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X t orte ever -ries nit --
And 1 dont see why they . bode,
Wier nurse says I'm not ;gene,
Awl I'm seldom very gem: -
If 110 one ever marries me -
I shan't mind very much;
I shall buy squirrel in a, cage,
And a little rabbit tie eh;
shall here a cottage er a wood,
A, pony all my own,
And a. little lamb quite clean and tam
That I can take. to towa.
And wben I'm getting really o14 -
Jt twenty-eight or nine -
stall buy a. little orplean
and Wing her up ae mine.
-Laurence Alma, Tadema.
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settee ;dee egieitteetheeteeefet: ete0e,a,eer
hleoret eay that. Nary! You know I
love yea ancl----e
'W•01.7. Tem Dalton. stop right wheee
gee ere. I've told you often euough
'that iilte you. You have heeu uzy
frieud eled playmate ever einee I was
a little girl, and I ellen always like
e'en as a friend. No, sir! I won't
listen to any love rnaltieg. I NVOU't
marry you, e.tr, an that's the eud on t.
I will marry no epee but a brave man,
and I douit love anybody, and---"
"But, Mary, ,surely I—"
"There you go again, sir- If you
mention love to me again I will : had swung into the curreet with thcul.
never epleik to you. es sure as my and be was now firmly gripping a bit
name is Mary Hart." a painter which Lung over the tern.
if you put it that way real.. In a, few minutes more he heel Lewd 4,
ly leave to retire, few I couldn't sur- her over the side. clambered in tif.er,
vine the punishraent How do you mut was cbaeng her bends brisitly.
411011' I'm not the brave man?" Mrs. Hart's cries from the beach lute
a
d.e.ud I've known you all tlatee years brought tbe Cobbs to the tome, and
aud-but I won't have it brougat up Master Harry Was rueniug dare
auain, and there's au end on% sir." down the beach, to the rescue.
"Well, well! 'IS a woman will, elect It bad all happened in a very few
Will; tied ehe eyelet, the woe% and Minutes. Mary opened her eye%
therv'e the end ottle 4piGtecl Tom, Smiled and said: 'You ueederet reb
gaily., 'Levey tlog bee his day. Mare. tal the 'elan eft me?' hands. sir."
Asmarmorrocre,
*0121 and etre. Wert would watce Um ea et et, g eteteto tet -coe--te, hrtilS DC 0HA lef TRAVE LED.
sport from the beech. 4. D. 0
eeemed to be bubbling over, mad he A ie
itt
was soon daring Tealton to try a race edeegeen,,,e,,,e,ea.aereg...eeeeeteepesedent notaity Focal as it Waii.
tde beub, He seemed rzittetaat iladyethibilekevolu1soxorkelinot4,,,bawt tiEtbitaotseImmaig, There were eeveral sincere mourn.
to a dory moored a elitert distance from,
fast, and was. sure it was too near tee ers at te funeral that took, place at
current of the runway, but to, take a Lowell last week, There vies a little
dare from, Mary flAd leave her taut
lairo with lack of courage was tOct rausie/an?" she asked.
much for a young man of ills telaPerae 'I am sorry," I replied, for it bad
axtent,
and where but a few strokes from a, i:mxry,yiedit:tbea:31:, .1174
She was wading toward. the boat, 4ber)ernmtohteilectrrewaifishoets
called back, laughiegly: "Will you orders and, follow
seem for k, Tom? If you reach lt;
Arst rn be your prize, sir,"
He was strikiug out after leer aa
soon as the words bad left her lips.
She had nearly reached the eary,
anti coefident of wieeing the race, put
her hand up to catch the gut:le-ale;
Mimed it, and suddenly discovered she
NVZS OUt dePth aud In the runway'
current.
Ouce in the water, efaiges spirits
no Story liosemarr ° Sled Alse Vern to 'roach Wsth
;thane ;then seemis well nigh isupoe.
sible.
'Aren't you sorry you can't be a
; coffin, aud in it a traveler who in hi:
day had been M tough with Melte'
Rem body in the ceMn was that of t
dog, born thirteen years ago under tht
shade of the trees near the royal rest ;
donee in the Sandwich Island% TM
dog was a. rat -and -tan. and elre. eohe
D. Gilmore ot 43.1 Ceara street own.
ed him. Mrs. Gilmore was for years.. I
connected with the Doalnis housholel
fl Honolulu. She knew all the lima /
kings and queens for twenty years or .
antoret The dog was a great favorite !
-with Queen Emma, and tee dethren- I
ed Queen lel often patted Denny, the
dog, on the bead, and held hita in WI
arnrst Denny had made the trip be
tween SaU, Francisco and HoflGl
our times with ele mistress, and he I
ha$ erceed the continent between Lee ;
well awl San Francisco Mar tlinea
Mrs. Gilmore was a etewardees on the
Pacific steareere after the left tee
Honolulu court and the dog aecoule
peeled her on all her travels for the
past thirteen years. Ile was, Itugewe
to litany people in different vides and
to rallrOad men be woe a letiniliar
figure. For eoete thee Past Denny eta-
fered from. heart rallure. He faiiited
frequently and his vigor climmistieti.
dere Gilinere tried to prolong bis Iif
beeanse she was very muds attaehed
to WM and because a his greet Jntll
gence. Yesterday morning she leae
hurrying up stairs when Denny ran
after her and barked a warniug, a
trick Mr. Gilmore bad taught Wm te
the drawing-roora -was so crowded. , Pereorm wben Mrs. Gilmore nurrieti,
As I eutered Rosemary was talking It was bis last bark. Immediate!, tie
to a tall man, a little apart, and I rec- fell down and it WU seen that lie was
ognized Charles Felconer. me to be dYMg. The dog" did not laet ion' atter
I am content te do so.
"I think it is perfectly' hateful to
Stave to etles oue's inelinations and de
teings one doesn't want to do."
And then Charles Falconer camie
through the gate and crossed the lawa?
zo, where we were
Five yeare passed ere she and I met
egain, and then -as she bad prophe-
ezed-I eves a curate in a Londop.
"exist'. Durin- these years, too, her
"Tom!" she cried, and then all Teat efsehcr had dial, and she resided M
raw was a pair of frightened upturnel Brighton wita a relative
eyee and terror-stricken face, as she It was not often I toot a holiday,
swept under the =face. but one afternoon a great pianist was
A Mae predicameet for a lover who eying a recital at St damee"e
was not a brave man. and who bad ! eud I went to hear him. 'When I had
barely learned to swim! Drawing a been stated eonte minutes a very bean -
deep breath, blind to all claimer, arid tiful woman paesed me so closelY that
'with no thought but to save her or tier dress *rushed ag,ainst me, and my
die with her. Tom etruelt out lute the heart gave a wild thrOla for reeoge
Current and uuder the surface. nized Resemary,
ills inert thumped widly as he felt Rosemary turned her head and. our
a mese. ker sun -gold hair tome !ate . eyes met. I thought she seemed glad
his grasP• and in a ratimeat mare thee to see me, aud reramehered ale% I
rose to the surface. Terougb his sat- Waited tor her when the recital was
dimmed, eyee Tom saw a bit of rope over, but could only get few *words,
and grasped it, They had acme for her corapauion-the relative with
'under the stem a the dory, widch -whom She lived -wee in a hurry to
keep some appeintraent,
The followleg afterucon I called at
the address she bad given me, but sate
little opportunity for couvereation,
what do ;eon ea.y to a sail down the "Thank God! She Is all right." s
LY' Let's have that zuother of Youre Tom. ferveutly. %
end tehe a run down to Elm Island far "Tom, dear, you reached the dere' ,
dinutr at Cobb's farm and a bath at first. Kiss tete. Or! You wan!" .
the start beech. It's a Une morning And then Master Harry' e boa ereto
for a
sail, mei ra be bound I'll leant od alongside.
to ewlin this time." 5
"Tom. Dalton, if there ever was
well. I 'mow there wasn't. And I real-
ly letgan to think you were serious, 7
sir. But mother never -would venture ;
/Out In that crazy knockabout of yours. ,
:Mutat% it be jolly? I'd love to go." }
9t IS all right about the knockabout.
She is bigti and dry for a new coat of home to get the full meaning of it.
gopper paint. Captain Doyle has his Here, where the flag is everywhere.
new echooner Willie aud toli. me this it is treated more or less lightly; In -
THS BATTLESHIPS
St...Skies nutereneee Between, Icew and
sieeo stave or War,
In the old, ships personnel was
everytbing; material was almost with.
ing. la the modern ships the condi-
Cone are almost reversed, and, wbile
personnel is still indispensable as the
FUN AND $ENT liVrENT,
THE-F.1111E WINNERS
"I don't think that Mr. Eatington
ever declines an. invitation to dinner:"
no! He's a sort of social lion
eeekieg what he may devour." -Fuck.
"I see it is laecoming the fad tobave
your wedding cieemetographede" "Bet
directing power material has &swilled a feller doesn't bave to have his court -
suet iniportaece as almost to dwell ship cinetnatograpleed, teault beaven!"
it To an eugineer the consideration "Pa, what is a lineal descendant'
the modern battleship is faseluating , "A lineal eescendant is a eersoe who
for le is Ws creation throughout, He bas to eau bees, oie some praiseworthy
"flushes Ihe material- he fdshi°110 ancestor- for his Iowa importanceeet-
every part, and without aim lts see, I par it p
eessful use would -be impossible eye
have the metallurgical engtheer whet "APS to rthe erniespa.eror„." said the em -
furnishes the material; tee weenie° press dowager, "the silly boy hardly
engineer who makes the guns and axe knows whether he is dead or alive."
mor; the marine engineer who builds I 'Tr= which," remarried Li Hung
the main and auxiliary machinery; . Chazig, "I infer that he reads the loa-
the hydraulic engineer who supplieo pers."-Puelt,
the 'hydraulic apparatus; the electrieat Visitor-"Wbar is the meaning ot
engineer who installs the lighting * thie large and euthusiastic elemoastrae
plant; and the naval areeitect who I . "
twee es there a peace jubilee beine
builds the hull, for I count him an en- , e„ -
einem' as truly as the bridge bulkier le' ; he
one , bat/ 'Bittle.YripelNd adlv selaZdh"euphlesealielf °AI;
Carry guns. armor, coal and
enoniliageltiti rivals." -Norristown Herald.
The hull must be strong
Caneraeser-Pardon me, road -
ante, but are you interested in the
study of prehistoric man? Miss An-
tique -No indeed! It keeps me busy
trying to get the man of today !Mere
ested in me -Chicago News,
tight eompaetruceita It has ofteu been p
mild that a warship es a series or come; "Yauff Puinfleare la the 41°5t.
romle, and a study ee tue diger. : poesessea Mae, ever FAN. He never
nces of opinion. ot eminent designers I, gets the least bit rattled under any
eveu at the present time make this f eircumstanceS." "Why, in what ee-
very clean Beer Sluce the introduct igeecy did you ever gee bine tried, to
floe of armor there has beeu steady have such confidence in him?" °I Pai9
Anlit between It "4 the gun, Urst nue him exhibiting his dint baby to halt a
and then the other being ahead. At -
(Mem -semen at once mad auewerieg
first It was possilsle to armor tbe whole
side abode water as /veil as to give every question rationally."
special protection to the guns and ma. I
oldnery; but with the progress er eted•
ery, to withstand tile stresses due to
heavy weather, and it imust be almost
unsinizabie. All these conditions maim
it a, very complicated structure, with
ita numereus bulkheads aud water-,
A 'rart ;Ades
Seance the thickness of armor requite Out in Indiana a good many years
ed to give adequate protection has be. ago a certain old lady, summoned as a
(1,rae se great Mat it is in1Possible to witness, Came into court wearing a
armor the vessel throughout her
mem Ties etas led to the design large poke bonnet, such as was then
tree citadel svps where the armor much affected by rural folits. Her atm -
exact, Sir Charles FalcOner, for be that, It (MO not eeetter where tee emaceutrated at the middle or tbo wers to the questioes put to her be-
ing rather indistlitet the court re -
bad come into the baronetcy. I think greve is. The dead dog was dressed ' Length' PrefeefIng guns, fung.a74ni's and
be eves not overpleaeed, but 1 read, In 'his best blanbet and Ids eetdedd maehiuery. leaving the ends: almost quested her to speak louder. though
entirely unprotected. Mane eompetent is touch suCceste
ley -welcome in Rosemary's face.
On returning to ray rooms I Mend nthdatlit 'vessels contene, however, that such "The court eauuot hear a word
Is are very YUlnerable and that Teti Say, my good woman." said the
messenger, who begged I would go deg age. due. Gilmore. in toiled a
th eee a Ohm 'woman, and I lost no neporter about the funeral, said:
-time In coMplYing,
"This deg has been with me coneta.ntly
U a c 0 le unarmorei enOs , judge. Itpleno to take of root huge
bonnet of yours."
vater line would speedily let in So
4 Sir, elle said composedly and dls.
4 X*
giving what cousolation I corulmd.linged4r ',"
. . for thirteen years, aver thou:muds of much water as to relater the veSsel
thactly enough, this time, "the court has
was evident she wished rae to deliver miles of sea and land, In rough: atones Innuanagenble,
lest words were a message, and as it
It I bent my ear to her lips and In TariOus bard places. Seete
Interested in the design of naval yes, Off his bat but It has no right 'Lei maim
Trobably few mein these woad. a pereect right to bld a gentleman tatre
How many people fully realize what 1 !drat" then 'in answer to my look 0 help it. I aro sorry be is dead, and by
noel or the arias on iii' Wart.
c ear y. people may think I am foolish to feel
ao badly cm his death but I can't lo stutter in the battleship, aud the fol. "Madam," replied the Judge, "you
sels have any idea ot the weight givea ti woman relative her bonnet."
owing summary ot the distribution of seem so well acquainted with the law
; 1 forgive " Elle Widspere4. °tell
the flag ot their countrY meaus ta inquiry she spoke a name I l • bury.....ing bis body In a site place, So wel ts in
them.? How many hnow the piece it 1 "Sir Charles Falconer."
eapitheire guns in the region of the
f theaur sea -going battleship, that I think you bad better come ue
the Iowa, will be iliterestingi
end take a seat with us on the bench."
actuallY holde in their affettiens? It I learned her story afterward from 9 thank your bo"' - hIndly," elie
may be safely said that the number is the broken-bearted Meter who was responded, dropping a .ser courtesy to
very small. One hue to be away from present, or at least suck ot it as- she the court, "but there are old women
knew, for they had been spanked Meough there already." -Law Notes,
some gears. There • is no need to
speak here ot the pitiful life that was
now in God's keeping; but I deter.;
mined to see Falconer at once -for 1
"bone mau getting biro, I do ender Wbel
I consider proper."
Tone
Huff and fittings...4.4444 4444.4 4,640
eraealou, ineluding armor, pro-
tive fleck and water -excluding
Material • 3,630
'Armament and fittiugs and am
=multi= • . ...• ..... • LOGO
Machibery, stores, Spare parts,
etc. • • . • *** .• • * • ***** . • 1,170
Coal at normal (Ma:turnout.... 625
Crew, equipment, outfit, stores,
ete. • .. .................... 32ei
--
Total.. ..... ....... 11,200
Prom this it will 'be seen that 1.
most exactly on.e•tbled of the entire
weight is given. up to protection. The
distribution. of -armor in tills vessel is
as follows: Protection of the hull
against injury to tbe water line region
Is to be Secured by a side armor belt
14 inches thick and 7.5 feet deep. The
transverse armor at the ends of the
belt will be 12 tunes thick. Barbettes
and turrets for 124nch guns will bave
armor 15 Maks thick, and the sbites
side, from the armor belt to the main
deck, will have a thickness of 5
inclies. An armored deck'3 inches
thick, is to extend forward and aft
from the ends of the armor belt. The
conning tower will have 10 -inch ale
mor, and will be connected to the ae
altered -deck by an armored commune
cation tube 7 Indies thick. The bar
bettes of the &inch mins wlll be S
inches thick on the exposed side and
6 Inches elsewbede, while the turret
elsewhere, while the turret armor will
be 6 'inches thick. These turrets will
bave armored supporting tubes 3
inches thick arranged to protect the
ammunition hoists. The 4ench guns
bave shields 4 inches thick. Most
modern battleships include the three
great weapons of attack. the gun. the
ram and the torpedo, and each is a
machine in itself. Special vessels
have been built in Which one of the
last two is the only weapon, this fere
tame being carried out to the greatest
exfent in the torpedo boat, which bas
been multiplied by tbe score in the
navies of all first-class countries but
the United States. Only a few rams,
wbere that is the only weapon. have
been built thus far, although that ac-
complished naval officer, Admiral Am-
man, believes that fleets of rams should
form our Principal class of vessels.
In the battleship, Ithe ram and the tor-
pedo are regarded as secondary wea-
pons, the main reliance being urge)
the gun. It is not hard to understand
Why this Should be so. The ram and
the torpedo are effective only against
other vessels and they must be -used at
close range, the former by the very
nature of things. The gun is effeetive
at long range and againsit fortifige
dons as well as ships.
•
morning be should run down to Etm deed, the average man givcs it no
Come flood tide, \Filet do you say, • thought at all. A traveler, Morgan
Man Aud-you know I was in earnWilliams of Chicago, recentle eke- learned also from tbis poor woman
.
est and---" coursed entertalningly on tbis lubj that he was to be married to Rom -
Say! r m off to mamma at once." It was just after the relief of tbn be, mime
eind before he could declare what he 1gations at Pekin. Sir Charles occupied a handsoms
'I can at least partially appreciate sulte of rooras in Sackville street.
the thrill that tbe first sight of tue As shortly as possible I epoke oI L
Stars and Stripes floating Over the re- the poor girl I had left, and he tura-
bon of chocolates I am erst at thelieving force gave the Americans who ed, I fancy, a trifle pale. As I finished
house, sir." ; had been waiting so Icing ter succor," he said, more gravely than I had an- .
he said. "Of course, I never was, henn . ticipated. and I begun to hope his .
Mary Hew was the only daughter of 1 ;
the -widow of Colonel Hart of the In g med In for weeks by a cruel norde as heart was touched:
dlan service. they were, and the flag could en have "A sad ease, Damen but a common .
e ,
The colonel had been both soldier 1. given the same significance for me, one, and one that concrns me kss
and business manand when he bad but I ba.d been for a year webont a than you appear to think. Tins "WO-. 1
, ,
f eight of it and when my gaze.. firee man, the sister, has made a gond deal ;
been killed in a jungle fight, Loon after -
Mary's birth, be had left his widow a . rested on it I had to gulp down sn er- out De a friendship I once had for the
comfortable income, i thing that me in ray throat. ey en girl."
America and set -1 left home I had about the Fame r v- "But her het -words?" I
She had come to •
,cannss uii • 1 • t avalle 1 ronclusions Avner. The irl a o d I,
ing to your story, did. not say I was
the person for wbctn torgiveness was :
intended."
"Mopt certainly she did." ,
'I think not I take it that she
Was '
- 1
as in earnest aboat, she was ruaning
swiftly up the pier, shouting back to
him: "You naughty boy, I'll bet you a.
,
tied in one of the quiet New England t rence ortfthatthe averags Am -"Yon have neverthelessjumped at ri-
seashore villages in a cosy cottage tele
joining the estate of Mrs. Dolton, who really hadn't given it much thou'.
was an old school friend. The yOung i I bad had no special longing to see it:
people had grown up together and had , at least no sucb idea had been forint -
been friends since childhood. lated in my mind. Nor had I been . se
1 ha - ohnek pecially homesick. Of course, a van
young man, had inherited an inde- who has been long away wants to ref
,
mentioned my name as being the per -
pendent Income from his father, and back to his native country, but I wee
son best able to convey her message,
'
aamv, having passed his finals at the used to traveling and took my en- to the ear for which it was intended " :
.
law school, was about to practice his forced absence philosophically. that I knew it. ,, I knew that be lied and he knew '
i
profession in Boston. He loved Mary
Hart with all his heart; but, in spite
of himself, he could not be serious
about his lovemaking, though bound
to win her.
And the little minx herself threw
"On this occasion I had been in
Africa, not ht the -wilds, you and r -
stand, but still far enough away frera
the usual couise of travel so that ney
eyes had at no time lighted on the
flag that previously had been most
'difficulties en.ough in the way by familiar to me. It so happened the
bringing him sharply to account wh n- did not see it until I reached Perii on
ever he attempted to broach tbe sub- my way home. I saw other flags, bet
ject. She didn't propose to love or be not the Stars and Stripes, and. as 1
mon by one so footish it must be a said before, I was not lcoking fcr it
brave man, and she often said:
"None but the brave deserVe the
fair, and you aren't brave; you know
you are not sir."
Flood tide found them skimming
down the bay on the natty little
schooner Willie, in a spanking breeze,
jumping at tbe sea like a mettleeorne
horse, while Captain Doyle stood at
the wheel extolling her virtues to Mrs.
Hart. The young people were camped
comfortably on the deck at the wind-
ward side of the mainmast.
'Great, isn't it?" said Tom. "Now
saat would you say to lobster chowd-
er for dinner?"
"Tom, you. villain! You have been
plotting this spree with Cobb. Yoo
know I dote on lobster chowder."
"Down. thre last week. Told 'ern
.we'd be down. Tried to get mother
to come, but she wouldn't step her
toot in anything smaller that a liner."
"And you never told? I can harder
believe it I never know when to be.
lieve you, sir."
"Fact! egre.enough this time, isn't
Cantahe Doyle?" ,
"Fact, sure," said the skipper. 'Ide
and Mr. Dalton had a bit of a run
down to Elm last Tuesday. Tight bitt
of weather coming Imam, toe,"
"Thomas Dalton, do you mean that
you were down here in last Tuesdae-ts
gale awl never told? A.nd you let es
think you haCI'been detained in Boelon
on bueinese."
"Got it straight from Doyle:, quoth
and was not conscious of an ann ty
to see it. I knew that I wanted to g, He made a movement toward the
bell, but I stepped before it. •
back to the 'United State.. t Then sud-
denly one day the old flag met my "Suppose I refuse?" .
gaze. There was some sort of Amen- "You shall not." •
"I have my opinion, Falconer, and.
holding it, am bound to exact a prong 1
tise that you will give up all claim toe
3./Ifts Ellicott."
"That's your game, is it, parson?" 1
-he replied with a laugh. "So to at-
complish your object you invent soms.
blackmailing lee? I have an appoint- ;
ment, BO if you will consider our itn ;
terview kover I will ring for my cab.- ,
can celebration in Paris, and the R d. "Bahl I shall -and I do. Stand !
White and Dille was wavier; frera a aside, man, or I may forget your
window. I stood stock still for a min- cloth."
ute, while a lump rose ie my threet: "I will not stand Eisdele until I have •
then jumped Into the street, threw calm worge
my' hat up M the air and gave a w ld
Western yell that must have mad he
natives think thE.t I was crazy. tt
was only a piece of bunting, of course,
but I never saw anything before er
At the end of the summer I was ef-.1
since that so thrdled me. I simply
fered the emacy of a large parish in I
couldn't hep yelling, and it was ims
Manchester, •which I accepted. I could
material to pie how big a fool I seemed
that flag one good rousing cheer.
to make of myself so long as gave not leave London without biddies
R.osmary good -by, and I longed to see
her again, to hear her voice.
"That's why I say that the man -who
And so I went and this time she
Sas never been away from the flag
was alone. I think we both felt ill et
is unable to appreciate what it means
ease as though an unspoken thought
to him or the affection that he really
lay between us. As I bade her ad eu
feels for it. One must see it in a for -
He raised his arm to strike me and
my fist shot out, catching him full 1
between the eyes, so that he fell ,
Iog at my feet,
12 ht h t
eign land to gain any conception of
the lictld it lias on his heart. And if hand n ne rem e e
I held i I t bl d lik
the mere si ht of it ao affected me imprisoned bird. But I dared not,
under these circumstances what must sneak of my love; I felt in honor
a glimpse of it at. the head of a re- hound to wait awhile. As I reached
lief column have nieant to the Amen- the door her voice stayed my steps,
and I turned quickly with rapidly
cans in Pekin? It was naore than tae
mere assurance of relief, and I ,teetere beating pulsea.
tet say that the best of theta never will "Basil," she said softly "Basil " T
, . n
be able to put It into wotds. There, are another moment I had taken her in
some emotions, that are beyond de- my, arms and was pouring into her
scription. and principal among them cars the mitold loVe of years.
are those inspired in the breast of a
• t th
nue patrio by the first ge inpse ofthe
Fom flag of his ccnintry after he 'nes been
a long time without seeing it or wben
The Cobbs were on the beach to it eomce as a banner of hope in time
welcome them, Mester Harry had of danger and privation'
luntied his potthat morning, and
there would be lobster chowder for
dinner at 2 o'clock. Would they try
a dip at the short beach bf the rueevaer
between Elsa and Elm, fr.? They
evould; that IV, Vas ouug PeePle
A man never feels as if he has had
a good time unlees it makes hive feel
ba i for a longer time tbau it took
him to have it, 4 -
British "brewery shares" have de-
clined heavily in recent months In
the ordinary stock of All-
sopp & Sons sold 20 points below the
price of a year ago, and 39 points be-
low that of 1896 Guinness & Co. or-
dinary shares showed loss of 30 points
from 1898, and of 114 points from 1896.
What Call Tan Wren
Geologists IWIleVe Greenlane to
be a mass ol .and nearly covered by
perpetual snow, with interlacing gla-
ciers of vast extent. or the character
of soil thus hidden from the eight and
use of man, little Is known, but ages
hence through the marvelous pro-
cessos and forces of nature thls great
covering of ice and snow may disap-
pear, the frigid end be tempered, pop-
ulous cities arise and the seeds scat-
tered by the tiller of the soil return
abundant harvests. Man may learn
lessons frora nature every day, and in
them find the knowledge of how to
move and triumph in bis own little
sphere. Nature buries no talents:
though she sometimes hitles them, ehe
still uses and multiplies them away
from the weak sight of puny mortals.
It Is not a step from the sublime to
the ridichlous to apply the teachings
of nature to the affairs of men. To
the workman in the mill, to the states-
man in: the forum, and to the mer-
chant in the mart these lessons come
to point out tbe pathways to success:
and to achieve the latter all the pow-
ers cif man must be employed and dis-
played, for the world must know
what each Individual can offer for It*
benefit. To achieve results men may
labor in the dark; but mankind must
have the achievements, whether eieY
be those of the inventor or of the mer-
chant with his well stocked emporiura.
Crow and Chameleon.
A few days ago the vacant ground
In Monastery Road Quarter, opposite
to U Shwe Tha's house, was the scene
of an interesting fight between a crow
and a chameleon. A smart shower of
ram caused the insects of whicb
chameleons are so fond to come OUT
from their boles, and when the rale
abeted a chamelon came down from
a tree close by and began to -make
havoc among the insects. At the same
time a crow came, there, and whit('
devouring his hearty meal like the
chameleon came in contact -with the
latter, and a battle ensued. The
crow, not daring to attaek his enemy
face to face, necked the latter's tail,
and he in return received a smart bite
somewhere about the neck from the
reptile. Thus -the battle continued for
about half an hour with varying suc-
cess, in which the chameleon ettowee
the more Intrepidity. The crow never
atacked his enemy in the face, but al-
ways pecked the tail and by net
means at an opportunity he carried
away his courageous' enemy, with a
"caw! caw!" of triumph.
Power of Krag-Jorgeneen
County Clery Morgan of I3edford
county. ICentucky, has the Kra.g-Jor-
gensen gun which his brother Harry
brought from Porto Rico. The gun. is
guaranteed to the government to shoot
accurately 1,800 yards, but it will shoot
three or our miles. Mr. Morgan, with
several others tested the shooting
qualities of this death -dealer the other
day. They went down en a valley back
of, Bedford and fired at a black locust
tree six feet in circumference, the
ball going through, struck a rock on
the side of the hill a glaneing lick,
and went two or three feet in the
ground. :lit was also fired tit a ,solid
sycamore tree much larger than the
IOcust, with the same result'.
At one time it seemed as though the
increase in size of guns was to be with-
out limit, and there are actually afloat
to -day a number of guns weighing
from 100 to 13.0 tons. This enormous
weight, moreover, Is that of tbe g,un
geom. Wben its mount and fittings
are included the figures would be in-
creaeed more than half. Experience
hae, shownhowever, that this was
going too far, and the linait now ap-
nears to be about 13.5 inches caliber
and 67 tons weight. Only a few full
charees. comparatively, can be fired
from one of these monster guns be-
fore it must he relined at great ex-
nense. The exact number is not de-
finitely • known, lint Is put at fewer '
than fifty. As an exhibition of weer -
mole; power, however, the figures, for
the tiring of one of these guns are ,
a we inspiring. The projectiles weigh
nen rly a ton and cost about $750. The ;
powder charge Is nearly 1,000 pounds r
and costs abaut 325. The projectile
;eaves the gun with a velocity of about
2.000 feet per seeond, having an energy ;
nf boat 50,000 foot -tons. -George W.
%II -21011e, Engineer -In -Chief 11, S. Navy, I
in the Engineering Magazine,
liVoral.e* te 'reXecrapb Mrssingra.
Two funny telegraph stories are
printed by the Pittsburg Disptacb ou
the authority of a former employe of
the Western Union company.
He was receiving a dispatch troll':
Albany, in width the sender was no'
overcareful in spacing Ilia lettere,
Lawton took the address as follows:
"Dr. A, 'Wing, room car agent, Cen-
tral depot, New York."
The dispatch came back with the
marginal report that there was no sucb
person at the address named. The
operator at Albany was calla up and
explanations followed, in consequence
of which the address was changed to
"drawing room car agent, central de-
pot."
'
A still more absurd mistake was
once made in the same office when a
telegram was received for "James W.
Giles, pie clerk, Brooklyn nasty yard."
This was afterward amended to read,
"James W. Gillespie. clerk, Brooklyn
navy yard."
A Correct ion.
An amusing double-barreled case ot
heterophemy occurred not long ago at
a meeting of the licensing sessions in
an English city. The chairman, dis-
cussing the law requiring the bona fide
travelers to go a certain distance be-
fore being entitled to liquid refresh-
ment, referred to it as being "three
miles as the flow cries."
A superior person hastily rose to
correct his worship, but could get no
nearer than "Yoffr worship means 'as
the fly erowse or rather," he added
hastily, "'as the cry flows.'"
No one was rash enough to make a
turther attempt, and the magistrates
went on in fheir efforts in behalf of
sobriety.
wr• he einem°.
The Rev. Perkins being called
upon sudenly to address a Sunday
school, thought he would get a ten
oreginal ideas from his young hearers.
"Children," said he, "I want some of
you to tell me what I shall talk to you
about to -night, What shall I say?"
At first there was no response "That
bright little fellow over there," said he,
pointing to a youngster on a back seat,
"What shall I say to you to -night?"
T11 a little, piping voice came the ans-
wer: --"Say amen and sit downet-
Philadelphie Saturday Evening Pose
A Resourceful Bride.
"Can we afford," he faltered, sadly,
"to have a skeleton in our closet?"
As for the woman, she wept, for they
were indeed wretchedly poor, but she
was not, therefore altogether _Imre-
sourceful.
We might keep It in the hdll and
rise it for a Ig,& rack!" exclaimed the
bride, for be: sling was giving Way
under the constant effort to, practice
economy. -Detroit Journal.
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pain, cures ,Nind colic, and is the hi..ist, revile4y
for Diarrhcea, lt is pleasant to S
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cents it bettle. its value i',4 incalculable. Be
sure and ask for Mrs WinslovPs Sootiing
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AT FAIRSuAsNEDDTERXEHIBITIOdTS
DTBs
The Fall Fairs and exbibitions held
this year in Canada were a source of
pleasure and satisfaction to hoodrects
of energetic and areistie ladies. Mag-
nificent displays a Mats, Rugs and
Carpets made from rags dyed with the
DiautlOnd Dyes, drew the special at-
tention a. thousands of visitors.
In iainety-nine cages ente of energ
hundred, the exbibitors who used the
Diamond Dyes to color the materials
of which their Mats, Rugs awl Carpets
were made, took the best prizes.
No stronger proof a the superiority
of Diamond Dyes could be demanded.
Wonien all over Canada will and it
pays to use Diamond Dyes to re -color
their faded and dingy lookiug dresses,
skirts, blouses, capes. jackets, ties, rib-
bons, etc. One package of Diamond
Dyes will do as much work as three
packages of the common dyes, and
give colors far more beautiful, more
brilliant awl more tasting.
Charles M, Bays, general manager
of the (*rand Trunk Railway system,
has himself acknowledged to the prem
that he has accepted the offer of tho
presidency of the Southern Pacific
Railroad, in succession to the late
Collis P, liontingdon, and will sever'
his connection with the ra,110 Trunk
at the termination of hie present en.
gagerteent with that road on January
1, net. Mr. Hays will make Sett
Francisco his headquarters when he
assumes his position with the Sonthera
Pacific and will leave Montreal soon
after.
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Trainers and athletes in every de-
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and healthy men if they woutd excel
in bicycle race% football, =mug
junaping, skating and snowshoeing.
The athlete should have a well balaux-
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per% and the organs of dureseicirt
should at all times be in the heat con-
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For many years Paine's Celery Com-
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The celebrated John Graham who
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Columbia Universities,and who is now
superintendent of Boston's famous
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Celery Compound to my benefit, and
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going great physical strain will find it
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J. R. Watson, Boston, holding the
world's championship as jumper and
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out I have tried many things, but
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James Michael, the great bicyclist,
Hjertberg, the champion steeple -chas-
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bracer and strength giyer for all who
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Heart Humbug
It is fashionable to -day to have a
new heart scare every24 hours.
The commonest symptoms of dys-
pepsia or nerve trouble, such as pal..
pitation, weak spells, loss of appe-
tite, and poor circulation, are magni-
fied and distorted into serious signs
of heart trouble, with the object of
frightening the public into taking
this or that heart remedy. If a
hundredth part Of the heart trouble
we hear about were real, the ceme-
teries would be filled in.a-ifionth,l'
wrong construction is put upon coto•
mon ailments in order to humbug
the people into the belief that heart
disease is prevalent, whereas re
heart trouble, which is so sadly
suddenly fatal when it does occur, -1
a rare disease. Lopsided arguments
cannot convince an intelligent people.
Iron is the vital element of the blood.
Too little iron means weakness; lack
of spirit, pallid cheeks, shortness of
breath, sleeplessness nervousness,
loss of vital force, ending in gene -al
break -down. The iron in Dr. Wa.rci'
Blood and Nerve Pills is in the so
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i
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