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BEGINNING OF AN AFFAIR OF SENTI/IENT.

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A March wind rattled the skeleton branches of the trees In New York's Central Park, and an April sun brightened the unshaded lawns beneath them, so that the air was at once warm and cold. A couple walking down the mall remarked this phenomenon. He likened the weather to a mixed drink, and she encouraged him with a pretty

show of teeth.

“Slowin' Itself,” he said of the *lnd that tugged at her Sunday sjclrt, toesthe feathers in her hat and blowwisps of her disordered hall about

her face.

She put them back with: “It’ll blow me to bit*.'' '•Come an' see the circus,” he suggested, meaning the menagerie. "The monkey house—Vo'S be In out of the wind there." “All right," she agreed. "They’re cumin', ain’t they?—the monkeys." "Sure," he nodded. "Arc yeh cold?" looking at her with more admiration than solicitude. It was plain that he spoke only as an excuse for that look. "Cold?” she laughed. "Are you? Put on yer coat, w'y don’t yeh? Aw.

da”

The coat hung on his arm. He protested that he was not .cold; he had only thought that she might be so. ' "Aw. put it on,” she urged. • Now. no man of any spirit will put on bis overcoat in such a case. That would be to acknowledge cither that be had not tense enough to know when be was cold, or wlsdopt enough to put on the coat knowing 1L * ' "Say." he said, "w'nt'o the use of me puttin' on the coat Wen I don't want

nr*

"Yeh might put It on Wen I ask yeh,"

she pouted.

"Aw, say.” he appealed to her. "Well." she defended herself, "yeh

never do w'at I ask yeh."

^The defense was lame. Inasmuch as they had met only throe times as y~L, and I she bad never asked him to do anything for her before. However, he saw that this affair promised trouble, and "Gee!" he said, "1 ain't goln' teh scrap about It" thrusting an arm Into

a sleeve of his coat

She turned to him, all smiles. “Yeh

needn't put It on. If y«

It” she said.

"Sure, 1 don't want It” he said. “I tol' yeh that" She took the coat, from him. and folded K over his arm. ‘'Siny," she laughed, squeezing bis hand.

f yeh don't want

long's you're

right'' he said,

happy."

She took his arm with an air of ownership. and they turned down the path toward the menagerie. On ordinary days she was a factory girl and he a bricklayer, hut this was a spring Sunday afternoon, and they'were a pair for the poets. Several hundred other couples on the crowded walk were In the same happy condition, but planets revolving In common space could not be at further cry from one another. Bach pair was the centre of Its own solar system, with the other worlds circling about 1c outer darkness. ^Therefore, these two went arm In aha with Coney Island frankness, ms If they were the sole Inhabitants of a new Garden of Eden. 'They were Just on the pleasant verge of an Intimacy •hlch each,'' unknown to the other, very much desired. He turned greedily to her, and she to him, to.hear the lightest word. They Impeded the midam of promenaders while he turned up the collar of her Jacket When he guided her around a corner: helped her up a step, or passed her through the crowd before him he reached a protective arm about her waist and let it remain long after these slight excuses for Its presence there had passed. He wore .his hat jauntily on one tide of his head, and he tried to be witty beyond telling. t "We'll settssj>«anutty ter de monk.” he said, swinging her around to a vendor of nuts and candles ’'How mucha? Five centa? Sure,” and paid out the colB-Uke a man of money. He put the bag of peanuts In the coat pocket that was nearest her, and Invited her to help hersell'—which she did. Neces-

difficulties of making a passage through the crowd parted them again. He chaffed her delicately because she ate so many nuts •’Here,'" he said, “yehll make yerself sick. You mint the monkey I got them fer.” She smiled gayly, winking a happy eye at him as she broke e shell between her smell whit* teeth. It la certain that he looked longingly at the Uhe that parted to show those teeth. ’.‘An yeh tryln' tejh make a monkey of me?" she asked. This overwhelmingly witty retort. Into a loud laugh, coughed. She giggled. They stood for a moment, helpless with'laughter, and even after they had sobered sufficiently to walk together again, he repUM to her Inward •convulsions with deep chuckles of the throat He was proud of her. Ordinarily, the lady in lEese affairs doss pothtng but giggle and again glg«le jiggling Insipid admiration of the camel who sets a heavy footed wit capering for her amusement. Here was a girl 'who smiled and answered back. He thought upon It deeply, chuckling ovsr tt SSd saying nothing. She understood that ired of hr* retort and she could but try the point of It In mem-

She put her hand In his pocket and he trapped it, emlllng down on her with e new feeling of sympathy. She answered hU look with Its fellow, pleased with the compliment of his laughter. They went down the walk so, to the tlger'e cage, where a crowd had gathered to watch the small boys In the front row who were teasing the big brute with sticks and nutshell*. The couple cl bow Ad a way Into the press of people and witre crushed together in 1L He had an excuse tor putting an arm around her. 'There's Tammany fer yeh,” he said of the tiger. "Hello, Dick." "Hell get out." sue was afraid. "Not on yer Ufo," he reassured her. The tiger best the floor of the cage with its tall, opened its pink Jaws and yawned a melancholy roar. She pretended to be mightily frightened, caught at his free band and was Immediately wrapped more tightly In his protecting arm. "Say," he Chuckled, "yeh're not scared, are yeh?" "Wei], w'y don't they leave the poor thing alone?” she said. "It might break those little bars “ He made no answer, haring his arms and mind full of other things. She felt qiKet. too. and they stood gazing, speechlessly contemr'. at nothing at all. The boys poked sticks between the bars, and the tiger roared dismally; but these two did not heed it They were In a stupid daze of happiness, the usual condition of Central Park lovers, who will sit, so. on a bench for hours together without speaking. A policeman finally stirred oa the stagnant stream of sightseers again with his •Keep movin', there; keep movin’, now.” and they were elbowed out of ti«lr stupor. "He keeps movin’." he said, resent-

fully.

She bnsled herself with a peanut doubtful whether she had not given him too much encouragement, whether he had not been simply amusing him-

self with her.

They drifted down to the cage where the eagles and the buzzards were shut up together. There had been trouble among the blrdk, and they were sulking In all corners of the cage. "ook as If they’d been thi

married.” ehe raid.

He regarded her doubtfully. He would have liked to reply to-her sarcasm. but, marriage was an awful subject to discuss In such circumstances. He held his breath at thought of It. and fell back on the peanuts. She not-

ed his silence.

When they came to the ostriches be said "Rubber seek.” and they both laughed as heartily as If the ostriches had not h ear'll that same remark from every wit who had passed that day. "Gee," he said of the rhinoceros, T’m glad I ain’t got an upper Up like that to shave,” and she was hysterical apart. y ' ^ He grew bolder, and whe* she called to the deer with a hissing noise of the otlpe. he said: “Yeh're scared to de that teh me.” y This sounded too flippant She turned on him quickly. “But you ain’t a deer,” she. said snapplshlly. He was flatly crestfallen. She blew hot and cold In a breath. Why did she speak to him like that? He had been only joking. lie followed her In a sulk. She watched him from the corner of an eye, going over’tho evidence she had accumulated In the process of emotional vivisection which she had been practising on him. It amounted to this: That he would put on his overcoat to please her, even when he did not need It; that he looked at her with a full eye of admiration; that he avoided a cheap discussion of marriage; that she should change him from the highest of good spirits to the lowest of bed.

without a'word.

This promised something serious. She slipped her hand Into his pocket for a nut again. He did not fqUow 1L “Yeh’re mad," she said. "No, I ain’t” he contradicted enllea“Yos, yeh are," ehe repeated with great cheerfulness. "An* 1 wouldn’t be ao sllly if i was you." . "But yeh’re not me.” he retdrted. “Yes, yeh are," she said Irrelevantly. “Who la? • • * .What?" he

frowned.

“What I said yeh wasn’t,” she said slyly, biting a peanut That bewildered him. "Eh?” he Queried, puzzling over It “Would yeh rather be one of them ?"

i three years

"A bear?" he smiled. "Wal’d I want teh be a bear fer?" T dunho," she said. “w*t did yeh want teh be a bear fer?" He grinned. ,"I wasn’t was 1?" bs said, rather proud of it "Yep." she nodded. “Come on. now, an* tfve peanuts to tb’ other bear." He went jauntily up to Bruin, and ted peanuts to It In the moet daring manner. He put a hud almost within reach of Its dawn and even ventured to lay a nut fearieeely on the back of the huge paw thpt was thrust through the bars to him. She drew back on his arm. "Don’t don’t" she whispered, Tie'll scrstch yeh. Aw. Jim. don't" •Tbst’s all right” he said bravely, picking out another nut She drew’ him away. “Now, yeh mustn't" she'said. "Gome on. an' Alt

He was jvjth drawn from his ft

e said. "I wouldn't let him

COMMLKCiAL REVIEW.

’ she said. "I’m tired,

•eating herself on a public bench. I all anxiety In a moment | "Jobbing be eald. putting his arm. 1 and iron

He i

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trade

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in volume in the Fatt and r

Idert.

She laid her head on hie arm. and neM Ut Ue „ foo ^ eKecpt ioT

soked up at him with a comfortable m „ vrin , n(

coat?" she aski “Not except yer want me ter,” he j said. She reached out for his other hand ! at this wbole-sonled surrender. And they sat there, hand In hud. his arm about her neck, his free hand loving]? fingering her ear. looking unutterab!e tenderness at close range Into each others* faces. A-number of the pass-ers-by turned to stare at them, but they did not mind 1L She had tacitly accepted him as her "steady." and he knew IL The world might go bang.— New York Commercial Advertiser.

CARRIER PIGEONS IN WAR.

i of using

Snre«Mral Bmparlamt* with th* Rlnta by

the Kr*BCh Army »nit Nary.

The French army has interested It-

self of late In the quest carrier or homing plgobi

noissanco duty with very satisfactory results, ft) the experiments the pigeons assigned to the patrols are carried In baskets on the backs of the cavalrymen. as the Infantryman carries hU knapsack. Inside the basket are tubes made of wickerwork lined with horse hair paddings. In which the pigeons are placed. It was found that without the tubes a long trot would render the birds unfit for serrjee. and when the tubes were made of tin the back of the bird was seriously chafed. The tube makes the bird hold his wings and feet close to his body. Of course, after long confinement In this cramped position he gets very stiff, to avoid which a bag of light open-mesh material Is carried along In the basket In which the bird Is placed at night, and whenever the oolumn halts or rests. The bag Is also used when giving the animals food and drink. In this way they may be kept In good condition for

at least a week.

The pigeons used In tl^UJWork are taken from any available ariny station before the ride in the port-

er in a spec nged to prev(

the birds from experiencing any shocks or concussions on the road. The birds are trained to return to thelr own portable houses, even though the latter may hare changed location since they

left It

The messages sent by the patrols are tied to one of the tall feathers. Twelve men are detailed In the army each year to learn the methods for training carrier pigeons In all their details. During the last fleet maneuvers on the west coast of France 114 pigeons were let leoee from the Iphlgenle at 7JO a. m. and by 9 a m. all but t had arrived at their home station Rennes, and these two arrived later.

m house*

wagon skilfully arrani

In a special

t two on In

the cruiser Brulx and all arrived safely at their destination. The thunder of the guns did not affect the pigeons in the least, showing that they can be used In the midst of an action.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

815 times his' own weight been known to walk away with a 21-4-pound weight.

and it Is guaranteed that plates, cups, saucers and other dishes come out of the wash without a scratch. The canal boat industry of middle England seems to have been relegated to the women. Nearly 80,000 of them spend their lifetime In driving t$e teams that haul the boats and In steering the boats themselves.

and

While a large oak was being sawed into lumber at L. C. Beam’s mill, ait Rlchwood, O- the other day, the drsaw struck an obstruction In the which completely wrecked the saw igered the Uvea of the workmen. The log was chopped apart, and almost In Its heart was found the steel heed of an. ax, which must have been broken off there at least St) years ago, as Indicated by that number of concentric rings curroundIng It as a con-

A well known sdentlffc professor of Oxford used to stlmulfte his pupils to collect biological anecdotes for him; but he gave It up ewer after the day when one bold undergraduate ventured to assert, "Sir, I know a man whose slater has a tamo jellyfish, which aha has taught to alt up and beg.” A friend of the Inquirer, who baa a reputation for liberality, asserts that Jellyfishes “who have learned to alt up and beg”

The amount of light that can be obtained from fire Alee U not generally known. These insects have two bright spota on thrir thorax and also brilliant wings on the abdomen, and give light scfficleat to enable one to read at a

little

In the centre of a room will shed a soft light all over IL They are very comma* In Havana, Brazil. Galana. Venezuela and Mexico. In thoee

tries at night

: the natlvt

i affix the

obtslnTlght to see the road and frights®, away toe wakes. Mexican women use them as Jewels. They tie them la little gauze bags and put them In their hair or on their clothing.' They keep them tn wire

movement of tome descriptions of dry goods, notably clothing, of which dealers fear they must carry over unusually large stocks. In the Wen end Southwest, however. the season has been sat-

isfactory.

“The greatest industrial combination

ever arranged, that providing for the union of the leading steel interests, her

not directly affected business a

may not do so otherwise if

moving some of the unnecessary e

petition from the industi

:ss as yet. ■ than by

iy re-

Nomina! quotations of iron and steel are misleading. According to published lists it appears that, while pig iron has steadily advanced for many weeks, little chinjje has occurred in finished products. This discrepency is due to the figures fixed by the various pool* and associations, but at which it is impossible to secure prompt deliveries. Actual business is done at extensive advances over these prices, billets selling at $zi at Pittsburg, or more than a dollar above the nominal rate. While plates, bars and structural shapes are only available when special terms are offer-

ed.

"Even on distant deliveries mills are asking higher figures and every line of steel production at Pittsburg has already covered full contracts for the next two months, while there is a general feeling that material advances will occur before May i. Bessemer pig iron sold this week at $15.25 and gray forgs at $14. prices that have not been equaled since early in August. "Coke production is enormous and Copnellsville prices at last show a definite advance. 4 "Further increase appears in sales of wool at the three chief Eastern markets. 8.830.500 pounds changing band* for the week against 8.528.50c in the previous week. A year ago total transactions were less than half the present week’s operation*. ! "Domestic c couraging and . . strength is found in Atlantic export* during February, wheat flour included, amounting to 10.348.so4 bushels against 7^7«.552 r**r and 14.730.26a bu*hel* of corn, against 13,734.045 in 1900." Latest-quotations.

Flour—Baltimore B-*t Patent... 4-75» High Grade Extra 4-*5* Corr.raeal. per too pounds... t.ioat.-ao Buckwheat Flour, per too lbs.2.1502.35 Hominy, per bbl 2.6032.70

bbl....... 2.60*2.71

Hominy, per bbl Hemlny Grits, per 1

Wheat—No. 2 red

2 red. 7514; sample lots. 70*77- West-

ern opened firmer; March 76fla77.

Corn.—Quote white nominally at 47a 48 and yellow at 46»47c. Cob com ^Dats.—White No. 2. 32H; white. No. 3t*3ri4c-^Jfo- 3. 28543390.; mixed. Rye.—Quote: No. 2 rye in car lot*, 54*. nominal; No. 3. rre. «oc.; No. S Western rye. 56j4e. Bag lots nearby quotable at from 50*53*- P*r bushel. Mill Feed.—$18.00 per von: medium fray.—Market quiet and about steady. No. I timothy. $1700; No. 3 timothy, $16.50; No. 3. timothy. $i5.oo*t5.5o;No. 1 clover mixed. $15.50116.00; No. a, clover mixed, $14.00315.00; No. t clover, $15-00115.50; No. a clover, ^loverseed.—New Western clover, on spot, at lie per lb. and choice do at (jreen Fruits and Vegetable*.— ,Onions. per bushel. $1.25. Cabbage^ New York, per ton. $12.00815.00; do. horn* grown per, 100. $2.5023.00. Celery. per dozen, 40260c Apples, per bbl. 52.001400. Oranges. Fferida, per box. $2.01223.00. Cranberries, Cape Cod.

per bbl, $8.ocaic.co.

Potatoes.—White Maryland and Pennsylvania prime, per b%*hcl, 45a 50c; do. New York, primes, per bushel. 501530.; do, Michigan and Ohio, per bushel, soassc. Sweets—Eastern Shore,

,.. «.u0e2.7® 2 red 77)4; steamer No.

mple lots. 7

Is—East!

kiln dried truck, per bbl. $1.2531.50. Beans and Peas.—New York, marrow, choice hand, picked, i2.4Ci2_t5: do do medium, do do, $aaoaa^5. Blackcye peas, per bushel, choice, new,

* Provisions —Bulk sb

do short ribs. 8)1*: *>*** sides,

8J4*- St shot

Ur| »

fierce*, 8>4e; in tubs. 8)<e per fb! Mess

Chid,™. ,

lbs. and under, I4gt6c. Ducks, 10113c. Turkeys. 9a«J*- Geese, apiece, 50*65*T)ressed Poultry.—Turkeys, 10013c. icks, isai3C^ Chickens, pane. Creamery Separator 34114)4 — ^ Gathered Cream . “ “

litatior

der*. 7)4*; sides, 8Mc:

bacon shoulders, 8M*- Sugar cored Breasts, to)4c; sugar cured shoulder 8Uc. Hams—Small, n54c; larg

IIJje. Lard—Best J ' *

Creamery Separator ; Creamery Gathered Cream ...- i= — Creamery Imitation 18a Egge—Fresh laid eggs, I7>4*i8c. Dressed Hogs.—Choice Jightweij

Western Maryland and Pennsylvania, per lb. 6)4a6Mc.; Southern Maryland

and Virginia, per lb- 6)4c.

Wheat steady; contract grade, Februitr. 77177** Corn firm, J4c. higher; Nb. a, mixed. February. 44^M4H*. Oaas, needy. No. a white clipped^ 33*- ‘ Batter firm; printt, Xu*, higher; fancy Western creamery. 14c.; do do pnnta, -- 23)4*.; de nearby printa, 25c. Eggs firm sc. higher; fresh nearby, l6c.; do

LABOR AND INDUSTRY.

Torto Rico has a cigarroakers' nmjw? I Grand Rapids, Mich., has a .free sfit‘"^he" Patternmakers’ Union, of Boa- 1

W*. Pvlitnau ’

has passed an old-age pension law. >'.-wll One woman to every ten men worked ?-J wage* fifty-year. ago. t Now roe 1

atio Uone ti^lour. ." I At Boston Alderman Tinkham offered a preamble and resolution that the . city own and control all subways that

21 offer- M

and resolution that the , 1

may be built in Ihe future.