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ic.? ? JINGLES AND JESTS. SprliiK Fever. i On days like these u voice comes fior.i the fields? A winsome voice, homo on the t< tapered j . breeze? That bear* the wnk'nillg music of the brocks. I The op'tiing chorus of tin- grcnt shade trr.s. j It fills me with desire to renin til rend, To start iificld at breaking of the dawn. ' | Cooped tip indoors, my work seems dull and flat; I'm very tired; I stretch and gape and yawn. Who hears that voice of spring without a thrill ; Who would not rather that his lot were ? as; With field and meadow, bubbling brook and 1 dell, Than with an office job that holds htm fast? I would n-flshingko or picnicking? A hammock have on shady lawn, A girl, n book, a pipe, most any thing 1 Save sitting hero to stretch and gnpo and yawn. 1 yearn to wander hnongst the ancient hills. To cull wild flowers from tho brittle of NirrninH, To list tin) story of the murmurous rills An<l lull my drowsy soul to pleasant dreams. 1 want l" loaf, to run uway, to shirk, To ilo/.e iixvtiy the hours in nature's lap? #Ju other wolds, 1 want to dodito my work, And? ali-h-h? 1 think?I'm goint; to take a nap! ?Philadelphia North Amcr'can. I TVut His lilea. "I.ook at that man Tunston!" exclaim ihI one member of the Cuban tinny. "JIo has the ri^lit idea. A soldier vvotlld rather , light than eat." " A soldier would lather fight than"? the comrade who Was on his way to get his rations broke olT in the middle of his remark and exclaimed: "There you g<>! Always getting thoeart before the horse!" j ? Washington fc?tnr. "itllmllltl (ho Sciikoii." You kin bet I'vo hr.d some pl< asuru You could never, never measure, An I'm foelinw'nt my brother calls "O. K." j Though ma didn't know I did it vlf alio knew it, she'd forbid it), Yet 1 took my shoes an stuckiu'a oil today. In the springtime 1 was hat in To give up my dandy skat in An my rubber boots nu shlnncy stick nil sleigh, Hut I realize my folly, An at school fin mighty Jolly, Fer 1 took my shoes and stoekin's off today \S'en n bully, purty scrappy. Makes my recess most unhappy * I kin sass him an kin ijuiekiy run away; I kin ituv liim with a snigger; lie can't ketch me, though lie's bigger, Fer lie ban his shoes an stockiu's on today. ? lint I'll tell you in conelusion Thero will boa slight confusion ff n lickin mars the pleasures of tlie day, An 1 fear that I'll bo rattled, Fer at noon my sister tattled tl,?f i i.n.i ..... .... - mmw * >iua aouv o nniv at * r? ?/u i\iuii^ ?Cincinnati Enquirer. tier Idea!. fsho was a largo woiniin with n wide, firm mouth, shaded hy an incipient mustache. "When I marry," she said in j heavy tones, "the lucky man must have ' the advantage <>f a military education." ! "Why so'/" inquired her dearest friend. "lieeausc ho will then know the value of implicit ohedionco to orders."?Cleveland 1'lnln Dealer. The l'oetnstcr'N Perils. [The Boston Globe says, "Funston, again, is a unmu that doesn't rhyme without an effort." Let's sec your effort.?Cleveland Plain Dealer. J As, hois-less, through the alphabet Today the rliy niest< r wriggles, Stem visae d fate gives way, I guess, To fun nml nil but giggles To see the "poet" paralyzed By Funston and by Higgles. I Tho dialect man may start cut with A line beginning "(Inert on j A time there was"?and Unci tho roll j Of heroes lins a Duustuu, But 'tis a rocky road ho climbs Who seeks a rhyuio for Funston. Dejected poetasters palo j At prospect of tlie "wiggles" They can't "get on," while fame?who ne'er O'er euphony now higgles? Inscribes upon her scroll tho names ( Of Funston and of Digglcs! ?Boston Globo. ' ( Iloth KikIm I HCflil. "What," inquired tho psychological student, "do you regard us tlio chief end1 of man?" i "Well," answered ,mr. uiymns, **ic tieis-mls on what you want tho man for. If you want him to do brain work, it's his head, and if you want him to run errands it's his feet."?Washington Star. 1,010. iii:. My love for you is deeper thnn Tlio dark blue ocean's lad And higher than tiio loftiest peak That rears its snowy head. My love for you is higher than The clouds that dot tho sky Anil deeper than tho hidden cavos Where priceless jewels lio. siii: Your love may be both high and deep, Hut it doesn't seem to lie finite hrond enough to inako you want To go to work for me, For papa says wo shall not hnvo A cent from him, you know, And yet you will not get a job, tio take your lovu and go. _ ?Chicago News. More l.iterntlire. Mngnzino JOditor?What novelty have you for your department this month? Cookery Kditor?An article entitled "Outsido of One Hundred New Dishes," by a well known husband.?Detroit Journal. s 'el. ? Oh, rrincn of Wales! Oh, Princo of Walesl How mournful is your lot I How swift tho stnr of fashion palest c How soon oro \vc forgot I ^ No more tho tailor hi nds tho kneo; No iiioro with hearts a-throb * Tho throng crowds round his clothes to see Since Albert lost his job. f1 Who is tho Warwick that has dared To cast our idol down? C Aforo willingly would wo have spared Tho splendors of n crown. When shall ono wear his speckled vest? In douht wo vainly sob J And drift to yearning nnd unrest j Since Albert lost his job. ? Washington Star. I'e r tin |in Ills I.nek 11 us Conic to Him. { There Is nothing in tho story that tho ft mi* litnfnil pJtiViM* 14 IllflvV 'Dm Hl'fiVft a if t ho unluckicst man who over llvoil ir Atchison is covered with four leafed clo vers.?Atchison Uloho. ^ The Knsliloniililo WeddlliR. t They'd rehearsed tlio ceremony over time and t time uK'iin, J But when tlio time appointed enmo a-epcod* . init. And they stood beforo tlio altar, It caused ti them lots of pnill } To find there was a "hitch" in the proceed- , intf' e ?New Orleans Timcs-Dcmooret ' A SHORT" NEWS STORIES. The Senator and tlio Little Girl?An Americanism In Paris?Patti Demanded u Doll. The senior senator from Illinois gave nn object lesson in politeness to a whole street ear full of people one afternoon, unci much 1 wish that 10 times as litunv ears had been tliero to hear, for lit ir own everlasting good. It was ;in-t a little after 1 o'clock, and the cars were crowded. A tired looking man with a painful limp came in with the erowil rt the Fifteenth street transfer station an 1 stood clinging to u strap ju t in front of .Senator Cnlloiu. The senator look. I tip, and, seeing the weary face, instantly rose and offered liis scat. The man demurred. The senator insisted. "Sit down, sit down," said ho cheerily. "Yon mustn't stand. Sit down." The man sank into the seat'and the tnll lllinoisan contented him -'If with a strap. From hencath a poppy laden hat the bright eyes of a little girl, mar whom he stood, peered up at him eagerly. At last he looked down and saw her. "Won't you tako my seat t" she said politely. The senator smiled down at her anil shock hi., head. "No, thank yon, child," he said "Y'ou mustn't ever give up your seat to a man. It sets a bad example, a very bad example." And he stood till he left the car Washington I'ost. An Americanism In Paris. Nothing is more incomprehensible to European writers than the Amori -an custom of breaking egg-4 in a gla.-s. C'hauncey .M. Depew likes to follow the American custom, and one day the waiter at the Hotel de Itus.-ie, in Paris, told him he mustn't do it. There was "NOXSilXSK!" SAID Mi:. DM'KW. a dispute, and tho head waiter was called. "Tho glass**# cannot be properly washed afterward." it was explained "They are mined." "Nonsense," suid Mr. Dopew, "my servants at homo do it every day in the year. I'so a little more < lhow grease." Then Mr. Depew 1 .-oko his ("OMnbi the glass, as usual, and the wait r watched l.iia. When the "lass was set aside, lie eanie wit!i a dustpan, era* M l the glass en his 1 >>t hei 1 at. 1 disappeared with the frayuu nts. Theeha.go for the glass was on Mr. P pow's bill, und lie r> fused to j ay it. Jlo was t< i good a custom* r to taake angry, so tho lintel people siuil, 1. They knew that Mrs. Pepew was y.iiny to v* main a week lunger. A broken egg glass was ingeniously work, d into her hill, and ho paid for it. but Mr. Pepew didn't know it for manym.nih- afterward, when he was telling the story as an instance of his success in counteracting I ho extortions of European hotel kocp:*ra. When P.itti Demanded a Doll. Although Ad. lina i'atti has recently Installed a now head at her castle at I'raiy-y-Nos, it is doubtful if Paron A derstroin will ho other than a figureHead. When in her young days the famous linger was touring America, tho impresario who was managing little Adeina as an "infant prodigy" found it necessary to give her a valuable little :ov each time she appeared. One evening in Cincinnati ho forgot ho usual gift. "Very well," said Pntti, "then I don't sing!" lint <i... l,r.iicA ?.,,i i.n, ??.i: >nce is waiting," Haiti tho distracted nana.ger. Entreaties proved vain. Tho ittlo singer refused to go on the stage. \fter a vast amount of trouble tho nanagcr purchased a toy and tossed it it the feet of the songstress, who at >nco tripped on tho stago and began to ing as only l'ntti can sing.?Pbiladel>liia Post. Thackeray's Charming Girls.. Tliaekeray's charming daughters mist have been a great literary aid to lini. "Papa," said one of them one day? 10 Mrs. Kitchio says in her notes upon ior father's work?"why don't yon vrito like Mr. Dickens?" Tho children soon understood, how ver, that papa's writing, even if it vere not quite like Mr. Dickens', earned heir bread and butter. "W'bat a good thing it is," said 0110 is they wero waiting for him one day, 'that every ten minutes makes a pngo ?f papa's handwriting." On another occasion ono of them ad'ised 111 111 in a diflicult task, "If I wero on, papa, I'd write all around the subeet and say as littlo as possible about t." "Thank yon, my dear," said Tlinckirny gravely. An Antiquated Town. The Porto Kiean settlement of Ponce le Leon at Caparra, near tho site of 'neblo Viejo, across Han Juan bnv. is io\v by nioro than years tho firnt own established within the present >orders of tin? I'nited Statin. One, here-fore, must give the presti^o of intiquity not to tlio Spanish town of it. Augustine, Fin., of ir?(15, as fornerly, but to Cnpnrrn, Porto Rico, onnded in the year 1009. FACTS IN A FEW LINES. Forty-olio [ ^ were in Grect Britain <invin;t 1 L,v!. Tin; I'nitftl Siit.s - .I ! ) worth of solo icnthcr tn .lanan list y?:.r. From the standpoint c-f Knr.tne::i nlu."alien l!:" ! t cti nested Asiatics arc in tiic Fhilinpiii i:.;t a f.-'-t tf t!< f-.rai t f Mirhn. 1 Gui!o}tu\v.ssi. i! :i;.!:tov;ij, X. .i . call bo st t n at l.inli 1 i<;?*. A ."i'ffial driivciv h ttov sy.-t ::i. liko tJi.it i-f t'nu United tvl:;t?f, is now iii op'Vntk'u in leu of I hoc", ief cities of Canada. A catalogue i f the Vat loan iiIivary ii: 11 volumes lias been presented l?y ti.? pope to the Uenuauio museum in Ivi . remherg. Speckled or bii.olc tvor.t may be caught in Pennsylvania from April 1 "> to .July l"i. hut in.no must bo 1<< pt Pes ! than five inches lung. Dublin La.- two nneieiit cathedral\ St. ! Patrick's ami < hrht church, the former i of which was rente red by a Lrewcr ami the latter l y ? distiller. During lsOS Switzerland's imp-, rl * exceeded its ixport.s by f'h-l.UGo.UOO. It seems ijni'iT that a great share of the imports consists i f watches. The family grave i:i which the body of ?.I. Fame was placed ii unprct-. ntious to a degree compared with man,of th imposing monuments in Peru la ! Chai se ci n:i terv. Wells, the man who bio':? the lank at Monte Car!;), has been released from Portland on ticket of leave. He is nil able musician and acted lis organist in the prison chapel. That football i.s not losing its p p i kirity in llagland i-; slu \vn by the f:;p that the match i'< r the Iingli.-h f Mthu'.i cup at Hhe!li< 1>! this year was witness.;. 1 by upwav i of 011,000 persons. But two tanneries of any magnitude ore in ? ja ration through: lit Japan?uloin Osaka and the other in Tokyo?and they are chiefly occupied i:i supplying the leather wants of the army and navy. The greati t age which any species el insect has i v? r teen known to attain i- j 1."> years. This feat was accomplish d | by Jin ant which had been trn?k-rly cared for by a certain naturalist fur that length of time. A Huston reporter ha-' made a trip from Dost en to New Vol!: by trolley cars, with only a break of f>7 miles, which h:nl tube cov< n-tl by means of regular railroad fa"ilities. The time occupied was -1'J hours. I Professor Thomas 15. Hillnum ef j Stevens in-titute say a that the impri gnation of wood hv lircproofing material is "complete and permanent," and he advises that the use of -such wood it; buildings be made compulsory by law. In the fisheries of the Ta lodeti i.-lan.b\ belonging to N< vwav. between and ;!!,nun mi n are olten oneag- d, and during the busiest time, which is to! ward the cud of March, 113 many T.OUU vessels of various kinds arc in those waters. Then* has not been a failure or a iir? in Maxatlan, Mex., fur almost 1 a years, and losses on account of had debts amount to very little. There arc three hanks, and three of the largest merchants have a hanking department connected with their stores. Next to .seamen of t:: United States British seamen get higher wages and better fare and more comfortable conditions of employment than do seamen of any other country. It naturally follows that alien seamen, as a rule, have a liking for servico on Dritish ships. Wisconsin produces annually nr. average of 1 o,U(iO,()(to pounds of choose, nearly all of it made hy Swiss Me thods and Swiss people, who imitate the homo product fairly well. Most of it is shippod to the Pacific coast and linds its market in the South American conntries. The government of-the Kongo Free Slate, with the object of preventing tlio threatened destruction of the india rubber trees in that country, has promulgated a decree by which it is prevented that for every ton of rubber yielded annually there shall be planted not less than 150 trees. The total mercantile marine shipbuilding on 1 put of ls'.JS for the whole World is estimated at l.tsOd.OOO tons, and Lloyd's returns show that of this total output l.JJGT.oTU tons gross were launched in tlio United Kingdom, the number of vessels being TGI, of which only IT were sailing vessels. American cotton has a very keen competitor iti the Russian market in Asiatic, cotton grown from imported American seeris. This latter cotton is equal in quality to middling New Orleans cotton ll is reported that this Asiatic cotton deteiiorates n(t? r a lapse of years and that i'esli seeds have to ho ( plant! d T!m Liege i:iUmati v si exposition 1 will he hold in licit city beginning ! about May 1. IJtny, and continue six mouths, undi r the patronage of the government of iinlgiuni anil theprov- | inee :<till city of I.icge. A beautiful and convenient : it? luis been selected, covering about 200 juicM. partly in tin; valley and j>:i11 Iv en tin? hills. In 1S0S Liverpool led all other foreign ports in tlm world in clearances for tlx? United Slates, the number bring 1,000. In addition there were I I clearances for jif?il i that had recently been transferred from tlie jurisdiction of Spain to that of tin: failed States. < if all tin so 1,0'iU eleaialii i s, i nly three of the ships carried the American flag. The.coinni: rce i f Iliogn (Kobe) during the year 1 sos was almost sjit.oOi!,000 iii excess of that of Yokohama, thus making Iliogn the leading commercial port in Japan, although the exports do not equal thoso of Yokolfhuia. The trade returns rf Yokohama fluctuate according to tho silk market, while the commerce of Hiogo is more general. HUMOR OF THE HOUR. ; A l-niiniioa < f v. ,-r ry was t''.riliiu,: in i' 1 i i.'.n a ii i . at. of layalav taw ay 1 v. 'i t of tl;f cavalry lit; it I'd Iii-; i to Watoll ' t I?e v ;;r !. :: air; i vtrs.ilin; v '.Ii !i. : ! I .* r. iio clitic if'1 li: ' ti.iii ; ' : ; pci ?::lly t'rir wt of m -i? . 'l iHJ V;:iitr.t? I' C'i !; i V. .. .. . 1 Ili.v.y a sal i 1 ! !; : i 'My t.aa n:v r. sii.c.uy a . s.r.y went ? f :v ,n]::: '' "I do not think so," retorted ti ] cavalry ti'l if von".; < v v m your i?. n in over to rn ivt c. I'll t rt vo it." | Tlttf Clitllll i V. ;:.: : i. . , a 1, ltd ti I | I covnlrymen churned down 1 uthccili* I een soldiers who nvVnitod m in the ! r.. t':i] way. N? \v. t v.iJty > . t i liar: ij to \ i . f? a f v. f > : . . .v. r. 1 iniiu:, < f i: . y ::i i ::i : i ihiu ::t i ] : I :-hi:rt. *i*I: v. . i: ? > : 1 : (li; ir in . \i! n 11 ; r.v fa !. 1: i.-t th ?hv.:: rj ! . show:::;: no s ij;iit i : t.. j -_i : \ .i :i j few yards if. fin y . . j man. whii l livitii <:!i ): i 5. v. Il-.I. l'i.i < ! .:: i at thn others' (light, t:? ; com<1 tiso J h? m ami, t: 111 j i?i I;::: ?.n S! . I. . j crted: " V?;n'ro this i.nly i.ir.ve v an la Him X :.*{{.!,t. \ .xi in . t!r:l In V. sir," ; .thy l.v-if. "I 1: 1 i. y fiit sir.cl; in a hi.]:' r I ilMV.If.ift : have wailnl."? cr the : a f : ::i: 'lj . j si ii in tin' : an a s ?;i; 5 : :.r< i . i : j iinitat ! :: i:f a i .ay. J r ryi: 1 v at i'.v n ih" li n hi:.. If v.; < fain I i w< !: : r if ho va-n i a. 1 i.. I i. s::i ' a-> aii r nil Til!-' fa! i' i(aila s t inr. "( \ity i f i'(! _ h? h. \ y .i ,;n 1 a th..i. yuu really me.? D.-tr. it .7: urn 1. ' ! ) ! Msm A j %m^ -M& Y-. U ^--.--:-" vr? f S V y ; ?!!ix XrttX __ 3 ' : Monk?Got a bite! : (/ ] !y ,/v. , i i '-M /1 j V .-,/t^C;^ r:f i I '"! ;. M i i Jt X*-''. r . : - - - -M ; Elephant?Let's see ? ^ Sr^ /J j /' ! ^ **" 4.' i . * x : ' ; i i C, fr 4L* '" 1 I "X *, ! ?New York Evening Journal. That's tho Tric'c. "What's the matter, old man':" "Oh, I've just had a quarrel with my wife." "\Y<11, forget and forgive." "1 can never forgive her. You see, I was in the wrong. " "Then, in that case, demand an apology."?Harlem Life. Tho Soft Augt.v r. ? ]).> yon thinlc 111 v.i.nM have marrit (1 iiiin if lit.1 hadn't l i t n w Vii;.':" "Well. y, u kn \v, he r.lid I t!..:t if lie IkhIii"t In t n wealthy lie t :! :n ; have supported her. " ? 1 kiladt Ipiti a North American. A Laho-idc Hint. They wor-j .inat starling It r a 1r.;ll. "Which way shali we g !:: <1. "Oh, wo might wall: down lu.Viod tho parsonage, don't yon thinkv ' the answered. ? Chicago Post. Not Surpri? 3d. "Tho livt rwurst dealer won his suit against the blutwurst peddler. " "1 expected that one of 11 in would bo worsted."?Cleveland Plain Diakr Love's Youner Dream According to tho ; Scale. The niai'1 was fair, hi r pa was rich. The yoeth was poor, and so lie suit iit I t ! as ihu gallant deer l'ursues tho liitiid Do. | Upon his Knees lie raid those things That lovers always say. And her height eyes rellcctcd love's Reciprocating He. I llis passion. so he said, was deep As the uniiv^surcd si a. Tho maiiU n ooyly murmured, "Can Such treasure bo for ??.!!? "This \y ;-o sudden, sir, but yet. As 'I is so, : si; papa!" lb- winced. To gr< at lengths he w ?uW t'O. Hut was not that too Far Fur pa's por(? ntous toe loomed big, lint. l.r< d with alcohol, lie went i<> btuve that potent foot; Sho waved l.ef para? Sol. They met -i'io lover and the toe. 1 b; e:i las' how the scar! In point ol i '..quelle the youth Is ;o 1 artiei. - I,n. So. Fpurnc 1, he roams the outer void. Tl; inside!. where u- she? Immured in solitude, no inoro Her suitor shall sho SI. | The Itonian father chuckled soft, Hcl'.ectlnir, "Well I know The rascal sighed not for my girl? His object ?U my Do!' ?Boston Traveler. t * v ? . WOMAN AND ^FASHION. ! A r.^:.-'.icn C : . The Clue*. tic\. Itv.-.ijv r: Good Fro Ok or >atoe Girl. I Thla i-Yctty dv? - it . f. v n re* : iii ; n > it ii' ;i s;:i:*.;l ii , * let Im* <! ; *.ii, i 1 ?t : r;vvrs it.*? 11 ^ ' 11 U u -1 .. i . i ... . Ci 0! I i . A v - ' \ . ?U - ' ' l} < .. I .. , , Uv>'7' ; - ~-~mm * . x\ 1;; E&y m m* H 5; ..; \ ' I Ij '' l> ; 1 Y \ iPWrlMuN M fj VIV: VxY'YIYn ii- ' 1. TI:? l.'i'? r *-1: i i C . i v.. 1 ?;.? :?< f J: * :j ' :. 1 which ili- i '/ . i. f llso f : . s : . u arrow ril;? a . ; 1. The v .; ! . . . t ?; \v ; <i i.^inisl 1;.:J ' : ' :f' : i . .?r . which i : :i!.- ?? l \? ji x : : \ " it. ?. .<] a than;;- . i: i;... ' a > i v* i11: t wi> lace ? : :: witlo. The ::tosx c:'Boh nt 6triutra. I A perfectly hill ; 1 ;.r p. . ft < : iy (km > * -r . 1 . - i u ' . I v ? a?i!iiii r ! < :i the rj vie) tiotJ > i )'? : 11 t . tviiiRS. liy ; ii > ;: " v. ! t Is 5 in ir e -it:i. patrol j.sat by 111 1 Is: : iial'.wU'h its* j ly. tlx o jtrtful Djilllijcvs hope to iiioctv lap \v i ' 'a ;i : t ; ts in.r; RVi; V( silly the sni . A l 1!y ?w . . i ::i i !: . 1 nr.. ; si v...: ft ?. c with the s i i of !>tvii:;;s h:J3 dcao luot I ?.i 1 . " > t' i:.i"?i. : in i i ir .! atle t: ..-i 1:i ; t i 'i: . ! '.f < i'.i i i it u- j t".s "i t i ' ; \Vii il.Mijsiitt ; ' v . . "i . i ' :i'% .. .ili ! t ' i ' . ; . i 1 t-t;' v. i;.1 ' ' . . i; . t t ir- in ! . , . : ! \ hair i I;i .*: : la- The V, ill#li! irops jut far t'? I lj?ht nsjil ! it nut) | are 1. : 1 . . il '? i i t lot hv v. rv ! 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Tiiu ! i- <>i.;t. .5 v.. : ; ! i-. li iini nil wish iticli ] t:.. little i .Ik \ f iii lili^iTo : sisn; ; :ii n < i . ) ; 11. ? t' 11.avera, tvliiio ti';*; ? f the {laid lr.stcu vu, a : : N r~~?r*y : VY*\ f $\m }\x & ';fA . 1 kasm I U ;; P. - V.VM b'. . -\ i \ ' If ?I fj PliKTI V AM) I hi KI I,. ilcr tho upi. r * *lic?> in front, pnsg over , t!i : i nr.d ore hocnri (i to tlio 1x11 ; At till- 1 .:i k Tlii' 1 ! ci o is in tin's o i o of h< ft white iii-luii vp, with turnover collar mi i c?inl 'i villi feather stitching in Rrceii flillc* Villile ! : its fiwtcniiig tin r lire hi nil* < f tl- lluwor tmltoiis. This is a il i-iii'lily | r.i tical frock as two or l hit liloiiMsof various colors ami materials may lu? provided for t'.u'h skirt a <1 itnv 1 1 ! ii . for cool (laysaml a iar. liii fov warm T'difrgclc i. very pi ill v in white or ruilo colored pique. with .1 liip white inu-din 1 louse;, tliu liultuua lain,'? laiie'y white pearl. ; The J utlce. Tin! I:?t 1 coiiti i\aim l'i r the comfort of tli?? player i-> a pt Miliar n< \v stocking < aili <1 the* puttee. In reality this st< ( kiii ' is a at <.?i .c ?vend l and with a Hilt::.til VlVl'ii'.V that ii: S OVeT the mIioo liko a spat, and is then wound spirally around the lc? to tin tiamur cuff. T!io pnttco is v.oiul'rfnlly sinait in e ffect, and ?>n cold or sloppy days is a splendid protrc.i'in. it retains its ^ocel looks much longer than the golf stocking. CURRENT MISCELLANY. At the ivv nt luutlieon giveu by, the fitjv k?y of Hew England Women one oi'irso was baked beans with Doston brown bread. The beans were baked in tiny individual beanpots of brown pottrrv, perfect counterparts of the larger vox !s sacred to this use in New Eiirland. An inch square liit of fork, with rind properly so. red. was in each i?ot, tender, succulent baked beans surround iik; ii, i ii> r-i\in n. me int'i musing U11S substantial ami rather homely dish a n?* st palatable delicacy. When the curse hail been eaten, so many ladies looked with lnngiug eyes upon the little pots thilt the waiters yielded to tho inevitable, carried theni oil, washed and r< tmued them to the company, to 1k? borne away in delighted triumph. Another souvenir of the luncheon was, at each cor. r, a tiny box, in simulation of the fatuous chests of Dohca, tea that for ml a resting placo in lioston harl>or on that memorable night of 17751. The little boxes contained tea said to be of the anmo brand and were suitably inscribed in commemoration 'of that famous tea party of over a ceiitmy ago. ? Now York Evening Post. * The Lazy Man's Delight. Chairs for the lat'.y men" are among the many n< veltirs 1 saw in'ono of tho big up t.?wn department stoles'tho other lay. They are hig, roomy affairs, with high backs and broad arms and deep, low seats. They are made of reed, stained green er red. and have cushions or cretonne, stripped or flowered. On one side of the chair is a set of wicker shi lv? a for the lazy mail's hooks and news-papers. One of these shelves is used for glasses, a box of cflgars and n suspicious looking bottle.. On the other side ?>i the chair is a pockef At the end cf tin- broad arm. In this the lazy mail keeps a pack of cards, his tobacco pouch, a cigarette case and other odds and ends essential to his case and contfnrt. Just below the nun of the chair is a row of wicker rings, set close together. This is tho lazy man's pipo rae.c. t-onto of tnose chairs arc furnished with a wicker canopy ami have silk curtain* which can he drawn at the side, supplying seclusion as well as case, if desired.?New York Letter. Particulars Wanted. Mayor Kinney of I'tica, in vetoing a hill ?.f v'ihO for the expenses of aldermen who went to Albany to look after legislation, wrote: "As thi; hill is asking for pttblic m-'in y,.the public would like to know what it was spout for. Particularly as tl.-avi no record of the committee ever a; i a: ing before any legislative body in Albany and making any nrguiygqt, and : there is no charge for lobbying; what did they do anyway that tho public should lie called upon to jmy thls-^tlOO? It n ay he that history is repeating itself. and that they can say like-Ciesar. We came, saw atid conquered tlie legi lature and got tho corporation conn nl salary hill passed.4' r "Pica- h I the .public know in, what ditvt tion yi.ur colossal cutrgies were directed. tn course, \yv kmiwyouliibored and suffer* d at Albany for tho -interests of y? nr coiistituents, but do let iM'know win titer you suffered for us on caaivasbacl: and cliampagnb or ou corn beef and cabbage." Singular Coin. ? I)r. IlcVi ington exhibited in our office quite a singular coin which bo says was dug up or plowed upon bis placo in this county near < iir'.li. It is of brass and copper (more brass than copper) and about the size of our 25 cent silver coin, it lias on one face a United States tla : and around il tho legend "California Coiinti r." On the reverse side is a United States eagle, with .tho arrows and olive branch in his talons, around whb h are the words "United States of America." it has no date. The word counter means a "false piece of inoney < r .-tamped metal, used as means of reroining. " Another meaning is "money in comi-uipi. i ins . may nave ueen mail;* long ago by some private enterj rise for convenience ami not ^ot:Comn:mi> i! ,f as inosiey.? Waynesboro.True Citizen . .. Cioarabontinrr oil tho Jordan.. 'l'!i.' pr>ogress of civilization has at J.i t nao'o'il tbo .Ionian, and steamboat ' bun:;; tin- wjityr in which- John bapt . ! 'lb. .* Abb. t l'acliomins of tho na ?-ry of St. .lohn at Jericho ^nndo tin- I'M attempt at ctcani navigation with diminutive launch abont tiiree j -.si ago. The experiment was sp snc< *: - l"?iI that a small steamer was purchas I a year later and taken to the Jordan. , This boat, tin: I'r.oliouju,?. now ipaintaii.s a n-.Milar passenger service botwia .i t!i>- bridge near Jericho and tlio southern t ml <i the Dead sea a fid is well patronized by the tourists und pilgrims. " ' ' A Eiu Chunk pf Ice. James tleiiison, a farmer living in Cainih :i c anity. Mr., put lrp ice during the winter, and I.is ctYip* is"all in one' piece. i? measures 'JO ffeet each way i i eon.stnu ted n box into wjiich, bv tin;.lis of troughs, he cohyeyed streupn of v.-,itor from a spring in tho bill-id'- The w.;tor fioze. and when tlio box was !ilK-?l 1 JU?? troughs were removed Around tiiis box Mr. Garrison built ji larger one, filling the space between tin* two with charcoal and" Rawdust. He says lie will drill and "blast his lingo cube of icons lie nuiy hiVyVj occasion to nso it during the summer. Bride Xletains Her Name. . ' There was a curious mnrriqgp at Toledo a few days ago. The bride was Miss Lydia Kingsmill Commander, and the bridegroom the Rev. Herbert N. Cas-soii. lly prenuptial agreement the bride is to retain her own name?Mra. Lydia K. Commander; Mr. Casson will still be known as Mr. Casson. It is not stated whether the future members of the family will bo Cassons or Commanders or half and half.?New York Tribuue. , J