RAISED THE‘WRONG FLAG. It Caused a Great Commotion in the Rus- _ sian Fleet. Not so very long ago a crack cruiser of the new navy ploughed its way through the Baltic and dropped anchor off St. Petersburg, according to the Washington Post. There were Rus sian craft lying all about, and within a quarter of a mile of the Yankee cruiser there was the olive green, high-turreted flagship of the Russian squadron with half a dozen great guns poking th-ei1 nose from her barbettes fore, aft and midships. The while cruiser, as custom is, ran-11p her ensign with a salute of a single gun—that is, she intended to run up her ensign. but what broke out at the yank of the hal- yards was none other than the double- hcaded eagle of Russia. Nobody on board noticed it for a moment, but what did attract their attention was a putt of smoke from the Russian's for- ward turret, and almost before the boom of the great gun had rolled to them ac1oss the wate1 the starboard turret roared a second greeting. This was an excess of courtesy, but sur- prise increased when the midship bar- bettes followed suit and the big bow guns began again in turn. In casting eyes over heaven and earth to see what in the name of no tions was the moving cause in this cannonade, the Yankee bluejacks saw to their surprise the Russian ensign, 'which all unintentionally floated from their own peak. It was plain that the Russians were saluting their own flag. The salute was good, but the surprise. was at so much of it. Of course, the American commander could not haul down the friendly flag while the salute was going on, so he kept it up, while the Russians likewise kept up their cannonade.” It lasted for over an hem, and every one had lost count of the shots, but when it did finally cease, to the further astonishment of the visit- ors, the Russian admiral’s barge was lowered away, filled with a miscellan- eous load of gold lace and epaulets, and came skimming along across the water. An excited load of Russian ofiice-rs came swarming over the side, which was courteously manned to re ceive them, though the object of their coming was a deep and shrouded mys- tery. They fell on the neck of the American commander and of his offi- cers, swearing eternal friendship and brotherhood in a potpourri of French, Russian and English. The American crew had to take it all for granted till by a series of diplo matic questions they elicited the fact that it was the Czar’s birthday, and the hoisting of the Russian flag had been accepted out of hand as the most delicate sort of an international com- pliment. The Russians had returned it with ’the national salute of 100 guns PROCESS OF WHITENING SUGAR. Discovery Made From 3. Chicken That had Been \Valking Clay Mud. The way in which sugar is made perfectly white, it is said, was found out in a curious way. A hen that had gone through a clay-puddle went with her muddy feet into a sugar house. It was observed by some one that wher- ever the tracks were the sugar was whitened. This led to some experi. ments. The result was the wet clay came to be used in refining sugar. It is used in this way: The sugar is put into earthen jars shaped as you see the sugar-loaves are. The large ends are upwards. The smaller ends have a hole in them. The jar is filled with sugar, the clay put over the top and kept wet. The moisture goes down through the sugar and drops from the hole in the small end of the jar. This makes the sugar perfectly white.——I’hiladelphia Ledger. . ‘F—— The Turk and the Armenian. It must be admitted, says Benjamin 1. Wheeler in the Atlantic, that the Armenians are not an easy people to get on with. They are distinguished by an energy, a busy-ness, and a fond- ness for acquisition that are almost super-occidental. They are selfish, per- sonally unattractive, and strikingly lacking in traits of nobility and self- respect. The average Armenian is un« questionably of sharp intelligence so far as small things go. The saying is that it takes ten Jews to outwit on'e Greek, and ten Greeks to outwit one Armenian. He is unquestionably ex- tremely irritating to the quietistic, re- signed, fatalistic Turk. The two have little in common. The Armenian is clearly a pestilent fellow, and the Turk has decided to get rid of him. The Armenian is a persistent source of an rest. He is a “kicker.” What men do with “kickers,” in the Occidental scheme of things, is to vote them down. The Turk knows no other way than to club them down, out their heads off, or sink them in the Sea of Marmora. He is applying the triun-e recipe with patient zeal as occasion offers. A Princess Marries a Commoner. It is not a. common thing for a prin- cess to marry an untitled commoner without protest being made, but this took place in the case of Princess Hen- rietta of Schleswig-Holstein, aunt to the German Empress and our P1i111~e Christian, when, twenty—five ye:1:.~: ago, she bestowed her hand on P1011.» sor Esmarch. The Professor, a to- mous surgeon, had saved the Prin- cess’ life, and he so added to his rcp- utation in the wars of ’66 and ’71 that no surprise was expressed at the be- troth-al. The Princess and her Profes- sor have led a. quiet life at Kiel, and have recently celebrated their silvei wedding—Philadelpha Ledger. No Chance. Dulcinea—Don’t' you agree with t'1~ poet that parting is worse than 1‘- Mrs. Lakeside—It is where ti. vorce is limited—New York J0... w 11.11111.=14~- MONUMENT JARRhED BY AN owmi it Least it, Caused the Recorded Swaylng of the 1V: whington Pile. In one of the many glass cases in the Smithsonian Institution at Wash- ington is a stuffed owl. This particular owl is the one, in the words of the late President Hayes, “that jarred the \Yasln‘ngton Monument,” and therein lies the story. During the Centennial year Congress resolved to provide the necessary funds for the completion of the monu- ment, which up to that time had been worked at only while the several smaller appropriations lasted. It was discovered, however, that the original foundation was likely to prove inca- pable of sustaining the enormous weight of marble necessary for carry- ing the shaft 550 feet above form fir- ma. needed, and architects thought a solid concrete bed 100 feet square and near- ly fourteen feet in thickness would ac. complish the strengthening desired. During the operation of replacing the old foundation it was considered ex- pedient to provide means for notingi carefully the slightest vibration of the walls lest the monument might be in danger of collapsing. Accordingly a heavy weight was suspended by a stout thread from the apex to a pan of thick syrup located in the base. so that no chance drafts of air would be likely to sway the weight. An inge- nious contrivanice was so attached to the weight that the slightest vibratior of 'the shaft would be faithfully re corded, and its insecurity would a. once he an established fact. One morning, a few months aftei these careful precautions had been taken, there was a great commo- tion among the workmen. A complete: rccord‘of numerous perturbations and tremblings' had been written 0n the in dex, showing conclusively that the mammoth obelisk had jarred, swayed 1' Scien- I - and settled during the night. tific heads were dubiously shaken. After much persuasion one the men finally consented to go to the top and examine into the cause. The aston~ ishiug report came into the midst of the anxious throng below that an owl in seekng shelter in the lofty tower, had somehow managed to catch its wings in the thread and was still hang- ing there, suspended in the interior of the monument, and the innumera- ble flappings and struggles of his owl- ship had all been recorded by the in dex as testimony against the stability of plumb-laid marble blocks and solid concrete—Philadelphia Record. EGYPTIAN WOMEN. They Consider It Unlucky to ‘Vush Their Babies Until They Are a Year Old. Egyptian women are not allowed to go out-of-doors as Englishwomen are, and many of them never get beyond the walls of their houses. The cows sleep in the same but with the people. These huts are made of mud, without windows, and the doors are so small it is a wonder how the people get in. Their babies are not washed till they are a year‘old, because it is considered unlucky to wash them. The Egyp- tians rarely comb their hair. Their chief meal is at sunset; at other times when they are hungry they eat a piece of bread. They never use plates or knives or forks. All sit around the. table on the floor. Bread is their daily food, and each family makes for it- self, as it is looked upon as a. disgrace to buy street bread. The women clean the corn, and carry it on their heads ' to mill. It is made into small thin cakes, stuck against the sides of an oven, and baked in- less than a minute. A hundred cakes are not too many for a family of four in a week. Travelers are usually expected to eat three cakes apiece. They make butter in a strange way. A goatskin half filled with milk is hung on a peg, and then a woman jerks it too and fro till the butter s formed. Then she drains it, but never washes or salts it. The fa- vorite dish is rice cooked with butter. An Extra ordinary Migration. One of the greatest mysteries to sci- entists, one for which the-re seems to be no reasonable explanation, is that concerning the migration of the lem. ming, or Norway rat. Instead of tak- ing place once a year, these migra- tions ocCur only once in every eleven years. When the time comes for the exodus, the little animals journey west- ward from Scandinavia, allowing noth« ing to stop their movements, which virtually amount to a headlong flight. They swim the lakes and rivers and climb the highest mountains in incal- cu‘able numbers, devastating the wLole country through which they pass.— Pittsburg Dispatch. Decline of a Western Town. The towns..of Woodsdale, Moscow. and Fargo, in Kansas, which had a population of eleven hundred in 1890, have now only a population. of eight- ; een, according to a correspondent of The United States Investigator. Hu- goton has three families out of the four hundred that used to live there. Nine children go to the $10,000 school- house, and there is standing, like a monument of folly, a waterworks sys- tem that cost some Eastern. plutocrat $36,000? The town never paid a cent of principal or interest on all this and never will. "Happen-ed to see your wife on a wheel yesterday. If I remember, I heard you declare you would never ..ll~;'1w her ride.” “Yes, I know. But she had a chance to trade off her pug do; for a. wheel and I thought I would clause the least evil.”-—-Roxbu1'y Ga~ zette. De man w ’at born wise he“? 110 ii- able for profick by hi .412. I‘oaz-l an find it 011:.- — ,.. ; .7..- ”1.12111. tch. (:5 < ‘l‘ 1': 'I A new foundation was therefore , THE CHINESE CRIMINAL cons. The Draconian Criminal Code of the Flowery Kingdom. Parricide is considered only one de- gree less culpable than treason, and is punished as a crime of the deepest dye, such a violation of the ties of na- ture being held to be evidence of the most unprincipled depravity. Any per- son convicted of a design to kill his or her parents or ancestors, whether a blow be struck or not, is liable to suffer death by being beheaded. If the mur- der is actually committed, all the par~ ties concerned therein, whether princi- pals or accessories, if related to the de— ceased as above mentioned, suffer death in a slow and painful manner, being cut into a thousand pieces. If the crim- inal dies in prison an execution similar in mode takes place on his body. Murder in all cases, is punished by decapitation. When committed with the design of afterward mangling the body and distributing the limbs of the deceased for magical purposes, not only ' is the offender executed but all the in- , mates of his house, although innocent of the crime are perpetually banished. :Persons giving information by which ‘ such offenders are brought to justice re- ceive a reward of twenty ounces of sil« ver from the Government. ' All persons rearing venomous ani- mals, or preparing drugs of a poisonous nature, for the purpose of murder, are beheaded, their property confiscated, and the family banished, even if no person is actually killed by such means. The use of abusive language is very sternly repressed, especially if the of‘ fended person happens to be the hus- band 01 ancestor of the offender. The 2 Code says: “Oppiobrious and insulting i language, having naturally a. tendency ito produce quarrels and affrays, this :book of laws expressly provides fo1 its prevention and punishment.”——-F1om . The Green Bag. ”.15.. "3's. AN UNWRITTEN LAW. Useful Knowledge for Travelers Crosaing the Ocean the First Time. At the end of a trip every passer ger on a transatlantic sterner is supposed to give fees. It is an unwritten law, but as binding as the English constitution. The amount to be given always wor- ries the novice, who dreads giving too little, and usually begrudges giving too much. If you give two dollars and a. half to the man who waits on you at table, says Robert Luce in ‘his book entitled, “Going Abroad,” and a like amount to the man or woman who takes care of your stateroom, he or she will be perfectly satisfied; that much and no more is expected; if more is given, you are thought generous, but no benefit accrues to you, and often but slight benefit to the recipient, for frequently the receipts of all the stew— ards are pooled at the end of the trip, and then divided equitably. So, in making a large gift, you but'present so much money to the whole body of stewards. The deck steward usually receives a small fee from those who have called upon him for services. When there is a band, it is customary to take up a collection for its benefit. The men who frequent the smoking« room usually make up a. purse for the smoking-room steward,’ but that is wholly a matter of generosity. All in all, probably the majority of passen- gers give between five and ten dollars; married couples give between them lit- tle more than single passengers. And more is given on the outward than on the homeward trip, after novices find that feeing is, for all but the Ameri- can, a matter of business and not of kindness. Steward’ s fees are included in the passage money on a few boats, but your steward would probably feel unhappy if he didn’t get at least 3. doi- lar extra. A DOG AS LEGA'BEE. Old John A. Spooner of Chicago, Has Left , by wm, $1,700 to His Pet Dog. There is a dog called Rover in Chi- cago, who will one day be heir to an estate should he live long enough. The deed constituting him the sole lega- tee of John A. Spooner was executed a few days ago by Attorney E. E. Elli- son, and it has now been filed away until Spooner’s death. Spooner is an old seafaring man, whc has also been a tramp, a fisherman, and an oysterman. During the course of a long life be accumulated $1,700. This money he has now left by will to his dog Rover, naming the Guarantee Title and Trust Company, of Chicago, as trustee. After the death of Rover the money is to go to the sister of the_tes- tator, living in England. Spooner discovered the dog when the latter was little more than a pup, while he was tramping in Southern Illinois. i Rover had a tin can tied to his tail and - whined so piteously at Spooner that the latter took pity upon him and made him his companion. Since that day Rover and Spooner , have been inseparable, sharing each other’s food and bed when sleeping oul of doors, and occupying the same room when putting up at city lodging houses ——-New York Journal. Popocatepetl’s Rabbits. One would hardly; look for a. new species of rabbit high up on the sides of a great volcanic mountain. Yet Dr. C. H. Merriam has recently de- scribed just such an animal, which was discovered at an elevation of 10,00( feet, on the flank of Popocatepetl, the “mountain that smokes," near the cit) of Mexico. It is remarkably small does not jump like an ordinary r111; bitt but runs on all fours, p0.- sass e no tail, has short ears, and lives on th( grass covering the slopes oft a 1110 111 tain below the region of sum. and $101 canic sand. “Bertie, you cruel boy, how hear your baby sister cry?” can you “Why, that’s easy—everybody in the 1 0f the “St block can.”-—Truth. _ u .19: 'w Ann «Lemming..- I WHEN MONEY WAS PLENTIFUL. Duringfithe Centennial in Philadelphia Some Conductors Fared Well. The conductor was in a reminiscent mood. "Speaking of hard times,” he said, “the present financial stringency contrasts strongly with the great abundance of money circulated in this city during the Centennial year. At that time I was on the Girard Avenue. line, and I never saw money so plen- tiful. car, hand me a scrip note, which were then in use, and walk up front with- out ever asking for their change. They didn’t want any. It was a common thing for us conductors to be handed a dollar note and told to keep the change. I know two conductors on this line who bought houses with the money saved that year. “But let me tell you of a strange thing that happened on one of my trips. An old gentleman, escorting several ladies, boarded my car and got seats up front. A few minutes later the car was jammed so that I couldn’t move, and had to collect fares as the people came out. Well, when we are rived at the bridge the old gentleman and his party got out. As they did so he handed me a bill folded up with the remark, ‘Keep the change.” I thanked him, and shoved the note as it was into my pocket, thinking that it was a dol- lar bill. Imagine my surprise when at the end of the trip. I looked at what he had given me and found it to be a $100 bill. To this day I don’t know whether he gave me the note inten~ tionally or by mistake. I watched for the old gentleman as long as the ex« ‘hibition lasted, and looked in the pa- pers for an advertisement, but I saw neither. What did I do with the bill? \V‘hy, about a year later my little girl died, and I used it to pay. her funeral expenses. If the old gentleman is still alive he may rest assured that his note was a godsend to me.”—Philadelt phia Record. WHERE WOMAN IS EXALTED. Man Treats Reruns Though She “'ere an Angel and She Appreciates It. All plantation life is to a considera~ ble extent patriarchal, except that, in- stead of the women being subordinated to masculine pleasure and aggrandize- ment, as with the patriarchs of old, they are set on a pedestal and practi< cally worshipped. It makes little dif- ference to this modern patriarch of the cotton belt if his cuffs are frayed and his coat rusty, so long as his wife and daughters wear suits to church that are as stylish as his crop-s can pay for and their village dressm-aker can de- vise. It is a feature of the day in the South as well as elsewhere that wo- men are being better educated than men. In the Northern States of the Union this higher culture is tending manifestly to celibacy, but in rural lo~ calities through the South the girls come back from academics and col. logos and accept the young men who stayed at home to work the planta. tions, the same ones they would have married had they not gone away for the education the parents sacrificedso much to bestow. They know what ma- terial these men are made of, and in the attraction between the eternal wo- manly and the eternal manly the ques- tion of learning counts for little—Lip- pincott's Magazine. A VWELL TRAINED DOG. ltJinew \Vhat the ‘Bird Was From, the Feathers It Dropped. Colonel J. W. Barnett, in New 01'- loans. tells a story of an unusually fine bird dog that he once ow ned, the best dog. he said. that own was in his pos- session. He had trained the dog wit-h great care to know a bird by the feath- ers it dropped. Did a partridge drop a feather, the dog would take the scent and find the bird's retreat. One day the Colonel hit a wild duck. but only knocked out a few wing feathers. The dog sniffed them and started way. Af- tel a little his master called him, but got no tesponse, and, at the end of an exhaustiv 9 search of the neighborhood, went home, expecting the dog would (ome home later. But the dog didn’t come home till a week aftei ward when one day he appeared, thin and bedraggled. just able to trot slowly along the road, but carrying a dead duck. The Colonel had saved the wing feathers which he saw the dog last sniff. and, upon comparison, found that they had belonged to the duck the faithful brute brought home. Apparently the dog had followed the quarry until he found its roosting place, and nabbed it asleep—New York Sun. She \Vas of the Same Opinion. The citizens of Guthrie, Okla.. deter- mined to present medals to three young men who had shown bravery in rescu ing people during the flood. A young woman who was getting subscriptions for this purpose‘came upon a group of several young men, among whom was McCartney. one of the men for whom the medals were to be procured. “Boys, l’m collecting money to buy medals for McCartney, Willis and Platt. Will you help?” “Yes." replied McCartney, with wink to his companions, “but, whit.- . am willing to'help in getting n1ed..i for Willis and Platt, I don’t think Lit Cortney deserves one. He simply fer into the river, and had to be helped out." "Well. between you and me," "cont: dentially responded the subscpiptio-h taker, "I don't think so either. b‘. folks are afraid he might feel hurt .- he was left out, so they counted is: . in."-l\'ew York Tribune. “’here It Took Flace. “there did the ball game tat-1.1 place?” asked the man who likes 1.. talk. ‘ "It took place," said the rod: 1' fox the home team. “very near the mite.» I”—-\Yashingtcn Time-:1. Why, people would get on my' perhaps GA Zia" 'l‘ '19: ES. Curiosity Greatly Exu'cisod These Flor-ling Doric 1-1. amusing experiences 2.11; .z the lot 01' '1. 1 sci. nt..»i . 11". u have been manipulaLLg kites 101' sc1e1.1iii. purposes. Large birds are :2111"j's inter ested in the strange devices floating i. the air and cannot quite make on: what they are. Prompted by shar] curiosity, they hover around the heat ing kites and subject tl1en1..~e‘.ves 11. the danger of becoming entangled in the silken string and being dragged to earth. No bird, however, has ever alighteu on a kite or attacked one. Whip one scientist was flying a train of five kites, a couple of years ago, a large silver-tipped eagle came suddenly out of the highest air ‘and swooped round and round the first kite. looking against the sunset sky like a huge sil- ver ball. As the train of kites was pulled in the eagle followed visiting one kite and than anothe1, so -1.11ng un- certain just what to do. in .1 few min utes, when he seemed to have decided that they were not good to eat, and he knew nothing about them, anyway, he indignantly flew OE and was lost to view. Another experience was had with a Stork that came from the New Jersey side of the Hudson and flew straight for the queer object in the air. He ap- parently had made up his mind to go straight through it, but changed and dived underneath. He went around and above it, and through a glass it could be seen that he cocked his eye at the intruder in a most comical man- ner. He started away a few hundred feet, changed his mind and came swooping back. He finally reluctant- ly went away, mystified over this queer addition to the inhabitants of the air.—Chicago News. BIRDS PUZZLED BY Ki'.’ '[llriv' ha Many PAPER TELEGRAPH POLES. Said to be Reliable and to Endure the In- fluence of the ‘fl'eatncr a Long Time. Now that a large number of tele- graph lines that .crc put, up many years ago need renewal, the announce- ment is timely that the latest adapta- tion of paper is to telegraph and tele- phone poles. These poles are said to be stanch and reliable, pos- sessing a toughness which gives them exceptional weather resist- ing power, and durability over a long period. Such a pole ought to be , extremely welcome in Oregon, where they have a busy woodpecker which makes its larder in the telegraph pdles. Like the ant of La Fontaine, it lays in a crop of acorns for the winter, and chooses for its stomhouses, by prefer- ence, the tops of cedar telegraoh poles. After peeking a hole in t. in wood the bird inserts the nut, and drives it home with strokes of its beak. No less mis- chievous a post is the Norway wood- pecker, which .is deluded by the bum- ming of the telegraph wires, and think- ha‘v- ' ing there is a swarm of insects inside, ‘ bores the pole through and through to - reach them. It has been objected to the paper poles that they will serve but a temporary purpose, as before long all wires will be carried in conduits. The inventor, of the paper poles says this contingency does not disturb him, for by the time it arrives he will have a . paper conduit to put the wires into. THIS DOG STOPS RUNAWAY HORSES He Bravely Jumps and Catches the Lines and His \Veight Does the Best. A gentleman who makes his home at the Hotel Berkeley is the possessor of a fine St. Bernard which deserves a gold medal. strong penchant for stopping runaway horses, and the last time the stop was accomplished just in time to save a party of ladies from serious injury and worse. His master was driv- ing down Portland avenue last Sat- urday when he was startled by a. cry of “Look out!" He turned and was just in time to wheel his horse out of the way of a runaway, which was tearing down the avenue. Just ahead there was a party of ladies who could not possibly escape what seemed cer- tain death to some of them, when the dog, who had been following and who seemed by instinct to comprehend the impending t1agedy, gave a leap and caught the lines of the runaway be- tw een his teeth, his great weight bring- ing the frightened animal to his haunche 5 just as he was about to strike one of the ladies, who seemed too terrified to move—Minneapolis Times: ‘ Rings His Bell “'hen Hungry, The strangest bird that ever reached the Philadelphia zoo came from Brazil. It is the bell bird, fat and pudgy. curi- ously marked in its plumage. and about the size of a small pigeon. Its most striking characteristic is its won- derful voice, from which it gets its name. When hungry the'bird squats on its haunches. throws its square—cut bill up towards the skies and utters its peculiar resonant notes. The song is not unlike the sound produced by the striking of a hammer on ananvil, clear and ringing, so penetrating that it can be heard throughout the gardens. There is no let-up in the cries until the keep- er responds by bringing cream nuts. the food on which the bird thrives in its native forests. The creature is a great consumer, often making away with a quart of the nuts in a single day. It breaks the hard shell easily in its vice-like beak. After stuffing it- self it rests contentedly until the pangs of hunger are again felt. when the bell is rung.—Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. An Easy One. Interlocutor—-What am de diff’1'enee ai‘ween a queen an” a pair 0b trousers? Bone—Oh, Lawdy, Lawdyl So 9353; De one nags at de bees an’ de odder bags at de kneesi—New York Joura. He——Why do you call that yOU'Vx: thrown away bachelor corn? She—B..- cauee it won't pop. ' mass, smog 115 YEARS OLD. Cupid Speeds m. Shaft Regardless 01 Youth or Beauty. It is said that Cupid knows no sea- aud that love is blind. Let it be added that Hymen is indifferent as. to the age of those who stand Within the glow of his torch. .1 (ill. The other Sunday there was solem- ' nized a wedding, remarkable for the extreme age of the bride. It was at the mission of San Fernan- do, one of the century old stations or the Spanish priests who discovered the golden State, that the remarkable wedding of a bride of 115 was solem nized. The church is within an easy ride. mule back, of Los Angeles, and handsome young Father Laebna goes out there every Sunday to intone a and to administer the sacra— ments of marriage and baptism, or to perform the last rites over the remains of some simple member of the flock .w'ho has gone to his reward. The wedding guests came from miles about on foot, on horseback and even 'some in clumsy, primitive .carts, a chapelful of Indians, halfbreeds and picturesque Mexieanos. ' The bride is known as “Old Maria.” She has an Indian name, perhaps, but for many- years she has been simply “Old Maria.” She is part of the his tory of the mission. When it was built, one hundred years ago, she was a buxom Indian girl fifteen years old. With her strong young hands she helped to make the adobe bricks and carried to their place many that set in the walls that look down today upon a wedding which quite possibly may be her last. It is by no manner of means the first time that Maria has been led to the altar, even during the memory of man. Father Laebna cannot and Ma- ria herself will not tell you of he! earlier experiences. But of late years, it has become a sort of custom of the community, expected if not exacted, for Maria to marry the oldest single male inhabitant. The bridegroom, according to a cor. respondent present at the ceremony, was a shy young thing in the nineties. He arrived at the door of the chapel, where his bride and the priest awaited him after all the congregation was as- sembled. He was coaxed forward with some difficulty, but, once inside, his reverence for the place carried him safely through the service. then it Was over the priest. who doubtless wished to entertain the young people of his charge, instructed the new made husband to kiss his wife. He was reluctant. but the father insisted, and the old man fi- nally attended to the matter quite with the air of finding it a most severe and unusual penance which the good and wise priest had seen fit to inflict on him—New York Journal. .— AN EXPENSIVE BICYCLE SUIT. 8715.50 the Price—Made 'of Two Shawls Worth 875.00 Eat-h. There was recently placed with a fashionable New York tailor an order for a bicycle suit which, in the matter of expense, is likely to hold the record for some time, says an exchange. The girl who meets the bill is worth :1 mil- lion in her own right, is an athletic beauty and a reigning hello in the UL tra-smart set. The suit which makes . the bill is the most elaborate ever de- The dog has developed a . signed in this country. It is lined with silk, finished with jewels, and will cost a lump sum of $750. Two shawls at $7 5 apiece will be employed in mak- ing the skirt and jacket. And, by the way. these English shawls are the very latest thing for any sort of fancy outing suit. The skirt will be stitched half way to the knees, with the lines of stitching not over a sixteenth of an inch apart. This is the new device to stiffen the lower part of the skirt without adding to the weight. The edges of the jacket are also stitched, and it, together with the skirt, is elab o1ately braided which latter touch adds some $25 to the expense. Bloom ers and linings of s1 W; throughout will be of silk, not less than 16 yards of silk to be used, which gives another item of $22.50. With the bloomers have been ordered a half-dozen inter- lining of the finest lawn at $2.50 a pair. His Hear: Was Gladdened. “Dearest’” The New Woman spoke affectionately to her delicate young husband. His deft fingers were busily sewing buttons upon her ample bloome ers, while with his foot he gently rocked the baby. He looked up sweetly into her eyes. “What is it, darling?” he lovingly in- quired. “Dearest,” she repeated approvingly, “these pics are better than those mother used to make". And his heart was inexpressibly glad-dened by the words of apprecia tion from his stronger-half. Two of :1 Kind. Mistress—“I can‘t say that you were always respectful, Bridget; still, I will put it in the recommendation.” Bridget—“Thank you, ma’am. An’ ‘ I‘ll say the same thing uv you.” A Vast Difference. “I hear she is so reduced in circum- stances that she has gone out to work.” “What a cruel falsehood! gone out as a domestic!” She has His Relationship. Hugh (just rejected)—Here's a prob. lem for you, Miss ‘Jinny.’ Virginia (the fiirtatious)—H’m? Hugh—What relation am I to all your other brothers .—New York Jour- 11:11. If a man will always make a prac- ice of doing a thing himself when he .vants it done well, he may depend 1pm: it it will not; be long before he lnesn’t care a darn how it is done-— Truth. i; KI
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