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Show ed ne :al he nd ras ind ch. lal- - lch . at college. You look very like him. Why, your names are the Bame. Was Jim Blakely a relative of yours? Ha was drowned She turned on him with a cry of brother. Good Ixrd, he gasped, and tried to rise. He sank back weakly in Us chair and sat there staring at her. What a chump I am," he said at So youre little Marjorie." Ha last. emembered Jims picture of her 1b How proud he was of you." his den. The thought of her position there came to film in a shameful contrast. What a brute Ive been, he said, and what an angel youve been here. To let you wait on me hand and foot like that. What a brute. Jims slater. Her back was to him. She stood looking out of the window. Her hand was within his reach, and ha Do you think, he said, took it Ha being Jims chum, you could touched his lips to the palm of her hand "forgive me? Could you? It was his old teasing tone with a new note of seriousness in it She tried to free her fingers. Taka care now, he warned, the doctor said I was to be humored. She laughed and that weakened her defenses. He caught her other hand. Youre a brick, Marjorie, he said. Let me go, she said sobbing. 1 I want to wipe my eyes, you silly. Her tone was itself a surrender. Ha lay back and smiled with content into her wet eyes. Utica Globe. Put Life in the Capitalist, Schemers' Guarantee That He Could Infuse Energy Inte the Most Languid Certainly Borne Out by the ' ' Results of the One. Experiment With the march of improvement there - still Ineffable lingers an charm about the old localities. Washington retains in Square the dignity, portions the solidity, and com-or- t of half a century ago. The old University building, with its Gothic atmosarchitecture and scholastic phere, has given place to a modern which structure, yet the residences fringe the north side breathe an air ot wealth and refinement unremarked in other portions of the city, even to a stranger. Fortunately this section has been beautified by the Washington arch, which serves as a portal to Fifth avenue. I was recently strolling through the locality, enjoying my cigar, when I stopped to admire the faultless proportions of the arch. Through its aperture, as I gazed south ward, my vision encountered on the opposite side of the square the Jud- - the world! he minute the usual spring languor? I have exclaimed when he at last got the admitted the capitalist ear of the capitalist . "All I need is 1 am, I confess, enervated. sufficient money to develop it Then take this, said the schemer, Yes,1' returned the capitalist disIf it does not producing a capsule. interestedly. "Ive heard something give you an interest in life I will reto that effect from 'many, many pe- tire without another word. I am a stranger to you, and I do not expect ople..' "But I can- - prove it urged the you to accept my unsupported stateschemer. '"Ive got the real thing; all ment; I wish you to be convinced, to others are imitation. I can put en- know that I speak the truth and really ergy into the languid man; I can have something that will do all I claim wake up the fellow who has the cus- for It Take it and swallow it Wash tomary listlessness of early spring, it down with a little water if you wish, and then note the result and that means everybody." The capitalist took the capsule, and O, there are lots of these spring medicines, asserted the capitalist immediately thereafter he got up and But they dont do the business, Jumped over his chair. "Didnt I tell you?" cried the persisted the schemer, "and mine will. You know how it is in the spring; we schemer exultantly. No languor now, all know. Are you languid? Are you is there? You are moved to action, - listless? Are you tired? Of course you are lively Water! Water! yelled the capiyou are. You can hardly get up enough energy to attend to your regu- talist, as be cleared the top of his lar business. You long for something desk and made a rush for the wash that will rouse you, that will make room. "Look how sprightly he is! comyou quick, energetic and sprightly, and I have it I dont ask you to take mented the schemer, backing toward But I dont believe Id my word for it; lam prepared to offer the door. proof. You are now listening to me better wait; I dont think hes in the wearily, but one of my capsules will humor to invest just now. What is it?" roared the capitalist. put life into you. It will make you Red pepper, you darned old skinspring lightly from your chair; it will lead you to caper like a boy on the flint! answered the schemer, as he satisfied that an old first day of vacation; it will dispel disappeared, your lassitude and induce you to do grudge had been wiped out at last Havent you at this very Brooklyn Eagle. things. "Greatest scheme In He looked- - about in a disappointed way,- vainly endeavoring to find the many heralded giants, for the number had dwindled to but one long, lank, overgrown Irish lad of In about seven feet four tnches height Greeting me, he said: But this is a swindle. They ad--1 vertise seven giants, and yet they have but this one boy. That is true, Morosini," I replied; "but havent you been in Wall street long enough to know that the show never comes up to the pictures?" He looked at me a second, and then answered, as it a new light had broken in upon him, Yes, that is so. - loose-jointe- son Memorial church with its graceful tower surmounted by an illuminated cross, above which hung the Two gentleyoung crescent moon. men pased beside me, evidently struck by the peculiarly beautiful effect of blended nature and art, when one remarked to the other: Do you imagine that at this particular juncture in the affairs of Turkey, when the Christian world is striving to wrest her domain from her, that there is any especial significance in nature placing the crescent above the cross? . started for Albany, I arrived Moores all right, and knocking the door, asked: Is this Mr. Moore? I Yes, said he. I saw your last night said I. Youre a began Moore. Now, never mind, said I, and then I told him about the ghost. And sure enough there was a lawsuit We went up to the garret, and sure enough we found the old chest, just like they An enterprising publisher of a pabooks we per in one of our Western 'mining do in those used to read, and there was a false bottom all right I was so excited could hardly move as Moore pulled it out and displayed a paper musty and dusty with age.1 Um-umurmured the man who traveled for a soap house. The collector remained perfectly quiet, and finally the man who travels for a soap house said cautiously: The will, eh? It was No, said the collector. an old bill for a pair of knee pants, and Moore, to whom I had given my business card, kicked me clear out to the front gate, saying I couldnt come any bad debt collecting gaihes on him. Hail to the Chief! three-cornere- d great-grandso- great-grandso- n d towns, in anticipation of the Presidential party passing througn, determined to issue an extra giving the members a cordial welcome, as well as the freedom of the Gulch. Disappointed in not finding a cut of the Chief Executive with which to head his columns, he raked out of the case two others which he thought, in combination, would convey to his a tolerably accurate impression as to the Presidents appearance while briefly acknowledging their courtesy from the tail end of the train. Took Him for a Woman, Idyllic Beauty of John Randolph of Roanoke Led Guest Prominent Southern Club Into Deplorable Error At the Grave ot the Great Southern Statesman, TIME TO BE THANKFUL, Market court: Officer, who is this man? Cant say, your Honor. He refuses to give his name. , Well, what is the charge?" "Stealing a watch from a shopper. Mr. Clerk, Just enter the name of the prisoner on your minutes as Procrastination," remarked the. Judge, as he proceeded to dispose ot the case. . long-skirte- on the Wall. The following story is told of Justice Barlow, who had a culprit before him one morning in the Jefferson Bad-Deb- yellow-covere- But when he showed that he designed In matrimonial chains to bind The maiden, wN then liked him less. And scared her with a fond caress. Her father, ooming up behind. , Just helped him out , - The Handwriting t CoU Returned Spirit Made Trouble for Unfortunate lector Ghostly Visitor Very Badly Mixed in His Dates Find Was Not Welcome, . He really thought she was Inclined To him. but vanity is blind: Because she pitied his distress Bhe helped him out. post-prandi- Tip Was a Wryng One, They had been talking about spirits. As far as ghosts are concerned, said the bad debt collector, I had an experience in that line once myself. I was lying in bed wide awake. I always insist that I was wide awake. I didnt dream it I was wide awake when sqmebody or something tapped me on the shoulder. I was frightened, to be sure, and turned my head. Then I was scared almost to death, for. there I saw the figure of a man no cycling clothed in knickerbockers knee Outfit, . but the breeches, with the long waistcoat, the coat and thp hat. My hair stood on end and I was speechless. He told me about a man named Moore some one I had never heard of, who lived up in Albany. This Moore, it seems, was and the the ghosts shade wanted me to straighten out some legal snarl. The long and short of it was the was about to lose his property that formerly belonged to the ghost because the original will could not be found. The ghost told me Just how I could find Moore's house, and said the will was In an old chest in the garret So the next day Helped Out She helped him out, she was moat kind. And knew the poor youth could not And Words his ideas to express Because of his sad bashfulness And soma deficiencies of mind. a The doctor had made his last visit snows. His visitors had just left him, for the night and the nurse was left at his doctor's orders. He was waitalone with her patient a typhoid ing for the return of Nurse Blakely, fever patient, muscular and raving. with an impatience which he might as longing it his in hts have recognized He had been as illness as a spoiled child. He had physical weakness had not disguised been almost convalescent when, affection in him as an irritable lack She all warning while the day of what he wished to have. 'What did you give up during against came in nurse was chatting with the doctor Of I an asked Lent? acquaintance. He crowed a feeble "Ah-ha- ! Did he had staggered from his bed to a I will frankly admit that I gave up basket of fruit on the table and eaten you hear what the doctor said? bridge, she replied. What did he say? she arranged two peaches before he was seen. The It was something of a sacrifice, result was a relapse into a far more the pillows to ease the strain on a was it not? critical condition than he had been weak back. He was grateful for that Not at all. I had made the sacat first Here he lay now, struggling and his gratitude shone in his smile. rifice before I had strength enough to Tm to be humored, the doctor against death Itself. She wondered make the resolve." whether he had a sister who was fond who had of him or a sweetheart? During the recent decline in stocks been sending him these baskets of a customer stood by the ticker in his fruit He was breathing regularly in a brokers office and remarked: "Notwithstanding the assertion of the fitful doze. She returned to her chair financial magnates there still appears agd leaned forward to look at him to be a vast number of undigested se- with her chin in her hand. Although she was not aware of it curities on the market. Well, it does seem so just at the he had changed for her; from being answered an optimistic a case he had become a human moment, being with a claim of Interest on her, listener, but I have such an faith in Morgans ability that I and she frowned at his muttering of believe he will, if necessary, organize pain. Poor fellow! Life must have a United States Pepsin Tablet com- been so full for him of interests, acTo pany, with a capital of fifty millions, tivities, promises, achievements. for the purpose ot supplying the pub- have it all end this way, futllely! He lic gratis with a panacea for the dis- had given the college cry once in a delirium and struggled panting tress of the hour. through a football game. And once be had been standing on the platform ot debate. And another time he had self-wille- d light-foote- , been writing an examination in law. And still another time she thought that she heard him speak Jims name mutter-ings- . in the Jumble of delirious he said, youre the best friend I ever had. to have been a lawyer. I'm to have my own way In Her eyes filled at that said; Jim was Poor Jim! old, memory of Jim and her father drowned together la that horrible accident on the Delaware. Well, she at least had not been a burden on her mothers small Income, and soon as soon as she was graduated from the hospital she would be not only There but an aid to others. were two long years of hard work bef her yet She bit her lip. The untiring run and babble of his delirium had been growing louder, She went to him again to calm him with the sound of her voice, and he looked up at her with a smile that seemed almost rational. It was only momentary; he called her "Auntie,1 and began a childish prattle. Im not seepy," he said. I dont want to go to bed, Auntie, and tried to raise his head from the pillow. She took her cue from him. "Yes, Go seepey-bye- . you are, she cooed. Auntiell tuck you in. She arranged his blankets about his shoulders, patting and smoothing them down. Night-nighhe said, contentedly. t Kiss me She touched bis forehead with her finger tips. Kiss me, he demanded. Kiss me a night-nigh- t and struggled to free his arms from the covering. "Ssh, she said, and bent down to him. The linen screen at the foot of the bed hid her, from anyone who tear-staine- d fellow-townsme- n "When 1 was in Richmond a few days since, said Mr. Ridgely Howard of Baltimore to a representative of the Washington Star at the New Willard, . I made .one of those bad breaks which prove so embarrassing. I was a guest of a member of the crack Westmoreland club, and after a slight repast I was escorted through the building for the purpose of viewing the pictures, relics of the civil war, etc. During the tour mentioned my attention was particularly attracted to the portrait of what I took to be a very handsome brunette. I incidentally remarked to my host that the young lady was quite pretty, when, with a low chuckle, he replied, Yes, quite pretty, but as a matter of fact the picture represents John Randolph of Roanoke at 18. You also smile, but let me explain how I was caught The hair was parted in the middle and neatly combed back of the ears; the features were of a purely feminine mold, and the expression of the eyes and face was so shy and bashful that you will readily understand how I was deceived. One can hardly con- - Spains Orange Trade. It is generally known that Spain supplies us with most of the oranges we eat, but few people are aware how enormous the industry has become. celve, looking at the portrait of Randolph at the age represented, that he could ever grow into the cynical and disagreeable creature he is reported to have been in his later years. If he ever had love affairs which went wrong I have never heard of them, As near as I can learn he never had any real ardent affection for any woman except his mother, who, it is said, was beautiful, and whom it is also said he closely resembled in beauty as a child. ' Later in the day I paid a visit to Hollywood cemetery, a beautiful spot, aad sought the grave of Randolph, found it on a gentle slope overlooking the James. It appears that some twenty years ago, or more, the remains of Randolph were moved from the lonely spot in the forest at Roanoke to their present resting place by the state authorities. A marble slab now covers his last resting place, on which is the following inscription Here lies John Randolph of Roanoke.1 The only other words on the slab are those giving the date of birth and death. Giovanni P. Morosini, the banker, has for the last forty years been a personage in Wall street, said a friend as he passed out of the I elevated train at Rector ptreet remember, he continued, many years ago I visited a museum at the corner of Ninth street and Broadway. It Scientific Point Settled. was a small affair, but the entire outThe evolution of color in flowers, side of the building was covered by which has long been thought to de- alluring pictures of the wonderful atpend upon the necessity of attracting tractions within, among which were Insects in order birds, beasts, reptiles and last, but not the that the flowers might be fertilized, is least, the announcement of an aggrenow shown to have no such influence gation of seven giants upon exhibiby Plateau, the Belgian professor. Us- tion. While there Morosini came in. ing a species of poppy, he clipped the petals from thirty out of a group of New Era in Wireless Telegraphy. 100 flowers without touching them. Mr. Andres Bull, in London ElectriThe poppy flowers thus carefully pre- cian, describes a system of wireless pared were watched and the number telegraphy of his invention In which, and kinds of insects visiting them Instead of using simple wave noted. At the same time the Intact in transmitting signals, as by flowers were similarly watched. Tak- other signals of wireless telegraphy, ing the average each of the thirty a series consisting of a fixed number each petallesB flowers received 4.6 visits, of wave impulses, succeeding each of the seventy normal flowers re- other at short intervals prearranged ceived 2.4 visits. So great. Indeed, ap- of time is used, and thus it is possible peared to be the attraction of these to give signals from each separate petalless flowers that on many occa- transmitter a distinctive feature of sions Prof. Plateau has seen more Its own. than one bee in a single flower. well-know- n g The Spanish orange region extends, ,however, over eastern and southern Catalonia, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia, Malaga and Seville, and in parts of Valencia and Murcia the trees now ,grow in forests, the soil of the famous lavishly manured Valenclan huerta With guano being the richest in Eutree will rope. Here a single yield 1,500, and at times as many as ,1,800 oranges in a season, beginning when the trees reach their sixth year, and increasing till they are usually twenty, when degeneration . sets in. n fruit-bearin- g The War of Corpuscles. The war between the white corpuscles of the blood and the microbes of disease was first described by the Metchnlkoff. I Russian pathologist I While devoting himself to the study 1 of inflammations he in each case I noted the presence of white cells in I the blood currents In abnormal num--I bers. Inside these white cells he in- variably found the specific microbe t of the disease under consideration Jlt seemed that the big corpuscles I were devouring the poisonous sometimes the number taken up by a corpuscle was too great and fit died as a result If this overcom-inof the white corpuscles by the (microbes was general the patient idled. g Viewing a Loan Collection. I hear that recently an exhibition was given of the practical working of a new device called The Acousticon, at which were present several persons, including Senator Depew and Marshall P. Wilder. Its merits were tried upon a young lady who had been deaf and dumb from birth. For the first time in her life she was enabled to hear the human voice; then musical chords seemed to charm her. At first she appeared to be frightened, but gradually evinced delight, and it is represented as being particularly touching to have watched the emotions produced by her newfound sense. Mr. Wilder was requested to tell her a story, which he did, selecting the first that came to his memory. She listened attentively, and at its conclusion a faint smile overspread her features, showing her appreciation. Then the Senator essayed the same experiment At first she exhibited the greatest interest but suddenly pushing the Instrument aside she burst into a flood of tears. When tenderly asked the cause of her emotion, she seized a pad and pencil and anxiously inquired: "Should I have, through the medium of thiB device, my hearing restored, am I destined to be inflicted with old stories all my life? New York Times well-know- Shooing a Horse. Nurse, Influencing the Mayor. Once upon a time in a certain west ern city there were some politicians who desired the carrying out of a measure of which the mayor had expressed his disapproval. How can we get the mayor to go as we wish? they asked. Then they began to carefully lay their wires, and after they had raised $40,000 the mayor was quietly approached. The result was that the measure became a law, with the mayors approval. Moral Money makes the mayor go. t, night-nigh- I 8tood looking down at him. might pass in the hall. She touched Night-nighher lips to his forehead. Got His Moneys Worth. The Young Idea. , she whispered. Town Given as a Pledge. Tenant (angrily) Are you married? asked the The cellar ot He looked at her with a childish Wismar, a town on the Baltic, now of the guest who was visit- our house is full of rats. What are smile as was pouting his lips. It hardened to given do by Germany, mother. about yes, Teddy. it? possessed you going Why, ing his Into a pursed mouth of pera pledge by Sweden to Mecklenburg-Schweri-n You knew I was married, for you Landlord (calmly) Nothing. What slowly June 26, 1803, in exchange heard the others call me Mrs. Mead do you expect for $17 a month, any- plexity. "Hello, old man, he said, He closed his eyes on for the sum of 1,258,000 thaler (about and you call me Mrs., yourself. way a cellar full of white mice? a frown. said $915,000), on condition that Sweden, the of course, Yes, She was still blushing hotly when after the lapse of 100 years, should be But I thought maybe we called Positively Cruel. hlB regular breathing showed her entitled to take back the town on re- you that because you were sensitive I made this pound cake myself, that he had fallen into a quiet slumsum of advanced, the togethpayment about being called Miss. John, said the young wife, proudly. ber. annum. 3 wiLh cent interest per er per You should be less extravagant, my The (date for closing this bargain is Command. dear, at Czars replied the heartless husband. He was sitting In his armchairtaking Army Large govern-mtf-fThe Swedish approaching. sure it will run more than Bixteen a sun bath at the window that looked Im of Russia commands the czar The will waive Its right to redeem ounces to the pound. put on the dazzling white of melting greatest armed force in the world. the jtown. I t, Where. c everything. Are you? she said, avoiding his You certainly had your own eyes. way about the fruit. He laughed now at the folly that had kept him a happy prisoner in the hospital for the past nine weeks. That fruit! he said, that was the most delicious the most . Do you know. Nurse Blakely, I thought those peaches would kill me, but I was dying for something to eat and just took them. She did not reply. "A man's a fool when he has a fever, isnt he? he added with apologetic seriousness. she retorted with Only then? obstinate flippancy. She was busying herself about the room.. He was watching her every movement with an eye of an Invalid tenderness. Oh, I say, he protested, y9i dont make any allowance ' for a fellow being ill! She did not answer. She smiled, having warded off the danger which his milder manner had warned her ot She seated herself in a chair and took up a book which she had put down on the table when his visitors had tered. "Whats that? he demanded peevWhat are you reading?" ishly. One Hundred Donts for Nurses,' she read from the cover. "Things we are not Jo do. Well, dont worry. Your sins have been all of omission. Its the things She smiled you haven't done serenely at the page. You migni read it out at least, he said. She turned the "Let me see. pages. ' I think that is probably Included in the prohibitions. Dont let others know the secrets of the profession. He clutched the arms of the chair. "Youre teasing me. Let me read that book or Ill get up. She laughed and passed it to him. He began to read: Don't sit in rocking chair and rock while resting. Don't injure the furniture in any way and be careful of all fancy decoHe looked about him rations. The wreckage has beeh appalling in this palatial apartment. - He read Well, great Eli! he erled, again. and looked up at her. Why, it was you!" What was? Come here, please. She went to him. He pointed with a thin finger at an accusing "Don1 kiss your patient. She flusned under her dainty Swiss cap. "Not even delirious patients?" he inquired. She turned her back on him from the window. Not even those who have an illumination of reason? he persisted. She could find nothing to say1'. Do you know, he sld, Ive been puzzled over it ever Since. It I fell asfeep was just before and woke up in my senses again! At first I thought it was my aunt who brought me up. and then suddenly 1 thought it was an old chum ot mine Rejoice in the Possession of a Wholesome, Whole Body. Do you ever stop to think how really healthy you are and say Thank you to the big round world that has made you so? The physical part of ones body is the first to rise to the situation on a particularly bright, sunr ny day. Very few of us realize until some check comes upon our health that we are in daily possession of the greatest, most lastingly satisfying blessing that can be given to a woman. A girl . sprains her ankle and has to walk on crutches will give you the information, after she comes back from her first outing thus equipped, that she 'never knew how many people there were in this city who walk on crutches or had something the matter with their ankles and limped about, says a writer in the Philadelphia Ledger. She never noticed the maimed people before. Very few people do until they get hurt themselves, and then, when it is too late, they realize what a blessing it was to have a wholesome, whole body, full of the mere joy of living. It is a pretty good plan to discuss our benefits in this life with ourselves once in a while, and put the good things that ws have in a prominent place in our mind, againBt the worry day when the unavoidable comes and we are disposed to think that everything has gone wrong. A NEW ALPINE RECORD. Most Dangerous Attempt Recently Successfully Accomplished. Advices from Geneva convey the that a M. Hasler of Information Berne, a member of the Swiss Alpine club, has just made a new Alpine record. It seems that M. Hasler, by a Chamonix guide, climbed to the summit of the Aiguille Verte, 4,116 meters high, on March 21. The Aiguille Verte is one of the most dangerous climbs in the entire Mont Blanc range, and is rarely at- tempted, even in summer. It is considered as difficult as the Matterhorn, and much more dangerous, owing to its loose rolling stones. M. Hasler made the climb after a fall of soft damp snow, for which he had been waiting several weeks, so he might reduce the danger of beHe coming a victim to the stones. stayed an hour on the summit and then returned by easy stages to his hotel at Chamonix. Just a Woman. What a pity! people cried When she graduated. That she thus should step aside bhe, so educated! Was there any reason, pray, Bhe should lag with him? simply throwing herself away 09 and marry Jim? After all the years that went For her course at college. After aU the money spent ' In acquiring knowledge, Wasn't It a shame, they said. Such a funny whim, When she might climb on Instead, She should marry Jim I ' : Didn't she with ease outstrip Those against her pitted? For some fine professorship She was surely fitted. Didnt she with lettered lore. Ancient, modern, brim? Had she forced the Magl's door Just to marry Jim? Ah, how vain each plea and case Which they might propound for her. As opposed to Jims dear face, Jims strong arm around herl What are learning and degree, Sneer or comment prim. What the world compared, you see. With the love of Jim! Edwin L. Sabin in Century. His Faulty Imagination. The discussion of the fate of th Peter Marie miniatures recalls n story. A miniature painter of more social than artistic persuasion called upon Mr. Marie and turned the conversation upon his talent, knowing that his host heartily disliked personalities. "I cant Imagine why I dont sucI have ceed, Mr. Marie," said he. Dont yon plenty of imagination. think so? Yes. Plenty! For instance, yon Imagine you can paint miniatures. New York Times. Sea Started a Fire. Fancy the waves of the sea setting fire to the cliffs they break on! Yet this is what did really happen at Ballybunion, on the western coast of Ireland. These rocks, which the great Atlantic rollers have for centuries been slowly breaking down, contain in their depths masses of iron pyrites and alum. At last the water penetrated to these, and a rapid oxidation'" took place, which produced a heat fierce enough to set the whole cliff on fire. For weeks the rocks burnt like a regular volcano, and great clouds ol smoke and vapor rose high in the air. |