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CHAPTER XIX. ....
CONTINUED,
Go back to tho tomplo I was le i.
Kaumni was resting on her throne,
and as hIio inovoil easily to note whu
tho tnranlt might ho tlmt was com in
toward her, I thought again that sh
was the most superbly beautifrl or on
tiiro I bail ever scon. Every lino oi
her form, showing through tho thin
white robos sho wore, was a lino ol
beauty. Every motion wai a poem'
every breath she drew umdo hei
bosom lino and full with a uiajestii
rhythm.
Whoa the high priests, leading ins
In their midst, eauio beforo Kaumai'l
throne, they knelt upon their knees
end bowed low before her. I did the
natno. There was a great contrast lie
tween this bow and tlu ono I lm!
givou in tho Teinplo of tho Glistening
liock nt Niiuolan's bidding. Thai
seemed farcical. I laughed nt it. Dill
there was no mirth left in me now.
The dangers and horrors of tho situa
tion stood out before mo iu awful dia
tiuotness. "Why do yoti thns disturb me?'
asked the priestess severely, rising t
her feet aud standing impassively bo
fe. e nn.
"Wo have como, oh, priestess, to lot
beforo you tho question of thil priest I
fate."
"Havo I not already said that hi
tdiould bo put in the dungeon, au
there await tho judgment?" she asked
"True, oh, priestess, wise and goo
Knnmai, said the leader of the high
priests, "and we hastened to do youi
bidding. We carried him to the dun
geon. Whilo ou our way wo though:
to plenso yon, oh, priestess, nnd tc
pleuso the goddess I'elo by makiti!
this erring priest assist in tho sacrittri
of tho sacred one, when Pole domaeiih
it."
"Well?" sho r.ako-.l, as the liijk
priest paused.
"He agreed," contiuuol the high
priest, "atiil lis we were about to lenv
liim he oll'ered a strango supposition
ta iia. He said there might have boj
two new priests received to-day in
J etend of oue. That both might' lnvi
desecrated tho tomplo by laying haudi
on the suercd one, and both might
be condemned to tho dungeon. Then,
oh, priesloss, bo said that we might
bare made tlu proposition to assist i i
tho sacrifice to bi)th of thorn, and h
would agree, and tho other prie.-l
would refusj. Then, oh, priestess,
the other priest would be sent to th.1
dungeon .to await his doom, nnd what
Would be done with this priest?"
"But tho dungeon is empty."
Kaumni said thisvith npeeiili.tr in
flection. She was looking nt me in
tently. Jly mask was gone nnd s'.it
was studying my features. And un
der tho gluiii'o of those ravishing eyes
my pulse beat inure quickly and my
heart throbbed strangely. What fore"f
might not lay iu the magnetism of thii
treat loveliness.
"True, tho dungeon is empty, oh,
priestess," said the lender, "but wc
will let the successor of Lowai speal;
for himself."
"Speak."' said Kanmai, softly.
"Oh, priestess. you who are so beau
tiful," I began, "must bo aU) noble.
I came here ns a priest, having beec
made tho siuvessur of old Lowai it
Oahu. I saw nt your feet, awaitiiH
nacritiec, 0:10 whom I loved. I forgot
my orders. T forgot reason. Y0.1
kuow whnt I did. You do not forgiv?.
These high-priests suggested to u;
that I assist at the saeriico of this be
ing whom I loved, and then, as a re
ward, beco ne oue of themselves. I ad
copied. Now, O Priestess, in the casj
that has beeii placed before you, il
the other priest had refused, he wonlJ
go to too dungeon. I, having ac
cepted, do not deserve so harsh a
treatment."
A gleam n:no into tho eyes of Kan
mai, but it was thero 0110 instaul
only.
"What tho priest says is true," shs
eaid. "What, then, is your desire?"
"To bo allowed my freedom until the
timoforthe sacrifice bus come."
"Let the successor of Lowai be al
lowed the freedom of tho templo. Lei
biin sleep, however, in the dungeon,
without bolting the dorr. Let him
rat witli tho common p;iests iu theit
ball. !ut let him not cscapo," said
Kaumai.
"Thank yon, O Priestess!" I faid.
"I shall be ever ready to do your bid
ding." With a low bow, the high-priests
turned A'.vay, leaving mo free to walk
where I would, but with a certainty
that I would bo watched.
Kaumai swept past me, and then
was something strangely faseinati'i-
in tho glauco she gave 1110. There w.u
a suspicion of exultation in her slight
emile. Her brilliant eyes beamd
upon me. Her half-parted lips slio.ve 1
twnri.vg o' "TnnisitH -nr! t.,!'ii.
HerlTeclc, white as alabaster and futl
rounded as that of Venus, was slight!
bent as she passed me. The odor o!
incense came from her robes. Her very
presence was intoxicating.
"You have chosen well," she whin,
pered, and the low, trembling void
vocnded in my ears long after she baJ
left the temple.
CHAPTER XX.
The tomple t I'elo wa r.otain )
jn ne or less t'.iz 1 a lin jo wi'.itl.) f.111.1
u the laa stone tf llufatoli. 1: w;u
3
OF HAWAII.
faro and unfurnished savo for tin
throne of Kaumai and the chair at th
nltar whero Winnie had sat when
lnado tho reckless break that seeme
likely to be a fatal error. Tho flooi
of tho temple was worn smooth bj
)nany years of tho restless tread ol
worshipers. Tho hugo grotto wa
overhung with inverted cones liki
titalaetitef, which were of the Banu
lava-stone as tho entire mountain
seemed conhposod of. Thero were
great reoesses reaehiug away into tha
mountain-side, from which came loud
jchoes of footsteps or the talking of
people in thtji temple.
Fiudinguijrself free nnd nlono, I wan
dered about the gloomy place, making
peculiar niincs to hear the uucnuny
echoes that evented to como from every
I carefully and with caution exam
ined tho walls of tho plneo where it
was light enough for 1110 to see, hoping
to find (o;no door through which I
might reach Winnie or find tthore she
Was being kept. But tho gruesome
place was lighted only from a square
apt rturo in th roof, high above mo,
and tho ligh t , fell as to be centered
around the thrne, leaving tho cavern
ous recesses at tho sides iu total dark
ness.
I remembered that when Winnio
was led away she was taken behind
tho throne, nail I looked there for an
other dungeon: but I found none. If
thore were any doors in the parts ol
the wall that 1 could examine, they
wore so carefully and skillfully made
as to defy detection by one uot in the
secret of their construction.
I felt at lirst, when the high-priests
departed, a sense of exhilaration nt
having g.iiiu-d my purpose in so far ns
to bo left free, instead of confined to a
dungeon, a-id Kaumai's glauco and
smile had stimulated me with a pocil"
liar thrill. lUit after I had been i'l
tho temple a few hours I began to feel
the overwhelming solitude of the
place. I be gan to feel tho danger, to
realize tho horrors of my situation. 1
knew thero j wits nothing to expect
from tho high priests but tho worst.
.They were jjaeroilers in their fanat
icism, and tlli? r delusions brooked nn
opposition. I Iho other priests' I did
not foar so uucli, yet they were 110
doubt completely under tho control of
tho highs. Hut about Kaumai my
heart beat more rapidly when I thought
i:f her. 80 Irvi ily! Ho magnificent in
her transeend?iijt beauty! Could she
bo so cruel astoi consign my sister to
a horrible dt'.jh, and compel mo to
assist in tho poufl-sickeiiing ceremony.
The more I tho light of this, tho worsa
I felt. Tho Diaiii door of the temple,
stood open. I . know where it led. 1
had f.oticed whin I camo iu tho barreu
ledgo of rock tn d tho sluggish lake of
molten lava below it. Having spent
po much time in a futile endeavor to
Hud a bidden door, I finally resolved
t go out into th e, air and see how tha
trango priestu lived nnd acted when
they were uot eitigag-jd in their horri
ble worship of Pwile.
I had reached . 'the ledgo of rock, ami
stood looking ucross the great crnter,
overcome with ift new sense of loneli
ness nn 1 my insignitlcance. Not an
other personcotild be seen. There
were evidently other grottoes than the
0:10 used ns aUcmple.
While I stood thus n priest appeared
from some a; lerturo iu the rock aud
c:im toward 1 ne.
".Successor of Lowai, the priests ol
Pele are not to sit befoie tho daily
toast. Yon w ill follow me."
He returnei 1 t-i the spot from which
ho came into .'light.
Half hidden by bulging rock, n
small opening "le.l iuto a grotto much
like the temple, save that it was bet
tor lighted. Al long tnblo was spread
in tho center, laud around it rat about
a hundred prikMts. These were the
ordinary or eoilnition priests, and ha 1
thi own aside tjheir masks nnd out
bmdish costumi-s jthe better to eujoj
the meal. 1 !
Among these I' was welcome, for
was one of theirk n der.
They cared ni't'iiug or knew noth
ingof the grea;tojr or less sin against
I'ele, as judged il'iy tho high-priests.
They had seen .'"je snatch Wiuuie tc
uiy breast and l'-(s her, but tlmy bad
s-.'en me taken ilwty to bo punched.
As tiiey were pro bably punished for
misdemeanor.- ir0l"je or less great, they
I.ilt rather t.i;!i nlJe than against me
j- account, o: iy crime. While J
Jivined this in fifw minutes' talk, I
also made cert. tin tl tat when it came to
K question of taking sides against tho
nuthority of thj thigh-priests, they
could not be relied aipon at all. Every
mau seemed to be tfrazy in his infat
uated worship of IVle.
There was a place, for me at one side
( f the rude table, ' and at the sign frou
my guide I took it.
"You are welcome here, sueeessoi
(if Lowai," said a'l ttged kfool who sat
it tho head of tL e i'able. "Pele has
:-jt many worshipers of your color.
You will be a great priest."
"I am glad yon think so," I replied
in the native tongue. "I shall en
:leavor to please P;eloS Put why am I
nlways called the sueieessor of Lowai?
l. I have no name ?"
"Not for a year, replied be whq
seemed to bo the .'hief among these
lower priests. "For one year you ar
on trial, l'nriijg that time yon ait
known t us onlyas the successor ol
Lowai, who was a good and tin
priest, nlthoiifch l',e, spent but little
t.me, here. After Itho ycur, u you
have proven faithful, and Kaumni and
tho high-priests accept you, you will
reoeive a name. You may keep tho
0110 you had iu Honolulu or inay tako
a new one."
1 "Great is Pele!" said one of tho
"brethren." "Will you havo soma
"poiV"
Thero were no spoons nor forks
among the priests, so 1 dipped int.)
the great disli of taro-root with my
hands and gulped down tho stuff the
best I could. It was nauseating, eat
ing in this way; but it was that or
starve, and a man will d a gre.it
many unpleasant things rather than
dio. Then wo ha I cocoa in rude,
wooden mugs, without milk, but with
plenty of sugar. And tho couter o!
tho table was piled high with bananas.
"Whore do you obtain supplies?" I
taked. drinking from my wooden
'low',
"Vo have many ways," replied t
priest near me. "One of us may ni
kiiy time be sent to Kanuakakai tu
buy food. Then wo have priests
tvho, liko Lowai, do not live here, bu',
501110 nt regular times to worship Pelt
tnd bring offerings from the people.''
"Have wo any followers of Pelewhc
ire not priests?" I asked.
Tho brother who sat next to mi
Iponcd his cyos wide iu surpriso n'
ny gross ignorance.
"Tho worshipers of Pele are ninny,
ind reach around tho world," h
laid.
"True, Lowai told mo that," I said.
) tiding a little untruth to what the oh":
; rillnin lial really told me; "but he did
tint say how ninny. Hew many peo
plo iu the world worship Pele?"
"A hundred milliou," solemuly re
plied my neighbor at tho feast.
I neoilv smiled at tho figures. Had
done do, t'.ie net might have been
ktnl. Bv plunging my 110.10 into my
jiig cocoa cup and swallowing the black
liuxture, I concealed tuo look ot 111
trcdulity that came iuto my fa:o iu
ipito of me.
"How do you get to Kanuakakai
fhen you are Bent after food?" J
isked.
"Wo wait forPatna, the fisherman,
to come for us iu his boat."
"Is Patua a priest?"
"Ho is a member of Kamiuilouk
tnilimawui." "So, then, he is ono of ns?"
"Did you not know it?"' asked the
.'hief nuiong them fiercely. "Elsa
bow did you come among us?"
I was on dangerous ground and
hastened to right myself.
"True, Patua is a true follower, for
Sis ring met mine, aud tho spirit o)
?ele was felt in me."
Thus confidence was restored, and
t-o tinisbod tho "feast."
Beforo we left the tnblo tho as.
Icniblod priests went through a form
)f praise to Pole, consisting of much
bowing and groaning, and we were
!ree for the time to go where we would.
I was stiff from sitting ou thorough,
n ooden benches that served for chairs,
ind when I got iuto the air again I
talked rapidly up nnd down tho
edge to get the kinks out of iny
!oints.
Seeing ft fellow-priest standing
llone, gazing into tho lake, I Bpoke to
aim.
"When is the great sacmYico to be?"
f asked.
He looked at me sharply and, with
1 scowl, said:
"Do yon not know that wa must
lot talk of these things except before
Cauuini?" Then he turned aud strode
liajestienlly away.
Here was discipline with a purpose,
t was no wonder wo never could
4'nrn anything about Winnie. If the
iriests of Pele, in the very center of
;he hideous worship, could not speak
)f the victims of their fauuticism, then pk.ycd.
now doubly certain it was that they, -n requires n great deal of pn
sould not speak of them to other ti.nce," sui.l Mr. Ihrne. a short time
t hen inquiries were being carried 011, iiei'ore his death, "to touch children
Musing upon the strange beings who now net to act, but to be natural. I
witrollod this band of manincs, I
vent again into the temple. Here, I
.bought, I would be more likely to
.earn something. If anything of im
portance that had any bearing on
iho fato of Winnio or myself should
ivanspire, it would most likely he in
;he temple. Ho I wandered about the
gloomy grotto, listening to tho echoes
sf my own footsteps.
It'was drawing toward tho evening,
I time at which I might expect tho
levotees of Pele to show themselves
jx the temple in a still more ridicu
lous performance. I hail recovered
ny mask oud put it on, with some ill
letined idea that it was bettor ou
;hau off.
I bud not been in tho temple long,
ncforo ono of the high-priests camo in
ftith o:no candles
He set two of
these near Kauiuafs throuo, vnl , to regret that I aviis so tuougimess m
scattered the others nearby. Theu I M,(-h matters." Of course, she pica-it
U a taper ho went from one to tho tured that photograph framed and
jther chanting a weird song to Pele, I pmig up in his room, and was Inclined
....l li.rl.inor tho teniiih) for cveiiioi ' ... ihinl.- tloil lie would liart with it
worship. Shortly afterward tuo nine
ether high-priests enuie in and formed
i a .mi-circle beforo the throne, stand
ing iu an ex eo'.ant attitade.
Theu luminal came.
Why wis it that I seem ;d to grow
ivarm and the blood (lowed more
quickly through my veins when this
itruuge, wild sorceress came beforo
oie. She stood in matchless pose
peering into the gloom of tho dark
ness beyond the candles, and seemed
lo bo looking for some one. Having
taken her place on tho throne, one of
;ho high-priests uttered a loud call.
There was the tramping of feet, and
-.lie hundred common priests came in!
They arranged themselves , 'behind tho
ligh-priests, and knelt upon the btone
3oor of the temple.
(To tie continued.)
A well-known society woman ol
London has an album containing photo
graphs of all her costumes for the pasl
ten years.
A beech tree twelve feet in height
is growing ou the tower of the church
at Fishtoft, Lincolnshire, England.
yulx (
A r.elghiu, M. Thrylnll, bus worked
miracles In the cum of boils, ass
esses nnd anthrax, by injecting oxy
gen gns in its natural nunc. 1110
rapidity with which the cure Is effect
ed Is described as simply astonishing.
The palmetto trees of Jacksonville,
fin., stood the fonfliigration better
than iiiiv other kind. title nearly
all other trees in the wide sweep of
the flic perished from the bent, the
palmettos are putting out green shoots,
-bowing that they have life and vigor
left.
The eastern Can.-idian seacoast. from
th- Buy of Kundy to th Straits or
Belle Isle, overs a distance of oOiHI
miles, and British Columbia, with its
multitude of bays nnd mountainous
:shmds. has a seacoast of "ISO miles
nnd n salt water Inshore area, not
Including minor Indentations, of lo'i'J
square inlb'S.
About one-fortieth of the total nrea
of the Vliited States, exclusive of Alns
;n. has been set tipart as forest reser
vations. There are thirty-nine of thes
n all. containing Ki.so.i.OilO acres. It
s apparent that the Importance of
.'cirrsiry, 11s it affects the general cli
mate .-.till influences the How of the
large rivers ami streams, is receiving
the attention it deserves.
Several methods of preserving the
natural rotor of pressed (lowers have
been suggested, but the best. It is
said, Is that used iu the New York
Botanical Cnrdeii. After the speci
mens have licen under pressure for a
day or two ihcy are laid In papers
heated Iu tin- sun, and this Is reputed
until the drying is complete. This pre
serves the colors perfectly.
Professor J. W. Tourney, of the Yale
Forestry School, is authority for the
statement that the estimated timber
cut In the I'nited States amounts to
about lo.OiiO.iKHi.nnn feet, board meas
ure, nnnually. This Is estimated to be
only about one-seventh of the total
consumption. If It were possible to
cut the entire nmonnt annually con
sinned into boards an Inch thinek they
would cover a walk six feet wide that
would extend more than :!-"t limes
around the larth tit its greatest I'.laiiv
eter.
Neptune, the timst di.-tnnt known
planet of the solaf system, presents to
the telescope only 11 snif.ll, greenish
disk. 0:1 which no distinct markings
are visible. Itnt during the part year
the gnat telescope of the Naval Ob
servatory at Washington has revealed
indications of the existence of streaks
011 Neptune hearing a resemblance to
the belts of Jupiter. A few years ago
similar streaks were seen on Franus.
Saturn also possesses them, so that
It may be said that, cloud-like belts
are a feature common to all the four
great outer planets.
Trai'IilMg Clilldre n to Art.
Probably r.o actor was ever more
successful iu teaching children how
to act than the last .lames A. Heme,
lie always bud children in every pro
I'ifiu:! he bad nuythlug to do with,
end was perhaps responsible for more
stage children" thai, any oilier actor.
Wlu-n he made his lirst production of
"Shore Acres" wonderful things were
r.cv :i
nplislud with the children he cm-
always cautioned thei;- mothers ;'t to
ailenipt doing anything with thorn,
except to help teach them the lines
and leave th rest to me. When this
U done I nad no trouble, and the re
sults attained fully repaid me. Of
enmo there Is a great difference
among ciiiiurcn who nci-uon- (n.i.. in
j1!Sl ilH there is among grown poop!
e.
Some or mem lire in j hhkui,
to remember advice and capable of
carrying out Instructions, but as a rule
the children who grasp an idea slowly
make tho best phiyers."-.'ev York
Times.
ri- ;.ty of riioio.
"Would yon be kind enough to re
turn my photograph?" she wrote. "I
gave it to you In a moment of girlish
follv, aud I have since had occasion
with deep regret, .lust why sue warn
ed It returned is immaterial.
Of course, he had offended her in
some way. but it is unnecessary to In
quire how. The reply to her note
came the followiug day.
"I reirrei." Il read, "that I am unable
at this late day to pick out your photo
graph. However. I send yon my en
lire collodion, numbering over C.ihi.
and would request that you return all
excent vour own at my expense."
Tit-Bits.
Why Sim I.pft.
A voting servant girl asked leave to
an end a friend's funeral. Her mis
tress put herself to some inconvenience
lo ;.l!ow nor to p. On her return.
hut' the lady's surprise, she gave
her a month's no! ice. and when asked
the reason for so doing the girl re
plied: "Well, ma'am, to tell the real
truth, the corpse's husband said I was
the life and soul of the whole party.
...i I'm cn-:i"eil to be married to
him."
i.i. uthi! cut. iSl,.,M'0 tons n yenr of
I'ish-iuoie than half the flsh caught
by British ships
TONSCR AL ECONOMY.
(try Shaving l:-.ioillili- For Hip Heard
Sliilo of Mont cnitni-"!".
"Dry .shaving has bet 11 a blessing to
fbina. nnd In less than linn years has
almost removed beards from th faces
of the men of the empire," observed
nn Intelligent Chinaman to a Star re
porter. "Originally the Chinese had
heavy beards. This is easily verillcd
by an examination of any of the old
prints of China men. for all of them
show long-bearded men. In time the
people found out that there was no
particular use for a beard and that
the wearing of It was expensive, out
side of the I line (.dually occupied in
trimming r shaving it. How many
Americans of today are forced 10
spend several boms a week In a bar
ber's chair? Many men that I know,
American mid Kuropeans ns well,
spend twenty niiiiuK s in 11 barber's
chair every day.
"The Cbin.iuuin of the ol ldi limcs
the kind of Chinaman who lignres as
a pirate in your prints, for the good
Chinaman never si etn to have got his
picture In your books al all, until
within the last lifiy years at most
nlwny4 wore a long beard in reality
well ns in the uieinies. But even
he found out that there wa no neces
sity for It. Tii.- learned men of the
empire were asked to consider the
matter, and they arrived at the con
clusion thai dry .-having was to some
csieut a remedy. Anyhow, official
edicts were issued giving this informa
tion. The old fellows who had beards,
(' course, were not in it, ami they lived
out the.r days ami passed out of ex
istence with full beards, but the young
were csked to 'dry shave." Thus the
reform started, and In five or six gen
eral h ns of people the beard has prac
tically disappeared, so that the aver
age Chinaman of to-day does not have
to devote over on '-half hour in a
lionlh to keep his face hairless. In
tho next two generations beards are
e::peHed to disappear absolutely. It
took time to bring this about, but in
the life of a nation such a thing as a
cenliirv should imt be idlowcd 10 count J
much. I think beards wouM disappear
from Americans and Kuropeaiis in live
genera 1 ions of people if the people
warned to have ihcr.i disappear."
Washington livening Star.
HiililliiK C Truck.
One of the t.i' t amusing incident a
imaginable was tic hold up of a truck
in lower Broadway. It was oue of
those stout vehicles that are provided
with a windlass mid rpe for elevating
heavy nit rchandise. The rope had
escaped from its moorings ami was
trailing fifty feet behind the inillmard
ns the giant l'e'cherons lazily poked
along. Pedestrians cro-sing the street
slipped over it and ta d nothing, ex
cept to themsidvrs. Presently two
able seamen from a I'niicil Stales ves
sel lying in tin- Wallabon, ram - roliiii-;
along with thi-;' sea 1 gs en. and one.
espying the rope, made a dash for it.
Near by was a hydrant. It took .him
bur the fraction of a niiniue to ma!;
a round turn and bait-hitch, supping
forward to g" s -me .-lack. Then,
with his uvs-l.ia'e, he St ml aside te
see the fun. Th runs .-qui mvs came
m ar being serious, for the giant grays,
feeling a tug. la d their weight
against the ob-lae'e find probably
would have pulled !l out of the ground
had not the sleepy driv. r aroused bi:ii
self and slopped their progress. And
what it "cussin"" and "swearm' "
there was via n be found himself
no-bore;! 10 a til'e v'.wi'. The crowd
veiled and chaff il and die sailors ilis-
l-cetiv disappear, il. New
York Press.
ri-p ipn-raliiiii in ie
P.epreseiiti'tive l.ivii.,,-1
ia. is one of the fi v; :;
oast of belonging I" a
rnmlly.
ill, i f lieol'
n who can
family that
of live Ren
tal her, iiK-'d
has living ri-prcvinntiw.-
irntiolis. .Mr. Livingstons
ninety-eight years, is now
i be South In good health.
living ill
Between
the age of this olil
t member of the
family and too youngi :
t then
is a
Ufferctice of uinciy-livi
years, the
of die fifth
boy of three
baby ,-.i:d sole member
iteration bchig a lively
venrs who is living in liiis city. 1 lus
young American is the son of Mr. Liv
ingston s granddaughter, who m nun
N the child nt' bis eldest daughter. The
five generations have been photo
graphed in a group and the picture Is
cherished by every member of the Llv
ingstou family. Washington Star.
Mere Opinion.
The man who elbows past women
for the purpose of gelling a seat in me
ir never crowds a lady out oi." her
pew in church.
Woman was created out ot one ot
man's ribs, and in a good tunny cases
she seems to have his backbone too.
Seine people keep mi busy binking
mil fur l he rainy day thai tin y don't
know the sun ever shim s.
Woman will never be able to have
herself placed upon an equality with
man as long as her letters are deliv
er d at i he bouse.
"instance lends enchantment to the
view." A rich man can see many ad
vantages in being poor. Chicago Bee
old Herald.
Controller Coler'n Shine.
Controller Coler believes in the
.iti.igc "To save time Is to lengthen
life." Win n busy in bis otllce he will
say to an ntiendiiut:
Bring me a shave."
1,1 a few minutes the attendant will
appear wiui razor, snaviiig cup inei
brush ready. In bis private oltice
Coin roller Coler dashes the lather over
his face. ami. without looking iu a
glass, shaves one side of his face with
his left band while signing cheeks
with his right hand.
"I had to get used to this way of
shaving v hiie traveling in AVcsiern
railroad trains." said Controller Coler.
when asked tor an explanation of his.
hirsute fcitt.-Ncw York Times.
1'rnctriillne Womnn'i Ma-ntal Omplr-Itv-fiiatlllril
Hrr I'onilnc-it-HI -drpinliiB
1'nlat Honlalilpa -t Cllj
I.iru-Hud llren There Brfoie, Etc.
A hornet's stini!
Is a reilliot thinjt.
And (jets there without fail;
It points n ino.'.il
In words not oral.
And, besides, adorns n tail.
Chicago News.
lVoinikii'ii MntHl Complr xlly.
"Harriet, you spend if l'l lavishly, and
then economize on a dime."
Thai's all right. Harry, I feel $10
worth of viriuotis complacency over
saving the ten cents."
(iratlllrtl !' FomlnrM.
"Any one in your house play the
piano V
"No, but I have it tuned every once
in a while my wife Is so fond of
music." New York Times.
II lit Iti ilccnilliK I'ullil.
Is utterly lazy ami
"Slii'.t:
worth-
I.-SS."
-Oil, I don't know; he is entitled to
Koine credit for not letting anything
worry him." Detroit Free Tress.
IlarW1ii4 ut City I.IO.
"Pa, what's a metropolis'?"
"A metropolis. .limmie, is a place lo
Which it costs you about twenty-live
cents street ear fare to get out where
you can pick clover." Chicago Becord
Herald. Hail llnrn Tlipre npfore.
Pi-lee "I asked you to loan me $10,
S nnd you sent me only !?:."
Brown -"I know; 1 kept the other
' dollar to pay postage on the letters
' 1 11 have to write to get my money
back." Now ork '1 lines.
llnrklinml Klup.
When 1 met May to-day I had
gown on. Naturally I ex-
Tcss -
my new
pecled hrr to say something about it,
but she pretended not to notice It."
jess "Yes, she's an awfully tender
hearted girl."-Philadelphia Press.
Malrrliillntlr.
"How," moaned the poet, "am I
ever to wake up and find myself fa
mous, when I'm so hungry I can't
sleep'?"
For he hnd been touched by tho
withering materialism of the age.
I'tlck. In 1ip rrernce or C.rrnlnr'r.
Parke "I suppose you have great
holies of that new baby of yours,
h iven't you';"
I.ane-"Well. yes. I have, old man.
When I think of what that baby is
likely to be 1 fairly tremble al my own
insiguilicance." Detroit Free Press.
TIip l'roffram.
"I am unfamiliar with American cus
toms." said one Kiiropcan nobleman
to another. "What is the usual mode
of procedure in marrying an heiress':"
"It Is very simple. You tell the lady
how much you love her and her fath
er bow much you owe." Washington
Star.
At the Wrong Time.
"If there ever was a terrible child
in this world," remarked the worried
met her. "he's one."
-Whin's his par.iotilar fault?"
"Do what I will I can't break him of
the habit of filing th- truth ridit out
when we have company." Philadel
phia Times.
Vrry DlflVrent.
in id the millionaire. "1 siarl
as a barefoot boy. and now
nl in lift
"And now'?"
"Things are very different will
As soon as a pair of shoes begin to get
a litile loose and comfortable mother
and I be girls make me go through the
torture of breaking in a new pair."
Her I nfel-l'llt-e.
He was thoroughly happy when he
entered the front door with a pack
age in his hand and exclaimed:
"I've got something here for the
woman I love betler than all the
world!"
"John." she said, sadly, "I don't
object to extravagance ordinarily, but
I do object to you buying expensive
presents for the cook."
But then, you see, she judged him
by bis appetite, not his heart.-Denver
Times.
The I'niiil Tiling.
"Your majesty.'' remarked the hud
high chamberlain, afier the usual
salaams had been perpetrated.
"Speak!" commanded li s Most Cra
.e.r.,.., M-ii..stv King l'.dward the Sev
enth.
Allot'!- message from Lord Kitch
ener, sire."
"What is Its naiureV" asked the mon
arch, sternly, "lias he won a victory
al last, or is it only a repetition of pre
vious dispatches'?"
"Sire," replied I he gihb d official, sad
ly. "Lord Kitchen r s mis his regrets."
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
Where Tliey Were Horn.
All old soldier who had s u ved his
twenty-one years was discharged at
Portsmouth. He went In the station
with bis wife and children nod de
manded three halt-fare tickets for bis
three youngest.
II. iw old are they?" asked the book
ing clerk, suspiciously.
Klivin years, all av thim. They're
thriplets. was the answer.
fin.- youngsters." said the clerk.
'Where were they born'?"
Pa i brick vvii". born in Cario. Bridg
et was burn iu Bombay, an' Micl.ey
v,:is born in Madras." was the proud
ri-ply.-Til Bits. - " -
I UNOBSERVANT MEM.'
riiry Are hi-llom of I'le al Crlllct ta
Tlirtr Own Houchold.
A man who took exception to a state
ment made on the "Woman's Page" a
day or two ago to the effect thnt the
sterner sex were unobservant, nnd
that nine out of ten married men did
not know the color of their wives
eyes, tried to prove his case by men
tioning the color of those of his own
family.
Out of eight he guessed one correct.
)y. A blue-eyed member he said had
black orbs, a gray-eyed sister blue
ones, nnd so on. When lie was con
vinced of his mistakes he gave up and
retreated into bis own deli, growling.
It isn't only in such small things as
the color of hair and eyes, however,
that the ordinary miiu of family Is be
hind. A devoted father known to this
page, when asked for bis daughter's
band not long ago. waxed Indignant t
such an extent that bis prospective
son-in-law feared he would burst a
blood-vessel.
"That child marry!" ho snld. con
ti'iiipttiotisly; "why, my dear sir, my
daughter can't be more than seven
teen years old. I walked up the
strict behind her just now nnd no
ticed that she still has en short frock?.
I won't give my consent for ten years
yet. Iteiii-'luber that, sir."
Now. the young woman In question
Is twenty-two years old, nnd so she
was justly indignant at this conversa
tion, which she overboard nt the key
hole. I'pstairs ;he Hew. then removed
her raii'.v day skirt and substituted a
trailing one for it. and rushed into the
library just in lime to save the day for
her discomfit, d suitor, who was trying
to explain to her father how old she
was.
A fond husband awaiting his wife
in the hall of their residence last night
watched her proudly as she swc.it
downstairs.
"That's a very pretty frock, Helen,"
he said. " a very pretty frock. I never
remember having seen It before. IJ
It a recent purchase?"
"Quite recent, my dear." replied his
better half, good-naturedly. "I've had
it exactly live years. It was part ot
my trousseau, and every time you see
It you make the same remark.
"'Age cannot wither nor custom 6tale
Its inliniio variety'
for you. It seems."
"No, I don't dress to please my hus
band." said a woman at an experience
meeting of feininines the other even
ing, "because I don't know what will
please him. If h" doesn't notice a new
frock, I feel satisfied: when he does.
It's because something about it jar
ou him.
"Once, after I bad been in mourning
for six mouths, he remarked, naively.
'You don't seem lo he wearing ns lunch
red and yellow as usual, Louise; I'm
glad of it. These browns suit you bet
ter.' "He criticised a toilet nt my express
wish once. The gown was a beautiful
creation, nnd when I asked him how
be l!k-d It he looked up at it over his
newspaper.
" 'Very nice, very nice,' be said. 'It
looks a good deal like your other
ih-esscs. though. ibn't it-kind of
frilly and fussy? I would like it bet
ter if there were a little cut off the
edge; end then be went back to bis
paper, and I picked up my train and
li-ed upstairs In get consolation
from the servants, w.io saol It wns
rand." "
If ever there was a purblind set. It's
the men of one s own household. I inn r
ib pi nd upon tin m I or suggestions ir
yon don't want to be disappointed.
Baltimore News. , , t
A Hie nt I lie llnisy.
One of my greatest mistakes, says
Anna Lea Mi -.eil!. the artist, telling
i:i the Century of her lirst gardening
experiences m I-.tigland. was to raisu
a large crop of daisies. Ibis (lower is
the badge of l he women's college at
Clieheiihar.i :;r.d n." Lady Margaret
H ill. Osfio!. because it niways turns)
to th" lig'.i;. and is lowly and modct,
yet nourishes everywhere. I am con
vinced that these learned ladles never
had any practical acquaintance with
that tiowi-r. It is the most underhand,
grasping, selfish, ill regulated little
platit that exists. It takes everything
It can get. and gives nothing except
its little spot of while In some place
where it is not wanted. It provides
no food for beast or bee. it destroys
the whiilesonio grass, and certainly
its ugly habit of crouching out of
harm's way makes it decidedly ins'.g
iiilioant. until oue tries to dig It up,
when ils mighty power of resistance
is linmasknl. I do not think It at ull
a good emblem.
M mm ipiil Hot H uter Serrlce.
A decided innovation in the line of
municipal ownership is soon to be
launched at Onslien. Ind. Here the
Council proposes to furnish heat to its
citizens in addition to water and light.
The plan Is to furnish hot water for
lic.'iting purposes from the municipal
water works plant. This system has
been tested and found successful In
London, and also to some extent by
private companies in the Cuited
Stales, hilt r.evr before has a munici
pality undertaken such a plan. Gosh
en is a typical municipal ownership
city already. It is nearly twenty-live
years since she took her first steps In
this direction, and she has gone far
enough to feel certain that these prin
ciples are a good tiling for any well
ordered city of similar size, it Is es
timated that Cue introduction of this
service will show a yearly profit of
over sMO.UlHj ' l'ie start.-Philadelphia.
ltecord. .
The ( oi-1 'if Spanish Hull Fight.
One millinii three hundred and five
thousand dollars a year Is spent on
bull lighting hi Spain. There are uiue
ly uiue bull rings.