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Show - tertellyer WO u l'e low-dow- e talk-dette- t-- d AU-nzo- - j 13 gtff V lie-he- - 4 w A -- 'I , lak yer ant neb-be- fun-nin- vit-tlc- 4 some fin' r Leered be f o', an yer 'low I look lak a fly in a bowl er buttermilk! Yuh know heaps bout style, you when yer sees s does!" disdainfully, gemman fixed up lah he orter bo yer mos kills yerse'f lafin'. Yuh aint de sort er gal Pse lookin fer. Pbeebe straightened herseli and her vanished qniekly. "I was mirth LONZO jealclar ter Gswd ( was. Yon ous of hi wife, and a everybody done fix yersef np chasin', I tells yer. bnt Alonzo him What dat yer gwyne ax meh?" she self VDfw- - with asked sweetly. I done mos lak ter change "meh the very beet of reeeone ia hie own min bout hit now," indifferently. mind why he kin change hit back agin, "Iiut should e n e p e e t cant yer . yer?" Phiebe other then Spec 1 kin." Alonzo admitted, and a aort of general principle a step closer, and taking one coming phiUmophy of hie own that eaid; of Pbiebes hands, "ef yer wants meh 'Oman an inewl jest Yon ie to." bvf(5. ka--i ef s bleeged .Ur, watch e rhu be giggled, assent, asd Almas -Ur. yer doniyet gwyna bsmighly changed from one highly polished eorry." foot to another, hardly knowing bow Six month before the etory open to begin. -Plurhe we dih "Hus dimer way, Muts Iluebe, '' ing house and Alonzo manipulated a he said, "I'm gwyne ter quit de fish handcart for a fishmonger near by, business an' farm. ! done a goon and it wee on hie visit to the board got de job, $3 eve' y week and rations, ing bouse kitchen that Alonzo first an' beint 1 was gwyne to do so well saw ihobe. After the free and easy dis I 'low I gwyne to marry. msouer of their race, to see her was Mia year does you waat to be de Phirbe, - to know her, and aftrr a few broad ooman?- 'pfraantrTea exchanged the two were Phirbe giggled more than ever, but on a trifle more then friendly footings heraiuuMment did not prevent her I'd lak mighty well ter know what making a rapid resolution, bhe was yon ! ah'ntin tl Usher kitchen bout, not the least bit in love with Alonzo, nigger?" quoth Phiebe, crossly. and was very much in love with a big "Ise huntin' fer a nocount yalle black fellow, a merab-- r of the BrothItnksjr what steals de white folks erhood band, a fellow whose ambition hut what aint bin koteh up wtd it was to wear the highest collars and yit." the deepest display of cuffs pf noy t'hooU out fer me. boy Pee giftin' town. Phieba knew well tnad in' when de madness come no darkey about aha took the doughty leader if that Wly cajat done hole meh, jeet of band she would have to remain e'drove rr mewls turned loose, I is," In the. to support her elegant lord service "?huh, I jsnt skeered er no ol Do- and master in a style becoming his nation mullatter niggergal." ' and Ob the expectations. dignity Who "Nigger! yer callin nigger? other hand, here was Alonzo talkYo U nigger yrrwf. an" yer done ing about marrying and providing her etoh chit kens.1" a home, all luouo breath. n I doe no low Whadntar? iim-bloved the gallant musician common treU ter r but she was a prudent girl, dearly, r w av me." and her decision was soon made. he 1 ... thicken tief!" her head shyly and giggled hung "N'ggcr gull more than ever, pressing closely to Hut if their tongues could find no area railings. softer words to address each other the I.onzo, sho!" 'ou the.r eves spoke a different language, "No, 1 ain't. Miss Phirbe. I low I ami one that they both understood marry nez week, an ef yer rigi.t well, for one night after the gwyne wants ter bo de ooman yer kin. dislus were hastily pot away Phiebe tiwyno bo her, yer reckon?" lounged out to the area gate and "I 'specie Im ef yuh aint stm-- l expectantly upon the walk. shade-fleckeM e did not linger long in the No foolin. Yuh meet meh at before Alonzo Davlre'a magistrif offis; come Cbues-da- y moonlight her. Ha bed put hi fish cart jo'n-- d an Ill git de license. Yuh hear?" sway nml w now attired in all the "Dat all right Illbedar." ga.i habiliment of a negrtrdudo. A Then the bell rang and Phiebe hastwide -- striped collar stood at! (By np ily smoothing her apron ran off to about hi ears and a vivid tie circled wait on her white folks and to wish . his neck, Ilia shoe were polished with all her heart it had been the uniii they shone only a degree more tall, black leader of the band instead than h'.s own conntenance. Ilia snow-whit- e of the little atuffy, monkey-face- d suit, once the property of some Alonzo. young white ewell, had been reTuesday evening when the family newed to It pristine jplendor by a were disposed of I'htrbo made a hasty and Alonzo's whole inspection of the young ladles' ward, severs scrubbing, per, on exhalsd such a pungent odor robes A dainty trltleii muslin vrsa of "nueting house drops that he selected from one, another furnished " .fairly rivaled the -- tube rosea and the .bright embroidered petticoat, In on a acother lent while the the white unbeknownst," heliotrope pots folk's balcony. becoming leghorn flat. ( of his nice appearance, Terhapa I'limbe dropped a tear on Alonzo sauntered up to Plxebe care- - the crimped frills of her mistress muslin, for she was no different from other girls whose akina are whiter but whose ideas of justice to the men they marry are quite as minty and indefinite. However, much pleased with her appearance, she met Alonzo at the magistrate's otliee and with very little ceremony the two were made one. Then Alonzo was happy, but his Joy was destined to be shortlived, for a mutual friend whispered the etory of PlMobes preference for - the band-ma- n into his relnctxnt ear. Then he began to put . little things together that he had a een, nntil his suspicions, from being j ust a breath, widened into something- - mote definite and ha set himself to observe. One floe morning, .leaving Phiebe asleep In their cabin, Alonzo took a sifter and from the ash heap near by sifted ashes carefully about the house, so that anyone coming or going wonid tell the talo by the imprint of hla feet in the feathery dust a ct so, or TXAittso and snunw.tso. rhirbe, her min i intent upoa other matters, failed to noties the little Icssly, as though about to pass. Then, trick of her lord and master, sad a though just recognizing . her, he when the gay admirer made his apstopped suddenly, saluting la bis very pearance he walked boldly through-tb- a best style.' dust to the cabin door. Hood evening. Miss Phirbe, dat The morning was well advanced you?". when Phis' bo glancing out saw Alonzo Dissliera me," Indifferently. toward the eibln. His coming "I yon gwyne walkin ter night?" was entirely unexpected "Xot w.d you was." and Phiebe looked in alarm from her What for yer nnt?" ' "Kane yer ant ax mel" at which big lover to her approaching husband. It here should she Jhide him? tinder pleasantry they both y laughed very the bed?. That would never da In mtuh. the cupboard? ' Ills giant proportions , taking np an effective pose forbade the act. IVhere,' oh, where? in e patch of bright moonlight: From a a toot peg in the wall Vposci"- - be, esked, insinuatingly, two large cotton baskets, dangled "Vpose I was ter et yer dat er?" ouLoLthe wav. Her ds-fg-ll hlgh hung I'lnMw began to laugtir-Kheljeh ng ove e 1 upon them and abe with a laugh and ran it Into a giggle, pointed with excited gestures: in in a a and ended then began giggle "Yonder he eomei Yonder he come! took In for the Hide shriek, as her-ey- e" yuhsef quick, quick! fir-time the splendor of her adThe bondman glanced through the . mirer clothes. window, then about ths bars little . yak! Go way frutn here robin. ' His first impulse was to run manand she twisted herself into for It, but Phocbf was alrealy before many grotesque postures, so excruci- him and bad barred the door. atingly funny s?em?d the cause of "Whar bouts I gwyne hide? la da her laughter. bade?" , J? Yonder! - Climb up quick!"" And pose 1 wax tef ax yer dat ar?" coming closet to she pointed to ths swinging baskets. replied Alonzo, 1hubc, who after a moment's trying "Dey gwyne falL Dey never ia ter to repress her mirth, burst out into hoi me. Cant Iron?" "Jib n Laud! He gwyne 'see you i!o way, man! I not gwyne will climb up mighty quick!" Irj dem elo'ev aha" Plin'bc placed a ehair below the vf j iluh!" InsiigftSntlv, whet de mat- dangling baskets, and the band man clambered up, first testing the peg ter d id dem clo'es? " er look jes ink e flv In a bowl er by a quick pulL "Hit gwyne hold yer, git in quick,? linitor milk in em Yah.yah, Oh Laud'. Pat yer docs! and 1ho'bo nervously whUkjd about the room, wringing her hands and Then Atonzo became really 'Indignant. Ho stra ghtened himself into urging him to be quick. The bandmaa carefully inserted a must dignified pose, glaring at the himself into the larger of toe two unfortunate l'liu-bscornfully. Uihji yer know what 1 kem ere baskets, which squeaked and groaned tcrmght ter at ?cr, gal? I keen ere beneath hla big bulk. -- e ' ," The basket had scarcely ceased to wiggle when Phiebe threw open the door, then tnroed and busied herself at the fireplace, raking out the coal and smoothing the ashes as though preparing for the midday meat Alonzo came slowly along, glancing sharply at the smooth yard to detect any tracks other than those belonging to his wife, the imprint of whose foot he knew quite well. Surely he was not mistaken. There was the imprint of spate ef shuffling feet, wearing unlike shoes, the owner of which carried a cane or some sort or stick, St the imprint of the ferrule plainly showed. Then there was another pair of tracks, big, confident footprints, turning In from the road and boldly tramp- i ah-strew- n to the cobtage'daor. ' deg " ''Hats what I bln lookin fur, Alonzo mattered to himself. "Tracks gpdne, but no tracks comin. Huh!" Suddenly lu the door and glanced quickly about the cabin, a blank look of disappointment replacing the eager look of certainty on hla angry countenance. Phoebe never moved from before the hearths he came forward, but she turned her face,- - smiling at she d asked: - Furgit somethin?" Alonzo never answered. Throwing himself Into a chair he asked suddenly. "Who bln here?" "Ol Betty, de soap oman." - "Who else? Phiebe hesitated, turning instinctively to the baskets. Nobody. What mck yuh .low who bln yere? Nothin, I low I see somebody. Phiebe began to laugh, but tier mirth died quickly as the basket gave an ominous groan. She started and glanced toward It In alarm, but Alonzo had noticed nothing. Unfortunately for the concealed baudman, a black wasp had seen fit to bore his nest in Abe wall directly over the basket, and at thi juncture he came with trailing legs buzzing about the bandmans crouching head. The crouching negro in the basket tried to keep still as the black wasp buzzed nearer aud nearer his upturned face. At last the wasp nar- rowing down to his hole became too much for Ills victim ia the basket, who, between the sometimes deadly sting of the insect and the anger of a jealous husband, chose the lesser evil of the two, hitting out wildly at -the buzzing insect. Under the sudden strain the basket lurched wildly, there was a great squeaking and snapping, a sound of tearing and scrambling. Phcebe looked around in, agony just ia time to see the basket and its stont rim part company, and to see the big bandnaan roll in a dnsty.eotton flecked heap at her feet" Scarcety waiting to gather himself together he was up and away, running like the wind through growing cotton and uoru, and for many daga be lav bid wber Aloa-zo- a vigilant efforts failed to locate him. A for Phiebe her husbaDd administered to her the customary marital reproof in the form of a severe whipping, the results of which served her as a reminder of Aer misconduct for ' many days Then things settled into a natural groove, and Phcebe forgot her penchant for an flame. Now there Is nowhere- a more contented old-tim- wife e than she, nor a happier, more industrious husband than THE Ia ANGLO-SAXO- N Alonzo. PARISH. Old Day ths CUrfr 1 era ths Real (taldeft and Taaehert. Our sources of information regarding the Anglo-Saxo- n parish priests are not so meager as is generally assumed by those who have not given their attention to the subject, says the Nineteenth Century, They may be said to begin with those documents which belong to the days of Archbishop Theodore, who came among ua in 668, and who continued to preside over the church of England till 630. Theodores penitential belong to a class of documents which the bishop of Oxford describes as "lists of sins and their penances," drawn up for a people only partially delivered from heathen abomination and siqierstl-tionwhieh had already been issued from the Frankish bishops and the Merovingian ings under their Influence. These penitcntials were, indeed, private or quasi-privacompilations, and it was not till the eighth and ninth centuries that even in Gaul they obtained the ' force of legislative enactment. But. viewed as reflections of- - jhe age in which they were drawn up, they are of inestimable value. Theodores penitential shows ! s, te that theorganUatlonof the church in Britain was m many respects very unlike that of Gaul, or, as wo might now call it. Frankland; there was, indeed, some discipline among the clergy, but there was clearly more laxity than among their brethren on the other side of the channel. In some important matters they did not conform to the usages and practices of n tent Urn to the fact, upon the aiithoiT of Consul General Patrick Coilins, that negroes are flocking to England lg HIS FATHER A PATRICIAN, HIS great numbers. The steamship comMOTHER A PEASANT, panies confirm jr. Collins statements, and add that nearly all the wealthy Latlt la dl BsHiftrl Wss Cast la a colored folks are sending their sons to study law, medicine or art in London. Harota Mold, aad f raai Har tba Utils Carpero! Gat Hla Traasaadaa rtf. Most of these people are West Indian The steal Eadaraaea. negroes and not send their wealthy sous to be educated at Harvard. Yale Of the father and mother of Napoleon, Professor Sloane writes in the and Oberiin, and only in Isolated case? do they send them to Europe. Century as follows: Certain undisputed facta throw a METALS. MELTINO PRECIOUS strong light on Napoleons father. His were and enArt he Hw lilvtr Trit4 la tb people proud (il4 poor; dure! the hardships of poverty with Nfiklai mt Cola. For every bar which is in the vaults equanimity. Strengthening what little influence he could muster, he at of the mints at Philadelphia there is a first appear ambltiouaand has him-self record on the bucks - "f- i&e supertax described in hla diploma ad a pa- tendent. That record- shows the trician of Florence, San Miniato and weight and fineness of the bar. Many Ajaccio. On the other hand, with no of the bars on storage were bought in apparent regard for hla pergonal ad- - 1890. when the Sherman ! first went tlneemefirTiy marriage, he followed Tuto effect. They have remained unhia own inclination, and in 1764, at touched from the time when the stamp the age of 18, rashly, perhaps, but of the assay er was put on them. Now gallantly wedded a lowly and beautiful they ili be taken out and melted with child of 15. Letitla Kamolino. copper to form an alloy, says a correHer descent was the reverse of her spondent ol the Houston Post. Thdezact proportion of silver to husbands, although her fortune was quite equal, if not superior, to hla. eoppdr should be nine to one, but In She was of peasant nature to the end melting a little less than the measure of copier is used, so that, by adding of her long life hardy, 'unsentimental, frugal, and sometime unscrupu- copper later in small quantities, the lous. Yet the hospitality of her little alloy can be made as nearly as possihome in Ajaccio was lavish, after the ble of the exact standard. It is easier manner of her kind, and consequently to work the alloy down by adding copfamous. Among the many guests who per than it is to work it up by adding a ailed themselves of it was Marbeuf, silver. The copier aud the bar silver are commander in Corsica of the first army of occupation. There was long put in the crucible together. The afterward a malicious tradition that crucible used for melting silver is of the French generat was Napoleon's liandwrought Iron. These pots cost 45 each. Each of them will hold father. The morals of Leiitia di Buonaparte, like those of her conspicuous about 1,600 ounces at a time. Each children, have been bitterly assailed, pot Is good for 250 melts. It will cost but her own good name, at least, has the mint about 4 ,500 for crucibles to always been vindicated. The evident melt the 42,000,000 ounces of silver. Gold is melted in a black lead pot, motive of the story sufficiently refutes h as much such an aspersion as it contains. Of which costs about the bride's extraordinary beauty there as the iron jsit, but the black lead pot never kaa.boen a iloubt. She was a - i 401 fur only about thirteen melts. No silver passes through the iron woman of heroic mold, like Juno in her majesty, unmoved in prosperity, crucible. A little is atworlied by it undaunted in adversity. It was prob- and this is recovered when the cruciw to his bom he strongly ble is melted after it has seen the last mother, ably resembled in childhood, that- - the fa- of its usefulness. Nothing that could mous son owed his tremendous, even yield any of the waste silver is alIf In lowed to get away from the mint w ith-ogigantic, physical endurance. chemical treatment to extract the his mother was reproduced the type of a Homan matron, in the son would precious metal. The melting' pots, the le recalled the virtues and vigor of slags, the ashes from the furnaces, anil even the outside pickings from an tmperator. After their marriage the youthful the black linings of the ' furnaces are pair resided in forte waiting until ground and sifted to obtain metallic events should permit their return to grains, and these grains are refined. The residue from the sieves is put Ajaccio Naturally of an indolent temperament, the husband was at first into a sweep machine, which extracts And the very drawn into the daring enterprises of the smaller particles. Pauli, and displayed a temporary en- minute particles of metal pass in the thusiasm, but for more than a year water of the sweep machine to setbefore the end he wearied of them. tling vats and wells. These wells are At the head of a body of men of his cleaned out at very long intervals and own rank he finally withdrew to they always ield a little gold and silMonte Hotondo, and on May 23, 1769, ver. , a few weeks before laola's flight, the Ob of Lloeota torl. bsni) made formal aubmlaaion to the President Lincoln, who loved- - tc French generals Marbeuf and hear stories Vaux, explaining through Buona- humorous of the soldiers and their told me of a soldier parte that the national leader w ho was pranks, being carried to the rear in had misled them by promises a great engagement seriously wounded, of aid which never came, and that, and likely to die. lie espied a sutler-womarecognizing the impossibility of furwith leathery-lookin- g pies, ther resistance, they were anxious to her trade on- - the devious driving new the to return accept government, of battle fought The bleedto their homes, and to resume the verge ing soldier grinned at the woman and peaceful conduct of their affairs. was this preeipitate naturalizatioh. of said: "Say, old lady, are those pies the father as a Freneh eitizen which sewed or pejr'red?" The Ientury. made his great son a Frenchman. Fnl 1 the Ur. Loss than three month afterward, on The war was over. The victorious August 15. his fourth child, Xapo-leon- e Japanese troops marched proudly di Buonaparte was born in through the streets of Pekin. Li Ajaccio. Hung I 'hang, "the Bismarck of the The resources of the Buonapartes, East, sat alone in his palace wrapped as they still wrote themselves, a ere ia thought. small, although their family and exJust simply wrapped in thought. pectations w ere large. An only child. That was all. Indianapolis Journal. Letitla, had inherited her father's little home and his vinejard in the HopeUtt- suburbs, for her mother had married "She never will get on in society,' a second time. Her stepfather had said the chaperon, disconsolately. been a Swiss mercenary in the pay of Never. I discovered yesterday that Genoa. In order to secure the woman she hasn't read the latest novel. of his choice he became a Homan j Well, you cant expect her to read Catholic, and wa the father of Mme. everything. di Buonaparte's Joseph "Oh, I know that. But she conFeseh. Charles himself was the owner fessed it. of lands in the interior, but they-werdONTS OF DRESS. heavily mortgaged, and he could contribute little to the support of his Dont hold, up silks and display rags. family. His undo, a wealthy landlord, Don't wear a sailor hat with a silk had died childless, leaving hisdomains to the Jesuits, and they had dress. promptly entered into ossession. Ac- do.Dont use pins where stitches would cording to the terms of hi grandfatDon't wear striped material If you hers will, the bequest was void, for the fortune was to fall m such a case to are-talDont wear 'tan shoes if you have Charles mother, and on her death to Charles himself. Joseph- his father, big feet had wasted many years and most of Don't wear a white petticoat unless ' his fortune In weary litigation to re- "it is white. cover the property. Nothing daunted, Dont dress more fashionably than Charles Settled down to pursue the becomingly. same phantom, virtually depending Dont imagine that beauty will atone for a livelihood on his wifes small for untidiness. He became an nBw nl tha Dont buy common hoots they are highest court as assessor, and wa net economical. made In 1772 a member, and later, a Dont trim good material with comdeputy of the council of Coraleaa no- mon trimmings. bles. Dont rear big sleeves and big hats The peasant mother wae raoet prolific. Her eldest child bora In 1765. if you are short Dont expect great bargains to turn was a son, who died in Infancy; in 1767 was born a daughter, Marie-Ann- e, out great savings. Don't jump into your clothes and destined to the same fate; in 1768 a son. known 'later as Joseph, expect to look dressed. Don't dress bead as 1769 Nabulione: the expense at in the hut baptized your great-so- n, Napolcone." Nino other of your hands and feeL Don't wear feathers ia your hat and children were the fruit of the same wedlock, and six of them three son. patches on your boots. Luclcn, Louis and Jerome, and three Dont achieve the grotesque while Elsie, Pauline and Caroline-s- attempting th orlginat-- ". daughter. urvived to share their brothers Dont pinch yonr waist Fat, like greatness. Charles himself, like his murder, will out somewhere. NAPOLEON'S PARENTS, s. i4 one-tent- ut to -- n .It half-brothe- r, ;at-rimo- the Homan church. Sunday was strictly observed.. The timber churches were apparonUv often moved from one place, to another. Many of the clergy knew no Latin, and, by what sounds like a compromise. It was ordered that in future they should be required at least to say the creed and the Izuds prayer short-live- d ancestors and read the lessons in (fhxt Fanguaga had died TltUM rentnr-reai'hedTi- thoot the'eame At time it is clear that these middle age, dying ia his early only clergy were recognized as the guide thirty-nint- h year. Letitia, like the and teacher of the people, and that she was, lived to their ministry was accepted with re- j stout Corsicanof that elghty-sixl- n the full the age ripe markable docility. Their influence ! enjoyment of her faculties, known to was an influence for good. tho world by the sobriquet of Madame Among the relics shown in an Ital- Mere. ian monastery is a piece' of a net used XtNM riwklit . by bt Peter. I The Westminster Gazette caiU at- - . bUS. HE COT Hew His l HIS COMMISSION. Kvare I bad a queer conversation the other day," said the head of n a. banking concern, over the walnuts at hi table. "It happened in thi manner. At noon most of my clerks go out for luncheon, and the jiorter, Jim, an aged but very knowing colored man, is often called upon to leave hia position by the door for a few minutes. Well, last week I sat ln my office, tilted back in the desk chair, struggling with a knotty problem on change. Wrapped in my thoughts, as I was, still there aeemed to be something exerting an influence to mske nie.tura office well-know- i , around. This subtle thought transference I resisted until it became overwhelming, and I sharply twisted the chair abotri.- - There stood before me the least semblance of a man Ive yet seen, clad in raiment that once had been fashionable, but which now was not alone out of date by a year, but had lost all of its shape and a goodly portion of its Integral structure, Now, in extreme youth I'd been fooled by the apparent inability of one man to clothe himself properly, and before I got through with the costs of having treated him a his clothing would seem to warrant I had to sign a good many checks, so, like a flash, it went through my brain here is a capitalist in disguise or hed never have got past Jim. In the most suave manner possible I glanced at hiai, bowed and said: Good day, sir, what can I do for you? He began to fumble with his hip pocket. Norcross, Jr., thought I, but it was nothing so exciting. He simply pulled a small book out of his pocket and handed it to me. I read the title, IIow to Get Rich Without Working a Sure and Spoedy Method of Obtaining a fortuno, by Prof, D. Poor. I'm the author of that work, the intruder broke in, and I dont want to sell you a copy. I just want my commission, and as you. were a little slow in remitting I called for it. Commission? I gasped. Yes, commission, he repeated, ! sold more than 8,000 of those books in New York alone, and know that I am entitled to a commission from every banker and broker in the city. Your debt to me well put at $10 for In the future I may demand more. Crank, thought I, but before I had time to think he continued: You see there are 8,000 young men who tried my way of getting rich their avaricious minds suddenly; craved riches, and they tried my method: they stimulated trading on the exchanges; every broker reaped a harvest of commissions, and all I want is to-da- my share." But you should be rich yourself then if you have a sure and speedy method of making a fortune, J put in. No, I followed' my own advice, was the answer, and he rose to go. What did you do? came in a 8Kntaneous chorus from the guests. Well, concluded the banker broker, I gave him $10; his argument was too suggestive to need further demonstration. A Woman Llbrarj. The oddest library any woman possesses is made up of newspapor clippings, perfectly catalogued and arranged by a professional librarian. There are thousands upon thousands of these slips taken from newspapers the world over, and the owner of this bureau of ready reference is a journalist, who has been making her collections for her own convenience. Given almost any topic to write on, she is apt to find a mass of important facts and the key to many others among the envelopes in which her unbound Ubrary is gathered and docketed. The whole of it only .occupies a corner cupboard in her writing-room-, and a an adjunct to newspaper work .she advocates these clipping collections for women, who can, with the aid of i, glueDot, and a little discretion, make for themselves similar invaluable registers for common reference. New York Sun. sois-Bon- Moosr Thrown Awtf De Lesseps Ihe great u Faaama. Panama ditca Is a melancholy wreck. The wharves are falling Into the water and acres of machinery are rusting to dissolution. On toe isthmus are nearly l.OJO miles of steel track with locomotives and thousands of dump-cart- s, now half hidden in the tropical growth. Seventy-six great steam shovels stand side by side iq the excavation buried in luxuriant vegetation, so that the giant arms stand up above only the -V green. hjle ?QQ locomotives have housed, it is estimated that nine-tentof the millions squandered on this prodigious enterprise is going to waste. Much of the excavated land has been washed back Into Its original plare and the great scar on the face of the Panama isthmus is fading-fror- a iew. Springfiold rapidly Republican. i . in-ie- ' er a Tork Cat. - A NewTUYork cat had w the other day q?iteanex-perieoo- e It was git- story window sill, when the window was closed behind It. leaving it in its perilous position. Its cries brought to the neighborhood all the cats in the vicinity, and they sat on the pavement looking . up at their quondam zmmpanion mingling their looUbl? ln the glass cries with hers. When she wa ward. rescued her daws were found finally deeply Dont forget that although veils are burio4 In fhe old and n wood. becoming to most faces, feet veiled in lace stockings do not look well ia the I Ufare of ,h lawtlaatl,,. v streeL mo 8torT- Ima. - Wju gran , Dont emulate the ostrich; the new tt daTou want. 1 om-f- 1 n017 flower in yonrjiat does toot divert atTeUlme with plenty tory raisins and tention from the ragged condition of lo it, and fog." candy Texas Siftings, your skirt lining. furth half-rotta- -- J |