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PACTS AROET KOREA, ITS PKO
I’LE AND HISTORY’,
AmcrJmns the First Westerners to
He Admitted to the Country—
The King and IDs Subjects
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r i T T , wftr >e vT con f hina iwid
Japan , over Korea, which, for
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bone > rou . lition .etween the two
great Oriental countne*-, draws atten¬
tion to a land which for various red*
sons is of intc rest to Americans. The
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Lower to conclude a treaty with Korea
arid for this reason and by this act
gained in a certain sense the ascend
aticy over the representative? of other
Governments at Seoul.
Hut tin re are other reasons, too, to
excite tho interest of Americans in
Korea. Americans are treated with !
especial respect in that country;
Amenean professors teach Koreans in I !
tho roval school founded, as the name '
indicates, by the King, and American
officers hold responsible places in the
Korean army, having been summoned I
Another there to place it on alighting footing, j
reason there is, too, rather
frfVolons in a way, but with the possi-;
bilitics of great advantages to certain j
American manufacturers and trades- !
men tho Queen of Korea is, like most I
people of her race, an inveterate 1
smoker, and she prefers American
cigarettes.
Koiea has well earned its name of I
tho “Hcrmit*Kiugdom.” Although it |
is only two days’ sail from Japan and I
less harbor than of Chefoo, a day’s in travel China, from and the j !
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ships which trade with Tientsin, it has
shut itself off from all other countries
for centuries. To keep out the hordes
from North China and Siberia, a strip
of territory sixty miles wide was de¬
vastated, and is to-day without set¬
tlers. The lands which lie nearest
the const seldom feel the effects of the
Korean peasants’ plow or ax, as there
has been, and is to-day, a general de¬
sire to give foreigners the impression
that the country is a barren spot.
Koreans in conversation, too, like to
■peak of t heir poverty and the poverty
of their country.
Korea is often spoken of ns a pen¬
insula, though its narrowest part, be¬
tween Gensan and Korea Hay, is
nearly two degrees south of its north¬
ernmost point. It juts out from the
coastline much as does Florida. Its
area is estimated to be about 90,000
square miles, or a little more than that
of England, Scotland and Wales, and,
like them, it stretches over rather
more than eight degrees of latitude,
lying between tho thirty-fourth snd
forty-third parallels. On the east
side is the Sea of Japan ; on the west,
the Yellow Sen, and on the south, the
Channel of Korea, separating it from
the Japanese Archipelago, The oast
ern coastline is well defined; but it is
almost indistinguishable on the west,
owing to the numberless islets which
adjoin the mainland and toward which
there stretch miles of mud, of which
a largo tract is left bare at low tide,
The numerous inlets are hardly avail
able except for native boats, owing to
the violence of the tides and the nar
rowness of the channels, Few good
harbors are to be found.
The climate in winter is unusually
severe, and on the west coast the rivers
are frozen for mouths. On the east
ooast the ports are open throughout
the winter. The advantage which
Korea has in her open ports on this
coast has been the cause of tho fro
quent reports that Russia intends to
seize one of them, from which base
her fleet iu that ocean could be util
ized. As it is, the fleet is frozen up
for months iu her Siberian port of
Yladivostock.
In the interior the whole of the
north down to the neek between Gen
sah and the Yellow Sea is almost a
mass of mountains. Further toward
the south the mountains follow the
east coast is an almost continuous line,
and throw out feelers to the west,
breaking up the country into a series
of valleys, debouching on the sea.
The chief rivers of Korea empty them
selves into the sea on the north and
west
These are a few of the features of
Korea, whose population is estimated
to be about 10,000,000, of whom the
men are in the majority. The pre
txmderanee of the male sex is said to
be due to better treatment iu early
youth, as the girls are not looked
upon as so valuable to tb country.
A too rapid inerease in po. illation
checked by numerous famines
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5 •ddeneef*, over 100,000 perishing in
r SO from cholera in the capital alone,
in lev* than two months,
Korea is one of tho oldest Eastern
nations. Although Japan has far out
Rtipped it in progress, Korean art was
the father, so to speak, of .Taiwanese
art; and those Yankees-of the East re
ceived many other valuable
tions from the land of “the Ten
Thousand Isles." The present King
of Korea lndongs to a family which
rvtled the country befoVe ns far back'as 1392
_ ft century America was even
d i HCO vered—andean, therefore,
p ftrc f aV orablv with some of “our
f »l<Iest families,” so far as blue blood
is concerned. He is a rather stalwart
looking man, considering the little ex
crcise which he takes and the impure
air which he breathes, for he seldom
leaves his palace, and when he does so
it is on flic back of a royal donkey or
in a great sedan chair of state. He
has about 2000 servants to wait upon
him, and these prevent his taking the
least exertion. In going up hill, even,
some of them put their hands to his
back so that he may not lose for a mo¬
ment his erect bearing. His Majesty
is now about thirty-seven years old.
He is a clever, intelligent man, con
sideriug his advantages, and he is in
favor of the introduction, so far as
possible, of American methods into
Korea. He is practically an absolute
monarch, choses his Ministers and ex¬
pels them at will, and ho is not
bothered with a Congress which holds
different views from himself. He is
treated with the greatest consideration
au<1 respect by his subjects; even his
^maters dare not look upon his face,
When they are admitted to an audi
eiico, they approach tho King, bow
,m<1 keo P their liea ' ls iu thflt position
nuhl the v are “Howed to retire.
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()nl y f °reiguors dare raise their eyes
toh[ti ’ A story is told of the joy of a
hi « h ofYicial wa * Permitted to
look ftt a photograph of the King in
tho possession of a foreigner. It was
the first time ho had ever seen his
face -
The Queen of Korea is an unusually
clever woman, and although, in ac
cordanco with Korean customs, no
man has ever looked upon her face
save her brothers, sons and husband,
she has had great influence over the
destinies of her country. She often
attends conferences between His Maj
esty and tho Ministers, it is said, al
though, of course, she does not appear
* u the room. Hut she has had several
Doles cut through the thin paper-like
partition separating her apartment
Doni the audience chamber, and
through these she makes her com-
meuts. Some who pretend to know
say that she is the real ruler of Korea.
It was to overthrow her great in¬
fluence, at least, that the tragic palace
revolution of 18S1 was instituted. To
celebrate the opening of the new post
office in the capital, Seoul, a dinner
was given by tho Postmaster-General,
Hong Yong Sik, at which several of
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the leading statesmen were present
and most of the foreign diplomats.
About the close of the dinner an alarm
■ of fire was sounded, and Min Y'ong Ik,
; general in command of the right bat
talion of the palace guard, had to leave
the table to go to the fire. There he
was pounced upon by conspirators and
j almost instantly killed,
The Postmaster-General and two of
j his guests, Kim Ok Kinn and Tak
Y'ong Hio, who, as it turned out, had
J j plauned general, hastened the assassination the palace of and the
to
; persuaded the King to remove to a
I >maller building, where he would be,
they deftly said, iu greater safety.
Meanwhile, the three generals who,
with Min Y’ong Ik, commanded the
troops were summoned to the palace
i and there murdered iu cold blood,
| With them also died Min Thai Ho,
brother of the Qneeu by adoption.
The King fortunately began to mis
trust his apparent protectors, and de
parted, rather unceremoniously for a
person of majestic rank, by a back
door and saved his life. The Queen
was also fortunate, but at the expense
of the life of one of the fairest daugh
ters of Korea.
On© of the Korean noblemen at
tached to the palace had a daughter
whose figure was almost a counterpart
, of that of Her Majesty. When the
conspiracy was at its height and the
rebels were making for the Queen’s
apartments as rapidly as possible, this
nobleman and his daughter cut oil
v ; r approach long enough to give
ihe Queen time to exchange garments
with the nook man’s daughter, and iu
this guise leave the palace. The
brave young woman who had put on
the robes of the Qncen sat in the
cRair of stale and calmly awaited the
approach of the conspirators. They
vune soon and a moment later she
lying dead at the foot of the
throne, with a dagger in her heart.
I here arc few more sublime in
C t a nces of self-sacrifice for another
than this in recorded history, and it
is a commentary which needs no en
largement on the kind of women bred
Korea.
The revolution was a failure, but
not until over three hundred of tho
best men and women in the country
h’*d lost fheir lives. The King and
Qneeu returned to the palace, and ono
°f the first persons to be -rewarded
"'ith a high office was the noblemau
whose daughter had died to save the
Dfe of her Queen. He is to-day one of
the most trusted officers at the court,
Almost the only official of importance
^°tt to the country after the revolution
was Kim Hong Jip, tho Alinister of
Foreign Affairs. The others had been
killed.
Korea is a poor country despite its
fertile lands and gold, copper and sil¬
ver mines. The fortunes of the peo¬
ple are estimated iu “cash,” a copper
coin, about 1G00 of which make an
American gold dollar; 25,000,000
cash, therefore, represents about
$17,300.
Korea is the ideal place for noble¬
men and boys. Tho noblemen dress
iu beautiful gowns, not unlike the
wealthy Chinese, and are as pictur
esque looking men as you can find any
where. Tney are tall, and from an
E/nental point of view, good looking,
I hey never work—they never carry
anything—it would be beneath them,
Noblemen would lose caste ii they did
they go out of the house, ami several
servants attend them Itwillsuffi
ciently characterize them when it is
said that a large stomach m Korea is
the sign ot prosperity. .Tne noblemen
are the officers of the country and
l ae cho oses from tl ? em th * 322
Governors who , reign each for three
tars 111 *he 3-2 distiic.a into which
p. tne country is divided. At the capital
a * kere ftre d()0) nobles.
xorea is one country m which boys
are 8U PP°s6d to smoke, and there is
no such thing as an “Anti-Cigarette
p terfere ea S ue with his Anti-Pine enjoyment. League He learns to m
to f ul ° ke as soaa as ke can walk, and
ft stroke of real manual work. M heu
they start for the capital, they are at¬
tended by a large retinue of servants.
Ono even carries tho pipe of his mas¬
ter, and another his fan. A noble
pupil will not carry a book or a pen¬
cil. These Yangbaugs usally ride when
he spends Hours in tho occupation
until tho end of his days. And in
Korea a boy is a boy until he is forty
years old.
Seoul, the capital of this interest¬
ing country, has about 300,000 inhab¬
itants, and from a Korean point of
view is a handsome city. It has no
street lights of any kinds, and there
is practically no life in the thorough¬
fares after sundown, when the city
gates are closed, Women and cit
izens in general—all save the
King and his retainers—are forbid¬
den, in fact, to leave their houses
after nightfall. His Majesty does most
of bis work, however, at night time,
beginning his day at. 3 o’clock in the
afternoon. Korea is a country with
an interesting future.
A Marvelous Little Linguist.
Not until January will little Fannie
Erdofy reach the mature age of four
years, and yet she is perhaps the most
accomplished young lady of her age
in New York. Fannie illustrates iu
her charming little personality the ir¬
resistible law of heredity. She speaks
fluently four languages, and when it is
explained that her mother speaks and
writes six languages and that her father
has a glib acquaintance with ten, be
sides numerous allied dialects, this ex¬
traordinary infant is accounted for.
Arthur Erdofy, who is a registry
clerk and interpreter at Ellis Island,
was born, thirty-two years ago, in
Huda-Pesth, Hungary, His wife is
also a native of the same ancient city
on the Danube. He has the char
acteristic Magyar features linguistic as
well as that special
aptitude which distinguishes his
race. He speaks English with
great purity, and Has the further
polyglot accomplishment of speaking
Hungarian, German, French, Italian,
Spanish, Greek (Romanic), Turkish,
Finnish and that most turgid and dif¬
ficult of all tongues, Basque. Mrs.
Erdofy speaks fluently English, Hun¬
garian, German, French and Slav¬
onian, and so little Fannie has lived
all her life iu a philological atmos¬
phere, where the air was thick with
prepositions, adverbs and conjunc¬
tions. She speaks German like a Ber
linese, French like a Parisienne, Hun¬
garian as would the daughter of a
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She is very fond of Central
Park, and as she lives within two
blocks she is a frequent visitor to its
attractions. Her mother has observed
that after even a short visit to the
park Fannie cannot be induced to talk
any language but English for some
hours, but when her father returns
from his duties at Ellis Island his
little daughter always greers him iu
French.
Mr. Erdofy-intends that Fannie shall
acquire Italian and Spanish by the
time she is five years old. The diffi
eulty is not in teaching her a new lan
gaage, but in preven ting this rnarvel
ous child from acquiring one.
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effect on meteorological phenomena,
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DETAILS OF DRESS
MINOR MATTERS AGE RECEIV¬
ING ATTENTION.
Much Plaiting Seen on Imported
Dresses — Styles in Fronts or
Vests—Other Hints About
Woman’s Wear.
u LITTLE more cloth for
the sleeves, please, ” was
the order of a recent
dressmaker, as she was
preparing to fit out her customer for
an outing. “A little more cloth for
the sleeves and an abundance of em¬
broidery, madame, if you please, ” and
madame immediately furnished the
additional material and embroidery
galore. And this dress was a model
of exquisite taste. It was of pearl
gray moire, the skirt walking length
and very full at the back. From the
shoulders to the foot of the 6kirt the
front was of alternate rows of em¬
broidered insertion and silk muslin.
Very wide revers of velvet, tho color
of the gronud of the skirt, were edged
with insertion. A soft collar and belt
were also of velvet; the bishop sleeves
had plain cuffs with flaring ruffles
over the hands. This full-length front,
by the wav, is one of the features of
the coming styles, and is a forerun¬
ner of the court train and fancy petti¬
coat in which our ancestors delighted.
Another handsome costume is of
shepherds’ check silk and velvet. The
skirt is of plain silk, the bodice is of
velvet with deep V’u of silk at front
and back; the tops of the bishop
sleeves are also ot silk, the cuffs be¬
ing of velvet, A caoe of velvet and
lace is arranged to wear with this
dress, the velvet matching tho cuffs,
collar and corselet. The velvet ruffle
of the capo is about sixteen inches
deep, and is set on to a round yoke of
elaborate passementerie. Above the
velvet ruffle is one of lace, tho head¬
ing of the laeo having velvet ribbon
run through in beading fashion. A
ruche of iaee finishes the neok and
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stands close up around tho throat.
This is an exceptionally stylish and
pretty costume, and is a type of one
of the earliest ideas for autumn.
Another dress, and one that has
Keen much admired, is of dark-green
Indian camel’s-hair. The skirt is
made entirely plain, the front and
sides are trimmed with single orna¬
ments of satin and beads. The waist
is of camel’s-hair and has wide revers
turning back from a full-length vest
finished by a soft belt of velvet. The
collar, vest and sleeves are of black
satin, the sleeves in enormously full
topped leg-o’-mutton style. The edges
of the fronts over the vest have ro¬
settes to match the skirt. A silk tie
with knot has ends that fall below the
belt; another new caprice in neck
dressing. Out-of-door sports monopo¬
lize a large share of the attention of
young ladies at this season, and as
boating is a favorite pastime, special
costumes are devised for this purpose.
Among the most desirable are those
made of serges of various colors.
SERGE DRESS.
A model gown could be made of a
fine navy blue hopsack with a coat cat
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and made of the black satin. At tfca
neck have the cravat and bow of fine
crepe, middle the of the sleeves fulness, to be and buckled be made in tns oi
the same material as tue skirt and
coat. Tke buckles on the sleeve are
rather attractive.
fancy bag for DUSTER.
It is the correct thing—and the
convenient thing as well—to keep a
duster in every room. One can often
employ a few minutes in banishing
the “bloom of time" if only a duster
is handy, when the necessity of hunt
mg for one would quite spoil one’s
desire for cleanliness. The accompany¬
ing sketch shows an easily made bag.
It is of cream colored linen, quickly
worked with dots and conventionalized
flowers in outline stitch. The bottom
is shirred up, finished with a frill of
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lace and tied with a bow of ribbon.
The top is also edged with lace, with
a casing for a draw string just below
it. This is tied in a bow and forms a
suspension loop, Flowered cretonne
or fancy silk may be used, it' one is
not inclined to fancy work. The em¬
broidery silk and ribbo n should
harmonize with the furnishing of tho
oom for which it is intended. This
rbag is nice for soiled collars and cuffs
or handkerchiefs.
AIRY, FAIRY TRIMMINGS.
It is surprising to how great an ex¬
tent both tulle and net are being used
as trimming, and mousseline de soie
is even more popular. In scarfs and
rosettes for hats; in puffy,, gathered
bodice fronts; in sleeve puffs and in
trimmings for evening dresses these
materials come universally into play.
The tulle is very perishable, but the
mousselino and net repay one for
their using, so dainty and fresh do
they look and remain.
One of the prettiest of the season’s
hats is a deep fashionable maize color,
of that rough straw that is yet so frail
looking that you can crush it with
your fingers. A tiny shape, slanting
up to a modest point in the center of
the crown, was draped with a soft
scarf of white mousselino, knotted
closely at intervals. At the left side
it was bunched in fuller folds, among
which nestled a graceful white-plum
aged bird, and at the back the ends
of the scar: fell down. My lady would
wear this at eventide, and when the
breezes began to blow and her hair
would get ruffled in the winds, she
would draw the ends of her scarf for¬
ward and knot them in a charming
bow beneath her dimpled, decided
chin.
GREENS ARE POPULAR.
The different shades of green appear
to be very popular. They begin in
grays, where the green is scarcely
more than a suggestion, and then they
are seen in sage, a frosty whitish tint
overcasting it; then in reseda, which
is of a rusty tinge. There is grass¬
hopper green, lettuce, cabbage, pop¬
lar, apple, Nile, and then it strays
into the mosses, myrtles, olives, and
lastly, the emeralds, the Lincoln and
hunters’ green and bottle green.
Without doubt green is a pleasing
color, but the wearer must know how
to treat it. There are greens that
dark or sallow persons should keep at
a distance from face, neck or hands,
and then there are others that make
such persons look fair. They must be
studied.
THIS IS VERT SMART.
A dark blue or black serge which
has been worn all summer can be
smartened up for fall wear by cover
the broad collar and pointed
revers w jj b heavy ] ace> Make the lace
fit smoot hly over the revers, and if it
is , vide enough i et it es fcenrl inside of
the coafc like a fucia? If cau af _
f or j only enough to reach to the
waist; d0 Q> t miud that . Fasten pieceg
of broad biack 8atin or moire sagh
ribbon t o the under arm seam inside
t be coat and bring them to the front,
where they should meet under a
Frenchy looking rosette or butterfly
bow.
A window cord is an excellent
barometer. When it tightens, the
reason is found in the fact that the
air is full of moisture, and rain is
probable.
The Last King oi the Mmi'ank*.
John Hannibal, or Kmg Pharaoh,
Hu'last liueal descendant of the once
powerful tribe of Montank Indians,
die i at the homo of Mrs. L. Atmos
Y'onn, nfc Mittitnck, a short tuna
ago. Kiu ;• Pharaoh was known to al¬
most everyone on Long Islaiut’s east
end, and at the time of his death was
eighty-seven years of age. With him
ends "the long line of Montank kings,
as his only chill died many years
ago.
King Pharaoh \va» born in old Mon
tank’s rocky heights and his love for
the rugged scenes of Ids earlier child¬
hood was one of the old Indian’s
strange characteristics. Even in his
advanced years he would walk miles
to spend a day at his birthplace and
among the favorite retreats of his fore¬
fathers. His mother was a full-blood
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cd Montauk squaw, Through her
came to him his title, King Pharaoh.
When but five years of ago ho was
taken from his tribe at tho request of
his mother, who desired that he
should be educated and apprenticed to
Jeremiah Huntling, of East Hampton.
Even at that early age King Pharaoh
would not sutler himself to be placed
under restraint and he ran away the
very first night. In inky darkness the
boy walked the twenty miles back to
Montauk. He was afterward induced
to remain with Mr. Huntling until ho
became of age, when ho went to live
with Thomas Tallmade Parsons at
Frankliuville.
He was a faithful servant to the Par¬
sons family for sixty-six years. His
death occurred at the home of Mr.
Parsons’s daughter, Mrs. Young, who
tenderly watched over the old Indian
in his declining years. He was buried
in tho Parsons’s family plot in the
Franklinville cemetery, the funeral
being attended by a large circle of
friends who respected King Pharaoh
for liis many virtues and sterling qual¬
ities of heart and mind.
Stable Ilun by Clock Work,
Patent papers have recently been
granted for an electrically operated
device for stable regulation. With
almost no attention whatever from the
groom or stable boss the horses or
cattle are fed and watered with more
punctuality and regularity than man
lias ever been given credit for. For
feeding hay a pointed rack is em¬
ployed, journaled at a convenient
point above the manger, the rack be¬
ing tilted to discharge its load by the
release of a catch on a weighted oscil¬
lating shaft, which has a crank ex¬
tending into the path of a releasing
and locking bar held in a case oper¬
ated by the electric mechauism, a
number of racks being preferably ar¬
ranged in series and operated by the
locking box and bar. Tho grain is
feed to the manger in a similar way
from compartments, each adapted to
contain grain enough for ono animal,
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any number of such compartments be¬
ing provided. Leading from the bot¬
tom of each compartment is a dis¬
charge pipe, ihe slide covering th8
opening, which is connected with a
shaft actuated by a bar from a locking
and releasing box. The water is also
similarly supplied from a tank ar¬
ranged at a suitable elevation, the
valve being controlled by a lever actu¬
ated by the locking and releasing
mechanism, Each locking and re
leasing box has an automatic switch
adapted to shunt or switch the current
from one locking box to the next, so
that the hay, grain and water supply¬
ing meehanisms may be operated in
succession. Any circuit-closing clock
may be used.—Philadelphia Times.
Au Old-Time Photograph,
“There is a photograph I took
thirty years ago, ” said a photographer,
snowing a picture of a cottage. “You
see it is almost as clenr and fine a?
anything we get now. The truth is
that the progress of photography has
not been so great in those thirty
years as most people think. We have
developed speed, and we have pro¬
duced more rapid developers that are
easily handled, but they are not so
satisfactory in other respects.”—Chi¬
cago Herald.
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sell; swell.—Life.
SERENADE.
The ocean chants of lustrous pearls
Far hidden In its caves below,
Beneath the wave that lightly curls
Beneath tho mirrowed stars a-blow.
Ah sweet the strain that rings
Above the billows blue,
But sweeter the songs my fancy sings
Amid the dusk, of you,
Love,
Amid the dusk, of you.
The zephyr tells of woodlands green
And mossy banks of nodding flowers,
Beneath the summer skies serene,
That bend to bliss tho fragrant bowers.
Ah. soft the lay that flings
Its magio o’er the dew,
But softer the strains my fancy sings
Beneath tho stars, of you,
Love,
Beneath tho stars, of you.
—Samuel Minium Peck, in Atlanta Journal.
mu AND POINT,
He—“Your friend, I hoar, paints
faces beautifully.” Blie—“Only one.”
--Syracuse Post.
We wish tlint it would turn about
In this old world so fuimy
That poverty and trouble were %
As hard to llud as money.
—Chicago Inter-Ocean
“What would you want first if you
had a great big fortune?” Greedlev
—“A bigger one.” -Chicago Inter
Ocean.
He—“Darling, there’s nobody iu
the world like you.” She—“Do you
mean to say I am a freak?”—Boston
Transcript.
De Groot—“Do you believe in a
second life, Mrs. Van Puffer?” Tho
Widow Van Puffer—“Phis is so su 1
den.’’—Truth.
He—“Why are you forever roasting
Charley Fenderson?” She—“Simply
because he isn’t baked. ’’--Boston Even¬
ing Transcript.
Nobody denies the right of tho bald
headed man to strike when tho flies
take his crown for a tenuis court.—
Galveston News.
“When is a fellow lying low?”
“When he is whispering soft nothing
into the ear of tho summer girl.”—
Boston Gazette.
VV have noticed that tho only ono
in ihe family who looks pleased when
the door bell rings is the girl who is
engaged. —Atchison Globe.
The New Parlor Maid -“Miss Alice
says she’s not at home, sir.” He —
“Oh—er- -really! Then toll her I
didn’t call.”—Bostou Budget.
Tho sculptors are goiug to have a
separate club at Paris, adorned by
their own examples. Each member
will chip in.—Philadelphia Lodgoi.
She — “You say you love me, but I
doubt it. What you tako for love is
merely a disease.” He—“I wiph it
were contagious.”—New York World.
“There are no llies on me,” she sai l,
With vehemence complete ;
“1 am surprised at this,” sai l lie,
“Becauseyou are so sweet.”
—New York Herald.
Pawson- “Why does De Hmytha
hesitate so when lie is talking? Has
he nn impediment in his speech?”
Dawson—“No ; in his miud.”—Brook¬
lyn Life.
Debtor — “I can’t pay you anything
this month.” Collector—“That’s
what you told mo last month.” Deb
lor—“Well, I kept my word, didn’t
[?"—Tid-Bits.
“That fortuno teller must have
thought I was an heiress.” “Why,
dear?” “.She said I was to marry u
poet and live happily ever afterward.”
—Indianapolis Journal.
“Alas!” sighed the sack coat, as it
looked up humbly to the silk hat
towering above it on the street, “I
fear I was not cut out for a gentle¬
man.”— Indianapolis Journal.
Top fellow who always says “My frien 1,
Is Now, what can I do for you?”
tne otmp who never a cent would leni
When you need a dollar or two.
—New York Journal.
Author—“I’m troubled with in¬
somnia. I lie awake at night, hour
after hour, thinking about my literary
work.” Friend—“Why don’t you get
up and road portions of it?”—Tid
Bits.
Little Girl — “You will have to buy
me a new waterproof, some overshoes
and an umbrella.” Mother—“\Yhat’a
the hurry?” Little Girl—“I’m in¬
vited to a picnic next week.”—Good
News.
Conductor (stumbling in the isle)
— “Arethese your feet, sit?” Passen¬
ger— “Yes, sir.” Conductor (sar¬
castically)— “You should have had
them checked.”—P. <fc S. S. S. Co.’a
Bulletin.
When a man’s wife comes in aryl
sees him razor in hand and his face
all lather and asks him, “Are you
shaving?” it’s a provoking thing in
him to answer, “No, I'm blacking the
stove. ”—Siftings.
“Why do you say ‘Drop Down?’
Nothing can drop any other wa; ”
“Yes, my dear fellow, but only two
days ago you asked me to drop up
and call on you at your apartments.”
—Philadelphia Call.
First Sweet Young Thing—“How
can you endure that horrid Will
Emptyun? He is such a dullard 4
Second Sweet Young Thing—“Yos,
is a dullard, but he is also dollared. 1
—Indianapolis Journal,
Blobbs—“I know a man who has no
time to eat, and yet he isn’t doing
anything.” Slobbs—“How’s that?”
Blobbs—“He argues that time is
money, and as he has no money he
has no time.”—Philadelphia Record.
Y’east—“Are you sympathetic?”
Crimsonbeak — “I think I must be; I
never hear the landlord at 6 o’clock
in ttie morning pounding a beefsteak
that I don’t feel as if I would like to
go down and pound the landlord.”—
statesman.
Shaving the Head.
Shaving tho head was in ancient
times a mode of expressing great
grief. It is fortunate that the cus
tom did not come down to us. Our
bald headed men would have been
placed in a very unpleasant position.
While entirely happy they would ap¬
pear to the public to be in deepest
sorrow, yet when their woes really
came upon them the shaving ceremony
would l»e an impossibility. —<t. Louis •
I’o*t-Disoatcli.
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Mississippi has but 7952 foreigners,
out of a population of 1,239,600."