rhere Is a pity In forgotten things. Banished the heart they can no longer fill. Since restless r'ancy, spreading swallow wings. Must seek new pastures stlU! There Is a patience, too. In things forgot; They wait—they find the poral long unused; And knocking there. It shall refuse them not.— Nor aught shall be refused! Ah. yes! though we, unheeding years on years. In alien pledges spend the heart's estate. 4 , They bide some blessed moment of quick tears— Some moment without date. —Edith M. Thomas. In Harper's.

Mr. Thompson’s Disappearance

ment In that "popular playhouse, the Adelphl." that the community was adYtsed of “Jake” Thompson's haring resumed beating hla wife. Thompson owned a grass range some three miles from Blue Duck, and his wife. Body and soul, the little woman who had given her frail self to him years before was possessed by the big. hulking proprietor of the range. So far as she was concerned Blue Duck would never have known of her troubles, but wife-beating was an unpopular jort ln the hew cow and wheat coun-

sport try a

enjoyed Immunity. Then, of a sudden. Thompson let his temper gain the

learning that Thompson Indulged He was quietly warned what consequences would follow If he did not cease, and for six months his wife upper-hand and one day knocked the woman down as she was getting Into his wagon in front of Sloan's grocery. Blue Duck growled and waited. After that reports rame _Jn frequently from the south trail that Mrs. Thoi son could be heard screaming crying from within the shack, and Fulton of Flat Creek said it was his personal opinion that the woman would be killed before the year was out. . » The afternoon of the night that the Buchanan company was to open with “Black-Eyed Susan.” Blue Duck was lounging in the “Nm 1-Hard” caravansary and listening to “CenUeman" Ed relate a personal meeting which be once had with Tom Karl of the old Bostonian organization. .As was his wont. Ed was speaking' slowly and

clearly.

“Of course,” he said, “if we could have the Bostonians In Blue Duck for even a single night they would make a fortune and we have a treat. When you hear Tom Karl sing In The Musketeers' youll talk no more about your own voices. Why Knudson," addressing a big Scandinavian sprawled over the pool table, “you think you can sing a drinking song—you're not In It with Tom Karl.' You're a Jack mule braying at the coyotes compared with him.” Knudson shook his bead defiantly. He had never heard of Tom Karl be-' fore, and he knew there was rot a man wen of the Red River, with a voice *o strong as his—a voice that could yodel as his could wintry nights _>He*Kthe sledges sped over the prairie wastes and far to the north the wolves howled at their own shadows.. T fink.” he growled. “Meester Karl

come he-ar me try him some an-d sir

reery lo gU(

Meester Karl when he come."

Ing-

He fink me not spe-ak reery gude An-gUsh, but me sing so gude i

for Blue Duck so f£r had heard no sweeter voice than the bellowing one of Knudson. but Ed shook Us head. He knew. Smoke clouds curled above his head as he pulled at hla pipe, and he was quite evidently bent on teasing Knudson when the double front doors of the "No. 1 Hard.” banged open and Halvorson of Edwards half plunged. half fell la. He' gathered himself though, in time to iare reaching the floor and gasped out: ! "Thompson's, killing,*!* wife." Ij "Gentleman*’ Ed Jumped at him. shook him roughly and demanded a clearer statement. "Veil.", said Hilvcrsbn. “I ben making sum hay In the bottom? an' Meeater Thompson ha work with me. Ae work some gude when he fink so. Heea wife she come down lo him with bees dinner In a pall, an' she set It down an' call him "-pla-sant-lika. Thompson he look. In the'tin pall an’ he begin to swear most bad Sure. I ne-er hear so much bad words before. Then he strike her right In the face an’ she fall over, an’ he- yumped right on her with bis feet both, an' I , to tell you quick.” T don't believe, boys.” said “O*Ueman” Ed. speaking slowly.' “that Thompson has killed or will UR her, £ut Us, beating her has gone far ' Tha honor .of Bine Dock dao woman be injured whan we can prevent It I don't believe In Interfering between husband and wife as * rule, but in this case “ “If* time to <

* In A

-1*11 ride with yon, Ed.” “No." replied Ed. 'This la a casa

■ responsibility of n. unless,. of course, some pretest thinks bs could

ather." broke In Anderson, the cowboy.

do better under tha elrcumstancea than myself.” No eto ventured to take Ed's place. It was % foregone conclusion that he

ways Ed had a pistol on each side of Us belt, but as he started for hla horse, standffcg In the street, be stopped and asked of Anderson; "Hava you got that sawed-off shotgun of yours yet—that slug dlspenAnderson whipped across the street and w&s back in a Jiffy with the dispenser. “It's good for a thousand feet, Ed," be shouted, “if you'hare any chasing {o do." Ed nodded, and in a moment be and his horse were in the autumn dust of the trail to Thompson's. Halvorson still frightened over what ha had seen Thompson doing to his wile, lingered in tha town. A game cf quoll was started In the square, and was well under way when a shout from the head of the street attracted everybody's attention. Down the street came Thompson, riding a white Indian mare, himself hatless, coatless, blood streaming from his face and blood Ing through the back of his shirt. His mare was running like a prairie fire on the upland and Blue Duck made no attempt to check her. “Gentleman" Ed had charge of the game. Thompson flew through the square headed for the north, and a moment later Ed came In sight, bis black hi running /close to the ground, ua ears sticking straight ahead, every leap bringing him nearer to Thompson. Ed was sitting erect, swinging lightly In hla saddle, the sawed-off gun held at half rest In the crook of his arm. Us eyea on Thompson and the white mare. “A race for your life," shouted Anderson. “Me fink Meesfer Thompson nevalr come back." mumbled Halvorson. Both riders disappeared In the great maw of the plain and then faintly, whistling softly on the wind, came back n single report of a gun. "That's the dispenser." said Anderson. Half an hour later Ed rode Into town and swung out of hls saddle In front of the “No. 1 Hard." He tossed the ••dispenser” to Andsrson. who look-

"No." said Ed. He turned to the crowd. -and as the men stopped their chatter so that he might speak said: ■Thompson only knocked Us wife senseless. I found her coming to when I got to the shack and Thompson saddling up. I covered him quick and he dropped hls guus short. Then I had the woman cover him, and I laid the quirt on hls face and back until I cut him to the bone. I told him the law of this country was that a woman comes first, and that the man that raised a hand to one of them was worse than a dog; tnat I came ont to kill him, but thought, after all, a little of hls own medicine would be The woman never peeped—only her ej-es blazed and she never took her eye? off of $lm or the sights -of the gun. I think she would have shot him If I had been away. She had him for

the first time In her life.

"Well. I took the gun from her and was coming back when Thompson, who had been down on the ground, jumps up. strikes at her, leaps on hls pony and starts pell-mell for town.

you saw us go through. Thompson's mare, after she left here, headed straight for the Mouse country, and 1 guess she's going yet. That's there Is to it. boys." He slipped one of hls guns out, flipped an empty shell from It, blew down the pistol's barrel, slipped in a cartridge and snapped the cylinder In

place:

“I tell you.” Anderson, he remarked, "your dispenser Is all right, but for hitting anything when you don’t a to miss under any circumstances tl single actions take the priza." And that was all we ever knew of Thompson.' No one cared to ask Ed what really happened; no one ever, looked for Thompson. Blue Duck was not Inquisitive on some things. Mrs. Thompson In time married again, and married well. Thompson never came back.—H: I. Cleveland. In the Chicago JUcord-Harald.

He Dio Not Km

Early one morning a few days ago a commonplace landau stopped before the old Palais das Archives, In Paris, ladles, garbed in dull On* of them lent heavily on an ebony stick, the handle of which was la tortoise shell. Inlaid with gold. She entered, and was proceeding up the stairs when the porter somewhat brusquely placed hls hand on her arm and said. "Where are you going like that?” "I wish to consult certain documents about my own faml-

: up the books on genealogy.’ -''“Ah!” grinned the man, ’then yop know wrong. But If ybu go there’’ —pointing to a door—“you may get permission to go up as - favor.” The lady nodded and went away. But on the morrow a man whoee profession It is to search oat the documents In the Palais dee Archives, was seen busy looking through old parch-

was sent that* by tha lady in t who had been snubbed tha day tx

THE REVENGE OF ANIMALS. This Unpleasant Sentiment le Wall Developed In Some of Them. A number of authentic anecdotei have been collected by Le Tour dt Monde to Uustrate the fact that tbr sentiment of revenge Is very well de veloped In some animals. Everybody knows tout elephants, for example have long memories when they an subjected to treatment that hurts theli feelings. Captain Shlppe of th< French army, discovered this fact t« hls sorrow six week's after he had given an elenhant a sandwich aprink led with cayenne pepper. The' Cap tain had almost forgotten the Incident when he next saw (he animal and at tempted to caress him; but the ele

nixing the sorbed a q

Griffith, the historian, tells a story two Indian elephants at the alegt of Bwrtpore. Water was scarce and in great demand which gave unusual value to a well that had not dried up. Oae day just as a small elephant and hls driver were leaving the well, tha animal carrying a pall of water a very large and strong elephant seized tha pall and drank the water. The amallei elephant, conscious of hls Inferloi strength, showed no resentment but bided hls time. One day he saw hla enemy standing broadside by a well The little fellow suddenly rushed for ward with all the energy at hls com m&nd. butted the big one on the side and tumbled him over Into the well An Indian missionary tells of an In discreet person whom he saw teasing ah elephant by pricking bis trunk with a pin and then feeding him with let-

In anger and he had not fully decided to be mad till a half hour had elapsed, when be suddenly seized man’s hat from hls head tore It Into shreds and flung the fragments into the face of hls tormentor. A British magazine told a while ago. of a milkman's dog that was the terror of all smaller canines, as he was a lighter and never missed a chance to mix up In a row. Moat ol the dogs In the neighborhood bore

oclty and ild match

him In a fight. The Idea finally

curred to them, however, that there Is strength in onion, and ao one night about a dozen of them went to the

home of the tormentor and thrashdd him within an Inch of hls life. The milkman found next morning that hla dog was nearly dead from the wounds Inflicted. When he recovered from the scrimmage he was a changed dog. having wholly lost hls taste for fightSir Andrew Smith, a xoologlst. told Darwin that onn day he aaw a tame ~outh .

leer,

a hls way to parade. The officer had frequently teased the animal. which took this effective mean*, of revenge. Pg^rots als& are among the animals Who do not soon forget irsons who tease or maltreat them, iiey usually find som? way to give some unpleasant moments to those who are unkind to them.

ELASTIC BANDS OUST STRING.

"No." said a rubber goods dealer, who had been asked about the Bale of elastic bands, "we don't exactly sell them the ton. but there are tons of them sold in the course of the year. "Originally designed more especially for a convenient binder for bundles ol documents and that sort of thing, they now used for a great variety of purposes in place of string. They are used to put around packages and bundles In stores, - more especially mall packages, as In drug stores. "They are used by many manufacturers to put around things of various kinds, which otherwise would be tied If many of these '‘uaes, aside from their convenience and their'attractiveness as a part of the parcel, tb^y are cheaper than string, because the use of them saves ao much time. A rubber band can be wrapped around a package, in much less time than It can be tied up. "Rubber bands In old times used to be sold by the dozen, now. as you know, they are sold by the pound, but you don't have to buy a pound, you can buy an ounce, or a half ounce, for that matter. ‘Ifow many bands to a pound? Well, that depends, of course, on the six* of the bands. The biggest, heaviest bands used run only twelve bands to the poend; the smallest, a tiny litUt band called an election ring, from their .use around bunches of ballou*.Rnpib*r thousands to the pound. , Most people buy bands of gray-rubber, but nowadays there are not a lew who prefet the bands of the more modem term cotta color. "I never heard an elastic band play, but there'*jare to be music In the air when the email boy gets out with hls beanshooter, which he makes by attaching a rubber band to the prongs of a wish bone-shaped handle; this bein* on of the usee of elastic bands that forgot to mention.”—New .York Sun. Lincoln'* Childhood a Happy One. “Mr. Lincoln spoke rf hls childhood ■ a happy one,” said Leonard Swett There was nothing of sadness, or bin*, nothin* of want, and no allusion to want to any part of hls story. Hla own description of hla youth was that of a joyous, happy boyhood. H* told tha etory with mirth and glee, and mutilated It by pointed anecdotes, of-

THE CARE OF OIL CLOTH. OH cloths should never be washed In hot soapsuds; they should first be washed clean with cold water, then rubbed dry with a cloth wet In milk. The same treatment applies to a stor

FOR THE 8K\*IN0 MACHINE. Where a sewing room !s not available the eeqmstneM.wlll find a rug of Unen crash 'perhaps two yards square a great convenience. This may be pot under the machine, sewing chair and cutting tfhle, and will keep scrape and bits of thread from the carpet, and In turn protect delicate fabrics from the dust of the flocr. It can be laundered spring and fall, and kept In service Indefinitely. " THE “UNLUCKY" ROOM It Is the boast of th 2 up to dale girl that she is not superstitious, and In proof of this some young women have what Is termed an "unlucky" room, where all kinds of time honored superstitions are set at paught. A ladder Is so arranged that any one entering

umbrella. The articles of furniture number thirteen and peacocks' feathers abound In the decorations. HOW TO TREAT A CUT. Wash the part with cold water and press the flngei over the bleeding point, thus closing the cut vessels and helping to stop the flow of blood. Dip a piece of old linen In water that has been boiled and cooled. Lay It over the cut and fasten It on with a narrow strip of cotton wound around and around. Slit the end of the bandage and tie It around the part- Leave the

TO FRESHEN THE HOUSE.

some kind half filled with hot water and set In the dining room Just before dinner is served give a delightful and Intangible freshness to the atmosphere of the apartment. Hostessee often put a email vessel In the parlor

gestlon Is especially valuable to the hoetess In a small apartment, which sometimes in the bustle of preparation becomes stuffy. DRAPERY FOR THE PIANO.

KAISER WILHELM’S UNIFORMS. He Hae Two Complete Outfits of Everything to Wear. Kaiser Wilhelm, as Is well known. Is the honorary comfiiander of a dozen different regiments In bis own army and as many more la the other armies of Europe. He hold several actual and honorary commissions In different fleets; belongs to numerous orders of military and civil distinction, and to other organizations which have regalias that must be worn on ceremonial occasions. Hence, when he visits a foreign country, or Is travelIng about hls own -tomalns. he never, knows what uniforms and regalia he may need, and, therefore, must carry a large quantity of baggage. He has two complete outfits of everything, one of which Is usually kept on the 1m.perlal yacht Hohenzollern and the other in a baggage or wardrobe car. built especially for the purpose, and a part of hls private railway traln. The mister of the robes, assisted by several valets, lias charge of the emperor’s wardrobe, and when the train Is In motion can produce at an Instant's notice any uniform or regalia In which he may desire to appear at the next station. If he happens to be passing through a garrison town where one of hls favorite regiments Is stationed It pleases them and It pleases him to greet the officers and men from the platform of hls care In the same uniform tbe^ are wearing. If he crosses the border of another country it Is considered a compliment for him to dress In the uniform of the army or navy of that country. Henee It is Important to have hls

The prettiest drapery for the back

Is so

de '

piece of not too gaudy Eastern stuff.

of an upright piano Is some rich staff, brocade or church embroidery, or a

Throw It over the top of the piano and .let It fall straight .over the hack without rod or rinfia. If something thinner Is used- It should be hong, very slightly fulled, on a fine wire or rod that Is made invisible. In the case of a simple material It is batter to choose one not too flowery, letting it* purpose, that of concealing the unfinished back, be freely seen. A low-backed sofa or a table may stand In front of the piano, preferably the latter, aa a sofa frame against the back is apt to pull and disarrange the drapery, while the use of the piano Itself as a seat back may interfere with the sound If not actually Injure the Instrument A Muare piano Is better undraped unless a particularly choice piece of rare stuff Is owned. A HANDY MATERIAL. A very handy thing to have about the house Is a strip of the rubber tissue such as Is used in hosplta's. Not only is this an excellent cure for scald or burn, a rheumatic muscle, a sore

and

M

ding basket. If there is a t iered tear la Bobby’s jacket or

edge

little square of the tissue, cover this with a patch and press with a moderately hot iron until the tissue—which Is of pure gum—1* dissolved. If care la taken of this tissue It will last Indefinitely. It must must not be kept In a hot room or shut up away from the air In a tight bo* or drawer, ^ut It between two sheets of paper and lay where the air can circulate around.It It le not expensive. Fifty cents will buy a strip

: or tired or aching joints but It Is a valuable adjunct to tne l basket. If there is a three-

over a yard long and a quarter wide— an outlay that will pay for Itself many times over. It can be bought at at

most any druggist's.—'Washington

VARIOUS RECEIPTS.

Alabama Biscuits.—One quart ol flour, Qna table*poonful of lard and barter mixed, one tesspoonfnl of salt; mix Into a stiff dvugb with ice water, work until the dough blisters; roll •out the dough three-quarters of an Inch thick; cut with a small biscuit cutter and bake In a moderate oven. Tomato Fritter*.—Put In an agate pan one pint of stewed tomato*#. half a teaspoonful of sugar, and salt and ler to season; bring to the boll; _ together one tablespoonful each - butter and floor; when smooth add it to the tomato mixture, stirring until thickened; cook for five minutes and pour over four or five slices of stale broad; turn tha slices, dip them In beaten egg. then In dried bread crumb* Fry to very hot. deep fat-

drain and. aerra hot

rub t of bu

An American rolling mill le buildtog to the City of Mexico, which wQl

A Rattlesnake Trap. Rattlesnakes were the most oangerous wild animals with which the early settlers of New Jersey had to contend. ~iey u *. If

cites an incident which gives an Idea of the abundance of rattlers In the new colony. In a quarry, from which the workmen were engaged in getting out stone for the foundations of Princeton College. a wide cfack In the rocks, was discovered, which led downward to a large cavity; and In this cave were found about twenty bushels of rattlesnake bones. There was a general laugh. In which this was a snake cemetery, to which the creatures retired when they supposed they were approaching the end of their days; but It was. without doubt, a great rattlesnake trap. The winding, narrow passage, leading to It must have been very attrac-

nap. Although the cave at the bottom of the great crafck was easy enough to get Into. It was so arranged that It was difficult. If not Impossible for a snake to get out of It. especially In the spring, when these creatm e* <1% very thin and weak, having been nourished all winter by their own fat. Thus year after year the rattlesnakes must have gone down into that cavity, without knowing that they could never get out again.

Sunshine for Consumptive*. The new "City" of Sunbath. In the centre of the Colorado desert In California and Arisora, Is to be made a National health reshrt. A large building is to be erected for health seekers and a town site has been laid out. The city consists at present of sixty tents, all occupied by consumptives. A majority ofYenters are, or were, consumptive* In the lant stages, given up to die by the physicians of Phoenix. As a last hope, these “lungers” decided tdt try the sun-lath treatment, and wrat to the location In the desert- In two years there have been but two deaths In the colony .and the majority of these so-called hopeless cases have improved to a wonderful extent. Fifteen have returned to their Eastern homes entirely-cured. If only $he vast army of dying consumptive* In the United States Wnew that life In the air and sunshine ot the arid Southwest would save their lives, what great happiness It would bring to many oomes! —Sant* Fe New Mexican.

Origin of a Joke.

Dr. Finder* Fletrie, the eminent archaeologist, announces that he has

deciphered the cuneiform Inscription on a tablet he excavated In the plains of Assyria, and believes that It Is a

[.copy of a prehistoric comic paper. Among other Rems, it contains the following merry Jest, which bears a strangely familiar sound: “Now. there were gathered together at the place of the telling of stories, many of them that have lived long In the land, and oae of them lifted up hls voice, and said: *» ‘Behold, It groweth cold with much extremeness.’ “Whereupon another made answer, saying: “•Verily, K doth. But let us separate and get henco, lor here someth Methusalqp, the ag«d, and If we tarry he will even tell us aijato of the cold •pell of the year 40.’ “And they got hence frith much

anMA

A Wisconsin real estate dealer's widow has refused to pay for the stone the ordered placed over hls grave because they carved upon It the word*. “By hls deads be la known.” She probably doeant believe to running devotion to basin as* Into the ground.Cbtcago Record-Herald.

SWEET MARIE UP TO DATE. There was a sweet maid named Marie, Whose motto was "Take all you see." She went Into a store. Purloined things by the score. Then an officer said, "Come with ma.* —Chelsea (Maaaj Gazette. HIS TASTE IN REFURNISHING. "Blgson says he has had bis house refurnished daring hls wife’s absence.” “As a surprise to her?" "No, as a shock.”—Detroit Fra# Press SHARP ENOUGH FOR THAT. "You're had some acquaintance with Miss Withers; is she really as dull as most people seem to think her?" "Dull? Well. I should say not- She cuts me every time we chance to meet."—Richmond Dispatch. USELESS. Mr. D. 8peptic—My dear. I wish you'd prepare something occasionally to tempt my appetite. Hls Wife—^The idea! Why. you haven't any appetite to tempt.—Catholic Times. DEEP RESPECT. "You must always have the greatest respect for your parents." said the benevolent stranger. "I have," answered the boy with freckles. “Why, either one of theca can whip me with one hand.—Washington Star. THE GENTLE TOUCH. Her father—Yea. he same to see me this morning, and he made a touching appeal, too. She—Oh. papa! I didn’t know the poor fellow needed money. I supposed he was going to ask you for me.— Chicago Rocord-Herald. THE NEW COOK. Mrs. Martere—I must say. Jane, that I am not altogether pleased with your cooking. The Cook—It Isn't to be expected you should be at first, ma'am; but you’ll get educated up to it in time. —Boston Transcript. MAKING READY. "So you think of becoming a professional pianist.” "I do." answered the musician. "Have you taken any stops in that direction?” "I have. I have employed a press agent and purchased a bottle of hair Invlgorator.”—Washington Star A FIENDISH AMUSEMENT. "Yon are hls rival In love?” \ “I am.” \ "Yet you profess friendship fbrhlm ” "I do. I have been hls detlst for several years, and I wouldn't forego the fun of fixing up his teeth for r-ny-. thing In the world."—Washington Star. FOLLOWING A GOOD EXAMPLE. “This Is my son Frederick, Mr. Stevens," said Mrs. Saunders Intro- ' during her five year old son. "Well, Frederick," said the visitor, "do you always obey your mama like a good boy?” > "Yea. sir.” replied Frederick promptly, "and so does papa."—Stray Stories TONBOR1AL REPARTEE. "How do you part your hair 7 " said the barber after he had finished cutting it. "With a comb,” replied the Irritable

“I didn't know. It looked, when yon came In. as If you might hare been doing It with a hayrake.”—Chicago Tribune. THE PROPHECY FULFILLED.

"Indeed?” "Yea. Took a line from his original aaluatory and placed it on hls tomb* stone." "What was it?" "We are here to stay.”—Atlanta Constitution. AN ABSURDITY. ’•Suppose." said the friend who had been reading Enoch Arden, “that yon went away on a aca voyage and com* back and find your wife had married another man?” "That's an absurd proposition." answered Mr. Meekton. "Henrietta would never be ao carries* with ma IM-

PROVED HIS LOVE. "Are you sure It Is really and truly love?" she asked. "Positive," replied the practical young man who had Just proposed. "I tested It" "Tested it?" "Yes. I doctored myself for ladL gestlon for two weeks before definitely deriding Just,what tha symptoms meant."—Chicago Post. A LOOK AHEAD. “Well, Charley, hat your wedding day been set?" "Yea, old chap. I had my fianoa agree to be married on her birthday." ''That does have a little ro mantle flavor." "That wasn’t tha Idea, you baa. I was thinking that one present would answer for both anniversaries."—Now