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CHAPTER VI. :
CONTINUED.
At that moment a sharp exclama- .
tion caused both speakers to turn suddenly
in the direotion whence it had
come?to meet the sparkling gaze of a
pair of beautiful dashing dark eyes.
Those eyes were so beautiful and so
brilliant that it was several moments
bofore either of the young girls recovered
from her surprise sufficiently to
understand what had happened. But
in the meantime the owner of these
eyes had spoken, and with a smile that
save added radiance to her beauty was
explaining the cause of a trifling accident
and her own sudden exclamation.
"Pardon," she said in perfect Eng- ,
lieh but with a strong though charming
foreign accent, "it is only my poor
fan." And she held up the wreck of
an elegant fan in lace and mother-ofpearl.
"I am the only person to
blame. In mere forgetfulness I had
rested my hand on the back of mademoiselle's
chair, and when she leaned ,
v against it the poor fan was crushed. I
was startled into exclaiming aloud.
Pray, pardon me!"
"Oh, dear!" exclaimed Bertha, who ;
eaw at once that she had brought destruction
on the fan. "I'm afraid it ,
is I who ought to be making apologies .
?how awkward of me?I am so very
sorry." ; j
"No?I beg?don't give yourself a
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really my fault entirely. To be quite
frank, I was trying to see the gentleman
in the box yonder. I am certain
that I recognize an old friend, but I
couldn't catch his attention, and that
is why I leaned forward and forget all
about my poor fan."
"Mr.* Stanley, you mean? Ib he a
friend of yours?" said Bertha, impulpulsively.
,
"Stanley, did you call him? Mon- ^
eieur Stanley?ah I Then I must have 1
made a mistake," said the fair foreigner
in a disappointed tone.
"The Honorable Clarence Stanley," J
aid Bertha, With a sudden curiosity (
as to what the-owner of the fine-eyes |
might e^y is reply. A young English- (
man Who has bnt recently come to j
New York." . ;
"Ah, the Honorable Clarence Stan- .
ley, an Englishman, then I am mis- (
taken; bat I coald only eee his sideface
from here. The gentleman I ,
meant was not an Englishman and
qoite a different person. Thanks, so j
mach, mademoiselle, for giving me (
the name." :
Bertha marmnred some farther ,
apology for the breaking of the fan, at ]
-which the foreign lady's companion, a ;
atont, elderly man with a very red J
face and very white hair said impatiently:
' 'What ia all this talk abont a broken :
fan Celestine? What nonsense! I will ,
buy you' a doaen fans!"
The owner of the fan shrugged her [
graceful shoulders, and murmured in
a low tone:
"Mon mari!"
Preliminary sounds were heard from ,
the neighborhcod of the stage, her- '
aiding the return of the orchestra; the
curtain rolled up, and the third a:t of
, the opera began. 1
CHAPTER VII.
AN AMBITIOUS GIBL.
Bertha Sefton, who went to the opera
for the purpose of hearing the music :
?an uucommon reason? gave her en- i
tire attention to the business of listening
to it; but her companion, who was i
seated farthest away from the rest of i
their party, felt that the mimic drama I
going on before had suddenly lost ali
interest in'comparisonjto the more per- 1
sonal one which she had now an op- '
portunity of studying^' She had but !
recently returned from England, where :
she had spent several months; and 1
while there she had become acquainted :
with Earl of Windermere and'his fam- '
ily; and she had been admitted to a
degree of intimacy that is only permitted
on brief acquaintance to young,
pretty and rich American girls.| !
Olive Gaye was not rich, and, to '
many persons, she was not even pretty; 1
OQt sue naa mat mybieriuub qutwuj
which the French call "chic," and
which in English can only be described 1
as a combination of taot, style and
personal fascination. All this, to- i
gether with a groundless reputation i
as an heiress, had opened many very ;
tall doors to her in English society <
which would have remained closed
without these recommendations to S
worldly sucoesB. Under an appear- i
\ ance of almost childlike ingenuous\
ness, she carried an amount of world\
ly knowledge that might have done
\ credit to any dowager-leader of fash
\ ion and a cold, determined, persistent
\ ambition, of which few people even
\ suspected the existence. This almost
\baby-like appearance of ingenuousness
.frow enabled her to watch Stanley and
Polly Hamilton, to seem at times absolved
in the play and music and to
keep an observant eye upon the owner
of the broken fan, the foreigner,
whose elderly husband had addressed
her as Ctelestine; and all this Olive
Gaye managed to do without attracting
any mbtre attention to herself than
a well-behaved child might have done.
It was not the least of this young
lady's charms that there was something
attractive even about her way of being
rude. She quickly perceived that
Polly Hamilton was also giving her
undivided attention to the mucic, having
come for the same reason as
Berlha; and Stanley, now that he was '
no longer devoting inmsen in woraanci
look to bis companion, ceased to appear
to tbis shrewd observer so much
like an engaged lover.
"No, be doesn't love ber," sbe
thought, "but be cbooses to bave ber
? , believe tbat he does. If be has made
np his mind to marry her, of coarse,
that amounts to the same thing. Does
he love any one, I wonder? Or is he
capable of love? I fear not, and those
men are always the hardest to manage.
.Now. I have made up my mind to
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marry him, if circumstances make it
worth while; and if the little boy should
die, it would be very well worth while,
for Lord Appleby is a doomed man.
He can't live six months, and though
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the child seems Drigni anu iiHaiu'"
be inherits the malady that is killing
the father. A sadden shock, a
severe cold, a fall from his
pony may kill him any day.
It is more than an even chance that
the wife of the Honorable Clarence
Stanley may one day be Countess of
Windermere?a pretty title, and I
like it, too; it will suit me."
A ripple of merriment flashed over
the pale, clear face, lighting up the
soft, tranquil eyes and giving the
delicate checks and chin gentler and
rounder curves.
" 'Countess of Windermere!' I have
often written it on my card," she said
to herself, continuing her mental
soliloquy; "and perhaps it might have
been wise if I had gone further and
had it engraved there. The dear old
earl! Wasn't he in love with me?
There is no fool like an old fool; and,
after fill, he may oatlive both sons
? J . Kiit if V?a /Inoa mtt
Li LIU ginuuouu, uuu m+ uv J
power remains. Men of bis age and
temperament, when they fall in love
at all, don't get over it easily, nor are
they in a hurry to repeat the experiment.
Clarence looks well; he is
wonderfully handsome; but not at all
like the old earl nor like Lord
A.ppleby either. Does he inherit the
fatal malady that is killing his
brother? -They must have it on the
mother's side, for their father is as
hale and strong as his youngest son.
But if that is not your particular
weakness, my handsome Clarence, I
mast find out just what - it is, for you
will never be as'muoh in love with me
as your papa is."
As this thought passed through her
mind, Olive Gaye moved slightly and
turned her head, so that, without
Beaming to stare at her, she could look
calmly and deliberately at her near
neighbor, Madame Celestine. That
the young foreigner was a woman of
surpassing loveliness she had quicklyBeen
in the merely passing glimpse
already bestowed on her; and now,
lofting at her critically and leisurely,;
Bhe found that the first impression
was only deepened by more extended
observation.
"What a beauty!" she thought,
without a twinge of envy; for this
Bingular girl had almost a contempt
For mere physical beauty. "It is a
compensation to have no beauty
rather than be put in competition
with such perfection as that. I suppose
she has no brains at all. For
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nature ib juai, nuu wueu duo tuuo
thenar out like that, she generally puts
ill their goods in the show-window.
But wait a minute, Olive, my dear.
Peniaps there is more in .this showwindow
than appears at the first
glance. If she was mistaken in her
Bupposed recognition of my handsome
Clarence, why does she look at
him in that way?" ,
Olive Gaye had more than once seen
the expression which passionate love
could give to the human face, and she
bad never before seen that expression
more intense than it now showed in
the beautiful features and glowing
dark eyes of Madame Celestine.
"She loves himl" thought Olive.
"That is not a mere memory called up
by a resemblance, real or imaginary?
it is the man she is now looking at
that she loves. There is some mystery
on/1 if T mn onlvA if, nprhuris it
UWCj MM** A* A VMM ? - "J
may be of use to me. , If he had any
Bensibility, such a look would magnetize
him, but he hasn't; another sign
that he will not be an easy man to
deal wilh; but, no matter. Nothing
that is worth having is easy to get.
But I do wish he would look this way
for an instant; I would give much to
see his face if he should suddenly
meet that woman's eyes. But, no!
Bertha's head is in the way; even if
he should look he wouldn't see her;
there, the act is over!"
And as the curtain fell, Clarence
Stanley again bent toward Polly
Hamilton, and they two were presently
nn/ta innro ohonrhpd in tVlATTlRp]A?
they drew back into the ' box,
Olive heard a long-drawn sigh
from the lips of Madame Celestine.
It was a most eloquent sigh,
and told of hopeless love, and passionate,
despairing jealousy more
plainly than a whole torrent of words
could have done.
"Who can she be?" thought Olive
&aye. "They are not in society here,
and yet they are evidently wealthy.
And with her beauty. But no doubt
they are strangers here?new arrivals
in the oity. Bertha, dear," and she
t.nrnfid inward her companion. who
bad just ceased from her rapturous
ajf>joPuse of the prima-dona, "I want
to know your friend, Polly Hamilton;
she seems a charming girl. When
wiy.you take me there?"
"Whenever you please; any day
you say?to-morrow if-you like."
"Very well, then?to-morrow,"
said Olive, with a pretty air of decision,
which, curiously enough, left on
Bertha's mind the impression that
she had decided the matter?one of
the many ways in which Olive Gaye
managed to have her own way, while
other people thought they gave it to
her.
The usual hubbub of talk and
mnvpmont Almost as loud as that of
children let loese from school, succeeded
the fall of the curtain; and in
a momentary pause, Olive Gaye, who
was all eyes and ears, heard the foreign
lady's husban'd speaking, in a
wearied tone:
"Have you hot had enough of this,
Celestine? ,I am deadly tired of it,"
he said.
From Celestine there was a low
murmur of reply m French, and Olive
could only guess at the substance of
it, for she heard only two or three
words. Evidently madame was not
so tired, however, and had determined
to stay to the end of the opera;
for the elderly gentleman shrugged
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his shoulders impatiently, and then ..
settled himself to'another thirty minutes
of endurance.
"She -wants to watch him,"thought
Miss Gaye, keeping an attentive, gaze
on Madame Celestine. "Yes, there is
r.?rt.ainlv & mvsterv here, and I must
Ret the clue to it. Berthi, dear," she
said aloud, but without removing her
watchful gaze from the beautiful face
of the unknown Frenchwoman, "what
did you mean, a little while ago, when
you said that you had been the most
intimate friend of Polly Hamilton?
You haven't quarreled, have you?"
"Quarreled! Oh, my, no! I never
quarrel," said Bertha, placidly. "But
Polly has a new friend now, and I
sometimes felt a little bit hurt to feel
myself almost set aside, though J
have really no cause for complaint.
At the best, our intimacy was only bd
?cc:d2!2f!jl one; there was no deep
friendship about it. And Polly ie
just ae sweet as ever she can be; but
she loves this new girl. She's down
right silly about her."
"You good little thingl I should
be awfully jealous!" exclamed Olive.
"But who is this new girl? Don't
yoti hate her?"
"Not in the least. I'm never jealous,
and she is a lovely girl. Hei
name is Dolores Mendoza."
At the sound of this name Madame
Celestine gave an almost convulsive
start. It was so sudden that she
could.not, immediately control the effect
produced on her feelings, and her
gaze, which had been concentrated on
the occupants of the box, was turned
with startling suddenness on Bertha.
Her face, which was very pale, immediately
became suffused with color on
meeting Olive's gaze, for she felt instinctively
that she was being watched.
She leaned back in her chair and
made a ridiculous feint of using her
broken fan with the air of a petulant
child. Olive Gaye continued her
talk with her companion.
"How very singular! Quite like
the things that happen in storybooks,
Bertha, because that is
a name associated with the
Windermere * family! I don't
exactly know how, except that the
heir-at-law, if the Honorable Clarence
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&JQU XllO U1U ;iici ojjlu uo|/uwn
die, happens to be a Mendoza?owing
to the marriage of another branch
of the Stanleys with a Spanish family
of that name. They are so mixed np,
these old-country aristocratic families,
one has to stndy the 'Peerage' several
hours a day in order to know all
abontthem."
Olive knew now that her neighbor
was watching and listening even mor?
intently than she herself has been doing;
and it was a disappointment tc
both when the certain again rolled uj
and the last act of the opera began.
"The plot th'ickenft," she said to
herself with .the slow, child-like"
smiles that had captivated the old
Earl of Windermere, though it had
not deceived him, "and the mysterj
is becoming decidedly interesting.
The name of Mendoza has some very
unusual association xor me iauj uj i
the broken fan; the Honorable CJar- j
ence has peouliar associations with
that name, too, and she has known and
loved him?and, apparently, loves
him still?but, evidently, under a different
name. But, to her, a rose bj
any other name is juBt the sanle.
Now, what does all this mean, I wonder?
Well, it will give me something
to do to unravel this pretty tangle,
and I enjoy it more than a play
Life is very dramatic and so unexpected!"
TO BE CONTTNtTED.
France to Aboliah the Lance.
It is the determination of the French
war office to disband the regiments of
lancers, because it has been discovered
that the lance is a very dangerous
weapon?to the lancer. According to
the statistics of the Prussian army,
which are cited as well as those of
Saxony and Wurtemberg, it appears
that 667 soldiers have been accidentally
wounded by the obnoxious weapon
Of thfi divided
among eighty-three regiments, 126
men -were wounded by their own
lances and 330 by lances in the hands
of domrades. The other men were
-wounded through accidents happening
to the horses they were riding. Out
of the 667 wounded men, the injuries
to four proved fatal, and twenty-eight
had to be retired because of theii
wounds. After the Franco-German
war the use of the lance was discontinued
in the French army until
about five years ago, when it was reinstated
in the dragoons.
Why "Yohn" Stays In the Klondyke.
\n old Dane from San Francisco had
no companion, not even a dog.
"Sometime I do get mad," he said,
<4-V.a rmll on and 7
truou uu? ,
say, 'Yohn you are a big fool to start
for Klondyke when you are sixty-nine.'
But we do not like to gif up. Nefer
do we get so old we tank it too late to
make a fortnne. If a man know as we
would drop dead on top of the pass, 1
tank a man go on to see the t'ing out.
I make a fortune t'ree time, and efery
time I haf many pad lucks?yes, very
many pad lucks. Sometime I get
lonely, and then I say, 'Yohn, there is
your wife, there is yonr shildren; it is
Sunday dinner, and you are home with
a pile of gold."'?Frederick Palmer,
in Scribner's.
Bore His Loin in Sileiice.
The following episode happened at
the recent brilliant charge of the
Twenty-first Lancers, at the fall of
Omdurman:
One of the men got his thumb cut
off, and turning to his chum, an Irishman,
ejaculated:
"Whatever shall I do? I'm done
for life."
Pat, taking things somewhat coolly
and thinking his chum was making a
fuss over a mere trifle, responded,
solemnly:
"Begorra. that's nothin' to make a
fuss about; here's poor Jones wid his
head cut off, au' not a word is he
savin'."
The Smallest Cemetery.
The smallest cemetery in the world
?which only measures twenty-two
and one-half feet by fourteen feet?is
situated in the tweed manufacturing
town of Galashiels, in Scotland. It
has long been closed as a burial
ground.
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l liertJ H1C mUVjVUU ?? 4uw .T k, United
States pension rolle, and ap- |
plications from 100,000 moreare pending.
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I NEW YORK
H Designs For Cpstur
come Popular in
HBenBHUBBtini
New Yobk City (Special).?A? time
goes on it is made manifest thai the
power of the fancy theatre waist has
not been lessened iu the smallest degree
by onr long familiarity with its charms,
theatre bodice.
dot will the shadow of the shirt waist
-a?? _ it- _ i 1. j ~ a"u..
uimmiBa in me mask uunu^ uuo ?rinter.
The former tried and true friend
in every wardrobe is putting out someamendments
on its previous condition.
That is to say, it is arriving in the
shops made of satin or the very soft
satin surfaced silks that have sufficient
body to stand fanciful stitching.
This is pretty and commendable and
the effect is very like the sketch of a
bodice given here, the original of
which was of black peau de soie, hand
painted in design of iris in the natural
color of the flower. The collar is of
shirred chiffon and a similar finish is
at wrists.
Scores of the silk and flannel shirts
just out of the workrooms show how
they have shed their loose shirt sleeves
and broad cuffs for . dress waist sleeves
and cuffs that drop over the hand; it
is easy, therefore, to "hazard a prophecy
in favor of this fashion that is going
to rob our shirt waists of one-half their
simple charm.
Mourning Coitnmti.
rinnfrar* to what has hitherto been
the custom, oloth is now considered a
i \
MOtJBNINO COSTCME.
suitable teztile for moa rning, of
ltiimrv%A/l milk rtrnno
uuurec, UC ouij uiluujcvi nauu v1v|/v)
with which material the hem of the
dress is invariably covered. Another
favorite textile for mourning is "Cashmere
de l'lnde," and again cheviot
and "droguet."
For half-monrning, all the new pastel
shades of bluish-grays which are
now so fashionable are adopted. On
these the trimming, though not necessarily
of crepe, must in ail caseB be
black, or black and white mingled.
Capes, or the new long semi-fitting
garment, are more seen than short
jaokets, which are considered somewhat
too negligee. These garments
are made this year of considerable
length, reaching to within about
twelve inohes of the foot of the skirt.
Among furs, astrakhan, caracule and
Mongolian-goat are suitable, not as a
trimming for the drees, bat in tbe
shape of capes or boas.
? v,In Paris no deep mourning attire is
considered complete without the long
crepe veil, smarting from the back of
the bonnet and reaching to the extreme
verge of the skirt; but ouly
daring the first three months does it
cover the face, after which period it
is allowed to droop over the back of
the dress, while a short square veil
shields the face.
A pretty new fashion for half-monrning
for children's wear shows dresses
of some heavy weave of white woolen
textiles trimmed with narrow bands of
black crepe. In this case the hat may
also be of white felt or velvet, trimmed
oo r?AoeiKIn /?rpno hnf
a-3 li^UUIJ ttQ |7L?Of HJIV *1 J?M V* without
either feathers or flowers.
The' mDurniug costume shown in
the large engraving is of black cloth,
trimmed with festoons of crape. On
the waist a bertha of crepe surrounds
a tucked chemisette of the same material.
The long cloth coat shown is cut in
very narrow gores aud piped with
jCrepe. There are two rows of black
|crepe scallops, one on the front of the
deep-shaped flounce, the other head
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i
nes That Have Be- m
the Metropolis. :
ing it. The collar is also lined with
crepe.
For Women of Moderate Means.
Some plain bat smart-looking winter
costnmes of cloth or cheviot for
women of moderate means who will
UHO bUO DUUO 1U1 VTdOI UUilU^
the entire season, are made with a
beautifully shaped and fitted princesse
back and a redingote front. The
skirt beneath is of a matching or contrasting
color, as is preferred. Some
of these gowns have a fitted bodice
front, trimmed simply with braid or
stitching and tailor buttons, and often
there is a gnimpe Busse inserted in
the rounded opening about the neck.
For slender figures, however, most of
these new garments are made with a
trim-looking but seamless, dartlesB
front, slightly drooped, and turned
back ov6r a vest of braided cloth, or
with passementerie simulating soutache
braiding?or else a vest of plaited
silk framed with velvet revers that
reach from the turn-down collar to the
waist. The sleeves are close coat
shapes, and most of the models show
the skirt still made with a slight dip
at the back.
Style o 1 tlie New Toqnea.
The new toques are considerably
larger than former shapes. They are
wider, and are therefore becoming to
women with slender faces, when the
trimmings are not arranged too
straight and high. Many of the
French models are composed of exquisitely
shaded velvets; thatis, there
is nota single piece of shaded velvet
used,'but three separate weaves. For
instance, one handsome toque is composed
of a beautiful trio of tints,
shading from deep prelate purple to
palest Parma violet. Another has velvet
grading from dark jacqueminot red
to rose pink, with three ostrich plumes
matching three distinct shades, held
by a triangle-shaped buckle of Frenoh
brilliants. A third model shows an
artistic blending of moss, mignonette
and stem green velvet, the hat beinft
nearly covered with standing and
gracefully drooping green plumes.
Short Gtovea Worn.
Our grandmothers thought themselves
very Bitoart in one-button gloves,
and a few years ago six-button ones
were verv cbmmonlv worn, but the
length of the sleeve of the moment has
sent many bnttoned gloves out of
fashion, and three and two buttons are
the smartest thing to wear just now.
Indeed, longer gloves than these are.
oat of the question il we are to look at
all in the fashion and to preserve our
MOCHNIKO CLOTH COAT.
dainty cuffs in an immaculate condi'
tion.
The Winter Girl.
In her velvet gown and her sabl?
collar and muff, with a string of pearlt
about her throat, this winter's gir:
will be robed like a queen.
For the House.
This dainty costume is of soft,
clinging wool goods in a charming
shade of silver gray. The frills anc
A DAINTY COSTUME.
eash are of pink silk. Tho loug train
adds much to the effectiveness of the
house toilette.
A Louisville judge has ruled thp.t il!
a woman wears a man's hat she diubI '
take it off when she appears in hi? j
I court.
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OTJE BUDGET OF HUMOR
LAUCHTER-PROVOKINC STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.
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Her Little Laugh?Daring the Quarrel?
Worite Than War?His Preference?
CrltlcUna?One of Hit Needs?Willing
to Oblige?More Appropriate, Etc.
Her little laugh rang sweet and clear,
Its silvery musio charmed my ear;
All lite seemed on the merriest plan
When she laughed at the other mau?
Her little laugh again I heard,
Bat to no mirth my soul was stirred;
It made a difference, you see,
When, heartless girl, she laughed at me.
?Ohlcago Record.
Daring the Qnnml.
Hubby (angrily)?"Whatever I say
goes."
Wife (sweetly)?"Of course it does,
dear. You say it so loud that it goes
all over the neighborhood."?New
York World.
Worne Than War.
"What's the difference between football
and war?"
"Football is war without any humane
? n riL; \T
ODject in view."?umcagu news.
Hit Preference.
"Would you rather be President of
tlie United States or King of England?"
"I'd rather he Admiral Dewey,"
was the prompt response of the boy.
Criticism.
First Tramp?"Dese people what
complain of dere work bein', too hard
make me tired."
Second Tramp?"Dey do?"
' First Tramp?"Yes. "Why don't
dey t'row up de job?"?Puck. .
One of HU Need*.
Papa?"Of course, Robinson Crusoe
was very anxious to get back to England?"
Young America?-"I suppose he
wanted a shave and a hair-cut."?
Puck. .1
Willing to Oblige.
Applicant?"How many servants ao
pou keep?"
Mistress?"Three."
Applicant?"And where do yon
live?" Mistress?"Oh,
we don't mind moving
to anywhere yon may want to
go!"?Judge.
More Appropriate.
"I notice that we have shipped more
than 400,000 barrels of American apples,
all fresh fruit, to Europe this
season."
"Dried apples would have been more
appropriate for swell .patrons.
HeVeland Plain Dealer.
Lucky Jliaoale*
Johnni e ? 'Ain't you g o in te r
school ter day?".v .
Jimmie (joyfnlly)?"No sirec, I'm
goin' ter stay home; and all I got ter
do is clean oat tlie pump, cat iwo
lords o' wood and pntin a ton o'coal."
-Collier's Weekly. , /''
Advice to the Haitler*
New Drammer?"I can sell a big
bill of goods to any man on earth."
Proprietor?"That's all right, bnt
don't exert yourself to sell goods to
*ny man who hasn't got money. " t
Written For His Benefit.
The Inquisitor?"The first essential
of a joke is a good point, is it pot?"
The Manufacturer?"Not at all.
The.one essential is to write Something
an exchange editor can- put a smart
head on."?Indianapolis Journal.
An Unfortunate Recollection.
"Whom did you marry, Billy?"
"A Miss Jones, of Philadelphia."
"You always did like the name
? ? . _ i J -li -
Jones;' yon useci to lag roo.uu unci u
little snub-nosed Jones girl when we
-rent to school together."
"Yes; she's the girl I married."
A Sly Dig.
Mrs. Henpeck?"No doubt the
ancients were considered wise becanse
there were fewer temptations in thoee
Jays."
Henpeck?"Why, my dear, the
proportion of women in the "world
must have been about the same."?
Life.
She Bold* Him To It.
Down trod?"Never write letters, ray
ooy, that you'll regret in afterlife."
TWfcall?"Yon sneak as from ex
perience?"
Downtrod? "I do. In early correspondence
with her -who is now my
wife I signed myself 'Your obedient
servant.'"?Tit-Bits.
A Smaller InTestment.
"Just think of the men who became
great by burning the midnight oil!"
"Yes," answered the man who
speaks of weary accents. "Oaecould
afford to burn oil. Those men difln't
have to run risks and put in their
good money burning ga? at 31.25 per
thousand feet."?Washington Staj.
Clerical Ordnance.
Hobbs?"I see by the papers that
your friend, the Rev. Dr. Bang, has
joined the artillery of the church."
Dobbs?"What do you mean?"
Hobbs?"Why, he's been made a
canon of the cathedral."
Dobbs?"Hm; I didn't know that
he was such a big gun.'"?New York
Weekly.
His VijtorouR Kick.
Stubb?"So the audience found tne
show to be a fake?"
Penn?"Yes, and among them -was
a football captain. He made tne biggest
kick."
Stubb?"Good for you! But how
did he express himself?"
Penn?"He eaid be wanted his
Quarter-back." f
POPULAR SCIENCE. ' f
In"1 the savannahs of South Afaer*
ica there grows ?' tree culled by to* > :
utiwtcd vuapkaivi ?? not
injured but actually benefited-bjr^ 9
prairie fires. The thick bark resist*': V fl
the action of the flames, and the hard E
seeds are supplied with a kind of I
owing to which they are scattered ; E
broadcast by the strong wind whiob
aooompanies a fire.
Great Salt Lake is receding on '
account of the excessive drain made I
upon it by irrigation enterprisei^^H
This lake is not fed by nndergroand
springs, bat by the Jordan and otcor '$
rivers, and when the water of thei?%||S
streams is intercepted for irrigatiott-Y'Jjj
'jftirposes the water supply of the Salt > /':1H
Lake is, of course, diminished so tha^HI
tbe evaporation which ill constantlj^^H
going on is not made ap by a neir . ,^J
supply. In time it looks as if th* f I
lake will be only a bed of dry salt. .,
Professor Mansfield Merriman* . |
studying the United States census rij^H
parts since 1850, has discovered i* j
marked and steady inc rease in thl^^R
length of human life in our counfcd^HI
during the last half century.. Eis fity i - Jj
tistice, whi :h were presented at tUa^jJfl
recent meeting of the American Asaofl^fl
ciation for the Advancement of Sei<|^^H
ence, show'that in 1850 the mediao^^H
age 01 xne entire population was xojyy^^a
years, while in 1890 It had risen t&HH
21.4 years. In 1900, he anticipatefc^BH|
it will be 22.4 yea?s. By "inedyuK^^H
age" in meant that whioh divides tn^^H
population equally, one ball being^jjM
above arid the other half "below the-.
Professor Arrhenins, who has 1
cently investigated the causes of ae<^||gki
lar variations in the temperatnre
the earth's surface, thinks that thej^^H
are more probably due to 3hanges<j9^Hj]
tho nmnnnt. nf /?arhnntrt ftfttd in the
mosphere than to variations in thfr.^ M
heat of the san. If the- amount$E|j jj
carbonic acid that the air now ooi^L^M
tains were diminished a little'more. ^ 1
than ona-half, the mean temperatul^H 1
all over the earth would drop abodgHH
eight degrees, which would be snifi- 1
ciynt to bring on another glacial per- |
tod. On the other hand, an increase* j,
of carbonic acid to between two MaSa ;.l
three times its present amcunt woul^.
raise the mean temperature fifteen ;
degrees and renew the hot times
. the Eocene epoch. > 3
Professor Jacques Loeb, of th?r*>- 1
University of Chicago^ working ajj^^H
Wood's Holl, Mass., has snoceedodia (1
developing from the unfertilized
of the sea urchin, by chendcal treit- >| j ;?
ment, living and normal plutel/.qry;''^ \
-young sea urchins. He is led by Jot- , j
tber experiments to believe that | j
can be done with .all marine animals*,;^
"HULL reHBUUlUg UUHI tun UWWIWJJW^K
from the work ot his colleagueB'h^: >j !
has come to the conclusion that ?imi- V?
lar results ai;e possible with manana^^^B
liana. In the summary of the jwV.yifM
work at Wood's Holl the discoreiy i* M
announced thus: ,4The unferttliated.efl^MH
of the sea urchin contains all the ei
tial elements for the production of ijpjj ;;
perfect'platens. I considd- it potis?-^ j
uiu uim vuijr two ?vm? v* MMfvN'r,v7^^Hi
prevent the parthenogenetio otigpujp^^B
embryos in mammalians, and I t'amk J
it not impossible that a transits^ 1
change in the ions of the blood may 1
also allow complete partheojjgencai* > J
in mammalians."
Hljh Llghta.
Loto has a.thousand eyes, but most ,-v'|
of them are near-sighted. * '\3
Of knowledge even the wisest mait^^|
carries only a sample case.
If a girl can't siiig all she has to do*'
is to act as if -she thought she could*. , ,VJ
A* KUA?*1 A^nAAfinn ia AT)A ihflt
XL ii UOl O*. CUUVaiM/u *? VMV I 1-j
Iowa girls as well as boys to ran 'to!?&|? j
If a sorrow gnaw your vitals be glad. ';;j
it isn't moths in your winter overcoat*: >
We pursue happiness on the highV '/#?
way, but it is more often found in thfr '
by-paths. _
As an obstacle to. success in life
much self-control is sometimes as bad. ,
as too'-little. ... vffiSH
To be obviously and anxiously care->|fi
ful regarding the correot thing is nofc:. ^ ^
the correct thing. I
Second thoughts are wisest,because . 'j
by the time we get them we hare re-- . M
membered to hold our tongues.
For a woman to worsmp a man 1+ ,
all right, bat for her to let him know ' ;*%'
it is to give hira her best tramp. ! /
As soon as a doctor's prescript! oi?
makea a woman feel better she-is sorryr ;gj
she wasted money getting it filled.4? . yg
Chicago Record.
Cat Off the Wrong
There is an enterprising Liverpool , J|
tailor who has never been known to ^
acknowledge that he didn't have any- '
thing a possible customer night-ask:
One day a customer entered th?
shoo and asked if he had any trousers , - Jjj
made especially for one-legged men. - ^
"Certainly," replied the merchants
"What kind do you want?"
"Dress trousers," said the man.
"The best you've got."
Hurrying into the rear of i;he store,,
the enterprising merchant snatched
up a pair of trousers and snipped oft
the right leg with a pair of scissors. .; |
Hastily turning under the edgeB, ho
presented them the cnstomer.
"That's the kind'I want. What's
the price?" /rVja|
"One gainea."
- - - - -
"Well, give me a pair with the left 3
leg off." , - 'M
A month later tlie merchant wa* 1
pronouuoed convalescent and on th^' %
high rpad to recovery.?Tit-Bits. * f
Peculiar Accident to a Woodcock. J
Becently a hunter started up a larg?. --- I
woodcock,'which acted muoh differ- I
ently from any woodcock that he hact
ever seen. Instead of risiug up and
flying away rapidly, the bird circled
round and round, narrowly escaping 1
a violent death by colliding with th?
trees. When- the bird was killed the ^
sportsman found that a large oak leaf .1
had been the innocent cause of the
bird's peculiar actions. In scraping
around the woods for its dinner the
woodcock bad ran its bill tbrQugtx a
large leaf, which so obscured its sight : y
that it was impossible for it to gnid?' ^
itself in the air, The sudden preaI
ence of the hunter had started th?
bird before it had.tirae to i 'tjfjill
leaf With its feet, and in thil wjla^^/Vj
sapped condition itJud WoWiinNSSEhSH
in thf jfir until it was *hot,w <\J9M

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