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tiíi: INDI It Is stated that In Now York "om cent will buy a square meal" a soda cracker, probably. - A l'hlladelphla womnn has had hei husband arrested for not giving her ar I'aster bonnet. Tho worm will tura. There will b no danger of a whisky famine as long as the supply of water and prusslc acid dors not run out. The announcement that Missouri highwaymen looted a train fhows that the spirit of Jesse James goes march ing on. As If he hadn't suffered enough al ready they have put a Mr. Nelson ol SL Joseph, Mo., In Jail for having thir teen wives. Tho Massachusetts Judges who de rided that a Wall Mreet mnrgln q ,1 wager would undoubtedly rail a Bpade a spade. The announcement of den. Ol! that he doesn't mean to write a book will tend to endear him to the hearts of the people. The rzar of Russia is obliged to keep his subjects well scattered. Ills latest edict Is that three men In a bunch con-t-littitc a mob. Tennyson's original manuscript oí "The Charge of the Light Brigade" fold fur $140, which could hardly be r;illed a light charge. A Chicago man named Junk has se cured a divorce In California. It Is understood that the Junks have been much given to scraps. A woman bookkeeper In Philadel phia has confessed to embezzling $15, COfl. There Is no field woman cannot fill if given the chance. The Kentucklan who shot at a man and crippled a blooded colt is entitled to great sympathy. His mistake will eost him some money. Truly wonderful Is the news that romes from Gotham. Policemen therc who do their duty are not to be pun ished for being so reckless. Cecil Rhodes intimates In his will that he regarded the muddied oaf as an Important member of society. It's about up to Kipling to change his rr.ind. In the event of a separation It 1 probable that Queen Wilhelmina' husband will demand an amount Of alimony that will wreck the bank of Holland. A students' demonstration planned la St. Petersburg for April 1 was hup pressed. The government did not want to take any chancer of being April fooled. -i ta -l -iaWnrtt a -speedy tnie t.-v th tall timbers for a trio of cushions and Rhody sent him over the last quarter with a daisy cutter through second." Sound familiar? Mrs. Daisy A. Gentleman of Chicaf, j, who is suing for a divorce, can hardly claim that her husband Is no Gentle man, although she declares that he punched her In the face. A German author has published a dictionary of cuss words. He has found 25.U00 of them. If they are all German it will be pretty hard to keep that language from spreading. The woman who steals from her husband to give to charity may consid er It no more than fair to keep out a 41'tle witn which to buy the prize when the dub meets at her house. The thief who returned the Jewe'. stolen from a church may think that he has atoned fur his acta, but we rather think that repentance based on fear does not count for much. You can never discourage a women about loving. If she can't love hei husband she Is content to love her children; if she hasn't any children she will manage to get along loving her pets. The claim made for Aguinaldo that he provides liberally for his mother In-law will win high praise for him until It is remembered that all of his provisions come from Uncle Sam's commissary. LOVE AND A GIIOGT Dy LMZACmi: Clll RRY WALTZ. (( orrrlth'. Ii'f, bf 1U S'nrr Pub. Co I ; .' yt v.- "( ' ' ' A barber In Richmond, Ya., shaved President Duke of the American To bucco company on Sunday and receiv ed for hla work a check for $3,000 to pay off a rhureh debt. The fact that this money came from tobacco and was paid for work done on Sunday Is not expected to result in the church' refusing It. It was Cousin Susan's Id' a that the house In which tl e bad been born and reared was haunted by the fihost of her father who had died of yellow fever somewhere in the early part of tho nineteenth century. So Rhe not only refused to live at "The Maples" her self, but also refused to allow others of her kith and kin who had not a comfortable habitation to dwell there. Ab Miss Susan Pennyfeather was rich and could dwell In Egypt or the Phil ippines If the so willed, it as all very well for her to leave the roomy o.u bouse to the ghost of her progenitor. It seemed very hard to the family of Peter Crosley, her cousin, who had no place to lay their heads save as Mr. Crosley sold a poem or a song or a piece of fiction by the error of some publisher and rented them a place. In other and more frequent Intervals the family scattered to relatives and stored their few bits of furnishings. "Hut it lins all got to stop." declared Arabelle, the oldest girl, one summer day. "I shall go and live at 'The Ma ples," and when Ccusln Susan returns from India and finds it out she can eject me." "Rut the ghost?" protested Peter, the father. "Cousin Susan says it Is there and walks about the house as in lire." "That U highly probable," returned Arabelle. Impudently winking her left eye. "but the ghost must expect tho friendly visit of relatives. How original It all Is! First cousin to a ghost: Why, is it not delirious? Anyhow, I'm going. If Cousin Susan had not wanted me. to do something desperate, she should have traveled me, taken me with her, and thus added to the long list of International marriages." "We certainly must do something," said Mrs. Peter, "and that quickly. We have no money." "I shall move to 'The Maples' and Invite you ail for a long visit," said Arabelle decidedly. "Is there enough in hand to buy me a railroad ticket, or must I sacrifice that hideous idol Cousin Susan just sent me to show me that there was a crying need of mis sionaries to Whangpur or some such province?" "I wonder what Lionel vill Eay?" put In Sophronla, the second girl. Arabelle swept her a nocking cour tesy. "As a young Englishman he will re joice In ancestral ghosts. As a dis carded second son trying to live on nothing but work In America, he may say, 'Oh, what rot!' " Peter Crosley looked up from a bun die of papers fretfully. "I don't see why Mr. Lionel Carr's name is brought In at all. Arabelle has promised me to give him no en couragement." Arabelle'8 rosy mouth quivered. "Me encourage Lionel? Far be the thought from me. Why, papa, I have told you a thousand times that he doesn't need or get any encourage ment from me. There, are you satis Oefl? Notf, I shall sell ray Idol anil go to 'The Maples.' I will prepare the way and you will pack up and follow at once. Don't mind parting with a few airy nothings In order to get there. Because, once there, we are boused, at least." She sallied forth, light of heart, gay of speech and smile. No one ever knew whether Arabelle Crosley felt all she acted or not, but she was the life preserver that held up the whole fam ily la their dark hours. The Idol was rather a cumbersome fellow and Arabelle looked strange enough carrying the awkward bundle head first, to the elevated road. "I hope he will sell well," the was thinking. "He's a very holy Idol Cousin Susan wrote. I know that, he Is unearthly ugly and that his green eyes make me shudder. I wish I had a half dollar to take a cab." But she had not the half dollar and struggled up the steps bravely. She was a shrewd bargainer and was going to the best curio store In tho city. She was sure she might get as much as ten dollars for the thing, maybe more She would go down to "The Maples,' scare out the ghost and take posses slon. In her heart she did not believe In the ghost. The adventure had zest however. But Arabelle proposed and could not dispose. As she stepped from the steps of the train station emto the pavement a hurrying man Jostled her and she staggered with her burden. There was a sharp crack against the nearest post and Cerne In Susan's Idol lay In several fragments. A crowd at once gathered Tho.-e young women of Hoboken who are praying for husbands, are to be commended for their great faith; but were they wise maidens, they would bo contrive as to bring the young men to their knees Instead of falling upon their own. The Massachusetts supreme court liaji decided that people .who lose the'r money In bucket-fehops may get it back. Anyone who succeds in doing ho ought to be able to make a fortune by exhibiting himself through the country. A New York preacher wishes to have a brass band in his church, because he believes in the "Chii.itUnUln Influ ei.ie of good niuslc." He has scripture fur the cymbals, but how about the trombone and enure drum? The w'fe of a New England minister ta sued for divorce on the ground that the strain of conducting sewing societies and presiding at mis. binary met tinga la ruining her disposition. J' here Id to doubt that Judge and Jury it ill d-i de bl.e ha J'l. t caute fur fo:u tiloi ut. 1 V't Y'if '" 'i i i , j in the Idol's head and saved It a' further humiliation. A voire said: Arabelle! You?" 'Yes," she gasped, "and Cousin Su san Idol. Isn t It a shame?'' The tall, fair Englishman was horri fied. 'Here, boys, pick up the parts. Ara belle, we may be able to piece It to gether. Hut what. were you doing with It out on the street?" Ere he replied a stout gentleman with gold spectacles pushed forward. 'I was going to sell it," pouted Ara belle at the Englishman. "It's a horrid old thing." "Perhaps." raid the stout gentleman, "the young lady will sell even the pieces or the head. I will buy the head as it is." Lionel Carr looked at te man and then at the hideous face of the Idol. 1:1 7 J h'7 4.1 A, . r;ir. ti c solvation of r gypt, Won,li.r(nl B -r Thut ffrtlllt Ik Il.r Ik r own fkfknrf, Tho Ki'.e In Esvpt ami Egypt Is thi Nile, ''he long, turbid tide stretches through tho desert and where its waters touch the before-time lifelesr sand g.-.rden spring up and cotton prows luxuriant. It Is a constant bat tle between the Nile, a yellow thread, and the hare, brown sands for Egypt's lir, a ronllWt continually In progress. Oach fall, fattened by the Abyssinian rains, the Niie, muddler than the Mis souri and mightier than tho Mississip pi, dashes out upon tho sands and drives back t'ie encroaching desola tion. Each summer time it retreats Into Its narrow bed, and the grim des ert grasps the hard-won sands affaLi Sometimes the Nile does not rise to the conflict with Jull vigor, and, In conse quence, the clutch of the desert Is un loosed, the thin ears devour the fat, and there Is famine, actual or threat ened, In the land. Once upon a time, notable In the last century's religious calendar, It held hack from its fall campaign against the desert desola tion. There was no rain it never rains in Egypt save a few drops each win terand the Nile-god Bulked or slept. Then came a strango sight In an old Cairo mosque. In the Camla Amr Ibti el-As, where stands the gray mar ble pillar miraculously transported from Mecca, nt the Khallf Omar's prayers, the whole of the Mohamme dan rriesthood, the Christian clergy of every sect and the Jewish rabbis bowed in prayer with one accord to petition for the rising of the Nile. And the Almighty, to whom Moslem and Jew and Christian pray, heard and answered. The Idol lay In several fragmenta. He looked from the one to the other and a light came on to hl3 counto- nance, the light of knowledge. "Keep the head, Arabelle," he said coldly and to the man; 'wo will not sell." Arabelle saw him gather up the pieces, then he called a cab. "Let us go home," he said tersely. This was Lionel In a new phase, but Arabelle loved cabs and she Jumped In goyly. Lionel placed the head In her lap. "Now explain," he said, "and I shall have several things to tell you after that." Arabelle related her project of the ghost hunt with gusto. Lionel was re lieved. "That is a great lark," he said kind ly, "but I must go with you. You can not go alone." But Arabelle was never foolish. "You know that Is Impossible." she said, coldly. "Oh, no, not If we Just quietly slip away this afternoon and are married Ijt has to be you, say things are M a crisis. Now consent and I'll tell you two large and oloomlng reasons why after you have said yes." Her curiosity got the better of her in half an hour. Anyhow she had al ways meant to man y Lionel. He suit ed her. It was a half-hour more ere he allowed her to question him. "But the two things, Lionel?" "One is that I am called home to England. My uncle has left me some money." "Oh oh! And the other?" "The other? well, little girl, you do not have to go ghost-hunting or worry over your trousseau money. The eyes of that blamed old idol are about the finest emeralds I ever saw and are worth a pretty penny. But wo will not Inquire about that until after this other little matter is attended to and then we 11 invade The Maples as a very lively place in which to spend a honeymoon." The Idol was rather a cumbersome fellow. and there was much laughter at tb ro!!!ns head with its horrible green glass eyes. Suddenly a hand grasped It, a lung brown hand that drew It ay. Ara belle sprang forward. "That U mine! dive it to me." fr'he was clinging to a sinewy arm that tried In vain to shake her off. "You shall not have It. It la mine!" the panted. (suddenly a strong blow threw (he (iua backward. Arabella spring for A Gladstone Kscitpkkde. It Is very hard for any of us to realize that the .world's great men were once boys, and often mischievous and fun-loving boys at that. Child ren are always delighted to hear of some frolic Indulged in by tome great man when he was a boy, and so they will surely appreciate the following: Next door to Mr. Gladstone's home when he was a little boy lived a lady who gave large evening receptions, and during the evening there would be many coachmen and footmen wait lng outside. Gladstone and his brother would go on the top floor of their house, armed with squirt guns, with which they squirted the coach men and footmen waiting In the street below. Henry Chaplin said the way in which the venerable statesman chuckled at the recollection of these youthful escapades was most amus ing. He said that Mr. Gladstone be came quite convulsed when he pro cceded to tell him how delightful he and hU brother were to hear the Ber vants expressing their wonder as to where the rain came from. Vaccination Tea. Vanity Fair thus describes a London function: One of the most fetching" social shows of last week was the "vaccina tlon tea" given by a renowned hostess In one drawing-room the lady received her guests, comprising notable beau ties, party leaders and favorite mem ber of the household brigade. In oth er rtouis four leading stars of the medical profession waited to vaccinate the fair "companions In arms,'' the sterimr Bex being operated on in yet another dainty boudoir. Some of the women displayed the greatest ingenu ity in the arrangement of their bleeves, having had them divided at the top, then reunited with ribbons, which, when untied, revealed enough of the "marble arm" to enable the vaccinator to set h'.s Beal thereon. ROME'S "APOSTLE OF HYGIENE," Novel Character Who Yintlfl It Hard to Perore Convertí Rome has many strange visitors, but In late years none quite so ex traordinary asi. the Individual who has been striding about the streets for some days pat. He calls himself the apostle of hygiene, and at least has the merit of- practicing what he preaches. One day I was attracted by crowd, and on approaching nearer found It headed by a tall, bronzed man, evidently a German, with blue eyes, long hair to his shoulders and a fair beard. His habiliments were strange in the extreme, consisting of a white cotton tunic, made rather long, adorned with pine needles and olive leaves, emblematic of the forest and universal peace; a gray cloak, legs and feet completsly bare. In his hand ho carried a bamboo stick surmounted by a ball representing the world. Ho is a certain Richard Gannasch, a gla zier of Frankfort, who, being threat ened with consumption, resolved to change his mode of life at once, and now walks the- world, eating only bread and fruit and sleeping under convenient trees. After fiur years of this course he is &o hardened that neither rain, snow, cold nor heat af fects him. He never touches wine; he never takes cold; he can walk seven miles In an hour with ease, and has been known to do seventy In a day. With a few pence he lives hap pier than many kings, and Is trying to convert the r.vrld to his views. He h&a-orcatel-d,rl"ui'8fcr)satr0li ln-ilome dui l nave not heard that be bus as yet any disciples. Home correspond ence Pall Mall Gazette. un of ni:üUAir SOLD TO OLD PAPf.R DEALER. Millionaire Receive Seven Thousand BfU9,nB Letters In a Little Over Three Month One Hundred and Forty Dollar' Worth of Stamp Wasted by the Seryler. The private noerotary of a New York menu Ire recently sold ns old paper 11 package f 7,m leiters, nil ef w bieh had been sent to bis employer In a little more than three nioiiMi nml very one of w hich was a rcouest for pecuniary nsslslanee. For a time," wild the secretnry, "we got these letters nt the rate of t.lxty or seventy a (lay. It came light after Mr. Blank contributed f.-i.iNH) to n fund for the relief of the widows ami or phan of some West Virginia, miners who were killed liv a gas explosion. The' gift whs ncconipanled by n re quest that nothing be printed alMjut It, but It got Into tho newspapers some how, and Immediately the letters be gan to pour In. 'W had iihvnys had our share of begging letters, but now we were swamped. The tales of trouble, mis fortune! and Hulleriiig which were spread out for our rending would have harrowed one's very soli, If he didn't know that they were largely manufactured. "Most of the letters wire from wo men, or purported to be, nml nil want ed money. The demand ranged from f." to Í."icm, and In every case nil ad dress was given nml a request lnacle that the money be sent nt once. "A vast variety of excuses were given for the demands, one of tin most popular with women being that lliey wanted to have their sons com plete their education, but couldn't un less they luid a cei ialii amount "id money nt once, nml .with men. thai they had h ihaiico to eiubnik ou it successful business career, mid only lucked a few hundred dollars ueees iary to get ft start. "Of course there were hundreds of stories of destitution, but like the oth ers we tossed them aside without re ply. For three months following this contribution to a fund for the relief of miners' families these letters con tinued to come. '"J'lieu they stopped Just ns suddenly as they iM-gau. nml we are now only getting the regular supply of live or six a week. There were In the lot that I sold to a Junk man the other day In the neighborhood of 7,KM) of I lie-so letters, nnd $140 In stamps had been spent In sending them to us. "Ami not one was pnniuetive of a contribution from Mr. Ulank." tVUd Animal la Captivity, Once a keeper, by secrecy and much guile, saw a lioness teaching her cage- born cubs two squealing, furry In fants the ancient lore of the jungle which no beast ever forgets. How to leap from the1 brush upon a buck's back at the exact angle to break that back at a single blow through a pile of straw, says Everybody's Magazine. How to follow a blood trail to where the quarry lay through sawdust. The prize was a bit of raw beef, but the cubs did not care. They had never known never would have known the fierce Joy of the hunt end the kill, the lust of clean, hot blood In the free desert Not for them the knowledge of what it meant to send a challenges rolling across the desolute plain be neath the stars, to hear the answer pealing forth iu distant thunder from the ends of the earth; to know them selves the masters of their world. Later on In life, the blood and the soul that was In them would teach them what they had missed and lost, as Instinct teaches all wild things even unto the third and fourth .generation of them that are born In bondage. r Peculiar Lifo nnel Society tlmt to n. Weill by itself A "5!ummi,ii(" Trip. This Is the tale of a youn lady visitor t' New Yoik, who bad an In tense desire to go "slumming." The gnat difficulty she found In the carrying out oí her plans was the ab solute indlfferenco with which her host nnd hostess looked upon slumming they were New Yorkers. When she hinted that a few gaslight glimpses of the city might prove more educating SI f j Fu. ' lKik. IMPURE BAKING POWDER SEIZED The New York Board of Health Find It Contain Alum, and Rock, Declare It Dangerous to Health and Iump It Into the River. The New York papers report that the Health Department of that city has seized as dangerous to health nearly two toes of cheap mixtures sold for baking powder and dumped them Into the ofTal bcow to be destroyed. More of the powder was found In a Sixth ave. department store. Tho re port of the analysis of the Health Department stated that It was "an alum baking powder" containing alum and pulverized rock. The different Health Authorities seem to have different ways of re pressing the tale of bad baking pow ders. In England they have prosecut ed the grocers under the general law and broken up the traffic. In Missouri the sale of alum baking powder la actuilly prohibited by law. In New York they seize the unwholesome 'stuff and cast It Into the river without any discussion. The latter way la certain ly effective. The alum baking powders are usu ally offered at a low price, ten to twenty cents a pound, or with some prize, as a temptation to the house wife. Consumers can protect themselves by buying only high grade baking powder of established name and reputation. Do not be tempted by the grocer to take something else as "Just as good" or "our own brand," for tho trials nhow that the grocer himself la often deceived by unscrupulous mak ers, and. Is selling an alum powder without knowing It. There are several good powders on the market; let the housekeeper Insist on having what she knows Is right. and not Ije induced to risk the life o: the family for an imaginary saving of a few cents. A Jadea of Art. The seller of pot-boilers came Into the office of the shrewd broker with the air of one who Is about to sacri fice a priceless treasure. It was a seascape; a troubled sea beat upon purple rocks, and wlnd-diivea gulla wheeled In wild circles above the fa miliar pot-boiler ship. The seller of pot-boilers looked upon the treasure long and yearningly. It could be seen that a grievous struggle between art and, appetite was raging within him. "How much do you want for it?" de manded the shrewd broker. "One hun dred dollars, " bald tho pot-boiler man; "it's giving it away." "Give you three for it," suld the shrewd broker. "It's yours," suld the. pot boiler man. "That fellow across, the way only offered me 75 tents, but he ain't no Judge of art." New York Post. God's visits if gratefuPy received will be gradoiihly repeated. Sewing on her pretty clothes la no more work to a woman than peering Into Ler looking tlusa. 1 a bachelor, ud thu "jsoii U some woman. Cat KoTulty fur a Ilaatar. A remarkable novelty it was alive distinguished a bazaar recently held in Gotham by aristocratic dames, as sisted by smart belles. This remarkable feature was a cat table. Uve cats and kittens of high degree were sold at fabulous prices and Tabby and Tom of no pedigree pretensions were shuilled off for ra tional sun. s ot cash. Cat bal.eU, bl.tukcts, collars, shoes and other articles of the cat's ward robe were Billable &cees.-!orles of the table. This Innovation In the swell bazaar Is an adaptation of an ICngllah fash Ion. Dog and cat tables are usual bights In a Iyoudoii bazaar. Youth is fresh, but as It attains ag It is silted Willi t tie tears of disap pointment. At 16 all ii. en a: o welcomed Into my lady's uet; ut " .!"' h'Us Ihe casr prey of benidUsa c;ni!i. IS "HELLO" VULGAR? Investigation Goes to Show That It Is Classic. Society ladies in F.vnnwlon, Illinois, nnd Appleton, Wisconsin, brand as vul gar the telephone "hello," nnd a move ment for its disuse Is said to lie spread ing In the Middle est. It should not spread far; it Is a sham "reform." Some warning word to call attention is a practical neeeswity In telephoning. If "hello" must go, what shall be sul stituted? "Are you there':" oce aslonally heard at nil Kngllsli receiver, is non sensical nnd, to u mini who has waited long, irritating. "Hello!" Is cheery, quickly spoken, universal. "Hello'.'' is nut slang, but an ancient f nd honorable expression. It is one of our oldest word-roots, nnd persists in nil Aryan tongues by the law of tin survival of the fit. ll Is the "Ilalloh" of (iermany, the "IIolu" tjf southern Kurope, the "Halloo" of sporting tales, the "Hello" which Colt-ridge lu u less sqiHuuiisli age gullltly rhymed with "follow." Always ''Hello" has had lt present use- as n call for attention. Of its sort it Is the l-st word. The Spanish "Aquí," the French "Ohe," the Italian "Kcco," are sharper, less mellow, b-ss resonant. With its Initial "bniithing," with two line open vowels that "sing tbetnselve," and u framework of trill ing liiuiil consonants to bang them oil, "Hello" Is for Its purpose a perfect wonl and will live honored and useful w hen the very names of Kvaustoii and Appleton are forgotten. New York World. Chicago Free Dispensaries. Free medical dispensaries e-oiinected with Ihe thirty lneilicnl schools of Chicago, together with tlie dispensaries conducted us chinities, give aid to 10o.. 11.111 patients every year at a total cost of If 1 1. .'LIU:!. I . ii tiling the greater part of this cost are 121. -"'. prescrip tions at cents e-acb, ami l'-'O.lMH) vis Its, coKting mi n uvcragt- of l'l ce-ntf euch. "Xiel An Rant Side rirlle. than a daily round of the shops and the theaters they merely laughed. And then, after she had abandoned all hope, Kuggles came In for dinner one evening. Kuggles was an old young man who looked upon life through bowed gold spectacles and considered it a grave affair. Those who did not approve the manner In which he spent his time and his money declared openly that he was a poseur; that his Interest in the poor was mere ly an affectation and they christened him the "Amateur Slumologlst." It is probable that both his admirers and his critics were in a measure right. "I am surprised," she said to him and there was the hint of a sneer In her voice; "that ; ou Nt" Yorkers take bo little interest In in hings that are well not conventional in the poor, for Instance, or the slums." "I am disgusted but not surprised," he answered quickly, "that New York ers take the Interest they do In such things. Would you care yourself," he asked of her with something of a challenge In the question, "to see a little of the sunshine that comes Into the lives of this Other Half? Because If you do," he added, eagerly, "I can show It you. "There is going to be a dance to morrow night in which some of my my er pupils on the East Side are Interested, and they have asked me to come. Will you go?" The question was strict challenge now, and had the young woman so de sired she would not have declined it. "I would advise you," he said, as he was leaving, "to wear something well, you know, Just something plain and simple not the sort you have on now. The Other Half, you under stand," he ended rather feebly. "might might think we were trylug to lool: down upon them." The next night Ruggles, with the young woman from the country (own besides him, hailed a crosstown car going in the direction of the East River. It was nearly 10 o'clock berore they left tho car and made their way down a street from which the river lights were occasionally revealed. The room they finally reached was almost brilliantly lighted and cheap flags representing the nations of the world were tacked to the walls In un diplomatic groups. To the girl It Beemed as if a large majority of the Other Half must already be In the ball room. And whatever else It may have been it was without doubt cosmo politan. Surely there waa at least one patriot for each flag on the walls. When they had found chaira a man In an evening suit that obviously was used to working in night and day shifts, darted through the throng with agile and elaborate grace and stood bowing before them. They alnt really got together yet," he Bald, apologetically waving at the same time to the men leaning against the windows and the girls In the "Pave jour ptrencth, Danny, rhe'H M side steppln' when you are ilrai-ged to your corner," tne Other Half npplnudfM ujironiiously. The lancers wni announced a. tho next dance by a pin-tcbonrd sipn hunj from the piano, and as the sell wpi-h being formed Hi ggM calmly tit-ke I his rompiilon if he "might have tl o pleasure of the lancTs." He did not wait for a response, but took tho gl.-l by the arm and led her to n vacant place in one of the ets. A pretei natnrally solemn man nnd an Icily haughty blonde tundo up the eoupla opposite her. She was beginning to look upon thU man with a good deal of diffidence, when suddenly !n a "forward and back" he clutched her convulsively around the waist, drew her close to him and with tho ease and rapidity of a cream separator whirled her around eight times in a upare that did not seem to her larger than a twenty five cent piece. When she had ob tained her bearings once mere sho was surprised to find that the man still retained hlu Immobility. Not long after tho square dance one of the amateur slumologist's pupila discovered him and with grave cour tesy brought one of his friends to be introduced to the slumologisi's com panion. From his manner and make up the friend evidently was a oiing man of sporting proclivities. He wore a deep red stock, a thin striped waist coat affected by coaching men, a short Jacket and peg-top trovir.en-s. lie ap- " peared to bo quite at home at such social affairs, and when the young woman, having apparently no alterna tive acceded to his request for the next waltz, his hand went involuntari ly to the side of his forehead. During the dance he talked to her in, the gay persiflage of the world as he knew It. He told her that her dancing was Ju.st like stepping on eggs and that Bho was beautifully gaited and bitted, and when he found a place for her and she had thanked him, he replied gal lantly, "keep the change." Beer and ale were sold at a counter In one corner of the- hall and between dances there was a splrittjd demand for these beverages. After the dance the young lady went home to the "Other Half" with a far OcX' 1-b. .'.V, I Vr, try X 4 W w n mi An Ahartnt-Mlnded Rlbbou Clerk, better understanding of the East. Sida of New York. The "Other Half" is eminently respectable at all Its fuai tions, and so are its manners. 8torm of Feathers. There was a storm of white feathers in the business district of Kansas City the other day. The downy feathers, like snowflakca, were borne upon the wind, whirling around corners, twist ing In eddies behind billboards and lit alleys, pilirg up In banks In the shel ter of curbstones and buildings, and clinging to electric wires until they were festooned in long strings of white that looked like real Enow. The feathers came from the factory of tho Kansas City Feather company, and there were about half a car load of them altogether. The feathers es caped from the factory by an accident to the machinery. It will not be per mitted to happen again, for the feath ers that were lost were the best goose featherB and were worth to the com pany about $i5. "I VI!, nt ' 1 1,1- tlH'." ' S l-H 1 I i W will J U liiUi t ? ' 11 -t'l-llil I I 'llll 1 II. luu Ml iiuv r i ov-rc M.V. .'e lul'K Ul' The Sanahlue of "the Other Half." chairs. The men were smoking cigars and the girls were for the most part looking at their neighbor's Jewels. "Youse wait till they gits warmed up. There won't be nothin' but things d(ln' then." The agile man's prophecy was al ready being fulillled and when the mu sic stopped there was a general "gtttln together." The men who hud been dancing placed their partner lu chairs and standing before them tanned them vigorously. One young man who could not find gently tipped her against one of tho pillars and fanned her frantically with a handkerchief which he held by to of Its corners. It wm evidently looked upon a-i a great Juke and win n another young lnuu called lnu?i the bull, Kentucky' Queereat CltUen, We have near this place a man who is fiO years old, was In tho civil war, and has every dollar of bis war money, has the suit of clothes he wore the day Lee surrendered, has slept in a bed but four nights in six years, and has had a coat on but once since lísüO, and that was five years ago, the llilr of last October, when William Jen nings Bryan spoke in Fllzabethtown I.e has never been man led and was never known to go to church. He is a man in good e ircumstances, neigh borly and honest. Ellzabetntown (Ky.) News. A Hull' Long: Ewlin fr I.lfn. A bull which was brought to town on a steamboat to be slaughtered, broke away from 'its custodians yes terday and was chased to the river's edge. I'lunglng into the Icy waters of the Ohio It Btarted down the stream and swam a di.-tance of four miles ti the foot of Ulennerhasset Island and found its way Into the stable where It belonged. It was brought back on a Bteamboat, and escaped the second time, swimming the river to the Ohio Bide, a mile below here, where It wan captured this morning. Baltimore Sun. I'ean of Freuvh Ultaratvurd. Ernest Legouve, tho benior of the French Academy, has completed hU ninety-fifth year. He entered tho academy lu best Known plays are "Adiienue I.ccouvreiir." seat for his partner, wi,lch lie wrote with Scribe, kin! "Ve- ilee," in which Klstoii acted. He is reported to be In good health liad in full pOhKe islein of hU fa'-ulti s. If God Chustl: will He ilo w ith r,h His 11. h foe' eh. V t \n\n Ni:'T MTTIOO