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CHAPTER XXX. ,
Continued.
Thither Constance and, I at once re
paired without -waiting to hear any
thing more the clerk had to tell. There
in a private room we found uncle Sam,
attended byNhis Wife and Dr Heri
mann. The two latter were making
preparations to take their patient to
his home, for Which purpose a carriage
waited at the doon " My uncle, who
was lying on a couch, appeared very
derrvessed, and the expression of his
eyes struck me as peculiar quite un
like anything I had observed before
He took not the leact notice of Connie
jr me, but turned his face to the
vvul soon after we entered the room,
:;ik! pressed Ills hand to his forehead as
ic in pain. I seized the opportunity
while Coaaio was quietly conferring
with her sister to ask Dr. Herrmann
what he thought of the case.
"Mr. Truman has always overworked
himself," said the doctcr, "and there is
some danger cf brain trouble conse
quent on the bad news lie has received:
s"t It may very likely be avoided with
-n-o and quietude. lie is a man cf
imruensu vitality."'
At the moment of cur arrival at the
hotel preparations were iu progress for
-lM3r my uncle back to his own
tiO'st This was not easy to dc, as he
oald not be got even for one moment
to -peak or think of anything but the
v.ews iroxu Paris, and he seemed to re
seat the presence of anybody except
Ju;i wife, though he did not so express
himself. However, Dr. Hermann and
I with pome difficulty succeeded in iii-O.iit-iiig
him to enter the carriage and
4.0 started for East Thirty-fourth
"reet, accompanied by his wife and
doctor, Constance and .1 returning ty
another way.
As soon as uncle Sam arrived, home
V was put to bed in a darkened room
and ico was applied to his head, the
patient submitting to these unpleasant
irc-par;uioiis without making the least
u-ecst au aucutionai proof, it any
wro needed, of how completely hi.3
'mind was absorbed in painful contem
plation of the tragedy which he had
so much feared.
After Dr. Herrmann had departed
aunt Gertrude took me aside. "I fear
your uncle is down fcr a serious ill
ness," she said. "I am tcld ha: must
be kept very quiet, and to ensure that
I will nurse him myself. But he
wearies me and distresses himself by
begging without cessation that I will
;;o to Paris and take charge of of that
English woman's son, and bring him
j.ere. I would not hesitate to do so
it my husband were well; but I dare
not. I will not, leave him in his present
citate. Will yen help me;'
"This appeal, the purport of which I
Muld not misinterpret, alarmed m?
greatly. "I would gladly go to any
part cf the world on your business,"
t answered quickly, "if only it lay :a
ny power to do so; and, apart from
uy love for Constance, I cah think of
nothing more gratifying than doing
anything to oblige you or uncle Sam,
but I have sworn an each that I will
never again leave your sitter until she
is my wife, and she is pledged to rae in
equal terms."
Aunt Gertrude smiled faintly. "I
have already telegraphed to three of
oar friends in Paris," she said, "urg
ing them to discover and protect the
child at any cos, and to let us know as
soon as possible that this has been
done; but I have not yet receives any
replies."
"""You have not allowed sufficient time.
It is barely two hours since you were
summoned to Mills Building."
"I have already asured your uncle
that if the child can be found I will
adopt it as my own, and that acsur
ance has rallied him more than any
thing else that cas been said or done.
If only I could show him a telegram,
proving that the child is now in good
hands, I think he would soon be him
self again."
''I believe you will receive such a
telegram some time to-day." j
"We will hope so," said aunt Ger
trude quietly. And having uttered j
i aese words she returned to her bus
band's room, and I sougut Constance.
CHAPTER -XX
AT XEWPOKT.
Uncle Sam rapidly became worse af
ter he returned home, and soon his con
dition excited the utmost alarm. Two
renowned physicians exerted their
skill for the -beneut of the patient, who
was never left without the atteudaaee
oi1 one or other of them. He was said
''O be suffering from phrenitic menicsi
induced by too prolonged tension
'-; the faculties an inflated way of de
scribing the simple fact that his mfnd
bad temporarily succumbed under the
avxiety and grief to which it had been
subjected.
For many weeks aunt Gertrude
I'ursed hor husband with untiring de
vctior, and in her anxiety that nothing
should be neglected or ill done she did
Ji'iK'h work that might well have been
left to other hands. My marriage with
Constance was indefinitely postponed,
no thought given to any' matter
but the present condition of the patient,
for whom oven his physicians acknowl
edged, they feared the Worst. '
WALTER BLOOM FIELD
Mrs. Fisk, wife of my uncle's confi
dential secretary, was induced by aunt
Gertrude to undertake a journey to
Paris for the purpose Of bringing to
New York the young boy whose wel
fare seemed more than all else to en
gage my uncle's lucid moments. Mean
while telegrams arrived assuring us
that the child Was well and in good
hands, which assurances were duly
conveyed to the patient, on whom they
appeared to have a beneficial effect.
Week after week passed away and
still the patient hovered uncertainly
between life and death. Mrs. Fisk
safely returned to New York with her
infant charge, a handsome, bright-eyed,
intelligent boy of exceeding vivacity
happily ignorant of his mother's fate
and his father's dangeiv The little
stranger, instead of being regarded as
an unwelcome addition to my uncle's
family, as might not unreasonably
have been expected, was received by
aunt Gertrude with the tenderest eon
sideratiOn and everything needful for
his Well-being was provided. By sun
dry apparently trivial but really pro
foundly significant words and acts
aunt Gertrude soon showed 'that the
newcomer had found a place no less in
her heart than in her house. Though
my uncle was informed of the arrival
of the boy the doctors for the present
forbade the child being presented to
their patient. The nature of my tij
cle's business was such that it neces
sarily came to a standstill as soon as
his direction of it ceased a direction
which hitherto he had never failed to
exercise, personally when in New York
City, and telegraphically, when absent
therefrom. Mr. Fisk was regular iu
his attendance every morning at my
uncle's house, aud never failed to re
port the patient's condition to a host of
his inquiring friends.
And thus November and the greater
part of December passed away, the
sq:iiits of the little household in East
Thirty-fourth street being raised one
day only to be dashed the next, accord
ing to the changeable condition of the
patient, whose malady once or twice
touched a point of extreme danger. But
at the near approach of Christinas,
when New York City lay covered with
a thick mantle of snow and the sky
was none the less clear because the
temperature was extremely cold and
icicles of prodigious length depended
from parapet and casement, the pa
tient took a very decided turn for the
better. Ke talked less and more ra
tionally, and was generally calmer,
and he slept better and partook cf
mora nourishment.
Though my uncle's medical advisers
were not, at the first appearance of
these signs, assured they portended a
favorable issue, they did not hesitate
to recognize in the gocd symptoms, af
ter they had endured for some days tin
abated, the beginning of complete re
covery. . .
And bo, indeed, it appeared. By the
middle of January uncle Sam had so
far recovered that he was permitted to
sit by the fire in his room, and there
one day he dispassionately discussed
with me the tragedy which to quote
his .own words, had "thrown him oft
his balance." His wife's loving care
of the boy familiarly known as ''the
cardinal" occasioned him much satis
faction, which he gratefully acknowl
edged in various way, and it Is to that
circumstance I have always attributed,
more than to ail else besides, his com
plete recovery. At this juncture "the
cardinal" was taken every morning by
aunt Gertrude into the patient's room,
where he was permitted to frisk about
like a spaniel at his father's feet, and
his gambols and his pertinent replies
to questions which he could not possi
bly understand amused and delighted
everybody present.
In the early stages or tne patient s
Convalescence it was customary for
Connie and me to read to him in tura.
The reading was always selected by
uncle' Sam, and consisted fcr the most
part of the dally papers and current
fiction.' One day I ventured to inquire
if he would care to listen to some lit
erature of a higher standard a choice
work by one of the great poets, for In
stance.. -
"No, no," said uncle Sam, "not for
Jthe AVorld. I like postry too well."
I confessed my inability to under
stand this reply.
"Poets," remarked uncle Sam, "are a
pitiable handful of creatures. Their
divine gifts are compensated by pow
erlessness to cope with the manifold
treacheries of mankind, and consequent
starvation and miser:', and though by
some strange accident one of the tribe
not long ago. slipped into the House of
Lords, that was a blunder which will
not be repeated; the majority gravitate
quite naturally to the workhouse. I
love poetry, but can never read it with
out my heart aching for tne poor
wretch who expended his brain power
Lin prontlessly weaving it. No. no, Er
nest; cpen the Trumpeter an-, tell me
whether the Rothschilds have succeed
ed in Jloatipg that loan for the Aus
trian Government."
Slowly but surely the patient re
gained strength, but February was al
most snent before th doctors would
Sanction' his .rrral to Newport. Kui I
until after he was able to go about the
house unaided did the permanent
changes Wrought in him by the illness
through which he had passed become
fully apparent, and then it was seen
that his once ligbt brown hair had be
come almost entirely grey," that there
were lines in his face which had not
been observed before his illness, and
that his Btep was a trifle slower and
less elastic than df old; t thought his
cheerfulness and his frank cynicism
had escaped unaffected until he sur
prised me one morning by informing
his friend, Mr. Rosenberg, in my pres
ence, that it was his intention as soofi
as he returned from Newjxtrt to close
his speculative business affairs, and de
vote his remaining days to safeguard
ihg such- dollars as he had already ac
quired, leaving the pursuit of wealth td
younger or more ardent spirits.
By the opening of March uncle Sam's
family in which, of course, I include
myself, for long before this time I was
regarded by everybody as belonging
thereto were comfortably settled in
his villa vt Newport, Rhode Island,
where it was thought the ocean breezes
and continued withdrawal from busi
fiess cares might restore him to his for
mer condition of mental and physical
vigor. . -
Chatham Villa is one of the numer
ous artistic summer houses which
abound in the southern portion- cf
lihode Island, and stands in extensive
pleasure grounds overlooking Narra
gansett Bay. As yet the weather was
very cold for living iu such an open sit
uatiohi btit the sky was almost always
clear and brigkti and scarcely a day
of the seven Weeks -that We remained
on the island passed without Con
stance and me, thickly clad with furs,
taking an invigorating walk, in which
exercises we were sometimes accom
panied by uncle and aunt, the former
of whom would point out where tho
S000 British troops and their tlcssiau
mercenaries Were quartered during the
American Revolution, and the wastes
Where once flourished the fine groves
which they cut down for fuel; and he
would sometimes further describe how
my countrymen had destroyed nearly
500 of the houses and all the shipping
th n harbored there.
Although, all thing3 considered, I
must always look back upon my first
sojourn at Newport with much gratifi
cationindeed it could hardly be oth
erwise, for I enjoyed the almost unin
terrupted company of Constance while
I Was there I was rejoiced as the pe
riod fiSed for our stay drew towards its
dose, and that for the best f ail pos
sible reasons.
Before leaving New York it had been
arranged that Constance and I were to
be married at a Presbyterian church
on Fifth avenue the first day of May,
and we were to return to the city one
week prior to that event. In accord
ance with the wish of everybody con
cerned, the ceremony was to be of the
simplest possible character, and an
hour after its accomplishment we were
to leave for Saratoga, where a suite of
rooms had been engaged for me at the
Grand Union Hotel. -
Preoccupied as I was with the antici
pation of my approaching Happiness, I
could never forget my father, and in
my more reflective moments was dis
turbed at hearing no news of him,
either directly or indirectly, but I could
not think of any better way of amend
ing the unfortunate rupture between
us than that which Constance had pro
poseda plan not yet practicable, in
creasing my already great impatience
with the slow-moving hours.
The eve of our vcturn to New York
at length arrived. April was Crawiug
to its close, aud the weather was so
genial that we sat with comfort in a
group by the opened glasdoors which
lead on to the veranda that overlooks
the bay. Uncle Sam and I were smok
ing, a habit which by long use our re
spective ladies had grown to tolerate
at all sorts of unseasonable times and
places. Aunt Gertrude was engaged
working a monogram in silken charac
ters on a strange-looking pur?e of fine
network which she had designed for
her sister, while the latter nestled at
my side wistfully turning over an al
bum of photographs. "The cardinal"
had just been carried off to bed by his
nurse, after amusing us for ten min
utes by an exhibition of his precocity,
his customary evening privilege. Un
cle Sam was in high spirits, and more
like his former self than at any time
sl.ee his illness. After intently ob
serving his wife's work for some min
utes (my aunt had completed the C and
was now outlining a T, not an M), he
suddenly exclaimed: "Ernest, you are
a lucky dog," to which inelegant asser
tion I fcigaified my assent, at the same
time taking Connie's hand in mine.
"Scores -of English lords, heavily
weighted with titles and debts, sigh in
vain for an achievement such as
yours," continued uncle Sam. "What
a pity it is that man, always quick to
perceive his misfortunes, is so fre
quently blind to the good things which
fall to his share!"
"That will never be' my. case," X ob
served.
Ti be continued.
Here is the Keal Tlxiajr.
A prominent colonial planter, well
bred (3S), affectionate, excellent char
acter, healthy, good, tall, fine looking,
broad instruction, honorific 'grades,
highest European standing, owning un
developed properties of immense worth,
wishes speedy marriage witiK wealthy,
independent young lady or widow, lov
ing and ambitious, willing to . become
millionaire by investing a moderate
starting capital in her husband's es
tates; strictly confidential; state partic
uiarsv New York Herald. . -
North America was first discovered
by Sebastian Cabot, a VenetlaOi Iu the
service of Eaglaud, Iu 110 "
fHE ECONOMY OF COOD ROADS
liy W. W. CROSBY,
Goads tns'neer of Baltimore CoOnty fitd
jteitiyL HE subject of good roads is
jf 7g one in Which every inhab
O o itaht of the country Is per
- R sonally Interested Unless
$G$tr he produces on his farm
every article he uses, unless he re
vives no maili pays jio taxes and never
ventures beyond the bounds of his own
property, he is affected in the spot
tenderest to us all his pocketbook
by the condition of the country roads.
He pays more taxes to keep up bad
roads than he would to maintain good
roads. If he receives mail it costs the
Government and this means the peo
ple more to carry it over bad roads
than good roads. If he travels beyond
his own property it takes more of his
time Which is money, and more out of
his team over bad toads than good
ones. It costs him mire on account
of bad roads to market produce. Qhis
extra cost must be added to the cost
of production, and the man who buys
the article must pay the difference.
It costs just as much to grow a bushel
of Wheat or corn near a good road as
beside 4 bad one, but if on the bad
road the producer can only haul two
thirds of the load with the same team
that he can on the good one his cost
of marketing his wheat or corn Is fifty
per cent, more than it otherwise would
be and the man who buys the wheat
or corn must pay that much more.
And wheat or corn, oats or cotton, beef
or wool, the same thing applies. If
all the roads are bad, all the producers
labor under the same disadvantage,
and the manufacturer pays the farm
er the extra price and then charges
the farmer a higher price in his turn
for the manufactured articles to make
up for it.
The problem seems capable of but- a
single solution. To the average farm
er the word "bond" is terrifying, but
it need not be. We all ask credit of
our neighbors daily In some form or
other, either as to our statements, repi
Utations Or financial affairs. Judge
Thayer says: "The business of, a civiU
ized world is done on the credit sys
tem." Tlie business ofbarbarism is
transacted on the "cash" plan. The
500,000,000 people who get in debt have
food to eat, clothes to wear and places
in which to sleep. The 500,000,000
who do not possess sufficient confi
dence in themselves to trust one an
other never tasted flour or beef, go
naked and sleep out of doors. Activity,
prosperity and thrift are the natural
fruits of mutual dependence on one
another, coupled with the legend "I
promise to pay."
As an illustration: a man owns a
city lot worth say $1000; his Income,
above his family expenses, is $500 an
nually. He wishes to improve the lot
so that Instead of its being an expense
to him he can get something out of it.
He is prejudiced against going in debt,
so he builds just as rapidly as liis $500
per year will permit, and at the end
of ten years has a $0000 property,
which has cost him $7000, and which
he can rent for $750. Now, had he not
been so prejudiced i gainst going in
debt, he might have borrowed the $5,
000 at six per cent., erected the build
ing in three months, and by the end of
ten years not only paid off the loan
but had from $1500 to $2000 in hand
adding to this his loss rental, interest,
etc., makes his contribution to prej
udice against going in debt $2000 to
$2500.
The illustration applied to building
roads shows the difference in results
between going in- debt for money to
build roads and building them from
the annual road taxes. Only the man
who put up the building had some-'
thing to show at the end of ten years
for the money Invested, while the peo
ple who pay road taxes have little or
nothing at the end of ten years, or at
the end of any other period, to show
for their money.
There nre many times when the de
moralized condition of the business of
this country can be traced directly to
bad roads. Hard times, dull times, la
bor unemployed, fluctuating prices, re
duced railroad earnings, spasmodic
speculation in stocks, corners in food
stuffs, are often the immediate results
of bad roads. K. G. Dun & Co., of New
York, not long ago, in a review of the
condition of trade, said that "the strin
gency in the money markets here and
at some other points is more largely
due to slow collections, which appear
to result from severe weather and im
practicable roads," than to anything
else. So it is that mud rules the land.
So great a foe requires the united ef
forts of the people to dethrone it. In
this struggle every line of business in
tho land should be united, and there
is certainly no interest which -has more
at stake in the success of this move
ment and which should be more deter
mined in urging the wotk forward
than the farmers. Good Roads Maga
zine. liis: flower Vases.
For flower pots the erstwhile popu
lar jardiniere of fancy pottery is decid
edly old style, as compared with the
enormous bowl-shaped vases of terra
cotta now in use. The porous quality
makes ' them' admirable for the health
of the plant. They may be had quite
plain for comparative' reasonable
prices. Those which are garlanded
and. becherubed after the Italian
manner are more expensive, Phila
delphia Becord,- -
busehold
alters
A Sewing Koom Convenience.
No sewing room is complete, suggests
Vogue, without one or more wooden
Clothes trees or costume hangers,
which can be bought very reasonably
at any furniture shop. On these may
be hung garments that are in process
of making, or if the various garments
that come from the laundry requiring
a few stitches or mending are hung in
the sewing room, it is an easy matter
to drop in for an hour or so and mend
them when one feels in the mood.
Freshly iaitndere'd garments are kept
in a much better condition if while
waiting to be mended they are hung
on a clothes tree, than when they are
laid over chair backs or put away in
chests and drawers. . ' - -
To Itemove Stain,'
If linen is badly stained with fruit,
tea or coffee, put plenty of water into a
boiler or other vessel, and when it boils
hard drop in the stained article. Stir
frequently, and after a few minutes
rapid boiling the stain will disappear
and the water be colored. . Lye or
washing fluid may be used for clean
ing, but no soap, as that sets the stain.
I had a tablecloth half covered with a
bad coffee stain, and a few minutes'
boiling made it as white as ever. Blood
stains may be removed in the same
way, if the article is soaked a short
time first in cold water. Cyanide of
potassium in the proportion" of one
ounce to a quart of soft water, is a per
fect cleanser of badly oxidized silver.
Used by dealers in cleansing wares.
Prepare a sufficient amount so the arti
cle can be completely immersed. Ex
amine every few minutes, but return
to the bath until clean. Immediately
on final removal,"" rub dry with a soft
woolen cloth, or the silver, will look
streaked. The preparation will" not
hurt the hands, but it is a poison, and
must be kept carefully out of the way
of children. Philadelphia Inquirer.
: To lo "Little ThinRS.
Always keep, your celery roots and
dry them. They are good for seasoning
soups and sauces.
Table oilcloths or the linoleum on the
kitchen floor can be kept fresh and
cleaner with oil than with soap and
water.
When weighing molasses sprinkle
the scale well with flour and then it
will slip off again quite easily without
sticking.
A plain brown or green wall paper
makes an ideal background fcr pic
tures, and the absence of pattern on
walls adds immensely to the apparent
size of the room.
When tomatoes and milk are to be
put together, as in a cream soup, have
the tomato juice and milk of the same
temperature, then beat vigorously as
the tomato is added, little by little.
A good general rule always to re
member In the use of gelatins is to
soften the gelatin in cold water, then
to dissolve -in boiling water. Neglect
of either part of the process will cause
trouble in making jellies.
To save the knees of boys" ribbed
stockings one mother re-enforces them
by sewing- a piece of strong black cloth
behind them before they are worn at
all. It is remarkable how much longer
stockings wear when treated in this
way.
In hanging a mirror choose a spot
where it will reflect the view from the
window or something pretty; then it
will add to the beauty of the room. In
any case, whether the object of the
mirror be decorative or merely useful,
do not place it anywhere where the
sun's rays will fall on it, for the sun
acts injuriously on the mercury and
clouds the glass.
Steamed Sponge Pudding One cap
ful of light bread sponge or dough, one
tablespoonful of butter; mix well, and
set to rise in a warm place; when light,
roil out thin and spread with fresh
or canned fruit, jam, raisins or dried
cherries, or any one kind of fruit de
shed; roll up into a small loaf, place
in a buttered basin or tin and let rise
again; when light, steam one hoUr and
a quarter.
Maple Buns To a pint of bread
sponge add one small cupful of grated
maple sugar, two large eggs (well
beaten), one-half cupful of soft butter,
a little salt, and flour to make a soft
dough. When light, shape into buns
and let rise again. Bake in a quick
syrup and sift grated maple sugar and
cinnamon over them. ' Nice for the
children's lunch basket, and particu
larly good with cocoa or chocolate. -
An Easy Omelet This is made in an
uncovered casserole, the sort one buys
for twenty cents at Italian groceries
in any city. Beat the yolks of the eggs
until they are light in color and quite
stiff. Beat the whites stiffly. Add tfl
the yolks grated cheese, chopped mush
rooms, or whatever variation of the
omelet is required. Add salt and pep
per, a cupful, more or less, of milk,
very gradually, and fold In the whites
of the eggs. Turn into the buttered
casserole and bake in a moderate oven.
These little shallow casseroles, whict
are to be had in several sizes, are rath
er fragile affairs, glazed on the insidt
ouly, aud soft baked clay on the out
side. They have a short handle, lik
the old time porringer, and are, alto
gether, very pretty dishes. For a disl
it baked macaroni, baked beans, sof
corn bread or any vegetable aij tr
V.n, they are recommended
H
Wtt'aad HUMOR?
of THE D AY
A. Tragedy.
There lived in the city of Worcester, 1
A man who could crow like a roocester.
But, as he grew old
He often caught cold, " ?
Aad then couldn't crow as he urc?ster
Pick-Me-Up.
Misunderstood
. "Is he a union man?" - "
"No; he's a bachelor. New York Her
ald.
Club Gossip. "
George "Do you repeat all jrou
hear?"
Grace "Oh, no. I tell only what'i
Implied." Puck.
Kotn Girtg.
"Poetry is something that" is born.
It cannot be acquired. The making of
it is a gift."
"So is the disposing of it as I have
found." Ally Sloper.
IteasoRS rienty as Blackberries.
"There are at least 1000 reasons why
I should marry her."
"Well, what are they?"
"First, because I want to, and she
herself iu the other 099." Town Top
ics. , , , , . '
Obeying Order.
"The doctors have ordered Bilkins to
be quiet, and under no circumstances
to use his brain."
"But how does he pas3 the lime?'
"I believe ho is writing a novel."
Lif?.
liis Inference,
Tom "My grandfather must have
Leen a very thin man."
Dick "What makes you thiuk so?"
Tom "Because he's always referred
to as the skeietou in the family closet."
Detroit Free Press.
Crushe:!. "
He ,(:ifler the show) "I guess the
curtain must have fallen too hard on
the first act."
She "Why, what do you mean?"
He "That might account for the
play being so flat." Chicago News.
Two Kinds.
"I heard a story to the effect that
Biffins is going to put up a building.
Is there any foundation for it?"
"There may be a foundation for the
storyt but so far there's none-for the
building." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A X.ong log.
"Pardon me, tut" did you see
a
dachshund hear here?"
"Yes."
"Where 'was he?" v .-'
"Partly on Euclid avenue and partly
on Erie street." Cleveland riain
Dealer. . ,.
Hard Lnc-k,
Mrs. Hystyle "Poor Percy had a sad
experience on Jiis last trip to Phila
delphia." Mr. Hystyle "Accident?" "
Mrs. Hystyle "Yes, he lost the- Lon
don and Paris labels off his grip."
Boston Globe. -
Shrewd.
Rooster "Don't you know you're sit
ting on a litter of glass eggs?"
Hen "'Sh! Don't mention itl As
long as the hired man takes me for. a
fool he'll bring me my meals, and I
won't have to grub for a living." De
troit Free Press.
At the Nistit School.
"Is there anything on the other side
of space?" asked the instructor, to
puzzle his pupils. .
"Yes, sir," answered the shaggy
haired boy, who had begun to learn
the printer's trade. "The lower case
'a' box." Chicago Tribune.
Vnappreeiativ.
"Your youngest daughter is ha-'ng
her voice cultivated?"
"Well," answered Mr. Cumrox,
"that's the way mother and the girM
express it. But between you and me,
I hired the professor in the hope of
getting it cured." Washington Star.
Lack.
Ida "Weddings should always be oil
clear days."
May "Oh, I don't know. I hope
there will be showers on my wedding
day."
Ida-" You do?"
May "Yes. showers of rice." Chi
cago News.
How Mamie Changed.
Banks "You say your daughter
Mamie has changed wonderfully. In
what way?"
Janks "When she was little' she
wouldn't go into the parlor for fear
liter 3 was a man there, aud now she
won't go in the parlor unless there is
oue there." Chicago Journal.
Hard Pressed for fnada.
"Ob. Henry," exclaimed his wife, as
,she threw her arms rapturously about
bis neck, "I do love you so! Don't
forget to "leave tne $10 when you go to
town tb morning, will you, dear?"
"And this," muttered Henry, softly
disengaging himself from her fond em
brace, "Ibis is what you might call
being hard pressed for money." Chi
cago Journal..
Her
Mrs. Wabash "There goes Mrs. Mar
rin'iore ' with her stepson. What a
homely boy hr is'"
Mr.. De Yo..?e "Yes, aud yet I rc
member several years ago I thought
him quite pretty."
Mr?. Wabash "Ah! but you were bis
rno'l'pr at tbat time, were you not?"
Mrs?. D? Verse "Why, yes, I belleTft
I was'-riiilaslelyhia Press.
f d- 'SCI ; ,3
A noiseless electro-magnetic gun has
been successfully tested in Norway."
A trolley representing the latest typo
of modern car building embodies the
semi-convertible idea; that if, the win
dows when not in use disappear in re .
ceptacles iu the roof.
A Pennsylvania fisherman has dis
covered that bullfrogs act as sentries
to fish, and that it is useless to try.
to catch bass when a deep-voiced, bel
lowing frog is watching. .
The . sound-deadening arrangements
tried on the Berlin elevated railway in
clude felt under and at the Sides 'of
the rails, wood-filled car wheels, steel
and wood ties resting on sand and
cork-lined floor planks. Low rails on
deep wooden stringers proved the most
effective.
F. H. Glew, of .London, England, has
calculated the time of a lightning flash
to ije one-nineteenth of a second.. He
obtained this-result by means of u
photograph made with a vibrating
lens, which indicated the multiple
image taken.and the rate of vibratioo
of the leus.
Yerba mate is a tea prepared from
the roasted and pulverized leaves o"
an evergreen forest tree found in
southern Brazil and the neighboring
region. . It is said to have all the best
qualities of coffee and tea as a stimu
lating health beverage, without the
disadvantage of either. I.t is much
used in Paris hospitals.
The novel theory of Dr.' Voight. a
German astronomer, is that the greater
part of the moon's craters represent
work of coral insects in long-vanished
seas. He finds that if" tho earth's
tropical ocean were sudenly dried up
the bed would resemble the face of
the moon, the coral formations appear
ing exactly like tho craters of extinct
volcanoes. '
HINTS ON BREEDING.
The Narrative . of a r:atogmau and a
Tenderfoot.
A tenderfoot and plainsman went
out together to kill deer. The tender-,
foot rode hastily from point to point,
wasting ammunitnon and wearied him-
self to no purpose. The plainsman,
picketing his horse back among tho
cedars, seated himself calmly on the
brink of a little hill overlooking a trail
that led to the little stream. He made
himself comfortable, then lighted his
pipe and sat still. As the shadows
came creeping across the laud the deer
awakening from their idleness began
to move about and a little troop of
them followed the trail under the hill
toward the water, whereupon the
plainsman calmly picked out the fat
test and killed it, threw it across his
horse and rode to camp. As he was"
frying venison steaks the tenderfool
returned disgusted, ready to declare
that "hunting was played out on these
hills."
There is good game passing our way
every evening. We may secure, it if
we will follow the example of the
man who knew how. First, camp by
a trail that game frequents. Next,
stay there. Next, see that your gun
is loaded and when the game corner
along bag it. Above all, do not fail
to wait patiently until the sun goes
down.
The man with pedigreed live stock
needs that quality of patience. While
he is waiting for the game let him.
have patience and put in his time in
bettering his herd, getting ready to
land his customers when the propet
time comes. The tenderfoot in the
stock industry "frets and fumes, sells
out if prices decline, tries another
breed, buying when prices are high,
neglects the breeding problem and the
development of the young stock and
at the close declares that "there is no
game in the hills." Breeder's Gazette.
A New Mountain Hallway.
The Swiss engineers project yet an
other mountain railway of great inter
est to the tourist. It is to start from
Sierre and proceed up the Val d'An
niviers to Zinal. Thence it will climb
to Arpitettaz, at the foot, of the Mo
rning and Weisshorn glaciers, and tra
verse the slopes of the Besso to tha
Mountet Club Hut. From that point
there is to be a tunnel under the Ober
gabelhorn, issuing, at a height of 2850
metres, immediately opposite the Mat
terhorn, and descending by way of the
gorges of th'e ' Trift, to the Zerniat: .
Station. A high altitude circular tour,
analogous to that from Lauterbriiniien
to Grbulelwald, via the Wemrern Alp.
will thus be established. The line is
to cost 7,725,000 l'r., and the third
Class return fare from Sierre to Zinal
Is to be 4 fr. SOc Westminster Ga
zette. The Kaiser to pis Heir.
While the Crown Prince ofGermany
was a student at the Gymnasium at
Hejdelberg-Le lost heavily one evening
at cards, and on applying to his royal
father, for reimbursenient he received
the required-number of bank notes
bound together like a book. Later, af
ter another disastrous game, he wrote
the Emperor:
"I have finished 1he interesting book
sent me. and am impatiently awaiting
the second volume."
In answer to this the Emperor sent
another, book of bank notes, similar
to the first except that on the cover he,
had inscribed "Volume Second and
Last."
The Crown Prince took the hint and
indu'sed in no more panies of flianre,
-New York Vrm,