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Hit 6AV. vO' a bor HkM Cbrla'mas best la Clnus comes then; ' to "hang his stocking ^apji take it down again, • Uis presents out--1»Bt I-- liave It Fourth July., V ' 3«Sf£aiS?si ">sf,fcat ottawr boy likes Chrla'maa beat 55 'Cos O' the Chris'mas trees Sunrtay schools--an' things to eat* An" when tbey's been a freese, Ite likes to slide and skate, but my! WJIat's that longslde o' Fourth Jolyt» •fJhrls'miis is good, but Fourth Jul/t' ' ? that day's the best of all-- iSifrS 0 my! I wlsSt could be the fowtli AH summer an' all fall! * Mo other time begins to be Ub-good as Fourth July to me! . **I hope 'at when the Fourth Is bet* Ity mofher'll think Its right ©0 let me creep down stairs an' BN , My crackers off 'fore light. ni blow my horn, and shoot my gun! An' wake up pa! an' hare such fun! "At dark I'll Are my shooting stars, An' let my rookets Blare, Aa' set. my Roman candles off-- Whlz«! Rush! Buzz! Bang! Pop! Flare! CbrlK'inns is good 'nough, but my! I'dratlier have It Fourth July! 1 wisht 1 was always Fourth July!" --Womankind. A Fireworks Capture. ROUBLE raged on the irrigation ditch. The upper gang and the low­ er gang were at outs. The former fc»d lost a horse and the lower gang was jrapposed to include the, thief. "It just means a fight," exclaimed Mack to Simpson, as the two members of the lower gang rode over the plains one sum­ mer night. "There can't be any horse stealing around these parts and not hare fighting." "No: and the feeling isn't any too good already," added the other. „ The ponies loped easily, and turning down the trail went swiftly into the thick sunflowers of a ravine. It was nearly sun­ set and the tall weeds seemed to be al­ most like young saplings. Suddenly the horses stopped; ahead was an unusual sight, a white-topped prairie schooner. "A one-horse rig, too," exclaimed Simp- •on, looking at the thills that were on the front of the wagon. "And deserted, too," and Matt drew nearer to the stTange outfit. "Well, what do you think of a man that • will do this?" He pulled tl^e curtains aside and showed the sleeping form of a boy perhaps 7 years old. The little fel- Jow looked peaked and helpless and the' sympathies of both the men were aroused bj the sight. . "Well, he's a rascal," was the reply at last and the curtain was dropped. "He ain't a raacal," came from the in­ side of the wagon. "Mj papa is good to me." » - , . ;f • "Hello, therfe, What are you doing here?" asked Matt. "Waiting forfi reworks; papa has gone after them. He always gets them for me 1. Jack Rabbit--Polly, want a cracker? 2. Poll--I'll go you. But won't-you Poll--Not on your lite, Jacky. Pre have * cracker, Jack? DoAave one sworn off smoking. me. • r ̂ Jack--Then let's have a Fourth of July ,„s l! race. I'm a regular crackerjack at spriat- ing. . jib 3. Humph! This looks like 'due oh Be, • 4. Tot! tut! What's this? I smell powder. 5. Polly--How's Jack? that for a cracker, 6. Zip ' . Korzoom! End of the Tata. - Sua Francisco Examiner. 00 the Fo'ther July." 1 "Wrhat did he say?" asked Matt. ! "Says his father has gone after fire­ works--a likely story. The boy's hungry; tliat is what is the matter with him." "Well, let's feed him.- I'll go over and get him something froqi the camp. And, •ay, I'll bring him some fireworks, too. I'd forgot it, but to-day is the Fourth of July, and the boss has a lot of rockets and things ready to fire off. All the men are out hunting for the horse thief and they have forgotten all about it. I can steal a few." Away rode Matt in the gathering dark­ ness, and although the pony went very fast, and the man did not stay in camp more than a few moments, the wait seem­ ed a long one to the watcher in the ravine with the boy. The child was hungry and nervous and confided to the man that he had been "awful sick." Simpson felt ex­ ceedingly sorry for the little one, and was more and more indignant at the action's of the man who had forsaken such a precious charge. "Here he comes," he said at last, when the rattle of horse's hoofs was heard on the prairie sod. Matt came down the ra- rine and had some difficulty in finding the wagon hidden in the sunflowers. *At «ast he opened the package of food and laid the fireworks on the grass beside the hoy "Supper first," was the order from Simpson, and the three ate the generous •apply that had been brought. "Good thing not to take the kid to the ranch," said Matt. "The men will have v • rough time there to-night, and they v wouldn't spare the boy." , *'Now for the fun," and away went one •f the rockets into the darkness, scatter­ ing its splendor over the level plains that spread from the edge of the ravine. The jack rabbits and the prairie owls saw it and wondered what it could be. Somebody else saw it, for away off to the south, where its light was visible only as a faint glimmer, there was a company of horsemen, and they turned their ani- > ^. pals in that direction. jF- *'Hark!" said M»tt. as the fua was at Hi height. "Somebody's coming-." - * The light of the last rocket had given a passing view of a man on horseback at the crest of a ravine. In a moment the Ilian was near them and he was accompan­ ied by a large number. In the midst of the party, with his head bound in a large totd handkerchief, was seen the figure of a Span tied on a horse. » ."We have got the thief," said the leader , the newcomers. "Well," replied Matt, "what are you bringing him here for?" "We kind of lost our way- aad we thonght this was the camp. But we are going to settle with the rascal ri^ht here, - 'anyhow-. It might not be'Best to take •1, Mm to the camp, after all." "Sure it is the man?" '"^.'"Bound to be--got the horse." In the dim light of the little fire of sun­ flower stalks that somebody had kindled . the prisoner was brought forth. Ho pre­ sented a pitiful appearance and the men almost felt sorry for him. Still, they knew the unwritten law. „ "What have you there?" remarked on? " #f the newcomers, pointing to the bop who*' Mood by, looking with opeu-niouthed as­ tonishment on the weird scene. "Nothing but a kid that we picked up," ; vj Answered Matt. "Let him alone, will jou?" "Say, fellows," went on # the visitor, . ^what's the matter with letting the boy lire some of his rockets and make a re- #pectal4e illumination for this proceed­ ing?" The others agreed, and the child was , placed in position at the head of the two ' lines that had formed and had in his hand a big rocket that was to be fired at ihe signal, and then the bands were to be taken from the prisoner and he could be hit by any one who was quick enough. It was thought that he would get enough punishment to prevent him from ever re- ' turning to that section again. He evident *y thought so, too, for he was trying his best to escape. * "All ready," called Matt. "Go!' The bandage was dropped from the . man's eyes and the ropes came from off / his feet and arms/ A dozen whips were :raised to strike, but before they could be used a dramatic scene followed. The boy who ivas to fire the rocket dropped the signal in the grass and the bunches of jfire went skucrying away in the tall sun- '^iowera. For* himseLC, the ifttle fellow ?? 5*?£ore a w ̂descend ed he was clinging to the man's neck with both arms around the same in an embrace that meant a great deal. "Oh, it's papa!" he cried, and the mah, instead of running, stood holding the child to his breast. 'Well, this is a go," said Matt. "What have you men been doing?" 'Make him run," called one of the more excitable ones among them. He raised his whip again, but Simpson stood be­ tween and would have received the Wow on his own shoulders. 'You have captured the wrong man," said the stranger. "But you didn't say so." "How could I when yon had put a yard of cotton over my mouth? I was looking for something to eat, and you made a rush and got me tied before I eould get word to you. I tried not to let you get me, though." "Yes, you fought like a tiger." "My boy and I are traveling back east," went on the man. "One of our horses gave out back hece a ways, and we had to get along with one. The boy's mother died in the mountains, and I must take him to my folks. We are very poor, but we are honest." "Then how did you get the horse that belongs to the gang?" "I did not get the horse. This is my own horse." "We'll see about that. Come on, boys," said the leader, and they went toward the ranche house, where the men had their headquarters. "Bring little fireworks and his play­ things," called one of the men, and they gathered up the remainder of the rockets. On the way the boy fired several, and their path was thus marked with fire and Shout­ ing, for the men enjoyed the sight as well as he. As they came into camp they saw all the upper gang men and the remainder of the lower gang employes gathered there. This unwonted sight made them afraid that trouble was in the air. "We have got your horse," called Matt, as fhey drew nearer. "So have we," came the strange answer. Sure enough, as they entered the camp there was brought a horse with a piece of picket rope tied to his neck, and when they stood him beside the horse ridden by the stranger the two animals looked like as twins. "But this is the right one," explained one of the men, pointing to the rope. "He had been in the tall weeds and was tan­ gled by his rope." "Seemyt© me that we owe you an apol­ ogy," said Matt, addressing the stranger. "Let's" celebrate it," added the happy Simpson. *%If it hadn't been for the bov i K, we would Jiiive given the man pretty bad treatment. Lcttlim fire his rockets." So the reuuii^tet. Of the fireworks went into the da'rk an'd Htominated the scene that was so unusual on the plains. "While we are about it," went on Simp­ son, "let's shake hands and be friends again." •• The men of both gangs liked the sugges­ tion and spent a happy evening together. When the boy anchljje emigrant drove on east a few days afterward they were seated behind two horses, and the good wishes j6f both camps went with them.-- Chicago Record. The flames that lit his father's barn Shone round him o'er the shed. A bunch of crackers in his hand, Ttfo others in hds hat-- Witfc piteous accents loud he cried, "I never thonght of that!" The flames flew wide, flew thick, flew hot, Tlffy lit upon the brat; * The> flred those crackers in his hand, AM e'en those in his hat. Thrre came a burst of thunder sound-- Tfcs boy! Oh, where was he? Ask the winds that strewed around His fragments on the lea! A top, a knife, three marbles and Some fish hooks and some yarn-' The relics of that dreadful boy who burnt his father's barn! --'VtJn. TWO MEMORABLE FOURTHS. Out Followed the Fall of Gettysburg* tfet Other the Victory at Santiago. ' HIS country has seen some sensa­ tional and dramatic) celebrations of the) Fourth of July, andl these same go to en-, force historical sig-> nificance with those* w h o s e m e m o r y reaches back intoi the past generation. Just 36 years ago this Independence Day, that of 1863 was one of expres­ sive, heartfelt emotion. When the Bun rose on that vivid Fourth of July and the preparations were made in the midst of devastating war to pay homage to the na­ tion's natal day, the wires flashed th® news that Gettysburg had seen the most momentous victory for the Union arms, and that Vicksburg had fallen. It was perhaps the most critical period of the war --the high-water mark of the prowess of one army, when its forces had pursued a victorious march and were actually in ripe alien territory. The whole nation quivered with excitement, and it was In­ deed a glorious Fourth when the news came that Grant and Meade had simul-. taneously won two such vital victories. It is a singular coincidental situation that exactly one year ago practically the same interest and anxiety as that mani­ fested in 1863 hovered about the Fourth of July, 1898. It requires brief exereisq of memory to revive with a thrill the rare eagerness with which the whole people of this country were awaiting news of the naval campaign in Cuba as the month of July drifted in. It was July 3 that the most remarkable exploit ever accomplish, ed by American arms came to fruition-- on that day the United States navy met the, foe long sought for, and Cervera's fleet was destroyed in Santiago harbor. The series of thrilling events that accom­ panied this important occurrence, the in­ tense national anxiety of July 3 that was followed by widespread rejoicing the en­ suing day, mark an epoch in ardent his­ torical event that, being within our near actual knowledge and participation, will never be forgotten. The Modern. 43asabianca. The boy stood on the backyard fence. Whence nil but him had fled; Certain Member* of the Peaceful Sect t?«at Took Up ,Anna. At the first celebration in Philadel­ phia of our national holiday, July 4, 1777, the mob at night smashed the windows of the Quakers. "The town illuminated, and a great number of •windows broken on ye Anniversary ot Independence and Freedom," writes a Quakeress of that day in her diary. Tt^e Quakers had with difficulty, dur­ ing the rumblings and heavlngs of the approaching revolution, stood by their peace principles, and the mob had re­ sented their attitude. But there were Friends who revolted against maintain­ ing a passive part, and Insisted that it was the duty of every man to defend his country against oppression. These were called "Apostates" by their non-resisting brethren; but they named themselves "Free Quakers," and the "world's people" called them Tlghtlng Quakers/* Lydia Darragh, •Who bronght to Washington's camp news' or iLe English army's Intended attack, and Elizabeth Ross, who made the first flag carried by the American army, were both Free Quakers. Agnes Repplier, In her "Philadelphia," tells a story illustrative of the feelings caused by the division of sentiment. A wealthy Friend, meeting one of the : Apostates girt with a sword, said to him, "Why, what is this with which thou hast bedecked thyself? Surely, not a rapier!" "Yes," was the stanch reply, "for 'Liberty or Death!' is how the watch­ word of every one who means to defend himself and his property." "Ah!" exclaimed the serene Friend. "I had not expected such higli feelings in thee. Thy mind has become as fierce as thy sword. As to property, I thought thee had none, and as to thy liberty, I thought thee already enjoyed it through the kindness of thy creditors." The Friend alluded to the man's In­ ability to pay bis debts, for which he was liable to be cast Into jail. # Nearly a century afterward the old combative instinct again brought the Fighting Quakers to the front. Hun­ dreds of Free Quakers marched against the foes who strove to break up the Union. One of them, a descendant of a Fighting Quaker of the revolution, be­ ing too old for active service, equipped a company of soldiers at his own ex­ pense and presented them to the State. On a tablet Inserted in the wall of the new meeting bouse built by the Free Quakers, to which Washington and Franklin gave liberal aid, are cut these four lines: By General Subscription For the Free Quakers. Erected A. D. 1783. Of the Empire 8. The word "Empire" has puzzled good republicans. A member of the first con­ gregation. being asked why it was used, said, "I tell thee, Friend, it is because our country Is destined to be the great empire over all the world." Present events recall attention to that cut word- Empire" and to the Quaker's senti­ ment. M MEANING OP IERHOOO. SOME COSTLY CAKES. Those Used for Weddinsa and Similar Occasions rometimea Kxpensive. Four thousand five hundred dollars was the cost, as given by the Chicago News, of the cake provided at the wed­ ding of John Jacob Astor to Miss Will­ ing, of Philadelphia. The Princess Beatrice's wedding cake was worth $1,500. It weighed 800 pounds, was 9 feet high and 5 feet around. Six months it took for mod­ eling the ornaments, amoug which were 1,800 sprays of. sugared leaves of ivy, roses, clematis, honeysuckle and other plants. It was made in the royal kitchen, and was sent to Osborne in a special van, twelve men lifting it. The wedding cake .provided on the marriage of the Princess Louise with the Duke of Fife was also made by the Queen's own confectioner; it weighed 136 pounds and was nearly 6 feet high. A leading firm made an enormous cake for presentation to Queen Vic­ toria on the occasion of her jubilee. It measured 9 feet 6 inches around, 10 feet high and weighed over a quarter of a ton, without any ornaments. A cake sent to Dr. Behrend by the con­ gregation in Brooklyn upou his 50th birthday was a valuable one, for the top was ornamented -with gold coins. His Natural Diet. Big Brother--Say, Bobby, I should think you could eat powder crackers. Little Bobby--Why? Big Brother--'Cause I heard papa call you a little son of a gun. When a fellow gets in a bad box he usually has a barrel of trouble. HURRAH FOR THE FOURTH! /; I --•Miaaeapoli ouraqiL •mmi " k N >nsen'8 Boyhood. In reading of the great Arctic explor­ er, Fridtjof Nansen, It is noticeable that from his earliest boyhood he was, per­ haps unconsciously, in training for the work of his life. One writer describes Nansen's boyhood spotts as follows: Nansen and his brother were born and lived at "Froen," their father's country place. In the outskirts of Chris- tiania. There war a little hill there, where they made their first attempt at skee-running. Snowshoeing in those days was almost entirely confined to the peasants. The two brothers took It up as a sport, and began to get rather proficient, and tried going down hills. They found they could use them for going down as well as for making excursions through the mountains. They discovered, at the suggestion of an expert from the rural districts/that they could jump on them. The peasants generally had never jumped with them, nor made much progress. The boys induced oth­ er fellows to take it up. In that way It became a sport in Christiania, and the Nansens did all they could to make It popular. Now the snowshoe meeting in February is the great skee meeting of the world. There Is a very steep mountainside at Holemkollen, with a sheer descent of about forty-five degrees. Half way down there is a wall built up; this was a favorite slide with the fearless boys. Prince Henry Studies Chinese. Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of the Kaiser, became so delighted with the Chinese language during his visit to the Flowery Land that he has taken up the study of the tongue, and thinks it superior to any other, ancient or modern. There Us one thing young men should remember: if they contract good habits when young, they will be of the great- est assistance to them In middle age. Good habits are as strong ns bad habits! Everything worth having In this life comes as a result of g00(i habits. When a boy claims to be sick In the morning I: Is usually a sign that h« wants to go fishing before Saturday When a man actsthe fool, lie ™»1iy fc sowing wild 66 *7 deal motherhood Is the work II not of instinct, but Of enlight­ ened knowledge conscientious­ ly acquired and carefully digested," writes Helen Watterson Moody in tlte Ladles' Home Journal. "If maternity Is an instinct, motherhood is a profes- Blon yet many a girl undertakes iFwith less understanding of its duil^S" and less anxiety. than she gives to the ^selection of the faifor who is to make heT new gowffs, of tlie costumes of the bridesmaids in her^weodTn^ ^ocesslon. It is quite the fashion nowadays, in well-to-do families, to provide the daughters with some special training by /means of which they could earn their own bread and butter if the family fortunes should suddenly fall. It is held to be altogether wise and proper to educate a daughter for a possible profession, in a remote contingency, yet while nine­ teen out of twenty of our girls marry and become mothers, no training what­ ever for the real profession of their lives is thought to be necessary. Any practicing physician will tell you that four-fifths of thfe Illness among chil­ dren conld be avoided by proper knowl­ edge and care on the part of the moth­ ers, and yet our girls feel that they must take up college settlement work and scientific whist and the banjo to get a little excitement into their lack­ luster lives until the great excitement of marriage comes." Won a Wife by Wire. ' A happy marriage resulted from a courtship conducted exclusively by wire. Wilbur F. Cannon, the Colorado Congressman and wealthy manufac­ turer, proposed to Miss Fairchild, a church organist of Jersey City,, in fif­ teen minutes after first meeting her. Of course, it was rather sudden, and as the train bore Miss Fairchild away from Denver, the persistent Cannon be­ gan shooting love missiles at her by electricity. Miss Fairchild entered into the romance of the original though costly scheme of love-making. They were happ% married after a courtship conducted exclusively by wire. '"he's a Globe Trotter. Miss Edith Van Buren, great grand­ daughter of President Van Buren, is famous as a globe trotter and Klondike explorer. She has { . been twice around *•- the world .and to Japan four times. She is one of the best known Ameri­ can women in the court circles of Eu­ rope, is known in the holy land, In jungles of India, in MISS, VAN BUBEX. Australia and in the Sandwich islands. Social triumphs Miss Van Buren quitted last year for untrammeled life in the Klondike. She walked over the White pass. She roughed it like the miners. She staked a claim. She slept In a tent, trudged through snowdrifts in bloomers and rubber boots, visited dance halls and variety shows, and gave dinners with a pine box for a table, a piece of mos­ quito net for a table cloth, and a tin can filled with wild flowers by way of decorations. Factory Slavery. A mill owner not long ago Issued the order that the girls in his employ should not wear laced shoes. The rea­ son he gave was that each one's boot became untied at least five times a day, and took at least five seconds to retie. When these twenty-five seconds were multiplied by 300--the number of girls in his employ--the loss of time was, lie said, too serious to submit to. Another mill owner, talking over this ease, said that he lit^l forbidden vis­ itors, because each of his "hands" turned her head to look at them. Com­ puting twenty visitors a day and two seconds for the head-turnings of each of his 600 employes, made over six hours daily wasted in that gesture.-- Chicago News. Helps the Distressed. Princess Marie of Bavaria has never felt any inclination foi' the usual pur­ suits of princesses, but spends her time in succoring the dis­ tressed. Her husband, Duke Carl Theodore, has converted part of his beautiful castle info a free eye hospital, and Is assisted0 in his work by the Duchess, who frequently helps with some particularly deli- MAKIE. cate opera* ion, and is a very qapable assistant. In Fashion Tr.fles, Quantities of lace. White pique collars. Neck ribbons by the score. Shirt waists one wants still $2. Shirt waist materials reduced price. Buckles and buckles and more buckles. Buttoned skirts until one is awfully tired of them. Pretty white ties to take the place of stiff collars. Shirt waists with yokes back and front very common. A Fretty P ttlcoat. Silk underskirts of the handsomer va­ riety are expensive luxuries, but t^e woman who is handy with her needle can fashion one for about $5* that would cost her three times that much if bought in the stores. The petticoat Itself is made of plain taffeta, in any tint, and it is trimmed with escalloped ruffles that are finished at the edges with a heavy button bole stitch ill MR. AND MRS. W, F. CANNON black. Polka dot* of the black, also, are worked in the raffles. The effect is very dainty, and distlnctly new. A Girl's Darin?. "5" If Miss Ruth Beardsley, of Derby, Conn., had realized the notoriety which she was to gain through riding her bi­ cycle across the rail­ r o a d t r e s t l e f r o m ftelfrp to East Der- by, nearly a mile ig length, she would not have^ atjempted^ th§ remarfcafcde feat of daring. Miss Beards- ley Is modest She MISS BE ABDTLSY. wanted to prove to her young girl friends that a woman could do what a man had done. Four years ago Edward J. Heeler, an expert wheelman, rode over the trestle, but no other wheelman has since dared to attempt the feat, and Keeler says he couldn't be hired to do it again. "It was soley to prove that a woman could ride the trestle that I attempted the feat," said Miss Beardsley. Beauty Hint!. •/ V " Drink pure4 water. * •-.'*• Don't drink tea or coffee. Don't eat much animal food. Eat an orange every day or so. Walk two or three miles a day. Eat a few salted almonds dally. Eat grapes, apples, raisins and figs. Don't fret, don't worry; be calm and quiet. Bathe the whole body daily In tepid water. (Jt An egg or two a day, soft boiled, In­ stead of meat. A Practical Idea. "It seems strange," says a sensible New York woman, "that more women who are forced to earn their pwn liv­ ings do not open lunchrooms of some kind. The first thought of a woman who has to support herself seems to be that she must do something of which she knows nothing and which requires a long apprenticeship and a special edu­ cation." Unnsnai Gallantry. A new phase in street car etiquette has broken out in New York. Recent­ ly a lady who was standing was asked by a young man occupying a seat If he might hold her package for her. She allowed him the privilege and strange to say, not at the expense of losing her bundle. It was a piece of alloyed politeness not often met with. The Helen Gould Carnation. It is said that Miss Helen Gould shares the general enthusiasm for car­ nations, and has in her greenhouses at Lyndhurst many varieties. There is one which shows stripes of red and white in particularly beautiful effects. It is named Helen Gould. There is not, however, any reason for supposing that the flower originated in the Gould con­ servatory.--New York Tribune. Ellen Terry's Hobby. Ellen Terry's favorite hobby is the collecting of eyeglasses worn by celeb­ rities, and whenever she makes a re­ quest for a pair--a request never re­ fused--she gets the wearer to write his or her name on one of the lenses. The collection is kept in a special cabinet in her house in South Kensington. Hair Planting. A. Turkish physician, we are told by the British Medical Journal, has been experimenting successfully on the transplanting of hairs, one by one, to bald parts of the scalp. His results seem to show that there is no impossi­ bility in the complete renewal of a lost head of hair by this means, although the amount of time and patience neces­ sary for the accomplishment of the task would be considerable, to say the least. The physician, Dr. Menahem Hodara, tried his experiments in the case of a disease that had removed part of his patient's hair. To quote the ac­ count: "Briefly stated, his plan was to scarify the bare surface and to im­ plant thereon hairs removed from other parts of the patient's head. The hairs used for the purpose were trim­ med with scissors at each end. Some four weeks after implantation a cer­ tain number of the hairs, were found to have taken root, and in no long time a goodly new crop was produced." John Brown. Colonel T. W. Higglnson, in his au­ tobiography, "Cheerful Yesterdays," thus characterizes John Brown: "I saw before me a man whose merS appear­ ance and bearing refuted in advance some of the strange perversions which have found their way into many books. In bis thin, worn, resolute face there Were signs of a fire which might Wear him out, and practically did so, but nothing of pettiness or baseness; and his talk was calm, persuasive, and co­ herent. He was simply a high-mind­ ed, unselfish, belated Covenanter; he had that religious elevation, which It Itself a-kind of refinement; he lived, as he finally died, absolutely absorbed In one idea; and it is as a pure enthusiast --fanatic, if you please--that he is to be judged." Earthly Joys. I work and wait the wholfc week through For Saturday and Sunday, Then, while I wonder what to do, They're gone, and it is Monday. --St. Nicholas. • •' * OH,L2?El!LU8ED' * • -<;" Pw Ihe Art Advcrtlihur! of MamriEact«ro4,0«B<||,. "Speaking ofart adT£t$Mf«." a New-Yorker who has been In the business a good many years, "it is pe$* fectly true that there is a great scarci^f of suitable women models for photo lllustratjons. The result is that a great manjr, children are used. Turn the (Ages of any magazine that carries a large line of general 'ads,' and ydu wlfi be Surprised at the number of de- tiiat they are usually the youngsters of the advertisers, who take a good deal of pride In thus exploiting their pre? geny to the world. That reminds "t>y"th^ ^ay. oFan" amusinr LasTgumme1!* ffl^fofng to'-- j New York by wafof the L cars, I fo have my attention frequently at? traeted by~a title boy who was travel- in? In the same direction with his nurse. They evidently lived some? where near, Tor they^ were often on the train, and there was something about the child that struck me as being ex­ traordinarily familiar. My wife re­ marked the same thing, but neither of us could tell where he had seen hlQt before. Still, I could have sworn th&t his face was almost as well known ^ me as those of my own family, and I, puzzled over the matter more thaa once. One afternoon when my wife was with me and 'our mystery,' as we called him, was perched across the way, I all of a sudden remembered. •By Jove!' I exclaimed, 'that's the boy in Soandso's ad!' 'Why, so he Is!' said my wife, 'How silly of us not to think of It before!' I had in mind a familiar illustration used by a big manufactur­ es concern, and the likeness Was undfk*, niable. After that we dropped 'tijj#. mystery' and called him 'the ad boj$ whicli was soon shortened to 'ad/ Ete proved to be the son of the manufa(s» turer, ancl later on my children b^» came acquainted with him, and, bfv force of habit, proceeded to call hiiii * 'Ad.' He took to it as a matter of course, and, oddly enough, it turned out to be his nickname at home. His rest! name was Adam. Queer, wasn't it?* --New Orleans Times-Democrat* M A. Rabinoff, a native Russian and prominent at the Chicago bar, owns a copy of the terrible "Code of Alexis," promulgated by the early Romanoffs over 200 years ago. This Is said to be the only genuine copy extant outside of Russia, where it is very rare. In every city or town In the Nether­ lands you will find a Rosemary street. In olden days only undertakers lived in them, the rosemary being, in the lan­ guage of flowers, specially dedicated to the dead. * The healthiest spot In the world seems to be a little hamlet In France named Aumone. There are only forty Inhabitants, twenty-five of whom are 80 years of nge, and one is over 100. The almighty dollar resembles some men; It talks without saying anything. A new novel by Robert Hichens Is called "The Cry of the Child," and wlgr be issued In the near future. Richard Le Gallienne talks of found­ ing a magazine, to be written wholly by himself, and to be called Personal Opinion. "If Tam O'Shanter'd" Had a Wheel" is the title of a collection of Grace !Duffie Boylan's best newspaper sketch­ es and poems. A new story by Kipling, called "The Flag of Their Country," is a continua­ tion of the Stalky series, and appears as a serial in McClure's. Quiller-Couch's new romance. "The Ship of Stars," is a love story, min­ gling tenderness and adventure, Oxford life and a sea atmosphere. ' Robert W.'Chambers is now engaged, it is said, upon the fourth and final volume of his series of romances deal­ ing with the Franco-German war. Of interest to the scientific world will- be "Among the Himalayas," by Maja$(% L. A. Waddell. This intrepid scientist'; and explorer penetrated to the borders of Thibet, where he was unfortunately turned bacK by the military guard hold­ ing the passes. He spent fourteen years in this region on the "Roof of the World." Holland declined to join in the Berne copyright convention, and German authors are particularly wrathful over the results of this action. According "tJN-t the London correspondent of the New York Tribune, "no sooner had the open­ ing parts of Adolf Streckfnss' new 'His­ tory of the World' appeared than he became aware that a piratical transla­ tion was being sold in Amsterdam. ;He asked the Dutch publisher for some 'pecuniary acknowledgment' of / his rights, and received in reply a Dutch cheese, with the statement that the sender recognized no moral obligation in the matter. The week after the fol­ lowing advertisement appeared in the lending newspapers of Amsterdam: •For sale, the manuscript of the "His­ tory of the World," by Streckfuss, a ^jrtnight before the publication of each part In Berlin.' Scores of good offers poured in. and the offending publisher ' had to choose between losing his stock of the first numbers or outbidding bis trade rivals. He chose the latter alter­ native, and the author got a handsome price for his book." Usu for Volcano Oust. ; Volcano dust carried by the wind from the mountains of Puy in Au- vergne. enriches the soil of Limagne with phosphoric acid and potash. Ac­ cording to M. NIvois, insijector gener- •„ al of mines in France, It is owing to this natural fertilizer that the soil is so rich. A field at Gerzat, Clermont- Ferrand, has yielded a fine crop of hemp eighteen years running t any other manure. " *. «* Czar and Traveling. The Czar is not less careful of his life than his predecessors, but he adopts different methods for safeguarding himself. Instead of having three trains ready when he is going on a journey, and leaving the anarchists to guess which train is conveying him, as his father did, he simply allows no one to know his plans. The route Is published, but he never keeps to it Victoria's Finger Kings. There are three rings which Queen Victoria never by any chance removes/- from her hand, and it is superfluous U to add that they are closely connected^ with her courtship and marriage. One - Is the little enamel ring set with a sin­ gle diamond, given to her when quite a child by Prince Albert; another is her betrothal ring, a beautiful snake of emeralds, and the third is a j>|nln narrow band--her wedding ring, - . Spanish School Teacher*. ' Amoug the school teachers of Spain 24,600 are men and 14,000 women. lloys always hate a boy who take# fiowers to the teacher. Wm&L ma