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no. :o.
tttattom
When tho Thin ii Coming Iu.
Somehow, lov our b'xit sails lighter
Smoother, fustier On tho buy
Somehow, love, tho aim shines brighter
Softer, warnmr tliro' tho spray
Somehow, love, tli sky is clearer,
Ooil ami limn seem nearer kin
Somehow, ven you iiro dearer
When tho tiilu is coming in!
'"""is tlio spring of lito, uin'inliiv"
At the source of motion, ilrur!"
"'Tis tbo stream of liopo iisoenliiij
From tho depths of ocean, d?ar 1
"'Tia tho heart of uaturo boating.
Where tho throbs of lit ) begin!"
"En rtli mid ln'aven Kindly meeting,
When tli tiJo is coming lu !"
Somehow love, your ryes am brighter,
Softer, warmer thro' tlio spray,
AnJ your laughter ripples lighter
O'er tho whltooaps on the bay ;
In our path no tinge of sadness,
In our wakn no shadoof sin,
r'or our hearts nr tilled with gladness
When tho tiilo is fuming iu !
Minneapolis Journal.
TWO PHOTOGRAPHS.
"A pretty face a very pretty fneo
indeed ! "
I turned tlio little photogrujih up
hiilo down, held it oil' at u nn's length
to get a perspective view, ami scruti
nized it closely.
Iurwin Wallis looked j1cusm1 ; u
man naturally HIcch to have his fiancee
iluly ml m i it'll itinl appreciated.
"Ho this is the Bessio Armitngo 1
liavo lieiti'il ho inueli of; really, Wal
lis, she does credit to your tu do. A
blonde?"
"Fair ns a lily, witli blue eyes and
tho sunniest golden hair! '
"Ah! Well, I lilllsl stiy I Jirefer the
lirunettu stylo, so far ns my indi
vidual tnsto (jous; but then, fancies
diil'er, you Know."
II was all very well for Vallin to go
into Costarica aliout his pallid, fair
haired little lijssie Arniiluge ; ho had
never mot the glance of Cecelia Ver
iiou'h luugniilceut dark eyes.
"An you Hay, fanrios differ," Wullis
returned lightly, "lint J wish you
would select a handsome frame for it
when you go to II next."
"I'll cu to it," I Haiti, depositing
the pie I mo iu its envelope, and re
turning it to my inside pocket.
After nil, Darwin Wall in was better
tiff than I was, for lit! w.is securely en
gaged to tho dimpled, yellow-trcsst d
little object of his affections, while I
was yet ns it were in utter darkness,
uncertain whether Cecelia returned
my ardent devotion, or whether she
secretly inclined toward Fitzhugh
Trefoil. A score of times I hu I re
solved to settle the question 1 a score
oT timcK I had gone to the old Vernon
house with the very formula of decla
ration on my lips, aiai as often had
the words died iiwiiy.uuvoieed mid mi
spokeu. If fate hail only gifted me with nue
ihousandth part of Trefoil's off-liaud
Audacity. 1 don't think tiny tiling
short of the J hinge c mid check that
fellow's cool Hclt'-powiessioii ; an earth-
quake wouldn't, mid J don't think that
the millennium could !
However, love inspires the feeblest
hoirt with a sort of lictitious courage,
and I was a new man sino M ;ss Ver
non had smiled upon me. What was
tho tiso of doubting, hesitating uml
trembling. Why not decide my fate
at once? Darw in Waliis' serene con
tent exereiHcd a stimulating inlluciicc
upon me.
'There is no sense in procrastinat
ing matters any further," I said, half
aloud, as I walked up and down tho
rather limited domains of my little
law otlice. "I have luen a doubting
fool quite long enough."
I am nt'ruld I wasn't a very amiable
member of tho domestic circle that
aftern oon.
"I think Paul is growing crosser
every day, said my sister, hhru'jging
her plump shonld'rs. "Mother, I
wish you'd speak to him!"
lint my mother, bless 1 1 r wise old
soul, knew better than tint.
"Paul in worrietl with business mat
ters, I suppose," she said, apologet
ically. "Paul will do well enough, if
you only let him alone."
I went up to my room after supper
and made an elaborate toilet; but all
the pains I bestowed upon it, served
only to heighten the general effect of
awkwardness !
"I've two minds to wait until to
morrow night," N:tid I to myself, stop
ping with my cravat half tied. "No
1 might be a coward, but I was not
such a poltroon as that. I had begun
the enterprise, and I would carry it
through."
Moreover I hud had nu inspiration t
An entirely ami original method of
putting the iiiemcntous query had oc
curred to me.
1 opened my writing case, nu I care
fully, took out a little esrto lie visito
wrapped iu tin-mo piper. It was Ce
celia's picture; she ha I allowed me to
steal it away from nor, with Rmieely n
remonstrance, a week before. Then
was tbo time I ought to Lave proposed,
but, liko a timorous, doubting oulf, I
bad lot tho golden tide of opportunity
slip unimproved away from me!
I drew Bessio Armitago'H vacant,
doll-liko fuco from its envelope, and
compared tho two with a thrill of
triumph iu my heart.
It was a lovely spring night ns I
entered tho wide gravelled path that
led up to tho wide porch of tho old
fashioned Vernon mansion.
Squire Vernon sat therosmoking hio
meerschaum.
"Won't you net down and have a
tunoke?" ho demanded hospitably,
"It's a real luxury to bo able to take
a whiff out o' doors, after beiu' shut
up iu the house all winter. Or may
be you'd prefer goiu' in to see
Cecelia."
Sensible old gentleman! ho had not
forgotten his own young days.
"SIio'h in the parlor, all by her
self," said tho squire good-humored-ly,
motioning me iu.
Cecelia wiih sitting iu the parlor
alone, as her father had said, tho
bright centro of a cheerful circle of
light.
Cecelia was nlvvnys fair to look
upon, iu my sight ; tonight, however,
she seemed more than ordinarily
beautiful.
I sat down and began hesitatingly
upon the never-failing topic of the
weather. A proposal seemed the
easiest thing in the world as 1 walked
iilniig the starlightetl road, contem
plating it from afar oil'; but now that
f was face to face with it, Alps upon
Alps of difficulty and perplexity
seemed to surround its accomplish
m lit.
Cecilia tried her best to keep tho
bill of conversation in motion; she
introduced new siilj 'ds, asked leading
questions, nii'l feigned deep interest,
iu the must iilmtrueo of topic". Hut
even Cecilia couldn't talk on forever,
ami presently w ith a little si-'h of de
spair, hhi! subsided into silence. .Nuiv
was the event fill moment of my des
tiny. "Cecilia!" I saitl softly.
She raised tho liquid bluo eyes to
mine.
"I want to roiilido in you tonight
have I your permission to speak!"
"Certainly, Mr. Murkhuui !''
"I am very much in love, Cecilia;
iu fact, my heart has Ion ago gone
cut of my own p isscssioii into th it of
I stopped, with the fatal husky feed
ing in lay throat. Cecilia was blush
ing divinely! I drew my chair close
lip to hers, with the Keiisatiou of a
man who hiisjmt pulled the sti'iug of
I! cold shower bath.
"Who is the lady?" faltered Cecilia
us if she didn't know perfectly well
already.
"Shall I show you her picture, Ce
cilia.
Miss Vernon incline I her he. id al
most to tha level of my shoulder, to
look at tin little carte do visite l
drew from my pocket. I skillfully
lit out; arm around her waist.
"See, dearest."
lint to my horror and dismay she
snatched her hand from my clasp
sprang up ami stalled away, liko
some fair avenging goddess.
'How dure you insult me, Mr.
Marklniiii?"
"Cecelia! How "
"Don't presume to call mo Cecelia,
sir," said the ind iguaut girl, sweeping
from the room.
I sat liko one palsied. What had I
done? Surely she would presently,
return ami apologize for her cujiri
cious conduct.
lint she did not return ; and after
waiting long in vain I sneaked out of
side door and crept dejectedly home,
my heart burning with resentment.
1 had no mind to meet the family
group, so 1 admitted myself with the
night key and stole noiselessly up
stairs, where my gin still burned.
1 threw off my coat viciously; as I
did so the forgotten carto do visite
dropped from my pocket. I stooped
to pick it up. It was tho portrait of
Bessie Arniitagc.
And thereon the mantel, where iu
my heedless haste I ha I left it, was
the countenance of Cecilia!
1 had shown her the wrong photo
graph. All was clear now! Her indigna
tion ami resentment tho whole
tangled web of mystery was un
ravelled ! I caught up my hut to
rush back, but at that moment tho
deck struck 11 !
It was too late. All apology and
explanation must bo deferred until
the morrow.
1 '.hi ly the next morning I walked
over to tho old Vcrlioii mansion ; but
expeditious as 1 was, Trefoil hud been
t here before mo. I met bins coining
wliistly down tho walk as jlf-pos-M'.ised
as evor.
"Good morning!" I said briofly,
endeavoring to pass him ; but ho do
tainod me.
"Congratiilato mo, my dear fellow;
I am tho happiest man iu tho world.
Cecilia has just promised to bo my
wife !"
1 stared blankly at him, nnd with
ono or two unintolligiblo murmurs,
turned short round mid walked homo
ngniii.
Well bo goes tho world, nnd I nm
a bachelor yet. There is but ono Co
cilia, and she, alas! is married to Trefoil!
The Historic Alamo.
Tho building now culled tho Alamo
is only a part of tho Alamo, but being
tho most enduring, besides tho most
unique part, nnd being accredited as
nn important part of the fort defended
by tho TexaliH, it has been purchased
by the State and is now public proper
ty. The State has turned over tho old
church to tho city to take care of nnd
keep open to visitors. The city fur
uishes a keeper and regulates his
hours, etc.
Hundreds of strangers visit tho
Alamo during tho year, and w h it il )
they see? A very untidy, negligently
kept old buildiug.iii one room a crazy
smoky old stove, sticking its pipe out
of one of the front windows to be
grime the walls. Old lumber, rickety
idd tloors and unsightly furniture
greet the eyes of the visitor. Many
of these people imagine that this is
just how it looked in tho lire, nnd
smoke of battle ; in fact, tlr:ro is a
picture of the Alamo, which is pointed
out by the keeper us the Aluujo as it
was when the bitlle was fought mid it
looks ju-,t like the Alamo of today.
Then there is a picture of a pro
posed monument and a contribution
box nearby to which the attention of
visitors is called. How many dollars
have been dropped into that contribu
tion box his never bjon divulged?
Many complaints have been made of
tho treatment of visitors but the mat
ter was thought too delicate to bo
commented upon. Sun Antonio,
(Texas) Kxprcss.
( oulil Not Make Thibet.
Mr. Wilson relates nu illuming story
of an ollieer who determined to enter
Chinese Thibet by stratagem. This
officer managed to cross the front i T
nt niht, ami so escaped the frontier
guard. Next day, however, while he
was journeying deeper into Thibet,
the Thibetan soldiers overtook him,
ami informed him that, as the country
was unsafe, In cause of robbers, they
would go with him in order to protect
h I in, to which arrangement the travel
er was compelled to agree. In a few
hours they came to a river, which was
crossed by a rope bridge. The Thibe
tans passed over first, iu order to show
that the bridge was safe, and then the
ollieer got into the basket nnd was
pulled along by tho Thibetans. Sud
denly, however they ceased jiulling,
and hit the Knglisltiuun hanging iu
mi l-air above the rushing torrent.
lu vaiu tho traveler shouted to the
Thibetans to pull; they merely
smoked and nodded their heads. Tho
hours pasted and still the ollieer hung
above the torrent. At last the Thibe
tans agreed to pull him back if he
would promis j to leave Thibet imme
diately. This, of course, ho was com
pelled to tin, ami took bis departure
from tho forbidden laud. Ceutlo
niiin's Magazine.
Lost Wills in llihles.
There have been iu England recent
ly two examples of tho recovery of
lost wills found iu Ibbles. Ono was
made more than thirty years ago, and
leaves sixteen thousand pounds to
certain missionary societies. It was
an illustrated 15ible, w hich attracted
the attention of a little girl ; if there
had been no pictures, it is sad to re
tli.'ct that nobody would have looked
into that Bible. It is curious how
the old custom of looking into Bibles,
not indeed for wills, but for bank
notes, has gone out. It used to bo
tho way of religious folks to give
the sucred volunij to their god-children,
interleaved iu this excellent
fashion. In Captain Marryat's novels
the lir.it net of a young iiiidshiput in
upon receiving this present used to bo
to go thiu,'h it very carefully from
Cfucsis to B evolutions. Argonaut.
Soudanese Cure for K.iliirs.
When a person iu tho Soud in is
bitten by a dog supposed to be suffer
ing from the rabies, tho animal is in
stantly caught, killed and cut open ;
the liver is taken out ami slightly
browned by being held to the lire,
after which tho whole of tho organ is
eaten by the patient. Louisville
Courier Journal.
A '.'.('nil acre farm near tho Delaware
Water (lap is devoted entirely to ihi
cultivation of celery,
( -IIIMIKI'VS OI.IJ1N'.
tin: i' hi o hi mm;,
K iiciy Irus a hopeful way
l!rh;lit and bn X nuiv.
Vh"ii I cra-So'd 111 lp In ! iv,
Si- s ltd In tier hopeful way.
"It's oa'y .-.-a -l iu't fret, I pray."
S limy, raevry Nanny!
Nanny li.i- a hopeful way.
Ho gou t and sweet mi 1 fanny,
W hen 1 broke tile flip l i-il iv,
Sli" said in her hopeful way,
'Well, "lva- fraek"d, I'm wlad Id say."
Kindly, merry Nanny '.
Nanny has a hop -r 1 1 1 way -
(.iiiite rUht, little Nanny.
Cups will eraek and break always
1'rettiie' doesn't nin I or piy.
Do the b 'st you e.iu, I say,
liusy, loving Naniiv.
Alj,"'rii'in I'assln iu St. Ni' hol f.
nu: iionkv ntiin.
Thi re is n curious little bird which
frequents the haunts of tho Bushmen
in South Africa. T.'ie Bushman's food
consists, hh is well known, of roots,
larvm of mils, 1 ists and wild hom y.
This List he discovers by means of tho
little honey bird which hangs about
his path, coaxing him to the nest in tho
hollow of a tree, or nook iu a rock,
and strange to sav, it is only after tho
nest has been pillaged by man, that
the bird is willing to eat its shnro of
the feast.
In connection with t It is fact, n story
is told of a Hottentot, who in endeav
oring to explain to his comrades the
vocation of a intsdonary, likened tho
te. icher to"lh honey bird w hich s ivs :
'Come, come,' nnd conduct us to the
(tweet treasure." Now York Ob
server. "wk Ai.r, i'kki, iMM.rri-:. "
Once upon a time a c rtiiin in ither
noticed a remarkable change iu tho
deportment of her six-yenr-old son,
who from a rough, noisy, discourteous
boy became transformed into one of
the gentlest, most courteous nnd con
siderate little fellows in the world.
The child was attending the kinder
garten, and the mother, iinturnlly in
ferred that to his ti'iierrtjr' was duo tho
change she win glnd to notice in him.
"Miss Smtih tenches you to bo
polite," she remarked, making what
was really an assertion in an interrog
ative tone.
"No, she never tenches us one bit
id'i.in it," was tho instant and most
einpliat it' reply.
The mother was puzzled, for she
was at a loss to account in nnv other
way for so radical a change. A second
and third attempt to discover the
cause of this condition was attended
with a similar result energetic denial
upon tht! part of the child of any iu
striv'thiii in the matter of courtesy.
"Well, then, if .Mist Smith doesn't
bay anything, what does she do?" slu
asked til length, quite desperate ill
"jer desire "or light upon the matter.
"Shi! doesn't tin anything. She
just walks around, ami we feel polite.
We feel just as polite as as every
thing!" and the inquiring mother was
fully sat lulled. Educational News.
A lll'.M RKA Itl.K TilAP.
lu Surinam there is a remarkable
toad-like creature, the female of which
carries i he young in a series of cells
iu the thick skin of the back, which
assumes a strange, honeycomb liko
appearance. When this lady toad is
carrying her nursery about with lu r
she is a very repulsive looking object.
Single handed she would be unable to
cope with tht! important question of
pi icing eggs where they will be most
favorably disposed for hatching, nnd
I'o,' this she has to rely on tho good
services of her mate. Soon after tho
eggs are laid they are t iken up by tho
male nnd pressed, one by one, into
tho cells in the thickened skin of his
partner's back ; there they grow until
they lit closely to the hexagonal form
of their prisons, each of which is
closed above by a kind of trap door.
After a period of some eighty-two
tlavH the eggs reach their full develop
ment and p:' hire, mt tadpoles, but
actually perfect little toads. The rea
son of this is that the tadpoles, which
require to breathe the air dissolved iu
the water by menus of their external
gills, could not exist in the cells, and,
consequently, this stage of develop
ment is putted through very rapidly
within tht! egg. In due time the voting
toads, to til ) number of 80 or ltllt,
burst open the lids of their colls, poko
out their noses, nnd make their en
trance into tho world. Tho mother
tn.id rubs off the remnants of tho cells
against anv convenient stone or plant
stem, an 1 c ones out in a brand-new
spring outfit. - Know lodge.
The late John J. Bresnan, Chief oi
the New York I'iro Department, killed
on duty last DeC'inber, is to bo
honored by n bronze sculpture por
tnil to bo placed on on: of tho publio
buddings.
;i)Hrs DUHLS.
Dangerous rastime at the Ger
man Universities.
A Systematic; Mutilation of tho
Human Fact;.
The duels at Heidelberg nre very
famous. Then! is perhaps n univer
sity iu (Seriii'iiiy at which du.dling is
not practised, but here it is regarded
almost as a religious duty. The sons
of the rich congregate at Heidelberg,
and they are th .' p 'njile w iio are es
p 'cinlly addicted to this form of stu
dent pastime in (iermuiiy. It is not
an exaggeration to say tluU between
twenty and thirty duels take pine
here every week during tlio semester,
and these lit urly all at the llersi'li-ga-st
, a little tavern across the river
from Heidelberg, which is known ami
n lvcrtised everywhere as the place of
resort for such encounters. It has
nerved in this capacity for a great
many years. Th) siu'uboardi point
to it. It is nu ntion -d iu
the guide bonks nnd every one
knows of it except the university olli
ciids mid the police. It is not a ten
lii i ti 1 1 1 o walk from the centre of the
town, though it is outside of tho city
jurisdiction. Tii is, however, seems to
bea matter of no monieiii, for some
of the clubs for a perin.; ;,e, year
fought in tin; town itself, at a tavern
directly in the shadow of tt.e old cas
tle. The Hirschgassj is a surt of cleft in
a hillslope down which deer used to
pats in order to drink at th s river
side. The t ivern is a churn eteris tic
German country drinking resort, on
the second story of which is a large
hall iu which the dialing takes place.
If. is surrounded by stables, a garden
nail a court.
On the ground Hour of this tavern
is a restaurant. One of the room1-,
besides various pictures of different
famous duels, yout.uiiis three huuvy
oak tublcs, the top surfaces id' which
arc curved with the names of students
who have curlier patronized the house.
Among them are to be found men who
to-day figure prominently iu one way
or another in the affairs of Germany.
Notices are now displaced forbidding
any further mutilation, and the in
cisions have been varnished over iu
oitler that they may be preserved as
luemeiitoes for the curious.
In the fighting hall il i I:' are vari
ous ornaments, hiiuIi as stu lent caps
of different colors and sword . A bust
statue of tht! Grand Duke of linden
looks down from a niche m the end of
the room, to lend the proceedings
roiistautly a kind of ollirial character.
There is in the hall a table full of
dainties, such as saudw iehes and beer,
at which those who attend the tights
may refresh themselves nt interval'-.
A side room exists for the use of the
surgeons nnd the stitchers. No at
tempt is made to conceal the encount
ers. Tiie hall has a great nuiub r of
windows, through which, on one snlo
next the bill, men and wou."" nis i
from tho town watch the lighting. To
this neither those who lir'l:t nor the
proprietor of the tavern seota to off r
any objection.
There are dcels here some three, or
four mornings every week by the
nieiubo;-8 of the various o',.;.'l
clubs, of which Heidelberg has an
enormous number. The West tj jsto
erutie of them all is the S.ixo-liorns-eia.
This club bears cartel relations
w ith the Boriissia of Bonn, to which
the Hohenzollei lis belong. 1'ive or
six duels between various combatants
nre usually fought on tiie sumo morn
ing. This is nil u curious commentary oil
law and order as they are supposed to
exist in Germany. Sttcli machinery
for the enforcement of law as is to be
found here lloni'Mies iu no other laud
ill the world, and yet, for one reason
niitl another, the duel goes on uu
hindretl. By the laws of the empire,
without taking into account the pt ti
alfies prescribed by the lower juris
dictions, there is a most severe punish
inelit for tlelling nnd the challenging
to duel. In spite of various attempts
to make other interpretations, ll.e
student duels have by tlm Supreme
Court of tho empire been decided to
be duels iu the sense of the Iti.T, Yet
pubiicly iu tho lleichstag uo longer
ago than last winter, mi esteemed
member of tho Kaiser's Ministry tl :
dared himself and his Government at
issue not only with the laws r.z.A the
Supremo Court, but with whatever
moral feeling there may be iu the
I ind against this malevolent form of
evil.
That there is a strong feeling against
the systematic mutilation of the hu
man face in tho universites there can
bo no doubt, although it is soiaotnm e
diilieult to discern. Those who ; e
opposed to it, however, nro bo far ro
moved from tho throng of authority
that they cannot muko their induction
I felt. It is one of those abominations,
! of w hich there are several in Germany,
i that there will be no way to uproot
-until there is established a Govern
ment w hich can rest iu st me wry upon
a fret; and responsible iublio opinion.
Whatever the Government of tier
many is today, it is not this.
Duelling is so common at Heidel
berg that it is siiidsometitnt s by those
who do not ktiovv their subject that
' all the students light. This is, of
, course not true, though there is rela
tively a larger proportion engaged at
it here than at some other universi
ties. There are surely not more than
H IO li ghters out of a w hole attendance
of 1,2'H. This iigurc, however may
bo slightly below tho mark. Phila
delphia Telegraph.
Mr. Imiiics's K:iri Cactus.
That ardent student of lloricitlture
Colonel All're 1 Isaacs is not so pus
sioii itely absorbed iu the 11 mi of
foreign lauds us he used to be. The
poppy and the pallid pelargonium lire
good enough for him, ho nays. Mr.
Isaacs is a Government collector iu
the olliee at tho foot of Main street.
Along the tup of his desk sits a row
of alligator pears and Homo sweet po
tatoes blooming iu bottlen of water.
The other day this display was in
creased by the arrival of a queer-looking
plant iu an earthen Mower pot. A
note attached to the plant dctcrihjd it
as a Hawaiian cactus and very rare.
lu size and shape the Hawaiian
cactus resembled a penholder covered
with a thin grayish-white foiluge. The
upper end of the plant was tied to a
stick iiis 'ited in the soil of tho pot.
Taken as a whole the cactus was not a
lromisiiig object, but Mr. Isaacs at
tended it with loving (are. Twice a
day ho watered it, according to in
structions, yet tho cactus did nut nji
pear to thrive.
"It must be the climate," saitl Mr.
Isaacs.
But the hot weather of the past two
days aroused the latent ciiergiis of
ihe Hawaiian sjit t'ilut li to a remarka
ble extent. It began to shed a frag
rance round about that made Mr.
Isaacs sick and drove sea captains nut
of the oilier. 'I he aroma of that im
ported c.icius was simply asphy xint
Hie, so much so that t he sagacious col
lector said :
"I nm beginning to sinell a rut."
Mr. Isaacs was right. He pulled
the cactus up by the roots and ex
posed a rat which shoiil I have been
buried deeper or thrown overboard
two weeks ago. The language be
Used sounded like special ravings of J.
McCulloiigh iu the phonograph, and
now Mr. Isaacs is trying to liud out
who pained oil' a rat's tail us a Ha
waiian cactus. lie has his suspicions,
and w ill get t veii before the summer
is over.-San Francisco Chronicle.
I.ini'ii lor I. inert.
There are no laundries on board
rhip: they take up too much room.
So the chief steward lays iu thousands
of pillow slips, sheets III 1 1 1 towels.
These come on boar.' tied up ill bales
of a dozen each, and are stored in the
linen locker, a ouhby hole of a place,
on the main deck ; the ventilator pipes
from the engine room run through it,
mitl keep it hot.
There is no danger of linen getting
mildewed there. The linen which bus
been used is thrown iutoiiuother room
provided with ill! same atmosphere,
uml is kept thoroughly dry. Where
there are clean napkins every day, fre
quent changes of stateroom linen uml
nu everlasting replenishing of towel
racks, the demands upon the linen
locker are very extensive.
A liner like the New York puts to
sea with about nine thousand stir
viettes, ten thousand towels, six thuu
h mil or seven thousand sheets, eight
thousand pil'nvv slips, and about t'li"
thousand tablecloths. Most of theso
find their way to the soiled linen lock
er in the r mrse of tlio voyage. When
the vessel arrives tin y are carted oil
to ;i laundry. -Tid-Bits.
I.bctrillcil Hotel.
A hotel iu Chic loo is so heavily
charged with electricity that the guests
cannot move around without getting a
shock that is often painful. It is so
bud that when one walks across tho
room ti spark w ill leap over a space of
two inches. Tho guests have some
funny experiences. One man came
near getting a gush cut in his fuco
when he went to get shaved, bemuse
be was so startled by a spark from the
ra.of. Then another man thought be
hud stepped on needles when he got
into A bathtub. Thin peculiar condi
tion of the building puzzles tho elec
tricians, and soma think the whole
house will have to bo overhauled and
revised. Boston Journil of Commerce.
A I -eve Song of tSiniinier.
Bummer In the IMds, my Jear,
And stunnicr In the skies ;
U ii : brighter far tlinn run or star
The summer In thine eyes!
Thy beaming i'jo',
Thy dreaming eyes,
With all the love that iu them Host
Summer on the luiid. my dear,
And summer on the sea;
And with the flowers and thrilling hours
Tiie siimiiii'r warships tle e !
( Hi. summer brief !
Waft one rose leaf
Prom my love's lips to me!
1". I.. Stanton, in Atlanta .'oustItutt"n.
Ill MOKOI S.
Two wrongs never made half a
right.
"Does Van Brief practice law
idoiie?" "No, he has a pal."
Many a cook can spoil tho broth
without any ttssistanro whatever.
A diamond imulr of paste is ns good
as any to the proud owner who dies
believing It to be genuine.
This was the tempting notico lately
exhibited by a dealer iu cheap shirts:
"They won't last long at this ju ice!"
A I'rankfiiril mother is so particular,
about hi r daughter's morals that she
allows her to play only upon an up
right juauo.
"Well," said the monkey to the or
gan grimier us he sat on tin: loj) of
the organ, "I'm simply carried away
with I lie music. "
Dooliltlo is the laziest man on
earth, lie always sits iu a draught
when he reads, so that the w ind cim
turn the leaves for him.
"Oh, yes, of course she's pretty,
but she knows it so well!'' "Well,
that's belter than being ugly and not
knowing it, you know."
"When nn IS-yeur old girl says her
mother won't let her accept nu invita
tion to a party il is certain that the
wrong jier.soti has asked her to go."
The boy st I on the burning deek.
And said, "As I'm nlive.
This weather malt s nn- think of .Inn"
lu IMi.V
"Whal mikes you think ho cares
for yon?" "Why, mamma talked to
htm ft if more than an hour la tt even
ing, nil I he really sei tin."! to enjoy
it."
"Talk about daylight robbery being
the height of imposition,'' said tho
limn us hi! shook his list at the gas
meter, "it is not iu il with gaslight,
robbery. "No."
Alberta I do wish it were not the
custom to wear the engagement ring
only mi the third finger of one's left
hand. Alt then So do I. I can't get
more than half my engagement rings
on at one 1 tine.
Ilich Aunt -Why do you bring mo
this grass, Toiuny? Tommy Hc
eailst! I want you to bite it. "Why'To
you want me to bite it?" 'Tirriiuse I
heard pi snv that when you bite the
grass we will get ? I't.H'l I. "
Teacher So you can't do a single
sum iu arithmetic? Now, let me ex."
plain it to you. Suppose eight of you
have together forty-eight apples,
thirty-two peaches and sixteen melons,
what would eaeh one of you get''
"Cholera morbii.-," replied little
fob liny.
lie st iggered to tin! door. 'Your
refusal,'' he ga-ped, "will drive me in
sane." Sin; laughed ekiiigly. At
the moment she treuted his words
lightly, but when upon the following
day she saw him abroad wearing a junk
shirt she was startled and bethought
her of his fateful remark. Detroit
Tribune.
Heath to Hie Blue .lay.
The California bin. jay is to be ex
terminated, if tin! edict of the sports
men of the State juevails. The blue
jay is a beautiful but tlest ructi Vc bird.
It lives mainly on the eggs of other
birds aud tho sportsmen say, is iu
this way doing much to prevent tho
! propagation o!' game birds inthe Slato.
It is particularly destructive to qunil.
Tin! Olympian Gun Club of Sati Fran
cisco is trying to secure the co-orpera-tion
of all sportsmen iu tho State
in an effort to exterminate the blue
jay. One plan suggested is the ap
pointment of "Jay Days," when every
oiit with a gun is to go out and shoot
bliicjays. New York Sun.
The Widow of a Famous F.xile.
Ismail Pacha, the bite Kedive of
I'gvpt, left three widows, one a Geor
gian princess and the other two Cir
c.issiotis, who live together in tho
pabieo of li.'sinn, on tho Buy of
Naples. They now drive about Naplm
without their veils, and are fond of
chopping and of the theatre- Louis
vill Cotiriei -Journal.
The owner of a chntrnii Hour
Hoaime, in France, recently sold hi
Beiiuvais tapestries for the sum of
I 000 000 franco