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ALONE. I think ten milliort worlds there be luHtoud of one; t\nd ten times ten; A world for you and otio for me; A world for each one soul n^nn; And well is peopled with it? dreams. Its hot amtlitlnnu .'Hill iliuiirnu Ea.h haw its lields ami running streams, And its low luirniiig uU.tr tirea. !And you and I walk far apart, You in your world and I in mine; iYou with the comrades of your heart. And dmuus, utul chcering suns may shine I .Upon the wave vou ?o, and 1 \inv mw.?L- ..in, U..t C ? f-- I ...... mini juu mr As deeps of sea from vaulted sky, Aa pit of earth from peak of star. Each life a universe where runs Space I may fathom not or you; Ita independent course of kuiis, Its Miushinc, shower, and its dew; Each throb of henrt, each thrill of soul A Ida/.mg comet in the Ulue, 'And lightnings flash and billows roll For me, but all unseen to you. Across a chasm black as ink And deep as chaos we join hands In hollow greeting, and wo drink A nledirc. and in>ir>i.?f nnil? i 'And we Met out upon the way. Each with his world ot mind and heart, 'And will be as wo have been aye, A hundred million miles apart. 60 what of 11s ma> be the soul Walks all alone upon its way To its extinction or its goal. Where spirits gree' or worms decay; iWalks all afoiio and nnno m?f What dreams may be or what have been, .Your world for you, my world for me, That none may know or enter in. ?J. \V. Foley, in the New York rimes, The Gir! at Potcliefstroom. Since the C'.antain harl n ?nm< tio-.l , i?.4?n/uilV-CVi lit dinner that, they would reach Cape Town in the morning, every one was making tho most of tho last night. The promenade deck was full of laughter and electric light right up to the wind screens. Beyond them there was only a mast headlight, and the moon scurrying through a tangle of clouds, and the swish-swash of the eea. "The end of tho voyage," said a ruiiiuu a voire, ironi tiio depth ot a cushioned chair. v. "The end of everything," said a "Dan's voice. ''there was, of course, a man. Tift movement in the cushioned chair juggesttM the shrugging of Bhouldei*P*'BeaerloiiB," she commanded, "tonight please." H/s hand invaded the big chair, and camo to rest upon an arm. "I grew serious :i fortnight i should not tell you, only?you know, don't you, dear?" "I know," thero was another movement In the cushioned chair as if her arm went a little closer to his hand. "I grow a little serious, too," she conv.. feaaed. Ho had to bend over to catch her Vords. V "I didn't over mean to tell you, but you Know, too. " "I knew," he? sighed. "Shall you mind \f?vy much?" "Why do you ask?" she cried, passionately. v "\ "Is it wrong?" "is it?necessary?" Thorc was a sharp catch in her voice, and lie stroked lier arm gently. "it is going to hurt me horribly, I little girl. I don't complain oL' that. I It's been worth it. If only it wouldn't j hurt you?" j "Would you like me not to care?" j she asked. , He shook his head. j vji course, it i ii.id any proper J] . womanly pride, 1 should pretend that I didn't. Yon wouldn't believe me, ! but you would pretend to. Oh, I do j care! It was my llrst voyage, and-- i and?you know what it has boon to I *"~"ine. And now she stopped abruptly, and he stroked her arm again. AVou have been tho whole world to me for the last fortnight," he whispered. "To-morrow I shall have nothing left.-' They were silent for a full minute. Then she sat upright. The moon dived out from one little cloud toward another, and showed a pale face, with big eyes and ruffled, dark & You have- the girl ^ Pot< & fit room," >jfie vi. !i a sharp . Ba, J" her vpiee. '"Thpr girl :il Potehofstroom!" lbBin uttered something under hi:- breath. ' fault, i C'U.Yry for her, too. What in she like? . .You have never told me a!?out her, j Really." "I don'l want to tall: about her," he said, slowly. "I want to know about her. I wi. !i her " be nice wsil i i <? f ?r > our ; :i!<< . She i . i ;i'I sh "Most people think so. Vos, she is I.;"And pretty?" "Vs. ')ii< niiRlu call her pretty." " Do >u l hink lie i " ' I siii>|i'? lie .aid. rath<r im ' patiently. ""I don't, sv ,nt t<> think ahout her loniftht; don ask me any more, please.'' "Only this: I.-; sh" good? Iloally and truly good "' "Yok," he declni (!. "She Is good. Certainly she in that " She HUbsid d into the rin.liiinwrl chair and sighed. ' Perhaps she is the be^st for you. I am not good or I wouldn't nave let. myself llko you. 1 am not, a flirt, I really. People have io make friends on a voyage, and 1 thought that you would be just a friend Iiko other ? friends. I did not. know that you wore different from other men, until?" her voire gave way. "Tell me, darling." Hp put his arm around her. "fNo, no! You mustn't!" "There is only to-night, llllle girl liftlo girl -just one." "I:i who vnrv fond of vr>n?" "Shf is fond of m<\ Don't talk of her any more." "Will who hnvo been flirting?" "I don't think ?o. You see, she It ia? oh! nevermind her to-night." , "I do mind her." Thoy wero silent for a long tlmo. Then she put her (hand gently In his. "He good to her," she said, huskily. "Yea, yen. She doesn't matter, dear." "Doesn't matter?" "She makes 110 difference. 'You I forget that jou/are engaged?" . "I don't wftttt to spcafc of thaV 9\ks ^ [fried quickly,/ I "If you knew how I hato him!" I "There's no reason why you should." "No reason! When I know that ho will have you! Sometimes I feel as If I shall go out of my mind when 1 think of it." "Poor hoy!" She turned to him suddenly. "Would it relieve you very niucn it you ucard that It was broken off?" "Of course It would. What a selfish brute I am!" She laughed softly. "1 like you to be selfish over mo * * * 1 am going to tell you something to make you a llttlo happier. 1 e::poct you will be cross with me. But you will remember that it is our last night, won't you? You can hold my hand while 1 tell you. * * * Oh! You know I do? "Do you remember the first Sunday afternoon, when you talked to me at tea? I was so lonely and miserable, I came and sat opposite to you, just to to see if you would speak to me?I thought you were very kind." "1 haven't proved kind, dear," he , sighed. "It would have been better for you if 1 had not spoken." "No, no! 1 shall always be glad it happened?always. * * * I was talking about that Saturday afternoon. Do you recoiled we went and sat on a seat, with rugs roxtnd us? Wasn't it cold and wretched?" i wasn't wrctched. 1 didn't think you wore." "1 meant before you talked to me. It seemed all right, then. You told me you won; going to Potehcfstroom, and I asked if you knew anyone in the place, and you said there was a girl there. You remember, don't you ? " "Yes, but?" He. frowned, but lie could not see in the dusk. "Of course, 1 ought not to have let you care for me after that." "It wasn't your fault. You warned me that there was someone at Cape Town." She played wtth her handkerchief. "I don't know why 1 do things. I suppose I thought it put us both on the aaiue level. * * * I think I was a little afraid of liking you, even then. Uo 1 told you about?him. I wish T hadn't." 11 ^ -1 l " ' ' txv wit-w hct a iiuic mm rev. "It was right to toll mo about him," i he said. "I don't want to know about I him, but I hope he's a good follow. I J try to hope that you will forget mo and bo happy with him. and?I try? but 1 don't succeed, little girl!" He groauod, and she clutched his arm suddenly with both hands. " I?I only said it," she confessed, with a sob. "There is no one?at least, no one to marry me?only my brother. 1 don't think 1 shall over? oh, you mustn't, you mustn't?yes, 1 do, I do?but? tlie girl at Potchefstroom ? " " The girl at Potchefstroom," he laughed, and this time liis laugh was a real out-. "I should have told you all about hor at lirst, onl> you lot 1110 think that you wore engaged, and 1 thought, she was a safeguard. She is only my sister. Darling, I want a 1 it tie wife at Potchefstroom."?Pittsburg Dispatch. i ? 1 1 ? ? trgMLE J V n 8ince organization of the Pennsylvania Railroad Employes' Relief Fnndr. $-7,1 r>o,<;3T>.9<; has paid out iu benefits, while for October last the benefits amounted to $ 1 r? ;,ft7C?.'.i 1. According to th< hospital, London, some English physicians an- ordering patients to cat oysters that have been wol) soaked in sea water as a cure for dyspepsia and tuberculosis. In 1!M?S the United States contributed more than half of the world's total production of copper, the exports of copper from this country !>< ing (> 1 8,(> 1 I5.M2 pounds, tin largest amount recorded. Spurred on lis the "inva ion" trtlk, an anonymous Kritish patriot lias tent a check for $.">0,eoo to I^oid ICsIut to assist in equipping and recruiting the I 1,0,1)0 volunteers needed to complete tl:" London quota of i h terrltori.il ; rmy. A < 11;iiif? . f < ?i 11;i' (hat "i'\v -ii) oil I ;i I.irm near Lowell. .Mush., about I 17(0, becamo ili<- li: < ':-?1 !win apple I tree, but it wits no; until 17 1 that Colonel Hnldwiri beeafne Interested in : I Ik- a i I' \ do; >ed i. and y i v if I his nam". I | 11 i.- i.aitl mi ibe authority of those \ i <1 in slatislies (hat th'-re are toil i > I inn pupil ' i the actual roll ( t tli<- '.Sunday ho' , ;:ad ttiat (h ; ar?! di:". ribnted anions i r. l.ooo . ' i'v>is and tau-tnt by l,.">no,ooo lea eh i IT. There are not cnoir.;h rap'ains and lieutenants In (he American army. Exports now say that the shortage is little short of nlnrrnin^'. and that a . largo per cent, or (ho desertions from th<> ranks arc duo to the constant hlfting of tho officer*. Mviins on liifr in Navy, The Hiiie .Inck'-t, ill * official organ i of the unlisted rnon of tin; navy, made its appearan > with a contribution from Uear Admiral K. i). lOvans 11fs thiiH addresses the sailors and marines. ' I bog to remind every one of thoin personally that they enjoy a groat privilege in serving their conntrv and wearing ita uniform. By good eonduct, they ran prove that they appreciate Ihtu honor u/hiln liv licwl n. duct lh?'y only prove their own unfitness for a position of honor and trust. "That they have a hard life in the service to face we all appreciate, but hard knocks make fine men, and brave ones, and these are the only kind we want. "Remember the flap you servo ant1 the dear ones you have at home. Honor both and your reward lit cer{tela*" * The Mother's Wreath. Now a comes from Vienna of a new Idea at weddings, the wearing of a wreath of roses by the mother of the bride. Treading liallooiiint. Almo. Snrcouf, re-elected president of the Stolla, the women's Aero Clul) of Paris, is the leading woman balloonist of the world. She alone holds the Aero Club's certificate as pilot. She has already made more than 175 ascents, in ten of them being entirely alone. The Stella is in the fourth month of its existence and has a membership of more than eighty.? New York Sun. HenefltR of New Coiffure. "Tho coiffure grows more and moresupple and artistic. Curls and waves are completely out of fashion," snys rr?,? i ??iJ ? i.'?-i-i """ . .it liuuics neiu, rno naar IS 1?ronkIit smoothly down to Iho neck and is rolled over a hollow shaped pad. A long look of hair is then wound round <he head, for pleats iire no longer considered chic. With this niodo of hair dressing each woman can adapt her coiffuro to suit her particular stylo of beauty. Tho loft turn of a tress modifies a pronounced oval face. ami lengthens a podgy cheok. or oven disguises a badly formed head." TiOgnl Status. Mrs. O. C. Edwards, of MacLeod, Canada, has compiled a book showins the legal status of women in Canada. Ono injustice to which Mrs. Edwards calls attention is that according to tho laws of Canada the father owns the child and decides as to its education, religion, domicile, etc. The consent of the father alono is re j r??Yis* rusuy.?itou o ? ??. < of an inch thick, then ' O ) r ? J square-Bhapod pieces. Ga QJ g. ) tho middle and stump w ?3 \ tho diamonds and roundt *95 !' tors, placed side by side, g v baking tit), dust with pc ~ J oven about ton minutes. r -i ? paper, and fill tho stampo c?. to ) and jelliws. Vary them S. ) jelly, rod raspborry jam, < blue plum jelly and dlfTe quired in regard to the marriage of a minor daughter. In one caso in the Province of Quebec, according to Mrs. Edwards, a father gave bis twelve year-old daughter as ii wifn to a comrade of his who was over forty.? New York tin 11. llrowing the Cup. Miss Mnyne, the tea taster for whom l'rofesaor Parker has been searching. says that more than 500 different varieties of tea are imported from China alone From Ceylon and India come 500 more. Japan sends us 100. The varieties givo 2000 dif ferent flavors of tea. Here is the way she makes tea: The water must be freshly boiled or it will uot bring out the delicate flavor of the tea. It must, be more than ^teaming? it must boil furiously at the moment it is poured on the leaves. Tho water should remain on the leaves not inoro than ten minutes and not loss than seven. The infusion should then be poured off into another heated vessel. If allowed io stand on the Wives If draws out the tannin. Use one spoonful for each eup of water. Tea should make from 'J00 to :?00 eups to the pound. I low does Professor Parker make his tea 10 bring out the uwuqutH > iiiu jvusa i>inyno guarantees ir t<-a is properly browed??New York Press. Initials on Buttons, Not so many years ago women spent their leisure monv , ts in maWing exquisite buttons. Unless one can afford this work done by the dressmaker and tailor, the pastime will be in full force this winter. The molds are covered with cloth for M Vere tailor suits. They are covered with colored satin for rormal costume.-, and this satin is embroidered in nian> ways. j Heavy lit s in triple strands is used fur simple designs, such as crow-tones or swastika, at d gold and j silver bullion :ir. ul >> 11: ?I on satin I ;in<i vt iv. r for ihe handsome Ion;; I eoat or lor the one-piece velvet gowns liial l.i.;.:; f: ::: !???-? to hem at tlie left sid< . The latest fashion in this button fancy work i to work the monogram or one initial in the ei nt.ro of a large satin button. Self-ton >1 Moss or bullion may be used. The least pretty stylo of any used on these fancy buttons is beading. l? is done in connection with bullion, .11111 lllll K?? 11 CIHIJOrillU 1)111 TOIt (Mill only looks well on heavy velvet. New Ilavcn Register. I'lejisnnt Thoughts in Mimf. Ono who ran train her mlhd not to be disturbed unduly l>y the small events of life has achieved a great victory over herself, for n day never passes whirh has not its stint; and trials, trivial in themselves, yet capable of turning th? sweetness of life to Kali. Vet by refusing to allow the mind to dwell upon these that is, by occupying one's self Immediately with other matters- a woman trains for<<" of character that makes herself and those about her much happier. '1 here never was a family living together that <lld not at some flroe have friction. For instance, one sister i thinks another has more, either in freedom fir dresses, than Phe, which thought may bo true; but should It be, the 01!e who la deprlvxl is far worse off if she sllows uniiannlness to be added to her lot. To ignore the injustice, if it l>e such, in not easyno person would state that?but It Is only by ignoring and forgetting: that content and cheerfulness of spirits are gained. Thus, as a matter of Keeping herself happy, the girl so tried muBt forget her troubles. To do thla sho ipay [ f I take a hard, brisk walk, if she lives in the country. This may seem rather irrelevant by way of making up for lack of pretty clothes, but it la not, for in such action the mind is diverted by objects one passes, the blood circulates rapidly, and Bho "shakes herself dowh," as it were, to a healthy and happy state of mind. out; >vm unaouDieaiy bum wish she had the gowns, but will no longer be wretched about the lack of them. If walking is impossible, some other pastime may be developed. Sho may make herself busy over a task which will requiro concentrated attention. It really does not matter what she does if it occupies her entire attention. In this way considerable time elapses before she thinks again of the rebuke or deprivation, and the farther away it is the less important it seems. Unhanniness anil (linrrmtrmt lln In dwelling upon the unpleasantnesses j of life that should ho blotted from j memory as soon as they occur. This oblivion process some persons can do more easily than others, because they are blessed with temperaments that throw off trouble, but one who is of a despondent nature can control this broodiug tendency, and injustice to herself must do so. One of the great , facts of life is that the older one ] grows the more are characteristics ( and habits emphasized, and a person j who trains herself to be happy in the ! face of difficulties builds for ;i cheer- j fill old age, with friends and affec- j tion, whilo one who1 is constantly cast j down, finding tbo ills greater than the I joyg, is nvoided and dreadod by those j who might have brought sunshine.? Rosanua Schuyler, in the Washington Star. ut a piece of puff paste one-fourth rut it. into rounds, diamonds and ther the corners of the squares into Ith a small, round cutter. Stamp 5 with three very small round cutLay all on a sheet of paper on a wdered sugar, and bake in a hot When done, take them off tbo d placet; with different-colored jams with green gage jam, yellow apple red currant jelly, crab apple jelly, rent, preserved fruits. LZXLA \ IFJ\%M/7s7>MlmL4k) Tloccoeo ribbon is; employed exten- j si vol y lor fancy work. Gay 1 ouches; are to bo seen on the host milinery and costumes. Cashmere cloth is one of the most popular of the new fabrics. Spotted foulard is being used for the linings of motor vuuld. Grope do chine is the favorite material for the drossy blouse. Ladies' auto coats are in pony skin, caracul, muskrat and raccoon. A low nock is often outlined with rosos made of gold and silver cloth. Largo handbags are passe. Tho newest are small, made ot undressed kid. Hlnivh- twit I!..,. . f .1-- I ...... .j ..... nun i.i mi; illll" III I lit! Wilis-.! is returning to its natural position Diagonal serge i.-? a useful material and < an bo had in one or i wo-toned effects. Small children are wearing Russian blouses made in white and colored flannel. The loveliest evening scarfs are made of chiffon finished with deep satin bands. More princess yokes with pleated lower part are seen in skirts than in anything else. A fad of the moment, is to work tho initials on the new handkerchief in I lie cross stitch. Suede belts with suede-covered buckles are lined with white kid and como in all colors. Homo of tlio now liats have frowns of gold; tho romaiiKlor of tho hat is of fiii' or of velvet. If tho waist is whlto a touch <>f color often edges tin* frills at. tinwrist and down tho front. Froneh women an- adopting tho lOnglhh custom of wearing their watchos in gold bracelets;. Small jabots continue to ho worn on shirtwai is. Thoy aro trimmod witli both filet and Clnny lace. Most i vory gown, hall dross, croni r? l* 1 1 *? I * )/> )? .' ??./! ai.li??.i?vl.M-. -.1 ? hat; on it ;onic-whoro a touch of fur. Here arc two of the season'* popular tynes in small hats. The upper one is of black velvet, banded with ermine, and a fat little willew plume hanging from the left side. 'Ine Tower one is more "auitjr " and is of silk beaver, trimmed with one of the j rroMea h?twe?n a quill and a feather, held j in plact by dull gold rote. DIAZ ONCE A CARPENTER. President of Mexico 8aya He Prefer* the Laborer to Millionaire. Declaring that he hod "rather shake the hand of a worlrln&man tt?an the hand of a millionaire," and recalling the early days of his oae reer when he worked as a carnffniMr. President Diaz, received at Chwpulfcepec Castle a committee ef "workmen wlio Invited him to attend the velada to be glwn by the laboring element In the Teatro Arbeau, November 17, In honor of Jesus Garcia, the engineer hero of Naoozari, who Havod the town but lost hiB own life by pulllrag a burning train of dynamite out of the village, says the Mexloan Herald. "1 was a earpenter." raid President Diaz. "As a young man 1 was friendly with a Frenchman, who taught me how to work: 'with tools, and with my own lianda I made a chair which Is still in the Chamber of Deputies of Oaxnca and in which I sat many times when I was Governor of that State. "It Is work that ennoblos man, not money; the former dignifies, but the larter often degrades." Pipe That Smokes Itself. Aftor filling a decanter about twothirds fuil of water closc it by means of a cork provided with two aperturos. Through one of these pas* a | sltort ptpoetem and through the other a longer stem that enters the liquid. To the smaller tube affix a cork provided with two apertures. The aporturos (may bo easily formed by mean#; of a red hot poker. The lateral aperture serves to fix the pi]>e. Finally, with the other cork and a bent tnbe form a siphon. After the latter has been primed and la once In operation it ivill tend to empty the idocanter, and the vacuum formed ivill be Immodkaiely filed by the external air flowing in through the pipe. It is then only necessary to ilietX ttw> latter in order to see it :"?molte ItJSoW" tranquilly a8 Ions aa any water remains In the decanter. This experiment Is a very interesting one and may easily bo performed.?Scientific American. iUoum5* of ohlfTon to match th? wilt ar? in full royue a*aln. The bronze elipperB, -whether bonded or plain, are much in vogue and 'will be worn even more than laat Reason. The plain tailored waint Ib mado of flannel, rough silk, taffeta, cashmere and similar light-weight wool fabrics. Extraordinary traffic on roads in Fhiglnnd is only permitted, nominally, after thoso conducting; have o?reed to pay for the injury o&imed by it. The tiny fculo>pea which form a p?rt. of almost every costume are not infrequently of braiding. while plain ?nd rancy net laccs and veilings are also used. The crowns of pome of tho hats are very tall and ibe brims are lar^e. But thoy all turn up at one side of tho collar or turn sideways. And most of thp now blouses open at ono side of the front. Story of the Recovery of a Ring. A peculiar Instance is reported by I>oon Chapln, a nearby farmer, who had the good luck to kill tho fowl I that ha/1 bo long concealed h4s Infant son's gold ling. Thic valuable little <wtiole, a gift from tJjo child's Krandmother, disappeared two wtoiuha ago. Although It had been much sought for no traoe of It could be iuid until huit Suivifty, wium It <wa* brought to Usht at a chicken pie dinner keid at their *hmlly residence. It waa diecovered I>v a mttirtber of tii? fumllv at tho bottom urf the van which held chicken pie. -Perry eorrespoudene? Rocheater Poat-ExpreaH. PoHtnwiator Ooneral Hitchcock Is point to take Htepa to malce It 1mpr?Bflrt?lo haroafter to send oows 1 >y mail under a frank. They o?*rtalnly ou?ht to pay fir?t-dasB postal rates, JurtKiaR by the current price of milk, submit* the Washington Times. Hit pricio. A N'?w JftTBoy nvan baa boon arhested 83 tlmoB tor lx<atin*{ hix wife, and ho sayw he 1p proud of his record. A wife who will Htiiy ?ro??nd to hit luiiiton 1Q t lirtoo ?.??/?>.?. l?l.. ?. i. * ' - ^ mi w?i';n to ho h^oUMi, htwbce tho pen tinman'a "pride. IIAIU) TO I>IU)P Hut Miuiy Drop It. A young Calif, wife talks about coffro: "It wrr hard to drop Mocha and Java and plv? I'oatum a trlul, but my ncrvw wc?r?> mo ^battered thut I was a ncrroiifl wrook and of courB? that moans all kind* of alia. "At ftret I thought bicycle riding cau??>d it aud I gave U up, but. my condition remained unchanged. I did not want to aokuowl?#lgoooff?a e*uaed tho tronhie, for I wae very fond of It. At that. time a friend oora* to live with lie, and I aotlavd UuU a/ter ho had hf?n with us a week h? woald not drink Me ooffe? any more. I aaked htm th? r**%mon. Me rcpJk>d, 'I have not had a htadarhe rIuo* I Wt off drinking ooffee, some ?outb? mgo. till laM waek, whan I be?ian acaln, here at yovir tnhla. I don't ?ee how any on? can uaa coven, anyway, aft?r drlnteta* r oat a at i' "T mM nothing, but at oac? ordarrd a parJta??! of Poatuaa. That wan flrti montt*? ago, and w? ha vo drank no coffaa ntow, ?xonpt on two ocrjurioMi wh?n wo luwl nompajif, and th? rwitk aaoh Mw>o wan tkat mr hnaband roald nat rUoep, but lay awnfca and toawod nn4 talfcod half tha night. We war* coavlaoad that oaffoa oatiaed hit Bnffarlng, ao h*i returned to Poat?m, oaarlacad th*t toffea waa an micmr, laotaad of a trirmd, and ha ia troubled no aors by lnootaiiia. "I, mraelf, lMive B&hjad t poanda f? wHc^t, aad mt norres ba va cmmH to <ialTer. It aoema ho Miay now te *n!t ooffea tU?t muiied our achea and alia and t?k? ap Postnm." Read the little book, "The Road to Wellvllle," In pfegH. "There*? a Reason." f>vtir rmfl the uhove letter? A iwnr ?tm appear* from time to time. Hmjr are genuine, true, and full of linmax Intereat. PLAY CANARY IS A ' FISH, AND HOOK IT. The Moving Tale of Why ,Win| n Bird in a Gilded Cao^Tlsn't All a Bed of Roses. /J Mrs. Harry Aforams open''//a front window in her flat on the third floor a* No. 135 East 114th street aud on a nail outside the window she hung a gilded cage on which was tied a nice bow of baby blue ribbon. In the cage was a canary. Mrs. Abrams then placed near the window the most comfortable rocking chair in the room and with a pound of candy within reach she opened a . book. Ever and anon she glanced up from the pages of the best seller to watch the canary?gay, light hearted creature?disporting itself in the cage and to listen to the little lay the golden throated songster trilled. Just as the hero announced that ho was willing, aye, eager, to sacrifice his fortune for the girl he loved Mrs. Abrams chanced to look out of the window. She saw a piece of cord drop from the realms above. To the end of tho cord was attached a hook. Unseen hands above moved the hook till it caught in the tqp of the bird cage. Then tho cord soared. Also the hook. Also the bird cage. Also the canary. The human mind works fast in criscs, and to this psychological fact is due tho other fact that Mrs. Abranis dropped her hook, tipped over the chair and hurried to the roof, reasoning that the abductors of the canary were working from there. Those forehanded individuals had nailed down the skylight and Mrs. A brums could not force It open. To add to her distress she could hear the rattle of feet on the tin roof as persons ran away and tho last despairing notes of a song from tbe canary bidding forowell to his happy little home. ?New York Horald. A Village With No S<r?s?ts. The towu of Venice, Cal., has no streets. Neither has It a canal system like that of the original Venice. It Is a seaside village, fifteen miles from Lob Angeles, and its founders conceived an innovation which has proved popular. Vehicular traffic is confined to the alleys. There really are no Btreeta, uuch as are known In other cities. In the place of the street Venice has the centre walk. All tho short mrvuui it'uuiuK iroin uio ocean rront are constructed on Vh.H plan. They I are merely broad, concrete walkways. As no wagons are allowed on them there is no occasion for sidewalks. Children may play on these centre walks at will, and as long as they please, without the fear of being injured by passing vehicles or horses. Twenty-foot alloys abut on the rear of .nil lots fronting on the centre walks. Delivery wagons, carriages, automobiles, horseback riders and what not must needs use the alleys. The streets, or centre walks, are for in*! uHt- <>r pedestrians only.?-Louisville Courier-Journal. ??? -? ^ Johnnie's liitc. "Johnnie, come in to dinner!" j Mrs. Slater stood at the door of her j cottage, looking over toward a small ; hoy who was Ashing with a bent pin and a herring bono on the brim of a | puddle. jonn-nie?din nor! " Still the hoy wont, on fishing. "Johnnie!" No answer. "if you don't eomo in to dinner at once, my Bon," threatened Mrs. Slater, "I won't give you any at all!" Only a sudden tension of the small hoy's frame as he gazed eagerly into the doptlis of tho murky puddle. Mrs. Slater's patience was at an I end. Silently, she cropt tip behind the delinquent, and then, sudden!v | seizing him by tho shoulders, shook 1 i Jilm violently to and fro. "You brat!" sho cried. "Dldn'tyou | hear mo call?" I "No, ma." replied the youngster, I stoutly. "I didn't hear you the first I three times, and tho last time 1 had ! a bite!"-?Dundee Advertiser. Fates of Derby Winners. St. Hlaise, which won the Derby in 1 X8and has Just died across the Atlantic, has had a longer and more peaceful life than most winners of the "blue riband." Kisber r.nd Lord Lyon were also long livers, for they both ended their days at the ripe equine age of twenty-five?the fori mer in Iluncarv and the latter ?t homo, with the help of a friendly Ini 1 let. George Predorlck's career closed in blindness on a Canadian farm in his twenty-fifth year; Pavonins saw only nine years of life, and Creniorne fourteen. nine Clown, winner of the 1868 Derby, died young and tragically in mid-Atlantic, a fate which was shared by Kingcraft. Silvio broke ;i leg in his sixteenth year, and was shot.; Hermit lived to a good old age and his skeleton perpetuates his fame: and Amato found an honorable resting placo In the grounds of l?orrl Rn?clif?rv'u honnHfnl * i^.v ~ - "V both. Dundee Advertiser. City Families Die Out. Arnnion, in his studios of tho people of the small cities of CarlBruho and FreiburR, proves that city-born people diminish in the course of one and two nonerations froin 100 per cent, to twenty-nine per cent, and fifteen per cent. Ho believes that fumilies that move from the country t/k t >1 #? r?IHnu nil f?n 'luaratrn *1 I 1 out in the course of two generations. It is asserted that one-half of the Inhabitants of the German cities are immigrants from the country, and tho conclusion from this fact Is that tho cities must renew themselves completely in the course of two generations. New York Pross. Tlie Cowardly Kgg. "When 1 arose to Bpeak," related a martyred statesman, "Borao one hurled a base, cowardly egg at me and It struck me In tho chest." "And what kind of an ogg might thai be?" asked a fresh yonng man. "A base, cowardly egg," explained the statesman, "1b one that hits you and then runs."?Everybody's Magazine. < f * I By ocwTMrnand of King George or | Toq^a, h baker of Auckland has dovf-gned and bull-t a cake for the com* toff nuptiaJ* of that jlotentate. It 500 pounds and standi* eight foot biffb. Doooratlng various panels are the Tonlgan coat-of-arma, tho Tongan royal crown and the Initials of tit# King and of bis bride. CurloUBly Dough, the lady's initials are ooao?Jed from the gase of the crowd who admire the oake in tSve baker's shop window. Ttve Identity of the future Queen is , io touai a carotery and one of the conditions imposed on the baker was complete seerecy regarding her initials. It Is understood that there hes beeo booi? competition anions the ladles of ttio Tongan court for the kingly bridegroom, and that in order to defer the disappointment of the unauooessful ones till the lant possible moment his Majesty will ncA. reveal tho name of the bride un til the dnp of the ceremony.?London Daily Ma?. Goat Raising In Missouri. Adair cotinty in one of the big goat producing counties of Missouri. The go?ts are not raised for mutton alone but also for the purpose of clearing up underbrush. Thoy will go through a tfelcket llko a riflo bullet and eat it to the ground, peeling saplings and stumpR so that thoy -will never sprout again. The goats got as fat as butter balls on such forage. Then they are shipped to market and sold to city folk for tiie choicest mutton. Binford Ranch, tho largest stock farm in tfhls country, has produced ?m many as BOO igoats In ono year, which were shipped to market after the shrubs were cleaned off the pastures.?Kansas City Star. Scratched So She Could Not Sleep. "I write to tell you how thankful I am for the wonderful Cuticura Remedies. My little niece had ecuema for fire years and when her mother died I took care of tho child. It was all over her face and body, aleo on her head. She scratohed so that she could not sleep nights. I usod Cuticura ou>i> ki> wnnii udi wan Him m?u applled Cutlcura Ointment. I did not \i?e quite half the Cutlcura Boap and Ointment, together with Cutlctira Resolvent, when you could ?ee a change and they cured her nicely. Now she Is eleven years old and has never been bothered vrlth ecsema since. My f*lends think It Is Just great the way tbe baby was cured by Cutlcura. I send you a picture taken when Ehe vm about 18 months old. "She was taken with the eczema when two years old. She was covered with big sores and her mother had all the beet doctors and tried all kinds of salves and medicines without effect until we used Cutlcura Remedies. Mrs. H. Klernan, 663 Qulncy St., Brooklyn, N. 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