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nestly, "You don't need to wait till you come to a tunctel now, do you t" , Herr Taube seemed to wish to pro­ test, but it was of no use. When we Were all ensconced in the carriage Frau Fenchel said to Fraulein Martha: ̂ "Be­ lieve me, Martha, those cliildreir were quite innocent of that kiss. You should have Seen" how they "tried exonerate themselves, from the suspicion,, but it was of no use. Fenchel absolutely forbade them to speak, for he knew all about it already. I am glad they are engaged, though." "In any case," said ^Martha, "we don t need to trouble about that. It's all the sa'mc now. 'All's-well that ends well.'" / ; "S9 it is," replied Frau Fenchel, and she looked contentedly over at Ro- schen, who had only ears and eyes for Taube., At the next station I left the train. I was very glad to do so (although sorry to leave Fraulein Martha), for .nothing is more tedious than to Ke with two lover^. I said good-by to Martha with sincere regret and, kissed the hand.which she gave me heartily. "Where is she now? Perhaps she will remember me if these lines fall under her blue eye&--Philadelphia Bulletin. THE PROUD RQOSTER AND THE MODEST GOSUNQ. A Story of Ftiss attd Feather*. FLOWERS FOR EASTER STARTING A BALKY HORSE. The Plan Works Like a Charm on the Pad«et Colt. Frequenters of what is known as the "Illinois Valley Trotting Circuit" Will readily remember "Old Bill Reeves"-- it is impossible Ito forget him. They will not know him by the above name because, for obvioUs reasons, it is sim­ ply borrowed for the occasion^ but there is only one old stager of his ilk in the business and his inimitable style of story telling belongs entirely to him­ self. "Boys," said he, "I've been speriment- in', an' you kin all bet yer" Sunday clo'es, 'at 'lectricity'll start a balky horse." * ^ "Been sperimentin' 'ith the Padget colt, Bill?" ventured his neighbor on the left. "Ya'as," drawled the famous narrat- Said the theater girl: 'T Will wear a small hat whenever I go to the play." Said the theater man: "Between all of the acts in my seat I will quietly stay." Said the masculine star: "I'll let someone else take My place at the front ot3t.be stage." Said the- female star: "I will play only parts -r Tliat do not conflict with my age." fflie chorus girl said: "I'll give some of my time, To music instead of my gOwn." Said the comedy man: "I'll endeavor "to be An actor instead of a clown." • Said the playwright: "I'll write them a sure enough play 1, .Without barnyard or buzzsaw or -r-j, wheels." Said the public: "We'll give a full house to that play, Just to see how the company feels." I heard in my dream all these beautiful things-- "And when will it happen?" said I. Said the bicycle maiden who blooms in the spring: ' "They'll occur in the sweet by and by." --Washington Capital. EXTENT TO WHICH THEY ARE USED IN CHURCH. Kinds off Floral Beauties that Are Most • Employed--Potted Plants theCprrect Easter Presents -Suggestions that May'Be Helpful in Various Ways. KISS IN THE TUNNEL. NEVER TOO LATE. Woman Sues for Alimony After Bier Former Husband's Death. A case was started in Common Pleas Court in which there is woven a cer­ tain romance Which indites it interest­ ing, says a Ravenna correspondent in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Sarah C. Collins is the plaintiff. She is an in­ mate of the Portage County infirmary, and thereby hangs the tale. For a num­ ber of years prior to 1SG0 the plaintiff was the wife ot' the late Robert John­ ston. At that time she secured a di­ vorce. At the time the divorce was granted her husband set forth a claim thai he was worth $5,000, and on that basis she was given $1,500 alimony. Several months ,ago Robert Johnston, a resident of Palmyra, came to Ttaven- na on a business trip and was taken ill. He was attended at the Etna House until his death. When the af­ fairs of his estate were brought into Probate Court many surprises were sprung. He was found to be worth nearly $100,000. He had been paying taxes on a much smaller amount, and the county received a big haul. After the divorce he continued to hoard up his money like a true miser; she gradually goingThe other road to poverty. The case started to-day sets up the claim that at the time the di­ vorce was granted the deceased was worth $25,000, instead of $5,000, as the original settlement was made between the contracting parties. She asks for $8,500 additional, together with inter­ est for thirty-two years. The plaintiff alleges that she gave her husband the money which furnished the basis of his large fortune, and that she helped him economize and save n during all the years that she was his wife. During the past ten years she has been in des­ titute circumstances. TT WAS THIS WAY or, spitting copiously, and changing the immense quid from the left to the right side of his mouth. "Ya'as; the .Padget colt. I tole you fellers I'd break 'irn id. I reckon I liev', but, mind you, I don't kalkillate ter use no more 'lectricity. It was this way: , "That there Padget colt bed 'bout stumped me; I never seed such a crit­ ter ter balk in my life, 'n I've seen some, I reckon. Well, I made up my mjnd this mornin' that I'd jest take him out 'n drive 'im or kill 'irn, one or tother. "I'd got 'im most hooked up when long comes thet entirely useless idiot, Bob Smalley. Always sperimentin' 'ith proosic acid or sulphurious acid or some sich oncertain drugs; 'n calls 'im- self a chemist. "Well, Bob see 'at I was hitohiu' of the Padget colt 'n I spose he kalkillated tlier'd be a row; so he comes in 'n looks on kinder innercent like '11 sets down a little parcel he'd been carryin' under his arm, 'n jes as I was climbin' into the cart lie remarks in a kinder irritatin' way tliet he don't reckon as how thet colt '11 start fer me, nor no-- body else 'thout some sox*t of mechan­ ical appliance. " 'How'll ye do it?' says I. " 'Lectricity,' says Bob. "Well, I was clean stumped 'ith thet blame colt, 'n I didn't care a durn if Bob used dynamite; so I says, 'Go ahead!' ' „ v--< "Bob, it seems was on his way to put a 'lectrie bell inter Hank Yapes' mill, 'h lied what he called a battery in the parcel he'd been a carryin"*, he'd some wire 'n 'lectrie buttons 'n other fool things, too. "Well, I took a short run down ter the pasture lot to put the riders on the lane fence 'fore Smalley turned the mares out to water, 'n when I got back Bob had' his mechanical contri­ vance all rigged up. There was a piece of copper wire twisted tight Anil a little gosling with coat of yellow Stood there in the warm sunshine, And the rooster laughed at the little fellow- "Comparing your coat with mine, You look like a punkin ripe and msilow. Why, the sight of you It makes' me bellow "Cocky, doodle, doo!" For feathers are style this spring, you know,! And goslings they have none; - ) And the maid had enough for her Easter boa. When the plucking all was done. And then she let that rooster go, Who hurried away nor stopped to crow "Cocky, doodle, doo!" III. "Call those feathers?" said the rooster. "Yah!" And the gosling hung his head; The rooster laughed like a proud Pooh Bah, As he flapped his wings and said: "Was that suit marked down? Ho! ho! ha! ha! Young feller, you'd better run home to * your ma, "Cocky, doodle, doo!" VI. Yes, a very sad1 roster he crept away. Bedraggled and plucked and bare; And he hadn't another word to say To the gosling musing there; "Better," he thought, "by far to stay Modestly clothed on a bright spring day, Than to lose your feathers so bright and gay-- Cocky, doodle, doo!" Bowen's Peculiar Home. The home of the late Henry C. Bo wen in Brooklyn is unique in its decora­ tions. As one enters the hall he finds himself surrounded by birds of ev­ ery variety. On the ceiling there is a representation of a congress of birds to settle the question which was the best bird. The library table, the chairs, bookcases, piano, curtains, and all the other articles of-furniture and decora­ tion were made at his order. In order­ ing the carpet his idea was one giving the impression of a handful of roses strewn carelessly about the floor. When the decorators came tothe ceiling, they proposed to put ideal pictures in the corners, but Mr. Bowen desired to have the faces of his wife and three daugh­ ters ever before him. The dresses are ideal, but the faces are real. From the ceiling of the parlor the faces of Mr. Bowen's fourteen grandchildren look down upon the visitor. On the floor above one of the rooms are the heads of the father and his seven sons carved in the furniture. The historical cham­ ber has groups representing the land­ ing of Columbus, Washington at Valley Forge, Miles Standish, and Lincoln signing the Proclamation of Emancipa­ tion, while in the corners ase the por­ traits of Standish, Washington, Colum­ bus, and Lincoln. taken for the full moon in the month Nisan, and the 21st of March be ac­ counted the vernal equinox. Consequent­ ly, Easter Day is always the Sunday fol­ lowing the full moon whidh falls on, or is next after, the 21st day of March. The day is still known as Pascha in the eastern Church, as well as in the various churches in Europe, the English title of Easter being probably derived from the Old Saxon word "Oster," spring. . Some scholars have suggested that it had its origin in the word Eastre, the name given to the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn. For the church took the pagan philosophy and made if the buckler, of faith against the heathen. She took the pagan Sunday and made it the Christian Sunday. And she took the pagan Eastre and made it the Christian Easter.--Buffalo Enquirer. companion would reply: "It is true;" then itihey kissed eaoh other and ceremoniously drew from their respective pockets the Easiter emblem, aind exchanged eggs. The Chinese claim that tihe world was formed of the two parts of an enormouB egg. From the yolk of the egg stepped forth the human being whom they call Poon-too-Wong; he then waved his hand and 'the upper half of his late castle, the egg rfhell, went upward and became the concave heavens of blue, the lower half fell reversed, making the convex ear^h, and tihe iwhite albumen 'became the seas. The Syrians believe atlso that the gods from whom they claim descent, were hatched from mysteriously laid eggs. Hence we infer that our present custom of offering the Easter egg emblem has 'the heathen legends for its origin; itn 'fact, all our most precious festivals come down from similar sources, but purified with the light of Christianity.--The Chau- tanquan. WHEN EASTER COMES. I GIVE xnE BCXMS A,SQFEE?E. Prehistoric Swords, In the early ages, before men knew anything about civilized ways, they lived in caves and had to protect them­ selves not only from the attacks of ani­ mals, but from those of their human brothers as well. The first , weapon their unaccustomed fingers shaped was a war club. Experience, however, soon taught them that a deadlier blow might be delivered with a weapon that would cut rather than crush, and they ma(Je a hatchet. Then, one day, some one discovered a substance in the secret stores of the good brown earth ou which he finally learned to put a keener edge than lie had ever been able to chip on his stone hatchet, and the sword was made. From the remains discover­ ed in tombs and barrows, or mounds, we know that these savage races gained a certain degree of skill In fashioning bronze and iron sword-blades. And from the care with which it is evident that their bodies had been buried, we infer that they are the remains of chief­ tains and men of consequence, and that they esteemed their swords most honor­ able and perhaps useful companions in the long journey to the world be­ yond.--St. Nicholas. 'round the colt's taih 'n from there a wire run up through the reins 'n down to the hand holts, where he'd fixed a couple of them 'lectrie buttons, one on "each rein. " 'Now,' says Bob, 'you git 'n cluck to 'im; 'n if he don't start, which of course lie won't, just press them but- tons.' "Well, I felt kind$rv foolish, but thought it wouldn't do no harm to try the thing. So I gets-.](&, -,',n takin' a good stiff holt of the rerPs 'n adjiistin' my thumbs to the buttons, hollers 'Git!' to the colt; 'n lie didn't move, of course. " 'Now look out the way, everybody,' yells Bob. 'He's goin' to start now!' " It was right at this point thet I gave them buttons a little squeeze. There was a curious, sizzlin', fryin' kind of a sound, 'n I could see a bit. of bluish smoke come eurlin' up from thet eolt's rump. This lasted a sixteentlioof a second, maybe less, 'n then lie start­ ed. "Holy straps! how thet colt went out the barn door 'n' down the lane. Srnal- ley bed the lane full of mares, 'n' we went through 'em like a cyclone, knockin' 'em seven ways for Sunday. "I kep' my seat in the cart, 'till we struck the gate at the bottom of the lane, 'n' then there wan't no seat to keep, the cart bein' a total wreck. I never let go of a hoss ylt, 'n' I didn't kalkillate to loosen up uone on this critter, so I hung on to them reins, 'n' studied to land on my feet when I could--but most of the time I didn't land at all 'ceptin' i\p agin things. "All this time I could notice a curi­ ous kind of a smell, somethin' like fire in a tannery; but I was too near dead to locate it, and it wan't 'till we'd thrashed through two more fences and toured the hull orchard 'n' corn patch, thet I beard Bob Smalley hollerin', 'Let go them buttons, yer darn fool!' Well, it was 'lectricity thet done it; ' 'n' the Padget colt is standin' in my stable to-night 'ith lps tail over his back 'n'n a ring 'round it Whet's fried to a beautiful brown, all on account er thet fool Bob Smalley's mechanical in- jinooity." . - ^ -c An air of piety- Is very becoming to most girls. How shall pen of poet picture What the tranced eye may see? 'Twere, I fear, a cruel stricture, The most ardent simile! Surely never song or sonnet Was by any rhymer writ That could sing her Easter bonnet-^ All the matchless mode of it! To the little bird-like poses Of her head it adds a grace. And It doth enhance the roses In the garden of her face. While the ribbon loop that lingers Lovingly amid her hair Makes one wildly wish one's fingers Were the ribbon nestling there. There's a sinner somewhat hardened, Who has trod in saintly wise, In the hope of being pardoned, Since that bonnet met his eyes; And though oft he thinks upon it, All his doubts will be at rest When he feels that bonnle bonnet Soft against his shoulder pressed. CUSTOMS OF EASTER, Emperor "William's Rose. A pretty story is told of the first meet­ ing of the German imperial pair. The German Emperor, theu a young man of 20, was shooting at Prinkemau. One day he lost his way in the park, and came upon a rustic, rose-covered sum­ mer house, where a pretty girl of his own age was sleeping in a hammock. He did not disturb her, but went on his way, thinking of a little German poem known as the "Brier IJo&e." Later in the day he met the girl in the castle, and, saying: "Here is my brier rose again," be introduced himself, and fell in love offhand. They were married on his 22d birth­ day. Since that time she has set her­ self4,, to realize the German ideal of a deyoted hausfrau. Its Efifjis aud Lecends, with Their Oricin aud Significance. rs & - -As Easter represents a new birth into the best life of all, it is easily seen how the pagan idea 'that the egg was the beginning <xf all kinds of life should become purified In the minds of the typical offering of good wishes and emblematic of pleasant hopes between believers in the glad Easter Day. The egg in some form or oither has been the unquestioned type of new life from the very dawn of the Christian era. In Russia as early as 1589, eggs colored red, typifying the blood of Christ shed as an atonement for our sins, were the most treasured of exchanges at Eastern Every believer went abroad at this sea^m with his pockets well supplied with Easter eggs, as the society man of to-day attends to his well-filled card case. When two Rus­ sians „met for the first time during the Easter holidays, if they had not met on the day itself, the belated Easter compli­ ments were passed, first <oy solemnly shak­ ing hands in silence; then the elder (or the younger,' if he out-ranked the-elder) would say: "The Lord is risen," and his ORIGIN OF EASTER, Disputes Which Arose In the Early History of the Church. The observance of Easter is connected with the history of Christianity itself. And while there has never been any ,dif­ ference of opinion among Christians as to the general observation of the festival, in the early church the Asiatics kept the feast on the day of the Jewish Passover, while the western Christians observed it on flie first" Sunday after the Passover. Hence arose a great dispute in the sec­ ond century, and .Victor, the Bishop of Rome, excommunicated those churches which did not keep it on 'the Sunday. The controversy was brought before the Coun­ cil of Nice, in the year A. D. 325, and it. was decreed that Easter Day should be kept on the Sunday following the Jewish Feast, of the Passover, which Passover is kept on the fourteenth day of the Jew­ ish month Nlisan. A't tihe same time, to prevent all uncertainty, it was made a rule of the church that the full moon next to the vernal or spring equinox, should be Uncle Jake's New Teeth. A new set of natural teeth are push­ ing through the long smooth gums of 84-year-old Uncle Jake Lawrenqe, of Uniontown, Ky.