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NEW YORK's CARNEGIE LIBRARIES.
Bill Enabling City to Accept Offer
Sent to Albany.

Sent to Albany.
New York, March 24.-Corporation
Counsel Whalen has gone to Albany
with the enabling act by which the
city will be legally allowed to receive
the offer from Andrew Carnegie of $5,-
100000 for libraries. G. Il. Rives, Sec
retary of the board of trustees of the
New York Public library, will accom-
pany Mr.. Whalen.
| The final touches to this measure
were added after conference between
Edgar Leavy, deputy comptroller. and
Mr.. Whalen. The exact contents Of the
bill will not be made known before it is
put before the assembly, but the impor-
tant features repeal all former library
acts and provide that the board of esti'
mate can select library sites without
reference to the municipal assembly.
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ror the Grnnd Americnn HnndIcap

New York, March 24.-Entries for the
Grand American handicap, the trap
shooter blue ribbon event of the year,
have closed. The handicap will be shot
April / to at Interstate park, Queens,
n. Y. The entry list will probably CON
tain more than 200 names, last years
entries numbering 210. All the best
shots of the country have enter
ed. among them the winners of pre-
vious Grand American handicaps, witt
the exception of Robert A. Welch, the
rhiladelphian.
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Diamond State Steel
Company

The attention OF ckholders of the Diamond
State Steel Company is called TO our circular
letter of March 15, 1901. a copy OF which has
been mailed to each stockholder OF recori. Ad-
ditional copies may be obtained at the Com.
pany's office, or from the Girard Trust Company,
or at the Office Of the undersigned.
This letter presents in detail plan foi the dis.
solution OF the Diamond State Iran Company and
OF the Diamond State Steel Company, and the
incorporation Of new company to conduct the
business now transacted by the present Steal
Company. Asserting stockholders Of the Steel
Company will receive stock in the new company
i'll the proportion of 82 12 shares Of its per cent
preferred stock (sio par) and so shares of Its
mon stock (sio par), for each 100 shares OF stock
OF the present company deposited, upon which
sc, ,25 has been pad. Asserting stockholders will
also be entitled for ca ch eight shares of stock
deposited to subscribe at par for one share of the
preferred stock of the new company, and to re-
ccive Herewith one share of common stock.
| SUBSCRIPTIONS must be mado TO the und err
signed in writing BEFORE APRIL 10, 1901, and
must be PAID ON or BEFORE April. 20, 1901
II this plan. which has already met the ap
proval OF many large stockholders, is carried
out, title to all the land on which the present
plant is located will vest in the new company.
the present lease will be cancelled, and the pres
ent stockholders relieved from liability for fur
thcr calls upon their stock, including the pay
ment due June l, 1871.
Asserting stockholders must deposit their Ger
t6cates assigned In blank with the GiRARD
TRUST COMPANY, Trustee, ON or BEFORE the
FIFTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1901, together
with proxies In the form siecined authorizing
the stock TO be voted as provided in the plan
The Girard Trust Company, Trustee, will issue
its transferable receipts for the stock deposited
Application has been made to list these receipt
Oh the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.
EdWardB. Smith & Co
The Bourse, Philadelphia.
March 10, 1901,
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Sold Dy the Sheriff,

Sheriff Mcdaniel on Saturday sold the
following property belonging to Samuel
d. Forbes: Lot S0xl00 feet, with build
ings thereon, Oak and Harrison streets,
for "a 900, and three lots nea Fifteenth
and Claymont, the first 70&70 feet; the
second 70xl00 feet; and the third, S6x00
feet, for ~, 900. The purchaser was Will
liam +. Nye.
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suspension of boundary Dispute.

Kingston. Jamaica, March 24.-Re-
liable information has been received
here to the effect that the recent
boundary dispute between Haiti and
Santo Domingo, which was reported to
have threatened hostilties, was sus-
pended on condition that the matter
be submitted to arbitration. The dis
pute arose from an attempt to divert
the course of n river marking til,
boundary between the two countries.
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BecI.hnm.s Charges Disapproved.

Louisville, March 24.-A committee
of lawyers, appointed by Judge Barker
Of the criminal court of this city to
investigate sensational charges pre-
ferred by Governor Beckham against
Attorney r. {. Kinkaid in connection
with the conviction. for running a
gambling house, of Edward Alvey and
his pardon by Governor Beckham,
has made its report, five of the six
committeeman exonerating Kinkaid.
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Lynching In Arkansas.

Little Rock, March 24.-A Gazette
special from Pocahontas says that
George Cheyries. who shot and killed
Town Marshal John Norris of Pocn-
hontas while Norris was performing
official duty, has been taken from jail
by mob of 25o men and hanged. The
coroner's jury held Chevries for MUIR
der. but owing to the feeling against
him the trial had been postponed for a
| week.
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Changes ntCorneII.

Ithaca, ~ Y, March 24.-Cornell's
board of trustees has met and trans
acted some important business. As
successor to the late Rev. Moses Colt
Tyler, head of the American history
department, Charles II. Hull, present
assistant professor Of political ccono-
my, was elected J. r. $. Steerret
was elected 10 succeed Professor Ben
iamin Ide Wheeler at the head of the
Greek department.
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nnrl,cr Indictment Certified,

New York, March 24.-Justice Gil
bert Collins of the supreme court mt
Jersey City has certified the indict-
mcnt charging Thomas G. Barker of
Arlington with atrocious assault upon
the Rev. John Keller. The probabili.
ties are that Barker will be arraigned
before Judge Blair of the general ses
sions court without delay.
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RIue Laws Bind BOSTON.

Boston, March 24.--An order has
been issued by the board of police noti-
flying the proprietors of all hotels in
the city that hereafter they will not be
allowed to serve either liquor or food
in rooms in which their bars are To-
Gated on Sundays or holidays. This or
der does not interfere with the serving
of liquid or solid refreshments to
guests in their own rooms.
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International Cable Chess.

New York, March q. = Junius T..
Cope, Jr.. secretary of the British
Chess club, London, has officially in
formed Secretary Chadwick of the
Brooklyn club that the international
cable chess match will be played April
10 and 20 and that the Englishmen
have asked Professor Rice of this city
to act as their representative during
the contest nj RrnnklYn
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BIG SHIP LAUNCHED.
Liner Korea Largest Vessel In Amer
lean Merchant Marine Service.


lean Merchant Marine Service.
Newport News, Va, March 2I-The
Pacific Mail liner Korea, the largest
vessel ever built for the American mei-
chant marine service. has been launch
ed at the yard of the Newport News
ShipbuIding company. A crowd of 20
600 people witnessed the launch. Miss
Katherine Winthrop Tweed, daughter
of the president of the Pacific Mail
company, christened the Korea.
The Korea will cost when completed
S2,O0O,OO0. She is nearly 600 feet long
and her depth of hold is equal to the
height of four story building. Hel
displacement is 1S,600 tons, and there
| is no vessel now in the American serv
ice thai will compare with her.
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Alabama Coal Output.

birmingham, Ala, March 24.-The
output of the Alabama coal mines for
the year 1900. according to the state
mine inspector, was 9.400,000 tons, an
increase of nearly 100000 tons over
The previous year 1t is estimated that
The output for this year will reacE
12,000,000 ions.
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New Paper Mt Elizabeth, N. J.

New York, March 24.-The Times
Publishing company of Elizabeth, N.
j., has been Incorporated to publish a
daily penny Democratic paper in that
city. The incorporators are William
w. st. John of Plainfield and Peter
Egenolf and John f. Kemah Of Eliza
beth.
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viii Admit women peIegates,

Stroudsburg, Pa, March 24.-The
Philadelphia Methodist Episcopal con-
ference has adopted the amendments
to the constitution permitting the ad-
mission Of women as lay delegates to
the general conference. The vote was
121 to 45,
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Crooks Were Discharged

George Welsh and "Bucky" Cunning
ham are at large, although they are
wanted by the Delaware authorities.
They were arrested in Philadelphia on
March 5, and were recognized by detec-
tive McNey. Requisition papers were re-
HUM and the Philadelphia authorities
discharged the men.
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British steamer Ashore.

London, March "A. - A special dis.
patch from Calcutta says the British:
steamer City of Venice, thence for
Liverpool, is aground in a dangerous
position on Achipur sands, II miles be-
low Calcutta. on the river Hooghly
The passengers have been landed.
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suicides Desire Not Realized.

NIiddletown, n. Y, March 24.-Pat-
rick Flynn, who killed himself here be-
cause he wanted to be at rest beside his
dead wife in the Catholic cemetery,
has been buried iii the Protestant ceme-
terry. The burial was not permitted in
the Catholic cemetery because Flynn
committed suicide.
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Federal omce Abolished.

Oswego, N. Y, March 24.-An order
has been received abolishing the office
of United States engineers ut this
place and ordering Captain G. ID. Fitch
to Little Rock. Failure of the appro-
priation bill to pass congress is the
cauSo.
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ithaca Lnndmai.k Burnea

Ithaca, N. Y, March 24.-Fire has de-
stroyed the Clifton hotel, Ithaca's old
est landmark, and several pieces of ad-
Joining property. Five men are report
ed injured by the falling of the tower.
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smaIIpox Case In Syracuse.

Syracuse, March 2i.-Peter Mack, a
horseman, who has recently been at
Schenectady, Amsterdam, Little Falls
and Utica, was discovered by the local
health authorities to have smallpox and
has been sent to the city hospital. II
is the only case in this city.
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To Compete with Steel Trust

Edinburgh, March 24.-The Scottish
and north of England steelmakers are
negotiating with the object of sustain
ing the present prices with view of
competition with the American steel
trust. The Scotch steelmakers claim to
have full orders.
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strikers Accent Arbitration.

Marseilles, March 24.-The striking
dock laborers have informed Mayor
Flaissieres that the arbitration propo-
sails have been accepted. and the as
sembly of engineers has authorized
him to act as intermediary between
them and their employers.
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OFFER For Rogers Locomotive Works.

New York, March 24.-President Will
liam ]. Hoadley of the international
Power company of Providence has
been in conference at Paterson, N. j..
with the managers Of the Rogers Lo-
comotive works. 1t is understood that
Mr.. Hoadley has offered SS00,000 fol
the plant. He said that no agreement
had been reached and that negotiations
were still pending.
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newfoundland seaIers Active.

st. Johns, n. F., March 24.-The
sealer Greenland has returned from
northern waters with 10000 seals. She
reports that the Vanguard, with 24,OOO'
will follow,
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Eight Hour Law Unconstitutional.

Cleveland, March "a. = The circuit
court has decided that the eight hour
day law for city employees enacted by
the last legislature is unconstitution-
al. The judges based their decision up
on similar decisions in New York and
N.ahrsska
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rireproofIng Company lneorporn,ea

New York, March 24.-The American
Fireproofing and Cement company has
filed articles of Incorporation at Yon-
kers. The capital stock is 100000
and the directors are Alfred F. Seligs
berg and Eugene e. Spiegelberg OF
New York and Alfonso Beman of Yon
| kerS
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Free Postal Delivery.

Washington, March 24.-The follow
ing cities will be given free postal de-
livery service on July 1: Port Rich
mond, Stapleton and Tompkinsville
n. Y, and Mount Holly and Dover
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p;,z Greets Foreign Ministers

City Of Mexico, March 24.-President
Diaz has received George Grevill, the
newly arrived British minister, and the
new Fresch minister, NJ Blondel.
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CAPTAIN Blacks Resignation.

1t WIS rumored last night that Police
Captain George Black, who was appoint
ed State detective, would present his
resignation at the meeting OF the Police
Commission tomorrow night.
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queen Alexandra In Copenhagen.

Copenhagen, March 24.-Queen Alex
andra has arrived here, accompanied
from Roskildi by her father, King
Christian, and her sister, Dowager
Empress Maria Feodorovna Of Russia.
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FataI ColIision ON pIant sx..e.,

Montgomery, Ala, March 24.-In n
collision on the Plant system between
two passenger trains one man was
killed and four injured.
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Aged Jurist Dead.

New York, March "a. - Marcus
Beach, former lay judge of the New
Jersey court Of common pleas, is dead
at his residence in Jersey City at the
apc of S3
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THE CzAn OF RUssIA.

using one after another to battle plot
ters who might seek TO slip into his
working place subtle poison or an in
fe!nal machine.
Kiev is supposed to be the center of
the nihilist conspirators, whose main
branch is said TO be in Odessa and
whose qualifications extend through all
classes of society.
One of his aids-de-camp has furnish
ed the following interesting account of
the daily routine of the cars life:
The czar rises at $50 a. m. His toilet
lasts until nearly 8. Then he sits down
at his writing table to discharge par
ticularly important matters of state
which do not admit of delay.
| From 10 to IL there is short pause
for light lunch.
| From II to l o'clock the czar's time is
again devoted to work. He signs docu
ments, studies bills and examines the
reports of his ministers and governors
to which he often adds numerous mar
ginal remarks. His majesty drinks
meanwhile several glasses of tea, very
rarely taking wine. He eats caviart
sandwich.
From 1 to p. m. is devoted to thu
joys and sorrows of the domesti,
hearth. Occasionally the aid-de-caml
on duty is summoned if the czar de
sires to hear anything new or interest
ing in the papers. His majesty is
very irregular reader of the newspa
pers. Books he has not had in hi
hands for long time.
Gar Retires at Midnight.
From p. m. the cZar works agar
sometimes only till 8, but often till
o'clock, when his principal meal is pal
taken of. The rest of the evening ii
$3.50. but till 10 should the ex-empres
i he present, is spent with his famil.
/, After this he retires to his study. Pun,
tually at midnight he goes to bed.
! Court banquets and festivities inte
!, fere now and then with the routine
his daily life, but the minister of I'll
imperial house tries as much as poss
bic to keep the czar's working houl
/" uninterrupted.
IL Officials in attendance ON the cZar a.
L very well satisfied with his state
e health. The epileptic seizures, viii,
u formerly recurred every four or s
u weeks, have not returned since his /
II ness in the Crimea. His face has l.
y come round and full and he has
y healthy color. His frequent headach
have also disappeared.
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Miss Anna Carsten, Clay ton, III says:
 "Y0ur Peruns did me SO much good. : believe ' should have been dead by fhis lime had not used h lam feel Ing so well now. Have not taken any medicine for four or five months. ! Csn cheerfuny recommend Per1ns to my friends.
 Everywhere the people, especially tho women, are praising Peruna as remedy y for all forms of catarrhal difficulties.
 Roxa Tyler, Vice President of the Illi- nois Woman's Alliance, writes from 9l0 East Sixtieth street, Chicago, Ill.,, the following:
 "During the past year gradually lost flesh and strength until was unable to perform my work properly. tried diff. fsrent remedies, and finally Peruna was suggested to me. It gave me new life and strength. Icannotspeak too highly of it."
 Tho extreme sensitiveness of the mu. cous lining of every organ of woman's body is we'll known to physicians. This explains why, in part at least, so few women are entirely free from catarrh. Peruns cures catarrh wherever it is located.
 Send for free catarrh book. Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus Ohio.
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continue in session until next Wednes- day. Tulane hail. where the gathering was called to order shortly after ten o'clock this morning, was filled with prominent dignitaries of the church. among them being a number of bishops and many prominent missionaries from foreign fields.
 After service of prayer and praise the Rev. James Atkins, D. D.. delivered the opening address and explained the purpose of the conference to be for the promotion of the work of the church board by disseminating late and ac- curate information from the field and generating fresh enthusiasm. The con- ference is also expected to contribute, said the speaker. to the great forward movement toward greater evangelical activity which is gathering strength in all the leading churches of the United States
 The first speaker introduced at the morning session was Rev. Alexander Sutherland. D. D.. of Canada, who de- lievered stirring address on the topic, Oneness of Christi. Dr. Sutherland spoke in part as follows;
 ''Ths theme arises out of the words spoken by Christ on the night of his betrayael. when he prayed, That they all may be one Some interpret these words as meaning the organic union of all Christ's people in visible body. This is inadequate Chrst's kingdom is from within. Ills supreme desire for his disciples could not have concerned itself with the mere externals of re- ligion. What he desired for them was unity of spirit. This cannot be created or maintained bv majority votes of con- ferences or synods. or compromises be- tween opposing factions. It is the product of the mighty work of His spirit. It is intellig'ible to us upon grounds of experience. Every true be- llever has just such union with Christ. who is the head. This unity of true believers with their Lord gives another phase to the subject of organic union. As they are in all churches, to gather them into one is manifestly i'm possible. Who can decide who they are? A great deepining of spiritual life Is the crying need of the hour. The bear Ing or uIl tHlS on tne missionary prOD- lem Is manifest Every revival of mis- sionary zeal has been preceded by earnest, persistent prayer and a deep sning of spiritual life. The choosing and sending out of missionaries by the Holy Ghost, as in the case of BarnabaS and Saul gives the true apostolic sue. cession'
 Upon Nreassembling after the noon day luncheon the conference listened to an addres. by Bishop J. C. Granbery Of Virginia. who took as his subject. "Obe- Gience to the Great Commission; Chrlst's Law of Life to His Church" Bishop GraEbery said in part;
 ''The great commission of Christ U his apostles. 'Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations is historical in the same sense in which the Magma Charta and the constitution fthe United States are historical. It rests on the rock of Christ's authority. All powcr-authOrlty--i given he in heaven and in earth In heaven angels wait or haste tJ do his bidding. On earth he is to be King of Kings His disciples went forth to preach and he
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saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven and rejoiced. Every triumph of his evangelists Is renewed cause of joy to him. Clother with authority, he is- sued his commission: Go ye therefore. Judaism was on the defensive; Chris tianity is an aggressive movement. The commission ia broad. all nations;' 1t Is deep, make disciples each. 'bap- tize.' 1t is long. always
 Brothers. this commission Is our law and charter. By IL we live or die, we fail or conquer If We do not carry the good news, SO far as in us lies, to all men, We lack the spirit of the Master"
 Bishop Granbery was followed on the platform by the Rev. John Fix, D. D., who opoke Interestingly on "The Bible and Missions" Tonight the opening sermon of the conference was delivered by Bishop J. M Thoburn, missionary bishop in India.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY.

Territory of Arizona. office of Territo- [ rial Treasurer Phoenix, Arizona:
 l, Thomas w. Pemberton. treasurer of the Territory of Arizona, hereby cer- tify that the Union Assurance So- ciety of London, England. having complied with all the provisions of the laws of the Territory of Arizona relating to insurance corpora tions. is entitled and empowered to do business in the Territory of Arizona, for the year ending March thirty-first, 1902.
 In testimony whereof. I have hereun- to set my hand and affixed my seal. this 22d day of April, 1901.
 THOS. w. PENETRATION,
 Territorial Treasurer
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THE SIBILANT CLAM
A Yankee Shellish That Plays Second
 Fiddle to Cupid.

The talking clam" is sometimes called the 'sibilant clam" because of it's frequent use of the ''s" sound. They are only to be found on the beach in q small cove in Connecticut. about twelve miles from New Haven. Around this cove man named Mer- win, many years ago, put up high board fence, and within the enclosure planted trees, so that today 1t Is one of the most beautiful groves on Long Island Sound. and during the summer season 1t is visited by thousands of persons from all over New England and New York. The bathing facili- ties are the finest in the world, tide in or out. When the tide comes in 1t brings with it hundreds of varieties of sea life. the various species of clans predominating. These latter bury themselves in the sand to the depth of from six inches to two feet, and when the tide recedes the beach is alive with a species of the human family, peculiar only to that particular part of New England, the Yankee clam dig ger" Like the chills and fever that comes every other day. the sibllant clam is an alternate, coming only every other year. No sound is ever heard from 1t until after night, when the grove and beach lights are all out, and then may be heard for miles q hissing sound ike the eager whisper ings of the ocean foam to the warm sounds of the restful shore. Lovers strolling along the shore of this cove. ,arltr axrlsxF Fifacr In npl hnys ears the pent-up- for a-longtime but just -brokeout volcano of their pas sion each for the other, and in their forgetfulness of all else forgetting si- lence. are suddenly startled by what might well be taken for a hush warm ing from human beings. Ssh! Ssh! Sh-s-s-s-s-s-h. Ugh's-s--h ! {"
 At times, too, the sibiant clam seems to take upon itself a great dis gust as 1t listens to the extreme syrupy spooninics of silly young slush- singers, and the feeling of disgust is telegraphed all along the line and at what might be called the instant order breaks forth in the word, 'S-s-s- shawl" which is repeated and re- repeated with increased vehemence, until the lovers with their fingers in each others ears flee the contemptous cam presence. Many stories. humor- ous, pathetic and otherwise are related of this beach and this strange visitor to 1t.
 It is a discerning clam, too. This is oftentimes demonstrated. As an illus tration of the fact, many instances are related by lovers of the bashful class. Sitting on the sand yet hot from the strong rays of the days sun, Willie boys desire to osculate in the upper most expression of his signing mind Claribel, too, sighs. There is a de-
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pressing silence. as far as they are concerned, and the only sound is that of the murmured lullaby of the waves last fiutter as 1t exhausts itself in it's effort to reach the mark made by it's predecessor. With shocking sudden ness to the lovers out of the still ness and drowning the receding echoes of the wave flutters. the air Is softly, but impsratively pregnated with one command iterated and reiterated, Kisses! Kiss-s-s-ssss!' And 1t is reported that the lovers obey and ever after bless the observance of their fiisnd-the sibilint clam.