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v x S i\7'~ IV -Wf,! (91 ^6s ry*-v-, i. , I HERE are some advantage*, said Ronald meditatively, "In being a cousin, after %11." ij , He addressed Angelica, wlio sat op- poalte him. All about them was deep­ ly ' 5 ttae serenity--on one timid stretching ^ % " away to meet in a line with a fainter amre, on the other merging distantly "r ,v- into long shining masses of greenish |y!^ '• fcrown rocks. With ragged cliffs tower- ">h tag above them. Angelica's hat was f$ki t tHted a little forward and the breeze M; -* Parted In among her curls, tossing them ,i merrily about her face. She was a W' Ciminutive person in all respects save f' >. two, which two were particularly large, ; brilliant, languishing, and in every way if: dangerous. "But on the whole, Angelica," added > KomiVd, deliberately, "I regret that I $** "* * am in any way related to or connected &r;->irltb you." •. 5' "Ronald!" she exclaimed, "I really ! cannot allow you to be so flattering." *A>v , * **A cousin is a nondescript, variable of being--at times an absolute • Btrsisger, at others a sort of second- band brother--lh that capacity ex­ tremely useful. Of course, that is something; but still " "I think it's a great deal; but I see * JOB are the same as ever. You always were a greedy little boy," said Angel­ ica. "Thanks. You, on the other hand, were rather'nicer as a little girl than you are now in some ways--oh! you could still be nice if you tried." "If I tried? How funny! I shouldn't know--you see most people think " she regarded her shoes inquiringly. **I dare say; but I am not 'most peo­ ple.' I stand alone." "I thought you were sitting down," Interrupted Angelica. (She certainly .'was provoking to-day.) And I wasn't aware that you were alone. But per- .Jhaps I don't count." li "My dear, that's the worst of It. Yoa count, and there's no one else In the p" world who does. I just worship you, ;;Xan! Have I startled you?" W "Not at all," she answered, politely. see they all say that or.some- Jtfhlng equivalent." She turned her head little and dabbled in the water with 'Jfcer hand. "Oh, yes, I know! Of course, I'm a vesumptuous fool. All the same, I Jbave thought lately"--he paused and then added: "Do you remember last week at Cowes?" • "Yes," said Angelica, radiantly. "On that afternoon--I don't miud telling yon, Ronald--I very seriously consider­ ed falling in love with you. There is a yaeht quite dose to us," she added, jfuite hastily; "I considered, and after deliberation, decided " "Well, Nan?" "Not to fall in love with any one at "Ronald, was that thunder I" said Angelica waverlngly. "There is generally thunder when it lighten*," he answered, with bitter sar­ casm. "But we're out in an open boat, miles from home or sheJter of any kind." "I am aware of that." She gave a pathetic little gulp and pressed her hands together,. "Oh-h! There's another flash! Ron­ ald, I--I'm going to faiht!" "Faint? Nonsense!" he returned, roughly. "Nonsense? What do you mean, Mr. Grant? I suppose' I have, a right to faint if I choose I--ah!" Crash, rattle, rattle, bang! C-r-e-c-k! "Put that over you," said Ronald, sternly, wrapping her in his mackintosh coat. \ "But It doesn't rain, and that makes it m--much more dangerous, d--doesn't it, Ronald?" "Much more," he answered, merci* lessly. 'Oh, how can you be so heartless and cruel?" she moaned. "You don't care how much I suffer! Men are always like that-- 'And women never, of course,'* put in Ronald, with quiet irony.' 'Oh. don't--don't be so hard! I know I'm a wicked girl, and this is to punish me!" •, A vivid gleam shot up the heav­ ens, and something seemed to burst over their heads. "Oh, Ronald! (in a frenzy of terror) save me, save me! Oh, let us die together! I love you, oh, you know I do! Don't look at me so •EGYPT'S YOUNQ KHEDIVE. BW the Monarch Pawe* On* Day la Hia Rat; Ufa, Egypt's ruler rises at daybreak and drives round his estate on a tour of in­ spection. If any European improve­ ment Is being introduced, he watches the result with the keenest interest, and within the last year or two he has engaged a Scotch bailiff, Mr. Wright; formerly of the Agricultural College at Gizeh. At 8 o'clock the khedive r«K turns to breakfast, and that meal be­ ing concluded, he drives into Cairo in an open carriage to transact official business in the Palace of Abdln. -Hia morning is employed in receiving of­ ficial visits, or, onco a week. In presid­ ing over the council of ministers, and at 12 he lunches with the principal members of his household. After luncheon business is resumed; reports are submitted to the khedive, as well- as the petitions which any person with a grievance may drop into a slit in the wall of the Abdin Palace. About 3 o'clock the business of the day comes to an end, and the khedive hastens back to Koubbah, dons a suit of loose and comfortable clothes, and once more visits his farms and stables. At sun­ set dinner is served, and, unless he is to pay a visit to the opera or attend some social function, the khedive spends the evening with his family, and retires about 11. o'clock for the night. The khedive can converse fluently in five languages--English, German, French, Arabic and Turkish. His Euro­ pean education was obtained in Swit­ zerland and Vienna. The khedive has for years adopted the policy of acquir­ ing land in various parts of his domin­ ions. His possessions as a private land-holder must be considerable, apart from any public property he may control. He is in the habit of pur­ chasing apparently worthless lands, and gradually, by means of engineer­ ing skill, bringing them under cultiva­ tion. Five years ago on an estate of 10,000 acres which he acquired near Damietta only 178 acres were produc­ ing crops. The khedive, however, j caused over fifty miles of drainage canals to be constructed, and to-day 500 acres of the land are fit for culti­ vation. In stature Abbas II. is below middle height. Of late years he has shown a distinct tendency to stoutness, and there is a dreamy expression in his dark eyes. In business matters, it is said, he displays great shrewdness, and he possesses intimate knowledge of the detail of the affairs of his estate.--Lon­ don Mail. SHE WAS PROVOKIJfGLY BADIANT. Wf jrx t||aB." *a|i "Yoa mean " , "Ronald, if you don't row how can I sleer? We don't want to be swamped. Love is so inconvenient." "You're pulling the wrong rope. I confess I don't quite see how " "Well, it doesn't always go with other things." "But Is it not worth more than--other tkiagsl* "Ronald," replied Angelica, some­ what ̂ irrelevantly, "have you any Idea t sf the price of a Paris hat?" A- "The left rope again. Ah, now we're ' safe! A Paris hat? I--well, I have , }1 heard that they're something rldlcu- loos." ; J* "They are -- absolutely ridiculous. That fact alone," said Angelica, solemn­ ly, "is enough to make any thought of ^ lore impossible and wicked." "Except for any one with a heart, with a soul, composed in fact of any­ thing but shallowness and vanity." "My dear boy, if you go on," she said, encouragingly, "you will in time make the accomplished flatterer of the age." "Don't jest with me, Nan. It's noth­ ing to you, perhaps, but to me it's every­ thing. I love you. If you knew what the word meant," be burst out ve­ hemently, "you could not sit there coolly breaking my heart in your lianda.** "Hush! Not so loud. Yes, I know I'm wicked (penitently). I oughtn't to be here with you at all, when I am going to marry some one else." "You're going to--Nan, is this true?" "Mr. Rathbone," said Angelica, drooping. "Are you engaged to him?" "He will ask me to-night." "How do you know that?" curtly. "Ronald, don't be so absurd! How do I know?" This was convincing. "Well, he is a consummate fool," said sa "Thanks." she murmured. "And. moreover, he could not possibly tore you--" "Thanks--once more." "Or any one else, except himself. But, mf coarse, I see that he lias advantages. Oh. don't trouble to explain what they are! I see them. How pleased every •oe will be, especially mamma! It win fcB be so delightful." There was a silence. The sun had disappeared. and the blue sky had turn­ ed to gray. "It's not so pleasant as it was, is it?" Inquired Angelica, presently. "No,** shortly. •*t felt a drop. Are we far from ham?: Ronald?" •TTes; about three miles." "Oh, dear, are we? Why don't you torn quiekly, then? Don't you see it's, (ring to be wet?" "I thought you were steering," rude- said. coldly; forgive me, oh, forgive me, Ron­ ald!" Angelica hid her face in the cushions and sobbed. "I can better bear to die with yon, dear, than to live without you," said Ronald, tenderly. There was a suspi­ cious twitching about his mouth, but he mastered himself heroically, and it did not become a smile. A silence followed. The thunder rolled and tumbled away to the west, and presently there was a gleam more brilliant than any before. "What's that awful light?" moaned .Angelica. "Look, dear. It's the sun." "The sun!" she started up in conster­ nation. "It can't be, Ronald (indignant­ ly). Do you mean to tell me the storm is over?" "I think it's passed by. You seem an­ noyed. Aren't you glad we're out of danger?" "Yes -- yes, of course. Oaly I thought--" haughtily--perhaps now, Mr. Grant, you will take me home?" "Yes, I'll take you home. Nan. They'll be surprised, won't they, at our news?" "News? What--what do you mean?" gasped Angelica, v "I think you know.** 'There was no mistake about this smile now. "Ronald," she said pathetically, "now you're not going to be tiresome." "Nan," he answered gravely, "I do hope not. but, of course* <a lifetime is a severe test." }, Ji "You know it was only because I was frightened. It>s£. mean advantage- it's ungentlematfly"--her voice died away weakly. ' n ,v Ronald provokia|jlyv-"JLr^ you quite s u r e y o u d i d n ' t m e a h a l l s a i d ? " Angeli<?a, tearfully -- "It's absurd! Mamma will be so angry."--Chicago Herald. • " " * \1 . ,W ' Average Lensctb of a Man's Stride. Quetalet estimates the average length of a maa's stride at 31%' inches, and the distance an average traveler can cover at this rate at 7,158 yards'an hour, or 119 yards minute. The number of strides would be 7,500 nn hour, or 125 a minute. The length of iflte stride In the various European armies is'as fol- WOULD GET OFF ANYWAY. Laboring Man Retorts on a Wont an in a State Street Car. The scene was a North State street car and the time something after 6 at night. The vehicle was crowded with men and women seated closely to­ gether. A number of men were stall­ ing also, when, just before the conduc­ tor rang the signal for starting the car in Its homeward direction, a fashion­ ably dressed woman entered "the door­ way and raised her arm to catch one of the leather straps for support. The men had their evening newspapers and perhaps they did not notice, but the car was well over the bridge before one of them arose and offered her a seat. No, thank you," replied the woman of fashionr sweetly and smilllugly, "I really prefer to stand." And the man took her at her word and sank back easily Into the vacated space. A minute afterward the person 'iext him, an old Irish laborer, rose to his feet and again the woman endeavored to Intercept the proffered courtesy, say­ ing: Thank you, but I prefer to stand." I don't care a hair of me head whether you care to stand or not," re­ plied the man, stolidly. "But I've reached me corner and I'll get off any­ way."--Chicago Chronicle. inches, with a cadence of 112 steps per minute; in the Austrian army inches, with a cadenee of from. 115 to. 130 per minute; in the ItallAn army invhes, with a cadence of 120 per min- ute; in the French army 29^ inches, with a cadence of 115 per minute; in the P.rttish army 30 inches, with a cadence of 110 per minute. Ontw.tted His Sharp-Tonsuetl Wife. An Englishman of Lymington had the misfortune to live in a continuous quarrel with his wife, who was a mod­ ern Xantippe, and threatened, in case ahe survived him, to dance over his grave. It was her lot to ontlive him but it was not so easy to carry out her threat. The husband had the precau lion to make an injunction in his will requiring his body to be buried in the sea near his residence and without cer emony. The injunction was complied with. » **Tos mfght help me," she pMntlrely, tugging at the rope. He gave a swift stroke or two, and they swung round, There were angry •UBses of clouds drifting toward them #rer an uneasy, ruffled sea. "Why don't you row faster? We shall Sever get home," she exclaimed, petu­ lantly. "The tUie is strong and the wind Is 4gpinst u§. I'm doing my best." "Honaid, what was that? Oh, don't --y it was lightning! I'm more afraid «C it than anything in the world. .Oh, r was a subdued roar In the dls- now gathering ominously. To Prevent Sleep-Walking. A device to prevent sleep-walking Is to lay upon the floor beside the som naiubulist a sheet of iron, zinc, or othe**. metal, wide enough to insure that he will step upon it. When the sleep walking fit comes upon him his foot touches the cold surface of the metal and he instinctively draws that leg into bed again. After two or three attempts the somnambulist gives it up and set ties down in bed. It takes a woman as long to select •eat at the theater as it does for the average man to pick out a new suit at clothes. HE BROUGHT BACK THE CAT. WARNING TO Gillie. mety bit of Hia Manner of Claiming the Beward, However, Was Quite Emphatic. One of the wealthy women oh the South Side teaches a Sunday school class composed of street urchins. She lost an Angora kitten last week, and on Sunday told her class that she would give a reward to any boy who could find it. The next day a small, red-headed boy rang the front door bell and was ushered into the presence of the Sunday school teacher. The boy carried a dirty bundle done up in a piece of burlap. "Hereth tlioo thitten," he said, hold­ ing out the parcel. The woman did not understand the tongue-tied remark and drew back from the untidy bundle. My child, I don't know what you are talking about," she said in a tone of offended dignity. "Hereth thoo thitten. I thaw him boy. I don't understand you," declared the woman. "Don't try to give me that horrid-looking bundle, for I don't want it." The boy gave her oup keen look. Then be seemed to be earefully framing up sentence. - "Hereth thoo tam old tat," he said; the thratched me, and I want the money."--Inter Ocean. OME men, nay> many have a reprehensible habit ' showing the notes and letters written them by girls not only to other men, but, what Is still worse, to wom­ en," the Baltimore News quotes a bright girl as saying. "Every woman knows that this Is true. Doubtless there is not one of us who has not had submitted to her scrutinizing gaze an epistle written by some fair maid to a man whom she thoroughly trusted. This breach of confidence on the part of masculinity--for it is nothing less-- was brought vividly to my notice by a man who handed me three letters, writ­ ten by feminine friends, to read. 'Eve left me with a full heritage of curiosity, and I was just wild to see what was in those notes. I was just tempted. and I fell. I read, them, I even criticised them, for you see, I am Interested in the man,", says a writer in the Philadelphia Inquirer. "I was alto­ gether horrid and dishonorable, but one thing the incident did for me. I resolv­ ed instantly that never would that man get a scratch of the pen from me any more than an Innocent 'I will be pleased to have you,' etc. He won't even get that if he can be reached by telephone. 'Two other men don't hesitate to say that they read each other's mall. In­ deed, one of them° does most of the cor­ respondence for the firm, and If his chum is busy makes a draft of an an­ swer to the letter which it is necessary should be responded to immediately, the latter copying it docilely at his leis­ ure. In this way the one was writing to the other's fiancee, while she, poor girl, was pouring out her heart to her betrothed, Innocent that the outpour­ ings were read by this rank outsider, who,having no sympathy in the matter, must have had no end of amusement out of it. 'A girl should never write anything in a letter to a man that she doesn't mind a select coterie of his friends see­ ing--fiancee or no fiancee. 'There is a general Idea t^at only very young men are addicted to this cus­ tom, but this is a mistake. Men of 33, which is certainly an age of discretion, have no more conscience about show­ ing letters than a boy of 18." Society Women Keep Tonng. The fashionable woman looks as young and rosy at 50 as the unfash­ ionable woman generally looks at 30? It Is because she takes care of herself. The unfashionable woman gets her beauty sleep every night and never dis­ sipates in the matter of balls and little suppers, while the rest of the world is asleep. She eats her three tueals a day and at just the proper hours. Every­ thing on her table Is wholesome and intended to keep her skin rosy and her little body lissome. She thinks it al­ most immoral to clog the pores of the skin with powder and pomade, and she believes in nature absolutely. And just there is the difference. The fash­ ionable woman believes in art. She knows that nature is a wonderful restorative, but she has infinitely more faith in art and science. When the wrinkles begin to come the fashionable woman knows of pomades and mas­ seurs. She has found that the Turkish bath will do more towards making her eyes lustrous and her skin clear than all the ten-hour sleep and whole-wbeat- bread remedies in the world. She wears corsets--snug ones, too--but they are corsets that fit the figure and do not grip it in a east-iron vise, nnd she hangs her skirts from the hips. But she can dance all nighf^and be as fresh and rosy next day as If she had never seen the Inside of a ballroom.--Ne^r Orleans Picayune. back of love must stand jnstice,«lM» tlence, honesty, sincerity and magnan­ imity. Indeed, on these depends the very continuance of love In marriage, for it Is not possible to go on loving un­ less that is found which Is worthy of love. ^Phe world Is full of men and wome6 who thick, either because they like to think so, or, sadly, because they must, that one can love where one does not j-espeet. One may pity, may have an infinite yearlng tenderness over What one cannot respect, but love Is of royal birth and recognizes only what is as royal as itself. The way, then, to keep love secure in married life Is not so much to be anxiously watching and guarding lest It should escape, or cry­ ing that love has spread its wings be­ cause the first holiday romance is re­ placed by graver feeling, but by living along simply and honestly and frankly together, on a high plane, looking most and always toward 'whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are hon­ est, whatsoever things are just, what­ soever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report.' Then Love will be not a captive, but a most will­ ing guest." Girls' Physical Training. Many mothers who have felt at times that young, enthusiastic but inexperi­ enced physical culture teachers were using more zeal than discretion in the training of their girls, will appreciate these words of caution given to moth­ ers and teachers by an experienced di­ rector who is a physician as well: "In the great race of life," she said, "health is no handicap to a woman. But strength is not necessarily synonymous with health. Some of the muscles may be strong, and some may be weak. Strength should never be the primary aim of physical education. Exercises for beginners should be of the simplest, and, while graceful movements should be cultivated, too much attention should not be given to the prettiness of the exericses. Great care must be taken that In all physical exercises there shall be correct posture that shall allow free circulation. Twenty min­ utes' exercise taken out of doors is worth an hour's exercise in a class room that lacks pure air. Running in the fresh air is magnificent exercise for a girl, and graceful movements in run­ ning will be found .conservative of energy." Boxing a Bride's Kar. In Lithuania, a province of Russia, it is customary that the bride's ears should be boxed before the marriage ceremony. No matter how tender­ hearted the mother may be, she always makes It a point of administering a hearty smack to her daughter in the presence of witnesses, and a note is made of the fact. The mother's inten­ tion is a kind one, though the custom itself is bad. The reason for it Is to pro­ tect the bride should her marriage prove an unhappy one. In that case she will sue for a divorce, and her plea wiH be that she was forced into the mar­ riage against her will, and on that score the verdict of the judge will be In her favor. How to Climb Stairs. Many people will be surprised to know that there is a scientific way of walking upstairs. A physician, In tell­ ing how It Is done, says that usually a person will tread on the ball of the foot In taking each step. This is distinctly a bad practice; it wears and tires the muscles, as it throws the entire sus­ pended weight of the body on the mus­ cles of the legs and feet. In walking upstairs the point to be secured is the most equal distribution of the body's weight possible. The feet should be placed squarely on the step. Tooth Paste. Violet tooth paste is the latest and perfumes the breath. Violet tablets are carried by some women in the glove or pocket, in place of sachets. There is a substitute for the old sach­ ets powder, but It is expensive. Violet flannel costs $15 a yard, but cut up in bits as long as the cloth lasts. There is also a preparation for the hair, which makes my lady's tresses as fragrant as she wishes. A Story of Mary Lamb. Mrs. Cowden Clarke, who recently died in England, was fond of telling how her Latin teacher, Mary Lamb, Elia's sister, entertained her with a fellow pupil at dinner. When the little party was seated at the table the teach­ er said: "Now, remember, we all pick our bones. It isn't considered vulgar here to pick bones." To Remove FrecWles and Tan. Venice soap, one ounce; lemon juice, qne-half ounce; oil of bitter almond, one-quarter ounce; deliquidated oil of tartar, one-quarter ounce; oil of rhod­ ium, three drops. For Chopped Hand*. Oil of cocoa nut, one ounce; lemon juice, one-quarter ounce; alcohol, one- half ounce; glycerine, two ounces; rose water, one and one-quarter ounces. California lieetios for Portugal. The useful beetle known as Novius cardinalis, and employed in California to eat up the "white, or fluted scale," insects of the orange groves, has been exported to Portugal for the same pur­ pose. The beetles were packed in uioss with a quantity of scale insects to eat and sent by mail to Lisbon. Only a few reached their destination alive, but they are prolific and in a few' months thousands were "available for work on the scale insects which infest the orange groves of the Tagus. A Great Meteorite. Whatlsknown as the Bruee meteorite is now on its way to the British Muse­ um from Australia. It is said to weigh no less than four tons. Abyssinian Stealcs. In Abyssinia the natives cut steaks from the live cow and eat the meat warm with the natural heat. "You are acting a good deal like a Filipino here lately," said a man to his son this morning, "and unless you be have better in futnre, I 'will barn your hut." To Clean Ostrich Feathers. Cut some white curd soap in small pieces, pour lulling water on them, and add a little pearlash. When the Boap is quite-dissolved and the mixture is cool enough for the hand to bear, plunge the feathers into it; $raw the feathers through the band until the dirt appears squeezed out of them; pass them through a clean lather with some blue in it, then rinse In cold water with blue, to give them a good color. Beat the feathers against the hand to shake off the water and dry by shaking them near a fire. When perfectly dry curl each fiber separately with a blunt knife or I very paper-folder. Wonder < of a Rat's Tail. A rat's tail is a wonderful thing. The great naturalist Cuvier says that there are more muscles in this curious ap pendage than are to be found in that pi»l nnd nil, and then the work should j of tlio human anatomy which is be done slowly and deliberately. In this way there is no strain upon any muscle; but each one does its duty in a natural manner. The practice of bending nearly double when ascending stairs Is extremely per­ nicious. It cramps the lungs, and makes the heart work harder. A slight ly forward inclination Is all that is nec­ essary to make the method of going up­ stairs above described a much less la­ borious task than it usually is. Love in the Home,. "In the first few months of married life love is so sufficient and loving so simple that there seems no other need in life," says the Ladies' Home Jour­ nal. "But by and by, when care be­ gins to shadow them, whe^ duties pre­ sent themselves, and, strangely enough, conflict with each other, when convic­ tions clash and tastes differ, then both husband and wife begin to realise that most admired for its ingenious struc­ ture--namely, the hand. To the rat, In fact, its tail serves as a sort of hand, by means of which the animal is en­ abled to crawl afotig narrow ledges or other difficult passages, using it to balance with or to gain a hold. It is prehensile, like the tails of some mon­ keys. By means of it the little beast can jump up heights otherwise inacces­ sible, employing it as a projective spring. The Family Cinderella A Fort Scott girl of 17 eloped and was brought back. She explains her action by saying that her parents made her light the fires, and she doesn't be­ lieve she is their own daughter any­ way; If she was they would not make her work so hard. This opinion is shared secretly by every young girl, who believes she is a princess by rights, but there are not many girls who give expression to It.--Atchison Globe. Long-Delayed Correction. Postmaster Tuttle, of Carthage, Ma, has Just received froml the Federal government a draft for $8.2(1 in pay­ ment of a debt that has been running since the civil war, but of which Tuttle knew nothing. It appears that in set- lhig with Captain Tuttle for his ser­ vices as a soldier ohe day's p.iy was overlooked. It took Uncle Sam thirty four years to discover the error. In Finland women have the right of suffrage. They usurp men's privileges and are carpenters, paperhangers, bricklayers and slaughterers: PEER'S SON IN PAUPER GRAVE. Romance in the Death of thomaa Ryan at Baldwin, 111. "Thomas Ryan departed this life Dec. 4, 1898." So reads a roughly carved inscription upon a wooden slab, at the foot of a grave in the town cem­ etery in the little village of Baldwin, III. Close beside Is another grave, rough and unkempt and overrun with wild Weeds and briers. Not even a wooden slab marks this spot, but upon the trunk of an old elm tree that stands near by some one has rudely carved, "Ransome Stubbenfleld." The death of Thomas Ryan and Lis burial beside Ransom Stubbenfleld, the man he murdered, was the closing act in a remarkable life drama. Thomas Ryan was boru an Irish peer of the realm, and died a broken-down out­ cast. Only a small pension for services in the American civil war kept him from actual beggary. His father was Sir Wilfred Ryan, an Irish peer, and his mother was the daughter of Sir Edwin Lansdowne, an English Bar­ onet. Both hia parents were devout Catholics, and it was their desire that Thomas, their only son, should be edu­ cated for the priesthood. Accordingly, after a thorough preparatory course in the best schools of Ireland, he was sent to Paris to complete his education^ Thence he was gradually drawn into the society of a set of fast young men, and his descent was rapid. Far some particular wild escapade he was ex­ pelled form school in disgrace, and came to America. He landed In New York in 1854, where he later secured a position as tutor in the home of a wealthy family. Afterward he filled a like position in Richmond, Va., and on the breaking out of hostilities be­ tween the North and South enlfsted as a volunteer and fought through the war In the Army of the Potomac. At the'close of the war Ryan came to Illinois and married an estimable lady and became the father of two sons. Ryan's wife died after a few years, and he again began the wild life that had brought him to disgrace in France. From bad he went to worse, and finally toiled as a common laborer. A few years ago he built a little cabin near the village of Baldwin, and lived from the products of a small truck patch and his pension. Not far from his cabin was the house of Ransom Stubbenfleld. Mrs. Stubbenfleld was a beautiful woman, and Ryan persuaded her to leave her husband and live with him. Stubbenfleld had a reputation of being a desperate man, and one day he crept up to the house In which Ryan dwelt, and attempted to shoot him through the door. Rydn, however, was on his guard, and before his enemy could use his gun, fired, killing Stub­ benfleld instantly. A few months later Ryan and Mrs. Stubbenfleld were quietly married. Ryan died while on a protracted sproed, and by a strange coincidence was buried beside the man he murdered.--Chicago Inter Ocean. Chooss Wisely. There are worse way 6f choosing a wife than by the music she plays and the way she plays it. - If a girl mani­ fests a predilection for Strauss she Is frivolous; for Beethoven, she Is Im­ practical; for Liszt, she is too ambi­ tious; for Verdi, she is sentimental; for Offenbach, she is giddy; for Gounod, she Is lackadaisical; for Gotts- chalk, she is superficial; for Mozart, she Is prudish; for Flotow, she Is com­ monplace; for Wagner, shells Idiotic. The girl who hammers away at "Maiden's Prayer," "Anvil Chorus," and "Silvery Waves," may be depend­ ed upon as a good cook and healthful, and If she includes "Battle of Prague" and the "White Cockade" In her reper­ tory, you ought to know that she has been religiously and strictly nurtured. But, last of all. pin thou thy faith upon the calico dress of the girl who can play "Home, Sweet Home." What Do the Children Drink? Pon't give them tea or coffee. . Havs yoa tried the new food drink "tailed GItAIN-O? It is delicious and nourish­ ing, and takes the place of coffee. The more Grain-0 you give the children the more health you distribute through their systems. Graln-O is made of pure grains, and when properly prepared tastes like the choice grades of coffee, hut costs •boat34 as much. Ail grocers sell it 15a snd 25c. Egypt's Early Inhabitants. Dr. W. M. Petrie's recent discoveries in Egypt prove conclusively that Egypt was inhabited by tnen previous to 4000 B. C., the date which has hitherto been the starting point of known history. Excavations between Nagade and Bal- los show that some foreign race must have driven out the early inhabitants of the country, for in the thousands of graves lhat have been opened by Dr. Petrie not a single object of the usual Egyptian type has been founds Dr. Petrie thinks that this prehistoric race in Egypt flourished about 5,000 B. C., or possibly even earlier. The people were probably of Libyan stock, with some negro mixture, judging from various objects discovered In the coursc of excavation at Nagade. These relics consisted chiefly of statuettes, games, slate palettes for grinding paint, beau­ tifully ribbed flint knives of extreme delicacy, forked lances, arrows, carved spoons, harpoons, earrings and combs. London Mall. Woman's Hand. It Is certainly not true that small hands are bred by choice descent, for In one family the hands of both women and men are found different In size uiid in every other quality. The individual, woman of the people stretches i;Sd hardens her hand and batters her nails on her own account, so that months of care would not retrieve It; but doubt­ less her baby hand was much the same as a rich woman's in her own baby­ hood. English women and Americans, with their blonde hands, are adyiired deliriously for this one beauty by the darker races. But, at any rate, to English eyes, there is loveliness also in the fine hand that has clear brown color In place of white--a rare beauty, for the blonde women has usually the finer form of baud; but somewhat dark must have been the "tender inward of the hand" that played on the virginals for Shakespeare.--Collier's Weekly. , Cinderella of Ancient Egypt. Cinderella is not entirely the product of fiction^ Pviutess lUiudopis of Egypt was the first Cinderella. She was bath­ ing In the Nile, and a bird, which Strabo calls an eagle, flying past, pick­ ed up one of her slippers, or sandals, flew away with it, atid dropped it on the Jap of Prince Psamineticus, who was holding a court of justice In Mem­ phis. He was so struck by the dainty manufacture and small size of the san­ dal that, being then in search of a bride, he at once vowed that he would" ouly wed the maiden whose foot fitted the sandal. There were two., elder daughters of the first marriage who greatly envied her good fortune--and here we have all the essentials of the story. Shelter and O.otliinic far Mankind. Of the entire .human race It is esti­ mated that 500,1>00,000 are well clothed --that is, they wear garments of some kind--250,000,000 habitually go naked, and 700,000.000 only cover parts of their body; 500,000,000 live in houses, 700,000,000 in huts and caves and 250.- 000,000 have virtually no shelter at all. Delirium Tremens in England. Over 1,000 people die every year of delirium tremens in England. In order to mount the ladder of fame an orator must win round afteiT round of applause. The more a gas Jet blows the lest light it affords. Some men resemble ga| jets. ' We have noticed that when we are busy, some one insists on telling ns a •joke." Traveled as Live Stock. Miss Mary A. Livermore, the well- known social reformer, once traveled as "live stock" In order to keep an ap­ pointment to speak at a meeting In Cincinnati. She had missed her train, and a cattle train was to leave in lfeveh minutes. "You see that I can't take you, madam." said the conductor, showing instructions which forbade him taking any freight but live stock. 1You will have to wait for the next train." 'If I am not 'live stock' will you please tell me what I am?" queried the lady, and after a moment's thought tne conductor weighed and billed her as regular live stock freight, and gave her the usual live-stock receipt when she paid the charges. $3,000 for a Hlewr<Jorn. ' That's what this new corn cost. Yields 813 bushels per acre. Big Four Oats 3B0 bushels--Salzer's Rape to pasture sheep and cattle at 25c. per acre yields 50 tons; potatoes $1.20 per bbl. Bromus luermis, the greatest grass off e^ith; Beardless Barley GO bushels per ScVe; 10 Irtnda grasses and clovers, etc. Send this notice to JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., LA CROSSE. WIS., with 10c. stamps and receive free great Cata­ logue; $3,000 Corn and 10 Farm Seed Samples. (c. a.) New York Is the richest State, being worth more than $8,500,000,000. Penn­ sylvania comes next, with nearly $7,- 000,000,000, and" Illinois is third, with over $5,000,000,000. . Nearly two-thirds of the total wealth of the country Is In real estate and improvements. Stands By in Need. Every living thing has pains and aches sometimes, and the aches and pains of humankind have a friend In St. Jacobs Oil, which stands by In need to cure and restore. Sir Robert Ball, the eminent astrono­ mer, thinks the earth may be blown to smithereens by the water of the ocean getting down through a crack into the central Are. *'Spring Unlocks The Flowers To ¥akd ihe Laughing Soil." And not even Nature 'would* allow the flowers to grow and blossom to perfection without good soil* Now Nature and people are much alike; the former must have sunshine, latter must have pure blood in order to have perfect health. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures blood trou­ bles of all sorts. It is to the human system what sunshine is to Nature-- .tm*' destroyer of disease germs. It never disappoints. Poor BlOOd-" The doctor said there were not seven drops of good blood in my body. Hood's Sarsaparilla built me up and made me strong and well." SUSIE E. BBOWN, 16 Astor Hill, Lynn, Mass. Dyspepsia, etc.-" A Complication of troubles, dyspepsia, chronic catarrh and inflammation of the stomach, rheumatism, etc., made me miserable. Iladmo appetite until I took Hood's Sarsaparilla, which acted like magic. I am thoroughly cured." N. B. SEELET, 1874 W. 14th Av., Denver, Col. Rheumatism -- " My husband was obliged to give up work on account of rheu­ matism. No remedy helped until he used Hood's Sarsaparilla, which permanently cared him. It cured my daughter of ca­ tarrh. I give it to the children with good results." MRS. J. S. MCMATH, Stamford, Ct. J{cvd6 Sab Rood's Pills cure liver ills, the non irrlt»tlng aat the only cathartic to take with Hood'< S»r«»p»rtllsT K Cures Colds. Coughs. Sore Throat. Croup. Kuenza.WhoopinBCough.BronchitisanclAsfhipa. A certain cure for Cpnsumption in first St^fM, and a sure relief in advanced stages. Use st once. Yen will see the excellent affect after taking the first dose. Sold by dealers every­ where. Large bottles 26 cents and 60 cents. ftOOO BICYCLES __|«)T»r«toek: Mwi B* Vt--tt Out. STASSA*I» 'SS SOUEI-S, grufcranteed, SO.tC to S18. Shopworn A: sec­ ond hand wheels good as sew, ss to mioi QMF &EISRY CMAT shijj aayoae apprerat 'Atrial without a o«t I* EARMmmtOTOLE kj tolylaf u UfMUM car Mfob MM «f W.ftr. «, ip.< |« M.k ton FRKI UH ttiiMw Dm. W«H« X fl-- tm --c •iiiiiTJfc K. G. 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