Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A CHANCE. She possessed a mind discerning, That was stored and eraminnl with learning And her thoughts, forover burnlug, Site eottid euitaby express All her sontentc,- woro rottnie.l And her wvortis imposing sotiitod; 1 wvas really ciltitt. astountled As I listn1uti, 1 contess. !t wa i ithenr an intliction, All tii vcr'i,al onrestriction, But bi'r v'- anen if dition. :aehlt crlus ttil 1')'tss' li praso And thu ticitt iful sele,irt iti (t t[b-t wu),t, aiui the":'~ir n tinp lol int ir': :11,,,. cerre t iti.i',,tuu 'I hey were eilulto b% ot.i all praise. But I saw her very Intely, And sio did not'tiilk ornately. All that lalit;uago msave and stately She no lou;,- r ke !t on tap. SIe was saying. '"3ssums, dddumnsl 'ller,o Ibad old jIn got hiddutms, In his ittlzzr.'4 i'cious kidkums To tho baby in her lap. -Chicago )ally Nows. All's Well That Ed Wel. A STORr OF FOUR-SIDED LOVE. 1. lie looked for the most, part straight in front of him as they walked across the field side by side. I[is forehead was puckered, his mouth set, his peculiarly yolltlful face paler than Its wont. ".if," he said, "is such a huge ro sponsibilit y." Unconsciously his voice took the ilog:atic tone which so often char itterized it in the performance of his clei'cal duties. "I ife is such a serious matter; I d not lthink we half realize its tre niindotts seriousness." "al king---of--er-tigers?" said she. Itis voice dropped to one of sur lwise,, almost of irritation. "What do you lmean?" he asked. "I havein't grasped the connlec"tion," si said. ''It is only when I ant in pain that I feel like that." Plainly he was seriously affected, for her even ignored her frivolous aside. 'Oh, what is it ?" she asked. "There 1ihut he sonethin g." she contlnued. "Ilas the viiar"-here she smiled, al though unwiI!Iugly--" has his rever in't" been itsisting on the fifteen mil n lt'E. 'iimt5 for :. our sermons again?" You c .;ldn't negietl your mother !)any one." she said, bravely. N(,." he auimitled. "n1o: that's true." "So you atre f'r'ed1 to make a duty of necessity,' she said. I:e waitd a momi.t, repeatinlg her .Voldl:s over to himself, as though he had uit ri'",ted their tmheaning. ''Give me," he said, "one e'nmb of icntsolation to help ime through the epttty dlay,. If there) had not heei this phai1l, straight. way of duly for niie. i'uad ! you--?' "Yes, oh. yvs!" she said. "I had to spunak?" he questioned. "I can hear it better?" she said, "sinice you have spoken." "If love were all?" he quoted. "Nothing else could have made me low --"' ":e this." said she. look thanked her. "Now, lu must forget that once I di to) play the man. You emembler ime as the con iturate who trIed-" 3n ijouri ownt way, thien,'" lie wh p 'red, with a wintry smile. "'And hs!' 5s yout always, mny one love. You ab-ne: hol my s'eret--safe withI you."' i'ar God, hiow~ safle!"' she ('ele. .Aud so they parted. It was the only .11 I ut, thait. wvas not ihe only confi <j a ' with n hieh slit was honored at h: this ltime, anid strangely 'nugh . it. was thei'. i-u ate's mthiitles wo nex ': tpu)t1 her' i tOw rs of seiret. <.e;iont witht a toutch ofi flattery. I hpri you will not latigh at me fot' a illy)old g)osi'!" ".4 if I shutld" I iluti't know -i a it. andh see. I sup lO;"' tt' int your ideano one1 'outld toswi bly fall in hove after-w elI, '"Oh. why noct ?' "V\er~y welol tr'icd, dear! Very crted itabtly t;aiid! 1latt I ami miore than ibirt y-five'-atnd I ami ini love. 1 don't wi'mdcer' you start.' "Not badly! Bunt there, I don't wantt you to t hink t hat because ex 'pertiece hats tatilih tile to laugh in tiw fac'e of mlisfoirtunte I c'anniot still feel. Child. thierce is no love like a las love for tearinig your' heartstrings, I 'rtlice helps to make perfect, )er' ha ps- -I dc't kniow. WVomen loive and tmi:'ryv and live hiaitly ever aftei' hitdred~ts of wvomecn do that. But I br.e had exper'ience, amid I knuo." wihat I am saying Is true, that nt)O one huntd red ever'1 fis her' ci hat", have focuntd ninte."' Ithe giirl, "doesn't. he forgive m-y askinig-buht vi' yolt?" ', hat' noidt thle barr'iier. 'sy age, you kniowv, a fail ,it';t-ted thte pilutre in t he beginnting, hn iibok i tip the likceess to thle ti n I ' *-o .on, wot ha !t 0 sins edi t he~ spoil of~' i love befori muinich hatrm hail b' ru dlotne. N), I ami sparedc'u that. ut I thtik yout kniowi, how, I have .i1 lot' amid in miy son ever since iit 11ther died. I have brought hint up t honor' hiis dead fathler' heyndu alt tiig men. 1How enni I niow c om& Iidge to) him that a greater' t han .. ather has arisen for tme? Hlow ai, I jttmblictly set- atnother' in ihr tint' donth has ipadhe sact:ccU \Atuin'it It lie like sacrilege ini hth .w'lThe seced I sowecd ini my bmoy't 3 - h 't loturish ed beyondc belilef. *v~~at ofi me5 isetv:inedl witl: I: 1/ i struck atI. the oneO, mIghti not intdanger' thie oihier" Thelu girul stummiioned all her store o1 couriage to her' aid. "1lilt if lie shicutlch---think of miart'y 'ahimself', wvouldln't that make "You think Ilth beants you arec Sc youtig yoturself, dleat' girl. And hiov eatienit you have beeni1 time!"' she said cominig b)ack to hier ac'customied coni sidleratlotn for her c-otmaiin.i ''Some itte-; I have felt I tmust sipeak, jus oece, or it would kill me--and nowv hatv s spoken. You wvill respect my con 1idece, I know." s 'e "Yes," said the girl, "yes." Ill. These were the (lue.stionls which troubled her, tilled her waking thoughts sent her restless to bed. And while she still walted site be c"anie the virthnl of yet alnother (olli (ii'ince, this time from i 1ia man a.;ain, but middle-: ged and iron-gray. "You look like a s:nsible lit tle girl,'' he began, abruptly. "Are you-' "1 hope so! " She smli led. "Then, although we dcn't know much of each other, you'll forgive mIe for asking you a (litestion or two which may seem beyond my Iimit, believing that. impertinence is the last thing prompting lle." Suddenly artestel in interest, the girl nodded. "Then, will you tell inc if you ever get below the surface, as it were, iu those long and seemingly confidential talks you have with our young curate?" "Have you a right to ask?" "I have at any rate a large interest at stake." "that sounds almost the same thhig. I am afraid of what I may and may not say; but I don't see at this mto ment any reason why I should not speak the truth.' "Then you have?" "Sometimnes," she admitted. "Once in particular, perhaps?" "I must not tell you." "What are you going to do?" gasped the girl. "I am going to tell our curate how matters stand between his mother and myself; he is betweenl-and-" "She didn't, bind you to serecy?" "I have forgotten it if she did. And if she did, she will forgive mle 'by re sults,' or I don't know her." "And if there are no satisfactory re suilts, she won't know anything about it?" "Of course not. I thought you could help me." She looked at the man's firm mouth, his pleasant. kindly eyes. "I want to Ilelp you much more than I've helped you at present,'' she said. "But I can't get the woman I want unless I can secure a bride for our curate--plear him out of the way." "lon't talk of him like that," she laugied. "And a troublesome conscience won't let mhe go to him after watch ing him follow you about with his eya, unless I car hold out some sort of hope that. he woul be successful in yielding to Ily prompting-in pro posing to you, in fact, to-er-clear the way-for me." "Can't 3'ou?'" She blushed and smiled. "1 should not. like to. Look here, little girl, I am as safe as a house; you (a11n very well trust mue. Has he told you he loves you?" ''OIl, why,'' she cried, "must you put It. rounld that way?" "Well done, little girl! Then I'll manage it. i'll settle things for the four of its out of hand." And this is what he did.-New York News. Siunclay In Icnlantl. Sunday in Iceland is full of interest to strangers. in the early morning the 'ouintry folk commence to assem ble and( ill tile distancee they may be seen aipproachling tile church in all di rections. Whlat the Sabbat.h day is to these Peop)le few can realize. Some of thlem niever see a face besides thlose of tile members of the family fromh oneC church' (day to anot01her. What wIonl dIer thlen that they begin t.o assengble full two houts1 blefore the chutrchl time! A peculijar form of salutat ion pre vails outside of tile cities. and( tile visitor .is not a little astoishled when het sees the men dismount, embrace Iand kiss each othIer, but this is tile usual f'>rm of saltat ion amlong lilt' inl tile in land dlisiricts. Wihen thle hour' of~ service arrives tilt ipeachler, who( u;sually wears a 'ilk lIat, a luo.se, low ing g(ewn, btttoned from chiin to hem. aI l a great ll Izabet han r'uff roun td itis nleck,. enters t he churchi('l. Iln thle 1)ul1pit thle pastor is ali:.redl inl a lontg white robe, which falls over lIe black otti. an(1t (l hiis back( hangs a hlrge- sturpl ice of brighbt. velvet, upon03 wichel a g)lden'l tiroSs Is wroutght . Oil thle altarI t wo great ('andcles abouit a yard long andi thriee inches thicitk, shIed a1 (dim light. Th'es;e are thle especial chtarge of an official who gives ot the hlymnsl, andt between times snuiffs thle candles withI aln old-timhe p)air of 01'''nu' fel s." After chutrch the wor-shippers dis perse,t' and(I ma.iy of themIl tomet 5o far thalt thley dIo not reatch their hlomes tinitil awaty into Ite night . A Re.mnruksnb3i Eg-T'ener-. An im11pro vedl egg-testhig pr'cess, which has been'i aiwardedi a lIet'al by pouitry breed'ers Iin Sax~ony, is c;a imed to dleterminie the age almost to a day. Tt depends tupon tile facet that tIhe ail envity at thte luntt e:ld of t he egg en-3 largcs wvithI age, giving increasing tenl dey to float po)it dotwnwaVrd in a salt. soltion. A scale at the hack of' 1:10 vessel gives tIle inci lnlat ions Cor re(splond(ing to var'iouts ages. A fresh inid e lies hlorlzontally' on the hot-. I ,m; (ot tile vessel, whenl t hre it' 1( live tdays old it is r'aisedl to ani i-litnat ion .ot aboutll 20 degr-ecs from te hor)lizon-l I .tIial at ighit danys the an11gle incr'leases( to abtt i5 (degrees; at I14 days it. is1; (1'ldCres: ait thr1ee weeks it is ahe:ut 75 degrees, anid afteir fotur weeks ~te egg stands upriiighit on1 its point. IlThe soltiton conutainis ab)ouit eight I-.uures oft salt to a pilnt. of water'. A (ontan mt inopinlot FIh Story'3. An extraord(1 inarPy tissh story Is going t he roud intSI lhe 'iTurk(ish capitli. A high EngIlish otili'-al wvas comhingi down t he I hosphorus ini is boat, and met. 1from1 15 to 20) ilge fishes, tive or six times as big as porpises, going u1p theC illoors at a I remnendCous speed. Theiy had square heads, and1( were eir tainly not1 sharlks. TIhie boatmen say thecy are "jannev1(iit." whliich is tile TIurk ish for ''wilId beast," ~ andt thiey dcr(ibeC themIl asl very' fer'o(ious, fot they at tack boats anId live ont irely or IPorp)oises. Thley have niol been~ seen for' 15 years, and uually pass5 til the llohiorus and( spend( it few datys ini the( - i3lack Sea, and then' dilsappetar, having eaten all the porpoises. Trhe fishiermeli ar'e dlelightedi, as iporpIases have bIe! exceedingly nutmer'ous this year, and fish have been very searlce.-Lonldoa Teleranh. LIFZLVTERS' HARDSHIPS ROUTINE CF THE M-N WHO BRAVE STORMS AND SEAS. 'live St$rtilttio Is tht,* U'tlietl Siu1tc- L.f'N itlit; hSrvi-O Are n laity" 1.ost -- lue of~IIt iite hi*e-tta i1itny -'lt' 0t tit Ior' l'sitroltt Alttug the' iistt rtrttttt ('4)SfA!. Along the coast, frot Maincp to Florida, and fron WVashington to the suinny shores of soitheru ('aiEfornia, as well as on tie greatl lks, tle members of the United States life sav ing service are in the midst of their winter's work. Few people who have not actually experienced being wrecked on the United States coast realize the per fection of the men who constitute its force, or the arduous character of their work. No parallel exists in any other branch of the govelnment, when per sonal danger is considered, and in no other line does the "personal equation" count for so itich. Station crews, as a rule, cousist of a keeper and seven men, one of whom acts as cook for the rest, and only goes into the boat in case of (lire emergency. Everywhere, the keeper. or captain as he is more familiarly called, is supreme. On him rests the responsibility of the lives under his charge, and the salvation of crews wrecked within his Immediate dis tr!ct. Unflinching obedience to his ordeis is exacted. But to the credit. of the service it may be said that the dismis sals for all causes (except p:iysical disability),. is less in the life saving service than in any other branch of government employ. The surfmen, or actual life savers, are men who have to pass a most rigid physical examination, who are fainil iar with the coast on which they serve and who are, as a whole, an intelli gent and competent. body of men. Ow ing to the isolation of the' stations, and their inacessihility in bad weath er (when the real (eeds of heroismi are perforned) the public has little op portunity to learn of the men's indi vidual work. For clays at a time the men are on almost continuous duty, patrolling three and four mile stretches of wind swept. beach in the fiercest storms, or wandering about treacherous sand dunes in densest i'og. When a wreck does come ashore. and the depart ment's records show that seve ial hun dred do every year. the crew of the district is oi (utiy day and night, I guarding property, saving lives, keep ing up comnimunicat.ion 1etween the ship and the shore, anid furnishing what, aid they can to the wreckers. In many instances, as was the case last year Fiebtuary at Long beacht, on Long hiancd, two vessels will coiie ashore inl the Sime stormi. 'i'heln the crews of the adjoining stations come to the aid of the overworked men, and by their combined forces often Su(' eced in saving lives which otherwise would be lost. Rain or shine, foul or faii'. regular lookouts aie stationed dainly in the little tower's chiarac'teistie of life sav' inig stations. Oni foggy cdays the reg uilir beachl Patrol is maintained. At night three trips are made along the bleachi by the suifmnen. Whiere the p)atr'oi adjoins that of' atiotheir station, brass checks ai e exchaniged with the other station's nani. Whc're the pai trol ends, as It. frequently does, in the end of a beach, the sutmani rings up tihe time of his aririval con a registering clock by means of a key at tachecd to a post. For pat rol duty thle surfmian's out fit c'onsists of a Costcn .ijrht. extra charges for' this, andi a registerinig ('lock weighing nearly two pounds. As a rule all the patrols aire macic afoot, all hough along thle fine be'a('hes of the Car'ol ina coast. the mcin hiave brled a hairdy iace of ponies and titil ize thenm for' s.acdl work wheni the weather is had, and lor' carts whe-i it is gdocd. Many t ime~s thlese' lit tie ponies have beeni of i nva luable siercvic'e in hauiniig thle heavy apiparat us to a wreck or in biniiginig ani exhausted 01' fr'ozen vic't.im of' thie sea to thle stat ion. Besides the heavy sur'f hoots with whlich most peop)le hereabout aie fa miliar the life saving c'rews use ex-I pensive 1but elcient atppar'atus. Tol r'ig the famous briee2cheCs buoy, a' light mortar' is used to c'arriy a line to the wrieek. This light shothine, as It is called, is attached to a heavy line, which in turn is used to hanul the tackle for' the breeches buoy to Ite straiidedl vessel, A t emphorairy de rlck, kept. upigh t by guys andI sand anchors, keeps the oc'cup)ant s of thle b)uoy from ciriown ing or from being poiuded oni te beach by thle Ineomiing wavt es. Though as a ruile it. ta kes thle cntire ''rew 10 opi crate t lie breeches bunoy, ini case of' emergency Iwo or' thriee ati (10 it. There is a case oin rcori d in thle die partmcent wvhiere Cap)t. Andlrew~ Rhoadies of the Pocint TLokouit station, antd Capt. 1 ic'haird Van Wickleni cii thle Long beach Stiation thon)ig I sland) c withI Ali chanl CarIteri, the liineman of thle dli trict . sav~edl 13 lIves friomn out' vessel thact tuamc a:horc' befc)l the ~i ecrews hadit beei n'gaizecd fcr ithiie sea - son 's work. Tlhe ' brechies buoy was used in thle rcesc'uc and the only out - side ass4i stanie thle meni hiad wa'xs fitri n ishecd by Capt. tthcacdes' lI -yeart-old dlaughter'. On thbat clay each separate pice' of appar'atus, the ligh test. of' whih wveighied several hundri(led poundsici had ito be hiauletd thiii c iles thrioughm heavy sand. As a rewiardi all conicermnedl received gold mecdalis. Life savinig stations are't maintainedl at firequent inter'ials along thle dani ger'ous Nor'th AtlatieI coast. lin many places they ar'e oni thle traeachlecrous outer beaches as in the case ini North antd South Catolina. For clays thiese stat ions ar'e cut off tromn the mainlaiid anid frequently thelir only means of comunieniction, the government tee l)honet line, is earried fari offshiore by the' p)ound(iig seas that sweep overi the beach., Oin the rocky coast. of Massachluiutts miany of the stations ar'e huilt. In thle sheltered coves that ablouind along t hat irregulair shbor. D)ay lookouts arec kept ,from thle hiIghi biluffs, anti in many in.. stances the surf boats ar'e close to the water'. Near' some of' the stations, on the gover'nment reservations, the meni who aire married have built homes for' their 'families, and the charaete' f the children brought lit) Is plainly showi by the Long beach inchent, In whill \1iss Ithoades filgnred as heroine. lltiidreds of soul-stirring stories arc contained inl the Simple little logbook: ie"pt by the captains. Many will level ,wo plint, for their timeliness llls passed. and they are forgotten by al blit the active parti(ilmntz. .; aulxiliaries to other b1ranches 01 the t;ovel nmeni, the l'nited States lift saving servire is; a iuosl importanl ta(ctor. )in)?."g the Spanish-Ainerienti war the crews wele kept in -the sta tions all suiniiier. ani all hatds (ii (lotble patrol work. All members of the se'vice are expert signal mnen, and wigvagging and the use of the in-ter national (.ode are regular drills. Ae aids to the treasury department the life savers guard property and prevent sinuggling. aci' station senfis to th( weather bureau at Washingtoi coml plete mieteorological statistics daily. New York lail and 1:xpress. DEER THAT DOTE ON MUSIC. Uharnel by sweet Sound( Thsey Full *Vlctimm to tho Iiunster. Col. .1. M. I)tennan relates an inci dent. of his recent. fishing trip at Moosehead which presents a story tc rank with both the tale of Orpheus and that. of Itotinsotn Crusoe liidling to his guests. Colonel and Mirs. )rennan forsook the sport of trout-catching for a tine and crossed the lake to the Mas terilan farin, on the west shore. where Col. D)rennan had been told the deer vame to feed every evening. 'l'he deer had grown wonderfully and caine tIaily to crop the sprouting vegetation ill the newly planted fields. Theie was an od dog on the place who ticcto it his duty to repel the lepredil tke. of the (leer. lut lie had lost his ow-timle vigor in the chase and consid ered his duty (lone when lie had sent the d(eer seurrying over the fence at the head of he lot. 'I'le deer were quick to learn that, the dog was not sinch a terr'ible fellow and kept right on making theit visits withl increasing boldness. Camping iear the Masteriiman place was lr. Lougee. it well-known violin ist. and leader of an orchestra in llan gor. Col. D)rennan sugested to the mu1tsician that. he steal out in tle edge of the garden plot. and treat. the (leer to a few airs on the violin, just for the on of noti-g the effect. The next. evening, just before the dier were due M1r. Lougee hid unlder the cover of a few branches and wait. e: for the deer to make anll.alipearance. Pret ty soon a big buck pushed through lie foliage aind begani to feed. ThI muosiclian dashe,d off "O(d Zip Coon,. "Money Musl" and s, veral of tlie pop ular airs of the day. The musIc was played softly at first. At. the sounlid of the tirst Iu'w measures the effect. on the deer was magical. li s1opped in his feeding, an1d bemene the soul of attention. illis head lose slow ly into the air and his whole body seemed to expand till lie had struelc one of his stately attittides that one notes in i.andseetr's pict.ures. The nmu si' was a iystery to him 1 and held hiln spellbound. Finally the measures of a marni were sent. goinig off the strings. Thi dteer became thle soul of stately av tion at onice. Wit:h a loftier pioise 01 his head and antlers thrown back hi marced( abouilt the~ enelosulre, with grace thait would suirpass the per 'formnce 1( of the 1most accomplisheri hiighi-steppler Ill a horse show. At timies lie would stop to show hiis ap)probatioi and brling his sharp hoofs dlown t.o thli earthI in a forcible way. Thein lie wouldh go one with the niarch. It. was Ithe nmarich that pleasedl thci dlece. cv I ('litly3. for he was more Ithn pl1easedt to trli p off its measu111res. lI nt whlieni "She May H ave Seuini Ilet tel Dlays'"II or11ome o1tier cof thle lattter' day ails wVere lalyed thle (leer shiowed hi i disdain biy eluin th Ile cipen ing withl a big botund andi maikinig away to ((ov Cir.--Bhostonil Ad(tvert ise . A IIorsei's 5onne or' "iel I. A horse will leave munsty hay un, touchied in hIs bill, howev'er huingry, 1 he w~ill not dhrinik water objectIon abile to his questioning snIff, or from r btuect wich some1 (od(1r makes offeni siv'e, hiowveri thiristy. lls intelliIgent nostril wilI wvideni, quliver and (lttery ov er t he daintiest lit offered by thut fairest of' hands, wvith codaxings that w~old make a, mor'tal shut his eyer and swallow a nmouthfuil at a gulp. A miare is nev'er satisfied1 by either sightI or wvhhinny that heir colt is really hier own unitil she has a certtled nasal 111(10f of the fad.. A blind horse, now~ living, will not aillow~ the alppr'oneh of anly straniger wit ioiit showing sign.s of anlger' not safely to lie disregarded, TPhe dlistinetioni Is evlcdent ly mnade by h'is senise of smelt, and at a conidler ablIe (list ante. i in d horses, as a Irllle will gatili wildly3 about a paistture with.i ollt stii k ig thle sti1101li uig i(pil(p 'lysenise of smieiI ll nornis Ithemi If Its (lied firo'n Ithe stabb'. go direct, to tiot I amed4 feedling grounds,(t anid wh'en de l-ss wandiering. Witl ldist ingtuish one (lit let, andir patilent ly awaits its op)en ing.-St. James Gazette.. " i. Iiiglher Al ' le htce. to i Hv i . i A\ -t . I1.ou!s mant uiis;regardecd aI sullm beenPl sai tor' thle samle hoiur. ib Tim.cuht She I lad It A 1lit1le gill ini ani upItown' kiundeirgar 'A.mrt hier t(ellher toIhi heri aboui1 pro( noningi1 a doubIle litter whtenl shr ena ' to emei'. S hi wold lit "aV*'C- a"* mi a" or "d.uubb,i e. eIc. li tr Iece dad olne day di ilied her: (onisaierabi, on tils mailtter' in spe'lting. Short ly af ter'war~d the little girt was nlied or1 up1. .)iabet." and1 tIe littlei girI readi ii Tate---Appe'aranies arie noit a lway, to be trutsted. llrady-Th'iat's so. It's a mnight --nnaton Trians(intt. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. A clean voith makes it clear o1<1 age. A miud-siinger mu:t be a m se A falsc Irienil is worse than a fair foe. I .ove's IaIo' for the lost i.; never lost. '1ruth (Ioes not (leie! d on temnpera SI! r-cni3'lln reveals sili--igilo i'ance. Ilappiness is the fruit of heart health. The test of any recreat ion is, does it reereate? To fight any form of truth is to fos ter solle el3or. 'Te greatest grief may be gildel With som1e gratituie. heeliig is like smoke, ildicative not of heat blt, of the f'uel. Past exp('riencei give good counsel but malke poor patterns. The ShielI of faith was not meant to ptroteit ithe conscience. lhere is a (lifferelce between draw ing the people and reaching them. Men wiII not bo kept from the love of" t'le worli by making the world un Iovely. Ti tglect politics for private i ter e., s is as base as to liltlipillate them for i he same reasons.-tam's ilIorn. OLD NAVAJO BLANKETS. 'Iimv AI"(t Now .So tare is to l) .A11011 1)r. W. 11. Work of CllarlIstown hais returnedi from at trip to Arizona amd has brought back wIit him several Na Vajo blankets. "llut."' he remaurlked .Sorrowt'lly, "iney arc not wlat they uisedi to be. ''he Navajos are too timl provi<lent and lazy to iake such blank ets as they ursed to make in the yeal's gone by an<d before the while mant be gal to hanker after that particular weave. "The blankets now turnel oit are pitiful and tawidry affairs comparedI with those of bygone tIimes. 'T'hose of todlay can be bought for about $31). while a r(ai old-fashlioneti blanket. Is really priceless amd cnn1not now be bought. T1hose ancient blankets were half a3 inch thick and woul hold water as well a1S a1 woolen tubl. The I finest of Il'mn are foudt hblriled with bodies of 1lead chiefs. and they are practically indes(ructibl. "'i'he wc'tmen who weave the blankets of to1'ay can make the old-fashionert blankets just as well, for they kntow tiie secret. of manuetre hilt 4hea p1r1 blanket is easily sold and tlakes only a short time to make, while it would take nearly a year to weave one of the real blankets, those glorious combi nations of colors an< l ate(rial, one of which wolil ' 'asily he worlh $501. "'Tney' have an eX(tliste color sense, these women, and blei their mnateri als perfectly. The coloring is fast, andl is made of vegetable and mineral mat ter, the secret of making being handed down from generation to generation. A tribe 'nn be known by the color sch1eme) of Its bilanlkets. The designs vary'3 gr'eatly'. Somletms r315leligiouls 'er'e mniesi~. are tyhgifled 01. 3etims p)erson-i -al h1. istoy or' other' themes0., ail of which mlay he r'ead by those skilled in th Ile Mgi andl color3 languages 01' these lImilans1. H'Jow are' tile blankets mai1de? Oh, the mianneri is very'3 pimIitive ul 5{.eems sim11pIe enloughl. They ar'e wvoven~ on tup r'ightI friamies biy hand, amid the thr Iead(s are'' 03 doull to(ge'tiler) as tight as31 pos.9 ble1. ult thle glory of the Navajo blank - et. has dleparlted,. and I expIet before will be lost."'---itlianap131llis News. Tw'~o w%Ollnen in t he llroartd i treel. sia tin w1~ ai tig r'oom) affirl'(eil much amusemen)03)t to those 1)in the'irI ~ icinity by3 a light. over' the plossession oi' a r'ock(inIg-chtairI. Onie w(lInanI was seatedl thle lovest r'oundi of allot her ill fr'ont. (it her w'' hi ch wvas liled wv ith packages. IAlloth1er1 wVomlan came1)1 up andi I ll her hand on the back of1 tIle v'a'r lit cirI, an31i aske(d thalt thle jiackaij,-. hi' ie IIiig it 1for anlother' lady, whol 's goneI out1. -The other Illade nlo aIlswver, but1 gaive lie cha3)ir a jerk, which( h last13ily eposi-' ted the piackagra on1 thle Ilooril and al mlost thrlewl thle seateii womanll off lher Then ensu1ed3 a1 1)ulling ('031test, in which the first wvoman ('ame1 out1 vie lous, ha1 3vl Ig wrelisted( the0 chirli from thle handos of1 tile n3eiw('omer.i' A fte an f ex('hanlge of a fiew i'hoice epIithets, thle vantliuished'i (on1e i'rossed over'I to t he ot her side of thle r'oom , whiere another' I:. unabash3:;1ed bly the'((il commets oft those around114 her1. be.in to) arran31ge her'z toi i.'t. which had b)14 een somienwhlat. dish ev'eled 1by 1her tussI(e.- --ilhiladelphi ht -It is just. an3 inidient. 4)f 4lub life. "Goin~ hlome'?"' sked'h 011e of thle "Yes," was the' rely3J1. "W'\hat 's the0 use blraking aIway?'' alskd' s;everlal. ''lIe soc4iablel."' TeyolIng man13 1iaused'. ItI's an3 o(l, iii ld Iunwnt, and33 most3( effective. No hm31 so: iaility~ somne times makes i.lineu "'I- b3Vli--al 34 will," 1aidthe oun I I know~' it. ii: 'm (ingi.' to b)e soiibIle wih myn wvife thIis tim1e."--Cica.3go A 3 l'r'nent On.e,a1 Ion. An inqi3.-Hiv visitor10 to tho llamip W'3l3i11hi ' he I:dstudents, aI(il pry 'o x. "Ar yuou eTivl) ''ili"Te 'No; nye' .? "A rgonant.l Vint~ionl it no")w heing literllly i edl on t hr dog, as5 a p)revenTtivye of Is, t emper'l. Thie CXperliments. are being con. (lUCt2( (on ' n)ack nf m,n,so In) Wao. CXPERT'S SURPRISING STATEMENT. man in 1'erri-'ct lI'Ith Nevor Fols the l'nna or iin)nger. "A tlhorotghly hlrthI0y person is ieV er hungry." 'I'1thus s:ys I)r. VIIImai Iienry I'orte;". o the Straththore. who is a recogiliztd authtority aln (i,t'tics. Up to this date a huge atppetite has almost in varihly been ("onsidered as evidence of a good phtysi)v al condition. Many persons will realize, after weigh Ing Iho Doctor's r matuk, tlhat their 1. great desire for food at er'tainl limes is a wartini; that all is no1t well with thenm. )r. Porter Supports his startling statemenCTlt. )y so11 interesting exlani atory facts. The healthly person dlot ( a not slight his meals. it must he tunder stood, but does a'imple jt: tice to them. - Yot. not until b. tastes the food be fore him, says )r. Porter, does he r'alizo the need of it. Hie eoubd go about and forget his meal times but v for the force of ci irctmstant'ces. 'rho paugs of hunger are fell as anu a eifect of imperfect digestion. )r. Porter gives some valtiable infor. Ilation on the (iuestion, which and of what kind shall be the principal t ia It inorning, noon and night? In s1eaking of this he said: 4 As in the running of an engine, tlie a ulost intensive constimption of 1uei il inust he just prior to and in a"ror( ance with the tunotult of work to be performed; so, inl a man, the itlte for taking, and the ciuantity and (tility of the meal ingested. or the deternina lion of Ithe 'principal iead.' niust be in c ha'mony wiiit the work to be ae."on liped. If tle individunl is to begin his daily labors hot ween fotr and six in (' the morning, aul terminate them he tweein live and six ini the evening, it ntecessitates the(' taking of it good and liberal reakfast at atn early hour ini the morning, froni at half ihou 1) to anl hourl' liefore begilning active Work. es pecially so if the last meal of tle day previouis has been a light one at six o'clock, as is the commilonl habit of this i class. hIahits of this kind nattrally call for the heaviest. meal, whichl also nay he called the prlineiptal meal, at noon. Ur ne(ar' that hlourl. "Onl the olter hand, if the custom is to ris betweel six and eight in tho l n11ornlinlg, an1ud lie largest alnount of work is performledl between nin1e1 in itl mioriniig aul t h 'succ'eedinig miidnighit, an entirely differt arrangement of mheals 1111st be followed. In lbis class a light break ifast is in order at about. eight in the mloring; a stronger, more subhstantial inlai it. onle o'clock inl the afternoon, and the heaViest and wlat .jistly ( dose('1? to 1t' callei the i"inci !)al ineal shouli he 1ake from six to sevei inl the evenling, bweause thi is iore nt'rly in1 the middle of the work ing hotirs. W1'hen the labors are on linued until midnight. and14 the hour of 1esting is aifte' this time, a light. mneal should be taklen at. eleven o'clock. "Ii any of tile instances 'ited, If tile food stuffs taken have been easy of di gestion, rapidly absorbed and oxidized, the fires will naturally burn low after sevoeal hours' sleep and abstinence from food. On tht' other hand, if the food stuffs taken require considerable time for their digestion, nd are slowly aibsorbied andI oxtiized, the heat pro diteinlig supply13 m1ay' not be exhtausted ('0ompletely durlling a somlewhaut pro' Iloniged a bst inence( fr'om food (of diur lng. -New Yoi'k Iier'ald. 'lie irst i(rem canm. Mr is. A fXllexde Haiitilitoni had( thle fll'st i('e cr'eami it thle ('ity o(f WVashing toln. She ilsed to) toil wi th amuItsemnent of thte delight. wtitht which Priesidenit Andriew. .J ackson fi'st Iast ed it. Gu'.ests at te niext WhIiite (1l1ouse4 re ('01ion Il Say3s thle New Yor'k Stin, werei' Iteated to the frozen my 3st ery,' and1 taste thle 4(1bi st utf. Those from1111 th o rral dist ricts espe. ( inlly3 firist (eyed4 it suspiiously,13. lien meltedOi ea']i spoonful w%ithI the4 bre?ath b)efore' swvallolwinlg It. Thle nex1 lirne 1th0y had1( at chance t14'hey a to it withI de light. Trhe late Senator Jlohn M. Palmer' itsedl to tell a bout th le firs't time1 ice crieamn was ser'vedI in Spr'ingfield, te In pital Iof1 lilinois. At ani evein g paty3 it was pahssed arlounid ini small saucer's, In the prl)ocess of fr'eezi ng thle host ('s5 had got a lit tlo salt in the ('ream,11 and a1s 110 0110 had tas'ted it befor'e, it was Ihouigh. to be)) tIhe pr~oper flavor'. An old stal tsan, when asked howv hie liked thle ne0w dIsh, saId: "'I'dI like it better' If' it were oiltheri sweet. or1 sal Iy, bitt. I don1't. think the mlIXturle Is v'ery alipp"e'zing." Imnaginle the f'eelings of' the p)(or hotst ess whlen she discovered t hat hier' much'l-vaiunted news dessert hadI beern full (of salt, and14 n1o one1 knewt e'nouigh to tell heri of' the neiden114it. K'tht 3114ent frIO -rhrm Vnar"im'. Si lencod by a whi ppinog he thou11)ghit. a hiet'mit in a farmhout4sse in 1114 wihl1 re4gionls of Ohio, no11tfair fr'om ChillII. ('olh e, saiys ''Te ChIicago4 Trlibune 1. iIe is1 no0w past3 forty years5 old,1 and1( 1no one ('nnl rememboui er ha11ving Iteard14 himlI say a (d0zen 4onntIted?t( words. Ills failher, who i3 still living, Is said 14) have' been aL st.ernt t ais mastert atnd a iirm IslI t4ver was n eeul:4d ofI someo 4?ff'nse wlhih lie stout11ly denie14d. I his father,'l~ thinkinug the boy guilty of' the 4)ffentse, said4 be wtould wthip il oth4 fiorii the original of-a fentse and)4 thten for1 not) tilling the ItruthI abouit it. T Ihe boy)3 pro"tfI d and1( Ileaded' wvitht his father4'l, but4 withou)l1 avail. The wvhiipping admIinlister04d was5 ntot a gen. tIe on14e, butt th1e hoy)3 took iI stolidly and did4 not 4'e VtCry3. The1 41htyS gr'ew into weeks, and4( still thle boy mna intainledi thei sam1e) gloomy)3 Silen-ce. YeOars' passed(. Th'e f'atIher was hear1 thr1oken at the boy's determin alt.in. le triied Ceery meains in his po(weri to shtow the sog thait he was ('ager to4 make amnend4s for t he wrong Ihe ha'd done1. Tlhie boy, grownV to1 a man,11 woriked? oni iln silen(tC. I )oc tors wereI' (allled 1in to) see~ if there' was~ anly 1111. o p114(rorss, as1 th at. ha illinag si. Ilnme4 stood11 atlways a harl to ail Inqu(111ir ia's. In flrlin doc4tors' ('oachmen01 wte'ar wvhite halts, so that a ph ysian's carr1 ne' n41y be0 easIly r'e(ogized1 in case of It doesn't Day to wa'fit for thieir peo.' nIeto natch nnp to ou. &he Fingn .J'ide ofi Life. .,ow i . tile Wilkil. t:; tn r nioitut ir-.;t tu ac .o:n Tri s - hitl1e a Ipul s" tune, ut he blew out his teeth, both above and hencatI, And is taking his food with a spoon. --Life. .I Circunetances Alter Facep. "But she used to be considered quite beauty." "That was before her father failed."" D)etroit Free Press. Roarding-IHouo Repartee. Kniuker-"Ar"e dogs long-lived, I onder?."'; l4oelker-"I 11nderstand they live , to good old sausage."-New York Sun. Short on Comfort. "It auust he a great comfoi't to you > own su-h splendid fuirniture." ' 'on fort ! Say. there Isn't but one litortab)le chatir in the whole lot, nd nt%" wife invariably wants to sit t thait."---Cleveland ilalin Dealer". '1io Brute. "Why are you erylig, dem?'" "()I, ltlot her, lnst night I showed Ilt1y lhe hammock that we first uurtedl in."' "What dlid he do?!" "Ile went over and kicked it."-Chi 'ugo Newsv.. vioilitor or Precedent. "That new anl won't do," Said the oundon editor. "Ile's one of those sen it i nal A ierleanl JournalIst s." "1low (1) youl kiiow" "l' e WI'ote a joke and failed to se " ny italies or 1 ar'ntht'ses to explaiu --1 ishilngtou Star. iEntirely Unsympathotic. "So yo don't tink well of Arctic sl loration?" "No," answered Mir. lilizzinls; "we n( w the N'orth 'ole is there and that ob ody's going to move it. If we min(d It w. wouldn't have any use for enyhow."--Yashington Star. Well Trained. " t1 "Is he a good dog for burglars?' "'I guess so; die feller I bought him off wvuz n burglar."--New~ York ,Iour The Lucky Mann in the Case. "Do you retiemxber Miss May, the( girl who( liuld sich a had dlispositlion? W'ell, she Is maIirried(." "1 ndeed ! Whlo is~ the lucky man?"1~. "'Fred."' "Wly lit' 1s thle onei she d isca rded,"' "'.Just so! That71 1s whyi3 [ say he is 11Ck.-Clen1go Newvs. ''Thlere's one thing I admire about 'Ol,'' 51aid thle frantk frie'nd. "You '71irvedi out youir owzi tortuniles aniti yet ~ott lle'verI b rag aboti~1 1aling n selfI niide liuan.' "No,'"1 answe(reil A11'. MeekI~ton, "E hoin i'tI( tik of suggest ing that.1 len-. riett11 a asn't ent It letd to all th le eilt." WIIhli ogI on Star, Our i)cari Enemiesm. "Blut ll Iimv~e to hIre a large hall for "W'hat for01? Youil say you've 01nly 7at ai s(ore' r so of womien1 friends "'Yes, but. I wanilt tihe sverail sCOr'e of' 'inies~ who are not inivlted to knowv -New York Comm Ierciut AdvyertIser, Hoe Took thei Cake. Hostess tit patrty)-"And (dot's your ntothier alhlow~ you1 to take twvo pieces .1 enke whlenui are1 ai''it hiomei, WillIe?" W'lllIe (who lhts :tlked for the second(. Hos5tess--"Well, do you thinik she vuild1 like~ yVou to have two pI)Ies Willie (nontidently3) - ''Oh, she PrIoper,v Euantedi. "'Hav'ie youi 0 jobi hereu for' ai ehnuf.. "Thatii dlenmis. lavye you ever done 12t'iny t tilling?"' "No, Sir'." "Io 3(ou kntow anything about nin. "Well, n10, (1ir; I (ennu't say I hatt T "'Andu I supptIose yotu' never 'een drlove I1ver any13'body In the stre('tt" ''No, si'; but I once drloppedl with ml 'levtorii~t from theu twelfthl story. znd liked theC .sst Ion.'' "'Comie around In te mtorniing anid bie 'eandy to go to work."-Chiengo Ree ird-H11erald(. Earily Rlecords of JYapan. Dr. Aluraikamii, or T1okio, hats left l'Clglantd on his wn'iy homie, much de litetd with the' results of' his three year's' searc'h In the archives of the Coni tiet andIi Englatnd for miaterlal IllustratIing thie earlIy reclationis between Ito Sev'Ille, Simuaneus and1( MaidrId gave himit somte v'ery valuiable documents, Iicluinig oneiI detiled. account ofth Iiapanei(se courlt and Country in 1609) E,y a Spniardl whlo wats then wrecked )Im te coast andt hind to remnut in thie slanld for a year before hie could get mmae. Sev'eral early ,Japanese letters o Eui'openns were aliso fotundt by Dr. iluriakamil. Hie huopeN .tv.prlnt hisa re uort to hIs governmnenlt' n Engli as voll as In Jahpanese.-Tife Athenaeum. Bakced mouse it Is alleged, Is still som1id.ered a good remedy for whoop mg cough Inl some parts of Yorkshirk.