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"Aro you tired, (leap'?"
11!Tr. ITervoy looked back from hie
seal, beside the driver as he spokm
Els wife was deadly pale, hut her
shining Mee and sparkling eyes 11111
not tell of weariness.
"1 don't know, Frank," she said,
"Oh, Sow lovely lL all is' 1 never
saw so ninth country before. You
didn't tell no it wail NO beautiful,"
'"W1v Mars !rt '0 grass," lisped
baby Tithe'], pointing to the golden
dandelion(' which, starred all the way.
:I•h1s was a city family, whose hori-
eon haat home bounded by bride mud
mortar, and the country Was a. beau-
tiful revelation. Tho family physici-
an had told Mr, 1lnrvey that the
only hope fop his wife, who was fail-
ing raapidiy, w•tis country' to and
change, and unkn0lvl3 to her ho had
purchased a small Term 10 the doe-
tnr's native place, from a Mr. Mor-
timer.
And you feared I would he disap-
pointed,
isap
p'ointed,`my hutelendl" she exclaimed.
"Yes, I ata. ]t is so much nicer
them I thought. Why, the very trees
are covered with bloom, anti the air
is 5o. sweet,"
"Well, hare we are," mild the rlriv-
or, halting before a handsome house,
Where loads of furniture were helot,
-.Oct clown. A light shone through
the windows, and in the doorway
stood a 0111313 y -looking matron.
"We've taken possession, you sale,"
slip snid by way of explanation,
"I'In your neighbor across the street
Peter's at the. gate,
Waiting` for the 130131er cake,
Churn, butter, churn,
"(111, you're making bettor 1" cried
Anna Hervey, es early In the Morn-
ing elm came. epola Jacks Goodwin
plying the (amen da111 '1', on the back
stoop, 111 tiro With the old tune.
„May 1 try?"
"IL's most come, 1.randlua's but-
ter song fetches 33," end Jack, give
big the darner into her hands.
Mrs, O0oc1wl.n came out with a
large wooden howl filled with clear
water. "(100(1 100E01 lig, Anna.
You've brought the butter quick,"
she 1113111 ]n.ugbiug,
Anna watched carefully the process
of washbag and scalthig the butter,
1'711 glad you know about everything
Mrs. (100dwin," She said, "We are
going to churn, aux; 1 hope we call
]Rake nice $0'ret 111,1111' nee yours,,,
"You will, child. 1t beats all how
quick your nail/Sir catches On. I'll
help you any Gem you get bothered,"
Ilut Arcs. fln.rvey did not "get
boNered." The nice stamped bells
of her Own sweet butter made her
vel y harpy.
"I'm so glad to succeed," she said,
"fol. 1 (,'n'ed I should fail,"
"You don't know the meaning of
the word, Tern.ners," said 'Mr. liar-
vcy. "If I only steete111 ate well
I will be content,"
"Novires Lore fond of praise., Frank,
and y'Ou aro very kind," Ms wife an-
8W01•ed with a gror Ictegll.
It did not take our friends long to
learn that the villagers were not all
of the Goodwin type,
Mrs. Busby, wife of a good man
Whom It1r, Harvey hilted for a day,
was a newsnloneer.
"No need of n chilly paper, lot• we
have oint Busby," 1t•a5 a slaying et
the 0311ege wits,
"Don't then city folks beat all!"
she said to Mrs. Goodwin on One
i'3,. GOOCIR'in• I've .come Lo talcs ot her morning calls. '"Tliere they
you home with lac to supper," be this minute hunting for wends in
'Sou ere very kind, Mie. Good-
win," :Mfr, Harvey began, "but
really-"
"lye are very glad to accept your
hospitality, dear Mrs. Goodwin, for
I am tired," interrupted 14frs. Harvey
ere he could !;nisi,
Seated at the (;oorlwins' hospitable
heave], the throe Iittle Harvey girls
teamed rapturously, as they sipped
their glasses of sweet mills.
What a glorious day it. had 'been!
The long ride on the ears, 'then the
ten -hullo ride front the station, for
the railway had not penetrated every
section 50 years ago.
It's (Mod, papa," said little Eth-
el. "Taste," and she held up her
glass of milk.
"Yes, dear," saki Mr. I1arv'ey,
glaniug anx10ttely at his wife, ns he
touched his lips to the glass.
"('1)1 afraid; Itranoes, that, the
day's journey has been too anuli for
you."
"I've been too much excited. It's
all so lovely," she answered, endilIng.
1'11 be all right in the morning,"
"I shall not conennt to her leav-
ing till morning, i(i'e, 7larvcy," said
Mrs. Goodwin, with a decisive nod,
"Jack, one boy, is at the itis" now
attending to the fires. 'The rot of
,yeti can go over after supper if you
wish, hut Mrs. 1lalvey stays to keep
111e company,"
"Such kindness!" mum tired Slits.
Tracery, as tears slowly coursed
down her white cheeks, "And I was
so dreading the night."
hftncl has a wonderful power over
the corporeal, a11(3 Mrs, Harvey was
soon en interested listener to the
conversation between her husband
and left, Goodwin.
T think I'm very fortunate in ea -
curing such a tine place," maid lefr.
Harvey. "The buildings 111one are
worth more 11110 T. paid for my
whole farm," replied his neighbor,
."Mortimer put all ho tra(io into his
house, and starved his farm. You
must feed your 131n(3 if you expect it
to feed yon."
"I am totally ignorant of farm-
ing," Mr, Harvey replied. "T hope
I will not be troublesome, but may
1 consult you when I need help?"
COrta:in, certain, 1'd love to tell
you what I've learned about (1u•nlfhg
and T hope you'll beat 31s 1111."
":I"11 be content to follow, my
Mend. l've 101111ed some things
from farm journals, but I'm afraid
.r I'll find it eas3e3' to learn horn to .do
than to ]ort my Knowledge into prac-
tice."
"Well, perhaps," said 1170, Good-
WM. "I believe, though, that a man
cwt do what he sets out to do, if
lie's a man, but heaths are heeded in
farming, as tt'cll as in selling. goods.
Young itforllnulr (Betel: like study end
he didn't like work. When he 000ul'ed
a. clerkship in a cit.,y store, he
thought he was made, but .I
shouldn't Wartier if he found out
he'd made a mfsl:akc,"
"Vete, likely," said lehe TTarvcy,
glancing torched his wife, who was
listening intently. "We aro satisfied
aren't we, deal'?"
"Yes, indeed, Only I trent we will
-not bo tr011hlesom0 to our kind
nciglillors,,' she refilled. "We will
need t.0 get acquainted with: con new
llosseccstola,:'
"That's easy ennugli," said llfr.
Goodwin, "A fine house a11(1 out-
buildings, a largo garden and er-
cha:rd, apples, Pears, plums and cher-
rle8. do plenty, and 130 acres of Worn-
out 1anr1, with a Ivo0dlot."
"till, pei,n, 15 it all yours, end
‘11011't We have to mote?" said Anna
TJnrvov, W1111c Mete Tl'arvey ex-
claimed: "flow could th'e 'Mortimers
leave the lovely place, for the slavish
city lite?"
"It's live seri leaves Mrs, 'Harvey,
]' hope yon tv011't be lonely," end
11r, (300dw'i11,
"By the way, ' neighbor, do you
know where I can buy a good Cote?"
se id illi', /10.0vey,
".1'll sell you R, yolmg 1.010
4113 t yah," Me. Ci 00(114 13 e nswered,
"and Jnek 1x111 nii.110 It for you till
you !men."
'l'w'o weeks 0eiit ley, so full of bogy
work that to one thought of lofll-
110s5, i•hongh 131by Ethel, life. tg her
(Milky hood, said, ''I'Iark,. dl's 3,o
still, so S1;t11,"
011111'11, butte', (h'1]rrl,. •
the garden heeler 1 woudee if they
know 'em when they fine 'em,
"(Guess they (10," said Mrs. ,.Good-
win, "What a 13110 clean garden they
have, ancf 11011' things grow,"
"O11, 1 .meet tell you," said the
gossip. '".That mall was scared when
he see the beano conic up; thoighe
he'd made a mistake, till llushy told
hhn.
But no wonder -a city farmer,
and a book farmer! Ilueby couldn't
think 103111 made hhu go to the house
every three hoursbor so, hat ho found
out, for once Int wont to the house,
Loo, for a, drink of water. The, par-
lor winder's was open, an' there lay
that nen, with papers scattered all
'round him on tho carpet. Loarnin'
to farm it, wasn't he?"
"Yes. resting abit and learning,"
said errs, ft °wheln 13111) a laugh,
"It's live and learn with us all,"
"But they're so queer. Busby says
they ask ,nim in to prayer every
morning 11e tones there, and there's
so much to be clone. But Busby
thinks they're O, 1(., if they are so
queer. lehy, Mr. 1-larvey buys Stull
at the drug store, and sprays his
fruit trees, And how he's trimmed
Min 411.! Then the fortlli're1's he Uses
on Ills ]anti. My, such awful waste!"
"I don't suppose, eeig7l'bo', that
folks could do without tamers," re-
mnrked )firs. Goodwin, "and- llfr,
Harvey thioles that it's best to
learn all 110 can, We'd better wait
and see ,now ho comes out with his
book forming,"
"Another Jolter from our old lewd-
nteS partner coiling for more of your
butter prints, Francis'' said
Varve d 61 l•,
y one day, seating }Outwit on
the' veranda by her side. The sun
was just going doom and the ail' was
sweet with the perfume of the new
metre. fitly. "Tire(!? lint. these rosy
cheeks are nicer to look at than the
while ones of n few months age,"and
ho stroked the rounding cheek fondly,
"Melton tells me that your butter,
and the fruit 1 sent Hilo are all neat-
cless, and', wants more. Dave you
been too lonely?
".Lonely with all this!" and she
glanced over the green lawn and the
flowers. "With all outdoors, and
any deer onest Trow can people he
content boxed up in a city liar? And
you have made the farm more than
meet ex]#111,905 "
"Wo," he said.
"Whet could I have done without
my helpmeet? And I ant indebted to
1111' agricultural papers and books as
well as to you and my neighbors.
'teeming. is a science noire bollorabl0
than money grabbing, end far more,
interesting, I never spent d happier
sunlmcl'. I v3, ry dare 19 a new 1'evela-
H3on,and brims the great, lnlsllress
perialur to mind-Ihe Ono who sends
the sunshine and the rain. Why do
people wear themselves Dui; 'pelting
happiness, when it comes to them if
they are in the right w'ay. It isn't
so shy as 00p10 think,"
Certainly It had mole 10 the /Tar
vey Immo as a permanent guest.
As th0 years trent by, the wonder
grew, Neve' had rho "worn -tint
farm," yielded 5ne11 Harvests as it
11;11 eu11er the lined of the "city farm-
er," a.nd the neighboring terms pro-
flied 1)y tiro "book farming,"
!1'T,fJil no 11011,
;Vide tires save touch. ]io'50 power,
"You cell get nn more power front
a horse than you give hitt in the
food,
'.rhe horse is man's invaluable help-
er, 3)1111 should be treated as a
friend,
The best drivers talk much to
their animals,
Your ho3.W needs water oftener
than yeti.
THE CZARS (401..1114N WALLS.
One 10011 et 'C8ar8kove, the Czar's
pa1a00 near St. Petersburg, has halls
of lapis lazuli anti a 11not' ot ebony
inlaizl with )11011er-or-pearl, Another
ham galla 131f carved amber, au.13 the
Walls of a third are laid thick with
beaten geld,
Mi, /';'ocher-- "Your hat locks Very
33011 with 1:13at wing in it." Mrs,
Deesserw "'yes; b;1t it Would, loots',- bet -
1013 ',1vitlt tWVo 10ii3g8 in It," 11/f•, Dees -
ser -••'"0111' that's merely a matter ot
4,'pfei0n,"
+'AQrj�'l►l�U�`Y CASES
Lerlvrucl enminutrd to penal cervi -1
v FORGERY 17i�,JLJ Ludo for lifx+, inion bet
e anapIciutl flint
YOUNG'
atfocit 13114
FO -LKS
the wretched woman was insure..
GII.2 MlS P1tOVED BY WORT( or In the famous Great 14f
EXPERTS, ease the crossing of the "t" in the
_ 1401.11 "log 44.11 13,11 • the question
i'oisoner 01 women Discovered- 'whet.11er idle codicils of a 11'111 13(300
genuine ut' !Rise. 10 t110 will, which '
A Banker's Many OOCFaOooaOa4Qopu(opcyp(){yp
13.139 in the 110011 oleo's handWriCing,.
Willa, the "t" W140 uncrossed 51 times, TEM RED JAC13lV1P,
"Forgery," 413.;;4 Chabot, the teat wholly crossed 5 times, but half
crossed never. In 541 of the dead " Margery was 10(1,1 of color, and 80
hand-lvrii.ing expert, "is 0)318 of the men's totters the "t" in to was when [male sad, u
most un8atiefec•,t,ory crines a elan uncrossed .181 times, wholly crossed a by 411 her a nice
01331 eutnrriit nowadays. It can be 00 14 Limes, but never half crossed. In jacket Yqr spring10131 it wee natural 114131
easily dlscot'er0d•" the disputed codicils the ''t" leas he should select a pretty red, Mar -
7
That Wait (101 A11vR;Ym the case sive n315'tly5 half C3`n5mnd, '111e jury (3001(1- terry "(nought she had never' well an1,y-
Landol, Answers. There miss once rltith ed that. the codicils tverm not genuine. thing• so lovely. and on the very
ing easier than imitating 1lanrlwrit- The number of anonymous letters' i1. 00 1' it mine Shp ;rased to wear
1111 so successfully that the fraud submitted to the expert 111 e, year it oven' Lt' grnnrJrna s.
could not be (theme -erect, and the skit- is very large, Sometires these let- "lint IT is not a pleasant play,"
fol forget' wee one of the least often tees are written by the recipientsurged Amain°. "and if it should ruin
detected and host successful scout;- themselves forcertain purposes, An you wpuld spoil u11 the freshnrss O1
aryls 131 the criminal world. flow American expert tells an mousing Your pretl,y garment." J.Sut Aiargt'ry
common and how saccess1111 he wag stOry of such a. 01150, The minister I could not, beat' this disappointmnent,.
experts who have had ancient donit- of a certain clun'1111 ono (lay invitee- end for once in her llfe she wits, we
monis put before them 103,11 know, ed a letter he had, he alleged, re.- are sorry to say, almost an dross as
It is won11rrful how many of these, ceivod from another congregation, a Utile girl eon be
the genuineness of which has novae
been suspected, the expert is able,
by the aid of modern science, un-
hesitatingly to pronounce forgeries.
ether 10nrds, We could try, though;
Oats to calf."
la a few. Minutes grandma came,
"Here you are!" else said. "Aren't
you getting sleepy?"
"1'm not notch," said Jenne.
"We're playing a game,"
"lt must 1714 a Jenny game," said
grandma."1113'3, last (asleep,"
11et the next clay thl'y got lie Rob
had calf, heif, halt, hurt, cart, cars,
cads, outs; and Jennie had calf, call, tiny which centres round Mer Barry
pall, pale, 1,413,, path, oath, Dais. Lehr, a One-t3l,ie wipe agent, end
00.350us of the Vandorbllts, indulges
in all sorts of extrap, dimity antics,
It was Mr. Lehr •117110 added to the
gaiety of Newport life by starting
the customs of playing tenni( in
bathing suits, having punching bags
provided at the bathing pavilions for
the 11140 of faehionabl0 young 'ladles,
and tinting parrots for crempalnioes
when driving his motor -car.
And it W118 Mr. Lehr, too, wire
imitated the actions of a dog for the
amueement of the guests at 114r.
.ileginuld Vamierblut's wedding a year
ago, . This tuns a part of the „fun"•
which took place on the steamboat
General which convoyed the party
from Newport to the railway ]and-
ing, where special trains were wait -
ng to Carry them to Now York.
Ono of the young ladies of this
"exclusive set," seizing the walking
stick belonging to her companion,
threw IL at 1(11', Lehr, not with any
intention) of hurting him, because it
fell ten yards away from the one-
time wine agent, but Met to see
winat he mauled do. Mr. Lehr did not
disappoint 11e•,
(letting down on all fours, he
crawled to thestick, picked 11, up
with his mouth, ran hack to the
boat -rail and deposited it at the feet
of the lady who had thrown it, Then
Mr, Lehr, aurid roars of laughter and
clapping of hands, barked in
IMITATION OF A DOG.
DINING WITII MONKEYS
SII,I,Y PBr1.NKS 3/ JDTJLGr1O 22o,
8Y 5113AItT S00Il:7r,
riow' 3eep3e Wit11, 7ftore IVtortey
Than Brains Sllonrl Thai;
Ti,no,
The exoltlsivo set of 3a.nle'931
tl S ocr ' ..
MOBS
WRECK MEMORIALS
WAY TEE NELSON COI,UIICN
DID NOT GO,
Preach Communists Overthrew
the Vendome Column in
1871.
Inuring the recent disturbances in
tittering hint a larger salary"13 he mama
lues grtetrd, but as she ht. Petersburg the (3OV('rn1110ut took
would transfer his m3uis31atiolns to sometbnes allowed 'Margery to have special pains to turrd, be
day as
thlnraised
To retain him the cungrega- ]ler way and sailer Lire euusegnrness, well by nigh;, the tall cu]1nJli1 erected
ism 1 his stipend, and he re.' she left It entirely to Margery to de- to the memory of the '1'4130 Alexan-
"By nature and habit inrlivirluals (111104 the call. chic, and made it (ler I., which occupies the centre of
contract a system 01 forming letters When other "e5 -5 arrived the that f n ell, plain: t.00' the groat square 111 front of the W'111-
w•11ic'h gives a character Lo their deaenus became suspicious. The 331- she would Itacome 10 the 1ne is- to I'nlace. And 111 so doing it 44134
writing as distinct as that of the rets and a mC1'111011 i¢ the pastor's haveto hour the els- wet! ach'istd. I:xllerlcme, lots shown
human face," declared NtthOrcIift, 1lnndw'riL3ng were submitted to an fortune without complaint. time tenolutionary movements ¢r
the f11'8t recagnize11 handwriting ex- export,, and Were emphaticu:Ily do- Ma'11",)' took an umbrella- and 3181(411y disastrous to public. memoir-
port, It scums, perhaps, a startling olarcrl by him to have been written 'Started down the sipper. t�h(' dirt ;1344; that mobs, to.
enter W01(18,
saving, but it 18 true, nm 0100(3tnds by the same man. The minister not feet exactly c0mtortable, fur it
of Criminals have 10unc1 to th03r cost, event -but not to the congregation
Neil Cream, the mysterious poison- he represented as being so desirous
0r of women 111 Lhe south of London to 504ure him,
ill 1502, found a certain peculiarity Some excellent handwriting cov-
in his handwriting of material assis P183155n 10318 done In what 111 known
tame to the police in dragging hill 55
to the late on the scaffold he so well Tx -In WIIALLEY WILL CASE,
deserved, n was Cream's practise to
poison a woman and then to send A plan named James Whalley, a re-
tired ironnaster, died in the cot-
tago of a railway porter at Leomins-
gene'aLly I-ff me33
her0 noomni
self an .AtomoricanleaQCLol
M,DNe,--dema8andinhig•- 81131110(15 a whee0kre, WtedhcnrIncs watas deadne
Inoncy, under a threat of tine rocs- it was discovered that he had loft
Went being charged with the deed. Property worth Z70,000.
These letters were, of course, in a Whalley had a son who lived ]n
disguised handwriting, and Nall had Derby, and who, being his sole rcle-
eaeised au ingenious lnct110,1 of bag tive, naturally expected to inherit
fling detection. It was not good his health. Upon his arrival at the
enough, however, and when the let- cottage, and searching for a will, ho
tars were collected and compared found a closed envelope among
whit others admittedly written by the plead 1na13'5 papers con -
Neil there were remarkable sirnilarl_ Wining the • precious document.
Lies in each which matte it clear that
they were all the production of the
same man.
Recognized specialists in the ex-
amining and comparison of hand-
writing appear to have been un-
known in//3118941111 till a lithograph-
er, Joseph N'etherelitt, canto before
the public as an expert. A Mr.
James Wood, a draper and hanker of
Gloucester, died, leaving a fortune
of .11,000,000. Wood was an eccen-
tric character, with a partially to
making wills and hiding them int the
most absurd places in his house,
where he lived a solitary existence.
After his dcccase will after will and
codicil after codicil wore discovered
hidden ill ceilings; under floors, in
chimneys and in secret drawers. The
relative who rejoiced to -clay, under
codicil malting him rich, was ina
few clays' time thrown into despair
by the discovery of some dirty piece
of paper, perhaps found projecting
from a rat hole In an attic, which
proved to be a later document ext
muted by Janes Wood, leaving hila
nothing. Were these wills and codi-
cils true or'false? It 11185 a question
in which a handwriting expert was
decidedly nc0essary, Netherelift, the
lithographer, was called in, and
from the assistance he was able bn to
render the puzzled investigators in
the case he became famous. From
that time he was kept busy.
7h not one case out of tel in which
he 1(1 consulted does the expert in
handwriting appear in court. The
others are compromised or hushed
up. The most common occasions on
which he is consulted are matrimon-
ial hatters, libelous letters, abusive
and threatening epistles, suspected
signatures to wills, erasures in docu-
ments, valentinee.
TETE VALENTINE CROP
hag, however, been 011or111010sly ea -
decoct ot late years. Not many years
ago the offensive and anonymous val-
entine that found its way to the
handwriting expert's table was very
women,
The forger of signatures works
either by copying the teal signature
by simply welting an imitation of it
as it lies before him, by tracing it,
placing the original signature with
the document to which the forgery
is to be attached or, say, a w'iudoty
pane, going 00013 the signature In
peecil, and then, covering the mark
w'i311 1,140, 01. by tracing it straight
was a rare thing to diea)ree with
mama. She w3111331 a112hg quite
proudly, however, until she' came to
the cross-roads; here she would have
make war upon marbles even more
readily than upon men, says Pear -
eon's Weekly,
Readers of Motley's "Mise of the
to
Dutch Republic." will remember how
pass the home of her dearest Ole people of Antwerp, having deter -
friend, who was sure to run out and mined to oust their Spanish oppres-
marvel over the gift. "1 want stirs, ern, whetted the edge8 of their
*grandma to see it first.," she thought, fury by utterly destroying the beau -
so I will go through the 1)elr1," She titul statues adorning the interior of
slipped between the hors and circled their ep1e111i1 cathedral.
the Pasture, making across the brook One of the first of the many out -
straight to grandrtla's clear old house rages committed by the Communists
on tine ]mill. in 1871 was the overthrow of the
As silo tripped gaily along she felt 'Vendome Column, which is to Paris
a drop or rain, and opening her um- what the Nelson Column is to Loa -
beetle, she wont bobbing along up cion,
the, hill. " Nur wxuv this wanton act m0reiy
Now grandma owned a cow, She the tluattthorisod work 01 a fuw ir-
tvas not a very friendly cow at hest, responsible revolutionists. On the
and 11113, certainly was ver curious, contrary, it was formally decreed by
When she sale the hit of bright red the notorious Central Revoluntion
coming across the field, and' half- are, Committee, sitting In Rennin
conclave at the Hotel de Ville, and
was carried out by a party of
SAPPERS AND MINERS
evnen too envelope was openedconcealed by a huge black thing, she
and the will read the son was as- thww L1 her ]teed and nude he tray
Wended to Ind that his father had toward hc object,
willed more than half his fortune
away from him -Lo his landlord and
a. third person. The step was extra-
ordinate.,
xtraordinary, es the old man bad fre-
quently told his son that ho would
inherit all that he possessed, and
the young fellow immediately de-
nounced the document as a fraud,
But how to prove it?
Underneath the writing of the will
the expert discovered tho traces
of pencil written words. These
words, uncle' the microscope, became
sentences -the words of a dying man
to his son -a letter to young Whal-
ley from his father me his death-
bed! But this writing mus 1101 that
of the dead man, but of the :cundlorrl
of his lodging! Only the signature -
James Whalley -teas in ink, and In
the dying man's hand!
The fraud was out. Upon his
death bed Whalley had dictated a
letter to his mon, which the landlord
had written in pencil, Whalley sign-
ing it in ink. When the oltl man
was dead the landlord had rubbed
out the pencil writing with crumbs
of bread, had written the will above
111cy'
s signature, h
ed oterod the
nv 1
n 0 opc In which the real will lay
by steaming it, and, inserted his
forgery in las place, hgd closed the
envelope, again anci put it among
the dead man's papers. Tho land-
lord and One of his accomplices went
to penal servitude, another a0eOnl-
price saved himself by making a full
confession and turning Queen's evi-
dence.
BU7311LES.
The meat lean steaks his repu-
tation.
Probably the hest judge couldn't
try lard.
A vein repetition -in many a per-
son's lnirrol•,
The cook 50011111 only to follow his
oatmeal hent,
Monists poll through by filling a
lonptelt leant.
The tailor's motto ought to be,
"What a man sews," etc,
Whatever you tlo,' don't make too
much ado over as adieu.
A Sl eclat delivery letter is what
you might call well -posted.
A omen doesn't like to have 1135 het -
ter half love him half-heartedly,
oil with Ink. All these methods etre 1vei1 the man who is letting him
easily distinguishable by the export, heard grow 110met1me5 has a close
One of the most sensational pieces sliav0,
'I'o wee' a tenth gracefully a Wo-
nsan must know limy to draw eqn-
01115107)5,
The tattooed man may not be at
all Worried by having an elephant on
his ]lands.
There are tinges when the best pho-
tographer cannot throw light on the
5131)1ect,
1'en.l•,11 ago the school teacher had
to board 0.1.Ontnd in order to .get a
square meal,
of expert work performed by a hand-
writing sp00ialiet leas in connection
'with the, trial of Christison, Ed -
Muncie of Brighton for poisoning a
child,
:Having bought some, sweets,
lvdmunds impregnated them with
strychnine, and thee, walking out,
distributed them to various children
She met. One Child died and others
had narrow escapes,
At the inquest on the victim it
came out. in evidence that, a ceet0,iu
May, who had not beim identified,
had bought strychnine at a local
chemist's and had signed the name
"Wood" in his register of sales of
poisons. Christiana I chnunc18,
learning that Importance was at-
tached to this signature, actually
wrote a letter to the 11hemisL, 191)X34
she signed with the Coroner's name,
and despatched it 1,o the shop by
a boy, re(]u08Ling hint to hand the
bearer the malate)' book for examin-
ation,
The hook was unsuspectingly hand-
ed t0 the boy, who carried it to
Edmunds, who tote out what she
believe(] was the entry, and t11e3, re -
Owned the vo)um0 by hoe tn0080ngee,
At the trial it eppoarecl that .tild-
muncla had, in her terror and con -
Melon, abstracted aft entry signed
by another C05toner flamed Wool,
The signatu•o, rho letter forged in
the Coroner's name and lett'ers av0W-
allyyy written by Edmonds were all
tln1o13ted1y written by the 8amo
P03500, and the
TIL.TOIC WAS DISCOVERED,
MONS'P1 R 1313!13 PIE.
A sola pie weighing 24:0 lbs. was the
chief feature of a dinner at Clothe -
sten, 1130331o1c1, to which a large tem-
UeS' of people tint down, Tho molt
was an old North Sea skipper, who
built the pie with three flecks and
cooked It for one hours. On each
deck pleat and vegetables tve'e plac-
ed. The pie was, 011 te large scale
a Copy of what lea fovorito (11511 at
sett a1)1031(1 the erns of the North
Sea fishing fleet.
h'071, TOOT) 'IA CP71?,
A Iii:t.ln liolsoraclisli, 8crap0(1 and
103(3 on the Wrist of the Side (011'ccted,
Will, la; nanny cases, it 18 Said, giro,
speedy 1(1,3,1. A better way is to
plate a little scraped horseradish in
Mr Month, on the tooth and just
around 131e gem, -It relieves r3)Clnrla
tie pains 111 the gams and time (31110,
'I'h0 111011111 111(13 afterwards be rinsed
1(1t1mund5 wee eeeteneed to (loath, Willi a little camphorated water,
but, the capital pun/aliment was cif- lukeWarnl.
Margery, unmind3u1 of the excite-
ment she was causing, creme along,
busy with her thought, Suddenly
53101 beard a thud) thud! and looking
11p, she saw the old red cow, with
head down, bearing toward her. Mar-
gery was used to cattle, and she did
not wholly lose her presence of mind,
Sho looked about for 5(01)0 shelter,
and seeing the old pulpit rock, she
ran with all speed, and climbed it
nimbly before 3111) cow came round
from the other side.
Margery had thrown her umbrella
out of her hand when she c ;mil 3(1 the
rock, The wind bo'o it down the
field, and the cow, attracted by this
new wonder, nlove(3 away after it.
She 11icT not dare to leave the rock
and the rain was now conning down
heavily, end there were line chops all
over her new jacket, A more miser-
able little girl could hardly 1,e found,
and she began to cry. She took oft
her coat, and rolled it, clamp as it
Was, in a tight bundle, and looked
away toward granrhna's house, to
see if help ware 171 sight,
Tt seemed years, and it was some
time, 1
ict •
tiend
i
g a 1313, looking from
her sine door, saw the little huddled.
figure on the rock and the old cow
running about the field, chasing some
tumbling black object She quickly
cal/ed Uncle "eels and he carne
down the lielrl ell the run. Seeing
Margery was safe, he made after the
mnbrelle, which lie captured and
closed 10 11911 as a goad to drive the
old red (010 hack to her feeding, and
then he came over to the rock,
"Welt, chicken, what 111 the Wold
are you doing down here?" he snip,
as he beld up his arms to hoe,
"T w311)11d grandnie to see 111y ,new
jacket first of all,'' sobbed Margery,
"nthd now the old cow has spoiled it
all;" and little by little the story
came out.
Of course grandma unrolled the
near little garment and pressed it
oft nicely, not forgettia1g to marvel
over its beauty; but seine of the
freshness was gone, and it always re-
minded Margery of the time she had
her own, way.
C.t13A NC I N(1. won .os.
Rob and Jennie heel gene irate the
C01111 1.17 1,0 grandpa's teem for a
visit, and now it was the early even-
ing of the nett, play. It hacl been a
day brimming over with pleasure,
There were so many iatel'c4t.inp ani-
mals to get aequained with. From
the least twee chicken to the great
plough horse, they were all fasrina1-
111g. But after Sapper and milking
time the children were ready to sit
and rest, "1 suppose malllnna's
thinking ahont us 110w," Rob said,
111 a low tone,
"Yes." responded ,lemic, "I guess
she is, 1 w•islf--"
lent she Laid not say whet she
wished, lvhit•11 wets that she could
snuggle clown close to mamilla while
the twilight deepened ant] ,have a
goer;-riil,•ht kiss before she, went tO
bed, for 5110 1uess00l that Bob Was n
little 330111083(13; 11)1(1 she, being two
yells older then lie, must be brave
and bright 101' his sake, Oo sher
broke her wish short. off, and said
in83cad 'Let's c1111nge words. Vol
011on0e t1ir. w•nrns,".
"Pig to lien," said Rob,
There was a moment, of silence,
then lennto said, "I've got it.; pig,
Ion, hen She had meele a' (1111300.1113
1001(3 ca311' time by clinegieg one loth
tar, and so at. ]est, made the 3003(1
she wonted, 'It was a gauge they
often played at in the t1113ight at
home, and they had learned a. good
mall}( words 1>.v it.,
"(inl, to dog," said .Penne,
"Pahl That's easy," said lob,
alomet at, once,
"Cat, :cot, trot, clot;, Let's Have
herder ones; I guess it evole1d be
pretty heed to cheep Cats t0 atiy-
thillg-of coat, They (1on't look llko
Othe0 men followed his example,
and soon the deck was alive with a
number of immaculately dressed mil-
lionaires and other wealthy seen
crawling about on all fours,
Among the NevtYork smart set,
two o1• three years ago, freak din-
ners were much in vogue, when each,
host vied with the other in extrava-
gance and novelty. Mr. Lehr was
not to be outdone. Ile had a mon-
key, and 111 the monkey's name is-
sued invitations to a sumptuous din-
ner, ]Dressed as the host in evening
attire, similar to the other n10111e---
attached to the National Huard, gentlemen, the simian received his '
Only because of an exceptional spell guests who allotted him the place
of very w•eL weather was the at- of honor and seated themselves at
tempt to blow up Lhe German Na- the tables around him,
tienal Memorial tet 1ludcsheiln, on The smart folk enjoyed themselves ''
September 28th, 1888, a failure. If immensely; but the luunitey licU1'I.
it had been a success, the old Ent- IIe wasnt able to say so, but the
Peres William and most of the other disgust. on his almost human fea-
German 80verelg115 and princes, in- tures plainly told the story of his
eluding the present Kaiser, wouid feelings,
have been killers. A little later "tramp" balls were
They were all gathered room at all the rage, 0130 lady with more
Ole unveiling ceremony, inblissful money than brains inaugurated oi10,
•
ignorance that, concealed beneath and other hostesses were not setts -
the plinth of the colossal statue, fled till they had improved on them,
was enough dynamite Lo blow it and To one "tramp" ball calve the
them to smithereens. The fuse did dancers garbed ale veritable wayside
actually burn clown to the detonator, loungers, their clothes nothing but
but the latter luckily failed to ex- shreds and patches.
mode, and so' averted a catastrophe The ladies, too, made an equally
which would Have almost pre5is01y disreputable appearance! Not •only
paralleled that intended by our own that, they brought cans, empty 1,1114-
•gunpowder plot" corespirators• ter and tomato tins -the trump's es -
The clynamitarcis were, of course, ual drinking cups -and actually par -
greatly surprised 1341'11 frightened at took of refreshment from such V(134
the ill -success of their evil design, sols,
and slunk away, leaving behind thou, The high finks of English omen
i31 the hole where it was hidden, their Society are not quite so trrespousi-
store of explosive. The deadly stun! blo,
was unearthed,
lll '
t}C
d, qlu
ta
byaccident, t
�
AT COUNTRY IIO
U
Sfi r'o
llT1 CS
ma1Y months afterwards; ancl three
especially during the shootblg seasull,
of the eight nun implicated in place practical Joking ' is a favorite
tee-
ing it there were caught, tried, And lure. Eo se
excepted. Even mine host, a3, t1118 )1u,ce
On May 80111, 1884, the Nelson of Devonshire discovered a season or
Square ought two ego, is not exempt from the
Column in Trafalgar Sq
by rights to have soared skyward humor" of his guests.
On this occasion, each and -
one of the r0Cketivi8e. The dynamite and fuse
were there, but the latter, after be- entertained ned 's who were then l.ere-
ing lighted, fizzled out for some 0c- 17111 Uy the Duke at hie
aunt but
11MOST LUCKY REASON.
to remedy the stale of affairs. Writ.-
Thet the incident wee no mere
dummy "scare," 110WeVer, prOlied ing in the name of the Duke to dif-
ferent hatters in London, cavil lady
by the tact that, during the very ordered a "topper" of the most Intel-
sat -totem() day, identical infernal
elm style. And, to the 1111/44 surprise
MaebitleS wreeked Scotland Yard and of the Duke, they arrivtel too,
a public-hoese 'Adjoining it, the Jun- A pretty ainattement hos been in -
tor C'ariton Club hoese. and Sir
Watkin Wynee's residence St. dulged in with immense glee by thJr
fashionable set in Petrie. On a well -
James's Square.
IL would almost, seem. however, as rolled lawn a number of empty chain -
though Sonia kind providence watch- Peg" battle° are atacal "' Tiler`
es over the soma. of our nationa/ two yolnig latlips are blind -folded and
1,0„,„,,ent4, (wet, the most, are harnessed with reins of colored
carefully -planned plots against their eibban' The driver is a young man
wellebeing hartily ever successful. whose pleasing taek it is to steer liiS
Take, for instance, the case of the aarnlvating lean the whole length 01
0 0, „zin,,, the course without upsetting ally of
fine equestrian state'
,os;, ' stii) the bottles, which, at the slightest
Ohaeles I, at Charing Ci
Intuit. decreed its des/ ruction, and , team who roach their (lest inati on.
1650 swish of a dress, are set rolling, The
long ago as the yen.
" first without mishap are rewarded
was actually pulled down and sold as
a with dainty souvenirs of their skill.
old Tricia" L. one Joni Rivet.,
brazier, of Bolborn. He had strict NEW
orders to break it up, But instead
of doing so. ho concealed it u‘nytlieeti.-1
This Stuff WIll-Put Yon to Sleep
ground until the Restoration,
For Sure.
it WaS unearthed and set up with
A new anaesthetic has been cliecov-
slatue of Winton ITT. in Dub- Iareneb surgeon, which is known' t0. -
lin, again, has been repeatettlybeele..:
teetered with by malicious or
In order not to Unduly alarm his
exuberant ''pathriots," tifillally on.
Dr. Itvereau has renamed it
recurring anniversaries of Lhe Battle 1,',Veent.
of the Slopes Yet sfill stands, '"vainet"
a trifle more battered and disrepute- ab:Icolw 'tvillotbrinoil':voer Purloldoupeseis,
ble in appearance.
tient, however, does pat lose cora
selousness, Its nieces last for an
MODEL IIINDOO holm and a halt, and no unpleasant
The kiaburatti „mum w„tun results have yet been obeerved,
mom have the repittatio„ bolua thOUgh it IlaS been tried for Mime
model wives, 'rho, 'have solved the time in more than one Paris hospl-
problein of domestic Imentiness'. There aoctort7 nee' reline ent to ex -
aro three things In the world that perimcmi., with It. ,,onee you have
,t-i‘T,',107,°1°°1°,,irsil,.71(aeitimalhlitti`r)autti°,°wOin6,°aant Ortotidon, "you have no more coo -
ships him, Ho is her g,ati, her iminee, esthetics it te possible to stem the
administatatioe before the danger
her religlein. Slecoed, she loves lice
the individual patiettt, the Motor -
more, This; is her lito. No wonder'
ideal, tench of this control may 1,0 entely
she is seiliciently amiable to bei celled realized,
ilangie of septic! poiteming in hypo.
denote injectione, and in MN Nom
When n "um is vein vallitV pee. of injantion-into the !tonal fluids-
ettil that, of "women. ne loam( all the consmtlence0 WoUld he most
Scotland lodge, observing that their
host invariably wore no other heed -
gear than a shallhy hat, sot to work