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, THE ELEPHANT'S LITTLE JOKE. i. i- t the 1 f chatteic xxi: N.jh- ha- (;:: ci:ed is. a r:.;h: i- ' pt:'jc xl.r w:..i ani violent, wnen or.' ci'.r- u.- :::: of nj.. urL tae gravel :thou: cat :: Vera ear. I'eri..ir- ne tad t n l.tet:iiig for it ic a mea -iL' re prepared ffr it. bt:t t-l if si,. th d no: prevent the adder, aiitat-d risass that r.vrspr-ad cr f -e a. j2 h-ars it. Hr pu! quicker, ccpleasastiy nd she hall rises to her fet. Ac hour, two hours, pass, and sh is in her room i re-: l 5 for dinner, whet a rTaat her a cite. "I hiT? 1., thank you for the kind in vitatiot wciet tr.vl.la gar me. Basi net mat'r have compelled uie to come here again for the last time to-nisht; to trespass, for the last time, upon your novpitd.iry. I beg you will not let my presen-e disturb you; icy stay will be o short that I dare to hope you will not mark the coming or going " A quick wave of color dyes Ye-a' face: she lays the letter with studied siownes upon the table nar. "My compliments to Mr. lyart. and 1 hope he will din with me to-nisht," she says, calmly, but with an unconscious touch of hauteur. How l he dare to treat hr like this, to persist in believing or rataer, to pretend to beliere that his presence i m dirta-iteful to her? What U he to her, one way or the other, that she should '.are whether he was in her hou.e or out of it? At dinner, however, she will have an opportunity of w-;.i-uins his knowledge omcwhat. It will be the simplest thing to let hiru see how utterly unimportant an item he is in the scheme of her exist enc. There is a brilliant light in her 7 as siie turns to receive the woman who has now come back with aa answer to her nissajre to I'ysart. There is a timidity in the woman"j air that warns her. "Mr. iJysart's compliments and thanks, madame, but he has already dined in town." "Fasten this bracelet." says Vera, hold ing out h-r ami. She is aware that the woman U watching her, curiously if ner vously, and she o moves that the sudden pallor of l:-r face, the s.jle thing that ithows her i;i'li.-:iati'.a. shall not betray her. "That v.ili do; you can go," she ays after awhile. S:ie sweeps down stairs u::iw-t in t:ie tervaat's fooUl-p-. and into the gr-en drav.i.ig room, a mailer apartniea: than the u,u.il re..; tion rooms, and now looking del.'.-at-iy cozy beneath the touches of lamps and rirelijt. an i with tae p- rfuine of m.i:.y Bowers hanging around it. The wi:.J. t...- t.iur.'ier. the lightning. t:.i. 'n t.i ly n. t.-ir, door and :.:e upstair mor.v. ii i.'--, 1. it muriy h 1 :i :.o ra.r. has lis aUve. a paie. sick- or. i- .-:rivi;.g i-eb:;- to b.-.-ik a way .g.. th- d'-n clou U. S cM-my the i- tii-'o'.-:i op. :, i v an agitated hand, woman v...o had art-nd-rd her oiiie.s hurried. y, without -ere-o the room. "' )u. ma lame, I ugh" von would like you should Le told " she d by tae expression on Vera, going a step nearer to knov. t:ia: tor,,, trighte; Vet a s ,'a' e. "Well?" sjy to her. "There is a ship In great distress, ma dam' somewhere out there," pointing vaguely in tae direction of the ocean, "upon the ro'ks, they jay! There i carcely any hope ' "Hut the life-boat?" cried Vera, sharp ly, forgetting everything now but the aw ful thought of death and death so near out there upon those cruel rocks, with the boiiiag. murderous wavt leaping to receive their prey. "Yes, madame, but that accident yes terday you will rtmember it? they say It has disabled six of the men, and it is almost certain death to go at all, and the hands being short, there must be volun teers, and who will risk their lives " the towubred girl stops short with a quiver, and coveri her face with her hands. "Volunteers! Wr.ere is Mr. Dysart?" cries Vera, suddenly, with prophetic in stiuct. "Speak, girl"' turning hercely on her maid. "(ione down to the beach, madame, to ee what can be done." "Gone'." says Vera, slowly, as if dazed, and then again, "gone!" A little convlu- ive ahiver ruas through her it is the final breaking up of any lingering de ceits, any last illusions, that (he may till have clung to. "OrdT the carriage," nhe saya. after a minute or two, during which mistresa and maiil have remained silent. This Hidden waking-up has been so far a shock that It has killed all immediate nervousness. She feela chilled, calmed, strengthened. The moon has in a measure conquered the clouds, and now shines out with a pale, watery luster, that rather adds to than takes from the weird wiidnesa of the night. The thunder still rattles orer head, and vivid Sashes light the black Bess. Here and there, as the carriage passes by the outskirts of the wood, these intermittent bursts of light show where a tree has been felled, or the road ripped up, or a small bridge carried bodily away by the force of the swollen cur rent underneath. All through the deadly crashing of the storm a booming sound may be beard at long interval. Half maddened by it. and by that other greater fear. Vera lis back in the carriage, pressing her fin gers row to her ears, now to her throb bing brow, that feeia aa if it were burst ing. Arrived at the entrance to the village, 1 drive of about a mile from Greycourt, he (tops the carriage, and opening the door springs to the ground. A tudden gust of wind passing by almost dashes her to the earth, but by a tinerhuman effort she defies it, and half blinded by the flashing lightning, and bewildered by the raging storm, she turns aside, and runs panting, struggling, down a lide pathway that she knows leads to the beach below. CHATTER XXIII. The wihl v-ne that nie't hr sight r:k terror to her hear.. The mad roaring -of the jt that, mountains hi.Ti. ru-h impetuously inland to dash taerr; e!-.-e to piec, against the granite ro' s: the cries of th women; the hoarse cj!- of the men; tae faming, restlevs torches ;ha fling a weird light npon the picture; all serve tn unnerve hr. And now a shout from the beach! A dark objrt being dragged forward, a valiant cher. p-raaps meant to reach those miseranie oul- hovering on death's brink, ar.d give courage to thir failing hearts; i: is the life-boat, and now A tall hgure has suddenly become prominent; he seems to tower above all those around him. He is evidently ad dressing them with passionate words, ami now he springs into the boat, and with receweti eloquence eems to compel thoe present to follow him. His voice, in its vehemence, rises even above the storm. Not that the stri' ken girl crouching with in the shelter of her rock needs tuat tes timony to know that it H he whom her soul loveth. Vera staggers to her fet and stares blindly into the semi-darkness. A hearty cry goes up from those crowded together oh the beach. The mists baTe cleared away from the moon, and sne can see as well as those eager watchers that the tiTe black spots that were upon the rig ging are no longer there. Taey haTe been successful, then, to far. They hare taken those fiTe half dead creatures into the blessed lifeboat. Surely, if the rescuers could go through such a sea in safety, they can return. A blessed relief comes to hr, so sharp ly. Vj unpreparedly, that she almost gives way beneath it. The good ship, indeed, is goDe! Where the black, indistinct mass ! stood a minute since, now all is bare there Ls but sea and sky, and the memory of it! Hut the lifeboat still lives. Every onward dash of the tempestuous waves drives the lifeboat the more sure ly into shelter, until at la-st it touches ground. A hundred eager hands are stretched out to prevent the returning ' wave from carrying it backward, some of the men. more adventurous than the rest, rush into the surging tide up to their waists and seize the boat and drag it for- , cibly into safety. I'ysart, springing to land, heir out the rescued men. now exhausted by fear and exposure one of them, indeed, has faint edbut there are kindly amis open to receive tnem and kindly voices to bid them wel. ome and to p raise the God of sea and land for their delivery from death this night. With a hurried wave of the hand he tu-n- abruptly away from the cheering crowd and the dancing torchlights, and nuke his v.-ay through tr.e heavy dark-ne-, toward the small pathway taat will load to the road above. Stumbling, un certain, ari'l feeling altogether exhaust!, he n-verti.eh-.-s hnd it, and puts out ht. hand to grope f,)r r,,, o t;lu; ij ta,,Wj stands at tae right side of u, where the ! teach commem es. ; "Good heavens, what Is this? He starts violently, and then hi.s ringers fast en with almost convulsive energy over the small cold hand that has been thrust into his. A sharp little cry breaks through the darkness, and then the cold hand Ls hurriedly withdrawn, and two arms are thrown round him. and ding to him with passionate vehemence. "It is you you! And you are safe! Oh, Sea ton! Oh, thank heaven, thank heaven!" Whose Toice is it? Not Vera's? Vera! and yet the clinging arms are warm, Ut. ing, and genuine; the sobbing roice Is real: a small dishereled head is very close to him very! What has happened? Ua he gone mad? He is ghastly pale, white as the death from which he has but just now so nar rowly escaped, and across his right tem ple there is a slight streak of blood, still wet. This adds to his pallor. Vera, see ing it, shudders violently, and involun tarily, almost unconsciously, lifts her hand, and presses her handkerchief to the wound. "Speak!" says he. and now the word is a command. It rings sharply. There is a very anguish of doubt is his tone, and his eyes, burning into hers, are so full of desperate question, that they ut terly unnerve her. The strain of the past terrible hours has been too severe, and now she sinks beneath it. She bursts into tears. "Oh. yes, yes, yes!" she cries, giving him thus vaguely the answer he require. In a moment his arms are round her, crushing her against his heart. To him those incoherent words are full of sweet est meaning. Yes. she loves him. Who shall tell the joy this knowledge brings him joy that is almost pain? "Darling, darling!" whispers he, softly. And then after a little while, "I am too happy. I do not know what to ay. I cannot speak." And then again, "May I kiss you?" He does not wait for permission, but presses his lips to hers dear lips, that kiss him back again, with honest, heart felt gladness. (The end.) Lively Ii version on Midway Buffalo llxpooitioa- The "Midway" at the Paa-Americao Exposition in liufaio was d;-igue,l es pecially to furnish aiuusomeiit. aud tic doubt fuliilled Its purree admirably. It was not design, however, but acci dent which was r"iosible for a fun try incident witnessed t.y some visitors fruui New York, one of whom tells the story In the Sun. We were loi'errug past the animal show when I n iri. ed a queer sort of chair in front of the place. It was of wood, heavy and sijuare. and remark ai.ly wide, nod the seat was less tbiiD a foot high. While we wondering what It was for. a baby elephant cauie out of the uieu agerie building, and wheu it reached the chair, sat down in it. The "barker" also came along and began his efforts to draw a crowd. Just In front of the rhair stood a group of people discussing, the question of where to go next, uue woman was only a foot or two from the elephant, but all of tnem were standing with their backs to the chair, and were quite unconscious of any one or any thing near them. The elephant seemed to decide on in vestigating the group. The woman had her belt pinned down in the back with a large-headed pin that gleamed temp tingly In young Mr. Elephant's eyes. He stretched out bis trunk and began fumbling with the pin 5 PWWm ffe fiWM i--, ate ugMa- 1 1 1 1 mr md - e m IP Y iii'rrf nil o.-.NAruU LlLXuli AMLRIC. WITH ESCUVD A'.D JKPKS. BrL-S. Senator Shelby T Cullom. ; The allian -e be- ! twecn Eng. and rini ! Japan to prote-t i the territorial integ- j rity of China an i , Corea I regard a ; a forma! adoption ; of the poli 'y of the . I Utted States in 1 connection with the eastern question. It is in line with the policy of the I'nrt- 1 ed States set forth i in the Hav note to j the powers of June 3. VM). in which the i position of the United States was set j forth. ' While we are not permitted under our form of government to form alliances this kind with foreign powers, we are permitted to announce our declaration of principles on questions as they ar.se. ; If other powers see the wisdom of adopt- ing our suggestions and carrv out the , European custom of forming alliances of offense and defense, that is not our af fair. In the present instance fears have been entertained that certain powers were looking with lustful eyes upon cer- tain territory in the far East. Such a The woman felt something and put : taking over of territory might be injuri her hand around to see that her belt ; ou.s to American interests, commercial was in place. Before her hand got 1 anJ otherwise. At an opportune moment ! our government too a hrm stand in oe 1 half of American interests without vio ! lating any of the fixed principles of diplo I matlc intercourse and nr rim snm. tine lp went the trunk for a. maintaining a dignified neutrality. second attempt. The woman was so; Xne a..itU(1, as4unled Dv the inited occupied In the discussion that she was j States was right and proper, as subse probably only half-oouscious of being i quent events demonstrated, and now. as there the trunk was goue. She satisfi ed herself that her clothing was secure, and then brought her hand back to the front again ways a menace. The body needs a pure a. r" lath just as it needs a water bath. IVw people understand how desperately the skin requires ventilation, and many do not expose their entire bodies to the air once from September to June. In .old weather the warm tub bath should be used sparingly, and never immediate ly before going outdoors, but a sponge bath followed by vigorous friction, every body should have once a day. Speaking of the sponge bath. I don't mean to use a sponge; it's a germ and tilth carrier. L'se your hands or a coarse wash rag, and boil the rag afterwards. The thought less uncleanliiicss of some decent people is entirely beyond comprehension. Laun dry bills will prevent many who nre not plutocrats from changing underwear daily, but it at least may be ventilated every twenty-four hours, one suit being aired while the other is worn. Exercise in the open air, dress sensi bly, eat pleuty of plain, wholesome food, don't neglect the water bath or the air bath; sleep enough, don't worry, and ten to one you won't take cold on every slight provocation. j touched, for she did not turn around even then. She merely put her hand , back on another reassuriug expiditlon, i which again missed the exploring I trunk. j once again the elephant found the j field clear. This time he was surer of I his ground He deftly took the bead i of the pin. dre"- It out. and then swift j ly Jabbed it there is no other word for ' It into the woman's back. Scream? ; Oh. yi-s. She Jumped ubout three feet, 1 too. and as she cauie down she whirled ; around to see what had struck her. Wheu she saw that elephant she Jump ed anotiier three feet. I have seen the Midway very lively at times, but I don't think I ever saw anythiug; any : funukr than that. The elephant'; Oh, he never cracked a smile. .1 furtuer vindication of our contention. England ami Japan have formed a friendly alliance to prevent the division of China by designing powers. We do not propose to interfere or become involv- I ed in a foreign war. but we reserve the ! right to aert our rights and see that ' our interests are protected. j THE MAIN ISSUE. It Obscured All Others in the Mind of tliL- I utriotic (ierniun. Excellent citizen as the German be comes in tiiis country, bis enthusiasm never tlunc-s higli'jr than wheu be sees .-oii.e son of tin- latiierhiiid elvated to an honorable position by the choice of Aiue. -ican vo'.s. Ma'tiiew I', lli-ciui, an acute stud' rit of politics, gives an amusing account of an honest German innkeeper. Mr. Wieuheimer. wliosv in terest in the general election of ISM v'a.- centered in tli nomination of one HeiilelgrafT for alderman of his ward. Mr. Kiernau. a gentleman interested in politic, culled one day upon Mr. Weiiiheluier in order to discover the trend of the German-American vote. "Well. Mr. Weiuheimer," said he, "how's the election going';" "Oh. lleidclgraff is elected sure'." re sponded Weiubeinier. "Yes, but how is Cleveland runuius up here?" "Ach. Ilinimel! Mr. Kiernan, what's the use? Heidelgraff sure is elected. HOW TO AVOID TAKING COLD. By E. C. Sweet. f. B. A cold may be in duced by exposure. over-fatigue, lack of proper and suffi cient clotuiug. or lack of nourishing j food. Taking cold is more a matter o pnysical condition ! than of tempera j ture; that is why . some of the worst 1 colds are contract- ed .' u fcAi nia V , uU in:, t.. . ;?.,,. -Me and a run-down system causes more se- i from Meli pure blood. unxnouiuj a 11 d apparea: without cause. Fat:; condition of tile ver- .-olds th in all tae blast ciri" II. it. If a man has st-auy nerves and a good digestion, low t-raperature or a slight draught doesn't oire.'i affect him unfavorably. '1 :c- cause of the o-nsatioiis of cold is nio.-e often internal tlian external, and taose who go s.iivc.-ing aooilt under or dinary circuuistuii ... . can't remedy mat ters much by putting on au extra supply of h.-avy clothing. Warm clothing wili, of course, help to offset a low tempera ture, but it will not make you warm if there's some internal reason for the chil-line-s. Most people wear too much heavy and improper clothing in winter. Many swathe their throats when it's warm stockings they need. Clothing should be warm, but not extremely heavy, and the practically air-tight suitings often worn are an abomination. Under these the skin THE ART OF MAKING A LIVING. By touts P. Pout. It may seem queer that a man of my ability in making money should presume to tell you how to make a living. You might naturally conclude that Mr. Carnegie, who has amassed a fortune of unknown millions, or Mr. Schwab, who has risen to a position which pays a salary of $UtX).000 a year, would be more able to tell how one can make a living. Hut that supposition is not altogether true. The man who knows the theory of any practice cannot always carry out his ideas. Now, what is the present state of liv ing in this country? I ain not a pessi mist, but I must say that conditions are fearful. A young man who leaves col lege to-day to earn a living has a hard time of it. He has one chance in SO.- J,.MI to become 1'resident of the coun try aud about as good a chance to become rich. lie has a little better show of amassing a fortune, but the chances are few. It is all the time said that there is room at the top, aud so there is. The whole society has been divided into two classes the great class at the bottom and tae little class at the top. The ordinary man has no chance at all. It is only the extraordinary man who can get to the top. Ii" must have little regard for any thing save victory. Wages have fallen during the last thir ty years to an alarming degree. Thirty years ago a stenographer could get Sl. "'H.' a y..-ar readily; now he can get $20 a week with dilli rulry. In other lines of work it is the same story. The rich be come richer and the poor have their wages cut. In tile mining district in Pennsylvania the children, from Ij years of age, begin to pick dirt out of coal. Then they go into the mines and work until they nre old men at 4." years. Then they return to the s reens and pick dirt with the children of another generation until they die. Their life is void of all save work. I tell you that the people who tell you there is a gcod chance to mib est were they to hr)e divine nWigt, joau saiu oe lorfioi " ia alary ajg after they were marfried. mere are nunaretf 01 men k k worked out of debt, IHid for their kra nd made money wty, if thiy wer ten ine story 01 tneis uves, woal the credit to the wife I who toiled at sine. 1 One essential in a good wife is foj sense just plain comrnVn sense, siarj that she will soon learVi not to see white buttons with blaVrk thread, w to make biscuits and pancakes joit your mother nsed to make them. Another essential is religVon. Rtfinj, softens and soothes and mak es agrettb It warms the heart and quiets the tour. ror ine posiuon 01 wire Jnd BoUk tnere is a uemnna 10-aay 10 the trained women the best collegeis eas duee. She who is ambitious (0 k ideal wife and mother will fit herself ( the broadest life possible by a Hmtmj, eaucaiiou. una. da via. THE EDUCATION OF GIRLS. By Mrs. Jetterson Oth The most fiw able moral edoo lion a girl can in is the exsnplti her mother. I( a d 1 1 1 prinks truth, jmtiw, ceruy, pttlnft fortitude, gectr ness, a large rk ity for th. that Is, if leads a Chriisii life, it will impress her child more thi any dogma that can be inculcated U ke in lengthy lectures. If, added to this, tit mother has the self-control to notice tb child's little fads and fancies and tm; them respectfully, and if the child b lowed the largest liberty consistest tri the proper care of her, there will belitu tn fear for her future. Most girli r sedulously avoid errors which their art: ers do not daily commit. A good tiu pie is the practical demonstratioi tt moral theory, and is worth more uu the sermonizing one can utter, Too many mothers forget good mum in intercourse with their children. Tk? do not use the little elegancies whicb. forgotten toward a stranger, they will consider unpardonable. This obtiouv is wrong. The habit of trusting childn to the care of servants in the narwrn the formative period of their lives ii very vicious one, no matter how tie worthy the servants. No one en V a child that close attention wkici prompted by a mother's love. No mother can escape the dreadful sponsibility of the moral educatita her daughter. I confess to beini mv to give any formula for its performs except self-abnegation and eternil ftp lance. Ultra fashionable mother! sny; "I am too busy to devote myielf'J my children. True, perhaps, but 'I The child has a natural and first du to her mother's sedulous attention dnriir the formative period of her life, wto' think is from birth to the twelfth orf teenth year of her youth, and the cli: of society should be secondary ti 6 paramount duty. L 1.1 illliimt lit lirM.ir It ri1 tl-M.i.ti ipirn in tmi .-..tnt... i skin is out of breath the owner of the ; will say that I am a pessimist but I sav kin will be cold if he's clad in furs a i that I am aa optimist, because I .i.'. j foot thick. j danger. i A man who seems nerfeeH- n-oll Hot ' Concluding that national and state ' wn shivers on sirjrht exposure to' coid HOW TO CHOOSE A WIFF. politics were not within the sphere of has something wrong with his circulation, I By Ref j w Mr. KlurnaD . Uia.Ui,J"'-1 ,3 .uiiMJvensueu oy imperiect . , . 1, - ui3iiua. mKe care or liie bodv and proceeded tc , ry him on city politics. eneouras, circulati,)n; eat pfain. whofe "Well. Mr. Wienheimer.- said he. "dc ,ome f,.,.d that wi,, mak nMr ; you thing our candidate for mayor will , breathe pure air, take plenty of exercise! indulge in frequent batning and ventila tion of the skin and avoid air-tight Weiuheinier's interest. The British marquis working before the mast has turned up in St. Helena on a sailing vessel plying between En gland and Australia, according to the St. Helena Guardian. It is the Marquis of (iraham. eldest eon and belr of the Liuke of Montrose. 21 years of .'iste. He wants to find out all about the mer chant marine and to earn a master'! certificate. be elected .' "Now we speaks all day, Mr. Kier nau." responded the innkeeper. "It's no use at all. Heidelgraff is sure our next alderman." Kiernan was at length willing to come down to the district issues, and asked: "How will my friend O'Brien, who is running up here for the assem bly, make out':" "Mr. Kiernan." replied Weinheinior. "no man will beat Heidelgraff. You may take it for sure he will be elect ed." Kiernan. now a little nettled, said lowly and with emphasis: "Mr. Wein beimer, Heidelgraff and O'Brien are running together as candidates of the same party, one for alderman and the other for the state assembly. Both are friendly to each other in this election, you understand. Now you say Ueidel graff's all right. Will my friend O'Brien be all right, too?" "Well, Mr. Kiernan.' said Welnhei mer, looking pained at big visitor' want of comperliension, "I tells you aa though we talks all day, it's no use. Yust read to-morrow morning early the papers yourself, and you will see sure Heidelgraff is elected alderman." clothes as you would the smallpox. One of the earliest methods of selecting a wife was by barter. Later it was by capture. To day marriage is supposed to be based on the consent of both parties. Under the blessed in duenee of the gospel womnn stauus on an equal plane with man i-i.:i. .1 u.- . " uw. "ra,,ul. "re aiwa- 10 r likes and dislikes most h. " . No man saould ever think of choosing wife without making it a matter of se rious prayer. John B. Gough and Mary bitcomb were betrothed, but so earn- ne avoiueii, rotii air is worse man draughts: indeed, if one is in prime con dition ordinary draughts are littie to be feared, while lack of ventilation is al- PL'BLICITY A CURE FOR DIVORCE- By Judge Henry There cun be no doubt if publicity would be a sunns i in impelling a firmer DIM the iinlisHoliibilitv of the riage tie. The tendency vorce legislation to-day ' ward increasing rather tnul couraging applications for judicial aration. New grounds of diwrti ' constantly being incorporated fati ' law notwithstanding that the PJ" public sense has been greatly shockn' the ease with which divorces BUT sW be obtained. With many it is rtf nuestion of financial ability and ' months of leisure to insure succeMii' plication for divorce. They are tu ed, too, by the secrecy with wbii' vorce litigation i so frequently ci ed. Tublicity in all divorce Pff would undoubtedly cheek their f1 cy. It would direct public ""'"""J the evils of divorce and create J feelini? airninat it Sometimes iut"1! Occur whore the interests nf the chi'l .'justify secret divorce proceedings, bJ interest of public policy require "j ihe home, whicb is the unit t tion s strength, should be protects SHE IS ONE OF FOUR. j chickens for sale, by which means she A Snrvivini: Widow of the Revolution- .Iw'1"8' t0 eke out uer little income. ary War. "U,-T ambition Is to save money The war for American Independence i eno"sh to lmrr me decently and have, began 12S years ago. and. remarkable ., tonibistone ver my husband may seem, the United States as It :and myself." she says. government is still !, , . " l? ,he 8ectlon ' Tennessee in which she iiu oi. . .i.jrs go to see Mrs. Jones, and she has n.nnv . quests for her autograph. These Rhe I is compelled to refn . ! Japanese Clocks. Japan tm ports American springs and manufactures clocks so cheaply that only the very lowest grades can be Im ported. Live only for to-day and you ruin to morrow. Bimmona. Just Kuough. "Was there much of a gathering to ee the ship tart?" asked Colonel Car ter, whose servant had been down to the wharf. "Yes, sab, dey was a nions'ous lot ob folks." said Ajax, promptly. "And was the crowd tumultuous or quiet?" aske tbe Colonel. "Not 'zactly quiet." said Ajax. doubtfully, "but dey wasn't too mul tuous, sah, 1 shouldn't say; no, sah. dey was jes' about multuous 'noiigh for de 'casion, sah.' Youth's Companion. If you are smart, you will never be o polite as when you have a cinch. paying pensions as a result of that struggle. Of course, none of the soldiers who participated in the war under George Washington are still alive, bat there survive four tween vessels In the onen oceU. arnted by such a vast stretch rfl ter, and out of sight of each otWj tin lllirti.aaott.A llliiotcnttnn of ..,iviHiii. iiiuaiiuiiuu - wirfile88 telegraphy uienns. Law to Prnmnu HonestT "We have nn old statute In Af making It a misdemeanor for or restaurant keener to Bet out il Talking at Sea. The marvels of wireless telegraphy re great enough to render a recent use of the system not sufficiently wou oerful to be extraonliim ,:;!?;;! 1, 7,e"he,,n,c:d,fnt rt'Ported 'Chamber; ... . one which appeals to the Imagination. Two Cunard liners. tbe Lucanla and lutionury soldiers, and these aged 12 per Uoa. .NA.NXY Ju.NtJj women draw pensions of mouth. These venerable pensioners ! the Campania, were crosslnrthl a are Mm Rohooen Mnvn Vu,l., llnntl,. . ... . grossing the At directions. Each. are Mrs. Rebecca JInyo. Newbern Va.; Mrs. IUioda Augusta Thomson, Woodbury, Conn.; Mrs. Mary Snead, Pnrksley. Va., and Mrs. Nancy Jones. Joneslwro. Tenn. Mrs. Jones has In terested Congressman Walter B. Brownlow, of Tennessee, and he has undertaken to have the $12 pensions Increased to $23. Mrs. Jones Is the widow of Darling Jones, a soldier of the Revolutionary War. When they werp married he was 70 years and she 10. He lived ten years after they were mnrried and their son. William, lives In Jonesboro. Mrs. Jones lives on a liny farm of five acres in a three-room cottage built nearly forty years ago. She has a gar den and a vegetable plot, and raises -u.iiieu 10 refuse. n ! ..a-.. 1 . '.: . . .. .t 1. vtnifiiii i mi iiiu str rn a tfeA ka la nni - . .he is nearly QQ yenr8 of ag,. " M um, 01 Bisuee. "and It migm adopted here. It was enacted H years ago when prospectors and otlfl returning to the towns after mo"! privation, were deluded and tm by elaborate bills of fare, to flndl ward that tbe only articles theT really get to eat were bacon ana as usual. So many shootings r" that this law was enacted and V time was strictly enforced. Tbe"" slty for Its enforcement has lout" passed but It has never, bo ft' 'I know, been reDeaIed."-rbI!ill Times, At Bargain Rates. "Charles." said the affei:t.oni wife, "didn't you tell me tn chips cost $1 apiece?" 'Yea " "Well hnra'. a nknla hoT ftlfl colors that I bought at a barpaH'1 ter for 75 cents." Harlem L'f lanuc m opposite Knowiti" ti... ....... .... ... oa.e or ine other's sail n. could make a calculation as to he hour when they would most likely meet. When tho ...1. .... V ur "-au"?. 'he ves sels were too far apart to sight each other I-resently. bower. 77. Ing bell of the wireless telegraphic an Paratus In the Campania tinkS and the niesiioi n.. .. . u" ,--" apeueu out: "Ari. ou there'f-Liicanla.' And then the two vessels, still mvisibll .o " "B er. and. a, was fou , " - miles apart. lnl!;e(I for some h0 ex hanging experiences as to the weat U7byfi"wby Vr W"h and orf; T " th" Were a bunred anu forty nibes asunder Such a conversation carried on be- Knma nt tl.a nlrl .innaiefl Sr0 that a person really ought te them with a pair of tongs. It's what you do, not what 1 you are going to do. that count vr f