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THE GREATEST GIFT. On* man would give hit souifor wealth And one craves manly srpce One sighs for strength and perfect health, One for a handsome face One Jongs to have the sift of song. And one would hear the cheers Of people as he stride* along But oh that I might be as he That puffs himself up foolishly, Supposing all men stpp to see How splendid he appears. One risks his life pursuing fame, One burns the midnight oil To mate his name a deathless nam* And one for love may toll One tries to be supreme in art And one wastes precious years For power in the busy mart, But none has gladness such as be Has in his heart who blissfully Boasts of himself and cannot SN How foolish he appears. —8. E. Klser, in Chicago Record-Herald. AN OLD SONG By Mrs. I«m P. Handy. (Copyright, 1901, by Authors Syndleftte.) ALICE27 FKAZIER was 22 years of age when she married Silas Hopkins Ehe was when he died, leaving her sole heir to all his wealth. Strictly speaking, it would be more correct to say that he had married her she had small volition in the matter. It had never occurred to her to re gard Mr. Hopkins as a possible suitor. Almost as old as her father, his hair nearly as gray, he had been the fa miliar friend of the family ever since she could remember. As a child she sat on his knee, and he brought her toys and candy as a young lady he kept her supplied with flowera and matinee tickets. The Fraziers were well off enough to have all the necessaries and many of the luxuries of life, but they could not afford superfluities.' Mr. Frazier was a director of the Bull Dog Security bank, in which also his moderate for tune was invested having implicit confidence in the bank, he had not hes itated to trust all his eggs therein. It was the.old story of a bank pres ident and treasurer speculating with the money of the depositors, and when the consequent crash came Mr. Frazier was overwhelmed, not only because of his personal loss, but by a crushing sense of responsibility for the losses sustained by others. He argued that as a director he should have detected and prevented dishonesty before it en tailed ruin. This was why the shock killed him not instantly, since he lingered for days afterwards, but the news brought on a paralytic stroke from which he never entirely rallied. Alice was away, visiting a wealthy relative at a fashionable seaside re sort, when the calamity befell. It was Mr. Hopkins who sent the dispatch an nouncing her father's illness Mr. Hop kins who with his coupe met her at the railway station when she hurried home. Alice found her father tormented by anxiety, which amounted to anguish, about his wife and daughter. His life was insured for a trifling sum, so small that it was impossible they could live on it even after his death meanwhile he was helpless and bank rupt. Then it vvas that Mr. Hopkins asked Alice to be his wife, saying, simply, that he had loved her for years, but never thought to tell her so. Now ha ventured to'beg that in her time of ueed she would give him the right to provide for her and hers. And, with out waiting for Alice to answer, he as sured her father that to do so would be the greatest happiness which he co.uld ask. Oh, the look of ineffable relief which came into the face of the dying man! He did not ask if his daughter were willing, but, bracing himself to a final effort, took her hand and laid it in that of his friend. "God bless you both," he murmured, and then, with a smile on his lips, went out into the Great Hereafter. After this it was more than ever Mr. Hopkins who did everything. Alice felt herself bound hand and foot al though the bonds were of softest silk, they were strong as steel. How could she tell them about Dick? Dick, who loved her, and whom she loved dearly, but who had nothing but his youth and strength, his manly beauty and his pay as ensign in the United States navy? Dick, for whom she had promised to wait a lifetime, if need be, and who had sailed away on a three-years' cruise the day before Mr. Hopkins' telegram came. There was a naval station near the watering place where Alice was visit ing, and the officers of the man-o'-war in port were coming and going contin ually. As one of the prettiest girls at the Cape, Alice had been one of the belles of the season. She and Richard Harvie had fallen in love with each other, after the inconsequent manne'r of young things who take no thought of the future. They had settled it that they were to be married when Dick got his "step meanwhile he was to per form prodigies of valor, and it would be happiness to be engaged. There were moments when Alice felt impelled to tell Mr.^Hopkins the story and throw herself upon his magnanim ity, which'she felt sure would not fail, but ..refrained for the sake of her mother. Crushed and broken-hearted, Mrs. Frazier had but one joy left, the satisfaction which she took in her daughter's engagement to Mr. Hop kins. When it came to the point, Alice felt that she must suffer' anything rather than deprive her of that. She wrote to Dick and waited fever ishly for an answer, her letter being scarcely more than an incoherent ap peal for advice. Weeks passed, bring ing no reply, and Alice bethought her self bitterly that it had been general ly understood at the Cape that Mias Frazier was the only child of wall-to do parents.' She let Mr. Hopkins and her.mother fix the wedding day, and resigned her self to the inevitable. It was on her marriage morn that the expected let ter came: "I am deeply grieved to hear of your loss and sympathise with you and your mother. In justice to yourself, since you ask my counsel, I must advise you to accept your wealthy suitor poor devil like me can not expect to count. "May you have all the happiness you de serve. "Sincerely yours, "R. S. HARVIE." Alice read the note twice, seeing only the sarcasm, and not the pain be tween the lines. It stung her to the quick, yet she felt relief that he had accepted the situation so quietly. Then she burned the note and set her self steadfastly to forget the writer. The majority of women are lik« cats, in that they purr to the hand which strokes them gently and accept life's cream graciously. Mr. Hopkins adored his young- wife and rejoiced to gratify her ».very whim. Moreover, Alice had always been fond of him, and to her surprise sh$ found herself by no means unhap py. It would be too much to say that she ceased to remember Dick, but that young man was thousands of miles away, and the thinking did no harm, even though, during the Spanish war, she searched the newspapers for news of him, and felt a little thrilj of pride and pleasure when she saw that En? sign Richard Scott Harvie had been promoted to a lieutenantcy for distin guished gallantry in action. She could not guess that Dick, pierced to the core by what he considered her mer cenary course, had made up his mind to let her see that the loss had been hers. That was shortly before Mr. Hop kins was taken ill—a long and serious illness—and Alice's wifely anxiety drove everything else out of her mind. Her husband's death was a genuine grief to her, all the greater because she felt that in return for his wliole heart she had given him so little of her own. She missed him even more than she had done her father, and fell into a sort of apathy which lasted un til she was roused by the discovery that her mother's health was failing. "It is nothing serious," the doctors told her. "She needs change of air rather than medicine. Take her to Old Point Comfort. This clim?„te is deadly at this time of year." The change did good to both mother and daughter. Alice soon found her self taking more than a languid inter est in life. The proximity of Ports mouth, with its navy yard, made naval uniforms a frequent sight, and revived old memories. It was scarcely a surprise to her when, as she* entered the hotel parlor one evening after dinner, she found herself face to face with Dick Harvie. Involuntarily she extended both hands. "Oh, Dick!" she exclaimed, and re covered her self-pofesession almost in stantly, feeling the chill of his ma aner. Mr. Harvie barely touched her hand with one of his the other arm rested in a sling. "Mrs. Hopkins?" he said, coolly. "This is an unexpected pleas ure." Alice shrank into herself, like a sea anemone, but she managed to ask, po litely: "You have been wounded?" "Only a trifle. My ship and I are both in dock for repairs. Excise me," and he left her to join a group at the further end of the room. Thereafter, although they saw eash other almost every daj% their inter course was of the scantiest. Alice was persuaded that Dick wished to avoid her, and kept carefully out of his way. This was not difficult. All the other women lionized him as a hero, a,nd Alice, as befitted her widow's weeds, held herself aloof from gay company. She had no idea that the old wound rankled still in her lover's heart, that he shunned her as a burnt child dreads the fire. "He desp!ses me too much to notice me," she told herself, bitterly, and de voted herself more tenderly to hor mother. A week went by thus then fate led Dick Harvie past the door of the music room, where he heard a well remembered voice in song. He paused behind the heavy portiere in time to hear Alice sing the last line of "Annie Laurie." "How beautifully you sing those Scotch ballads," said orb admir ing voice. "Pray don't stop," cooed another. "You know 4 'Auld Robin Cray,' do you not, Mrs. Hopkins?" asked the ac companist, a musician in the pay of the hotel. "Pray sing it for us it is so admirably adapted to your voice," and she played the prelude without waiting for yea or nay. There was a little tremor in Alice's voice as she began, or at least Dick fancied so, but as she sang it disap peared, and she held her little audi ence spellbound. Dick, listening be hind the curtain, scarcely breathed while the thrilling tones rehearsed the pathetic tale of filial self-sacrifice. It moved him to the depths, and his eyes were moist as she sang the last verse: "I gang like a ghalst, and I carena to spin I daurna think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin But I'll do my best a gud"e wife to be, For auld Robin Oray Is a kind raon to me." As the song ended, with a lialf sob which was the perfection of artistic finish, there was a murmur of ap plause and earnest requests for more. But Alice excused herself, smilingly she had already left her mother too long. As she passed through the portiere, on her way out, her eyes cast down to hide the tears which were ready to start, a hand was laid on her arm, and she lifted her lashes to meet Dictt's eyes with the1 old love-look in them which she knew so well. "Was that really and truly the way of it, Alice?" he whispered. And Alice could only sob, under her breath: "Oh. Dick!" PPNGELTT PARAGRAPHS. "In what way did he. lose hla self* possession?" "Very simply. He gave himself away."—Philadelphia Timea. "What you doin* now, Eben?" "I'm barberln'." "Well, I Tiger. alwaya aaid you'd be a barber ever aince you waa a little shaver."—Indianapolis News. Tact.—Weary Waggles—'Dey ain't no sich a t'ing ca hydrophobia." Wil lie Wontwork—"Aw, I'm on ter youse youse wants me ter tackle de housea where dey got- dogs, don't yer?"— Ohio State Journal. "Say, Madge," remarked hei slangy brother, "if I tell you a secret can you keep it 'way down in your boots?" "Yes," she replied, demure ly "if it isn't a very big secret I can."—Philadelphia Record. Delays Are Dangerous.—"It's time, Etpil, that we thought of Hulda's get ting married. She is already 18 years old!" "Oh, let her wait till the right sort of a man comes along!" "Why wait? I didn't!Fliegende Blaetter. Did She Accept Him?—Tess—"H proposed to her in rather a gfew* some way." Jess—"Why, I under stood he merely asked her to share his fortune." Tess—"No, he asked her if she would care to share his lot. They were walking, in the cemetery at the time."—Philadelphia Press. "Bretheren and sistern," concluded Itfev. Washington Johnson, "I hab demonstrated abstrusely dat de Lord hates a thief—dat he is not to be propigated by no offering, thefo' I beg de pusson or pussons who stole yo* pastor's hog to moke no contri butation at de circulation of de offer tory platter." Note: The collection beat all previous records— Princeton SILVER OF THE NAVY. Waldos Fswcett Tells ot Beautiful Silver Service* That Are Kept on Uncle Sam's Battleships. In Woman's Home Companion Wal don Fawcett has an article on "Pre senting a Silver Service to a Battle ship." He not only describes some of the most interesting pieces of plate, but goes into the details of the presentation. The following is an extract: "The method of procedure when a sovereign state undertakes to procure some handsome tableware for the jolly tars whom it regards as spe cially under its care is an interesting one. It is customary, almost as soon as the navy department has an nounced that one of the battleships building or projected will bear the name of a certain state, for her rep resentatives in congress to hold a meeting and launch a project for pre senting the vessel with a silver serv ice. Next prominent naval officers have to be consulted with regard to the number of pieces considered de sirable, and as to their design and fin ish. It is notable that the author ities consulted under such circum stances are certain to be almost unanimous in their advocacy of sim plicity of design. The naval officers are also very likely to suggest the desirability of securing massive ware and pieces large enough to prevent their being easily lost. The regular committee, which has meanwhile been appointed, embodies this advice in a circular, and invites all the leading silversmiths of the country to submit competitive designs. No«t infrequently these sketches are all completed and on exhibition long before the funds have been raised. Thus there is am ple opportunity for the thorough dis cussion of the artistic merit of the various suggestions. Then comes the award of the contract, and finally, after a year or two, the formal pres entation ceremonies, which are at tended by prayer and music and much speech-making. The preesntation ad dress is made by the governor or some other state dignitary, and the captain commanding the new vessel endeav ors to express the gratitude of the •hip's company." INSECT PESTS OF HAWAII. Many Destroyers of Humanity'* Peace Have Come to tlie Islands from Other I«ands. No spot on earth has suffered so much from the importation of insect pests as the islands composing the Hawaiian group. Time was when it was a pleasure to live there because of the absence of such plagues now it is different, says a recent report. The two chief products of these is lands are sugar and coffee, while a con siderable amount of fruit is also grown. Along with the imported trees came their insect enemies, ,notably the scale insect and the aphis. In the course of time these increased so pro digiously that they threatened to de stroy the industries of the country. Man is doomed to a constant struggle against nature and he is often com pelled, so to speak, to fight her with her own weapons. So it was in this case. The trees were being destroyed by insects remedy, import more in sects. So in 1690 a certain ladybird (vedalia cardinalis) was sent over from Australia. It became complete ly naturalized and increased prodi giously, feeding on the scale insects, which it soon reduced in numbers un til they became comparatively scarce. But there were other insect plagues --aphides and others of different or ders. The government therefore em ployed a naturalist to import more in sects. These were brought from Aue iralia and many of them were lady birds. Several of them have estab lished themselves and done good serv ice. One of -the most useful is a lady bird which feeds dn the aphides, which had seriously attacked the sugar canes. It has done such good work that there is every prospect of the canes being speedily cured* THIHGS WORTH KNOWING. i'" St. Petersburg, Russia, Is discussing $100,000,000 overhead railroad. France bought 9809,200 worth of tyys of Germany ia 1000. Residents in England have £110, '000,000 invested in mortgages in for ejjgn countries. -'Holland has 10,100 windmills, each, of which drains 310 acres of land, at an average cost of 25 cents an acre year. The exportation of beer from France has increased in ten years from 047,421 gallons to 2,144,030 gal lons. The recent census of Malta gives the total population, including troops, as 185,000, an increase in ten years of about 8,030. 'New Zealand has so many rapid streams and rivers that their water might be easily utilized to aupply mo tive power for machinery. A German correspondent at Mos cow says the Russian police have come to the conclusion that in stu dent riots the female students aro always the most aggressive persons. At a meeting of the National Poul try Organization association it was stated that the annual consumption of eggs in the United Kingdom aver ages 130 per head of the population. The largest sponge ever sent to market was from the Mediterranean. It was ten feet in circumference and three feet in diameter. There will be representatives of 42 different tribes of Indians in the In dian congress at the Pan-American exposition, at Buffalo, this summer. ^Distilling seems to be profitable in Rhssia. A Moscow firm, "Widow Pop ova," has distributed 1,200,000 rubles as dividends for the year 1900 on a capital of 500,000 rubles. Judge Jenks of the supreme court of New York, told the law students of New York university the other day that "the man with furrows in his brow wins against the man with creases in his trousers every time." Take a ton of good cannel coal and distil it in a gas retort. It will give 10,000 cubic feet of gas, 25 gallons of ainmoniacal liquor, 30 pounds of am monium sulphate, 13 hundred weight of coke, and 12 gallons of coal tar. A Ballooa Asceaslonlst Klllefe. A balloon ascensionist waa recently killed while making one of his daring trips. Life is too valuable to trifle with in fool-hardy adventures. It is better to employ our selves in peaceful pursuits, where we may be secure. Then if we take care of our health, we can live to a good old age. The best means of promoting health is Hostet ter's Stomach Bitters. This medicine cures dyspepsia, indigestion, constipation, flatu lency and insomnia, fie sure and try it. Isiicaliesst She—I don't believe you're telling the truth. He—You are most annoying sometimes. I suppose you think you can read me like book. "0! no. Like a paragraph, I should say." —Pbihdelphia Press. CAUSE! OF FALLING HAIR. Dandruff, Which Is a Germ Discern Kill the Gerss. falling hair is caused by dandruff, which, is a germ disease. The germ, in burrowing in to the root of the hair, where it destroys iU. iluk'liAiw /iaueini* flio kair 4*ft called dandruff or scurf. You can stop the falling hair without curing the dandruff, •nd you can't cure the dandruff without killing the dandruff germ. "Destroy the cause, you remove the effect." Newbro Herpicide is the only hair preparation that kilts the dandruff germ.. Herpicide is also a delightful hair dressing. Both Had Oae. An enthusiastic Louisiana fisherman had great luck while fishing on* the Illinois river recently. During the day he wired his wife: "I've got one. weighs seven pounds and is a beauty.'' He was consid erably surprised to receive the following reply from his wife: "So have I. Weighs ten pounds. He isn't a beauty. Looks like you. —Chicago Inter Ocean. PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. Low Bates to Buffalo via the North-Wast* era Line. From Minneapolis and St. Paul: t24.50—Return limit, ten days. 981.85—Return limit, fifteen days. S88.80—Return limit, Oct. 81. Tickets, illustrated pamphlets and all In formation at city ticket offices: 382 Robert street, St. Paul- 413 Nicollet avenue, Min neapolis or address T. W. Teasdale, Gen eral Passenger Agent, St. Paul, Minn. Men with Weak Intellects. The captain on a Cunarder forced a "skin" gambler to give up his gains. The Sambler, of course, regards it as an unjust iscrimip&tion, as a man who does not read the papers enough to keep away from steamboat poker is pretty sure to give-his money to the first bunco man he meets after he goes ashore.—Washington Star. Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, headache to cancer, you will never get well until your bowels are put right. 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