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Both Senator Hoar and Senator Lodge will 5 nd the summer abroad. It -will be seen t at the Massachusetts `senators are in entire accord on the great question as to how` best to spend their vacations.-- Boston Herald. ' - 13,16 not about t111;e.to(<;hnnget'l1e motto on the standard coins to In New Jersey 1 1 W4: 'I"rna4:9 :(\rnnI-an 1UnvahI_I!n;-uh! IPII ULIU BUD!-IIIQLII UULJIB UU Ill WW I We Trust?"--0ma1xu,Wo:ld=_Heifald. Although a hldqbound affair, it can : hardly be claimed that the leather trust in E a aolelesa corporation.--Ch1oagho Timeo- { Herald. K The hearse hoot of thooon trust could be made as silent as the grave if the coun- try would assume a and upper lip and ne- solve to adopt cremation.-St. Louis Ro- publio. ` .' 3 L1- _-_____ A_.__._;, I,_,' , I A 5 - V 80 many trusts have `been formed under the-laws of New Jersey that it-A1s_ really ` surprising, In view of its facilities, that that state "as yet has no mosquito net In-11:0: _..'l.` lmndcnul ' .,$UVIIHy' UIIQ yblllllgl uycnoguug '7! was a. Miss Wgxqm _oLrV ulfldeyada and is -- ylrs. Palmer, `is a goddpughter of Mrs. Inkn ll n nlr cup gaasuvup an in avgyy----7- -- -- ~~- . . L . _ _ P550 M John Mackgy, 2 Mrs. Ruaym-a=. Kipling`, whb was , Carolyn Balesbier and slider 01:. Woloott Balestier, was born in Rochester, when her `family lived many years before mov- ing to Brattleboro, Vt. awn-.. *nn_._:-.. In t`1.._.....-...n-In.) `D;-uni`:-Onset` Link, Was IUIBGIAUI) v4cu.u.u.u7u an (I\.|I.Il1:Iwnv- to the bar at ' Ottawa, Ills-., with eight _...-..... ........ .....I ...._.....I...l .8 I953 Hun-at In-nu. vv new In! ulvuqtuvu HUD I UIIKU EUIIIT T J truet.-'.Ilroy Standard. b `A sausage trust B about the only com- bination that could be made without en- tailing either loss or inconyonience to` tho public. That po_rticula_1f.,91-ticlo of diet embraces such a` variety or ingrediegte that it would ho _i1'npossil5Te for a trust to control the "raw material or regulate tho price thereof.-V.-Nashville nuculaua \oGiIlOUI% ' Seeingwe are now reduced to two beasts cnly, "' he went on, his eye shift- ing for an instant to the" body of a third camel, which lay dead some 20 yards 01!. seeing also that we are in a water- less desert, probably 24 hours ride from the nearest well and that thisman is a dead weight on our hands-- _ LL17--- .'l,....!L A...-...-y. l\` ..1n.....1....:.m. `kn E138 $IllIL'lUL| 1'4: Uuxusvzy III. Lsvvunavbi-1 1118., was recently examined for admission ;. n..- 1...... ..4.`no-Lnum `lm. -vu-J: nlaht % It will be noticed that the splat6rI' crusade against `kissing was not be until after Robson` hhd -`left the count:-y.- . Pittabux-Qg Newt. " N, A._A ____ _-I__.'I__ ___._A-A` ,; - /--- - _----_._, _.-..-. 3 And now nobody says that meningitis 1s_._sp;-eadhy meansof the kiss. But it will take something worse than meningitis to stop the kissing habit.--Louisville (Rm- nier-Journal. _ e. ' ` -- Hobson will be appalled when he hears that Miss Marguerite has said: I hope to see the day when `kissing is en- tirely. unknown. I wish it could be-made illegal. , Isis not; a olean;.fhin;to do; It should be discontinued brewery thinking x9n;.an."-.-D_nluthHotIl6- '.- . ; f lla) IN} I-JLUUIUIIIJ&\I V Miss Marion E. Ga:-morynot Rockford, n_ __ _. __.___.4.1'_ -_.......a..n.I IN. -4-lonlaavlnn MATRON % `Amp MAID. PERT PERSONALS. TRUST THRU:STS. kiss ECHOES. J. HEND=ERsoNs. No man heme right to expect from his wife what. he on his part does not give her. If he wants her sympathy, he must give her his censiderstiom. If "a man lacks the element of . considers` tion, he should-zcultivete it, not for the benet of his friends, but for those in and of his home. Considerscion should- begin at home, not in the hoine of` friends, as it olten does-n.nd ends-there, too. The atmosphere which a. man creates in his home-by example .be- comes the rule by which his children live. The hushind and father: strikes the key-note for right or wrong . living. -Farming". HUGH VVUA5LI|. uu uvu. uauuu * You don't dream of abandotiing the` poor chap?" Dick Harding broke in". VI... nunnagnm nlnnnn nnnnnnv nunr Paints, Oils and-. Varnishes, Spades, Shovels, Garden Rak ' ,. Spray Pumps, Syringes, Sprinklers, Rubber Hose, Grasses` Shears, Lawn Mowers, Builders Hardware and Mill F ilrnishings, at ' Too many men- seem to have the idea that they `can drop into constant dis- cunsolate and churlish moods at home with their` wivea- which in any other place and by any other person whuld not be tolerated. It is when a man is within the -walla of his home that he is himself. Then it is that he should be at his best. When a man gives the beat that is within him to thosecloeeat to him, his home will be the ideal place that he wishes it to be. The Place-of Man in His Home-. The seclusion of. a home gives to a man a certain amount of freedom and attendant privileges which no other place in the world affords, and: it is night that it should. `But it is not right that this freedom and those privi- leges should `be abused to the disad- vantage ot the wife. Mag. Canadian Ma-Stains. It is really astonishing how. The Canadian imagezine keeps up the value of its contents - and the excellence ofvite appearance. Among the contributors to the May number are .John_Chnlton, M.P.`, Robert Barr, John A. Ewen, Henry J; Morgan, Jeanne E. Wood. Beckles Willson and W. A. Eraser. One of the brightest pieces in the issue is Robert Barr : encounter with three bicyclists who were exceedingly clever tellers of fairy tales. Barr isa... genuine hulnoriet of the gentler `type. His jokes never hit like sledge- hatnmeas and are never rough. The illus- article on the Prince of Wales will `read! with interest, especially s his famous (3enedian_ trip` is fully described. The gttiolelon the Dairy Industry of Canada, I -`with nnansronsv pictures ofveheese and fnetorlol the" Atlantic to the g which u should 1 interest every f mind, The whole number l e - MAGNOLIAANTI-FR.Ic'r ION METAL ,-\ >_ :ott s . Bookstore_ -:// --6`=%%@6m`;'e; `JUUL Ubluy I JIIBAI -ouovu-oca nvovnnw nog- The professor glanced uneasily over his smoked spectacles. Harding was a puzzle to him. a man of. distinguished scientic attainments, capable of strong scientic enthusiasm.-"yet occasionally betraying a vein of sentimentality` alto- gether out of place in connection with scientic exploration. Kirkhoer had had inconvenient experience of this pe- -culiaritymore than once during_ the year spent with Harding in the remote fastnesses of Tibet. ' A A I ____ I__, I- -_._ L- BENGAL CLUB on UTNEY MANGO UHUTNEY THE MOS'[` DELICIUUS JELI'.IE:` I IN '1`_HE WORLD Will" pay for Will F01'm and postage to any part of Canada. CANNED SHRIMPS . 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HOBLEY duuuvcuun Va. anwuvv You wouldn't leave him here to die?" the Englishman persisted. ` 9111.- _._._2....... ..._1.1.....: |.:... m.....1.'.....1 `rm: mun? Mnmcm: Co., I To ms. I..ALLY- and irritate: your mugs and also yourfriends Dr. Harvey : Southern Advance Dme Relieves Qsianay. 25. %evet_vw1zere. .BAF?RIE 'n'3'ua1"'.' ' e? n,~1s99. JD 5 IJHU Jquaaxuuuauu rvUIu.vv The professor rubbed his `goreheady thoughtfully. He s bound to die soon in any case." ' T srr .:I.....u. ...... 41...; no -11 1'0 in). than 19121! I115`: ual-VU Illlb "wavy van va Iron--J Impossible. my friend. He cannot walk. and these two camels, cannot car- ry him in addition to you and me and the tablets." N, ,__-__ _A 1.1.- 4-1.1-4.- 1.- _ Dick-Harding. under the covering re- -volver. stood `erect ' an'd--dumb. To V-nrguo further with a" man prepared 150:` {commit murder on behgilf-` of his tabletsd ;;i 0'! "baked ._w eregIimple waste of if , . .. IJLIU ta ULU lDI l Then leave some of the tablets-be- } hind." ` . The professor fairly gasped for breath. Leave--'-leave behind some of the tablets? he stammered. Leave the records of a civilization to which the Arcadian is a thing of _yesterday-to be swallowed up by the next sandstorm? Give my great discovery. the greatest of the century. maimed and imperfect. to the world? Harding. you i must be mad. What's the life of a Khirgiz Tar- tar beside these priceless things?" 'I7__`l_L _&-_9.. -LA-Lndmlsd-nu` nuns nu`:-\nuv\_ UB1. uuuauv vuvuv Aowvavwva tonnouanl - Kirkhoffer s slfortsighted eyes gleam-T % ed angrily behind his glasses: his voice was thick with passion. n(I`I'7I-_L - _ 17I.S..n-3n "`:.n`a-um." LA `IUVVICLI IIRV II VI llu tloacnsasoac He s a man, anyway. " Harding re-' torted. .Suppose I refuse to leave this_ % fellow ?" ILFIVL.-.u. "9 J-Ln nnnfnaanov W-nnnnvnn 1311 n` ` LVIIU V Then,"--the professor became all at once ominously cool--I shall be forced ` to remind you that I am the head of this expedition `and you my salaried assistant; also that these animals are my property. go, and they go with VA.` nan -un{n 6&4: nasal-Iv nu uni! nn~ J Ull IIIWQHVO Harding grew pale. That ii the choice you oer me? Then I say you are 9. blackguard. ll A_4I T an-u , 3n:'I:~nuno\`-11 C"nn` ` BU II IIIIIUEQ I-I And I say, indierently, that you are a fool. Come, will you mount? No! furiously. ` - The German shrugged hisahoulders. Have it your own way," he said. \ And, gathering up the long leading a rein which he had fastened to the head of one camel, he prepared to seat him- self on the other. . v\,,4 1, ___ r1-_.:1..._ __._.._.. ..._.'.. L8... WED vulva vvauu yuusavuo What's a Khirgiz Tartar?" _he growled like a wild animal. u'D'.J- II u-nan nv-nl-1|-Ivor! `In:-Riho son. my "Jo ` KHZ ICCVJJ a\I VVOUIII me. You can join the party or not. at you please. ' - 'I:f...uI3o.4u an-nnun on-:11` Ilmknf 0'53 BULL UH Uuv vuuunu But here Harding sprang upon him suddenly. No. you don't. he cried. You shall leave me one, you brute. though it were a hundred times your property! - Stand ol the professor cried. Harding's answer was to closewith him silently, and there ensued a trial, of strength whereof the issue seemed for several minutes doubtful. The men were not ill matched. Kirkhoer was the taller and heavier, but then he was also the elder by 20 years, and Hard- ing's naturally lithe habit of body had known an English public school and university training. The result of the l couict was still uncertain when * the professor suddenly loosed his hold and fell back. leaving. the prize of content ties, the led camel, almost in.the_other s` clutch. Harding stooped to "seize the "creature's halter and rose again, to nd ` himself covered by his a_ntagoni_,st s.re-4 volver. ' . , . 4.17,"; _, ,4|,r___ as 1...- ._.-_ -1 ..;.l Now, perhaps." the man of science observed. you will consent` to hear ; reason. No use, my good friend. _ ac" Harding's hand went. `briskly to his breast pocket; I drew the charge 3 while you were asleep this morning in view of` ip_oasible_ diicultieg. Yon See, I know something of your? Strange Ens! lieh character. There is nothing like being ready _ for jdilcultiee 'aethey? `n-`an 3' A %MATN S LIFE. ` Disizon l h_hl'hl. , UV`) UL Uuv uvugvvt win-vs When he had` `d'i8Pl;6;;:d; Harding` looked about him. Ifeviewing the situa- tion. Itwas no cheering prospect that - met his eye-a_ dead waste of sand hills to north, south. east and west, white` hot in the glare of` the tropical sun. Two dark blots alone,-broke` the pale "surface of the wilderness. the stien- ing bulk of the dead camel and the limp- gure of the fever stricken camel driv-' _er--truly no pleasant place. to die in, more especially if you happen to be young- and strong and the death to which you stand condemned is death by hunger and thirst. A few hours would exhaust the scanty remains of food and water left in the skin and saddlebag lying hard by the dead camel, and then--- , '....}.|:.`n. nlxassis AN nuu`:n~:vun`-`noun A. Tnugae both rang` and of began `to -move `on. -As "tong `ais`"H_iii'li!fig remained. within running nmdistance: he": continued to hold the revoligr and leveled. sitting. 'sidewa_ysf'=bn 3 animal to `insure an accurate aim. after a. minute the camels tnfolre in_t6 3% long". awkward trot. In two mintiea they .were. beyond pursuit. .-'.l'h'en,_tlie. professor pocketed his rearm and threw his leg across the saddle. " Your own fault. remember!" was his nal greeting before he disappeared over the I top of the nearest sand dune. TIT}...-. Ln 1...! Rdannnnnmn nnrdna` IEIJ ll-Ia salad-\.I. I-VJ snav savanna vuuoa-vs; up-up up-v- Harding shook o anticipations of-' coming torture to take stock ofhie wretched commissariat and, rummag- ing in the bag, found a priceless treas-' ure, -nothing less than an untouched A bottle of q-uininel rWhy, with this he might hope to revive the Khirgiz, whose. "case. but fortthe supposed exhaustion of ' the expedit_ion s medicine chest. had never been a serious one. ` Escape was yet possible. . . V - ' ..---..I IA`-Agog A V`:a|@`LuanA JV" rv~~---W ., ; Escape! From a trackless wilderness I in which they could only wander aim- } lessly to and fro, having no single in- } strument by which to determine their ~ position or` pointthe way? Saving his assistant s pack, the professor had car- ried o everything. V `T; g-` A-uA---L`.:.uan ' Ii... an `I9 ? van. `(V CDJ Elf!-Ciao i I - No. not - everything. Even as this thought sank like astone into Harding's 1 heart his eye fell upon something glit- V tering at his foot. With a shaking hand be grasped it, lifted it-and broke into .9. cry of mingled triumph and thanks- ; giving which startled the Khirgiz from ; his lethargy. Pushing. back his long ` hair, the man made an eort to sit up. urnI__ ____.4.....o 1*rr1.-....:..:.1................oH IIGAL; |.l.lU I-Hull auuuu ul-I vac-vat lav was vs`: ?`The master? Where is themaster '3'. he asked, looking abeut him in surprise. . 1.._..`L...l .......~.I.- It'll ;-nu-snug wnvup avvniaoab uwvvou -c-.-.. no. u... r_--\.. arding laughed -"grimly. _Iieaven alone knows, since he has left his com- pass here." A_.I L--.-Ag. au"4\v|A 1-vo.nc-on On 6-1:33 `Il'\I'I% PIADD Laud V: l V Andheaven alone knows to this hour .\ the course of the wretched Kirkhoifefs` wandering. When Harding and the Khirgiz, guided by the instrument which he had dropped in `his scume with" the Englishman, ' reached, after manifold toils and suerings. the con- . nes of human habitation.- they could `obtain no tidings of their vanished chief. _And. although Harding insisted on organizing a new expeditions .to. search for him. its labors were fruitless. n'_A_ _.-___3___ `A- ___L...--._ L. L`... EUGIVII I-Vb Illllj nvw cuvvow vv vow o-u-as-V-u-n His fate remains as unknown to th world as the history of that ancient em- pire whose records lie buried with him in the sands of central Asia.---Chicago News. ` ~- Misplaced Sympathy. There was once a paterfamilias who was eloquently `indignant about_ the way his daughters imposed upon the laundress in the mattervof white petti- coats in winter. It was a shame at all seasons, he said. but in cold weather. with no excuse for wash skirts.` it was cruel to ask that poor, hardworking girl to slave and toil over theirwaslr ing as she was obliged to do. .' l\-.. 5.... na\`4|un`nu8|I|a1:l|I Ill Ill) BI-lit IV wnaevin ov uvv . ., .. .. One day the paterfamilias, happening to pass through the laundry, tore up stairs. white with rage, to where _ his daughters were; Well. girls," he cried, this is too much. White petti- coats in winter are bad` enough. but when it comes to such white` petticoats as I saw Delia breaking her back over just now down stairs--rumes fromtop ` to hem and tucks and lace and em- ; i-broidery--why.i it's a. day's work to look at one of them. It .you must have 3 such extravagant fripperies, for heaven : ` sake have them plain. " 1 ml_. .-I-....I.A.-.... .I_......4.:........1 uz...'...l EV `I37 VI-ll *7 1 The daughters investigated. `Since 1 the last paternal _ outburst ' they had * given up white petticoats, either ruied ` or plain, and in either spring. summer, y autumn or winter. It was as they fear- ; ed; the extravagant tripperies." ruf- ed from top to hem. over which poor_ Delia was breaking her back, were the property of poor. Delia herself. Hlaiinh Was Simple. ' Frederick the Great once requested ` his generals. to submit to him plans of campaign for a supposititious case. Hans p Joachim von Ziethen, the famous cav- alry general, produced a queer diagram in black ink. It represented a big blot ; in the center, intersected by two black lines. whose four terminals ended each in a_. smaller _blot. The king was, furi- ous'and'upbraided his old comrade in arms bitterly for what he `considered- disrespect. ,v .._.-.`I..--.I.3.`un "Ann "dad-`anon and` u W-IIHLUDIIUEIUO In explanation Von Ziethen said: Why, your majesty, I am the large ; blot in the center--the enemy" is any 1 one of the four smaller `blots. He can march upon me from the right or left`, from the front or rear. 'If,he does, I _' simplyadvance _.upon` any of the four lines and lick himjwhere I nd him. "A ` Frederick was-sati`_s_e(Al.n_`, ` - - 'l`hey>_0nht .t'o lInIt._ - Herel ~a etoryof a Milwaukee couple who agreed_ to eerate p"at_er;15 years of married life: ey continued ._to. re- when they met. When the`eil_v`e'r anni- versary of the wedding came on," both c elebrated.lt,p although separately. Two the church where they wer_e-wedded. 25 yeare,_beore, the _hnsband?e ceremony ;being.;at 8 o -clock` in. the -morningand _a reception at the reeideiicei.at the same side within a block':..o{' eahfother and 1 to pass the time , of day` impersonally ` -church "ceremonies were performed in V we wire : m, zrhaeevnin acmgava iho, _ __r._: andcthe "dame sh -lendpel ,to_; l "!l1;4f.3iIl.3.f:.hDl'l"l5'9;\of?`:'F1|`9`-{LlVl_l`f`7;, a f 4 In Africa there are several varieties of `unusual money. V The following incident; gives an example of one `mode of using currency: ` ' Y-I-I tuna` A`1I`nn 4-I-.5:-A cnnn n-\ {`lI1'~O-ninusn They chlled him Gentleman Jack; " He came. to the mining camp at Vir- ginia City, one summer s* day and asked- thesuperintendent for work. The miner `looked at his questioner-`s white hands, frail. gure. and neat tting clothes and % smiled. But the man insisted, and finally? the `superintendent; consented to- allow` him toremain. ` \ ' I nu, , ;_ -_x _,I,L `_..L ._ LL - __.I._ ._.__.n_____ J n.-. ygvynusg CALI!`-UIUUIII -unvugu sou uncut --4-wu -_ 1 sloom. : ` I lived in callous stupor strangely dumb. ` Pleasedwitjn a changelesa lotus dull time ies. M ` Opardoning woman `in thy summer's blom. _Why to illnmine my dark soul dld st thou nnnin. IIIIII VII LEQII-IIJLLIU `- hat night, when the miners returned to `cam~p,.the newcomer was introduced to them as Jack, the only name he gave. ; His companions smiled` as the superintendent had. smiled, and one, turning to his fel- lows, said, Gentlemane Jack. `TALL Gals`) `:35 -Jnnn `us I-`an uvsdssna 1|!-Ir` `ALUv\I\` II VVT `I53 IIyIJJ\JI Sixmonths passed. The miners were "one day using dynamite to remove the rock. `After the explosion Jack was found . lying on the ground, crushed by the weight of a huge bowlder. Tenderly they bore him to the hillside. They thought him dead. The -blood oozed down _his pallid face. His eyes were closed. As they stood about him the eyelids raised.` and a smile spread over his features, fol- lowed quickly by a terrible look of pain. His lips quivered, and, bending low. his. comrades heard a murmur of words. 1 1411-41,- -I I,,4, _._L ,,,-L;_._ In _,_\ - ran: are me nexus}; the sp;_sag with thuwqot 3 perfnmedregth ot]the;moad_o'wI . ' `Drank us: His: inmiin vnnnav (Inna when-a thl \I\lIJ.lLCI\l`I LI"CCL\ IE JJIIJLILIICJ `PI " \ILIIn Mother, I have not forgotten," was what he said, and -then, in. long drawn. suffering sounds followed the words, Our Fathar`-which art "in heaven--`hallowed be thy name--thy will-be-do'ne3-on- A earth---a.s"- Andthen. though the `lips continued-to move, no sound was audible. Those who `watched knew. however. that the prayer was nished. 'Ln nuns n A-nr\ n`AL-Ar` l-`an 5.`-n{nn:" lhangnnymgnetrjo qbhnqajin gs might ~ 1~~3i_;1ed:.thp;` A ;"-gideaolate eigrthand held it hate. 1 `1g_3glq9my_`- {veg w`ande1*ed`everywlIp1o ~` ; Ajjnotphdupxnonsterh. lqfvm 61' ailright. ` . `j .1n_i vast. ixnpen ent_ral5l'ednight- . d 1'l1y,Bge'dan_d loved, di'e'adi_ng_n0 future cure Un'ti1_,,heir Iaonlsd were `_red to" strange despair {hen-God. to dazzle them. created light. Broping, like them through sin and ennui : cl nnm , _ I71; `;`;m.v . . To haunt me on , _v--.-- -v--_- -__. _. th thdsplendors of thine eyes!- -Francis 8. Saltus in Connecticut llaggzine. IUVVIV wunu, \l\IIl UAIJA-Iaiocl-r vuvvxno Jack took his. place in. the mines and performed his share at the labor. His comrades gradually came to respect the man who, evidently unaccustomed to the -life they led, yet adapted himself: to the - conditions as they knew them. Time and time again they sought to assist him, but V he would not permit it. Neither did he talk of _ himself. Once they happened to hear him refer to Chicago, and it was un- derstood it was his former hgme: Qir 'mnnf.hn -named l`im miner-n wm-A VII\O _tll. IRJ V5 V1 law nnnnnunnvuo The eyes again closed, the stained; I bruised lips smi1ed-Gentleman Jack was dead. Who he was his comrades did ` not know. But somewhere awvaibixxg mother may understand as she [x"ieads.- ; Chicago Journal. A The Dark Explained. A gentleman had left his dog at his sis- ter's while abroad for a fewmonths, and ` on his return the animal was so excited that he was not surprised `to hear him barking in the night. The barking was so persistent that the ownerput. on his dressing gown to go down stairs and pat Rover on_the head to soothe him; He was no sooner in bed again than-. the. noise re- commenced. So he made another journey to point out, with some asperity, that the-` repetition of the oense would can down serious consequences,-upon the delinquent. rHe was just dozing: when the barking started more furiously than ev_er,- and con- tinued until he made a third journeywith the walking stick. GAAII n.n `kn 1111:!-11*-`sauna Inn:-I-tn. Anna \-I I-Il.O\4Jl\-IJ o In west Africa there was an. illustrious ` king, Kemrasi by name, of the Wanyoro \ tribe. He sent 011 an expedition provided 1 with 600 majembe, a kind of iron spade ` money. The expenditure of 2 majembe per diem would provide for the expedition. I With them was carried 5 magic horn. i which protected them frdln danger. I`:-uh` nnvu-an` A C-damn IIII~\`n`\nn nus:-vi-`stun ` VV IIAUAA ybvvvvuvu IIAAVAAA LL\IluI-I usuuavso East central Africa furnishes another form of spade or hoe money made of ham mered iron. _ This is made and used by the Bari tribe, who trade with peo- ` ple from the interior. This hoe is of no practical use, except as a portable form of exchange, after barter being converted into weapons and ornaments. _At Urua, central Africa, is another form of cur- rency in the shape of a at cruciform in- got 0! copper, 9% inches in length. Q-\l\s\1I.`1\10vIlul` an 411:0-Aunt: `on rear; mnnn av" V` V`-'l't'V-3 V/1 --w---m nu ma "-- - Spears-formed a currency in use near Stanley Falls as recently as 1895. The iron spear is very well made. `In the shaft is an ornament. The whole thing is.5 feet ` 5 inches in length and could well be used * as a weapon. It is a recognized cup-ency t at Lower Loma.mu.. A smaller object is J from the same district, of agraceful shape, but of no use except as money.-Good Words. Q ~ "II? VVTIXLIJ. HULIIXO 1 Soon after, the disturbance began once more. Fortunately the gentleman was too eleepyto get up again, and at last he went off toaleep, vowing toeeli the dog next day. When the morning came, how- ever, hia sister hoped that he had not been roused by the barking ot-her new. parrot! It wasalways -imitating the dogma night. ahesaid. . b ~ ' PQTKUIIIFSU Url UK _llll_RlVIUUWIp s ' lresh as the bren mossy_ dens i where the gorse 1lares.its.torches9f`gold; ' ` Winter has~g _oue. from` the earth` and returned .. to the kingdomof shadows; . Feelings rush out from 3113 heart. mm to frozen streams lusuu: their hold, Ashort Story `or u Mining cump In ` Nevad." ' ' A Korean school children have a hard ` time. In the rst place, their punishments dlifer from those of other youngsters. When 1:." child deserves ohastisement; the white robed schoolmaster whips Iahocftend- or on the'calvea"of `the `legs, thowictim, standing,` or rather hopping, while the operation. is in progress. Lessons are taught from The Book of he Thousand. tVI........mI-.-..... , `Ln a|`nI`1Ihn n`1`ua`oInnn `-`qt; IIKIIIBIJII LI-\IlLl &LJV Hill `II UIIC Lllyfil-I`. . Ohnracters,_ the children studying the Koreanrtongue through" the medium ef Chinese. ~Sohola.re; must first learn the- Ohineee characters end then the Korean meaning of these characters. The master sits onthe ground,eh1solese around him. .1`heya.r`e obliged to remove their shoes on `entering the sohoolroom. ` Everybody in Slam chews the beta) nut, with, the result that the teeth beoo:me`a=. bright black like tzhat of patent leather.-! boots. White teeth are considered as re- % pulsive as black teeth arewith us, and de-- eay is. unknown emogebetel chewers. A un\4v1u\' nnn A. .#LA 1515 In -nu..u&.__L. W.` 53' ICIJKIIUVV ll I.IJnI\IcIU6 IIVUQI vuvulu ' Another effect of the habit 1s,conatant- spitting, which covers all the oors and: streets of the country withndark red.st_a_.1nm reseznbllng sp1a snes:40'1blo_od.A" ' 'Ohildreri.bom 6: mduiirlizziaer so years; old do not ha.ve;a.s.good aohanoe of healthy- )!1'1_s|;ljor;1.of mothers over 30. ~ "1`he'.j,'ain `mus bu`c1}:jus Van,'d.unjun,. -`buts the (utter nearlydwayo havesha fon- - mog`.n_-nnhtolln.--!l`ow1_: Tonia. ` 0 tiara on the Children`. 'l`i_:'e' Betel Nut In Stun. GENTLEMAN JACK. Yet as 1 stead in the light of the aim arid-in ' gladness rejoice ` A Deep in my heart; [there er1ses_a_ restlees. dissatised voice-_- "Life e hopes are never" fullled: there is al- ways left something to long for!" _ -L1lian Eleanor Burlqw in Madame. African Curl-en'cy. vuL~%em.e. ;,.:.1 "'i&."'m"&2;""J$ti."e}' 3} }Ie'"msn' "Sp of Bull, died recently at the ago 0119?}; "years. She celebrated the `jubilee of King George II with her great`-grandmother,` who was born in Queen Anne's reign. Their two lives spanned nearly the whole. of the eighteenth `and `nineteenth centuries.` Miss M. S. Shepherd 0! `Bryan is the only women in Texas and one of the very few in the United States who is entitled to be addressed as`CQlonel. She was recently appointed colonel on thesta of General Oabell of the United Confederate veterans. Miss Shepherd is a native of Texas, was educated in Nashville and holds an` M. A. degree from the university of that city. II ._'__ (1 `H HML _I__ I___ .t-__L 23-3 2-. .. ...........,.. ...........,...... Miss Ghr1stineBrad1ey, dqughter of the governor of. Kentucky, who christened the- battlesl_1ip- Kentucky: andwho is still in: her teens, is studying lawdunder her ta- ther s direction and; hopes when his term expires to become hielaw partner. ` `Ill-.. t`I_A.1___.I...- 11'. n1--LA.l.. -1 0-1..-nkna WlQ\I$ vv nryvv--w ---r- Miss Catharine M: T::'t't12'5-6I>iumbus, 0., has presented to: Harvard college the- sum of 380,000. to found scholarships for worthy students, 1n'me1'noryof her uncles, Joseph Medbery, `late of Rochester, and Sylvester Medbery, lateof Columbus. `ll ..- 1s1..._'_L' _.-4.1..._ -1 cl... `I...I..I..... .0 "\lL\lVIJ \J `Li ' Miss Anna Danbridge Mitchell, asour ` em girl, who recently` made her debut in ; New York society, iswa grandda.ug.hte1-`ol ; Betty `Washington Lewis, sister" of our i `first president and also a greatzfgrandnieoe of Martha. Washington, ' 1:1,- I'IL.4.I_Ll_ - n__J1-_ ' .:.....La.... .1 LL . _"11_r. S.-'B"._Soott, who has just, died in Chicago, had been a resldentof that city since 1826. The Scotts were one of the leading families in the early days of Chi- cago and were intimate friends of John Wentwru'th;'the first mayor of Chicafgo. Mrs. Scott remembered the building of the rst permanent business blocks along State street and could tell interesting `anecdotes -about old Fort Dearborn and its trnsforlnation into the city of Chi- nnrnn . It is said that Count Custel1ane s fad is to buy chateaux. It is a. fad that is likely to become expensive if carried to excess.-- Indianapolis News. 'D_-LL-_ I'I"_`I______ _11-.___ `I\__Ll_ __ - AI. If it is not lezo majesty, some one might suggest to King Humbert that his style of mustache it not qelculated tolstrengthen the bond between Italy and friendly. na- tions.`--Chicago Times-Herald. 15-1.1. 0I-_-1.-.. I'I___ ___J (N . _ _ ; -_ 1' ,3 ,_ Saying thus.. he looked down at the i two objects between which choice had ; to -be made. p This" -was a .nian,Ia brown "skinned man `of the upper Asian \ steppes. He lay prone" upon the desert sand. his eyes, unseeing~,eyes. wide. open, motionless save `for an occasional twitching of the limbs as the fever shiver shook him; silent. except when - his parched lips moved in the inarticu- latemutter of delirium. The professor's gaze did not linger upon this piteous gure. It traveled to .that"-two loads of clay tablets, evidently of ex- treme antiquity and closely covered with a strange cuneiform character, which had just been `carefully strapped by his companion to the backs of` two` kneeling "camels. T` ' v ' ' LLC1--_... _.- ....- _--- man`.-AAA 64-. Crown Don Carlos seems to have made the val- uable discovery that he can keep on pre- tending just as well without making 3 big noise over it. If. the Bonaparte and in Orleans young men will takeenotioe, the L world will be duly gratefuL-P1ttsburg' ; Dispatch. ~~ ' n__;-x_-13:11 i'\_.1.I _-_.... .'11-._;._x.. 11-: V :....`,._-v_ Captai-n `Bill Dodd says "Captain Bob `Goad cannot be beat for popularity in the L board getsa kiss and a- big yellow orange. upper river. He buys 30 baked rabbits ev-' erytrip and feeds them to the dogs belong- 1 ing to the farmers. Every little girl on 1 -Nashville Banner. I . The formatlgnof. afoaxn on- v ablethe lndlvjdual dealers comprising it E to bury the hatchet.-`-Boston Globe. ` An'.L-__..L - Ln;-1.'_-- , 1. IIU IJHU IRE GU \.IIwavv,u, ;:.na., vvuun `ma young men: and carried o the that `ho; or_s. Four` of the young men faed topaau. .nu__ (1 ______ __ -1 r\..1........ .--..a cu-nan-|eI\$ UL_Du SVUL WI In-Iv Jvuua oouvuu -u---vu g. 'p...-. "The Countess of Orkney was recently hurt by being thrown from her horse while hunting. The countess was better known before her marriage as Connie Gilchrist of the Gayety, the model for Whist1er I~ Golden Girl." ` - e . .- --nu u I` , ;-__LI_ _The Hon. Bump Showers of Ohio must be a rainmaker or there is nothing in a name.-Memphis Commercial Appeal. .rn`|__ '_____-_.4. .1- _-_1_ ;_L-;_ 1'7:_~u.__. 1- L- 1.- --v---3...-.. `a-'.._._.v- -1-... --rrv---. V `The re orb is out that Kipling is to be raised-to_ the peerage. Would it not be as well rst to raise the peerage to Kipling? --Detroit Journal. .__. _._y.._-`. f--- Brother .T{1zzSe follows Brother Ab- bott to the'sanotum of the editor. Whether they have a. call or not doesn t matter. They will reach more peop1e.-C1ncinnat1 Tribune. It Admiral Dewey needs a rest, the gov- ernment might send him as a delegate to the czar s peace conference. He contributed materially to the disarmament of Spain.--- Indianapolis Journal. A K`- A _I_...l.._I "T.l___.I _ _ . _ __._I 1'.l-__A_-_.-__A. So Admiral Higginson and Lieutenant Ward decline promotion which comes at the expense of others. There is, then, such a thing in the world as practical al- trui_exn.-Boston_ Globe. `(It is a question." Prof<.esaor%Ki;-`kn-_' hotter said. quietly. between tins g-nd_ that. " - A ,.u,, u u,,_I;-3 s____ .1. 4.1.-