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 '*f.-i^ and d^iL!^' '^^'" There en out 5^ ' It 18 the gaidj' andweleseiijAn give 1M loma^J nveraation. ^e rubies hag""noi, given of her by 1 ring than that s, [th wiadom, and kindness. He Once Loved i le of It. higlily scented pii follows, " Darlij, whom you once Ioyi home (and alone) ;emoon. Yonrs itill lives?" mntterl lissivewasaddrei ;nize herhandwritj 1 like Johnny Gilf. t hroii gh the interrd^ 2nt, he reached il Had he not done f ale to telL Cla ve in the room i ' was the rather diil lialogue. " Yon i point of setting outi ise my outdoor cl me V nkl ever forget x'i :an those eyes, tij Fusion. No, Ethel I am as ready to l| ever I was." inically exclaimed i "continued the veil iiember â€" " ;rything, everythisi lat lovely moonlitei yleâ€" all, all. Andh at you should be rJ hat I -would be yJ a has that wetcS gone to his acconi 1 hreathe once ml rl behind the foUl jthe wind m the ci ated, " will yoa I L\ ever I am yoo-l [ichantress. I lent lover was onl he had clMfedJ ftcoat. OnlyfKJ [owever, didtte* leeze convince« J dummy. whicM c found containeoi Tly primed for thel I swell into V^l edbythecachip»f ten practical Jo" fguery. Jther matters, thj len were never »« lkefor«c««P« (ions. 'Tb^' 1057. ^^^"â- It 'lO chUdrensM • 500,000 memj shaveamemf al receipts » J They *«^ peculiar «^^ loutWestK" |ft^Sk»H lthish,q ;ely-^ ..II t^f»» toney EGYPT. ,. Control of The Oonntay Almost ^, UKELI SOOK POSSESS ili ,rr«J«««« i^lmont riidiss»l»e€lâ€" Sir ail Stanleyâ€" Tlte •""wfcJP " ttovcrnment. wrtiug on a recent date Aoef'^^pt, thus refers to the^re ^JEb^I'-^*^^ land of the Pha bilities of its shortly be â€" What is to be country. groaned which under irids'h possession " oftbis unhappy tbousan-1^ O^^^very^hand one hears i'^Zlii of both poUtical parties ^rl expression of satisfaction °^ -sbf statesmen are here I saw Mr. Joseph other members of ivlly surveying the iii"Wii^uili"t7of its becoming an Eng- Bntisii at KanuiL caused by the Persian JUST LIES OTHER HUBBAKD8. Mr. j the pro' " ssessio"' in the situation .rlain and tv/o • philosop'-n r«a*" ' tuen)i «. In a year or two a -â- "'"'°. ofdf'cctorsof tile Suez Canal f«f p,„,,.h .-'cnius and enterpriseâ€" t t-.f. in putting it absolutely â- ^ 1, Ivn-.V, I iiavetalked wlthmany â- 'f„t;,;,r. the past two months, ?^'"!vd 'cl^nd ui^versally believed " £!â-  of the hold upon Egypt. .|;2elu demand that we keep Egypt r"°t^d!i'^uilTose is not yet published ' " 1,1 â- â-  ••â-  When are you going out of -*; 'li'telv inMuires the French Govei-H- "'" ju.;- soon as Egypt is strong "unDiot â- . and maintain her rights, ' 1 l^ni.-:'i^'uiy- with English opin- ""hind i.'-:V Of course, that day may 'â-  but iK.t tliis century. Last month i rttlvn foring made very quietly and t^^-:itentatimu a fip to the Eirst Cat- Sightseeing assuredly did not require ,top l)etwceii fifty and sixty times to Tiew Government officials and village n'ehour has not yet struck for the formal rimation of British possession. V\ hen t^ceis engaged in a death struggle with Intany.wll it then come ';I find it general- ^yieved. But suppose Kussia and France B emerge victors' [• .eenis to me one must te almost poiiti- ailv blind if lie docs not see the trend of i'land's ambition and aims on the African â- ineiit. She means to obtain control or ie*sion of East Africa from the Suez Can- :t, the Cape of Cood Hope. The war -n the Zulus, tl'.c war with the Transvaal r- !ilic. the eonst.i'.it push apward of Brit- -nliueiice from the Cape, the war in the â- ;kn. the bombardment of Alexandria, i/ wfsent disputes and complications with Pr:j:al have all been ))Ut incidents in one intent purpose. I am assured upon ex- t^'iincly good authoi-ity that Mr. Stanley's e'litioiCostensib' V f.r the rescue of Emin liiAi. liad in reality «;uite other objects :i;i those so earcfidly published to the :M. Possibly the leward he will receive :. rtturning t Kugland may indicate in M service he has been engaged, lithe potency for good of English control i iaiiucnce I have no doubt whatever. râ„¢ the wreck and ruhi of the past she can vie founilatioiis of a new order, of a new :::amlEg)pt ncL'ds it. If there be a sadder .3! than lier crumbling pj-ramids and :.:.-:d tombs, it is the i)eople, out of whom ;:::;ts()f ii)»piessio]iliave cruslieil allenter- â-  .. iiir.bitiou, asjiiration. "It shall be the ,-;" kingdom;."" thundered tiie Hebrew lift, aud tile 'rophcsy is fulfilled. Yet s narrow valley gave birth to civilization, 1 "'ae ancestors of these beggars were per- is i'liests and kings when ours were savage i^'t 'Iwellers or luilf-naked canniljals. I IX of the first steps that England ought â-  '.ke wlien she ha=! the j)ower should be t- total alxditioii (;f the lash, unless it be I".- .psnishinent fur crime. For all I can the right to use the lash exists l^":- every petty otiicial or private attend- 'â- â- ' a Kurcjpeaii. The other day, roam- l-:jlxiut the grand temple at Karnac, I |w,idragn-inan belonging to Mr. Chamber- "party,armed vvitii a hippopotamus raw- •' striking most criially some Arab child- ^iio happened to get, innocently Ip'-jii, in front of a view which a lady "^-'ed to sketch. In England or America ' would have been first ordered out of â-  way; here the man sprang at them as â- jtt leaps on IrN prey. It is everywhere ssiiiie story. I tiave -seen more blows I' sdurhigthree weeks in upperEgyptthan I"^yutvein allmy!-,fe:thati3, puttingaslde I :-'.;yyouthfulex!ic'iences. Taxeshave for -aimeheenextortedbv thelash, although lj?:;'7P."Witly claimed that the custom has I f " *^'ished since the English occupation. I '^ted an English -eiitleman in charge of a lrrp\f '"" district if the fellaheen were ,: 'â„¢'^}o 'is flogged when the taxes were ,;;;â-  â- ' W ell, oceaioiially, "' he replied, "but ^^oopenly asfonncrlv. I don't think one v,m -^ ""otit it sometimes. "What are •""bWngtodow ^_^ I suggested Isj-i"'!,"'*/" "" ^^'""" ""'-• ninst getthe money l^.?^"*??^' v..n"t pay- lii; '^e found so; "'l!f f"'-^ eliectivc as the whip, but C i}" ""' "'^^ more speedy method ' iilefe'Vi ' r^'ill^S^ i" Egypt." iapa "• " '"' n**^ °^ torttire m I ^ouKv ' r ' 'f'V ^^" "*JS*^*y ^*'=^^^*- " P-weaien' f "•" ' ^^"1" " any near im- T:f(. " "I "'-ient cust-otns if such views 'B T F " 'f^" '"S'l*"*! ^^*s another t..ji ' ^-gypt tluin to make sure of her "â- ifopDrp, "^^^ '" ^â- '"' '-loney she has lent I isi 1, â- â- â€¢ ^^o^v s!ie will meet that duty iitcre' °PP°'^^""ity is a question of the ^^^^^.'^0131 Back oj the Past. "â- ^"chri^^'"-^^^^ ' °ne of new relations. 'â- 'inew l!!ll' himself a '-new creature," new hop( '63, new prospects, new rela- "'stioalHtf"'^^'^^"' "'"'da new destiny. 5^'^- iW r!°"' "'â- - "'-« l«ck upon the ^.i from f *-"'"'"'lvs of the Christian of the ol 1 ^^^^"I'less of this. A gocd ^^ l)eho, "â- ^^ture survives in the new. IS*W in '.! T "°^y half convertedâ€" ^»^ Ce r:-' "°* '" *h« '^^' iJ?^ess „^,'"^^^'ons prove a source of I -«fW«»^* produce a divided life. rl*-bnt!r' was told to quit Sodom, 1^5 fated .,^ "^r^^ "" her real interst was frZ T^,^" =iiid in the very act of ' »a6 W »?"'"'"' she looked backâ€" Kemember Lot's wife." 5»ture h^^ .^aianp,« • 7 arranged matterB-so iliiiaself ^^^^^- P^* ^is .wa back kve I sapoalB Mr. Bovwr ia alao like other hnafa^ads in regard to honaehold expenses, and as it comes natural to them they cannot help it. When the cook is in want of grocer- ies or proTisions she makes onta lutand hands it to me and it is my painf u duty to iMnd the same to Mr. Bowser, x always wait until he has his hat and coat on and is ready to go and then I try to carelessly ob- serve "Oh, by the way) the cook gave me a list of three or four articles wanted in the kit- chen. " "What Didn't I send up a list of things a yard long only two days ago?" " It was last Saturday, my dear." " Well, what is it now?" "Just three pounds of cut-loaf sugar,five pounds of granulated, a bottle of blueing, some stove polish, two pounds of co£Fee, a pound â€" " "Good lands but why don't you ask me to buy out the whole earth?" "Mr, Bowser, we must have those things to use or cook with. You want something to eat, don'fyon?" "Something to eat? We are always eating We do nothing but buy and eat? There is more stuff used up in tlus house than would feed five ordinary families?" "I try to be as saving as I can." "Oh, yes All you women try to be saving, but you don't know no more what is going on in your kitohen than a Sandwich Islander. I got stove polish day before yesterday. " "No, dear." " But I am sure of it." " You got it the same day you got the rat trap, and at the same place. That was the day we sent mother a book, and I put the date down. It was just three weeks ago." " Well, give me the bill. I can't stand and arrgue all day, but I ^ant to tell you that this extravngance has got to stop. We can't afford it." The above is a fair sample of the gauntlet I have to run about three times per week, but there are variations. For instance, the cook tells me during the afternoon that the flour is out. I have two hours in which to work. up my nerve to inform Mr. "Bowser. He comes home particularly good natured, and after dancing the baby about says to me " I made $500 on a deal this morning as easy as throwing my hand over. " " That's nice.^' He was so lovely and good natured during dinner that I told the cook to add a brush- broom and two pie tins to her list. As Mr. j Bowser was ready to go I said "Will you take this list "along so that we can have some of the things for supper " "List List of what " he asked, his smile vanishing in a second "Of a few things. The flour is out." "Wâ€" what?" "The flour is out." "Mrs. Bowser, you don't mean to tell me that that barrel of flour is all gone " "All gone." " "But I got it only six weeks ago If it's gone, then half of it has been stolen " "You got it just five months ago, Mr. Bowser. The date is written on the cover in pencil." "And we've used a barrel in five months What have you been doing that you haven't seen the girl carrying it out of the house every time she went home " "The girl hasn't carried an ounce of it away. We have been extra saving to make it last as long as we have. We are also out of potatoes. ' "Po-potatoes " "Yes." "Why, it wasn't three days ago that I got five bushels Mrs. Bowser, it is evident to me that there is extravagance and waste from garret to cellar, and unless you do something to check it, I shall proceed to take heroic measures. It's a wonder we are not all in the poorhouse." And he jammed his hat on his head and walked oflf without a good-bye, but to stop and send the articles home and return to good nature by supper time. When the gas bill or the water rate comes in I hold them back as long as possible, knowing just what sort of performance I will have to go through. I never hand them to him direct, but leave them where he m.ust find them. He picks up the water rate, utters a "humph " and turns on me with "Mrs. Bowser, here is some more ol your extravagance. " "What " "Here's a quarterly bill from the water office of $3. You've probably had three or four fauc3ts running for a month or so. "Oh, no, dear." ,, "Then the cook has â€" ^has â€" "Oh, no. I'm sure the cook never car- ried any of our water home in any of her bundles. And besides, you are assessed by the year, and it doesn't make any difference about the waste." ,. v i„ "Well I'll overlook it this time, but De more careful in the future. What a this "The gas biU." "The thunderation Seven Seven dollars for gas burned m house in December Mrs. Bowser, we nnght as well cease to exist right here Such extravagance is unheard of !^ "But how am I to blame? "If not, who is? This house is m your "'^^f^s but I haven't any particulax gas burner set aside for my sole use. how much is burned each night. " Then the cook isâ€" iaâ€" " She bums oiL" " WeU, I'll never pay itâ€" never more nor less than highway «'J«»7- .. „ " But we had lots of comply last month. "Makes no difference. H « ^^^^ opened two or three burners »d let^e^ el^pe then the company is trying to rob me, and 101 give 'em fits. I'U go m this aft«r_ noonandStisethehaironsomeoftheirheads! ' ' Don't be rash, Mr. Bowser. " Rash ' I'U rasher that chap at the third wind^ • It'sa put up job to beat me out 'llSr.lo^l^startedoff^t^t^kn^ andSfin his eyes, and he entered the gas "^^ H^w'fomes it that my g«. biU for Dec- ^°i^lSn1m^'aBd^rtday.,yo«know. Always the lar«at i»T^°^,«««»ble Cbttmg • ffitoih on a Fydum. It was dnri jg tli3 cold weather, whem ffcw ace-SMEwUh ar«lwaTtiiipd,-thM this adyent»rehA|^aDed had it been in the hot weatiier, vnin flnakes are lively, the â- t misht h ^e had a different ending. Gen. Ms .tyre and hia party went one day to exa. me a hole or crevice under a rock where it waa suspected a python lay hidden, and sure enough it was there, for they could see a bit of me tail end protrud- ing from the hole. They let it alone at first, thinking tiiat, when the sun shone, it might come forth to bask in its warmth. In this, however, they were disappointed, for on the following day the snake was not to be seen but, on closer examination, the j tail was found sticking out as before. Ya- 1 rious efforts were made to dislodge it. A fire j was lit in front and the smoke fanned in- j ward, but this had no effect. The earth was ' even scraped a^ay and the hole widened, I when they could see the coils of the mon- 1 ster as tluck as a man's thigh but except that their operations were occasionally in- 1 terrupted by the startling presence of the ' creature's head, which it occasionally poked toward the entrance, darting out its little forked tougue, it gave small signs of animation. They had even determined to try to draw it. We all three, therefore, proceeded â€" somewhat nervously, I must own â€" to lay hold of its tail. To this famili- arity it showed its objection by a de- cided inclination to wag its caudal extremity, which had such an electrical effect on our nerves that we dropped it like a hot potato, and â€" what shall I call it â€" retired. A shot would in all probability have induced the snake to quit its refuge, but then the shot must have torn and disfigured its beautiful skin, which the General wished to secure uninjured as a specimen. In the meantime more efficient tools for digging had been sent for, and these now arrived, borne upon an elephant. i A bright idea now struck the party â€" they might draw the snake out with the elephant Stimgili of Bfliigion. The Bev. Dr. Heber Newton preadied lepoitl^one.of theoldtime quiet, thooght- tion to hear him. " In the Cathedral of Ccqtenhagen," he â- aid, " there is one of the noblest heads of Christ which the thought of man has cour coved and the hand ol man has executed. It is wdl nigh an ideal of mingled stroigth and sweetness. Christianity, as every one recognizes, bas been the embodiment of pity, ctnnpassion, charity. As every one "does not recognize, however, it has always been, potentially at least, the embodiment of the opposite qualities of manly strengthfnlness, courage, truthfulness, purity, justice. " In the earliest conception of Jesus which we find in the catacimibs, wherein the noUest type of manly beauty which Greek art had used as the images of Apollo and Orpheus were transferred to Jesus. The physical vitality of Jesus is seen in the vir- tue which went out of him, healing sickness. In proportion as a man's bodily organism is vital and healthful, pure and in perfect order, he is a battery of healing power, about which our medical science has as yet little to say, because medical science is still in its infancy. The religion of Jesus Christ calls a man to the care of bis body, to the recogriyion of health as a duty, as a great trust from the Almighty, â-  "Just because He has come to be the world's ideal of goodness that world has for- gotten the intellectual strength back of the moral character. The wonder about Jesus His teachings is that, accepting as His in raw material the ideas and ideals, the thoughts and aspirations that were floating about in the minds of men. He disengaged each truth from its error, liberated the ore from the dross, fashioned it into such beauti- ful form, stamped it with the imprint of His own mind and sent it forth to humanity in imperishable form. "This peasant carpenter throws forth in His words in exquisitely crystallized forins these antitheses which have through these Sufficient rope for the purpose was loosened _^, ^.„ from the elephant's pad, and this rope, about eighteen centuries startled men and stiU the thickness of a man's thumb, was hitehed startle us by their paradoxes. In the culture around the pytlion's tail, its remaining of character through generation after genera- length brought up agam to the pad and tion the greatest teachers of His people had fastened there, thus doubling its strength, been leading them along one Ime. To grow Now came the tug-of-war A sudden jerk might have torn fli« skin the mahout was therefore warned to put on the strain gradu- ally. Little did we know what a tough and obstinate customer we had to deal with. Tighter and tighter grew the ropes, when "crack" went one of them. Still the strain was increased, when "crack" â€" the other had snapped also, leaving the snake in statu- quo. The snake was finally dislodged by coim- ter mining, and killed with a charge of buck- shot. When measured it was found to be twenty-one feet in length and about two feet in girth. into saints, the true children of God, they must submit themselves to a systematic dis- cipline from without. "He threw man in upon the law making power in his own soul. He gave man a principle and let it work out a method. He gave man a love of the good and let it shape the culture of goodness. "Many of the parables of Jesus are gems of the purest water. Some of them are cam- eos, clear cut, exquisitely chiselled pictures, in which every touch tells, from which not a word can be spared. " Think of a carpenter from the little hamlet of Nazareth, that provincial district, standing entirely by himself, departing from i the traditions of his father, venturing to " think for himself, to refashion his own thought of GU)d, his own thought of the human ideal, departing utterly from the ways of teaching of the authorities of the land, instituting a revolution in theology, in morals aud in religious teaching â€" think of this and ask yourselves whether our poet laureate is not right in saying ' strong Son of God.' " As in body and in mind, so in soul. His dominant characteristic is strengthfulness. His was a character not only of sweetness and beauty, but of power. " And what an audacioijs plan this plan of Jesus was It is a peasant carpenter of a provincial hamlet who conceives of freeing from a national religion a universal religion, of sublimating the mixture of moral teach- ings of his land into pure ethics, and distilling How Shoes Are Measured. Very few shoe wearers probably know that a size in shoes is only oncrthird of an inch in length. This doesn't seem much, and yet to many women it is a momentous affair. Two inches in a waist or bust measurement are not as apparent as one- third of an inch in the foot, for in the latter it is direct or lineal increase. The distaste for increasing the size of our shoes becomes more pronounced as we ascend the scale of the size stick. A woman who has habitually worn a No 3 shoe, when neces- sity demands, can don a 3^ without great sacrifice she stiU retains the integral num- ber 3 which in some ineasure compensates her for the added fraction but a new in- teger, No, 4, is distasteful by reason of its _^ formidable sound. If shoes, like hats, could from the speculations of the rabbins essential be graded by eighths of an inch, she could theology, of crystalizing this theology in a ke refuge in a 3| shoe and yet be compar- f Qn^^ which would be pure principle, capable vcly happy. From No. 4^ to No. 5 is a of universal application, of founding a system still greater trial to feminine nerves, and in which should become world wide, or giving â€" ^Wâ€" â- â€" â€" â€" ^»iâ€" â€" 1^â€" J^â€"â€" i»^ Latest From Europe The Gennan Beiobgtagâ€" fke Osai's Idfii Again Tbieataned The Gamaa War in £ait A£aeatr8ii' EdiRB' Aioold in The Government has decided to open tb» business of the Reichstag with the projects prepared by the Coimcil of State, the fore- most of which are bills r^pilating work on Sunday and restricting the hours of labor of women and children. The more ocHnplex measures, relating to the hours of the male adults' and minors' work day, will be re served until the Autumn session. Simul* taneously with the presentation of social measures, increased army and colonial credits will be demanded. There will als* be presented a bill aiming to ctmtrol strikes and an anti-Anarchist measure designed to replace the anti-SociaUst law. A letter is said to have been shown to thai Czar by the Chief of Police at Moscow, warn- ing him that at an early date, the Czar, the Czarina and the Czarewiteh will meet certain death and that no power on earth can avert their doom. It is asserted among the Nihilists in London, Berlin and Paris that on the same date, the anniversary of the murder of the Emperor AlexanderJI. will be celebnb* ted by am attempt to assassinate Alexander in. The German war in East Africa is increas- ing in its proportions. Eighteen mountain guns, 1,500 rifles and a flotilla of river boats are to be sent out to Imperial Commissioner Wissmann at the end of March. These preparations are on a grander scale than would be necessary for the subjection of a local chieftain like Buanaheri, against whom active operations are just now directed, without waiting for the additional supplies. The belief is growing that an expedition into the heart of Africa â€" an invasion â€" is intended. Suspicions to this effect arouse British jealousy and cause much friction between the "spheres" of Grerman and British iufluence. The relations of the two powers in East Africa are strained. Sir Edwin Arnold's delightful letters from Japan to the "Telegraph," of which The is editor, have created a boom in Japanese travel, and many English people are journey- ing thither this spring. Arnold, as all who read his letters know, is fascinated with Japan and its people, but few of his friends would care to believe that he would give up Europe for Cathay. Nevertheless, an attache of the "Telegraph" informs me that it is believed in that office that Arnold will take up his residence and spend the rest of his days in Japan. "Sir Edwin," said my informant, " is an Orientalist by disposition and temperament, and the hurly-burly of the practical world has always jarred upon his sensitive organi- zation. He is a man of the gentlest charac- ter. I never heard him use a harsh or dis- courteous word. He is polite to a crossing sweeper or a cabman. He would be court- eous to a woman who annoyed him. in the street. In Japan he has found the exact environment he has always craved, and we very much fear that he will not return to Europe." the realm of 6s â€" well, few women speak of the size to any one else but the dealer. The size-stick, except for custom work, is not often brought out in the retail shoe store. It is r. dangerous thing in the hands of a tyro salesman, and would defeat many a sale. With the expert salesman it can be made a powerful little ally in selling shoes to cred- ulous folk. He can skillfully place the size- stick where it will be mightier than either pen, sword, or kmgue in confuting prejudice and bringing peace of mind to a customer. A Smart Telegiapher. ITecsssity of a Good Garria^a- dollars this You see It's no to humanity the universal religion, up into which every religion should press. "And then with what magnificent will did He push out into perfected realization this great plan. Think again of the sheer strength involved in the use of His power. The wreck and ruin of the strongest men of earth is generally the result of their inability to master their own peculiar power. The real miracle of Jesus is that,- with such a sense of power, He never is blinded, never is j dazed, never for a moment iorgets Himself, 1 never for an instant allows this power to master Him, but always masters it and uses ' it, not for Himself, but for others, not for j lower aims, but for the highest aims." Women who wish to preserve the slim- j "1, ' " ness and contour of their figure must begin by A ^jBOJ ±iipiorer. learning to stand well. That is explained to One of the most intrepid explorers of the mean the throwing forward and upward of day is a Parisian lady. Madam le Ray, mother the chest, the flattening of the back with the of the Due d' Abrantes, who has been for shoulder blades held in their proper places, several months engaged in Eastern traveL and the definite curving in the small of the After having visited Babylon and Nineveh, back, thus throwing the whole weight of the ghg traversed the Peraian deserts, amid body upon the hips. No other women hold terrible privations, in order to reach India, themselves so well as the aristocratic English Yot five days and five nights her little cara- women. Much ot their beauty lies in their van had to encamp in the wilds without groud carriage, the delicate erectness of their meeting a living soul, or even discovering the gures and the fine poise of their heads. The slightest trace of a human being, aristocratic carriage is within the reach of During all this time the cold was so intense any girl who takes the pains to have it it is that Madame le Ray's fingers were frostbit- oidy the question of a few years of vigilance, ten, and her guides became seriously ilL never relaxing her watehfulness over herself She managed at last, to reach the Persian and, sitting or standing, always preserving Gulf, where she embarked for India. An her erectness and pose, the result being that account of her adventurous journey will be at the end of that time it has become second almost as interesting as that which will be nature to her, and she never afterwards loses given by M. Bonvalot and Prince Henri d' it. This in a great measure preserves the fi- Orleans vn their return from Thibet. gm-e, because it keeps the muscles firm and â-  « ' well strung, and prevents the sinkmg down "Where Genius Didn'tWork. of the flesl around the waist and hips, s. ^^^^ unadulterated common in wontien over thir^. and which is J P ^^^ F;^^ ^^.^ ^^^^^^^^ perfectly easy to escape. Another thmg to «""" f. ,. avoid is a bad habit of going upstairs, which The man wjjohastoaskhiawifejjr^ fare and tAa«SP«»"««»y *»»â-  m«itiier-in-law. most women do bent forward with the chest contracted, which, as well as an indolent, slouchy manner of walking, is mjunous the heart and lungs. to a wooden snow shovel several sizes too big for him. He pulled the bell in a business- like way and when she opened the door he said: "Are you a Christian?" "Ye-es" (in surprise). "And do you believe that honest, earnest endeavor should be rewarded " "Ye-es." Heretofore I've had a lai^e and lucrative He Achieved Greatness. ^^ ^±^°Vh^"i ^^^"bi practice in my profession, but this year the am nU engaf^d. When A marry elements are against me. I know there's no a peatman. Mn„,tedlv^ â€" " Well. I snow on the premises, but it's going to rain ^rs. Bâ„¢'*i^„4**°^^„8^uhowa iian this afternoon and rain har«E ^ow, I'll dunno. You «^t ^J^yi^^JJ^^LLT^j eome back and shovel rain off your sidewaU. "liiSSigoS^'fr^nLitosay^oraquarterifyouTlgivemeten cent» ad- iT^if^teSf^ever distinguished him-, vance money. \it^gpy Uncle Bnnoie nas e*«si u» â€" » "Yes, it's a go," she said, at she slammed the door in his face. "And they say that genius md tact win every time, he m^taa, as he shnfSed down theatoop. Brindle.-"WeU, 111 teU you vAat he did. I »ent hun down to the^store wi^ a I ribbon the other day and he matched it â€" iXip^ncott'a T^ jMBi who ia aWe tbixavel extoMwdy can genendly leam oioiltfHin •T-'toin.to Meeiden, Kan., March 2. â€" "I'm a slick un " Telegraph Operator Taylor heard these words addressed to him bv a stranger last night while he was receiving a message at the railway station.. He paid no attention to the remark until he completed the mes- sage, which read as follows "To the Sheriff: Hicks Cephart's bank at Valley Falls robbed this evening of $3000. Robber unknown. Description as follows: Blonde hair and mustache, light blue eyes,, five feet eleven, medium weight." The operator looked up and nearly lost his breath when he saw standing before him the man described in the despateh. He did not reveal the fact of the recognition, but merely agreed with the stranger that he was a"8lick 'im." The stranger asked where he could put up' for the night. The operator directed him to a hotel where the "slick *un" took a room, requesting to be called in the morning in time for the train. Police officers were notified by the operator of the stranger's arrival. They went to the hall and the stranger was called out of the room and air- rested. He attempted to get out his weapons but the officers were too quick and he waa shot dead. The coroner's jury ratumed a verdict exonerating the officers. The outlaw was searched and the atolen money recovered. Emin's Fall at Ba^;amoyo. Letters have arrived here from a mission- ary in Zanzibar giving some particulars about Emin Pasha's unhappy fall out of a window. The missionary describes the hearty reception of the two explorers in Bagamoyo. Emin Pasha was fuU of praise of the Catholic Mission in Africa, and gave expression to his gratitude at the banquet, which was also attended by five mission- aries, among whom were Fathers Girault, SchinZe and Etienne. After the banquet was over Emin said to Father Girault " I have this evening been brought quite out of my usual routine. For fifteen years I have not touched wine." Hereupon he left the table, not without promising Father Girault that he would spend the whole of the follow- ing day in the Catholic Mission at Bagamoyo. Emin then went into the next room, and thinking, as he was veiy shortsighted, that an opening in the wall was a door, he fell with great force on to a zinc-plated roof, and from there he rolled on to the ground. The height of his fall was sixteen feet. TheWi^ir ^t^viod Ear. " Do yon Ian \aai fat nqfwlf abme?" Bh4»!^^^ asked iioax*^. ' --^Wl "Tei,'VhenpliM: #BfNP^*IM»^' TroB Economy. "Wife â€" " GeOTge,! I have decided t* economize in our household expenaea." Hnabandâ€" " Thafa the gooid litfle wif^ always Idoking out^for my mterastfc Im vtrha*^i*iy, my d«Mr?" R .- Wifaâ€" *1 hamM Babettv^ao^i^^Md • «B|d i1^ two In L- ... ,lir*i:.Mi.: ..- Zli u:'J. 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