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ls. ' was a kitten than butnowisevenerable ok1 EXILBD (I. wrapped it around him, then led the way.‘ mam i’l‘ BOARDING SCHOOL. (Continuan She glanced towards the sleigh in which Elie Martyn was comfortably seated but turned away and walked to the second one when she found to her dismay eve seat was occupied. May Grahame was the first and seeing Margery looking for a seat she called her and made a place beside her and Ella Martyn. Madame Whitney came out about this lime and pointed out the seat for Marge So there was nothing for her to do but bar in beside her enemy. “It will be a cold day when I speak to her,” she whispered to May. “ It's rather a cold day to-day, so be care- ful," said Ella, who had heard the whisper. “Ispoke to May, not to you," retorted Margie. “ Ea! Hal didn’t I say the day was cold 2" Ella went on in an irritating tone. " I wish I had never come to this piece to be tormented by you,” cried Margery. “ You’re always teasing me and have been ever since I came, and i m sorry I ever did come." Then she added in a quieter tone, “ May, please change places." . “ All right, I‘m willing," she replied. But in doing so they partly pulled the bufi'alo robe eff of Ella Martyn. “ Oh. for goodness sake, keep still,” she said crossly. “ Do be quiet, Ella," said May. For a wonder she said nothing back, and the rest of the ride was taken in silence. . In a very short time the station is reached and they are just in time, for they are no sooner out of the sleighs than the train comes puffing in, and they have barely time to bid those left he- hind goodbye and seat themselves in the train when they are whirled away and the five forsaken girls turn again to the sleigh nearest them and they are hurried in under the warm, cosy robes and driven away rapid- ly through the snow. Margery got into one corner and ut the bufi'alo right over her head. She t ought one of the girls whispered, “ I believe Mar- gery is crying." . She stayed right there, however, and did not move till Alice Lea said, “ What’s the matter, Margie 2 ’ . “ Nothing, only I dislike to see the others oing home and I have to stay here and"â€" he could say no more, but hid her face again and they were soon at the school. Margery went to her room and stayed there for over an hour, when Madame came to call her to tea. It was rather a silent meal that evening and rather a solemn face that Margery brought to the table. But after tea she recovered her irits sufficiently to laugh and talk with [the rest so that they thought, ” after all, I think Margery doesn’t care as much as she made out.” But she did, however, and it took a good amount of coaxing on the part of the others to get her to join them one day when they went skating. She consented to go at last and the were soon en mute for a pond about a mile, istant. They caught sight of an old dilapidated locking structure which must once have been a mill and there was at once a general rush to find out more about it. What they did see, however, was thata new mill had been built right beside the other and that quite a large pond was there too. “ This must be the pond,” said Margery. ~ “ Yes, this is the very one we intended to come to," said May Grahame, who had been there be- fore. “ And now let’s see who can have their skates on first." “ Wait, girls, I see some rather rough looking boys over there and perhaps we ought not to stay for Madame might not like it. “ 0h, nonsense, Alice,” cried Margery. " What's the use of being so prudish? I’m sure we needn’t go near them and we can have a good time if we try. I, for one, am clue to stay, for I’m just dying for a skate. , good-bye, I’ve mine on." And away she flew before any one could stop her. On, on she went with breathless speed. Now dodging the numerous stumps which abound in almost any pond you can find and then skipping over rough spots in the ice. 0n, till the girls behind her seemed more specks against the snowy hank. Then she pauses as she sees the ice grow thinner at every move she makes. Andto add to her confusion she sees a tall boy coming swiftly behind her. “I wonder what brings him here," she thought, as she made a vain attempt to find a firmer footing. “ Don't go any farther l” he called, for the ice is’nt safe." " Indeed, I’ve found that out already, for I’ve come too far now, I’m afraid I can't get back without breaking through the ice," cried poor Margery, now at her wits' end to know what to do. “ Perhaps you had better skim over as fast as you ct there, and you may be all right," said e. “ I’m afraid to move a bit farther for fear the ice will break. I should'nt be surprised if it parted in a min- ute or two, for it looks like it now. Hurry." “ Oh, I'm so afraid to start," said Mar- ery. " But I suppose I might as well first as t,” and she struck out right and left, while the lee cracked beneath her feet and made her speed on more swiftly. Suddenly a loud report startled her and she looked up just intime to see a curly heed dlsa pear beneath the dark line of water wh ch was quickly growing wider and wider. In a second etgbestly face appeared above the edge of e ice, and two numb hands clutched at the frail support which crumbled away at every grasp of the boy in the water. Mar ery went as near to the edge as she ds , and said, " Hold on as long as you can, and I will bring help.” And she darted away in another direction, when suddenly the thought occurred to her that she might be able to help him out her- self. Then she turned and skated back, meanwhile untying the heavy woolen cloud which she had worn around her neck. When she not near enough, she threw one end out to the almost per. lshing boy, who quickly grasped it, but could hardly hold it, for his hands were so weak. Margery made a little groove in the ice, in which she planted her skate, andufiasping the scarf firmly, gave a strong p Not stron enough, however, for it served only to move im the least bit out of the water and drc him back again. 8 is pulled again, and this time she heard the ice break as his body came in contact with it. Then, with almost superhuman strength, she brought him partly up on the ice. She rested for a moment, then another strong pull and be was out of the inning water. She then wrun the water from the sod of the scarf which t e boy had held an forhewestoowesktosketeforhimself. They soon were met by all the is whom Margery had left behind, and ore she got near them May Grahame called out : " Where in the world have you been, Mer- gie? Here, we've been hunting all over for you. Andwâ€"Why, gracious, what have you got there I] “ Wait a minute, and you'll see for your- self,” Margery answered. " Oh, it's a boy, and he looks half drown~ e5, too i" exclaimed May. “ Whatcan have happened, Margie 2" “Don't ask me now. Wait until we get him home, and then I'll tell you. Some one help me, please." May immediately volunteered to help, and the two sharing the weight, made holding him up much easier work, than it had been for one. The girls all wrapped their clouds round him, and 'twas not long till they were on land. When they took off his skates he could walk all right, and after a walk of nearly a mile they reached his home on the outskirts of the town. You may be sure that it was not long before he was wrapped in warm blankets and everything done that could add to his comfort. But the sick boy did not forget who had saved him and he said , "Mother, did you thank those girls for me and one in particular. The one with brown eyes and hair, for she saved me. I think they called her Margie or Margery or some- thing like that.” “Yes, Harry, and I asked them to come and see me curing the holidays. I didn’t say to see you, for fear they might not come" replied his mother. Harry, as she called hereon, smiled faintly sud relapsed into silence. Just a week from that day Alice and Margery came. Not to see the mother, but to see her son (or he had been constantly in Margery's mind ever since that eventful day. It seemed so strange that she should save a boy from drowning when he had come to save her. “And I was awfully afraid that I'd never be able to get him up on the ice." she re- marked to May a few days later. “I wouldn’t want to go through that day again for a good bit." “ I don't suppose you will be called upon to do so for a while," May answered, “so let us drop the subject." As I said before, Margery and Alice Lea went again to "Harry’s" home. Margery carried a good sized basket in her hand which she guarded very carefully, and Alice had a parcel of something wrapped in a good deal of paper which she too carried very carefully. When they reached the house they were ushered in by a tidy little servant who told them that “Missus was just gone over to the Simmonses but would be back in a minute or two and if they would be pleased to step into the drawin- rocm she would tell the Missus they were there." So they went into the richly furnished drawing room and seated themselves to await the coming of Harry's mother. "I would like very much to know what her nameis, Mrs. Somebody, I suppose," said Margery. “ It is rather queer to be visiting a person whose name you don’t know. But we'll know it some day, I sup- pose.” inst)?“ R‘. It. At this moment a conversation was going on out in the hall. “ Come, Mina, with me, you must’nt go in there till mamma comes. She wouldn’t like it, I know.” “ Yes, Teddy, I will go, I want to see ze ladies. Mamma won’t care if I does, you tome, too. wiz me.” . Then the patter of small feet tn the floor was heard and in a moment a little figure in white ap ared at the door. She had the sweetest iue eyes, the curliest golden hair and the loveliest baby face Margery had ever seen. She want right over to Margery and put two chubby hands into her lap. “ Who are you, dear,” Margery asked. “ Mina,” the little maiden answered fear- lessly. " What else." " Mina-a a, I don't know." A voice from the doorway said, ” I’ll tell you. Its Mina Merton.” Margery looked up and saw a boy of about eight, leaning a aiust the door. “ You are Mina's rother, aren't you,” asked Alice. “ Yeth, he'ch Teddy," said Mina. “ Oh, you darling," cried Margery, “ you’re the dearest little youngster 1 ever saw." Then she caught her up in her arms and gave her a good hug. Just then Mrs, Merton appeared on the scene, and Mina flew to her mother, and left her new found friend. She welcomed the girls cordially, and after a few minutes’ pleasant chat, she took them into the cheerful dining room where Harry Merton sat in a large easy chair before the bri ht fire in the grate. He looked pale stil , for before his cold bath he had never been very strong, and afterwards he was weaker than ever. But it was not so hard for him to speak as it had been on their first meeting and he did not spare his thanks to Margery. Margery blushed furiously and begged him not to say anything about that un- fortunate affair. " Well, I don't call it an ‘unfortuuate afi‘air' at all, for I might never have met either of you," be persisted, and to silence him, Margery brought forward her basket and lifted the cover, and out jumped the very kitten which she had picked up from the road when coming to Madame Whitney’s school. “ Ah, kittsie, you don't like to be shut up tight like that, do you? ' said Margery,catch- ing it up in her arms and landing it in Harry Merton's la . “This is for on, ifycu will have it. Is a the only thing can cfi'er you. And I’m so sorry you fell in all my account. I'm very glad you're getting will so fast.” "0h, indeed, I ve hardly been sick at all, except having a cold and being a little weak," Harry answered. Alice had by this time uncovered her bundle and branch: to View a lovely bunch of hot house fiJWG", roses, geraniums, chrysauthemums, pinks and all sorts of been- tiful leaves with them. This she laid in Harry's ‘_lsp when the kitten immediately pounced upon it and it had to be quickly pulled away out of the reach of her claws. Harry could not express his thanks enough, and both Margery and Alice told him not to say anything about thanks to them. During the rest of the holidays they saw Harry Merton often and to like him more and more as time went on, and I think you will not be surprised when I :all you that Harry and Margery are new in a little home of their own, and the kitten that freight. The company has \sereaersalar track, two miles in circuit, cat sleeps ooutaneedly on the softrng bale” the fire. Mr.aners. Harry Mertenbcththink it was rather a happy then m mama‘md which brought a, to . You think about it “:11”. What [ms nu] A8 SWIFT AS THE TELEGRAPH. A System by which Mails (‘an Be Trans- poried at Lightning Speed. A correspondent writes to the " Manufact urers’ Record" from Laurel, Md., as fol- lows : “ The Baltimore Automatic Transit Com- pany is conducting a series of experiments which the rfioers of the company believe will bring about a revolution in the trans- portation of express, mail, and lighter constructed upon which its experiments are conducted. The system of propulsion is much the same as on the ordinary eirctrlo railway. The Edison dynamo and the Sprague motor are emploeyd. The overhead rail is the main feature in the system, a double-flanged wheel on the car and motor catching upon it when the train is in motion. The idea is to have stations at twenty five miles or more apart supplied with dynamcs of suffi- cient power to furnish electric force enough to drive the train for a round trip. The company have been working for over a year past getting the experimental plant ready, and have made several trials of the system, which, tentatively, were quite satisfactory, a surprising speed being attained. The projectors of this enterprise expect to work such a revolution in the carrying of mails and packages that one may sit down to breakfast in Atlanta or Chicago and read Baltimore or New York papers of the same morning. The practicability of the scheme has been passed upon by Prof. W. 0. Row- land of the Johns Hopkins University and Thomas A. Edison, the latter of whom is said to have declared it to be the greatest conception since the telegraph.” ' Fashion Notes. Russet red shades will be fashionable both for the sea-side and the river. Some of these costumes are made of striped flannel, with soft blouses of white crepaline. Very jaunty also are the summer wool jackets, which turn back with Directoire rovers, and do not fisien but may be drawn well over the c eat. The Boulangist hat is a broad-brimmed structure of straw, and a broad band of rib- bon which falls in two long ends, is wound round it. On one side of a recent model was a bunch of carnations with a long trail- ing garland of “graiues d’epinard,” or spin- ach, gone to seed, in imitation of the Genern al's opaulets. 4 Travelling-gowns are made in very simple but stylish ways in checked Cheviot, large- plaided all-wool French cashmere‘, silk ser- ges, mohair, and soft, fine clothes in erey and dull-blue shades. There is also a kind of shot brilliantine or mohair very much used, shading from blue to grey, grey to reseda, olive to old rose, and other harmou. izlng variations. The figured linen, batiste, and cambric shirtwaist worn last year, and those box- pleated and made of plain linen or cambric, finished with brier-stitching at all the edges, will be in high favour again next season. This is a neat, dainty, and stylish fashion for neglige toilets for the morning, and therefore likely to survive until autumn. Russet red, cream white, and old-rose flan- nel will also be used for Garibaldi and smocked or finely pleated yoke waists, these being especially adapted for the chilly days that invariably appear in midsummer. The new spring mantles on ht to satisfy the most fastidious tastes, hot as to shape and garniture. A novel appearance is given to some of the neutral silk pelerinee by the employment of a new sort of bead embroid- ery. This is worked in masses, pendants. and fringes, with fine beads looking as if shaded in grey, the effect being given by transparent crystal beads, silver white on the outside, but jet black inside. Peau de- soie, trimmed with crepe overlaid with dull. jet embroideries and black silk, is used for mourning jackets, and some elegant models or young ladies have pointed pelerine leaves of the craps, with peplum ends of lack net edged with fringe. Toques and oapotes are still very small, yet large enough for the milliners to show their taste and skill in arranging novelties in trimming. An amazing change has certainly taken place in the height of our head-gear, and graceful, natural, and very becoming styles are everywhere seen, though many pronounced shapes are still visible. It is pleasant to know that the bizirre colours worn last year are generally avoided this spring. Most women are also well aware that it is always rather hazar- dous to choose the fashions introduced ver y early in the season, for they generally sho A exag erations of some kind that either vanls altogether, or are toned down after a short duration.â€"N. Y. Post. Telltale Polly. A lady living in the far West has a par- rot whose powers of mimicry are reall wonderful. It will frequently repeat who 9 sentences in the exact tone of the speakers, although it can rarely be induced to utter the same sentence twice. One day when the parrot's mistress was very busy, and did not care to see callers, she happened to look out of the window and saw an acquaintance approaching the house. “There comes Mrs. B 1 Dear, dear I" she said, in a tone of impatience. Amoment later Mrs. Bâ€"wes ushered in, and on the instant Polly exclaimed, with a remarkable imitation of her mistress's tone and emphasis, “ There comes Mrs. Bâ€"â€"- 1 Dear. dear !" Blushing with confusion, the embarrassed hostess innocently made matters worse by saying, hastily : “ Oh, please excuse Polly, Mrs. Bâ€"-â€". You know what a way she has of repeating everything I say i" .â€"â€"â€"â€"-.â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€" A truck collided with a street car in New York the other day. The car was consider- ably smashed in the collision, and its pas- sengers miraculously escaped injury. Among them were several ladies. " Women of nerve," a local paper calls them, because they remained in the street car while all the meuran. The ruling passion to keep pos- session of the seats was strong even in the midst of danger_ poise of their heads. The Gill and the Ring. ON THE “ Did you ever have a chance to observe, â€"â€" unobserved. :- Soflmm's conduct to- Cutaway- ” inc Ocean. nelr Surname ward her newly acq engagement ring." Adventures. 8° “h ‘ mt“ in th' W‘wh‘st‘m (D'C‘) It has been in gested that on some of the PM Who 8°“ “Iiâ€"h he" ‘° my hundreds ofunin shited Pacificislands there upon her hand that she cannot refrain from no cuuw R M «mining is a men mm- m hour. mm. . ..n “a 3...; .fii.°£‘3§i$r.‘f‘§‘s"’£si§f hOWBVfl'. 0n “‘0 llY- 0“ “1° 51'" night “1° nature is usuall so lavish in those re in us. '1“ “P 3” hm“ 1“" ‘1‘“: “‘“d t° "3mm One of these casyiawa a sailor named8 J or- 1‘ Midi! in “10 “and” °f 5“ “"3 ’P‘It' genscn, was found fifteen months ago on the T1902“? inquenl’ ah!“ 1'; ‘dmgnl‘tued i° little speck known as Midway Island, where t 0.3 “8 W, m m 8 m“ 88°”! “d be had been abandoned by hisshlpmates, who during the night she dreams that it has fali- looked upon him “ . duper“. and dug", “139° ‘lh‘um- “d “w‘k”! dumbing the one person. There he was living without 502°? to mu" ham“ ‘1’“ “1° Predm‘ human companionship, 1,300 miles northwest pledge is still secure. Then, the following day, she wears it only giggzlgg’:: 36,1?tzfiaiigzgfogszhm? mret' “king “re ton-and“ it to h" p°°k' not one of whose little islands is know to et at table and when in the company of in- - timaies, but place her among stran ere or Riggited' The "no" Who found Jorgemen casual acquaintances who cannot be quini- tive, and how bravely will she flaunt the token before their eyes as one who should sa :â€" X‘ I may not be the loveliest creature in the world, but you will observe that I get there all the same.” Gradually it assumes its place in her daily life, and her blushes grow less violent with each succeeding explanation of its sig- nificance and each extravagant description of its donor‘s attributes. But before it fin- ally becomes a part of herself, as it were, she must, of course, leave it a dozen times at least upon the washstand, and sufi'er in consequence a dczsn violent attacks of (pal- pitation of the heart until it is recovers .‘ WERE CASTA‘VAYS. themselves from the wrecked bark Wander- ing Minstrel. On this little rock they lived for fourteen months, faring poorly on sea birds and fish, until finally a boat they sent out in October last took the news of their distress to Honolulu, and early last month a schooner released them from their island prison. Some wonderful boat journeys are made over_ the Pacific's waste of waters, journeys that would usually be impossible on the mere tumultuous Atlantic. Two men and a Chinese boy manned the little boat that took the news of the Wandering Minstrel’s mis- hap 1,300 miles to Honolulu. William Marstcn, who is at the head of the little colony of Palmerston Island, journeyed alone over 1,000 miles from Tahiti in a small sailboat. When his isolation grew irksome he stopped in the Hervey group, TOOK A RATIVE \V'Il-‘E and went g‘ayly on his way to the island that has since een his home. The news of the wreck of the Henry James on a coral roof was carried by five men last year in a row- bcat 1,400 miles to Samoa. Some years ago two Englishmen named Baker and Reid married Samoan girls and took them in a little sailboat 1,500 miles to Sunday Island, where for years they were the only izhabit- ante. Two foulbardy men left Samoa in an i open boat some years ago to so New Ireland, The same aristocratic carriage is within about 5.000 miles away. They fared very the reach of any American girl who takes , well until they go: out of water, and, putting the pains to have it ; it is only the question into :Mausoleum Island for a fresh supply, of a few years of eternal vigilance, never re. one of them was drowned in the surf and the laxing her watchfulness over herself, and, other was held a prisoner by the natives un- sittiug or standing, always preserving her til his release was purchased by a passing erectness and poise, the result being that at schooner. The voyagers had travelled 500 the end of that time it has become second miles. nature to her and she never afterwards loses Many white men are voluntary exiles it. This in a great measure preserves the among the natives of little islands, where figure, because it keeps the muscles firm and they dry copra to be shipped about once a well strung and prevents the sinking down year on sohoouers which replenish their of the flesh around the waist and the hips, stores. We hear now and then also of so common in women over 30, and which it sailors who have is perfectly easy to escape. Another thing ABANDONED CIVILIZATION, to avoid isabad habit of going upstairs, married a large assortment of native wo- which most women do, bent forward, with men, and become very important persons in the chest contracted, which, as well as an a limited area. It is not difficult to believe indolent, slouchy manner of walking. is in- that manya story of adventure and mis- jurious to the heart and lungsâ€"[Mabel fortune in the Pacific never reaches ns. and J enness. that while every year brings its wonderful records of the rescue of shiprecked sailors, Precocityof the Modern Youth. other castaways on island that were perhaps “ It appears to me," said another man inl payer seen befgre bybcivilizsd men, are ‘ ‘ . is to esoa e re eat- the party, “that the youn sters nowadays .wmg m’eng." uh mm 9 ' p , go. ahead much faster than gthey did when I ing the I(:xpcricnce of Selkirk and of Defoe s was young. Now, for instance, the other among "0' day I overheard my small son call his little sister a ‘ chippy.’ I reproved him for so doing, when he answered, ‘ All boys is kids and all girls is chippies,’ as though wonder- ing at my ignorance of the current vernacuo lar. When I awoke the other morning I I found the boy wide awake in his crib be. side the bed. As I turned to look at him he saw that m eyes were open, and he said to me: ‘ Pa, ’ve got a new one for you.’ Of course, I naturally expressed a desire to hear it. Raising himself up on one elbow b: locked me square in the face and recited t is: “ ‘ A big bull pup with a curled up tail, A very small ’oy with abig tin pail ; They tried this scheme, but it would not do, And they buried the boy where the daisies grew.’ “ Well, of course," I howled. “If I had ever had the nerve to spring such an epic on my father when 1 was his age I would have been obliged to stand up to my meals for a week. It only goes to show the precocity of the youth of the present day.” To Keep aTrim Bears. Women who wish to preserve the slimnoss and contour of their figure must begin by learning to stand well. That is explained to mean the throwing forward and upward of the chest, the flattening of the back, with the shoulder blades held in their pro- per places, and the definite curving in of the small of the back, thus throwing the whole weight of the body upon the hips. No other women hold themselves so well as the aristocratic English women. Much of their beauty lies in their proud carriage, the deli. oats erectness of their figures, and the fine The Labor Commission Report. The report of the royal labor commission has just been issued. Wages in Canada, it avers, are generally higher than at any pro vicus time, while the hours of labor have been somewhat reduced. The necessaries of life are also lower. Testimony does not sustain the belief that serious immorality exists in Canadian factories in which oper- atives of both sexes are employed. It is in evidence that sailing vessels navigating in- land waters frequently undertake voyages under circumstances which imperil the lives of the crews. Tue darkest pages in the tea- timony are those recording the beating and imprisonment of children employed in fac- tories. The commissioners hope that these barbarous practices may be removed, and such treatment made a penal offense. The system of fining was found to prevail very largely, and is condemned, The commis- sionersreccmmend the selection of a holiday, to be knowu as Labor day. As regards lm. migration, they do not favor pecuniary as- sistance bein extended. They recommend strict medica examination at ports of land- ing; that persons likely to become objects of charity and those having incurable dis- eases should bo forbidden to land, and that importatious of foreign labor under contract be forbidden; also that convict labor be simply utilized for government purposes. The establishment of a labor bureau is re- commended. Boards of arbitration to settle strikes are suggested. The report has a plea for a nine-hour system. In conclu- sion it says that the interests of the working people will be promoted if all matters relatiu to them be placed under the administret on of one of the ministers of the crown. A minority report is also published, but its main difference to that of the majorit is little more than tech- nical, or, we are half inclined to suspect, of a politically local character. - Under Pressure. Sheâ€""No, air, it is impossible. Iam sorry indeed, but I can never marry you." Heâ€"“And at the encouragement you gave me last nig t in the wallzâ€"' Shoâ€" "Oh, that musn’t be counted; what I said was under pressure, so to speak." 0n the Road to Fame. “ J obnny," said the father, seVerely, "are you still reading that history i" “ Yes, father." “ Well, you drop it pretty quick, and bustle out with your base bail bet and go to practicing. If you ain't careful you never will get to be famous.” Not a Success. Bellaâ€"" Did you put that piece of wed- ding cake under your pillow last night 2" Emmaâ€"" No, I ate it." Bellaâ€"“Did you dream of your future husband 1" ‘ Emmaâ€"“ For Heaven's sake, don't sug- gest it i The person I saw would have sent cold shivers down the spine of a dime mus- eum collection."â€"[Bnriington Free Press. Duty on Railway Cars. There is something exquisitely absurd the proposition now being urged upon the United States Treasury Department to en- foroe the collection of a duty on Canadian railway cars every time they cross the border ta the sacred soil of the United States. It: isbelieved to be started by Senator Mc- Millan of Michigan, apatriot who is engaged in the manufacture of railway cars himself, and who is consequently in a position to feel keenly the necessity of applying the letter of the law with the greatest strict- uess. It would only remain, if this scheme be carried out, for the Dominion Govern- ment to impose a like duty upon American cars enterin Canada, and then we should have the ad ying spectacle of a transehip- merit of every pound of freight going either way between the two countries. As a method of "protecting" the industries of the respective nations, this is Logical. There is no limit to such protection short of reduction to the process of barter and the state of nature. An Unfeeiinz Brute. Mrs. Msgruderâ€""Good Heavens, George, just hear twat woman next door yell l Do you suppose her husband bests her 2" Mr. Magruderâ€"“i'm not sure, Marla, whether he does or not, but if he doesn’t he ought to. A woman with a voice like that ought to be killed outright." Couldn't Answer For It. A lady customer, after taking an uncon. ssiouably long time to inspect “our spring novelties," returns once more to the very first material that the patient shopman has unrolled. “If this one is quite the fashion,” she begins, when the young man interrupts her. “Mon Dice, madam, it was quite the very latest fashion when you first looked at it ; but really. I couldn't answer for it now.”-â€"-Paris Figaro. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The Gulf Between. New York Swellâ€"“ Who is that guy. haired old man that everybody in the room is making such afuss over 2" Quiet Citizen â€"“That is Major Halfaleague, one of the survivors of the famous six hundred of Brisk- isva. Haven't you met him yet, De Ynde? I shall be pleased to introduce you.” New York Swell (frigidly)â€"“ Thank you, no, You forget I am one of the four hundred l"