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Show TO AN OLD PLAYMATE. Y'Mir n i nuri-i- i T' iuhrook i jm.-l- ating. and at a t gnflc pace. No Tu Indian could look more biood. thir-tthan he at t! is minute. Once more Teddie saved his family from lasting ditgrace. Helen felt sure that in a moment more the Ph. D. would hate done something desperate. The cars! the cars! yelled the guardian ang I, dancing up and down in a wild frenzy of anxiety. Teddie ttas not mistaken, the Overland Special was rushing down the track in a whirlwind of steam and dust. Out on the platform, John, looking into his wife's happy, triumphant cys, whispered: Helen, you were right. One kiss, my dearest and most of girls. 1 fear mens dreams aro quite as often built upon the sand as upon the rock. : ctrora y dpnp rW, won w iiMt v.,is f ir.'Mt hid -jug to L nr ul our f el Yiur huniN ni' nd wlft whh wr huttrfhis ) our i vos (is of Mop, On whui a riot in mv Muit u! Was wrought b June urn! An-now for yearn bom-nttin uui liaed'osfl hands h i Itlti, Ami locoliertmh Halos in me A hurt that scarce is pain to breast. sloop Hith Nature bw-iP- t u lb' How peareful.v Above vour heart the ur free flowers, And over Hit in the sky I'Tefierh hiuui-nu- ' KnoHha in Boston A gt Trails npt. THEIR GLORY IS NO MORE. Cashmere Shawl Industry Is Almost a Thing of the Past. Cashmere shawls are still made, but their glory has departed and the cheap and seductive aniline dye has displaced the soft and beautiful colorings In the vegetable dyes. The men who understand their manipulation have gone to more lucrative fields or else they lie in humble graveyards hard by the straggling village streets of Cashmere. The cashmere shawl industry received its death blow during the war, at the breaking up of the French court. The shawls were brought to France for the great Napoleon and fashion immediately set her seal upon them. But when the court of Napoleon III crumbled in the dust the vogue of the cashmere shawl fell with it and famine and distress invaded the valleys of Cash-merShadipore, which was once one of the centers of the Cashmere shawl industry, is beautifully located In a valley at the Junction of Sind and Jhelum rivers. But the village has shrunk to a mere hamlet of rickety houses and the luxuriant vegetation falls to cover its bareness and poverty. What is left of the shawl Industry Is carried on by boys and men, who earn from 2 to 8 annas a day, or from twopence to fourpence In British coinage. For this beggarly sum they sit all day long at , the looms, which are almost as forlorn aa themselves In appearance, for they date back to the days of prosperity and are held together by a generous use of string. old-tim- e Franco-Prussia- Why will people rave over the Gib- hands fast hound by Teddle's clinging son head? Yet, it does have a sort fingers, were drifting together toward and sweet do you like the station; but drifting in thought, of charra-airheaven knows, how far apart It, John? While Helen was waiting wlth TedJohn Clarke Brown, Ph. D., was abI beg your die clasped In her arms, and John still sorbed In deep study. at the ticket window, her attention pardon; what did you ask? I was wondering was attracted to a lady and gentleman Oh, merely whether you admired the ubiquitous just alighting from a southbound The lady, a sleeper. Gibson head. The Gibson head? Admire It? Why, blonde, picked up her trailing gown, , one of my friends looked like sailed scowlingly Into the station, followed by the gentleman. that. Missed connection! snapped the Helen felt a pang at her heart, questioned smilingly, Irate lady; must wait here three morthough she tal hours! Why didn't you wire them Which of the thousand and one? Bessie Alter. The smile died out of Helen's face, as resting her elbows on the low table, she looked across at her husband. And did you love her so much? Ah er , a mere boy and girl affair. Why did you drop the correspondence? Heard she was going with a richer man. Her lips look It calculating, If her husband died today she would merely wonder where ehe could find another provider. "You do not understand her. I never saw a more affectionate girl. Helen paled a little as she gave her husband a searching look. And you think of her now? His eyes changed guiltily. Why, er sometimes, when you are hauling me over the coals. And she would never haul anyone over the coals? Oh, no! There was not the least bit of a shrew about her. Bhe was one of the sweetest-naturegirli I ever to hold the train? But you are always met But what on earth are you rak- just so slow! Rival roads and wont wait? What's the use of money if ing all that up for? It Is past, and I have something else to think you must stay In a dirty, stuffy hole about Here, It is twelve, and we like this?" Hush! whispered the gentleman; must start before seven. I am glad peddle Is having a good sleep. If we "they will hear you. Let them hear! went on the dont make haste we will miss our rest altogether. If you are awake at voice, "anyone living In such a hole wouldn't have brains enough tflve call me. Would she ever "Bessie!" exclaimed the husband; Awake at five! sleep again! One, two, three, struck they certainly will hear you. Just the clock. Her brain was on Are. At come and look down that Tour she softly arose and made her street with the sun rising at the furway to the bath room. A rose water ther end. Its it's glorious! "Sunrise! scoffed the wife. It was she hath may quiet my nerves, , kintal to awaken me at six like a fiighed. In the bustle of a hurried dressing common laborer. The next trip I hojp e and and breakfast, John had quite for- you will study the gotten the midnight talk. So. when Just then the lady caught sight of , and John Clarke Brown hastening through the time came for a Helen with strangely averted face the open ooor. Of all the people! John! But evaded bis kiss, he looked mystified and hurt. Helen did not raiRe her eyes; where were the vixenish tones? Helen she was clasping Teddie close to her could scarcely believe her ears. The hudgry, loving heart, and her face balmy breath of a babe was no was hidden in the curls of her only sweeter than now were the word of the attractive blonde. child. But why were Johns cheeks burning At last John found his vo'ce. "What In those deep red streaks? Ah! It Is up now? Helen's face was still turned as she all came to her In a moment: A great retorted, Oh. never mind; you still joy laughed In her heart and in her shining eyes. This, then, was the have your memories of that sweet Bessie of her husband's dreams girl. the one blot on her otherwise happy , ?And this is your And why not? I consider it a rather wedded life. Yes, the hair, the slantfine touch of sacrifice on my part to ing eyes were Gibsonish; but the lips leave you fancy free to dream of the were the thiu, cold lips of the photoaffectionate girl, graph. Dear, dear friend. went on the The professor opened his lips wrath-fully- ; but just then the expressman's honeyed tones; "how sweet it seems to see you! You have met my husband, Mr. McElwin. But do tell me how you happen to be here? I did not see you on the train. The professor My home Is here. spoke shortly. Helen fancied she caught a twinkle in Mr. McElwtn's eyes. She could have laughed aloud; but she would not lose one word of this delightful conversation. Indeed, and so your home Is here, commented Mrs. McElwin blandly; I was Just about to speak of that lovely, elm arched street with the sun rising through It. What Is more refreshing than a sunrise walk? The proiessors face was a study. Helen was ecstatic. She began to fear she might do something reckless dance a hornpipe give three cheers and a tiger; but Teddie saved her. Breaking loose from his mother's restraining hand, and making a dash for his father, he shouted, Papa! papa! I want a penny for the gum machine! As John was searching his pockets for a penny, the gracious voice went I never saw a more affectionate girl." on: Ah, your little son; anyone may all here! sounded through the hall. see that; the same lovely hair you know I always admired your hair. John was already on the Helen felt her husband was looking porch, as Helen gave her boy one long, good bye kiss and push- past this sweet friend of his youth at Run, sweet- herself. ed him toward the door. And your wife, continued the melheart, run! Car's waiting for you. I lifluous voice; Is Is she dead?" . Mamma! mamma! he wailed. Wliat a balmy blending of sympathy want my mamma. In the face of that Helen caught him to her breast with and consolation! look in his wife's eyes, the professor a kind nf fierce tenderness. . "They shall not take you from me of mathematics was fast degenerating to the state of a savage. the only one leit to love me. Mrs. Brown, will you come here! Hurry up, Teddie, called the father Mrs. Brown. Mrs. McElwin! from the steps, or we will he too Ah. these men! cried Mrs. Mclate. 1 doubt whether "Mamma come, too! Mamma come, Elwin, coquettishly; too! wept the child. you have ever heard of me. John , Turning to her husband Helen said: pardon me. Mrs. Brown, for calling Since Teddie wishes it, I will go to your husband by his first name used to know me as Bessie Alter. the train. Certainly the professor was degener Presently, husband and wife, their y fluffy-haire- ye-es- . high-pitche- d tline-tabl- good-bye- d Only a bit of thistledown. Hut the little one cons and smile As she grasps. In her hands of brown. At the stranger who s come for mile, Catches It tight In her little fist. Gurgle her Joy at the capture made. Talk to It. then, in hei baby tongue. steaming There In the courtyard shade. Only a bit of thistledown Yet It has made one little girl glaa; Driven away all thought of a frown. Lightened a life that will soon be saa. Only a trifle to you or to me or mar), (Pleasure it could not make But that baby feels hi her heart She is plalng. at last, with a star! Making a Sundial. If you ever should lose your watch you can make a sundial out of a water An Intelligent Cat. Prof. R. L. Garner tells an Interesting cat story: A certain cat was shut up in a room where there was a speaking-tube which he had frequently seen used in calling people. Desiring to get out of the room and having no means of opening the door, he climbed upon a chair near the tube, erected himself upon his bind legs, steadied himself by placing his paws upon the back of the chair, placed his mouth to the tube and began whining and mewing Into It. In this attitude he was found by his young mistress, who came Into the room at the moment that he was trying to call someone to his aid. far-awa- y INSISTED ON THE BOX. She Wanted to Be Sure Her Gift Wat Taken Care Of. Albert C. Bates, librarian of the Connecticut Historical Society, has had many Inquiries from visitors to the collection rooms in Hartford regarding the camp effects of Nathan Hale, the martyred Revolutionary spy, which, up to a short time ago, were kept In a large case In the main hall. Some changes in the disposition of various curiosities has been necessary this season, and the Hale articles are now hidden from sight in the great safe In one corner of the room. In showing them a few days ago, Mr. Bates related an amusing fact regarding the old powder horn which is kept In a box. glass-cover- The horn was presented to the by a Connecticut lady, he said, and we had removed it from the box, placing it, with other Hale relics, In a large case. One day this lady came to the rooms and noticed that the horn had been taken from Us original box. Oh, I can't have that! she exclaimed, 'that horn Is too valuable to be taken from its box at all. I must insist that my gift be kept just as it was presented. So we recovered the box, fitted the horn In its position, and there It New York Times. is. good-bye- sweet-nature- unworthily. One day he discovered a of small squirrel perched on the a tree, and without slopping to realize the consequences of his act he let fly his stone. It went straight to the mark, and the poor little creature received his deathblow. With an heroic effort he twitched himself into a position right over his thoughtless murderer, and letting go his dying grasp upon the limb, fell upon the hand that hd taken his life. Burying his teeth In the palm he bit clean through to the back and then dropped lifeless to the ground. Poor little outraged spirit He had never given one moment of pain to any living mortal, and yet his life was cruelly taken from him without rhyme or reason. Is it strange that he showed by the only means in his power his sense of wronged Innocence? A Bit of Thistledown. Onfy a bit of thistledown Par from its home in the fields of green, Drifting aimlessly through the town The noisy town unkempt, unclean, of air. Caught by a suddennowgust flic it Oxer a housetop Seales at last m a courtyard dark, Just in front of a tabj a eyes. NOT A JUDGE OF ART. Fathers Enthusiastic Praise Some- what Out of Place. When the artist son of John Harper was a raw student his father was very much Interested in his work. One day he saw a newly finished picture on the easel. Ah! thats fine, he hurst out; fine! Theres lots of life, lots of animation In that, my boy. Youve struck the right thing now life and action. I dont understand But, father. what you mean. Why, that picture has action, move, ment in It. Look at those horses, rearing and tearing ahead, tugging at the reins and their riders are standing up in thc'ir stirrups, shouting and waving their sabers over their heads the whole picture is movement and animation. What is it Napoleon's last charge at Waterloo? No, father, that's your beet patch New York Times. in a strong wind. On the Plains. The sun sinks low. Its golden glow Falla slanting o'er the tawny plain; A gentle breeze f seas From Blows gently o'er the wagon train; A mellow beauty softly reign 'Tia sunset on Western plains far-of- The twinkling stars, Through azure bars. Look down upon the darkened plain. The coyote's cry And night wind's sigh Are blended in a long refrain: A mystic, wild enchantment reigna "JHs midnight on the Western plains. Long ray of light Dlxpel the night Aa slanting sunbeams span the plain; Wild flowers fair Ferfume the air. While westward wend the wagon train; The god of day in glorv reigns Tis sunrise on the Western plains. Louis P, Callahan. In Pittsburg Dispatch, Irish Bulls from England. Andrew Caird, writing in the Lon don Mail of a recent date, says that the neatest bull of the recent session of parliament stands to the credit of one who has not the advantage of being an Irishman Mr. Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, the member from Lichfield, who made the alarming discot ery one night that "several of us here are not here. Just to prove that Scotchmen occasionally rhal Englishmen and Irishmen In the making of bulls, Mr. Kitchle observed in a budget committee speech that "moisture in tobacco is a thorny question which is a bone of contention. It is only just to add that he bad been speaking a moment before of Irish tobacco. and hold these three sticks in position with one hand while with the other you weave the other two sticks about their ends. The middle points of the last two sticks are to be put over the ends of the I or middle stick, and their ends are to be put under the ends of the sticks that form the X. It will take some bending to do this, so the sticks must be flexible enough to bend a little without breaking, but they must also be strong and springy enough to hold firmly together when they are bent, to make the explosion effective. Now make a little human figure of cork, wax or putty with sticks for legs and arms. Set him astride of the middle stick, near one end, and apply a lighted match to the nearest corner of the infernal machine. In a second one of the sticks is burned through and the machine flies apart, sending the The Vigil of Love. When the morning sun Is peeping At puipureul ia break, sleeping In the mist When the drowsy birds are crooning th-iwill soon be tuning. Lays As wetluotts list When the goldtn glow, oerspreadlng All the canopy, is shedding Simlignt kissed When the world, with gladness throb birg, Wakes to joy that sleep is robbing. To exist Then my love to her is winging, In a jeweled chariot swinging. Through the must; And my heart of hope is dreaming. As my messages go streaming To my queen. sun is setting. When the gold-re- d And the wind is but coquetting With the tiees tVhen horizon blue is tinted With expanse the sun has glinted Like a frieze is blushing. When the rainbow-sk- y And the eventide is (lushing With the breeze When the twilight lingers lowly, Fades and fades, and sinks so slowly To the leas Then my thoughts to her are winging. In a jeweled chariot swinging. As 1 please; And my heart with love is toying, Hope, expectantly, is buoying All my dreams. When the tiny stars, assembling In a galaxy, are trembling In the sky When the ghostly moon is glowing, Silhouettes of fancy throwing Ever nigh When the shadows, grim and sleeping. Tremble as the winds come creeping With a sigh When but God alone is reigning Other now'rs are merely feigning Nearer by Then my thoughts to her are winging, la a jeweled chariot swinging. As they fly; Then my heart cries out in longing, Yearns and throbs, with hope prolonging. Just for her! Thus it Is at eve or morning, Love my life is all adorning Lovd for her! 5 5 5 Honest, now, did you ever sit In the moonlight, with the rays of heavens When the Explosion Takes Place. in your eyes, great candles little figure flying, too, and scattering and dream you glinting loved a girl like that? Its limbs if they have been loosely First stage! attached. . Free Bed for Cats. In an animal hospital In Philadelphia there Is a free bed for cats, entumbler. Take a plain tumbler and dowed by a young girl named Ruth close Its top with a round slat of wood Darling. Miss Darling was employed Birds That Steal. Into the center of which stick a lam- In domestic service, and was very Some birds are very fond of building needle. On the outside of the fond of all animals, particularly of ing in and around churches. A very glass paste a narrow strip of paper cats. During her last illness she said funny story is told of some jackdaws which has been soaked In oil. Then to her employer: which built their nests in one of the I have a little money saved, sir. I towers of Christ church, in Dublin. A place the glass on a slanting piece of wood and the sundial is ready. At 5 should like to do something with it for man who was employed in the cathedIn the morning place the glass so that cats. Cats have a cruel, hard life. Id ral lived with his wife near by, and one on the needle throws a shadow like to found a bed In a hospital for the latter was at first perplexed, and end of the strip of paper, and mark them, so that when the miserable crea- then seriously annoyed, at the manner the spot with a line and No. 6. After tures are sick they can be taken care in which her clothes pegs systematieach hour mark the shadow of the of." In vain she cally disappeared. needle, and at 7 in the evening you Upon being told that the idea was a watched, but could never discover the will have a reliable sundtaL kindly one, but that such a bed would culprit. One day an order came for cost considerable money,- she drew her to clear out one of the towers of Cards. To Guess Four from under her pillow her bank book, the cathedral, when she discovered To guess the cards which four per- and showed that she had sufficient her missing pegs propping up the sons have fixed thoughts upon: You funds to out her It is rather large nests of the jackdaws. At carry plan. take four cards, request him to se- stated that last year over cats first she was filled with wrath, but fifty lect one of them in thought, and lay were cared for at the hospital by this soon gave way to pleasant them aside. Then take out four other means of thi3 bed. thoughts, when on her second visit to cards, let a second person choose one the tower she found a half sovereign of them, place these four cards upon in one of the nests. Jackdaws are Harmless Infernal Machine. the first but a four, the table beside name The thieves, and often go to Infernal Is machine In same the way little apart. Proceed In order to hide their stolto box a great pains commonly given containing with the third and fourth person. en property. You now take the first persons four cards, and lay them separately, side Temper Signboards. by side. Upon these four cards you In a Japanese temple there is fixed of second the four cards perthe place n wooden frame filled in with nails. son in the same order, and so with the When a man is vexed with anyone. Infourth and third of cards the four perstead of going to harm the person, he son. pays a priest a certain sum of money to You now show each plTe the four for a nail and drives it into the frame persons, one after the other, asking In this way he relieves his temper each in which pile he finds the card without doing much harm. It would he has thought of. be a good Idea tq have similar frames - As soon as you know this, you disfixed up In our nurseries, so that when cover the cards thought of in the follittle boys and girls are inclined to be of The card order; thought by lowing a trifle naughty they could take some first of the first the course, person is, nails and hammer them Into these in the pile in which he says it Is conframes till all the bad temper disaptained; the second persons card Is the pears. Frank U West second of the pile, so also the third All Ready for the Explosion. and fourth persons card Is the third dynamite or gunpowder with either a Reasons of Some Animal Habits. and fourth of the pile. time fuse, or clockwork to explode Animal habits are easy to underit at a certain time, or with apparatus stand, said a farmer, If you stop to Proverbs. Two which will set it off when the box is think about them. opened. Why, for Instance, do sheep run Our infernal machine is harmless, to the highest point whenever danger no papers or curtains or threatens? provided that Simply because M 4SCF-- THE other inflammable things are near at originally lived in the mountains they and hand to catch fire when it is exploded, fled to the peaks to escaps their eneand that you look out for your faces mies. and your clothes. It is made of five "Hogs grunt when feeding because little sticks of wood; toothpicks will their forefathers fed in dark woods What proverbs do these do If they are very long, slender, and grunted to each other In order to rebuses make? tough and elastic, but you can cut keep in touch. And so it is with all silvers of wood that will suit the pur- animals their habits come from re. The Ants Suspension Bridge. pose better. mote ancestors. Men build bridges of strong wire Lay two of the sticks, crossed In ropes, monkeys make them by cling- the middle to form an X, on the botAnswer to Last Weeks Puzzles. tail. one There to another's are, tom of an inverted wine ing a Well begun is half done. glass, lay make who creatures however, other third stick on them like an L running What cant be cured must he ensuspension bridges the duvio ant of straight through the middle of the X, dured. Africa. It Is half an inch long, with a big head. A large ant takes hold of A SIMPLE SUCTION PUMP. the branch ot a tree with his forelegs; he clings, letting his own body hang; then another ant climbs down the first one. to whose hind legs he clings, letting his own body hang; so the little fellows keep on until a long chain hangs from the tree. Then they swing until the one at the loose end catches hold of the tree they wish to reach, and the bridge Is complete. As soon as the main body of the army bas crossed the bridge the ant on the first tree lets go ot the branch and climbs up his comrades to the second tree. The other makers of the living susfen-siobridge follow their leaders example. and they take their place at the rear of the marching column. - well-know- n . Well-Know- n Sbs well-know- n n Fire Does Not Burn This. Though there are a number of different kinds of wood, ebony. etc., of such close, hard fiber that even the fiercest fire has difficulty In getting hold of It, there Is only one sort, so far as now known, that is practically fireproof. This is a small, scraggy tree, a native of South America, called the shopala, with thick, tough, stringy bark, full of a sort of fire resisting sap. This carious shrub grows largely on the great, grassy savannas, which are swept by fire almost every year dur-i,the heat of the summer. There it thrives splendidly, for the annual scourge only kills off Its bigger and hardier competitors and leaves the ground free for the growth of this vegetable asbestos. 5 5 5 And late at night, when all Is still, when the owl car has made its last run, and you are out on the porch taking off your shoes that you may not awaken father, have you ever looked Into the face of the firmament to dream of her and seen the big dipper empty, of course, but, like the star spangled banner, still there? Second stage! 5 5 5 And have you, when the morning sun is peeping at purpureal daylight sleeping in the mist," ever wondered how she looked in a wrapper and curl papers? The next time you call, which will be of course, stay an hour longer and you can see the sun rise on your way home, hear the drowsy birds tuning their pipe organs preparatory to orchestral services in the wood, and reach the third and last Then you can get married stage! and furnish your own gas. 5 5 5 Wedding Expenses. The ubiquitous newspaper writer has figured the cost of a modern wedding as follows: Ring Flower Gift to Gifts to Gifts to Preacher 1000 sno for bride bride beat man bridesmaids 4i0 100 200 m Cabs 50 Passage on steamer, bridal suite.... Ten days at Hotel Carlton, London Passage on steamer, bridal suite.... Ten days at Hotel Rltz, Paris Fare to Berlin Five days at hotel in Berlin Fare to Vienna Five days at hotel in Vienna Fare to Rome Five days at hotel In Rome Fare to Venice Five days at hotel In Venice Railroad fare to Geneva Trip through the Alps Fare to Madrid Five days at hotel In Madrid Return voyage to America ..... Tips Carriage from dock to new home.. Total 5(4) 250 500 3"0 125 125 15 do 40 100 20 100 40 150 75 m 300 luO 6 .3,600 Just for the sake of comparison, is appended the expenses of Cy Winkle, of Platts Corners, on the occasion of his nuptials. Miss Matilda Weiner-meybeing the other party to the contract: License One days wages 1.00 ....150 2 00 Minister . 215 Charivari party Drive to county-sea- t .....20020 Ice cream . 10 Peanuts 37 Blue fan for bride 70 Dinner for two at 35c Supper (bologna 5c, crackers 5c, pop .20 .48 10c) New nightshirt for Cy Sundries 30 JllOO Total And of the two parties Cy and Tildy had the bangest up time! Money isn't everything in this world, 5 5 5 Drink to the one you love the best. Here's to the fairest ever And may she live, with me her lord. Forever and forever! Street Paving. Bings The streets in our paved with asphalt! Wings Thats nothing. live they are copper-linesafe at that when hold-u- p busy! town are Where I and not men get The Washington Post refers to poetry as a disease. The esteemed Post should not be alarmed only a few of the rhymsters are really Iron-woo- g Squirrel's Revenge. boy had grown very skillful in throwing sling shots. He was so true of aim that he was sometimes tempted to use his newer A little Connecticut A Chicago newspaper writer calls the skin of a sausage the sausage's kimona. We have said all along things were drifting toward a crisis. - ' Indigestion may cause some dreams, but newspaper are usually written in an effort to. secure something that will cause indigestion. pipe-drea- Select a thick piece of bamboo about eight Inches long and withfully, making it as smooth as possible. Bore a small hole about two inches from one end to bold a smaller piece of bamboo which is to form the spout hallow piece of bamboo (c) somewh thinner than the pump barrel is Inserted into the lower end of the pum barrel, the top of the barrel (c) closed with a piece of rubber that fastened with a small tack and can he moved v and down. The pumpin, rod is ma.de of a thin s and another short pien d). The short piece of closed on one end by a pi similar to the lower part mentioned before. This boo is fastened to the s with the help of cord a: must fit tightly into the The pump barrel will v torily if a small quantit' poured into the upper ba 1 started In Sweden a man pays taxes according to his weight. That settles it, me And Grover Cleveland will never move to Sweden. kJA An Indiana paper announces that a candidate for lady school director is stripped for the race. Enough said A man in New ?k York has so much money he cannot spend It. Why does he not get married and go to work? : ' Kissing Is Pot necessarily dangerous. but frequently father Is. |
