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\ v*" ' ^ - V » 'A* ^ / * t \ v itOsts Til taking roses home with me to-night; I Bed roses costing half my weekly pay; I Slley'U give my wife perhaps an hour's de» kindly sjfl^thy^fciflf fresh daffodils *viiere light Am! then •way..' she'll cast them carelessly I covery, apd sp, *• Itfy womanly j tried toijualshNfh'eiflrlfk last What fools we mortals!*! Iiong years >* •>*' ago " v" ;. •, - • tplucked, with careless hand, wHd roses ;.V'- *«d . ;;; - : And tossed them to a maid I used to know. To-day I found some rose leaves, faded, dead, -HM In a little comer where mywife ^ Keeps sundry treasures stored; a note or two; a.. A jroung man's photo; not, I trust, like "tc* • • life;' • 1 rV--j^ V*'; 'a toy; a trinket, and a baby's shdew I'm fifty now, and counted somewhat gruff; My figure's portly and my hair is gray. Bah! One would think that I was old enough To scorn the mad joy of a by-gone day. And yet I felt unreasoning delight To find those withered rose leaves lying , . • t h e r e ; ^And--well, Tm taking roses home " to- y \ night; " And all the time I( wondfer,-MWill she care?** *H'" --Ufe. THE DAFFODILS. IS had just moved into his new lodgings and had endeavored to make the bare, cheerless rooms a little more home-like, but, though the photographs were scattered about, his plperack nailed over the mantel shelf, surmounted by a neat and effective bor­ der of unpaid bills, sundry writs, and County Court notices, be was yet un­ satisfied with the general effect. Of course, there was a vast difference between the luxurious quarters In Mur­ ray Hill which he had just vacated and these small, stifling rooms, with their cheap horsehair furniture, but he was somewhat of a philosopher, and his motto was to go with the tide. This time, however, the current had been too strong, and he found himself at last stranded with a beggarly allow­ ance of a thousand a year, the last rem­ nant of the handsome fortune that had once been his. " The fault was entirely his own. He frankly admitted it, though most men would have laid the blame on the wom­ an who was the primary cause of it all; but be did not condemn her. He also had been to blame. She was poor, and he made love to her under false colors--had led her to believe he was a poor government clerk at a sal­ ary of $700 a year. His object at first had been purely of his own amusement, but she was not the kind of woman fit- led to be a man's plaything, and the game had ended in deadly earnest. Therefore, it was with some trepida­ tion that he had written confessing that which he had concealed from her, and asking her to marry him. He was scarcely prepared, however, for the curt reply that came: "I am going away to-day. Good-by." Mechanically he opened the drawer of the writing table by which "he stood. It was full of papers and little woman­ ly trifles, evidently the property of the former occupant of the room. Uncon­ sciously he commenced to read the paper in his hand--the writing was Wttrretl and irregular, as though writ­ ten by some one in ill-health: "Why do I think of you to-day? It seems as though you must be near, or is It because it i» springtime, and my room Is full of yellow daffodils? I am writing a letter to you, one that you will never receive--for all I know you may be dead or--even married. It does •ot seem so long since we met, though I know it is years ago. I wonder i£ you would be glad to know that to-day I am thinking of you--that out of the desolate gray comes a vague, sweet dream that brings you near to me. To­ morrow it will be winter again--winter in my heart--and | shall tear up this letter; but to-day the dreariness has faded. There is no touch of scorn to freeze my heart, no kisses cold as death to chill my Hps--no silence that aches round me with its worldless pain. * * • I hear the whisper of spring that br<eathes of hope, I feel the touch of clinging hands--your hair against my Cheek--whom I might not know were I to meet you now--do you doubt my love, that you let me go out of your life without a word or a sign that you cased--=-" Here the writing terminated abrupt­ ly. The reader stood as in a dream, •taring straight before him into the dingy street. Her handwriting! It was as though a ghost had risen to confront him. A knock at the door aroused him from his stupor, and the landlady bustled in with the tea tray; her quick eyes caught sight of the open drawer. "Good laws, 1 meant to clear that out, sir!" she exclaimed, "but the poor young lady being taken away so sudden like clean drove it out of my head." "Is--Is she dead?" he faltered. A deadly fear bad taken possession of him, his face paled to an ashen hue. **Lor\ no, leastways not yet," said the good woman, cheerfully. "I went to see her last week at the 'orspital, but the doctors don't give any hope of her gettin' better." As she spoke she swept the contents •f the drawer into her apron, and he winced at the sight--to him it seemed like desceration, and his hand closed convulsively on the letter he held. "Which hospital was she taken to?" lite asked, steadying bis voice with an "The one Just round In the square, •hf," answered the woman. Then, in hurried apology: "You'll be wantln' your tea, sir; you Ipok tired." As the door closed on her portly form be dropped his head in bis hands. **|Jo«d God!" he groaned, "a whole ^peek has passed; she may be dead!" >lt was visiting day at the hospital, the ward was bright with spring flow­ ers, and brighter faces lit up by that pathetic, wistful expectancy character­ istic of the sick. There was an eager bam of voices, too, hushed occasionally by an admonishing word from the Mur&e in charge. In the same ward, miled off by a curtained screen from fl|he other patients, a girl lay asleep. No erer came for her save the doc- a bowl of tirsd eyes could see them on awakening. The doctor gave no hope of the patient's re omanly pity, she days as happy as .possible. Before the after­ noon was half over a gentleman called and asked to see No. 20. "She is not ex­ pected to, live," said the nurse, study­ ing the t$)tit&.9£Kiou8 face before her. "Are you a fnend&/<£he has no rela­ tives, I tjiink." "Yes--4 friend^ Th^t Is, I knew her years ajfo," lie ^d'hefltatlngly. "Per­ haps you' had better break it to her first; it aright startte her." As thejpurse hack the girl open ed her great brown eysa; her ears caught the sound of mercy laughter, and her gate/windered to the daffodils; a longing look crept ftirto her eyes. "Who brought me the flowers, nurse?" she asked in a kind of breathless won­ der, and a sudden Idea took possession of the nurse, "A gentleman, a friend who knew you years ago," she replied A deep flush dyed the girl's white cheeks. "Is he here?" she said eagerly, and the white, wasted hands opened and closed convulsively. "Yes, and if you'll promise not to ex­ cite yourself, you shall see him- for a few minutes," said the nurse, soothing­ ly, and forthwith ushered In the visitor. With a stifled cry he fell on his knees by the bed. "Damaris!" he saldj and the girl touched his rough curls. "You have come back," she whispered with half incredulous joy ; the nurse dropped the curtain and left them together. "I knew you had come when I saw the daffodols," she went on with a tremor of eagerness. "Don't you re­ member how we met in the time of daffodils, and how happy we were?" He took the little = trembling hands and kissed them passionately. "You didn't receive my letter that I wrote six years ago asking you to marry me and telling how I had deceived you," he said. . .. "Did you deceive n^e? It doesn't mat­ ter," she smiled; "nothing matters now yoti have Ctfrire back- to me." , He kissed the small white face. "You will get better, Damaris," he pleaded, "for my sake, sweetheart, though, God knows I don't deserve it" She took his face in her two hands. "How could I die and leave you all alone?" she asked, pathetically. Thus after many years they took, up the severed thread of their lives, and love, "who will not be denied," smooth­ ed out the tangle and wove In Its stead his golden mesh.--Buffalo News. Caviare is the product of sturgeon ova. Hawktffly sc\fee rate of 150 miles an hour. ^ "I y A fiber of silk) a long weighs twelve grains. " . The oldest tree In the British Isles Is the Bradboorne yew* in .Kent, three thousand years old. ,. . • The two little islands of Zanzibar and Pemba furnish four-fifths of the cloves consumed by the world. Platinum has, been drawn into smooth wire so She that It could not be distinguished by the naked eye, even when stretched across a piece of white cardboard. Date vinegar has been made by the Arabs for ages. '. It has recently been put on the English.market, and many people say it is far superior to any other vinegar. .' The most peetllsfr custom of the Australian aborigines Is the mutilation of teeth. The boy who wants to be thought a man will often break out one of his front teeth. A Viennese meteorologist has proved by experiments that rainbows are con­ ditioned by the size of the raindrops, and that, while we ordinarily see only two rainbows side by side, there are as many as twenty.. African travelers tell us the white rhinoceros frequently dies from eating poisonous plants, which are never eaten by the black one, probably be­ cause the fine scent of ttie latter tells him they are dangerous. Dr. H. L. Hastings declares that women go with their necks bare, and men keep them swathed and bandaged, and ten women have sweet voices to one man. A man's voice should be as pure as a woman's. Why is it not? He is choked and shaved. His Mother's Son. " MMy niece Mary was always a well- meaning girl, but she would say the wrong thing almost every time," said one old gentleman to another; "and she's got a boy that's going to be her very counterpart." The old gentleman's eyes twinkled, and his ugly, good-natured face was puckered -with enjoyment as he drew from his pocket-book a small sheet of note-paper. "I sent Ha} a toy monkey that plays all kindsof pranks when it's wound up," said he, chuckling. "Sent it to him for Christmas. Now you listen to this let­ ter of thanks I got from him to-day. He's just 8 years old: " "Deer Uncle Ned: I am dellted with the munkey, thank you. He makes me think of you very otfen. And whenever mamma winds him up, and be begins to jump, mamma and I feel as if we were back at your house where all those toys are, and mamma will look at the munkey and say, "That's your Uncle Ned ail over." " 'Good-by from your greatf ull Hal.' " --Youth's Companion. DOINGS orwon m&mm . *v iAFTER THE WEODINQ. WOMAN registers every slight­ est variation in the barometer of the affections.She finds dark reasons for the faintest inapprecia­ ble change In the atmosphere of her paradise, and she often imputes to waning affoction what is much more probably due to preoccupation, weari­ ness or indigestion. Thus tortured by doubts and fears, she will begin to fancy herself unhappy, and to wonder wistfully if he has ceased to love her. And a little later (as ho knows not what to in her heart and makes no effort to reassure her) she may stiffen with wounded pride and hide her pain under an assumption of exaggerated indifference. This will hurt him a lit­ tle, perhaps, or more likely puzzle him, but It will certainly torture her. She may in a passionate outburst reveal all the" bitterness she feels, and heap re­ proaches upon him, which will cause hlni to wonder anew at the strange ways of women, and will also bore him unspeakably, and probably constrain hi in to put on his hat and go down town on account of a pressing engage­ ment. Perhaps It is only natural for her to desperately cling to that first, sweet, absolute dominion which is given, to the woman who is beloved; but she should remember this, that love, of all things, cannot be scolded, or nagged, or frozen, or wept back Into allegiance. It thrives in the free sunshine; it coils and dies before compulsion, tears, sulks and recriminations. It may seen! to decline from Its pinnacle of delirious joy after the honeymoon is over, but what is best of it, what is worth keep­ ing, may be held forever in the hand of the woman who knows how to use It.--Woman's Home Companion. aid of a little oil they will improve con­ siderably. In such, like most small matters; we cannot be too careful, as they make or mar oar whole appear­ ance. . Regular habits keep the Whole physi­ cal make-up In good order, and have of necessity a great influence on the Voice. Much use of the voice immediately after eating, sleeping or bathing is to be avoided--in fact, at any time when the flow of the blood Is greatly accel­ erated or any special set of muscles are actively at work it Is not wise. The very frequent use of smelling salts is not beneficial. Lemons, to clear the voice before reading or singing, should be replaced by me beaten white of an egg sweetened a little. Plenty of rest, food and air should keep our throats In order. Slight sore throat is helped by a little sulphur blown down. But the throat is too delicate for much home doctoring. Go to a physician who knows all about It If any unusual cold settles there. Professional Header of Scripture. Out of the ordinary In her calling is Miss Helen M. Cole, of Boston, who has been giving interpreting readings of the Bible in the homes of prominent club women. This clever young woman, coming from a long line of New England min­ isters, has suddenly come to the front in this unique work of impressive in­ terpretation of the "book of books." Not only has she Caught the apprecia­ tive ear of the club Women, but well- known clergymen, realizing her power in MISS HELEN M. COLIC. of Interpretation of the masterpiece of literature, have been glad to sit under her instruction. The training Miss Cole had for this Interesting work began with a course at Edinburgh University, she being the first American woman to enter after its classic doors were thrown open to the gentler sex. Afterward she was graduated from the Boston School of Expression, and for a time taught in this Institution. Then she studied one year in the department of Biblical lit­ erature of the University of Chicago, among other things making herself master of Hebrew. Not only has Miss Cole inherited the religious fervor of her ministerial ancestors, but as a lineal descendant of John Winslow she is a member of the Massachusetts So­ ciety of Mayflower Descendants. Some­ times In her readings she appears in the University cap and gown. Don'ta for the Girls Don't marry an artist--you can't ex­ pect him to bo a model husband. Don't marry a loud man--It's a poor exhibition of sound setise. Don't marry a melancholy man--ills sighs will be unbearable. Don't mari*y a poet--his songs might be averse to your way of thinking. Don't marry a photogrepher--he la such a negative creature. Don't marry a widower--remember his other wife. j ) Don't marry a musician--he might read your notes. Don't marry a light man--he might go out when you most wanted him. Don't marry a polished man--be might reflect too much. 0M sometimes this woman where lodged, |mt the nurse, in + Magnetic Brick. From, time to time experts have no­ ticed certain unexplainable peculiari­ ties In magnetic in various buildings. It is rioto declared, as the result of experiments ^nd investiga­ tions. tint the vagaries, are due to the presence '6t ihaguetlstn In 'bricks. They are madeJ0t earthy- matter containing a greater or less proportion of mag­ netite or magnetic iron ore. " , i ' * -- - • On tbe Back. It is |f£tttfig to 'tte'ffie fashion to ad­ dress a ad stamp envelopes on the back. With the direction written across the folds, the letter cannot bo opened by an unauthorized person Without the fact being note#. -> t If women are -so- &uiablfe~and sweet, why Is'it tb^t other women don't want them ail WNMI wej boarjfferat Dressing on Little Money. "We girls, who have little money to dress upon, are at a great disadvan­ tage," moaned an impecunious maiden. "Of course, in a ballroom, whatever may be our personal advantage, we can neter look as well as those who can buy fine clothes." "There you are wrong," replied her brother. "You can take comfort in thirjking that, as a rule, a man never knows what a woman has on. So long as it is neat and becoming, one dress to him is as good as another. It is only the women who notice clothes. The men never do, unless, as I say, they are untidy, for, in the matter of neat­ ness, I think we are even more critical than women." "But you do not understand," said the little maid, somewhat comforted but not altogether convinced. "It Is the moral tone that the consciousness of wearing a good dress gives that is so sustaining. It is Just that conscious­ ness that puts us in good spirits and makes -us enjoy ourselves. Besides, you men do notice more than you think. You feel the effect, although you can­ not analyze the cause."--New York Tribune. Insist on an Allowance. Marriage Is on one side as much a business contract as any other partner­ ship, and demands exactly the same business treatment. The husband is the earner, the wife the distributor, of capital, and of the two her work is really the more complex and difficult. The only way to carry on this business partnership successfully in a financial way, and without friction personally, is to put it on a cash basis. It Is right that the wife should insist upon having an allowance. The reluctance with which many a man looks upon giving an allowance to his wife comes not so much from a selfish and sordid love of. the money itself, as from real mistrust of a woman's ability to handle it wise­ ly. He, foolish man, doubts her know­ ing the value of a dollar because she has never earned one.--Home Journal. Mutual Interest. Developing common tastes Is a great bond between husband ' and wife. Opinions and convictions may widely differ without affecting married hap­ piness, but for really good-fellowship tastes must coincide. They must like to do the same things, to go to the same places, like the same people, find the same things funny and the same things interesting, and each must be satisfied with the way in which the other conducts himself or herstdf in the small proprieties of life. For in mar­ riage, as in all the rest of living, only the occasional moment finds us on the heights; our days and our years must be spent in the Valley of Common­ place Things.--Ladies' Home Journal. Washing China Bilk. Carefully examine the articles to be washed, and clean with a little benzine the spots that are most soiled. Then plunge the garments Into a soapsuds of barely warm water and rub them thor­ oughly. Rinse in three waters, each a little cooler than the other, until the last Is perfectly cold. Wring out as dry as you can, and roH them in sheets in firm rolls. In an hour's time iron them on the wrong side. The washing should be done with all possible haste, as the quicker they are washed the better for them. The Cominsr ^hirt-Waist. Waists are shirt-like in their plain­ ness, though some are made fanciful with the addition of dressy collars and revers. Linen collars are worn, as wen as those of plain ribbon, which merely cross in the back and lap over in the front, where they are held with small lace-ping. Leather belts are seen more with the shirt-waist than are the fancy ones of last year.--Woman's Home Companion. Wrinkles. If women would only learn to let their words express their meanings in­ stead of aiding them by tying their brows, eyes and mouth into knots, if they would put expression into their eyes. If they would laugh lightly and pleasantly Instead of with the loud guffaw "that speaks the vacant mlud," If they would not scold or fret, and would sleep enough, they could escape wrinkles, which may be "honorable," but surely are not attractive. Wrinkles can be helped by feeding the skin. They can be prevented to a large extent by judicious care of the skin. Prevention is easier, and much cheaper, than cure. For the Girl of the Home. Very few people have the straight, dar|, penciled brows so much admired, though mar? have a good growth, which they too often allow, to grow In the wrong direction. It is a good plan always when brushing the hair to brash sad comb Um ««*brows; with the To Renew Pictures. Faded photographs, If they have merely turned yellow, without the de­ tails having actually vanished, may be improved by placing them in a bath of a ten-grain solution of bichloride of mer­ cury in water. This will generally very much Improve them, but there is a point of yellowness beyond which no improvement is possible. Worth Knowing. For the skin take equal parts of bean and barley meal and mix with raw eggs. When the mass Is thorough­ ly hard and dry it should be ground into a fine powder and mixed with tal­ low and honey. A thick layer of tills applied to the face every night Is war­ ranted to smooth out wrinkles and keep the skin soft and pure. 11THE quiEN'a BBAR uttAOtk Insistence of Young Princss Male-- t Fakir's Fortune. tji&en Victoria Is very fond of her grandchildren, and their presence with her quite softens her heart toward all sorts of suitors in whom they take an Interest. An amusing story which illus­ trates this statement Is told by the Lon­ don papers. One day not long ago, the queen, ac­ companied by her grandsons, the chil­ dren of Prince Henry of Battenberg, was driving out of the grounds of Bal­ moral Castle, when just outside the gate they encountered a man who haa a dancing bear. In order to exhibit which he had been waylaying the royal carriage. The boys at once demanded the performance, and the Queen, some­ what against her own inclinations, caused the carriage to halt while the animal went through its paces. When the performance was oyer, the Queen sent her footman with a sover­ eign for the man, which she was sur­ prised to see him refuse. Asked what he wanted, the man said: "I should like much better a certifi­ cate Just showing that my bear had had the honor to dance before her majesty." The Queen was not at all Inclined to grant this somewhat presumptuous pe­ tition, but one of her grandsons again intervened." "I don't see," he said, "why a bear should not have a royal patent. In Rome a horse was once appointed con­ sul!" • This display of schoolboy erudition delighted the aged Queen, but she wish- pd to test his knowledge further. "Well, well," she said, "tell me the name of the Emperor who committed this act of stupidity, and your bear shall have his royal certificate." "It wfts Caligula!" shouted the Prince. ! A servant "ascertained the name of the bear exhibitor, and that very even­ ing a messenger brought him a docu­ ment, sealed with the royal seal, which constituted him "bear-leader In ordin­ ary to her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India." This appointment has already resulted in large profit to the sstute owner of the bear. Mr. Gladstone's Byes. "Looker On," In Blackwood, confirms Mr. Lecky's story about Boelim and Mr. Gladstone's kitelike eyes. In fact, the sculptor told the same narrative to the magazine writer, who reproduces it: It chanced that Boehm had been in­ vited to stay at a house in Scotland where Mr. Gladstone was also a guest. Coming down to dinner one evening, he found a new arrival--Professor Blackle. Blackie's place at table that evening Was opposite Mr. Gladstone's; and there he sat In great impatience when, at the wine and walnuts period, Mr. Gladstone sang out in illustration of the way in which, as he believed, Homer was chanted, not recited. This Professor Blackle could not endure to listen to. "Mr. Gladstone," he cried, "I don't believe a wurrd of It!" Said Boehm: "I naturally looked toward Mr. Gladstone to see how he would re­ ceive that shot, and marked how the outer lids of his eyes widened to the fullness of their steady glare. Some­ thing he said, too, that nettled the chol­ eric Blackie, who, knuckling the table as he rose to speak, had only got as far in what be had to say as, "Mr. Glad­ stone, If there Is one thing " when his topgue stumbled, and he sank back into his chair in confusion. Again I looked to Mr. Gladstone, and under­ stood. The inner lids (here Boehm held two fingers of one hand upright and parted them) were opened. They had been opened on Blackie, and he had looked into the pit. Go to the Zoo for It," said Boehm. "Take your umbrella. Make your way to the place where the eagles, vultures, falcons and such like v'reatures blink on their perches. Se- tect a bird. Stare at htm with insult, and you will see the outer lids expand as Mr. Gladstone's did. Poke at him with your umbrella; the filmy vertical lids (nictitating membrane), through which he looks at the sun and opens to paralyze his prey, will part and then you will see what Blackle saw and un­ derstand his feelings." A Porto Rttio Lad. The Indian Helper, a paper publish­ ed by the boys in the Indian Industrial School In Carlisle, recorded the other day the arrival of the first Porto Rican scholar in the United States in search of an education. He was a boy of about sixteen, by name Juan Suitano, an eager, wide-awake lad, who was anx­ ious to proclaim himself "an Ameri­ cano." In his first interview with the master of the school he made a set speech: "Me come Boston; me come Concord; me here!" When he saw the snow falling for the first time, he thought it was ice cream, such as he had tasted in Boston, and caught it on his tongue, exclaiming dolefully, "No sweet!" Naturally, the first scholar from our new territory excites much interest, and advice as to his training pours in from every side. Perhaps the most original is to be found in the same little paper which we quoted above. An Indian chief lately went to a fort near an agency to see the smokeless powder used. Coin­ ing back, he thus described what he had seen: "Old gun, he shoot, heap smoke!" waving his arms in a great cir­ cle. "Other gun. he shoot, no smoke. Bnt-*-pst! Heap push. He hit mark!" The lesson drawn from the story by the yonng Indian editor was that the red-skinned boys from the West or Porto Rico should work in the woj'ld like smokeless powder, without noise or show, but with that "heap push" which is sure to hit the mark. Good advice for all peopte, whether red or black or white. For Pick Headache. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon Into a glass of cold water, then stir In a lit­ tle baking soda, and drink while it effervesces. This recipe will relieve a sick headache if it Is taken at the be­ ginning of the aUaak. Novelty lu City Charters. The new city charter of Melrose, Mass., as approved by the House of Representatives, contains the novel provision that no vote of the aldermen granting a franchise shall be valid un­ less it shall be approved by a vote of the citizens. This provision was thrown out by the committee on cities as being something which no other city had and as altogether too radical, but It was restored by the House on the rep­ resentation that it was the unanimous wish of the citizens of Melrose. There is a certain feeling you know nothing about unless you have received notice from the bank that your account t» overdrawn. "in i T't'i *2 ...V. Pecoratlng tlic Moat A*tla«ic flont in London. What has beeh declared to be the most artistic house in London is just being completed for Mortimer Menpes, the artist Seventy Japanese and Chi­ nese skilled artisans, working.for a few cents a day, have produced the decora­ tions, which in scheme and treatment are strictly Japanese, and under the artist's personal planning mid direction have created a house of joarvelowj beauty. FloWers rule the motif for each room, tbe drawing-room being decorated In peonies, the studio in camelias, the din­ ing-room in cherry blossoms, and the three entrance halls in chrysanthe­ mums. In each room the dominant flower idea is carried out in the most minute details. The ceiling of the drawing-room is laid out in panels, with the flowers carved in polished black wood on a base of gold, and lu all the 200 panels there are no two alike. An arched cornice of black and gold, up which run the knotted stems, con­ nects the celling with a frieze of the same flower, which Is formed again on the door panels and casings, and even on the handles. On the copper-fitted fireplace it again appears, and in the tiling of the hearth. Two enormous penoles of bronze support the tall and narrow pier glass. TUe beautiful porcelain "cherry blos­ som" dining-roofh service w&s painted by Mr. Menpes himself and fired in Japanese kilns. In the "camelia" studio are now to be seen almost completed portraits of Sir Arthur Balfour, Sir Henry Swing, Lady Edward Cecil, Miss Pamela Plowden, Miss Lily Des­ mond, Miss Constance Collier and the beautiful Miss Duncan. FIRST SILK HAT Worn in London Cansed a I' lot, and Its Owner Waa Arrested. Qn the Wearing of the first silk hat in London an old newspaper dated Jan. 16,1797, gives this quaint apd amusing account: John Hetheringtoh, haberdasher, of the Strand, was arraigned before the Lord Mayor yesterday on a charge of breach of the peace and inciting to riot, and was required to give bonds in the sum of £500. It was in evidence that Mr. Hetherington, who is well; connect­ ed, appeared on the public highway wearing upon his head what he called a silk hat (which was offered in evi­ dence), a tall structure having a shiny luster and calculated to frighten timid people. As a matter of fact the oflicers of the crown Stated* that several women fainted at the unusual sight, while children screamed, dogs yelped and a younger son of Cordwalner Thomas, who was returning from a chandler's shop, was thrown down ljy the crowd which had collected and had his right arm brokeq. For these reasons the de­ fendant was seized by the guards and taken before the Lord Mayor. In ex­ tenuation of his crime the defendant claimed that he had not violated any law of the kingdom, but was merely exercising a right to appear in a head­ dress of his own design--a rl^ht mot denied to any Englishman. " !!- Magfc and Religion. Between magic and religion It Is Im­ possible to draw a hard and fast line. In most, if not in all, positive religions there are traces or survivals of magic. Among the Dacptahs in North Amer­ ica, witien any one is ill, an image of his disease--a boll or what not--Is carved In wood. This little Image Is then placed in a bowl of water and shot at with a gun. The image of the disease being destroyed, the disease itself Is ex­ pected to disappear. The golden ser­ pent erected by Moses Is said by Prof. Davles to be a remnant of the same practice. By gazing at the golden image or serpent, the bites of the live serpent were cured. In India within the memory of many living men, it was the custom to bury the widow along with her deceased hus­ band, so that her spirit may be reunited with his. The warrior's horse was kill­ ed and interred with the body of Its late master^ At present we do not keep up this custom, but even In our time the sol­ dier's horse, with his trappings, Is led to the grave behind its master's body. Magic may be described as a low kind of religion. Incantations are pray­ ers, only that the main stress is laid on the mode of utterance, rather than Ott the moral condition of the agent Human Documents. It is well known that both 'rtiaekeray and Dickens took many of their charac­ ters from real life, and writers of lesser degree have done the same. In "All Sorts and Conditions of Men," Sir Wal­ ter Besant took many of the scenes and characters from life. The originals of the figure-head carver and of the Salva­ tion Army man are both living, and the novelist was well acquainted with the candidate for the peerage and his wife, and also with Captain Sorenson, who died a few years ago. Dr. Conan Doyle has given an inter­ esting account of the evolution of one of the most popular characters In re­ cent fiction. Speaking of that marvel­ ous detective, the late Sherlock Holmes, he says: "He is the literary embodi­ ment, If I may so express it, of my memory of a professor of medicine at Edinburgh University, who would sit In the patients' waiting-room with a face like a red Indian, and diagnose the people before they came in, before even they had opened their mouths. He would tell them their symptoms, he would give them details of their lives, and he would hardly ever make a mis­ take." „ ^ ^ -- Many Plateaus in Aflrica. > Africa is the most elevated of all the continents. It Is the "continent of pla­ teaus." The great table-land in the south has a nfean altitude of over 3,500 feet; the wide tableland in the north has an average elevation of about 1,800 feet •«...• : When a woman who keeps a cow can cheat the breakfasts out of enough cream to make butter she is very indig­ nant that ber grocer doesn't offer her fabulous prices for it A girl of sixteen believes that when Love Gets Cold it would be as easy for a married woman to warm it over again as she warms a dish of potatoes. Frankness may ruin a man, but da« pUclty always dishonors him. £!£ Trust Not (o 44 TJutf which seems to bear may be a gretf blessing. Let us take a. lesson from th# rough weather of Spring, it is doing good despite appear- ; ances. 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The doctor says .that be has made chemical analysis of a large number of samples of wall pa­ per, and In nearly all of them has found arsenical poisons, In some of them the poison existing in surprising quantities. He was led to make the Investigation by having brought to his attention a number of cases of sickness which were traced to paper covered rooms. It is to be presumed that, in the future, houses, in order to be classed as 'strictly mod­ ern,' will have to have frescoed walls. "While on the subject of wall paper, the Cornell scientist would confer a favor upon mankind by pursuing his Investigation furtner. It would be in­ teresting as well as instructive to know what per cent of the inmates of insane asylums owe their mental condition to their having been compelled to live In rooms whose walls were covered with realistic portraitures of an opium smok­ er's dream. Some of the designs which are alleged to make living rooms cozy and homelike resemble nothing so much as the efforts of a dissipated artist to reproduce the experiences of an attack of the delirium tremens." Alabastine, the rock-base cement for coating walls, Is free from these objec­ tions. It is sanitary and costs less than wall paper. How Dare fo«? The Father--Look here, young man, I don't want you to take the liberty of kissing my daughter again. The Culprit--But sir, she er <tared me to do it i * <] "Dared you?" "Yes, sir; she said 'How date yotlf " --Philadelphia Record.' ' Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous feet and instantly takes the siing oat of corns and bunietis. it's the greatest comfort dis­ covery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes ugui-mtiiig oi liGvv s>uot*« feel easy, it is a certain cure for sweating, callows and hat, tired, aching feet Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. 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