Exeter Times, 1906-08-09, Page 2r
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Three fortunes gained in South Afri•
ea attracted the attention of the world.
The possessor of one, Barnet°, died in
• mental state not far removed from in-
sanity, and it it idle to conjecture what
use he would have made of his wealth
11 he had lived to hold it and to provide
for its future use. The two other con-
spicuous South African millionaires,
Rhodes and Bell, have lett evidence
that they were sincerely interested in
the future of Africa and not merely in
the wealth to be found in gold and
diamond fields. Rhodes left an im-
uterl.,o sum fur education and to pro-
mote his desire for a better understand-
ing between the English-speaking na-
tions. Alfred Belt also left large sums
for education, but ono provision of his
will is unique. ,
Himself a business man, he appre-
ciated the difficulties of financing enter-
prises for the development of a new
country unless large immediate returns
could be promised. 11 has been at dif-
ferent tines an easy matter for pro-
moters to sell shores In South African
gold mines by offering alluring hopes
of hundredfold increase within a few
months. 11 has been harder to secure
the money for legitimate business en-
terprises offering a fair percentage of
profit. The will of Alfred Benit pro-
vided aid for those enterprises which he
considers essential to the progress of
Africa. Six million dollars are to con-
stitute a fund to aid the construction of
railway, telephone, and telegraph lines
and wires and wireless telegrap sta-
tions In South Africa. It makes no
difference whether the lines aro in Bri-
tish, German or Portuguese possessions.
11 would appear from the wording of
the despatches that this money is not
to be given outright, but invested in re-
sponsible companies proposing to sup-
ply the needed means of communica-
tion between the different parts of
South Africa. 1f that is the case, and
the trustees •use proper discretion in
handling tho funds, the capital soon
will be increased by the returns from
the Investment, and every year a larger
sum will be available for this purpose.
But, as lasting results are more de -
aired than immediate profits, as there is
no other use for the profits than re-
investment, 1t will bo possible for the
trustees to use the money for the ad-
vantage of the people in ways that will
be unproductive financially for a long
time.
The wisdom of such a bequest Ls so
apparent that it seems strange that no
public-spirited millionaire bit upon the
Mea before. It is a remarkable proof of
the fascination South Africa exercises
upon the minds of men who have occa-
sion to know that land Intimately that
men as different as Rhodes and Bell
should have been unwilling to look for-
ward to the days when their own work
would bo over without marking in a
practical way their faith in the future of
South Africa and their affection for
their foster mother.
KEEP COOL.
Don't hurry so. There's lime my friend,
To get the wort all done;
'Before the world comes to its end
Just lake some time for tun.
What's all our living worth unless
\Vc've time enough for happiness?
Don't flurry so. Just trait, keep cool !
Your plans are all upset?
Ali, well, the world whirls on by rule,
And things will straighten yet.
Your flurry and your fret and fuss
Just make things hard for all of us.
Don't worry so. it's sad of course,
But you and 1 and all
Must with the letter take the worse,
And jump up when wo fall --
Oh, never mind what's going to be.
To -Jay's enough for you end me!
UNDER WOMAN'S S\VAi'.
Between the mountains of India and
Persia Is a powerful Tribe among shorn
an extraordinary custom prevails. \V.
man's rights have apparently received
full recognition. for the ladies of the
tribe can choose their own husbands:
All n single woman has to do when she
wohcs to change her state is to send
a servant to pin a handkerchief to the
hat of the man on whom her fancy
lights, and he obliged to marry her, un•
kss he can show that he is too poor ro
purchase her at the price her father ter
q uires.
REST•Efu(:. Tl:D POLICEMEN.
Bolton. England. claims to have the
testeducated police force in the world.
The local authorities nrrnnge special
lectures for the police tone. and every
pulorman nol on ditty is expected to
attend. At these lectures they are
taught, among other things, the grounds
we which convictions may be obtained
and the test way to give evidence.
GOOD l:\'1111;\,
"Do you Think the auto will even•
toady bo the means of doing away
horses 9'
"i know 1t. i've seen two killed right
am niy own street."
('ora --"Paul told nu' last night that
as wouldn't marry the prettiest wo-
man living." Fannie -- "Then your
sltanees of getting him ought le be very
Love Came Too Late
Oil
A MAN'S FALSE HEART.
CIIAi'TER XXXII.
It was plain to the minister's g
tea that the young girl was qui
case, and site strove to divert
tention from herself and (1►e o
tier visit there until the br
should arrive.
It always relieved the young
to see courtships end in murrio
knew that the young girl was a
er in that vicinity, and she co
help wondering who she was.
"1l is such u beautiful morni
haps you would rather have
chair brought out into the garde
I amt pruning my rosebuds, tha
an the close parlor," she sugg
"1 should like it above at
else," declared Corine.
The good lady chatted to her
or more, drawing her attention
plant and that one, but she c
help but notice that the girl's
glances wandered every few
dcwn the white serpentine road
When another hour passed,
Bert Forrester came not, sho
most en the verge of collapsi
Again the good lady arose to
casion.
"You must not bo impatient
young gentleman is a littlo I
dear," she said. "1 suppose he
trig the necessary preparutio
they cannot be accomplished in
ry. You know this is \Vednes
favorite day for marriages—at
may be quite a rush for licens
Corine looked ready to cry.
"He was to join me here ver
she murmured with quivering I
The sun was by this time hig
heavens, and the coming of tho
ed bridegroom was beginning
dubious to the minister's sister.
She did wish that her broth
come, for lie would best know
comfort the girl, •who was alit
terical, as her eyes peered cage
vainly down the road.
Corine's fear was well ground
had good cause for the fen
seemed to take a strong hold ul
heart.
After leaving Corine, Gilbert
ter had made all haste to secure
veyance which should take hien
bride, after the ceremony had be
eluded, to Cincinnati. Once acr
State line he defied pursuit.
it seemed to him that he met
but delay on this particular 111
turn which way he would.
At the livery stable at which
plied for the conveyance, he w
by the manager of the place th
would have to see the proprietor
der to be sure lhul he could bo
modeled.
"Ile has not come down to b
yet," continued the manager, "b
expect hien very shortly. 'Take
in the otlice, and 1 promiso y
you shall have but a littlo while t
Here Is the morning. paper, with
to beguile the moments."
Forrester took the proffered
and flung himself down into the
o: one of tete spacious leather
saying to himself: "What could
cured would have to be endure
Ile had no wish to read; his
was busy with thoughts of what
occur when old Dr. Baxter and h
discovered the flight of Corine,
charge.
Ife felt sure thnl they would
telegraph wires from one end of tt
to the other in motion—tracking
it possible.
Ile could laugh at them an
them if Corine was his bride,
would be quite a different and a s
nutter for hint it they should ge
their track, and overtake them
the ceremony was performed
gave him the right to control th
ess 'o the Barlow millions.
As he was ruminating over the
pleasant Imaginings, his eyes sue
lit upon a caption in the paper,
he had been holding so carelessly
hand. that made hint almost cry
surprise.
in the paper was n full account
transfer of all the Barlow Inillio
the infatuated lawyer to MisS
(porno. The paper also containe
Comment upon the fact that the la
Fon and daughter had been entire
oft from his fortune by this net
their father, and were praclieall
sites.
"Whew!" muttered Gilbert For
springing excitedly from his sent
George, 1 have had a most narro
cape of 1t. i have changed my
about engaging the team,' lie
aloud. hurrying out to where the
ager was standing. "1 may wan
to go to Ashton—or possibly- the
intend it for may go back by I
Le said, Incoherently, and in anolh
stint lie hod shot out of the open
like nn arrow from a bow.
Ile wanted to get out Into the a
1Idnkr
"Corine—n penniless — beggsr!"
exelnhned: "and Estelle --the heire-
the Harlow millions, I Ieav 'n+l 11 se
almost like a dream!
"Of course, that puts a veto on my
marriage with the girl. I could endure
her milk and water ways it she had the
Barlow millions behind her, but fie
unless.
"It's F.stello that 1 must play my
earls to win now. What n miracle 11
is that she was saved from death in
the Std bridge! 1 cannot understand
Ii• end 1 will have a mighty scene with
her In trying to explain away nay share
In luring her there and apparently
abandoning her to her fate, but I will
hest around it somehow, in sono tash-
•
e with
love
helie:e
I must
see Es -
ave no
—well,
that,
of the
hall 1
at the
d have
St? it's
t kind
alled—
n me.
at she
Triage
means
SCelle,
lit to
oW to
If for
g of a
ed Is
rl nes
ortune
to had
o plan
intelli-
y jaws
as, es
Sit -
of the
d that
ng to
in so
cd his
ad sat
re.
yin
to the
at he
ask in
and
brows
as the
as Ile
trained
figure
repress
white
-claim-
Illy to -
delight
face in
In and
ck lo -
at the
s she
ishing
soon
ays Le
s from
g sun-
eplied.
Minty
aid to
would
attain -
still
prim-
ardon
Ito to
atony
d the
h her
✓ bro•
nd he
HIPPY
how
1 this
All
him;
g, no
y her
and
in
pnss-
ouse
hably
iy a
the
-that
their
win-
nmer
rine
she
nent
mint
to
int•
Io•
d
in -
of
was
at
be.
vertiend the son %•as shining; h+ighl
and golden. the birda were singing in
the. green !ninths of the leafy trees. and
the towers in the long. waving grasses
were wafting their sweet perfume to the
passing breezes.
To the last hour of her life she r. -
membered every detail of that scene,
and the bitterness of death which made
fart of it.
"Gilbert!" she cried. holding out her
little while hands to him. "Gilbert. why
slid you stay so long? 1 was so fright-
ened."
Ile stuttered something under his
breath—at that moment he would hese
given much to escape the ordeal which
lay before him. Ile u,d not offer to take
her in his arms, as was his usual cus-
tom, but she threw her arms around
him, Impulsively, In her pretty, child-
ish fashion, repeating her question,
with her sweet, dimpled face upturned
to his, the blue eyes gazing up eagerly
1
1 did," he answered, wincing under the
scornful, steady light In the blue eyes
which had until this moment held no-
thing but affection for hint.
"Then all yuur vows, your protesta-
i lions, meant nothing--ut olutely no-
thing?" sho sobbed.
I Ile was growing exasperated. Whyinto his flushed, rather embarrassed keep tho truth from her if she w� old
face. ; have 1t? Better tell her what had cous-
Ile unclasped the little white hands; el him to alter his intentions without
from about his neck in a rather Loren further ado. and settle the matter.
fashion, exclaiming: i "1f you must know the truth, Corine,'
"It Ls rather a surprise to see you he said, with brulul frankness, "1 have
coining to sleet me like this, but I sup- just discovered that you have lost your
pose it is the test thing that could have fortune. it does not matter how I learn -
happened, under the prevailing circuit- ed of it; suffice it to say that the inlor-
stances. Let us sit down upon this 11111 0n 1 received—which, upon minute
mossy log and talk together." inquiry at the proper place appears to
(.urine sat down in obedience to his be only too true --makes it impossible
wishes, asking over again what led de- for me to carry out my design of rnar-
tuined him ao long. ming you, Corine. \Ve should be two
Ile had the grace to flush a little with penniless beggars together."
shame, and he shifted uneasily in his ` "Then it was my wealth you loved,
seat. Ile had been through ninny such 1 not mel" cried the girl. "You wooed
scenes before, but none of the fair ones I mebecauseyou believed me the heiress
whom he had coolly jilted had been eo of Linden Hall!—is it not so?"
much of a child as this girl beside him.
Ile gave her a little light laugh, as uis
eyes met her questioning glance, and
that laugh jarred upon her ears
strangely.
"I think the best way to do is to break
into the matter In hand without pre-
amble, Corine," he said, attempting to
apeak carelessly; "and I may as well
say, first as last, that from the moment
we parted at the railway station 1 have
been thinking this marriage of ours
over, and 1 have come to the conchs
sion that we took a very rash step; and
am— regretting it."
The girl uttered a cry, her arms fell
away from him; she was looking at
Min with dilated eyes, as though she
had not been quite sure that she heard
aright.
Ile saw the sudden fear In her face
and In her eyes, and hastened to add:
"I am very sorry, Corine, but it Is
quite true; 1 am sorry that 1 encour-
aged you to leave the old doctor's root,
for we cannot marry each other just at
present."
"You are trying to tease me—to lest
my love for you, Gilbert," she faltered,
with face white as death, and that hor-
rible fear still shining in her eyes.
"Indeed, I am not, Corine," he re-
plied, his eyes drooping before her
strained gaze. "It is quite true; I have
Leen thinking our rash act over, and
—well—you must go back at once; there
has been no harm done—and--"
A bitter cry interrupted hien; in an
instant she had flung herself at his
feet, crying out that she could not go
hack—she would note—she would die
first.
Ills dark, handsome face flushed, and
the expression of annoynuce grew Mill
deeper in the eyes that he -turned away
from her. Ile was wishing the scene
well over.
"1 want you to listen to reason, Co -
rine," he said. "1 have seen the folly
of our action just in time. You should
be glad, as i am, that there is yet time
to repair the mischief."
Still she looked at him with that pile-
ous terror in her eyes—which was more
annoying than a torrent of passionate
reproaches to him—yet no word passed
her lips; she was like one stricken dumb
by some fearful stroke of lightning—
blasted and withered to the very heart's
core.
He met her glance coolly; it was not
the first time that a broken heart had
looked at him from girlish eyes, and
for a like cause, and he had laughed
and ridden away, just as ho intended
to do in this case.
"Do you love me no longer?" she
asked, at length, in a whisper that
would have touched a heart of stone.
Ile was glad enough for this sugges-
tion, and a plausible•reason upon which
to hinge his actions.
"You force me to tell you a most
disagreeable truth, Corine;" he mutter-
ed. "Looking into my own heart, I
sec that what is there is fancy—not
leve."
"And all the time you were whisper-
ing to me of love you were then utter-
ing the cruelest of falsehoods." she
sobbed, wildly; "you were cruelly Ie-
ceiving me."
"1 do not like to hear you cull it by
such a hard name, Corine," he said,
shifting uneasily on the log by her side.
"But it is the truth. is it not?" '-he
persisted.
"It must be, if you insist upon believ-
ing it so," he answered, doggedly.
She shrank from him, while and trem-
bling—all her fear, fresh young beauty
seemed to fall from her at the words.
"Cone, lel us be friends, and talk this
matter over sensibly, my little Corine,'
Ise said, caressingly.
Ile was startled by the bitterness of
the laugh That fell from her lips --ill her
childishness seemed to have fallen from
tier.
"I did not suppose that you would til:o
It in this fashion," he declared, wonder-
ing how touch longer this most uncom-
fortable Scene was to Iast, for he could
not endure much more.
"1 wish that you would listen In rea-
son, Corine," he said. "1 wish that you
could see that there has been no harm
done."
She interrupted him with the gesture
of n young queen.
"No harm done!" site echoed. "Do
you think it was. no harm to lure me
from my home and friends with false
pret;uses and honeyed words of love,
and then—when there 18 no returning
—you tell me that there can to no
marriage!"
"If you will lake the train back to
Ashton you can arrive there before
noon; tell them that you have been out
for nn early niornitlg ratable; there is
no one there to gainsay your words."
"Y0u would have mo add falsehood
end Treachery to wrongdoing." she
cried. covering her face with her hands
and weeping so pnssinnately Dint he
feared very much That he would have
a case of hysterics on his hinds.
"No one con mention wrongdoing and
you in the some breath." he declare I.
"'Tell me the truth once again. that
1 may understand It perfectly—that 1
have no false delusions about It. You
do not love toe?" she queried, in a dry.
hard voice that he could hardly renlize
was the voice that had nlwnys been the
sweetest of music for him, and tenderer
than the ringdrrve's coo.
"1 do not love you as 1 lind imagined
11e winced under her words, turning
impatiently away as he slowly bowed
assent. "There is no need for us 10
prolong this interview, Corine" he sold.
'Take my advice and go back to your
friends. You will soon get over this
little romantic episode, and then, no
doubt, you will marry John Rockledge
and settle down to a quiet life with that
bookworm of a lawyer and live in peace
forever afterward, as the stories phrase
ll."
in that moment the girl's blind;d
eyes were opened to the difference 'n
the two men who had wooed her, and
she knew that she had thrown away
the true gold for the baser metal, and
her heart gave a great throb of pain.
"1 do not suppose you have provided
yourself with any money, Corine," ne
said, taking a bill from his vest pocket
and pressing it into her hand. "Take
this and board the train which will soon
pass through here for Ashton—by cut-
ting across lots, 1 am told, you can
reach the station. I did not know of
this when we came into totem. I will
accompany you thither if you will per-
mit me to, and see you safely aboard;'
"Got" cried the girl; "leave my pres-
ence -1t matters little enough to you
what becomes of me," and she flung the
bill ho had proffered her at his feel as
though its very touch was contamina-
tion.
"\Vill you not say good-bye, Corine?"
ht. said, uneasily.
For answer she turned from him, and
walked swiftly down the road, and was
soon lost to sight among the green trees
and flowering shrubs.
(I'o be Continued.)
JEWS RETURN TO PALESTINE.
Large Influx Into Land of Promise ilas
Started.
The influx of Jews into Palestine dur-
ing the last few months has been re-
markable.
Some weeks ago, about 5,000 Jewish
immigrants from (tussle and the Bal-
kan States landed at Jaffa. They will
settle in the plain of Sharon, round the
towns of Hamlet and Lydda, and in
other Jewish colonies along the sea coast
Recently some Jewish financiers made
a trip to the region east of the Jordan,
in the direction of Kerak. They saw
the land, and were highly satisfled
with its fertility and the nature of 'Is
soil. They are willing to colonize the
d:strict, but are rather suspicious of tho
neighboring Bedouin tribes, who are
at erase to any permanent settlement be-
ing
o-ing effeclel in their midst.
The Jews are in communication with There is great excitement at Avignon,
the Turkish Government on the subject, errant e. In digging the foundations for
and should the littler give them sullicl• the new bride across the Rhone
ent guarantee of protection against the g they
raids of their neighbors the sale of came across the skull of a horse, which
large tracts will soon be completed. was evidently of vast size, and the local
It is a noteworthy fact that some of savants de'lru'n that the head waS that
the most fertile districts of Palestine of a prehistoric horse, which was the
ancestor of the equities, which possess -
are possessed by colonists. The Jews
are repossessing the land by degrees,
and should this quick rate of possession
continue, the whole country will in a
few years belong entirely to them.
11
LA
s
NOTES AND COMMENTS1\\
Ceylon GREEN Tea
1s preferred by former Japan tea drinkers
because of its greater purity.
Load Packets only 110o. Ida and 80o per Ib. At all Grocers.
HIGHEST AWARD 5T. WIIS, 1901.
THE IIOME PAPER.
1'isn't filled with cuts and pictures, nor
the latest news despatches;
And the paper's often dampened, and
the print is sometimes blurred.
There Is only one edition, and the eye
quite often catches
Traces of a missing letter, mot at
times a misspelled word.
No cablegrams nor "specials" -
where the eyo engage;
The make-up is, maybe, a trifle crude
and primitive.
But an atmosphere of home life fills
and permeates the pages
Of the little country puper
where you used to live.
How the heart grows soft and tender,
while its columns you're perusing;
Every item is familiar, every name
you know full well.
And a flood of recollections passes o'er
you as you're nursing
On the past and weaves about you an
imaginative spell.
You can see the old home village, once
again in fancy, seeming
To be clasping hand of neighbor, and
of freind and relative;
And their faces rise before you, as
you're idly fondly dreaming
Of the little country paper, printed
where you used to live.
And you seem to leave the city, with its
rush and roar and clamor.
With its busy, bustling atmosphere
of turmoil and of strife;
Leave the multitude of surging, eager
workers, and the glamor,
For the quiet, soothing blandishment
of restful country life.
And you note a vine -clad cottage with
the roses nestling round it ;
ileac the voice of mother calling for
the long -gone fugitive,
\Vhile the echo of her pleading, mem-
ories repeat, and sound 11
Through the littlo country paper,
printed where you used to live.
Every printed line reminds you of the
days long, since departed ;
Here a boyhood chum is mentioned,
there a schoomate's name appears;
And the eye grows moist in reeding,
while the soul grows heavy hearted
O'er the changes Time has wrought
throughout the swiftly passing years.
Memory's scroll has deep Impressions
stamped upon its face forever.
Of sweet pleasures which the busy
city life can never give;
And, in fancy, you are roaming through
the quiet town whenever
You peruse the country paper, printed
where you used to live.
—Sunset Magazine.
printed
PREHISTORIC IIOIRSE.
Residents of French Town Divided Over
Gigantic Skull.
-
BIG SALARIES YOU CANT LIVE ON.
it does not always pay to hold a pub-
lic appointment currying a big salary.
The Lord Mayor of London's ,£10.000 a
year looks handsome to the man In the
street; but as the Lord Mayor gener-
ally spends from £20.000 to £30.000
during his year of office, the appoint-
ment is scarcely tempting to anyone
nnxinus to make money out of it. The
salary of the British Ambassador in
St. Petersburg is .07,500, but at least
ono former ambassador found the pay
Insufllcicnl. This was Lord Augustus
e l toes and not hoofs.
But, unfortunately for the prido of
Avignon, some unscientillc people of
the city declare that the skull is not in
any way prehistoric, and that it be-
longed to a big horse which was the
property of a pian living in that quar-
ter. The horse, they say, died only
eight years ago and was buried on the
banks of the Ithone, where the bridge
Guilders found it.
Avignon is divided into two parties
over this question, and party feeling
rums high. So far, the only thing cer-
tain is that the horse must have been
of unusual size.
S\IALLI•:ST E LE(.1'RIC MOTOR.
What is claimed to be lite smallest
Loftus, who, on the occasion of the electric motor in lite world Is in the pus -
marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh to session of a "Texas electrician and
the daughter of the. I sur of that day, p nlchmoker, who matte it as n scarf-
the
was encouraged by our Foreign ()Ince
three
it• weighs one pennyweight and
to celebrate Ito event in St. Petersburgthree grains, end is run by current from
with iloyal rnngnificeuce. Lord Augus- °small silver chloride buttery.
tus, being a man of only small private
means, he expected to be reimbursed
for his outlay on this occasion by the
Government; but Downing Street fear-
ed to establish a bad precedent, and left
his lordship to meet his obligations
the best way he could. Result, bank-
ruptcy ---which was all Lord Augustus
got from a grateful country—that and
sympathy 1
\'ERY CONSIDERATE.
Johnnnrsburg. the Gold Reef City. 15
evidently Rte place to be hippy In. The
following advertisement of one of Its
holds shows that the managers there
know their business:—
Hump Back
SCOTT'S EMULSION wait tasks a
hump back strallht, ntitMr will 11 Tonka
a short kg long. but It feeds wit bens
and heals diseased ben* and le
the fsw geniis msaas .i rove y D
rickets and bans ern,twnptlas.
Steel fp, f'i. sainylt.
SCOTI a !OWN'', Ch..i. ,
T.roat*. Ostaris.
pie..al {, oo, .11 lrueli.rs.
ONO
Wi1AT A iIORSE CAN DRAW.
A horse can draw on the worst kind
of earth road about four Ihnes as mush
as he can carry on his back. On a
good mncndnmized rood he can pull len
times as much, on a wood -paved one
twenty -flue times as much, and on me -
fifty -eight limes es much.
110.\1IN THF: LEADER.
Passenger. 014 European Railroad, hob.
bed of tiler t11nU,GUQr
The German police are co-operating
with the police of France, Switzerland,
Pelguint and Holland in attempttuy tf
suppress n bold gang of internalPtial
railway thieves. who have captured 1
I only of aver $10ostrll upon Continental
express burns within the lust thr:e
weeks.
The operations of the gang, which
consists of several men and one wo.
man, range from petty robberies of $75
to Sit 0 to the theft of jewels worth 850,-
1101' horn a woman diamond merchant
at Gennevilliers, Paris.
It is the practice of the thieves to se-
lect a certain train, crowded with weal-
thy passengers. They take seats in one
fart of the train, suddenly discover
that they belong to another class, and
while making the change contrive .o
Lush a number of other passengers
about, so that their pockets can be pick-
et., without detection.
Several English travelers have been
among the victims of the gang.
WiVES ! TAKE NOTICE.
Mr. Mountjoy meant to buy his wife
a handsome lace scarf for a present,
but he remembered previous occasions
when he had attempted to buy the sort
of thing, and lie shuddered.
"I want you to buy a nice lace scarf
for Cousin Amelias," he said to Mrs. M.
at length. Choose something nice;
something you would get for yourself."
Mrs. Mountjoy, however, had her
own ideas as to generosity in buying
presents, and the purchase when sho
made 11, consisted of a very plcin,
ordinary -looking article indeed.
"lt'm 1" Mountjoy said, when ho sate
the scarf. "I don't know much about
such things. but is it just what you
would have chosen for yourself ?"
"Just—exactly," she replied.
"Well, my dear, keep it. 1 meant it
for you," tie beamed. .
And Mrs. Mountjoy went upstairs and
pulled her own hair with rage.
HONEYMOON READING.
Tho house had quieted after the wel-
ding, Mother and Aunt Mary were in
the parlor talking it over.
"Su it's over," said Aunt Mary, smil-
ing into mother's eyes.
"Yes," said mother, bravely, although
a little tearfully, "it's over—and begun."
"They'll be happy, I'm sure."
"Yes. They are very weluviled to
each other."
"Very. 1 could see that. They Loth
have studious halal's."
"Yes. But, Mary—" Mother paus-
ed, and the gleam of mischief evoked
by Aunt Mary sooner than anybody etc()
darted into her eyes. "Mary, they can't
have much sense of humor. Though
it's my own girl, 1 say 11."
"Why not?"
"Do you know what they took to
read on their wedding journey? Stev-
enson's 'Travels with a Donkey.'"
' "EVERY MODERN CONVENIENCE.
"On arrival each guest will be asked
how he likes the situation. It he says
the hotel ought In have been placed up
on the hill, or farther down, the loca-
tion of the house will.he Immediately
changol. .
"Baths, hot or cold water, laundry. te-
legraph, reslaurnnt, fire alarm, bar-
room, billiard table, dolly papers, sew -
Mg machine, grand piano, clergyman,
and all other modern conveniences in
every room.
"Meals every minute If desired. Eng-
lish,
lish, French. and German dictionaries
furnished; every guest may make up
his own hill of fare, without regard to
the hill affnlr afterwards senLotd from
the ()Mee. Waiters of am'4Pflonality
and color desired, eVcry wailer furnish-
ed with a libretto. bu11onhole, bouquet,
full dress suit, hall tablet, and his hair
parted in the middle.
"Every guest will have the hest seat
in lite dining hall and tho best seat In
the house."
MAKING ARTIFICAL FI,0AIMS.
There are 434) mnnufnclurers of nrli-
flcfal flowers, leaves, pinnls, and fruits
in the district of Dresden, Germany,
The largest manufactories employ from
250 to 1.000 persons, and the total num-
ber of persons engaged In the trade Is
estimated at 10,000, the Inrgcr propor-
tion being women and girls, who earn
from $2 to 83 a week by their work.
SCENE AT :1I.MO4T ANY RAILROAD STATION.
,hall have to rhar; a ye m etc, ,:.s baggage 08 this one, ma'am."
'How perfeelly outragrou-1 1 sla'n't pay it."