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A" - IN HIE OLDEN TIM.Irlr"",,fc,"Mr,fl,,lo,THEATUH,ATi TOPICS. It tha and spuria of th green slowly died away, and even la the i BASEBALL AS EARLY PLAYED DAYS. IN now 11 ixt.i -OW l.i- sad T l.all- ukiuai Hmmh r 170 iiei lugging llir kMntn, Te. r ul HE atory of base ull goes bark g fund tbe revolu tion In tbc 1 1111. ut tbe Kmxl t,tien Ann, tu (he mer rie England that '-i -ay 11 in a u ami then down -cy II through all the VL dead age. to a year ami a country un known) They did not rail the gnels of our great sport "baseball." nor did It murh resemble our play of to-day; rat n held the vital spark of the ma that baa woo America a hsart. Not murh i kmwo of tha earlier games except that tbey eilated It la only of the Immediate anreatora of baae- ; ball. "rounders" and "town ball." that definite hlitiry eilata. Even whera Mi how tbey split from the ancestral , game and ihelr cousins, cricket and football, la not known for tha paat century nr more, however, the present game of baaaball haa held strong re aemblanrw to Ita form of to-day. It waa queer baseball that our knlrk rborkered great-grandfathers played In the old colonial daya Tbey would aport In the meadows bealde the town, playing with unhandy balla of yarn that some good wife had stltrhed over with rlotb. The surroundings were queerer. If they lived In the western reserve of Ohio or In the lake Cham plain rountry they might keep their matchlocks pllet in a corner of the fenre, ready fur an Instant rhange from gayety to deadly fight against j murderous redskins Hut all the men of lT'.o and 17(0 took their pleaaura v. Ik mm. kMfl. mmA f . n.l.,,1. t .1 to relax from the steady drudgery of farming. later, when the youth and flower of the land lived upon the rommona and the muskets were piled In the llttla town balls of rough tirlrk. the men of "76 still sought dlveralon from the antlety of a threatening situation In the oi l game of "rounders " They played it aa Kngllah rhlldren. and even Kngllah prtnrea of Wales played it on the rommons Most often in the or derly New KtigUnd village of that day the marl et. place and forum filled , tha gap between the spick and apan white meet lug -house, with Ita Invari able high green bllnda and -harp spik ed steeple of alate. and the town hall Id the atraggllng farmer villages of New York and Pennsylvania the mild ahorthorn rattle with great flinging of heels tier) from their grating at the Invasion of tha playera of "rounders." Further to tbe south where the life waa more of the plantation and less of tbe town, the games of the period did not obtain mmh of a hold It was In New England und the mid dle rolonlea that ' 'rounders" waa In greatest fa or There waa tittle ex actitude about the g.ime A tree jr big atone aerve.l as a base; there might be five, there might be all of them A plli her BMl MM In the field and tossed balls toward the hatamer. who wielded bits of aran'llng. broom atlrks or what not. Out beyond the bases playing rase? free, wrre three or four fleldi ra who did what they rould to get handa on the balla aa the sticks whacked them, slewing them out then In odd MTfM Altogether It waa sin h an Irregular game aa one may see tbe six yrar old play ,u the alley round the (inner any day The ball waa a hank of y.irn. and even the smith's apprentices, with Ihelr pre eminent bleeps, niuld not swipe the mushy phi-p dd more than a few iloieu pare. Catchers there sere Bona, and so It waa with basemen The vr.ole gathered croud took tun at . luhhing and by rotation 'hi men o Bg the green got rhanres to dndga ftom tree lo big atone anil from big tine to houae corner in the round of the baaea That was all there waa of - fur. nr excitement In "rounders" the base running Onre a man was on the baae the whole i rowd Aelilef pltrher and onlookers combined to put him out What waa necessary to thla acorn pllshment waa merely that the ball ghoul I touch him whi n he waa off the ONE tiVi it TH1 PLATE li might he thrown from u fjs IIBOVga that, with the change h.lsc tarn N able h.imlfuls then used aa bulla, wns n miitiri "I hih apeciilullon The man might hi tnuchril In a acrlmm.nic to wblih half IsM Held would lie a party and bt might, if the varlotia eb mrtita agiilltst blm wen aufflclenll) vim -cohesive, scoot TBSBfl laB gauntlet of the baaea to the home. After this brief period of excitement Ihe life of a play er In "rounders" waa una of gentle ness and peace. He might toag for a while in the progresalye promotion of the gnme nnd he might eh use through tin lb Id. starring dnlslcs nfter the roll ing ball. The siiectaculitr fly catch wtia not known, because Ihe fly Itaelf aaajla not he flown; Ihe home run bud not been heard of. since there were no feiicea that tbe melons thry mla rslleil halls rould climb. Even Ihe pleasure of breaking the windows of a mean man's houae and then arootlng for safety waa denied the youth who played "rounders." At the revolution wore on nnd Uia .. SSsBBl 1 1 tomlm alowly died away, and even In tha fighting ranks none had tlma or thought for m irh of play. So It waa that when tbe redcoat bad left New York, murh rheerwd by tbe overjoyed popular aa they man-bed from their barracks on William and Ann streets down Hroadway and arroaa the bowl ing green tbe resort of tha Aral New Yorkers for their great gama of ten pine- the old game of "roundera" waa revived In somewhat new guise. "Town ball' they dubbed It then, and for fifty or ality yeara thereafter New York waa Ita renter. Through tba wara of 'I! and '46 and the panics of 'It and 'JC, and the gold excitement of '4 New York held fast and true to town ball. Ita boya played the gama on tbe meadowa above town, aa they grad ually slid farther and farther north, from Houston afreet to Harlem, and through all tbe periods when other sections of the rountry let sport go tha .Saw York youths retained their en tbualaam and devotion to "town ball " It la likely that the new rulea that i arne after the revolution and which gave the game a new Interest helped materially to keep It alive for ua. A Krenrh a hnolbnya game called "trheque," whlrh means something like our "out," had been Introduced In New York by Huguenot refugees of a 'iii'ury before, and It had an Impor tant effect In reraatlng the rulea of the game It waa now played with aides, and a heavy ball of rubber took tba place of the yarn lump. A rati her waa added to the team, and the diamond waa evolv ed aa a baae diagram. Thla brought, too. the abandonment of the old houaa ''trners and treea aa baaea. ami the egrlualve use of stones or boards. The national game of to-day waa In Ita hryaalla form Some yeara bad pass ed before these changes were fully ac- AT THE II AT t epted throughout tbe country and by that time interest In the game bad visibly quickened. The retiring of a ' side by putting sll of Its members out brought the field teams in to bat at more or leas regular Intervsls. and neighborhoods began to fcrm teams to play Sunday afternoons for the enjoy ment of their lurmtiers and the honor of their district! In Nw York. Bow. ery Uiya were accustomed at time to go to the city limits at times to light the Maiden I-anr hoys and after a time the warda of tbe i Itles had teams that ran on year after year Eipert knowl edge grew and improvements were slowly grafted on the simple game Tbe principle of a fair hit waa tba Brat important Innovation Winn adopted it made any ball that flew from the li.it outside the lines to tbe first and third baaea nnnenunting When thla was well established changea began to follow awiftly Men were put on th t ( capture and to put out the run ners. Base running became vaatly mote etcltlng then before, especially In view of the fact that plugging' vii the favorite method of putting out ronrers "Plugging." which Is now unknown to haaehall fans consisted In standing lit a more or leas gemote dial. mi from the runner and throwing the ball, full for. i at him This was to put him out The rubber might strike him on the ear and nip off a llttla skin: It might catrh his blrep muscle anil par alyir It. It might hit bis wind and send him doubled up In agony to the ginund It might do Injury to the man In half s Inien ways Men were known to lose eyes through It to suffer long spells of uncnnaclotianesa. and two or three cases of cancer developed (mm It. The practice waa a survival of the old yarn-ball days, when a man might thtow the ball al another ftom a dla- taiice of hut five pin es ami do no harm Hut the yarn wad had passed from the arene. and In Its plsre waa a hard rubber ball, or one made of leather f rubber, after the general faahlon I to day "Plugging." full of posslhll Itles of htiin nnd a i Idi-nt under Ihe old team arrangements, became more dangerous when the basemen were In troduced to the game They were to ,iii I to the rutin'Ta and their throws wete mure mi rale, and their missiles struck with greater (BfCg tlradually. spreading by leaps and limps, alter BBttCI from New York as a renter, a rule prohibiting "plugging" was adopt ed over the country. It was in the free nnd easy days nf tin- ".".'Ir and It's t hat the elu'is playing town bull begun to acquire more than local reputations The fume of one orguhUutlon or another would ipayaas In ihe neit county, nnd I0S4I notbliii; Mould do but Ihe two teailla should play for Intiuvniinty tumors, t'stiwlly the games were Ihe novelty of Ihe tin developed county fairs of the times. Il soon bggSSM neeeaanry that rulea established throughout the inuntry be .iiuitei, unit so a certain code was slowly adopted throughout the states und Imsehall became u name. It had broken out from Its cocoon. Ills Ignorant'. Young Mother "He Is somewhat crosa today" He Is teething." Old lluchelor (In great awe of the mite of humanity)- "And when do you expect blm to commence r comruom a Imlrlng?" Til Hlta. The Musi I'rnleslaal t'nanlrt. Sweden la the most Protestant coun try In the world. Of the population of (.(KW.OUii. there are only 2,000 or S.O'H) Unman Catholics-Ihe remainder of h ptople belonging utmost entirely to tbo Lutheran church. SOME 8AYINC8 AND DOINGS N ST ACELAND. rbe iui-i a4 Viola way K. ........ sail M.. h II.. in. In Mi, i" . I a l Mature In Ih Cuaajaerars - Whispers. MY LESLIE tella us about Viola For tearue, who useVi to be tba moat won derful child of tbe atage atmoaphere Hbe waa alwayi with her father and mother, who be long"! to 'Hires Surprise Party." and tbe baby lived at the theater a great deal. Tbe baby haa since grown to be a beautiful girl who plays ingenue rolea moat charm ingly. She la pretty aa a pearh. but In tha early daya aha waa rai.ed every thing from "Hloaaom Canary lllrd" to "Angel." and waa a bundle of tbe moat Incalculable mischief. Hire put on "Pinafore" with I.liile Webster aa Halph Karkatraw. Venle Clancy aa Jo aephlne, Harry Hunter aa Dick Dead eye, George Fortescue aa Mttle Butter cup ami Hick Oolden aa the boatswain It waa a rollicking venture, followed by tremendoua aurceaa. Little baby Fortescue come to all the rehearaala and knew every note of the mualc and would alng It with tbe moat frantic gesturea and her own picturesque lib retto. Particularly did aba like tbe ' delirious aria In which Josephine In- ! vokea alternate advice In "Oh. god of love and god of reason, say!" to decide upon her two rhanres to wed in a hurry. The baby used to perrh up on a Uble and rlaap her little flower handa over her belt and alng: "Oh, got a love, got a freeiin', Bay!" Sardou haa been complaining to friends that In late yeara bla proverbial luck in producing new playa when tbe attention of the public waa not en grossed In other more vital and im portant quertlons had deaerted him The production of ' Sana One " had to be post pnned on account of the Rue alan officers' vlalt to Paris, during which the Parlslani absolutely refuaed to go to plareg of amusement, tba atreeta affording all the diversion they neeiieii Pamela waa given wblle the Zola trial waa In progress and. of course, tbe newspapers did not devote to thla Important dramatic event tha para they would have devoted to It had not the French novelist rlalmed all the attention of tbe Parisian preas. "I object." says May Robson. "to be Ing criticised because when I appear aa La Poulette. the antiquated danc ing girl In 'The Conqueror.' I make I up my far perfectly whit. Tbe writ era that have attacked me on this score have never visited, aa I have, the latin quarter of Paris, where women similar to jt Poulette frequent the cafes. I was in Europe last summer, and visit ed out (if ihe-way places with the avowed purpose of studying character In the Latin quarter It was no strange siflr to sit the linhemlan girls runch a rag Into a hot of white chalk and then rub the rag all over their faces. That may not strike you or me as pro ducing a beautiful effect but It la tbe fad in that eccentric nelg hen I appi.tr as La Po like a tbeet freab from am merely holding the nature." he laundry 1 mirror up to Mr. Alan Dal, says th Criterion, has dlscuiered that Fifth avenue la preferable to Broadway as a promen ade for artora of dlstlm tion. and also thst Mr John Drew affei g the Arst namrd thoroughfare There Is noth- Ing nw In the announcement that Broadway Is passe ss a promenade; for nearly three years only soubrettes and halr-rutlera have paraded regularly thereon But It has never beep sup posed by those who knew him beat that Mr Drew ever walked In Fifth avenue or anywhere elae Heretofore, when hla system baa craved the boon of physical exertion he baa walked WW? VIOLA FOHTESCI E down the steps of the Players' club and back again or taken a ride around Orameny park In one of tba electric i urrluges. "I believe that the stage." said Mme Modjesk. recently. In dlacusallig tbe treatment of morals on the stage, "In order to be a factor In chlllxatlon and In modern life cannot tie treated on the plane of a kindergarten, hut must touch all the vital Interests of life. It cannot keep een entirely aloof from ' the delicate subjects, which, though not pleasant to talk over In polite so . clety. have a great aoclal bearing But there la a measure fur everything li depends on the treatment, and there ' Is a higher Instinct of good taste und a nobler Ideal that ought to be de risive In this regard." Of Edward S Ulllard. who Is III In Chicago, the Inter Ocean apenka as fol lows: "Mr. Wlllurd baa been sb k for some time. Ihe . umullltlve effect of a hard season on the road and a touch of miliaria that be bud In the south mnn of Iron wilt und tremendoua rvoua energy, he has bravely persist ed In carrying out his engagements aa originally arranged. He has always been a particularly active man. and looks After n great amount of detail outside of stage work, as be person- av i "saw, 'saTa! JMWr?,Bmiag) ' 'Si.rlBBaV,, -jLaaaaa s . ., aa.ax !" i,rKul"t' tn eaact or overwork mi toha . naturally rugged constituted " John Doel. Englapd'i oldest living actor, haa Juat celebrated another birthday, his 04th He playee Launre lot OoLbo to tbe Sbyl -k 4gfcdmund ''t- and aaw tbe Brat lapoleon wii ulee waa prisoner oioard the lirltla man-of-war llelleroion For I many yeara he managed a theater, which perished long ago. at Devon port, and be had aome famoua namea on hla pay roll, among them thoae of the Kemblea. Llaton. 0. V Brooka and tha elder and younger Matbewa. A retort rourteous with a pretty piece of wit la said to have pasted during a recent call of Richard Mana fleld upon the wife of a cabinet officer In Washington II seated himself In a great leather eaay cbalr. Aa be sank Into It. be remarked: "Inflated, lan't It? Puffed up. It la quite naturally flattered to have a place In your home " "On the contrary, my dear Mr Mana fleld," replied the complimented hoat eaa. "any cbalr la puffed up with the honor of having you alt In IL" Annie Irish will not be the leading woman of William H Crane's company neit aeaaon. Mlaa Irish baa made an eitremely strong Impreaalon In the role of the French widow In Mr. Crane'a production of "A Virginia Courtahlp," and Joaeph llrooka. hla managar. haa made enticing offers for her to continue with them neit year She intenda tak ing engagements that will not compel ber to leave New York. Kate Terry has returned to tbe stage In London. In "Tbe Master." When KATE TERRY, she was first seen as Arthur In Kean performance of King John. Macaulay who saw the representation of tb play before the queen at Windsor wrote to ber: "The little girl whe acted Arthur did wonders. It Is al most worth while to be past middU llf to ee Miss Kste Terry play this.' The reputation of M Kostsnd haa lately Buffered In Parle from tha changes that bis successful "Cyrano d llergerac" Is a bold plagiarism from sn old French play written msny years ago. This discovery Is said to have lieen made by the purchasers of tbe English rights, who found thst a ver sion of tbe old play has recently ben prepared for use In Uindon. M Ros tand has not yet answered the charge. Frnnklln Moor has finished a play based on the life of Nell tiwynne. taken fnm a novel tailed "The Impudent Comedian." wb'h he wrote aome limn ago The actress Is shown flrst as an orange seller In the pits of theaters and her career la traced to the time In which ahe herume a court favorite. The character la said to bo highly sym pathetic. Adellna Pattl. Clara Butt. Edward Lloyd and Charles Santley will sing wltb a festival chorus of some 3.019 and an orchestra of fiOO. led by August Manna, at a concert In the Crystal pal sie. June 25 Pattl haa not ating in the Crystal palace alnce the Handel festival of lk0. I Zangwell may write a play for Hi' hard Mansfield "He haa been at me for yeara." aaya Zangwell "Ha wants to play 'Th King of the Schnor rers.' and onre offered m a carta blanche commission to write no leas thnn four plays for him " Eleanors Dtiae has arhteved a great aurress In Flort nre In an Italian ver sion of "The Second Mrs Tanqueray " Critics who have seen both say that ahe did not look the part of Paula so well aa Mrs Patrick Campbell, but surpassed her In fnrre of acting. J H Stoddnrt experts to retire from the stage after he has played In "Be alde the Bonnie Brier Bush" for a sea son or two. He says "A son atn. ;. daughter nre ready to make my life's evening easy, und 1 shall enjoy a rest." John R Bogera haa a new atar and aeema to be doing well with her in the British provinces Her name ia Julie Ring and ahe la playing the part form . tI portrayed by Minnie Palmer In "My Brother's Sister," It Is aald that Mrs Mansfield's Meat r i. o Cameron's retlri-no nt from Ihe stag la temporary, and that as soon .,- hi xi. 'ed happy . v. til has taken place she will rejoin ber husband. Charles II lloyt's new farce, "A Day and a Nlghl." will be shown Aral April IH ut New Hint n OMBh with Otis Harlan. William Devcrr. Low Bloom. W. II fittle. (leorgla t'ulne and Villa U in tl i ,t ''''''' v V.. TV .,, , . vBobbl and the dog were observed In Mrs. Hake hn. engugnl Wmer,,,, ,,. , ,,, , large., Lo.ta Llnthlcum and Alberta , , ,,, ,h flr ,., h. ...illetln for the .. play b, Mu.gl.er- htA ol,.lrarted from the lie .... iiikiiiii, ... lie H UUU' 1, Ul till Fifth Avenue theater. New York, dur- ing her present engagement. "The church and tbe stage." says the laintilgniivllle Suge. "are getting togetlur Hllhout knowing It. In theae days the in tor iIih the preaching and the pteili her the Uctlng." . t season Viola Allen will alar In "Romeo and Juliet" and "Twelfth Night." Her father. C l-lie Allen. now with lleli.u Millet, will he a meiu- lier of ber company, 'S AM) GIRLS. SOME OOOD STORIES FOR OUR JUNIOR READER. i New I .i t llaolaMB II ill' at u l i. . A Peealksr I ..l. Ml. I Krlaklng llsbll of Aal ajlaga r Tea at. r. nr?' flalet. I don't know why I n alsndrd so. If I go Mgh-ir I go low. Tteara alwava -m- una who will aay. Just that nw.iiry to-lay' " Anl whether toward the top I crawl . Of down toward aero I aaay fall. ! They always frat. and say that I Am far too low. or far too high And though I try with all say might I never seem to sink It right. Now I admit it seems to ma Thay show great Inconsistency. Hut thay Imply 1 am to blasse. I Of aware that makes my anger Bam. Aiel in a fUrv Hi t nlou I stay vt ninety for a wek. ir eomtima In a dull daepeJr. I glv ' . r, ... g frigid ataee: And as upon their taunta I think My spirits down to aero etnk. Mine Is indeed a hopeless rest To strlv to pga tha human race! -Carolyn Wls. In Youth a Companion. A farallar rieh. Lying limp and dry on a natmong er a slab, lb turbot Is perhaps lb laaat Interesting of flab When swimming In an artlflrial sea. or lying on the aandy bottom. It Is the moat attractive of all the dsn I tana of Oils mock ocean, and. whether at real or In motion, haa an air of vlgllanc. vivacity and In telligence greater than that of any normally shaped Dsn. This la In part due to hla habits, and In pan to tba eipreealon of tbe flat flah'a eye. This. whb h Is sunk and Invisible lo tbe dead Ash. is raised on a kind of turret In the living turbot. or sole, and set there In a half revolving apparatua. work- 1 Ing almost aa independently aa tha ball and socket" eyes of the chamo- leon Thir la this difference, how- ever, in tha ayt of tbe Iliard and or th flab the Iris of tbe chameleon Is s mere pinhole at tha top of tbe eye ball, which is thus absolutely without eipresslon. Tbe turbot a eyes ar black and gold, and Intenaely brtght. with none of tbe filed, atartng. stupid appearances of ordinary Ashes' eye It lies upon the sand and Jerk Ita eyes Independently Into position to survey any part of the ground surface and tba water above or that on any side at any angle If it had light rays to project from Its eyes Instead of to receive, th effect would b precisely that made by tbe sudden shifting of the jolntad ap paratus which casts tbs elsctric light from a wsrsblp at any angle on th son, sky or horizon. The turbota. though ready, graceful swimmers, moving In wavelike undu lations arroas tbe water, or daablng off Ilka a flash when so disposed, usually lie perfectly still upon the bottom They do not. like th flounders, cover themselves with sand, for they mimic tbe color of tbe ground with soefc ab solute fidelity that, etcept for lbs shin ing eye. It Is almost impossible to dis tinguish tbem. It would appear that volition plays some part In this subtle conformity to environment, for one turbot. which Is blind, has changed a tint too light, and not at all in harmony wltb that of the sand Th Drinking IUI.it at Inlmala. Tame rabbits are commonly kept without wiler. but they may be seen licking tbc bars of their but. b after a shower and drink agerly when tbey have the ham e Most other rodents. Inrtudlng rats, are thirsty creature. The only animals living In very dry plarea which seem able to do entirely without drink are snakes and reptile. In th cold desert of shifting said In Kashgar there were no reptiles, and not even a fly But the Afghan boun dary commission found swarma of ilx ards and a new and venurooui specie of adder In astonishing numbers In the awful desert of hot shifting sand at the corner where Persia. Baluchistan and Afghanistan meet. We must note one exception, th gi raffe. Which Ml llryden believes exists for three-quart' ra of the year In North Kalanarl without water. But this can not lie proved until the desert has been explored and tbe total absence of water ronflrmed There Is known to be water beneath the surface and If the giraffe i dues live waterleaa. he must imbibe his liquid nutriment at second hand In the Juices of the leaves of the trees which have their roots In the moisture, goals do not apparently drink, neither do cor morants and penguins: hut there can be little more evaporation from their bodies than from thoae of Ash. and their food Is wet and moist A more dlffliult question la that of the water supply f arctic animals In winter; pos sibly they eat anow a ltilltel the gfj llernard. Bobble Is & years old and tbe son of a promlnriit Twin Cities clergyman now realdent In fhlrago, who la noted for hla eloquenre and tbe Impressive manner of his baptisms Being an ex ponent of the Baptist faith the baptisms were, of course, by Immersion. The i hun h wss an cspecatily popular one ami the ceremony waa a frequenLvent. It alwaya excited tbe child Interest to a lively degree. Hobble waa an exceptionally preco cious youngster and was nothing If not original. He would watch hla father Immerse tbe candidate and would listen attentively to the words, "In the name of the Father and of th Son and of the Holy tibost" which th pastor employed. This formula tioth- . red Hubble II. askt I main qui-a- tiolia upon the subject, but never seem ed to And the explanation that satis fied him One of Bobble's prim favor ites and his constant playfellow waa a huge St Bernard noted for his beauty and IntelllKi-nce Early one morning ' rook's quarters. His air was very mys terious and the dog seemed to assume extra, vigilance us he oversaw the oper ations. For a long time the child dug sway at the soft god. Finally be seemed to be aatlafleal with the dtmcu alons. and together he und tbe dog hur ried to the pump In the rear yard. In a short time they had the hole full of water. Then Bobble, taking the obe dient, old dog by the collar, led blm edatcly to tbe hole. and. selling hi bend and alKitlldera us he hud sea hla fulbor do vlth the candidate at bap- tlaw). ha i mail d tbe animal's begs) lata I the pit As It nwut up dflpBttaff Bo.'.t.i ejaculated with evident trtumpJa: "In tha name of the Fa tier and of Um BOB and In tha hole you t" -.a" Llttla Elian Weal, agad yean and a reaident of Hyde Park, la inclines! to be philoawpblcaj. She is a constant at tendant at church, and vary frequently arrompaniee ber parents to leetnrea at tbe university. Not long ago aha hw- gaa to study Into tha nature of aosna of her small playmate. Certain ac tions of one of ber friends passled bar greatly, and aha Anally astonished bar mother by Use following otoeervaUon: "Mamma, I believe that Marlon is very fickle. Whan I hava candy or am riding my bicycle the pretends to think a great deal of m. but at other tli she won't hardly look at ma. lan't that what Professor meant lbs other day when he said the world laughs with you; ) on weep alone T " Mr. Want assured Elian that sh bad setted upon a great truth. The same Ellen attends tba Ray school oajlftv -seventh street. On month bar standing waa very lo, and her father remonstrated with her. 8h was duly impressed by tba fore of bla remarka. and the noit month brought home a better report. Her father was plad, but not wanting Ellen to ca her Industrious efforts he waa rat bar scant In bla praise. This triad tbo little girl sorely, and. turning from blm, with tear la ber even, ah said: "Papa, yon forget that heaven U not rescued at a alagi bound.' assajg Tiahietisp i. a...rt. "Tlnkletop. " aa they called bar. waa J" laavrnlng to spell woroa of mora 1"0 syllable and waa eicaodlnglf VTomA of tba face It afforded bar alao aatlafartloo to know that ber tldera could no longer banlah ber from u eslred she should not understsnd. After insisting on sovsraJ occasions that shs waa not "a little pitcher" and that her ears were no longer than o'her people' she caught up her uacl right smartly one night as he waa eiploitlaf a choice narrative In "hog Latin" dia lect. "Now I know what you said." and sh told th story In almost aa good "Latin" aa tbe original. Who told you all that?" aaked ber unci "Humph." she said In One disgust, "can't I laarn hog Latin' If I try. unci?" "Wall, we will And a way to chant your little ears yet." Ttnkletop thought hard, but said no thing, and shs watched her uncle Ilka th provvrblal cat. One day b cam home with a now story on aa eccentric neighbor. Two llttla oars ware perked ready for tao tal. ' 8-p-e-l-l l-t," cautiously suggested tbs mother. But a determined little voire waa lifted from a primer In the other end of tbe room, and It cried: "No. you mustn't spall It. either." And he didn't. II., ut af Wlat and Oaa.f. The Aylng Dutchmen haa been driven from th waters by a more up-to-date spectral vessel. Down among the Caribbean Island aome native flrst saw the new ghost ship. It waa In bnstd daylight. Tha air waa so clear that the feathers ia a far-off bird's wing wrre distinct. Suddenly bearing down upon their rough boat a great steamer came. Smoke rolled from her funnels. Tb nstlves put their little ship about to escape from tbe track of th oncoming vessel and they saw that It wsj) a gray thing, with maata of gossamer and funnels of gauaa. In th bright sun light It waa a great, massive ablp. carved perfectly from a mountain of mist. There was no throb of englnea, no sound of waters rut. although th foam played around the prow. Since then the phantom steamer haa j lftn otUo glghtsd-Bt twilight, at uoon. on stormy days and clear oaaa Men and ll.tr a. Kin. u In llattl. In regulsr battles the proportion of loss among men and horse la quite rloae. and In hand to hand combats of cavalry, as well as In sharp artillery engagements, for every man killed or nounded there la alao a dumb warrior entitled to a place bealde him on the roll of honor. The Light Brigade at Balaklava rode In 6W (not 6001 strong, and hist L'vs men. but of the ('.tin horses, Ht'it) were shot down hy the Rtisslsn guns. In the fierce charges of the tier in. hi I'hlana and Culrnasleils at Vlon vllle. Mars-la-Tour, In UT0, I. too men and 1.600 horses were killed and wounded In the artillery contest on tbe same field, 73o men and I.ihjii horse) fell around the guns. At Oravelotte soon after Msra la Tour, the artillery Aghtlng was alao terrible, and 1.300 horses were shot down around the bat teries, although the loss of tha artll. Icrles wss less than 1. 000. The Wairala nf Anta. Sir John Lubbock has gone to the ant again, and If he keeps up his Malta and others Imitate him, thst Inter, at ing Insect will become asless for Bun day school purpoi Jbit John suc ceeded In getting kssff ants helplessly drunk, and then pkxrrd them outside an ant bill. The sober ants tamo out, picked up their friends and put them t bed to sleep off tbe effects of Sir Joba's liquoiv, th strangers, however, they sternly rolled over Into th ditch. OENE A LOGICAL TRAGEDY. a. rsa art HavS It was on of th tales which wag to make a great a people rf-h If all the Make in lb chain of anreetry could bo found, any tba New York Tlma. The legate ha this country bad twenty-on yr ha whb h to prove their claim bofor tbo property would revert to tbo crows. Everything possible bad been done aast on link waa still missing. That was an old family Bible containing eertala necessary records. Jt waa supposed to have boon burned at the tlma of tha Deerfleld maaaacre. but notwithstand ing, every effort bad been mad to Baal It If try any possibility R waa In eitst- ence, but without uc eaa. and the t IBM eipired Two ysara later, one of taw legatees, a New York womaa. eh la ill. to see In a naaar tbo advartlaemer.t of a woman who wanted work. The ad- vertlaer had signed her name, and tt waa a family name of tba womaa who waa ob of tba claimants for tbo Eng lish estate. It waa per hap tba persist ent fascination which tbo searcher Into genealogical roeorda r lose, and the force of habit for mod In many years' search for previous ument which intereated her at She anawersd th advatbemnt la son. found that tha woman bad the wlf of a member of bar family, who had died, leaving hr In financial strslts. which had forced bar to ad vert Is for something to do to support herself. But the Strang and romanUw part of th story waa that amojtg otat books and papers which bad been cher ished aa having belonged to bar boa baa d th woman had th old Bible. wttb Its rsglster of births and deaths, and the only link that had been needed to obtain tbe large oatate, and now that It waa too lata R waa found wber It bad been treasured aimuly aa a souvenir. A CONNOISSEUR. Coalda'l I....I Hiss ea the Prle caf ej Kletare. A man who wore a silk hat. rhla whiskers and th other thing In a cold climate sauntered Into Natt'a picture gallery yesterday afternoon, accompanied by a lady, who waa evi dently bis wlf. says tbo Clevelaa leader. "I beard you had soma paint ings on exhibition bare." th maa said. "Yea." Mr. Natt replied; tbT ar In tha back room. Mr. Evans, tbo artist, will he glad to show them to you " Thay walked back and sat down, while th artist talked to a lady who thought of buying a picture that she had under critical asamlnatloa. After considerable dickering, aha de cided to rlos tbe bargain and tba with the silk bat happened to hear her mention tbe price that aha was about to pay. After tbe depart or of tbe lady who had mad tba pur chase, the other two caller wer fa vored with a view of the pictures aad) Anally th maa saw on that ha thought h might Ilk. "How much la tb prlc of thatr ha asked "Mr. Evaaa named his flgnr. wheroupoa th other got op. aald k hla wifaa "Come on Delia." and started to leavaC Aa they war paaalng through tho front room Mr. Natt overheard her aa) "What ar you In such a hurry fray, IsavldT" "That fellow s a cheat." waa tbe reply. "He aaked me $60 more for tha picture I naked him the price of than he charged for th one he sold a little bit ago. aad thla baa only oaa person painted In It. while th one tba woman bought haa two." IT PAYS. llal II la lb tuaatry la I'aM. When you have ben working aB winter long In the muddy, slushy city, day after day. wltb almost no cbanga and you have undergone all tb cans and worries that ar attendant on Ufa during tbe busy season of th ytat. wbn your step Is not as light aat firm aa It waa last autumn before yoa began and your gait Is more mine. and your brow more furrowed. It par to go to aome quiet hotel In tb coaa try for about a month, says tb Now York Herald Ye, when your yo It duller than Ita wont and your shoal dert kwr In their stoop and your sys tem's undermined and your temper quite uneven, and your mental power befogged It pays to go to tome ntes quiet rountry hotel; It pays. Oh. yea; when your taaks all weigh upon you and tb days m nevar endtng and the nights all seem op pressive, aad your health la going un der aad the dear wife grow ImpattaaAa and the children's faces longer aaa your own bony not so rboory, It pays to take them with you to some ale and quiet country hotel to spaad a month It pay oh. yea It pays. Yam bet your Ufa It pay. It pay a tb land lord! ( hang of TeaBBsaralar. Scientists and all observing panuaj are Intereated In the statement that the climate of Franc la quit rapidly growing colder. Tot sum time that was dtaputed. but a careful examlaa tlon of the condition of vegetation aa pear to confirm tbe Idea beyond tbo ahadow of a doubt. Certain treat and ahruba that a few years ago flour Ished luxuriantly are gradually dying out. and In soma localities hava dlaav peared altogether. Lemons formerly flourished In Languedoc and oranges in RousallUm. but the have altogeth er disappeared, aa have many Indlgo nous plsnt that at one time grew la the more northerly district. A t nloai. ( urliMtty. Jay Green (In dime museum) "gay. mister! What Is there curioua about that feller on the platform over there! He looks Juat Ilk any other Irish man, so far at 1 ran see." Laxturer 'That Hibernian, my friend, la on of tbo most remarkable troak of nature evwr placed on exhibition. H Is tbo oaiy irishman who ever aald Be JabersT " -Puck. Tha fheerfnl Ml. "I observe in the public prints." tho scientific boarder, "that a whale's Vnalue somsdjfj yields a Ion of oH." if th war. la aa olly-tonguad aa that." said th Cheerful Idiot, "no won der Jonah was taken In."- Indianapo lis Journal. A ouvatou heart la lib Pheaaoha lean kin , it, devours all 1 e-y