Italy’s Gentle Queen. ,
Some time ago, the Queen of Italy
asked a little girl to‘knit her a pair of
silk mittens for her birthday, giving
her the money for the material. A
pair of beautifully worked mittens ar-
rived on the Queen’s birthday. The
little girl received in return another
pair; one mitten containing lires, the
other bonbous. Queen Margurite in-
closed a little note, saying: “Tell me,
my dear child, which you like best.”
The reply ran as follows: “Dearest
Queen—Your lovely presents have
made me shed many tears. Papa took
the mittens with the money; my broth-
er had the bonbons.”——Detroit‘ Free
Press.
His \Vedding Announcement.
A young English-man was married in
Chicago the other day and announced
the event to his family, living in
- Shanghai, China, in a cablegram con-
sisting of the one word: “Hurrah,”
knowing his relations would under-
stand since he had of course, written
them of his. engagement. He has
money to. “burn,” and could have
cabled a full account of the wedding
' 'without creating any financial distress
to himself. As it was there was noth-
ing cheap in the message. .
It cost $8.10.—Chicago Times Herald.
The First Man Dressmaker.
As far back as 1730 there was in
Paris a man dressm-aker. and probably
the first of his kind. His name was
Rhomberg, and he was the son of a
Bavarian peasant from the neighbor-
hood of Munich. I-Ie owed his success
to his genius for concealing and reme-
dying defects of figure. He drove a
beautiful carriage on. the boulevard,
and had an escutcheon in the shape of
a pair of corsets and an open pair of
scissors painted on the panel of each
door. He left a large fortune to his
heirs—New York Sun.
Unpardonable.
Marjorie—She threatens to sue that
paper for publishing the details of her
divorce suit. .
Madge—What» part does she take ex-
ccptiou to?
Marjorie—As soon as she knew they
were going to print the story she sent
them her photograph, and thev left it
sun—Judge.
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A Fatal "Detect."
“I understand, Riastus, that you)
daughter is quite a singer.” .
“Dcyn’t. no doubts crbout dat, boss."
"That‘s may; I suppose you will
have no difficulty in getting her' a po
sition in one of the church choirs in
town?”
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mouf, it made slch a dml insde syna-
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“Yes, sir,” said the agreeable strang-
er, "my profession brings me into con‘
tact with strange characters now and
then. Ah, believe me when I tell you
that every hair of my head numbers
some thrilling episode. There’s
plenty of room in the seat, sir; don’t
make yourself uncomfortable to ac-
commodateme, I beg of you!”
Only a moment before the speaker
lad seated himself beside the Hon. Si-
las Odell in the smoker as the train
was pulling out of the Grand Central
Depot of New York, on its way up the
river.
“You will pardon me the observation.
sir,” resumed the agreeable stranger,
settling back, “but it strikes me
strangely that we have not encoun—
tered each other before, as you are a
commuter to I’oughkeepsie, I see, and
I go two or three times a week between
the Tombs Prison in New York and
Sing Sing with my condemned prison-
,crs." * .
“ The old gentleman gave a queer
scowl at the man at his side. He was
growing nervous. “How did you know
that I came from Poughkeepsie?” he
said, half sourly.
“Oh, nothing strange about that at
all, sir,” replied the agreeable stranger.
“You see we all graduate out of the
Secret Service. We are supposed to
come to wise conclusions on small
premises. I can tell a man’s business
almost instantly, and half his family
history.
“Certainly. It is no effort on your
part. Men of brains have a certain
stamp, just as rascals have. Now, if
you please, let me take your hat for a
moment and I will illustrate what I
mean. I will show you how you can
always know men of sagacity.”
The elder took off his silk hat and
handed it to the speaker with an inter-
ested glance. '
“There, . sir,” said the agreeable
stranger, pointing to the front. “the
forward part of the right lobe never
bulges out like that, except in the case
of men of remarkable acumen.” .
The elder smiled with conscious
pride.
I)
“New, sir, try on my little cap,”
said the agreeable stranger, “and you
will see how closely the convolutions
coincide. Now, this hat on my head,
you observe.” and he settled the silk
tile upon his own pate, “is a trifle
large, but only in those convolutions
of observation and intuition, sir, of
which, I am sorry to say, I have not
your ample supply by nature. Ah.
here comes the conductor,” he said, re-
luctantly interrupting himself after a
pause. “\Vhatl” he exclaimed, fumb-
ling in his pockets in great distress of
mind. “Have I really left my pass in
the warden’s office! I dislike to pay
good money to a railroad when I have
passes everywhere, but”-—herc he drew
forth a fat roll of bills—“I suppose I
shall be compelled to do it this time.”
The conductor took the fare and the
stranger resumed:
“Yes, sir, I sometimes take as many
as six prisoners up to Sing Sing at
once, but I never yet lost a man. They
are sly and clever fellows, and it is
a science you may believe, to know
how to handle them. Some of them
are experts in those little things which
escape detection, but which lead to es-
cape. For instance, now,_ here are a
pair of hand-cuffs. I always have
them with me, just as I carry a re-
volver, in case of emergency. I slip
the handcuffs on—so. The prisoner im-
mediately swells his wrist—like this.
See? The iron clasp apparently is
down as far as it will go. Now I lock
it there securely, and think I have my
man, when lo! the clever scoundrel
relaxes his muscles. and, presto! he
slips off the irons as quick as a wink.”
"Wonderful!” exclaimed the old
gentleman, in genuine admiration of
this illustrated feat. “And you
learned that from those villains?”
“Yes; it took a long time, but I
mastered it so as to make them be-
lieve that I was one of them, and thus
get into their secrets. We have to
meet the rascals more than halfway
sometimes, and a single error may cost
us our job, or even. perhaps sacrifice
human life. Ali! here we are to the
first stop. Strange. 110w time flies!
Are we right on time, I wonder?” The
agreeable gentleman drew forth his
watch and glanced rapidly at it, but
the elder saw that it was achronome-
tcr evidently of great value. The train
started.
The old. gentleman fell into areverie
as the train rattled on. Suddenly, as
he seemed to be sinking into a very
comfortable doze. he felt conscious of
some one brushing by him with great
fury. The second time this happened
he looked up and saw a 'man in blue
scanning the faces—withnangu‘ish de-
picted on his pallld countenance.
“What’s the matter?” interrupted’the
old gentleman out of pure kindness oi
heart. “Have you lost anything?”
“Have I lost anything?” echoed the
other, with infinite scorn. “Why, I
thought that everybody in the cal
knew that I had lost one of my prison
ers”—- ' ~
“He is one of the clevcrest crooks
on two continents. Slipped off the
handcuffs and escaped. Good heavens!"
he cried, excitedly, advancing “where
did you get that cap?”
“That?” murmured the old gentle-
man, bewildered, .“why that—er—real-
1y, I forgot that I had it on; fact, 1
did. It belongs to a gentleman who
just left me a moment ago to step
back and talk to his old friend yonder '
—the tall man in the rear seat.”
The man in blue' snatched the of-
fending thing from the staggered old ;
man’s lap.
is the very hat he wore!”
“Impossible, sir!” cried the other, ex-
citedly.
“This gentleman who wore .
“thy, sir,” said he, “that i
that cap was no crook, sir, but a de- :
tective and a keeper of crooks like
your self."
“And, besides, he had a roll of bills
as big as my two fists, and a gold
watch I swear was worth $300 from
only the glance I had of it. You are
mistaken, sir, grievously in error.”
“See here!” exclaimed the man in
blue. “If that rascal had a roll of bills
and a gold watch he must have
‘pinched’ them. Have you examined
your pockets ?”
The venerable gave a gasp, arose and
drove his hands fiurriedly into all his
pockets at once. Then he stood star-
ing into space with a countenance as
colorless as an image cut in flint.
Springing into the aisle, he made
for the tall man in the rear end of the
car. The latter leaped up and inter-
rupted‘him, seizing him rudely with a
firm clutch. '
“No, you don’t sir;
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no, you don t!’ ,
commanded the tall stranger, his face 3
blazing.
“Don’t what, sir?” gasped the out‘
raged elder, trying to shake off the
powerful grip. “that is the meaning
of this, sir?”
“Nothing,” said the tall man, “only
this old lunatic’s keeper went into the
next car to speak to a man on import-
ant business, and gave me ten dollars
to see that he did not get away, and if
he got raving to put these handcuffs
on him!” '
The old gentleman fell back with a
groan. '
“But, confound it, sir!” screamed the
man in blue, “those are my handcuffs
you have there; the man who gave
them to you is one of the most notor-
ious crooks in the world, and the
money he gave you he just ‘pinched’
from this old gentleman here!” and
with that he started back into the rear
111' with fury.
“I beg your pardon, sir,” he said,
thrusting out the opprobrious ten-dol-
lar bill. “I thought surely the villain
told the truth, and that you were some
old idiot on the way to the asylum”—
“Don’t attempt to correct it, sir!”
moaned the elder, savagely, “the con-
founded rascal was right; I ought
to be on my way there. I am an idiot
a dashed old idiot, hang me if I ain’t!”
Then, with all his nerves gone, he
reached his hand back into the rear
pocket where he carried his silver
brandy flask for just such emergen-
cies as these, when he gave a heart-
felt groan.
The last straw! The flask, too, was
gonel—New York Journal.
PHOTOGRAPHER OF CELEBRITIES.
Sarony Did Diore to Develop Photography
than Any Other llIan.
The late Sarony was, beyond doubt,
he most famous photographer in the
western world. He was an eccentric
man, but a genial friend and compan-
ion. It is; said that he would not make
a picture if the subject did not suit
his artistic cyc. '
The old. stiff and ineffective con-
ventional methods were abandoned by
him. and the beautiful and original of)
focts he obtained soon made his name
famous in this country as well as in
Europe.
Mr. Sarony posed and photographed
50.000 actors and actresses, and 200,-
000 of the general public sat before his
(,‘zllllt‘l'il. He always declared that he
hill] pose-d more beautiful women and
iii/art;- famous men than any other pho-
tographer in America. émong his first
sitters were Peter Cooper, William Cul-
lcn Bryant, Longfe110w, Charlotte
Cushman, Forrest, Booth, John McCul‘
lough and Ristori.
The Grand Duke Alexis of Russia
grove the little artist many sittings.
(:eiis. Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and
Hancock, and Presidents from the
time of Lincoln sought his, studio. It
is said that more than 500,000 nega-
tives are stored in Sarony’s studio, and
that they. include practically every
man and woman who have come be-
fore the public since he started in busi-
ness, and every prominent visitor from
abroad. - '
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“So it was a happy marriage?"
“Quite. The bride was happy. 1th
bride’s mother was blissful, the Count
was in ecstasy, and I understand that
his creditors are in a state of delirious
joy.”-’—Cincinnati Enquirer. .
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‘DAINT'Y SUMMER oowus.
are Reduced, but the hiaterlal
Saw-d Goes into Ruffles.
ilocves
{Ry Special Arrangement with the N. Y. Sun.) _
is a wise provision of fashion
It
which prescribesthat the modes in
gowns which we need last shall be
(first in the display of summer dresses.
‘ This spring is no exception to the
rule, and organdies, batistes, and mus-
lins of the most summery description
grace the first opening of new styles in
dress. The most striking features of
these fascinating gowns shown thus
far are the countless rows of narrow
satin ribbon and innumerable ruffles
employed for decoration. Lace and
wider ribbon forbelt, bows, and collar
chiffon has an inning on some of the
batiste dresses. The sleeves are beau-
tifully less in size, but the extra
amount of material saved, with yards
in addition, is all absorbed in the ruf-
(les. Three, five, or seven ruflles about
four inches wide sewn on in a cluster
at the bottom, the upper one finished
with a heading, trim some of the or-
gandie skirts, while others have nar-
row ruches of the muslin set on fully
[1 quarter of a yard apart. These are
both very narrowly hemmed, and a
pretty efiect is gained by sewing one
row of satin riben of some color- in
the flowering on the edges. Ruffles are
also edged with narrow lace, as they
,rs ’_
were last season, and one ruffle of this
sort five inches wide is quite enough
for the simpler gowns of dimity and
lawn. Rows of lace insertion are sewn
on some skirts plain around, but the
dainty ruffles are afar more effective
and suitable finish. ' '
As the season advances, the prettiest
feature of the Victorian fashions,
which is lace-edged rufiles from the
waist to the hem, will no doubt flour-
ish in all its quaint flufi‘iness, so we
reed not spare our material or labor in
the department of ruffles if we would
2 to quite up to date.
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The plain seven-gored skirt seems to
prevail among the muslin gowns, as
it is a good foundation for any amount
Df trimming, and silk linings are by no
means a necessity this season for a
ruccessful and fashionable cotton
gown. The same material or dimity,
in white or a plain color, is used for
the undershirt and waist lining. The
rnclerskirt is finished with a deep hem
and in some cases has an additional
ruffle. . ,,
An organdie dress with fifteen rows
of narrow ribbon around the skirt, be-
ginning at the bottom edge and the
width of the ribbon apart, is a de-
rided novelty in dress trimming, but it
is very much in evidence this season.
l‘he new gauze ribbon-s with plain and
[lowered stripes, plaided lines, and
'lots ofcolors on a white ground, are
a, charming finish for the plain tinted
yrgandies trimmed with lace.
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A Painful Awakening.
Socialistic Orator—lVake up! “’akc
up! Let us kindle the fires of liberty.
Smithson (waking from a doze)-—
Durned if I will, Maria. It’s your
turn this morning—New York Jone
Dal.
“\Vhat on earth, is ever to become of
you, \Vallie?” cried the boy‘sfather,
wratlifully, “You are never satisfied
with anything." . .. ‘ '
“011, I guessl’ll be a mu’gwiimp,”
said \Vallie. —Harper’s B ‘
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A lady visiting one of the poor houses
of London was struck by the evident
refinement of an elderly woman in the
infirinary, who was a Norwegian by
birth, but who spoke English and oth-
er languages fluently. She had all the
beaux artes of a very lovely woman.
which years of poverty and ill health
could not destroy. She was very re-
ticent as regarded her past, but was so
evidently a gentlewoman that the sym-
pathetic visitor exerted herself to ob-
tain admission for the invalid into a
home for the dying, in which she
might pass her last days in peace and
mid congenial surroundings. Before
her death the stranger told her story,
and a strange and romantic one it
proved to be. At seventeen she was in-
formed by her parents that she was to
be married, and, although she had no
voice in‘ the matter, nothing could
have been more satisfactory. Her hus-
band was handsome, cultured and do
voted. They lived in a charming coun‘
try house, surrounded by every luxu
ury, and four children were born to
the couple. The only drawback to the
perfect happiness of the young wife
Was the long and frequent absences of
her husband, which he attributed to
business, but would explain no further.
At last there came a day when the man
returned no more from his accustomed
journey, but sent ,his lawyer instead,
from whom the bewildered and heart-
brolzcti roman learned that her suy
posed husband was the King of ,
and that, owing to the pressing rea-
sons, the liaison should terminate. An
adequate sum was settled on her and
the children, and, wishing to break en-
tirely with the past, she came to live
in London. After some years she mar-
ried an Englishman, and shortly after .
the King died, leaving a lump sum to
her. This money the husband got
from her to invest, and ran off with
the entire amount, leaving his unfortu-
nate wife pcnniless. She had never
been trained to any sort of work, and
things went from bad to worse until,
utterly destitute and dying, she be-
came an inmate of the workhouse.—~
St. James Gazette.
Satisfactory Proof. '
In county Fligo, among the hills,
there is a small lake renowned in that
region. for its fabulous depth. The
professor happened to be in that part
of Ireland, and started out one fine
day for a. ramble among the moun-
tains, accompanied by a native guide.
'As they climbed, Pat asked him if he
Would like to see this lake, “for it’s
nobottom at all, sorr.”
: “But how do you know that, Pat?”
asked the professor}
I “Well, sorr, I’ll tell yo; me own
cousin was showing the pond to the
gentleman one day, sorr, and he
looked incredulous like, just as you
do, and me cousin couldn’t stand it
for him to doubt his worrd, sorr, and
so he off with his clothes and in he
jumped.” ' .
The professor’s face wore an
amused and quizzical expression.
“Yes, sorr, in he jumped, and didn’t
come up again at all, at all.”
“But,” sold the professor, “I don’t
see that yourcousin proved his point
by recklessly drowning himself.”
“Sure, sorr, it wasn’t drowned at all
he was; the next day comes a cable
from him 'in' Australia, askin’ to send
on his clothes.”—-Harper’s Bazaar.
. Enforced Kindness.
An Afghan is bound by custom to‘
grant a stranger who crosses his
threshold and claims protection any
favor he may ask, even at the risk 'of
his own life. Yet, apart from this, he
is crueland revengeful, never forgiv‘
ing a wrong, and retaliating at the
first opportunity.
“’liere Reform Reigns. .
“Josephine has an interesting mass
are to put before the mothers’ con-
grcss.”
* “What is it?” .
“She wants a law compelling every
woman who has a son to rcuicinbei
that he will probably be some other
woman's hushand.”—C‘hicago Record.
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Origin of the Three Gou‘l'Bnlla.
People who are compelled to go to
their "Uncle" for temporary advances
on. personal property have often spec-
ulated as to the origin and signifi~
canoe of the three balls which are the
most conspicuous exterior advertise-
ment-t of the establishments apper-
taining to the aforesaid “Uncle.” The
pan .::>roker’s sign ' was, originally,
the arms of the famous family of the
Medici in Italy, whose ancestor was a
physician and adopted as his device
[lire-e pills. The Medici became bank—
ers and money lenders, and amassed
enormous wealth from lending money
at the high rates of interest prevail-
'ng in their time. When banks were
established in other cities than Flor-
ence, the Medici sign of three sus-
pended balls became the mark of a
bank, and the practice spread into
France, Spain and Germany. By and
by, however, as this sign was adopted
by a lower class of money lenders,
who made advances on personal prop-
erty, it fell into disrepute among the
higher grade of financiers, and, being
dropped by the bankers, was still
continued by the lower class, and
finally was restricted entirely to such
money lenders as received pledges as
security for loans—St. Louis Dcmo- .
icrat.
He Was Made a. Sergeant. .
A pretty story, savoring of the ro-
mantic, is told in the French press
about the kaiser. Recently his ma-
jesty went to the Berlin barracks
'alone. The corporal on guard recog-
nized the kaiser immediately, and sa-
luted him. The kaiser was pleased,
land. approaching the soldier, said:
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{‘Why do you look so sad, corporal?”
ll‘he corporal did not reply. The em-
peror then asked if h-e'was disappoint-.
ed in love. At this the corporal found
his tongue, and replied that he wished
'to marry Marguerite, the daughter of
his sergeant-major, but that her fath-
'er would not give his consent until he
became a sergeant. “And do you love
her very much ?” asked the kaiser.
{‘Oh, yes,” was the reply. “Then,”
said the emperor, “go and tell your
future father-ln-law that William II.
makes you a sergeant.” . . .,;.‘5,._',-; ,
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“An article of'soin'e value has been
found,” said the chairman of the'
meeting. “Who has lost anything?”
"I!” answered several voices. .
“That's right,” responded the chair-
man, looking somewhat perplexed,
“it's a glass eye, but you couldn’t all
of you have lost it. Stand up and let
me look at you."—Chicago Tribune.
The minister was a great hand-
shaker—shutting down like a vice. One
day he took a boy's hand and gave it
an awful squeeze, as he said: >
“My little fellow, I hope you are
pretty well today.” _
With tears in his eyes, the boy an-
swerezd— '-
“I vas till you shook hands with
me.”——Tid-Bits.
Mrs. Grace—They say that men only
think of themselves, but it isn’t so.
I'm sure Charles is the most unselfish
of mortals.
Mrs. Blaze—As for example?
Mrs. Gi'acc—l‘fhy, he says he is
never so happy but when he is with
me, and he stays out evening after
evening. There. isn’t that self-denial
for you ?—Boston Transcript.
“lie is a very enterprising 51.12123;
man." remarked the elderly gentleman;
“very pushing and alert. He belongs
to the rising generation.”
"I shouldn't have dreamed it,” an-
swered Miss Cayenne.
“Indeed?"
“No. From his manners I should
not have hesitated about concluding,
that the rising generation belonged to
uim."—Washington Star.
Is the satire in the following epic
taphs intention-a1?
Maria Brown, wife of Timothy
Brown, aged 80 years. She lived with
her husband fifty years and died in
the confident hope of a better life.
Here lies Bernard Lightfoot, who
was .‘iccidcntly killed in the forty-
fifth your of his age. This monument
was crectmi by his grateful family.
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