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A HOUSE IE BATTLE HOW HE FEELS WHEN IN THE MtOST OF A FIERCE ONSLAUGHT. tFV.Wrlter mU Itm MarlM P<???l>?? Ik* B<??rUaeM mt < Arab Ckav* ??t la lh? Kaaki mt Maart'i Car airy?The Oallay < BaMU. Probably no one will ever know just ^ bow a bono fcela when coins Into battle. There Is do way of finding out. Bo It Is likely that no one wUI dispute the correctness of the description which Be well Ford Rives In "Horees Nine," published by Scribners. The horse In question la Pasha, a half blood Arab hunter that has been pressed Into service In Stuart's Black Horse cavalry. The story rnqs: Early the next morning Pasha was awakened by the dlhtant growl of heavy guns. By daylight he was on the more, thousands of other horses With him. Nearer and nearer they rede to the place where the guns were growling. Sometimes they were on roads, sometimes they crossed fields, and again they plunged Into the woods wurre me low braucbea struck one's ejres and scratched one's flnnka. At last Jbey broke dear of tbe trees to come suddenly upon such a scene as Fasha bahnercr before witnessed. Far across the open field be could see troop on troop of horses coming toward him. They seemed to be pouring over the crest of a low hill, as If driven onward by some unseen force behind. Instantly Faaha beard, rising from the throats of thousands of riders on either side and behind blm, that fierce, wild yell which he had come to know meant the approach of trouble. High and shrill and menacing It rang as It was taken up ami repeated by those In tbe rear. Next the bugles began to sound, and In quick obedience the horses formed In line Just on the edge of the woods, a line which stretched and stretched on either flank until one could hardly see where It ended. From the distant line came no answering cry, but Fasha could hear the bugles blowing, and he could see the fronts massing. Then came tbe order to charge at a gallop. This set Fasha to tusslna easrerl* at the Hit. hnt tnr what reason he did not know, lie kfiew only that he was part of a great and solid line of men and horses sweeping furiously across a field toward that other line which he had seen pouring orer the hill crest. Ho could scarcely see at all now. The thousands of hoofs had raised a cloud of dust that not only enveloped the on rushing line, but rolled before it. Nor could Pasha hear anything are the thunderous thud of many feet. Eren the shrieking of the shells was drowned. But for the restraining bit Pasha would hare leaped forward and cleared the line. Never had be Men so stirred. The inherited memory of countless desert raids made by his Arab ancestors was doing Its work. For what seemed a long time this continued, and then in tho midst of the blind and frensled race there loomed out of the thick air, as If it bad appeared by magic, the opposing line. Pasha caught a glimpse of something Which aaemed.>Vk*?" wewntlf" witlT or tossing heads ami of fonm whitened necks and shoulders. Here nnd there gleamed red. distended nostrils and straining eyes. Bending above was another wall?a wall of dusty blue coats, of grim faces and of dust powdered hats. Bristling above all was u threatening crest of waving blades. What would happen when the lines met? Almost before the query was thought there came the answer. With an earth Jarring erash they came together. The lines wavered back from the shock of ligpact, and then the wnoie struggle 10 i n nun 10 center about blm. Of course this was not so. Hut It was a fact that the most conspicuous figure In either line had been that of the cream white charger In the very center of the Black Horse regiment Mm Ftrry'm Earns* Vr?sa tk* M*h. Jules Ferry had a narrow escape from violence at the hands of the Paris commune, to whom he was especially odious. He eluded their pursuit through a church, letting himself down in a basket our of a rear window while the mob was forcing the outer door. The basket fell to the ground with a thud and gave Its occupant a aerare shaking . ?PA MEASURE OF MERIT. Union Citizens Should Weigh Well this Evidence. Proof of the merit lie* in the evidence. Convincing evidence in Union is not the testimony of strangers, but the endorsement of Union people. That's the kind of proof given hero. The statement of a Union citisen: J. R. Porter, printer, employed on the Progress, living on Soutn Church Street, says: ''I have lever felt better in my life than I have since 1 used Doan's Kidney pills which I procured at Holmes Pharmacy. 1 was a great sufferer from backache for a number of years. My trouble was light across the small of my back and th< pain was < sometimes so severe that I thought my bask would break in&wo. I have plastered it, and rubbed iduntil ft was all raw,1 , and one mass of bHsters, but in spite of all I could do, nothing seemed to help me. I read about J)oan's Kidney Pills and got them. Half a box relieved me. and the nee of two boxes entirely cared me." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents per box. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Jr Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the ^United States. Remember the name?DOAN'S? and take r.o other. 4 i?? I; WITH A FALSE I j| ? ARM ? I |! By WMm N. OtNrM ^ < Copyright, 1002, by T. C. McClnro ft ? A man with but one arm stood leaning against the showcase. The other anil, the false one, rested portly on the tray of diamonds. On the hand of that arm he wore a conventional glove of black. He was a well dressed man, , with a smooth shaved face, lie was examining some lilgli priced stones. With his other hand, the left one, he Anally picked out a small diamond, probably the least expensive of the lot, and asked the clerk to wrap It up. At the same time lie pulled from his trou(w*s pocket a roll of hills at least three Inches thick and with the left hand deftly counted out* enough to pay for bis purchase. The clerk took the money and the purchased gem and then seised the tray to replace It In the case. As he did so he rapidly counted with his eye the remaining stones, as was his custom. There were two missing, I In addition to the one lie himself had taken from the tray, lie glanced suspiciously at the one armed nnin "I lx?g your pardon, sir," ho an Id politely, but reaching as lie did so for his revolver underneath the counter, "but there are two stones missing. I?hnve you taken them?" He made this Inquiry with hesitation. The one armed man looked the clerk squarely In the eye. "You are quite right to be careful," he said pleasantly, "but 1 did not take the stones. How many were there before?" The clerk told liliu. "Come," return ed the man; "we will count them together, then." They did so. They found the tally right. There was none missing. The man was right and the clerk was wrong. He apologised profusely, but the one armed man took no offense wlintever at the Incident. He received his diamond nnd his change nnd spent several minutes chatting about diamond robt>eries nnd safeguards against them and then went his way. "Queer thing happened then," called the clerk to another. "I came near telling that swell that he was n thief; thought that he took u couple of brilliants. I counted 'em wrong and told him that he must have 'em. He said he hndn't. Then I counted 'em over again and found 'era nil right. And he wasn't mad at>out It cither." "Are you sure they're right now?" returned the other, an older man. "Let me see the trny." The tray was produced. Before It ? -U A* A- At- t - - [cucui-u iu? cvumrr luc oiu man mica the two largest diamonds It contained ami hold tbem to the light. "Done, by George!" he exclaimed. "These nre made of glass; that's all." "Sneakers" Kelly, tlio crack plain clothes man "* heaA"iiaw'? n<1 iiil case at once. "I've heard of this fellow," he annonnced to the Jewelry firm. "He's a new proposition and a slick one at that, I understand, and there have been a good many complaints about him. We haven't been able to make a touch as yet. I'll sec what I can do, ^ut I guess It's best for you to charge the thing up to profit and loss right now. Even If I overhaul the man It's ten to one I won't get the stones. I'll do my best, though, gentlemen." That happened in Chicago. In January of the next year, on a cold, crisp day, two prosperous looking men stood almost side by side in a fashionable Jewelry store. One of them was dressed In furs and wore rich Jewels. lie was a showy man, with a red face. This was "Sneakers" Kelly of Chicago. The other man was a man of grave appearance. He wore a gray beard and his hair was tinged with white. By his appearance he was an aristocrat? probably the presldrnt of a bank. In his left hand he held a for mitten? only oue. Ills right was clothed In a light colored suede glove. He was buying diamonds. Kelly watched this raau closelymore closely than did the clerk. Finally the clerk handed out a few small bills and a small white packet and he left. As he did so Kelly followed htm. When they reached the sidewalk Kelly touched him on tue arm. ino man glanced at him but once, and then iTiOKlng around suddenly struck Kelly In the head with hla right hand. It was hard as iron. Kelly was stunned. He reeled and fell. When he came to, the othef man was about to enter carriage which stood at the curb. The carriage started off, but before the door was shut Kelly had succeeded In selxlng that right false arm with a tight and unrelenting grip. The man beat him about the face with the other hand and the coach went faster and faster, but Kelly clnng desperately to the hand, his feet dragging upon the street below. Suddenly, as they swung around a corner, there were a snap and a Jerk and Kelly fell, face downward on the pavement. It was late In the afternoon nnd dark and no one had noticed what had happened. Kelly lay for a moment, but eoon recovered and serambled to hla feet. Just In time to avoid being run down by a heavy trucl|. And as he rose he grasped something tightly In his anna This object be bore to a brilliantly lighted window and examined it "By George, that's clever," mused Kelly to himself, "and now he'll have to get a new one! First blood for me." Limping, he wended bis way back to the store from which be bad started. "Look bare," be exclaimed to tbe clerk. ??M???f?^ after be had made known hia Identity, "bold out your hand." The clerk did no. The detective held forth n Ions fntnc arm nnd {railed a wire that protruded from Its upper end. As he did so from n recess In the artificial palm there were released three gems, among the largest In the house. They were genuine. The clerk on examination of the trny found that three spurious stones had been substituted hi thHr place. Kelly and the clerk examined the arm. It was made largely of wood, but with a hollow Iron chamber below the elbow nnd n hollow hand. A series of wires ran from the hand all the way through the arm. Thes? wires evl! d^nllr tri>rn rnntpnlln^l Kw ?w.?? vi?v\a ?',f IUU Winn hand or the fret, mid It wan these that had snapped when Kelly clung to the artificial inemlier on the carriage stefff On pulling one of tlicae wlrca Kelly found that a slot In the hand opened and pIoumI, thua scooping up whatever lay beneath It. On pulling jpiother he found tliat it would release one, two or more spurious gems In place of the purloined genuine ??nneti. <>f thc?c spurious geina they found a dozen or so, but no more genuine atones were found. Evidently the thief secreted each atone Immediately. - *. It was the moat complete contrivance that Kelly had ever Reen for any kind of thievery. | But Kelly wns sore?soi^ In mind | and body. lie vowed an unholy vow | In moat unholy language that he would hn*vc that one armed man's scalp Inside of a month at the. outside. He was not satisfied with the man's arm. Ife wanted more. Kelly wns one of those people who are never satisfied. Two weeks later In a large Jewelry house In n down east metropolis an old lady In n Quaker bonnet stood and adjusted her spectacles and examined some diamond earrings. She wns plainly but richly dressed. Her real name wns "Sneakers" Kelly. Contrasting with this aged woman and within a foot or so of her there rtood a tall young man with n black mustache. There wns a ruddy, healthy color upon his face. He said with some embarrassment that he was buying an Hn,? If" luinf ???? ? * ?? ? 1 containing an nssortracnt. The old Indy was so close to him that she almost touched him. Suddenly she gripped him by the arm and yelled to the clerk. "This man's a thief!" she cried in shrill tones. "Close the doors!" The clerk hastily drew back the tray of rings. Several other men ran up. SomelKxly closed the doors. Then they Inspected the tray of diamonds. Sure enough, two rings were missing. None, however, had been substituted in tlielr stead. The young man uttered not n word. He only looked surprised. lie had made no resistance and no outcry. The old woman, however, was excited. She pushed back her bonnet from her face. "He's got 'em!" she exclaimed. "He's got 'em In his arm. It's hollow. Make him take It off. They're In there, I tell you, and you'll llnd 'em." The young man smiled, but protestor* ^^flentlemen,'" he began, "true it Is |i my misfortune to hove but one arm, and true that I wear a^he one, but 1 did not take your stones,-* assure you." The old woman violently shook her head. "You make him take off that arm!" she commanded. "It's the greatest thing you ever saw. It's hollow, and It's got your diamonds In It. Make htm take It off." The young man looked around upon the faces; then he smiled again. "Here," I he replied; "there's but one way to prove my Innocence." He icmoved his coat, rolled up his sleeve, unbuckled a strap or two and pulled off the arm. They gathered round nnd examined It, especially the old lady. It was not hollow?not by a Ion? hot. It was an ordinary false arm, mad* of solid cork. When tbey were satisfied that It was nothing else, the young man replaced It and donned his coat again. "Gentlemen," he continued, looking bard at the old woman, "I am no man's accuser or no woman's either, but those stones were missed when both of us?the old lady and myself?stood at this counter. There is a bare possibility," lie continued, with a grin, "a bare possibility that she has the stones herself. And If I am not mistaken I saw her put something In that bag. You might exumfne It if you will." The bag In question was one which hung at the old lady's side. They examined It, and they found?oh, nothing much, sure the two missing diamond rings; thot's all. "Now, gentlemen," added the young man, "unless I am again mistaken this old lady is not what she seems to be. Let us Investigate once more." He reached over nnd deftly pulled from her head the Quaker hat and an old gray wig. There stood revealed the grizzled countenance of "Snookers" Kelly, the detective. The clerks pounced upon him and liore hlin to the station houu>, the nearest one. There he was kfpt for two days, until n Chicago special could be sent on to recognize and Identify him for the man he really was. But on the way down to the station the ySung man with the false arm somehow dl?nj>penrcd. Before he did so. however, he stepped up and said a word to Kelly. "Kelly," he explained In a low voice, "next time you must give a fellow tltqe to get a new arm made. Arms of my pet brand don't grow on trees, you know." And then he went. She Stilt Leetwree. Mr. Tile?Your wife used to lecture before she was mnrrled. Ifas she given It up now ? Mr. Mllds?Well?er?yea?that Is, In BUbllc. - ? Dark Hair 441 have used Ayer's Hair Vigor for a great many years, and although I am past eighty years of ?? yet I have not a gray hair in my head.'* Geo. Yellott, Towson, Md. We mean all that rich, dark, color your hair used to have. If it's gray now, no matter; for Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color to gray hair. Sometimes it makes the hair grow very heavy and long; and it stops falling of the hair, too. SI.N a Mtk. All If jronr druggist cannot ennply yon, end us on? dollar and wo will c*pre?. I you a oottlo. Ho sure and give tlio name of yoor nearest express office. Address, B J. C. AVKK CO., lx>well, Mass. I EXPERTS WITH THE WHIP. Oa? mrnw* - ........ < riK K irii n snnKO's Hfml ?l Twratr Kfft. "That crabhed old German. Schopenhauer, who said the crack of a whip was like a drink from the had place, would have found hut little to complain of if he had ]>ostpnucd his passing for awhile," said a thoughtful man, "for the whip is gcttipg to he au awful acarce article iu thin age. I suppose the whip will finally pass out of existence altogether unless it is put to a new use. Of course the small riding whip, the kind which jockeys use in UrgJ^g the horses they ride, will he uned as long as horseflesh is used. "But the kind of whip the old German had in mind was of a larger, longer and older type, the kind the ox driver uses even now in some of the more remote sections of the world. Whips of this kind generally swing easily on the end of a long handle. Frequently the handle is eight or ten feet long and is made of hickory or some wood that is supple enough to bend in the green state. The whip itaelf, which la generally four and six I plait rawhide, Is from ten to 11 ft eon feet In length, with a sen grass cracker on the end tightly twisted and knotted at spaces an inch apart. It is this article that makes the noise cf which the old German pessimist complained, and a whip of this kind in the hands of an expert can be popped until it sounds Ilka the crack of doom. In a quiet forest where timl>er men carry on their work this noise Is even fiercer than It Is in the cities. "Tenmstera in the cities still use the old whip to some extent, hut it is gradually going out, and the sharp crack of tha sen grass is rarely heard. ?1.1? * ui uip."s, i nni roiiiinnofi of Ahe marvelous accuracy some inoii [EeTCstluio has reaerio<T*n" lilgTTcr srtnnrrird of proficiency In tills respect than f?ny other class of men. I have seen [>oys of this race pop a silver half dime it a distance of twenty feet every time they swung a whip. They can simply hit anything they.want to hit as long is tt Is within reach of the whip. Hut here In the south I have seen ox cart drivers crack off a snake's head at a distance of twenty feet, and they could do it whenever It pleased them to do It."?New Orlenns Tlines-I>oinoerat. A Poeer. An Inspector of schools on one occasion tchl a class that they were the dullest set of boys he had ever met. A few days later he received through the post an effusion addressed "To the Examiner What Goes to School." It was a long letter. In which the writer complained of the gentleman's smartness and wound up as follows: If we're the dullest set of hoys you ever met, why do you set slch posers? Why don't you give us a chance? You ax us quest shuns as men couldn't anscr. Any fule can ax questshuns. I'll ax you one of feyther's. "If It takes three hunneril and forty-five and a half yards of white codderoy (corduroy) to mek a helefant a black waistcoat, how long would it tek a lame black hetle to crawl through a barril of treakle?" There, enter that! Easy Pill 0k Easy to take and easy to act Is 0k that famous little pill DeWltt's Little Early Risers. This is due to the fact that they tonic the liver Instead of purging it. They never gripe nor sicken, not even the most delicate lady, and yet they are so certain in results that no one who uses them is disappointed. They cure torpid liver, constipation, biliousness, Jaundice, headache, malaria and ward off pneumonia and fevers. PRIPARBD sv B. C. DsWITT A CO., CHICAGO I Dtn't Forgtt tht Nam*. ^ PARI Y RISPRS kniiki iiivkiiy Dr. R. M. Dorsey, Specialist on diseases of the EYE and EAR ?and? OPTICIAN. Successor to II. R. Goo dell. Alexander's Musio Hall, Spartanburg, 8. Cs 47-lyr, ?? SHOP ; IN JAPAN. The Floor* Are the Counter* r<i?.d Sqmnttlnur I'lare* of Barer*. To start a Japanese shop is the simplest thin# in the world. You take the front off your house and arrange your worldly possessions on the floor. Japanese floors are raised off the street, though nothing is raised off tlicm. The transient customer sits on the edge of the floor sidesaddle. A real shopper who means to do the tiling properly climbs up 011 the floor, which is also the counter, and squats on ids heels. Ileal Japanese shops have no doors or windows or counters. Shop windows in England do not leave much wall in the frontage, but even an English shop window does not take the whole front of the house. The Japanese have not many regular shops. There are very few streets of shops even in Tokyo, which is as large as Berlin. Foreigners never buy anything but curios. If they are fools, they joal with shops kept by Europeans; if they want bargains, they deal with Chinamen. There are many Chinese shops in treaty ports. The Chinaman is cheaper and more reliable than the Japanese. European shonkeonor* ?!?? imf i,? i.? Jnpau for pliilanthropic reasons. Japanese shopkeepers nre the lowest class of population except the outcasts. Servants and laborers take precedence of thein in society, and precedence U the hobby of the Japanese. You have a different bow and a different salutation for a man who is below you or your equal, and several for the people above you. You have even a different language for each, and Japanese writing wriggles like carving on their temples.?London Standard. Catarrh of the Stomach. When the stomach is overloaded; when food is taken into it that fails to digest, it decays and inflames the mucous membrane, expcsing the nerves and causes the glands to secrete mucin, instead of the natural juices of digestion. This is called Catarrh of the stomach. For years 1 suffered with Catarrh of the Stomach, caused by indigestion. I) ?ctors and all medicines failed to benefit me until 1 used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.?J. R. Rhea, Coppell, Tex. Sold by F. C. Duke. THE JOKE AS A POWER. It In Hnpldly IU-coiiiIiik Mightier Thnn the Pen. Men who fear nothing else shrink from a joke upon themselves. Soldiers who do not flinch before opposing guns dread to 1m> made ridiculous. Woe to the national hero who makes one trifling mistake which may subject him to clever caricature! His meritorious career is henceforth shadowed by one colored Illustration. A i w.uic paper will tip the scales of Justice, snatch the victor's prize from his extended palm and rob the orator of choicest 1 #-cls. A brilliant satire will mar the fortunes of tlie greatest statesman, a laugh will turn the tide of a political convention. mffcTfnef (Mill flffprd. "?<>?" eao -< learned its value, and even the clergyman resorts to It when he desires to stir the flagging Interest of his flock. It furnishes sufficient excuse for the Impertinence of children, and in Its name the daily papers deride the highest national dignitaries. What is the meaning of its steady growth in power and what results may we predict from Its humorous tyranny? Is there a chance that our keen relish for fun may finally produce a kind of humorous dyspepsia resulting from overindulgence, unless with epicurean discrimination we demand quality, not quantity, and stubbornly refuse to swallow other than that which should appease a wholesome, nay cultivated appetite In Jokes??Caroline Tleknor In Atlantic. i Cures Eczema, Itching Humors. Especially for old, chronic cases take Botanic Blood Balm, it gives a healthy blood supply to the affected parts, heals all the sores, eruptions scabs, scales; stops the awful itching and burning of c/. ma, swellings, suppurating, watery s es, etc. Druggists, $ I. Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. Describe trouble and free medical advice sent in sealed letter. Rrni Doctoring. Doc Judson had never taken so much as n single course in mcdicul study, but lie was in greater demand than the regular practitioner of Crowvllle, who lind a degree and a framed "dlploiny" in his office. "I'd ruther trust to Bill Judson's doctoring than any that's learned out o' medicine books," said Old Budy Simmons. When pressed for a reason for this preference the old lady had one unfailing answer. "When Doc was away one time I was took with rheumatism in my side, an' 1 had to let daughter Jane send for the dlploiny doctor. He give me medicines nil' said the rheumatism would give way to 'em. It did give way leetle by leetle an* finally wore off, leaving me weak as a rag. "Well, now, when I have one o' those spells an' I>oe J ml son 'tends me he comes In, gives one look at me, mixes UP a glass o' his herh stntr, en' In less'n twelve hours ho has that rheumatism h'lstlng all over me from head to feet, departing In a half dozen directions an' no chance for my mind to dwell on any one spot an' say, -It's the wnst thar.' That's whnt I call doctoring!" Taper was Invented by the Chinese 123 years before the Christian era. To Cure a Cold In One Day Take Laxative Itromo Quinine Tablets All druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature on webbo*. 25c. 6-1 j ??EEP??pa ?irnmmmmmmm* THE CITY OF COLOR. NEW YORK A PICTURE OF PLEASING CONTRASTS IN HUES. The American Metropolis In Tki? Respect Snrpnsscs All the tirent Occidental World. Now York lins been written about from almost every |>osslhle point of view?architectural, commercial, political ami social. Yet so far oh we know It lias never been properly appreciated for the one thing in which It surpasses nil the other great capitals of the occidental world, and that Is for Its color. Those of us who live here all our lives or who absent ourselves for only brief and Inconsiderable periods of time never know how extraordinary Is the environment in which we lave been placed. It Is only the stranger v 'tli hii artistic sense or the native who has been long away who gels the full cffert of this city of ours In Its unique prismatic florhllty of hue such as vivifies no other city of its kind. If you will think for n moment and visualize from memory the great cities of Europe as a colorlst would sen them you will be struck by the fact that each one Is a monotone. Ix>ndon lias the dull, dingy, smoky line of Its own November fogs, and as you pass along Its miles mid miles of streets, n welter of unvarlcgatod facades and homely chimney pots, your Impression will l?e jnore ami more that London Is one groat smudge, bldeous and unrelieved beneath a sky of watery pnleness which merely accentuates a little more the dingy hue of everything beneath It. Fnrls equally represents a monotone, a delicate gray that is neat and clean and that ndds to the symmetry ami harmonlousness of the whole effect, but that Is seldom diversified by warmer tones, llerlin is a monotone In buff, and Rome, like Paris, for the most part, a monotone in gray. One thinks at first of Naples as a city brilliant with the hues of the south, but a little reflection will show that It Is not the city Itself which can be rightly so regarded, but rather the setting of the city as one perceives It from the ship on which he enters the glorious bay or from the Capo dl Fosllipo. The intense blue of the sky, the emerald of the surrounding hills, the sparkle on the waters that lap Its crescent shore, the huge dun slope of Vesuvius, with Its golden smoke, and Capri In the distance swimming in a golden mist?these things afford an unforgettable dream of perfect colorln*. But Naples Itself! The place Is as commonplace ami dirty and depressing as Constantinople, which also from u distance clients you Into thinking It a eolorist's paradise. It Is New York alone which, after delighting the eye with the beauty of Its harbor, embraced by the long slopes of billowy green, fascinates the eye by the brilliancy and diversity of its color scheme. The sky Is as blue as that which Is arched above the Mediterranean. Its sunshine is as bright, and It Is sifted down upon the ish nnnn. nut me nwy ?.?? ?# *.light merely Intensify the vividness of the color contrasts which are visible at every turn. Ilcre is 110 convention, no conformity, no desire for harmonious effect. The snowy whiteness of marble and the clean gray of granite are everywhere Intermingled with the cheerful buff or the warm, rich reds of brick. Patches of green appear at the end of every vista. The enormous display windows of the shops are a riot of blues and yellows and pale rose nnd heliotrope and scarlet. Gliding catches nnd reflects the sunliirht at everv turn. Flairs and streamers and multicolored awnings add to the effect, ho tlmt every street Is n veritable spectrum. Throughout the whole length niul breadth of the Island city color abounds in Jleeks and splashes. It Is just a lilt barbaric, possibly, but it Is also wonderful and striking. To the soher dullness of Madrid or Itoinc or London It Is what the Pompciian wall paintings are to the quiet canvases of Ilarplgnies?not art, but instinct nevertheless with a sensuousness and n glow that stir one strangely. If you are a native of New York perhaps you never noticed this. Yet nil the same It Is set before you every day, and If you will only think of It the next time you go out of doors you will perceive It as a revelation and will know that whatever else New York may be It Is, at any rate, a color city, and as such it is one thut has no rival.?New York Commercial Advertiser. ( 8arca?tt?, A young author, evidently desirous of benefiting by the experience of an older brother craftsman, once asked TXnl.nril llm.ee l.ont t.o liail tiivum u 1IVIII/ Mivuumu UV n uc unu ncqulro<l such n mastery of AngloSaxon. "I don't know how I ever did It," replied the poet, who, after a moment's reflection, mlded, "I think, however, I must attribute It to the fnct that I nev? er had any education!" Srentlng New Sckeae. Mr. Tucker?What Is it. Tommy? Toothache? Well, we'll go to the dentist tomorrow. J?ven at your age a boy, ought to begin to save his teeth. Tommy?Gee! If I save up enough do I git sometbln' for 'em, paw??Chicago Tribune. The Proper W?r la. "You say Grace married into the smart set?" "Gracious, no; she was divorced Into It."?Baltimore Herald. There Is a maxim of unfailing truth that nobody ever pries into nnothec man's concerns but with a design tod* ^ him mischief-Sooth.