THE PATH OF THE MOON. \
The moon lias di-oppc.i a bridge upon tne ^
5 sea,
'i Golden, yet pale with the strange silver '
r- ''Sht t s
m That, melting midnight shadows, changes {
white
The ysllowes: rose and bleaehe? roof and
tree. " (
The moon has a path of mystery
From earth unto herself; the great sea's
micht
' Is hnld in check, as when to maiden
ui slight
The lion knelt, obeying love's decree.
| Oh. whither do yon lead, slim, radiant way,
A-trsmWine as the glistening billows turn
>;f Like children in their sleep when
mother's baud
Ifa- gently touch?! them? By this dreamlike
ray
Do y.iu not tempt? For there are souls
that burr.
Through the dim sea to find an unknown
land.
?Maurice Francis Egan, ia Lippiucotfs. !
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I A Story of the Tenements. <
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V.h.n lie Baby Died and Tin Lost His 1
Job. the Wife Saved the Day? '
\ Sue Preferred Being at the Head
i cf a Household to $12 *
V/eefc at Boxmaking.
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IIIpI IIEBlHE was a frail woman, of ;
1=1 _l==J medium height, with a pre- !
Vs maturely furrowed face,
?. and the drooping, squintg
KM HI ing. strained motiou of her ]
eyelids indicated a granuf
la ted affection. Her home was a little. '
three-room tenement, high up in one j
of those old double-decker tenement
houses which abound in New York, j
There are thousands upon thousands
of these hulks of tenement
houses, the construction of which far
antedated th.? enactment of the present
Tenement House law, and the house 1
she lived in was but a routine specimen '
of vast blocks of the same type. Two
stores on the ground floor and four 1
; families to a floor, two in the front and '
the same in the rear?for five stories !
skyward, that is the rule. You found
yourself in a dark hallway, and by the
jiid of the balustrade you groped up the
uncertain stairway until you reached '
the fourth story front to the right,
s There were uo names downstairs to
show where each family lived, and in- ,
Iquiries had to be made as you as- ;
, cp?ded.
There were no superfluities about her
liorne. One room served the combined 1
purpose of kitchen, dining, sitting and J
work room: the other rooms for sleep
: ing. X stove, a table, a sewing ma<>t?ine.
and a few chairs were the outfit
of the main room, with its many purposes,
and some cheap pictures bung
on the green painted walls, and bits of
crockery such as are given for trading
stamps or for certain purchases of tea,
adorned the mantel.
She iived there with her husband and
their iioy of four years. Back a time,
when a girl of fifteen years, she had
begun working in box factories. She
had made all kinds of pasteboard boxes
?handkerchief boxes, shoe and cigarette
boxes?boxes for all manner of
; things. For eight years she worked
thus; and by being nimble and sticking
at her task from 8 in the morning until
S at night, with a half,-hour intermission
at noon for lunch and a half-hour
at night for supper, she had managed ,
to make a living. In the busy season, '
from July to September, she made from
$10 to $121 a week. After September <
the slack season would set iu. She
would work eight hours a day then,
and made $7 a week. Later, in the s
winter months, a rush of orders would
come in. and the factory would run
twleVe hours a day again.
A. FAMILY'S EARNINGS. {
She thought herself well off. There <
were fully ">000. box-making girls in ,
New York, and not many of them could .
excel ber in quickness of work and in i
amount of wages. The pay was by
piece work; th^ best pay went to the
best workers. She considered the lot
of most of the other girls. Many of
them earned only $3 or $G a week. On ,
this sum they had to live. How they
lunua^eu iu uu n ?uc uiuu t miv ?. out- ,
lived at home with her father, her iOur |
brothers, and a sister. The combined *
earnings of a!i amounted to $40 a \
.wc-ek. The fariiily bad a pleasant flat,
and Tessie?for that was her name?al- j
ways bad mon*y enough for dresses,
finery and amusements.
Tessie sympathized deeply with most ,
of the other girls. How eouid they pay ,
hoard, buy apparel, and live decently In !
general on or $G a week? Many
of them bad no families, and most of 1
them were it; debt to tlie instalment
dealers. They would buy their dresses
and coats from those dealers?cheap
i garments at exorbitant prices?and pay
twenty-five or dfvy cents a week on (
; account. But those girls narei* could ,
f.na^Ail Jr> /Jaa v ?? ?? r, ff thaii* /lulifc T1?a
PUVtCCU <U V.inuui^ vu liiru utuio. i ut j
instalment met; were always dunning |
! them. As for hats and shops, the girls ,
; hadn't much to spend. A quarter was ^
the limit for a hat, and forty cents for
ribbon, to adorn it. To may more than j
$1.25 for a pair of shoes was an un- t
heard-of extravagance; the shoes, with ,
oarc and periodic mending, would be ]
pressed into service tor a year at least. .
Tesaie was a fortuuate girl compared
to the most of them. At least she ]
I prized her lot. *o. Now and then she
would delicately make presents of her ?
<*ld dresses and coats to some of the
most needy.
Tnccift TV-O c o f-i trrtrifrn 'if /linnnc She
<
was a pretty girl, and always had attractive
clothes. It followed, of course,
that there were not wanting suitors, ^
for a pretty, w?il dressed girl with a
pleasant home and ability to make a ]
good living, was a dazzling star in
the nfighborhowd in which she lived.
THINGS THAT APPEALED TO
TESSIE. 1
1 There were rivals. Tessie chose a 1
good-looking young fellow. True, he
did not make as much money as Tessie ;
.did. lie was a a assistant porter in <
a cloth store, and his wages were 99 a i
week. But Te.ssie thought him an ex- (
ceedingly pleasant fellow. He was i
always neatly dressed, his hair was j
faultlessly oiled, bis handkerchief was |
perfumed, ami he wore a scarfpin that';
caught Tessie's fancy. The hip ruby i
and the diamonds surrounding it were
glass?and not the finest at that?and i
the gold was brass, but Tessie dida'tj,
incur. It was a real enough dazzler
o her. Tim. also, could "spiel" better
han the other fellows, she thought,
mrt he couia siug tue latest poi>uiui
;ongs with what seemed to her perfect
trt.
Tim became Tessie's "steady." The
mgasemeut was brief. Presently, Tim
ind Tessie set up in housekeeping.
The three-room flat cost them $7.50 a
nontb rental. They just managed to
live on Tim's $!> a week. But they
ivere a happy pair. Tessie eyed Tim
;uore fondly than ever, and when he'd
:-ome home and after a hard day's
work sing "You're Only Teasing Me."
tr something of that sort. Tessie was
overwhelmed. An impartial critic
aiight have expressed serious doubts,
ind perhaps the neighbors didn't say
ill that they thought. To Tessie. Tim's
roice was the acme of perfection, or to
sum it up in her all-inclusive word,
'grand."
They bad two children. One. a sir)
:>f eight months, died last March. The
k"K? riiilrt. n tvhilp and the
UilU.V OUO OIV U ?- -- loctor's
and the undertaker's bills were
considerable. That was the beginning
jf their bad luck. The loss of the child
was a hard enough blow, and, besides,
the little girl's sickness and death not
>nly absorbed their trilling savings, bul
plunged them into debt. But they hat]
mother child left, a boy, "going on'Tour
years. They concentrated their
love on him and faced the world with
lourage.
Three months after Tim lost his
place. It was 110 fault of his?just a
streak of bad luck. Ho tried hard to
set another job. no matter at what.
He couldn't.
Now a couple with a chiid and debts
ind great self-respect must get along
ndependently somehow. Confidence in
?ach other doesn't satisfy the landlord,
ind grocers, butchers and bakers
haven't yet acquired the habit of sup
plying provisions on good intentions or
future prospects.
Tessie had mettle. She hadn't forgotten
her old trade. Her eyes troubled
her a great deal, but she was determined
to keep things going without1 applying
to anybody for assistance. She
went to one of her former bosses and
ijot a job making boxes for tobacco
cigarettes. The materia! she would
carry home and there make up the
boxes. The pay wasn't much. Fot
every thousand boxes she got $5. It
took her a week, working ten hours a
day, to make a thousand boxes.
Since July Tessie has stuck to the
job. It is difficult for a woman to keep
house, bring up a boy. and work ten
hours a day, but'.Tessie has managed
it. It is especially difficult for one
with granulated eyelids to bend over
such a task all day long. Tessie, however.
didn't complain. She knew that
Tim was really looking for work and
was willing to take anything he could
?et. She knew he had a run of hard
luck.
The $G a week Tessie earned has supported
the whole family since July.
Their living is simple. Sixteen or eigh.
teen cents a day for meat, a loaf,of
bread a day, and two quarts of pota:oes
a week. Tessie and Tim dispensed
with butter. They had some, but it
was reserved for the boy. The cost of
:heir living, not including rent, was
lbout thirty cents a day. Then Tessie
paid fifty cents a week for insurance
for herself and the boy. and the same
sum for insurance for Tim. They
Jidn't mind scrimping along on a
week. It was the back debts which
tvorried them. They could pay only a
ittl<? nn account now and then.
The other day Tim Anally got a .iob.
There was happiness in the little home
when Tim came home and told the
jood news. It was an event.
This is a simple, true little story
whereof Tessie is the heroine. Doe3
jhe not deserve to be??New York
Post.
Pedestrianismii.
A horse hitched to a post <*n West
street was eating his dinner of oats
,'rom a uosebag. The bag fell to the
jround in such a way that the horse
:ould not get at the oats. Then the
lorse, after casting one hopeless giance
it the restaurant where the driver had
mtered, cast appealing looks at the
Dassersby.
rrM? -?wftii'Afl cfAlirllr nn
1US ?UUULUU:ill? n aiucu oiv/n^.,, w?.
3rave and reverend seignors passed
vithout a look. Marketmen, butchers
md A. D. T.'s all trotted along irresponsive
to the horse's eloquent looks
ind his impatient pawings on the Beljian
blocks.
A husky loafer of a longshoreman
lappened alonsr. Without a word he
licked up the bag and adjusted it to
he horse's nose. And the way that
lorse looked his thanks to that husky
oafer of a longshoreman and the way
hat longshoreman smiled back and
wtted the horse's neck were thincrs
vorth s^ins: and thinking about afterward.?New
York Evening Suu.
Kor People of Thirty.
"If you reach the age of thirty with>ut
tmvinsr had any serious illness you
ivill lie likely to live till seventy or
rore," said a physician. "All the old
T 1-tinn- rno Ml nrl TViHlftllf
wll\3 K. IUIVU UI U ?.*?>* vj ?-? "
tny alarm'ng maladies scored against
:hem.
"From thirty on all you need do is to
je carpfnl, to observe a few simple
ules of health. I should say that these
ules?and they arp the rules that have
seen adopted by the German Emperor
-were simple and sood:
"'Kat fniit at breakfast and at
luncheon.
" 'Avoid pastry, muffins, hot breac
ind batter toast.
"Eat potatoes only once a day.
" 'Walk at least four miles iu the
>pen air daily.
' T>o not drink tea or coffee.
"'Take a bath daily, and wash the
'aop with warm watpr before retiring.
" 'Sleep e'ght hours.' "?Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Strnieht-etied Her Kxpen?e Account. I
* ^ - P \t vc U'i??wlnn
AC IU(? ?U?.l IJL jku'iuij i.no. ?. iiuu-i i
,>rought her nice new expense book to
ier husband.
"I can figure up my January balance
>11 right.'* she said, "but I'm either
519.05 behind or ahead. I remember i
ivbat aii the other items are for. but I
sin't recail whether I spent that $19.0-'
'or something or you gave it to in? for |
lousehold expenses."
Mr. Wunder looked at the pa2n for j
i momnDf, l:lien handed back the lxx?k
tvith a condescending air.
' My dear," he said, "ihat 190"> seeua.? J
to me to indicate what yeav this is."? |
Judge. !
I
AN AUSTRALIA
THERE AUK NOW ONLY A SCiTTl
It ACE, WHICH IS COUNTEI
THE HUMA
' SITS ON A METAL EGfi.
An Envelope' to Protect the
Delicate Shell.
At first blush one might think thai
in pnvolope for an egg would be some
new fandangled scheme for the delivsry
of the National breakfast food direct
from the hennery by the morning
cnail, but the inventor had another
dea in view whan he devised the metal
!
j METAL ENVELOPE TO PROTECT THE EOG
egg envelope. This thing consists of
two sections or members joined; which
constitute the transverse centre, one
portion overlapping the other, aud a
means ot locking the part9, which is
known as the bayonet-Joint. The egg
envelope is preferably made of some
I malleable metal, although celluloid or
?v?ftl"Awin I mnr ha lYIflflA
Oilier SUIUIUIC uiamiai ?v.?
ase of in its construction. The part3
are perforated as slurwn.
The object of this invention is to
protect the fragile egg from damage
during the hatching period or to save
pn egg which has already been slightly
2aciaged. A large number of eggs are
bst by being broken by the hen while
| sotting or. them, and where the stock
lo tine and the eggs expensive this is
in item of considerable importance.
ISggs which are protected by such a
fievice as is shown herewith cannot be
broken or damaged, and the case does
Dot interfere at all with the operation
of hatching. The perforations are for
the purpose of enabling the necessary
circulation of air ro take place around
j the eggs and for the animal heat of
! the hen to reueh them. When it apj
proaches iliue for the appearance of
| tlie little c'QicivS me envelopes aie icj
moved, so as not to interfere with
I their entrance iuto the world.?Fhila!
deiphia Record.
A Prediction by ' Puofh,"
j The Muster of Haliioi (the Kev.
Cyprian T. Potter, of New York) enter*
taincd in Hall the other night the officers
and men of the United States
I destroyer Texas, which is at present
j stationed at Ittley Lock. During ihe
i course of the evening Sir Thomas Lipton
(who despite his 101 years is as
keen a sportsman as ever) made his
usual happy references to the coveted
j l-'up, anil Sl.llfU Uiai ll ?a? run UIJ?
: determination to bring it to this side
I of the Atlantic. "Shamrock XL1."
snitl Sir Thomas, "is the best boat 1
have yet sent over, and I can only say,
May the h^st boat win!'"?A i'redic!
tion by I'uncd.-'
i
| The Fijian fossil coral is the best
I building stone in the world.
j " I
' r;1
! UNITED STATES -STKKr, TRAIN!
r,Y LAUNCHED AT
.Watertine length. I7t? fee.\T> iuch?s.
| feet, 3)i iachVi. Displacement, 18(K) r
.N ABORIGINE.
mm
^K??l
ERED FEW SURVIVORS OF THIS
fj AMONG THE LOWEST OF
N FAMILY.
Consumption Among Half-.Breeds.
"There will be Indians in the Can'
! ndian Northwest when there are no
half-breeds." These were tne words
of a veteran trader just in from the
e~" ? llnnrir A ffllllpi*. a Stfil
Itti 1>UUU AAllAtj V. ?
wart Natty Bumpo in corduroys. Con
sumption, this observant leather stocking
says, is the blight which is fast
wiping the half-breed out of existence.
"Nine out of ten half-breeds die
of consumption," he continued. "So
swift are the ravages of this disease
among theso people that the tire Ie
I the cemetery is always kept burning
I to thaw out the ground that the graves
J may be dug. The Indian does not
seem to suffer like his Half-brother
J After watching .these people for s
number of years ,it seems to me thai
they are born with the disease in them
Then their careless, slovenly life helps
it along."?St. Paul Dispatch.
Pleasures of Real Oldl Age.
Free from the distractions of life, the
aged are at leisure to observe and ad
mire. "I never knew," said Cornaro
I "that the world was beautiful until I
reached old age." This peiiod was fre
queotly declared by him to be the roosl
beautiful ot' his life. Writing at th<
age of ninety-one. he said he felt il
his duty-to make known to the world
that man could attain to, an earthij
paradise after the age of eighty; bui
only be means of the two virtues, self
restraint and temperance. At that tlmt
he was writing eight hours a day
walking and singing many other hours
enjoying the beauties of nature, anc
abundant in labors for the good oi
mankind.?Boston Traveller.
Two Kinds of Heading.
If wfi make the pages of our books
I merely a sort of pleasant ms.ze ir
which to set our minds to wandering
during idle hours, we in reading shal
have acquired a pastime that is us
uaily harmless. But there is a vas:
difference between such a way oi
spending our time, and the reading
that teaches us to think as-the great
est and wisest men and women hav<
thought. Words stand in our mind!
for certain ideas or images. Froir
what we read we learn to make these
plain or hazy, clearly drawn pictures
or carelessly executed sketches, anc
thus our powers of thinking are di
rectly trained by our method of read
ing.?St. Nicholas.
Among the names of new streets ii
Berlin approved by the Kaiser are Car
men. Sylva, E'asleur, Turk, Dane and
Flotow.
A *5.100 lluIt"o;.
Champion Heath Baronet. for wlileU
| George Gould him just paid .tlUOU. His
[ former owner oougut u:w xor t?.
I
N?'; SHIP CUMRERLAND, UDCEXTBOSTON
NAVY *ARD.
Beam. 45 feet. 7% IncUos. Draft, 26
ons.
J
1 V/
A FAITHFUL SHEEP DOG.
InitancM Where She ProTed MoreFaithtul
Thin Her Masters.
One night the herder brought in his
Hocks an<l hurried to his cabin to cook
himself j-offie supper, for he was more
than usually hungry. But he missed
the t!o:i. which usually followed him
to the cabin of an evening to have her
supper. The herder thought it rather
strange, but- made no search for the
dog that night. But when he went
down id the corrals the next morning j
he found the gate open and the faithful
dog standing guard over the flocks.
The herder in his haste the right before
had forgotten to close the gate,
and the dog, more faithful than her
master, had remained at her post all
night, though .suffering from hunger
and thirst.
On another occasion this same dog
was left to watch a floek of sheep near
the birder's cabin while the herder
got his supper. After he had eaten
his supper he went out to where the
sheep were and told the dog to put the
sheep in the corral. This she refused
to do, and, although she had no supper,
she started off over.the prairie as fast
as she could go. The herder- put the
sheep the corral and went to bed.
About midnight he was awakened by
the loud barking of a dog down by the
eorrals. He srot un. dressed himself
and went down to tbe corrals, and
there found the dog with a baud of
about fifty sheep, which had strayed
oft" during the previous day without
the herder's knowledge: but the poor
dos knew it, and also knew that they
ought to be corralled.-and she did it.
Another good story of this same dog:
One day she was sent out with a new
herder to an outlying ranch, some fifteen
miles distant. That uight she
came home and by her actions told us
that thet'e was something wrong at the
ranch. Well, we mounted our broncos
and went over to tbe rauch, and very,
soon found out what the matter was.
The new herder was simply a tramp,
who. as soon as he had got a good
feed, had lit out and left the sheep
uncared for, save by his more faithful
companion, tbe dog.?Denver Tost.
WORDS OF WISDOM.
In our inner life there is a universe
?Goethe.
To live long it is necessary to live
1 slowlv.?Cicero.
Tlwt life is long which answers life's
' great end.?Young.
t Life- is not so short but there is always
..time for courtesy.?Emerson,
j If we lire in the Spirit we shall be
led by Him every day and every ino;
inent ?Andrew Murray.
He who Is true to the test he knows
to-day will know a better best to-mor'
row.?Charles Gordon Amos.
^ But let patience have her perfect
work, that ye may be perfect and en"
tire, wanting nothing.- -James i., 4.
\ Look out for the bright, for the
I brightest side of things, and keep thy
[ face constantly turned to it.?Jeremy
r Beiithaw.
t If we would get the very best out of
. life, iet us iearu to inventory our bless?
ings each night before we sleep.?D.
, S. Mackey, D. D.
, Suffering becomes beautiful wbsn
I any one bears great calamities with
L CUei?rtUiUe^, UUt lUluu^ii juotuoii;iiujt
but through greatness of mind.?Aristotle.
"Life i.< made up, not of great sacr!'
fices or duties, but of little things. iD
1 which smiles and kindnesses and small
' obligations, given habitually, are what
1 win and preserve the heart aud secure
comfort."
t Aiatkn Hniodoer.
; That scheme for importing reindeer
into Alaska from Siberia, which met
? with criticism and even with ridicule
> when first suggested a few years ago
i by Dr. Sheldon Jackson, is now prov
ing the salvation of the Alaskan Es!
kimos. While the original thought
I was only to repair the rapidly lessening
food supply of the natives, yet it
has developed into a veritable rein
deer industry. So successfully ha?
the plan worked, in fact, that not only
, does it furnish ihe natives with food,
clothing and means of transportation,
I but holds out me prospect ui pumuj;
Alaska in a few years in the position
of supplying deer meat to an outside
market. Reindeer does are prolific,
and an excellent cheese is made of
| their milk. As carriers they have already
supplanted dogs for the United
States mail, and many are ridden, or
<wil! carry easily a pack of 150 pounds
In fact, the? reindeer industry is al j
ready a very important one. with wide- }
[ nine significance. ? Caspar Whitney,
I in Outing.
It is All Wronjr.
To ignore the forces which /ire im*
proving civilization in your own country.
Not to be able to carry on intelli[
gently conversation on current topics.
To shirk responsibility in politics or
I 4* ??? iiwi;Hai-ont- hi the mihlif welfare.
IKJ MC IllUillvi^iiv ?.v r
To know nothing of the things we
see, handle and enjoy every day of our
iires.
To be Ignorant of the general history
of the world and of the various
i countries.
Not to know something of the greatest
leaders, reformers, artists and musicians
of the world.
Not to have intelligent knowledge of
the general affairs of the world and
the inter-relations of nations.
Not to know enough about the laws
of health, about physiology and hygiene,
to live healthfully and sanely.
To be grossly ignorant in these days
ol' free schools, cheap newspapers,
periodicals and circulating libraries.?
Chicago Post.
American Cars Luatl the Ty?rl<'?
In the closing months of 1!>U4 it became
manifest that American cars
were being improved so much that the
imported articles no longer would be
worth the difference in price, and some
of [he new- models offered for 1 !X>.">
promised to be in every way equal to
Hip products froiu abroad. The Europ?an
makers had !i^- years of exprri nee
before the Americans began to
build, but the Americans began a couple
of years aso to copy and profit by
that experience, and now tlioy have
about overtaken J hoi:* tuer. tors and are
ready to outstrip tliein. Considering
rhese things, the day of faith in American
automobiles way bo said to have
Jawued.?Country Life iu Amcricau.
T~
WIT and HUMOR
of THE DAY
A Seasonable Query. {]
I often wonder if. when florist aim q
My puree to taych. v
A rose by any otherr name ^
Would "cost 30 much. r
?Philadelphia Press. ^
Ltwuou.
"What's thfc matter with Lawson?" tl
'"He's all write."?Life. b
t)
Household Helps. n
If flour is immediately put on oil
spilled -where not wanted, in a few ^
hours, if sufficient flour has been used, e
there will be no trace of it save in the e
oil-soaked flour, which burns well. 3
r
Bnylntr u >ew Bonnet.
Mrs. Brickrow?"'How do you manage
to persuade your husband to buy
you such expensive bonnets?" 0
Mrs. Topflatte?"t take him shopping 0
Avith me, walk him around until-he c
can't stand, and then wind up in a bon- g
net store. He'll buy anythiug to get
home."?New York Weekly. # r
I
T\ri? Point* of View. p
"I see that Senator Cuiioni was 0
kissed by a pretty girl whose young T
man he had saved from being sent to f]
the Philippines." c
"How bold!" I
"Senator Cullom is considered the 1:
homeliest man in Illinois."
"How artful!" ? Cleveland Plain- ^
Dealer.
r
P
*n Chicago. .
"How do you like my new low-ueck ^
dress?" asked the Chicago society lady, 4!
as she came into the presence .of her a
liusba'cd, just before going out to am- c
ner.
"It's all to the good, dear," replied
the man of affairs, "but where on earth
are you a-goin' to tuck your napkin?"?
Yonkers Statesman.
An Appropriate Name.
"Why did you name your horse Lie?
Seems to me that ia a somewhat extraordinary
name."
"Not at all, when you consider that
he is a fast horse."
"How's tbnt?"
"Because it-is said that a lie can go
a mile while truth is turning the corner."?Dallas
News. - ,
A Sort of Acquaintance. .
Mrs. Grimes?"Do yoi? know Mrs.
Sykes? She lives in the same hotel
that you do."
Mrs. Joslyn?"No, I can't say that I
know her; but we are on pounding
acquaintance with the Sykses. They
make so much noise we have to wrap
on the wall now and then to keep them ,
quiet."?Boston Transcript.
Tommy.
"Now, Tommy," said the teacner, |
what is this word I hare written on
the board?s-l-o-w?" j
"Dunno." i
"Oh, yes, you do?think. What does t
your papa call you when you go o^
an errand a^ia uon c get Dacs ror a iuuy
time?"
"You'd lick me if I told yer, ur.'.mi!"
?Cleveland Leader.
. Unfortunate*.
Mrs. Greene?"I should think you'd
feed your boarders a little better. You
can't expect them to say a good word
for you when they leave."
Mrs. Skinner?"Oh, but they do. Almost
every one of them has a grudge
against some friend d? his, and he iuvariably
recommends my house to him.
I get lots of new boarders that way."
"?Boston Transcript.
Merely Talking. .
Doctor?"Goodness, nurse, what's the *'
matter?" r
Nurse?"Oh, it's nothing, doctor. He's r
just talking iu liis sleep. Ho's deaf
and dumb." r
Hivl to Be Shown.
"That fellow Bitiksley is a shrewd j
one.' (
So?" *
"Yes: he was walkiug past a theatre
yesterday when tlie manager came out r
and said, 'We've got the best entertainment
in towu.' 'Well,' said Binksley.
"I'm from Missouri.' So tue manager
bad to take him in antl show
him."?Clevelaud Plain Dealer.
t
It Hailu't Occurred to Her.
Mrs. Youugiove?"Our cooli says
those -eggs you sent yesterday were
ancient."
Grocer?"Very sorry, ma'am. Tliey
were the best we could get. You see,
all the young chickens were killed ofit
for the holiday trade, so the old heus
are the only ones left to do the layin',"
Mrs. Youuglove?"Oh. to be sure. Of
course, I hadn't thought of that."Chicago
Record-Hera Id.
Grmsped time Opportunity.
Tess?"Mr. Saphead gave you a camera
for your birthday, didn't lie?"
Jess?"Yes, and we took it with us on
our stroll through 'lie1 country yestpr- i
day. Oh, what do you think? He
proposed to me?actually flopped dowu
on his knoes and "
Teas? " YVimc am y?u ?ii;- I j
Jess? "Why, L said. "L?m>U pleasant, (
please," and I Jo hope- the picture will
turn out well."'?Stray Stories. <
Two .W * Kind.
"What did Sallie aay whoa you proposed?"
<
"She asked cne if, I felt sure she was
the brightest, prettiest, sweetest girl in
all the world." <
"And of course you said yes?"
"On the contrary. I told her I thought j
she was a very ordinary creature."
"And of course that settled it."
"It did. She said it was evident we I
were a perfect uwtcli. She had the '
same opinion of ui?. you see."?Boston
Transcript. i
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WCCKJ '
' WASHINGTON.
It was announced at the White House
hat all the members of the Cabinet,
xcept Postmaster-General Wynne,
rill be reappointed on March 6. Mr.
lortelyou become Poatmasterteneral
aud.lfr. Wynne will be made
lonsul-Geueral at London, England.
It was anuouneed by Secretary Hay
bat the arbitration treaties amended.
y the Senate will not be presented to
lie governments with which they were
egotiated.
Thfe House Committee on Industrial ?
Li-ts and Expositions favorably reportd
a bill the purpose of which is to
uable the holding of the proposed . .-.v?
amesjpwn Exposition. The bill car*ies
an appropriation of $2,650,090,
OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. ; . J
The death in the Honolulu Museum
f a youngsHawaiian through falling '.i#
n a model^of an altar such as were
nee \ised for human sacrifices, has
aused a revival of fear of the heathea
:ods in the Hawaiian Islands. >
Bricadier General William H. Carter
eported engagements of scouts with
'ulajanes, San .Tose. Samar. Six guns
aptured. No casualties. Gustin, Sec- ,
nil Lieutenant of Philippine Scouts.
pounded, moderately; one scout killed,
Ive wounded. Tliousaud Pulajanes looted
at Mount Tago, due East Cnl ayog.
Our forces co-operating with
lative troops with good effect.
Captain Henry T. Allen, of the Sixth . ^j|j
Cavalry, who left Manila about the
niddle of last December to take command
of the constabulary on the Islmd
of Samar. is about to return. The
adrones are scattered and have been
iriven into the remote mountains.
nany of their leaders Jiave been killed
tnd 100 have tyeen sentenced to terms
>f imprisonment:
Senor Abella, who was elected Governor
of the province of Camariues.
?. I., will not be allowed to take tha
)ffice, Governor General Wright deilarlng
that Abella' bought votes open- i /3|
y in the government building.
Fifteen hundred constabulary an\l
jcouts are patrolling the rivers and
oads in the Philippine Islands. The
irmy is co-operating effectively by garrisoning
the towns. The telegraph
ines will be extended and the concen:ration
camps will be abolished. Soon
i belt road will be constructed from
ill? IUWU l/L lALl uu iuc caov wwaoc w*. , ^
he island to Wright on the west
'oast. An unusually heavy homp crop
s being moved-, to the coast from the
nterior without molestation by the outOovernor
Wright approves the payment
of $1,137,000 for the Imus church
state in the Philippines, being part of
he 391,000 acres of friars' lands, for
vhich the Government agreed to pay
57,239,784 in four per cent, bonds, the
?nda to be resold to the natives o?
>asy terms. t
DOMESTIC. * f '
Tralu service was rei)0rted as badly
lied up by snow at Syracuse, N. Y.
Ceorsre E. Priest, President of th?
Mew York State Tax Commission, anlounced
at Ithaca, N. Y., that he would
retire from tbe-^ervice of the State. . \
It was stated?in Appleton, Wis., that
i new pulp mill combination had been
>rganized there. t? , 0a
To evade a British law forbidding a
:rau to marry his deceased wife's sister.
Mr. Herbert Allen and Miss Charotte
M. Meade came to New York from
London to wed.
.T. Pierpont Morgan was appointed
>ne or a committee or directors 01 imr
s'ew Haven road to hear the grievances
>f the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fireneu
at the Grand Central Station, New - , y.
L'ork City.
Edward L. Harper, "tvlio was convictHl
of wrecking.the Fidelity Bank, of
Cincinnati, in 1887. - and served sir
rears in the phLo ?Penitentiary, baa
rained th** confidence of the financial
vorid in New York City, and is now
he head of a great corporation.
Mrs. Elsie Laux. of Bloomfield, N. J..
suffering from asthma and fearing tbe?
mine affliction in her children, killed
ler two babes by gas and nearly succeeded
in ending her own life.
By a rear end collision in the flub- ^ ' .?
vay between 116th and 122d streets.
several persons were cut and bruised
>y pieces of flying glass and the cars ?
vere seriously damaged. ,
Louis Pra. chef of the Fifth Avenue
Hotel. New York City, was stabbed
>n his way to work.
Judson Harmon, of Cincinnati. Ohio,
ind Fred N. Judson. of St. Louis. Mo.,
vere appointed special assistant attorieys-ger.ernl
to prepare the Santa Feebate
cases.
The New York City Board of Aldernen
with only one dissenting voice
oted to grant a franchise to Ihe New
fork and New Jersey Railroad Company
for a tunnel up Sixth avenue, to v
onnect with the one it has built under
ho Hudson River.
The Washington Government deter
nineel to bring Machen back from prison
at Moundsx'ille. W. Va., ami try hin*
or the satchel fraud. , -'IS
FOREIGN.
It was said nt St. John's, N*. F.. that
here" was much disappointment over
he rejection of the Hay-I?ond treaty.
Si*. Petersburg remained quiet owing
o the military precautions; many arests
were made, and the strike spread
o a number of factories.
A strum automobile omnibus for
?:ifis traffic, a special cable dispatch,
aid. constructed by M. I/eon Serpollet,
ih.s been tested .successfully.
Four thousand men. following the
?au 01 rue >r. fpiprsmun trim ?vula'is.
struck at KhnrUoff.
All railroad traffic in the njijyhborlooil
of Ratouni has ceased, ami :i
'amine threatens the city.
I'rencu aud Japanese officials denied
he current rumors of peace.
A special dispatch from Buems
Vvres shtteil that several lu>h many
>rticers were suspected of being implicated
in the recent revolt.
A .v.Kuen's cluli. th.k first of its kind
n Paris. according to a special cable
.lispatch. i> t<> l>e opened in May.
A prominent Russian Liberal pr*?lictetl
that the autocr.uie system wouid
ie swept awoy by ? evolution within
, } i"?4 1
Advices from Tiflis {.aid .'.hat the
?trike thi,:.v \va? brolua:.
Kins,' Kdu-a:\l bus appointed ritePrime
of Wales Lord Warden of the
L':itupi? Ports.
Three aerouauls made a balloon voy!?from
London to Paris in s!k hour*
Hid ? v,u irter.
r acI.kt. 4 St.-. rniii.liitc vrniifir?iintrt i
[save reXusod tlio dotnami of tlio ICintf
[>f - Snxony fot,* the poffscssiou oO
I'riucess An an Mouica I'ln.
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