MEN IN THE TOWEItS.
RAILWAY CROSSING WATCHERS
. HAVE THEIR TROUBLES.
thriUUf Kxpvrluc Wktn ttj
UtM War Japardta4 Story of
BUly 0l tkat Jump Aboard Le-NMlln-rUt
Work of ComUc Moo,
' "Say, driva that goat off .tha track
tbV ytlltd tht uu In tht signal
tower at tbt aid of tht railroad track
aa at loaned out of bit UtUa window
and waved on arm at two boya bait a
block a way and another at a tall, lauk
bill? goat with twitted bona tbat wa
ataadlug tquarely between tht iwo
rail, lb (ot bad waudered from no
out knew where down tba track of ou
of th rallroada running aoutb from th
bart of tba city. II wat nowhere near
a crossing, ao tbera wat no ga tenia u
wbo could be appealed to. Tba tower
man aaw the animal about fifty yard
down tba track, ataudlng and looking
with great nonchalance at a paaaenger
train flying toward him from the north.
The man couldn't leave hit ttgnal sta
tion, and, with vlaloni of a wrecked
train before him, he called upon the
two boyt for help.
"Hustle up, there, boyt, and drive
that billy out of the way," thouted the
algnat man.
"Aw, dat goat'e all right," auiwervd
the boyt. not budging an Inch.
RAILROAD TOW EH MEN
"But there' a train coming from
town full tilt and there might be trou
ble."
"Go on; don't le dut worry ye. lat
goat'U take care of blaaelf all right."
"Who glvea a for that mangy,
old, moth-eaten goat. Get It off that
track or a train load of people may be
killed."
"Waft de matter wld ye, anway?
Dat goat never killed anybody lu hit
life. He won't hurt yer train. We've
knowed him for a long time, and he
never did nuthln' but butt over a few
folk."
The man In the tower twore at the
boyt In hit most expressive railroad
dialect, but the boyt declined to make
a hostile move toward the goat. Then
the train tore by with a rush. The
tower man waa glad to note that the
train didn't Jump the track and smash
Itself luto kindling wood at the side of
the rails. Then be began Inspecting the
track closely for pieces of little hoofs,
twisted boms, slices of goat meat and
patches of hair Intermixed with blood.
Itut there was neither hide nor balr of
the goat He bad vanished aa com
pletely and as suddenly as If he bad
been thrown Into the clouds. The rail
road man scratched hit head and rub
bed his eyes and looked at the track
again, but It teemed tbat not even the i
characteristic odor of the patron snlut
of the livery stable remained. Then the
twitch turner nodded bit head In an
"Oh, yes" manner, which was as much
at to say that he had fathomed the
mystery. He bad decided that the
train bad bit the goat so hard that It
had been tossed up to the top of the
pilot dead and tbus been carried away.
The signal tower man needed one
more guess, however. The boyt, who
bad stood far enough down the track
to see what bad happened, could have
enlightened him If they bad been so
Inclined, but they didn't feel under the
obligation. When the train approached
the gout had simply made a spring for
the pilot, where he landed safely, noth
ing the worse for the Jump, with the
exception of a terrific knock on his
forehead just below his horns. His
forehead, however, is built for receiv
ing hard Jolts, and only a slight shake
of the head betokened the fuct that this
blow was just a little bit "strong." The
goat rode to Homewood, where It
Jumped off and, It It said, went to a
stable which was Its old home before
It ventured toward the heart of the
city. It Is supposed that the goat sim
ply decided to take the train as being
the quickest means of reaching the old
homestead, to which It wished to re
turn. The tower man declines, how
ever, to vouch for the latter part of the
story of the goat's adventure.
"I tell you, I thought once I was go
ing to be the witness of the most hor
rible explosion that ever blew out lives
and mangled human bodies," said an
other old tower man. "It was during
the hottest days of the old American
Hallway Union strike and all kinds of
bad rumors were floating through the
air. Once in a while some of us fel
lows who were doing night work Id the
switch towers would get a little bit
nervous over the prospect of being
blown up, of having our tower-houses
fired or of being assaulted, bound and
gagged while criminal hands grasped
the switch levers and threw trains and
passengers to destruction and death.
So I suppose sometimes we were In a
pretty feverish state. One night I had
my bead poked out of the window look
lug for a train that was due to puss
my tower at about 2 o'clock In the
morning. It was heavy freight, and
sometimes came past a minute or two
late. It was not quite time yet for the
headlight to be In sight, and as I was
peering Into the darkness for It pictures
of strikers overturning cars, tearing up
tracks and so on danced through my
mind. The headlight of the freight
finally split open the darkness and af
fordesd me a little relief. The engine
passed, and but for the tiny caboose
lights away at the end of the long train
all wat darkness outside again. I tried
to penetrate the blackness aud tee more
1UMU :.
t 'early the big black rare at they rolled
kloug pat mebcluw the tower window,
"The tialu wat rumbling aloug
i t'.ioiouotioly enough when tuddculy
t .101 o wat a Utile flush of light from
below. 1 luvoluutartly ahut my eye,
expectlug to b blown forty feet Into
the air the uext aecoud. Hut for tome
ivatoa the exploalon failed to come
oiT, and I opened my eyet Jut at the
caboose with Itt Utile green light wat
pnsslug the tower. That dash of light
worried me more than I cared to own
even to mytelf, aud I dldu't rcet uuttl
the train and Ita crew got back to Chi
in go agalu. I hattened to make guard
ed Inquiries of the conductor and the
brakeman' at to all the happening
that transpired near Chicago that per
tit ular night. I found out tbat when
the train reached Rnglewood the train
men had caught a tramp comfortably
lowed away between two care siuok
lug a pipe, Tbat tattled my tea re,
much to my dlaguat. The tramp bad
struck a match 1o light hit pipe Jutt at
he waa patting my tower window."
At the Interlocking twitch tower Jut
out of the Northwestern ttatlon the
switchmen and tlgual men tay they are
too busy to ace anything but trains,
twltchea, target and semaphore.
There are but two track lu front of
tlil tower, one for Ingoing ami one for
outgoing train, and over thee two
track mutt pnat every one of the '.'.Ml
tralnt which go In aud out of the
Northwestern nation every day, mak
ing an average of one train lu let than
;very tlx mluutet for the entire day.
AND THEIR DUTIES.
1 1 Of course at night time there are com
- paratlvely few tralua. In the busy
hours of morning and ulght when the
suburban tralu are coiulug aud going
thick aud fast there are timet when
several tralua patt the tower and are
piloted to the right track every few
minutes. It It tupposcd that these two
tracks are the busiest In Chicago, If nut
In the entire world. Wheu a thick fog
fill the atmosphere so that the twitch
men cannot tee where they have teut
trains a unique device la brought luto
use. In a small glass case are eleven
tluy red semaphores to correspond to
the eleven tracks of the Nortbwestern't
thirteen on which are sent must of the
trains destined for no further a run
than the Wells street ttatlon. By a me
chanical device th anus of tire toy
semaphores are thrown up when the
track It occupied, aud when they are
empty the arms fall.
By original signals the trainmen
make known to the switchmen In the
tower the track upon which they are to
be thrown. Two of the tracks are let
tered A and B and the others ure num
bered from one to nine. Timing the
hands above the head In V ihapc means
track A. Tutting oue hand on top of the
head means track B. Tracks one, two
aud three are signified by placing the
lunula quickly together aud then quick
ly removing tb.em, one, two or three
times. Four Is signaled by placing the
hand In the air and holdlug the thumb
with the other hand. Five Is slgnltled
by simply throwing one baud with the
five fingers spread out Into the air. The
rest of the signals are made by combin
ing these properly. C'hlcn go Chronicle.
First View of a Live Cow.
Tht passengers on a Coney Island
trolley car were entertained the other
day by a small boy who on this trip,
which he was making with bis mother,
saw bis first live cow; this animal,
which Iniercsted hlmgr. atly.be ngtetb
ercd In a vacant lot and quietly graz
Ing.
"What's that, mother?" he asked,
suddenly, as from the flying trolley car
his eye fell on the cow.
"Why, that's a cow," was the answer.
"A real cow?" suld the youngster.
"Certainly."
"Looks Just like the pictures, doesn't
It?"
"Yes."
"Give milk?"
"Yes."
"Look something like a horse."
"Yes, something."
"But lt't got longer hair," and so on,
with the whole car trying not to laugh
loud enough to disturb the Inquisitive
small boy's mother. New York Sun.
To Start Conversation.
"The preliminary stages of conversa
tion offer the principal difficulty 'the
dread of silence makes us mute,'"
writes Mrt. Burton Klngsland, In the
Ladles' Home Journal. "The weather
seems to have perennial Interest. Why
may not-one treasure a few bits of
stories apropos of that much-worn
TAKES NO
"Yet, tlr, I don't take any chancet with them pigs. Sunlight Is hard on their
eyet. Why, they tell me there' Iota of blind onet la Chlcago."-Chlcago New.
topic, to be brought out npon ocratlun)
for lustuucv, tome oue tpeakt of tht
variability of the Weather, w beicup.n
one might tell of the lady, who phy
klHU tdvlsed for her change of ell
mate 'Why, Doctor, you forget that I
am a New York woman. I never ban
anything eltel wat her rejoluder. Al
leatt, It It better than mere aequle
ceuce, and when people have laughed
together the Ice It broken It It poallil
to hare at oue't tongue't end tome trl
lllng thing of Internet oo vaiiou aub
Jectt-but the tupply need frequent re
ucwal. There are inomentt wheu tin
eintmrraaimt'iit of alienee It relieved by
the knowledge that nothing but tin
veriest commonplace are expected
When a bottles hat paired her gueati
before a dluuer and each man eeeki
the lady algued to hliu, lie usually
.v, "1 believe that I am to have tht
pleasure of taking you lu to dinner,'
and ahe lint but to bow and tmllc w title
accepting hit arm, and may any lu (
olee of perfunctory pollteneaa. i am
very glad.' It I ttHunlly the man whs
take the Initiative aud the woman
who heart the burden of the conversa
tion." Home Keeling.
At Swis love their mountain, ao tht
Eskimo of Alaska love their bleak,
desolate country, Tht tupply of food
ta limited, aud the unlive are at timet
In danger of starving, At they uutubet
about Ave thousand, and could bt
ttowed lu half a doxeii euilgraut ship.
It hnt been proposed to teud them to a
land lu which It I fit for human being
to live.
The proposal overlook the fact tbat
the Esklmoa think they are living In
themovt beautiful country lu the world,
and therefore would not go to another.
Or. Field, In hi narrative of travel
through "Our Western Archlpelgo,M (
tell a pathetic story Illustrative of
their love of their native laud.
Now and then oue or two Eskimo
are brought to the United Statea. but
how downcast and miserable they look!
Our climate I Intolerable to them.
They pant In the heat like polar bear,
and lung to get back to their more
"temperate" tone. One who came her
tome yeart tlnce wa stricken with
consumption aud et out to return, and
every morning hi first quest lou wan, I
"Have you seeu Ice?" If he could ouly ,
get a glimpse of an Icelwrg, he could
die In peace. ,
A people who have inch a home fwl
Ing are entitled to respect.
Young Storekeeper.
A 0-year old boy who hud been left
by hi father, a village merchant, to
keep an eye ou the tor while the fath
er went to the pontutttce to mall a let
ter, was standing with much dignity
ou a box behind the counter when an
other un.ii I u of about hi own age eu
teriHl.
"I'm keepln' store," he said, loftily.
"That ain't uothlu' hard to do," re
torted the visitor, resenting the Implied
superiority.
"lt't more than you ever done."'
"1 dou't have to do It; but I could."
"Huh! What do you know about the
ttore buslne, anyhow Y'
"You talk as If a feller had to know
a whole lot."
"He ha gut to know lot more'n you
do. Kay, do you know what 'B. 8.'
mean?"
"No."
"I do. It meant six rents. Io you
know what '0. J." means?"
"No."
"I do, It means eighteen cent. Do
you know what M
Hut here the senior proprietor of the
establishment returned, just In time to
prevent his ambitious young man of
business from giving away the entire
cost-mark.
Kindly Arranged.
Patrick I a big policeman whose
good humor and promptness In emer
gencies have endeared hliu to the peo
ple In the suburban ward over which be
Is guardian angel.
One day he noticed that a street
workman was leaving an uuslghtly pile
of dirt and gravel at the side of the
roud.
"Come, now, you can't have that
heap there!" said Patrick, sternly.
"Well, I've uo place to put It," tald
the workman.
"You cau't leave It there!" peralsted
Patrick,
"What'll I do with It, then?" asked
the workman, sullenly.
Do with It!" echoed Patrick. "Dig a
hole lu the rood, to be sure, man, and
bury It!"
Fish Kkk Hatched by ilcn.
The hens of China lead busy lives.
Wheu not engaged In batching out a
blood of their own kind they are put
to the additional and novel task of
hatching dsn eggs. Chinese, cheap labor
collects the spawn of flsb from the
water's edge, put It In an empty egg
shell, which It then hermetically sealed
with wax and placed under the unsus
pecting aud conscientious ben. In a
few days the eggshell Is removed aud
the spawn, which hat been warmed
Into life, It emptied luto a shallow pool.
Here the fish that soon develop are
nursed until strong enough to be
turned Into a Inke or stream. Then the
hen that hatched them may catch them
ir the can.
The leisure Class.
Lord Sayvan-De I,lvruiAb! but
your leisure class In thlt country have
no titles.
Mist Sharpe Nonsense! What' the
matter with 'hobo,' 'Weary Willie.'
Dusty Ithoads,' and so on?" Phlladel-
phla Tress.
Kicuaing Ilallroad Conductors.
The Supreme Court of Michigan re
cently held thot a conductor la not
bound tb give women and children as
sistance In alighting from the cart.
Every one should accumulate to much
money that when he retires from ac
tive life he may hope to bo hoard of lu
connection with raising tome new kind
of mushroom or orchid.
Sheet music children crying In bod.
CHANCES
CYCLISTS TO OUARO ENGLAND.
Oen. Maurle Kvolvta a Plan for II
ol V tuvl lu Wmr, ,
All aorta of suggestion liny beet)
made from time to time at to the us
of th bicycle lu war, but up to tht
pi eieut time the wheel bat not gone bt-
yuud the experlmeutal tlaga In tht
army. There It a tendency among tht
omelet lu the war department of tht
different cutititrlet to ridicule the Intro
duction of th bicycle Into military ta"
tic. But now oue of England' noted
geuerala, a man old and experienced 10
the art of war, come forward with I
tcheme for the repelling of an Invading
force from England' shore, and one of
Sill FSIiPKRK'S H4UII
T' 'k
bt
the moat Important factors
I the bicycle. The officer wbo eaa-w
ed the aehem of thu Utilising N
wheel In war I Uen. Frederick M.icv
Ice, cumiimiidHtit or tluflaulllury th
senal aud trnlulng ground.
Kir Frederick Maurlce't position a id
hi remarkable war record, wiiU-ti I
gait with Ashautl, continued tlnoiii'U
the Zulu ware, and ended, a nilve M-r-vice,
with particular lustre In the Mou
dau and lu Egypt, would be siifttiieut
to center exert at well a public atten
tion In any military plan uggetrd by
hliu. The Idea of an uuottUial defen
sive force of armed cyclist cam to
hliu through noticing how those of hi
men who are cyclist overcame what It
oue of the greatest difficulties of mili
tary training In England, the distance
VwZ-v'
CYCLIST SCOUTS CROSSING
letwccu the army headquarter aud thu
rillc in lines. These men, he observed,
kl.ing ;he!r rifles over their shouldiis,
pun over to lllsley, or even to Brigh
ton from Wtolwkb, had their practice
aud rcNjrted buck agulu lu what teem
ed hi in Incredible time, and the matter
ct l.lii' n thinking. The ld 1 reach -d a
further Huge A lien the geuernl discov
ered that many cyclist club about
Woolwich were In the habit of compet
ing among themselves In rifle shooting
as well, tuk'ng out arms of their own,
traveling to some safe place on the
seacoast, aud shooting at targets. lilt
plan, as It stands at present, Is to dem
onstrate his Idea to the public at
Brighton, usng, however, only the mil
itary cyclists, then to try to persuade
the various cycle clubs of England to
take up rifle sh.mtlng, and so eventually
branch out until every cyclist In Kn-
glaud who will consent it mustorcH -r
, - .. i . . ... i.. . i . ..
the service, Ho best to tu!u U.i4
will, of course, come afterward,
The general Is to give a practical
demonstration of ls plans at Brigbtnu
within a short timer llff'wTFendoavor
to show the spcclul facilities presented
by England for the use of a large body
of lillo cyclists for defensive purposes.
A force if Infantry, supposed to be thnt
af an Invader newly landed at Brighton,
will start ou the march toward London,
aud tho duty of the cycllHt force then
will be to net as scouts and pass de
tailed reports of the enemy's move
ments to a mythical force supposed to
be gathering lu the Interior, to show
how obstacles could be placed In his
path and natural supplies, such as cat
tle, etc., could be removed from It; test
ing to what extent his force could be
surprised and ambushed by well train
ed corps of rifle cyclists; demonstrating
not only how much an Invader could
be delayed until an adequate force
could be marshaled to meet him, but
how swiftly the cyclist army could
cope with the ordinarily difllcult mut
ters of support, relief and fresh sup
plies of ammunition.
CARRIED A CANE.
It Kept III in from Leaving and Lostns
Uia Umbrella.
"You wonder why I always carry a
caue except when I am carrying an
umbrella," remarked a well-known
Phllad'-'Iphlan the other afternoon.
"Well, I dou't mind telling you. lt't
all on account or umbrellas."
"Can't tee the connection," rejoined
the friend to whom he was talking.
U'ont suppose you could. But you
I H i
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1 VtSL --s,. "
BIlITItll CVCI.a CORPS FHSJfL.
will when I have explained. Too lot
so umbrella every oue In a while, don't
you? Tut It down aotnewher and walk
utl aud leave It?"
"Yet, I have bad that happen to m
frequcutly,"
"Well, 1 uted to, but out tlnce t took
to carrying cau. An acquaintance
out In Chicago put me eu to th echemt.
'Get a ran of tome kind,' be tald to
me oue day, 'aud carry It every day
aud every ulght tbat It doetu't rain.
By that meant you bcouitoaecutoin
ed to baring tomethlug Inyour hand you
are lost without It. Then, when a rainy
day or eveulng come and you are com
pelled to carry au umbrella about with
you the benefit come In. Hay you have
gone luto a restaurant and wheu you
come out the rain hat flopped. You
walk out luto th street without your
umbrella. Presto; after you have taken
perhaps a doxen ttept you mis some
thing. Your caue-carrylug hand It
tiiinu the burden It usually heart. Back
go your thought to your umbrella and
hack go your ttept to get It. Hlmple?
Of course It la, but tht simple thlngt
ofteutluict prove the most vtlutble."
yith thl tage remark the well
known Philadelphia!) walked off down
tlm'itreet twinging bit bamboo stick
wild a welt-iatltnVd air.-Philadelphia
inqalrer.
S
CIGAR STUBS OF CRIMINALS.
Tti Have Uenerle (similarity of
Vain to th ltrtlv.
According to Professor Hani Grost
of IMrlln vl
jjrtbjo of c
valunbl clews toward tba de-
limlmil may be obtained
lifiMb aa esaailuatlon of olfar tip.
ff reui'sa this appllet to those wbo
itioi,t cigar, the tlpa of which they
tuielitisly throw away In the afreet or
eje .s kere.
"If you pick up any tip," bt eayt,
'and rxamln It closely the chancel
r ilt you will be able to team some
thing a to the personality ami social
position or th umii who threw It away.
In th ess or criminal the Ort point
to be considered I tht manner In which
It wa cut off from tht cigar. If a
knife or any other Instrument wit used
for this purpoae, then thlt Instrument
will doubtles be found on the crim
inal, ir, on the other band, It waa bit
ten off with the teeth, a thorough ex
amluatlon of the tip will show what
A DUIFT IN SOUTH AFRICA
kind of teeth were used for thlt pur
pose, "A man with a row of even teeth will
bite off the end of hit cigar squarely
aud evenly, whereat one with jagged,
uucven leeth will bite It clumsily and
In such a manner a to leave clearly
visible the mnrks of hi Incisor. By
comparing the marks on cigar tlpt with
tho teeth of suspected criminals prose
cuting officers aud detective will be
nble to obtain much Information which
they could not possibly obtain any
other way."
Charm of tho Crimea.
In the lute Oniric A. Dana's "East
ern Journeys," there Is a tine word pic
ture expressive of the charm of the
Crimea, aud the delight It has In ttore
for travelers, who are not too much lu
a hurry;
"Starting In tho morning from So-
bastopol, and driving with one or two
changes of horses, we traversed the
southern projection of the peninsula, 1
and at about 2 oclock lu the afternoon,
passed through the Gates or Haldar,
as the passage through the lallu Moun
tain It culled, and looked down upon
one of tho noblest spectacles lu the
world. Immediately before us lay the
bouudless sea,- the shore rocky and .
br'kcu, with villages, churches, cat-1
Hji, aud llttlo seaports, all made ao
p'rssinie ry tno great roaa cut into the
! m,uiluln Kill, i horn nml I here anil than
built out upon walls over tome abyss
or valley below, alone enough to make
the Dame ofPrluce Michael Worout
iolf' Yore"v'ermemorttble In all south
eastern Russia. The vegetation of
the mountain slopes toward the sea la
wonderfully varied aud Interesting.
The prevailing treea are oaks and
beeches, with pinion pines, cypresses,
myrtles, mulberry trees, and occasion
ally tig trees mingled among them.
"Jericho, All Out!"
This Is tht cry, according to a tour
ist's letter from the east lu the Klclue
Kelt ting, which Is now resounding ou
the sacred bunks of the Jordan. Ou
the river where St. John tho Baptist
once baptised his penitent hearers, a
steamboat Is now plying with religious
pilgrims aiul guy pleasure-seekers for
Its passengers. The present passenger
steamer Is really the second of its
kind. About two years ago the Intel
ligent Abbot Puchomlus, the head of
the niouustery of St. Johu, near Jeri
cho, made nu attempt to navigate the
Biblical stream with a little steamer or
bit own. The experiment proved so
successful that a new passenger stenm
er, of modest tls?o aud power, was
idaced upon the river last year. It
starts regularly from the bridge near
Jericho, and steams to the southern
end or the Dead Sea. Glasgow Her
ald. '
The manner In which Borne women,
who are apparently friends, abuse each
other scares the men.
Honesty never contributes anything
to tba wk'te man't burden.
Science
gjivention
The a-reateit height ever reached In
a balloon waa iM.lOU feet Two of the
three aeronaut! wbo made tbli atcent
were luff oca ted.
Th giraffe bai tuch powert' of
uilmlclty tbat, although Itt tlse might
be tuppoaed to Uiaka It a cousplcuous
object to lta auemlet, tba most prac
ticed ayt bat been deceived by tht aul
mal't reteniblauc to oue of tht dead
and blaated tre truukt which abound
In Hi hauutt.
In Florence the ninth volume or "L
Opera dl Galileo Galilei" wat recently
publlihed, aud show that be had an
txcelleut appreciation for Italian liter
atur. Tbt all volume Include an ad
drett which bt mad ou tht topography
tnd configuration of "Inferno." Thl
wit delivered befort tht Florentine
Academy of Bcleucet.
Du Bounler, a French physician, re
eently described befort th Parlt Acad
euiy of Medlciue a new method of tett
log for deafnei, namely, by applying
a tuning fork to tht knet or some other
part of th bony structure. He said
tint a sound ear could not hear tht note
of tht fork, but an ear lu which disease
bad already made Inroad could per
celvt It dlttlnctly,
A corporation hat applied to Congre
for permission to lay underground pipes
In tbt itreett of Washington, D. C., for
tht purpoM of distributing cool air
through tb bullae building and real
dence of th city. Th tcheme pro
vide for tht erection or a refrigerating
plant at tome central point, from which
cold air will be pumped for dlstrlbu
tlon through tht system of plpea. The
flow of cold air wilt be regulated In a
manner somewhat ilmllar to the mea
uremeut of gat, and can lit turned on
tht lame at hot air It turned on from a
furnace.
An Intereatlug discovery, showing an
other lluk between the living form of
the Old and the New World In former
age, waa announced at a recent meet
Ing of the Cordllleran Section or the
Geological Society or America. Some
bone discovered at Glen Eyrie at the
root or Plke't Peak proved to be th re
malut or a goat-antelope, unlike any
animal or the kind now Inhabiting
America, Itut closely resembllug the
antelope of th Himalayan region In
Asia. 0ther boim found In the same
plat belonged to a slender-limbed spe
del of horae now extinct.
A popular color for canary birds In
England at present I a reddish yellow.
or deep orange. Thlt color, It Is said,
can be produced artificially by dieting
tht birds on number of different tub
stance, tha chief of which I cayenne
pepper mixed with molasses. Dealer
ir able to produce particularly delr
bit ihadea by varying the quantity of
pepper and by adding occasionally
little turmeric or madder. Each dealer
hat hi own formula, which he keep
secret. The plumage of the bird thu
treated It apt to fade, aud they art kept
at much at possible out of the light.
Near Ayuthla, formerly the capital of
Slam, It a curlout labyrinth In which
tlephantt are captured alive. The la by
rlnth li formed by a double row of lui
mouse tree-trunkt tet flrmly In the
ground, the space between them gradu
tlly narrowing. Where It begin, at the
edge of the forest, the opening of the
labyrinth Is more than a mile broad
but ii It approaches Ayuthla It becomes
to narrow that the elephant cannot
turn around. Tame elephants are em
ployed to lure wild one Into the trap,
Havlug reached the Inner end or the
labyrinth, the tame elephant! are al
lowed to pan through a gate, while
men lying In wait slip shackle over the
feet or the captives. The sport It a
dangerout one, a the enraged ele
phant sometime crush their would be
raptor under their rect
BABY RAN A LOCOMOTIVE
Wt Frank Kvan I'lara HlarlUnn
Prank on an Kngin.
"I cm run an engine like papa," tald
little 8 year-old Fred Evans at be was
lifted down from the locomotive of the
Bt Johns motor Hue at Alblna. Ho bad
mounted the engine at St Johns,
pulled open the throttle and remained
on the lent alone on a mad ride of
seven ml let. The young engineer Is
the ton or W. li Evans, or St. Johns,
an englueer on the motor line. He had
often beeu ou the engine, and his rather
had explained to him how the lever Is
pulled aud the wheels ttarted moving.
The englue lies over au hour at St
Johns, just by the water tauk, and
during thlt time, while Mr. Evaus wai
at home at lunch, little Fred walked
down to the englue, mounted the seat
and opened the throttle wide, says the
Portland Oregonlnn, The machine was
full of coal and water, and waa ready
for the road. Several people saw the
boy start, but uo oue was near enough
to catch the engine. The news wat at
once told to Mr. Evans, and be reached
the track Just In time to see the loco
motive, with his boy on board, disap
pear around a curve. The father wat
wild with grief and fear, aud the boy'i
mother waa almost prostrated.
The newi spread like wildfire, and
the whole town turned out. Excite
ment was Intense, women and children
cried, and men offered suggestions,
Master Mechanic Michael F. Brady was
at that end of the Hue, and at once be
gan to telephone to stations along the
line. Portsmouth aud Peninsular were
notified, aud men at these points tried
to board the engine as It dashed by,
but Its speed was toq great. Mr. Brady
also notified the ottlco at Alblna, and
a party of men ran out the line north
ward to meet the wild engine. In com
ing up the long grade toward Alblna
the steam hud died down a little, but
the register still showed eighty pounds.
John Woods, a motornian on the City
and Suburbau Railway, was the first
man to meet the cuglue. He caught the
handrail and swung up, but lu dolug to
he was dragged sixty or seventy-five
feet. He at once turned off the steam,
and the engine slowed down and
stopped. It was then young Fred made
the remark concerning his ability as an
engine driver.
The boy was not scared at all, but
teemed rather proud of his feat. When
the englue first dashed out of St. Johns
he was frightened, and ns he went
through Portsmouth like a shot out of
a gun he was yelling lustily for "mam
ma." After going several miles, how
ever, he again became brave and held
his position on the scat with com
posure, with his hand on the lever like
a veteran.
THE CHINESE DRAGON.
It Enter Into Every Phase of a Man
darln'a Life.
Not only doea the dragon symbolize
to the Chinese all that It imposing and
powerful, but the mast of the people
flrmly ballava la Ha actual txltUnot
and Ita powtr to do harm. Tbtrtfort a
good deal of their time aod money li
watted la paying It propitiatory ttten
tlona.
A Uve dragon would ctrtalnly bt an
alarming animal to meet on a lonely
road, for blnet writer describe It
i having carnal'! bead, a deer's born,
rabblt'i tyta, cow'i tart, a nak'i
neck, (4 frog'a itomich, carp't tcalet,
and aa eagle'i wing aud claw. About
tba mouth grow whisker and a beard.
In tba middle of tht latter baogt a
large pearl It can change Itt breatb
at will from fire to water, and Its volet
touudi Ilka tbt Jingling of metal.
If a Chinaman wlshe for hipplnesi
and peace lu thlt world tnd the next
he fee I obliged to consult tht dragon
at to where hit bout shall be built and
bit grave bt made. Through tht Firth,
so say tht Chinese, flow two currents,
tht Dragon and tht Tiger. Now, for
man to have good fortune In life, hit
house must be put In a certain position
In reference to the current. If he li
to rest quietly In bit grave, thstilso
must b properly placed. So-called
"wise men" make a business of cboot
Ing favorable site for - home and
graves, professing by means of a wand
and Incantation, and other kinds of
tomfoolery, to be able to detect the
pretence of the dragon and the tiger,
and to tell In what direction they flow.
All mandarin of blgh rank bavt a
dragon embroidered In gold thread or
colored tllk on tht front and back of
their coatt, distinguished, however,
from the Imperial dragon by having
but four clawt. Tbt dragon also often
appears on expensive porcelain; but
poor people do not venture to use bowl
and cupt decorated !y hi likeness.
For kites tht tamt detlgn of a dragon
I a favorite. The kite art flown by
people of all aget, and are managed
with extraordinary iklll. These contests
are popular with the higher class or the
people and with the lower. The strings
sometimes bavt powdered glut glued
on them, and tht object sought In aerial
contest! li to cut the enemy'! ttrlng.
FAIR SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM.
Royal LadlM of Korop Mavt Com
mand of livsiaaat.
Many royal women In Europe art of
flcera of famojt regiment, and tome
of them take more than a mere formal
Interest In their command. When
they appear at the head of their troop
these women wear the regulation uul
forin. and aeem to take delight In
rldlug ist.lde at the head of the col
umn on dress parade or durlug tba
camp maneuver. It I only upon a
near view tbat the sex or these com-'
maudera ran be distinguished, and the
fair onet appear to take pleaturt In be
ing aa "tuaulsb" at any aoldler on the
Odd.
The Empress or Germany la natural
ly the foremost of the women soldier
of Eurote, and her bntband It proud of
her military attainment! and toldlerly
bearing. She la chief or the faiuou
First Regiment or Imperial Cuiras
siers, and may frequently be seen rid
ing at the head of thlt crack military
organisation When the regiment It on
review befort the Emperor It ap
proachet hit ttatlon with band playing
and colore flying, tba Empress riding
proudly at Its bead She It one or the
most striking figures In tbt army, being
tall aud superbly formed. Her regl
mental uniform Is very showy red fac
ings on a pure white material, sur
mounted by a three-cornered hat with
large, drooping heron's plumes. She
salutes the Emperor and then takes a
place by bli tide while the regiment
files past
The Crown Princess Maria of Rou-
mania, la anotber royal female col
onel, who consider! herself bound
to her regiment In more than name.
She Is the chief of the Fourth Regi
ment of Koumnulnn Hussurs. She
looks very Imposing at the head of
her troops, and It a very skillful
horsewoman. This petticoat colouel
Is a woman of versatile talents; she
hai written voluminously In the sphere
of fiction aud histrionics. As an ama
teur actress, both In the German and
Roumanian languages, she bos dis
played wonderful talents, aud It It
aid of her that the la the power be
hind the throne In Roumnula.
Holland'! Queen, young Wllhelmlnn,
commander of a number of Dutch
and German regiments. She Is always
handsome, never more bo than In (lu
uniform ott general or the Royal Horse
Guards, dark blue, with gold racings,
epaulettes and the numerous Insignia
or rank. Sometimes she appears at
the head of ber troops rldlug on her
favorite pony, Baby, wearing a white
a ma son riding habit,, with the regula
tion tall black bat
AU of the younger women belonging
to European royal ramllles are expert
horsewomen, and take their chief rec
reation In racing or coursing.
A London Crush.
An excellent description of a London
evening party lu the season was sent
by Ruskln to his mother In 1850. What
Is more surprising than the scorn of
punctuation which the letter revenls la
Its style, which Is that of Alfred Jingle
the last In the world, one would say,
for the scholarly Ruskln to full luto.
Horrible party last night stiff large
dull fidgety strange, run against
everybody know-nobody sort or party.
Naval people. Young lady claims ac
quaintance with me know as much of
her as of Queen Tomare Talk: get
away as soon as I can ask who she Is
Lady ( ); as wise as I was before.
Introduced to black man with chin In
collar. Black man converses I nlm.se
different things to black man; chiefly
House of Lords. - Black man says he
lives' in It-asks where I live don't
want to tell him obllged-go away and
nnd ask who he It ( ); as wlso as
I wat before.
Introduced to a young lady young
lady asks If I like drawing go away
and ask wbo the Is- Lady ( ). Keep
away, with back to wall and look at
watch. , Got away at last ; Very sulky
thli morning.
What tho Whitehead Torpedo Cost.
? mm nnvarnmAnl nnM C7K ifU fn flm I
secret and right of manufacture of the
Whitehead torpedo.
OKKMAN Harness ix ukifohm.
On tbt voyagt to Paris: First pat-tender-Did
yoq have breakfast air?
Second passenger Yes, for a while,
Brooklyn Life.
"Papa, It au authoress always a mar
ried woman?" "That depends, my ton,
on whether she can raru enough to sup
port two."-Llfe.
"1 couldu't sleep last night. I Just
had to get up and walk around." "In
tomnln, cb?" "Yes. The baby had It"
-Philadelphia Pres.
"Vo'j seem dreadfully ' worried'
"Yes; J on see, I Joined a Don't Worry
Club, s.kI It worries me to keep from
worrylng."-Chlcago Post
Muriel Your brother proposed to me
during the service In church last Sun
day. Stoe You intiMtui mind him. He
often talks In his slcep.-Hmart Set
"Heuvens blesi him! He showed con
fldeuce In me when the clouds were
dnrk and threatening," "In what way?"
"He leut me an uiubrel!a."-Tlt Bits.
Reasonable: Husband 1 dou't tee
why you have accounts In so many dry
goods stores. Wlfe-Becausc, my dear,
It makes the bills to much smaller.
Bazar.
Wboopcr Rupp-Do you take a vaca
tion this year, Merry? Merry Margin
(tiadly)-Nope; I've got to spend a
month at Bar Harbor with my wife.
"Pa, what's an optimist?" "A man
who sometimes hear of people doing
things just at he would have done them
If he had been there." Chicago Time
Herald. "Isn't your son't college education ex
pensive?" "Oh, very. You sec, be baa
to have silver aionogiaius on every
base-bull bat he owu."-lodlaonp-dla
Journal.
"My wife," boasted the happy young
Benedick, "Is an open book to me."
"Mine, too," declared the old married
man; "I cau't shut her up.'-Pblladel-phla
Press.
She (on a transatlantic steamer) I .
read that hook going over lust year, but
1 remember almost nothing about It
He Well, one retains so little ou steam
ers. Bazar.
"We're engaged, 'but I fear we shall
never be able to marry." "Why not?"
"1 spend nearly nil 1 make talking to
her over the long-distance telephoue."
Chicago Record.
The Author-I wish I had tlme
euough to write a good book. Ill
Friend-Why not take It? The Author
Can't afford to; I am too busy writing
tucccssf ul oucs.-Life.
Stubb-It was mean In that winning
cyclist to drop bottles along the track
for the purpose of tauutlng his rival
Pcnu-What was lu the bottles? Stubb
Catchup! Chicago News.
Musician (Ironically) I am afraid my
music was disturbing the people wbo
were talking over there. Hostess Dear
me! 1 never thought of that Don't
piny so loudly uext time. King.
He I dou't kuow whether to make a
fool of myself playing golf or sit on the
hotel plaua aud make lore to some girl
all th j afternoon. Shu What's tho
difference? Detroit. Free Press.
Fuddy Mrs. Biowniigg always
speaks or her phystvlnn. Dr. Stlckker,
as an "old war horse." bn't It odd?
Duddy Oh. 1 dou't know; they say he
Is a terrible chnrgcr. Boston Tran
script. Smlthcrs May I pat jour darling lit
tle puggy. Miss Marianne, aud caress
It? Miss Marianne I have no objec
tions, Mr. Smlthcrs If you are sure yon
have no fleas. Corn wall (X. Y.) School
master. Hodge-I've got a suit of clothes for
every day lu the week. Podge (suspi
ciously)! never see you wear auy but
the one you have on now. Hodge
(cheerfully) That's the suit. Town
Topics.
Clergyman (examining a Sunday
school class) Now, cau any of you tell
me what are slus of omission? Small
Scholar Please, sir, they're sins yon
ought to have committed, and haven't.
-Tlt-Blts.
'ihr Groom (homely but wealthy)
New, tell me. darling, how did you man
age to full In love with a homely chap
like me? The Bride I didn't. Mamma
managed the affair from' start to finish.
Chicago News.
Imaginary Wealth. "This man," said
the keeper softly, "Imagines he has
millions." "Isu't that nice?" answered
the visitor. "Whenever he needs money
all be has to do Is to druw on his Imag
ination." Kansas City Times.
Couldu't Fool ller: Mr. Hiram Offen
Bridget, did you string the beans as
1 told you? New Servaut-No, nja'nui,
I dldu't. An' let me tell ye, ma'am, ye
cnu't string me; ye kin ate thlm loose or
not at all.-Phlladclphla Press.
A Rural Philosopher: "Si," yelled 'the
neighbor from the road, "your wife has
jist ruu off with Bill Johnson." "She
hcz, hez she?" answered the farmer la
the field; "wall, Bill allays wuz a-bor-rcrln'
trouble. Git up there!" Indian
apolis Press.
"Dou't you long for the dear days of
long ago?" asked the sentimental young:,
woman, "Indeed I do," auswered the
man with close-cut hair. "The dear
days of long ago are when I borrowed
all the money 1 am now supposed to be
paying." Washington Star.
"How much will your opinion In this
cuse be worth?" nsked the prospective
client. "1 cau't tell you how much It'll
be worth," answered the lawyer who
Is accustomed to make flue distinctions,
"but 1 can tell you how much I am go
lug to charge you for lt."-Washlugto
Star.
. Not His Legs,
A Russian peasant haying gone to the
town to buy himself n pair of now boots
fell asleep by the roadside on his way
home, aud was stripped of his cherish
ed boots by a light-lingered tramp; but
his sleep remained unbroken till a
passing wagoner, seeing him lying hnlf
across the track, shouted to him to
"take his legs out of the way." ,
"My legs?" echoed the linlf-aroiised
sleeper, rubbing his eyes; "those legs
nln't mine mine had boots on!"
Street Thronxh an lOugllsh Church.
One of the best-known Instances of
churches with streets through them Is
that of St. Johu tho Baptist's Church
In Bristol, England. The church Is sit
uated right over the ancient gateway
into the city of Avon, and the towering
spire sta idlng high above the neighbor
ing houses and streets Is a remarkable
sight, as oue surveys It from the roadi
way below.
Parisian Superstition.
Superstition is so common In Paris
that cards tastefully embellished ant
containing a list of ,"hours to be avoid-,
ed" are extensively sold.
Suspect not a friend's words, buf
rather bis meaning.
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