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f ? , ? IJ ? fe -r.^pao^ J <? >? A NO 13? 53rs. Slisat (ISABELLA ( J (Cepyrigbt, lt92 ?nd 1693, CHAPTER VI. : CONTINUED. At that moment a sharp exclama- . tion caused both speakers to turn suddenly in the direotion whence it had come?to meet the sparkling gaze of a pair of beautiful dashing dark eyes. Those eyes were so beautiful and so brilliant that it was several moments bofore either of the young girls recovered from her surprise sufficiently to understand what had happened. But in the meantime the owner of these eyes had spoken, and with a smile that save added radiance to her beauty was explaining the cause of a trifling accident and her own sudden exclamation. "Pardon," she said in perfect Eng- , lieh but with a strong though charming foreign accent, "it is only my poor fan." And she held up the wreck of an elegant fan in lace and mother-ofpearl. "I am the only person to blame. In mere forgetfulness I had rested my hand on the back of mademoiselle's chair, and when she leaned , v against it the poor fan was crushed. I was startled into exclaiming aloud. Pray, pardon me!" "Oh, dear!" exclaimed Bertha, who ; eaw at once that she had brought destruction on the fan. "I'm afraid it , is I who ought to be making apologies . ?how awkward of me?I am so very sorry." ; j "No?I beg?don't give yourself a IX. ~V. I- alinnt i* m o ??m ni ?lp it. ]R WJUUgU* XV, ? , , really my fault entirely. To be quite frank, I was trying to see the gentleman in the box yonder. I am certain that I recognize an old friend, but I couldn't catch his attention, and that is why I leaned forward and forget all about my poor fan." "Mr.* Stanley, you mean? Ib he a friend of yours?" said Bertha, impulpulsively. , "Stanley, did you call him? Mon- ^ eieur Stanley?ah I Then I must have 1 made a mistake," said the fair foreigner in a disappointed tone. "The Honorable Clarence Stanley," J aid Bertha, With a sudden curiosity ( as to what the-owner of the fine-eyes | might e^y is reply. A young English- ( man Who has bnt recently come to j New York." . ; "Ah, the Honorable Clarence Stan- . ley, an Englishman, then I am mis- ( taken; bat I coald only eee his sideface from here. The gentleman I , meant was not an Englishman and qoite a different person. Thanks, so j mach, mademoiselle, for giving me ( the name." : Bertha marmnred some farther , apology for the breaking of the fan, at ] -which the foreign lady's companion, a ; atont, elderly man with a very red J face and very white hair said impatiently: ' 'What ia all this talk abont a broken : fan Celestine? What nonsense! I will , buy you' a doaen fans!" The owner of the fan shrugged her [ graceful shoulders, and murmured in a low tone: "Mon mari!" Preliminary sounds were heard from , the neighborhcod of the stage, her- ' aiding the return of the orchestra; the curtain rolled up, and the third a:t of , the opera began. 1 CHAPTER VII. AN AMBITIOUS GIBL. Bertha Sefton, who went to the opera for the purpose of hearing the music : ?an uucommon reason? gave her en- i tire attention to the business of listening to it; but her companion, who was i seated farthest away from the rest of i their party, felt that the mimic drama I going on before had suddenly lost ali interest in'comparisonjto the more per- 1 sonal one which she had now an op- ' portunity of studying^' She had but ! recently returned from England, where : she had spent several months; and 1 while there she had become acquainted : with Earl of Windermere and'his fam- ' ily; and she had been admitted to a degree of intimacy that is only permitted on brief acquaintance to young, pretty and rich American girls.| ! Olive Gaye was not rich, and, to ' many persons, she was not even pretty; 1 OQt sue naa mat mybieriuub qutwuj which the French call "chic," and which in English can only be described 1 as a combination of taot, style and personal fascination. All this, to- i gether with a groundless reputation i as an heiress, had opened many very ; tall doors to her in English society < which would have remained closed without these recommendations to S worldly sucoesB. Under an appear- i \ ance of almost childlike ingenuous\ ness, she carried an amount of world\ ly knowledge that might have done \ credit to any dowager-leader of fash \ ion and a cold, determined, persistent \ ambition, of which few people even \ suspected the existence. This almost \baby-like appearance of ingenuousness .frow enabled her to watch Stanley and Polly Hamilton, to seem at times absolved in the play and music and to keep an observant eye upon the owner of the broken fan, the foreigner, whose elderly husband had addressed her as Ctelestine; and all this Olive Gaye managed to do without attracting any mbtre attention to herself than a well-behaved child might have done. It was not the least of this young lady's charms that there was something attractive even about her way of being rude. She quickly perceived that Polly Hamilton was also giving her undivided attention to the mucic, having come for the same reason as Berlha; and Stanley, now that he was ' no longer devoting inmsen in woraanci look to bis companion, ceased to appear to tbis shrewd observer so much like an engaged lover. "No, be doesn't love ber," sbe thought, "but be cbooses to bave ber ? , believe tbat he does. If be has made np his mind to marry her, of coarse, that amounts to the same thing. Does he love any one, I wonder? Or is he capable of love? I fear not, and those men are always the hardest to manage. .Now. I have made up my mind to . i : ;(l [Feasdre. VEL. )Q{}\ G. S)infer :astelar.) robskt bonn**'* 6?!?s.) marry him, if circumstances make it worth while; and if the little boy should die, it would be very well worth while, for Lord Appleby is a doomed man. He can't live six months, and though - *- 1 l i -1 1 1 i.1 the child seems Drigni anu iiHaiu'" be inherits the malady that is killing the father. A sadden shock, a severe cold, a fall from his pony may kill him any day. It is more than an even chance that the wife of the Honorable Clarence Stanley may one day be Countess of Windermere?a pretty title, and I like it, too; it will suit me." A ripple of merriment flashed over the pale, clear face, lighting up the soft, tranquil eyes and giving the delicate checks and chin gentler and rounder curves. " 'Countess of Windermere!' I have often written it on my card," she said to herself, continuing her mental soliloquy; "and perhaps it might have been wise if I had gone further and had it engraved there. The dear old earl! Wasn't he in love with me? There is no fool like an old fool; and, after fill, he may oatlive both sons ? J . Kiit if V?a /Inoa mtt Li LIU ginuuouu, uuu m+ uv J power remains. Men of bis age and temperament, when they fall in love at all, don't get over it easily, nor are they in a hurry to repeat the experiment. Clarence looks well; he is wonderfully handsome; but not at all like the old earl nor like Lord A.ppleby either. Does he inherit the fatal malady that is killing his brother? -They must have it on the mother's side, for their father is as hale and strong as his youngest son. But if that is not your particular weakness, my handsome Clarence, I mast find out just what - it is, for you will never be as'muoh in love with me as your papa is." As this thought passed through her mind, Olive Gaye moved slightly and turned her head, so that, without Beaming to stare at her, she could look calmly and deliberately at her near neighbor, Madame Celestine. That the young foreigner was a woman of surpassing loveliness she had quicklyBeen in the merely passing glimpse already bestowed on her; and now, lofting at her critically and leisurely,; Bhe found that the first impression was only deepened by more extended observation. "What a beauty!" she thought, without a twinge of envy; for this Bingular girl had almost a contempt For mere physical beauty. "It is a compensation to have no beauty rather than be put in competition with such perfection as that. I suppose she has no brains at all. For ~ A ? ^ -I ? V* /v?* nit a (nwne nature ib juai, nuu wueu duo tuuo thenar out like that, she generally puts ill their goods in the show-window. But wait a minute, Olive, my dear. Peniaps there is more in .this showwindow than appears at the first glance. If she was mistaken in her Bupposed recognition of my handsome Clarence, why does she look at him in that way?" , Olive Gaye had more than once seen the expression which passionate love could give to the human face, and she bad never before seen that expression more intense than it now showed in the beautiful features and glowing dark eyes of Madame Celestine. "She loves himl" thought Olive. "That is not a mere memory called up by a resemblance, real or imaginary? it is the man she is now looking at that she loves. There is some mystery on/1 if T mn onlvA if, nprhuris it UWCj MM** A* A VMM ? - "J may be of use to me. , If he had any Bensibility, such a look would magnetize him, but he hasn't; another sign that he will not be an easy man to deal wilh; but, no matter. Nothing that is worth having is easy to get. But I do wish he would look this way for an instant; I would give much to see his face if he should suddenly meet that woman's eyes. But, no! Bertha's head is in the way; even if he should look he wouldn't see her; there, the act is over!" And as the curtain fell, Clarence Stanley again bent toward Polly Hamilton, and they two were presently nn/ta innro ohonrhpd in tVlATTlRp]A? they drew back into the ' box, Olive heard a long-drawn sigh from the lips of Madame Celestine. It was a most eloquent sigh, and told of hopeless love, and passionate, despairing jealousy more plainly than a whole torrent of words could have done. "Who can she be?" thought Olive &aye. "They are not in society here, and yet they are evidently wealthy. And with her beauty. But no doubt they are strangers here?new arrivals in the oity. Bertha, dear," and she t.nrnfid inward her companion. who bad just ceased from her rapturous ajf>joPuse of the prima-dona, "I want to know your friend, Polly Hamilton; she seems a charming girl. When wiy.you take me there?" "Whenever you please; any day you say?to-morrow if-you like." "Very well, then?to-morrow," said Olive, with a pretty air of decision, which, curiously enough, left on Bertha's mind the impression that she had decided the matter?one of the many ways in which Olive Gaye managed to have her own way, while other people thought they gave it to her. The usual hubbub of talk and mnvpmont Almost as loud as that of children let loese from school, succeeded the fall of the curtain; and in a momentary pause, Olive Gaye, who was all eyes and ears, heard the foreign lady's husban'd speaking, in a wearied tone: "Have you hot had enough of this, Celestine? ,I am deadly tired of it," he said. From Celestine there was a low murmur of reply m French, and Olive could only guess at the substance of it, for she heard only two or three words. Evidently madame was not so tired, however, and had determined to stay to the end of the opera; for the elderly gentleman shrugged - - :; J his shoulders impatiently, and then .. settled himself to'another thirty minutes of endurance. "She -wants to watch him,"thought Miss Gaye, keeping an attentive, gaze on Madame Celestine. "Yes, there is r.?rt.ainlv & mvsterv here, and I must Ret the clue to it. Berthi, dear," she said aloud, but without removing her watchful gaze from the beautiful face of the unknown Frenchwoman, "what did you mean, a little while ago, when you said that you had been the most intimate friend of Polly Hamilton? You haven't quarreled, have you?" "Quarreled! Oh, my, no! I never quarrel," said Bertha, placidly. "But Polly has a new friend now, and I sometimes felt a little bit hurt to feel myself almost set aside, though J have really no cause for complaint. At the best, our intimacy was only bd ?cc:d2!2f!jl one; there was no deep friendship about it. And Polly ie just ae sweet as ever she can be; but she loves this new girl. She's down right silly about her." "You good little thingl I should be awfully jealous!" exclamed Olive. "But who is this new girl? Don't yoti hate her?" "Not in the least. I'm never jealous, and she is a lovely girl. Hei name is Dolores Mendoza." At the sound of this name Madame Celestine gave an almost convulsive start. It was so sudden that she could.not, immediately control the effect produced on her feelings, and her gaze, which had been concentrated on the occupants of the box, was turned with startling suddenness on Bertha. Her face, which was very pale, immediately became suffused with color on meeting Olive's gaze, for she felt instinctively that she was being watched. She leaned back in her chair and made a ridiculous feint of using her broken fan with the air of a petulant child. Olive Gaye continued her talk with her companion. "How very singular! Quite like the things that happen in storybooks, Bertha, because that is a name associated with the Windermere * family! I don't exactly know how, except that the heir-at-law, if the Honorable Clarence ?J u-? nv-wl nortTiATv nVinn 1 ^ &JQU XllO U1U ;iici ojjlu uo|/uwn die, happens to be a Mendoza?owing to the marriage of another branch of the Stanleys with a Spanish family of that name. They are so mixed np, these old-country aristocratic families, one has to stndy the 'Peerage' several hours a day in order to know all abontthem." Olive knew now that her neighbor was watching and listening even mor? intently than she herself has been doing; and it was a disappointment tc both when the certain again rolled uj and the last act of the opera began. "The plot th'ickenft," she said to herself with .the slow, child-like" smiles that had captivated the old Earl of Windermere, though it had not deceived him, "and the mysterj is becoming decidedly interesting. The name of Mendoza has some very unusual association xor me iauj uj i the broken fan; the Honorable CJar- j ence has peouliar associations with that name, too, and she has known and loved him?and, apparently, loves him still?but, evidently, under a different name. But, to her, a rose bj any other name is juBt the sanle. Now, what does all this mean, I wonder? Well, it will give me something to do to unravel this pretty tangle, and I enjoy it more than a play Life is very dramatic and so unexpected!" TO BE CONTTNtTED. France to Aboliah the Lance. It is the determination of the French war office to disband the regiments of lancers, because it has been discovered that the lance is a very dangerous weapon?to the lancer. According to the statistics of the Prussian army, which are cited as well as those of Saxony and Wurtemberg, it appears that 667 soldiers have been accidentally wounded by the obnoxious weapon Of thfi divided among eighty-three regiments, 126 men -were wounded by their own lances and 330 by lances in the hands of domrades. The other men were -wounded through accidents happening to the horses they were riding. Out of the 667 wounded men, the injuries to four proved fatal, and twenty-eight had to be retired because of theii wounds. After the Franco-German war the use of the lance was discontinued in the French army until about five years ago, when it was reinstated in the dragoons. Why "Yohn" Stays In the Klondyke. \n old Dane from San Francisco had no companion, not even a dog. "Sometime I do get mad," he said, <4-V.a rmll on and 7 truou uu? , say, 'Yohn you are a big fool to start for Klondyke when you are sixty-nine.' But we do not like to gif up. Nefer do we get so old we tank it too late to make a fortnne. If a man know as we would drop dead on top of the pass, 1 tank a man go on to see the t'ing out. I make a fortune t'ree time, and efery time I haf many pad lucks?yes, very many pad lucks. Sometime I get lonely, and then I say, 'Yohn, there is your wife, there is yonr shildren; it is Sunday dinner, and you are home with a pile of gold."'?Frederick Palmer, in Scribner's. Bore His Loin in Sileiice. The following episode happened at the recent brilliant charge of the Twenty-first Lancers, at the fall of Omdurman: One of the men got his thumb cut off, and turning to his chum, an Irishman, ejaculated: "Whatever shall I do? I'm done for life." Pat, taking things somewhat coolly and thinking his chum was making a fuss over a mere trifle, responded, solemnly: "Begorra. that's nothin' to make a fuss about; here's poor Jones wid his head cut off, au' not a word is he savin'." The Smallest Cemetery. The smallest cemetery in the world ?which only measures twenty-two and one-half feet by fourteen feet?is situated in the tweed manufacturing town of Galashiels, in Scotland. It has long been closed as a burial ground. mi AAA AAA wulnwa fhP l liertJ H1C mUVjVUU ?? 4uw .T k, United States pension rolle, and ap- | plications from 100,000 moreare pending. _ J / I NEW YORK H Designs For Cpstur come Popular in HBenBHUBBtini New Yobk City (Special).?A? time goes on it is made manifest thai the power of the fancy theatre waist has not been lessened iu the smallest degree by onr long familiarity with its charms, theatre bodice. dot will the shadow of the shirt waist -a?? _ it- _ i 1. j ~ a"u.. uimmiBa in me mask uunu^ uuo ?rinter. The former tried and true friend in every wardrobe is putting out someamendments on its previous condition. That is to say, it is arriving in the shops made of satin or the very soft satin surfaced silks that have sufficient body to stand fanciful stitching. This is pretty and commendable and the effect is very like the sketch of a bodice given here, the original of which was of black peau de soie, hand painted in design of iris in the natural color of the flower. The collar is of shirred chiffon and a similar finish is at wrists. Scores of the silk and flannel shirts just out of the workrooms show how they have shed their loose shirt sleeves and broad cuffs for . dress waist sleeves and cuffs that drop over the hand; it is easy, therefore, to "hazard a prophecy in favor of this fashion that is going to rob our shirt waists of one-half their simple charm. Mourning Coitnmti. rinnfrar* to what has hitherto been the custom, oloth is now considered a i \ MOtJBNINO COSTCME. suitable teztile for moa rning, of ltiimrv%A/l milk rtrnno uuurec, UC ouij uiluujcvi nauu v1v|/v) with which material the hem of the dress is invariably covered. Another favorite textile for mourning is "Cashmere de l'lnde," and again cheviot and "droguet." For half-monrning, all the new pastel shades of bluish-grays which are now so fashionable are adopted. On these the trimming, though not necessarily of crepe, must in ail caseB be black, or black and white mingled. Capes, or the new long semi-fitting garment, are more seen than short jaokets, which are considered somewhat too negligee. These garments are made this year of considerable length, reaching to within about twelve inohes of the foot of the skirt. Among furs, astrakhan, caracule and Mongolian-goat are suitable, not as a trimming for the drees, bat in tbe shape of capes or boas. ? v,In Paris no deep mourning attire is considered complete without the long crepe veil, smarting from the back of the bonnet and reaching to the extreme verge of the skirt; but ouly daring the first three months does it cover the face, after which period it is allowed to droop over the back of the dress, while a short square veil shields the face. A pretty new fashion for half-monrning for children's wear shows dresses of some heavy weave of white woolen textiles trimmed with narrow bands of black crepe. In this case the hat may also be of white felt or velvet, trimmed oo r?AoeiKIn /?rpno hnf a-3 li^UUIJ ttQ |7L?Of HJIV *1 J?M V* without either feathers or flowers. The' mDurniug costume shown in the large engraving is of black cloth, trimmed with festoons of crape. On the waist a bertha of crepe surrounds a tucked chemisette of the same material. The long cloth coat shown is cut in very narrow gores aud piped with jCrepe. There are two rows of black |crepe scallops, one on the front of the deep-shaped flounce, the other head J -. - ' V-' ' . i* i nes That Have Be- m the Metropolis. : ing it. The collar is also lined with crepe. For Women of Moderate Means. Some plain bat smart-looking winter costnmes of cloth or cheviot for women of moderate means who will UHO bUO DUUO 1U1 VTdOI UUilU^ the entire season, are made with a beautifully shaped and fitted princesse back and a redingote front. The skirt beneath is of a matching or contrasting color, as is preferred. Some of these gowns have a fitted bodice front, trimmed simply with braid or stitching and tailor buttons, and often there is a gnimpe Busse inserted in the rounded opening about the neck. For slender figures, however, most of these new garments are made with a trim-looking but seamless, dartlesB front, slightly drooped, and turned back ov6r a vest of braided cloth, or with passementerie simulating soutache braiding?or else a vest of plaited silk framed with velvet revers that reach from the turn-down collar to the waist. The sleeves are close coat shapes, and most of the models show the skirt still made with a slight dip at the back. Style o 1 tlie New Toqnea. The new toques are considerably larger than former shapes. They are wider, and are therefore becoming to women with slender faces, when the trimmings are not arranged too straight and high. Many of the French models are composed of exquisitely shaded velvets; thatis, there is nota single piece of shaded velvet used,'but three separate weaves. For instance, one handsome toque is composed of a beautiful trio of tints, shading from deep prelate purple to palest Parma violet. Another has velvet grading from dark jacqueminot red to rose pink, with three ostrich plumes matching three distinct shades, held by a triangle-shaped buckle of Frenoh brilliants. A third model shows an artistic blending of moss, mignonette and stem green velvet, the hat beinft nearly covered with standing and gracefully drooping green plumes. Short Gtovea Worn. Our grandmothers thought themselves very Bitoart in one-button gloves, and a few years ago six-button ones were verv cbmmonlv worn, but the length of the sleeve of the moment has sent many bnttoned gloves out of fashion, and three and two buttons are the smartest thing to wear just now. Indeed, longer gloves than these are. oat of the question il we are to look at all in the fashion and to preserve our MOCHNIKO CLOTH COAT. dainty cuffs in an immaculate condi' tion. The Winter Girl. In her velvet gown and her sabl? collar and muff, with a string of pearlt about her throat, this winter's gir: will be robed like a queen. For the House. This dainty costume is of soft, clinging wool goods in a charming shade of silver gray. The frills anc A DAINTY COSTUME. eash are of pink silk. Tho loug train adds much to the effectiveness of the house toilette. A Louisville judge has ruled thp.t il! a woman wears a man's hat she diubI ' take it off when she appears in hi? j I court. " y . J ' ' . ! . ' v . OTJE BUDGET OF HUMOR LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR LOVERS OF FUN. t Her Little Laugh?Daring the Quarrel? Worite Than War?His Preference? CrltlcUna?One of Hit Needs?Willing to Oblige?More Appropriate, Etc. Her little laugh rang sweet and clear, Its silvery musio charmed my ear; All lite seemed on the merriest plan When she laughed at the other mau? Her little laugh again I heard, Bat to no mirth my soul was stirred; It made a difference, you see, When, heartless girl, she laughed at me. ?Ohlcago Record. Daring the Qnnml. Hubby (angrily)?"Whatever I say goes." Wife (sweetly)?"Of course it does, dear. You say it so loud that it goes all over the neighborhood."?New York World. Worne Than War. "What's the difference between football and war?" "Football is war without any humane ? n riL; \T ODject in view."?umcagu news. Hit Preference. "Would you rather be President of tlie United States or King of England?" "I'd rather he Admiral Dewey," was the prompt response of the boy. Criticism. First Tramp?"Dese people what complain of dere work bein', too hard make me tired." Second Tramp?"Dey do?" ' First Tramp?"Yes. "Why don't dey t'row up de job?"?Puck. . One of HU Need*. Papa?"Of course, Robinson Crusoe was very anxious to get back to England?" Young America?-"I suppose he wanted a shave and a hair-cut."? Puck. .1 Willing to Oblige. Applicant?"How many servants ao pou keep?" Mistress?"Three." Applicant?"And where do yon live?" Mistress?"Oh, we don't mind moving to anywhere yon may want to go!"?Judge. More Appropriate. "I notice that we have shipped more than 400,000 barrels of American apples, all fresh fruit, to Europe this season." "Dried apples would have been more appropriate for swell .patrons. HeVeland Plain Dealer. Lucky Jliaoale* Johnni e ? 'Ain't you g o in te r school ter day?".v . Jimmie (joyfnlly)?"No sirec, I'm goin' ter stay home; and all I got ter do is clean oat tlie pump, cat iwo lords o' wood and pntin a ton o'coal." -Collier's Weekly. , /'' Advice to the Haitler* New Drammer?"I can sell a big bill of goods to any man on earth." Proprietor?"That's all right, bnt don't exert yourself to sell goods to *ny man who hasn't got money. " t Written For His Benefit. The Inquisitor?"The first essential of a joke is a good point, is it pot?" The Manufacturer?"Not at all. The.one essential is to write Something an exchange editor can- put a smart head on."?Indianapolis Journal. An Unfortunate Recollection. "Whom did you marry, Billy?" "A Miss Jones, of Philadelphia." "You always did like the name ? ? . _ i J -li - Jones;' yon useci to lag roo.uu unci u little snub-nosed Jones girl when we -rent to school together." "Yes; she's the girl I married." A Sly Dig. Mrs. Henpeck?"No doubt the ancients were considered wise becanse there were fewer temptations in thoee Jays." Henpeck?"Why, my dear, the proportion of women in the "world must have been about the same."? Life. She Bold* Him To It. Down trod?"Never write letters, ray ooy, that you'll regret in afterlife." TWfcall?"Yon sneak as from ex perience?" Downtrod? "I do. In early correspondence with her -who is now my wife I signed myself 'Your obedient servant.'"?Tit-Bits. A Smaller InTestment. "Just think of the men who became great by burning the midnight oil!" "Yes," answered the man who speaks of weary accents. "Oaecould afford to burn oil. Those men difln't have to run risks and put in their good money burning ga? at 31.25 per thousand feet."?Washington Staj. Clerical Ordnance. Hobbs?"I see by the papers that your friend, the Rev. Dr. Bang, has joined the artillery of the church." Dobbs?"What do you mean?" Hobbs?"Why, he's been made a canon of the cathedral." Dobbs?"Hm; I didn't know that he was such a big gun.'"?New York Weekly. His VijtorouR Kick. Stubb?"So the audience found tne show to be a fake?" Penn?"Yes, and among them -was a football captain. He made tne biggest kick." Stubb?"Good for you! But how did he express himself?" Penn?"He eaid be wanted his Quarter-back." f POPULAR SCIENCE. ' f In"1 the savannahs of South Afaer* ica there grows ?' tree culled by to* > : utiwtcd vuapkaivi ?? not injured but actually benefited-bjr^ 9 prairie fires. The thick bark resist*': V fl the action of the flames, and the hard E seeds are supplied with a kind of I owing to which they are scattered ; E broadcast by the strong wind whiob aooompanies a fire. Great Salt Lake is receding on ' account of the excessive drain made I upon it by irrigation enterprisei^^H This lake is not fed by nndergroand springs, bat by the Jordan and otcor '$ rivers, and when the water of thei?%||S streams is intercepted for irrigatiott-Y'Jjj 'jftirposes the water supply of the Salt > /':1H Lake is, of course, diminished so tha^HI tbe evaporation which ill constantlj^^H going on is not made ap by a neir . ,^J supply. In time it looks as if th* f I lake will be only a bed of dry salt. ., Professor Mansfield Merriman* . | studying the United States census rij^H parts since 1850, has discovered i* j marked and steady inc rease in thl^^R length of human life in our counfcd^HI during the last half century.. Eis fity i - Jj tistice, whi :h were presented at tUa^jJfl recent meeting of the American Asaofl^fl ciation for the Advancement of Sei<|^^H ence, show'that in 1850 the mediao^^H age 01 xne entire population was xojyy^^a years, while in 1890 It had risen t&HH 21.4 years. In 1900, he anticipatefc^BH| it will be 22.4 yea?s. By "inedyuK^^H age" in meant that whioh divides tn^^H population equally, one ball being^jjM above arid the other half "below the-. Professor Arrhenins, who has 1 cently investigated the causes of ae<^||gki lar variations in the temperatnre the earth's surface, thinks that thej^^H are more probably due to 3hanges<j9^Hj] tho nmnnnt. nf /?arhnntrt ftfttd in the mosphere than to variations in thfr.^ M heat of the san. If the- amount$E|j jj carbonic acid that the air now ooi^L^M tains were diminished a little'more. ^ 1 than ona-half, the mean temperatul^H 1 all over the earth would drop abodgHH eight degrees, which would be snifi- 1 ciynt to bring on another glacial per- | tod. On the other hand, an increase* j, of carbonic acid to between two MaSa ;.l three times its present amcunt woul^. raise the mean temperature fifteen ; degrees and renew the hot times . the Eocene epoch. > 3 Professor Jacques Loeb, of th?r*>- 1 University of Chicago^ working ajj^^H Wood's Holl, Mass., has snoceedodia (1 developing from the unfertilized of the sea urchin, by chendcal treit- >| j ;? ment, living and normal plutel/.qry;''^ \ -young sea urchins. He is led by Jot- , j tber experiments to believe that | j can be done with .all marine animals*,;^ "HULL reHBUUlUg UUHI tun UWWIWJJW^K from the work ot his colleagueB'h^: >j ! has come to the conclusion that ?imi- V? lar results ai;e possible with manana^^^B liana. In the summary of the jwV.yifM work at Wood's Holl the discoreiy i* M announced thus: ,4The unferttliated.efl^MH of the sea urchin contains all the ei tial elements for the production of ijpjj ;; perfect'platens. I considd- it potis?-^ j uiu uim vuijr two ?vm? v* MMfvN'r,v7^^Hi prevent the parthenogenetio otigpujp^^B embryos in mammalians, and I t'amk J it not impossible that a transits^ 1 change in the ions of the blood may 1 also allow complete partheojjgencai* > J in mammalians." Hljh Llghta. Loto has a.thousand eyes, but most ,-v'| of them are near-sighted. * '\3 Of knowledge even the wisest mait^^| carries only a sample case. If a girl can't siiig all she has to do*' is to act as if -she thought she could*. , ,VJ A* KUA?*1 A^nAAfinn ia AT)A ihflt XL ii UOl O*. CUUVaiM/u *? VMV I 1-j Iowa girls as well as boys to ran 'to!?&|? j If a sorrow gnaw your vitals be glad. ';;j it isn't moths in your winter overcoat*: > We pursue happiness on the highV '/#? way, but it is more often found in thfr ' by-paths. _ As an obstacle to. success in life much self-control is sometimes as bad. , as too'-little. ... vffiSH To be obviously and anxiously care->|fi ful regarding the correot thing is nofc:. ^ ^ the correct thing. I Second thoughts are wisest,because . 'j by the time we get them we hare re-- . M membered to hold our tongues. For a woman to worsmp a man 1+ , all right, bat for her to let him know ' ;*%' it is to give hira her best tramp. ! / As soon as a doctor's prescript! oi? makea a woman feel better she-is sorryr ;gj she wasted money getting it filled.4? . yg Chicago Record. Cat Off the Wrong There is an enterprising Liverpool , J| tailor who has never been known to ^ acknowledge that he didn't have any- ' thing a possible customer night-ask: One day a customer entered th? shoo and asked if he had any trousers , - Jjj made especially for one-legged men. - ^ "Certainly," replied the merchants "What kind do you want?" "Dress trousers," said the man. "The best you've got." Hurrying into the rear of i;he store,, the enterprising merchant snatched up a pair of trousers and snipped oft the right leg with a pair of scissors. .; | Hastily turning under the edgeB, ho presented them the cnstomer. "That's the kind'I want. What's the price?" /rVja| "One gainea." - - - - - "Well, give me a pair with the left 3 leg off." , - 'M A month later tlie merchant wa* 1 pronouuoed convalescent and on th^' % high rpad to recovery.?Tit-Bits. * f Peculiar Accident to a Woodcock. J Becently a hunter started up a larg?. --- I woodcock,'which acted muoh differ- I ently from any woodcock that he hact ever seen. Instead of risiug up and flying away rapidly, the bird circled round and round, narrowly escaping 1 a violent death by colliding with th? trees. When- the bird was killed the ^ sportsman found that a large oak leaf .1 had been the innocent cause of the bird's peculiar actions. In scraping around the woods for its dinner the woodcock bad ran its bill tbrQugtx a large leaf, which so obscured its sight : y that it was impossible for it to gnid?' ^ itself in the air, The sudden preaI ence of the hunter had started th? bird before it had.tirae to i 'tjfjill leaf With its feet, and in thil wjla^^/Vj sapped condition itJud WoWiinNSSEhSH in thf jfir until it was *hot,w <\J9M