HIS PAPERWEIGHT.
Travala of ? Bottla of Wlna and Ita
Ultimata Fata.
A paperweight constating of a piece
of thick glass with u tokay wine label
fastened on tho back and showing
through Is a part of the desk furniture
In the library of a man who goes to
Europe uearly every year. "People
look at the thins." he said, "and won
der what the wine label Is doing there,
and when I see the question coming I
always tell the story.
"Some years ago I went to Raab, In
Hungary, where I called on an old
lady who In Vienna years before had
shown much Interest In and befriend
ed a young American student at the
university. The poor student had
grown to be a rich physician, and he
wanted me to call and present his
compliments. When I was about to
leave after a pleasant visit the wo
mau handed me a bottle of wine which
had come from her estate and aakod
me to take It to our mutual friend. I
carted that bottle all over Europe,
paid duty ou It several times and final
ly landed It safe and sound here In the
house. A few days after my return
we Invited the doctor for dinner, and
the bottle was brought In with much
ceremouy. I made a little presenta
tion speech and then in handing it to
the doctor dropped It on the floor
where you see that stain. That'B the
label under the glass." ? New York
Tribune.
HORSE AND DOG.
Contact With Civilization Lactam
Their Cunning and Sagaoity.
The (lot; fs uo doubt the most intelli
gent of our domestic animals, and 1
yield to none In my affection for him.
I can almost eat and sleep with a fine
?!<n: winter aud summer. But I try not
to deceive myself about his IntellJ
gvuee. It seems to me that If the do^
had the least spark of wit akin to our
own- that is. |>ower of reason? his
loiu association with man would have
r.iiiuoU it Into a dame, however small.
Uut after all these thousands of
years of human companionship and
love he b:ts less wit in some respects
th:v.i bis wild brothers, the fox and
the wolf flavins been spared the
*tru;3Jle tu live that falls to their lot.
his cunning aud sagacity have deterio
rated. The same Is true of the horse,
which has less intelligence than the
wiid stalliou of the plains and for the
same reason.
These animals do not grow wiser as
the. grow le:'s wild. They do not civi
lise or develop. We train them into
certaiu ways that make them service
able to us; we humanize them without
adding to their mental capacity. In
other words, we cannot cross our In
telligence upon theirs and make It
fruitful in them. The germ will not
take.? John Burroughs in Outing Mag
azine.
English Houie Nam**.
House owners are sometimes rather
unfortunate In their selection of names
for their abodes, and in suburbia house
naming Is occasionally rather ludicrous.
Thus "The Maples" has never a ma
ple near. "The Rosary" only exists In
Imagination. "Sunnyslde" Is the most
depressing villa residence, and housss
named after the English lakes no more
suggest the lake district than Fleet
street suggests the Bois de Boulogne.
The Anglo-Saxon word "hyrst" sig
nifying a forest or wood, has become
"hurst" In house naming, and "wood"
and "holt" have the same meaning.
All house names ending with these ter
minations are pretty and not unsafe to
choose.
It is curious to note that In Hastings
and St Leonards quite a number of
houses have typically Saxon names,
perhaps to commemorate the great
Saxon tragedy of which the name
Hastings Is reminiscent.
Pomp of English Mayors.
Chichester arms its chief magistrate
with a gold mounted malacca cane of
office, while the mayor of Guildford
carries the stick presented to the bor
ough by Queen Elizabeth. At York
both the lord mayor and lady mayors j
ess are equipped with the silver mount
ed oak staves which have marked their
authority for centuries. Among the
official retainers of the mayor of HI pan
is the municipal horn blower, who
every night at 0 o'clock winds three
blasts upon this aged musical instru
ment before the mayor's residence and
again at the marked cross.? London
Standard.
Hardened.
"Listen to this, Maria," said Mr.
Stubb as he unfolded his scientific pa
per. "This article states that in some
of the old Roman prisons that have
been unearthed they found the petri
fied remains of the prisoners."
"Gracious, John"' replied Mrs. Stnbb,
with a smile "I suppose yon would
call them hardened criminals."
Truthful.
Mark Twain once missed the train
which should have taken him to hli
work. He did not wire any excuse.
His telegram to his employer took this
form: "My train left at T:20. I arrived
at the station at 7.35 and could not
tatch it."
Lack Right Qualities.
Mrs. Hlx? Mrs. June strikes me as
being entirely too masculine for a wo
man. "Mrs. Dlx? Yes, indeed. Why,
every time she has an ache or pain
she makes as much fuss about it as a
man would.? Smith's Weekly.
Retrenching.
"I tell you. they are retrenching."
"Bnt they still have their auto."
"Which they run well within the
speed limit Bah!"? Louisville Coaritr
JoaraaL
THE NORTHERN LIGHT
Mr. Joho Powell and family will
more into the Ungerfroren house on
Third avenue and Main street lome day
next week.
Mr. Baker has moved into the resi
dence recently occupied by Mr. Coding.
He improved the place considerably be
fore movlncr.
On behalf of the glrla who wish to
play basketball, we take this opportu
nity of thanking the Board of Education
for getting us a ball and fitting up a
room for us.
(Signed.) The Girls of Mr. Telford's
Room,
Mrs. Ross, who was expected on the
Princess Beatrice, did not come, but
is expeoted on the Cottage City,
BASKETBALL
At yesterday morning's recess, the
Interrupted basketball operations were
again resumed. Leonard Haslelt,
Major Leslie, Arthur Boone, Frank
Doree and Louis Gutfield played Clyde
Talbot, John Mack, Harold Eagle Al
fred Doree and Charlie DeWItt. The
game was rather rough, and one point
was awarded to each s'de. At the be
ginning of the game the first named
team tcok the lead, but soon dropped
behincL Near the end they tied the
scon*, and just before the whittle sound,
ed, a field goal by Frak Doree, gave
them the victory, eight to six.
At the afternoon recess, Neillie
Orchard, Eleanor Leslie, Ruth DeWilt,
Edith LIddicott and Martha Frldenvhal
played Nellie Flynn, Nellie Shea,
Frances Liddicoat, Maude Haslett aad
Veronica Mulvihtll. The former won
by a score of seven to one.
After school two teams of boys played
a same that was close at times, the
final scores being nineteen to fifteen.
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LIMERICK COMPETITION
The men who thought tbov laid,
The eho?t of the old Board of Trade,
Now find that the tally
Of "sports" down the Alley,
Will quickly tire out their tirade.
The old Board of Trade need be never
afraid,
That her old friends around her won't
rally,
As the front of the floor has no open
door,
We'll "board" It by way of the Alley.
The Board of Trade 1s offering a
prize, consisting of a box of cigars or a
bottle of wine for the best Limerlok
advertising tbelr new alley entrance.
The conditions ?! this contest are that
each Limerick shall contain the name
"Board of Trade" and use the term
"Alley."
Two Limericks, selected from those
received will be published daily, and
the judges will select one of these as
the prize winner each week.
All Limericks received will be posted
on the blackboard in the Board of
Trade each day as received.
SAVED BY SILENCE.
Toaatmaatar's Awkward Pauaa Revaafa
Burglar's Praaenca.
A stammering toastniaater saved
$10,000 worth of Jewels to Mrs. Per
cival J. H. Whlttaker, ^ wife of a
wealthy New York real estate broker.
The Whlttakers were giving a dinner
to six friends In their handsome home
?t 80 West Eighty-fifth street when
toward the close of the little banquet
one of the guests arose and with lifted
glass began a tribute to the hostess.
All the other guests got up, too, with
their wine poised In hand.
But at this critical moment the toast
master lost track of what he had (plan
ned to say. First he stammered, then
eame to an abrupt halt and in the
midst of the awkward silence that fol
lowed every member of the party dis
tinctly heard a man treading back and
forth In Mrs. Whlttalcer's bedroom.
Just above.
Still holding their glasses, the din
ner party rushed upstairs Just as a
full grown burglar Jumped out of the
boudoir, fled to the attic, clamped
down the hatchway behind him and
made his escape over the roofs.
Investigation showed that he had
taken |200 worth of Jewelry from the
room of Mae Elsie, the French maid.
He had burst open Mrt^ Whittaker's
dressing table and had drawn her well
filled Jewelry ci.se halfway out when
the Inrush of guests scared him off.
Mrs. Whlttaker thanked the stam
mering toostmaster so fervently that
he said he was glaJ be wasn't bom to
talk.
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Perishables ONLV delivered on Sunday or at night
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charge for bags and grips when unohecked.
The wharf gate will be clocad to the public when steamer Is n earing
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