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HISTORICAL 1072 STORY FERDINANvTnD ISA BEI. L* A Spanish Romance. The country now know as Spain wai at one time divided into ^ number i»' email kingdoms. In th middle of th< fifteenth century the most important cl these were Castile and Arragon. In these two neighboring States lived two children destined in later years to great fame. They were Isa­ bella, sister of the King Henry, of Castile, and heir to h' throne, and Ferdinand, son and 1" i of the King of Arragon. When Isabella was but nine and Ferdinand eight years old the King of Arragon proposed to the King of Castile that the children be be th noth ed. But Henry refused. He bad other plans for his sister. The Children Wished to be Betrothed. The boy and girl heard of it and were grieved. Each was lonely and longed for a playmate. They did not understand affairs of state; they did not comprehend mar­ riage. They were but children, who thought it would be pleasant to share each others' games and sports. When other suitors came to Isa­ bella she thought always of the beau­ tiful boy in Arragon, and would have none of them. When other marriages were suggested for Ferdinand he felt no interest. No one else could be like the child across the border of Castile, who would have been such a glorious playmate. When Isabella was thirteen King Alfonso of Portugal sought her. She scorned him. He was thirty years her senior What could she care for a man over forty? Then she looked again at the maps of Arragon and sighed. This was what Henry the King dreaded. His life was profligate; his rule cruel. He feared uhe throne would be taken from him ami given to Isabella. He determined o marry her to son^e one devoted *-> .If. He chose Don Pedro, a vim, dissolute old man of rough and uncouth man­ ners-- one who was in every way un­ worthy of the lovely Isabella. The girl was indignant and rebelled. Henry insisted that she must obey. She shut herself up in her apart­ ments and prayed fqr deliverance. One faithful friend remained with her. That was Beatriz de Bohadiiia, a young lady of high rank, who had been educated with Isabella. As Don Pedro approached with a magnificent retinue to seize the reluc­ tant girl he was suddenly stricken With a fatal sickness. He died cursing Qod for the disappointment of his hopes and ambitions. Ferdinand heard of the trials o! Is­ abella. His heart was touched. He longed to seek her. "It is useless," said his father; "you have been refused." "I am à man now," returned th: son; "let me propose lor her my : if.' The father consented. A FEW SAYINGS. The gambler's life Is an I-deal one. Life's harvest is test when the ground is rocky. Loneliness is the greatest fos * wo­ man has to fight Every field of labor seems more fer­ tile than our own. Wmseldom have any illusions In our second childhood. The crueltst thing a woman can do to us men Is to marry us. The piano next door must answer for a good many of our sins. We always reap more than So bow; that Is when we sow tares. The hardest thing in tha world is to endeavor to be brilliant to order. The fipggraeee of fresh flowers Is the nearest «Mug to nature to aaai ess. A diplomat hi one who can lie and look right Into your face when he does It The very thing that we wish to see most In the newspapers Is the item we are apt to overlook. The person most suspicious regard­ ing another's actions is generally the one most in need of watching. A single man's ambition is to get married; a married man's ambition la to make the most of a poor job. Man has his true affinity, but he nev­ er really finds it out until he Is mar- tied and can't have IE If Love would only light the kitchen Area as well as he does those of pas­ sions, life would run smoother. The best tonic in the world for a sick man Is to go around to his house and let him win your money at poker. Whenever a wife wishes to make her husband feel cbean she lugs out some of his old love letters and reads them to him. The longest day is generally the one when you get ready In the morning for ■«•nething that doesn't occur until night. It Jsn't always the girl who wears the biggest bunch of roses and violets to the game who knows the most about football. There may be some people so imbued with anglomanla that they can see something beautiful in a tog, but their name is not legion. The fragrance^f a flower or a long forgotten strain4g music has the power to paint a mental picture for us that we thought had faded into oblivion. -- Meanwhile Henry wrs alarmed by the anger of the people and the failure of his plans. He assured Isabella o? his affection and told her she could marry whom she pleased. Then came Ferdinand's offer. Isa­ bella was delighted. "Ah!" she thought, 'he, too, must have remembered all these years." She decided to accept him. But this did not please Henry. He broke all his promises. The old Al­ fonso of Portugal had renewed his proposals and Henry threatened his Bister with imprisonment if she would not accept. Then the people of Castle went w Id They showed in every way their fond ness for the handsome youn<j Print-- 6f Arragon, and their contempt for th wicked old King of Portugal. Henry was furious. He sent soldier to arrest Isabella. She escaped ar. sent word to Ferdinand to con quickly. But Ferdinand could not enter Cat tie. Henry had he froniers guarde i and the whole country patrolled by troops. ] But the danger to Isabella was great Twice she had been forced to change her residence to escape imprisonment. Ferdinand devised a stratagem. He fitted up a showy procession and started it for Castile to Attract Hen­ ry's attention. Then he dressed him­ self humbly and went as a servant to a pretended company of merchants. All the way he cooked for these men and waited upon them. They dared show him none of he respect due their Prlnc for fear of rousing suspicion, ion. The plan succeeded. The procession was seized while Ferdinand reached unharmed a friendly castle. The lovers who had been so roman­ tically attached since early childhood now met for the first time. They were charmed with each other. A few days after these two were united happy In a love such as rarely falls to the lot of royal hearts. Henry was never friendly to the young couple. He continued to perse­ cute his sister. At length as he was about to capture her, he died sudden­ ly and she became a Queen. Isabella was the most famous, the g. - itest and the best beloved Queen of Spain. Americans honor her because of the assistance she gave to Columbus. She had faith In him when no one else jhad. She pawned her Jewels to fit up ■hips for him. At the World's Fair she was remem­ bered. Can she evert be forgotten?-- Lydia Kingsmlll Commander, In New York Evening Journal. PRECIOUS STONES. "All precious stones c - - rifled by a bath In honey, according to an old idea. Many curious notions are current in regard to gems. Amber Is a cure for sore throat and glanular swellings. Cat's eye is a charm against witen- craft. Coral is a talisman against thunde* and evils by flood and field. Diamonds produce somnambulist and spiritual ecstasy. Emeralds, friendship and constancy Garnets preserve health and joy. The onyx is apt to cause terror to the wearer as well as ugly dreams. ^ Opals are fatal to love and bring dis­ cord to giver and receiver. Sapphires impel the wearer to all good works. The topaz is said to be a preventive to lung trouble and Imparts strengt h It is said that the agate quenehe- thlrsKand if put into the mouth allays fever. the endofa romance rfce Mysterious Here Tern. Oet to IK ■ Detective. A* a large wedding reception reseiw- ly the attention of a couple of girls wts attracted to a rather fine -oklng j whose prematurely gray h ir and dr r ! cut features combined In giving him a j distinguished appearance. "I see him at nearly every large wed. j ding I go to," said one. "I wonder who he can be. I've asked lots of people, and nobody seems to know. Yet ho eeems to be invited everywhere." "Yes, I've noticed him, too," said the other girl. "While he apparently goes to all the big weddings, he doesn t seem to know anybody; or, at least, I've never seen him ta! mg to any­ body, He's such an intei ing looking man, too. I'd love to m . him. He looks like-a man who had lived anti- end suffi to*.** A young man standleg near, whe couldn't help overhearing this conver­ sation, laughed. "Perher» I can throw some light upon the Identity of your mysterious hero," he said. "Do you know him?" exclaimed both girls in the aune breath. "Well, I can't say that I exactly know him," replied the young man; "but I know who he is. He'e a private detective. Perhaps you have noticed that he never strays far away from the tablee on which the presents are dis­ played. That's what he's there for--to watch them. You know there are so­ cial highwaymen In--" "Let's go down stairs and get some claret cup," interrupted one of the girls.--Pears» Vs Weekly. Scejitlf and Believer. A ydung man who looked aa If he might be about twenty-five years old Was sitting in the waiting room of the depot. On hia 1 nee was year-old baby, presently the baby liegan to cry, and the awkwardness and helplessness of the young nyin were so marked as to attract gene® attention. At this point one of the waiting pas­ sengers, a fat md amiable looking man, crossed the room and eai dto the dis­ tressed baby tender. "A young woman gave you that baby to hold while she went to see about hdr baggage, didn't she?" "Yes." "Well, now, I knew It as soon as I saw you. You expect her back, I sup­ pose?" "Of course." "Ha! Ha! You are looking for her every minute, ain't you?" "I think she'll dbme back." "Ha! Ha! Excuse me, but I can't help laughing. A woman on. v played the same trick on me. I was In Chi­ cago. You're caught, young man.' She took you for a hayseed." "Oh, ehe'll come back," answered the young man as he looked anxiously around. "She will, eh? Ha! Ha! Ha! What makes you think so?" "Why, because she's my wife, and this is our first baby." "Oh--um--I see!" mufterd the fat man, and he war In such haste to get back to the other dde of the room that he nearly fell over a passing pug dog, --Buffalo Enquirer. APHORISMS. Novelty is a great parent of pleasure --South. It Is the motive alone that giv character to the actions of men.--Bruy ere. Obstinacy ,'nd vehemency in opin'o; j are the surest proofs of stupidity.- j Barton. No .man doth safely rule but he th;.- I hath learned gladly to obey.--Thom: I a'Kempls. I Nature has made occupation a nec? | sity to us; society makes it a duty, i habit makes It a pleasure. If there be aught surpassing human deed or word or thought it Is a moth er's love.--Marchioness de Spaders. The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the Intellect of man --C. Summer. There Is a vast difference 1n one's respect for the man who has made him­ self and the man who has only made his money.--Mulock. SOME NEEDED INVENTIONS rA book-shelf that won't fall down. An ice-pick that will break the Ice Where you Jab It. An angler's scales that will do all the lying for the fisherman. A servant's alarm clock that won't W. up the members of tha faml'y. / safety catch in a passenger eleva­ te hat will work when there Is an *c- til. :-;t. An automatic peach basket that will tm all the small peaches come to the top A piano that will sound the same to the girl playing it as It does to the nt ; ubors. A palatable health food that your children will eat without being forced to do eo with a stick. An adjustable ring that will lit the usual number of girl» you become en­ gaged to during the summer. An ambulance surgeon who can tell he difference between a drunken man •nd one with a fractured »kaU. Were Bien of Tew Word# There is a little settlement of New Hampshire people In Krowa county, Colorado. Among other things they brought with them the New Hamp­ shire aversion to using any more words in conversation than are absolutely necessary. Two of them met on the road recently/ and indulged in the fiÿ- lowing dialogue: "Mornln', Si." "Momin', Josh." "What'd you give your horse tor hots?" •'Turpentine." "Mornin'." "Mornin'." A few days later the men met again, and here's the way a hard luck story was told In mighty tew words; "Mornin', Si." "Momin', Josh." "What'd you say you gave your horse for hots?" "Turpentine." "Killed mine." "Mine, tOQ." "Mornin'." "Mornin'." --Philadelphia Reqerd. SLAVER GORDON l Ilrdloe's liland in the Year, 18SI --Bad of the Slave Trade. On Bidloe'e Island Is still pointed out the spot where Gordon, the slav­ er, was hanged in V'i. His execu­ tion did more than any other one thing to put an end to the slave trade. John R. Spears, in an article In Scribner's, says: "The slave ship Erie, which was captured off the Congo on August 8, I860, was brought to trial. "The master of the Erie was Can- tain Na hanlel Gordon, a slavsr of oxpeiience. On t - afternoon of Au­ gust 7, 1860, he took on board 890 (one account says 897) slaves, of whom 172 were men and 162 grown women. Gordon wag one of those !n- f:. i ous characters who preferred to ci rry children because they could not r.ee up to avenge hia cruelties. He was captured fifty miles off shore and Rent to New York. Here he was brought to trial as a private under the statue of 1820. The first trial re­ sulted In a disagreement of the Jury. On November 6, 1861, he was put on trial again, and on November 8 the case went to the jury. Two hours later a verdict of 'Guilty' was return­ ed. On November 30 be was sen­ tenced to dio. "Up to that moment no great Inter­ est had been taken in the trial. The slave-ship owners of New York, ow­ ing .to the state of public opinion re­ garding the war then in progress, had allowed Gordon to face his trial without showing any activity in his behalf. But now they used every en­ deavor to obtain a pardon and then a commutation of the sentence. But the time had come when slaver pi­ rate, duly convicted, mu1- suffer the penalty provided by law for his crime. He must ruffer in spite of pe­ titions and in spite of threats of res- cue^by a mob of s'avcr sympathizers. A battalion of marines would even be sent from ike Navy Yard io protect the officers of the law in enforcing the sentence. "At noon on February 21, 1862, Gordon was taken from his cel! to the gallows. His bravado forsook him then, and with lolling head he shambled to the rope, supported by two deputies. There ti o noose Nvas quickly adjusted, an ax. blow re­ leased the weight, and his body was Jerked into midair. "The stroke of :h:" :»\ on the cord was the hardest blow the slave trade bad ever received. There were, in­ deed, slavers afloat thereafter. WhiU the market existed and such enor­ mous profits were to be made even the severest measures could „ per­ haps, but repress. By a treaty with Great Britain, made on February 17, 1863, the limits of the territory wherein the mutual right of search' existed were greatly extended. Even as late as 1870 Great Britain and the United States had to strengthen still further their agreement for the sup­ pression of the trade, because a few slavers were yet afloat, and it was not until 1886 that the Spaniards in Cuba ceased to import unfortunate Africans. Nevertheless, when it be­ came known that the American people would bang a slaver as a pirate the end was at hand. As the rope creaked ti he weight of Gordon's dishonored c it sounded the death knell of the slave trade." In the <.aitltu The Beetle--What a cold, Mrs. B'-d! The Bird--No, it's hay fever, aused oy eating too many grasshoppers. Atldreese<l the Jury. A man who had never seen the In­ side of a court room until he was in­ troduced as a witness in a case pending in one of the Scottish courts, on being sworn, took a position with bis back to the jury and began telling the story to the Judge. The Judge, in a bland and courteous manner said: "Address younself to the Jury, sir." The man made a short pause, but, notwithstanding what had been said to him, continued his narrative. The judge was then more expllclE and said to him, "Speak to the Jury, sir; the men sitting behind you on the benches." The witness at once turned around, and, making an awkward bow, said, with perfect gravity: "Good morning, gentlemen."--Buffalo Courier. Tlie Chinese Aversion to Cold Water. The healthiness of Chinese cities has been ingeniously attributed by some people to the universal habit of fan­ ning, a practice which is said to keep the atmosphere in constant circula­ tion. How far this explanation can be deeme'd to suffice we must leave experts to decide, but, so far as a contaminated water supply is concern­ ed, we believe that the real secret of immunity from its evil effects lies in the universal custom of boiling ail (water intended for drinking. As a matter of fact, the Chinese never drink cold wateç. The nation­ al beverage, which, in a true sense, may be said to cheer but not inebri­ ate. Is teat and this Is always "on (tap," even in the houses of the very poor. The native aversion to cold water is undoubtedly carried to ex­ tremes, and certainly induces diseases -which might easily be avoided if a Judicious system of outward applica­ tion. In the matter of ablution it must, however, be admitted that the Chinese enjoy facilities which, however little they a,e taken advantage of, are tar in advance of anything within the rer.och of the poorer classes of our own favored land. Every little hamlet n China has a shop where hot wa er can be bought for a tCfling sum at any hour of the day or night. Andre.*. Buoy., Mrs. Meddergrass--I tell you, they Just ought to send t^e sheriff after that man Andree, who la going to the North Pole In a b'loon. Mrs. Nexdore--Why, what'e wrong with him? Mrs. Meddergrass--Paw read in the Clarion that they had found the fourth boy he has dmyped from the b'looa ■suce he started.--Baltimore American. LIVES ON $1 A WEEK Mr. Morse i>< Chicago, 111., Say» thnt to HU Average Cost for rood. William A. Morse, eixty-eight years Old, retired mechanic, living at 181 West Madison street, Chicago, says ith: t for the last five years the aver­ age cost of his food has been $1 a We..-.; that he gets everything he B» 5 for health and comfort; that Jii. health was never better, and that ihe enjoys every day of his life. Mr. Morse is alone in the worlA an 1 "boards himself." He does not drink alcoholic liquors and spends no money for lux -ries except tobacco, which he emokes moderately. For recreation he walks to the pari, to the lake front or to church. Ht was a sold er of the Union in the civil war and has never been sick a whole day in his life. He cooks his frugal mtals on an oil stove and wastes nothing. Coffee Is the only stimulant I In his )>ill of tare and he puts con- | densed milk into IE Tea is barred from hie table, but he uses butter ay ! his appetite directs. In the week beginning Dec. 10 last | iris living expenses reached the mini- j mum, the total cost of his food sun- ; piles having been 48 cents, Itemized ae follows: ; Dec. 11--Bread, 2 cents; oil, 6 cents....................................07 j Dec. 12--Bread, 2 cents; sugar, 6 cents; oatmeal, 5 cents .13 Dec. 13--Oil, 9 ceahs; milk, ti cents................................ IS ! Dec. 15--Oil. 5 cents; oatmeal, 3 cents..................................... 08 Dec. 16--Bread, 2 cents.....................02 Total..........................................................48 His most extravagant week ended | last Christmas eve, when his week's ! expenditures reached $1.21, his food j purchases including holiday luxuries : in the shape of cranberries, pork chops, pie, doughnuts and cake. Here is his expense account tor that week: i Dec 17--Sugar, 6 cents; oil, 6 cents..................................... 11 Dec. 18--Oatmeal, 5 cents.............. 05 Dec. 19--Potatoes, 13 cents; oil 10 cerne............................... 23 Dec. 20--Bread, 3 cents; pie, 4 cents; doughnuts. 4 cents..................................... 11 Dec. 21--Oil, 10 cents; coffee, 8 cents.. ........................... 18 Dec. 22--Sugar, 6 cents; bread, 2 cents ....................A .. .08 Dec. 23--Pork chops .. .. .... .15 Dec. 24--Cranberries, 7 cents; doughnuts, 4 cento; cake, 6 cents; butter, 14 cents............................... 30 Total "................................................... $1.21 In proof of his claims Mr. Morse, who is a well-preserved, bright-eyed and cheerful man, exhibited a card ol his culinary expenses tor twenty Wv.ks. He said: "i have been boarding myself the Iasi five years, and I like it better than most boarding-houses. 1 get ell I want to eat of plain food and It agrees with my health. Dr. Har­ per 's right. A healthy couple could live on $300 a year if they went about it in the right manner and with cheerful spirits. He who "hath ,t merry heart hath a continual teas,.' A Surprise rumpkiii. When your little brotner or g; »;■ has a birthday party and you want a novvlty as a centerp ece" for the table, try the 'enchanted pumpkin" and see what fun it will make for the ruests. It ought to be a prize pumpkin and a big one. Scoop out all the in=i e. That will do well enough to mak ; pies. Then stuff it full of small pres­ ents, tied up in mysterious looking bundles. To each package tie a bright rib­ bon, letting the loose ends fall out over the sides of the pumpkin. Then carefully replace the cap or stem part, which you cut off, so that it will look i as if it was still whole, and place it on your tea table. Surrounded by ferns and colored autumn leaves, and decorated with the drooping ends of the ribbons, it will make a very prvi- ty centerpiece. When the feast is over let all pres­ ent guess how many seeds arc i:. ue pumpkin. When all ha /e guessed tell each to take hold of ono of the i:b- bons, nnd when you sav ' three," trey must pull ou the ribboiie and in t! at w: they will see how many seed - are in ne pumpkin. Ot course, each guest secure» a g.t't. The World 1» Growing Smaller. In 1860 England was thirty two dr "s from India. Now it is but sev­ er een; a ship ae fast as the Deutsch­ land could maho it In ten. In 1850 N«w Yo-k was from three to six months from China by clipper ehlp. Now it le seventeen days by rail to Vancouver and by ship to Shanghai. In 1820 immigrants came to this country usually in about forty days. Often they ran Into storms and helped man the pumps. Now they ectne in a week In comfort. In 1846 the postage on a letter from New York to Wisconsin was 25 cents. People wrote 'ong letters in those days in a fim copperplate hand on thin paper--to get the worth of their money--but <hev wrote seldom. The Suez Cam-1 halved the time it took heavy freight to go from the At­ lantic Ocean to the Ind'an. The Nic- a-ligua Canal will perform a like ser­ vile for the Western World. Seventy years ago it took a day end a L.xlf to go from New York to Philadelphia Fifty years ago news from Europe reached America in two weeks. Now It comes in two minutes. Almond* 1 noil lor llru.n \Vor..vre. Blanched almonds are tin- higivst kind of nerve or brain and mu.-c.c food, having no heat or waste, says n writer in Good Housekeeping Wal­ nuts give nerve or brain food, musc.e, her i and waste. Green water grapes are blood puri­ fying, but of little food value. Blue grapes are feeding and blood purify­ ing. but too rich for those who suf­ fer from the liver. Tomatoes have higher nerve or brain food qualities; they are thinning and stimulating. Ju^cy fruité give more or less nerve or brain nutriment, and some few mu , le food and waste. Apples supply the higher nerve and muscle food, but do not give, staying qualities. Prunes afford he highest, nerve or brain food, supply heat and waste, but are not muscle feeding. Oranges are refreshing and feeding:. Green figs are excellent food. Dried figs contain nerve and muscle food, beat and waste. The great majority of small fresh seed fruits are laxative. lemons and tomatoes should not be used dally \n cold weather; they have a thinning and cooling effect. Rulsins are stim­ ulating In proportion to their quality A DARKTOWN STAR- ■he Secmerl to lltoe Before the Recorder at the L<-»t Flelaile "Mandy Matthewe la a Dark town star," stated the officer when a Crooked Alley belle's name was called. "Where is Mandy?" asked the re­ corder. 1 k The court bailiff and clerk made s frar-ch. but Mandy was not found. '» lie turnkey was appealed to. and he stated that he bad sent up all the pris­ oners. The bailiff then made & seasational disc- ary. Mandy was in the mule wa.ong room, attired In male clot tv*. "T understood you to say," remark rj the recorder to the policeman, "that Mandy was a star In Durkiovn. She eeems to pose up here a* the lost Pleiad*." "I haln't no star nur f n nur nao>n, needer," said Ma _dy. "I «e jest n divin' but ole Mandy Matthews, ,xn dere hain't no use ter be callin' m* outer my name, needer." The officer swore that Mandy ha»: got drunk on corn 11 lor. ano when .the people in (hmoked Alley objected to her cursing she^egan a battle with rocks and munitions of war. "W'-nt does the star say about the charges?" the recorder asked the wo­ man. "I sez dat hit am er hull lot of faber- fcaahun," replied B*andy, with great in­ dignation, lending vehemence to her speech. "Hit's all de work of er lyin' gener&shun of vipers." "Tell me, Mandy," urged the record­ er, "why you are dressed in male at­ tire?" V I "1 woe er practicin' for Darktawn j drematick club," was th»" reply, ' and j had on rr-y rigs and togs for de play ! when de perltoe cummed." "I'm going to fine you $10.75 for j wearing those clothes on the streets," ! announced Recorder Broyh "When a woman passes off for a male in At­ lanta she will certainly get stamped as a crool: or fraud. I tell you this much, so that you may be lu ; r posted in th» future.--Atlanta Const; uion. Where the Golf li*Uw gn?* •'Slinwon," said the young man who delighted in golf, "was heart-broken when he lost the sixth golf ball tb other day, when we were playing up . i Dutchess county. He is a serions minded individual, and when he :.iw the last hard rubber sphere go into 'the drink' he sat down on a bunker and looked at me very solemnlv and delib­ erately. " 'This is inexcusable,' said he, 'when a man loses golf balls In such a way aa this he either ought to find them or give up the game for good. It shows very weak character.' "That last ball had gone into a pond, and there seemed to be comething so ridiculous about the idea ot a man searching a place like that tor a bail that all of us, the doctor, the student and I, began to laugh. "The pond was near the end of the links, and It was a slimy Lit ot water. It was just about wide c ugh to get a ball over It. There n-i .it have been no trouble provided the /ere dry land for that distance but 1 z shlue ot the water always made yo. -ause and wink and think, and as a result the ball gen­ erally made a gentle little splash, and you stood on the bank expressing your feelings as beet you could. "The caddies grinned behind their ûanda as Slimson slowly took off his variegated stockings and rolled up his abbreviated trousers. He was a sight. The edge of the pool was lined with black slime, and as Slimeon went in he nearly fell into the pond. He caught himself Just in time, and start­ ed at the exploration again. He had a sapling in one hand, and he looked for all the world like an Indien wad­ ing a stream to hide his trail. "He stepped on a tin can a»d rolled and pitched like an Atlantic liner in heavy seas. The water Was above his knees. He stooped down and plunged his arm down to the shoulder. The sleeve of his resplendent shirt had been insecurely rolled, y. slipped from its moorings and was dyed by the black­ ened water. He lifted up his clinched fist and brought up what looked like a hip of coal. He washed the black thing about In-the water a little, and there, sure enough, was a golf ball. " " 'Well,' said I. T hope that you are satisfied. Do you think that it paid for all the trouble?1 "He did not say a word. He went groping around the bottom of that pond and brought up another ball. He kept right at it, and whop he was through he had rescued thirty-seven balls. " 'Yce,' said he, T think it was worth while.'" Had to get It !>oiie. An Intelligent looking boy walked Into a grocer's shop the other day. and reading from a paper said: "I want six pounds of sugar at 2'4cl. a pound. "Yes," said the shopman, "that will be one and three halfpence." "Eleven pounds of rice at l\i-d. a pound"' "One and fourpence halfpenny," commented the grocer. "Four pounds ot tea at lc. 8d. » pound." "Six and eight." And so he continued: "Five pounds of coffee at Is. 10d.; seven tins of milk at 6%di; four tins of tomatoes at 6Vid.; eight tins or sardines at Is. l^d." The shopman made out the bill and handed ft to the lad, saying: "Did your mother send the money or does she want them entered?" "My mother didn't send me at all," said the boy. seizing hold of the bill. "It's my aiithmetic lesson, and I bad to get it done somehow." The War of th# Rebellion coet the Unt'H States $6,189,929,900. The number of federal troone waa 11,869.181 The people ot the United States use mote meat than the people ot any other nation. England rank:, second, am! the other countries come far be­ low. A person may eat meat perhaps tv advantage once a day. It !s not necesaary, however, that meat should b on the table three times a dav; In fact, ti is quite an objectionable vusUxn.--Ladies' Home Journal A Suitable Applicant. Some people want something for nothing, an exchange tsht Is by o moans equitable. The following story is told of a recent advertiser, whose like is to be encountered frequently. The announcement ran: "A lady, in delicate halth, wlsh»s to meet wit ha useful companion She Rivet be domesticated, musical, ea Iv riser, amiable, of good appeirance, and have some experienc of oure.v <• Total abstainer preferred. Com! rt- ah'»' home. No salary." Shortly afterward this estima' Is glve-me-everything-for-nothlng lady received a parcel bearing the tamiiiir Inscription: "This aide up, with rare," It contained » meek looking -at.