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I I A CUP 01 I | By EDWA] PART I. <J40*is T was 011 a drowsy after* * T 1100u? a lon? Time ag?, tliat O 1 O little Dorothy Maytield sat JS in the door of her home wpy playing with her doll. Beyond the child through the opeu door could be seen the mother at her spinning wheel, humming a hymn that was as soothing as a lullaby. I "I must have a drink." suddenly said the little one, as if the sensation of thirst had jusi made itself manifest. 4iXow, Dorothy, you will have to stay right here till 1 come back; I won't be gone long, and you must be real good." With this slie set her doll on the step, with her back against the jamb, in order that she might maintain a genteel position during her own's absence, and away the young mistress ran down the winding path to the spring, only a few rods oft at the rear of the honse. Dorothy ran every step of the way. because shcrcouldn't help it. and, pausing in front of the crystalline spring of icy coldnoss, she took a brown gourd fcom its resting place on a projecting ledge of stone, and. stooping down, dipped it into the water. Then she held it to her lips, whiie its dripping coolness moistened the corners of her mouth and the tip of her pug nose. Two or three swallows were sufficient, and> with a sigh of enjoyment, she laid town the vessel and was about to wmri rounu ;iuu uus>u uuvit iu iuc house, when she was abruptly checked by the appearance of an Indian warrior, who came from among the undergrowth, walking as silently as a shadow. He was of medium height, rather good looking for one of his race, his k>ng black hair hanging loosely about his shoulders, while two or three gaudily stained eagle feathers projected from the crown. His countenance was not disfigured by the hideous paint which his people use when th^y go upon the warpayi. He wore the simple huting shirt, leggings and beaded moccasins common among the New England Indians two centuries ago. The buck iiorn handle of a knife tnrust into ms girdle at the waist showed and he grasped the barrel of a long, old-fashioned flintlock rifle, whose stock rested on the ground at his feet. "What do you want?" fearlessly ssked Dorothy Mayfield. after the blue eyes had looked for a moment straight iuto the black orbs of the redskin. "Drink water," replied the Indian in I fairly good English. Once more, snatching up the gourd, the girl dipped it into the spring and fceld the dripping vessel toward her dusky guest. The immobile face never changed as he reached ont the free hand, took the gourd and held it to his ' lips. That he was thirsty was quickly shown, for he steadily (-rank, gradually raising the vessel and- throwing his head back, while the astonished Dorothy watched the "Adam's apple" in his throat as it bobbed up and down, until not a teaspoonful of water was left in the gourd. "Ob. my!" she exclaimed. "I guess you haven't had a drink since you were a little boy: you don't want any more, do you?" "No," replied the Indian, with a shake of* his head as be returned the gourd, sat down on the ground and drew the back of bis hand across bis moist lips. "Dear me! Haven't you got any handkerchief?" asked the little one, turning up her nose in disgust. The Indian was somewhat mystified over tlie name of the article, but all became I dear when the little miss whipped out a piece of spotless linen from the pocket of her dress, and, stepping forward, carefully wiped away the moisture that remained. Then she noticed several beads of perspiration on the Indian's forehead?for the day was sultry, and he had traveled far?and she v remuveu lut-iu, "There," she remarked. retreating a gtep and viewing her work with satisfaction, "now you look like somebody." It is not often that a member of the Indian race betrays the emotion of mirth; but as this one looked at the little miss and understood her words his mouth moved until his even white teeth shone between coppery lips. "What's your name?" he asked. 1 "Dorothy?that's the name of my doll, too." "Live dere?" continued the warrior, pointing a finger toward the log dwelling, which showed among the leafy limbs of the trees. "Of course I do. Where do yeu live?" 1 He turned half round, as he sat on the ground, and pointed behind him. "Off dere. good way. Little girl can't walk." "Yes, I can, if I wanted to. but I don't want to. Have you got auv little girl like me?" Again the dark face was lit by a smile and the head nodded without speaking. "Won't you bring her to see me some time?" "Mebbe," was the non-committal reply "Yoa mustn't forget it. I'll look for her every day and will feei bad if you don't bring her to see me." "What fader's nauief asked the Indian, who had hardly removed his piercing eyes from the* face of the chattering miss. "Why, his name is my father. How simple you are!" There was a glow of real mirth in the countenance of the red mau at this scornful reply of the little girl, and in a voice of wonderful gentleness he added: ' fie fader have oder name." "Oh. why didn't you say what you meant? He is Mr. MaytieUJ. Do you know him?" A silent shake af the head was ihe response. "Sometimes Indian.'? come to our House. If they are hungry we give them .something to eat. Are you hungry? 'Cause if x?a at i it will soon be ' ^ O- ?? OLD WATER j RD S. ELLIS. g J raw man nwiBiar" supper time, and if you will go with me you can Lave all you want and stay at the house till morning." "No hungry?go back in woods." It suddenly dawned on Dorothy that it was her turn to laugh, and she did so right heartily. "I know why you can't eat any supper. It's 'cause you drank so much water that you can't hold another mouthful." The conversation might have lasted a long time, for the Indian acted as if he were interested in the chatter of the little one. whose questions and obI serrations came so fast that little OD portunity was given liim to do more than answer questions, some of which were of a most puzzling character. Suddenly the voice of the mother was heard. The prolonged absence of the child had caused disquiet on the part of the parent, and she was calling to her. "That's my mother," exclaimed the little one by way of explanation. "I shall have to go now. Goodby!" She was off like a flash of sunshine, but had taken only a few steps \vhen she stopped short and looked around. "You won't forget to bring your little girl to see me? Won't you tell me your name?" The warrior had risen to his feet and was moving away. He, too. checked himself, and, turning bis head, answered both questions, bat unfortunately, Dorothy did not catch what he said. She repeated her queries, but the red man. for some reason that cannot be oonjectured, did not look around again, nor speak. He struck into his long, silent stride, and quickly disappeared among the trees. "I gues's he said he will bring his little girl to see ine," murmured Doiothy, as she hurried up the path to her mother, who was waiting for her, aud to whom she related her singular story. And little Dorothy waited and watched for the coming of her dusky visiter leading his child by the hand, but ae iie-?er came. PART II. One soft September afternoon m it>75 Hugh Lardner, a lusty young man, carrying a flintlock and powder horn, came to the home of Jacob Mayfleld with alarming news. "It will not do for you to remain another hour," were his words to the palefaced husband and wife. "King Philip and his warriors are near you, and no one is safe." "Whither shall we go?" "To Deerfield. Captain Mosely is to be left there with a small force, while the rest are busy in the harvest field.' The village is only a few miles off, and if you make the most of your time and are very careful you can reach it in safety. Will you do it?" "Yes, with heaven's help. I am greatly thankful to you, Hugh, for your kindness."' "It is but a neighborly act. I must hasten." ' * Time was precious, and, bidding the husband and wi-fe goodby, the young man hurried out of the house, and, breaking into a loping trot, headed toward the camp of the brave pioneers from Ipswich. Jacob Mayfield was too wise to disregard the warning of Hngh Larduer. Without encumbering themselves with anything in the nature of luggage, the father stepped out of the house, followed by his wife, holding the hand of Dorothy, who was now two years older than when she had given a drink of cold water from the spring to an unknown Indian. The door was shut behind them, but the latchstring was left hanging out, in accordance with the hospitable custom of the border. If the Indians? chose to visit this outlying cabin, they would meet with no trouble in securing entrance. It was nearly ten miles to Deerfield. the distance being greater because of the circuitous route taken by the pioneer. He was familiar with the route, and was hop-.Jul that by following the advice of Hugh Lardner he would avoid the hostile redmen, who were liable to be encountered at any time. All went well until the winding course through the woods, marked at times by an indistinct trail, but oftencr without ar.y mark at all, had been passed. Finally, the father stopped in front of a deep, calmly flowing stream, a dozen feet er more in width. "We must reach the other side, somehow." he remarked, as his wife aud child paused at his side. "Caift you jump It?" asked his wife, with a faint smile. "Perhaps, by taking a short run; but how will that help you aud Dorothy?' "I will tell you," replied the child. "Take mamma ia eue arm aud me in tlie ether, and then make the biggest jump you can." "I ain afraid it wouid land all three in the middle of the stream." "But you can swim out with us." 4*If it is accessary to swim I can carry you all across, but it isn't pleasant to have our clothing wetted." "It will not harm its, for the weather mlkl," suggested the wife. "We may do better." mey moveu up tne stream senrcning fo. a straiter place, ami met bettor fortune than tliey expected. One was l'ound where the width was barely six fj.-et. to leap which was a slight feat, even to the wife, accustomed to the i rough, outdoor life on the frontier. Dovotny was equally certain she could accomplish it as readily as her parents, who were inclined to think she was warranted in the belief. There was enough doubt, however, to cause the father to try a somewhat original plan, which was carried out with astounding results. He laid his gun on the ground behind them, and iifted his laughing child, his hands beneath her arras close to her shoulders. Then, standing on the edge of the stream, he swung h?r back | &ud forth with increasing oscillations, J ; having explained that he Intended to throiv her across. "One, (wo, three, and there you so." As he uttered the last exclamation, /she left his grasp, and. describing a short parabola, landed lightly upon her feet, on the further bank, and, under the impulse of her own momentum, ran several paces before she could check herself. "There!" called the pleased parent. "That is better than trying to jump and falling into the stream." ! "But I shouldn't have fallen into the stream " |' Jacob Mayfield heard a slight rustling behind him, and. turning his head, wa* confronted by five Indians, one of whom, stooping as silently *as a shadow. had caught up the white man's gun from where it lay. The mother uttered a cry. but it was bccause of the terrifying sight on the further shore. An Indian warrior stepped from behind a tree, only a few feet away, and approached the child, whose back being turned, suspected noiuing or uer pern, wuiie ncm aycevuless by "what she saw just across the brook. At the moment when the parent was unarmed, the balf-dozert wr.iiiOiS made him and his family prisoners. Siuce all the Indians were armed and in war paint, Mayfield and his wife did not believe their lives would be spared for more than a few miuutes. Their astonishment, therefore, was great when one of them by gestures indicated that the couple were to leap to the other side and join their child. Since she, too, was in great peril, the curious command was obeyed on the instant. The wife easily leaped across, and was followed by her husband, the former being quick to take the trembling hand of Dorothy. The warriors talked for a few minutes in their native tongue, while Mayfield anxiously scanned each face in Inrn, in the hope of recognizing an acquaintance to whom he could appeal, but all were strangers, though if every one had sat at his board it probably would not have affected the case. Tha r?hiof wn<* snvinsr Bomethinsr. and I in the act of gesticulating with bis free hand, when, to the astonishment of everyone, Dorothy Mayfleld tugged at the other arm. The surprised leader turned augrily and glared down iu her r fape. t "Don't you remember me? I'm the f little girl that gave you a drink of f water, oh, a good many years ago." r For several seconds the painted face j was a study. The Indian stared at the ( upturned countenance, silent, peering fl and intent. Then the shadow of a t smile played about his mouth, he laid j his hand on the flaxen hair, and. in a a voice of wonderful tenderness, uttered ] the single word: * t "Dor*thy!" * c "I knew you would remember me. f You told me your name that day, but v I did not hear you: tell me again!" f "Pometacom; white people call me a jving jfnmp. e "Why didn't you bring your little T girl to play with me? I watched, oh, r so many days, but you forgot all about j; it, didn't you?" t "Too far?good way?little girl can't a walk so far." j "That was so long ago that she must f now be a big girl like me. She can a walk it uow; will you bring her to see me?" e "Some time," was the grim response.; ^ King Philip, the grim hero of the T greatest war in the history of New' g England, had not forgotten the inno- ^ cent child who gave him a drink of water two years before. Without hesitation, therefore, he announced that no member of this little family should be harmed. Not only that, but in face of the fact that he was urgently nedeed elsewhere by his warriors, he accompanied Dorothy and her parents through the forest until they came in sight of the little village of Deerfield, when, knowing that all danger was at an'end, he bade fhem goodby and hurried off.?Cassell's Little Folks. Model Tenements. No account of model tenements would- be complete without the statement of the remarkable- fact that they not only offer the advantages outlined, rent as cheaply as they do, and are run as beneficently as if they were a philanthropy, but that they also pay annually four per cent, on the investment, as a cold business proposition. It is not a theory that is being experi- j, rnented with; the experimental stage ti has long since been passed. It is an |] accomplished fact Ever since the ten* ements ^ere built, each half year two per cent, dividends have gone regularly to stockholders of record. The investment is paradoxically a business and g a philanthropy at once. Thus it comes [j about that the $1,000,000 gift of Henry Phipps, the steel maguate, if put into 0 operation according to the best j>lans j, of the City and Suburban Homes Com- ^ pany of New York, as it undoubtedly 0 will be, will net $40,000 a year?it is j. assured ? which will be reinvested in a other houses, and endless chain to bau ish the slum.?October Reader. j What Did to "Hamlet." L' A group of actors at the Flayers' Club were once engaged in a discus- ^ sion as to the ability and impartiality ^ of certain professional critics of the p drama, when the late Maurice Barrymore referred to a certain Denver jour- p nalist who was widely known for his ^ dramatic criticisms. "Ilayward," said Mr. Barrymore. "was certainly one of j the ablest of them. He wrote most j learnedly, with the keenest analysis i of every phase of the actor's art. and, j above all. with no little wit. I am just reminded of what was, perhaps, the briefest dramatic criticism ever penned. It wiJl probably outlive every.. . - ... ,t;,l Tt- .... n ohrmf ining ej.^s na? ?aiu um. * . mu mwuv . as follows: " 'George C. Mifu. the preacher-actor, | "played "Hamlet" at the Tabor Grand Opera Ilouso last night. He played it till twelve o'clock." "?Harper's Weekly. A. Noble Feeling. ' If all the mints in the United State* began to coin to-day. and kept it up at the rate at which they have worked j since-1792. making double eagles, eagles, half eagles, quarter eagles, silver dollars, halves, quarters, dimes, nickels and pennies they would complete $1,000,000,000 on August 20. 201G, p_ A. D." Now you will have some idea j how much you will have when you gv't f to be a biiliouaii'C,?ByalfOU Globe, E \ EMPRESS OF AU THE CZARINA IN COURT COSTUM1 LITTLE GIRLS AND A BOY, THI WINDOW SHADE HOLDER. An Ohio man has devised an entirely ie\v idea in shade-holders, an illusration of which we show here. His lolder has quite a few advantages in hat it can be changed to fit any ordilary window frame without destroyiig its future usefulness in case of rhauge of residence with change in - - ' J! mi.- nP >!ze 01 wiiiwm lruuie. mc uuuj >? his holder is made of a bar divided n the centre, the two parts being idjustabiy attached to a grooved hinge >y nteans of thumbscrews passed hrough slots in the hinge plates. Ou >ne side of the slots are projecting eeth or a roughened surface to present the bar from slipping by undue >ressi]re. On the ends of the bars ire pivoted metal heads, having roughned surfaces, which bear against the vindow frame wheu the holder is in ilace. Projecting from the ends of the >ars are adjustable journals, to hold he shade rollers and are held in place nd regulated by thumbscrews. To mt the holder in place in the window j rame, the bars are first adjusted so .. is to tighten it in the window fro fane. f ?hen the heads are placed in the corn- t rs of the frame by holding the bars j nth both hands. By pressing upward the holder is immediately sprung irmly in place. Next the journal iearings for the shade roller are ad- ^ t 1 HA9IL7 9PBCKG INTO POSITION. listed to fit the roller without having :> cut it off or iu any manner marring tie roller.?Philadelphia Record. IN HQMOB OF FRANKLIN. When the two hundredth anniverary of the birth of Benjamin FranJ:n is celebrated, on January 17, 1900, lie kindly regard in which the memory f fho flrar Amorionn AT!ni?tpr 1(1 'ranee is held iu Paris will be shown y the dedication of a bronze statue f Franklin, given to the city by John [. Harjes, at present the resident lember in Paris of the firm of Moran. Harjes & Co. The statue is by ohn J. Boyle. It will be a replica of tie one iu front of the Philadelphia 'ostofflce and will be placed in the mall grass-covered plot in the Rue 'ranklin, near the Place du Troeaero and just in front of the Trocadero 'alace, which lias been given fer that urpose by the Municipal Council of 'aris. The pedestal will differ from i bat supporting the Philadelphia fig- t ARIS RBPLICA OP OUR PRA.SKLIN 3TATUH " re, that beiag deemed too massive <} or the site to be occupied in Paris.? n 'hiladelpLua Record. 5 i: - 1_" M , THE KUSSIAS. I >. ,jw- ?2SM ;.* fW' s^V \sj\ ?; j 3. SHE IS THE MOTHER OF FOUR " 3 HEIR, BORN LAST SUMMER. BROWNIE PINCUSHION. This entertaining Brownie cushion las a ping-pong ball for head, arms md legs of wire, with cloth hands and 'eet and bean-stuffed body made of jright-colored cloth. ? Philadelphia Record. HEW PH1LIPP1HE SEAL rhe Annorial Device Adopted b> the Insular Government. Several years ago, writes a wasmngou correspondent, French E. Chadvick discovered that the great seal of he United States had been heraldicaly faulty for a hundred years, and 'orthwith the design was corrected by ixperts and a new die was cut for the State Department. This led to a study if the devices used by the other Fed>ral Departments, and new designs vere soon made for the Army and s'avy and for the customs service of lie Treasury. Even the flag of the President had to be altered. The ex>erts who were consulted in these ;ases about the same time devised i new coat-of-arms for Porto Rico and i new seal, which gave some indieaion that the island had passed from Spanish sovereignty to that of the Jnited States. In the last few months, lowever, Porto Rico has abandoned ' TEffl PHILIPPINE SEAL, ts new seal and coat-ot'-arms and reurned to its former device, on which he name of the island is spelled Puerto Rico," and this is now affixed | o all official documents to legalize and uthenticate them, notwithstanding i he fact that in all such documents the ame of the island Is spelled "Porto ( tico," in conformity with the laws of he United States. j Almost simultaneously with this acion by Porto Itico. the Insular Gov- 1 rument of the Philippines was geting rid of its old Spanish seal and ubstltuting a new device. On July o, 1905, the Philippine Govrument enacted a statute establish- < ng a great seal, to be placed on all ommissions, official documents and j apers. It is a clear-cut and pleasing i evice, as appears in the accompany- : ng sketch.?Philadelphia Record. A Stu<lout of Mortem Finance. A policeman who arrested a man oar- . ying suspicious bundles asked the ' sua: question. "What have you there, nd where did you get it?" The up-to- ' late prowler replied. "These are my on-ledger sssets."--Ne*y York Even- [ eg Post. i / JEW YORK'S TLOWER MARKET low tlie UlelroiHJli* 1* Supplied With Cut ICoiei and Violet*. The liveliest spot in Greater New fork at half past live in the morning s in the building at the corner of Sixth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, Express wagons, carts, and vans piled ligh with long and narrow wooden >oxes struggle for places at the curb, heir number continually augumented )y other that rattle down from Broadvay or drive around the corner from sixth avenue. It is here that the cut-flower marwet of the metropolis is installed, and nore than two-thirds of the flowers hat fill the windows of the big deal>rs on the principal thoroughfares, or ire hawked by vendors in the streets, ire handled at Twenty-sixth street ind Sixth avenue in the early mornng. The flower market is divided into wo branches, each comprising a sepwate.crass to sellers'and buyers, who lo business at separate hours. The hfrd floor of the building is given over :o the humbler of the branches?the imall growers, almost all from Long [sland, who bring in their own wares vith their own hands, and whose eus:omers are almost entirely itinerant Dedlers, who sell in the streets, or have small stands, on the sidewalks. Prac:Ically the entire business of this jraneh of the market is done between iix and seven o'clock in the morning. On the second lloor of the building ire me Dig ueaiera, >vuy sen uu wiumission to the larger florists, and tvhose wares come by express from the jreat greenhouses lip the Hudson or icross the river in New Jersey. Violets are a separate industry in this market, and one firm on the ground aoor controls the entire trade in this [lower. These mere aristocratic traders find their busiest hour between ;iglit and nine o'clock, after which jeriod the fashionable florist has plenty jf time to decorate his windows pending the calls of his late-rising customers.?F. # M. White, in Harper's Weekly. Wgffgg*DT "WISDOM; A. mere madness ?to live like a wretch that he may die rich.?Burton. There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury. ? Alexander Smith. One of the duties of to-day is to qualify yourself for to-morrow.?Scottish Reformer. He who increases the endearments of life, increases at the same time the terrors of death?Young. Cheerfulness is not always spontaneous; it is greatly a matter of habit, and bears cultivation. The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.?Charles Hodge. Any one can do his best, but the trouble with most of us is that our best isn't good enough.-r-Scottlsh Reformer. A more glorious victory cannot' be gained over another man than this? that when an injury began on his part the kindness should begin on ours.? Tillotson. Incentive* to Marriage. Apparently the German town of ? - in o atnta Heascomann aoes IiU t UC11CTV AAA M W%V.?V of single blessedness. Annual prizes are offered to the men who wed til ugliest, the most deformed and the old* est women in the town. Sixteen pounds is paid to the man who marries the ugliest, while but twelve pounds is the reward for the one marrying the cripple. All women over forty who have been jilted at least twice bring their spouses sums which vary according to the state of the fund, which was left by a rich resident of the town. The average price paid is ten pounds to each, unless they should be unusually numerous; while the trustees are empowered to pay a larger sum when, in their judgment, it seems wise to hold forth a special inducement to procure the marriage of some particularly undesirable woman. Wore Good Cliinbcri. Both Shorty and SUip could climb trees, and, although Skip was top light to tackle a bobca* by himself, Sliorty, a heavy, formidable dog, of unflinchn>,.0it nhvsieal ing courage auu t,_? strength, was altogether too much for any bobcat. When we reached the place we found the bobcat in the top of a pinion, and Shorty steadily working his way up through the branches and very near the quarry. Evidently the bobcat felt that the situation need, ed the taking of desperate chances, and just before Shorty reached it out it jumped, Shorty yelling with excitement as he plungfd down through the branches after it. One of the hounds Beized it by the hind leg and in another secvond everything was over.?Theodore Roosevelt, in Scribner's. How the Sun Rl?e? in Ohio. It was at the feeble dawn of day. A gentle m*it lay low in unmoved air and through its fading sheet of dimness the rays of a new day's sun rent with penciled outlines the cloak that bid the face of green-eyed nature I rem the refulgence of the torch of the day. Moistened verdure smiled in gladdened touch of June-time dew and the tin> beads of settled mist glistened from leaf and blade as pearls in the precious sands of the treasure land of imagery. The shafts of light sent gray-edged streaks through the Heeling haze and changed to clearest air In the effervescence of the murklnoss of morning. Then the garish veil of a golden dawn is lifted and the great fireball beauis i(j growing warmth to furnish forth a day of glory.?Paineiville Republican. Gigautlc Gorilla. In La Nature, Professor E. T. Hainy, the well-known professor of anthropology at Paris, gives an account, illustrated by reproductions from photographs of the animal shortly after death, of a gigantic gorilla recently shot on the Sanglia Iiiver, Congoland. It is said to iiav* measured no less than two metres thirty cm. (seven feet six and three-quarter inches), and the height of the carcass in a sitting posture reached, as shown in the photograph, to the waist of a full-grown native. Professor Hamy believes the specimen to indicate a new. race, if not I ftgw species, of gorilla. " ' '' "S* P" STATE QUESTIONS. Who first prospected Portland, Or.? What is it makes Augusta, Ga.? And is it history's wealth of lore That makes old Philadelphia, Pa.? *' I wonder if Topeka, Kan.? How much did olti Columbus, 0.? And won't you tell me this, old manr Whose pastures does St. Joseph, Mo.? Are things in Providence. It. I.? (What struck the town??But let iff pass.) Will doughty Douglas stand or fly If all the troops in Boston, Mass.? Why doesn't soiled Seattle, Wash., 'In Puget Sound? (Now don't get gay!)fl If you would not pronounce it bosh, > I'd ask you whom does Tampa, Pla.? ifor whom has this Tombstone. Ariz.? Did Denver. Co.? Now, by the bark Of Noah's pair of pups, gee whizz!! Who built this Texarkana, Ark.? ?Robertus Love, in the Oregoniaa. * vi "I Sq Washing dishes is hard on wedding rings?Life. A hero is one who is afraid of beingafraid.?Life. Every man should cultivate eneugk y - 4 prejudices to be interesting.?Life. "How are his morals?" "Why, they'd gain him entrance to the best society." ?.Judge. "What did you do -with ?11 those unpaid bills, Julia?" "I saw tfcey were beginning to worry you, dear, so I destroyed them."?Life. * . - BifFkins?"Do you mean to say that suit you have on was made to order?1* Miffkins ? "Sure thing." Biffkins? "Who for?"?Chicago Daily News. He remains here in tbe city. She goes beside the cool waters; She takes the benedict dollars, He takes the bachelor quarters. ?New York Sun. 1 Elsie?"Papa, I just hate history." Papa?"But you must keep at it, El- % gs sie,.dear. I don't want you to turn out ' ^ "M to be a historical novelist."?Judge. "In what sort of meter is Scribble'# poem written?" "Gas meter." "What the ?" "So many unnecessary "feet, you know."?Cleveland Leader. "Why. certainly, a married woman should be a law unto herself." "Oh, more than that. She ought to be a law unto her husband." ? Brooklyn Life. Bacon?"Did your friend get in on the ground floor?" Egbert?"Oh,- he -jf -1 must have got in lower than that, for ha en id hp found himself in a hole. * r Yonkers Statesman. . , . It was a New England parson who announced to bis congregation one % Sunday, "You'll be sorry to hear that the little church was of .Tonesville iff j* once more tossed upon the waves, a, sheep without^ a shepherd." "Doesn't it make you nervous to be in the road when an automobile comes along at breakneck speed?" "Yes," answered the suburban dweller. "But I'd rather be in the road than in the machine."?Washington Star. Life's consolation is but small, 'i And hope is for the moment hid. When he who ne'er did graft at all Must borrow funds from him who did. ! ?Washington Star. Miss Elderleigh?"Would you believe It, my dear?I listened to six declarations of love at the dance last night?' r Miss Speight?"How interesting! You * * 1 KnKin/1 QAmA> ' ttUSt H3.V& 31111115 ucujuu ovuiv awfully pretty girl!"?Cleveland Leader. "Well," said Dumley, self complacently, after his first after-dinner speech, "you didn't think I could! .speak, did you:'' "I confess," replied Knox, "that I can't thisk of anything so marvellous that has happened for: years. Not since Balaam's time, i? fact."?Philadelphia Press. j "But," said the merchant to the applicant, "you don't furnish any reference from your last place." "Yoi* needn't worry about that," replied th? man with the close-cropped head and prison pallor. "I wouldn't be here now; if it hadn't been for my good behavior in my last place."?Philadelphia Led- * *er. | Carlyle'e Opinion of Musician*. ! When Joseph Joachim, the famousr violinist, visited this country in the '70s he was taken by a friend to Carlyle's tra house in Chelsea and introduced as i? well-known musician. Pleadling an engagement elsewhere, the friend the? left, and Carlyle, who was just then: i, starting for his morning constitutional, begged the violinist to accompany him, which he did. "During our long walk in Hyde Park," said Joachim, when relating the story to his biographer, Andreas Moser, " 'The Sage of Chelsea' poured forth a stream of conversation about Germany, the King of Prussia, Bismarck, Moltke, the war. etc. At lest I thought I ought to say something, an? innocently asked the irascible gentleman if he knew Sterndale Bennett^ the famous English composer. '* 'No,' he answered abruptly, an<f added, after a pause: 'I can't bear musicians, as a rule; they are such an> empty-headed, wind-baggy sort of people!' ''?London Tit-Bits. Photographing Insect* in Flljrht. Some recently invented ohronophotographic cameras by Lucien Bull, of Paris, take successive pictures at raw* of from 1000 to 2000 a second. The source of light is the spark of an induction eoi!, which, it is calculated, endures only about one two-miLlionth of a second, so that with improved mechanism the successive images could be taken at a far more rapid rate than is now employed. Six hundred image# per second, however, suffice Jo 6bowi clearly the moving wings of a dragonfly, and with 1100 or 1200 images per ! second, sharp pictures have been obj taiued of bees ami house-dies iu flight. With an Eyo to the Future. The eminent explorer stood at last as the North Fol*. Instead of indulging in sentimental rhapsodies he took a notebook and pencil from his pocket and began jotting down certain memoranda. "Noting the temperature, direction of the wind and aspect of the landscape?" asked one of his shivering subordinates. "No." he said coldly. "I am arranging dates for my lectures."?Chicago Tt-ibune. I . . <? Hi