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SUNDAY MORNING.
LIFE,
PESSIMIST.
Tlicrc is never a tiling we dream or do
i-iu was dreamed and done in the ages
gone: 8
Livery s oid; there is naught that is
And to it will he while the world goes on;
The thought* we think have been thought
The deeds we do have long been done:
'' e Pjtdo ourseivcs on our love and lore
And both are as o.d as the moon and
_ SUn ‘
We strive and struggle and swink and
sweat,
And the end for each is one and the
same;
Time find the sun and the frost and wet
W ill wear irom its pillar the greatest
name.
Ko answer comes for our prayer or curse,
Ao word replies though we shriek iu
air; ..
Ever the taciiturn universe
Stretches unchanged for our curse or
prayer.
With our mind's small light in the dark
we crawl,
Glow-worm glimmers that creep about.
Till the power that shaped us, over us ail
Poises His foot and treads us out.
Unasked, He fashions ns out of clav,
A little water, a little,dust,
And then in our holes He thrusts us away,
With never a word, to rot and rust.
’Tis a sorry play with a sorry plot,
This life of hate and of lust and pain,
\V here we p.ay our parts and are soon for-
Cot,
And all that we do is done in vain.
OPTIMIST.
There is never a dream but it shall come
true,
And never a deed but was wrought bv
plan;
And life is filled with the strange and
new,
And ever has been since the world be
gan.
As mind develops and sonl matures,
These two shall parent earth's mightier
acts.
T.ove is a fact and ’tis love endures
Though the world makes wreck of all
other faet3.
Through thought alone shall our age ob
tain
Above the aecs gone before;
The tribes of sloth, of brawn, not brain.
Are the tribes that perish, are known
no more.
Within ourselves a voice of awe,
And a hand that points to balanced
scales.
The one is love and the other law,
And their presence alone it i3 avails.
For every shadow about our way
! here is a glory of moon nnd sun;
But the hope within us hath more of ray
Than the tight of the sun and the moon
in one.
Behind all being a purpose lies. ~'""
Undeviating as God hath willed;
And he alone it is who dies
Who leaves that purpose unfulfilled.
Life is an epic the Master sings.
Whoso theme is man and whose music
soul,
Where each is a -word in the song of things
That shall roll on while the ages roll.
—Madison Cawein, in Smart Set.
“GRIP," JHE
TALKING CROW
A True, Fascinating Story.
By Etidora Block-
BIP came into tny possession
I / !n this wise: One day in April
\ I chanced to meet a couple
of urchins who had been rob
bing crows’ nest, thinking they Vert
doing a vast good for the farmers by
exterminating the robbers of their
cornfields. I had long believed (hat
the crow was not so black as he was
painted, and that for every- kernel of
corn he stole he destroyed many grubs
and insects, which would have injured
the crops far more than the bird could
have done with all of his depredations.
A sorrier object I never saw than
this poor kidnaped baby crow crouch
ing in the folds of a ragged and tat
tered old hat. He was very ugly in his
half-fledged feathers, with large head
and long beak, but he looked so pitiful
that my heart went out to him at once.
We soon had made a bargain. The
boys then ran off with happy faces and
still happier hearts, clutching a few
dimes in their little fists, while I pro
ceeded homeward with ru-y newly
found pet wrapped in my handker
chief.
As soon as I had reached home I
placed him in a good-sized chicken
crate under a large pine tree in the
front yard, where I fed him bread and
milk, which he gulped down greedily,
and, like Oliver Twist, kept, crying for
more, until I thought his appetitf
never would be appeased. I kept bJn
In the crate for several days, feedpig
"him very often. When he saw
lie would spread his wfngs,
mouth, and shrilly #!.'aw,
for something to e* Ills
!|§fm*V voracious, lie ytiid eat
n to him; bread,
£ greedily
1 wi Ijjgro how the
i the mrnv.-
■jP|id diilfiot last long.
Vti.v t! roe weeks
83Hig' i ■ cow. with beau
feathers, of which
r/ pansies rear the
AjMSph v.A| my pride, was his
ht' Every morning I
jduck ‘the blossoms, which were
fgees that smiled up to
-vas always on hand to as
qwVijnt he would min every lloiv-
off. and he did it so
Ik I knew that he was jealous
I loved.
go ’way," I would
using a little
him
however, down he
■' gain into the pansy bed,
nnd “snip, snip" would go thoir head*.
Tlicro wns scarcely an hour In tlio day
when someone was not calling out,
"Go ’way, Grip, go 'way,” for the
whole family kept watch over those
pansies.
At times Grip would be very loving.
Alighting on my shoulder he would
cuddle down close to my face, uttering
soft little croaking notes. Then ho
would slyly pull the pin from my col
lar, nnd begin snatching at the hair
pins In my braids. At other times,
when I called him he would not come
to me, hut would alight near me, and
look at mo so Impishly while I plead
ed. “Come hero, Grip; come, Grlppy,
come hero.”
One day I was coaxing him thus ns
he hopped along on the top hoard of
the fence. He put his head down nnd
seemed to be choking nnd swallowing.
After several such spasms he uttered
the words, “Go 'way. Grip, go ’way,”
very distinctly. I could hardly believe
my cars. Grip, my crow, could say
three words: “Go ’way, Grip.” For a
loug time he had chattered and made
guttural noises. lie would scream and
laugh like a young Imp. But now he
could talk, and, aside from being sur
prised I was delighted. He soon
learned to say “Go ’way. Grip,” with
out effort, and not long after that I
heard him say. “Come here, Grip;
come, Grlppy, come here,” In the same
coaxing tone I used to him.
Rainy days were Ills delight. Then
he held high carnival on the woodpile,
where he wsuld chatter nnd laugh,
coax nnd scold by turns: “Come here,
Grip, come here,” in a soft, coaxing
tone; then harshly, “Go 'way, Grip, go
’way.” It sounded as if two children
were quarreling.
Later he learned to say “All right.”
“Hurry up,” nnd almost any hour in
the day he could be heard, if not seen,
practicing his new accomplishments.
During that fall I taught the district
school, half a mile from home. It was
a pleasant walk in good Weather. Grip
wns on hand to see me safely on my
way each morning. He would hop or
fly along, or ride on my shoulder, until
he came to the bridge spanned
the creek just half way school
house. Then he would fly up in a tall
willow tree bending over the water.
Thus far would lie go, but no farther.
One morning, however, lie alighted
on the window of the school house,
tapping loudly with his beak upon the
glass to he let in. The children all
knew Grip. lie was famed through
out the neighborhood for his powers of
speech nnd 1113 Impish and cunning
pranks. Immediately the hands went
up to beg permission to let him 111,
with promises to be good and to study
hard.
The unanimous request was granted,
and Grip flew to my desk and began
picking up pencils and pieces of chalk.
Then he went from one desk to anoth
er, looking for more pencils. No doubt
he thought ho had struck a rich field.
I must confess that lessons were for
gotten, so*intent were the children in
watching this strange bird, which
hopped from desk to desk nnd peered
into their faces iu such a curious way.
Alas! he came to an untimely death.
One night he failed to meet me at the
willow upon my return from school.
No one had seen him that afternoon.
I found him in a shed, crouched upon
an old barrel, looking very sick nnd
miserable, and with green stains upon
his bill. The can of Paris green was
found overturned in the barn, and that
told the story. The poor fellow had
been eating the poison. He refused
food, uttering plaintive little croaks as
I stroked him nnd said “Poor Grip!” I
left him for the night, hoping his crow
constitution was strong enough to re
sist the deadly poison.
In the morning I found him sitting
as I had left him, but no soft croak
greeted me. He was cold nnd stiff in
death. Do you wonder Hint my tears
fell freely, and that 1 felt, no sliame In
weeping for a dead crow?—St. Nicho
las.
Titled Convicts in Jail.
A Vienna paper states that few peo
ple have any Idea of the large number
of men and women of noble birth
undergoing penal servitude on the Con
tinent, Rays the London Express.
It estimates that Russian prisons
alone contain 12,000 aristocrats, while
there are several thousand noblemen
in the penal establishments of Italy.
Two Dukes of Notarbartolo are, for
instance, at present undergoing penal
servitude for life in the Italian prison
of La Maddalena for the brutal mur
der of a young officer whom they had
swindled at card playing and who had
threatened to denounce them as card
sharpers.
Among the convicts in a Belgian
prison are Prince Charles do Looz-
Coswarem, who committed a number
of gigantic frauds and one crime of
violence, and the Marquis of Varela,
for the murder of his own mother.
In France there are several hundred
titled aristocrats in prison, and though
no statistics arc available regarding
Austria and Germany, the same state
of things is said to exist there, also.
Crime*
Rarely does any official report con
tain such depressing mattes as that on
prisons- ■JtM* the Home
Office, says the London correspondent
of the Baltimore Herald. It formally
records that during last year the num
ber of people In prison Increased by
between 17,000 and 18,000, as com
pared with the previous year. In Lon
don criminality had so largely in
creased tliat between 3000 and 4000
prisoners of both sexes have to be
transferred to provincial jails for lack
of adequate accommodation in the me
tropolis. Nor is this terrible growth
of lawlessness of an abnormal charac
ter; it appears to have acquired nor
mality, judging from the fact that the
number of London commitments in
creased from 38,373 In 1891 to 03,591
ill 1901. - I —--—.’.'rj
_ lit Its of l.ce
Belts of lace appear on many gowns,
and entire lace dresses with embroid
ered incrustations. Indeed, the dress
of to-day is so complex tli.lt, as com
pared to (lie gowns of a year or so ago,
you might be describing a dozen, or, at
ail events, half a dozen. What a differ
ence to the robes of sixty years back,
when plain, long skirts, lined, with no
foundations or Imlayeusos, and a jacket
bodice were in vogue. Those were the
days of best gowns, worn for two or
three years and not then de mode. We
have changed all that. We buy gowns
now to wear at once and dispose of
quickly. They nix* no good a year
hence. It is difficult to have few gar
ments, but In that lies the only hope
of good and economical dresses being
a success.
A Perfect Femnlo Ann.
Measured from the armpit to the
wrist joint it should be twice tlie
length of the head. The upper part of
the arm should be large, full nnd well
rounded. The forearm must not lie too
fiat, not nearly so flat as a man’s, for
example. A dimple at the elbow adds
beauty to a well proportioned arm.
From a well molded shoulder the
whole arm should taper in long, grace
ful curves to a symmetrical and round
ed wrist, li is hotter to have an arm
that harmonizes, even if the parts do
not follow tlie generally accepted lines.
For instance, a full, round upper
arm which is joined to a fiat or thin
forearm has a very had effect. It is
only a degree worse, however, than a
graceful, well molded forearm tacked
on lo a thin, scrawny upper arm.
Correctness of form is not the only
thing necessary for a good arm. The
owner must possess the power of ex
pression in her arms. Those nationali
ties which show the most expression in
their arms are the Spanish, French and
Italians.—New York News.
A New Chatelaine.
rockets are just ns indispensable as
ever to the woman of fashion, even If
she has been deprived of them for so
long a time, and since they cannot be
worn Inside, they are now worn out
side. The hag habit grows stronger
every day. The newest chatelaine ling
is made of brocaded silk, and it offers
an opportunity for a lilt of sentimental
association. Almost every one has
stored away n piece of brocaded silk,
cherished either because of a happy
memory which clings to it or because*
of Ks family history. Now such n
keepsake can be put to a practical and
attractive use by making out of it the
body of a chatelaine bag. It should
be suspended from a group of chains,
which may be cither of gun-metal or
' dull silver, plain or jeweled. These
chains are attached to a big ivory lint
ton. which is drawn through the belt,
holding the bag In place. Of course, in
mailing a bag of tliis description It
must be sent to an experlenccTl work
man to be properly made and correctly
mounte d.--Woman’s Home Companion.
Haslnefid Women’s Woes.
A woman who has been compelled
by circumstances to keep house and
support herself and several children
for some years by (lie exercise of her
professional talents, said:
“Until a woman has it she
never knows what it means to be
housekeeper and business woman com
bined, and Few can stand the strain
for very long. I break down every lit
tle while, but Just now I do not see
any other way to adjust matters.
“But it is this division of duties that
gives (lie opportunity for the criticism
sometimes heard relative to women’s
and men’s ability in business. A man
is not expected to do anything else but
attend to business during business
hours, and then amuse himself in the
way he best likes afterward.
“But a woman is not only expected
thoroughly to understand the business
In wliicij she is interested, but to know
how to conduct a house in all its de
tails and, furthermore, to put this
knowledge into practice, and n great
many business women try to do too
much.” r .
A New Fad in King*.
At a recent performance at Mis. Os
born’s playhouse a woman prominent
in the “smart set’’ made a startling ef
fort to introduce anew “fad” In rings.
As she raised her opera glass to scan
the house from her box it was seen
(it could not help but be seen!) that
she wore on the little finger of her left
hand a cluster of brilliant diamonds
surrounding an enormous pearl. The
ring was one to excite attention In it
self, but what made it a startling feat
ure pf.vthe- lady’s appearance was the
fact that it was worn outside the white
kid glove! As to the woman’s position
in the inner circle of the “smart sef’
there is no question. She lias influ
ence, audacity and force. Though no
longer in her first youth, she is always
perfectly groomed, and no debutante
can boast more exquisite or more ex
pensive toilettes.
It lias been regarded ns “the limit”
to wear rings over gloves. It is con
sidered worse thaft wearing diamonds
at the breakfast table. That it is infi
nitely more convenient to put them on
over the glove than to. put on a tight
glove over them has nothing to do with
the case, of course. None but a woman
strongly intrenched in a social position
could have dared do it The question
THE BRUNSWICK DAILY NEWS.
is, “Will she set a fashion?” New
i'ork Times.
Worn at Slender Throats.
Now that everything is turned down
at the throat, and some bodices even
collarless, maids and matrons whose
throats are long must give due consid
eration to dressing them becomingly.
Furs are ever graceful and pretty
about tlie face, but cannot be always
worn, especially when indoors.
So far as one can judge at present
there will be nothing for it but smart
cravats of tulle or chiffon. And there
is, furthermore, a hint of broad soft
silk bows beneath the chin. If rib
bon cravats tied in uncompromising
severity close beneath the chin ar
to be worn, now is tlie moment, when
ribbons are soft to a seductiveness
past describing.
The broad black Velvet bow is likely
to make a big bid for favor; than this
there is no more becoming trifle, al
beit It is one that asks a certain dis
tinction and style of person to carry
off with perfect eclat.
irtovdoiV
OIAT
Princess Charles of Denmark, young
est daughter of King Edward VII., is
an expert wood carver nnd her special
ty is said to be pipes.
An English lady, Miss Ethel Bloome,
has taken the degree of M.I). at Leip
*ic. She is the first woman doctor to
graduate at Leipslc University.
Tlie Empress of Germany lias a spe
cial body guard, consisting of twenty
four picked soldiers, from the tallest
men of the lofty Imperial guard.
The widow of a Cleveland clergyman
who occasionally filled her husband's
pulpit during bis lifetime lias been
called to the pastorate since his death.
Miss Ellen Terry spends a great; deal
of leisure in collecting choice perfumes
and gorgeous materials. The latter she
uses in personal adornment ns well as
for decoration!
Miss Florence A. Fensham, dean of
the American College for Girls at Con
stantinople, is the first woman to be
come a bachelor of divinity in the Con
gregational Church.
A Chicago woman earns money in an
unusual way. She reads all the new
works of fiction and acquaints society
ivomen with the most interesting nov
els, giving the tale in an abbreviated
form, outlining the plot and calling at
tention to the principal characters.
The right of mothers as well as fath
ers to decide regarding the domicile,
choice of profession and marriage of
minor children has been recognized le
gally by the Dutch Parliament. Hol
land has also passed a law by which
women may be appointed guurdiiuis
for children not tlielr own.
JlfrXPS\ <§, cj
The flatter the hat the better milady
likes It tills season.
The extreme mode of the season In
hats Is a pure white beaver trimmed
entirely in white. t
Sliawl shapes and shawl collars are
tlie prominent features of the neck
wear tills season,
itoyal blue and black, with the black
predominating, is one of the very latest
color combinations of dressdom. .
Habit hip corsets steadily grow in
favor, and certainly aid greatly in the
fit of the fashionable skirt shapes.
Seemingly every other thought is
made subservient to the desire for a
trim, neat fit in tlie newest lingerie.
Asa revulsion from the very heavy
linen kinds, popular lately, the correct
collar and cuff sets grow sheerer and
sheerer.
Black lace gowns, profusely trimmed
with lace medallions and jet, over a
white foundation, arc one of the smart
est evening gowns of the winter.
Brnids and jets are among tlie most
favored garnitures of the moment.
White doth, embroidered in colors, is
also extremely stylish on velvet gowns.
In shape there is nothing perceptibly
new, even in the mpst swagger cos
tumes. I.yug, vertical lines, gracefully
sloping toward the hack, is the prevail
ing effect.
This might be called a sleeve senson,
as apparently more thought and elab
oration of design and trimming are ex’- -
ponded on them than on any other part
of the gown.
iSome few of fashion’s arbiters havn
issued the mandate, “The circuiat
flounce must go,” as it is used to reple
tion. Its diminution in vogue is nht
noticeable as yet.
Younger women will do well to
choose one of the fancy short jacket*
of fur In vogue this winter, rather than
a three-quarter-length coat that is also
worn, os they are so much more youth
ful in effect.
If you want to bring an old-styla
tight sleeve up to date slash the back
from the waist almost to the elbow,
insert a goodly sized puff of silk or
chiffou, pipe the slash and edge each
side with tiny buttons and you have
copied one of the most recent shapes. *
( HINTS ABOUT |
I HOUSEKEEPING f
Frctly China Bowls,
Fine china bowls, usually with
handles nnd covers, after the fashion
of the rice bowls familiar in collections
of Oriental ceramics, have to some ex
tent supplanted the time honored soup
plate as well as the bouillon cup.
For ClcnninK Cut Glass.
A strong solution of soda is the best
agent for cleaning cut glass. If the
carafe shows murky inside markings
fill it half full of the liquid and add
some small pieces of potato parings.
.Shake it vigorously and rinse it care
fully in clear water. Scrub the outside
with a small brush.
To Clean Household Brushes.
Household brushes are easily cleansed
by the use of a solution of soda. Dis
solve one pound of the soda in one
quart of water, stir over the- fire until
dissolved and then bottle for use.
When washing (lie brushes put a table
spoonful of tills soda solution in a
quart of water, adding a little soap for
tlie soft hair ones. Rinse in clear,
cold water and dry in the open air.
Toa Much Brlc-a-IJrac.
Artistic decorators are much! averse
to tlie too frequent practice of “clut
tering” tlie top' of every available
piece of furniture and every shelf with
a lot of bric-a-brac. Tills specialty
applies to the tops of the built-iu
book shelves so much used now. They
affirm bric-a-brac needs very careful,
very sparing treatment, and that the
upper part of such cases form 4 shelf
that is a very decorative part of a room
when not crowded with a number of
superfluous articles. '
Doinnstlo Pointers.’
To keep seed-beans from being eaten
by weevils, put in a sieve nnd pour
boiling water over them; dry in the
sunshine.
Lemon pies and lemonade can be
made without lemons by the use of
acid phosphate and lemon essence.
The difference cannot be detected.
To tone down and beautify the com
plexion, bathe the face in bran-water
to which lias been added a few drops
of ammonia.
For neuralgia, cut a thick slice of
bread', soak one side for a minute in
boiling water, rapidly sprinkle cayenne
pepper over the hot side, and apply to
face. It will not blister as mustard
does. iV*,. v
A spoonful of ox-gall in a gallon of
water will set the colors of almost
nny goods. Soak before washing.
A teacupful of lye in a pailful of
water will improve the color of black
goods.
Take anew flower-pot, wrap in a
wet. cloth, put over butter, and tlio
butter will keep ns upon Ice.
A raw onion bruised nnd applied ns
soon as possible to a bite of any ven
omous thing, snakes Included, will cure
the wound.—Woman’s Home Compan
ion, -iy ‘ -
fpj’ RECIPES" 'l
Bread Tarts—Cut slices of bread one
quarter inch thick, ent them with a
biscuit cutter ipto rounds; moisten tlie
surface with a little milk, using a small
brush; spread with Jam or marmalade;
put two tarts together; heat a little
butter in the frying pan, lay in tlie
tarts, fry on both sides a delicate
brown; sprinkle with powdered sugar;
serve hot
Corn Oyaters-jfjne can of corn; beat
the yolks of two eggs; add them to the
com, then add the beaten whites; mix
thoroughly; add half a teaspoon of salt,
a dash or two of white and cayenne
pepper and about one-third cup of
flour; beat thoroughly; put two. table
spoonfuls of butter or dripping in a
frying pan; when very hot drop in the
mixture by spoonfuls; brown on both
sides; serve very hot. :
Peanut Cookies—Cream”together*one
cupful of sugar and four tablApoon
fuls of butter, ndd two beaten eggs
and when blended add alternately oue
half cupful of milk and one cupful of
flour, in which you have used two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, if pre
ferred. Shell two quarts of peanuts,
chop them fine and stir into the dough.
Do not roll out the dough, but turn the
.-baking pan bottom up and butter it
slisntiy; then drop the dough by the
the pan nndbake quick
ly. Remove carefully, and when cool
put them in a tin box.
Chicken Terrapin—Chicken terrapin
may be served in hot ramekins. Cut a
cold chicken into cubes and marinate
with oil, vinegar, bay leaf, onion and
parsley. Make a sauce of two table
spoonfuls of butter, two tablespoonfuls
of flour, the mashed yolks of three
hard-boiled eggs, salt and parika and a
pint of cream. Cut the whites of the
eggs and the chicken liver fine and
mix them with the drained meat. Slix
them with the hot sauce. A dash of
nutmeg is liked by some people. Each
ramekin should stand on a plate on a
folded napkin. By its side should rest
a fork. The ramekin should go to the
table covered. _ —*.—
AT WATERLOO, .
Woman XVlio Saw Napoleon T.env. tIA
Field of His Last Hattie.
Lc Gaulols gives an interesting ac
count of a conversation with one of the
very few surviving spectators of the
battle of Waterloo, a widow named
Givron, the 100th anniversary of whose
birth is about to he celebrated in tho
little village of Vlesvllle, Hainault,
She reflates that on the morning of the
day of the great battle she ran away
from her parents and made her way
through tlie woods, being curious to
see wliat was going on. She was closif
to Ilougomont when the place was at
tacked by the French troops, and re
mained in hiding for hours, not daring
to move. The cannonade having di
minished she ventured toward ilie
farm, but fled horror stricken at the
sight, t lie ground, as she expressed it,
being red mud, so drenched was it with
blood. She ran across the fields and
reached tlio Hois de Flancenoit, where
she fell asleep, worn out by fatigue
and excitement. At dusk she was
awakened by the noise of horses’ hoofs
and saw a troop of cavalry, headed by
a man of short stature mounted on a
curvetting gray horse. He was riding
slowly on. as if in a dream, looking
straight ahead and paying no lieed to
what went on about hi pi. The girl
learned on tlie same her
relatives, when RhesUP^'reached
home, that tho i’ l de>|pfg§ Napoleon.
Mine. Givron Is remnriaS^Factive, and
is particularly proud eyesight,
which, she declares, is as good ns it
was seventy-five years ago. When her
daughter, Marceline. who. an she says,
is only seventy-two, sits down to sew,
her mothe* threads tlie needles for her.
The old woman had seven children and
her descendants number ninety-two.
WISE WORDS.
Eloquence Is vehement simplicity.—
Cecil. F'”
The greatest prayer is patience.—
Buddha.
Generosity is the flower of justice.—
Hawthorne.
Goodness thinks no 111 where no ill
seems.—Milton.
Ilis praise is lost who Walts till ull
commend.—Pope.
Diligence is the mother of good for
tune.—Cervantes.
Live only for to-day and you rujn
to-morrow— o. Simmons.
From labor, health; ffoin health, con
tentment springs.—Beittie.
There is 110 index of characters as
sure us the voice.—Wtsraeli.
Win hearts, and you have ail men's
bauds nnd purses.—Burleigh.
Delicacy Is to tlie mind what frag
rance is to the fruit. —A. I’oineeloJ.
No man was ever so much deceived
by another as by himself.—Greville.
Sympathy with nature is a part of
the good man’s religion.—F. 11. Hedge.
Tlie public man needs but one patron
—namely, tlie lucky moment.—Bulwer.
Next to the originator of a good sen
tence Is the first quoter of It.—Emer
son.
The desire of appearing clever often
prevents one becoming so.—Rochefou
cauld.
Pride is seldom delicate; it will ploaso
itself with very mean advantages.—
Johnson. •
A Bowlder For Ingalls* Grave.
Tlie grave of John J. Ingalls, at
Mount Vernon Cemetery, will bo mark
ed by n native bowlder deposited on
Kansas soil in tlie glacial period. This
will be done in obedience to a letter
written in tliq Senate chamber at
Washington, December 10, 1890, to
Mrs. Ingulls at Atchison. The letter
follows:
“This life Is ro delightful that I
dread the thought of leaving It. I
have seen mid experienced so little of
what may be seen and known that It
seems like closing a volume which I
have only glanced at the title page.
“Our ground in tlie cemetery should
have a ‘monument.’ I bate these obe
lisks, urns and stone cottages, and
should prefer a great natural rock
one of the red bowlders known as the
lost rock of tiic prairie porphyry from
the north, brought down in glacial
times— with a small surface, smoothed
down, just large enough to make a
tablet in which should lie inserted the
bronze letters of our name—‘lngalls’
and nothing else.”
A stone such as described is now
being sought.
A Nicety of Leave-Taking
A little nicety of leave-taking that Is
practiced by a certain well-bred wom
an, says the Dundee News, is to rise to
end the visit while she is the speaker.
In this way she is apparently leaving
while she is much interested. T-iiis is
better than to start at the end of a
pause, or to Jump up the moment your
hostess’s voice drops. One way Implies
boredom, the other waiting for a
chance to get away.
This may seem a trifle of observance,
but it is worth while if only to train
one’s self in the habit of easy leave
taking—a rare accomplishment even
among women with wide sects 1 “'xpes
rience. Once standing, leave promptly,
and avoid spinning out a Second visit
In the hall. •
Costly British Warships.
The battleships and cruisers now
building In the Government yards in
England, except Devonport, are cost
ing more than the estimates, save in
the single case of the Albemarle, In
which a saving of S4OOO was effected.
This is not such an indictment against
Government building as it seems at
first sight, for the eight contract-built
battleships now building will exceed
their estimates by $700,000 and the
eleven cruisers by 8875,000. At Devon
port a saving of $20,570 was made in
the building of the Bulwark and S2J,-
785 In the building of the Implacable.
fshe Funny
fide o f
Life,
In Turn. V
Tho insect sees the tiny mite
And eats him as its natural . l-ht* •.
The chicken sees the insect tarn
And dines upon him, then and there.
Man eats the chicken, if he ewi; -
And such is nature’s wondrous plan
That this same man—perhaps His just—
Is swallowed up by some big-trust,
—WafehingtQiytet,r
love and Ignore. < "
She—'“What does your love amount
to, anyway?”
He—“lt’s overdrawn my salary for
six months.”—New York Herald. "
Accon *n mu’.its.
“Don’t you dislike Ihe smell of gaso
line that goes with an automobile?” , 5
“Not so much as the smell of arnica
that goes with it.”—Washington Star.
How It Happened** >
Gladys—“llow did Belle come to re
fuse Unit millionaire?” 41
Edith—“He swore he was only fifty,
when he was really over seventy, and
she, poor girl, believed him.”—Judge. ;
A Scare Head? •
Reggie—“l wish I Until* what char
acter to assume at the masquerade
party to-morrow night ” 5
Archie—“ Put a display head on your.*
self and go as a loeictj doliini%’yL, ;
Chicago Tribune.
A Business Mini’s Tribute.
“You admire that musician?”
“Very much,” answered Mr. Cumrox.
“For liis compositions or for his per
formances?”
“Neither. For his nerve in charging
$5 a seat.”—Washington Star. ?
An xesrtin
"Remember," ml ihe whbti ton,
"that no mail c\ or Ft : this earth
returned.”
“Tjiere was eng,” spoke tpsthe
boy' in the red cap.
"Who was he?”
“Santos-Dumont.” -Chicago News, 4 4
Tli© Steam Auto, |
I j ?
‘■'"Vi' 1 /,; I |phß ”I '
U'JmaJß . .-rmt
7 rj US?
"So you’re using that thing to redUee.’l
your weight. 1 shouldn't think
would be' sufficient exercise iu It {.<&s
‘that.”
“No, but every time the Wifter gfclt?F
low 1 lose about five poumfej exjy ■
lug it to blow up.”—ficrihiusf
The Honorable Member*.
“I suppose tlie arrival of new Con
gressmen from time to time has a
tendency to give variety to life in tho
Capital City.”
“Not a great deal,” answered the
man who is more or less cynical. “It.
merely means the introduction of new
names into the same old anecdotes. I '
Washington Star. . ’ Y*
Neir Version of Napoleon fn Egypt.
“Soldiers of France,” exclaimed Na
poleon, “from yonder pyramids forty
centuries look down upon you!’”
“Forty cents?” exclaimed a soldier
who was hard of hearing. “Well, we’ll
make them look like thirty cents be
fore we’re through!” „
Whereupon the battle thickened, and
the Man of Destiny dined that night, v,
n French Cheops.—New York Trip- .
uue. ' IjgjgMHHM
An Uncertain JJatcrprUa.
“So,” remarked Miss Cayenne, “you
think of marrying that: man 10 roi'onn
k. il) -"
“I can’t say tit" l do., •
are tliut you v. met specked In reform
ing him. A it you do'jsucceea. ha |
will probably cease to be interesting”
—Washington Star.
■' ' Various!-, troubled 7 onnntfre^lHH
Tenant—“S. i. bat house . >
rented me is ii • I with rats. Every ,
night we are waited up by the rack§jßf’V; i
Agent—" That’s very TfaE
last'tenant never said a word abiiflp
rats.”
“Well, then, of course, you are tsoIS
to blame.”
“No. Tlie people who lived there
fore never complained of anything ex-3'S
copt ghosts.”—Non- York Weekly/J
bloodless Surgery* -
do you tliint ua
Yes, sir,” replied • . •
goon. “But first bring mc'tlrbinatfre|stS
the boy sleeps on.” .’*l
It was brought.
The surgeon found a hole in itM
enlarged the hole, felt, around tnnbfigM
mattress, and presently brougH®
forth a piece of jewelry.-'
“There, sir," lie said, “is the brcasplu a
you thought your boy had BwailowodSfll
‘"nii'ii,
necessary:” exclaimed the. oveJM&iifSl :
parent. '
“No other operation,” rejoined thtv'Jj
surgeon. -The bill will lie ?JO. IcM
Thanks. The boy will get along; aireM
right now. Good afternoon."-New ■?
York Press. tf|
DECEMBER 38