Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 51, Number 12, Jasper, Dubois County, 4 December 1908 — Page 2

Rainbow and Rose

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In the middle of Jane maay centK ries as the son was at its height On Ike h!ier U the trees ami Sowers wer scorched aad dried Hp from the Icrs iroaeht. and his burning rays pierced their way ea to the cool ami sta'e'y garden which lay la the skelter of the taile; maay below, but they c!f touched lightly the myriad cf beaatfXul Sowers that raised their tea is so gladly to meet hte soft, cares.; -Eg touch, which fell 1b slanting shade ws amid the thick eree foliage.

Ever hing seemed to thrive In this

da fash:oneä garde, from the proad i

white Lis to the humble Woe forgetzcenct growing la beeches la the soft xnoss i- the ose beautiful of all were tie masses of roses red. yellow

ass .J&. 3Bz uk lainuy mbicu wa rose ad in their midst seeming to stand aloae aad apart from all the

rest, a beautiful pink La Praaee, her bricht green leaves forming a halo

arczni ter. The other roees in the gardens looked up to hex as their coeen the birds would com a ad stag

th.r hi s soags before her. and the , Y.rozl uncocks wosld carry their tails J higher ard strut core vainly as they i passed t!ore h-r ! Th? Sowers - i it all their own way la th-s ?3tii half forgotten acre of J God N roeg"3 g it leoer came to cut I

away tur th rr snip off their dead

has anf gl'

or taetn to pot into i

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the r ? s feet, and each Sower wafts.

es i her petals, whirs contains a wsh f r the sleeping child. The sUirs. too d-'P from heaven and rest lightly ovfr h:tn. and then, when all have ccr- ard gone, the moon's sliver rays cerrr rhemselves on the rose and her chJd ighnng them up and leaving all the rest in gloom, and in the silence

an zisn oi uut gjortous summer

right the mcoa speaks: I give to this child a name that shall live forever and ever, that shall werk rrTe good thaa evil, that shall bring happiness to maay and misery

to few a naane without which ao one

can Iiv e for the naai which I give to yoar ch.?d I- Love." Lady's Raaks. A Smart Girl.

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INDIANA INDIAN NAMES. Miami Name For Indianapolis Was "Makes a Noise Place." Indiana U the center of literature, and Indianapolis is known throughout tfee workl as the Otnphnlos of Pootry. Whatever relates to that center and that Omphalos interests every reasoning man and woman. May wo borrow from Mr. Jacob Piatt Dunn. Secretary of the Indiana Historical Society, a little of the light he has Just Irradiated on Indiana philology in his "Glossary of Indian Names." which is prt of his "True Indian Stories." lately reviewed and praised in the Sun? The good revere, yet deplore, the name "Indianapolis.' It is pretentious, mouth tilling, a guess at Greek, unworthy of what the city connotates that has grown up in spite of it. How much more euphonious was the Miami name for it: "Chaaktunoongi." an admirable prophecy of the present capital, for It means "Makes a Noise Place." Is It too late to go back to this happy appelalloa? Winona, the name of a town which used to be famous in Minnesota as the home of William Windom. is now

ttsed in Indiana only of Winona Lake: but Mr. Dunn gives us a little lesson 1c baby nomenclature among the Sioux: " Winonah' is a Sioux female proper name, signifying a first born child. If the first bom ts a boy the name given is 'Chaskay.' and in that case there can be no Winonah' In the family. When sex is not desired to be indicated the Sioux word for the first born is tokahpah,' which is the numeral first.' " In a Rooseveltian world these distinctions and delicacies are not without alue. No Sioux, as far as we know, commits the barbarity of sad düng his child with a statesman's nam". Winnipeg" means. w say with regr r and all apolo 'o uorthern neighbors, 'stinking water " Wabash," we know not what othc rs may think, tut to us 'Gat ash' has something, has much of the inexplicable and imni"niorial magic of Tiber." "Nile." Tigris." 'Gangfs."' Arno" We have t. see loyal Indiatiians pointinu from th" train at hit sacred stream Wata-sh" as a iw ibie rltiws from the M:ann name "Wahliuhshikki." usually Ironouncetl "Wuhpahhtkki" (accent on the penult) and in an inflection of th Miami adc-iv. white ' The natr-H 1 refers to tht- limestone bed of rh- upper part of the stream;" and rhre Is nothing in the somewhat ci maion theory that Wabash means .i !.ud driven by the equinoctial w:r. 1 ' Mr. Rile's lines surge into th- mind: ' Pr.irht waters that swirl and that frazzle. Wal ash! Bv th- cliffs th-v have bitten to frazzle. Wabash!" H w many Manhattan cockneys kr., w how to pronounce the Lone Star W.iru. famous among cities Some of the unt raveled are apt to make the that syllable broad "ah." thinking thev show themselves correct and Spanish thereby. There is Waco" (wayco) in Indiana. Importe! from Texas, sometire'"1 written as Spanish. ' Hueco." ar d said to mean "heron" among the W -hita. "Tippecanoe." a mighty w- rl is a corruption of "Ketapekonnurnt." the Indian town below the mouth of the Tippecanoe River. "Canoe." Mr. Dunn tells us "Is not a word of the North American Indians." "Tecuniseh." properly "Tecuratha." is a eotnc across." or "crossing over." "Mohawk" is probably "cannibal." Ohio is certainly beautiful," "Manbatfan" (there is one In Indiana) Mr. Dunn grimly holds after mentioning many other etymologies, including "iH-autiful view." to be as HeckewK!er said, "the place where we all got drunk." There Is a noble finality alout their guesses. "Kokomo." for example, "has been translated "Black Walnut' Bear Chief and 'Young Grandmother.' and "may be translated The Diver." But we mustn't wear out our welcome. We take our leave, happy in Mr Dunn's confirmation of "Place of Wild Onions" aa the interpretation of "Chicago." The old, mephitic calumny Is slowly being dispelled New York Sun.

Harry Hump, a chnfTeur of Guilford, England, is ia hard luck. On a recent occasion he aws fined $33 and costs for exceeding the speed-limit His excnee to the magistrate was: "I was driving a Yankee, and he kept saying. 'For Heaven's sake, let's get on!" He Is savins up to et married; but whenever he drives Americans they urge him to go faster, and he parts with all hie savings In fines. When a recently enriched merchant in Russia Is bent on organizing a really brilliant entertainment, he spends thousands of rubles on the supper, the music and the decorations; and then, to give an air of true distinction to his fete, bargains for the attendance of a retired general, who understands It to be a part of his bargain that he shall appear in full uniform, with all his crosses and decorations. The highest restaurant in the world has been opened at the Eismeer station of the Jungfrau railway In Switzerland. It Is 10,000 feet above sea-level, close to the summit of the mountain. The food is not cooked by means of ordinary fuel, but by electricity generated by the Lutschlne waterfall, deep down in the valley below. The dining room Is a large hall hewn out of the solid rock, and heated by electricity. Heard In the Country Store. SHaa Hello, Cy. What's now down Frog Creek way? Cyrus Haven't you heard? Gee! Zeke Woothorby Is the proud pa of a youngster that weights twenty pounds. Silas Do tell! That's odd. Anything else? Cyrus Yep! Hank Ryotop is the proud po of twins. Reckon you'll say that's odd, too? SWas No, by heck; that'B even. Chicago News. And Then Did She? Cafomar What Is the price of the dKk Utile GirlPloase, mum. It's 3 shlll. ings. but mother says if jou crumble It's 23 Cd Punch.

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WORLD'S GREATEST DANDY

Title St it l Held by King Ed. In JTpttc of His 70 years - King Edward of England, notwithstanding the fact that he is now approaching his seventieth year and has come to be regarded as, one of the most astute diplomats and statesmen In the world. Is still recognized as the first gentloman of Europe in matters of fashion, and in accordance with his reputation as the acknowledged leader of meu's modes, all those male Inhabitants of European countries who desire to be regarded as smart and up to date in regard to their personal attire model their clothes as nearly as possible after those worn by England's monarch. Tho loading tailors of London, Paris, Borlin, Vienna, Rome. St. Petersburg. Budapest and the smaller European capitals come to Marlenbad evory year to carry out a systematic observation of the King during the three weeks in which he drinks the health-giving waters of the springs and lives the simple life, to cure himself of the results of rich and luxurious living in England. When the King arrives, toward the end of August, a swarm of tailors and outfitters from all the capitals are waiting to pursue their studies of the way In which the first goutleman clothes and decorates his august body. Hatters, hosiers, shirt-makers, shoemakers, venders of underwear, collar makers and cuff manufacturers, glove-makers and Jewelers are there to carry out the necessary observations in their respective spheres of activity. During the King's visit to Marienbad they exploit to the full so excellent an opportunty of watching Edward's taste in all departments of clothing and outfitting. Every morning before 7 o'clock the King appears on the public promenade to drink the waters from the springs, I together with hundreds of visitors from all parts of the world assembled at Marlenbnd, and at this early hour ho invariably wears a lounge sack suit, with other articles of clothing to match, but whatever the color of the suit may be. he always wears a colored shirt and brown shoes. It Is noticeable that tho King has an especial liking for red In dressing himself, for nine days out of ten he wears a red tie and almost every day red stockings can be seen peeking forth between his turned-up trousers and low shoes. The King takes with him to Marienbad more than 100 large trunks for a j stay of three weeks, so that ho has a j liberal choice of clothes from which to choose every morning. It is noticeable that he dons a different suit on each morning and that he varies the color of the shirts and hats in the same. way. the red socks being the only point in which he prefers same ness from day to day. If he appears In a gray suit one morning he wears a brown suit next day, a blue suit on the third day. another shade of gray on the fourth, a different blue or brown on the fifth, green clothes on the sixth, and so on, till he has exhausted the stock of suits which he hae brought with him. and begins again at the beginning. The color of the soft felt hat always corresponds to the color of the suit so that a gray hat accompanies a gray coat, and a green hat a green suit Many of the King's colored shirts are made with the collars n Mixed to them, and the collar Is made of thesame material and is the same color as the shirt Itself. Sometimes the King wears a white collar on a colored shirt, but the cuffs are always of the same color as the material of the shirt. The King's handkerchief also corresponds to the color of the suit which he Is wearing. If tho weather bo cold tho King reveals the possession of an amazing variety of overcoats and ulsters of all colors, lengths and styles, and altogether his earlymorning promenades yield a world of observations In regard to the kind of clothing to be worn on unceremonial occasions. If tho King goes out to lunch or to afternoon tea, as Is often the case during his Marienbad visit, he wears, by preference, gray frock coats or gray cutaway coats with tails, surmounted by a gray top hat, a style of dressing which is sometimes varied by a blue frock coat or blue cutaway, also surmounted by a gray top hat. In the evening the King either goes to the local theater or attends a small and comparatively informal dinner party given by some English, French or Austrian aristocrat In his honor, and on these occasions he wears a dining Jacket with a black tie. Once or twice during his summer vacation there may be a more formal dinner to attend, and then the King always goes out In full evening dress and white tie. Every Sunday morning he religiously attends the little English church" and then he dons the traditional tall black silk hat typical of tho English Sunday, together with a black frock coat, colored waistcoat and gray trousers. The Queerest Salad. A gourmet, as he mixed a salad of chicory, said: "The world's queerest salad, and possibly Its most delicious one, is eaten by the Inolts of northwest Greenland. It Is a salad of undigested moss from the stomach of a freshly killed reindeer, a bitter, sharp, stimulating salad, as good for the digestion as an electrical massage. The Inolts live almost exclusively on fish; hence salads are a favorite dish with thorn. But no salad. In their minds, compares with that which they wrest from the slaughtered reindeer. They say this salad is crispor. tenderer and more appetizing than any other, and they say It wards off indigestion. They fight for It. they spend their Inst penny on It, quite as the Indians do with firewater." Exchange.

A Murderous Matd. First Admlror She looked daggers at me. Second Ditto She cut mo dead. Third Ditto Well. I must say, when sho came out In that stunning rig she paralyzed me. Fourth Ditto I think she's Just killing. Baltimore American.

A WORD FROM THE LANDLADY.

De Careful, GlrU, She Says, We Can Tell More than a Secress. "No." said the landlady, "yon cau't toll anything from a boarder's rmnk. The time has boou when a yellow leather trunk with a Planters" House label pasted on It could get my front single jxirlor and no questions asked, but uot of late years. The stung landlady dreads tho hotel label. Some of the swellost-Iooklng trunks that ever went up my front stairs turned out to be made of paper with tho brass hinges only painted on." runs a story In the Kansas City Times. "landladies are only human, and I am free to confoss that I have been deceived by these appearances In the past, but If I had to size up a boarder to-day by this means, other things being equal. I would pin my faith to the little battered tin trunk with a barn door padlock" and an odor of mothballs. "Tho truth Is landladies are often to blame for their own misfortunes, and their vanity has put many a good-paying boarding house on the rocks. When the new boarder comes to the door in a cab with his trunk strapped on behind and his hat box on the seat beside the driver It is a strong-minded landlady who can keep the fact clearly before her that she runs a boarding house, and not an apartment hotel. "I don't know why It is that a landlady should allow herself to be taken in by such shallow articles when she knows better all the time, but It is true nevertheless that she Is too often a willing victim. Her experience has taught her well enough that the boarder who puts on the most style, who makes the biggest kick about the odor of cabbage in the front hall, and who colls you down before the whole table because you left the wrong laundry bundle at his door, is sure to be the man who is shy on his board bill Saturday night. Yet snch a boarder is almost certain to get more consideration and attention than the man who pnjs in advance, never kicks at anything and always turns the gas loV when he goes out. "Short of marrying a man, I believe there is no experience to be gained in there is no evidence to be gained in

any business equal to that of landlady-

ing him. No man can long conceal his true character from his landlady. He may shoot off a lot of fireworks to fool the rest of the world, but his landlady generally knows what they are worth. I have often thought that If girls who

are thinking of marrying would come

to us first we could exert a tremendous influence for good in behalf of society. Better come to us than go to a fortune teller. "It is a grave question in my mind whether any girl should marry a man until she has been around when be is shaving. The tone of voice in which 1 have been tasked by a boarder with a murderous razor in his hand if I ca.led the water in the boiler hot would. 1 am sure, make any girl who heard It think twice. Young men who are known to them as creatures of the greatest good nature and affability would bear different reputations if the landlady chose to tell what she knew. "What a shock it would be to some confiding girl if she could see her hero standing in his door shaking his shirt in my face and demanding to know what tho laundry had done to the neckband. These re some of the things we could tell if we were asked. We could also show that some of the money spent for theater tickets and bonbons should have gone to pay for the roast consumed the previous Sunday. Have yon ever noticed that a young man at the theater with his girl always avoids the eye of bis landlady If she happens to be in the bouse? She knows, and he knows she knows. "My hope is that some day the world will realize what it owes to the landlady. Perhaps the time will come when a grateful boarder will erect a monument to her. but in the meantime I will be satisfied If I can collect what is due me on Saturday night"

The Real Trouble. William Clyde Fitch, who doesn't use his first name, has about as little of the traditional sensitiveness to failures as it is possible for a generally successful dramatist to get along ith. He talks "The Straight Road" with all the enthusiasm that he brings to a reminiscence of "Beau Brummet." and he has no objection to telling you of mirth that has been made at his own expense. "I always had faith in my historical play. "Nathan Hale." which, you may remember, we put on during the Spanish war." lie said recently. "I believe In that play, but nobody else seems altogether to agree with me. "I recall with not a little pain how I sat In the almost empty theater during one of Its productions. "Beside me at the time was one of the best-known, ablest and also frankest dramatic critics In New York, and to him I was trying to ease my mind. " 'I think.' I said, 'that we have put this play on at the wrong time. Nobody wants to go to the theater In war time.' "My friend looked at me and shook his head, sagely. " 'No. Fitch.' he answered, 'the trouble Is not the war, but the piece.'" Saturday Evening Post

Origin of the Word "Bogus." The word "bogus" is said by Dr. Ogllvie to be derived from Boghese. the name of a notorious American swindler who. about the year 1S35, flooded the Western and Southwestern States with counterfeit bills, sham mortgages, etc. Others connect the word with "bogy." a scarecrow or goblin, and so applied to anything fictitious ox chimerical. Lowell. In the "Blgelow Papers," says: "I more than suspect tho word to be a corruption of the French bogasse." This bognsse was the sugar cane as delivered In its dry. crushed state from the mill, also called can trash and fit only for hurnitig. being synonymous with useless rubbish. Again, according to Brewer, there Is In French argot or thieves' slang a word "boguc." which signifies the rind of a green chestnut or the case of a watch, and this also brings us to the Idea of an outward seeming without any solid or reputable foundation. Kansas City Journal.

Two Wives for Fifty Years

MO-RMOJ Mj UTIIED GIULS Off MJ LIVED HA.TVIL.V WITH THEM HALF CEJVTVRy

Is marriage a failure? Well, not always not if you have two wives. In these dlvorce-rldden days a man Is counted lucky if he lives out along lifetime happily with one woman, but Absolom Woolf It Is part of the story that he lives In Utah has spent moro than fifty years as the husband of two women, with never a cloud on the domestic horizon. He married them both on the same day. In fact, he had what you might call a double wedding, and the happy brides had only one thought to make their beloved bridegroom happy. Mr. Woolf declares that they succeeded In the superlative degree, and last year, when the trio celebrated their golden wedding, each of the aged wives declared that she never had felt a single pang of jealousy during the half century of nuptial bliss. Tho Woolfs live at Hyde Park. Utah, and up to the time of their golden wedding the world had not discovered their unparalleled romance. Even In tho Mormon Church, to which they belong. It Is said no such occasion ever has occurred before, and the happy trio received congratulations with something of wonderment They are not society folks and are not used to the notice of the world. "if we had known that our matrimonial career was going to arouse such a commotion I don't believe we'd have had any golden wedding." said ilr. Woolf. "We're Just common folks, and don't want people making a fuss over us just because we've lived together fifty years. If we hadn't intended to be happy we wouldn't have married, would we? I can't see that we've done any more than our duty, for It"s the duty of married folks to get along In peace and harmony." True enough. Mr. Woolf. And they all mean to do their duty and to live happy ever after when they're married. But they do not all possess your secret. The marriage of Mr. Woolf, which occurred April 19, 1SS7. In the Mormon Endowment house in Salt Lake City, was the result of an unusual romance of the pioneer days. The young women were Lucy Ann Hambleton and Harriet Wood, and each maiden had just -passed her sixteenth year. Miss Hambleton was an Indiana girl, while Miss Wood came from the prairies of Illinois. They were both beauties and still retain the charm'tbat comes to those who grow old happily. Absolom Woolf. called "Appy" by his wives and friends, was born In Pelham, Westchester county, N. Y.. In 1J.32. He was one of the original converts to Mornionlsm and was with that sturdy band of pioneers who made the plunge Into the desert In 147. two years before the gold-seekers fared across the continent to California. Tho two young girls who afterward became his brides were in the same party. It was the custom in those days for people to marry early, and Mr. Woolf began "keeping company" with Miss Wood before sho was fifteen. They lived at Nepal. 100 miles south of Salt I-ake City. Even at that early day Salt Lake City was the Mecca of the Mormons, who made semi-annual pilgrimages there to attend the conference of the church. Upon one such pilgrimage Miss Wood remained in the central city with friends, and thus the two lovers were separated. There were no mails In Utah at that

day. but gossip seems to have traveled with as much speed as at the present day. While Woolf did not hear from his sweetheart directly, he heard in a round-about way that she was being wooed with much fervor by a young man of the city. Later he beard from what seemed to be a reliable .source that Miss Wood was married. Although he was much grieved by the news. Mr. Woolf determined to show the young woman that there was just as good fish in the soa as the one he bad failed to land. He found that Miss Hambleton was ready to comfort him. and before he knew it he found outthat pity was akin to love. They became engaged, and he thought he had put the faithless girl out of his heart altogether. Just before the date set for the wedding Miss Wood returned from Ca It Lake City, and Mr. Woolf found out when it appeared to be too late that Dame Humor was a prevaricator. Miss Wood had not married. Not only that but she had not even a lover In Salt Lake City, and her heart still clung with fond tenderness to the young man In Nephi. who. as she believed, was waiting faithfully for her return. This was an embarrassing position for the young man as well as for the girls. But at that time polygamy was an open tenet of the Mormon Church, and it offered a way out. It was not even then the custom to have "double weddings." however, the faithful followers of Brlgham Young making It a practice to take their honeymoon on the installment plan. Mr. Woolf waited a while to see If the dilemma would not settle Itself. But time showed that the two girls really loved him, and he could not

No Napkin for Roosevelt. As a flag officer. I have always required of the commissary officer of each ship a bill of fare, prepared a week In advance, stating Just what would be served at each meal. This, forwarded through his commanding officer, came to me and. after examination, was passed to the paymaster of the fleet for filing. To be sure that this bill of fare was followed and the food properly prepared and served I frequently went on board some ship

of the fleet without any previous no

tice and directed the captain to have a table set for mo on the mess deck among the men. and there. In company with the members tf my staff and the captain and commissary officer of the ship, took my dinner. The meal was served to us exactly as it was to the- mon and nothing was permitted on the tabic which they did not have. On one occasion I took the President to dine In this way with the crew of a

make up his mind that ho could bo happy with either "were t'othor doar charmer away." He sought his bishop for advice. "Marry 'em both, my hoy; marry 'em both," was the counsel of the shepherd of tho flock to which young Woolf bolonged. Ho took the matter before tho young women lu the frank way that was the fashion In those days. "I love you both, my dears, and both of you love me. Shall wo get married?" The remarkable part of it is that tho girls were satisfied with this arrangement. According to tholr religious convictions the matter was right and proper. The two young women were good friends, and they wore not jealous of one another. The trio made a pilgrimage to Zlon's central city, and there tho two girls were united to the ono man thoy loved, and the astonishing thing in tho story is that "they lived happily evor after." There was none of tho usual problems of the "eternal triangle" to vox this happy little family. The two wives had but ono home and the neighbors marveled and waited for tho inevitable row. but It did not come. The wives did not quarrel, but dwelt together as happily as sisters. They shnred the duties of tho household and the affections of their husband with equal serenity, and Cupid, who is neither Mormon nor Gentile, and cares nothing for creeds and customs, looked at tho happy family and congratulated himsolf on tho good job he had done. Lucy Ann bore her husband twelve children, while Harriet presentod him with ten. All the neighbors sny there were no feuds in tho family. Tho little half brothers and sisters played together and hardly knew that they had only one father and different mothers. If one mother was sick the other nursed her and looked after the little ones, caring for the one brood as tenderly as the other. Seventeen of the children are alive now. and it is said that there is not a black sheep In the flock. They aro scattered all over the Western country. Most of tho children and about sixty grandchildren attended the golden wedding last year to congratulate their father and their respective mothers. On Thanksgiving day of this year It Is expected that there will be a large delegation of the children and grandchildren present at the old home. If the whole numbor could be present the family table would have to be the largest on record, and it would take time to figure how many turkeys would be needed. There are 110 grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren. Mr. Woolf has prospered as husband, father, farmer and stock raiser. He Is a man honest in his convictions. His parents becamo converts to the Mormon faith in 1S43. and in the following year they moved from New York to Nauvoo, UL, then the headquarters of the followers of Joseph Smith. They reached Nauvoo Just before Joseph Smith met his death, and joined in the exodus to the unknown West Although Absalom Woolf was only 13 at the time, he drove three yoke of oxen from Council Bluffs to Salt Lake City. i It was while crossing tho plains that

he formed the acquaintance of tho two girls who after ward became his wl-ee, though at that time none of the three dreamed they would become entangled In the most peculiar little throe-cornered romance that ever was. Mr. Woolf was ono of the most famous Indian fighters In tho West during his enrly manhood. He was a scout and a courier and took inrt iti the bloodiest battles that were fought with the redskins during the years of the settlement and pacification of Utah. In the southern part of the Territory the Indians were especially troublesome, and Mr. Woolf, having been elected a ponce officer, was constantly on the warpath. But after the Indian wars wore over, and when the combined family of the two mothers became too numerous to be contained in a single house, Mr. Woolf built another dwelling near the first family home. The two families separated then, more as a matter of domestic convenience than because they could not live together in unity. Mr. Woolf now makes his home with his wife Lucy Ann. When tho Mormon Church Issued the Woodruff manifesto commanding Its followers to abandon the practice of polygamy Mr. Woolf rebelled, for ho had married his wives in good faith and resented the Idea of putting aside ono of them, but finally he gave heed to tho advice of his occlesiastical superiors and. by agreement with his wives, tho home of Lucy was selected as his future place of abode. Unlike many others in his condition, he has religiously observed his promise to livo In monogamy. Nevertheless, the two women visit with each other, attend each other In illness, and no two sisters could display more consldoration for ono another.

battle ship, and he had a most enjoyable dinner. The captain was shocked that the President hnd no napkin to wipe his mouth on, and proposed to send for one, but I assured him that l would not permit one on the table. This custom of mine, like some other of my performances, would have turned tho captain of fifty years ago white-headed. However that may be. It convinced the men, and also the commissary officer, that I intended to seo that those under my command should he properly fed, and tho first effect wa3 to stop a vast amount of growling and discontent in tho fleet. Admiral Evans, In Broadway Magazine. Looks Wild. Yeast They say there Is no record of tho existence of the camel In a wild state. Crlmsonbeak Well, the fellow who tries to rldq one seems to havo a monopoly of the wild stale. Yonkers Statesman.