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Show f EREAT-AUN- JANETS T a I tried to muffle my footsteps, I saw a dim light in the distance the light of a candle. Down the length of the corridor there advanced toward me the stately small figure of Great-Aun- t Janet; so real that she might have stepped straight out of her frame down, stairs. She held the candle high, and I thought, looking at her as she advanced, what a presentable old lady CANDLESTICK. The Reason of It Champagne. Gen. IV. Murphy, ot California, is a "What did you buy Marie for a presgood fellow, and ho is often Imposed ent?" asKed the man In the car of his upon. IleMs rich, yet his legal adviser, neighbor. Ernest Graves, frequently tells him he "I really don't know," said the neighwill die a pauper. bor, and a worried look began to creep "Why, all anybody has to do," said around his eyes. "I wish I could tell Graves, "is to tell the General a hard you. You see, I went to a jeweler s luck story and down he goes to the and I said, 'Give me something in silver for a little girl who has everybottom of his pocket." in "1)U California was celebrating the thing.' He was a most obliging man. ne brought out a lot of pretty little silfiftieth anniversary of Conimodare ver thlugs and advised me to take Sloates' The Monaunock and the Philadelphia were there to rep- 'em. " 'What are they for?' said I. resent the navy, and the officers were h entertained In each port Admiral it's in the catalogue,' said he. Dearddley, on the ctuise 6outh, accept- 'Wait until I get it and look.' ed the invitation of Gen. Murphy's city "if there's anything I hate to do It Is to a banquet. to hang around a shop, and so I told The General was of course called up- him It wasn't necessary.. If he could on for a contribution, and a burst of positively assure me that they had a generosity he said: "I'll pay for half use I would take them. He assured me, the champagne." and $25 worth of the jimcracks are now On his way home he dropped into in my bureau drawer wailing for Graves law office and inci'dentally told; Christmas morning." "Aren't you afraid perhaps the felof his share towards the banquet. low deceived you?" asked the man in "General, you're a fool," said Graves. the car, anxiously. "How daro you?" retorted Murphy, mind you, I said la her cuU was something of aa iaciy uic iay oracie. iU4i.ulne, sir, tbat'a the word absolutely infallible. Ia fact, to put It more puin.y," said the Colonel, shut- ting up vim eye aud regarding bis fifth glass ui. wiiioy and soda critically, "she v- v-; -- v ..' :izW the was. '1 ha.c uo uVubi of it, sir," I said, It took me a moment or two to find mecjv.j. xou so i wad iu iove wiia my tongue; and then, fearing that she and under th.sa be coii.t i a daughter, might disappear before I had time to a. tii'CuUiiUiiCcs lamer is uot a oemg 6tate my errand, I clasped my hands More cuimMiCied. to than that, the said out what I had to say. blurted of of a matter Oo.ui.ci sneaking "Great-Aun- t faniJanet! Sweet Great-Aun- t and Coiouers the iAUii.y Lioioiy, Have Janet! a Utile to before the time upon me and help morcy ly I love me! the dearest Lis made mind Norman tbe Vi.i,a:u girl in all tho uii world and her name is Dora and I o Lu...e over to England. dared to tell her bo before. If 'iter particular powers, my dear haven't can show me the way " you" boy," weal on the Colonel, "iay with. "Jack, dear, If you would hold the he roniaut.c. I've beard it said that a.i " candlestick Qie iocr3 aoui all the country 'round; 1 caught the candlestick and Dora, used to tome to ber ia their troubles a breathless interval, during After advice. That's what they tud fcetad good which the lovely little face had been Jed the Colonel, with a wmk; 'but between ourselves, Aunt Janet pressed close to mine again and again, inter- - and I had seen, even by that dim cano .ruuab;y a niischief-uiaking- , teiiiiri oiu matchmaker. This is shown dlelight, a look in the blue eyes I bad testily. "What's wrong about that?" ex"Nothing," replied Graves; "only Ly the fact that she stih troubles this never hoped to Bee, she gave her LaiUi when she should be reposing re- - planation. they'll stick you for the whole of that "I was in love myself, Jack, and I bill, that's all." pectably somewhere else. One has to "Why, the committee is going to ut up with this sort of thing, you thought there might be some other unstoutly maintained the General. .:.ow" the Colonel frowned and happy lover who wanted advice or or I would be I "Oh. drat that committee," said coughed and settled bis neck intt his consolation. So thought Janet and I dressed in Graves, "dou't I know the fellows on bliirt collar "one must put up with it Great-Aun- t these things and I came out just in it?" Iv.heu one belcucs to an ancient faux" case This made the General reflective. p.y. Ana. alter a.l, the old lady is "Well, how am I going to protect myLever rea ly troublesome. Picturesque, . ELEVATORS USED SAVAGES he asked. self?" tn a sense, and always keeps to the up"Leave ' everything to me," replied lper Uoors. Employed, Too, Many Other Contriv- the lawyer. "And this," i said, oointing to a . ances Considered Modern The night of the banquet found the uaiiive old silver candlestick on a The first knife was, of course, a Itamona Hotel packed. It looked as If biavboard "this is Great-Aun- t Janet's flint flake, and the earliest spoon a everybody in town had secured an incand.estick, eh?" shell, to which primitive man learned vitation some-hoand was determined "Yes, ' said the Colonel, frowning at in the course of ages to fasten a hanto drink his fill of champagne, t and shaking his head. "Peifecty dle of wood. Gravts looked on serenely, for he Iriuicuious, ui course, but it is said Such articles as these, together with knew Murphy could stand his share of that whenever there is auy love affair hammers, axes and needles, are easi- the expense, but he was wondering ou hand me ghost of the old lady ly recognized as having come down about the committee. And the commithvalks; that she carries the candlestick to us direct from savagry. It Is, how- tee beamed and toasted the navy and of ever, more with which for some startling to find that such everything else and congratulate! i. century he lighted herself to bed, a comparatively modern invention as themselves on having Murphy down and that if one of the lovers meets her the lift has been used for ages by for the wine. But out In the wine room at that critical time she gives him such tribes whom we bad designated as Graves bad stationed a couple of detecadvice as I. lis hint, so to speak" the savage. The application of the prin- tives, who kept accurate account of Colonel made a movement with his ciple of the modern vertical lift may every bottle that was opened. Jhands, as though dandling a large-sizebe seen today among the bee hunters The bill amounted to ?500, which the Bnfant awkwardly "lifts him Into the of the Island of Timor. committee duly sent to the General as Lady's affection, or vice vjersa. But To get at a honeycomb seventy feet his share. He sent back word he would (she is always accompanied by the s.n overhead with nothing between It and pay half, not a cent more. There were Lilesuck. the ground but a smooth and branch- threats and finally the matter tame InI sa:d. be worth trying." a might less trunk seemed at first sight im- to court. Graves had to bolster Murat uat moment possible without ladders or repes. It phy dally to keep him from settling, tu.t to n.yst-.i- , and Lbe door cf the smoking room oycaid is a simple matter to the Polynesian. hut the da of the decision arrived Lad she came in. He cuts a few yards from the tough with a verdict in favor of the General. 'Not a baJ uotion." said the Colonel, stem cf a creeper and forms of it a "Just sec what I have saved you," with a chuck. e. "Here. Dora, our frie: d bush rope, with this he makes a loop sai l Craves. here thinks of trying to get a Op fiora around the trunk and his body. Jerk"Yes," said the General, "but after I fJreat-Aun- t Janet tonight, though whit ing the loop a little above hi? head, settle with you I guess it would have he wants to trouble her for I ca.n't he leans back and begins walking up. been Juat ai out as easy to have paid me of life e that whole champagne bill In the his bare feet pressed 8gajnst imagine." Jje "I do assure you." I stuttered, as sh trunk. Repealing the operation, he CLitago Itccord-Hcrald- . rave me ber Land In saying good n ght. gradually gains the top The whole Janet ascent Is made without exhausting use I don't see what Great Aunt Ant Robbed By Lizard. kould have t tell me, and", of course, I of muscle by utilizing the principle of While Walking aloiiz the main roal friction. Jfbouldnt think of doing anything on the outskirts of Dordlgbera yesterOf course not,' she replitd. with Cotton weaving has done more foi day morning. I noticed a strange lookJmure eyes looking Into mln. "But K's Great Britain within the last conury ing insect tr. .vh.g across it in a peculla than any other one industry. The In- iar way. Cn getting nearer I saw that pretty idea." She kissed her father oh! adorasJe dians of Central and South America what bad attracted my notice was a tips pressed for a moment against tie have for centuries past used a loom po black ant about an inch long with kern, white mustache and went out elaborate thit ours Is, comparatively brown wings dragging a cricket big kI the room: and I found, quite unex speaking, tut a slight improvement Eer than itsclL It held the cricket by the 'head, and as the ant moved backupon It. pectedly, that I could cot sleep. i discovered, too, that 1 had left tty We would never have had the Pan- ward it drew the cricket toward It cigarette case in the smoking room, ama hat but for the quick fingered In- While doing so it entered the shadow end I had a dim notion that a cigarette dians of the Isthmus of Panama Svon cut by my umbrella and Instantly remight soothe me, and might drive out today their secret process of leison-In- leased its bold and got out of too ot my head certain vain dreams and the grass blades used in weaving shadow, but flnd.ng there was no d aufancies. For who was I that I sboukr these hats remain unrivalled. Basket ger It returned and seized its prey Dora should ever makers of the same region make bas- scain think that blue-eyety the head and recommenced care twopence about me? kets which will hold water without Its backward movement. A low wa.i f went down softly through the darklealjng another invention which is ran alongside the road, and when the ened bouse to the smoking room, and quite beyond us. nt gut will in six fect of it a common switched on the light there and looked Felting was Invented by Polynesian brown Uza. appeared on the top of about for my cigarette case. I found savages, and brought by the Hawaiian the wall anl evidently soon caught ltand had just slipped it Into my pock- natives to a perfection we have never tight of the ant, for it ran quickly et, when the remembrance of what the excelled. They not only make cover- down the will and to within two feet Colonel had said brought to my mind ings for their houses and blankets out of It, where it crouched for s second the heavy fl.ver candlestick. I glanced of felt, but by pounding the inner bark or two like a cat ready to spring, anl toward the spot where it had tood and cf certain trees succeeded In produc- then charged the ant. apparently butI saw, to my astonishment, that It ws ing soft and comfortable seamless garting the cricket free with ft head. Beto longer there. In a flash 1 g'aoced ments of this material, such as sleeve-le&-s fore the ant could regain IU boll the coats and cloaks. quickly 'round the small room aud lizard seized the cricket in Its mouth And I lze"d that lh. thing was gone. Mortar was made by the people of and darted up the wall In the direction knew, of courst, in a moment what Tahatt when our ancestors were shiv- from which it originally appeared on that meant ering In holes In the rocks. They div- the scene, leaving the ant running Janet bad ed into the sea, brought up great round and round, moving Its wings In The ghost of Great-Aunchosen that night for walking! lumps cf coral, burned them in pits, an agitated manner, vainly searching Why? Was she such a sympathetic using wood as fuel, and mixed the for its lost prey .Nature. old creature that she bad guessed my lime they got in this fashion with secret? And could she give me any sharp sand and water. With this mixLittle Willie "Where Is you goln' help or any advice? I remembered dls ture the Ingenious savage plastered to spend de Fourt'T" tlnccy whet the Colanelhad safa; how the walls and floor of his house, and a Little Johnny "Depends on wedder he bad ugjetel that the old lady better mortar could not be obtained. me mudder lets me have came only when she was able to help a Another purely savage Invention, or a cannon." lover. That was my desperate case; which Is perhaps the most familiar obLittle Johnny "What's dat got to and on an in pulse I determined that I ject of modern life, Is the tobacco plpa do with It?" would ser-- her and tike ghostly coun-fr- l not only the common clay which Little Johnny "If I has firecrackers I remembered that she the North American Indians moulded fr.ro I will stay at home, but if 1 has a haunted the upper floors. centuries ago out of the red sandstone cannon I gucas dat is good for do I went iip beyond the floor on which of Colorado, but the wooden ppe, lb a f in y mm wa situated and found prototype of the everyday brier. in darkness. Then, suddenly, cvea London Answers. Got the first rib roast Adam "In ber day ilg-raidn- va . pay-half,- three-quarter- s d jut fr g. g d rl e Ore-cracke- rs hr. my-'el- i "Why, no," replied the neighbor. "Look here, it stands to reason that be wouldn't have been selling them if they hadn't tome use, doesn't it? WeiL that's the way I reasoned it out. They were there iu the shop to be sold, and therefore they must be fo'r something, and .Marie's a smart girl and she'll find out what, iou see. that is woman's province to take something that looks absolutely worthless and make it useful." "Go 'tis," assented the other man. Ualtlmore News. A Life-Savin- g THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET. Parker York and Davis of West Virginia Named. St. Louis. The Democratic national convention concluded its labors hero Saturday after naming Alton B. Parker, of New York, for president and E. Senator Davis, of West Virginia, for vice president. The platform adopted marks no financial declaration. After his nomination a telegram was received from Parker Informing tha convention chat he stood for a goid standard, and would uphold the law requiring its enforcement, if such a law should be enacted. After a heated iebate the convention adopted a to the effect that his expressed opinion did not preclude him from accepting the nomination. of New . resc-lutio- n JUMPED A SWITCH. Missouri Pacific Excursion Train Wrecked Near Labadle, Mo. St Louis. While running at full epeed the tender of the engine drawing an eastbound excursion train on the Missouri Pacific road jumped a switch near Labadie, forty-flvmiles miles west of here, Sunday, derailing four coaches, which were throwa down tne embankment, and injurine thirty-elgnr- . passengers. It Is considered remarkable that none waa killed outrlglit and only three were seriously injured. The seriously injured, all from St Louis, are: 5. W. Bredemann, back wrenched. J. II. Sturdevant, badly cut and leg fractured. Mia. Dora Andrews, colored, badly o cut King. King Christian of Denmark, our beloved Queen's father, recently perform-- i d a most heroic act, and one which is i specially notable, since he is 83 years ;id. in spite of his age, however, he ttiii retains much of his old time vigor vnd ability, and net a day passes that Le elot-not spend some hours either The excursion train departed from St. Louis Sunday and was on The return trip wheu wrecked. The engine left the rails but did not fall from the embankment Six of the ten coaches remained on the track. Assistance was sent from Labadle wRhln a short time and the Injured were given medical attention. All were tin horseback or at gymnastic exer-tiseto continue on to St Louis, where able He is also very fond of taking the three seriously Injured were placed (ug walks, during which he is In a hospital. by any one, and it was ou iuch an occasion that the following FOR INVASION OF INDIA. occurred: The King was standing at the corner of a street waiting 'or au electric car to go by and sudden-- y General Kuropatkin Proposed a Plan for Russian War Office. saw two Utile girls, one 4 years old London. Tho DaLy Express print ; ii. d the other 5, start to run what claims it is General Kuropatkln'a Tack. The Cur ws coming quickly toof British India of Invasion Blgned plan ward them, but they had no idea that is was in the Rusit filed which, stated, Uicy were iu any danger. Several office war as sian official method of the shouted to them to stop, and in case a war of between procedure HhcTs actually screjtned with terror, Russia docuand Great Britain. The io certain did it seem that the little " ment into la minute detail and goe3 )nes would be crushed beneath tho columns in three length. was as car within the wheels, but just a lew feet of them an old gentleman Brieny summed up. General Kuropatkin divides such a war into two camthem the by Taped forward, grasped one ending with the capture of a to them paigns, back drew and trn.s, quickly Herat and the ollied, after two or three was ace of King Christian, sjI ty. it j tnd the crowd which had gathered re years' administration of tho country, cognized him at once and respectfully with the capture ot Kashmir, Kandahar and and Kabul. After that, says General ralutcd him. He bowed In llicn. after giving a few words of ad KuKropaiuin, tho British would find lice lo the little glrl3, walked on alom themselves without native support In to the Palace. "What a pity," says India proper. The plan deals minutely with the one who witnessed the scene, "that methods Russia ought to adopt to sethere is no medal which can be presentcure of the Persians the monarch!" The ed to a an and elaborate Afghans by Golden Penny. system of and Sheikhs. It estimates that agents one Turkestan army corps and one Old Story With New Cast I have Just heard a well told story of trans Cayj ain corps would be required Lord Roberts at Dlsley. I fear It Is In the initial stage of the campaign, only a variant of a well known legend w'hich "T should prefer to begin In Noof Ixird Charles Deresford, but It U s vember, as the weather is healthier for the men, and all Russian porta are clever variant. In any case. The was watching the fir- frozen. A casus belli can any time be found through a coling, and noticed two or three mistakes when on the part f the markers. So he went lision between Russian and Afghaa tJ the telephone on the firing line and outposts." rang up the officer in charge of the Senators In a Smash-up- . butts. An automobile In which Louis. St "The marking Is very bad," said Lord B. R. Senator Tillman, of South CaroUoberts. and Senator J. W. 'Bailey, ot "its the best you'll get," retorted the lina, were Texas, riding Sunday night collido.'ficer. a ed avenue street car, Jefferson with I am?" sternly "'Do you know who while running rapidly and both were demanded Ixrd Roberts. into the street, but neither was thrown "No, I don t" seriously Injured. Senator Tillman suf"I an Lord Roberts. fered a sprained ankle and Senator "Well, I'm Lord Wolsely." officer afterward The butt explained Bailey was bruised about the bony. After ascertaining the extent of their j that be thought some one was playing a joke on him, but history docs not re- Injuries and viewing their wrecked late what value Lord Roberts attached automobile, the two senators boarded a street car and proceeded to their to the excuse. M. A. P. hotel. The chauffeur was badly bruised, but set about collecting the debris of Had Been Listening to Mama. The small son of a certain university the automobile. The street car was crossing Chestnut professor, whose parents are deservedly popular for their tact and courteous boulevard when the automobile, runspeech, appeared at the home of a fel- ning rapidly east oo the boulevard, truck the car squarely in the middle. low professor and hesitatingly asked A Mrs. if he might Iok at the parpanic ensued among the passengers as e.f the ear lurched to the side, but It lor rug. Permission was coursi gome sur- quickly ended and the passengers Imgranted, and Mrs. prise to see th little fellow stoop ovrf mediately devoted themso.ives to assistthe rug and stare silently for some ing the occupants of the wrecked autohalf minute. He straightened himself mobile. up, and meeting her wondering expresThe compound che ileal lecithin sion, tald triumphantly: to promote the gt iwth of gla&t. tends me make tick." Life, "It doeent s s. unac-tompanic- d in-.iJe- nt acio-.stht- per-ion- s re-p;- life-savin- g d fn |