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THAT GIRL of JOHNSON'S Bv JEA>/* KATE, LWDLX/M. V, "/•'•' * JLvi'&'i&it"*f~Mm art**;w •&'v>vitt*? ' - .>*b& , *• - • , Kate red Acrordinc to Act of Congress in the Year 1890 by Street ft Smith, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. ______ O -- S4:^' CHAPTER XII.--Continued. [• Dolores sat up with a dignity o£ ... , v bearing that silenced further words |§ ' the woman's lips. |f.' ' " "Do you think," she said--"does fc*. ' iany one think that I would leave my | V l i t h e r ? " . (* The nurse laughed softly, with a §§•, tench of scorn in her voic6. m. "'"Do you think^t would break his fY," > Iteart, Miss Johnson?" g; , ':>» n Dolores was too deeply in earnest "3 » * to be moved by the scornful words; -Jf,' afterward the wordc and tone came r-v - back to her distinctly. i"l would pot leave my father." she / Said, solemnly, her large, steadfast eyes fixed disconcertingly on the quiet p|: face opposite, "I would not leave my ys father--never--while he lives--not for pj/: :;;/'|Ay one." : • vi • f pp. > ; ,.V"You ms|* change tour mind.'Vthe & tfkrse said, lightly, rising to prepare ? Iter the night. Sho touched the girl's ff. . ' hair softly as Dora could have done, I* , : caressing the stray curls on the Sttiooth, broad brow pityingly. 1 fejf ' J. ^ "Go to bed, child," she said. "We'll j£V } ' not talk any more about that now; it |i . is time you were getting your beauty jpr sleep ere the clock strikes twelve." W: ', 'T would not leave my father." Do- |&!»' f lores said, solemnly, her eyes raised >' 'to the kindly face above her, "I would |jj§. • ; not leave my father--ever--while he P : lives--not for any one." "Who'd a thought," said Jones,medi­ tatively, tipping his chair back and stretching his feet pretty well toward the smoky mantel. "Who'd a-thought thet big Johnsing wi' sinews like oak >*d ever kem ter thes?" It was more the statement of a fact than a questloiL^'fie said' it to free his mind end start the ball of conversa­ tion rolling. That every one thought as he did on this subject was a matter of course. He looked around on them approvingly as though to impress them with the fact that he was with them there. ^•"Et's better 80," said Lodie, grave­ ly, changing his left leg over the xight; "et's better so than fer him ter >ev run inter hidin'." • A silence fell over them all; each thought the same; in fact they thought considerably beyond that, but not one Of them dared say what was in his Mfcind. v "Reyther onsatisfact'ry ans'rs they gtve us when we went ter ask *bout hem," said big Tom Smith, dissatis- fiedly, as he pushed the cat from the Hearth with his foot and drew his chair up nearer the Aire. "Ther jedge's son were thar," said toother big, stout man, with a mali­ cious snort cf laughter. "Ther jedge's son were thar, an' theys were too big ter speak ter sech common folks as we uns. What hev we ter do with they uns sence ther jedge's son hev took up Johnsing an' his gal." A loud burst of laughter drowned the sobbing of the storm, Lodie alone sat quite unmoved, staring gravely ttto the crackling fire. "Look a-hyar," he saM, slowly, Changing his right leg over the left. •Look a-hyar, men, mebby't ain't sech a good joke as ye seem ter thenk with yer larfiin' an' yer jokin'. When I helped with Johnsing tell ther doc­ tors kem, I could see plain thet 't warn't no common theng hed hap'd Johnsing. Thar he were wuth his two legs broke an' his arms, an' cov­ ered with bruises an' mebby no end o* broke bones; an' I says ter myself thet 't warnt no common theng he'd hap'd Johnsing. An' when ther doc­ tors kem theys Bed--I asked ther Jedge's son as I were comin' out, an' be telled me--theys sed Johnsing ain't lotig ter live, an' thet 't would be a asericle ef he e«en live a week. .An' thar were Johnsing's gal a standin' et tber winder starin' out et ther rain. JOB' es she'd stood ever sence we bringed her feyther home, an' she's ;never moved or spoke sence. Stop yer larfin, men; 'tain't no larfin' mat- -Ifr--thes thet hev hap'd Johnsing." r "Hev ther gal stole yer hyart fro' IjV, Lodie?" asked one of the men, ll&ain starting the rough laughter. "She's a sweet gal, Jim, an' ye're wel­ come ter her ef ye ken get her frum ther jedge's son. But ye'll hev ter be lively, man. 'Tain't ev'ry gal kin get ,f|ier son o' a jedge. an' ye'd best put jer best foot forrard as soon as may man"--there was a in the big fellow's kem a champ'on fighter fer thet gal o' Johnsing's sure's ye live, Jones. Let's hev a drink outen et, ter drive all ill feelin' off. I meant no harm ter ye, Lodie, nor ther gal neither." And the big man looked down on the speaker with steady eyes as he answered: "Say what ye like 'bout me an' ter me, Sadler, but there flrs' sech word 'bout thet gal o' Johnsing's from any o' ye'll be yer last" And they knew he meant what he said. CHAPTER XIII. Around the Tavern iFire. "I heard reyther a strange story ower yanaer in ther town thes mornin' when I went fer ther doctors," Tom Smith said, presently, setting doWn his mug of cider and wiping off his beard­ ed lips with the back of his hand. "A strange story an' reyther more'n I think Johnsing deserves-" "He hev more'n he deserves now," Sadler said, with a leer ai Lodie. "But the story, Tom:" Jones inter- r*V a,- "Look a-hyar, wrathful gleam "Look a-hyar, maul" ' fMwff eyes as he arose to his feet- in all his height of* Bix feet three--"et makes no diff'rence what ye say ter ' j '1y, ' me or "bout me, but ther next one what speaks thet gal's name like ; thet'll be laid outen flatter'n ever Johnsing were, an' he'll never git up §js|; agen. How'd ye like one o' us ter v Hay ther same o' yer darter, Hiram ' Sadler?" ||y "Hi. hi!" the man exclaimed, with pft f: another burst of laughter not so loud j nor so long as before. "Hi, Jd! hyar's Young Green stood in their midst. posed, to prevent further unpleasant­ ness. "Let's hev et et once." "Et's 'bout Johnsing, of conrse," Smith said, solemnly. "St all 'pears ter be 'bout Johnsing. A shef'less, no 'count critter ennyhow." "Never mind 'bout thet," Jones said, seeing Lodie turn his big black eyes from the fire tp the face of the speak­ er. "Johnsing is havin' all he ken well carry 'thout our sayin' hyard thengs 'bout hem. Let's hev yer story, Tom." "Well, when I was done seein' ther docters an' ther wimmen," Smith con­ tinued, "et ther judge's house, what young Green sent me ter see, I went ower ter Scrubb's on ther corner opp'sit' ther court house where some o' ther fellers was. One o' ther men thar got ter talkin' pretty free 'bout ther trial an' ther lamin' an ther hull b'isness, an' one o' ther others sed ter him thet he'd best keep a civil tongue in his head 'bout thet Johnsing an' his gal, fer et seems thet Lem Johnsing-- him thet left hyar many year ago-- hev kem back ter See his brother, an' has been askin' news o' him, an' is a-findin' out all he ken 'bout him, an' special 'bout thet gal o' hisn. Et seems he hev got his darter with him an' she hev took a farncy ter thet gal Johnsing's from ther first what she hev heard all from ther judge's son. An' et's kem out thet thyes goin' ter kerry her 'way up No'th ter ther big city wnen tneys go, au' eddicate her an' make a lady o' her. An' Lem, he hev a heap o' money, they says ower yonder, an' he an' ther jedge's struck up a powerful friendship tbet may. they 'lowed, mebby prove a' benefit ter Johnsing in many wiays, but most special in a way 't wes all know." " "Et 'pears queer how thengs kem round," Sadler said, meditatively, "but Lem Johnsing al'ays did hev more grit 'n most of 'em. Theyn a shef'less, no 'count set ennyhow, 'ceptin' him, an' ther gal worse 'n most." "Look a-hyar, Sadler," Lodie said, slowly--Dolores could not have spoken slower. "Et's bein' worse'n ther beastie ter hit a man when he's down, special when yer know he kyan't live long ter bother nobody. Ef theys get hem ower ter ther town alive et'll be more'n I reckon. An' more'n thet, he may be dead or a-dyln' thes mlnnet while wes what call our­ selves his fr'ends be talkin' o' him names an' sayin' onkind thengs 'bout hem. Hem an' his gal has 'nough ter thenk of 'thout we uns heapin' on her an' him a lot o' hyard thengs 't ain't all true or kind. How'd ye like ther same 'bout ye, or yer gal, Sadler?' The fire died down on the hearth until only a glowing heap of ashes re malned. *The rain and wind sobbed outride at the doors and windows, swaying the creaking sign at the door pout. Suddenly the low door was thrown open, letting in a gust of hoarse east wind and showers of rain and sleet, and out of this,like a wreath of- the storm, tall, grave-faced, drench­ ed to the skin, young Green stood In their midst. He closed the door and advanced toward the fire, removing his hat as he did so. Jones arose at once. Jones was always ready for business; the judge's son would pay well,' no doutft; he should have the best in the house. The other men retained their positions and regarded the new-comer with no friendly eyes. "A powerful bad storm, Jedge," said Jones, good-naturedly. "Kem right up hyar by ther fire, an' get ye dry; "Yes," Green said, pleasantly, quick to note the sullen aspect of the men around the fire. *'It's a night to make one glad of fire and shelter. Have you a place for me to-^ight, Jones?" "Sartain, jedge. Wes al'ays a place fer ye an' a plate an' mug. Ye shall heY a smokln' supper- ter sort o* straight*** ye out, an* yell take off yer thengs an' hev 'pm dried. Hyar's a mug first ter brace ye. Et's a pow­ erful bad night is this." , "Thank you," Green , said* "You're a good-hearted host, Jones. It is pleasant to feel one is so heartily wel­ come." *~ He drew up the chair Jones placed for him, merely noticing the men in the simplest manner. "How is Johnsing now, jedge?" juodie asked, slowly. He was privil­ eged to ask; was he not one of those who rescued the man? "Unconscious," Green replied, grave­ ly. "The doctors dare not leave him for a moment. He is in a critical state and the least movement might prove fatal." "Have theys sot his broke bones, jedge?" Sadler asked, respectfully. "Yes," Green replied, stretching his wet feet toward the fire and enjoying its warmth and rest after the dreary day. "They have set his right leg and his arm, but his left leg will have to be amputated near the hip." A silence fell over them. A sort of awed silence it was, at thought of all it meant. And it was the same man who stood in their midst but three days before, powerful of muscle, with cords like an oak, vowing vengeance upon this young man who had saved his life. "The leg should have been ampu­ tated at once, for it was in a terrible condition, but the doctors dared not do it; in his weak state it might prove fatal. To-morrow they hope to do it. His daughter knows nothing of his critical condition, and they wish her not to know. Thfe waiting and sus­ pense have told much on her already, and she must ha^e no more excite­ ment at present." "An' he's goin' ter lose his leg?" Lodie asked, slowly. "Et's goin' ter be reyther hyard on ther gal as well as Johnsing, 'pears ter me. Who'll take care of 'em, I'd like ter know?" "They'll be taken care of," young Green replied, quietly, a touch of color in his face to hear these rough men speaking of these things in regard to such a woman as Dolores Johnson. "But it is doubtful about Johnson having to be taken . care of many days." Mrs. Jones came to the door and spoke to him. His supper was ready if he cared to have it then. As he arose to obey the summons Tom Smith asked, gruffly, it might be out of bravado to hide his real feelings; "Ef Johnsing dies what 'beat ther triaj^ ower yander, jedge?" Green faced him with a look the men never forgot, as he replied, sharply: "What is a mare's life to that of a man, Smith? You had best let that matter drop till this is settled." (To be continued.) WINE WORTH $5,000 A CASK. Costly Liquor That Is Owned by New York Merchant. The wine trade has recently been agitated by the rumor that a New York wine merchant has paid $5,000 for a single cask of wine. It is called "Napoleonic wine," because it was pre­ served specially for Napoleon I. It is of the 1767 vintage, and none has been sold before, except a small quantity to the king of Spain. Napoleon was so busy-making war that he had little leisuw to drink wine, and thus it has remained to become the oldest sherry in the world. This sale has drawn at­ tention to other old wines and their present market value. The same merchant owns some wine which once belonged to Admiral Nel­ son. It i? worth $4,000 a cask, and was vintaged by a man named De Castro de Palermo of Herax. He has also another wine in his collection which belonged to the duke of Wellington and is now worth $2,500 a cask. He considers speculations in ruch liquid curios as highly profitable, because, if properly preserved, they increase in value yearly. 18. HIS OWN GRANDFATHER. Neapolitan With Most Strangely Mix­ ed Lineage. Beppo Bruzoni, a Neapolitan sailor, is a living 'proof of the fact that a man can be his own grandfather. "I* married." he said, "a widow, and she had by first husband a handsome girl named Silvietta, with whom my father fell in love and who became his second wife. Thus my father be­ came my son-in-law and my step­ daughter became my mother, since she had married my father. Soon af­ terwards my wife gave birth to a son, who became my father's step-brother and at the same time my uncle, since he was my step-mother's brother^ "Btft that was not all, for in due time my father's wife also gave birth to a boy, who was my brother and also my step-son, since he was the son of my daughter. My wife was also my grandmother, and thus I was my wife's husband and at the same time her grandson. Finally , as the husband of a person's grandmother is naturally that person's grandfather, I am my own grandfather."--Household Words. THE KNOWLEDGE OF PLANTS. Professor Says Th«y Have Traits Found In Human Beings. That plants have intelligence is maintained by Prof. Shaler of Harvard university. After discussing the au­ tomata, he says in a thesis: "We may accept as true the state­ ment that our higher intelligence is but the illuminated summit of man's nature, and extend it by the observa­ tions that intelligence is normally un­ conscious, and appear as conscious only after infancy, in our waking hours, and not always then." In summing up he uses the follow­ ing: » "Looking toward the organic world in the manner above suggested, see­ ing that an unprejudiced view of life affords no warrant for the notion that automata anywhere exist, tracing as SOME: GOOD AMienJO W J K^owTnc 1 -J-REES Dy |nsti*c- we may down to the lowest grade of the animal series what is fair evi­ dence of actions which we have to be­ lieve to be guided by some form of Intelligence, seeing there is reason to conclude plants are derived from the same primitive stock as animals, we are in no condition to say intelli­ gence cannot exist among them. In fact, all we can discern supports the view that throughout the organic realm the intelligence that finds its fullest expression in man Is every­ where at work." WILLING TO PAY MOODY. Secretary Offered Cash Inducement- to 8ecure Boarders. "While I was up North last year," said Secretary Moody at a Washing­ ton dinner last month, "I ran across a pioneer's cabin situated In the woods and three miles from any other house. He got his well water from a frog pond, his baking powder and molasses from a store six miles away, and the two rooms in bis cabin had to accom­ modate a family of eight. I waS ready to move on when he said: 'Look here, mister, a good many Boston people come up North in the summer, don't they?" _ V •Yes, a good many.' 'They spend lots 6t money and have a good time?' " 'Yes.' " 'I've heard that they wasnt very particular about what they bad to put up with so long's they got away from home.' , " That may be true.' % " 'Then lamme tell y«M> antnthtn',' be went on, as he dropped his voice to a confidential tone; 'my wife and ine have bin talkin' the thing o'ver and we have decided that we can take three boarders next summer «^y sleep- in' the children under the house, and if you can send em to us at $7 a week apiece we'll make you a present Qf at least $2 In cash.' He was so earnest abont ft that I couldn't bear to dash his hopes, and suppose he has been looking for those three boarders tor a month past*'--Boston Post. The Apeists in Society. To ape anything is a sign of vacuity of mind; to ape the follies of those above you is one of the most offensive forms of vulgarity. Yet we see the follies of the uppermost classes stead­ ily imitated all down the different sets of society, and the popularity of ev­ ery book dealing with peerage is a proof, if one were needed, of what .absorbing interest our failings are to the public. There is nothing we will not write upon to gratify this vul­ gar curiosity; nothing is in too bad taste if by its publication \e can raise a little of the "needful." Our Bean- dais, our intrigues, our inane conver­ sation, onr bills and even our menu" are recorded for the benefit of a pub­ lic which, while professing to be hor­ rified, greedily cries for more.--A Countess in London Outlook. FE A'L a ykszi & A Bad Advertisement. "While py business has been stead­ ily increasing for years," remarked a druggist, "I find I don't sell as much hair restorer as I used to." "Perhaps people are not so credu­ lous In these days," suggested hla friend. "Besides, after trying many of the preparations in vain a man would naturally stop buying them." "No," continued the druggist, don't think those are the reasons. Hu­ man nature is as credulous as ever and the ranks of the baldheads are being constantly recruited. I guess must look for the reason nearer home Twenty years ago I wasn't bgl.4 fifty- The ^True A'mir!can~ fcpirtf. " s* It is a genuine refreshment to the soul nowadays to meet a man who says; "I want work and it does not matter what it is, so long as it is hon­ est and fairly paid for!" There are men whose courage and nobility were never suspected when they were pros­ perous, who, when adversity came up­ on them, threw off their coats and pride and are working at jobs they used to give as favor* to other I Atlanta Constitution* ; ! :&• Why He Changed Teams. Lord Orford, an eccentric English nobleman, once had a team of red- deer stags that he frequently drove to a light coach. All went well until one day there happened to be a pack of stag hounds on the road fr&n Lon­ don to Brighton, along which !x)rd Orford'8 picturesque team was mer­ rily fleeting. There followed the strangest chase that ever mortal man witnessed. The hounds hunted the team and its owner hard to New­ market and with such a smash into the "Ram" inn yard the whole lot went that there was no more coach left and little more of driver. Lord Orford took to horses after that; SOME FADS WORTH \.riiLE- Photography and Bookbinding In Place of Atrocious Fancy Work. It is a pleasing sign of the times that society women are more and more interesting themselves in pur­ suits which are distinctly "useful." The day has gone by when polite accomplishments alone' occupied the attention of ladies of position, and to be able to do anything more practical than warble indifferently, paint in water colors or "punch holer.) and sew them up again," as the process of em­ broidery was once described, was con­ sidered positively vulgar. Nowadays women very rightly re­ gard all this kind of thing as waste of time, unless music or painting or embroidery reaches a certain standard of excellence. So, happily, a women with leisure and means and a desire to employ their fingers profitably, are seriously taking up such work as bookbinding and photography and the beautiful art 6f enameling. Princess Charles of Denmark usu­ ally binds with her own hands, and in many pretty fashions, the books which she presents- to her friends. Photography is a hobby which has been taken up by most of the ladies of our royat family, and is a delightful one for any girl to pursue. But so far enameling is a fancy work practiced by few, though, one cannot doubt that an exhibition re­ cently held in London will do mueh to popularize it, for here wer§ to be seen exquisite exhibits (f this fascin- SUGGESTIONS /-\owyo J<NOW ROCKS ating work done by men and women well known in social circles. When one mentally compares the Berlin wool work atrocities and pallid and hopelessly Incorrect flower stud­ ies and seascapes done by the early Victorian maid and matron with the beautiful art specimens shown as the work of the modern society woman, it is impossible to deny that we are a great improvement upon our predeces­ sors, at any rate as far as artiiBtic ability is concerned.--Gentlewoman. JRViNG FORGOT HIS LiNES. JEFFERSON AND THE DUCKS. Actor's Humorous Acknowledgement of the Misdeeds. "Joe Jefferson," said an artistic friend who recently paid him a visit at his summer on Buzzard's Bay, "beguiles his vacation by fishing, shooting, painting, reading, and corre­ spondence. He has a studio fitted up over his stable and passes many hours there indulging his passion for sketch­ ing and painting, at which he has be­ come an expert, although he modestly disavows any merit to his work." While there the friend unearthed a canvas turned against the wall, upon which was painted a pair of ducks. •The work was of such rare excellence that he was surprised into asking Mr. Jefferson if he painted them. Mr. Jefferson looking up from his easel, hesitated a moment, and then, In his slow, gentle Rip Yin Winkle tone, answered: ' "Yes--I not only shot them, but. I then added insult to injury by paint­ ing them."--New York Times. NO CAUSE TO WORRY. His Idea of Full Dresa. . A boatman who was rowing a tour­ ist fisherman off the north coast of Ireland pointed to a modern hotel that had just sprung up on a certain headland. "Yon's a middling fine hotel," he remarketd. The tourist agreed amiably. "Looks as if it would hold a lot of people," he 'said with British density; "good cooking, eh, what?" But that was not what the Irishman meant. "Yon's the hotel where they strip every night for din­ ner,' he said simply. Woman Pool Playsr. Mrs. W. W. King of Los Angeles, Cal., Is a phenomenal fifteen-bill pool player. She has defeated all comers save her husband, who is the recog­ nized champion of the Pacific coast, and at times nearly wrested the su­ premacy from him. Newport's Next £Aove. The wrist bag for men is the latest Newport wrinkle. The winsome flicker of long ears across the ingenious de­ vice would thfi DOSe-baZ wintlhr * 4VV w """rlSK >3 * AttlBS. •• 'At'.'W*:--•• No One But the Prompter Discovered the Mistake, HoweVer. The best of actors are sometimes embarrassed by loss of memory. They forget lines with which tfiey are per­ fectly familiar, and at critical times, too. Then the services of the prompt­ er are appreciated. The following in­ cident Is related of Sir Henry Irving: At a recent all-star performance of "The Merchant of Venice" Sir Henry and Ellen Terry were so overcome at appearing together once more In a favorite Shakespearean comedy that both forgot their lines. Miss Terry improvised, as is her custom. Sir Henry, however, filled up the pauses in Shylock's lines with "Aws" and "Ughs," to the delight of the audience and his own evident an­ guish. At lasc, in a paroxysm of in­ spiration, he leaped into the trial scene with a long speech from his role in "Dante." This was too mucti for .the actor who was odciating in the propmter's box, and when Sir Henry stalked down, to the footlights the prompter whispered, sepulchrally: "Good heav­ ens, sir, that speech isn't id the book!" Over the shoulder of Bhylock the eye of the actor flashed a withering glance at the prompter 4'nd in a stage whisper Sir Henry said: "Af-aw-aw --well, sir, it ought to be," and calmly continued to recite his Dante lines. BU8INESS INSTINCT OF FAKIR. Choae Appropriate Time for Disposal of His Wares. Nothing in the world exceeds the enterprise of the street hawkers of Park Row. They provide umbrellas on rainy days, and when it comes to seasonable novelties they are always found in the right place at the right time. But the most sagacious of the whole tribe made his apearance one windy day last week. He was selling "safety hat strings," and he sta­ tioned himself at the intersection of Park Row, Nassau and Spruce streets. There the wind sweeps around the corners with the velocity of a lake breeze in Chicago. It comes in' fitful blasts; there are little cen- FOR FALL a -d . ,v Destruction of Boston of No Partic­ ular Interest to New Yorker. Ex-Sheriff "Tom" Dunn last week met A-rthur Porter, who bad just re­ turned from spending his vacation In Boston and who was recounting the many changes in that "Hub of the Universe" since his former visit there. Among other things he said: "Scientists there have made an alarming discovery. They declare that the land on which Boston stands is slowly sinking Into the sea." Dunn politely smothered a yawn. Irritated that so exciting, a bit of In­ formation should be so Indifferently received and unaware that the story had r.lready appeared in the New York papers. Porter continued: "Doesn't that strike you as interest­ ing?" "Not especially," drawled Dunn. "You see, all my cash is Invested In New York."--New York World. Australian Aboriginals. The census of 1901 reveals that the Australian aboriginal is dying out. In 1778, th'e year of settlement, Governor Phillips estimated the native popula­ tion at 1,000,000. To-day it numbers only 47,000. The aboriginal is extinct in Tasmania, almost so in Victoria, and in New South Wales he numbers less than 4,000. Value of Naval Maneuvers. Civilians are apt to regard the naval and joint maneuvers of the army and navy along our cost as elaborate and rather expensive comedies. For those actively engaged therein, how ever, these war games are no jokes. In every other respect than in the ab­ sence of bodily peril they have all the characteristics of actual warfare. The strenuous rivalry is there and the strain of constant alertness, just as if the participants were really ene miea,--Philadelphia Record. ' . -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- . . . . From the Next Nove?.r Percy was intoxicated by the subtle perfume which enveloped her and all her belongings, the faint essence of gasoline proving that she had an autonjioble and was indeed to the manner born. ' ^, > • i : Exterminate Elephant. An English traveler has a$pt home a melancholy story of the "unlimited slaughter" of elephants in Africa They are being exterminated, he states, at the rate of many thousand* a yean A JBOOK ON 5» RD3- J ;«| ow To Find THEM ANM, ters of calm, and then the pedestrian is in the midst of a swirling eddy that almost lifts him off his feet, and fctraw hats fly in every direction. The street fakir chose this corner to obtain a practical demonstration of the utility of his wares. As soon as a hat blew off he was after the unfor­ tunate with the shrill cry: 'Buy a safety hat string--only ten cents!" It was twice the usual price, but so timely was his proposition that he disposed of his whole stock in less than an hour, much to the envy of his rivals, who vainly endeavored to get rid of trolley guides and popular songs.--New York Press. FATHER HAD BEEN THERE. His Experiences Was Valuable in Checking Son's. Accounts. Every one knows of the college stu­ dent who, when he was "hard up," sent home a set of verses to whioh the governor replied In kind. The son ftenned: The rose is red,. The violet bine, Send me fifty P. D. Q. This was the reply: The rose is red,: 4 And sometimeSrjtffe^, I'll send you fifty, I don't think. • , Another father was looking over his son's account, when he discovered an item he did not quite understand. "Hm," he said, "thirty dollars for tennis; isn't that rather a large sum for such a game? How do you explain it, sir?" "Oh," replied the hopeful, .carelessly waving his hand, "that was just for a couple of rackets." "Why not call them bats?" asked the knowing father. Baseball as ai Pacification. Taught to play ball, Latin-Ameri­ cans would forego rebellion and bull fights and expend their energies in tnree-base hits and home runs. Al­ ready it has pacified whole provinces In our oriental archipelago. Let us take a hint and send, not mere teach­ ers, soldiers and alleged statesmen to our colonies, but teams of profes­ sional ballplayers. Railroading and Warfare. During the three months ending March 31 there were 300 persons killed and 2,834,Injured in railroad accidents in the TJnited States. Other railroad casualties brought the total number to 827 killed and 11,481 in­ jured. The Boers lost only 3,700 in killed during three years of war with Great Britain and the moral seems to be that war in Africa is a great deal safer business than railroading In the United States. l i f -- -- -- • 1 ' " " • 1 1 Writes His Own Messages. Theodore Roosevelt is the first president of the United States for many years to write his own mes­ sages and speeches. It is usually sup­ posed that the words of a ruler are his own, and his acts the acts of his ministers, but as a rule the speeches of emperors, kings and presidents are composed by their ministers, or at lent the material Is furnished them. Millions of Immigrants. Nineteen million Immigrants reach­ ed the United States In the eighty e n d i n g w i t h 1 9 0 S . - . . * MANY GIRt 3 LEARN tO ,BOX. for' Teacher Says Exercise Is Good Fair Sex. "It Is just as essential for a glrVv-T /" to know how to use her fists in atti',§? emergency as it is for a man," said-^-'i a teacher who advertises "boxing les-Vi:^ sons for men and women." "It ia;'Jj-. not at all uncommon in New York for- -','.;' three or four women to join an even-*- > ^ ing class of boxing lessons, and som% of them are quite proficient. Boxing ? Is far more useful to a woman thau.^N fencing, although many of them da.iC*? not seem to think so. I know several f teachers who give private J>o'xing ^s. sons to women, but tha^fs expensi%.; Any woman can learn all that sh^- ^ wants to know about boxing in a flve»/| dollar course. The only thing theaJ?^/ is practice and to remember what shQ > has been taught when an emergency^ arises. . '-0$ "Some Women go in for boxing slm-~ ^ ply for the exercise. There is noth+**•$ ing better for teaching them agility on their feet and for reducing flesbt§S0 on the shoulders, bust and hips^V^ Women must be taught differently'* from men. They can't stand roughs-.: and tumble work. But they can beS^ # taught to hit hard and Just where to-C- land an effective blow when it is most. i needed. 'IvPg', * "You will notice that the young^ v.^ women who have got into print iate-v • ,ly for knocking down mashers knewy^% Just how to use their fists. We teach@^ women effective blows for just sucU, ' emergencies. It is not sufficient tq||>> aim for the point of a man's chin. The^ ; essential thing is to keep cool and watch the opportunity to hit on that /*; spot when his teeth are clenched, asv% they are pretty sure to be if he is fp surprised or angry. Then any womaatfl , who knows the blow can knock hin& : r COFFEE A* A 8TIMULAI*TV; ^v# . i • An Antidote for Alcohol and laf^ Otherwise Distinctly Beneficial. ^ One of the highest authorities^ = among medical publications, the Lon- -;^| don Lancet, gives a few words of ad-/': vice and comfort to the lovers of cof-'" fee and says that this most popular • >*- of all drinks Is not harmful. As an after-dinner drink it beUeves§*3| coffee is distinctly beneficial. Coffeey^v also is an antedote fer alcohol. The^'v.1 dyspeptic, it says, should not drinkj^i coffee or tea, because both are injuri-$%j ous to weak stomachs. ^ ^ As a substitute for the hot drink,; however, coffee Jelly is recommended. -' ® In this form it can be taken into any-^ stomach without injury, provided|glf there is no stinting of the quantityi of coffee In the jelly. It has a cooling^/§ effect, assuages the thirst and is gen erally beneficial. Coffee, the Lancet declares, 'is a^ifs stimulant, like alcohol, but, unlikeHfJ alcohol, it arouses muscular energy ; without the collapse which follows al-r^^ BOOK COVERS TW GREEN -- HOW JO KNOW IT. ^PAYNE. coholic drinks. This is likely to provejM1 grateful information to the thousand# of Americans who think they cannotf?. ^ begin the day without a free Indul^-; | gence In coffee and who often conK.^ sume that beverage with eacb three daily meals. ;• /T?'.: HE KNEW TH£ PLACE." Grim Man Had Just Left Ideal 8po* ;u - for Reformers. ^ The long-haired young reformer# ^ were holding an informal debate, and'V * when they had agreed that the worlc^ was Just about as corrupt and bad place as it well could be, a grim-faced^/ man arose. •. "What you seem to want, frlends," % he said, "is a place where e*eryon«£^ has to be good by law." That's it!" chorused the refonners^'^ "Where smoking ain't allowed, an^' • such a thing as drink is unknownf'^^ Where no one need worry about food. .,*, and raiment, and where money doe* y not exist?" "We do!" "Where everyone tos to go taf*"" church on Sundays, and everyone keeps regular hours?" "That is Just what we do want Oh, to find such a place!" said a soulful young fellow, speaking for the others "Well, I've Just come from such a place » .'.f; "You have?" cried the soulful onefc ; "Oh, tell us, tell us, man of wonderful^ experience, where It is, that we niay^ also go!" : "it's a place oalied prison I" said tlMg^ grim man. * d Farmer In Hard Luck. In the British house of lords recent­ ly when the subject of automobiles was being debated a peer told this story: "A Perthshire farmer was driv­ ing sheep across a road, when a motor car dashed on the scene. The car in­ jured one of the animals so severely that it had to be killed, while the autolj";- mobilist hurried oji his- way. The|y • farmer sent the carcass to the market and was fined too selling diseased meat" The Folly of Keeping Sober. A record "shows that thirty-eight • drunken men killed forty-one sober J men in Indian Territory last year. It$& is meant as a temperance lesson, butf'^.* •' it may be construed as showing thfl&i7'/ folly of being a sober man in Indian£'X Territory.--Kansas City Star, • Old Man's 8w!mm!ng Recwtt John Leland Henderson of Hoo4>:1 f River, Ore., established a swimming- record for old men by swimming; eighteen miles without a rest fat tha ~ Columbia river. Mr. Henderson «lty4«» ?sar»old*