BRIEF VIEW IN THE BEAUV .yHE recent disastrous firt lj that U now a familiar lo Oil had previously Spindle Top hill, struck gusuin;. the air. Almost iinmediately leased at a rapidly increasing s the i ii IT oy wells struck oil. well on April 8. aud on April Beaumont, but In all parts of It was several days befo cap rock that it wan safe fron deluded the hill with oil befor month twenty-five were added . scores of other wells began to All the wells were found this limited area, but withou factnring companies hare sunn and to tidewater at Port Arthr turers useu w n rurnaces. and tresm THWP allu llwiliulive8 to , , ,:?ktr,U',illl'ai n,tlnSol ',tlle'(,mlM '" oted their attention .h-.T,. rS!".1-- The "PUt o, the wells is ,ore .... .. ...... . ..... . utu jiiiniiui; i-onsi uuu in E-urope. THE SPIRIT THAT WINS. While searching the archives for knowl edge. While lifter the rarest of lore. While Keeking the richest of jewels In Wisdom's variant store, Remember this as you rummage For n mot of the Sage's wit. The best and rarest of lessons Is: Git up, git up and git! Ages are filled with the dreaming ()f verses the poets have sung. Killed with the anguish and sorrow Tragical muses have wrung From the loom of fanciful musing, But the essence of all the wit, The lesson of all the lessons, la the lesson: Git up and git! ' From periods primordial Un down to the time we live. It's simply a matter of Take, my boy; If we can't a question of Give. Remember this as jnu rummage For a mot of the Sage's wit. The best aiul rarest of lessons Is: Be just, but git up and gitl New Orleans Times-1 Iwuocrat. o4 Durina the Cotillon I t S WASN'T dreaming, Terry. I wasn't, really. I waa Just be Binning to pet sleepy, and then I heard Mnrtlin talking to .lane in the lit tle dressing room, aud I got quite wide awake. I didn't know what she said at first, and I did not menu to listen, really, till she said something about mummy." "Well?" said Terry he was In for It now, and lie meant to hear It all. "Jane was angry with Martha and said she ought not to say such things I don't know what It was and then K) YOU TUl.NK IT WOULD KILL FATHER? Mfirtha said: 'O, you needn't pretend Jou dn't believe it-It's as plain us the nose' on your race he's going to run away with the missus, and some one ought to tell the master.' and then Jane cried out and said: lt would kill liiin' that was father, yon know. And then Martha said something about me, and Jane came Into the room with a candle and said: 'Are you asleep. Miss Dodo? And I pretended that 1 was. O, Terry, I bad to pretend or I should have screamed right out. And then Martha came In and looked at me. and she said that she hoped thnt-that mummy would die If the man took her away. It was the best thing. Ami then-1 think they cried, but I kept the clothes oyer my face." A hot word came upon Terry's lips, but he smothered It. "And when they had gone I ran out on the landing I was so frightened, I did want to see mummy, and she was Just going Into dinner and you were with her; and. Terry, I was bo glad that you were there that I said uiy pcayetn all over again. " ISP . . . niaiUKY OF TH fiHKAT Dr,7r-r - t f r -vv . - w,, uwiji UiL rlLLD. i'UICT an been Jan. 10, ivas such ail parts maml for main, aireany ntxas oil is being delivered in tank Terry was sitting with one elbow on his knee, his head resting on his palm, niifl his face In the shadow. From the big drawing room came the sound or music and the rippling laughter of the children. lie remembered now that Constance had told him with a look of pain that the last few days her little daughter had been continually hover ing about her In the house and watched her to leave It, always with extreme reluctance, nearly alWaj-B eagerly of fering to accompany her It was al most as though she had understood. Aud he had laughed laughed. Good God: "And I must not tell father Jane said it would kill him do you think It would kill father. Terry?" "Not a doubt about It," said Terry, thickly. "Then I wou't. But I hnd to tell you, Terry. I've always told you things since I was quite a little girl, haven't I, Terry?" 'Always, Dodo." "Terry, can't you do something?" Terry puts his hands over his ears to shut out the maddening sound of the gay music, and groaned. "Couldn't you find out the kidnaper, and make him stop couldn't you, dar ling?" Terry's face was hidden In his hands now. Then he raised his head sudden ly and looked at her. "Dodo suppose suppose," be said, honrsely, "that 1 could put my linger on the scoundrel what then?" "O, Terry, you could go to him and make him stop. You could tell bow good and sweet mummy Is, and how we all loTe her. Perhaps he's got a little girl of his own, and if you tell that I can't live without mummy he will be sorry. Perhaps he could take some one who wouldn't mind a bit some one who has no little girl, or fa ther, or you. 0, Terry, tell him I can't let mummy go. And when I nm a woman father says I will be rich, iinu I will give It all to hlm-I will give him everything everything. O, Terry, tell him that." Terry caught the little, sobbing, tor tured creature in his arms anil pressed his face tightly against her fair bead. Then he pulled out his handkerchief and wiped her eyes. "Dodo, my sweetheart, listen to me. Mummy Is quite safe no one is going to take her away. If-if anyone thought of-at least-." He stumbled In his speech, aud then went on boldly. "I know the fellow. Dodo, and he Is heartily sorry that he ever thought of such a thing. You believe me, when I tell you that mummy Is all right?" "Yes. Terry." She looked up at him trustfully. She knew that her darling Terry would make things right. -Dodo, sweetheart. I want you to promise me this: that you will try and forget all that you have told me. and never mention It to anyone, and that von will be very good to mummy, and 'love her with every bit of love In your warm little heart. Promise me this, dear" I promise, Terry-Terry, darling!" He stooped and kissed with a so lemnity that awed her-lt did not seem a bit like her old laughing Terry. But she felt that never had she loved him as she did now. My little good angel!" said the young fellow, with an odd break In his voice. "Go and play with the others. I'm going to have another smoke." She kissed him and clung to blm with a tenderness and trust that moved him deeply. There Is nothing to trouble you now, dear I will make It all straight." She went away obediently and quite contentedly. He watched the slender white figure until it vanished; then be turned awaj with a mist In his eyes. nd he wns miles away the next mining when his brief farewell was t.ken up to Mrs. Garth. And after wards she thanked God that she had Cn saved at the eleventh hour; for the future held much happiness for her, and toe deep, trusting love of Dodos father won hers, so long with-beld.-ChItas Tribune. RECENTLY SWEPT BY FIRE. ilie attention to a corner of the United State known to fame for fhnn mn ll)0L that A. F. Lucas, borin on that a stream of oil shot 175 feet into of the country. Land was honeht nr Jiemid to "come in." On March 2J and April 3 I . The Guffey company completed a second f new well increased the excitement, not ouly in iimrvelous wells was noon felt in Europe. I lid it was not nntil the plK was mink below the Is spouted deadly gus at first and some of them HI I. twenty wells were yielding oil. In that tter part of 1!H1 aud the first par of thig year frown intoia boom city. wile. Hundreds of places were tried outside of oil companies, genuine and fake, many nunn ery of oil. Pipe lines were built to the railway the oil as fuel goon arose. Manufac d Companies were organ zed to the asphaZm The X than LOC barrels a "day-more steamers to cities on the THE POPULAR HERO. In Fiction He la Always Eating-, Drinkinc or t-nioklnu. When the hero of the popular short story is not eating or drinking he Is smoking, says Marthn Baker Dunn In the Atlantic. His chronicler flavors his pages with tobacco smoke and punctuates them with cocktails. In Joy or In sorrow, in the most romantic no less than the more coiumanplace moments, the hero "lights another cigarette." Emotion unacompanled by nicotine Is something of which he evidently has no conception. It is tlie same, too, with the up-to-date young man In real Ufa. He knows. If he has been properly trained, that while a toothpick should he In dulged In only In that spot to which Scripture enjoins us to retire when we are about to pray, a meerschaum plpt la a perfectly well-bred article for public wear and one which enables hliu to fulfill agreeably that law of his being which suggests that he should always be putting something In his mouth. At a college ball game not long since, where, as Is usual on such oc casions, clouds of Incense were rising to the heavens from the male portion of the spectators, I amused myself by observing a young mau who sat In a carriage near me, nnd who while the game was In progress smoked a pipe three times aud tilled In all the In tervals with cigars and cigarettes. I knew something about him nnd bad frequently heard him referred to as "a first-rote felllow." hut If anybody had asked him If lie believed himself capable of a single pure Impulse of the soul, entirely unmixed with bodily sensations, he would have stared In umazement. THE MAN WITHIN THE GUN. , Here Is the Id-inch gun which has Just been completed at the Watervllet arsenal. This view shows tbe muzzle, with a man In It whose weight is 105 pounds. The gun Is Immense, when one considers the quality of the metal con tained In it,, which Is. of course, the best that science aud skill can produce tit the present time. It la built up of nine pieces of steel forglngs. the first piece being tbe tube, all In one piece, 48 feet long The whole length of the finished gun Is 4U feet, tbe diameter ut breech end is 54 feet, and at muzzle 2 feet 4 Inches. Its weight Is 130 tons, and It Is rifled with Dtt grooves. The breech-loading mechanism is operated by the one movement of turning a crank. Twenty turns of the crank swings the breech block out ready for the firing, which Is done by pulling a lanyard after tbe primer has been placed In position and connected with electric contact. The firing mechan ism is connected so as to make It Im possible to explode the primer before the breech block is properly closed aud locked. tll.jf to Ufl Off. "So your former employer Is consid ered a big gun?" Interrogated, the friend. "Yes, a rapid-fire gun," sighed the clerk, who bad been discharged with out notice. After Camp Meeting. "Is Br'er Williams eddicated?" "I dunuo. But he's wearln' two pair er gold spectacles, en Iookin' six ways fer Sunday!" Atlanta Constitution. What has become of the old fashion ed boy who 'held a bone as high as he could, and made the dog "speak" tor It? end of a Mountain-climber. Alpine Adventure that Caused the Death of Four Men Owen Glynne Joues, who was killed with three guides while climbing the "White Tooth" in the Alps three yeans ago. was one of the greatest of mountain-climbers. The details of the ac cident which ended his life at 32 are reeouuted by Harold Speuder In Me Clure's Magazlue. Jones was a safe aud scientific climber, and his death was due to no fault of his own. The five men In the party, tied together with a, rope thirty feet between man and man. proceeded In this order: The guides, Furrer aud Zurbriggou, first, theu Glyune Joues, Yuignier. another guide, and F. W. Hill, who was a schoolmas ter like Jones, and who, like him, pur sued mountain-climbing as a sport. Coming -to a difficult buttress ten feet high, Furrer, who was In advance, could not find a hold. It was necessary for hi in to mount first, and theu pull the others up when he had secured foot hold; so Zurbrlggen aud Joues put an Ice-ax under him to stand on, aud crouched down to hold It. As they could not see what Furrer was doing above them, they were unprepared for a sudden shock. It Is evident that these men were de pending on Furrer's success In getting ilie hand-hold for which he was reach ing. Mr. Hill, who wns some feet be low the group about the Ice-ax, saw Furrer slip. He fell uiou the two ob livious men beneath him. All throe went, striking Yuignier, who stood be tween Hill and the three falling men. Hill hud instinctively turned to the rock to get a firm hold, expecting to be carried away with the other men; but after a few seconds he realized that he wns safe and alone. Looking round, he saw his companions sliding at fatal speed down the rock luto the abyss. Between him and tbe unfortunate men, who were being hurled to sure death, he saw thirty feet of rope dauglng from his waist. The faithful Yuignier had fastened it to some point In the rock to protect his master. The weight of the lour bodies had broken tho rope, and this saved Mr. mil's life. After two days of hardship, climbing alone, Mr. Hill arrived at the hotel. The lesson here for all climbers, those who muke a sport of It aud Jest with death, and those who, In unsought predicament, need to know how to climb. Is this: Those men blundered by allowing the fate of three men to depend on one man's hand-hold. Agnlu. ho far as Is possible, every man In u climbing party should know what the others are doiug. In order not to be tak en uuu wares, as were the unfortunate men who held the ax under Furrer's feet. QUEER CASE OF HYSTERIA. Victim Waa Distinctly Marked by the Devil blie Thought Poaaeeaed Her. A series of extraordinary events re cently took place at Uodez, France, which have excited widespread inter est among all classes. The circum stances were thoroughly Investigated oy a representative of a Paris Journal, t he scene of the occurrences was tho jrpban asylum of Grezes, near Lalssac, md they concerned a member of this asylum, by name Sister Salnt-Fleuret. Hie following Is the result of the In vestigation, obtained from absolutely creditable sources and of which he guarantees the correctness. There has been at the orphan asy lum for tbe past twelve years a sister. rlglnally from the Canton of Bozou s. vho Is afflicted with a species of mad ness which makes her believe that she a possessed by a devil; her sister su perior, the other sisters of the asylum md nearly all the ecclesiastics of the ountry have a similar belief In her illllctlon. The dlsense. according to the physi cians. Is merely a species of hysteria; uittirul predisposition which became u-ute under the Influence of the sur rounding atmosphere. But the super natural features are the result of true mto-suggestion. In her paroxysms tbe Mifferer utters piercing cries of such In :ensuy that the pensauts hear them at i great distance from the convert. Dur n g these attacks the patk-ut believes erself to be bitten or burnt by the lev II In this or that portion of her ody. Tbe auto-suggestlou is so strong it these times that Immediately upon :he disappearance of the paroxysms .here Is found ou that poitiou of tbe lody where the suffering Is most In ense. either a burn of the skin or the uiprint of teeth. Sister .aiiit-Fleuret has a horror of very relig.ous object and the nearby presence of a figure of Christ, of a book f devotlous, or of any. sacred image immediately throws her Into au almost rabid fit. The most curious circum stnive Is that she ueed not see these objects, she feels them, she divines chem wbeu they ore brought near her even though carefully hidden, and she Immediately rushes at them to destroy. Further, she frequently divines the thought of persons who speak to her aud she responds to them In their own language, whatever this language may be. Although site Is a simple peasant who baa never received the least edu cation. Sister Salnt-Fleuret In her par oxysms speaks Greek, Italian, Itusslan, English and German. She always re sponds fluently In the language what ever It may be In which she Is ad dressed. KNEW ALL THE 8YMPTOMS. Doctor Waa Able to Make a Moat Won derful Prosinoaia. One of the anecdotes related by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell In his story. "Doctor North and His Friends," might well be a personal experience of tbe author. Tbe hero. Doctor North, was traveling from Harrlsburg by the night train, which was crowded. In one of the cars he found man stretched across two seats, asleep. He wakened blm. begged pardon for disturbing him. and asked for a seat. After a little time tbe two entered into conversation. At length- the mau asked. "Do you know Dr. Owen North?" Bather astonished, I said. "Yes." "What kind of a man Is he?" "Oh. a very good fellow." 'He Is like all them high-up doctors. Gets big fees, doesn't he? 1 waut to know." "Xo," said I. "That Is always exag gerated. Why do you ask?" "Well. I've had a lot of doctors, and I ain't no better, and now I haven't much money left." Vpon this, my friend confided to mo all his physical woes In detail. Wi parted before daybreak. It was toe dark In the car for either of us to sc plainly the face of the other. AlHtut ten the ncx$ day the man en tered my consulting rooui. As I should not have known him except for a rather peculiar voice, I, too, remained uniden tified. 1 could not resist so excellent an opportunity. Looking at hliu. I said: "Sit down. You have a pain la your back." "That's queer! I have." "And you are blind In the left eye, and your digestion is bad," and so I weut on. At last he said, "I never saw a doctor like yon! It scares a man, 'most Cau you cure me?" I said. "Yes," and wrote out direc tions. It was really a simple case. When he produced a well-worn wallet I declined to4ake a fee, and said: "I owe you for the seat and the good sleep I dlsturled last night." "Well, I declare! I see, now! You were the man. But law! why did you give It away? I'd have seut you the whole township." PRALINES OF NEW ORLEANS. Delicious Candy Which la Rold on the Mreeta of Old Town. "Among uie toothsome memories of bygone years nothing In the form of sweets or candy appeals so keenly to tbe Ixmlslaiilan as the praline," says Holwrt Mitchell Floyd, according to the rew lork Mall and Express. "A strnn ger visiting the city aud desiring to find some of this dainty would proba bly go to the first confectioner's shop to lie waved out of the door by the hand of the French maiden In attend ance. 'Nou monsieur; on vends ca sur la rucr (No, sir; they sell that In the streets!) "The manufacturing of the real pra lines seems to le the uecepted right of the descendants of the old Indians whose blood has beeu Intermingled with French negroes. The candy Is always carried about In the morning, freshly made, ou small neatly covered trays by men ouly. "In the making of the praline the In dian obtains from the hogshead of mo lasses the sugar that has granulated from the liquid and beeu preclptated to the bottom. This Is flavored more highly than the ordinary sugar-house product and when rcboiled aud cooled has a most attractive and delicious taste of Its own. Pecan nuts are care fully cracked and taken from their shells so that the two halves of the nut are unbroken. The boiling thick sugar la then poured out on a flat stone in little puddles of about three Inches In diameter. Into tbe surface of which the pecan nut meats are carefully bunched In coiili-al heaps, with just enough of the hot liquid sugar added to hold them In place." Kclentillo Agriculture. Secretary Wilson believes that not enough attention Is paid to scientific agriculture by the colleges of to-day. aud he has taken up the agllatlou of this matter as a hobby. Wherever he makes a speech he tells his hearers that his department utilizes the services of every young mini il can find who has had a thorough training In some branch of scleultfic agriculture. There Is n great demand for this kind of service, and the department has the utmost dif ficulty In holding ou to its experts be cause of the growing outside calls that are being made on them. There are slmut two thousand people In the De partment of Agriculture who are en gaged on scientific agricultural work, yet hardly one of them came Into the government service fully equipped. Sec retary Wilson calls attention to this fact to emphasize his statement that the colleges should give more thought aud attention to the development of agricultural sciences. There are some fifty agricultural colleges In the couii-l try cnlling for comletent teachers, and' some sixty or sevoLty agricultural ex periment stations, where there Is al ways an opening for a trained scientist. There Is money In becoming an agricul tural expert and Secretary Wilson thinks that our young men would do well to choose such a profession rather I than tbe overcrowded fields of law and medicine. Brooklyn Eagle. j Coloring Preparations. ' ' The number of artificial coloring matters prepared since Perkins' dis covery nearly fifty years ago of the preparation of aniline dyes from coal : tar has been enormous. It Is estimated 1 that at the present day over 3.00U.OUO different Individual dyestuffs are easily accessible to our Industries, while at least 25,000 form the subject of patent specifications. The number of color ing matters furnished by natural agen cles Is comparatively small, aud those who do not exist threaten soon to bel Ignored In favor of coal-tar derivatives. I A woman has to ask her friends' permission to wear a new style of hat, and her husband's permission to buy it. Whflf n Ht r II (rolti a elrlr man ,nnl.Aai ....... - - - r. -- - ..... u uinnrs - for life, considering that there is lit-' tie hi it hut whippings. Tie I am .told that your admlrer'a flame Is legion. She tblushlnglyi Oh no. his name Is Jones. She "l am going to play Chopin." He "In what flat?" She "Why. la our own flat, of course." Wlgg "Is he a mau of Intelligence?" Wagg "I supMise so. At any rate. b has never served on a Jury." Nell -"I jive doesn't seem to Kgre with Maude. She Is thinner by twen ty pounds than she used to be." Bell "She has loved and lost, eh?" Merchant-"! waut this ad. wher everyone will see It." Solicitor "W charge higher rates for space on tha baseball page." Baltimore World. "Have you any Marconi rosea?" nsked the iniiil entering the florist's) "What are they?" Inquired the pus xled dealer In flowers. "Wireless ones," Customer (In restaurant) "Look here, waiter, I've found a buttou In I this salad!" Walter-"That'a all right, sir; it's a part of the dresslug'." -Tit Bits. Muggins I understand thnt friend of yours Is a millionaire. Is he one of tha open-handed, extravagant kind? Dug gins Yes, indeed. Why, he even paya his taxes. ' I'd have you know (hat I've turned away thousands," stormed the heavy tragedian. "Naturally," sneered the comedian: "your acting would turn away anybody." Dolly "Your ride In the auto must have been Just lovely and exciting." Madge "It was exciting, but not love ly. Charlie hnd to use both hands to work It." Judge. Prison Visitor "What brought yco here, my man?" Convict "Danged It I remember, but It wasn't an automo bile, 'cause they didn't have lions In them days." Philadelphia Press. "Did yew ever salt sheep?" askedi the farmer of the new hired man, who enme from Colorado. "No," replied th new hired hand, "but I've had consid erable experience In salting mines." "What! you call uie pretty? Why. t am an old woman; my hair la turnlus white, and, look, here Is a wrinkle!" "A wrinkle! No, madam. It Is a suili that has drifted from Its moorings!" "What Is your nativity?" asked th magistrate. "I ain't got any, y'r hon or," said the blear-eyed Inebriate, feet lug In his pockets; "the police took ev erythluj I had." Chicago Tribune. Father "1 thought I heard our John nie say he was sick, and now I au he'a out coasting. Did you do anything for blm?" Mother-"Yes, 1 brought In all the evening coal." Ohio State JournaL "I suppose you set a good table," r'a marked the mau who was looking for board. "Well," replied the landlady, "three of my regular boarders sre laltl up with the gout." Chicago Dally News. "I'm sorry you don't like the new nurse," she said to her husband. "She's so good about singing to baby and keeping him quiet." "Yea." waa thai calm reply; "but I'd rather hear th baby cry." The little girl was watching her mother and father discussing a plat of oysters the other night "Mam ma," she said, after some thought, "you eat them face aud all, don't your" Boston Journal. Mrs. Youngbrlde I've come to com plulu of that flour you sent me. Grocer What was the matter with It? Mrs, Youugbridu It was tough. I mad a pie with It. and It was as much as my husband could do to cut it. Philadel phia Press. Weary Willie-"! Jes' put In a good day's work In thirty minutes." Frsyed Fagln "Explain yerself." Weary WUV lie "Well, 1 put In six pies, a pan u doughnuts an' four Jars uv preserves, Dnt's a good day's work fer any wom an." Judge. The Suitor I wish to marry your eld est daughter, sir. Iler Father Oh, you do, eh? Are you In a position to sup port a family? The Suitor 1 think so, sir. Her Father Well, you had better be sure of It. There sr ten of us all ' told. Chicago News. "What Is the greatest fib that aver Impressed Itself on your experience. Snapper?" Well, by all odds, tbe worst one I ever heard was that your quar tette perpetrated Inst night when they came round to the house and sang, "There's Music In the Air." "Why Is It that so few people seen anxious to talk to Mr. Carping ton? lis seems well Informed." "Tbat'a Just the difficulty," answered Miss Dimple ton. "He's one of those dreudful men who know enough to correct your mis takes when you quote the classics, and who doesu't kuow enough not to do It" Schoolmaster (turning round sharply) Which of you Is It that Is daring to make faces at me? Six youngsters (lit chorusi Freddy Brown, sir! School masterAh! Then you six boys stand out and be caned. If you saw Freddy Brown making faces. It shows that you were not attending to your lesson's. Fuu. "I am selling a new cyclopedia," be gan the well-dressed mau who had been ushered luto the reception room on th strength of bis make-up; "would you care to look at It? Taln't no use." replied Mrs. Neurlch; "I'd break uiy neck if I ever uttempted to ride one of them fool things." 1,'hicugo Dally News,