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I V r I A Change of Purpose. I OB HT wa a brtgtit morning to January, aud a girl Til breakfaetlug alouo lu the ouiwuat dingy sitting room of a Blooiuabury lodging house, SUo tu young and pretty, with delicate, thoughtful looking feature, She glanc ed at the clock-It wanted a few min ute to 9 then roue from her eSt and. walklug to the window, pulled back the faded ml curtalus. "A clear sky-there will be a splou did light noon for Phil," she exclaimed. She turned aud made her way back to the fireplace. An envelope on the mantelpiece caught her eye. It was an old one, and hud been there tor some weeks, but she took It down once again, and drew a card out- mere ordinary Christmas card, with the words. "Madge, from Pick." written upon It. She gaiod at It reflectively; then replaced It with a little sigh. "Ah, Dick," he murmured, "If only thing had gone a little better with us!" , The chime of a clock striking the hour caught her ear, aud she made hur ried preparation for her departure, on her way down lie tapped at a door, aud opened It half an Inch. "Many happy return of the day. Phil, dearl" he called out, "H' lovely morning, Good by!" She ran down the stulr lightly, lu the hall alio wa met by an elderly looklug man In a Yelveteeu coat. She nodded brightly to him, and he opened the door for her, "Your brother' birthday?" he ask ed with a smite. "Yea. We must do something to night In honor of It. and you must help us, Mr. I.lntell! Good by-1 ahull be late for my 'bus!" About an hour later, Phil Ilalatan emerged from hi room. He waa n tall. well built young fellow, with a some what heavy, Indoleut looking face. He ate a leisurely breakfast, then, lighting a cigarette, dropped Into an armchair by the Br and let his eye travel slow Iv roun 1 the dull room. A look of dis gust crept to his face. "I'ltu!" he exclaimed. "How horribly meau and aordld It all looks! Shall I ever get out of It?" 1'resently he rose, aud. going to a comer by the wimlow. drew forward an easel. He sat himself before It ami taxed at the blank canvas, Theu he felt for bis box of brushes and lingered them meditatively. Finally he In Id them down aud looked out of the win dow. There was a tap at the door, and the next moment old Mr. I.lutell entered. He lived on the upper floor and had got to be very friendly with Madge and her brother. "1 won't Interrupt you." he hegau. with a glance at the easel. "1 only came to offer you my best wishes!" "Thanks' 1 'lease don't go," cried Thll, as the old man moved toward the door. "Fact Is, 1 don't think 1 shall do much more work now rather thought of giving myself a holiday My birthday, you know!" he added half . Jocularly. ' Old Llutell came forward slowly. He looked at the blank cam-as. "It's going to be a great thing!" ex plained I'hll. "I'm working out the Idea now It takes time, you know." The old man nodded, and looked out of the window. He had been thinking a good deal of Phil lately this boy who got up late, sat dreaming half the day, and loafed the other, who had never earned a penny In his life, kept In Idleness by a devoted sister who, as typist In a solicitor's otllce, worked bard from morn to night, believing In hi in heart and soul. He glanced up sharply at Phil. "Might I nee your portfolio?" he said. "I used to know something about art." Thll pglled It out with alncrlty, and opened It for the old mnn's Inspection. Mr. Mntell turned them over one by one. They were crude and badly done, with no sign of distinctive ability what ever. "We'll? asked Phil eagerly. lie shared his sister's belief In himself. "Give me your candid opinion." Mr. Llntell wiped his glasses and proceeded to oblige him. He told him the truth the unpleasnnt, naked truth and a wave of color swept over young Phil's cheek. Then he laughed. "It's too ridiculous," he cried. Old Mr. Llntell rose from his chair and made his way to the door. "I'm sorry," he said, "but I thought you ought to know." Phil laughed agalu as the door elosetl on the old man hut It was an uncom fortable sort of laugh the luugh of a man whose mind had been suddenly confronted with a new aspect of the case. He strode up and down the room. "Of course, I shall be famous some day shall pay little Madge back a thousandfold and she doesn't mind working at present!" be reflected. "And he said I hadn't a partlclo of ability, that I was wasting my time, that I ought to be earning my living, keeping Madge, Instead of letting her !" He glanced toward the window. The sun was shining temptingly. He walk ed to the mantelpiece and found two lialf-crowns which Madge had left there. Unthinkingly he slipped these Into his pocket, then, taking hat and stick, made his way out of the house He meant to go for a long walk,, to think out his great Idea. Hut he found he could think of nothing but old Lin tell's words. The Idiotic sentence kept running through his head. He, Phil Ilalstan, a mere loafer! The thing wns absurd; Madge herself would be the first to say so. He walked for some time, and made an effort to think of something else. Presently he dropped Into a cheap res taurant to have lunch. He sat down at a table; next to him two men were talking rather excitedly. ,"I don't care who It Is!" one was de claring emphatically. "The chap who loafs while a woman works for 'lm Is a 'ound, and deserves to be klcked!.Wby, I'd sooner sweep the roadway!" Phil, with a red face, rose and htir rledly left the place. It was half past 2 thp same afternoon when Madge ran lightly up the stair case of the bouse In Bloomsbnry, and burst Into the sitting room. Her face was flushed and her eyes sparkled. She saw a young man standing by the win dow. His back was turned to her. ''iniii!" she cried joyously. "I have a balf holiday !" The figure In the window turned and she gave a little cry of surprise. "Dick!" she gasped In astonishment Dick EvIngtoB' came toward her, holding out bis hand. "Just Pick," b answered with WV ' sm'lc, He caught her hand and stood looking Into her face. "Something ha happened, Madge, and I've com up at ome from Aulugtou to tell you about ur There was a dainty flush on her cheeks; he thought he bad never seen ber look o beautiful. "I hope It Is something good for you, Dick." he snld. "I II Y" "I don't know-yet," he said, slowly. "That Is, until I've beard what you have to say." Now It happened that at this moment Phil llaUtau was wending hi way homeward. He let himself lu with hi latchkey and went up to their room. The door wa not quite shut, aud he heard voicesMadge' and another". He recognised It after a moment. Then he caugjit a few of the word. He glanced round. The landing wits dark. Hardly knowing what he did. he sank down on the tlrst stair and listened. "I knew things would come right at lust. Madge, dear!" Kvlngtou' voice was saving. "Hut I didn't think It would be a splendid as this. A good msi abroad-only open to a married num. too!" There was a pause, Outside Phil urusped the bannister. There wan a slight movement ly him, and turning his head he found I.lutell had crept to his side. Then they heard Madge' voice, was low aud tremulous, "I'm sorry, Dick, but " "Why, Madge, you love mr "Yes, love you, Dick always have loved you-alway shall! Hut- There was a pause, then In a whisper, "There's Phil!" old I.lutell laid a baud on the young man's shoulder. "Hut surely Phil won't mind!" cried Kvlngtou. "He I a mail, and cn earn bis own living. He would uui wish you to give up this." "You dou't understand. Dirk!" There were tears In Madge' voice till time "Some day Phil will In? a great nrilst, Im famous, but Just uow he want my help! Oh, Dick. I'm so sorry, but I can't leave hlm-cau t go with you though 1 love you so!" Phil Halstau slink old I.lutell' hand from his shoulder, and roe suddenly to bis feet. He stood for a moment uu decided, theu crept away on tiptoe down the stair. Old I.lntell followed. "What are you going to do?" he said. Phil made no reply. He crsmuied his hat on his head, opened the door and stopped Into the street. Old l.ln tell went with him. and they walked away together. "Are you going to let her lose her one big chance of happiness?" said old I.lntell, In a low voice; "or going to con ilium to Idle your life away the keep ing you?" Phil hardly seemed to bear him. He wn striding along with hi hands thrust deep In his pocket, bis eyes Muring straight ahead of him. Slid deuly he threw his head back. "You heard she doesn't want to go herself!" he cried, almost flercely. "She'd soon forget all about It." "A girl with a heart like Madge's never forgets!" replied old I.lutell. "What are you going to do?" he repeat ed relentlessly. "A little more time and I might do something big!" broke out Phil. "You've loafed for three yearsand done nothing!" said the old limn, "You know you will never do anything In art. You've willfully shut your eyes, aud used It as an excuse to yourself and her for Idling!" The young man's mouth was (witch lug convulsively. "You're right!" he cried, In a hoarse voice, "hut what's there left for me to do I know nothing, have done nuib Ing!" lie Mulshed helplessly, He a man. There's always some thing for a man to do! Hemember what she hns done for you." They tenched St. Martin's Church at Charing Cross. I'll II stopped and passed a hand over hi brow. The old man watched him anxiously. He saw Phil's eye travel across the road to where the recruiting sergeant were pnclng slowly up and down, alert for new blood. Then Phil Hnlstan sud denly gave his shoulders a Jerk back. Yes," he said between his shut teeth. "There a always something left for a mnn to do!" He crossed the road. . That night Madge was sitting alone reading a letter that had Wn brought to her by messenger. The tears cam to her eyes as she rend the lust few sentences: " For three year I have played It as low down as a fellow can. Hut I'm going to be a man at hist, Madge. If you want to make me hap py, dear, make me feel 1 haven't quite spoilt your life. (Jo with Dick!" The letter dropped from her hand. "Go with Dick!" she repeated In a low tone. There was a tap at the floor; then a man wns shown In a young man with a pnlo and anxious face. "Mndge, 1 couldn't leave without ask Ing you once again Is It quite hope less?" he began. She raised her eyes to his, and he saw her Hps tremble. "Not quite hopeless, Dick, dear!" she whispered. Mainly About People. A Failure In Coopering. A certain man who wns once a prom Inent Kentucky politician was mow n demagogue than a atatcsman. He wns, according to Short Stories, In the linlilt of boasting Unit bis fatluT wns a cooper In an obscure town In the State that he was "one of the people," .and didn't belong to the "kid-gloved arls tocnicy," The "general's" great fnlllng being bis fondness for liquor, It will surprise no one to be told that the more he drank the more loudly be declaimed his political son 1 1 moms, and the proud er of being the son of a cooper he be rnme.. During, a political campaign, where his opponent wns the Southern orator, Tom Mni'shall, be had been mi iiHimlly noisy and offensive In his boasting regarding his obscure origin. In replying. Marshall said, looking bnrd at the general; "Fellow citizens, my opponent's father may have been a very good cooper,! don't deny that, but I do say, gentleniM. that be put a might) poor head Into? that whlaky barrel." About MarrlMjre. Of one thousand men who mnrry, It is found that IS32 marry women young cr than-themselves; 57U marry women of about the same age, and 80 marry women older than themselves. rrp UK beginning of a new century Mrlll wlllie th launching of euterprl fitted III an emlueiit de are tu usher lu a new aud great era. The aehlevemeut of th Pl hundred year hvo been msgulfleeut The march of progress H becu swift and th tri umph of civilisation manifold. The g of enlightenment I here, Mankind h progressed la the culture of the finer side of existence ami ha turned to It use th ni)trkm forces of the element lu manner undreamed of but a few de cade ago. Yet It must not be forgot teu that many science are tlll lu their In fancy, tht there, r many world yet to tie conquered by the daring sad lu veutlve pioneer of human progre lu the furthcoming century, ami tremendous problem of a uclul and political charac ter to he solved. The pulse of matiklml will be qnlckeued by the great exposition of all th America hiu lu 1 held. The Pan American Kxpoaltlou, which I to open at Buffalo ou May I. will stimulate ludtielrlal progre throughout tlrl coun try. No more appropriate place thau the Nlagar frontier could have been select ed, for It I t thi spot that the cataract of Niagara ha been hrueed and sci ence snd Industry have combined lu con centrate all th energlc snd aetlvltle characteristic of the time. Holfalo take a rtghteuii pride In th nroare she h mdw In the building uf the lUlnuow I'll, which mow bentltie ber uorthern boundary. I'erbap nothing l destined to rreat mure profound sensation than th culor schem of the Pn American. It w a daring thing to attempt to rry the extensive building of th epoltlou la color tuuy uu posi tive. The onl Dreccdent for m-h an under- tsklog ws furnished by the Midwinter Fslr uf San Frsnclm-o, where bsruiuiil uu tint, skillfully applied lo tli tR llui.h aud rtitlclv disposed, Kte to the bnlldtlis the eliiulsll torn- of n dent marble or uf delicately tinted tone, difleiiiig from each uther by liiuil Imperceptible gradations, o that the gruuped edldce preneuted mmielhlut uf d opaline appearsucv lu the simllgut Hnffalu I fnlng mncb further, snd, Jnsll fyiug hemelf by the spirit uf the Spanish reuaUssnc snlilleclure, 1 applying the brilliant pigments which the uld Misir loved, mi tlmt the nmjesiie colonnade and fsncy pillar look like carved Ivory, and arabesque sre seen sgtiilist backgrounds of rich positive hde, yellows, pluk and red, many of them uf exeemlmg brightness. There are band of green ami yellow slid rose about the round dome. the roofs sre red tiled, th broad five sre upheld by tibstuuiUI brscket of rosewood hue, end everywhere there I glow uf color. At uigbt thi color effect will be enhanced and lutetisitied liy the mnrvelou Illumination, which will sur pass snytliing ever before aeen lu th wurbl. The great advsm-e made In nieth ods of electric lighting during th psst decede render It possible to effect an II luminstlon st tue l an-.vmerlcsn mure wuuderful thau snythlug heretofore eon reived by hiimau imagination, bill the fierce, dauliug glare uf the are light will bo almost entirely bauiahed from the ground, th agreesble glow of incaudea cent lamp taking Its place, outlining th tower, pavilions, rsves aud other e pos ed points of the prlln-lpsl building sur rounded by the court of fountain. 1'pon snd slMjut the electric tower, 8I1 feet in height, th light will be brilliant snd glorious, while th bssin In front of I lie j GAVE UP IN DISGUST. Karat Cues I at Hotel Tell Kaaployes Not t'i Wall for Hon. Colonel F.dcti, proprietor of the (treat Northern hotel, stands sponsor for the following story: A few days ago an old man and his son registered at the hotel. They were undeniably from the rural districts, and they looked with wonder at the electric lights and the hurry and bustle of a big hotel. They were ap- palled at the cable cars that moved without any apparent motive power, and the tall buildings they regarded with feelings evidently akin to awe. The father and son remained three days at the hotel. The tlrst night they retired at the time they observed lu the country, which was about 8:.'10 o'clock, The following night the Imy. who pro bably wanted to taste of the pleasure of city life by gaslight, was out mull after midnight and bis father was very uneasy. I'p and down the rotunda walked the old man,. He would approach the desk and begin to say someihlng to the clerk, change bis mind and wnlk away faster than be had come. The two were talk ing of the guest's strange behavior when he again drew near the desk. He fore be spoke the man looked long and anxiously at the clock and then appear ed satisfied. "I reckon he won't be In to night," he snld. "You might Jest ns well close up." "Whom do you mean?" asked the clerk, leaning across the counter. "Why, that gol duriied boy of mine," wns the reply. "There ain't no use In a scttln' up fer him nny longer. I don't reckon he'll be In to-night, an' ef he does come It'll tench hi in a lesson to And he's locked out." Colonel Kden assured the anxious father that the hotel would not close until the boy returned, no matter what time It was, and the old man went to ward the stairs, insisting that the "help" shouldn't put themselves to any trouble because of bis son. Chicago Chronicle. BY RAIL UNDER THE SEA, fin ud ry Schemes Are on Foot to Unite Knuland w th the Continent. It may be a surprise to know Unit there are two projects In existence nt the present moment for 'a submerged railway across the ICngllsh channel, Dec. 17, 1884, there was registered a "Channel Bridge and Hallway Com pany;" its ofllces are at (III Hue de la Victoria, Paris. It was formed to uc quire the business of the International Hallway Company. (In Detroit de la Manche, Limited, and "to make fur ther Investigations, etc., with a view to the construction of a bridge or viaduct across the English channel (as a means of communication between England and France)." It wns decided to con struct a submerged bridge fifty feet be low the lowest tide and to run thereon an electric car capable of transporting four railway trains, which would be so cured very much In the same way as the trains are fastened on to the ferry boats between New York and New Jer sey. The directors' report, recently submitted, stated that tbe work could mk mm lower, th cascade felling Into It from s height uf seventy feet, lld the luislu uf the court uf fountain, with It fountains ami cam-dc, s wi-ll s the plsta and rsplauade ud surrounding buildings, wilt be grandly llluinliisled with these same Incandescent light, employed in such a way s to Intensify the charm of the whole msgniticeiit ebeiiie. Tu give some adequate Idea uf the scale upon which this tllumllialiou I to be folldiicled. li may b mentioned that slwut 4isj mile uf wire lll he used lu the Insulation of the lumps lu and around the court of fountains, luiiqirialug III all shout '.Till tons uf copper wire uf all !. The elec tric energy fur the production uf till vat Illumination will be uhtaioed lu part from Niagara Falls, wlibh I tu furnish !,(Hioie power and fi.tsst horse power will tie generated on the ground. It i claimed by the management tlmt the Pan-American Exposition will enjoy the advantage of grester resource nf power tlui u ha beeu possessed by any fulr In the past. New departure are tx-lng made In ev ery direction by the Pun-Americsii man agement. F.vcn it exhibit of t dm arts will lie on s unique Mid original pluu. It will not attempt to cover Bpceluicii uf everything uf an art character In the entire universe, but will l exclusively di-voted to the progress made in 1'nn America In painting, sculpture and allied tj completed In live yenrs ul a cost of not exceeding fTii.iNHi.issi, Tbe other submarine railroad scheme hns been evolved by an enthusiastic Freiii'limiin. M. A, Mottlcr by inline, ami It differ In some details from the one Just mentioned. The perniuiieut way Is to be thirteen feet III width mid soine thirty feet above the bottom of the channel. This would not Interfere with navigation and would afford a se cure bed for the rails, being built of solid masonry mid anchored to with stand the currents, The elevated plat form la to be IH'O feet long, l'J5 feet wide nud I'Jo feet above the rails. It will be capable of taking several rail roml cars at once, to say nothing of mil mnls, bnggiige and freight. On It there will be saloons, heated and lighted by electricity; smoking rooms -lu fact, nil tbe comforts that are to be found today on the llnest ocean greyhound. ,Tbe seagoing car Imagined by M. Mottlcr will be propelled by nil engine located on the, platform ami will be worked either by steam or electricity. Tbe engine will operate a drum, over which a chain will wind, nud the car platform nml submerged carriage will be thus drawn from one side of the channel to the other. M. Mottlcr esti mates the total cost of this unique un dertaking nt the small sum of $:i,7.'i(l, (MSI and promises u return of l.'iixi to S'J.ikmi n day, making calculation for twenty trips every twenty-four hours. HAD A MARVELOUS GROWTH. Christian Kndevor Society Which 1 ow Teentr Year Old. A religious society the marvelous growth of which In n comparatively bylef period has lieeii a source of won der and gratification to Its adherent and promoters la the Young People's HIKTIU'LAOK or HIM S, O 0. K. Society of Christian Endeavor, which Is now twenty years old. The first Christian Kndeavor Society was form ed In Portland, Me., by Itev. V, K, Clark, then pastor of the Wllllston Congregational Church, with the bleu 6f arousing Interest among the young people of the congregation In church work, and after much effort some twen ty were Induced to Join. Now there are Iia' the United States over 00,000 sdcletles and Its Influence has become world wide, there being la the British 1 -"frftat- V, Stls, for It desires tu give this aallua stimulus In thi Important field of humsu activity, mil U as could perhaps be obtain ed lu uu oilier way, snd to direct th at tention uf th American public lu the most emphatic maimer to the Importim- uf giving anbstaiitisl patronage to native srtmt snd sculptor. To this end th entire art rxhlldt will be routined to the work of New World artist. Huffalo bus many enthusiastic devotcea uf art. J. J. Albright gave the magiiirieeut marble gal lery, costing iienrly Ibm.issi. wltlib I to house the rullecttoii. aud sfter the ex puaiilon w ill beeome the permanent boat of the Hnffalu I'lne An Arsdemy. Wil liam A, Cofnti, the well-known sit critic snd painter, is the executive head of the flue ert ileprtmrut. It la hoped that une nuteume uf Hi Pan American Kipie ettion will be a movement fur the estab lishment uf an Institution which shsll partake uf the rbsrscter of a national lun, in whose swsrds American artiais would recognise greater honor tlmn in the medal bestowed by the juries uf Ol I World liiatiiiltiou. The Hue arts eililbll wilt include paintings lu oil, water color, inislel and other recognised mediums; miniatures, cartoon, sculpture, embrac ing medal ud cmeos; drawings, rtcle lugs, engravings, black snd while ur mon otint ualuiiugs In oil or water color: sr iliileeture. All works In all clssw must be original production, snd every artist, provinces some 4(HXI societies and lu other foreign countries I '.'.WW. The lotiil membership of the society Is over 3,MMi,(HW. The Influence exerted by llie Christian F.ndeavorer lu church work Is tremendous and from the' presold rate of growth It Is expected that In the not far distant future It will be tbe lending young oople' society lu ex istence. on the twentieth anniversary of Ms Inauguration, an "old home week" wa held In Portland and noted leaders In Christian F.hdeavor work from all sec tion of the roun try were In attend ance. A liiblct from the united socie ties was presented to Wllllston Church, w here the first meeting wns held. Dr. Chirk, the founder, was In attendance and mnile several addresses, lie Is now r.l years of age and still takes a vig orous part In the extension of the so ciety's Influence. NEW PROOF OF EVOLUTION. n.rwln's Theory Fu.Ulnal by Case purl na th lllaud of Men and Ape. The latest proof of the correctness of Darwin's assertion that there Is near relation between man and ape Is furni shed by a discovery of the correspond ence between the blood of man and the ii pe. Hlood exposed to the air coagulates forms a Jollylike mass. After a llmo the coiigtiluiii contracts and expel a perfectly clear fluid called serum, lately experiments with this natural serum showed somo queer results. When the scrum of a rabbit wns mixed with tbe blood of an animal not closely l-eluled to It, for Instance a guinea pig. the blood corpuscles; of the guinea pig were thereby dlsolved. Hut tbe serum of the rabbit mixed with the blood of a closely related nnlmiil, a hare, for In stance, did not affect the blood of the hare nt all. The serum of a horse works no change In the. blood of the'donkey, but destroys (dissolves) the blood corpus cles of the rabbit, lamb or mnn. The dog, fox nml wolf readily permit ex change of blood, while the blood cor puscles of the dog are dissolved by cot smum. This, then, seemed to furnish a new and sure menus for establishing blood relationship between animals. IOxperlments wlih human serum show ed that It dissolves the blood corpuscles of all vertebrates, also those of the lower ape. But tho experiment with the higher tipes gave different results. Neither tho blood corpuscles of the orang-outang nor those of the gibbon were dissolved by human scrum, and liiiman blond was carried Into tho blood course of n chlmpniir.ee without In the least affecting the latter' con dition. These experiments serve to show rtiat tho blood of mnn- and that of the higher apes must be looked upon as Identical. It Is absolutely sure that none of the tested serum of animal re sembles tho human blood as closely as does the blood of those three apes the orang-outang, chimpanzee and gibbon. This highly Interesting scientific dis covery furnishes new proof for the pro bability of man' evolution from lower animals. It throw some light on tbe whstever Ills residence or school, must be native of one of the Amerlcss.' Th building which Is to nous the hlblt In manufactures snd llbersl art at Huffalo la now reaching completion, snd will lie on of the moat Imposing lu th Si,, mnu iirrouiulluf the Court of Fountain.. It I. WO by UTW feet, with a central court, snd dome 70 feet ID U ameter over the entrance to tbe south. ii-.. .,i .i.i,. Iu.iw.ru a-rouue of beautiful ststusry lesd up to Ihl entrance, which consist, uf b.fty arch, with column on either side. Klnborst sculpture lu reller ...-I..I... il.. .I1. Hlatues symbolising the vsrlon srls snd Industries are to lie nlaced III niche at the angles or me open tower sruund the dome, from whose In ieri.tr t Ull or csu luok Uowu from gal lerles sud ubtsln a view of the throng below. ...mi 1,11,11. i., Ii nlaced In this mllld Ing will lllu.irste the mental, moral su I ws lal progre. nf nisuklnd In the Wrat- em hemisphere. I mler tlie geuerai cm .motion of liberal an will be all rtl- cle relating lo education or'aoclsl econ omy, book slid periodical, eelriitlfic ap paratus, hygiene snd sanltstlon, musical Instruments, public worss. civil engmi-rr-In eou.iructlv srrhltecture, photu- urantis snd iibotogrspblc supplies, medl cal snd dental snd surglcsl sppsratua, snd other brsnches of applied Intellectual aiilvltv. Th work of collecting ami elasaltying these exhibit I now well un der way and I In charge of Dr. K.dlm II. Pealiody, who ueceasfully handled th .a mo division at the Culumbiau I.l loll. The sculpture for the Temple of Music I to lie siiiotig tbe most exquisite Is the whole exposition, snd wlih It mural ilcc oration thi building will constitute one of the most artistic feature. Throughout the beullful grounds, com prislug 2.VI sere, there will be li"i splen did original group of statuary, symbolis ing the porposca uf the building snd bringing out the poetry In whet to many m so-ill exceedingly prvsslc depsrt- inent. The fountln of Man by Charle liraflv. st the east end of the eaplstisde, 1 flsnkeil by the fountslu of Prometheus and the fountain of llereulea. I lie sttn j t of other fountain In this group will lie the Ssvage Age. the Despotic Age an lb. Age uf F.nlightenmcnt. At the other end uf the esplanade tbe fountain uf Na lure by Oeurge T. Brewter I th moat elnborate sculptural adornment, us men in being amplified In minor fountains, such s tbe fountain of Ceres, snd groups typifying mineral wealth, snlmsl weal lb, etc. These symbolic iues win oe wor ed nut in beautiful forms in other por tion, uf the main curt. Already the exposition grounds, viewed from little distance, present the appesr- ance of a beautiful snd stately little city sud when sll I complete aud winter frost shall have given place to the ami light and warmth uf aummer th charm uf the scene will tie sucli lust tint Impres sion It conveys will lie well worth sturiug among the pictures of s lifetime. sorry exiierience had with transfusion of animal blood In the blood suffering humnn being, Some scientist main tain that tbe sheep and man, the calf sud mau stand too far npnrt In the or iter of descent to permit Intermixture of (heir blood without harmful results Nome Nineteenth; Century Wonder, If the telescope uf the seventeenth century reveals to us myriad of suns, the spectroscope of the n'ueteenth tells us what substances compose these suns. nud. most wonderful of all. the direction and rate In which each Is moving. The mariner's com pass easily yields place to Morse's electric telegraph, perfected In 1844, while the useful barometer and ther mometer are certainly less wonderful thau Hell's telephone and P.dlson'e pho nograph. Dr. Hocntgou's "X" rays, which pierce the hidden recesses o nature, aud, literally "peaking, reveal thelnnermnn; Marconi's wireless teleg raphy; liquid air; the bacillus or germ theory of diseases, for a notable group of the latest wonders. ' Kxtent of Chinese Literature. Chinese literature Is so extensive that a catalogue of the books In the four Imperial libraries of the present dynas ty classifies aud briefly describes no less than (Kl.WW books and Itself till i!M volumes. Although some Western writers have described the collection as a whole as a vast library of oriental eoneel, and a dreary wilderness of words, the Abbe Hemusat, a genuine student of the Chinese language, wrote enthusiastically regarding their charm, saying he found In them "eloquence and poetry, enriched by the beauty of a picturesque language preserving to Imagination nil Its colors." The de scription Is a very accurate one too. Building; Warship In Kurope. JttiHsIa took first pluco lu 1000 as re gards turning out naval vessels, '.'while F.nglnml aud France dropped behind considerably. Germany followed Hus sla.wltb Japan third, and England fourth, ltussla' quota waa two first class battleships, on ttrst-cluss armored cruiser, eight destroy ers and three flrst-clns battle ships, one first class armored cruiser, one second-class cruiser, two thlrd-clasa cruisers, and three destroy ers were launched. As for England, only two flrst-clnss armored cruisers, one tjilrd-clnss cruiser, four sloops and eighty destroyer were commissioned. Almost. "Oh, mamma, may n't 1 go to the party the little girl next door Is going to give?" "No, my dear, It would hardly be the thing, ns you are wearing nrournlng." "Oh, dear me! I think I'd almost rather give up the mourning." Life. Only Posthumous Honor. No picture I hung on the wall of the Louvre In Paris until the artist has been dead ten year. 1 A Century-Old. VniTersity. Tbe Georgia State university, located at Athens, was organized a huudred year ago. THEY COULDN'T HAZE HIM.- Little Western Cadet We. Tea Much for th U.sere. A local professional man recalled th other day bating Incident or hi youth. It happened at the old college at Hudson tu tbe early 70', Tb pro- pectlv victim w young fellow from ouiewbere In tb wet, little runt of a clmp with heavy shock of red hair. He bid been told be would be bated. but be only shook hi bead lu au ex asperating way. lie went mi far one dav as to say be wouldu'l be baxed under any circumstances, nd when he wa pressed for a reason be simpiy said: Because I know how to take cre or myself," Of course that sort of talk mnae u II tbe more determined to put him through tb handsomest course or sprout that any presumptuous fresh- man bad yet received lu the oiu aiioa mater. One night all of the huskiest soph omore lu the class went up io me freshman's room. We bad a tile coll of rope and a square of sticking plas ter for bis mouth, and sundry other oh- ect of entertainment were waiting the victim In convenient place. Th little fellow wa In bis room lone w hen we filed lu. He looked up without tremor. "Hullo." be said. "Hullo," we answered. "I It pence'or wart" y the runt s cool s a cucumber. "It'll lie war fast enough If yon don t take It peaceably." said our ringleader a be loosened tip the nqie. "I Just wanted to .know." drawled tbe runt. And then all of sudden bl face flushed up. and, quicker than flash. be whlpiied out a big revolver and hsd us covered. "8klp!"he snarled. I've never seen such big revolver since. It seemed to point at every uisn In the room. And tbe runt' band was as steadr as the eternal bill. I'd lad every man In that room wished him self on tbe outside Just a heartily as I did. "Kklp!" nld the runt again. Well, we tried to exit with dignity but I know that the spokeematt and the next largest opb got badly tallcd lu the doorway. And. say, we went away with such celerity that we actually left the rots? behind In the freshman' room. Perhaps It Is unnecessary to add that we didn't think It worth while to o back after lb-Cleveland Plain liealer. i Two C-onvert. No man. It la ld. Is s hero to his valet Tbe association I too Intimate. Hut a man may tie a bero to hi re- tsirter. There Is story of two brothers, shorthand reporter, work lug on different newspapers, one of the brothers Ix'lng a Heptibllcnn and the other a Democrat, which affords an Illustration of this truth. The lteputdlean reenter waa detail ed, during the recent presidential cam paign, to follow Mr. Bryan wherever he went, and to take full note of ms siiecche. sending the aine by wire every ulght to the paper on which he was employed. To the Democrat reporter wa given a similar assignment, except that he was to aceomiianv Governor Hoose- velt. whose speechc he wa to report In full. After the campaign was over thj two brothers met at the paternal man slou for the tlrst time In many week. and they looked rather heeplshly at each other. "Well, George," said one of the two, "after campaigning with Bryan three month I've come back Democrat I'm of your jndltlc now." "Not bit of II!" returned the other, "I've boon campaigning with Hoose- velt, and I've come back a Republl can!"- Statistic of HuU UIe. In a paier printed In the American Journal of Insanity, G. Style presents statistics regarding the occurrence of suicides. Forty years ago It was shown that only 4 out of lO.tSKj per sons rated as pauper died by their own bauds, while 7 coachmen or otlieTTiervants, 5 banker or other pro fessional men. nearly H soldiers. tailors, shoemnkera or bakers, and only 1 8-10 carpenter, butcher and masons out of 10,000 were suicides. Sweden bad the lowest average of all the countries considered, namely, suicide to 02,000 persons; ltussla had I to Wi.tKW; the I'nlted State 1 to 15, 000; Saxony. 1 to a44(l. In St. Peters burg nud In London the proportion wn 1 to 21.000. If we take the stntls tic of the fifty years Just passed for France the following, results: For every lOO.tkW Inhabitants of Franc there were In 1841 45, nine suicides; In 1840-50, ten; In 1801-70, thirteen; In 1871-75, fifteen; In 1870-80, seventeen; In 1.S8II alone, twenty-one; In 180a. twenty-two; In 18114. twenty-six. Dur ing tbe years 1820-1800 tho percentage of suicides Increased lu Belgium 7!! per cent; In Prussia, 411 per cent; In Austria, 238 per cent.; In French, 818 per cent.; In Saxony, 212 per cent; In Sweden, 72 per cent; In Denmark, 35 per cent. Gentlemen and Waller. Another attempt Is being made by the fashionable tailors of London to distinguish unmistakably between a gentleman and a waiter by means of some slight changes In evening dress. The principal change Is to take form of "pinking" down the front of the vest. Tho edge of the wnlstcont, which should be white, will oe perforated and a colored silk foundation Introduc ed. Another Innovation Is the frilled shirt which Is already being worn, but not to any considerable extent. It Is interesting to note that whnt tuny be called tbe decorative waistcoat and tho frilled shirt were In vogue at the beginning of tbe century Therefore tho very problem that Is now exercising the minds nf the Pic cadllly tailors wns BiicccsHfully over come by their grent-grnndfnthers In trade, and "the latest style" Is renlly a hundred years old. Good Shooting In Cam'' ridge. Yenrs ago, when Bert Hurte. fresh from the Pacific slope, heard the list of famous men living at Cm m bridge, lie said to Mr. Howell: "Why, you couldn't lire a revolver from your front porch anywhere with sut bringing down a two-volumer!" Capture of Illicit Distilleries. Ofllclnl report show that 073 Illicit distilleries have bfen captured In Geor gin In tbe last year, Teople treat their love affnlrs with great respect, considering that they have so many of them lu the course of a year. Learning seems to make as mauj mistake a Ignorance, TRICKS IN ALL TRADES. L plrfr le Who He Iwtltat Ktone a4 Of ns that Ar "Juat Uuva." A Chicago Jeweler w binded New Mexico garnet tb other day. wltb tb reuuest that be have It cut for ring setting. Two day later he eut for bl ustomer, snd when tbe I 'er ciu ld; "I in afraid to have that ton cut" "Wbyr "Well. I m not sure that what I give to the lupldary will be returned to me be may substitute a (lone. How do you know? I took your gnmei to lapidary wltb an order to cut it at once. H looked It over and then handed me rut stone, wltb the remark that that would do In It place. Then I found out that thi lapldury st least If not other, when receiving stone la tb rough finds it cbeaM-r to substitute an already cut stone of similar color than to rut tbe original. Tb customer finally bad the stone nt In carbuncle form for pin. but to thi day he Is not satisfied that he re eked back tbe stone which be orb glnally turned over lo the lapidary. In tbe matter of ordinary ring setting It I easy to make siilwtltuilous with out It being possible for even an expert lo know (hut tbe change has been ef fected. Tbe owner of a garnet lu tb rough has no iiiean of proving when It ha been cut 'bat It I the stone be first possessed. He takes the lapidary' word for it Another trick which I pilie common but not generally known to customer I that of sulsttl- ttitlng hair on customers who deslr ornament of balr made for broucbe. pin or chains. A young man secure hs-k of balr from bis sweetheart and rushes off to have it made Into one of those lovely watch chains that look like centliMtle with million leg. He lovingly sands the lock to the hair worker but often be doe not recelv back tbe balr he gnvo. The halP work er luiys his hair at wholesale, it make It up Into stock ornament. II imply matches the bulr he has receiv ed with something In stock not a dif ficult matter hi work ! completed and bis bill ready for collection. Of course, tbe customer know na better, so the workman of easy con science asks, "What It the difference?" There does not seem to be much only the difference lietween honesty and dishonesty, and that Is no more than the difference between black and white. Wooed by Proxy. John follear of Petersburg. W. Va, Is bashful man. Personally, be is good-looking fellow. He' Is successful In business, and bai many other qnalt tie which might have made him at. tractive to the fall ex. ' Hut he simply couldn't look a girl In the face without blushing and stam mering. He saw Mis F.IIm Whit church of Plttstou MX. CoLIJIAB. Pa., one day and fell desperately in love wltb her. "Bui he couldu't even musicr up couragi chough to sK-ak to her. touch less H sk her to be bl wife. In his extrem ity he weut borne to his own fattiei and told him how be longed for Kllsa The old man sympathised with hi so and offered to do hi lovemaklng fot -him on the John Alden and Miles Staa dish plan. He took a photograph ol John with him and went over to I'M ton to call on Miss P.llx and her moth er. So well did he succeed that tb young woman Anally accepted an Invi tation to go over for a visit at the born of the senior Collear. There she and John became engaged and last week tbey were married. The Kin ir of Kugland. It Is now In order to add another verse to tbe familiar old rhyme of tbe King of Kugland. once chanted In tbe chools. but probably new to many of tbe present generation: First William the Noniiau, Then William, his mm, Heury. Stephen, and Henry, Theu Hiclinrd sud John. Next lleury the Third, Edwards, one, two and three. And again after Hi hard Three Henry we see, i Two Edwards, third Hichard, If rightly I guess. Two Henrys, Sixth Edward, Queen Mary, (Jin-en lies. Then Jamie, the Scotchman, Theu Charles, whom they slew. Yet received after Cromwell Another Charles, too. Next James the Second Ascended the throne. Then William snd Mary Together came on, Till Anue, lleorges four. And fourth William nil past. God sent Queen ictona, May she long be thu Inst. At the dawn of the century Victoria died. And the Seventh King Edward Wa hailed fur and wide. Outdone. In almost every email town there la some person who Is known and des pised for bis Inquisitive habits. Even children delight lu thwarting the pur poses of such a man. ns Is shown by the following Incident, which a correspon dent furnishes: Mr. Stockeu wished a friend to share her elder vinegar, nud sent ber eight-year-old son to deliver It. He re turned quickly, his face wearing a satisfied smile. "Mrs. White was much obliged, ma, but I met Mr. Perkins Just before I got here. He snld. 'Hullo, hub! I won der If you've pot molasses In that Jug?, and I said, 'No, sir, Mr, Perkins.' He snld, "Got vinegar ? and I said. No. 'Got sir. Mr. Perkins.' Then he asked, elder?' and I told blm, 'No, sir. Mr. Perkins.' "Last he said. 'Well, that's a Jug In your hand, nlu't It, Caleb 7 and I put my Jug on the ground and snld, 'No, sir, Mr. Perkins!' " ;! r Too Kisky. The son of au oilieer In a life Insur ance company wns about to enter a well-known university as a freshman. "Father," he said, a few days before bis departure, "I think I ought to have my life Insured. Suppose jou take my application." "Harold, my boy," replied his father, with a smllo half whimsical and half sad, "as your paternal ancestor I strongly endorse tlmt Idea, but as conscientious agent of the company I represent I shnll have to refuse to tnke any risk on a college student In these days of football and cane-rushes." There Is food for thought here. Prison for Microbe. New York's costliest small building will be the $20,000 laboratory, 20 by 60 feet, which the Board of Health 1 erecting for bacteriological experi ment. It 1 to be a steel "bomb-proof, wltu solid asphalt walla, .