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Ll?c Democrat . II. AI).MS Publinhcr. cape c.ii:ai;deau, i Missouri THt MODEL VERB. It strikes me rather singular That when a chap resolves Some foreign language to acquire This curious fact evolves Beneath the head "Verbs, regular" So often do we find - The verb "to love" Is shown In full To represent the kind. But yet. of course, it's "regular" In every blessed tongue It's pretty regular, I vow. The folk of earth among. Hence, strange if such a perfect thing Were not upon the page Of grammar placed, for scrutiny. By each linguistic sage. So, growl the cynic as he may, Or scoff the careless youth. He soon or late must come to knota. This never absent truth: 'Tis necessary that he learn The past and present of That fascinating, wonderful Verb, "regular" "to love." KJwin L. Sabln. in Puck. I An Ultimatum. A Nil we won't even finish our new rustle now, Maysie," said Ted lit', dolefully. "I rail it a mean shame!" cried May sie. "Must you go, Teddie? Did your minima say you were just obliged to?" Teddy nodded, and his blue eyes were .istfui. "Just obliged to. Von see, Maysie. we are poor. It is because papa lied, mamma says, and that is why we lave to io without a great many things !liat we want. Mamma was so sick 'bis summer that Dr. James said she :uust (nine to the seashore to get well. tid so we came. And now we haven't iny wore money, and so we are just obliged to go back." Mavsie tossed up her head. "Well, I just wouldn't. Why don't you stamp our fret and scream'.' That's the .vay I do when I want anything, and Sally nearly always lets me have it." There was a little silence. Teddie sighed wistfully, and Maysie sat with her chin in her little brown hand and her dark eyes fixed thoughtfully on the sea. She was thinking hard. Sud denly she sat upright and her cheeks llamcd excitedly. "I'll just tell yon what. Teddie." she cried. "l"e thought of a splendid plan. You haven't any papa, and 1 haven't any mamma. Now, my papa is rich, you know ever so rich and he can do anything he likes. I'll just ask him to adopt you and your mamma. Then yen will be my brother, you know, and we will each have a D.'amma and a papa." Here Maysie was struck by a possible -akk mammas nice flaw in her splendid plan. "Are mam mas nice?" she asked, doubtfully. Dut Teddie dispelled her fears in Mantly . "'Deed iasiic-iliv Why. Ma mainn:a. tan sing r.nd cm about fuii Iliey are," lie cried enthus "They are just as nice as nice! sie, vou would just love my '-.e is so pretty and she as soft and sweet as birds, tell such beautiful stories all lies and things." he?" Maysie's eyes sparkled. "(an "Wl:y, that is splendid. And then we can stay here and finish our beautiful i astir." "T will not have to go home ilien." said Teddie. "Maysie. you do think of splendid tilings. You thought of the eastie and the sand cave and everything." Tuldy gazed at her admiringly. "(t. that's nothing." she said, witn fine indifference. "1 always think of things. Now I'll go and ask papa." "All right." saiil Teddie. "And 1 won't tell mamma t ill you come, so we ran s'prise her. I'll go home now. Ijood-by. Maysie." "(iood-by." Maysie sped across the sands, and said to herself, a la Sally: "My lucky stars." when she saw her papa coming toward her along the shore, a big brow n-'oearded man with merry eyes. "Hello, l'uss. what is the news? You look important." he said, tumbling her curls ever her head. "Well. 1 guess it is important," cried Maysie. "I have just settled aliout having a brother and a mamma. Such a nice boy. and I know his mamma is nice, tot). You won't mind having a lit tle boy, will you. papa? "You see." went on Maysie, "the little boy's name is Teddie, and I've played with him every day since we catne. We are building a beautiful castle now, such a grand one. with rooms and rooms, but if Teddie g(es away we can't ever finish it. They are so poor, you know, papa, that they can't stay here any longer. And I told him that I would just ask you to adopt him and his mamma. We are rich, aren't we, papa? And there's lots of room in oar house. And you know, papa, you often say if only I had a mother to manage me. And sometimes I get so lonely without anyone to play with. Teddy is lonely, too, and when he (roes home he won't have anything ?" SI IK ASKED. to eat but bread just enly bread, up." "Dear me!" said her papa. "Where did you pick up this little ragamuffin, Maysie?" "Why, papa," cried Maysie, indig nantly. "He isn't a ragamuffin at all! I .Sally says he is more ladvlike than 1 am. But I can run faster than he can. and he was afraid of the water at first!" Maysie sniffed contemptuously, and her father laughed outright. Maysie considered this a good sign, and she took his hand coaxingly. "Papa, how would you like to sleep in a bed with the rain all leaking down on it, and only bread to eat? Teddie's mamma ries aliout it. And you don't want your little girl to be lonesome, do you?" "You sly little w itch." cried this good natured father. "But would nothing less than adoption suit your highness? It would give me a great deal of trouble, you know, even with my limitless wealth. Now, suppose you and I buy Teddie something nice and see what we can do for his mamma. Won't that do?"' 'O, no, no. that won't do at all. I want ihem to live with us. and stay with us always. Now. papa, do say yes." "But. my dear little girl, that can not be done. Don't you know that it is as much as I can do to manage yot. without having another youngster on my hands? However, we will go and see them and then decide what is to be done." W ise little Maysie said no more. She felt sure that whi n her papa saw Ted die's soft, fair curls and Teddie's pretty mamma he would succumb at once. When the'y reached the tiny cottage he was a little surprised, and thinking that Teddie's mother was perhaps a servant here, was about to go to the side door. But Maysie declared that they lived here, and knocked calmly at the frcrt door. It was opened by Teddie himself, at sight of whom for the little boy bowed with the prettiest manner in the world Mr. Garland was still more astonished. "This is Teddie. papa." said Maysie. "And this is Teddie's mamma." Upon which the little people withdrew to the front door to discuss matters of importance, including the rapidly progressing castle and the latest news from the btdsidr of a sick kitten. May sie had decided that tliey could saf"ly leave their parents to get acquainted. A fair-haired little woman, gowned in black, rose to meet Mr. Garland, ami for a moment both gazed at each other in mute wonder. Then he took a stej forward. "Kathleen!" he cried. Siie held out her hand, and then smiled sadly. "Yes, it is I. Have I cliang.'d so much? You have not changed at all. Jack. You look just the same." "You have changed. But to find you here! You have been ill! Kathleen, what is this I hear about vour troubles?" The childish voice seemed to rin-f in his ears again: "Teddie's mamma cries about it." and suddinly he bent over her and took her hand in his strong, tender grasp. This brave little woman had battled with the world in silence, but now at the first touch of sympathy she gave way, a sob rose in her throat, two t'-'irs rolled down her pale cheeks, and in a inomotit her head was on his arm. "Kathleen, my Kathleen." he whis pered, passionately. "Let us forget our foolish quarrel. I know you loved me in J he oid days, and I have loved you always. Let us begin over again. We are older and wiser; we will not let our youthful folly stand between us. You will not throw away your happiness and mine?" The children returned some time later. Mr. (iariaud lifted the blue-eyed boy in his arms and led Maysie to the sofa. "There, dear." he said, "kiss your mamma. It is all settled. I have adopt ed both of them." "Uh, I knew you would." said matter-of-fact Maysie. "And now, Teadi , we'll go ami finish the castle." Chi casro Tribune. Wanted: A 'lelocrapii Will. A Canadian barrister is responsible for the following: One day a farmer came into his oilice. and requested i-;it a holograph will should be prepared fur his signature. The lawyer began at once to explain terms, but the tiller of the prairie, who prided himself not a little upon his legal knowledge, only grew angry. "I want a holograph will." he declared: "and I'm going to have it." he added, in parenthesis. When the impossibility of his request was still point i'd out he angrily stumped from the office, shouting out : "Hang it! If I can't have a holograph will. 111 blamed well die intestine." Almost as" funny was 1 tie tradesman who had recently been left some land. He came to the lawyer with instruc tions for a deed of transfer to be pre pared in favor of himself. On being asked his reasons. h gae them thus: "Don't feel sort of comfortable about that bit of country. I know how par ticular you lawyer geuts are. and I thought, maybe, that if I signed a deed making over the property to myself no one would be able to touch it." When his application was refused, he went away in a rage, and subsequent ly tried to bring an action against the lawyer, who. he imagined, was trying to defraud him. Cornhili Magazine. ot TTaed to Danky St em been. A negro, dark as ebony, and rejoicing in the name of York Crockett, was brought up in custody at Gainsborough pettv sessions on a double charge of as sault. The prisoner elected to give evi dence on his own behalf. The chair man. W. Embleton Fox, looking up and seeing a black hand stretched out to tbe Testament, promptly exclaimed: "Take off your glove." "That's his hand." remarked the clerk. The choir man bowed liis head -ver his desk, and the court roared. Birmingham 'F" land) Post. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. Nearly one-flfth of the students irt Sjwiss universities are women. It is estimated that there are lOO.OOC medical students in the United State. There are 112 institutions of learning in the United States conducted by th Lutheran church. The Methodist Episcopal church raised $153,203.04 more for missions during 1S9S than the year before. A Gospel ship is to be built at Jeffer sonville, Ind., which will be employed along the coast of Cuba and Porto Kieo. The Disciples stand third in denomi national rank in Christian Endeavor so cieties in America, with the Presby terians in the lead and the Congrega tionalists second. It is stated that in Great Britain there isoneXhristian minister to every 000 of the piulation. .In Japan one in every 114.000, in India one in every 1C5. u0. in Africa one in every 222.000. in the Chinese empire one in every 437.000 The weights of classes of students before and after examination have been made the subject of recent investiga tion. In high classes, where naturally the responsibility of the examination to. be gone through with was most felt, several pounds were lost, showing how the mental strain wa felt. In lower classes' the loss was not so great. A new scholarship has just been con ferred on the scientific school of Har vard university by a gift of $10,000 from J. If. Jennings, of the class of '77. now a mining engineer in the gold district of South Africa. The interest of this sum is to be given to a student of en gineering and the first award has been made to J. S. Sanborn. "!)9. Samuel Russell conducts a working men's Bible class every Sunday after noon at the Buggies Street Baptist church, in Boston. The membership of the class is nearly 3;0. and has been in existence two years. Thursday even ing of each week a temperance meeting is conducted under the auspices of the class, which is always well attended and full of enthusiasm. A LADDER FROM THE CLOUDS Such Will He the Appearance of the Eiffel Tower of I'nrls When Painted. The Eiffel tower, say ths gentlemen of esthetic temperament, must go. The Eiffel tower, say the gentlemen who know the I-iw. must stay for some years yet. The Eiffel tower, say the esthetes, is ugly, discouraging to the i ye and an all-round nightmare. "Scaf fold!" cries the carper. "Down with it! It has no place in esthetic Paris." "Impossible!" objects the law. "When the company took a lease cf it they got it for a term of 20 years. You can't break the leas?, and the time is nowhere up." "But," urges the esthete, "look at the shape, look at the size, look at the color! Is not the whole thing hideous"' If we can't destroy it we can at least improve it and lessen the offense to our senses." And so the Eiffel tower is going to lie metamorphosed. It has been in color i reddish brown, and it is the color to which the gentlemen with the fine ideas have long objected. They have called the tower a shameless creation and re peatedly ridiculed the commonplace tone of hue. And now they have pre vailed, and the tower is going to be a thing of beauty, so far as that gotF. Silver white is the color agreed upon, and it is urged that when the army of workmen have finished their painting the huge structure will look really not so bad after all. Half a hundred men will lie employed on the building, work ing hard every day for two months. And in.OOO kilogrammes of paint will be used up before the Eiffel tower has finally lost its brirkdust coat and finds itself arrayed in the poetic covering which the esthetes have advised. Two -oats of paint will be applied and t'uv brushes will be busy. It has been objected that the tower has always had the appearance of hav ing been cast up in inartistic form by a careless earth. The tower has seemed to rise awkwardly from the grouT'd. tbe critical have said. Why not give it such an arrangement as would sug gest the idea of dropping from the clouds? That would be a pleasing fan cy, and if the huge tower wre lighted at regular intervals it would present a picture as of a brilliant creature of the clouds, and all the world would be lost in admiration. These plans were sug gested w hen the exposition of 1'JOO were iMider discussion, and they have been adopted. A ladder from the clouds. That was the idea. And with that the esthetic taste was forced to be sat isfied. The Eiffel tower has long been the universal bed lamp of Paris. The great candle in the top would be sadly missed, even by those who have fought against the continuance of the structure. That ever-swaying lantern is one of the won ders of the French capital. N. Y. Her ald. Kicked All Around. A correspondence is being published in the Times on the subject of "French Feeling Toward Englishmen." A Mr. Jackson has written to that paper to repeat that at Caen recently a student went out of his way to publicly insult Great Britain. As a boy I wasjfirst for some years at school in Paris. I was then kicked for being an Englishman; later I was transferred to a school in England, where I was kicked for being a Frenchman. Comment is unneces sary. London Truth. Ills Only Recourse. "What makes Mr. Bliggitgs so invet era'e a gossip?" "Well. said the man who always talk, slowly, "yon see. there are only two things to talk about, after nil; one is- general information ar.d the other is private intelligence. And Blitrgings thinks he knows all the general icfor. motion there is." Washington Star. TO CIVILIZE AFRICA. A Sew Scheme in Operation for Abol ishing; Slavery la tbe Dark Continent. July 10 last I started for the in t eric? of Africa, where, on the high tablelands, 500 miles from the coast, 1 am building model villages. Here, in the heart of the dark continent. I am introducing to the natives the first stages of civilized life, and by systematic effort starting the civilizing of this part of the coun try. The villages are being built on what are now- wild wastes of land. No expedition, however large, will ever be able to stamp out slavery in Africa by force, for the very reasonable fact that it is extremely unlikely that any expedition will ever be sent here of large enaugh proportion to success fully cope with 250.000,000 natives who believe iu this ancient and baneful cus tom. The plan I am working upon for the civilizing of this great continent or at least a part of it, is different from any thing before tried. In substance.it is the acquirement of fertile lands by ces sion from European governments and by purchase from native chiefs. Upon these lands I am building model vil lages and towns, composed of free na tive settlers and liberated slaves. Qual ity rather than quantity is aimed at. Such villages, when completed, will at on. e radiate good influence, and will be object lessons to all the dark regions around. As soon as the natives see for themselves how much easier and more profitable life is under civilized meth ods of living, than under their savage customs they quickly move to the vil lages and become a part of them. In joining the village they have to re nounce slave hunting, polygamy, w itch craft and rum. This, I think, from my experience with them, many thousands of them will very readily do when they sce for themselves how well the villages get along without any of these evil in fluences to which they have been accus tomed. The natives, although barbarous, are quick to learn and are great imitators. When once shown how to do a certain thing they remember it, and make good workmen. They are strong and able bodied and capable of accomplishing great results when started on the right track. The first of these villages is be ing established between Bengiielia and Lake Nyassa. in the southwestern part of the continent. High tablelands exist in this region, and here, 3.0(;o feet above the sea level, the tow n is being laid out. The climate is healthful and the soil is particularly good. As quickly as possible each village will be made self-supporting. The na tives are being taught housebuilding, farming and various industries and trades. All the members of my expedi tion fare much the same as the natives eating the same food and living in houses built of native materials. But soon we shall teach the natives im proved methods of agriculture and the cultivation of all the new productsnec cssary for the maintenanse and devel opment of the village. The native settlers will also soon be taught carpentering, blacksmithing and other lines of work and industry, and gradually there wiil spring up a sclf-niude and self-upporting town, constructed on modern lines. When once thoroughly established, it will probably grow rapidly, as every native that joins will be an incentive toothers to follow suit; and having once demon strated that by joining us they cau im prove their condition, we shall have no difficulty in getting recruits. As soon as this first village is thoroughly estab lished we will start a second one on the same lines, some distance further in land. In like manner, a third and a fourth will be added, and so on until all this section of the country is dotted with them. The natives are not being pressed to join any of these villages. Work is be ing pushed w ith the express purpose of creating an object lesson for them, and of their own free will they make appli cation to come in and be granted their assignment of land on which to build their house and help develop the re sources of the country. Each village will be co::di.cted on civllied and mod ern principles, and every body will work for the advancement of the district. In this way Africa will be civilized by peaceful methods, which I believe is the only way it wiil ever be done. Un der our plan the natives are really civ ilizing themselves. American Maga zine. Spider Saved Life. Maj. Laurie, who fought with Kitch ener in the Soudan, sp.ys he owes his life to a spider. The spider made a nest in the top of his helmet just before the battle of Atbara. He recognized at c.nce that the spider had chosen to con stitute itself his mascot. Accordingly, he left the insect undisturbed and went through the battle without a wound, (irateful for the protection thus clear ly given him by the spider, he allowed it to remain in his helmet, and conse quently was able to pass through the battle of Omdurman without injury. He then shipped helmet and spider home and followed in person to tell the story to his fiance. His prospective mother-in-law was so impressed by it that she made his bride a wedding pres-. tnt of a diamond spider. Cincinnati Enquirer. SwearlnK In Austria. In Austria a Christian witness is sworn before a crucifix, between two lighted candles, and, holding up his right hard, says: "I swear by God, the Almighty and All Wise, that I will speak the pure and full truth, and noth ing but the truth, in answer to any thing I mav be asked by the court." N. Y. World. "Like the North Pole. The north pole is like a woman's r-ocket we all know where it shoulc" he, but no one can find U. Chicago Daily JTews. PARLIAMENTARY ORATORY. Some Pertinent Hints GtTra by Ex-Poorkerprr of the Mom of Common. When icmpkinson had been in retire ment some six months or so Strang; rumors began to be whispered about among those members who had known him best. When his name was men tioned men would look at each other searchingly, as if asking: "Are you in the know?" Or they would retire mysteriously to secluded corners, where they raised their eyebrows, whistled softly, and, in a word, signified their surprise in the usual manner. The fact is, Simpkinson had begun to give private lessons in parlia mentary oratory to new members and to others who had never acquired the art. No mere candidates were received on any pretext whatever. Indeed, his pupils had to produce evidence that they had signed the roll and taken their seats before they were admitted to the Simpkinson sanctum. When once these preliminaries had been satisfac torily settled Mr. Simpkinson wel comed his honorable friends with a courtly- urbanity worthy cf Mr. Speak er himself. From repeated conversations I hav had with a few of those who do not mind owning that they have sat at the feet of Simpkiiison. it is evident that his course of instruction, followed fixed and definite lines and varied but little. He would begin: "You will soon find that it matters but little what you say in the house of commons, while every thing depends on how you say it. Ac quiring what is known as 'the house of common's style is more than half the battle, (live 'em plenty of 'hum an-! 'haw; to er, er. is human, you know" he would invariably laugh at this an cient little jest, though he had made it a hundred times. lie had great success in this part of his tuition, and tbe one instruction which all his pupils faith fully carried out was contained in the hint that the house of commons was al ways impressed when a speaker did not -eppear to know what he was talking about, and had no notion what to siy next. Having thus grounded the beginner in the first principles cf house of com mons oratory hesitation, a little stam mering, endless repetition, a reason aide amount of self-contradiction and iny amount of "hum" and "haw" Mr. Simpkinson would proceed to teach a few of the more necessary formulae. How and when to remark: "I venture to say," or "I have yet to Itorn," lead ing up by many a subtle gradation to that final climax reserved for very spe cial occasions: "I even go so far as to ventrre to think" all this was care fully explained. "All this sort of thing," he would soy, "may seem triv ial to a stranger, but it makes all the difference between success and fail ure in the house. For ins.tance. If you were to ask point blank: "Will any man nfiirm that two and two make four? most likely some member would call out: 'Yes. But if you put it like this: 'Will any man come down to the lo'jse, and stand up in h.is place and venture to say that two and two make four?' they'll all sit muni. It impresses em: I don't know why, but it tloes. Again, supposing you say something which is not quite accurate you kuow what 1 mean and the other side calls out: 'Oh. oh! all you have to do is to turn to your men and say very indig nantly: 'I am within the recollection of the house,' and if your side knows its bus'ness it will cheer like mad." Windsor Magazine. SECRET OF THE HIGH DIVE. A Trainer of I'ircua Gyiunaxt Tell How I lie rrdilono Trick la Performed. "About the first thing that I teach my pupils." said a trainer of circus gym nasts, "is how to fall. That, you know, is the secret of ihc great "head dive from the roof, which remains up to date the greatest invention iu the way of gymnastic tricks that the world ha.1 Men." "U looks almost too perilous to be in teresting. I ventured. "But it is not i:: the li ast dangerous, if one only knows how to fall." he con tinued. "Now. if the untrained per former should attempt to fall in a net from r.r.y height whatever he would be almost sure to break some bones. Should he stretch out his arm to save himself, he would be very likely tu break it in two places. Should he light on his heels, he might break his leg. or, more likely, pitch forward and break his jaw. But just fill your lungs with air and hold them full, double yourself up in a knot, leaving no limb free, and fall on the back of your shoulders just ilove the shoulder blades, and you can fail from what height you like and come to no hurt. This explains the cannon and catapult tricks. Why. once we attempted the catapult trick in a hall where the roof was so low that we had to s-ink the catapult below the floor. The gymnast forgot all about having his r.et lowered a corresponding dis tance, and when shot 130 feet forward and upward at the same time didn't he come down underneath the net and land slap-bang on his shoulders on the bare floor? We picked him up for dead. You may hardly le!ieve me, but it had only knocked the wind out of him and shaken him up a bit. The next night he was performing as usual. That just shows what the muscles of the shoul ders, together with an elastic cushion of air in the lungs, will resist. Then. of course, in the case of gymnasts, the muscles become as hard asiron and fur nish a great protection for the bor.es. Chicago Inter Ocean. According to Direction. Patient What the deuce d:d yon wake me np for? New Nurse The doctor said that you were to take this sleeping potion at ten. a'clock, sir. and it's just that row. . Svrarti-ie Herald. HTJM0R0US. "Is he a prosperous physician V "I should sav so. He manages to collect nearly half of what is ojing to him. rhe KivaL '- Minnie "I wonder if she takes some thing for that smooth compTexion? Mamie "No: I think she gave some thing for it." Indianapolis Journal. "The curtain went up four times after the first act." "Did it? Must have been quite a hit." "Not necessarily. It went up for four more acts. Stray Stories. The Nurse "Twins! And boys!" The Father "Good! Now we shan't have to decide whether Sampson or Schley is the hero cf Santiago." "De troit Journal. Mrs. Skinnem "What! Tender young chickens for boarders?" Mrs. Graball "Sh! It takes their breath away so they don't eat nuthin' at all! Chicago Journal. Litigant "My father's will provide that I shan't get a cent if I contest. Can you break it ?" Lawyer "In the letter, but to be prefectly candid, probably not in effect." Detroit Journal. Joness "I don't know what's the mat ter with my furnace; it doesn't heat the house at all." Smith "Does it draw all right?" Jones "I should say it does. It draws about nine-tenths of my sal ary every week." Chicago Daily News. "Yes, dear children." said the teach er, "we must throw away our naughty faults. They are like wormy chest nuts. Now. what do you do with a. wormy chestnut when you find one? Jane may answer." "Please, ma'am, I give it to me little brother, Petie." Cleveland Plain Dealer. SOCIAL PRETENDERS. Various Met hoda Adopted by Parreaa In England to Deceive the I BKanpeetlns;. The ways of social pretenders ar? always amusing and often ingenious. The query: "Do you know the Smythe-Hobsons?" and the reply: "Oh, intimately; why. I dined with them only two nights ago," are common, everywhere, though they deceive no one. In England, however, there are special forms and devices which are particularly interesting. An English man tells of a certain ingenious friend of his who, when writing a letter, in variably begins with "Dear Duchess." Through this he lightly runs his pea and then proceeds below soberly with, "Dear Smith." By means of this simple device he has contrived to advance him self considerably in life. "In the earlier days of my London career," continues the Englishman, "I remember having been much impressed by an individual who was apparently acquainted with all the carriage folk in town. His hat was perpetually on the move. No sooner had a carriage dashed past than, he would leisurely bow. at times casually remarking: 'Why, there's Lady Baltimore. What a charming woman she is! or other wise making some such airy comment on the situation. As a matter of fact, he was every bit as complete a stran ger to the lady as I was myself. I groan when I recall the numerousdirinersaud other expensive civilities I wasted on this execrable old humbug in those in I'ocent days." Another self-advertiser had once, and once only, been favored with a brief conversation with a prominent royal personage. Ever afterward he invaria bly addressed everyone as "Sir," occa sionally, however, correcting himself and apologizing on the grounds of hU long connection with royalty. Siill an other individual com rives to cult -rupon his intimacy with great people imme diately on Icarnirg of their demise. No sooner do the papers annonce that "The right honorable the earl of Scat termore" has departed this life than this fellow straightaway adopts the late peer as an jld and much-lamented friend. He thrives on these spurious post-mortem intimacies. The most surprising scheme, accord ing to American notions, is that of Mrs. Somerset Cobbl- s. a fascinating and ambitious little lady, possessed of pret ty eyes and a fixed determination to make her way up in the world. Daily for weeks did a smart single brough am bearing the royal colors and stamped with the royal crest displav itself at her door, and daily for weeks did the envious neighbors grind their teeth thereat. Somehow her secret, leaked out. She had. it appeared, bribed the coachman into bringing his master's carriage to do short duty each day outside the door! Chicago Even ing News. How Knelnnd 4'eta Rrernlra. The English have always been enter prising in their methods of recruiting, -ind keep themselves up to date. Capt. Eardley Wilmot, of the British navy, is giving lectures on the development of that service. They are popular lectures, illustrated with lantern slides, and the object evidently is to present the navy to the public in an attractive and honor able light. In his lecture Capt. Wilmot dealt with the seamen and marines, ex plaining their duties and manner of liv ing on board ship. Together these two lectures have been a great success. A similar course would be valuable in this country. When recruits are wanted in the navy the government could well af ford to try this system as a method of recruiting. Much could be done with lantern lectures, and if the vitascope were used there would be no doubt of the extreme popularity of the measure Army and Navy Journal. Exterminating SnaUom. Along the Adriatic sea swallows and other migatory birds are caught every year by the hundreds of thousands, anil eaten by the Italians, who spread nets, in which as many as 300 to 300 of the tired birds are caught at on-re. It is t difficult to step t his wholesale mnrcr. ) because, on sight of an official. lh hrnt- Iers spies gie a fhrill whistle and the neta d!?ODeaT.- Y. Sun,