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again, shouted rather impatiently: "Speak up. I cannot hear you." Mr. Hay, Mr. Hay." "Mr. what?" "Mr.

Hay--h-a-y, hay. dried grass--Secretary Hay. Do you hear me now?" And he said be did. ONLY WANTED INFORMATION. As it is Oapt.

Frank Ctwn business to build trolley roads, he always pa- tronUes them on principle whenever jossible ami eschews cabs. When ho merged from the Hotel Marie Antoinette the other day a cab driver accosted him i the regulation, "Keb, sir. kob?" "How much to the Long Island ferry?" "Two dollars, sir." "No." "AH i sir: make it a dollar and a half." "Is a your Unseat?" "Yes. sir; isn't a cheap enough?" "Oh. I suppose so." "AH i in-" "Oh.

1 don't a a cab. I only wanted to find out how 1 would save a i a street car." ORIGIN OF THE "HOOSIERS." Thomas Taegart. who may be ac- Vepted as an a i on the subject, tells a picturesque story of the origin the word Hoosier. "When the first settlers," he says, "came to Indiana from the Carolinas am! they i their little lop cabins ulong ft common road, and as the cabins nil looked alike, it became tho custom for any one seeking frit nils to go alone the road calling out at each cabin: 'Who's From this the original settlers came to bo known as Hoosiers." GLORIES OF WAR. Major General Corbln commanding the department of the east, tells the following with reference to a member of the militia of a northern Btate taking part In the recent manoeuvers at Manassas: The guardsman was one day making heroic efforts to get away with hla first ration of army beef.

A fellow soldier walking near him stopped to wiitch, with some amusement, tho attempt of the northerner to masticate the meat. "What's the matter, Bill?" asked he. "Oh. nothln' nv.ich," was the sullen reply. Then, disgustedly regarding a piece of the beef that ho held in his hand, the Yankee added: "Now I know what people mean when they talk about the sinews of war." H-A-Y.

HAY--DRIED GRASS. As mlsht well be expected, the name of the present secretary of state is familiar to ah Americans, and evidence of his claim to a place In their memories furnished recently by a i i i that happened while a farmer, rejoicing in his mono- liable cognomen, was a i the Ions: i a telephone. "Mr. Hay" was given as an answer to the fre- telt phone question, "Who is there?" But Mr. Hay was requested to repeat his name, and his interlocutor, failing to catch it ajrain and A BRIEF CORRESPONDENCE.

A West Virginia coal operator who is represented in New York by his son recently wrote the following letter concerning a shipment ot bituminous eon 1: October 10, 1004. "Jim: "DAD." In a few days the following answer was sent: "New York, October 23, 1004. "Dad: "JIXt." Translated into the vernacular i roads: "Jim, see my coal on. Dad." "Dad. cool on.

Jim." ENGLISH HUMOR. Charles M. IVpper. the newspaper man was appointed a commissioner on the I i a railway commission, tells an amusing story in which tho main figure if Henry Norm a i i journalist. a visited a i a few years ago.

One evei.mg just before the departure of the Britisher it was determined to put up a joke on him nt the Press club. A Mr. Decker was selected to be the perpetrator. This gentleman arose in his seat and, a i a small hell from h's pocket, addressed Mr. a as follows: "Sir, I have beer, designated by my fellow members to convey to you an expression of our pleasure.

On behalf of the National Press club of Washington I am instructed to give you i rinc." As he uttered the word "ring" Mr. Decker rapped the bell smartly and placed it upon the table, It was plainly to bo seen a the Englishman a a aback. A a cood deal of i and a i he replied: "Mr. Decker and members of the National Press words fall me. I am With respect to i which I am pleased to receive, suppose a Mr.

Pecker, as was only a a in the embarrassment of the rr.oment. for we newspaper men are i poor speakers, lias made a i a for he has, as you see, given me a bell instead of a ring!" OUR ENGLISH COUSINS. "Whenever reference is made to the liking entertained for Amerlcans by our English cousins and of the courtesies shown us by them," says Bliss Carman, the poet, "I recall with amusement the experience of ladles of my acquaintance who on ar-, riving at Southampton were embar-' rasaed by the fact that a friend whom they were expecting to meet them there bad failed to put In an nnce. While they were casting about In their minds what course to pursue a nice looking Britisher of advanced; age, observing that the party were in' some douM as to their movements, approached and politely Inquired; whether ho might be of service toi them. "'Thank you so exclaimed; one of the ladies, explaining the sit nation, and adding: 'You see, we are quite Ignorant of the best way to get to our destination, having just arrived from replied the elderly Brlt-i isher, 'Just from America? We have' quite a number of your countrymen in Jail here, Animals Feel Coming Winter THE VIRGINIAN AND THE CLOCK.

At the luncheon following tho launching of tho submarine torpedo bout Simon Lake X. Mr. Foster M. Voorhoes. former governor of New Jcr- tohl this tory on ft distinguished i Virginian: 1 The son of tho Old Dominion hart been out i the As he softly i opened the hall door the melodious voice of his better half greeted him i (he query: i "What i is it?" "If Is a i my dear," responded 1ho i i i a "How can you sny so." exclaimed his spouse, "when tho clock lias struck "All ilshi." said the i a his voice I i a i i I i a i "All i If you choose to take the word of a d----d a clock a a i a of a i i i a gentleman you a do s-o; but I hnvo uiy opinion of you!" WOES OF A STAGE MANAGER, i i we all felt a we had of our own in the recent dis- nitrous production of 'Ulrd i 1 in New York." said George lllchnrds, had a leading part in the play, "the manager's troubles eclipsed all the rest.

i seemed to go rong for i "Ono of the a slips that happened was when the piano heirloom, fifty ears in the family was brought out. It proved to bo a new upright of the most modern Then, in a i the rabbit i a i powder it was to swell up a i the i To get i effect a croa'U colored toy rubber balloon was to he used nnd blown up nt proper moment. They could only find red a nnd so for the first i in, the i oC cooking a red Welsh r.ibblt was from the chafing i dish. "Then a would not come from the to crown a when the liriuuty was poured into the (it was really ulnger ale nnd had be- conic a it foamed up. I a i a i a A a we lost all hope." i HOW TO TREAT A SPRAIN.

Insist on Perfect Fest Before Arrival of Doctor. The question of how to treat a sprain Is often raised. Everybody understand 1 the nature of a sprain; that wrenching of a joint whereby of the liRaments (those very useful bands i i the bones forming the joint) are violently stretched, or perhaps even ruptured. This kind of i Is rarely, except through unusual complications, dan- serous in its nature, but it is certainly very a i and when of a serious r.ature. ma result in the permanent impairment of the joint.

Such an injury, if at all severe, IB Immediately followed by marked swelling of the parts, and prompt attention should be given anticipating the surgeon's coming. The very first item in the treatment of a sprain is perfect rest of the limb v.ntil a doctor can be summoned. Reduce the swelling by applications of hot fomentations, as hot as can be endured: change about once in every three hours, If a piece of oilskin be not at hand, use common newspaper. Wind it carefully outside the hot cloth; this will prevent the escape of the steam, nnd prevent the cloth from cooling. A good way to save the a from being scalded is to place the hot, dripping flannel in a towel, then, talc- ing hold of each end of the towel, to wring it until the flannel is dry enough to apply.

Mexican Journals. Mexico credited i being at the head of the a i A i a countries In the a of letters. Besides posHPss-'ins the oldest organs of Spanish A a journalism, it is said to have in a i existence the first library a i In America, which is now at least years old. In Chile, A i a and Peru there are papers that hr.ve been i fur- fifty years and more. One is Kl Com- erclo, of Lima, which has had a career of sixty years cf uninterrupted dally issue.

Really Weak Soup. Sir Percy Sanderson, tho British consul general In New York, was talking on the Etruria about weak soup. "As good a description of weak soup as I know," he said, "came from the lowly lips of a poor woman in the east end of London. She was destitute last i nnd a parish visitor adviser! her to apply for soup at a neighboring soup kitchen. "She got some soup, but she did not like it.

Thi-, is what she said of it to the visitor when he called next a 'Do you call that stuff soup? Why, all they do is to get a quart of water and boll it down to a pint to make It At Half-Past Nine P. M. At Xirif P. M. when Urc.ithc.s low luit Rood I i my lieart liut hud ihc luuu'k Ti hldi" It.s willy i But.

iih' it lUiUi'io so. my will Is i to slcm Hi; i i of hive, Its joj uiii thrill, At hulf-past Nitiu P. ThP i i tbrotiRh, I'm frank to i i i no stun Hi-hi i i i riilm it it nt HlKht, i i vet. ml i A i walks to and fro-U i i i Kimril irc ti-m. -T Jin-k a iiis lint to go, At hull-past i I 1 M.

I lilr'is koojm mo cold And the ovi-nltiR OumiKh, i a i i i so bolcj, I'ruv, what's a girl do? a i a "Yci" I'm tlrmly set, And kiisiny; I condemn -But knows nuiy happen yet At i i i i Hoy Km i C.i'i'cni' In Ni-w York Press. Find Skeletons of Missing Men. The skeletons tif four men who mysteriously disappeared there, between two days, i years aso, have been discovered in an old a hole near Quartrite, They were on i way to California and no doubt were murdered for i money. Cigars for Russian Soldiers. A Prussian firm has received an order from the Russian government for cigars for the army in Manchuria.

They are to cost $1.20 a NO LONGER HER DOG. Blonde Woman Had Forever Lost Claim on "Goldle." A big blonde woman descended viciously upon a less pretentious but determined woman sho met walking' in Park avenue, holding a handsomcj setter dog by a leather leash. "What are you doing i my dog?" she shouted. "Come here, Ooldle." Goldle established ownership by appearing overjoyed at the meeting, "It may your dog once," retorted tho little woman, "but it baa been mine for four weeks." From a wrist-bag she took a document signed by the Society for the of Cruelty to Animals acknowledging tho receipt of $3 and giving her ownership of the dog. Carda were exchanged, and the case was sequently investigated by an attorney representing the blonde woman.

Uut she had to give up her dog. It appeared the woman who was leading the dog found him wandering on the street. Ho was not regularly licensed and had no collar. She advertised once for tho owner and then took the dog to the Animal Shelter. She was told that all lost dogs were killed thoro If not claimed within forly-elght hours.

She asked to be notified by telephone if the dog was claimed within that time. If not, sho would pay tho usual fee and a him oway. No owner appeared and she got the dog. Ooldle wns lost to the blondo woman York Press. is Dog Fancier.

The duchess of Manchester, formerly Miss Zimmerman of i i a i is spending largo sums on her pet dogs, and now a up the fad ot hnv- ing her pets nmnleurcd several times day. Opium Smoking In French Ports. i Rmoklnr? has reached immense proportions in the French ports on the Mediterranean sea. havo been passed In Marseilles! and Toulon forbidding the "rolling of pills" in public places in those cities. Of course, the pine squirrel always gathers bedding In the fall, but It la bis manner of doing it that constitutes la sign.

If you have frequented the fwoods enough to claim an acquaintance with the squirrels you can easily detect whether they are making an Elaborate and hurrfed preparation--a eign of a cold and early winter--or slowly and listlessly preparing their winter beds, which Is regarded as a sign of a mild or "open" winter. When In the early fall nearly every squirrel you meet ia carrying a big bundle of the fibers of cedar bark for bedding, and is working with an en- orgy that seems to show that he feels he Will very shortly need every scrap he can get together to keep himself warm, then, as my old hunter remarked, "the pine squirrel says we nre going to have early snow and lots of It, and a cold, hard winter." But if, on the other hand, he gathers his bedding slowly and a little at a time, just as ho feels the need of It, and seems to say by his manner: night I slept a llttlo chilly; guess 1 had better have another a Is understood to be a sign of moderate winter. After the pine squirrel, the partridge, or ruffled grouse, is honored as a weather prophet. When in the fall the hollow boom of tho partridge's i is heard in the thickets bordering on the clearings, the woods- wise old-timers will jou it is a sign that tells of a mild winter, or at least a long, a season. The a i is i i say, because he is happy, and he is happy because he knows it is going to be a mild i i r.

If you find partridge feathers on i legs and feet it Is a of a severe winter. The inference is a the wise parti idge, 1- it would be cold, ordered a pair of lemmings along i his i suit. My chief objection to i sinn is a so tow get the i a i in i to g( i i lesniiujs. Partridges i lu't'eathered feet ure a a very a and the rest of the poor i u.ust suffer i cold i a The woods a i is also considered a iso fellow. One of his fc'iief protections agiilnM his keen- enemies is the harmonious a i of the color of his coat.

In i i i he is I'osul leaf in win I he is almost i Hut i i. hen I he l'irt early snow i the I the rabbit is observed i I'othoi! in or a i coat tf i and i the ob- a the Miow will toon melt a a and leave bnre And the a i appears In i in enrly a it is considered A of a deep and Itibtmg full of and a wr soon. For some loon the comm; of i Ail old a onco 'aid lo me: "When the loon leaves t's i to be rendx for i Tho oen so well his i a MI the i a a a le del.iv- his i '-outh i the last The inorcur.i may take a iiiddeu drop: snow ir.a\ fall in blind- MK; clouds; but if the whirl- Dg. spi the i trein- iloiis call of the loon comes to your be assured a Die will iot bo sevi re. Uctorc the ley grip of i closes in earnest over forest nd lake the i loon i be nwsiy on his journey towurd the i A sjpn to i pay i is- the house-building ot lie boiner nnd the i a These wo fur-bearing a i a a dif- oriiiR widely in nnd a i mild i quarters i i i a in a i a and construction.

On the edge of i a stream construct a mound of mud nnd sedcp, i chambers in the center, in which, when ground Is frozen solid, the occupants are almost as secure as If were inciisod in block of pranite. When these i houses are especially largo, denoting an un- a thickness of the outer walls, it Is said to be a sign of a hard winter, the builders a i made their wall extra i to keep out the cold. If the houses are built on higher ground (linn usual, and a away from the water's edise. it is taken as a sign that there i be extraordinarily high a the following spring. Still another sign which old hunters mention concerns insects in- Head of animals.

When the hornets' Host hangs hiuh in the bush they nay It is going to he a severe winter, for the hornets have hung their nest so nigh to keep it above the snow. When nest hangs low II will be an open ivlnter. I can vouch for this rlgn go- lug wrong once. A cold, rough winter lollowed a fail when 1 noticed that ie hornets' nest hung low. Indeed, the signs are not always Infallible.

Once 1 asked a man locally 'iimous for his experience and woodcraft his opinion of the approaching i ant! all his predictions proved to be a Tho next spring when I took him to task he replied that during his long experience he had ob- soi vod a there were occasional seasons when all failed. Put although the signs may sometimes go wrong, there is plenty of evidence seeming to prove that tho animals ave to a certain extent conscious of fiiUiro weather conditions, and they i i plans- mil llvo i live'rf i Post. BARGAINS IN HEARTS. Dan Cupid ia a merchant bold, Who deals In human hearts, He has them all, both young and old, Some whole and some in parts. The damaged ones he In stock-Of course, mean the males-And all tho thrifty maidens flock To Cupid's bargain sales.

But Cupltl doesn't guarantee a heart, For lots of them are damaged by bin dart. And that' la why we oil agree That marriage In a lottery; For Cupid doesn't guarantee a heart. Dan Cupid doesn't advertise His bargain sale of hearts, But every maiden there who buys Most gleefully departs; And If heart IB broken when She gets It home, you see, She straightway takes It back again, And wants guarantee. But Cupid doesn't puarnntoe a heart. For lots of them are damaged by his dart.

And that la why we nil agree Thnt marriage la lottery; For Cupid doesn't cunrnntoo a heart. --l Record. Decision of the Professor American Engine for British Road. The directors of the' Great Western railway (iuiglnnd) r.re nliout to introduce an American engine for their expresses. "I'm thoroughly upset," said Lady Emily, after refusing to dance with me (I am only a brother).

"1 know I look horrid to-night." just as usual." I remarked, cheerfully, meaning welt. But Emily, frowning, evidently looked on the dark side of my remark. "I mean," I hastened to add, "you are beautiful as ever." said Emily. (In i connection, haM'ng regard to a brother's well-known reticence on the subject of his sister's appearance, it must bo considered fortunate that tho literary instincts of Lady Emily expressed at an early age in the form of autobiography. Written in school exercise book, in the enormous a i i she ctill practices, it supplies us i valuable formntion.

"My a is Ki'ily, and I shall be when I'm ixrown up." So tho document bcu.in, and, although it extended to nearly two pages before the authoress wearied of her task, we need quote no more The cause of Lady Kmllv's unhappiness is easily a i We had come up Irom th.U morning, and on our journey to the station by motor i as ch.uiffeur--we had collided i a i nurst ry cart, a i a of a i bad observed how a and a child rested i and how two otlu children lodged in (lie roadside hedge, loo to howl. There i IHI real damage done; a wheel had co- i the i and i cart, nh.ng sharply, had thrown out its occupants. I tiuietPd the pony, i soothed the i then -ve took them all back to i home. They had i i to catch the i to but the accident had unsettled Mrs. knew her for a neiehbor), and the baby having been much shaken, the decided to return home.

Our apologies were but grudgingly accepted; da elapse beuire baby have recovered sufficiently Irom the shock to traiel, and they to a spent a at a dear friend's, i delightful i i to follow. The disappointment was i i and 1 very silent on our journey a retreating behind i i i i i IK our hearts tilled i a i i i I my sister's t-orrow was. I a i a mine, for Mrs. Joooljn's i none other a a i a i i professor, a mine of i i i Knowledge, who, dear a hud promised to deliver a lecture, i lee, at a my Bister was promoting in aid coulil uof recall at the moment a it was in aid of, but everybody was helping. He had not consented i protracted persuasion, and would only promise for tho first day.

lint now that i had upset his sister ami scattered bis nephews and nieces lie not lie offended and refuse to come at all? The prospect was terrible. Emii was very sad. It is often dilficiilt to i at once whether the development of an awkward situation be lavorable or but added misfortune. I was resting Irom labors in the dance, when Lady Anastasia approached mo and sank into a chair at my side. She was a i excited--indeed, she told me her nervous system was a i could save her but an i i a Ice, She hnd been talking to a (headful person in she thought he might be a man, people said he was a professor.

"I hud pitied the poor man; he seemed to no one, and 1 tried to amuse i and--O. told me life was a product of combustion nnd bridge a a waste of time!" I urged her to take some ice cream, and with it she grew calmer. "Life a product of--it seems almost indelicate, John. Hut he got worse. I wns eating an ice, just ns 1 am now, only it wns a pink one, and he snapped at me a sudden cold applied to a healed a you know 1 never look said it was tempting providence, as if 1 were Eve or Cleopatra, or some like a and as soon ns I could i of nu excuse 1 got up and rrtn-- literally ran, "Dreadful!" I uiuranirnd.

"Hut there's dear Mrs. a Vil- llers--T must (e'l her all about it. she's s-o easily shocked. She's nevi pot the loss ol her hm-hnnd, on know. And lie a a good a either.

Hut women are so foolish win they love, aren't they, John?" I piiook my head "Sho writes now Villiers Is gone, and 1 i she'll marry again." "Everything points to it," I agreed. "Of course, time softens the bitter- est blow, but she's to Benaftlve. It must be terrible to be poet. The world BO hard, no coarse end unfeeling. She told me obe longed to dwell in the land whence the rain- how springs--BO lovely, I thought It? --she's just moved Into Portland square, you know--and I'm sure Sir Thomas means something, he's ao attentive.

He's looking for her now, so I must fly If I want to get even one little word with her. Forgive me for running away, John." I had early recognized, with wonder at fate's contriving, Emily's professor in the monster from whom Anastasia had fled. He was, I knew, an occasional guest at the bouse, but It was not Ms custom to attend dances. He did not dance; be must have been pressed to come In order to meet Emily, Alas, poor Emily! It was not long before I discovered the professor seated in a corner, shaded by palms, near the refreshments, and with no other than my sister her- pelf as a companion. I withdrew dls- erectly; I am confident I was Justified in feeling no direct interest In the matter between them.

But presently my sister approached me. "You have told him?" I asked. "No," said Emily. "You must." "But--!" "Think of my lecture. It will be better for you to explain than Mrs.

Jocelyn. She'll pile it on. Better do it now, Johnnie." "You must come with me, then." "Shall I hold your hand?" asked my sister, scornfully. "Bettor hold the professor's," said I. In tho conversation that followed Emily led, and I must express admiration at her deftness in working up to the final catastrophe.

She began by expatiating on the advance of science; extolling above all others the men who studied it; describing them as the great of mankind. Her words charmed the professor, himself one of these wonders of the age, softening his heart, sink- Ing in as butter into toast. Science suggested motor cars, the immense strides made in locomotion in the last few years, due to the great thinkers, the master-minds--men like the profPSFor. The nervous, timid, unruly horee (a description emphasized for its subtle suggestion) must soon be cast aside. Then she grew enthusiastic on the pleasures of motoring--the deliglit of country touring, but, above all, the ex- liHaration of speed.

"It makes you feel." she exclaimed, "how grand it is to be alive!" (At this I nodded. I had often felt how grand it was to be alive--when Emily had just turned a corner.) i At last she began to describe the incident of the morning, touching it lightly, bill carefully avoiding any ap- piarance of want of sympathy. I grew nervous as the inevitable came nearer and the victims wduld be named. How would the professor it, even with such admirable preparation? "We were so very, very sorry about it!" continued Emily. "More so than ever when found that dear Mrs.

Jocelyn and her children were in the carriage." "Eh! What! Annie?" exclaimed prolessor. A of emotion passed over hla face. He as if to leave us. "They were coining to-morrow to stop i me for a week," he said. I gasped.

I heard Emily gasp. "And the baby was with them?" he asked, "Yes." sighed my sifter. The prolessor was silent. Presently i evidently finding suspense intolerable, came to the point. "You will come--just for the first I day--won't you, professor?" she ask- ed, arfully.

"I i under the circumstances--" he began slowly. Emily looked unutterably wee. "That is to say, the cause is so admirable--" Emilv brightened. "1 believe 1 might manage--" Emily i a waved her ice spoon. "Both day," said the FOOD VALUE OF OYSTERS.

Easily Digestible and Contain Many Important Substances. Interesting experiments made in the laboratory show the great digestibility of UK- oyster, says the New York World. When the oyster was crushed und placed in cold water about half of the solid matter was dissolved. When the oyster wa8 placed uiicrushed in the same medium one-fourth of its solid matter was dissolved. It is believed that if the oyster be cht'wet' more a half of it Is dissolved in the mouth.

Cold appears to be the best i to drink i oysters. But cha- blis- is very good, dissolving 38 per cent of the solid matter of the oyster. What are 1 solids in the oyster? They ure tho proteids corresponding to the lean of meat or the white of an egg, a starchy matters nnd gly- copen. This last means tho substance which the liver for fut use. It is very like sugar, and when a for use is changed into simar.

I is the substance which makes the oyster sweet In the mouth. liut there are other valuable cons i of the a are called the pbcoro-phospborlp compounds. Medical men prescribe these for im- 1 roving tho nervous system. Us that (Met of oysters is unquestionably aood fin- tho nerves. They also con- a i common unit, a little copper and several phosphates.

And taking tho whole contents of the oyster shell ontfK finds almost everything necessary for the food of the body. NEWSPAPER!.