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“This case,” sniil the judge, with a serious yet half-tender glance at the jjapers before him. “is one that enlists the ardent sympathies of the layman and the more ardent interest of the

legal student.” To bear judge Holbrook speaking ths one might have supposed that he was beginning an address to a Jury as counsel for the claimants to a considerable fortune; but, in fact, he was In his library, in his own home, alone with | his books and his learning. Kar from being an advocate in the ease in baud, be was the presiding justice. He had lioen listening patiently all day to the best elotpienec that Calhoun county eoul l furnish. A halfdozen lawyers >m each side had faced him for eight hours, and all through ! that time somebody had been talking to him, some lawyer had been endeavoring to convince him as to the proper disposit ion of Josiah Telia for's enormous fortune.

It was now ev'itlng. Judge Holbrook had dined leisurely after the long session and then had taken up the briefs, with their hundred references, for a conscientious, personal study of the points involved. It never for a moment pained him to render a di*cision against n perfectly prepared case, lie worshiped the law, and it may lie he experienc 'd an added pleasure in tinding that the statutes were proof against the ch tcrest attacks of the advocates. He took up the case in hand with as much spirit as if he had not listened to it ail day. it was his habit to begin the consideration of fine problems by speaking his views aloud, for he had been a famous pleader in his younger days, and he found that it helped him to concentrate his attenth n on ids work to argue the matter as if he was trying to convince a third party. “Here is a widow, a most estimable lady, whose life must pass in abject IKiverty if the law does not sustain her claims. Associated with her on the same side and similarly circumstanced are several yo.mg people and two veryold ones. And there is the la-s, Elbe. Tho loss of tliis suit means the ruin of her otiiy romance. Ah, well, all these arc good people, good, mudest, generous. and yet so situated that a trick of the law may make them miserable for life. 1 cannot help feeling sorry for them.” Tlie judge paused and glanced admiringly* at the pages of the brief. Judge Holbrook's eyes twinkled with pleasure as he came to a sentence of remarkable brevity and more remarkable lucidity. The window curtains rustled, hut the breeze failed to arouse a whisper from the leaves of the trees or the great oleanders growing on the lawn. The judge turned over a page of the brief with a crackling sound of stiff paper, and the curtains shook with the-was it the breeze? “A genuine lawyer, lb nit ledge Hampden,” exclaimed the judge, smiling. “Ills brief has put the claimant's case In a nut shell, and so beautifully that it is almost sure to win.” He sat down in his big chair and turned over the pages of a musty volume in search of some of tho references In Lawyer Hampden's brief. The curtains at ids back stirred again —they parted slightly—a little wider. A man’s face appears there, eager, suspicious, cruel, repulsive. The curtains fall together again with a quiver, and the tree tops can Just whisper timorously together under the induence of a whiff of air that does not stir the oleauders near the ground. ^ “And to think,” resumed the judge, putting Hampden's brief aside and taking up another, "of those personally interested on the other side. No criminal ever glared at me from the dock with more vicious, vindictive eyes than Koanoke Walton, old Teliafer's nephew—a man of evil propensities, selfish, hard-hearted, to whom the possession of a fortune could confer no good but the cultivation of his had nature. His claim in natural equity could not stand for one instant before that of tho others." The curtain divided again, and tho same face, intensely hateful and passionate, peered for an instant at the Judge. Even as It was looking, the judge began again in a half declamatory tone: “That tho sublime fabric of the law should uphold the claims of such a monster is—Is—unfortunate.” Judge Holbrook could not go farther than tliis in criticism of the law. “But if it proves that the law upholds his claim, he must be supported by the bench.” For several minutes the judge busied himself over tho defendant’s brief, analyzing the sentences, consulting references ami jottlug down notes. Presently the judge rose to his feet. “There is another point!” he exclaimed. "In Johnstone versus Uaync I recall that a similar situation was disclosed, and, on my word, 1 believe that Houtledge Hampden failed to see the bearing on ibis ease. It will tend strongly in his favor If my memory of the decision is correct. How pleasant it would be in this case to find the lawon tho side of the Innocent.” He found the volume of reports in which Johnstone versus Hayne was recorded and read the points and decision with evident satisfaction. The man on the veranda was greatly excited. The suspicion in his face had become desperation. Softly he pulled the curtains aside and stepped Into the room. The judge, stooping over the lamp and volume lu the alcove, neither saw nor heard him. llnpidly and noiselessly the Intruder crossed the library and passed through tho open door to the dark parlor, lie paused there for an Instant that his eyes might accustom thcuisclv.es to its gloom. Then he picked his way past tho chairs and tables to the dining room, and so to tin* kitchen. There a colored servant sat dozing. The intruder sbn. k him by the shoulder. “llnh! Whnr you come frumV” exclaimed the darky, awakening. •'Kroio y >ur mnsror,” returned the Grxpente looking nan. harshly, “t.nurj <!“ jedgo 7 ”

"Yob; and he's in a temper about you, you lazy rascal! He wants some lee water. Get it ready at otice; do you understand? I in the doctor, and he’s not well. Here, fill tills pitcher and take it to him. I will he preparing some medicine while you are gone.” Halt asleep, tlie dark- y did not notice that the self styled doctor had poui-ed a white powder into the bottom of the pitcher, lb tilled It with water and lee and started toward the door. “’Sense me, Jedge. that 1 don" bear ye.” he said in a frightened tone "Hear me, Philo?” repeated the judge, without glancing up. He was delightfully absorbed in applying the division In Johnstone vs. Hayne to the ease in hand. "Yaas, Jedge,” answered Philo, colloquial for Phihistratus. ' Vere s de ice water, an' de doctor’ll git around lively yith do medicine." Tin* judge was tisi Intent on study to notice Philo's rambling excuses. Por a tall minute tlie darkey stood then*, tray in hand, before the judge looked up, absently, and said: “Oh, yes. I didn't want ice water, but 1'ni •bilged. It will taste good. Hotter go to bod. Philo." The darkey opened Ids eyes in astonishment. stared at his employer a moment, and privipitately sought the kitchen. There ho met the cook Sue in great excitement. "What you done, you brack niggah?" sin* exclaimed. “Hat doctor man don’ see nu* snooziu in de cornali. an he pm white stuff In de watah au’ light out fore you Jes gone an’ say 'fore I could eoli-li him, 'Mat fixes de jedge, anyhow,’ an' den* you’ve been an’ give de Jedge pizen ” With a great gasp of fear Philo started again for the library, followed by suo. Am they stumbled In Judge Holbrook was putting an empty glass upon the table. He looked up. surprised at their noise. "Po' tin* I.awd. Jedge!” gasped Philo, seizing the glass and pitcher, "you done drink dat pizen water? Ob, marcy, jedge, say you done knowed all ’bout it, an’ trowed er stuff ->uten de winder. 1 didn't know for shu. jedge. I fought he was de doctor. Oh. oh!” The judge rose fro mhis chair iu astonishment. The jurist stared an instant at Ids terrified servants, put his hands gropingly to his eyes and fell heavily to the floor.

Ii was the morning after tin* judge's study into tho great contested will ease. A physician stood by his bedside, while Philo and Sue. mute with anxiety listened neat by. “You are in no danger. Judge Holbrook." said the physician. “There is no need to worry. We've brought you through all right. There isn’t a particle of poison left in t our system, and if you want to get up and walk around to-day you can do so. And you can he perfectly easy about Walton, lb* has been identified as the man who put the powder in the Ice water, and he is now in Jail awaiting your action.” "Pm glad to b ar it,” was tlie judge's reply. “If you will let me get up, i will go down to the ccurt room before the session is over.” The physician interposed no further objection than to caution tho patient not to overdo. The judge was perfectly calm, and before leaving the house he glanced over the papers he had been studying when the draft of poison interrupted bis labor. The judge received congratulations gravely, and when he had Liken his seat on the bench other business was suspended to hear what he had to say. "Last night.” he began, and everybody supposed be was about to refer to the attempt to kill him, “1 took tlie papers in tlie ease of Tcliafer and others vs. Walton. 1 gave them careful study. In order to free myself from any sympathetic interests with tlie contestants, and to determine the strict bearing of the law upon the points at issue. Heontso of certain circumstances, personal to myself, I cannot now render a complete opinion in writing, as 1 had Intended to do at this time. This deficiency 1 will make up at an early day. “At present, however. I can announce my opinion in brief, which is that tin* law clearly shot s the defendant, Walton, to be fully and indisputably entitled to the estate of Joseph Teliafer. and judgment is accordingly rendered for the defendant.” Judge Holbrook was very pnlc as he pmuouncea tin so woras, ana tne crown court room was as silent as if a funeral oration was being delivered. The judge himself was the nrst to break the silence as he rose from his chair to leave the place. At that monmnt there was a commotion at the dm r. A flushed, excited man came in and edged Ids way to where the county sheriff sat. There was a whispered message, and tlie sheriff rose with a startled air and sa id: "Yourhonor, T am credibly informed that the defendant, Walton, has hanged himself iu his cell, and is nowdead.” Judge Holbrook never stirred for a full minute, while all eyes were fastened on him. His face flushed and bis eyes glistened. At last he said: “In that ease, I shall write out the opinion on which my recent decision was passed and deliver it to the court ai an early day. This event, bowt rer, will leave the plaintiffs, Teliafer and others, in undisputed possession of the property until this day at issue. Tin* law is vindicated, and if 1 may depart for one* moment from my judicial capacity, I may say that I am glad that it has come about iu this way."—Boston (Hobo.

DKCLINE OF WALKING.

Til*' H l»«***l la !Cr>ft|>oiiftible for it fire.it Deal of It. We found that from .several cause the puce was always be.-,; ut the end of the day, says the Country Hottoe. For one thing, the legs do not fall Into the proper swing for the first mile or two. and with a big iask before us wc knew lietter than to hurry at starting. A strong, steady pa:e goes further in this, as in everything. Then we soon lighted on the fact that at :h»* end of a hard day, if there wag any doubt about lasting it out, the only chance waa to make the going as fast as possible. Two men walking together may be equally and utterly exhausted in body and mind, but if they have got a strong, uniform, mechanical stride there are miles in them still. To stop or falter at such a time is fatal. The legs give way, the knees shake ami a stiffness conus over the body that is shaken off with greater pain each time, until at last it will prove masterful altogether. Taint pure and simple I found easy to overcome by sheer practice and resolution, lu my early days I perspired profusely and suffered agonies in my parched throat, drinking at every spring whi dt came In view. Soon the tendency to perspiration was mitigated and I found the simple determination not to drinkput the craving quite out of mind. I always found U best to drink as little as I could with comfort. It is of no use shutting one's eyes to the fact that long-distance walking Is on: of fashion and out of favor. I am afraid the bicycle has given it the coup de grace. It is natural to prefer an exercise that will show you eighty miles of country instead of thirty with an equal amount of fatigue. Rut I think and 1 know that the cyclist misses a groat deal, in addition to having chosen the less health-giving pastime. In the cultivation of sound lungs and broad shoulders the pedestrian has no rival. He gets all the delightful smell of the country, which the cyclist cannot catch whizzing along in a swift atmospheric current. He gets all the pretty detail of woods and fields and ditches and animal life, of which the wheelman has only a blur. We may legitimately turn the phrase and say that he cannot see the trees for the wood. Then it is obvious that the man on his feet can turn aside and see the corners of nature and perhaps finest of all is the subtle and to me always exquisite pleasure of feeling the proud independence of having covered the ground by one's own unaided locomotion. The walking man is the most self-contained man of all. Tn a large town there are peculiar deterrents to systematic walking. Chlefest is the ring of dull and sometimes dirty suburbs which has to be penetrated before the open is reached and actual pleasure commences. I always make a point of starting from outside, taking train to a suitable point and returning by train, if need be, from another. Want of company and I fear declining energy curtail them from the spans of yore. The solitary ramble, pleasant enough in iteelf, will not compare with the stimulus of a good comrade, and you can never get up the steam in the same fashion.

OLD STOmtS OF EVERY LAY UFE.

1 hill you have owed nu* fur a matter of i about I'iuhtccu tnuutlis Good-day." '

FLINGS AT THE FAIR SEX

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Au excited crowd had t-uhered around the young main utid there won* •Ties of "Lynch him!" "String him up!" etc. "What’s the mattel ?" a>ked '.he t u dorfoot on tho outskirts id' the crowd anxiously. “GoitT to he a lytn hiu'. I rci-.kon," replied the old gray-whiskered man. wbo was intently watching the proceedings oviv the heads of the crowd. ‘ Yes. that's the game," he added after a win-

I illed < In Florida* Thu "filled cheese” bill passed by the last congress goes into effect on Sept. 4 and on and after that date a special government tax of $250 per annum will have to be paid by all wholesale dealers and $12 per annum by all retail dealers in filled cheese. “Filled cheese” is the designation of all adulterated products or anything made from other substances than the curd of pure milk. In addition to tho special tax at the rates given all dealers who have any filled cheese In stock on Sept. 3 are required to purchase special tax-stamps, at the cost of 1 cent for each pound, and attach these stamps on the packages containing filled cheese. This will only have to be done with the stock on hand, for any filled cheese received after September 4 will have to be duly stamped by the manufacturer, who is required to pay a special tax of $400 a year for manufacturing the article. The tax is about the samething as the special tax paid by dealers in oleomargarine.—Exchange.

*'lt VViim Xotlilug llur n Hook" tile or two. “Sonic of the boys has got hold of a young fclhr that has strayed from the straight an' iiarrcr path, an’ he's jest about to see tlie error of his ways.” The tenderfoot stood on tiptoe and his eyes seemed to stii-U out ••veu with the tiji of his nose, but In* could see nothing but a determined-looking youth standing against a tree witli Ids arms tied behind him and his feet tied together. "Has he killed some one?" asked tho tenderfoot at last. "I reckon lie has.” replied the old man. "It looks like Prairie Pete from here, an' if it is lie's got not loss'a five notches on tho handle of his gun.” "And in consequence 1 suppose he’s been condemned to death?" said the tenderfoot. "What's that?" demanded the old man. "D'ye think lie's goin' to tie jerked up for killin' a few men I” "Why, o fcoursi*. Isn't he ” “Not on your bowie! We don't hang men for that out here. We've got too much respect for a live man to shove him after a dead one.” “Then, what has the fellow d< ne?" asked the tenderfoot. "He stole a bicycle," replied the ohl man slowly and impressively. Just then there was a movement near the center of the crowd, and the in-xt minute the young man had been released and some one in the crowd was calling for three cheers for Prairie Pete. Tho tenderfoot looked at tlie old man inqnirinly. “All a mistake,” explained the latter, as he caught a few words ginning from tin* center of the crowd. “Prairie Pete has sgnared hlsself an' proved it was not a bicycle that he stole after all; nor yet no motocyele. It was nothin' I ut a boss.”

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er to his hillside.

"I am not long for this world," he said, •‘and I would like to feel that ' when l am gone in.i property will he i dlsposi-it of as | have dciTecd in my I

will.”

rile lawyer inclined Ids head as an j indication that lie was listening and ' making a memorandum of all that was |

said.

"I realize that lu lids 1 am expecting a great deal,” continued tin- rich man, "but I have given the matter considerable thought, and 1 hope* I have found a way to bring about tlie desired result. Now. of course, ns soon as I am dead and the terms of my will are made known tho majority of my heirs will begin to consider the ehnnees of breaking it.” "Of course." acquiesced the lawyer. "Ami they will naturally turn to you.” I said the rich man. "Very naturally," admitted the htw-

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“As tin* family lawyer for so many years you are more conversant with all tin* details of the family history 'and tin* making of the will than any 1 other lawyer very well could he,” con -tlnmsl the rich man, "and you would stand a In-tier chance of hreakinp tin* will than any one else. Consequently, tin* contending faction will try to retain you." “That is quite likely," said tin* law-

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"But no hoitornhlc lawyer would lis ten to any kind of a proposition from the others after accepting a retaining fee from one of tlie parties interested in the ease.” “He would he disbarred if he did. It is a matter of professional honor—” “Enough," interrupted the sick man. "I wish to retain you in connection with the proceedings to break my will. PH give you a retainer now to put your services beyond the reach of my heirs and to keep you on tin- right side of tin* case. I lutenn to have my own way in

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Very \ntiiriill> Salil Hie I.tmyi-r. the disposition of my property if it’s a possible tiling.”

Tin- Doctor'll Vilvicc The doctor looked serious. “You should hi* very careful for at

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‘•Hy That 'l ime. V\ tint ?' roast a month.” he said.

‘Is it as had as all that?” asked the

I’nn |i prec In 1 eil. “A case of unrequited love,” said the mosquito, as he dodged a slap. “1 have a real fondness for this niau, and see how he scorns my love. However,

I'm not going to give him up without another trial.”—Boston Transcript.

New to Thrill. “There's a joke in your paper this week Hint I heard at a variety show two seasons ago,” said the disagreeable man. “What if there is-'' said the pultllsher of the religious weekly. “Oin subscribers never go to variety show s." —ladianapolis Journal.

To lie Kvpeetnl. Gahlow- You ought to attend the special service for bicyclist at out church to-morrow. Horley Why? Gahlow—Rev. .Mr. Whc.daway is go. lug to dellvor a sermon on the evils of walking.—Box bury Gazette.

Alleged AChurch Cufttom. There is nothing like going abroad for the news. A writer in the London Church Keview says that it is “a regular custom" In San Francisco churches and in other hot parts of America, for people to “get up and stretch themselves, and even take a turn outside, after the fashion of the theater between the acts.” The writer thinks that “if we (English) would adopt some of these sensible ways our churches might be generally filled even in spite of the hot weather.”

A Clever Teacher. That was a clever kindergarten teacher who wishing her class of boys and girls to take up sewing and fearing revolt on the part of the young lads, cleverly managed that their sewing should take the form of sailmaking for small boa s, learning to sriteh balls and to mend sweaters. The result was keen interest and complete success.— New York Times.

patient anxiously. “If the result is to he as satisfactory ns l would like to have it you cannot follow the rules that I lay down too

carefully.”

"I will do exactly ns you say,” said the now thoroughly alarmed patient. "A-am I eating too heartily?” “Much too heartily. You should cat simpler food and not so much of it. If you follow my advice you’ll cut your butcher’s and grocer's bills just about

in half.”

“I’ll do It, doctor.” "You ought to take more exercise, too,” continued the physician. "How

Mic llnti Stuillc'il It. “John," she said slowly and thoughtfully, "1 have been making a study of I the guaiu-ial question for the last two or throe weeks, and. do you know. 1 believe I'm for free silver.” "Why. my dear," he protested, “you can’t mean—" “Yes, 1 ilo." sin* interrupted; “and you needn’t try to argue mi* out of it. either. iV'cause you enn’t do it. 1 have been reading some free silver literature and 1 know the methods of you gold ; nu n. You’ll try to befog my mind by < bringing up something about parity anil market values, but it won’t do you any good. My mind is made up on the Id-to-1 feature and 1 shall hold out for h 1 may not know anything about i parity, but 1 know what sixteen for ioTte is. and I propose to have it.” j “Sixteen what for one what?” i “There, you are trying to befuddle me. Sixteen silver dollars for one gold dollar, of eourse. I've put away a $."> gold piece to be>rin with, and just the minute Bryan's inaugurated I’m going j to take it to tin* bank and get tjiNi iu silver for it." "But you can't," he explained. "Nonsense!" she returned. "What does lb to 1 mean If it doesn't mean : 16 to 17’ "Ob. that just refers to the weight,” lie said. "It takes sixteen times as much silver to buy you a gown as it docs gold. You see. gold Is worth sixteen times as imieh as silver, and—” “But who wants any more weight?" “Why, you see—” “Why should I carry sixteen pounds j of silver around with me if one pound of gold will answer the purpose? Are you sure about Its being a luestion of weight mid not of value?” "t 'ertalnly.” “Then that settles it," she said with determination. "1 have been basely deceived by the Mrs. Bryan Free Silver club, and 1 shall send in my resignation to-day. i guess these fashionable

do you go to your office, now?”

“On the street cars.”

Unh«p’>y Man W hat is a poor man to do? If he does not laugh at a friend’s jokes his friend is disgusted, and if he does laugh his friend tells another joke.— Atchison Globe.

“Stop it at once. You must walk to and front your office every day, rain or shine. Do you ever go to the theater?” “Quite often " “You mustn't do it while you're under my care. How about smoking?” “1 smoke, of course, but only in moderation.” “Don’t smoke at all,” Itstructed the physician. "Throw away all your cigars and don’t buy another for thirty days at least or I'll throw up the case.” “I’ll do it, doctor, but—but—” “Do you drink?" "Occasionally, but I—" “Stop it entirely.” “A little claret on ine table non and then ought not to—" “Not a drop at any time." “AU right, doctor. What next?” “Nothing. Follow these instructions | ,’losely for thirty days, and by mat

“SIxtoi'ii \\ lint for Onv What f” gowns ore heavy enough without weighting them down any more when one wants to go shopping.”—Chicago Evening Cost.

Driitiitnintr I |> Tr*.» I<< The captain of a ferry boat near Bangor, Me., Is drumming up trade by presenting each lady who crosses on hi - boat wi;h a pond lliv

" ii'S,” said tho patient eagerly. “By that time, what?" " y that time.” repel ted the doctor, "v n ought to hav -ivi ! enough to pm*- me the bn':.:. d: n that little

Iti'aNim in All ThinKM Margie—The scales are fastened on fish just like the slates on a house, aren’t tin y? Mamma Yes, Margie, dear. Margie—I suppose they are put on that way. mamma, to keep tin* fish from leaking, aren't they?- London Figaro.

('holly: "Where are you Jack: “To call on a girl.” "What—ot. h hot night like this? ’ "The girl , from Boston.”—Philadelphia Record. Dealer (dubiously): “Y-r-e-s! This hammock will hold two: but it would be awfully close work." Maiden quickly): "I'll take It. please."- Puck Nodd: ‘T've got to raise $10o thb week." Todd: "Is it a case ot ttece*sity?” Nodd: "I should say so. .My wife will come back if I don’t.” — Truth. "1 hear that .tour cashier ha.- -kipped. Did he take much?” "Humph, be took my wife w-ith him." “What l meant was. did he take anything of value?" Texas Sifter. Husband: “How do you like fhe view?' Wife (with ecstasy): “Oh, 1 am speechloss” Husband: “Well, if that be so, I think we had better stay here for a while.”—Judge. "Above all.” said the throat ~pe al ist, “the lady mitut talk as little as possible.” "Doc,” eagerly asked Mrs. Graymair's husband, "is there any hope of it beoom.iig chronic"" Cincinnati Enquirer. "Ah—,” asked the lady, "thio . oug* will act—er—rub off?” "Oh, dear, no men'," said the clerk. "It Is esj ecially warranted to stand all the kisses if investigation one’s feminine frietKa- maj choose to try on it.” Indianipoii* Journal. “I see,” remarked the pearl of the harem, as she laid down a copy of the Stamhoul Ciraeter, "that ihe women of America are discarding a barbarous garment called tlie petticoat and are adopting something like our own trousers. Our benighted occidental sistery are slowly but surely learning tho wayv of civilization, poor things."- Buffalo Express. "I can't help being a little melancholy," he said, apologetically "I* trouble?” "Not on my own account. But 1 can't help thinking over the misfortunes of i'.vo friends of mine who recently married. One got a girl who can cook and insists on playing thc piano. The other got one who knows how to pi :he piano and insist- on cooking. , . Lington Star. "My dear.' tnid lie, "that waist doenot tit you in the back at all.” "It doenot matter,” s id she. “People in front of me can't see it, and I don’t cart what they eay behind my buck ” Th<feminine reader is allowed the choice of two solutions: F.ither the woman who didn't care about the fit of her waist was fibbing, or. what is more likely, she never existed.—New YorV Journal.

AIDS TO THE TOILET

Soft tinted serge gowns with accor-dion-plaited nifiles are high favorite.-: among fashiionble bathers. Stockings striped or embroidered are w-oru to match the suits. Soft, fluff; pompadours and a revival of the old-f.rhioned chatelaine braids prese:vlng a broad a: d as flat an effe t as possible are quite the reigning fashionable style of hairdressing. Empire fans are still the most fashionable, even when the night if. stifling. Devotees of fashion maintain that they give quite as much air as large ones, and have much more pre.tige than feather fans. Skirts of one material and bodices of another will continue in fashion all winter,probably chiefly because of their great convenience. Added to this, how* ever, they are an extremely attraet.iv* combination. The return of short trains Is im minent. They will he used chiefly by married women for indoor wear and ceremonious visits, while younger wi m en, even for these purposes, wdll stlli cling to skirts that clear the ground. In the matter of veils cream and white are still much in vogue for seaside wear. Plain women and womcr, who freckle cling to those composed entirely of lace and so closely cover*® that they art almost as masks. Th« daintiest of all. however, are those made of silk net with a deep “dglnr of real lace.

‘SCRAPS.'

Chicago lias 5,400 Johnsons in He directory, and only 4,200 Smiths Football has been played in England for more than five hundred years. The gospel is preached in thirty different languages in the United Stams "I suppose yon have music at the hotel?" “No. but we have a band ” Harper’s Bazar. Indian elephants cannot live in central Africa, the home of a larger and more hardy speciee. In ninety years the Spanish-speak-ing people of the world have increased from 26,190,000 to 42.800,000. The forest fires In Adams county, Washington, were so heavy that w woman in that section who went rut to bring in the cows got lost in (be smoke and wandered ten miles from her home.

WISE WORDS.

Many a fellow who is fastidkiM about a speck of mud on hls shoes, never worries about a coat of slime on bU soul. You can't express the love of God in a crabbed tone any more than yon could express a carload of gold In a dirt barrow. A hundred men can be brave with the world ready to clap Its hands, where one can be a hero with only God looking on. The only Scripture record of a church taking a vacation on account of the heat, was the church In Jerusalem Just after Stephen’s death.—Ex.