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jTMl SOtlTHEWN HONEY LOCUST. 1 1 Once in tb? city peril, Utvinc the dust ud beat ud noise of the city. Wandering tnrourb narrow byways. Sadden my senses thrilled to an odor afar ^ off: * : 'An odor juit wafted, delicate, aubtle, . . elusive, ( Breath of the Southland fanning the brow r of the North. D?wn the narrow path. The perfume nearia|, expanding, ever in creasing, Zngultinr roe now with billow on lillow of fragrance, KJnccrtain I wandered. I thought I nmelled the awcet-brier. The wild honeysuckle, but no, 'twaa the locuat! tin locust! Beautiful, shaking its millio aieK~Kra<>a to the wind. O'i locuat ". ce' of the forth! T<' J iYoui- blosso:,,* of honeyed mow fall at tremulous motion! [Were you gladdened to Ml ae there in the fresh May Morning, t . That you leaned to at 10 and beakoned with joyoua insistence? Luminous, deliaafcs plumes, I believe that you knew m, 'And were joyed, to the heart to greet an old lover and friend. P*>wn on the aoK, cool aarth. Down at the foot, 'neath the boughs of the white honey-locust. Pensive there in the sunlight and ahade ever changing. Mused 1. dreaming again the dreams of my childhood. t ^Musing and dreaming so lay I until the white locuat Huthed its low murmur and curtained itself for the night. ? Lillian C. D. McAllister, in Lippin cott'u. STILL WATBS ud PUHJNC NOOKS. H AVE yon got n shovel bandy?" nuked Margaret Leslie, dropping down on the hard ground. "I'd like to brush up my spinal eord; It's been so thrlled to *iiiitl:<-rcens. I haven't any backbone left. Yon know, Couny, they' drill on Van Ness avenue, right In front of our house. Will power ean keep you from the window, but they've been giv ing tlieir orders by bugle, and the very hound simply wakes me want to howl!" f "I know," chimed In Constance Bricc, ?waving a gold-heailed cane, to which had been fastened a very spick and Mpan silk flag; "there's a squad down near us, too." * "The other flay," went on Margaret. "1 hud such >an experience. As I "was coming home the soldiers were lying Oat in the middle of Van Ness * avenue, tiring at the enemy over an emhnr.kiuc&t. . It was perfectly stu pendous! Of course, there wasn't really any tiring, or embankment, or c'n.Mny, |>ut teeing them gave me the war fever. I cau tell you! Oh. if I were only a man I wouldn't be sitting here, ?or standing with my hands in my pockets, either" (a withering glance .nt their thus employed escort). "I'd? goodness, Tom Scott, look at that thing right down there in front of us. 1 am ?oing to run'tHlc BalmUe." "What is it 7" naked Constance. *'A great, big, horrid old cannon!" "Oh, hurry, Madge! Of course they'll fire n salute. Let's go home and watch the transports from our back porch." ? "Haven't you had au object lesson in cannon at your kindergarten yet?" asked Torn, serenely: then, turning to Margaret: "Baby's little dog o! war is muzzled; doggie can't bark ai the little durls." and he reassuringly pointed . 5)Ut to the cap upon it. "To change the subject," said Marga ret, with a little cough, "did you ever wee F'.icli an uninteresting looking mor tal as that woman sitting by herself over there. Her face is absolutely ex pressionless. I'd Just like to stick n pin in her to see If she'd tak?? 'ntcieBt enough to squeal." "Your hat pin with Its army button end,'' suggested Constance. 'I don't lieiirve she has any patriotism, for she hasn't a ghost of a badge or button." "1 don't see what she came for. If ?lie wants to read magazines such a <lay as this, she'd better stay at home." *"The leaves turn over pretty fnst. She's probably only looking at the pic tures? don't care for reading, you know. How long have wc been here now ?" "Oho hour nml forty minutes," Answered Tom; then added encourag ingly: "It's my opinion the transports won't go till night, then steal out ?quietly." They went on chatting of trivialities. Then, towards 5 o'clock? they had cot.o to Block Point at 'J? they began telling stories. "I heard sueh a runantlr one yester day," said Margaret. "There was a Klrl of Spanish descent called Anita? Anita? oh, 1 can't remember licr last UHsne." ".tones," suggested Tom. ' "ller parents both mine to this country when they were mere babies. fWie.v have newr been back. They f have made all tbetr money here. The 'father, naturalized, has voted right Along. And their children have been ?educated in our public schools. But, , rud irn this war broke out. the one touch of Spanish blood In their veins made them akin to their unknown brothers in their unknown fatherland. 'Anita, a belle of Santa Clara County, ?was engaged to a promising young California!!. "The parental smile had all the bless-you-my ?children serenity until ?the young man enlisted: then he was fdbldden the house and : II Intercourse with the granddaughter of Spain. (Well, as you can easily guess, Cupid managed a private correspondence, but one sad day a telltale feather dropped Ifrom his wing, and the Spanish temper khot hadn't been naturalized when pa i>a got out his paiier*, flow Into a rag? ' Jlhat bade Anita choose once and for rpver between home ties and heart ties. a|dliln't take long. With only enough Imoney to last a month, she plucklly jfCnmo to San Francisco to earn her VTTbt poor little thing!1' exclaimed Constancy 1 expect *? fli Just ins her ?jm out nt." "Listen!" cried M.-jrgaret. ? . Time wii a faraway wh^tts; ? bell; a spontaneoci Uhrat oK*M whistles; the deep to?e applause ol a cannon. The transports hftd started The patriotic city of San Vrandsce was givin g Its cheer to the departing vessels. Then, amid the universal thrill of brave, hopeful excitement came the Intruding possibility of death and disaster, and the sires aaaaned its low, irrepressible flob. The crowd at Block Point eager!} pressed forward to catch the first gUntpse of the fleet. .. Finally, around an obtruding point of ttnd, came the Peking, majestic, beautiful, awfnL Hugging her side, la parting embrace, ?te.-.-*ed the Uklab. chartered to accompany the ships to the Heads for the benefit of the Red Cross Society. At a short interval followed the large flagship, the City of Australia; then, at a greater dis tance, and more slowly, glided the smaller City of Sydney? and around about them all, the group of friend* to see them off, all sorts and conditions of craft, from the 'rlvotous small fry of a tug to the dignified old stern* wheeler. Suddenly there was a lurid flasb, a terrible blast, a tottering of tbc ground under their feet? a cannon, unseen by tho girls, directly around the cornet from tliem, had wished the Peking god speed. As each of the transports passed the Point, tho cannon saluted, while the military island of Al?atraz bestowed her blessing in one long series of thir teen guns. Slowly, but too surely, our dear first fleet, with Its priceless cargo of precious souls, passed from us out of the Golden Gate. But long after our poor earthly tatters of waving flags were lost to their view there rested about them the radiant glory of a glowing sun, etheral clouds of soft I fog, the deep. Intense azure of the sky? the heavens hnd unfurled their red, white and blue. The tears fell unchecked down Con stance's face. Margaret shivered with 1 a nervous chill. I "Now is your hat pin ohance," whis pered the sacrilegious Tom. pointing to a solitary figure right In front of them. It was the "uninteresting mortal." She stood motionless, looking out at sea. Then, a moment later, she turned her expressionless face upon their agi tated ones. "You have friends on board?" she asked. In a sweet, sympathetic voice. "No," sniffed back Constance. "Have you?" | "One," fell the soft answer? "my husband." "Your huslmndt" repeated Margaret, for, now that she saw her close, the wornau was remarkably young and girlish in appearanee. The weary, motionless face awoke in to Its natural beauty. An exquisite flush vivified the dull, olive cheeks. The heavy brown eyes flashed with pride and Joy and love. "Ye.<^ my husband." she repented rapturously; "we have been married just a week to-day."? New York News. Five Popes. There arc Ave Popes ou the face of tlie globe. They are the Pope of tho Latin Church, the schismatic, or ortho dox. Pope; the Father of the Palthfn!, ruling in Constantinople; the Pope of Tibet, who litis 500.000,000 (subjects, and the schlsmntlc Pope of the Mo hammedan world, who reigns at Mor occo. All live are threatened with hard times; 1004 has been unproplti tlons to them. He of Morocco take* Ills situation with the lightest heart, and goes on amusing himself with scien tific toys. He is an amiable being, and the son of an English mother, who bar gained in her marriage articles to M burled in British soil at Gibraltar or elsewhere. Since the signing of the Anglo-French accord German agents have given him no peace. He is glad of this. It opens to lilm a prospect of the Emperor William following toward France, civilly but llrmly. a dog in the manger policy. The llnest pastures In Africa are In Morocco, and the Ger mans hunger for them. Of the live Popes. Plus X. Is the most venerable, Nicholas the most feared. 1 lie Sultan the most terror haunted and terrorist, and Dalai Lama the most mysterious, and the head of the Muslim schismat ics the best fellow. We may see a few of them here some day taking tho places of Daudet's "Hois en 15x11."? Paris Correspondent London Truth. Sent Her by Cable. It cost Hoke Simpson, of Santa Ma* ria, lllcos Province. Philippine Islands, formerly of Kansas, $10 for an affirma tive reply to his proposal of marriage to Miss Minnie Schnngel. of Kelott, but no doubt, remarks the Topeka State Journal, he thinks he got his money's worth. Simpson, who used to live at Law rence, Kansas, and Is a graduate of the University of Kansas, Is a teacher In the Government schools In the Phil ippines. Miss Scliungel Is a Bcloit girl, who has been teaching for n few years In the public nchools of Hood Hlver, Ore. Simpson has known Miss Scliungel for several years. Recently he wrote proposing marriage and ask ing her to send her answer, if f aver tible. "by cable, collect." Miss Scliungel wired "Yes." Soldiers' Superstition*. Among the numerous superstitions of the Cossacks there is none stronger than the belief that they will ent?r heaven In a better state If they fire personally clean at the time they are killed. Consequently, before an ex pected battle they perform their toilets with scrupulous care, dress themselves In clean garments and put on the best they have. This superstition Is not confined to the Cossacks alone, but is widely . prevalent. It is said, in all branches of the Russian Army. Mow Very Strange! "I ?otle.\" barked The Bclon, "tlitt when t lie trees begin to leave, although they have their trunks with them, they remain right where they are." "And I'll be switched." chipped In the Leap Year Bud, "If that should prevent us from branching out." "Although that might be construed as a shady proceeding," rejoined The Scion. "I think the trees should not take umbrage at what promises a line umbrageous effect." New York City.? The rest effect aukM a prominent feature of the sea eon end la epperent in ell the latcet coats and Jackets. This ?erj ettrec COAT WITH TEST. tlve model It adapted both to the suit and to the general wrap and to the en tire range of seasonable materials, but, as illustrated, is made of black velvet with the waistcoat of heavy white silk and the little turn-over collar finished with embroidery. The combination of materials is singularly effective, but the vest is equally correct when made from clftili, vesting or any contrasting material that may be preferred. The coat consists of the fronts, backs and under-arm gores, the vest being separate and arranged under the fronts on indicated lines. The sleeves are In stiff little bows at tbt front, the loops snd ends being folded primly be tween the velvet piss tings At the back there are five MfMta relret roses, set closely, and Inclining to neither side. While thsr4r4 n tendency to re more trimmings from the left side, It will probably be a pawing novelty, except possibly as to the placing of trimming st the back or the front. They are usually as becoming as the trimming at the left side. In this charming Instance the roses, which are of medium slae, hare foliage to hsrmonlse, standing In novel fashion from magenta to dull green. SkawU ? r*d me VMkln. Slmwls arh seen In rather unusual numbers. There are enough of tbem to suggest a revival of the 1830 and 1850 fashion. The silk shawls arc specially attractive, embroidered In self or a contrasting colour. Pale sal mon pink Is embroidered In white; dull rich magenta has a pattern worked in red of a deeper tone. Of course all the usual pinks, pale blues anil creams are also strongly in evi dence. Pongee color, with stitchery in white or yellow, ?ls pretty and more uuusuai. Girl's InpaJtr Oaatm*. The suspender dress Is a msrked fea ture of fashion and Is singularly be coming and attractive worn by little girls. This one is made of simple plaid material showing a mixture of blue and green, and Is trimmed with fancy black braid, the gulmpe being of white lawn with yoke and cuffs of lace. When a simpler effect la desired the yoke can be made of embroidery or of all-over tucking and for the dress in numerable materials might be suggest' ert. Henrietta, cashmere and the like are always pretty and attractive and A L/I1E DEJIQN BT n/lT MflNTON. large nnd full nt the shoulders, nar rower nt the wrists nnd are finished with roll-over tlar? cuffs. ? Tin* quantity of muterial required for the medium size Is four yards twenty one inches wide, two yards forty-four luelies wide, or one nnd seven-eighth yards fifty-two Inches wide, with one yard twenty-one or twenty-seven or three-fourth yards forty-four Inches wide for vest. ISocllnh Kl?l Hlomci. Kid IiIouhcs are being worn In the north for fishing, motoring, ?,.>illng and excursions in tough weather. They nre to he seen In browr., dark red and navy blue, and are lined with a thin material. They are somewhat costly. so are not by any means co.ii* mnn, but they nre excellent wear and Impervious to any amount of rain, say* the Queen. A tolo ably fine leather Is used, so they are not too heavy or clumsy In app?T. ranee. On the contrary, they are very si:iart, and, being well made, imply tucked and perfectly cut, are much In request by those who can nfTord them. They nre worn with any rough material skirt, but they look best with black or skirts of the same color. The wld'j crowned motor caps are worn with them. The caps are equally popular with peaks lu front or t lie tint brims all round, and are becoming to nearly all faces. The curve that tlicy take 011 the bend by being "speared" by severai long, fancy bended pins Is \ cry graceful.? New York livening Telegram. In Pfriwlnklf Bin*. Here's a turban, too, lu periwinkle blue. The material Is rich mlrolr velvet, and though It looks extremely simple the 'prentice linn' would falter pitiably in attempting it. The crown Is tint, of a broad boat sluipo, and the brim Is composed of four plea tings set on as like knife folds. Lltt'e stilt moire ribbous are fjjded between and tied nro iiiiK'Ii In vogue, while plaids and checks offer a generous variety. The costume consists of the skirt with the suspenders and the wuist. The skirt Is cut in seven gores, and Is laid in box pleats that conceal the seams and In Inverted pleats at tho centre back. The suspenders aro shaped to form epaulettes over the shoulders and are attached to the belt, which Is also Joined to the skirt. The waist is simply full below the round yoke nnd Includes full sleeves gath ered Into .straight cuffs. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is four and three* eighth yards twenty-seven inches wide, two and one-quarter yards forty-four Inches wide or. two yards fifty-two Gint/H SfHPRSDKK < OHTL'MK. Inehos wide, with one nml woven eighth yard fifty-two Inchon wide mul one-half yard eighteen Inches wide tc make the gnlmpe as Illustrated. Baldwin's Airship About to Ascend. THE New Baldwin Airship. By J. Maya* Baltimore. c APTAIN T. 8. BALDWIN, of Oakland, Cal., is the re cent inventor and construc tor of wbat proves to be a very successful dirigible airship. The first and initial trln! of tbc cmft was made from Idora Park, Oakland. Since then several other trials hnve been made, all of which proved very satisfactory. No high altitude was attained by the new airship. Captain Baldwin's principal aim was to determine if the movements of his ship could be con trolled. He ascertained this could be done quite easily. At a height of about TOO feet he cir cled several times around the large park, going both against and with the wind, and moving at various angles. After being up nearly an hour. Captain Baldwin brought bin Hhip back to the starting point, and safely descended to earth. These trials were witnessed by great crowds of spectators. Subsequent trials have also been made, when It was demonstrated that In every revolution of the large pro pel lor, and in every move of the steer ing gear, and of the weights which raise or lower the vessel at will, the plans of the Inventor have been carried Into effect. The large propellor, hav ing two metallic blades, and nearly six feet In dlu meter. Instead of being placed at the stern. Is located at the bow of the frame or car, as in most recent airships of this type. In this manner the airship, instead of being puRhed through the uir, is pulled. This facilitates the steering as well as rais ing or lowering the ship. The balloon, by means of which the whole machine is raised, Is somewhat blunt cigar-shaped. It measures fifty four feet iu length aud Is seventeen feet In diameter In the middle. The balloon is constructed of a very fine quality of silk, extremely strong and flexible, and with the reticulated net ting which attuches It to the car, weighs only ninety pounds. The bal loon is Intluted with hydrogen gas. and at an ordinary distension pressure con tains 8000 cubic feet. To this bailoou is uttachcd the frame which supports the profiling and steering mechanism. This frame, which Is made of strong, light wood, is triangular in shape, the three ends uniting at a centre at each extreme. This frame is forty-eight feet long, and Is very securely braced and lashed. It has been very thoroughly tested and will support 1400 pounds with safety. The engine which drives the pro peliler Is one of the ordinary gasoline type, furnishes seven horse-power, and weighs sixty pounds. The transmitting mechanism Is so adjusted and geared as to cause the propeller to make 1T>0 revolutions per minute. Just what speed can be obtained under ordinary conditions has not yet been dellnitely determined by the inventor. , The frame, or car, is placed directly below the balloon? about twelve feet? and weighs sixty-live pounds. The total weight of the airship is 220 pounds, while Its buoyancy will lift nearly 500 pounds. The rudder, which Is rectangular In shape, five by three aud one-half feet, Is very easily manip ulated from any part of the car; and the engine Is regulated by ? steel lever. One person con very easily navigate this airship. The aeronaut can sit about midway of the frome, or he may movoAbout freely if necessary without disturbing the general equilibrium to any extent. A weight, which can be shifted from bow to stern, or vice versa, permits the airship to be raised or lowered at will, a feature borrowed from Zeppe 1ln*s craft. Captain Baldwin Intend* soon to construct another frame that will be six feet longer and fifteen pounds lighter. He thinks It will In crease the speed and facilitate the steering. So_ confident Is the Inventor and builder of success that he bus already entered his airship in the $1.1)00.000 prise competition at the World's Fair. Captain Baldwin expects to start soon for 8t. Ix>iiis with bis aerial macbiue. In working the Bliip the propeller may be reversed at pleasure, thus pushing the vessel backward, when ever the same is necessary or desirable. The trials showed tliat the ship very readily obeyed her helm.? Scleutltlc American. QUI SIHTlia OEViCE. Permits Men to F n Fion a Pit With oct Exposure. A rather elaborate device for the purpose of accurately aiming a gun from behind a wall or tree was intro duced some time ago and attracted considerable attention among the mili tary men of the world. A much simpler device to accomplish this same pur pose has been Invented by (I. Waller, an officer In the Swedish army. When fikinu without kxpohurk. soldiers lire thing from a riflp pit they are obliged to expose their heads. To obviate this Mr. Waller has put a lit tle mirror on the rltle, which permits the soldier to nlm with the greatest accuracy and yet keep himself hidden. Kxperlments taken with this device have given good results. The mirror may be taken off and hidden in a box in the butt-end of the rifle. ? Philadel phia Kecord. School For Kinlgrantn. The progress that is made in devel oping colonial holdings depends almost entirely on the intelligence of the In flowing population, and as all the great nations possessing colonies are anx ious to build them up rapidly, every ef fort is bent to direct ambitious, well informed young men to emigrate to these lands. Germany lias recently gone so far as to establish a school for the training of emigrants. The school will be conducted in connection with the Ilohenheim Gardens, and will offer one and two-year courses in those stud ies, such as scientific agriculture, mod ern stock raising, etc., that It will tit the students for their battle in new lands. Particular attention, of course, wlll^ be given to information relative to tl'ie countries in which tiie students anticipate settling. Care of School Children In llrnanelft. Ill Brussels every school child is med ically examined once In every ten days. Its eyes, teetli, ears, ami general phy sical condition are overhauled. If It looks weak and puny they give it doses of cod liver oil or some suitable tonic. At midday it gets a substantial meal, thanks to private benevolence assisted by communal funds, and the greatest care Is taken to see that no eliild goes ill-sliod, Ill-clad, or ill-fed. AN INGENIOUS TIGER TRAP. A correspondent writer to tin* London (?raphic: "I yon a sketch of nn ingenious tiger trap nun! 1?.v the natives In Coin Hank liny, nn isolated pnrt of Cochin China. It In constructed as follows. A tree log js hollowed out In the form of n cylinder, and around both ends strong Iron spikes are fixed, \vl* l?'li project Inwards. leaving nil aperture of about nix indies. A pariah dog or small pig In placed Inside through a trapdoor and spi-vcn an a bnit for the tiger, or largo black panther, which alMninds In tlie moun tainous part of the country. The animal's paw, once pushed in to drag out the halt, cannot he withdrawn, and In the struggles for freedom the brute cnly the more Ktrongly Impales Itself on the spikes. All the native villages are protected by strong palisades, but in spite of them tin- tigers make great havoc among the Annnmitcs, frequently breaking in and carrying off natives or their live stock."? Philadelphia Record POPULAR SCIENCE A new wrinkle In three can Jttt de livered to the Lnke Shore Electric Hallway, of Cleveland, by the Stephen son Company, Is a speaking tube ex-" tending from the mo tor man's cab to the rear platform, so that the motor-: ' man and conductor can be in constant communication. The idea was origin ated by Warren Bicknell. President of the Lake Shore Company. Radium Inflames the skin and de stroys various kinds of life, but it* place in medicine is yet to be deter mined. When it shall have been found.' useful. Dr. E. 8. London, a Russian* physician, proposes to make its energy i cheaply available. Experimenting wlth| various substances, he has shown thatt wool absorbs a large quantity of the radium emanations, and that the "ema nated" wool produces physiological ef fects similar to those of radium Itself/ The wool, moreover, cau be applied to> any part of the body. The gliding boat of Count de Lam bert. which has given such surprising resuts an the Seine, is serviceable only( in the absence of wave motion. It consists of two skiffs. each about eigh teen feet long, which are coupled side by side, and which have flat bottoms, with a scries of live transverse planes slanting downward from fore to nft at an augle of about thirty degrees. As; the propel lor? which is ? between the. two sterns? drives the boat forward, .the Inclined planes raise the boat to .the surface, over which it glides. With a motor of fourteen horse power, a speed of seventeen and one-half to .twenty miles an hour was reached, a rate that ordinarily requires two or three times as much power. The latest system of transmitting pictures by wire? t bat of Professor ?Korn, of Munich? claims a vacuum light receiver as an important advance. Two hollow cylinders, one at the trans mitting station and one at the receiv ing station, are rotated synchronously. The Aim carrying the picture to be sent is placed on the tlrst cylinder and a ray of light concentrated from n Nernst lamp is passed through it to a selenium cell in the interior. The tine "pencil of light describes a spiral of short pitch, the light and shade of the picture causing the selenium cell to produce variations iu an electric cur rent passing to the receiver. The cyl inder at the receiving eud Js covered with a photographic tilm, and a pencil of light from a vacuum lamp?fluctuat ing with the variations of the electric current? describes a spiral registering the light and shade of the original pic ture. A photograph is transmitted in half an hour, 500 words of writing in about an hour. . HOW THEY MARRIED. A Youthful lIuib?Bil'i Wife Become* Ills Ouardian. Albert Ciraylaml, of Sharon, Minn., Was only twenty years old, aud Myrtle Thyme, his sweetheart, was eighteen ,whon they sought a license to wed. "You're not of age," said the clerk. "You must have the consent of your parents or a guardian." "But I have no parents and no guar dian." replied Albert (iraylaiul. "(let a guardian, then." suggested the clerk. ' A queer light shone in the eyos of the girl. "I'm eighteen yours old." she said, "and of lesai age. Why can't I be your guardian?" They went to the probate judge. Blnshlngly the girl told the Judge the story and asked to be appointed the guardian of Alfred Cray land, infant. The Judge bad been young himself once, and probably i.i love a good many times. Ho he signed the papers ami Myrtle Thy mo took possession of her ward. Albert (iraylaiul. and all hi? property? he is well ofT. The married him right away, but under the laws of Minnesota, she has to report to the probate judge every cent spent by her husband. All bis cigar money goon Int.) th? report. When he spends fifty conn to so? a ball game the amount has to he insetted in a bill of particu lars and Hied with the court. The ymng bride even was compelled to pay, the $'J feo for the license and the fee t > the justice of the peace. These expenditures s1k> had to report t.? tli? nurt a-, "marriage expenses" of her ward. Furthermore, she must keep good c.vo to hi< conduct, for in this Stat.' guardinns are responsible for Mi* i loval as well ns the financial welfare of their guardians.? New York News. ' Cliln?nn llurial Cunloiim. When a rich and important China* riau dies his f moral in conducted with ; I. irli pomp and splenJor. His friends* ?! nd relatives, instead of pending wreaths, send innumerable banners. These are made of white silk, with in scriptious beautifully worked in black velvet, and express tin senders' good wishes to the deceased, himself or to member* of bis family for many gen erations. On the day of the funeral these banners are carried by hired men, wlu are all dressed alike for the (.ccasioiK After the funeral, which lasts several hours at the cemetery, l? over thr> banners are all brought baek, r. id eventually grace the rooms of the Kite Chinaman's house. Had If ml One Kxpe rlnnee. The two hypochondriacs were ex changing confidences. "Were you ever bedridden?" inquired one. '?Yes," replied t!:o other. "When V' "Three years ago. during a cycling out In Kansas. The wind blew my bed, wiili me <?n ii. a distance oi' seven miles before i: lei up!"? New Orleans Tlmes-Deinoer.it. U'ortli KrrpllUT. "ITo asked the firm for a raise In his salary." "I>id lie gel il ?" "Yes. The.v consider him 'he most valuable man the.i have. You see, when he |?eU,ion<d for more money ho did so on the grounds that he had Jusi. discovered thai the firm could get along wilhout him. "-Cleveland l.va;!er.