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Captain Bliss 'was like all seamen,
a. strict disciplinarian, and, his crew
’ ' Not
one of them would have dreamed of.
interpreting a command otherwise
than according to the strict letter of
the law; things must be done “ship-
shape” under his rule. '
One day, while the ship was in a
certain port, the captain» gave 3. din-
ner to some town acquaintances, and '
as the resources of the ship were not
great, some of the sailors were de-
puted to wait on the table to reinforce
the insufl‘icient number of stewards.
As these men were not used to such
work', each one was told exactly what
service would fall to his share.
The hour came and the dinner went
merrily on. Presently, however, one
of the ladies 'wanted a. ,piece of
bread. There was none very near
her, and the finely disciplined stew-
ards seemed to be quite Oblivious to
her need. She turned her head and
spoke very. softly to the man at her
elbow.
"”“Bread, please!” she said.
He looked regretfully at the bread,
and then at her. It was evident that
he would fain have helped her if it
had been in his power. He saluted
in fine naval style.
“Can’t do it, ma’am,” said he.
told off for ’taters.”
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A Polish chemist named Eisenberg
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which volatilizes rapidly on exposure
to the air, rendering the persons near
unconscious for a long time. A pellet
broken under a man’s nose put him to
sleep for four hours. It is asserted
'that in warfare bombs charged with
this material will make large bodies
of an enemy incapable of resistance.
“'ork-ed‘Once Too. Often.
“When you stepped on that gentle
man‘s foot, Tommie, I hope you apolo-
gized.” .
“Oh, yes, indeed, I did,” said Tom-
mie, “and he gave me 10 cents for be-
ing such a good boy.” '
"Did he? And what did you do
then?”
“Stepped on the other and apolo-
~ gized, but it didn’t Work.” —Phil:1del-
ghia Times.
The Origin of the Foolscap.
When Oliver Cromwell became pro-
tector after the execution of Charles
I, he caused the stamp of the cap of
liberty to be placed upon .the paper
used by the government. Soon after
the restoration of Charles II, having
occasion to use some paper for des-
patches, some of- this government pa
per was brought to him. On looking
at it, and discovering the stamp, he
inquired the meaning of it, and on be
ing told, he said, “Take it away.”
Thus originated the term foolscap,
which basince been applied to a cer‘
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I are doing wrong
‘Hnn THEORY.
. The house party at Westwood We're
dawdling ove1 their coffee on the
moonlit 111117.711. It was a merry crowdl
evelybody knew everybody else, and
theie w as much laughter and talk, but
suddenly a silence fell. Then it be
came patent to all that the couple
seated 011 the steps leading to the
lawn were engaged in a quiet but hit
tc-1 altercation. The girl’s listless ail
“as in stliking contrast to the man: '
eagei mess
“101.1 idea is an absurd one,” be ex-
claimed.
“Oh, fie!” she said,
rudely to a woman.”
“It is not rudenes but truth.”
“Then they are apparently synony-
mous." ‘
"'I can’t help it; it exasperates me to
hear an intelligent girl like you—”
“Now, where,” she broke in, “did you
pick that up? I am not the least bit
intelligent! If I were, I would know
better than to argue with you; it is so
perfectly 'hopeless—sighing—and you
do get so excited.”
“And who wouldn’t—~liste‘ning to
such impossible theories!”
“What is your theory, Kate?” called
out her cousin.
“One you have heard me express
thousands of times before.”
“Shall I tell him, Miss Doane?”
“Certainly.”
“She says that a man doesn’t like to
feel too confident of a woman’s adec-
tion; that it is the element of uncer-
tainty in love afiairs that makes them
interesting; that he enjoys being puz-
zled and played with, and that a cleve1
woman has only to appear indifferent
to first pique and then attract him.”
“Heresy!” exclaimed a chorus of
manly voices.
“Mr. Stewart has omitted a very im-
portant clause,” said Miss Doane. “I
added that to do this the woman must
necessarily be good to look at and not
lacking in this world’s goods.”
“Oh, Kate, Kate!” sighed her cous-
in,"‘would you insinuate that the mas.
euline fancy is influenced by worldly
advantages ?”
Slhe sh1;ugged her shoulders.
. “I have stated my case;
make it what you choose.”
The hostess, who had been listening
idly, now put in a word,—
“The trouble with you all is that
you analyze too much,” she said.
“Why not take things as they com-e,
without worrying over their possible
causes? It is so much simpler and-
healthier.”
Miss Doane turned around.
“Isn’t Madge charming?” she said,
amiably. “To hear her you would sup-
pose that she had never seen the in-
side of a dra'wing-room. She always
“to speak so
)‘011 can
.gets like that when she comes to the
country; something in the air,
ably.”
“And you,” said Stewart, when the
laughter following her speech had died
away; “has it no effect on you?”
“The country? Oh, yes, it makes me—
if that is possible—more indolent than
usual,” and she leaned her head
against the pillar and looked, not at
him, but past him to the stretch of
rosy sky.
“What an actress you are!” he said.
“You arelnot the least bit indifferent,
really, but it has amused.you to pose
as such so long now it has almost be-
come second nature.”
“Still wrangling?” asked Carl Ains-
lie, lounging down the steps. “My dear
young friends, it grieves me to the
heart to see such a display of unchris-
t-ian feelings. ‘Let dogs delight to bark
and bite.’ ”
“Blame Mr. Stewart and not me,”
said the girl. “You know, Carl, that I
haven’t the energy to quarrel with any
one, especially in this weather.”
“Ch, of course not, Miss Doane on-
prob~
ly says the things that make other-
people want to row.”
“A charming character you have
given me! After that I think I will
abandon the field to you. Come, Carl,”
with a quick change of manner,
“Let’s go down to the lake for a row.”
Stewart watched them with wrath
in his heart—the girl was talking gay-
) Vly, her soft laugh floating back to him.
“Kate,” said young Ainslie, resting
on his oars, “I’m your cousin and have
a right to tell you when I think.y0u
, so I say—do leave old
Stewart alone.”
“Of course, now, you know very well
what I mean. It’s all right for you to
trample upon Herbert, Reade, and my-
self; we’re used to it—been broken in
too long to protest—but Stewart is an-
other sort; he cares awfully about
things .”
“0h, indeed, so he ‘cares awfully,’
and the rest of your. re only amusing
yourselves, I suppose ”
“How you tease a fellow! No-what
I mean is that he is so terribly ‘all
there.’ that if he lets himself be hard
‘ hit‘lt would knock him out completely
if you threw him over.” .
“So terribly ‘all there’——what a
graphic expression. Yet undeniably
true in this case; but why do you take
it for granted that I will throw him
over?" '
Mr. Ainslle’s face expressed the ut-
most consternation.
“Well, really, I don’t know, but I '
thought, I somehow concluded-u”
“What?”
“\Yhy,”‘a brilliant idea striking him,
“that you didn’t‘ care for anybody- and
wouldn’t until you had seen more of
the world, for you are very young,
Kate. in spite of your many experi-
ences.”
“Carl.” Said Miss Doane, solemnly,
“the bar had lost a shining mark in
you, but I'am proud to claim you as a
relative.”
It Was a fortnight later; the house
party would disperse on the morrow,
and Miss Doane, to whom Westwood
was dear, was taking a farewell stroll
through the gardens.S111e was idling
l'w
;
down a path, when, catching ‘sight 01
Stewart over the tops _of the rose
bushes, she ostentatiously put up hei
pare sol and tuined in the other direc
[1011.
-But he was not to be so easily
thrown off; with a cuil of the dip (f01
he had recognized the manoeuvre) he
- hurried to her.
“Miss Doane,” he cried,
spare me a few moments?”
' She turned her head.
“I am not in a pleasant frame 01
mind. Uncle forwarded me my dress
maker's bill this morning, with cer-
tain pungent comments of his own ap-
pended, and my best manuscript has
just been returned to me as ‘unavail
able,’ so the atmosphere is not rosy.”
“Never Jnind about that. I will not
detain you long,” and he pulled up a
bench.
“I suppose you know 'you are very
beautiful,” he said. “Doubtless your
mirror has told you that already, so I
need not worry you with repetitions,
but I feel sure that you do not realize
how absolutely charming you are.”
She looked at him wo-nderingly; it
was a favorite method of hers and
usually worked well, but now it failed
to p1oduce the effect she intended.
“Don’t look like that,” he said, “orl
shall think you are not sincere, and I
don‘t want to think-that. I want to
carry away the kindest thoughts of
you.”
“You have changed,” she said. “Ten
days ago you told Mary Fair I was
thoroughly heartless.”-
“Did 1? Well, that only shows I
was a fool.
and what is more, I understand you.”
A slight pause.
“I heard up at the house that you
were engaged to your cousin, and
while the news could not but hurt me,
it was' in one sense a relief, for]
knew at once why you had avoided
and almost ignored me. You wanted
to save me pain. Experience has
taught me that if a man saw much
of you he generally cared for you, and
you tried to ward me off. But you
cannot keep the moth from the can-
dle and I loved you in spite of your
coldness. It almost looks as if the1e
was something in your the01y, doesnt
it?”
Miss Doane gathered herself to-
gether. Stewart did not know it, but
she was summoning courage to tell
him the truth about herself. She
loved to be well thought of, and it was
a, genuine sacrifice to speak, but she
could not, in common honesty, allow
him to remain under his delusion.
. “You must not think too well, of
me,” she began.
“I could not,” he cried. “One rarely
sees so much of youth and beauty and
simple goodness united as I find in
you.”
Simple goodness! The words scorched
her.
“You are all wrong!” she cried, with
burning cheeks. “_I am not the least
bit like that. Don’t you see? Can’t
you understand? It vexed me to have
you laugh at my theory, so I deter-
mined to make you an example of its
truth. It was from no good motive—
not to“ward you o-ff,’ or _‘to save you
pain,’ but with the distinct intention
of making you care for me, that I pre-
tended to be indifierent.”
Stewart got slowly to his feet.
“And so,” he said, “in support of, a
theory, for the sake of proving your-
self in the right, you could play with a
man’s heart and make havoc of his
life? Fool, fool that I was, not to un-
derstand!” and he struck one palm
sharply against the other. “Well,”
with sarcastic courtesy, “the point is
gained, the poor dupe at your fee-t. I
hope you are content?"
“Content!” she cried. “I was never
so sorry in my life. It seems strange
I should care, doesn’t it? As you say,
I have gained my point~and yet—”
“Yes,” he said, “and yet?”
Instead of ieplying she turned her
head swiftly away, but not before he
had seen that her eyes were full of
tears. He stood irresolute, overcome
by surprise, then he approached her.
“Don’t cry like that,” he said. “You
never meant to hurt me; it was a pret-
ty bit of acting to you, and if I was
stupid and overdid my part you are not
to blame. There, look up! What will
your cousin say if he learns I dis-
tressed you?” '
“What is it to me what my cousin
thinks?"
M1. Stewart stared.
“Pardon me, but I thought that, be
ing engaged to him—”
“I am not engaged to him. Nothing
is further from my intention.”
A silence followed. Then Miss Doane
rose to depart, ‘ but Stewart, whose
mind had been adjusting itself to the
changed situation, put out a detaining
hand.
“Kate, if you are not going to marry
your cousin, perhaps there might be a
chance for some one else.”
“Perhaps.”
He drew nearer.
“I know I’m a perfect fool to rush on
my fate, but what’s worth having is
worth.~ asking for. Kate, will you
marry me?”
She smiled, but her eyes were very
tender. . '
“I believe you do love me,” she said.
“Well, a little.”
“And if I ma1ry you I know I shall
be happy. You are so strong and true,
and have my confidence so utterly, but
I have been horrid to you~so rude and
disagreeable that I don’t see how you
can bear me.”
“Why, you are going back on youl
theory.
“The girls will certainly laugh, and
Carl will never leave me alone about
it, but I don’t care,” lifting her face
resolutely. “I love you, and ther’es no
use pletending I don’t. ”
A little while later she looked up."
“I always said I would never care
for anybody,” she remarked. “What
will this prove?” .
“That you are a woman,': he said.
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“will you
I know you better now;’
New Things in Silverware.
The bread baskets are oblong
shape, shallow, and have four tiny lit-
in
tie claw feet to rest upon. The sides
of the basket are of a very open pat
tern, to represent wheat ears and
grass. Stalks of the same grain form
a graceful handle at each end of the
dish. Silver jelly tumblers and mar-
malade jar-holders are in open work
scroll patterns, are fastened firmly to
a silver plate, and have a solid cover.
The grass ‘or jar is placed inside and
the jam spoon rests upon the plate.
What is prettier for a little gift to an
invalid than a lemonade spoon? The
bowl of the spoon is shell- shaped. A
long, rround, slim handle starts fiom
undel the shell, and is finished at the
top with a tiny ball. This handle is
hollow ,and makes a silver straw
through'whiich to draw the lemonade.
The' newest chocolate spoons have
the same rounded bowls as formerly,
but have decorated Dresden handles.
The white porcelain pieplate can now
have a silver frame resting upon four
little balls for feet. The plate fits per-
fectly in this openwork silver case. .A
long and slender open-work pie knife
comes with the frame—New York
Sun.
Hymen’s Wedding Torch.
The above illustration will make a
handsome design for a sofa pillow and
can be embroidered to suit the fancy
of the worker and gives much scope
for an artistic use of colors.
A Woman Inventor.
' Miss Fanny Grothjan. of New York,
has a. device to detach runaway horses.
from a vehicle.
The “detache-r” not only separates
the horse from the vehicle, but is
so constructed that immediately after
the horse has been liberated the oper-
ating rod is transformed into a steer-
ing gear. Any one can easily steer the
vehicle in any direction desired. In
order to go straight ahead all that is
necessary to do is to bear against the
side of the rod.
The inventor has gained an import-
ant point in that with her device one
can steer out of danger, which is more
than one can do with a brake.
No accident could occur from the
“detacher” itself, as it is impossible
that one side should become detached
sooner than the other.-—New York Tri-
buvne.
The Model Mother.
First, she must have God-given
strength of will and infinite patience,
unfailing sympathy and ready tact,
keen judgment and mental sweetness,
physical strength and moral courage,
and, most of all, must she have the di~
vine attlibute of hope. Never for one
instant must she despair, never must
she be discouraged; hopeful ever, she
will not only inspire the children with
zeal and courage, but she must make
her daily, nay, hourly, life a living ex-
ample of the ideal she would have them
strive to attain.—-New York World.
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When-ever table salt becomes caked
in its receptacles put into them a
pinch of ground arrow-root, and the
salt will remain perfectly dry and fine,
whatever the temperature may be.
Alln‘und Balls.
Two cups sugar, three-fourths cup
cold water; boil until it hairs. Set
away to cool for half an hour, and add
1.1 half pound blanched almonds broken
in smallpieces and a few drops of
either vanilla of bitter almonds, ac-
cording to taste. Stir with a wooden
spoon until it creams; place on a mar-
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few minutes as you would bread; then
mold into balls with your hands.
_ T1... (rm-e of Stove Lids.
When the lid of your range splits do
not tluou it away, but have it mended.
It will last much longer than a new
lid.
Bath Bags.
A bran bag is one of the most grate-
ful of all toilet accessories. It is more
cleansing to the skin, and much more
refreshing. It is made by filling a mus-
.lin bag with two quarts of bran, one
ounce of orris root, one ounce almond
meal and one small cake of castile soap
cut in'small pieces.
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Detendlng His ItIonopoly
“Tieddie is jealous of his pr-eroga-
tives, ain ’t he?”
“What makes you say so?”
“He got angry the othe1 night and
told me not to be a fool. ”
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WEIGHING AN ENGINE.
A Peculiar Experiment that Will Interest
Mechanics and Scientists.
A peculiar-scientific experiment has
been made with the famous engine 870
of the New York Central Rail—
road at the shops at West Albany,
says the Albany Express. Some
months ago this large engine,
which , in the opinion of many
well-informed railroad men excels even
the famous 999, was taken into the
was taken apart, completely, and every
part of the engine, from the massive
driving wheels to the very smallest
bolt and nut, was separately weighed.
The heavy portions were weighed in
the sheps and 'the small parts were
taken to a lVatervliet avenue pharma-
cy, where they were weighed on the
pharmacist’s scales.
The greatest care was taken by the
machinists under the direction of Mas-
ter Mechanic Buchanan to see that the
weighing was accurate. Whenevery
part of the engine had been weighed
a force of the best skilled mechanics
was put to work'to re—assemble the en-
gine. When is was complete again it
was put into active service.
A short time ago the engine was tak-
en back to the shops and mechanics
were put to work dissecting it again.
Once more every part was brought
into service again. When every por-
tion Bad been weighed the record was
compared with the former one.
Master Mechanic Buchanan knew just
how llll‘J h the engine had lost in
weight through the wear of a known
amount of work. The records of the
weights of the separate parts also
'shOwed which parts were subjected to
the most wear.
tars, but the New York Central was
willing to spend the money in order
that it might be able to knew‘ what
parts of an engine wear out most
quickly and in what ratio the several
parts wear out. The exact figures
have not been made public. There is
no doubt tl1at,they will be interest-
ing to mechanics and scientists.
\Vhere Garfield Was Shot.
The marble tablet that rested in the
south wall of the ladies’ waiting room
of the Baltimore and Potomac Railway
Company‘s depot at Washington and
the brass star placed in the tiled floor-
ing of the apartment to mark for all
lime the spot on which President Gar-
field fell when assassinated have been
removed.
A superstitious dread on the part of
the traveling public of a constant‘re-
minder of a-tragedy seems to have led
to the removal of these monuments.
The immediate cause of the removal
of the tablet and star was the fire
which occurred in the depot on the
night of March 4, which damaged the
tablet to such an extent that the of-
iicials of the company declared it was
not in condition to be replaced. A por-
tion of the marble tiling also had to
be 1'emoved,~and although the metal
star placed where the President fell
might have been put back in its old
place, it was permanently removed,
and the spotis new marked only by a
piece of red tiling, which would pass
unnoticed except to those familiar
with the place and the tragedy that
was enacted there.——St._ Louis Globe
Democrat. '
Rich Women’s Railway Carriages.
The ladies of Paris not only have
their carriagesfor shopping, for trav-
eling, and for their rides in the parks,
but fashion now demands-that they
must have their own railway. carriages.
The Baroness de Rothschild travels
in her boudoir on wheels. Countess
Petoska has purchased the carriage
originally bought from the estate of
[he Duc de Moray.
Mrs. Mackey, from San Francisco,
has her carriage, which is a. fairy pal-
ace on wheels, costing her husband
$30,000. The pleasure is costly, but it
enables the ladies to enjoy all the com-
forts of home while they are flying
through the world.
Auait from the charge for transpor-
tation, $2 ,000 annually must be paid
[0 the 1ai1way company for keeping-
the carriage in running order.
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SIX KENTUCKY MARRIAGES.
And a Mixed Relationship that ls‘Difll-
cult to Unravel.
At the village of Roley, one day not
long'ago, there were six couples mar-
ried. In the morning there was a triple
wedding in the church. In the after—
noon three other couples were wedded,
within an hour of each other, at the
homes of the respective brides. ‘All
six of the couples were entertained at
the home of “Uncle” Bob Tucker, who
after the diiferent marriages, was
closely related to all the principals
thereto. Now come. some of the singular
features of the case. Uncle Bob, be-
fore the wedding, had in the lot of
twelve individuals a daughter, a son,
three granddaughters, one niece, and
one nephew. In the twelve there were‘
a brother and sister, two sisters, two
brothers, three cousins, two uncles, an
aunt, four nieces and two nephews,
and yet 1110 one of the twelve persons
married any one related to him or her-
self. Another funny feature is, that
before the weddings there were two
named Hopkins, two Dunbars, two
C‘helfs, two Tuckers, two McWhorterrs,
one Pendleton, and one Hood. After
the omelet was done, the Dunbars and
Hopkinses had gained two; the Pen-
dletons, Chelfs, and McWhorters had
been exterminated; the Hoods had;
been increased by one, and the Tuck-
e'rs had held their ground. Ever
since the wedding day the gossips
have been figuring on the probable
kinship between the several brides
and grooms and their mutual relative
“Uncle Bob Tucker.”—Columbus, Ky,
Spectator. , .
BIBULOUS HENS.
They Imbibe Refuse from a Distillery and
Annoy the Neighbors.
I-Iens that become addicted to the
use of spirituous liquor, that -are_
maudlin in their cackling, that sleep,
at unnatural hours and have blue
Mondays, seem to be something rather
new under the sun. Such a hen was,
produced in court at Fort William,
Scotland, a fortnight ago, says the
Bufialo Commercial. She belonged to
a poultry breeder, who complained
that his live stock has been seriously
injured .by drinking at a brook pol-
luted by the refuge of a distillery.
The refuse was spirituous; the
poultry got drunk, and what they
gained in excitement they lost in ap-
petite and condition for the market.
They moped on Sundays because there
was no whiskey in the water on that
day, and on Monday would touch no
food until they had been to the burn
and had a “pick-me—up.” On week
days they alternately slept and fought,
and broke the eggs of the few sober
ones who attended to their work.
The hen that was brought into the
court in support of'the plea looked so
impudently at the sheriflf' that it had
to be ordered out. Whether the eggs
and flesh of a. "hard-drinking hen ac‘
quired a high, sporty flavor that might
recommend to the state ,of epicures de-
ponent saith not.
Butler on'VEvolutlon'.’
Two or three mornings after the ar—
= rival of a new butler the mistress of
the house took the opportunity of
asking the cook how she liked her
new fellow servant. The report was
an excellent one. “In fact, ma am ”
said the cook, “the servant’s hall is
quite a difierent place now.” Not uu-
naturally the mistress pressed to:
further particulars. “Well, he talks
so cleverly,” said the cook. “Last
night, for instance, he explained
things to us for an hour and a halt”
“Explained things—what things?”
said the mistress, now really inter-
ested. “Well,” was the reply, “he-
was telling us how we are all de—,
scended from Mr. Darwin!"+ Tashm
ville Gazette.
In the Tiiick of the Fight—“Look
here.” said the pugilist’s friend, “that
old enemy of youis says he can whip .
.011 11 ith one hand.’
‘ He says that, does he? Well, you
sell him I outclass him from the start.
i can whip him with both hands. I‘m
ambidextrous and” can ,w-rite two let-
ters at once.”——Washiugton Star. --
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