalo proclaims that he has discovered that working about high voltage electric apparatus results ir "grave disturbances of the digestive organs, loss of appetite, dis tress after eating." and a whole train of dyspeptic symptoms. A report on the German traveling schools for teaching scientific house keeping, cocking and farm work to the women connected with the agri cultural districts of Baden. Bavaria, Thuringen and Hesse declares them to have given great satisfaction. Solar activity showed a great in rease during the yeair'ending May 10, 1903. the sun not being free from spots 9 for a single day. So says the British astronomer royal in his report. The group of sun spots seen early this year was the largest ever photographed at the observatory. Inventors are now turning their at tention to the srnaller details of the automobile. One of the most recent patents is applied to a wire frame ar ranged to sweep the rubber tires. This, it is claimed, will avoid many punctures, since it will remove tacks and bits of glass as soon as picked up. ( NEW METAL. Tantalum, a Bluish-White Substance, Fossessing Remarxable Pr'opertis. A few weeks ago electrical engineers got wind of a new incandescent lamp.. hailing from Germany. Now, as a rule. no one even raises an eyebrow at such an announcement. for reputed improve ments on incandescent lamps are an old story, but the newcomer was unu sual in that the light-giving filament was a plain metallic wire drawn from tantalum, an element of which most people had not even heard the name. Tantalum is an element which has been known for more than half a cen tury as a constituent of various rather uncommon minerals, but nobody knew it for anything more than a black pow der which could be obtained without great difficulty, but was of no use after one hod it. It has turned out. how ever, that when melted in vacuo, to overcome its unpleasant trick of ab sorbing nitrogen when hot, this black powder becomes a little ingot or real metal, which possesses very remark able properties. Metallic tantalum is a bluish-white substance, a little darker in color than platinnm, and about three-quarters as heavy for the same bulk. It is, for a metal, an unusually bad conductor of'clectricity, and has an extremely high melting point, both of these properties being invaluable for the purpose intended- Besides this, it can be hammered into sheets and rolled or drawn into fine wire quite easily. Its melting point is so high that It can be pushed to vivid Incandescence that makes an ordinary lamp look yel low. By this same token, the light is produced at a high efficiency, so that for the same energy used the tatalum filament gives nearly double the light of a carbon filament. The former, by the way, increases its electrical resist ance as it gets hotter, while the latter has its highest resistance when cold, The result is a very curious difference of appearance when a tantalum and a carbon la'mp are turned on together. The latter takes a perceptible time to reach full brilliancy, while the formeri jumps to whiteness more quickly than the eye can follow it.-Harper's Weekly. Belhcs of Old Virzinia. Three pieces of iron sheathing and one gun from the famous Confederate. ironlad Virginia lie on the Roanoke pier here to-day, having been dug up off tambert's Point by a mud machine. The old smooth bore and sheathing, which Is several inches thick, are now the property of a junk dealer. The mud machine which is engaged in deepening the harbor scooped up the relies, which are famous. The iron sheatings, which, it was explained by a marine man, covere d the slanting sides of the famous v~essel, are about fifteen feet in length. The gun is about three feet in length, and the stater has apparently made no impression on the weapon.-Norfolk Landmark. The Man in the Iron Xautk A. means ha's been found for enab lng the sojourners on the Jersey sea coast to defy mosquitoes. A mosquiite mask has been invented by some gen ius. It consists of a wire framework, covered with netting, and when slipped over the head prottets that part 01 one's anatomy from the pests. giving one time to defend the other prte ~or effectively. --