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T.HE DEMOCRAT.
B. H. ADAMS, FablUhar.
CAPE GIRARDEAU.
MISSOURI
Oi-D LOVE LETTERS.
From the perfumed note that I found to-day.
Traced years ago by her fair white hand,
Bose the last sweet breath ot new-mown hay.
The odor she loved; and attain I stand
On that tried porch, where 1 said adieu
To a face that was framed in golden hair,
'And Its radiant glory moment threw
Into darkness the mooltght shining there.
-And I thrill again, while the dear gray eyes
Flash bright as a trout, in a stream at play,
When the sunbeams, arrows of light, surprise
Him. deep in his haunt on a rummer's day.
Oce more is her voice upraised in song
The -Fishsr Maid," with its sad refrain;
.1 stnd on the shore, and ever I long
For the mormaiw that mockel mo in my
pain.
The song is hushed: on the desolate shore
The waves of sorrow break at my feet.
But the son? of tbe mermaid evermore
in my heart shall echo, low and sweet:
1 sit in the shade, while the firelight gleams
O.i the singer's face, as she turns from me
A.i : never a mermaid seen in dreams
Was half as fair, or us sweet, as she.
From the Dlmy lace that veiled the shrine
Of her pulsing bosom, there floated sweet
" The O'lor of new mown hay; 'twas mine
To breathe of its joy for a moment fleet.
.And I softly kiss the letter that brings
A remembrance sweet, of that summer
night:
. And my heart in sorrowful silence clings
To a moss-grown grave, and a headstone
white.
William J. Dawson. In Detroit Free Press.
JACKY'S DIAMOND KING.
II V MATTIK W. BAKER.
"It was just like a man," Mrs. Law
i son said, "to give a young ff'rl such an
unsuitable present. Diamonds for a
girl uf fifteen! Brother Jack ought to
have known better." Hut pretty
- Jacqueline didn't think her new dia
mond ring at all unsuitable, and called
Uncle Jack "the darlingest man in the
world." to give her such a lovely
birthday present. The fact is, she
was his namesake, as nearly as she
well could be, she bein g a girl and he
. a man; and he said, by way of excus
ing the extravagance of the gift, that
lie had never given her anything for
her name lx-fore. He had not seen her
. since she was a baby, till he came back
from California with a "pocket full of
rocks," to find her a lovely, grown-up
. girl, for whom, he was sure, nothing
could be too good.
Jacky was so fond of her new ring
that she would have worn it all the
while, but her mother objected.
"Only on dress occasions," she wise
"ly said, "until you are eighteen. A
. schoolgirl in a flannel gown, on'y half
long at that, wearing a riii? that
never cost less than a hundred dollars
is not in accordance with 'the eternal
fitness of things.' Besides, you mijht
lose it-"
That danger was a real one to
. Jacky 's mind, since it was a trill loose
for the finger on which she wore it. the
linger the majority of her friends ad-
vised, for, on so important a matter as
that, of course, she had taken abun-
dant counsel.
But dress occasions were all too sel
dom now, Jacky thought. So, for the
.most part, the ring was shut into
its case of royal purple velvet, and
that was locked in Jacky's satin-lined
jewel case, which in turn, was kept in
a locked bureau drawer.
Mrs. Lawson herself advised all this
tare, for. though she considered the
. servants honest, she did not think it
wise to put too much temptation in
their way. Mrs. Orth, the cook, had
lived with them many years, and they
knew her to be true as steel; but
Mutie White, the second girl, had come
to them a perfect strantrer only a few
weeks before. She was so quiet and
refined that they were all favor
ably impressed with her, but there is
that old saying about summering and
wintering people before you can really
know them. She was but a little older
than Jacky, and Mrs. Lawson had
often noticed Matie's wistful, almost
envious glances at Jacky's tasteful
dress and ornaments, so in contrast
with her own plain things.
Jacky was invited to a grand Xew
Year's party. All the boys and girls in
her set were going in a large sleigh,
for it was a five-mile ride. The night
was clear and cold, so sharp that Mrs.
Lawson bundled Jacky up very warm
ly, putting her own fur mittens over
-Jacky's line woolen ones. Of course
the diamond ring must be worn on that
occasion, and very brightly it flashed
on Jacky's pretty white hand, in con
trast with her crimson cashmere dress.
It was after midnight when the
sleigh drew up again at Judge Law
son's gate, and Jacky came in from the
chorus of many good nights tired,
sleepy and cold and glad of the cheer
ful coal fire in the dining-room. She
;sat down on the lounge behind the big,
warm &tove whi'e she took off her
many wraps and warmed herself
through and through before going up
to her room to bed.
The gayeties of the evening, the
music, the games and all the merry
chat were still ringing in her ears as
she undressed, and not till her head
was laid on her pillow did she miss her
diamond ring!
"Left it in my mitten, probably," she
said to herself. "I could not have lost
it, for I am almost sure I remember
feeling it on my finger on the way
iiome."
She was tempted to rise at once and
,-go downstairs to find it, but she was
no tired, and the halls were cold this
-sharp night. Besides, she remembered
that this had been one of her mother's
. headache days, and if Jacky returned
-downstairs she would be sure to hear
and question her. It would spoil her
mother's sleep to know that the rifig
was missing, even for a minute, and
sleep was her only headache cure.
Til find it the very first thing in
the morning, before I say a word to
.anyone," Jacky resolved, and in two
minutes she was in a sound, healthy
isleep, from which she did not waken
rtUl near nine o'clock.
My ring!" was almost her first wak
ing thought; so anxious a one that she
ros at once, dressed quickly and hur
ried down to tiie dining-room.
The family had breakfasted, but she
thought little about that Her first
glance at the lounge where she had
left her wraps showed that they were
all picked up and carried away.
"Who carried my things away?" she
asked Matie, -yfio was dusting the
room. t
"I did. Wasn't tHat right'
"Oh, yes"' but she hurried into the
hall and examined her mittens, her
muff, cloak and hood, even her over
shoes and leggings, shook everything,
but to no purpose.
"Did you hear anything drop on the
floor when you picked up my things
Matie?" she asked, when she returned
to the dining room.
"I don't remember as I did." Matie
said. "I've swept the floor since,
llave you lost something?"
Jacky said "yes," and, getting down
on her hands and knees, peered in the
hollow of the stove legs examined the
lounge and shook its cushions Then
she went out at the front door and
carefully examined ever- inch of the
path to the gate all in vain.
Then, and not till then, did she ac
quaint her mother with her loss Mrs
Lawson was even more disturbed than
Jacky, and she went over all the
things and places that Jacky had
searched, as vainly. Then her sus
picion fell on Matie. She was too just
to say anything of it to anyone else,
but she watched the girl narrowly
and thought she saw traces of guilt.
Judge Lawson took measures to have
the sleigh searched carefully, and also
sent word to the house where the
party was given, but all as fruitless as
the other efforts.
The next week was Matie's time for
a visit home. Her widowed mother
lived in the city, ten miles away, and
it had been stipulated when she came
that she should have a chance to go
home once in two months and spend
the Sabbath, so she went on the train
Saturday. Truth to tell, it was a re
lief to her to get away, for she felt
that Mrs Lawson was all the time
watching her and suspected that she
knew what had become of the ring.
That evening Kitty Logan, one of
Jacky's many girl friends, came bust
ling in.
"I went to the city to-day," she said,
"and I sat just opposite your girl,
Matie, in the car. And I want to ask
you a question. Does she wear a
ring?"
"I don't remember as I ever noticed
her wearing one. Why?"
"Well, it may not mean anything,
but she certainly had on one to-day,
for I could sea the shape of it through
her worsted glove."
"Should you think the shape might
have been like Jacky's?" asked Mrs
Lawson.
"I should think it might, though I
didn't think about that at the time,
and should never have thought of it
again, but for one circumstance. I
had an errand at l'eck & Sn3'der's
they're the finest jewelry store in the
city you know and I met Matie com
ing out just as I went in. She must
have gone there direct from the depot.
She had on a veil and didn't no'.ice me,
so many are all the time passing out
and in, but I wondered why a poor
girl like her should visit a Hue store
like that"
Mrs Lawson was more stirred by
this continuation of her suspicions
than she was willing to confess. With
out telling auyotie he wrote immedi
ately to l'eck & Snyder, asking if they
had had a diamond ring offered them
for sale that day, if so, what style of a
ring aud by whom.
The answer came back immediately.
They had several clerks, so it was dilll
cult to trace such things but one
clerk, name given, remembered a
young lady bringing in a diamond ring
about that time, was not positive as to
the da3 and asking its value. She
did not say she wanted to sell it. The
heads of the firm were both out tMien,
and the clerk told her he did not think
any of the clerks would be competent
judges of its value, and advised her to
call again.
Mrs. Lawson was not satisfied, and
wrote again, this time to the clerk
himself, asking that lie describe to her
as nearly as he could the lady and the
ring.
The clerk replied that he did not re
member at all particularly about the
lady, and could not well describe her
face, as she had on a veil, but his im
pression was that she was young;
should not say that she was richly
dressed, or very poorly, and there was
nothing suspicious in her manner;
should say the diamonds were a mod
est cluster, but did not examine the
ring and could not tell positively its
style.
The "modest cluster" described
Jacky's ring so exactly that Mrs. Law
son now took her husband into her
confidence, told him what Kitty had
said, and showed him the letters.
"It's a case of circumstantial evi
dence." he said, after they had talked
over the particulars. "Xo one should
ever be condemned on that. I'll think
of it over night, and give you my ad
vice in the morning."
"Go yourself and talk to Matie kind
ly and in private," was the advice he
gave. "If she is guilty you may get
some clew."
That very afternoon Mrs Lawson
nerved herself to the task, and, know
ing Matie was alone in her own room,
went thither and knocked at the door.
Matie opened it and looked surprised
at seeing Mrs Lawson, who came in,
closed the door and sat down.
"I want to ask you a few questions,
Matie," she said, kindly. "Why did
you visit Peck & Snyder's jewelry store
the day you went home?"
For answer Matie burst into tears,
and Mrs Lawson now felt sure her
suspicions were correct.
"Ob, Mrs Lawson!" she sobbed. "I
know yon have thought I stole that
ring. I could read it in your face, but
indeed I never did! I went into Peck
& Snyder's and bought a little jet
brooch to carry to mother for a pres
ent She had never had a black pin
since father died, and I knew she
would like one, and that Peck & Sny
der always had a pretty assortment, so
I went in there to buy it. For, though
theirs is such a stylish store, they are
honest and will tell yon just what
things are, and their prices for such
things are no higher than they are
elsewhere. And they always treat
their poor customers as politely as they
do their best ones"
'Did you get one?"
"Yes m, I bought her a very pretty
one for a dollar, and she was so pleased
with it, though she said I ought not to
spend mj money for har. It's the first
money I ever earned, and I did love to
get it for her. My mother is so good
nothing is Vto gcvd for her," Matie
said, her faee flushing with pride and
tenderness.
Was this truth, or only clever act
ing? "But didn't you have a ring on your
finger that day? 1 neaer saw you wear
one here."
For answer Matie took a little box
from the bureau drawer, and opening
it, laid in Mrs. Lawson's hand a well
worn gold ring. On the back of it, two
interlinked hearts in the style of long
ago. made a device very much the
same shape as Jackj-'s diamond clus
ter. "Grandmother gave me this," said
Matie, "the day I first left home. It
was a ring grandfather gave her be
fore they were married, and she has
always worn it, but she wanted to give
me something and had nothing else to
give. She said I must wear it all the
time to remember her as if 1 could
ever forget her dear heart! But I am
not used to wearing a ring, and I'm al
ways afraid I should break it or lose it,
I put it on to go home, so she would
see I wore it- That wasn't wicked de
ception, was it?"
Mrs Lawson smiled as she said: "I
am sure not," though the girl's simple
utterances had almost moved her to
tears She glanced about the room, so
neat and orderly in its simplicity, saw
Matie's well-worn Bible lying on the
stand at the head of the bed. and, bend
ing over, she kissed the girl's cheek.
"1 believe you and trust in you,
Matie," she said.
"Oh, thank you!" cried Matie. the
tears falling again. "It makes me
happier than I have been since the
ring was lost, I do hope it will be
found!"
But days and weeks went by and no
trace of it.
"Might as well look for a needle in a
haystack as to hunt for it further,"
Judge Lawson said, and everybody con
cerned had nearly given urj all hope of
ever seeing it again.
One raw April day Jacky had been
off in the maple woods to a sugaring
and came home just at sunset, damp
and cold. The lounge behind the coal
steve was always her favorite warm
ing place, so she sought it at once and
sat there resting and warming herself.
The level sunset shafts shot in at the
west window and glanced across the
sheet of zinc under the stove. As
Jacky looked down she saw in the sun
light the faint impression of a small
circle on the zinc close to her feet.
An inspiration seized her. Stooping
down, she pulled up the loose edge of
the zinc a trifle, reached her fingers
under and drew out the lost ring, as
good as ever, save for the dust it had
collected.
The whole thing was plain. She
probably pulled off the ring with her
mitten that night; it fell unheard to
the floor, and in moving her feet about
she pushed it underneath the zinc.
There it had lain till many feet rub
bing over the zinc had made a bright
place just the shape of the ring, which
finally lwtrayed its hiding place.
Good Housekeeping.
A MATTER OF LIGHT.
This Woman lias an Kxprrlrnre That
finite Her AtoIcI Cable Cars.
There is a Georgetown woman who
is put to great expense for cab fare
every time she comes over to the city on
a shopping tour, for the reason that she
has boycotted the cable cars, says the
Washington Post. The reason of this
is a characteristically feminine one.
She is of rather sallow complexion, and
cannot stand certain lights. One day
she was returning home on the cars,
about that time in the afternoon when
the sun sends his beams slantward from
the west. Suddenly a male acquaint
ance approached her, and in agitated
tones inquired if she were ill.
"Why. no I never felt better in my
life." said she. "Why?"
"Well, you look so queer," faltered
he, "a kind of sickly green, as if you
had cholera."
Then she noticed that the sun, shin
ing through the pale green fan lights,
gave to his face just the hue he de
scribed. And that is the reason why
you couldn't hire that woman to ride
on a cable car to Georgetown in the
afternoon.
TRUE TO NATURE.
A Centipede Painted on m Dish Scared the
Guests.
The fact of painting a fly or bee so
true to nature that the observer at
tempts to brush it away is not so diffi
cult as is generally supposed, remarked
a painter of still life, reports the Bos
ton Traveler. The art lies in making
the insect stand out from the back
ground. Xot long ago a patron
brought me six saucers, and a card
upon which was pinned a house centi
pede, or "thousand legs," requesting me
to copy it exactly upon each of the
saucers so that the base of the cup
would cover it, I did so. Afterwards
he told me that he had given a little
tea party, and, without the knowledge
of his wife, had substituted the paint
ed saucers for the plain ones Ilia
amusement consisted in observing the
horrified expression on the faces of the
guests when they raised their cups
and the quickness with which they
put them down again to keep the
monster imprisoned. It was only when
the hostess noticed that none of the
guests drank their tea that the decep
tion was discovered.
AMERICAN SUPERSTITIONS.
Oar Folklore Baa 8ome Interesting Oaee
la Spite of Its Inranry.
Naturally, and yet worthy of remark
in passing, the tales of Kentucky deal
almost exclusively with horses special
or otherwise. The residents of Jessa
mine county conduct the visitor to a
bit of woodland intersected by a much
traveled road, about which he dis
covers no remarkable features until
informed that no horse, how
ever old or decrepit, unless
blind or hoodwinked, ever passes
through that remnant of forest
without running away with driver or
rider. The mystery has long ago been
given up as unsolvable, but the fact
remains; and it is quite curious to see
sturdy old farmers alight and blind
fold their horses at the edge of this
haunted timber.
There is also a great swamp in the
eastern part of the state which is the
residence of an immense but fleet
footed phantom stallion, which seen
in daylight is coal-black, but encount
ered on the highway at night is white
as the proverbial driven snow,
j The most remarkable story emanat
. ing from the regenerated "dark and
j bloody ground' is that which relates
1 that a race, in the vicinity of Lexing
ton, was once run by a ghostly horse
und jockey. There were twelve entries
and starters, but as the horses were
going down the back stretch the
judges and the spectators in the stand
counted thirteen contestants, the odd
horse being a black, three-year-old
filly, ridden by a diminutive negro,
which forged rapidly to the front and
came in first at the finish, mysteriously
disappearing among the horses as they
were pulled up in the turn.
The highways seem to have become
favorite resorts for the eastern shore
ghosts We have many times heard
the story of the invisible horse
man, who dashes along the road at a
mad gallop, and who makes his pres
ence known by a shout and the beat of
the hoofs of his horse. Occasionally
riding out in state, he drives a team,
and then the rattling of wheels and
the crack of whip are accompaniments
of his passage. The whites regard
this phantom simply as an eccentric
freak of the spirits the negroes profess
to see in it a more particular and omin
ous significance. In one locality this
was on the banks of the Susquehan
na river our attention was directed
to a roadside quarry, and were re
quested to notice on the face of the
rock at the back of the excavation the
outline of a huge door. Having as
sented to the fact that certain cracks
and streaks upon the surface of the
I rock did present something of this ap
pearance, we were seriously informed
that this was the door behind which
the invisible horseman stabled his
phantom steeds, and that at a certain
hour of the night, moved by unseen
hands, it swung open for his exit.
'Other specters of the highway are
"The Blacksmith,"n name whiehhasno
appropriateness further than that it is
used to describe a ghost with a heavy
hammer. "Loblolly William," whose
supernatural pretensions are based on
the fact that when encountered upon
a hard anil dusty road his footsteps are
those of one walking ' through soft
mud; "Miss Phoebe." who hasappeared
only once since the war, and whose
! present existence is, therefore, some
what problematical; aud to these the
negroes, who have no individual names
for particular ghosts, add the terrific
specter which they call "the man with
the iron faec."i:
Owing to the loss of hundreds of
oyster sloops in the great bay. a num
ber of oyster superstitions have sprung
up Chief of them is that of the
"oyster lights" which appear on the
surface of the water and proceed from
lanterns in the masts of phantom
ships They are said to be observed
in the hour preceding a storm.
In the same class we must place the
black schooner which sails lip and
down the Chesapeake, making signals
of distress but which, when
approached by a boat, sinks
swiftlj' ami silently beneath the
waves An old steamboatman on the
bay informed us that this ill-fated ves
sel always flies the Enirlish flag, the
inference being that she belonged to
the British fleet which ascended the
Chesapeake during the war of IS 13,
and which, after meeting with a stout
resistance, captured and burned the
town of Havre de Grace, at the head
of the bay. It seems, however, that
the same schooner occasionally ap
pears on the ocean side of the penin
sula, where she flies a black flag,
the residents of the beach believ
ing that the phantom craft was orig
inally one of those under the com
mand of the pirate Blackbeard, and
that her ghostly crew is engaged in a
repeated but fruitless attempt to re
gain possession of the gold which this
famous marauder is supposed to have
buried in the vicinity of Green Run
beach. It is said that tiic schooner
when seen is always headed directly
in toward the land, and that when she
reachers the outer line of breakers her
bow plunges beneath the waves and
she disappears. I). B. Fitzgerald, in
Frank Leslie's Monthlr.
Absorption of Jews.
That there are plenty of Jews slip
ping away from Judaism in this coun
try is an indubitable fact, but it is no
more the case now than at a hundred
different periods in their history. A
small proportion came back from Baby
lon; the Assyrians swallowed plenty of
them; they were Hellenized, Roman
ized, and have mingled with all the
races and religions of modern times
If it were not for this process of ab
sorption the world to-day would be
populated mainly by Jews instead of
there being no more of them than in
the days of Herod. American Israel
ite. The Cltlmatwna of New Womanhood.
"Your hat ain't on straight," said the
rude man.
"Well, what ot it?" said the new
wc man severely.
Jt was at this point that the rude
matt succumbed to nervous shock.
Chicago Tribune.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
Orders have been sent to London
for 9,000 Bibles 5,000 hymn books and
8,000 catechisms to be sold in the Fiji
islands The Fiji islanders gave near
ly $25,000 to foreign missions last year.
The West Presbyterian church in
New York, formerly Dr. Paxton's has
unanimously called Rev. Anthony H.
Evans of Lock port, X. Y.t to the pas
torate of the church at a salary of 810,
000 a year, lie has accepted.
As a result of the stimulus to sys
tematic giving received at the Cleve
land convention an Ohio Christian En
deavor society that before the conven
tion had not been self-supporting now
gives contributions amounting to more
than thirty dollars a month.
Thomas McKean, of Philadelphia,
has given $50,000 to the university of
Pennsylvania in response to Provost
Harrison's appeal for $3,000,000 for
buildings equipment and endowment.
This is Mr. McKean's second contribu
tion, as he gave an equal amount a
few months ago. The gift is without
restrictions
The rooms in which the sessions of
the Harvard summer school are held
are lettered instead of numbered. One
of the professors besieged by a swarm
of ladies with questions, said tooneof
them: "Miss Blank, I will see you in
H!" The fair petitioner almost fainted
before she realized just what the re
mark meant.
The Friends, or Quakers, at first
called themselves "Seekers." from
their assertion that they sought the
kingdom of Heaven in the same man
ner as it was sought by Xicodemus
They were called Quakers in ridicule
because Fox, their founder, frequently
bade his hearers "Quake and tremble
at the word of the Lord."
The Shakers had their peculiar
designation given to them in derision.
During the religious excitements
which were encouraged by tnir form
of worship, members of this sect often
fell into convulsive tremblings, some
times ending in partial or total uncon
sciousness, and this singular phenom
enon gave a name to the sect.
The official catalogue of Berlin
university for the summer semester of
1395 shows that tiiere are 353 members
of the faculty, including 171 privat
docents and five teachers In the
faculty of theology there are 13, in
that of law 26, in that of medicine 124,
and in that of philosophy 186. The
number of matriculated students for
the same term is 4.26.1; of these 3.613
are from Germany, 452 from other
countries of Europe, 1S9 from America,
and 12 from Asia. Of the total num
ber, 403 are taking the course in
theology, 1,518 that of law, 1.0S0 that
of medicine, and 1,564 that of
philosophy. Including those who
matriculated during a preceding
semester there were 4,730 in the win
terse inester, excluding 77 matriculated,
excused from attending classes There
were besides 540 other persons who
were permitted to attend classes mak
ing the attendance at the winter
semester 5,847.
HOUSES FOR HOMES.
1 he Painting Should be in Harmony with
the Surronudinc.
In frame house., there is unluckily,
an almost infinite variety of colored
paints. When one passes between the
rows of small and cheaply-ornamented
frame houses which disfigure our sub
urbs and the many "parks" which run
for miles beside onr railroads, one
could almost wish that paints had nev
er been invented. Are our carpenters
and contractors and the buyers of their
wares all born color-blind that they
can endure without suffering the va
ried patches of hideous coloring that
rush past our aching eyes? Red, blue,
green, yellow, and sometimes all four,
or even more, on one luckless house!
But the fault is not altogether in the
colors A red house may be even beau
tiful if the tint be dark and soft, like
thnt of the sumac berries and half
hidden in masses of green. But it is
an affront to the eyes when spread
over the boards of a high and much
be-angled house broiling on a sand
bank by an unfinished roadway, with
out even a bush to shelter i'. The once
much-derided white house with green
blinds seems now to be regaining
favor, and it has at least the advant
age of making no pretensions to aught
but neatness, cheer and comfort. With
plenty of green about it. it also is even
beautiful. Besides the white, and the
deep soft red in suitable situations
there is a good combination of cream
color (real- cream, not made with
chrome-yellow, but by mixing a little
yellow ochre with a good deal of white
lead) with white trimmings and there
are a few tints of gray or brown which
may be used to advantage, but only in
two. or at ' most in three shades and
always at the same color, using the
lightest for the body of the house, and
the darker for trimmings and window
blinds All attempts at stripping or
panelling are odious Even after one
has done one's best to secure softness
and nnobtrusiveness of color, one is
impatient for vines to grow, and with
their cool green in summer or chang
ing hues in autumn, or by the delicate
tracery of their denuded stems in
winter, to soften all crudities of out
line or tint Harper's Bazar.
Trying to Be Exact.
"I am looking for my son," said the
sharp-featured woman. "Have you
seen a tall, slim boy about this build
ing?" "Very tall, was he?" inquired the
sleepy janitor, who was sitting in a
chair tilted back against the wall.
"Extremely talL And slender."
"I think I saw him in here few
minutes ago."
"Where was he?" ,
"As nearly as I could make out,
ma'am, he was on the first and second
floors" Chicago Tribune.
Charles "What makes yon look so
glum, Harry?" Harry "Maud Sweet
sen has thrown me over." Charles
"Oh, I wouldn't mind that; a woman
never hits where she means to wha
aba throws" Boston Transcript
PERSONAL ANO LITERARY.
Richard Le Gallienne. the young
est of the London poet. Intends to
visit this country next winter. Dr.
Conan Doyle is coming back some
time daring the year for a season in
Colorado, not, however, to lecture, for
he found lecturing here unprofitable.'
Descartes' works are to be pub
lished in a complete edition for tha
first time by a committee of French
scholars, aided by the government.
Printing will begin next year, and. it
is hoped, will be finished by 1900. Tbe
committee asks for help in collecting
copies of letters and manuscripts pre
served in public libraries and private
collections
Among the treasures in Lord Rose
bery's house are a mantel-piece from
Rubens' house, tbe chandeliers from
the Doges' palace and tapestries that
belonged to Cardinal Mazarin. These
were Rothschild treasures and on tha
death of Baron Meyer de Rothschild,
in 1S74, they came into the possession
of Hannah de Rothschild, Lord Rose
bery's wife.'
The expression in the prayer book,
"kindly fruits of the earth," has for
most persons no definite meaning on
account of the difference in significance
now attached to the word kindly from
that used when the expression was
first written. Tbe word kindly in that
connection meant as nearly as possible
"of its kind," and the expression
'kindly fruits of the earth" meant "tha
fruits of the earth each after its kind."
Mme. Ponisi, whose stage old
women were beloved by all who saw
them, has concluded her life in New
York by t'ae gift of all her stage cos
tumes to ''Aunt Louisa" Eldridge. In
the forty-five Tears she has been on
the stage in this country she has
played many roles and the contents of
her wardrobe ranged from the robe of
the grande dame to the cheap frock of
the village matron. When Mme.
Ponisi began her career1 she went twenty-five
miles on foot to secure her first
engagement. This was in England,
and it was nothing unusual in those
days for her to walk from town to
town to keep her engagements In
time she won fame, and she has sup
ported Macready, Forrest, Charlotte
Cushman. Lester Wallack, and others
She expects to end her days in Wash
ington, at the home of a step-daughter.
All Cromwell's descendants in the
direct male line are extinct, but he is
the lineal ancestor through females
of a numerous progeny. Among the
peers who descend from Cromwell are
Lords Kipon. Chichester, Clarendon,
Cowper, Morley, Lytton, Walsingham
and Ampthill; and among the eldest
sons of peers who so descend are Lord
Courtenay (heir to the earldom of
Devon), Lord Stanley (heir to the earl
dom of Derby) and Lord Clifton (heir
to the earldom of Darnley). Lady
Devon, Lady Derby, Lady Darnley,
Lady Bathurst, Lady Rosslyn, Lady
Lytton, Lady Lathoin, Lady Isabella
Whitbread, Lady Amphill and Lady
Borthwick are likewise his descend
ants So are Sir John Lubbock and
half a dozen other baronets Mr. Chas
Yilliers the father of the house of
commons, and Mr. Montagu Yilliers
the vicar of St. Panl's Knightsbridge
HUMOROUS.
"Hi Jimmy, wot's de matter?"
Back's blistered." "Swimmin or
lickin'?" "Both." Chicago Record.
"They say Uamsby is generous to
a fault." "Yes he is if it happens to
be one of his own faults" Buffalo Ex
press In a Bad Boat. "So De Land has
taken to navigation?" "I haven't heard
of it." "Yes; he's been arrested for
sailing under false colors" Detroit
Free Press
Jack "I think my brother is an
awful cross fellow." Mother "Don't
you think you're a little to blame at
times. Jack?" Jack "No; because he
can't help it it's the W in his name
makes the ill Will." Harper's Round
Table.
Bcllefield "I understand that
Mrs Spiflins claims to be a self-made
woman." Bloomfield "It isn't quite
true. My wife has seen her add the
finishing touch put on her com
plexion." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
The Best Man. Wiggles "Who
was the best man at Miss Pompon's
wedding?" Giggles "We all thought
that her father was until we found out
that his wedding gift of a one-hun-dred-thousand-dollar
check was only a
dummy."
"What excuse have yon to offer
for your behavior. Jack? Come speak
up" "I haven't anything to say nntil
I see my mother," said the boy. "We
have a rule in our school that no ex
cuses are good unless written by one
of a boy's parents and I ain't a-goin
to break it." Harper's Bazar.
Mother "Where have you been.
Johnny? Your hair is dripping wet
and your stockings are full of sand.
Surely you haven't been in bathing,
when I told you you mustn't?" Johnny
"That's just like a woman; always
try:.ng to find out how a man spends
his time when away from the house!"
Boston Transcript.
The stout man wiped off his fore
head. "Yes I was a good deal rnn
down before I got a bicycle," be said;
"but now," he added, determinedly
gripping the handles and taking aim
at an old lady crossing the street, "it
is the other people who are that way."
The old lady was piled np in the gut
ter. X. Y. Recorder.
Gratuitous Insertion. "That's all
right!" The advertising manager
leaned over the prostrate form of tha
burglar whom he had caught in his
room. - He had struck the robber down
bnt his hand was injured by the blow.
"I put it in a bold-faced type," he mur
mured. Then kicking tha fallen rob
ber, he again scanned the man's face.
"Nicely illustrated with cuts." be con
tinued," "bnt 111 not charge yon for
the display!" Then the moon went be
hiM a cloud and wept, wLile thai
stricken thief rroaned inwardly. Jl
Y. World.
