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|^ *4 N ? ~:T-*K !fr* iFf^^xT^Zh ^KjT^v^v *y v-y- > v * ' J H W ' , * * * 4 2 ^ 1 =5* «B* THE OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN. A lovely pin.c6 !n the ovcnin^ light ... .. .. ,y^..... • •. Wherein to rest ami be idle, . y-^w^f.!*' Its borders so.shadowy yet so bright, / '. 'V. sl\*v: •Where old-fashioned roses dwell by rlgnpH?.. And queenly lilies are clad in white &\.^v%ft$', * Like flowers adorned for a bridal. &,.• A' .^^Tr Dear haunted garden. at dnsk w« *£m»A. And your din) un;tiior>ea punuer; Of children wtui, played there--a house* hold \nndW! Of lovers that haply a lifetime planned, Of aged ones resting here hand In band, Now at rest on the hillside yonder. ~ They have passed away, but their work survives, Jt$ fragrance to strangers granted; And as their garden still blooms and thrives. Even so the grace of their homely lives Beyond the winter of death revives-- They are not dead, but transplanted. Ah! svfeet the flowers that our love await. Where the springtime is fresh and ver- - nalv-» ., -,- - Where never the summerti.de comes too late, And never a blossom out of date; Thank GOd in the peace of that heavenly state The old-fashioned Jovs are eternal. --Philadelphia Price Current. 4**|t 4* The Turn of the By CKCIX. J. DENTON. Cops/rioted, 1P03, bt/ The Authors thing Company !oi.n on our goods and chattels would fall due next week. If the amount was not forthcoming they would be under the painful necessity of levying on the furniture, etc. - "Thank goodness, darling, that the dark clouds are rolling away, and that tho flood tide is making. It will not be my fault if I* do not take advan­ tage of it I have (satisfied my creditor, much to his astonishment and disgust. Now he is quite willing to wait for an indefinite period for his money. I suppose, with the hope that he will get me in his claws again. Now for the rest of my news. That same friend of Devine's has commissioned me «p ra'nt some scenes in the Thousand Islands and' the Adirondacks. Pack your trunks and be ready for a start as soon as possible." "Well, Charlie, we have each tried to hide our troubles from the other.. I am so glad I can aid with my mite. I never intended to be a drone in the matrimonial hive. May we go hand in hand down the stream of life. Don't laugh at me." "Laugh! I am as grave as a Judge, but I must let "the exuberance of.'my spirits escape, by giVlng three times three for my queen bee." , .* END OF FAMOUS TAVERN. jjvv; "Oh, Nellie! Oh, Nellie! where are j^on?" called - Charles Macdonald, artist, just hotae from his studio. !•* "I will be there in a minute, Char^ " lie." Hardly hatf the words been ut­ tered when the portiere was drawn aside and a girlish figure appeared. Her eyes were illumined with love, and a smile of sweet content played around the corners of her rosy lips. If any cares disturbed the quietude of her existence, her husband never dis­ cerned them. . "Why, little woman, how bright you look!" "Don't I always look radiant when Stty l:rd and master deigns to bestow the light of his countenance on his Imndiraid?" "Hello! what have you been read- fag? Some oriental fantasy? But, « seriously, methinks I see a brighter sparkle in thine eyes. 'By jove! you have started me spouting in rhythm. Come and sit on this sofa and make a clean confession." "Well, Charlie, dear, I am afraid misdeeds are so small that I shall require but little absolution. For some time I have seen t^e clouds gathering eo your brow--" "But, sweetheart, how could you see ,.£- .€hem?" Am I not always cheerful? I f-- ifl&ttered myself that I bore a strong f ^j^eBemblance to the merry grig." "How can you be so foblish, sir? VY }Must I again impress upon your mind fthat love has piercing eyes? Foolish fboy! Intuition told me that our pres­ ent path was not as smooth as it might be; they say only two things trouble a man, love and the want of money. I was vain enough to think the former was not the cause, there- ^»«^re, I came to the conclusion it must be the latter, but I had an abiding jj&ith that all such troubles would ^Square themselves in the end." y "About as easy as squaring a dr^ de!" answered Charlie. "Thought I would not bother you, rtat do the best I could. Tou may laugh, sir, but I had a small mountain «m my mind, lying awake at night de- Tifling means to make a Joint last as long as possible--puzzling my brain to torn it into all sorts of strange dishes to cover its identity. You may have a light heart, dear, I have not run into debt over housekeeping expenses. The butcher, the baker, and all the tribe that supply opr wants, have been paid. "But I had come to the end of my resources until--well, never mind! I Krlll tell you that in its right place. Tou were always generous with my yocket money, slyly replenishing my pocketbook; that made a nest egg to work on. Then, to use an expression of yours, I resorted to my 'avuncular relative.' I wrote to one of those con­ cerns that advertise to wait on you mt your residence. They did not give me anything like I expected, for same really handsome Jewelry that belong­ ed to my mother." § "That Is how pawnbrokers get bo enormously rich;, they give a third, or ;less, of the value, hoping that ...the iurtlcle will never be redeemed." «. magazines. Now, Charlie, don't call me a fraud and look Incredulous." "You are., without an exception, the sweetest and dearest little fraud I know of." * "This very day I received such a polite note from an editor, accepting one of my stories, and asking me to submit more. He also gave me the name of another magazine that he thought my work suitable for. Isn't that nice? Behold,/|inbeliever! there is the check," giving it a dramatic kiss as she showed it to her husband. "So while you are producing the beaute­ ous scenes of nature, I can scribble. But, darling, I will not neglect your well being, nor take less pride in our home. In proof thereof I have pre­ pared the daintiest of luncheons, a savory meal to delight the soul of my lord. How will that do, Charlie, mine?" ' N London Landmark Gone..After Cen­ tury of Strenuous Life. "Limmers," once known as the most famous sporting tavern in London, closed its doors; this week after a century of strenuous life. To the last a flavor of Georgian conviviality and comfort hung about the "old tavern at the corner, of George and Conduit streets. Stories of devil-may-care pranks cluster thick about the estab­ lishment, which is soon to be turned into a piano warehouse. It was long the resort of the patrons of the turf and prize ring and thousands of pounds changed hands in its dingy coffee rooms. On one occasion "Billy" Duff, granduncle of the Duke of Fife, finding himself kept too long by the waiters, drew'out a dueling pistol and shot the clock. Gen. Bolivar, the "lib­ erator" of Venezuela, lived at IJtu­ rners during his exile. Formerly a secret underground passage rail from the house into Bond street, through which needy youngsters were accus­ tomed to escape from the bailiffs. A favorite pastime with certain patrons during early Victorian days was the betting of thousand-pound notes on the turn of a card. The floors were kept sanded in memory of one night upon which Lord Waterford, declaring the apartment too warm, coolly shoveled the blazing coals from the fireplace over the costly Brussels carpet and almost set fire to the house. Many convivial organizations have foregath­ ered at Limmers, the last being, the "Sette>of Odd Volumes," of which Max Pemberton, the novelist, is president. WAS A FAMOUS BIRD. '.'fPNie sortlere was drawn aside and a girlish figure appeared. /V' ! P ' : , "A hippy inspiration seized me," #he continued, "when I was at school kit lot of us girls weat in for writing •torles. I, at least, had no thought o£ having my effusions published though «ome of the girls are making a name tar themselves, and, I suppose, are OOlnlng money. We were stern and j«xactlng critics, never failing to tear 4me another's choicest productions to , pdtreds. I believe we took a fiendish idelight in unmercifully knocking Chose characters of straw to pieces. I Hiad quite a nice little pile of stories fmugly stored in one of my trunks. I '•est four or five of them to publish- 4m. Two or three times they came jfcadL 1 redirected them to other -. _ .. . . He was looking for pictures. "Well, for once you are a fraud. I had visions, coming home, of taking you to Delmonico's; but I would rather have a dish prepared by those neat, little hands, than the grandest banquet served by the finest chef. I also have news. I am delighted with your good luck, and I don't know how I can thank you sufficiently for the gentle spirit in which you have come to the rescue of a common fiend. At last, I think I may say, the tide has turned. Harry Devine, an old chum of mine, at Yale, came into the studio this morning with a friend of his. He was looking for pictures to adorn the walls of his newly furnished house. My dear, he is wise in his generation, as he said he would rather pay a fair price for American works of art, which' he knew at least were genuine, than to invest a fabulous sum in works of old masters which were, per­ haps, spurious. He purchased two landscapes, giving me a generous check for them.*' "Oh, Charlie! I am so glad. I knew your work deserved a good price. I only wish I had had the naming of the figure; it would show how much I admire your painting. I am infinitely more pleased than if I were hailed as the rising star in the literary firma­ ment. You are the sun, and I feel glorified in reflecting some of the beams by being your loving wife." "Byt, Nellie, we have been living on the ragged edge of a volcano for some months. I have suffered the tor* ments of the inferno for that space of time--not very- flattering to your pretty 4face and engaging ways, but we will let it pass. -You were aware of the fact that I hadn't much money when we burnt incense together at the shrine of Hymen. Like all lovers of art, by my pictures not being unmer­ cifully skied , in* the salon, I imagined the stream of Pactolus would flow our way, with naught but gentle ripples. In my arrogance, or let me modify the expression, by saying, for the love of mine art, I would not condes­ cend to paint pot-boilera for grasping dealers; therefore I found myself In a state of collapse; inspiration seemed to leave me; even my historical paint­ ing, which I still hope may hang In the academy, was at a standstill, was too extravagant in furnishing our bridal nest and my atelier. I^do like to have around me pretty things. It is conducive to higher work. But. thank the powers, I paid ready cash for everything; It was a good thing for us, as I was enabled to raise the 'needful, though at a ruinous rate of Interest, I must confess. What seemed such hard luck was to have a lot of good material on hand, and vanity apart, I felt it to be above the medi­ ocre, which represented solid cash, but could find no market for my wares. Duns, debts and difficulties, the three demons dreaded by impe­ cunious mortals, stared me in the face, Only yesterday I received a note in­ forming me that the interest oa the But Eight-Year-Old Prize Winner Was No Table Delicacy. The earl of Denbigh, who command­ ed the Honorable Artillery Company of" London during its recent visit to America, told at a dinner party in New York one night a story which, he said, Andrew Lang had related to him. There was, according to the story, an aged. Scot who had a reputation far and near for his fine fowls, which took prizes at all the fairs and shows of the countryside. , A gentleman, stopping In the neigh­ borhood, heard so much *of the Scot and his birds that he decided to give the old man's stock a trial. Accord­ ingly he sent an order for the finest turkey that could be procured, and in due season was delighted to feceive an exceedingly large and plump fowL The fowl was roasted and served, but so tough and dry did it prove that the gentleman could not eat a mouth­ ful of it. Very much chagrined, he set forth to find the old Scot. The latter, after listening to his patron's outburst of disappointment, said with a sneer: "Hoot, man, why ye kenna tell a guid bird when ye see it. That turkey I sent ye has ta'en the first prize at all the shows for the last eight years." Crushing. The youth had Just left college, and his ambition, like his Collar, was high. At home the all-engrossing subject was the young man's future career, and, he was discussing with his par­ ents which of the professions stood most Ip need of his genii*?*. The fatllefs idea of his son's ability was disgustingly low. 'I think," said the old man, "that you had better adorn one of the stools in my office." The young mart drew himself up and the high collar grew tight as he strove to swallow his righteous anger. Folding his arms, he asked: "Is thy servant a dog?" "No, but you'll grow!" came the crushing response. GRECIAN x The Living Present, F. Marion ^Crawford, the prolific nov­ elist, has little sympathy with the art for art's sake" cult. He has a swift, fluent pen, and does not believe in that indefatigable polishing which Walter Pater advocated. Otherwise Mr. Crawford could not possibly turn out the number of volumes annually that he does. A young woman was introduced tcu Mr. Crawford recently. Hearing that he was a novelist, she said: "And have you written anything that will live after you are gone t' "I don't know," he replied. "You see, what I am after is something that will enable here." me to live while I am SURE CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS. (Special Correspondence.) Most Of the recently published an- lual report of the British School at Athens, the eighth in number, deals with the discoveries in Crete. Exca­ vations have been made in the eastern part of that islands not only at Knossos. near the northorn shore, where spade work seems yearly to re­ veal yet greater wonders, but also at Praesos and Palaikastro. The struc­ ture of the great palace at the flrst- aamed site becomes each year more Jistinct, and the last decade has added i new chapter to'the pre-Hellenic hls- '.ory of the Mediterranean. This shows :hat the legends, which, loss than half i century ago, were considered to be lid wives' tales, had a very substantial foundation in'fact. Though Daedalus. before the Greeks besieged Troy, or , Ulysses set out on his travels. But what was the date of all this? The answer to that question almost daily becomes more definite. Mr. Evans' discoveries at Knossos, those of Mr. Bosanquet at Palaikastro, and of others elsewhere, show that the civilization in the Eastern Mediter­ ranean began long before that part of the Mycenean period which was first disclosed by Schliemann's researches in the traditional citadel of Atreus, and to which the great palace at Knossos belongs. Yet all these are proved to be earlier than the Dorian invasion--that is, than the dawn of. definite history in Greece. To begin with, the language, as Mr. R. S. Con­ way Informs us, was not Greek. The Royal Palace at Athens. did not trust himself to "fleet wings" when he quitted the realm of Minos, and we may c<^tinue to be skeptical as to the existence of the Minotaur, a wonderful building certainly existed at Knossos before Greek history be­ gins or the Homeric poems were writ­ ten. . ' The Knossos excavations have now proved the existence of more £han one stage in the development of early Cretan civilization. Beneath this great palace the ruins of an older building locally occur, the foundations of which rest upon a stratum that has yielded Implements of wrought stone and bone, with pottery. These clearly be­ long to the later stone, or neolithic, age. Remains found in both buildings prpve them to have been erected in the bronze age; the upper-one belonging to the later part ot -it--that depicted In the Homeric poems. Above the ruins came the sub-struc­ tures of the great palace, which in places very nearly followed the older lines. xThe arrangements for • drain­ age,-and especially for taking advan­ tage of the occasional heavy %jgnfall for purposes -of flushing, woum be creditable to a modern sanitary en­ gineer, and include lines of drain pipes as well as regular sewers. This, how­ ever, is not all. Ancient ouildings, apparently, were very often only one story high--at any rate, above ground. At Knossos the remains of an upper story are among the later discoveries. Mr. Evans, who is in charge of the ex­ cavations, even believes that he has identified the Queen's boudoir, con­ nected by a private staircase with her bedroom above, and other parts of the ruins give indications which sug^ gest the former existence of a second floor. That this was a common con­ struction in Cretan houses of that age has now been proved. In one of the basement chambers of the palace a number of enameled plaques, which evidently had formed part of a large mosaic, were found buried beneath a pavement, and, therefore, of more an­ cient date; the material resembling Egyptian porcelain, but of the native Knossian fabric. Many of them repre­ sent houses, towers, and other build­ ings. One type of the first shows a dwell­ ing constructed of plaster and wood, the round beam ends of the latter be- materials at present to hand are too scanty to say much more than that it may belong to the Indo-European fam­ ily. Crete, however, can supply a more definite answer than this. Articles of Egyptian manufacture have been found there, and these prove the two countries have been in communication, which was closest In the time of the eighteenth dynasty, or about fifteen centuries before the Christian era. Egyptian monuments of about the iBame date also, contain reference to people from beyond the Mediterranean. Among these the Kef- tiu are mentioned, a name, as H. R. Hall tells us, meaning the "back of beyond." Who they were cannot be precisely determined, but the name may have been used vaguely for peo­ ple from Crete and parts of the main­ land, while other names more certain­ ly designate Cyprus. Bronze swords of Mycenean type also figure on Egyptian freshcoes, and the date of these wea­ pons has been supposed on other grounds to be about 1600 B. C. Thus the Mycenean age can be carried back, at any rate, for some thirty-five cen« turies from the present era. Among the vases and other remains from the older palace, a fair number show traces of Egyptian influence, and some must have been Imported from that country. Like the Cretan seals, they supply the means of linking on to the period of the Twelfth and Thir­ teenth Dynasties, thus carrying us about 800 years further back than the former date. But the excavations of last year evidence was found of com­ munication with the Nile Valley iin the early Dynastic period--fragments of vases, both of pottery and of stone, which, in the opinion of Egyptologists, may belong to the Fourth Dynasty of the Kings of Egypt, and cannot be later than the Sixth. The one began about 4.000 years, the other ends at about 3,300 years, before the Christian era. These relics may have been rather ancient when brought to Crete, but they certainly point to a very ear­ ly date for the beginning of the MI- noan or Pre-Minoan Era, one compared with which the building of the great palace seems almost modern. Welcome News. •'There was once a minister In Hart­ ford," says Mark Twain, "who had a Holding Hands. -The way was steep and tiresome^ And hot the afternoon. Alone I walked, reluctant To reach my home too soon. -Before me in the pathway. Near where the statue stands^ There walked a son and father, " And they were holding hands. But, as I watched them sadly. The man In anger flung . Aside the little fingers . • That to his own had clunJt > 1. X heard him. say, ignoring i i-* The weary boys demandsi t,. t "It's hot enough, 1 reckon," ' ) Without our holding hands.** v Tee, little hands arc clinsrinML *- And little feet will fall, v But little hearts are tender And little lives are frail. " ,.: JX one I knew could only ^ Come back to give commSMMflfc' ]Td gladly walk forever, ...^1; Fof-ever holding hands. -- M i l w a u k e e J o u r n a l . . . . . . . Gymnasium lag arranged in a pattern which was sometimes followed in masonry. This had two doors, suggestive, as Mr. Evans remarks, of a modern semi­ detached villa, with a window above each. Over this came a sort of en­ tresol, with double windows, and a story over it, which was, perhaps, fol­ lowed by an attic. The plaques with these are too broken to do more than show there was a, central doorway on the ground floor. Presumably there was a window on either side, since there are three in the first floor. Each of these has frames containing four panes, which are painted red. so scar­ let-tinted oiled parchment may have been the substitute for glass. The second floor has three rather smaller windows, and the vjrhole facade la ornamented by double string courses-- probably beams--the rest of the walls being formed of plaster-faced rubble. There were also houses more like towers, as well as regular towers, but from tha first and second we can pic­ ture to ourselves the streets of Knossos early in the Myoenean Ace, of Hadrian. lot of boys In his Sunday school who were in the habit of staying away on the Sunday when the big steamer City of Hartford docked'in the morn­ ing. "One Sunday the minister came down to Sunday school and found all the boys there. He was profoundly affected. " 'Boys,' he said, 'you cannot im­ agine how much this exhibition of loyalty on your part to the Sunday school affects me. When I came by the docks this morning and saw the City of Hartford there ' "'Gee whiz!' shouted the boys la chorus, 'is she in?' and they left In a body,"--Philadelphia Post. Nothing Equals Flve-Foot Wall, Says One Who Todk the Treatment. ^ John G. Gapers, the Republican Na­ tional co sitieeniaD from South Car­ olina, told a coterie of Southern statesmen at the capitol last week some reflections of an ex-convict,- bis client once upon a time, about the Sjln't habit. "This man was accused of iimidei," said Mr. Capers. "1 defended him as diligently as I could In the court, and got him off with a verdict of man­ slaughter, for which he was sentenced to a five-year term in the penitentiary. He thought himself very fortunate to escape as well as he did. My client had been a pretty tougff customer. He had actually drunk constantly for twenty-five years before the state took him into its keeping. "By good behavior he reduced his sentence several months. As soon as the prison doors opened, he came straight to my office to express his thanks for my legal services to him. Naturally, after his long confinement, he was sober as a judge. " 'Partner,' said he, 'I have heard tell a great deal about these 'ere insti­ tutes for curing drunkenness. For well nigh to a quarter of a century I was in a permanent state of intoxica­ tion, but I want to say that as a drink eradicator there's nothing equal to live feet of solid granite wall.between yo'self and the nearest bo<6ze joint.'" --Washington Post. • viV^ Want Laborers In Transvaal. The Transvaal Labor Commission has reported that there is a total shortage of 241,000 laborers in South Africa, the deficiency being chiefly felt in •griculture and mining. There is a shortage of- 40,000 mea ta Ue railway workings ale a*. ; NO NEED FOR LANTERIffc Conductors New Seldom Carry Thelp Costly Lights in Taking Tickets. Modern railroading has driven the passenger conductor's lantern almost out of use. Two decades ago or less the pride of a passenger conductor was his lantern. Then the cars were not so brilliantly illuminated as they are now, and the ticket taker was obliged to carry his light on his left arm in order to see the pasteboards as he passed through the dimly lighted car. Ten or twelve years ago the con­ ductors indulged in considerable ex­ travagance in the mattef^of lanterns. Some of them were gold and silver plated. The upper part of the glass globe was coloi^d blue, and the name of the owner was cut in old English letters. At the meetings of the con­ ductors' association manufacturers would arrange a great display of cost­ ly lights at one of the hotels in the city in which the meeting would be held.Some of the conceits in the lights were unique and the prices ranged from $25 to ten times that fig­ ure. , The glass and the plating were kept in a highly polished state and none dared to meddle with this part of the ticket puncher's equipment. Conductors still carry their own lanterns--that is they are on the train ready for use--but there Is nowhere near the need of them that formerly existed. What He Thought Remarkable. He was from the country and so was his wife. .They were-taking in the city under the escort of a city man who evidently enjoyed their astonish­ ment and comments. "This is St. Paul's chapel," exjlalned the escort as they stood in front of that ancient edifice. "It is one of the oldest dhurches in New York, if not the oldest." "Re-mark-a-ble," exclaimed the vis­ itor. , * ' ' "That Is what you have said of every church building we have looked at. What Is so remarkable about all of the New York churches?" asked &e escort. "It Is remarkable," answered the visitor, looking at the little £tgn on the wall announcing the sexton's name and address, "that every blamed sex­ ton is an undertaker and that he Is permitted to advertise his undertaking business on the church door. It strikes me as being the most remarkable thing in New York."--New York Times. •; Living Jewels; When, the thirst for the novel, whether It be for clothes, jewels or manner of conducting a function, is so unquenched as it is to-day, it seems surprising the oid and worn-out cus­ tom of showering rice on the bridal pair still satisfies us. In London at one or two weddings tiny silver horseshoes were thrown at the bridal couple. The silver may sound hard until you hear that it was silver paper. Quite often in heard the plaint; Nothing new In Jewelry for love of art or money. Then adopt the fad of the women of Mexico, who have a fancy for living jewels in the form of flre-flies. They tie these little creatures in gauze bags and wear them in their hair, or sparkling in the corsage. Instead of cleaning your jewels regularly, feed them on scraps of sugar cane and place them .in ft wire cage at night in place Of ttie satin-lined, jewel-studded case. In Two Pictures. a closet 'neath the stairway. Covered with the dust of years. Is a picture old and faded, \ And I scarce can hide the tea*B As I look upon that canvas, J Marred by time's relentless now! For that warm heart was my casue* In the Kingdom of By Lo. She It was who, uncomplaining. Bora my load of grief and caret •Suaged my sorrows, kissed my bruises. When my feet were brown and bare; Kept my wayward steps from straying Tnto stony paths, and steep. Taught my Infant lips to utter "Now I lay me down to sleep. But I have another picture. Oh! to me It is so fairi Though the cheeks have lost their roMS, And there's silver in the hair; Time can never dim its freshnes»-- Such the Master Painter's art- It was painted there in By Lo; 'Tls the picture In my heart. --Charles L». Eraser. ^ Range of Temperature. T!» Vange of temperature suited to terrestrial life is comparatively nar­ row. AH vital actions are suspended temporarily, some permanently. If sub­ jected to a temperature near the freez­ ing point; while the highest that most organisms can bear lies some­ where between 95 degrees and 113 de­ grees Fahrenheit. Only the spores of certain bacteria can survive boiling. It is, therefore, probab'e that if the general temperature; of the earth's surface rose or fell 40 degrees (a small amount Wtively), the whole course of life would be changed, #vea yerthance to extinction. .What Lucinda Meant. Why do I think she likes me bestt^ ̂ s • She never told me so, and I " Have never put her to the test; ' Perhaps I'll ask her bw-aad by. Why should she stand and^watch, i see, When I come down the maple lane? X" Why should she wave her hand to me *. And tap her fingers on the pane? ( ,*#. ' -•**: Why should she reach her hands to takep ;?^ My overtfoat and hat, you know? Why should she pass the frosted caki&y'S- And archly say: "I made it, Joe?" V; And then, why should she always call iyC Me by my first name? Don't you sea -,i, Such things as these, and others, all Are signs Lucinda takes, to met Why does she lean so close, I safljf'Vr -'jl There in the parlor where we si* „ ,<j? After the r^st have gone away, ' 1 With the lamp wick turned down "• bit? • And why, I wonder, does she 'rest •••' Her hand a moment on my kneft Sometime I'll put her to the test N j ; _• And ask%her if she cares for mi^'^ To-night when I arose to gi* •• She went* and stood beside the door, l V-v? And said: "You're always wetotpiw'^ f - " Joe." • ; .. • A thing she's often said before. J So now I guess it is all right; V ' Next Sunday I will know, you see, i\ ' Just what Lucinda meant to-night When her hand waved a kiss to me. --Horace Seymour KsUen t House for Each Season. James W. Davidson, United States ̂ consul to Formosa, has written an ac­ count of a unique tribe living on small island adjacent to Formosa,, who have a house for each Beason of the year--cold, wet and dry. Each family possesses a splendid walled and stone paved compound, wherein are three distinct houses, at* testing the cleverness of the natives and their desire to obtain the maxi­ mum of comfort. One house, built half under ground. Is their winter residence. For the warmer weather they have a comfort» able building, elevated some feet above ground, and for protection against the heat of summer they have- a tower-like edifice, sufficiently elevat­ ed to catch the cool breezes. These huts serve not only as habita­ tions, but also as workshops and store­ houses. In construction a consider­ able amount of wood is used as sup­ ports and cross beams and for the In­ ner floor, ceiling and walls of the two- large huts. The elevated structure Is of wood, bamboo and straw. A shelf projects _ level with the, entrance, and tfitiK in­ habitants are obliged to mount this and then crawl on all fours, the door* way not being much larger than the- entrance to a good-sized dog kennel. , Three Farms Take Long Slide. Three farms In the province of Ot­ tawa, Canada, recently slid three hun­ dred feet. Upon one of them was a well of the old fashioned kind, thirty feet deep and stoned up from the bot­ tom wit a circular wall. It had in it four feet of water. The well, water and all, moved with the rest of the farm, and not a stone of its wall was jared loose and the water was as clear and sweet after the landslide as before. Thousands of people went for mile^ to drink from this well that had made such a wonderful journey. The landslide was at Poupore, a French-Canadian settlement on the banks of the Lievre River, nine miles north of Buckingham and a half hour's ride by railway from Ottawa. At Poupore the river was 100 feet wide. From its western bank the land wai „ smooth and level, stretching back with a gentle slope to a range of abrupt hills a mile from the river. The land was rich, with a black surface loam three feet deep, then a layer of several feet of sand and gravel and beneath this thirty feet of blue clay. Three farms of 200 acres each adjoin­ ed each other, owned by Duncan Mc­ Millan, Alexandre Clement and Mau­ rice Brazeau. American Liquor Consumption. Enough tea, coffee, wine, beer and liquors have been used by the Ameri­ can people last year to make a lake two miles square and ten feet deep, which would be large enough to float several navies the size of our own. Enough alcoholic beverages were dis­ posed of to fill a canal 100 miles long,. 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep. Made a Slippery Catch. Armory Crossman Jr., of West War- rgn, Mass., while at work one morning; in the wheel pit at the leather factory, caught with his hands two eels that weighed four and three-quarters pounds each, the longer of the two measuring two feet ten and a half inches, and was about three inches la diameter. Foretold Death Correctly. •. -.John G. Pendergast, a well-known shoemaker of Newport, R. I., had an idea that he would die on Thanksgiv­ ing day. He was in good health and ate his Thanksgiving dinner. He was taken ill on the street late in the afternoon and was taken tfc the hospi­ tal, but before his arrival there he was dead. Puppy Was, Too Frisky. A frisking puppy In New York re­ cently picked up a stick of dynamite and ran capering into a crowded street with it. By good luck no harm hap­ pened, for a brave man got the ex- plcsive with one hand and the dog with the other at the same.t^ppit and broke the connection. ; _ , , . .. ̂ . Goods Made Long Trip. Q. M. Center of Milford, N. H., order­ ed a box of goods from a Chicago firm The goods came promptly east, but did not stop at the Atlantic seaboard and went across the water. After diligent tracing the goods were found 111 Eng­ land, and they are now on their way batik over the Atlantic. V-V Rather Puzzling People who do not Tcnbl Thomas Hall in Hanson, Mass., is not an Individual, but a public gathering" place, will be surprised to read in an enchange, "Thomas Hall is receiving: a coat of paint.at.:^ • matt painters.'-*--'; •