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The Exeter Advocate, 1897-10-14, Page 2'DOCTOR JACK. By ST. GEORGE RA.TRBORISE. CoNTINtiele, Don Carlos sualert and noels. placitg one finger tin nee side of his nose. " eau 1 you give me an idea. girl, watch we rimy' yet find occasion to work up if other Gangs fail. If the pasha is struck, we -an make use of ltmperhape. ..enout Doetor .7e tee—you thirk lee is ge ing to see this girl ?" "I know it. 1 hoard him say so." "St is eney to put eorne one (In his track and ilea wilt, if you. er lab." Her Castilian face dui ket.e. The waite teeth press together, a.nd Merce- des gives a, laugh that is not so agree, able as usual, "It is just as easy to prevent his keeping his appointment, uncle," she breathes, softiv. "You mean to charm. him?" She shrugs her pretty shoulders and peuts. " Vasa it is rot Katy for one to con- fess the truth. I shall try the power of music and my blandislunents, but feteme they tvill fail. He is the tear. , 'et, an engagement. On my text I, too, I made a vow. Doctor Jack 'must not ' eye this house at eiglit. He is in the spider's web—to escape now may mean ruin." Sae is intensely agitated, but the roan does not seem to share her alarm, He is not in love with Doctor Jack, and that maltes all the difference in the werld. " Dravely said, child. I admire your glualt, but, earamba, we must riot let eee our hand yet. If be insists upou going we cannot forcibly detain him," he muses. e you ferget—the cigars I As a last resort, if he insists upon goitg after amen, and dinner have failed in turn, eu lia.ve the drugged cigar. It will nialte him sleepy and --well, he will disappeint the American girl at eight sharp." with a thrill of triumph in her voice as she pktures the hour passing ith Avis waiting in vain. "A bright Wee., girl. I have cigar up in ray zoom, and will it." "1r eareful." she whispers as be gr,E.V1.1.^ " t11' -What rt " Trtt cu n'to not make a mess 0 et en tenteite the wrong eager." laave nee f,,ar hae LTren going cla 17.1 12., P,c,tor Juelt s•-nc'ra ‘.Latted in the ro. iatal4?r Of f .r L, r..;=.?. -r . temper- er:is ar his nc:r...": Th- WhO is votuz,at.y s',or: any one, antl Jielev.r a 14..11 itntl.by f(qtriosities, aria eat, t lis lt a relic: v.itieh has t`tr fer tentert :4 ill her family. saes Las it ixt item /nem along 'teeth her tv,,ads t:rtwifix, and will get it. So she g.,4, and Jack is lea temporarily alorn, be, the :Inn time since Ite as intruded upen by Don Carlos while at hie meriting ablutions. It is au 01"Portuaity he has been looking fer these twee hours back. Half dOZell Times he has remembered the raper thru.s.t inte his hand by some ten unknown as he pushed through the crowd just outside the pavilion in the Plaza del Toros. Of course it will not arneunt to anything, he is sure of that, but as curiosity is not confined to the gentler se x alone, he has a de- sire to see what it is, and in order to have a minate alone, has encouraged the senora in the laudable ambition to show him her wonderful legacy. Hardly is her form lost to view than. the American fishes in his pocket for the paper. It is not to be found where he expected. Then he suddenly re- inemleirs that it wee in a vest pocket he thrust it, and the fishing goes on apace. .Ah victory here it is, and no' for some silly gush from a young damsere heart. With a sante Doctor Jack smoothes out the erumpled sheet and cat ts les eyes upon it. The eharaeters are in Spanish, writ- ten et ith a lead pencil. LIM: evidently in a isurry, as if tnne Iressed with the aurae. itt sIlte ot th,se ciefeets there is e:en in the chirography that v.:Ls Sack the la 0. woman. Eo it tc, the linitt :.tf the window he "The ..s..rneril!an smr...7..r is in terrible canger fn..= an unseen source. More 1 dare say. TY11.S.L no one save and leave Spain as :5 sigr.ture. 'Whoever this fete ' ittay I e, 11RS Let dared her tity. You see, sciii insi,ts that the writer trrX. Lisa strAtes him. He has JUS.r.ith.g at an elegant vol- ume C.-rvantes* work with the sct.,.:a. and notictAi an inscription Lin tiit fr011t cf it. He picks DE:. up, and opens the book to .,i.ere he reads: " To my 'Lamle Don Carlos, With much love " Mercedes." that get Doctor jack has finithed his sorutiny, and imagiaed half a. dozen different tbeeries, when the retitle of a dress catches his ear, Is it the senora re- turned? E'e looks up, and. finds Mer- cedes herself standing in the door- way. The expression an her face tells him that she hes been standing there for a full minute, and bence understands las action ; but ever cool, he is in no hurry, deliberately folding the note, and replacing it ia his pocket. It is on Saelt's tongue to speak, to ask for an explanation of the strange wars:dug, but he gets no further, for a bustling sound carries, and the senora enters the room. proudly hold- ing in tier hand the relfe of antiquity that has been handed down from generation to generation in tier family these hundreds of years. Jack pretends to show great interest in tie° matter, but in reality cares less for the spenimax of early days than for a piece of the Sphinx that a curio- sity hunter once cauticusly showed ban, and which the vandal assured him solemnly, had been chipped from the nose ot that giant figure by his own hands. No emportunitY is given• him for a private interview vita. Mercedes dur- ing the remainder of the evening, no for the present those mysteries which he longs to have solved must remain secrets beyond his reach. Mercedes is asked to sing, so they adjourn to the music -room. This is a cosy apartment with a leaning toward Oriental luXury, soft divans for Imag- ing, and draperies that hide the walls. There are many musical instruments here, from a piano and harp down to a guitar and native mandolin. Mer- cedes is wise epough to leave the form- er alone, It is hardly in harmony with its surroundings, which are decidedly Moorish in colors and bangings. Seating herself at the harm she strikes a few sweet chords that en- cbant Jack. Then in a low voice she begins. Sack has beard Patti and all the lesser lights of the operatic stage time and again—he loves music, too, and is a little inclined that way—but never in all his life as a rover has he lietened to such sounds as fall frorn the lips of this Spanish beauty, never has ae seen so lovely a minstrel, late volume of melocla is at times like a mighty' ruching river, and again as if it were a laughing„ gurgling even the wonderful eyes Qt Mercedes, . to cast it away, becomes seized with i filled with pleading, fail to turn this! an idea., and hastily deposits the sus- inetterable American from his purpose. t picious affair ie, ills pocket, Which is a He is of stone, she thinks, Piqued good Way to get rid of the obnoxious more than words could tell at her sig -1 ' weed, and gives a chance for future nal 'failure, and alreadst the volcano investigation, within threa,tees an eruption whicat When Don Carloe returns with the coat over his arm hardier a minute has even the great Vesuvius cannot eclipse. elapsed. He dIscovers Doctor Jack leaniag back en a aiYan, bolding the "At any rate come with me to the eigar between his fingers, and looking den I have, and smoke a cigar hi corn - at the smoke eurling upward with an pans" ere going," says Don Carlos fin - expression. of ecstatic bliss seen only alla." upon. a smoker's face—the gnawing has To refuse such a request is art in- b satisfied. suit to a. Spanish gentleman—even if the gravest of evils overhung one, such an invitatioXt is not lightly put aside. Doctor jack, knows this. It is nut yet half -past seven. a.nd even if de- tained to the quarter of eight limit an extra tip to the driver will brie, aim through. Punctual always. thinks of all these things ere he re- plies to the other's invitatiore " Certainly, Don. Carlos, I can en- joy your corneae" for some ten min- utes or so. I am sorey, indeed, to tear myself away from such caarrnirig company, but duty calls. I hope to renew the pleasure at an early date." He sees the face of Mercedes light up as he begins to speak, and even intercepts a meaning glance she shoots toward her uncle; but pre- tends to be unaware of this signal, bends over her hand at parting, gal- lantly raises it to bis lips in the old time fashion still in vogue aniong these blab bred Castilians, and then turning, follows Don Carlos out of the music -room to one some distance bevon.d, which he calls his den, but which east now is to be the web that the American fly is to be trapped in. CHAPTER VII. Zack has heard about this' " den " before, and is a little curious to see it. Ho believes the eagernes of. Don Carlos to have him smoke arises from his desire to show his snug bachelor quarters, of which be has spoken more than once when they camped in the Pyrenees. The snuggery is on the ground floor, a looks out mean the gardons. Through an meen window' steals a sweet perfume from the night bloom- ing femora seem to be deadened by stronger Odour from the noxious brooklet, clear and grand. The therne weed, Is the old story of love, always new, Around the walls of the room are and as"Jack listens he feels the strong- hung a thousand and one tbiugs— est FttilSatit'llS ereetra over him as rnomentoes of the abase. Pipes from Unmet. he were slowly but surely being, all nations. and many artieles in the cia rtir.N.1. oe 14ric-a-brae which a rich Truly, worse things 3riliffit befall a anehelor "ith a loaning toward a man than to be lovtd by this wonder-, sportsman's life might pick UP in his fuT %Somata. he Melte, as he gazes up- travels. ou her lovely face, maa,nificentle form- Queer things thero. are, too, but arriM, and EteeS the dreamY passion Saelt has e,ven n. much finer collee- juh in her black cyts. lion himself. He Ilas notime now This ,,,111 itev:r do. Unles he keeps to a -re them justiee. (TO B1,0 (101eT11itneDa HEARD AT A HOTEL. The Talk Was Not an Intellectual 'Freat, but It Was interesting. "Stop!" "Please.' "No. If you kiss me, I'll never speak to you again," (A struggle and a smaok.) 'Don't you ever dare to do that tgain." "I couldn't help it." "Yes, you could. Be a man." "All right, I will." (Smack again.) "If you, kiss no again, I'U tell my' Mother," "No, you wen't.," "Yes, I will." (Another smack.) "Stop!" "Why?" • "%cause I want you to." "Why do you want me to?" "Because I do." (Silence for a few minutes.) "I wish you would keep your arm to yourself." trwhyv, "Because I don't want it around waist." "'Why uot?" "Because it isn't proper." "Why isn't it?" "Suppose some one should see." "But no'one can." "They might." "Well?" "Well," Now that conversation may not be to every One an inthileotual treat, but down at our hotel the other night seven girls and three wee listened to it with rapt attention for two mortal hours.— New 'York Trutla, on Lie award he may forget himself, "The first ehance I get, Don Carlos, aud bet arawn into' an entangline, al- T mean to spend half a day with you. liance with a foreign country, which, It wilI give me pleasure to look over OEs a truo American, believina, in pure these things," be remarks, taking out Jeffersoulan principles, he is averse to a cigar, and rolling it between his ing, so lie sets himself to watching, fingers, an action the other sees with end, although thoroughly enjoying the considerable apprehension. music, does not let its sweet power Vitae if the American insists upon overcome him again. smoking his own Particular brand of From the harp Mercedes goes to the tobacco? Be had known smokers to raanclenn. and as the daughter of have that habit. and the other bas Simin trills out a ditty, jack can easily already in more ways tban oue proven imagine himself once more in alexia°, that he can be a. very stubborn, man listening to the dark-skinned beauties of (eel lionte.zurna's realm. Seem Don Carlos joins them, and, as he mentions incidentally how Tack used to sing about the fire in their n ountain camp of an evening, Mer- cedes begs that he win do them the favor now. Jack is nothing if not obliging. He Now he has what he wants, and biting the note beside the inscription, he eompares the two with calm de- liberation, makes allowance for -the studied work on one and the hurry visible with the other, and then de- cides positively that the same hand peened both This stirs up the waters of the Si- loam pool again, and renders the situation more muddy and complicated than before. He has believed that if there is a deep and mysterious game being played Mercedes is in it—his Barcelona, adventures tell his so— hence how comes it that she sends bite warning? Can it be that after witne.szing his feat in the arena she has compassion on. ban, and desires to lard° her share in the conspiracy ? The note must have been written on the sly while the last bull was en- gaged. Doctor Sack remembers that she seemed to be doing semething—he thought searching in her Spanish reti- cule for bon -bons. Another thought comes to him, and causes a smile. Tbis note was writ- ten before Mercedes set eyes on the bright American girl, and perhaps site vtould not carry the saint project out now. Circunastances alter cases, you know. when he makes his mina up. "Notice the rug at your feet, Senor Jack." "Ah 1 yes, the bear we killed up in the mountains together. He was about as tough a customer as I care to see. but the old rascal serves a good, purpose at last." Doctor Sack takes a taper from a bas a fair baritone voice, in fact a rack, and is about to hold it in the remarkably good one, and can use it Naze of the wall lamp'near by when well. a hand touches his arm. Looking So to Merceaes' accompaniment on around, he sees the senor's face close the harp ha sings several Spanish to him, and his yellow fingers hold a songs. Then, taking the guitar in hand, he accompanies himself to "The Arrow and the Song," and other Eng - lith ballads. The pleasure is mutual. Their sur- inuedings are so quaint that the mel- ody seems to have an additional charm. Mercedes notes, however, with a little frown, that more than ciece this brave American takes out his wateh when he thinks he is not observed, and con- sults it She knows he is thinking of the er.gag intent at, eight, and cense- cigar. " Pardon, Doctor Jack, but in ray house you must smoke my cigars. That is etiquette with us Spanisb gen- tlemen, you know," showing his teeth beneath the blace moustache as he smiles in the American's face: "I beg your pardon, Don. Carlos. I should have known better." and in- stantle- he slips his own cigar into leis vest pocket, acceptixig that of the Spaniard, whose eves fairly scintillate with pleasure. quently of the other girl. As a cat watches a. mouse, so he Tbis reuses the beauty to bite her keens his black orbs °Int. Doator Jack lips in chagrin. The mueic has charms, until the latter has applied the but even these have failed to make ed tater to his cigar and. given a few Doctor Jack forget. Surerhe must Puffs, when. with an inaildible sigh of be pretty far gone to even remember relief, the Don proceeds to put fire to that there is such a being in existence his own -weed. when under the beaming eyes of this While his back is turned an expres- Spanish howl. sion of amazement creeps over Jack's face. He looks at Ns cigar, and then at the Don, shaking Ms head dubious - 13r, the sinner as though there is something about the weed he fails to appreciate, and yet dares not offend his host by throwing it away, To himself he mutters " If this Is his much vaunted brand, bless MY Soul what a perverted taste these Spaniards have, and here I al- ways believed they beat the world at growing and using tobacco, especially in Cuba. I wonder—" he does not finish the sentence, but a suggestive smile that fats across his face takes its place announcing that Doctor Jack has conceived a little scheme to at least save himself a, headache. "Don, would you mind getting ray light outer coat. There is something be the pocket I -wanted you to have to remember me when I am far away. My friends are too few to anew them to forget me ev hen I am away. I brought this from Paris with me." Don Carlos' eves sparkle with plea- sure, He SSTS he will he back with it En a minute, and hastens from the TOOM. No hurry," calls Sack after him, coolly. The game is won. Hardly has Don Carlos vanished froni view than Jack's hand slips again to the upper pocket of his vest, and out comes ' a cigar— the one he had been about to smoke when his host interrupted. He knows the elle flavour of this, and can vouch for it Quickly he bites off the end, then the lighted weed is held close to the new one, a few puffs and the thing is done, after which Jack manages to extinguish the fire from the gift cigar. He Molts at it with a shudder, is about ray At last dinner is announced, for Don Carlos has imported some of the cus- terns of the English into his house, his business *ringing him in contact ith the islanders, and taking him over frequently to the tight. little island beyond the English channel. Don Carlos offers his arm to the senora, so there is nothing else for Jack to do than escort Mercedes in to the table, not that he has the slightest objection, for any ma.n would bave been pleased to have had such a com- panion. They loiter over the meal, which is well served, thanks to the English ideas, and a foreign cook the Don had importe& Jack enjoys himself heartily, but he is at the same time careful about tak- ing wine, with which be indulges only in limited quantities, and then only with his earthen As they arise from the table jack menages to get a „glimpse at his watch, It is twenty Initiates past seven. The time has slipped by, and he must now be going, for if he leaves the house or the Del Prado at half -past seven he can rea,ca the Fonda Peninsular before the hour set for his arrival—eight. ale is glad now he had forethought enough to tell the driver of the vehicle to wait for him, not knowing that Don Carlos afteres ard went out send paid him. see ing that the American geritternee had decided to remain, and would.'not need his services. Once more they enter the music - room, and Mercedes is about to re-,. sume the charming strains of melody where she had ceased at the call to dinner, when Sack begs pardon, but declares it his duty to leave- them. itt vain they beg hira to remain, HOW TO DARN STOCKINGS. Userai Bit or Unowledge for the Fair If there be a secret to successful darn- ing, it lies iu "running" the thread, of the darning cottoe so ear on each side of the bole that 11 does not humediately fray and pull out of the goods. Take a long thread of &maims ootton to begin with and run it at least half Au inoh along the goods on each side of the hole. Coutinue this titan the h lia is snugly covered.' Now cross the' threads in the regular darning style, taking care that the same precaution is observed. A stook- ing darned in this way will wear, as far as the darning is concerned, just as long as though no hole had ever existed,. Te darn very large holes, such as are apt to occur with even the most careful steppers when shoes are loose at the heels or are ill fitting, something more than a thread of darning cotton is necessary. A eatee like this requires it patch. Such holes almost always °emir in the heel, so that in treating ef the method of mend - Lug them it is safe to take the heel for a model. From the leg of an old stocking, snob as is sure to be foupd in your basket, out a kite shaped piece of goods about 5 inehes long and 4 inehes across. Turn She stoelting wrong side out and lay the nits upon the heel, so that the long pointed end runs up the back of the leg and the lower rounded part is at tbe base of the heel. "Run" down the center of the kite with a stout lame thread, taking rather large, loose stitches. Nov "run" in the same way across tho kite shieped piece, letting ehe thread be very slack. The next step is to sew the petrel tightly to the Iteel, which is done by stitching it around the Outside. If deftly done there will be neither wrinkle nor crease to tell the wearer that so important an operation has taken place upon the heel of the stocking. Patches that are made of material other than bits of old stooltings are apt to be harsh, And it is by their use that the patehed stocking has fallen into dis- repute among comfort loving people. Poole's Little .Toire. When Poole, the English tailor, was an old man, be was at Brighton Oli a vacation, ant one afternoon went out to walk upon the pier, A young roan was also on the pier with a couple of ladies, to whom he said, as he saw Poole corning: "Now, you 'wouldn't take that good looking man for a tai- lor, but lie is. Just listen while I take hint down a notch or two, tell him my coat, which I have just had from him, doesn't At" As be spoke Poole approached and politely acknowledged the salutation of his customer, who, Walking up to hint, said: "Here, Poole, now do take a look at me. Does this coat fit?" Poole took in the situation. "It certainly does not fit," said he, and, pulling out a bit of French ohalk, he proceeded liberally to mark and cross the coat of his would be queller all over and then observed, with the ut- most 'urbanity, "Now, if you will kind- ly send that coat to my shop, the alter- ations shall be attended to."—Argo- naut. The Make 'Up DM It. The actor with the bicycle face and the hump on his back strode to the foot- lights. "My kingdom for a horse!" he cried. A score of men rose in their seats and a shower of repair kits rained upon the stage. The supposition that it was a punc- tured tire was perhaps not an unnatural one.—New York Press. A..Flush. "You want to go to the gold diggingsi Heavens, boy, you don't knoW a spade from n jigsmi." "Yes, I do, father. I held five of thein last night."—Cleveland Plain ,Dealer. An Illustrated Phrase. $41111ING HIS PICT17IIE TAKEN." —New York Journal. THE DEADLY 1-tATP114. A. Dangerous Weapon Sometimes Used 'by Desperate Women. The hatpin has become the 'weapon el the women of the Tenderloin district ol New York city, and a most dangerous one it is, and the police, wbo seem to be the chief sufferers, are seriously coesidering 11 legislative action cannot be taken to abol- ish hatpins altogether. They want the (varying of them to be wade unlawful, just as it is unlawful to carry concealed weapons. In Loudon there is it similar agitation, but it has progressed further there than it has in New York. It is being disoussed in London newspapers.A short time ago a wonian riding in it trim car in the British metropolis turned Iter head suddenly to An 31113ectro-nagnetloPlano, One of tne great faults of the piano has always been its inability to sustain the sound in passages where even arid prolonged tones were required, and many attempts Italie been male to overcome the "percussive" effect causekby the blow of the hammer ou tbe string. In one of these modifications a revolving cylinder was =de to press agalest the particular wire to be vibrated. The result wits a passable imitation of the long. drawn-out meletly pro:laced on the violin and 'cello. The instrument, however, never appealed to meta:lens, far the lift, and expresion wheel only the artist's bow can prodeice were lacking. Mutat more satisatetery effeets are said to have been inane pOS51111O 10 It piti1l0 on tt new prineiple, whieh has been invented in element's. Thee strings are stretelied across the soundiug heard xis in the or- dinary piano, Init the entire baminer emollient:au is absent. The pressure of any of the keys pats in aetion a magnet, which automatically attracts and releiiiPS the Wire, thug. producing vibrations with- out the metallic stroke that accompan- ies the sound:in the menntoo type. The Testae up= the tones is described ae renaarkable. The high notes resemble those of an Aeolian harp, the middle and lower notes suggest the music of the 'cello or tbe organ. The instrumene responds readily to every variation in power and in expression prompted by the performer, and a note can be sound- ed far several minutes without any per- ceptible variation in quality. The NSW Millinery. "She trims her own bicycles." "I can readily believe you. How dowdy they look!"—Detroit Journal. Why Not? "Do you mean to tell me that you have found a large number of men who are willing to put all they possess into a common stock and share alike?" "Certainly," replied the socialist. "Why not? There isn't one of. them who has a cent to his name. "—Wash- ington Star. Woman's Way. "SO, after they had fought for her, she married the man who got whipped, did she?" "Yes. She reasoned that a man who would fight a roan who could whip Aim must be braver than it man who fought a man he could whip."—Cineinnati Enquirer. Clever Girls. "Our typewriter girl is awfully clev- er. Sbe can sharpen lead pencils." "Pooht Ours can beat that. She has five clerks in the office dying to sharp- en them for her."—Detroit Free Press. Just as measles is spread. Time and Silence. As time is the greatest of physicians, so silence Is the greatest of arbiters. Time and silence succeed oftentanes where all other agencies and influenoes fail. Tbe truth is omnipotent and needs no props. In the end only the right will prevail, and. all men shall see le Suffer- ing is t/ac only avenue to the highest and divinest experleoces. "He was made per- fect through suffering," and if we would "reign with Him we must also suffer with Him." Sufferiug is heaven's bright- est angel In disguise. If we suffer as Christians, let as rejoice and be glad, for great is our reward, not in the far-off life to come only, but here on earth also. If we are right with God and our cause is just, we have nothing tc fear, however we may suffer, but in the end we shall say, "It was well; it was well!" All things tome to those who know how to wait, and silence is golden when we know that Be guides our steps. ale death all thhags well, and "He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and Shy judgment (vindication) as the noon- day," So shall it be well with thee; to suffer on, if it be thy lot. THE HATPIN FIGHTIEll TITAN TEE SWOED, look out of the window, and the hatpin itt her hat penetrated the eye of a man sitting beside her and put it out, It has also been shown that deadly assaults have been made in many instances with hatpins in London. "Hatpin Mary" is the name given to a notorious woman of the Tenderloin dis- trict by the police. Her real. name is Mary McGovern, but the readiness she displays to jab officers with her favorite weapon has gained her her sobriquet. Exaotly a year ago "Hatpin Mary" tried to put out the eyes of Policeman Essig. Essig found Mary u3ing vile language and indulging itt. high kicking. He armsted her and took her to the station house. While she was giving bit' name to the sergeaut In the station the stealthily drew a long steel batpin front her bair. The sergeant saw the movement and yelled to Essig to look out Essig inlayed away, and the hatpin just grazed bis forehead. Then it took three policemen to put Mary into a eell. She was sent to the workhouse the next day. Mary served ten years in prison for stab- bing a sailor named Driscolt in 1876. This time she used a knife. When she gat oat of jail, sho clecided that hatpins were handier to carry about than knives and has used there ever since. She has made numerous assaults with them both on po- licemen and upon women. Ellen Lying is another old offender in this line, and there am plenty more who aave tried the thing. The wise policeman of the Tenderloin distriet nowadays al- ways watches for hatpin assaults in arrest- ing W011300. There are times, however, when the bat-. pin as a weapon atones in quite properly and does considerable good. It is when a respectable woman is grossly insulted. As a "masher" discourager the hatpin is an unqualified success. A detorinined jab in the arm or cheek or leg with a hatpin in the hands of an insulted woman always convinces the male would be fascinator that he has business elsewhere whieh de- mands his immediate attention. Absolute Truth. The eldest son of a certain family is devoted to a worthy young woman who has the misfortune -eo be exceedingly stout. The suitor's younger brothers, with a deplorable lack of delicacy, chaff him upon his affection and the abserd- ity of his appearing in pu.blio with a lady of twice bis size. But their mother, a woman of wit and humor, not only takes his part, but does it with weapons so share) that sometimes it is hard to tell which way they cut. One day the young man announced his intention of going to a lecture that evening. "Who's going with you?" called the most unbearable of the boys. "There, my dear," said the mother, "don't ask questions. It's very ill bred." "But I want to know! I want to know awfully. Say, Harold, who is it? One or more than one?" , "Don't notice him, Harold," said the mother, with dignity in her voice, but with merriment in her eye. "I'll answer for you. Harold is going with a large party.''—Youtb's Contpanion. How Colds Are Caught. One of the commonest maladies is "cold in the bead," or, as it is technic- ally called, "coryza." It is notorlously infectious, and the means of communica- tion is the discharge from the nostrils. It is known from repeated Observations that this troublesome affection oftee spreads through a family of children and then through an entire household through the promiscuous use of pocket. handkerchiefs. .A. little eland comes to the nurse with the request, "Blow my nosel" This Is carelessly or thoughtlessly done with the parent's or attendant's pocket handker- chief, which thus becomes infected and spreads the attack. In other cases the soiled pocket handkerchief is allowed to dry without disinfection and the dried discharge from the diseased mucous membrane of the nose is then diffused through the air, spreadieg the malady CRAZED BY TOBACCO. A New York Girl Who Smoked Twenty Stogies a Day. When Benjamin Cohen, who was selling s. suit of clothes in his store on Third av- enue, New York city, looked toward the rear of his store and saw bis new hired girl perched on a counter sending clouds of smoke up from a long black cigar with steam engine energy, be was so surprised that be dropped bis tapeline and forgot bis last quotation to his prospective °us, tomer. The new hired girl coolly leaned bacei against it showease and, tiltiug her feet high, smuked on, seemingly oblivious to BERTHA. ABEL. ihe stares of the gaping customers and her astounded employer. She exhaled each mouthful of smoke with a resounding whistle. Tiring of this the girl stood up on the counter and started to execute an oviginal skirt dance. Tben Benjamin Cohen start- ed for a policeman."' 'The girl, whose name is Bertha Abel, was talten to the insane ward of Bellevue hospital. There it was found that she had a mania for 'tobacco, sometimes smoking As many tes 20 stogies in a day. Whether this abnormal appetite was the cause of ber mental aberration or wbether it result. ed from that condition the doctors have tot yet determined. Singing Lessons For Policemen. In Stockholm the policeman's lot is a • happy one. He must first pass an extort - give examination, but when that is over he Wears a handsome uniform and occu- pies quarters provided with fine furniture., hot and cold baths and a piano. with free Ringing lessons. Ian Swedish police sys- tem of telephones and electric bells is hard- ly' equaled anywbere else ill the world.