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THC DEAD HUSBAND. ... _ No change though )w> He under TW hM IM Mid to plow "iKn^Udwi^ AM hao <h* tirod of woopio* 4b aho Km down at era? ?At, Ad im lights. ! < Sam lie* not dm to ircep; .Tour girl is well contented, Be Kill, ay lad, and alaep. I? my friend hearty, Nov I an? thin wnd pm.. And hu 1m found to ?>np in A batter bed tain Mine? . "Y?, ltd: I lie Ntf, I 1m U Ud* would chooet; I cheer ? d?d ntn'i sweetheart; Never uk me whaee. A White Lie. HERE are different colors end degrees of falsehood. Just aa there are different ] colors and degrees of other slus. There is. of all, the malevolent hypo crite and slanderer, who can twist truth Into falsehood, and falsehood Into seeming truth. And there Is the down right liar, who falsifies on purpose to deceive. There Is another downright liar not quite so bad?he falsifies from a lore of the marvelous, and a burning desire to appear what he Is pot. Some people lie because It ia their dispo sition to deceive. Others He because they lack the courage to tell the trutb. And there are other lies?some times called "white lies" which are mere-lies of convenience. In their ut terance there is no evil intent. They are told just as a man whisks an im pediment from his path with his walk ing stick. They are told to save trouble of explanation; or, perhaps, to avoid reprimand. At first a He of this kind may not seem a very sinful thlug; but unfortunately for the misguided mortal who entertains the petty sin. It I* one that does not Improve upon -aequn!ntan<-e. Like many other evils which might be mentioned, it is likely to grow to alarmiug proportions and -consequence. There Is one safe ground ?and only one?Truth?Absolute Truth ?under every circumstance and on all occasion*. Sarah Powers believed herself to be a truthful girl. She had not the dispo sition to wittingly deceive. Had it been plainly intimated to her that she was a liar she would have been shocked beyond measure; and yet her rule of life in this respect was not pure and unswervlug, as we shall see. "Sarah," said Mrs. Powers, coming to the room on winter morning, where her daughter sat, "did you see any thing of a twenty-dollar bill on the mantel-shelf last evening?" Her voice and manner showed that she was un pleasantly exercised. "A twenty-dollar bill,'* repeated Sarah, with wide-open eyes. "Nd." "You didn't see anything that looked like one?" "Like a twenty-dollar bill? Certainly not." 7 "I certainly left It In the sitting room, on the shelf; and I know that I set the large glass lamp down on It, Bo that It shou'd not blow away. I for got all nboxit It until this morning. Oh. I must not lose It!" "But, mother, twenty dollars is not a large sum." "Ordinarily, no. my child; but Just now It Is considerable. Your father's accounts do not balance so favorably this season as he hnd anticipated. In fact, Sarah, he cannot possibly spore me any more If he Is to meet his bank paper. Where can the bill have gone to? And I promised Mrs. Judklns ten dollars to-driy. Do you think it cauhl have possibly got knocked off and blown away?" We may as well remark Just here, that Sarah* Powers had been lying. Falsehood was not certainly In the h?frt of the young and sunny-faced girl; but her tongue hnd spoken it The facts were simply these: On the previous evening Robert Veazle had called to visit Sarnh (Rob ert was a clerk In the store of Powers & Dunbar and was Sarah's accepted lCVer. He had displayed qualities of head and heart will -k had recommend ed him to the favorable consideration of her parents, nnd though he as poor, yet he hnd business tact and energy. It was understood by the careful father there should be no formal en gagement at present. Sarah remem bered that she and Robert had sat to gether upon the sofa and looked over an Illustrated magazine. While thus occupied, it Jccxirred they would see better. If the large lamp which stood In the middle of the shelf were moved out to the end; and she arose to do It. TTpon Hftlng the lamp she saw a piece of paper whirl out and circle down un til it was drawn Into the fire of the grate directly beneath. "What wss that?" asked Robert, who bad seen the whirling paper. "I don't know, I'm sure. It's burned up. whatever it was," answered Hnrah. She saw the charred tinder like frag ments whisked up b,v the draft, and then she aided. "I guess It as nothing of importance. It wouldn't have been there If It hnd l>r'r?n." And after this she had resumed her feat. Now Harnh remembered nil this I very well; la truth, the question of her j toother hnd startled Iter: but she had i not seen a twenty-dollar bill. We ?an Imagine the amount of mental reser vation employed in this decision. Her first impulse was to avoid a disagree able exposure. If the bank-note hnd been destroyed, as she now suw it must have been, it had been through iw> fault of h?rs. and moreover the Ions could not possibly he helped. Upon reflection, when Sarali snw how much trouble was upon her mother, ?he was sorry she had not confessed the whole truth at once. But it as too late now. Che bad taken the first false step, and she could not retract without a dlsngreeable exposure. "Who could have knocked It off?" ?he said, In answer to her mother's last question; "and where could It have blown to? I certainly saw nothing of a bfenb-note." Mrs. Powers searched In vale, and at noon she told her husband of the loss: and they both searched, and Mr. rowan questioned fcis daughter-not with the thought that she had de ceived, bat In hopes that some for gotten Incident might occur to her. But Sarah dared not confess now. 8he lacked the courage; and she lacked the courage because she was yet to realise how very small evils can grow to enormous consequences. Mr. Powers returned to his store In a thoughtful mood. He knew that his wife must have left the bank-note under the lamp upon the shelf, and that it had been there the previous evening. She was not a woman liable to mistake in memory of such a matter. The only other person who tad been In the sitting room thst tim* besides his daughter v.as Robert Veasle. Per haps Itobert might have seen the note. On arriving at the store he called his clerk Into the counting-room. "Robert, did you see anything of a twenty-dollar bill on the mantel in my sitting room, last evening?" "No, sir." "You suw nothing that looked like one?" The young man hesitated and color ed. Then with a forced smile? ??Perhaps Sarah may have seen It.'* "No; I have asked her and she knows nothing about it. She saw nothinc of the kind." "I?I certainly saw nothing, sir." Mr. Powers was not at all satisfied with his answer: but he would not press the mutter then. He dismissed his clerk, and sat down and reflected. And his reflections were not pleasant. That same evening Mr. Powers called upon Mr. Selvhlge, the tailor, to col lect a bill for cloth. The tailor was fortunately In fumls and he paid the bill- with the mouey he handed out was a twenty-dollar bill of the Black stone National Bank, new and crisp, exactly such a bill as Mr. Powers had given to his wife. He asked Seivldge where he got it. "Robert Veazle paid it to me this forenoon." "For what?" "For a new coat" Mr. Powers went home and showed the bill to his wife. She declared. In a moment, that It was the bill she had lost. Where had he found It?" The merchant asked If she could be silent and discreet for a time. And when she had assured him that she could, he told her how the bill had come Into his possession. They were both grently shocked. They had not believed such :i thing possible. If Robert Veazle could be a thief, whom could they trust? On the following day Mr. Powers called Robert Into the counting-room again. There was that In his em ployer's look and tone that made the youth tremble. Mr. Powers showed him the bank note, and asked him where be got it. "Is that the bill I gave to Mr. Sel vldge?" "It Is." Robert did not answer readily. He stopped to think. And when he did answer his employer's searching, sus picious gaze oppressed him. "Mr. Powers, I saw that bank note n the drawer with another just like It. I happened to have twenty dollars of my own In small bills in my pocket, and I made the exchange taking the crisp, new bill, and putting in Its place my worn ones. Before the money was deposited I think you took the other one." "Robert." said the merchant stern Jf* a bank-note exactly like this the only one I saw with our money that day?and I gave It to my wife. She placed It beneath the large glass lamp upon the mantel shelf In our sitting room. She did this Just be fore sitting down to tea. and forgot all nbout until the following morning, and then it was gone. On that even ing only you and Sarah were in the sitting room. Sarah saw nothing of it. Now what am I to think?" "Are you sure that Sarah knows nothing?" "She declares positively that she knows nothing at all about It! I trust you would not have me believe that my daughter could " "No. no, no!" broke in Robert, quick, he gasped and trembled. ert?" at m?re ,mVe J?U t(> "Nothlng. sir." "Nothing?" "Too cau leave me." And the young man went out pale bowed and stricken. The merchant saw. and was sorry. It was a grief to him deeo a!id heartfelt. Later In the day h? went out and told Robert he might go home. "I will * ?nd for you when I want you." "Mr. Powers!" "W lint would you say. RoberC" "Nothing." "Then volt may go. [ will send for you when I am a bio to se?> you again." And Robert Veasle went out from the store; but h? dared not go home to his widowed mother. The fear flint came crusblngly upon him was of Sarah. Did she love him so little that she could see him thus sufTer and be silent? Was if possible that?but he dared not think. He must wait until these first overwhelmhig emotions were passed. (That evening Mr. Powers and his wife talked the matter over: and after long and rareful deliberation it wns decided that Robert Veazle should be denied the house, and. of course, he I must be discharged from the store. [They would not publicly expose this, Uk Irit known crime; bat they wo tiki hare It doueTt once. She came tn s wrest down. "My deer child." nil her tether, ad tmHirim u4 cemposaion. "ere here a painful duty to pwfotn. We mart tell you of Bobert'e entire anwortht* She Heaped her hande and gasped for breath. What did her father meant He told her the story, directly aad * clearly, of hie discovery of Robert's guilt; and he told how broken aad penitent the young maa had appeared. Tble latter he added by way of chew* lag that the crime wee ecknow lodged. Pale as deeth end with eyee fright* fully flsed. He rah asked if Robert bad not mentioned her name. "He only ssked me." said her father, "If I had spoken with you?If you could not throw tome light upon the mlsalng money. I answered hliu promptly, that you knew nothing whatever about It. His guilt wae appareut from thet moment. His shame and re morse " "Stop, stop!** cried Sarah, starting to her feet. She stood for e little time like one frantic, with her hands clutched In her hair, and her teeth shut. Then she staggered forward, and sank upon her kuiys at het father's feet. "Oh, father! father!" she moaned, "have mercy?have pity upon me." "My child r "No. no?lift me not up. Let me tell It all with my head here in your lap. l)h, I am a miserable, wicked girl! 1 did It all! I did It! Robert has suf fered rather than betray me." And when she could control her speech she told him the story of the burning paper; and she tried to tell how she hsd been led to falsify and prevaricate. That was not a thne for chiding. Poor Sarah was like one whose heart was breaking. 8he had come to think now of Robert. He would despise her after this. Mr. Powers looked at his watch, presently he whispered to his wife, and then arose and left the room; and shortly afterward left the house. Id half an hour he returned. "Sarah." he said to his daughter, who sat with her head upon her mother's shoulder. "Robert Is in the parlor. Go in and see him." There was a fearful struggle, but the better genius conquered, and Sarah went to her injured lover. Ry-and-by Rottert and Sarah came Into the drawing room. They had been weeping freely, but they seemed very happy nevertheless. Sarah came aud kneeled by her parent's feet. "Father?mother?will you pardon and forgive as Robert has done?" "Yes?yes. my child." "Then I will try to deserve your con. fidence henceforth. Oh. I do want to be happy once more, and never, never?" t r. -;.. Robert caught her to his bosom and held her there; and her father came and rested his hand upon her head. "I know it is a bitter lesson, dear child; but I believe blessing will fol low It. It is possible that from this time you may be happier than you have been."?Waverley Magaxlne. Chinese and fctirUtlau Morality. To the Chinese we are always the barbarians and they themselves are the refined. Their civilization is far more complex than ours. The ethical basis of the condition that modern Europeans and Americans i consider civilization is based on the j Christian precept ordering men to do ' unto others as they would be done un to them. That system means the revolution izing of our brute nature from the out- I set. bccause nature is selfish. The Chinese moral code seeks no such rude reversion of the natural or der. It recognizes the Instincts of men I and lays down rules to regulute those Instincts. The rules thus rendered necessary provide for almost every contingency in life save the possibility that the good luatlncts in the heart ! may be stronger than the vicious ones. Their extent and universality, how- I ever, are stupendous. They are monu ments to the perseverance of the Chi- ' nese philosophers, and the modern Chi nese think them more praiseworthy than our basic rule, which obviates the necessity of regulating conduct In all emergencies by any special regulations. The Chinaman is probably far more careful in observing ninety-one out of every hundred of his own complex "rules of life than we are about our sole basic maxim.?World.' RcmferksbU Fanning I'mgrtn. Plowing and'planting in one opera tion Is to-day being done ou a large scale in California. Six hundred acres of Hau Joaquin County land are being turned over every tweuty-four hours by plows hauled by traction engines. There are now fifteen traction engines engaged in plowing on lands In this county, and each engine plows from forty to fifty acres per day, says the .Stockton Record. On the Islands a few of the engines are kept plowing night and day. These peatlaiul en dues are provided with headlights as powerful as those used on modern lo comotives. by tlie aid of which the en gineer Is enabled to follow his lust furrow as closely as l;i the day time*. Not only does this big steam borsa plow tlie land, but it needs and har rows it at the sti.Tie operation on land which l>* to l>e planted to grain. Kach plow Is fitted with a seeding device, behiud which follow teeth that cover the grain Just at the proper depth. Nearly all of the engines are oil burn ers. Four men and a span of horses nnd a wago:i make up the crew of one ??f these big plowing machines. On the engine are engineer and fireman. The third uiau rides on the plows arid the fourth hauls the seed, oil and water to the outfit as It Is needed. How an Italian Obtained Microbes. When in Rome, it Is said, we should do as the Itoinaus do. but some of them io such odd things, There Is Dr. ( asaguar, who lately hired a number of women, presented them with long skirts, and bade them parade the streets of the Eternal City for the space of one hour. On their return he examined the garments, on which he found innumerable bacteria. Including the bacilli of Influenza, typhoid fever and tetanus.?Loudon News. ? ST. LOUIS "HAS THE GOODS." NEW YORK WRITER FINDS WORLD'S n FAIR BEYOND EXPECTATIONS :: Sitel*. Afltr a Week at the Exposition* Expresses Amazement at Many Features?St. Louis Cool and Prices Reasonable. R. ADDISON STEELE. a wtfl known Mwiptptr and B'i*' writer, ? of New York, lecently ipaot a week at the World's Fair. R? turain* botne, bo wrote the following appreciative ac _ It Of hi* impressions for Brooklyn Life, wkick should con vine* any reader that it is worth hie while to see this greatest of ex positions: In the expressive lsngntM of the day. St. Louis "hes the goods." I hsd expectrd much of the Louisiana Pnrchsse hxposi tion, for I hsd kept in touch with the asking 01 lt fross its very inception, five year* sgo; but sfter nearly a week of jour neying through this new wonderlsnd I must confess that in every eaaentisl par ticular it is fsr beyond my expectationa. The biggest snd best it wss mesnt to be and the Diggest snd best it is. The expo sition, rumors notwithstsnding, is quite finished. * * * Those who imagine thst the Celurabian Exposition remsins the Isst word in the wsy of a world's fair should remember crowning (Mtww la the gmt Louisiana Purchase Monument?and across the Grand Baain to the Cuctd* Ganient. On the right IN the Varied Industries and Elec tricity buildings and on the left the Manu facture# and Education, these?with Trans portation and Machinery still further to the right and Liberal Arte and Mine* be yond at the left?making up the body of the fan. For its handle the fan has the Cascade Gardens?rising in a grand terrace to a height of sixty-five feet above the floor level of the buildings mentioned and crowned by the great Festival Hall, the Terrace of States and the East and West Pavilions?and the Fine Arts building di rectly behind. * * * In the architecture of the gronp there is no uniformity of style. The very liberal use of great columns gives the four build ings fronting on the Plaza and Basin a certain architectural kinship, but the Mines building, with its two huge obelisks and somewhat Egyptian aspect; the much turreted and belfried Machinery building; the highly ornate Transportation building, with its gigantic arches and pylons, and ?i?D nations would alone form an ??Ml tion worth the journey iron New York to St. Louie. Germany's building. Du Deutsche Haus, is t reproduction of Char lottenburg tJchloss, 490 feet long and finely located on an eminence orariuukioi Cas cade Gardens. The interior ss well as the exterior is a faithful reproduction of the palace; Gobelin tapestries, the old Char* lottenburg furniture and the Kaiser's wed ding silver having been brought over for the superb apartments. Nearly a mile to the westward France has reproduced, at a cost of half a million dollars, the Grand Trianon, the building and great garden covering fifteen acres. Great Britain has a copy of the banqueting hall of Kensington Palace; Japan, the Shishinden Palace, one of several buildings in a characteristic park, and China, the country seat of Priuce Pu I,un. Italy has a superb Graeco-Kotnan temple, A nutria an architectural glorifica tion of Moderne Kunst, and Delirium a magnificent structure from an original de sign. Le??er reproduction of note are the tomb of Ktmad-Dowlah. by East India, and the new Bangkok temple, by Siain. it It it lkALACE OF MINES AND METALLURGY. that eleven yean hire rolled by since Chi- I cago invited ail the nation* of the earth to i come wit 1m 11 her gate*. These having been years of remarkable progress the mere fact that it is lip to date would place the Louisiana Purchase Exposition uhead of not only the Columbian Exposition of 1893 but the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900 ?the only other world's fair of the period mentioned. The great development of horseless vehicle*, certain wonderful ad vances in the field of electricity, the wire less telegraph, the submarine boat and the practicable flying machine?all of which are special features at St. Louis?are, for instance, matters of the period since the Chicago event. To my mind, however, the one distinctive feature which places it ahead of all other world'a fairs is the com prehensive Philippine exhibit. Ahead also of any previous snowing are the individual buildings of eight of the foreign nations and, taking everything into consideration, the architectural and landscape gardening achievements are greater?as they ought to be with the world older. * * ? One of the greatest, and certainly one of the most agreeable, of my many surprises was the supreme beauty of the main group of buildings. For the simple reason that the camera does not exist which could take in the vast picture as the eye sees it, the early views of the group?a %it here and a bit there- gave a scant idea of the scheme as a whole. Nor did the early views of the ten individual buildings whicn make up its component parts do justice to their nobility of architecture and general grandeur. Inen a^ain in the ground plans and bird's-eye sk<-u-hes?the only possible manner of showing it?the fan-shaped ar ! rangement of this group looked stiff and i unsatisfying. Far from that it is quite as I remarkable in its way as the famous Court ' of Honor of the Columbian Exposition. In I one resnect it is even more notable, for in stead of two grand vistas it offers a dozen. | The main viata is, of course, the one look ing up the Plaxa of 8t. Louis ? whose I the Romanesque Literal Arts building | have pronounced individuality. Yet in the general picture all these building blend finely. Nor is there any clashing in the case of the French Ionic style of the build ings of Cascade Gardens. Twelve hand some bridgea across the waterways, which form a tigure eight by running from the (?ran.. Ban in around the Electricity and Educatioit buildings, further contribute to the architectural splendor of the accne. if it it Row* of fine, large maples set off the buildings in the main vista, adding im measureably to the beauty of the picture and furnishing one of the many demonstra tions of the superiority of this exposition in the matter of landscape gardening. There are also many trees to set off the other buildings of the group, shrubbery and small trees have been used in prolu sion around the entrances and the bridges and there are handsome sunken gardens in two places. The landscape treutment of Cascade Hill is similarly tine. ' * ? * ? The Philippine section covers no less than forty-seven acres, has 1(H) buildings and some 75,000 catalogued exhibits, aud represents an ontluy of over a million dol lars. A week could easily be s)>ent there to advantage. Kntrance to the section is free, but twenty-tive cents is charged to go into each of the four native villages, which are intensely interesting. The village*) run along Arrowhead I?ake, and the inhabi tants all have some way qf enter taming their visitors. The Igorottes, who wear us little, clothing as the law ot even sav.tge lands allow; Bonto-js, Tiiiganues and Suy ocs ure in one village; the lake-dwelling Moros and Bogobos in another; the black Negritos in the third and the civilized Vis rayans, who have a Catholic Church and a theatre, in the fourth. As a matter of ed ucation this great encampment of the "lit tle brown men" is one thing that do Amer ican can afford to miss. * * * Eight of the numerous buildings of for The l*ike has in the Tyrolean Alps the finest concession tliat 1 have ever seen. There is a great square with many quaint buildings, a little village street, ami above the snow-clad mountains?whicn look very real as the eveniug falls. The best scenic railroad yet devised affords several tine glimpses of the Alps, and there is a very graphic exposition or the Oberammergau passion play in the lit tie church. The Cliff Dwellers' concession also looks very realistic at nightfall. It is elaborate in ar rangement, and the courting, snake and other dances by the Southwestern Indians make it another of the Pike shows which should be taken in by all. In Seville there is an amusing marionette theatre and some genuine Spanish dancing. For the rest the Pike offers infinite variety, and as a rule the full money's worth is given. The enor mous Jerusalem and Doer War concessions are not on the Pike. It is a case of dine at the German Pa vilion and die at the Exposition. In a beautiful Moderne Kunst building adjoin ing Das Deutsche llaus the best food and the highest prices on the grounds are to be found, the table d'hote lunch and dinner costing $2 and $3. respectively. There is also a la carte service. Everything consid ered the prices are not excessive, and at least one meal should be taken there for the experience. Another should be taken at the Tyrolean Alps, either outdoors or in the gorgeous dining room in the mountain side. The best trench restaurant is Paris, on the Pike. Lower in prices and iu every way admirable are the two restau rants conducted by Mrs. Rorer in the pa vilions of Cascade Gardens. The east one lias waitresses and no beer and the west one waiters and beer. For a bit of lunch Germany, France and England all offer de lirious pastry in the Agricultural building. Thane are not free ads., but time-saving tips for the traveler. There are no end of restaurants to fit all purses on the grounds. GOLDEN CHA NS. H. Mm R?cti Wort Ooldea Haadeuffk For Years. it will be remembered, says the Westminster Gazette, that some years ago M. Max Regis was presented by a group of lady admirers with a pair of golden handcuff4, In commemoration of his arrest and Imprisonment In the great cause of Nationalism. The An tl-8emlte swore that be would wear the manacles as souvenir bracelets for the remainder of bis life. For some time be kept hi* promise, and then it was observed that be had abandoned I his decorative fetters. Why? Was it , Infidelity to the cause, or what? Fed ; pie wondered, and could get no satis ( factory answer, until a few days ago , there was a public sale of unredeemed I pledges from the Mont de Flete. The | golden handcuffs (weighing forty-five grammes) were included in the cata I logue, M. Regis having deposited them ' with "ma tante" to relieve a tempo I rnry Indigence, and having neglected ? to recover them. To complete the j Irony of the situation, they were pur , chased by a Hebrew, who now wears < them In the street* of Algiers and ex I hiblts them to all his friends. Dr. Halo an LI..D. Or. Kdward Kverette Hale Is now an LL. D. of Williams College, from which Ills father graduated just 100 years ago. The doctor read an extract from his parent's graduating address, which dwelt with the question "Has There Been a Progressive Improve ment in Society in the Last Fifty Years?" Or. Hale Jocosely remarked that a century ago the boys appeared to be wrestling with the same prob lems as are now discussed. lam* NotnlnMli.ua, 1 Tarty nominations for Vlee-Presl < dent have been declined ? number of I times. In the Democratic National , Convention of 1H-I4 Silas Wright, of I New York, was nominated for Vlee : President on the llrst ballot, receiving | 250 of the 200 votes. He declined to j accept, and (leorge M. Dallas, of Penn I sylvaula, was nominated on the ticket i with James K. Polk. The Democratic i ticket was successful In the election, j The nomination for second place on a national ticket by third parties has beet) several times declined. ONE hUNORED FOR AN ECC. An India* Gain* Fowl That Is Very Valuable. Not often does the price of a single egg climb to $100, but tills is wbat was offered for each of the eggs of a cer tain Indian game ben, which was brought to Kngland soiue time ago. For centuries the Indian game, or Azeel fowls, have been the very apex of the game breed, for the pureness of blood and pedigree have been most carefully preserved for so long that the date of the origin of the rare has been lost in the past It Is almost lui|>oMMlble to procure specimens of the purest blood, for they are treasured by the Indian sportsman at the highest value. As game fowl they are great fight ers. Those who have seen them in In dia?for the finest birds never reach our coldev climates?tell of their prow ens and ungovernable *ei.aclty In bat tle. With them it is always victory or death. In America, however, the game fowls are seldom raised for fighting pur poses, tut for show, and as pets and hobbles of poultry fanciers.?Country Life In America. A Morient Rngllihntati. Like the traditional Englishman, Ar thur Stanley, Dean of Westminster, wore home from his first visit * to America an expression of amazement which only time could effac-. He was at once beset by Interviewers, who asked the usual questions. "What was the thing which most Impressed you In America?" was one of these. Without a moment's hesitation I)??an Stanley replied: "My own iguoraucv." ?Argonaut Pure rood. It is to be hoped that the movement springing up In the Kant In the Inter ests of pure food will travel across the continent to the Went, even to Calif'*' nla, and that the people will manifest their anxiety to have their flavorings snd canned meats and fruits pure and wholesome by holding up the hands of those who may undertake to or ganize a crusade against the adulter ators. There Is not a city In California where doubtful adulterations are not used In one way or another.?tea Jose Mercury. THE SILENCE OF BUTTERFLIES. Thl? Imrrl KfprvurnU m Truly Bllrat World. After all. the chief charm of this race of winged (lowers does nut lie in their varied uiul brilliant beauty, not yet in their wonderful series of transforms tloiiH, in their long and sordid caterpil lar life, their long slumber In the chrysalis, or the very brief period which comprises their beauty, their love making, their parentage and their death. Nor does it lie in tlie fact that we do not yet certainly know whether they have In the caterpillar shape the faculty of sight or not. and do not even know the precise use of their most conspicuous organ In maturity, the an tennae. Nor does It consist In tills? that they of all created things have furnished man with the symt>ol of his own Immortality. It rather lies In the fact that, with all their varied life and Activity, they represent an absolutely silent world. ? ? ? All the vast ar ray of modern knowledge has found no butterfly which murmurs with an audible voice and only a few species which can even audibly click or rus tle with their wings.?T, W. Iliggin son. In Atlantic. Tho Complaint. A popular author, who has lately turned to play writing, has not suc ceeded In Impressing managers with the availability of his productions. Not long ago, thinking to get some useful pointers from the current dra ma. he made an observation tour of the theatres. "Well," he remarked to a friend at the end of the evening, "I seein to be the only man alive who can't get a poor play put on."?Harper's Weekly. 'Irrw So rant M? Ulftil. Physicians regard the case of Wal ter J. Hicks, a youth who died at the home of his parents In Lafayette, Ind., fijui the .-ffects of too rapid growth, as one of the most remarkable In med ical annala. Although but fourteen years old. young Hicks was over six feet In height, but slender. The devel. opmeut of his Internal organs did not keep pace with that of his body and his liinbs, and the strain on his heart resulted In injury to the vital organ and caused .'Us death.?Chicago Inter Ocean. Humor of Tbitav Th? Kmult. W-io mu and wait* Tor dead ????'? *boca In which (n make Iiih Wis*. no footprint? ??f hi* uwr l l'oa the mc.Ih of lir .? ?-Life. Always. Hewitt? 'What is ibe h*?t b*i?ln*i?i :o which a young man can hi# at tMtlony J?'\veU -"Hia own.'*- Harper's Ua< iar. TtM Happy Parr. rfbe?"Did your uncle die T* He?"Well, to tell ;ou the truth. I .lid n't notice him. luit everyhod> ?l*e very. l>ai>l'J."-B?>#ioii '*' script. X?er Hmu'iI of Ir. The Supper Cook ? -"Brlug rue souw cheese for the rabbit." New Kitchen Boy ?-Sun'. 1 never heard that a rabbit a tea che? ? Town 1'oplr*. After lhi> Oprr?tioii. _ Klrsr Physician?"Did you set much out of Stlngyleigh?" Second Physician tgl??omily) -"Noth ing but an appendix."?Now Or* * is Times-Democrat. A Deduction. ne oeciares that bis wife made u.tu all that he Is." "Quite likely; and 1 should judge that she didn't waste more than half uu hoar 0:1 the Job." ? Harper'a Bazar, Consulting to I'roSt. First Doctor--"Then we de-Mde not to ??p?*r:* t ??.** Second Doctor?"Yes. What do you think we ought to charge him for de ciding uo* to jpcratfT a rio?? rati r'lrsr Physician?"So ?hc operation was just in tec niek of lime?" Second Physician?"Ye*. in another twenty-four hours the patient would have recovered without it." ? llar.-.M's lia:'.:ir. A Wont of Witrninc v.*ire-"l must run across th?* - *t a at bid*.Mrs. Neighbor good by. i'li be i.ack in a second." Husband?"Well, you'll have to #n"rv. i'he train leaves In tl.ve hems." flla F: otrrt Ion. ?'fleorge, dear. Is that a bib tiia; fiie baseball catcher wears on his breastV" "Yes. my love. It keeps Ins shirt front from being mussed up when the ball knocks his teeth out."--iCIevciand Plaiu Dealer. The M:?ln Cunililmtlnn. ?'Young man. have you stopped ta think where you will go when you 4 die?" "(Jad. 110?I haven't even thought where to go on my summer vacation yet."?Puck. His Impressive Highness*. .fenklns- -"1 met that new butler of yours to-day and had quite a talk with him." Nuritch (anxiously 1?"What does he think of us? Did he Ma}*?"?Philadel phia llecord. l'jrting 9!? it. ?*frs. Put tens ?'"I'm going away for a month. Mr. Post master. You may hold my letters for me. but you might as well read the postal cards as usual, and I'd like to have you answer them." ?Chicago News. Frteudiy Suggestion. "My heart is still untenanted.** siirhed the slender summer uir!. "Why don't you write on your card Flat to let'?*" asked her pi-111 >|> cous in. who was wearing a broad smilr and a new engagement ring.-Chicago News. In the Fight. Church?"The old tJenern! ahvayr wanted to be where the righting wu) thickest." < Jot ham ?"Is that a fact?" Church1?"Oh. yes. Why. eve:? when he wet.t to church lie asked ii' be iniglif sit up i.i the ch >ir."?Voiikers States man. Wilting to Itellevo Plin. "It is a generous and helpful world/' said the multi-millionaire. "Indeed?" "Yes; when it was announced that I desired to die a comparatively poor man there was a general mov ? :n??ru to assist me in the enterprise." i.i^iou Star. In the Tunnel. ''liuroh-"Where did y?,ur friend get his black eye?" (Jot ham?"Tunnel accident." Jhurch?"I hadn't heard 01 ii; when was it?" Oothain?"He kissed t' e wroti? woman going through the tunnel."? Yotikers I'lJtcsiuau. The Whole Htoty. j.onerl?"Has your wife unieli curl* osiiy ?" Ilichard?"Oh. an awful lot. If I began to tell her what you told mo standing ou this eornor she wouldn't hear a word of what you said until I told her what corner we were ?; ? ' on."- Indianapolis .lourual. Good From KtII. ''You wny you would like to ;; tured by brigands?" "Well," answered Mr. Meekton, "1 lon't know thut I would exactly enjoy it. But if some brigand were to de maud ten or tlfteen thousand dollar* before he'd give me up. it inlght make Henrietta think I amounted to some thing."?Chicago Becord-Herald. Told Her Secret at La?t. A woman can't keep a secret." de? clarcs the mere man. "Oh. I don't know." retorts the flat tery lady. "I've kept my age a secret since I was twenty four." "Yes. but one of these days you will give It away In time you will simply; have to tell It." "Well. I think that when a woman I.as kept a secret for twenty years sho comes pretty near kuowlug how to keeg it."?Judge.