THE. DAUGHTER OF THE LEAGUE.
“’11 it a Women’s Society ‘Vill Do fol
E thel Mason.
In one of the principal towns of
lairilu) is ii 'ing a Mrs. Mason, who, pre-
vious to her misfortunes, was sur-
rounded with everything that heart
could wish for. Reverses came. She
was obliged to toil for her little baby
giil. Lthcl. Her one object was to
11h: Late her child and keep her in an
atmosphere of 1'.efinement She worked
and struggled night and day, but at
last was forced to the conclusion that
she could not provide for Ethel as she
wished.
In her extremity she turned to
strangers. She wrote to New York to
find out if there were not some child-
less home where little Ethel, who is
now six years old,- could find the ad.
vantages the mother is unable to give
her. The woman to whom she wrote
is Mrs. Minnie L. Cummings, founder
of the. Woman‘s Protective League.
In her lettter Ethel’s mother says:
“Remembering Adelina Patti‘s much
quoted maxim, ‘Go to strangers for
charity, friends for advice and to rela-
tives for nothing,’ I am about to write
to you and ask you if you can and will
help me. I do not wish to be guilty
of the selfishness of bringing the child
up in want, and sordid surroundings,
when I know that many wealthy,
childless couples, would be glad to
adopt as their own so pretty and in-
telligent a child as I can truthfully af-
firm Ethel to be. She believes im-
plicitly in people, now, and in Santa
Claus and in everything she is told,
and I dread to see that sweet belief
in everything and everybody die out,
and the cynicism which is one of the
surest results of knocking about, enter
her mind. Wherever she has been, she
has made herself beloved by her 10v-
ing, tractable nature. She understands
French pretty well, and of course,
English, and has a voice which gives
evidence of great musical talent.”
The ladies of the Woman’s Protec-
tive League were touched by the tip
pea], and concluded to adopt little
Ethel and bring her up as the daugh-
ter of the league. After she is educated
and of age, she may again return to
her mother, whose rights will never
be disputed.
In her photograph the child looks
very sweet and attractive. She is of
the pure blond type and has a face far
more mature in intellectuality than her
tender years—New York Herald.
HOW THE OTHER HALF LlVE.
The Cost. of the Necessaries of Life to the
Poor of the East Side.
“Miss Woolfolk, as the. result of her
investigation of '60!) families on the
East Side, testified as follows: ‘Among
the English-speaking people—under
this head I include Americans, Eng-
lish and Irish—the average amount
that could be expended per day for the
flood of an individual was 11.9 cents;
fer clothing, 3.3 cents. Among the Jews
——R11ssian, Polish, Hungarian and Ger-
man J ews, inclusive—the average daily
amount expended for food per individ-
ual was 9 cents; for clothing, 3 cents.
Among the Italians, 11 cents for food;
3.6 cents for clothing. Among the Ger-
mans, 10 cents for food and 3.3 cents
for clothing.
"This would be an average of 13.8
cents per individual expended for food
and clothing. Applying these figures to
the results obtained by the committee
from the inspection of a particular
group of houses. showing an average
family of 3.7 persons, with an average
income of $9.01 per week, and expend-
ing $9.91 per month for rent, it would
leave a surplus as savings amounting
to $168.50 per year for each family,
above the expenditures for rent, food
and clothing. It is extremely doubtful,
however. if any families under these
conditions actually save such an
amount."
Holmes’ Sense of Humor.
It was Oliver Wendell Holmes who
remarked. with affected gravity, "I
really must not smoke so persistently;
I must turn over a new leaf—a tobac-
co-lcaf—and have a cigar only after
eacl1”—-here he paused, as if to say
"meal," but he continued—“after each
cigar!" “When the smile went round
the table, he leaned back in his chair
and said, "A foreigner is an alien; a
foreigner who drinks too much is a
bacchanalian; and may not a foreign-
er who smokes to m‘uch be called a to-
bacconalian?” Once, when he had
been heavily lionised and mobbed by a
deputation of rough men from the Far
West, and some one asked -him if he
did not enjoy it—“Enjoy it!” he ex-
claimed. “I felt like the small elephant
at the Zoo with a cheap excursion-
party on its back!" '
Uses No Hair Brush.
The brush is said to be by no means
the best method of dressing the hair.
it tears out much of the hair, 111arring
its appearance and seriously injuring
it.
A charming English woman, whose
hair always looked like burnished gold,
announced one day that she never used
a brush on it; however, she had a
substitute. With a large silk handker-
chief, such as good housekeepers covet
torbrightening their silve1',.she stroked '
it firmly and briskly 100 times night
and'morning. She said this method
possessed all the good qualities of a
brushing without ever running .the
danger of breaking a fine hair or tiring
the head—New York Herald.
Knocked Himself 011 1..
Mrs. Larrabee—I thought your minis~
tcr was to havea call to Minneapolis.
Mrs. I1‘enwick—Jl‘l1e1'ewas talk of it,
but it's all off now. . He went out there
to preach a‘trial sermon and absent
mindcdly took his text fmm St if: 1111-
Cle1elaud Leader. =
HE DIDN'T TOUCH THEM.
A Little Lying to a Gullible Thief saved
the Valuables.
I once had an experience that proved
to me that there is honor among
thieves. said a “comme1cial ” It hap-
pened several years ago in a little
tow n. I retired to bed in the hotel at
my usual time, and placed my watch
and pocket- —book under the pillow. Af-
for having been asleep for some time,
I was awakened by hearing a strange
noise in the room. You can imagine
I was considerably startled at behold-
ing a man with a handkerchief tied
over his face standing by my bedside.
In his hand was a dark lantern, which
shone full in my face. He did not give
me much time to think, but in a gruff
voice demanded my watch and money.
I don't know what ever put the idea
'in my head, .but, endeavoring to ap-
pear as calm as possible, I said:
"If I tell you exactly where they
are, will you promise not to molest me,
and leave me to finish my sleep?”
“Well, you are a cool one, I must
say" he replied; “but you just tell
me where your valuables are, and I
will promise not to harm you and
leave you in peace.”
"I will take you at your wort ," said
I; “my watch is at the jeweler's be-
ing repaired, and every cent I have is
, locked 11p in the safe downstairs.”
He stared at me a minute or two, as
though trying” to tell by my face if..I
had spoken the truth. I must have
convinced him, for, muttering some-
thing which I did not catch, he
turned on his heel and walked out of
the room without a. word.
A BICYCLE FOR WINTER USE.
Run by a. Gasoline Motor, Frame Heated
and a “find Shield.
A clever inventor has made it pos-
sible for the bicycle girl to ride her
wheel twelvemonths in the year and
to bid defiance to ice and snow, not
to mention a gale or two. What is
more, the fortunate young woman will
not even have to furnish motive power
for working her wheel, because there
is a little gasoline motor just forward
of the rear wheel which impels the ma‘
chine at any desired rate of speed. The
young woman may imagine herself a
lightning express and travel at an as-
tonishing rate. 01' move along as slow-
ly as she pleases. Hex winter bicycle
will protect her from the cold.blasts,
too. for she will sit behind a shield.
But even this is not all.
As much of the framework of the bi-
cycle as is possible will be hollow, and
these hollows will be steadily filled
with constantly changing hot air,
which is heated and forced to circulate
through the pipes by means of the
same heat that drives the motor.
Thus, though out of doors, in the cold,
and facing a breeze, the bicycle girl
1le0 rides never need be cold or frost-
bittcn. __.______.___._
Sharks and Lien 011 Good Terms.
"I saw an article about the unusual
number and veracity of the sharks
along the Florida coast,” remarked a
gentleman yesterday, “that interested
me exceedingly. It brought an inci-
dent to my recollection that I had al-
most forgotten. Ii; happened when I
was making a trip on a sailing ship
many years ago along the coast of In-
dia. Well, we had occasion to’ drop an-
chor ofi an island near Ceylon, and
sent a boat to the shore for a supply of '
fresh water. I accompanied the boat,
and was really scared out of my wits
to witness the incredible number of
man-eating sharks that played about
the yawl. When we had secured a bar-
rel or two of water we put off. accom-
panied by two natives, who wished to
see the ship.
The water was clear, and we could
see dozens of huge sharks playing
about the ship. and it was among the
lot that the natives plunged when they
had seen enough. They went without
warning, and I ran to the side of the
vessel, expecting to see the hazardous
fellows torn to pieces. For an instant
there was no commotion among the
sharks, and then, apparently scenting
human flesh, fully a score of the gi-
gantic man-eaters darted through the
water in the direction of the natives,
who were swimming quietly for the
shore. The water was cut into shreds
by the fins of the Sharks as they fairly
flew toward the swimmers. In another
minute the two men were surrounded
by the fish, and I closed my eyes to
avoid seeing their horrible end. When
I took down my hands the natives
were swimming along in the same old
way, and 11:11 sharks were coming back
to the ship as quickly as they had
gone. Well. sir. don’t you know that
the fish were so well acquainted with
the islanders that they never touched
them. They had been reared in the
same water and were old friends.”—
l\'ew Orleans Times-Democrat.‘
To Tell How Long You’ll Live.
Starting from the base of the big
toe there is a distinct line. That is
the life-line. In one foot it will curve
along until it terminates under the in-
step far toward the lower base of the
little toe. This means long life.
If broken in the hollow Of the foot, 11
denotes a sickness at middle age, and
if it terminates in the hollow of the
foot it means a short life. This line
is the. most interesting one on the foot.
The experiments that have been- con-
ducted lately have proved this tobe an
almost unfailing reading of longevity.
~ADSW6I‘S.
Rat her Tinuy. ,
“It must have been dreadfully hard
to wear these old coats of armor.”
“Yes; they have the appearance oi
har'du ar’c.
Gabway—I’ve seen vour face before
haven t I?
Gagby ~Most likely;
fore—1t oxbui y Gazette.
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TRYING IT ON THE TYPEWRITER.
Jo Jefl‘erson's Little Scheme to Try HOW-'1.
H is Book “’ould Work.
A young Chicago matron who pre-
sides over a charming home on the
north side told me a characteristic
story about Joseph “leffe1so‘n the other
evening which deserves to be em-
balmed in 121: nt.
‘ "Seve1al yeais ago," said she, "when
Mr. Jelferson was preparing his auto-
biography he was obliged to do a great
deal of the work while on tour. A
publishing house with which I was
connected at one time receininended
me to him as an amanuensis who had
considerable experience in the prepara
tion of manuscript for publication and
I joined the actor in St. Louis.
“2dr. Jeifmson would spend scv e1 11
hours every night after the play in
making notes Of what he wanted to
say. The next afternoon he would dic‘
tate to me. Usually he would bring
in a great collection of mcmoranda jot-
ted down on envelopes and scraps of
paper, and sometimes he would appear-
a newspaper whose margins
would be literally. cove: ed with queer
figures and hen—t1acks. \"ialkiug up
and down the floor. he would dictate
to me slowly in that cracked Rip Yan-
Winkle voicc of his and I c:::ld follow
him easily on the type ."11ite1.
One day when we met as usual for
work at the Southern Hotel he seemed
to have prepared more elaborate notes
than usual, and instead of walking
about the room he sat down, quite a
distance away from me. and began t8
dictate the chapter treating of his clos—
ing Australian experiences.‘ There was
a pathetic quiver in his voice as he
spoke of the many happy days he lilld
spent in that far-away land. among
comparative strangers, and added that
he hoped his book would come to them
as a sort of handclasp between
friends who would never meet again in
this life.
"It was very affecting. My eyes
grew misty and I had to stop writing.
Suddenly I felt a kindly hand on my
head and Mr. Jefferson's voice said:
"Thu '55 what I wanted. Cry all you
want to, my girl. I cried 11,1ys-ielf last
night, when I wrote that. but I was
afraid no one else would. I guess it
will do. ‘ "—Chicago Times Ileral.’1
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HE HOOKED A BULLDOG.
One Time When the Brute “’as Obligcd to
Acknowledge Defeat.
A Chicago novelist of repute, and
whose veracity has never‘ been ques-
tioned, sought a. little rest one summer
in the upper lake region tells a fishing
story which seems to discount most of
those related by lovers of the art.
“Three of us had been out trolling for
11';uskallonge,” he said, “and had had
no luck at all. The savage ‘muskas,"
which, when full grown; will give :1
man all he can do to land them, were
sulky and refused to accept our chal—
lenge and so I bade the boys goodby
and started for the farmhouse where
I was boarding, a c0uple of miles
away across the fields.
“I hadn’t gone far when I heard a
savage growl behind me. and the next
minute I was clambering into the
branches of a convenient tree with a
big bulldog snapping at my heels. It.
was a mighty close call, and as I
swung myself up out of reach I struck
frantically at the brute with my troll-
ing spoon. One of the heavy hooks
caught him fairly in the nose, and in a
.moment he began pawing and thrash-
ing about in a. wild endeavor to get
loose.
“It took an hour to land him. He
would run out a couple of hundred
feet, dive into the deep clover and sulk
and growl. Then I would haul him in,
hand over hand. with a hitch around
a convenient limb. Whenever I slack—
ened the line away he would go again
until I brought him up with a sharp
turn. It was great sport. Talk about
fishing! Landing :1 twenty-pound mus.
kallonge is tame and . uninteresting
when compared with landing a thirty»
pound bulldog.
“At the end of an hour he lay down
at the foot of the tree and I couldn't ins
duce him to fight. I tied the line about
a limb. jumped down out of his reach
and ran for the nearest fence. But
there was no necessity for hurry; the
dog stayed. I told a farmer's boy I
met shortly afterward where he could
find hisdog. I guessed he deserved to
keep my trolling outfit for recovering
it. At. any rate, I didn’t see it again,
for I took a train {or Chicago that
night."—Chicago Times-Herald.
M 1'. llronson’s Serviceable Skull.
Late yesterday afternoon Rufe Bron-
son, colored, drove down below the I.
C. incline to dump a load of trash in
the river. About the same time- Cap-
tain Newt. Roberts, the well—known
steamboat man, repaired to the bot-
toms on the north side to try a new
Winchester of 38 calibre. Just as
Captain Roberts drew a head on' a
stalk of ironwood and pulled trigger
Iiufe moved into rangefrom behind a
gravel bank about 275 feet away.
There was a crack from the rifle, and
an exclamation from Rufe. The heavy
ball had hit him on the forehead.
somewhat above the eye, with all the.
force of a heavy charge of powder.
The negro did not even fall down. He ‘
wiped his brow with an old handker-
chief and drove on toward the .river
bank. This morning he told a re-
porter about it:
“Yissir, somethin' hit me in der
head, and den I hearda grgi go off. At
fus’ I thought a hornet had suing me.
it felt kinder that way.”
“Did you fall down. Rafe?"
“Naw, sir; but de bullet sort of
pushed my head over ter one side. but
ilat 117. all, Dis mornin’ 'my head
hinder ached a leetlc, but I‘se been
norkin‘ all dav. My head's peeled a
iecilo. bit and skinned up, but not ’nuif
191' 1111 it. "—Padueah .\ews. '
WiLL SHARE 11's PROFITS.’ ,
The Illinois Central Road Inaugurates :1‘
(Io-operativp Scheme.
For the first time in the history of-V
railroading railroad "employes have
been offered an opportunity to try pro-
fit sharing with the road for which
they work. The Illinois Centr,al one of
ti e " leatest railway corporations in the
. world, has decided to adopt the SYS~
tom, though in a somewhat curious
f: shion. i
In an announcement to its employee .
it offers to permit any one in its en1=
ploy to purchase shares of stock of the
company at a figure far below the reg-
ular market rate. Quotations will
change with each month, and these
changes will be made known to.tl1e,
heads of the Central’s departments.
The price made at the beginning- of
each month will stand until the find:
of the month succeeding.
An employe purchasing stock or (1
5111110 can pay down if he chooses, or
in installments of $5 per month, or any
multiple of $5. When the share of
stock—for only one share can be taken
at a time—is paid for the subscribing
employe receives from the company a
certificate of the share, which is regisJ
tered in his name on the corporation‘s '
books. Just as soon as this is done the
purchaserof another share may begin?
in the same way, and so on, without
limit. The certificates of ‘stock thus
purchased are transferable on the com-
pany’s books, and entitle the owner to
such dividends as the Board of Direc-
tors may declare, and also give him the
privilege of a vote in the election of
these same directors who vote the divi-
dend. ' .
The marked advantage to the" ($1113.
ploye who takes this offer is evidenced
byihe fact that all during the time he
is paying by installments for a single"
share he will receive interest on the de-
posits he makes at the rate of four per
cent per annum, provided he does not
allow twelve consecutive months to
elapse without making any payment.
Should he do this—that is, allow the
- lapse referred to—thepayment of inter-
est will ceaseto accrue, and he will be
given whatever sum he has deposited
whenever he makes application forthe
samen—New York Herald.
A SHAWL STRAP FOR PET DOGS.
Sr. ell Gixls No Longer Carxy Their Darla
ings Like Babies in A1 ms
The §11'ell girl who is thoroughly up
to date no longer carries her pet dog
as if'it were a tender infant. It is not
at all uncommon to see a fashionably
dressed woman walking along carrying
the curly object of her adoration wrap-
ped up in a contrivance that resembles
a shawl strap. It is a sort 6‘1 harness
with a strap fastened over the dog’s
hips and another over his breast, after
the fashion of the Dame and the
breeching that form so important a
feature of the harness of, a horse.
At first thought it might seem as if
the canine swell Would object to being
suspended in mier in this way. Quite
the contrary, however. Experience
shows that it is, much more comfort-
able -than being squeezed and smoth~
ered in the arms of his mistress or her
maid, no matter how carefully they try
to move him about.
Moreover, since the harness is no im-
pediment to the dog moving about on,
his feet, a chain can be attached to the
handle and the little animal led along
as easily as if he had no harness on at
til—New York Herld.
YOU WOULDN’T THINK or IT.
The Flerceness With lfihlch Ordinarily
Innfl‘ensive Animals Can Fight.
You would hardly believe that moles,
clumsy, almost blind, little beasts as
they are, become perfect demons when
they quarrel. No one knows what
they quarerl about, but if they once
start fighting one has to die. They
will keep on in the presence of any
number of spectators, hanging on to
one another like bulldogs, and burying
their enormously strong jaws and teeth
in one another’s flesh.
Hedgehogs, another type of the quiet,
inoffensive animal, not only fight, but
always to the death, and when one is
killed the other generally devours him.
Hares, on the other hand, are pro-
verbially the most timid of creatures.
Yet they can fight. A fight between
two hares is a ludicrous sight, as they
skip and jump over one another. But
a blow from the hind leg of a bare is
no joke to his opponent.-
Amongst birds, robins are the most
pugnacious. -More than one case could
be quoted of two cock-robins so fran-
tically set on killing one another as to
have allowed themselves to be picked
up in the hands of a looker—on, and
there have lain, with beak and claws
deep buried in one another’s plumage.
A .‘nvwr. nur-
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Pepper.
"It has always amused me,” re-
marked a botanical expert, “to hear
people talking of their preference for
black pepper over white, and the var—
ious explanations they give for the
same. Little‘do they know that both
black and white pepper grow upon the
same shrub. Over the pepper seed.
grows a black covering. The seed it-
self is white. or. nearly so. To make
black pepper the seed and its external
covering are ground up, while the
white pepper is the seed alone ground
up. White pepper is milder than black,
the greater part of 'the pungency be-
ing in the covering. A pepper ma‘de
of the coverings alone would be such
hot stuff that it wouldyburn the mouth.
The black covering of the pepper seed,
grontains the oil.—Washington Star.
EconomiCal.
“Do you ride a bicycle. 9”
“No, I am waiting until they build
them for two.
“Why, they are made for two——tan—.
dems they.call them. " , - ' .
' “I mean two Guitars" .
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