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Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
9ecorab % Sneglt.
Zen 22oe Sui 1895.
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eif 3prsoaa Gitermtooag cper Spen
"a Cmeancn; bet par Ell ialoitTnol8
Gpclone | bet Gmnn. 8 6orretn'n9s'
aaocn ipr ulifeus Strappapir op ! pii'
ben Sip; i be andre @aoer frniieoes
GrGr, "a @rcns lna ipreSt om'rlng
piOt % breot. Souscuarcnc nbe pna
2dnoct lagocS fereitcOs Ilaoe meo Sorz
ben, % sc aIereoe reiite SGcder for bib
ca oio; psiaa pna Gorua9rcnc gil BET
iloe. Soil manttc lRgac Jig ne0 paa
Nayttu irr life at ipl9e meo. % |
2Gblcbaucrue reeuece oct meo 8rn9t.
@Iprocr ialoi, % enielte llobuie Hut
tcocs, men euouu bar hi life bgrt ont
Cab al 0lcuusitelip.
st 0aumeIt 9anoemGrtr, ct o9loist
&oppel'3 ira, Der for 81 NOr iioen Dor
ylautct lum en- lioau Suiit noenior
Slodjntuus gus pna Wiuncba9o Str,
fit line 0nge ~tultc; pGb 6ulrgrmoen
logocs LANCE Stptier at @jrroet Habit,
o. 8oloipiloct iit ell brat Gnoc. O8=
iaa / Srvlupsbuiet pppe ueo GOGeaet,
bus Iroi. 9aricu, rumitereoe G.ormen
iip0t meo Sen / BET 5rie bGttebe SorOs
tiiiteluin8.
Gitcrlt Stormeu baooe raiet fra Jig,
tom 5tplrsgu, HOSet, iom soot trGns'
tcs, "a bet fpm pel nleo bnuoe for 9aus
ucgoug % 4utcter, iom bOlot paa at
uIane Bort.
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23

Sarens General Wanuger til mig, at
leg 1tlloe Ia eli 9otpmotipiprers Qpn,
iaalGn9e jeg lepebe, el,ten jes arbeioeoe
eller Ell. Seq funce laoe bore at orr
beioe, ON jes uiloe. Seq fori60er ut
sipre, bpao ies fan; men bet er life
meset, iom De Ter. 9a,seoel Iaar ieg
min iuloc Setalius."
9ette er, bono ben samle bapoe at
fortGGe. Sen brape Sobu Sartbolps
nlelu er al bet Slag, ium Der tpmres
Selte al. x
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
SiOt o.n Nap.

Sab ct eli ioslil Surpir, ~iauoipnlio-
biz ct Trooutt al ct uoopo 5rG / Ser
tlertioen. @nl er @runbiGrueu, oaries
renbe ira bet NET figoenoe til bet bp.
bette brunrpoe, ajenuem a(lc bet bpioes
c9 bpnninssules Sfatterinaer til ben
mprteite brine nGlten i~oriogti9e 5aroe.
Oct er, oft eiter De Iorlticlise glrter,
9iennemiistis iom flar Sin, iOn9t oieus
nemitin1enbe % ilsieunemIistig.
Nuar Gao snloss meb lllo piIer oct
Ell iterf e~leftriif 2iltrntnirQsfraIt; bcrs
al bets 9raite Naun "Glettroforn";
etler man buroe mnaite ~rettere iise, at
Gleftrictteten, Senne mR9ti9e, piounoers
lise Naturtrait itplbes 9iapet bauoe FIN
Spoagelie os lit Nauu; tbi Gapet Dor
~iaftiit bet iorite Stof, hos buffet maj
for Iortu timber iioen / @rafentano
iogttog ben mGrteli9e G0enitab at oct
ueo @nlonin9 faar Gpne til at tiltrNfte
Imna lette 9'9:mer. st u~omitpoeli9t
Sepis for GauetS bpie Nloer 9iper Be
elenoommeli9e Gciter al 6orrerocnen8
EDr % Ylantcr, iom flnocs iubeIlutteoe
oeri; bet er Suietter, SiQer, 3uicnben
al ale Sla9s, geo p9 SartitDtFer al
bet SrR, bporira Sarpiren CT uoIpeOct,
lom Ienere lflloe blipe III &ap. Sars
piren lar en9ans Chen, maaIfe enouo
isr SpuoHooen, i blso 3ilItauo ppta=
get bisie 2epnin9er i fig u9 lisciom
uoerleoeret Giterperoencn Ell io%ritenet
5lora o8 Sauna / ben NET naturtro
| 6orm. Naturioriteren Copper bar be-
lfrepet eli bglit interesi aut, ilere 9lrter
omiluttenoe &apIlora U9 - Sauna, Ser
Oppiler oucr 100 iorItleli9e Grter. &as
oct iinoes iIcr lanss 9iteriGens apIter;
men iGuri9t ifpQer Nuuct / 2ano baaoe
peo en- Del al Guslanos, GDIflanos,
Soaanos % ale De bauite Spitcr. 0es
b9n9er peo Saa9ea, ueo Sapp(anter.
nes truIeoe @rcne Os itp1es meo bisIc
op paa 2anojprben iGrlls mroer beiiioe
GaalanDsitorme.
Wien p9lan anbettebs / europa ft,s
Der man Nap, iaalebes paa Staliens,
Spaniens, 6raufri9es os Guslancs
apltltrafninser. s boert Sab er Bet
Ell al bore alpIte noroiIfe 9GoelIene.
&apets Slomltrinsstio ialoer i Wlib.
oelaloeren paa I~ltpmiferaes Sib. 9o
man iaa ipri9t ipste eiter zoe bites
Stcn" % "oen fore Giirir" tiaooOe
Spertroen o9iaa Gapet, Der ueO lin
eieftrilfc Srait % fine aromatiite
0ampe ipntes iGrlis esnet BERTH, grpl.
~letraIt os unocrsicrenoe Sirfninoer;
ia lelo lom 2Gsemiobel blep set olte
Iorefrepen. 9ets ~pellu9tenoe 9ampe
maatte pcS ierlise ieitlise 2eili9beoer
9iennemitrsmms 9uiten for oerueo at
banlple onbe bin0reuoe ganeer fra 9u.
tpmilterues 9erciiuiteuer. Gmouioere
bleo bet baaret iom 9lmulet til Sifriuo
MOB mango 6arer % SpgoOmme.
De t~oltbareite 9lrbeiber al Iap, Tom
Staale, 6aoe, Totaler, 8nsler, 0aaier.
aructborn, SnclGs / Wobler, DC uio.
nHOerl'alte airOer % smptteiaser for.
lsrplGeOes ! Spltlnuo paa ausiprtcrs
nss 6E'ssis J % SrsssH ssAsssm 10
It'd.
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
Baron NotbIdilo i 9aris bat

Baron Notbi6ilb i Iaris bapSt
paret uoe at ipaoiere meo lin Gpn.
SeS Siemtumiteu miitsoe ban i Bort.
rrmmet Ell so Gentimsr ps bsspnbtt
iirar iprist at leoe eiter ben. Ggnneu
iaa l%prbauiet paa bam % ipursts til.
Nolt. b%uorior ban slproe iis llist Se.
iuer Tor en- Sitting.
get CIR life for Seuseues Sfglo",
lssss fsssyyH, "msn iss Iripsipsis
Gn Heibt, @.io tSr alpris tate npss,".
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
NOrtbfielO, Miinn.

Song Soban Of Susrise beiaa en-.
gang IaSitena alOIter / 6slee meb
Gbbeois len Slnna Gplte. aonoen
ipurste briiteIist, "Um Sumfruerue i
alOItsrst albris uniestebss al ajarlia.
bsb?.
"2et Ion Def banbe", ipareoe 9lb.
beeisien, ioet Iun iamtibis seste pao
en- 6nsl. Tom juii ilei pper benz. "Wau
idn lille irars for, at Gualen ilppsl
sssr nrtsassrssa, @sR pei ISrbipeys
al ben Der tgsssr sleet".
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
Guostjcnefter.
esusao e;ter srefoIoiebeS.

q 7ccorab W~cnigbtos airis ON 6ormic'
tnaen 81. 1915,
Spniirmouterue mpoer Tirsbas % 6reea9
giiermIonag 81 !.
SrinnriereRtuoen mPocr Srsoos Otter
miNoaa ri. 9 hos Ntrs. g. Seaa.
CnsSda gilcn S%guremrec / airfcns Bale
@nSS.iencite / Spring Skater S,r'e Ssn'
hoa Gifermiopog al 3,
9 ben Ssritc 81. G. g. airls ON 6crrniS'
haaeu 81. 1olE. 90 a..
boa Gngelli 81. rs
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
TfCprdbsW
9rs. Gnuca,, & Wapt
3onNINaer. tali' .fNiics I:

@pipf. Ming, gaze DC 259e Snli.
Raciue, Mtiuu., 26pe ca 21oc Sult.
SiepartpilG, glinn., 29oe, 30te % Site
Sult.
Sprina Salep. &inu, lite til zoe @u3uit.
Sanoer irQtfes uoeu Smerte. Nlt gr.
teibe aoranteres. 52.20tf.
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23

Yaa ct anoet Steo i bette Slao finoes
Ell interesiaut % iano 5remitiuius Of Or.
@arbs Reoieiniorretnius iamt bens @rnno.
lager 8. u. g8atiiuS IortrRt. Get oil
p9re al Nptte for enhper at laie ben.
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23

San: "gta, min Yen.-er Der noaet,
je9 fan bielpe big mso?"
SuItrusn: "Sa. itai mig ct lsGeni
5rimarte, iua jea fan iao ieuSt ct q
bine npe 5otceraiier til err Seuiuoe;-
bet er iun benbsrsnoe III 2beu alasie!
@citioger, iUrnaar bu".-"1rutb".
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
2ao,3eu

Nooi. Uuwsshed-c"srsc $40; medium, 10
g. fne. lo-I2. Washed coarse, 16-l7 medium,
is 10 fue ;4-l5; Tub-washed. l'-ls. Goued,
asiy. tur,y and back it-H OF
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23

Sirfiombeb. gfaar cit al bisie M}aifiner fopr.
rler IND ct giabolag, uil flere i~ifferrt fplQe e.
ter. Nogle al pOre &Onfrrrerter BED bette, Do
be foripgte nplig at ipi0e nogle &anlas Narlre2,
re ct liltigt SUBS. Be tog cit al fine gorrle
Maifirer Og n1aaleDe Den, iaa ben iaa no ion1
cit Russian, % latte cit Russian NauleplQbe
paa Den. Waitinen arbeiOebe natlrligpis life,
Den fll1Oe alortg gipre bet. 9erpaa bragte DC
ilto ita &lulOe for at ie benlte "Jtllslial", ner
&anias Sarr1ererne bar for "imarte" for Dem.
0ette aneb arbeibeDe ligeiaa Daarltgt lont Deres
Waifine. 0pis s pil piDe, bpDrleDes cit Rus.
sian arbeiDer, iaa ieno efter cit &atalog.
p NJ. SHARPLES,
West Chester Pa,
Elgn ILL.,,
Rutland. VT
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23

Gsi sr lstters OF iass WwHsss isv
iuip cub ipGtie NanseH mse Cub.
Decorah-posten., 1895-07-23
@n iiffer Ginber.
The Sharples Russ

The Sharples Russian Sen.
arator er auerteret operalt / Be-
5orenebe stater Og er eoOt
Ffjenot, b%uoriOmbelit Der finbes
Meierifipr. Wen ri bar funOet
I'D, at ben be0ite Maabe at opcr.
tere paa, CT at anmObe benz, bpr
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
KITCHEN LORE.
Some Fresh Hints for the Culinary De-
partment.

"
Some Fresh Hints for the Culinary De-
partment.
There are no cooking utensils better
adapted to light housekeeping than
those of aluminium. They are so light
even in the large pieces that practical
ly no strength is expended in lifting
them; they are so thin that food is
cooked in them more quickly than in
ordinary utensils, and they are easily
kept clean and shining without seoul
ing. In using tin one has constantly
to be on the lookout for the corrosive
action of acids, or food is easily
scorched.
A better way to peel ripe tomatoes
than that commonly used is to put
them into a frying basket, and plunge
the basket a second into boiling water
to loosen the skins. This is particular
ly the best way to do when one is pre-
pairing a quantity of tomatoes, and
wishes to keep them all firm and hard.
If boiling water is poured over them
in a pan, the tomatoes at the bottom
are quite sur to become soft before
they are peeled.
An excellent cottage pudding with
an apple filling, made by a Swedish
cook, consists of a plain light cake
made in two layers, with a thick layer
Of tart apples peeled and grated spread
between. With these apples are mixed
the whites of two eggs, beaten to a
stiff froth, two teasp o~onfuls of vanilla
and sugar to taste.
Dtoa ord ahoocn - raru rood with
roast beef. They are cooked in much
the same way as we commonly pre-
pare macaroni and cheese. Boil the
rice until tender in sailed water,
drain dry, then put in a baking-dish
alternate layers of the rice and grated
cheese. The layers of cheese should
not be more than a sprinkling. Sea-
son with salt and a little butter, cover
with sweet milk. sprinkle with fine
bread crumbs, and brown.
That despised dish beef a Ia mode
may be made really delicious, especial
" for a cold meal, if seasoned with q
variety of suitable condiments
Rub the beef, which should be
from the round, with salt
and fine spices. Put skewers
across the bottom OF your saucepan,
and cover them well with thin slices of
bacon. Lay the meat on these, cover
with more sliced bacon, and two-thirds
of a cupful of vinegar, cover tightly,
and simmer two hours. Then season
to taste with a few whole cloves, pep
per, two bay-leaves, mushrooms, a half
cupful of tomato catsup, and a small
SLICED onion. Simmer in this gravy
until the meat is tender, adding q
little stock if the gravy cooks away SO
much hat there is any danger to tho
meat being dry. If cooked TO be eaten
only when cold, strain this gravy and
boil it down, then spread the meat with
it.-N. Y. Post.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
HOME HINTS AND HELPS.

Roasted Chestnuts: Perforate an
old pan to roast il. slit the chestnuts,
remove one end and stir over a hot fire.
-Jellied Chicken: Line a pint bowl
with slices of hard-boiled eggs. fill
with chopped chicken that has been
seasoned with salt, white pepper. eel
cry salt and melted butter. Pour y
one coffee cup of water in which one
tablespoonful of gelatine has been dis
solved. Set on ice. -Housekeeper.
Mock Chicken Salad: Beat three
eggs light, add a half cup of vinegar
and a t~easpoonful yellow mustard and
stir until thick; butter the size of an
egg. small teaspoonful of salt, pepper
to taste. one tablespoonful of cream,
and M of sugar. Let boil, and pour
over one head of cabbage and one
bunch of celery chopped ine.-West-
ern Rural.
-Jellied Peaches: One quart of
peaches after being peeled and cut in
halves. Two lemons, n cup of sugar,
one-third package of gelatine and one
pint of water. Dissolve the gelatine in
one-half cup of water, mix it with the
sugar water and juice of lemons, and
pour it over the peaches in a shallow
dish. Set on ice for two or three hours,
or longer if very hot weather. -Chica-
go Record.
Chestnut Compote: Roast the chest
nuts and take off the shells; dissolve
one-half pound sugar with one-half
tumbler of water, Juice of a lemon and
some chips of the rind. or a table
spoonful of vanilla extract; put this
and chestnuts in a saucepan over a
slow fire ten to fifteen minutes, so that
the chestnuts may absorb some of the
sirup. Serve in a deep dish and dust
powdered sugar over the op.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
Cream Cake: Two eggs, two cup
fuls of flour, one cupful of rich sweet
cream, two cupfuls of sugar, one up
full of corn starch, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and one te~aspoonful of
vanilla. Bake in three layers and
spread the following cream between
each layer: The Filling-Half a cup
full of sugar, th~ree-fourths of cupful Of
milk, half a cupful of grated COCOA
nut, one tablespoonful of corn starch
and three tablespoonfuls of cream
Mix the corn starch with a little cold
milk, boil the milk and sugar together,
stir in the corn starch and cocoanut
and boil until done.-Ohio Farmer.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02

Some of tine new models in silk Or
wool have a double box plat down the
front of the skirt, held down near the
waist by two rows of fancy buttons
English tailors are at work already
making some charming suits for Oc-
tober. A moderate supply only Of
trimming is used, and 1 even saw sew
eral untrimmed skirts of heavy wooden
goods or v~elvets. 1 saw q tailor-made
suit for this fall of notified smooth
faced cloth, which was very simply
made. The moderately full skirt was
untrimmed, save by several rows of
stitching about the hem and tailor
pockets cut in the sides. The new
feature was the cut of the jacket-very
short, fitted in the back, and on the
sides, but with o short double-breast-
ed front, fastened with two rows Of
horn buttons set In gold rim. The
Jacket skirts were full in the back,
but straight on the sides The reveres
narrow and faced with brown velvet;
the gigot sleeves trimmed with but
tons. st Loais Republic
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Paul Deroulede, who played .
prominent part in the BoulangIst
movement, is writing a play called
''Messire D~uguesclin." in which Coque-
lin, the elder, will act. Duguesclin
was constable of France and fought
against the Black Prince. He is one
of Frances popular heroes.
The marquis of Devonshire allows
himself the luxury of a railroad ten
miles long for his private pleasure.
The railroad encircles his own domain.
Whenever he takes a ride he acts as
fireman and engineer, while he COM
pels the members of his family, the
ladies not excepted, to act as watchmen
and watchwomen at the crossings.
of Robert Louis Stevenson but
three paintings exist, one by Sargent,
painted in 1885, now in Boston; an
other painted by Signor Nerli at
Samoa, in 1892, said to be the best por-
trait, and an unfinished sketch by w.
B. Richmond. In sculpture, besides
st. Gaudens' bronze medallion, there
are a bust made by A. Hutchinson at
Honolulu. another bust made by sgd.
ney, and a medallion made at Homo
lulu. There are also a few drawings.
DR.. Max Nordau began to write at
the age of fourteen, and he has earned
money with his pen eve since he was
sixteen years old. His salary of twelve
dollars a month, which he earned by
work on a newspaper, was then prac-
tically the only support of his father.
mother and sister. Two years later he
had increased his income to about two
hundred dollars a month, and was able
to support his family in comfort. His
father died in 1872, and since then DR..
Nordau has shared his home with his
mother and sister.
Queen Victoria considers it "high-
ly undesirable for young ladies to
have latch-keys," and expressed her.
self rather decidedly to hat effect
upon a late visit to buckingham
palace of the daughters of the prince
of Wales. These young women, who
are quite up to date" asked for
latch-keys in order that they might
go back and forth between their apart
ments and the grounds at their pleas
ure, without going through the
~formality of ordering the doors
opened by attendants, but her maj
esty promptly vetoed the suggestion.
Jennie Stanton Wilcox, NJ. D., of
Saratoga; Mary Weeks Burnett, NJ. D.,
of Chicago, and Alice Bennett, NJ. D.,
superintendent of the state hospital
for insane women at Norristown. Penn,
we're prominent speakers at the recent
m~edico-legal congress held in New
York, and their papers on the relation
of law and medicine to one another
showed wonderful familiarity with
both professions. Mrs. Eliza Archard
Cornier, the well-known newspaper
woman, Mrs NJ. Louise Thomas, for
long president of Sorosis, and Miss
Kate L.. Hogene, L. L. b., who will for
the coming year be instructor in the
women's law class in the University Of
the City of New York, were also among
the speakers.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02

sacred TO the day and the place. assem-
bled with customary decorum. One by
one the deacons walked up the aisles to
their places, timing their steps with
mournful squeaks that deepened the
solemnity of the hour and awakened
mirth only in the breasts of the younger
children, who were promptly thumped
to respectful silence by the catapult Of
some adult finger. The hymn al
given out, and all the hymn books in
the pews rustled open. We listened
for the usual little muffled commotion
of the choir getting into position with
its little fussiness of small affectations,
but there was a most fearsome silence.
We turned our heads, looked up and
saw a gallery as empty as the foreign
mission treasury at the close of the
year. The presence of the singers
scattered here and there among the
congregation was explained. Some
light-hearted members of the choir
Uttered, but the rest of US were a little
bit frightened. The preacher looked
up quickly and understood. He quiet
ly closed the hymn book, opened the
Bible, read the Scripture, offered
prayer, gave out the notices for the
week, preached his sermon and pro-
nounced the benediction. Calm and
unrufied and undisturbed was he, as
though that had been the order of serv-
ice for a hundred years. The evening
service was conducted in like manner.
No hymns were given out. No refer
ence was made to the subject. He was
so quiet and natural that we began to
wonder if that hadn't been the way
we always worshiped, and had only
dreamed hat we used to have a choir
and sang hymns of praise.
OF course, that wouldn't do. The dea-
cons came together, investigated the
trouble and proffered their services as
arbitrator. The leader was firm, the
preacher was adamant. Finally tie
latter said: I'll tell you what I'll do:
1 will give the choir the hymns for the
next six months, and the leader may
have rehearsal any time that best suits
him"
The deacons carried the proposition
to the choir; it was accepted; the
gallery and the pulpit We're recon
ciled; the preacher was meekly suls-
missive, the leader was radiantly tri-
umphant. But, being disposed to be
gracious and magnanimous, he gave the
preacher two OF three days to get over
the first sharp humiliation and pang of
defeat, then called on him for Tie
hymns. The preacher sat down and
wrote a long column of numbers, be-
ginning at 1 and running in regular
progression-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, s, etc.-up
to $50.
There" he said, with the air of a de-
feated man, "sing them as they come"
The leader bowed as he took the list
with the kindly condescension of a big
hearted conqueror and retired.
The Sunday morning after the treaty
of peace was made the church meeting
house was crowded. In his pew. far up
in front of all others, sat Deacon Robert
Standfast. He was \ prosperous cattle
man, a very Jacob, and had been out on
the prairies with his fiocks and herds
when all this trouble occurred. he
loved his pastor with all the tenderness
of a big man. Deacon Standfast fairly
blazed with indignation when he
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02

they knew the tune as well as the choir
did, and carried the remaining four or
five stanzas through with splendid
spirit. You see we weren't given to
short services in those days. There was
no reason why we should be. The
singing was never wearisome,
we did it all ourselves, and would as
soon have thought of hiring III Sun
.day-school teachers as our singers. L
never but once heard u minister chop
n hymn up into outlets and have US omit
the first and last stanzas and hop over
the third and fifth, singing it as though
we were playing a game of musical hop
scotch. and that was because he object
ed to some faulty doctrine in n of
the verses. When he preached he said
what he had to say without the least
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1895-11-02
DON'T RUN AFTER IT.
When Your Hat Blows on Some Other
Fellow Will HUN 1t Down..

When Your Hat Blows on Some Other
Fellow Will Hun 1t Down.
The man who is up-to-date knows
full well what to do when a sudden
gust of wind blows his straw hat from
his head and takes it on a mad vareer
down the street. He does not make a
wild scurry for it, creating intense
amusement by his sudden dashes
through the crowd or among the We
hicles in the streets, only to corral the
hat in a mud puddle or some other
place just as bad. He has a better
trick. He simply stands still and in
ninety-nine cares out of a hundred
some other person who has witnessed
the incident VIII do the chasing and
will return the hat to it's owner. who,
calm and iied, will graciously
thank him ana walk triumphantly
away without having turned a hair.
A striking example of this fact was
witnessed in n Broadway cable car the
other day. Behind an old man, on
whose head was a straw hat. the last of
the summer vintage, was an open WIN
dow. AS the car passed Forty-second
street the sudden gust made itself felt.
and. lifting the hat from the old mans
head, carried it out of the window and
far .down the block. Before the old
man had jumped to his feet and had
succeeded in stopping the car it looked
to the other passengers as though his
chances of eve regaining the hat were
very slim indeed. So they would have
been had it not been for tn. accom-
modating individual who is ever ready
to pursue a straw hat which is en-
~deavoring to escape from its owner.
AS the old man reached the rear
platform, ready to plunge into the
chase, a red-faced, breathless man,
holding the m~ud-begrimed hat in his
hand. ran up, and, with a smile which
seemed to say. I'm the fellow that
can catch any straw hat that was ever
made" handed 1t to the owner. There
was a hasty Thank You." the con-
ductor, who had scowled at the delay,
rang the bell vigorously, and the old
man settled himself to clean the hat,
well pleased that the incident had not
even entailed the expenditure of an
extra Ave cents for car fare.-N. Y.
Herald.