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If the scandals lately unveiled la
the federal printing office have the
effect of calling attention generally to
the magnitude of the business carried
on by this branch of the government ]
and the need of putting it on a busi- J
ness basis, they will have served a
useful pu rpose. Like other branches'
of the administration, the printing of
fice, starting ns a modest enterprise,
has expanded beyond nil expectation, I
until It now constitutes a business as S
groat ns that carried on by some of
tho larger corporations. The figures
presented by W. 8. Rosslter, of the
Census Bureau, In the current num
ber of the Atlantic show In detail this
surprising growth. In 17!Mi the na
tion's printing hill was $8,785. Gov
ernment publications were few and
comparatively rude. Last year Ilia
amount expended for printing was ÏT,
080,000, and this expenditure Is In
creasing. If Mr. Hosslter's estimate
Is correct, the government printing
done In tho present decade will cost
more than $00,000,000. The need or
utility of so vast an outlay Is open to
question. There Is good ground for tho
suspicion that many of the ponderous
tomes turned out of the nation's prlnt
ery, to be stowed away on top shelves,
are of little service to anyone,
tendency to regard this branch of tho
government ns legitimately education
al, however, seems to he growing, and
the demand tor elaborate reports on nil
manner of subjects, from the forests
and fisheries to Insect pests and the
pedigrees of Indian tribes, seems great
er than ever.
Tho
The assembling of 15,000 veterans
lu Denver at the Grand Army encamp
ment was a big thing in Itself. Only
n few live within the shadow of the
Rocky Mountains, and nine tenths of
them hud to travel long distances by
rail, steamer and stage to reach tho
leading town of Colorado. Then the
wearers of the blue had a line of
march which required nearly four
hours to cover. Only a few fell out on
account of fatigue. Thousands of
them past 70 marched with erect car
riage and firm step, to tho wonder and
delight of the 300,000 spectators, who
kept up a fusillade of cheers and hanrt
clnpplng ns long as there was an old
soldier to applaud. Yet tho Internecine
conflict closed forty years ago.
other nation has anything to compare
with this soldierly longevity?
one could turn out 15,000 to march lu
a hot sun—men who had quit fighting
twoscore yours before? None! Tho
American soldier Is the most robust
that ever trod the earth. When wo
consider tho hardships of campaign
ing from 1801 to 1805, the marvel la
that any of Us participants are alive,
still leas able to endure a long and
fatiguing march In old age. When It
comes to vigor lu national defenders,
the world takes off Us hat to tho Irre
pressible Yankee.
What
What
Tho pension roll reached tho maxi
mum In its history on Jan. 21 last, tha
number being 1,004,111(1.
passed the million mark In September
of last year and gradually Increased
for tho next four months. The decline
began with the first of last February,
and by the following May had dropped
below the million mark. These facts
are developed In u synopsis of the an
nual report of Penslou Commissioner
Warner, covering the operations of hls
office for the fiscal year ending June
80 last. At the eud of the year the
number of pensioners had declined to
008,441, net Increase for the year of
8,879. Tho report shows tho following
additional facts; During tho year the
bureau Issued 185.242 pension certifi
cate». of which number over 50,000
were originals. The annual value of
the pension roll on June 80, 1905, was
$130,745,205.
value" Is meant the amount of money
required to pay the pensioners then
ou the roll for one year.
roll
By tho term "annual
Fifty thousand applications were
filed by men aud women seeking po
sitions In the government service dur
ing a period of six mouths, said an
official of the Civil Service Commis
sion the other day. These applications
were made between Jan. 1 and Juno
30 of this year. Of this number about
45,000 took the examination. As a
rule, something like 10 per cent of
the people who file applications fall
to take tho examination. The Idea
some people have that there Is but u
small chance to get Into the govern
ment service through the medium of a
competitive examination Is contrary to
statistics. Thirty-five per cent of the
applicants who puss the examinations
are appointed. Last year 120,000 ap
plicants appeared for examination. On«
hundred thousand of them passed and
48,000 of these were appointed. Tho
average ago of those appointed was
28 years.
Postmasters throughout the coun
try must pay their debts or retire from
the public service. Worried beyond
endurance by the army of collector*
seeking the payment of debts contract
ed by clerks In the department, tha
Poatraaster General Issued an order In
which ho announces that the depart
ment "will not harbor anyone who
contract* a debt on the strength of
hls official position and then, without
sufficient excuse, neglects to make pay
ment."
Acting Postmaster General Shallen
berger Issued an order excluding from
the malls for Canada thirty-eight
monthly and weekly publications un
less postage Is prepaid by means
stamps at the rates for third-class mat
ter In the domestic malls. The mag
azines had previously been circulated
at the publishers' rate of postage, but
the postal administration of Canada
baa advised the department that circu
lation at that rate would not be
lowed to the publications If they wer«
printed in that dominion. Magazine«
lu eleven States are affected.
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AM OPPORTUNE PRAYER.
The returned summer visitor asked
"the squire" bow Grecndale folks liked
the young minister. "He's all right,
ma'am," the squire returned, emphat
ically. "Preaches twenty-minute ser
mons and arranges tUs pariah visits In
advance."
"Oh, I see; he's In wholesome awe
of the natives."
"You neV er made a greater mistake
| n your mH 'am.'* the squire de
P ) are< ], "jjé's the religious supervl
H(jr 0 f soul In town. Even Hen
Rolling,"
The summer visitor looked her in
terest, and the squire went on:
"He got the upper hand of rien
That was In the win
ter. The Saturday before the first Sun
day after he was settled as minister
was a real old-fashioned one.
gnn to snow Friday night and kept on
till midnight Saturday. Sunday morn
ing there wasn't anything much to be
seen, except the smoke curling up out
o' the chimneys,
■ T see where we set by the tire to
day,' Hen said to the minister, who
boarded then with Hen and his wife.
goon - g became,
It be
" 'No tire for me,' laughed the min
ister. 'My place Sundays Is In the pul
pit.'
"Hen said It was too cold to go out;
that there were no paths, that every
body would stay at home; and when
he saw that the minister was bound to
hold service, he said he might preach
In hls kitchen and they'd call tho
neighbors In.
'Hint It was church or nothing,"
smiled the squire, "and the dnlster
finally got Hen to say he'd help him
out In digging a path to the church.
They started In with shovels, and as
they went along some of tho men Join
ed them, for shame's suae, 1 guess; for
although they worked well enough, It
was hard sledding, and they didn't
relish the Job any too well.
"They used considerable in iguuge as
they dug, and Hen's language led all
the rest. The minister never said a
word. He was working ns hard ns the
rest, and they thought probably ho
didn't hear. Finally they came to an
enormous drift. Hen Rollins threw
himself on hls shovel and began to
moisten hls Ups, when tue minister
spoke up, so's everybody could hear.
" 'Weil open this drift with prayer!'
ho said.
"Open It with prayer they did,"
chuckled the squire. "But all the rest
of the drifts were opened In silence."
WHAT EXCITED THE ELEPHANTS
Th« Hurled Horn
of
Fellow a Bonrct
of ITneaftlnenM.
The great skull of Topsy, the "bad
elephant exhumed at Luna Park re
cently, solved the mystery which for
weeks has Invested tho conduct of the
Thompson & Dundy herd of elephants,
says the New York Tribune. They
knew the bones of one of their kind
were under the earth, and they stead
fastly refused to approach the spot.
Topsy was killed by electricity In
Luna Park three years ago. Her rec
ord of death and destruction was long
and black. The Museum of Natural
History carted away her skin and
relic hunters took most of the bones.
Tho skull, which weighed close to 300
pounds, was burled hack of the stables
and the Incident was thought closed.
Half a dozen elephants were sent
from the Hippodrome to Luna Park
early In July, In charge of "Pete" Bar
low, trainer. They are an obedient
and docile herd, aud Barlow was non
plused when they shivered, trumpeted
and would not budge every time they
neared the piece of ground which
looked no different from the rest of
the scanty patch on which the horses
dally exercise.
Their reluctance remained a topic of
curious discussion until yesterday,
when Barlow, with superstitious fore
bodings aroused, nervously told the
story to Frederick Thompson.
The senior member of the firm medi
tated a moment, and then hurst into
laughter. He led the way to the spot.
"Dig," he Instructed a stableman.
The shovel bit an end of the elephant's
skull six Inches from the surface, and
half an hour's effort revealed the en
tire Imbedded set of bones.
Alice, Fanny aud Jenny, three mem
bers of the herd, who had been close
ly watching the proceedings, shrieked
mournfully as the skull was lifted out.
whiffed It for several minutes and then
walked silently to their quarters.
Barlow sent the skull to hls homo
ln Huntington. L. !.. and the hole
occupied was filled In. Tho elephants
seemed to show relief, ns they moved
willingly over the former grave.
Saying It Politely.
A professor In Columbia College
Law was lecturing on "contracts"
a class which obviously did not care
to listen. The young men. says Ar
gonaut, shuffled their feet, and appar
ently only waited for tho clock
strike their deliverance.
At last the minute hand pointed
twelve and the hour was up. With
simultaneous movement they rose
from their seats and started toward
the door.
"One minute, pleaae!" called the lee
"One minute, please!
I have »till a few more
of
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Keep
turer.
your seats,
pearls to cast."
We Usually Find Our Level.
1)0 not hypotlze yourself with
Idea that you are being kept dowu.
Do not talk such nonsense. Nobody
any sense would believe It. People w
only laugh at you. Only one thing
keeping you down, and that Is your
self. There Is probably some trouble
somewhere with you. Of course, there
employers who are unjust to their
help: there are Instance* In which
ployes are kept back when they should
be advanced; but, as a rule, this
only temporary, and they usually
their level somewhere.—Success Maga
zine.
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It takes nerve for a widow with
children who are married for the
ond time to be Jealous of her
band. _
Because people are too polite to
you of your faults, don't Imagine
haven't any.
PLYMOUTH ROCK'S CRACK.
Involves a liuiq
diculou« Bit of History.
and HI
Its Oriirl
Plymouth hag been called the cradle ■
of New England. It la on the coast, |
thirty-eight miles south of Boston, and
Is a thriving and prosperous New Eng
land town, with good schools and
churches, and town ball, aud shops of
all kinds, aud comfortable homes.
On the flat strip of land that runs
for miles up and down the shore of
the bay, the diminutive white bouses
of the fishermen are crowded close to
gether. In the center of the same
flat land-strip, flanked on both sides
by the fishermen's homes, is a large,
open square forty yards from the wat
er front. Here stands Plymouth Rock,
the first sight of which gives one a
mental shock, for, no doubt, fancy has
pictured an Immense boulder rising
grandly out of the sea; but, instead, the
visitor sees only an oolong, Irregularly j
shaped gray sandstone rock twelve j
feet In length and five feet In width i
at the widest point and two at tho !
narrowest. Across one part runs a j
large crack which has been filled with |
cement, and which gives to Plymouth !
Rock a highly aajlflclal appearance, j
The origin 01 this crack Is a bit of
unique history, and bears evidence to
the early differences that at times di
vided the Inhabitants Into two fac
tions.
For a long time there waged spirited
and hitter wrangling between the op- I
posing parties, and It even settled
down upon the much-cherished Ply-1
mouth Rock, which one party declared
ought to bo removed to a more worthy
position In the town square, and the
other wranglers protested It should
not be moved an Inch from Its posi
tion, even though they had to guard
It with their pikes aud guns.
Finally, the stronger faction drew
up their forces around Plymouth Rock,
and In attempting to move It up the
hill spilt It asunder, which seemed a
had omeu for those who had attempted
such n thing, until an ardent Whig
leader flourished his sword, and by an
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eloquent appeal to the other zealou.
Whigs convinced them that they
should not swerve from their plan of
carrying the rock to a place In the
that we will transport with all care
and diligence to Its proper home."
Twenty yoke of oxen drew Ute Whig
section of Plymouth Rock up the hill,
amid the shouts of the throng that
pushed forward around the liberty pole
which was to mark tho new site. The
town square.
"The portion that first fell to the
ground belongs to us," ho cried; "aud
ceremony of dedicating the rock In Its
new position was very Impressive, and
the people stood with bared heads, aud
In reverent tones chanted their high
pitched psalms in token of thanksgiv
ing.
It
In the town square this part of Ply
mouth Rook remained tor more than
half a century, when a committee of
the council resolved to move It back
to Its original position, and Join It, as
liest they could, to the other half. Ac
cordingly In 1834 on the morning of
the Fourth of July, tho Plymouth Rock
had tTeen reunited In all seriousness to
Its long-estranged portion, and tha
union made complete by a mixture of
cement and mortar.
To-day four granite columns support
a canopy of granite that offers Ply
mouth Rock an Indifferent protection
against tho rain and the sun, and
serves to keep back, In some measure,
the thousands of sightseers that come
to Plymouth with only one object In
view, namely, to press up arouud the
lion liars, and to gaze through them
at the revered rock, on which they
see the single Inscription, cut In the
middle of Its face In long, plain fig
ures, "1820."
The rock Is surrounded by a high
Iron railing composed of alternate boat
hooks aud harpoons, and Inscribed
with Urn Illustrious names of the forty
men who drew up the Pilgrims' com
pact on board the Mayflower that No
vember day as they sighted the coast
that henceforth was to bo their home.
LIGHT IS NOT NEEDED.
Inglish Scientist Rut* Sou's Effect
s Bad.
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Dr. Charles E. Woodruff has made
an exceedingly interesting Investiga
tion of the effects of tropical light
on white men. The origin of hls In
vestigation was an attempt to prove
or disprove the theory that the skin
pigmentation of man served to exclude
the short or actinic rays of light whose
action Is to destroy living protoplasm.
If this theory Is true, It will explain
at once many anthropological riddles,
We find In It a reason why white
men. while capital colonizers In cold
or temperate regions und sagacious ad
mlulstrators of tropical colonies, have
failed when they attempted themselves
to colonize In hot countries; why blond
types prevail In the cloudy, almost sun
of
to
to
to
a
less regions of the north of Europe,
brunette types In the dazzllugly light
countries bordering on the Medlter
raneau, and the negro In Central Af
rica; and why the type of man llv
lug In the tireless city Is less blond
than that of the countryman who has
during a large portion of hls outdoor
Ilf« the protection of the woodland
aud orchard.
Dr. Woodruff soon felt hound to ad
mit that the sun Is not the beneficent
deity wo thought him to be aa we wor
ahtped, but that he delights In sscrl
ficea and alays ruthlessly those who
trust In him It Is hard to believe
that man doea not need the light, and
It It almost a shock to be made
realize that "the vast majority of land
animal* live In absolute darkness." Yet
Hr. Woodruff leave« little reason
doubt hla statements, for besides
cogency of hls reasoning from univer
sally accepted facts, he fairly bristles
with authorities whom he cites In «up
port of hla position.
the
of
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find
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Failed to Convince Willie.
"You should be like the chickens,
Willie; Just see how early they wake
up in the morning."
"Oh, well, I could wake up early,
too, ma, It I stood up all night!"—Yon
sec
hus
tell
you
kers Statesman.
"You oftsn hear a man say:
know what I would do In So-and-So's
place," but at the same time he
not know what to do half the
himself.
THE DRAGONS.
Prince Vortlgern—so run the ancient tales—
A stronghold sought to build In wildest Wales)
But some fell power frustrated each essay.
And nightly wrecked the labors of the day;
Till Merlin came, and bade the builders all,
Beneath the escarp'd and many-bastloued wall.
Dig deep; aud lo. two dragons, o'er whose lair
Nothing secure might rise, lay sleeping there.
—Saturday Review,
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Rearch the foundations, you that build a state)
For If the dragon forms of Wrath and Hate
Lie colled below, and darkly bide their hour,
Fear walks the rampart. Fear ascends the tower.
And let it not content you that they sleep;
XJrlve them with strong enchantments to the deep.
First of such charms is Perfect Justice; then
Comes the heart's word that conquers beasts and men
No other craft shall serve—no spells but these
Drive the old dragons to the whelming sen*
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Their Grewsome Bridesmaid
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BORGE HAYDEN was really no
such great villain after all.
Put baldly, he had merely
flirted with a girl of a lower position
In life than his own. and left her. Y'et
circumstances and the girl had be
fore long made the affair seem a heart
less tragedy, and for two miserable
years George Hayden bad been haunt
ed by it
There was no doubt that he had
made love, generally with gay non
chalance, occasionally with fervor, to
Kate Moon, of Mossdyke farm.
It was (luring that summer when he
was off fishing In Devon, and the
weather was beyond reproach—except
for fishing. The trout would not bite,
and Kate Moon was beautiful, tall and
blm , k hnlretl wlUl R ,. onip i ellon 0 f the
proverbial Devon milk and roses;
magnificent, passionate, Impulsive girl,
It was an artistic pleasure to him to
see her coming toward him In her lilac
cotton gown—she always wore lilac
cotton gowns unlike any one else's, full
gathered and dainty, with a bordering
n f p n )eat pink around hem and wnlst;
tho efrect wag OU8 of lavender and
n f t er hls holiday, bringing with him hls
roses.
It was when the rector came back
sister, hla niece and—quite by colncl
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HEB ABOUT ME AND SEE WHAT
she'll say."
deuce—a college friend of Hayden,
that mischief began, and It began
without delay, for the college friend
recognizing Hayden In the village, In
troduced him to the rectory party, and
Hayden promptly fell In love, gen
uinely this time, with Sybil Dove, the
rector's niece.
It did not take Kate Moon long,
either, to see her doom.
I Hayden, It Is true, was a little trou
bled at first, but that was merely an
noyance with himself for the careless
way In which he had talked lovi
"desecrated," he called It—but he did
not dream of the manner In which
Kate would take It.
! No one hut Hayden and Kate her
self knew of that terrible night of re
crimination when " tho moon shone
down on tho final meeting In Dalllng
wood.
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By the next night Hayden had left
the village; by the next Sunday Kate
Moon had left the world; she had
drowned herself In the river—the pret
ty river where the trout had fought
years with the sight of the girl con
Rtantly before hls eyes, In her lilac
8°"'». with tho rose-pink bunds about
^ er "'Ulst ami hem, and with her lust
words In hls ears.
shoy of Hayden's rod and line.
And Hoyden began that terrible two
or * *' curse you to your very marriage
day!—aye. to your very deathlicd; I'll
"Tell her about me, and see what
she'll say of your love! Tell her, I say,
wa * k 11 Iu ^ s 't ulu ^ stand between you,
and 1 011 "ball never bide In peace!'
mor's flirtation shocked Hayden as a
heartless tragedy, and grew and grew
Into his life till he became to himself
11 ®ort of banned wanderer.
,lme ,lie '" retched tragedy became less
Important, and hla heart leaped,
cou ''1 see, too, that Sybil waa happy to
**lm.
I or weeks he sunned himself In Joy,
,ml trle<1 ,0 l, anl«h Kate. Then one
dn - T faced the ghost and reasoned
to wKh himself In a logical, aenslble man
nPr ' »" d R, »te of mind became more
■ orm " 1 ' nml 1,p hlm8olf wh T
to "hould not be happy,
"luce he dawdled with Kate by the
Devonshire river,
Then what had seemed hut a sum
About two years later Hayden met
Sybil Dove In Rome, and for the first
He
Next morning, on the hill, he broke
Into tho first love words he had uttered
j "I love you!" he cried out, aa be and
Sybil sat resting In the noonday.
"Sybil, I can't live without you! I
have hungered for you since I firet
met y° u two years ago!"
| "1 love you. too!" she said, simply,
when she could find voice. And Uay
den held her In hls arms for a raptur
ous moment.
I When he glanced up. hls arms still
"I about her, a girl was pnsslug along the
hill below—a dark-halrsd girl. In
lilac gown. It was. of eourae, merely
« coincidence,
Hordes ahlvarw! soul loosed hls
clasp. The o!3 haunted feeling had
returned. He had an Impulse to tell
Sybil the whole wretched story, but It
would be a gloomy beginning to the
first hour of his new happiness. Be
sides which, Mrs. Dove came into sight
at the moment.
Those were strange months, those
mouths of engagement. There were
hours when both Hayden and Sybil
were wildly gay; but again there were
hours when a cloud hung over them,
when something seemed to be between
them, checking their words as If a
third person were listening.
In himself Hayden could under
stand the feeling, for even now. spite
of argument, apite of happy future, he
could not throw off the recollection of
Kate Moon and her despair. But the
same mood In Sybil he could not un
derstand. Was the drowned girl al
ways to be between them? Hayden
groaned.
"Tell her, I say, tell her, or-"
In desperation Hayden caught up
down to the
church," he muttered hastily the
evenlug before the wedding, after
hours of gloom In which he had seen
the dead girl walking between him
self and his living bride. "I'll see how
the decorations are getting on."
It was a lovely old building of gray
stone, far famed for Its many windows
of stained glass, which In a close line
told In rich purples and crimsons the
story of Joseph and his brethren.
One or two gardeners were busy at
the choir atalla; some girls talking In
subdued tones were garlanding a pil
lar. Hayden watched their deftness.
Then with a tender Impulse he turned
hls eyes to the altar, where he would
kneel to-morrow besld
A sudden horror clutched him, the
Mood surged within him and deaf
ened him. Bonding at tho altar step
was a dark-haired figure In a lilac
gown with a pluk hand across the
hem.
hls hat "I'll stroll
Hayden groped with hi* hand, and,
clutching a pew door, closed his
In n despairing faintness,
age was to be relentless.
When he looked again the figure
was gone. The girls at the pillar had
turned from their work to speak to
another. Unseen In hls misery, Hay
den stole out at tho porch, stuuned
and cold In the sunshine.
Hayden never forgot the night which
followed, as he lay, unuerved and
hopeless, waiting for hls wedding day,
and facing In all their details the two
years past and the many
come, from the day when
played a summer'« game
heart of a girl to all the days when he
should live close to the girl he loved,
and feel himself a murderer.
Toward morning he began to take a
more ordinary view of tho mutter.
This was his wedding day—sunny,
happy, glorious. He had been in an
excited, unnatural state of mind yes
terday. He had brooded so long that
hls remorse was abnormal.
"The prettiest wedding the village
had ever seen," the people said after
ward. The pews were packed and a
subdued buzz of comment played
about Hayden's ears as he waited.
He had not allowed himself much
time to kill; but, supported by hls
best man. he took hls place about five
minutes before the bride wns expect
ed. He determined to throw off use
less self-reproaches and do his best In
the future.
eyes
Hls bond
years to
be bad
with the
The brightly colored crowd was an
(indistinguishable whole to him: but
at the end of the aisle was a shaft of
brilliant light; It streamed through
the porch, and Into and through It
walked a double Hue of beauty.
They came on In the sunshine and
halted till the eud of the lines was In
side the door, then they widened the
space between them and lined the
lower half of the little aisle. ■
The smile on Hayden's face snapped
off as suddenly as If struck by a
hand; hls features became stiff and
ashen colored: a roar seemed to be
filling the church and hurting hls
brain, the building itself heaved about
him.
But the figure on which hls eye had
first smilingly rested stood motionless.
She atood nearest to him, as first
bridesmaid, her back slightly turned:
a drooping hat almost hid her fea
tures, but she was dark-hatred and
splendidly poised, and her gown was
of lilac with a pluk band about the
heml Lilac, among the white gowns
beeide her!
Then he felt a band grip bis arm
firmly. "Keep up, old man, she's coin
some one said.
hen a bush, then a stir filled the
church, and between the waiting
bridesmaids, shutting from hla sight
that terrifying form, came Sybil to
ward him; and chilled, horror-filled,
as one in a dream, he stepped to meet
her.
li.
"Tell her, I say, tell bar—" was In
bis ears as the marriage service begun.
A strange vow mingled with Hay
den's marriage vows. "Tell her?" "I
will." "I will." 'T vow It."
There was no lilac gown among the
bridesmaid! surrounding her when he
took her «way. Ue could see no on«
like Kate Moon.
But he told Sybil all the story as
they drove toward their new life;
and she listened with flushed, averted
cheek.
But when be had finished, and a
moment's silence like a concrete block
of despair had followed, she turned to
him and wept upon his shoulder. And
"How you must both have suffered!"
were her first sobbing words.
Bnt because she was frightened by
the new suffering the telling of the
tale had cost him, she did not say that
she had known the story all along, aud
that the silence had been as au aveng
ing ghost between them.
One day, long after, when Hayden
and his wife strolled into the old
church, he noticed a curious thlug.
Sybil had walked toward the chancel
while Hayden halted by the door, and
as she stood n moment In the aisle be
saw her white gown turn to lilac in the
sunlight, and a band of rose-color fell
across the hem.
For a moment the blood flushed Into
his face, and all the miserable past
rose before him.
Then, as he looked, Sybil moved for
ward and her gown was.white again—
and again as she moved It was
splashed with color.
enlightenment
looked up at the famous windowed
story of Joseph and he understood.
"It was all for the best, though," he
said to himself at Inst, aud In unutter
able relief he followed his wife and
stood again beside her before the
altar.—Utica Globe.
MEDICINAL VIRTUES OF FISH.
Carp and the Tench Are Valuable as
Curatives.
Fishing literature, prior to the days
and writings of Izuak Walton, opens
up points of Interest which are unique,
says the Brooklyn Eagle. Not the least
Interesting are the constant references
cf the early writers to the medical vir
tues of fish. Of course, many of the
«alt and fresh water fishes mentioned
by the old writers are not recognized
by the writers of to day, but the fresh
water perch, carp, tench and eel are
yet recognized, and it Is in connection
with these fish that some of the quaint
est Ideas as to their medical virtues
has prevailed.
In the art of healing tho carp plays
a respectable part. One old writer
speaks of the fat of the carp as be
ing of miraculous powers for the alle
viation of "hot rheumatism." The
manner of Its application was by fre
quent rubbing on me painful part, and
the effect was said to be eminently
mollifying aud salutary. The trian
gular bones in tho throat of the carp,
on being ground to a powder aud ap
plied to a wound or bleeding nose,
were said to act as styptic. The gall
a
was also said to have been used for
sore eyes and "above the eyes," says
an old Esculaplus, "two little bones
exist, seml-clTcular In shape, which
are diligently preserved by noble fe
males agalust the lunattcal disease."
The eel has also a respectable med
ical history. Members of the profes
sion from Galen to the present day
recommend It. Hippocrates, however,
makes this exception; "This food Is
forbidden In tabes and diseased
spleen." Galen prescribed It In no
pnrltls. Tho monks of Salerno held
the eel In abhorrence. They say, ac
cording to Dr. Badbam, In tueir dietet
ic code, "to live on eels is a sure reci
pe for spoiling the voice." Pliny also
hold this opinion, but says also, "sin
gular they are holden to be to cleanse
the humors, either cholerlck or phleg
matic. likewise, to cure the Infirm
ities of the spleen, and only that they
be hurtful to the throat and make a
man to lose hls voice—they be harm
less enow."
"Pon't Forgot."
Many years ago. writes Thomas Bai
ley Aldrich In "Pougapog Papers," a
notea Boston publisher used to keep a
largo memorandum book on a table In
lus private office. Tho volume always
lay open, and was In no manner a pri
vate affair, being tho receptacle of
nothing more Important than hastily
scrawled reminders to attend to this
thing or the other.
It chanced one day that a very
young, unfledged author, passing
through the city, looked in upon the
publisher, who was also the editor of
a famous magazine. The unfledged
had a copy of verses secreted about
hls person. The publisher was absent,
and young Milton sat down and
waited.
Presently hls eye fell upon tho mem
orandum book. lying there spread out
like a morning newspaper, and almost
in spite of himself he read, "Don't for
get to see the binder," "Don't forget
to mail E. his contract," "Don't forget
H.'s proofs," and so forth.
An Inspiration seized upon the youth.
He took a pencil, and at the tail of
this long list of "don't forgets" he
wrote, "Don't forget, to accept A.'s
poem."
He left hls manuscript on the table
and disappeared. That afternoon,
when the publisher glanced over hls
memoranda, he was not a little aston
ished at the last Item; but Ills sense of
humor was so strong that ho did ac
cept the poem—It required a strong
sense of humor to do that—and sent
tho lau a check for It, although the
verses remain to this day unprinted.
Facing the Future.
"What Is baby's name?" asked the
graciously condescending young worn
son." was the colored mother's reply,
"How did you come to give him such
an extraordinary name?"
"Well, you see dat chile takes after
hls father an' I wanted to give him a
name dat were gwlne to be appropri-|
ate. An'every time anybody mentions
•fiyln' machine' dey say It's sumplu'
dut positively refuses to worin"
Washington Star.
an.
"His name Is Fiyln' Machine Jack
Queer Request.
"There were others present at tho
time," Miss Oldeu was saying coyly.
"nud he asked it he couldn't see me
apart."
"The Idea!" exclaimed Miss Bitter;
"Juat because your teeth and hair are
false, does he think you come apart?'
—Philadelphia Ledger.
The sweetness of adversity Is apt to
sour a man's disposition.
CURIOUS DINNER PARTIES.
Epicures of Eccentricity Who Scare*
for Novellier,
Ordinary methods of (lining do not
suit everybody, even wh»n the costli
est luxury Js employed. Epicures of
an eccentric turn of mini! In search ol
novelty have recourse t> strange ar
rangements, according (■» the Toledo
Blade.
During the recent season at Dlnard,
the Breton watering place, a very
novel dinner was given by two distin
guished visitors, the vicomte and vi
comtesse de Saussine. The idea was
to make the dining room as much like
a real garden as possible, and, with
this object In view, real green turf
was laid over the whole of the floor
and daisies and other flowers were
planted In it In the center of the
"lawn" there was a rockery, with a
fountain playing and a live rabbit was
gamboling near It. The guests at- •
tended In flowing draperies, wearing
garlands of roses upon them, and they
took their seats on cushions on the
grass while their food was served to
them on wooden dishes, which were
laid on campstools In place of tables.
Fruit and wine were scattered In pro
fusion on the grass and, In order to
obviate all difficulties of passing the
salt cellar around a huge loaf of bread,
out and filled with salt
suspended from the celling and this
was swung around from one guest to
another as required.
Somewhat similar In conception was
another very curious dinner party
given a few months ago In New York
by a well-known lender of 'American
society—Mrs. Arthur B. Froal. Tb'is
was n "farmyard" dinner. One of the
largest rooms In a lending restaurant
was transformed for the occasion Into
something that looked very much In
deed like a farmyard. Around the
walls were scenes representing fields
•nd pastures and the floor was strewn
with agricultural Implements of all
kinds, as It the farmhands had only
Just left the place.
Figs and lambs were roaming about,
rabbits stopped munching carrots to
skip away frightened as the guests
entered the hall and at the same mo
ment a representation of a rising sun
appeared on the horizon, a rooster
standing on a wooden box saluted It
In his nSnal manner. Chlckçns, ducks
and geese Immediately began to
straighten their feathers aud run
about.
Dinner was served In the Inside of
a huge egg, which was placed In tho
center of tho landscape, reaching from
the floor almost to tho coiling, and
which had been moat skillfully fash
ioned by a decorative carpenter. Tho
table Inside was a perfect oval. It
was hollowed In the center and with
in the hollow part were floral decora
tions which represented tho white and
yellow parts of the egg. The yolk
was
was made oP' daffodils and Jonquils
and the outer fringe of white was
made up of lilies and candytuft and
such flowers ns one might see on a
country hedge.
This dinner was really arranged ns
sort of rival In eccentricity to olio
which was given at the same time by
another famous Now York hostess,
Mrs. O. K. O. Billings, which came to
be known as the "horseback" dinner.
All the guests were bidden to attend
on horseback and they trotted Into
jt)e dining room without dismounting
)nd there took dinner from tables
which were Just saddle high,
tho guests partook of their soups and
entrees the horses munched oats at
tho mangers which had been provided
for them. All tho guests on this occa
sion, numbering thirty-five, wore la
dles.
While
Why Women Are Lato.
"It's Just 0 o'clock," said Squllbob,
according to tho Kansan City Journal,
"and so you have plenty of time to
dress yourself carefully tor the theat
er. With this margin of time, Hen
rietta, you can surely have no ex
cuse for being unprepared at tho last
moment, a trait wholly confined to
your sex."
"Yes, dear, I'll start dressing right
now," said hls helpmate, dutifully.
"And I myself will show you a good
eitamplo of promptness," said Squll
bolt, kindly. "I'll start right In now,
myself. By tho way, where are my
shirts "
"Here they are."
"Put the shirt studs In it, will yon?
Aud—nr—by tho way. this dross suit
Is rather rumpled. I must have tossed
It around la tha drawer. You arc
rather handy at those things, Hen
rietta—can't you press It Into some
sort of shape?"
"All right, dear."
"And while you are at It. fix tho
pearls In toy shirt front. Ginger! I
wish you'd chaso up my cuff but
tons."
Mrs. Squllbob flew around with deft
and, willing -hands, gathering the
masculine apparel together, while
Squlllioh calmly dressed himself In
the Intervals of hls rapid-fire direc
tions. "Got my top hut?" he asked.
"Good. Now, please fix my necktie,
and—why— er — er —"
Squllbob gasped In surprise^ looked
at the clock hands, which pointed to
7 and then surveyed the flurried little
woman.
"Ginger!" ho said In fine scoi i,
"aren't you dressed yet? Well, If that
Isn't like a woman!"
Scholarly Version.
On the campus of Emory College In
Oxford, O«., there Is a tablet to the
memory of Ignatius Few, the first
president One day a freshman was
crossing the campus with hls cousin,
j who „»feed Mm to explain the Inscrip
Uon on the stone,
| rea A slowly. "What does that mean,
will ?"
"That," said the freshman, easily,
( " obi that moans, 'He Uves—no, he
don't, he's dead.' "
—
" • VI vit —non—mortuua— est,' "
•hr
Hopeless.
"Hair needs trimming badly, air."
"Yes. that'« about tha way you'd
trim It."
"Better let me cut It?"
"No, It'« all right"
"Oomee down over your coat couar."
"Yea, I'm going to have the coat col
' lar cut down."—Cleveland Leader.
An unaucoeasful man has more con
fidence In others than he has In him
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