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THE MAN AND THE DOGk, THE SOCIAL l C O N O C L A S T ie girt who vu generally cheef- came In from an afternoon of calls long face. "Now what's the with you?" asked her mother. ffWWl, this has been an afternoon ! jideal smashers. Didn't know there bo many busybodies to spoil b'a faith until to-day. I haven't an left. All my little balloons hare te plopping, plopping, down to I have learned that there are heights, and that what I Imagined . j heights are simply clouds. There nothing lovely under the son; thing and every one is smirch-Nrrery "Where have you been asked her ler, •Well, first I went to Mrs. Liter- I said I didn't know when I en- red a lecture as I did Mr. Reader's other night, and Mrs. Literary ['fairly fell over herseif to tell me that f *wosl of the lecture was stolen,' and that she had 'read the greater part of It in Emorscm's essays. You know I don't know a thing about Emerson's essays, so I thought she might be right, therefore i skipped at once to light opera, with which I flattereu myself I was well acquainted. I said there was some fascinating, catchy music in the latest comic opera favorite, and Mrs. Theatergoer, who also was calling on Mrs. Liter­ ary, sniffed and remarked that 'the music in that opera was as ancient as the hills, just old stuff made over.' Then I switched back to Herature again and ventured that the novel of ttie day was a mignty interesting book, and Mrs. Literary squelched me with The plot of that book has been used hundreds of -times. It's the same old thing, dressed a little differ­ ently, that's all. And that's the way it went all the afternoon. "1 dropped in to see Mabel next. Ton know she makes no pretense of knowing anything about books, music or art. I thought I should find solace tljere, but she displayed a disagree­ able knowledge of people. I mention­ ed that Mr. Blank was an admirable man, so devoted to his work, and such a perrect gentleman. She em* phatically declared that he was 'a rearing bluff, looked serious and shirked his work on to others, and treated his family atrociously.' Then I spoke in enthusiastic terms of Mrs. Stunning's figure, and she assured me that it was all artificial. I learned that the manly looking little Blue- blood boy was capable of mean tricks, that most handsome men were Yicl- ous, that pretty girls were Invariably made up, and that my bosom friend did not do me a favor because she liked me, but because she had some axe to grind. "I suppose these same people go around telling children there are no fairies, and old people that the Bible on which their faith is pinned is noth­ ing but an ordinary book. I suppose they tell trusting wives that their hus­ bands are not always upright, and fond mothers that their children are far from angels. I suppose they stick their noses Into every one's business and make every one uncomfortable. Why, you know one of these cranks that I called upon this afternoon went so far as to tell me that I was not what I seemed. She said she knew I was not naturally cheerful, but adopted that manner because I knew the world did not care for a melan­ choly person, and that she had also a suspicion that I had a nasty temper under my sweet smile. The old cat!" "And what did you say to all these disagreeable people?" asked the girl's mother. "Well, I told them that "when ignor­ ance was bliss twas folly to be wise,' and that I hoped I should always re­ main in ignorance of the shortcomings of my friends and relatives, and that I was not in sympathy with people who were always trying to undermine another's air castle." ' The girl's mother smiled. "And then you wondered because some sharp- tongued person told you that you had a nasty temper under your sweet smile." Matrimony € The attractive woman of forty was undergoing a rigid examination by the young woman who had been mar­ ried three months. "Why have you never married?" die asked. "Of course, I know a woman with your attractions has had many chances; but, on the other hand, you do not act like a person who has been prevented from marrying be­ cause of some unfortunate love affair. That's why I venture to ask you why you've never married." "Of course I have had chances to 'marry; most woman do here," was the reply. "It's simply because I'm so happy unmarried that I have decided never to give up single bliss. I've done a lot of observing of married people, and I'm quite ready to deliver a lectureon this subject - Now here it is: "The peevishness of young married men, the ill-grace with which they bear the burdens of married life, is doing more to make young women look with disfavor on matrimony than higher education or a desire to be in­ dependent. When a young woman sees a man who had a sweet-tempered wife act aggrieved if she expresses a desire for his company once in a while; when she sees him bearish and inconsiderate of his wife's well-meant attentions; when she hears him com­ plain because his money must be shared by another; when she hears him groan' that he no longer has only himself to think of--when a young woman observes all these things, I say, she makes a silent vow that she will remain a spinster all her life, and decides that it is much better to struggle with the world than to bear the continual irritable taunts of a husband. "The great trouble is that a man wishes his wife to be very much mar­ ried, but he himself wants to be as free as in his bachelor days. He would consider himself ill-treated if his wife should act as if she were still a daughter in her father's house, and took no responsibilities. He would vehemently protest if be should come home to supper and find her absent, and upon her return later hear her say, 'Oh, I met some of the old crowd of girls, and we decided we'd go for a trolley ride, and then have a little sup­ per afterward. All sorts of a good time.* He wauld declare at once that lie had grounds for a divorce. He • would make things pretty lively If his wife took upon herself only those duties which she had before marriage and insisted on having servants to do the rest of the work. He would rise up in his wrath If his wife said, 'Here, take care of the baby this evening. I've been working hard all day and now mean to go out and enjoy myself.' He would say his wife was extremely sel­ fish if she took no interest in him aside from his earning money to feed and clothe her. And still- there are few husbands who manifest much in­ terest in their wives except to de­ mand that the house be kept in decent order and that the oooking be of the best. "If it is hard for a man to adjust himself to the new order of things; if it is hard for him to remember that there is some one to think of be­ sides himself; if it is difficult tor him to consider that another's pleasure is to be considered before his--it is also difficult for a woman to remember that she has responsibilities before un­ dreamed of. It is exasperating for her to know that she must sit down and mend when she would like to make a call on a jolly unmarried friend. It is a cross to her to with­ draw from some gay party, because she must be home to get dinner or to greet her lord and master when he returns from business. It is irritating when she is absorbed in a book to have to drop it to attend to the ice­ man or to give orders about taking out the ashes. If there are times when a man wishes sincerely that he were not married, there are times when a woman wishes the same thing just as heartily. "A woman would gladly take upon herself the responsibilities of married life and perform her duties to the best of her ability, if she knew she were going to receive appreciation and comradeship from her husband. But the average husband acts as if his wife had done him an injury in marrying at all, constantly chafes for his freedom--as he chooses to call M --and is wholly unsympathetic and uncongenial." "You don't know a thing of what you're talking," said the young mar­ ried woman hotly, "My husband is just the nicest, kindest, most sympa­ thetic " "Wait until you've been married three years instead of three months," said the unmarried woman cynically, as she left her friend sputtering with indignation. Soiwe Reflections Dzxekeior Girl. HW# Former Got Gloriously Even fs# Latter*8 Bad Behavior. tJo unto others as they do unto yon might well be the heading of this true tale. Two men and a dog are the characters therein. Man number one, being unable to sleep for three entire nights owing to the constant barking of the dog aforesaid, got up and ar rayed himself at 4 in the morning and hied him to his neighbor's front door. There he kept his thumb on the elec­ tric bell until the dismayed servant appeared. -I wish to see Mr. W.M "Why, sure, he's In bed at this tear, sir." "I'm sorry, but I mint see him now." "He alnt coin' ler get up at this time ter see nobody.** "Well, I Intend to stay here and ring this bell until he does sde me, and you can go and tell him that." After an ominous interval Mr. W. descended, almost speechless with wrath. "What do you mean by disturbing me in this manner? It's the most out­ rageous " "Yes, that's what I think, and I sim­ ply called to warn you that as long as your dog keeps me awake every night I shall come and ring this bell, for if I can't sleep, you certainly, shall not. Good morning." HIOH SALARIES OP SINGERS. Helnrich Conried Tells Amusing Story !n This Connection. Helnrich Conried, who has had so much difficulty In arranging the sal­ aries of his artists that he declares their engagement to be the most diffi­ cult part of the work of putting on grand opera, has an explanation for the origin of the exorbitant prices de­ manded by foreign singers when America is mentioned to them. A number of years ago he was In Europe engaging artists for his comic opera company. He offered a certain singer $200 a week to come with him to America. The singer had been used to getting about a third of that sum and was on the point of accepting when he was approached by Anton Seidl and asked his price. He at once demanded $300 and finally com­ promised on $250. When he came to read the contract he found that, after the American fashion, he had been signed for $250 a performance and not for that amount per week. Fear­ ing that Mr. Seidl might change his mind and try to break the contract he took the first boat for New York and was on the ground two months before the opening of the season. His Presence. I leek to thee In every need, aad never look in vain; I feel thy strong and tender love, tind all Is well again; The thought of thee fa mightier far Than sin and pain and sorrow are. . Discouraged In the work of life, disheart­ ened'by Its load. Shamed by its failures or Its fears, I sink beside the road; But let me only think of Chee, And then new heart springs up In me. Thy calmness bends serene above, my restlessness to still; Around me flow thy quickening life, to nerve my faltering will; Thy presence Alls my solitude; Thy providence turns all to good. Estate Left By "King ef Yop." Mr. Hartrldge, a lawyer of Savanah, who went to the Island of Yop to in­ vestigate the alleged large estate left by the late David O'Keefe of Savanah, dubbed "king of Yop," has cabled O'Keefe's widow that the strange man did leave a large estate. He had found property worth $250,000 in the Island of Yop and property of equal value In' Hong-Kong. Early reports had it that O'Keefe left an estate worth $2,000,000. Doctor's Eccentric Will. In his last will Dr. Ladislaus Ja• sinska, a leading physician of Lem- berg, Oalicia, bequeathed £12,000 to a fund for assisting widows of doc­ tors, and ordained at the same time that not more than 8 shillings should be spent on his funeral. His numerous orders and medals of distinction he had given away the day before his death to a hostler and a postman. Claims Place Among Pioneers. Alfred F. Ooss of San Francisco has appealed to the courts to demonstrate the fact that he Is a genuine forty- niner and therefore entitled to mem­ bership In the Piioneers' association of the state. The society disputes his right to a -place in the ranks of the old settlers and despite the fact that Goss is a millionaire has refused him admittance. Rebellion In Pittsburg. They have organized a Straphangers' league in Pittsburg, some of the most prominent men of the smoky city be­ ing among the members. H. S. Rand, superintendent of a life Insurance company, Is president and new mem­ bers are being enrolled by scores dally. The object Is to demand a for every passenger in a street car. Finished as He Started. . "I began life poor and In hard luck," said a panhandler to Spencer Edy, Secretary of the American Lega­ tion at Constantinople, who has been home on a furlough. "Don't say any­ thing more, my man," was the reply. "It's worth money to see how you have maintained your own so vali­ antly." It Is fortunate €or men that women have no sense of humor. Men are the spice of life, but. a steady diet of spice Is undesirable. - One unfortunate difference between • men and women has been brought to light by the cultivation of women's brains. A man of brains can fall in love with his mental inferior and stay so; a woman can't. Money you earn yourself may come hard, but it's awfully nice not to have to ask anybody for it at the end of , the week. If women would swear a little *more they wouldn't cry so much. Since the beginning of time wo­ man's affections have been kept In a hothouse to make them just as large and tender as possible; her Judgment has been confined to the j*:? '1 • , .v cellar, to grow like a potato sprout. It's a good thing to reverse the proc­ ess for a while. Statistics show that ten men desert their families to one woman; and yet women are blamed for race suicide. The new woman has got so she carries a latchkey, but she hasn't yet reached the point where it 1b neces sary to take the keyhole along with her in order to find it when she gets home. Women make all the trouble men have In life--and make "it worth the trouble. It is only after a woman has learned to meet men without considering them in the light of rit^trimonial possibili­ ties that she really knows how to enjoy their society.---Minnie 2. nolds in Hew York Timea^,v, '4 G Filters Need Constant Care. filters made so that the water puses through unglazed porcelain or stone of proper fineness will prevent disease germs from passing through the water. However, the germs go through In time by growing from space to space, and not only fill the porous stone, but also grow on the inside. A alter is valueless unless properly cared for. iff! SAVE OLD MISSIONS? Historic Relics of Early California to Be Preserved--Church San Antonio de Padua the First to Engage * Apeatooa °* ' •*» >" 1 ~ (Special Correspondence.) < The ruins of many of the buildings which have been intimately connected with the Interesting history of early California are now surely to be reno­ vated, rebuilt and saved, for the pres- , Mr. Dutton might, had sentiment not ruled him, have received a hand­ some sum for the precious antiquities. Vandals and ghouls have given the mission chapel a woeful appearance. Mission San Antonio de Padua. ent and future generations to look and reflect upon. The California Historical Landmark league has gained such ardent adher­ ents, composed of Influential citizens, that the work of the league is no long­ er in doubt, but Is a very sure and es­ tablished fact, with the foundation of solid monetary support. The old missions are among the first of the historical structures to en­ gage the attention of the restorers, who hope that the work of the league in the matter of saving the buildings from utter extinction will be made known, especially to the scholars of the public and private schools of the state that there may be awakened among the young of California a ven­ eration for those things which have a civic or national history. Recently a committee of the league made a visit to the famous old Mis* •ion SanaAntonlo de Padua, Monterey county. The ancient ruin Was thor­ oughly Investigated, after which an estimate was arrived at as to the cost of perfect restoration and also a further estimate was figured out with the Idea of simply roofing the edifice as a protection from further disinte­ gration. During its Investigations the com­ mittee came across a most interesting collection of relics of the prepastoral days In the custody of George Dutton of Jolon, seven miles from the mis­ sion, who rescued them from the sanc­ tuary after the passing of the padre in 1882: These relics Include an old bass viol, made by the Indians under the direction of some musical padre; a triangle that had formed. part of the choir music on feast days; a missal of cowhide binding, dating back to 1635, and bearing the signature of Fray Francisco Morales, 1798. The baptismal font has also been discov­ ered by the league, and when the roof has been placed on the' building It will be reverently placed in the niche from which it had been wrested. In Its search the committee was re­ warded by finding trace of the baptis- Through their acts of reckless de­ struction the elements have been en* abled to make sad Inroads within the very walls, even to destroying the roof - completely. . The first step toward restoration has been the determination to put on a roof. It has been suggested to use the tiles that are lying around in plenty and to bring into use those which lie on the thick walls of the orchard and, if necessary, to use those now on the cemetery walls. While an effort will be made to restore the mis­ sion completely, It is hardly hoped that all the necessary work on it can be - accomplished at least for some time to come. The cemetery likewise shows de­ plorable signs of neglect and damage. Beneath the sward rest 1,000 dead without a slab or stone. There Is but a tottering, moss-covered cross that rises In the center of the cemetery to let the stranger know that there lie thp departed ones. What was once an Orcnkrd is now treeless/despoiled, uncanny and un­ inviting but for the history that sur­ rounds it. The cottage within the fruitless ground is tenantless, the presence of owls alone giving a sem­ blance of life In a sleepy, lazy, un­ eventful form. The mill is useless and silent and the barracks are marked by staggering walls, while the wine vat and the bath seem to have fared better than most all else about the ancient place. The graves of the founders lie in the sanctuary, and it Is here that the league has determined to bring, and bring quickly, Its saving hand. TEACHING INDIAN8 TO COOK. 8t. Louis Newspaper Thinks Others Need Like Instruction. The appointment of Miss Clara Ranclose to teach cooking In the In­ dian school tit Rapid City, Kan., is significant that the government has at last recognized cookery as a civilizing agency. Science has long proclaimed that a man Is what he eats, and the Indian Old Mission, Santa Barbara. American Club for Manila. An institutional club for Amerlcani Is to be founded in Manila, $25,00( having been raised for the erection oi its quarters. Yale university will equlj Its gymnasium, and $1,000 Is bein{ raised at Princeton for its b'.lllarc room. Harvard and Pennsytvanli idU ef th« . ; •• - ' ̂ mal font used by Fray Junipero Ser- ra in Carmel In 1770. The once precious font Is at present doing duty as a flower pot at Santa Cruz. With the capturing of the font and on Its being placed in Its rightful po­ sition it Is confidently believed that the very time that has been given up to its reclamation will go a long way In the march of arousing a new and earnest sentiment and sympathy. Dutton also has In his collection a whlpsaw, one of the few implements brought by the pioneer padres from Mexico about 150 years ago to fell the trees that they might build for themselves a shelter. Chancel rails of cedar branches of quaint design, angel statues, carved and colored by the Indians, have recently found their way Into the possession of Mr. Dutton, who. when asked what price.he. would 'put upon them, replied: "These things have no price. Many of them were given me by Padre Am­ bries--he's dead now, and it's part of my religion never to sell a thing that a friend has given me." Mr. Dutton Is steadfast in refusing a money consideration for the em­ blems of the great past in spite of the fact that soon he will leave for Santa Monica, the .refeffc,#* flam's faithful ones.". V" is a living example of the truth Of this proposition. He is tough and gory like his own underdone meats, and it Is for Miss Ranclose and other cooks to make him as mild and gentle as a pat ent breakfast food. But it is not the Indian alone who needs reform by culinary means. That horde of so-called .civilized beings who daily congregate at "quick lunch" counters are fast developing, under the barbarous nourishment they re­ ceive, traits as Bavage and - cruel as those of the aborigines. Government sbould take this class also under its wing and see to it that they are provided with the proper sort of food. Else we will degenerate and exchange places with poor Lo, who will have evolved into a higher type upon the victuals furnished him b> the government cooks.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat Soldier of Fortune Horn* * Gen. Lee Christmas, the American soldier of fortune, who commanded a detachment of revolutionists in ten desperately fought engagements la Spanish Honduras during the recent Insurrection, has arrived at his home in New Orleans. It is never too lata to lagtift fjgpt, JpM 'may be too previous. • ;•*. 'v SIGHTS SEEN BY TRAVELER ALONG THE MODERN NIL] Traveling by the ordinary methods 9>0u may go from Alexandria to Khar­ tum in about six days, says the Lon­ don Standard. Easily and smoothly you wing through the fertile cotton fields of the delta and its populous cities and villages, prosperous but dirty, and at Cairo you settle down into a most com­ fortable sleeping car for the night jour­ ney to Luxor. Early next morning you are in the cane fields of upper Egypt, with the river close am one side and the desert on the other. At Luxor you must change to the narrow gauge for Assouan, and there is time to refresh yourself with bath and breakfast and to look across at the plain of Thebes and the valley of the tomb of the kings, or to ride a donkey out to Karnak. From Luxor to Assouan It is hot and dusty enough, and you are glad to rest there for the night. Next day you embark at Shel- lal, above the dam, for Wady Haifa, a leisurely voyage of three days. It is a most, beautiful reach of the river; the hills come down to the water in bold, rugged outlines, showing to per­ fection in the pure, dry desert air. The effect of the dam is clearly seen as far as Korosko. First of all, at Shellal the boat is moored amid a grove of palm trees, the temples of Nubian vil­ lages look quaint enough as they stand on the edge of the desert, forlornly mourning their strip of cultivated land, most of which the greedy reservoir has swallowed. The boundary between Egypt and the Sudan, settled by the convention of 1899, runs along the twenty-second par­ allel; not far beyond this is the fron­ tier town of Haifa. There is no mis­ taking the signs of British rule. The whole place is rigidly clean, an ex­ traordinary contrast to the filth of th#< Egyptian villages. The streets are well laid out and scrupulously swept, and shady avenues of trees are springing up. Haifa is the railway terminus of the Sudan. It Is twenty-eight hours to Khartum. .Nothing can be more com- * fortable than the well-appointed sleep-? ing-car train, which runs twice a week. ? Starting at eight in the evening, you strike right across the Baynda desert, most desolate and forlorn of countries. The stations hav6 no names, but are known merely by their numbers. In the morning you come to Abu Hameti --back to the Nile once more. Here was the scene of one of the stiffest, ^ fights in the Sudan campaign, when' Gen. Hunter made his dash from Kor-\\*i . kl, and here are the graves of the white officers of the Tenth Sudanese battalion, round which the black sol- d i e r s w h o d i e d w i t h t h e m k e e p g h o s t - . « ^ u - ly watch and ward forever, and so re­ deem the credit of the regiment, which came back from the battle, without its leader. From here onward the journey is full qf interest. Berber Is springing up again from its ruins; it even beasts two stations. Then comes the At-. bara, with its famous bridges, and then Matlner, where there Is this year a camp of exercise for the Egyptian army. The camp had a most business* like appearance. Just as we arrived a train came steaming in with a bat­ talion of infantry, all In full marching order; It was exactly like a regiment detraining at the front in real war. Shendy is the Crewe of the Sudan, and, an hour or two later, we ran into the terminus at Halfaya. RICH FINDS MADE IN • OLD TOMBS IN EGYPT Some important archaeological dis­ coveries made recently at Benl Hasan, a site in Egypt famous for its painted tombs and early architectural features, are detailed by Prof. Join Qarstang, of University college, Liverpool.' A vast necropolis has been un­ earthed, remarkable for the preserva­ tion of the furniture in its tombs and for the wealth of material which these supplied in illustrating the "burial cus­ toms of the Middle Empire. Four hun­ dred and ninety-two tombs hewn In the rock have been opened and examined. More than 100 of them had never been previously entered since their doors were closed at the time of Interment 4,000 years before. In the tomb of one Nefer-y, a chief physician, the huge painted coffin was surrounded by a numoer of wooden models of objects and scenes familiar from the wall paintings of the larger tombs. Upon the coffin rested a great row­ ing boat, the twenty oarsmen standing and swing back in time to the beat of two figures seated on a raised platform in the center. Beyond this was the model of a granary with six compart­ ments in rows of three on either side of the courtyard between them. Men were standing knee deep in real grain filling baskets, while a scribe seated on the roof, pen in hand, kept count. A well-executed group found by the excava ors In another tomb repre­ sented the making of beer from fer­ mentation of break by a similar proo- ess to that employed by the natives to-day. Beside the coffin was a sailing boat, the numerous sailors assuming the attitude necessary for hoisting the large square sail, of which the yards and rigging were preserved. Two men, in characteristic pose3, were using poles vigorously over the sides. In anpther tomb were found models of a number of warships. In the bow of one, by the side of the lookout, stood a negro sailor, bow and arrow in hand. In the tomb of Antef, a courtier, the boats had double steering cars. In one boat were seated two men under a canopy, playing a game of chess. The opening of each tomb was re­ corded by photography, as the excava­ tion proceeded step by step, 450 neg­ atives being taken in all. LIFE AND LOVE BOTH CHEAP IN THE CAUCASUS In the northern Caucasus nearly half the death rate of the inhabitants Is cause^by vendetta, and at least three- fourths Of the vendetta cases are the rctpult of a curious marriage custom which is now decimating the popula­ tion. The native of those parts who wishes to take unto himself a wife cannot arrange the matter in the sim­ ple offhand manner in vogue in west­ ern Europe by "popping the question." He must go home, sell his belong­ ings, and buy her fairly and squarely of her parents, the price ranging from $175 to $1,000. This is a costly custom in many ways, for it is not every young man who can afford to invest Buch a large sum in a wife, however accom­ plished. What generally happens in such cases is that the indigent candi­ date for the order of Benedick induces a few stalwart comrades to seize the maiden and carry ber off. What too often follows then may be gathered from a case in point which has just taken place in Sosslambek. Bokayeff Is the bridegroom's name, and Neshkho that of the girl of sweet sixteen who had the misfortune to find favor in his eyes. His pockets being empty he persuaded three comrades to kidnap the maid, whom he then took off to another village as his wife. But her father, on discovering her whereabouts, had her sent back by the police, and then demanded $150 for loss of her services, as we should say. Bokayeff, to whom the demand was made, would not or could not pay. The girl's father thereupon claimed that sum from the bridegroom's com­ panions, who are equally liable. They admitted the justice of his claim and called up Bokayeff to hand over the sum to them. On his refusal they shot him dead, that being the custom of the country, although daggers are also air lowed to take the place of bullets. DEACON HAD NO USE FOR. THE TUR.KISH BATH The two young' men had Induced tlie deacon to take hla first Turkish bath. They had got him properly attired, or, rather, unattlred, and had conducted him into the hot room. The deacon didn't enjoy It, but he was game. He rolled around nervous* ly on his cot, and every time he moved he seemed to strike a hotter spot. But he stood It like a man until the per­ spiration made rivulets Innumerable In running off him. Then he lifted him­ self up on his elbow and said plalnt- tirely: "Let's get out of this." But the young men only laughed and told him to keep quiet; that it was just getting comfortable. When he finally absolutely refused to stand it any longer they led him into the steam room and sat down to gossip and enjoy his discomfiture, as he felt himself slowly boiling away. Often the Way. Harry--I want to discard that girl and don't know how to do it." Waiter--"Why don't you start in drinking heavily and she will be dis­ gusted." Harry--"Oh, no. She'd want to mar­ ry me to reform me." March of Progress. "I suppose," said the city girl,**thnt you have no acolytes in you church." "No," we haven't," admitted the vil­ lage cous in , "but we a re gotog . p u t i n e l e c t r i c l i g h t s n e x t f l a i l " , V And the deacon seemed inclined to lose his temper. It was aggravating to be so extremely uncomfortable when they apparently were enjoying themselves, and would offer him no means of escape that would, to say the least, be dignified. But there was an end of it; he got out; and as he looked "more In sorrow than in anger" from one to the other of them, one asked: "Well, udacon, what do you think of it?" The deacon replied solemnly, and with all due dignity, but rather point* ediy: - "It's a good thing, young man; it's a remarkably convenient thing, for some people who need to suitably pre­ pare themselves for the hereafter, but for my part I am glad to get on earth again." American Ambassador Criticised. Ambassador Meyer is receiving the unflattering attention of the dally press in Rome for the alleged reckless­ ness with which he speeds his auto­ mobile through the streets. 11 Popolo nfomano suggests that the ambassador persists in his course becaase, being unable to read Italian, L know what about him. the papers e does not are saying three liLfcjtd* 't J -iff M<A u. Itaiy's King. The King of Italy ia five Indies In hlght^V^C^f.