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Show A Habit. ha time grown of late Mn cannot stop, weve heard. To mildly say prevaricate They want a shorter word. specialization. bis So precious . time, not many years man. being seized , ! Washington or ,pllef- - d0C pan?" asks the iftbe n -- U.Opi, .T.ttu. 1 11 get on this car, or know the reason why. l don't propose to stay here all night waiting for a car that has more room." And she did get on that car, too. She was past middle age and she and her husband were starting home from Fairview park after a band She weighed 200 if she weighed an ounce. With the aid of her husband the large party" climbed Into the car and crowded past a man who insisted on holding the end seat. Then she snt down, half on the car seat and half on the lupg of two other passengers. It was a real case of sardine box crowding. The car was full and the people were standing between the con-eer- Stur. HE WASNT WORTH IT. groans the man, and Son the afflicted part, vwf opens Ms case of Instru- therefrom several Lasses and a number of Sited tapes. With these make precise and stopping at fre-Jrrto eel down a great on a sheet of paper. als L - jtfE with shall make very 'jrse I SfHtS. The big woman fumed and fussed little in getting settled down and by the time the car started she was quiet. Hut a man who was standing on the running board took a notion that he wanted to get inside the car, and he dambered up and stood between the eats, crowding against- - the woman. This was too much. She decided that t was an imposition. :"I never saw such outrageous crowding, she exclaimed. Some people have no manners at all, or they wouldn't crowd In like that. It's the the cries you doing?Is all his pain for urt, e a sure, that the location of the hrinaslt within my specialty. You J,e me for a quack? i Depot: ke .0 k been born a thousand replied the doctor, have Reaction. me, doctor! Tell me Will my boy get well? Klf Why. madam, he is In dying than you are. didn't touch him. It platform he was trying rear -- IW Short rascal! Ill whip him of his life for giving me are." Chicago Tribune. attle Inch What Is Going On in New York City Told in Interesting Manner short-necke- ONCE FAMOUS SINGER VERY ILL ibftels ..,!7p, t.Uik pot tin Around the Metropolis $60,000 SHABBY OUTFIT MISS FOR LIBERTY is the world coming to? It will only mean so many more people climbing around your ribs or shooting up through your spinal column. That's what she thinks, for she has on the matter to confided Per the seagulls, what) talk, as every one knows, aud to the skippers of the great ocean liners going out and the five-daboats plowing In over the trail from Europe. If It had not been n that the captains, the pilots, the and the gulls signified to her in their various ways that they liked to see their best girl decked out as finely as possible she might not have cared a bit. But Miss Liberty Is not sure that she will not think more of the new wharfhouse to he erected at the statue's base, with a pretty fence around It, than of the spiral stairways and elevators. It gives one such an uncomfortable feeling to take a staira way Into the system, especially spiral stairway, and an elevator must be worse. One' who has never tried elevators does not know, of course. Aud all this will cost more than $00,-00but Uncle Sam is prosperous Just now, so he doesn't care. Miss Liberty of NEW YORK. Island served notice a short time since that the Inside fortification wall surrounding her really must bo graded and filled, and the same must be done for the exterior walls, steps and wharf if she was expected to stand perpetually on the island. So James 11. Ferguson of this city has got the contract to do this, getting $14,145 for the first job and $2,945 for the second. Then Miss Liberty gets new footgear, the Mcllarg-Bartocompany having agreed to furnish the pedestal with a granite facing to the outside steps, the tunnels and terre-plelfor $22,400. The pedestal is to be repaired and the Interior of the lady put in shape for $7,800, while a new bronze dress will cost $1,800. , Then an elevator concern is to install a fast elevator to run through Miss Libertys huge right arm for $10,890, and a spiral stairway to her shoulders. Miss Liberty is not sure that she wilt like that. Dear me! When they construct spiral stairways inside one, with cars and things, what y sail-orme- n n of jjirr t. Abd el Aziz, Sultan of Morocco, Is a strangely dual personality,, a strange contradiction in temperaments and tempers, says a writer in the London Dally Mall. Personally, his appear ance is very striking, yet be Is not a tall man, but rather short, and approaching dangerously near to embonpoint. But he has such dignity and distinction, such an air of Imperial yet genial pride, such instinctive command, that he would be recognized in a crowd as one born to the purple and accustomed to homage. In spite of his monastic retirement and seclusion he never descends to familiarity with intimates. To them he is To him ever My lord the Sultan. they are mere servants or subjects. Abd el Aziz never dons the grand manner, but for It all the duality In him Is most striking. Thus there Is one of him that is a great scholar, learned In all the abstruse questions that distinguish Arabic literature and Persian thought. The other of him Is weak and unstable, who depends for his impressions on another stronger than himself, too weak to resist, too Indolent to resent. Shut oft as he is by his advisers from all contact save what they carefully choose In the world, he can scarcely be other than a succession of reflections. At once He It costs me nearly $3,000 year to live. She What a waste of money! It Sure Is. I fairly rolled in coin; I'd millions, on the dead Say. ain't it fierce when you wake up. Lat .night And find you've bumped your head? Milwaukee Sentinel. At College. 1 had engaged a tutor to get me on ahead, and the old man was so pleased, that he sent me an extra check for the tutor's expense. I didnt know you were having private coaching." I haven't. He isn't that kind of a tutor. He is a chauffeur. Baltimore American. I told the governor A Hustler. Harix Heow be yore son glttin' sence he went up tew th' city? Oatcake Purty good, I reckon. He writ us he wuz can-yieverything before him. Harix Is he In bizness fer hisself? Oatcake No, he's actin es waitei in a eatln house. Chicago Daily News. g Where Women Vote. ? asked "And did you vote SslUea Swain Will .nothing the president of the Womans club. "No, Im sorry to say I did not Obdurate- Maid Really, Mr. But you promised to. too talk as If I were a motor I know it; but on the way to the polls I got in a discussion with a man Itot Verses Are These? about womans right to vote, and I phantom of delight talked so long that when I got to the fat the gleamed upon my eight Yonkers polls they were closed! the paint came oft her face Statesman. -- ell rattier commonplace. A Journal. CHRONIC KICKER. - Ht Liked find rent to Mrs. Henpeck. replied Henry, its delight- glanced at the ending, and ud heroine dont get mar said "8. d hi tioD y duriif mudi it that book very re Kecord-Her- wlthli - Midi ties you id C. i mil' Wnt Spen Itah. - -- sssmm Deastly, that's what it is. olis News. "Well, Blowhard was seeing double Kansas City a good part of the time. Slur. What excuse Changing, Yes. Dn't you Proiuletor Does that guest in room complain much lately? flerk Yes; why, he kicks about! everything as much as if he wasn't paying any Itoard at all. Chicago 211 Nows. think our summers Sing? EXPEDITION News. reldedlv! Why, I cun rcnienv time when you would never boo waist the entire s Statesman. sum-Toker- Often the "Dead men -- But UUk i, ti Case. tell no tales. oli tombstones do. s The Season Lie Explained. Plnwhard sayshls vacation cost him $n00. did offer for declining to buy a new cemetery? re lie said he might be lost hpn he'd have no use for It. Dally ,1ns Indianap- Submarine Smack. Eva (in bathing) No, I cant kiss vou now. Mamma told me to be aura ind scream my loudest if a young man tried to kisa me. Jack (gloomily) Then I suppose .here lent much hope. Eva Oh. rhoer up and wait until I jive. Jack Hnt! What is the difference? Eva Why, 1 can't scream under water, yon goose! Chicago Daily seven-eighth- 0s Mans Wisdom. Jienrlcnt have not been modified. Dinner is served in the middle of the day, and beefsteak, chops, tea, soda biscuits and canned peaches appear regularly for supper. The same negro waiters have stood at tb ir posts year in and year out. . For the TO years since the hotel has been opened the government has made on an average of $3,000 a year from It, or $210,000 in ail, which is more than the old considerably wooden structure Is worth. After the old hotel Is removed there will be built upon its site a large administration building for officers of the academy. appear before long, and In another part of the reservation of the United States Military academy the government is to erect a $250,000 hostelry. Every convenience will be used in tbe new structure. It Is to have a frontage of 180 feet and a depth of 80, and is to contain several hundred rooms. From its lobby those who abide beneath its roof will be able- to have a view of the broad sweep of the Hudson, although tbe outlook will not be quite so picturesque as that from Countess de Miranda, better known as Christine Nilsson, who Is reported tbe verandas of the old hotel. seriously 111 at her country home In Sweden. was some years ago famous as - The present hotel . is conducted an operatic singer. In the various capitals of Europe she. won renown and along tbe same lines as It was when was extremely popular with American audiences. , Jefferson Davis visited there aud Rob- - one-eight- h ierald. Always Disappointed. nieieury will rise. Hnmi'tlmes a downward course twill foolish and determined, strong and feeble, good and bad, he la withal a very brave man, who at times has had the courage to fight for himself. Window Glass Her Test Some people study the architecture of the, houses under construction, or comment on the building material emThat's all ployed. Bald the woman. very well, and I try to appreciate these things, too, but somehow, I cant get my mind off one detail concerning new buildiugs. I always look at the kind of glass put In. The windows In a house seem to me to indicate whether the building is cheaply put up or the reverse. If the glass is of good quality It needn't be plate, though that, of course. Is the supreme mark I know that pretty much everything regarding the structure is Intended to be first class. Poor glass, on the other hand, inspires me with suspicion. I feel that with such an advertisement everything within and without are apt to be shoddy, at least, I have my doubts until convinced otherwise. POSTAGE STAMP BIDDER FAILS TO LAND BONDS , THAT PROVED FAILURE the Abraham white, of Wail bold company, one of the city depositories. and Mr. White and his money were equal- street, and ly elusive. The comptroller gave him until three o'clock to produce the money. When the time limit expired the cash had not appeared. Comptroller Mets then threw out the bid. There were other bids for portion of the bond Issue at higher figures than Whites lowest bids, but he would have received a large part of the issue, between $15,000,01)0 and $20,000,000, had lie been able to produce the money. It Is supposed that be found tbe deal too big to put through when it was too late. White was awarded $1,500,000 of United Stales bond when John C. Carlisle wbh trrasurer, and when he bad little or no money. The law did tint require a deposit with bids, and all it cost him was 47 cents in postage stamps, hence be is called the oilgln-a- l lie cleared postage stamp bidder. up about $100,000 on that transaction, Russell Sage to upon prevailing finance it. He formed the bond company, aud at times made equally daring and successful deals. known aa the original postage stamp bidder," baa come to grief at last in his latest and most daring exploit In high finance. White tried to carry off the clty's entire new $40,000,000 Issue of bonds with a draft on a $25,000 corporation. White, in behalf of his bond bouse, the Abraham White Bond company, offered to take the entire $10,000,000 of bonds at prices ranging from 100.33 to 102.50. He deposited with his bid a draft Instead of a certified check. The draft was for $800,000 and was drawn on the Greater New York Seof curity company, a corporation which he is supposed to be the sole active member, and which does not figure in the directory of the building where it is located. This concern Is capitalized at $25,000. It gave a printed acceptance of the draft, which thus bore a semblance to a certified check for $800,000. The draft was presented for payment through the Guardian Trust Rome time Him flck i Uni whatsoe'er tbs eourse It trie The weather llcnda ate sure to kick - Wuslilnutan Star. THE CRIP news. TALKING it over. Forgot Himself. Church That man la an end-seahog. all right. dntham How do you know? 'Because he tried to get the end seat as ay from me! Yonkers Statesman. nhnre, In the way of making wedding fees! Yonkers Statesman. yyr manage to learn all scandals of the town. She Knew. ' Mr. Jolt lie saye he cant eee through my jokes; I wonder why? Mrs. Jolt Because theyre your StatesJokes, I suppose. Yonkers man. It Would fieem 8o. aeusona. sumUyor Speaking of the they have women cab mer la the pride of them all. that out? any I always gat up Myer How do yau figure a fall, you before lib the driver! File- It goeth G)er artti.t Nee. Dully know. Chicago nutielir NOVEL ON LOSING ITS GOTHAMITES t In Chicago. Mrs. Dearborn I think we ought to do all we can to help our minister. Mrs. Wabash Well. Ive done my I'm sure. Ive put six of em you POINT HOTEL was wearing his cadet that historic ert E. WEST POINTon hotel, the Hudson, will dis- shako. Its service and its bill of fare The Wealthy Few. Prof. Charles J. llushnell In a leo ture delivered at Washington. D. C., of the families in the utid i'nlted States now own of the country. Bat! marry a woman who 're than you? ' d I knew it." knew it? Are you one of ho think a woman Is only u he says she Is? Chicago A 1 WEST MARKED FOR DEM0UTI0N News. mriu l! OLD THIS city Is becoming more the free circulating libraries was and literary, and its taste for literature Is teadliy turning to the seri- under a million. with branch libraries in every part of the city, the popularity of current winks of fiction is confined almest entirely to the upper west side. Tlita popiilatlty was sufficient to give the first place over all books In the city four years Hgo to Barkers Right of Tills year the favorite so far Way. is ChHinbers lighting Chance." Fiction is least popular on the lower east side of the city. There the current novel Is almost unknown, whllu "Uncle Tonis Cnblu Is still the etl favorite. The largest of all the city's circulating libraries is down there In the Educational Alliance building in East Broadway. This library was founded 21 year ago by the Agullurr society and the Young Mons Hebrew association. Ou its shelves are over 30,000 volume, having a circulation, according to lat year's report, of more than 240.000. To-da- ous books of science and hlBtory, to the classics, and away from works of current fiction. The evidence of this tendency Is to be found in the returns of the circulation department of the New York public library, with its 40 odd branches scattered throughout the city. Four years ago the number of volumes given out by tills department reached a total of 2.332.725; this year the number will approximate an increase that Is unpariil-lelein the history of any library in the world. During these four year 17 bianch libraries have been added to the public library system, a fact which explains in large measure the phenomenal Increase In the circulation of 'AIT. Ml KK RUBIN. I.KKl'TNOWKI.I KltNl'-Hvolumes in so short a space of time. The unexplored region north of Alaska and Western Siberia. Mlkkelscn Twenty yeirs ego, before the foinis-tloIn the Albert from Prince northwest Cam dash to and liOfflngwell planned of tho New Yo.k public library, turn south hope of finding an unknown continent They expected to finally the number of voluurs given out by and land near Wrangle Island. d T n i |