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! A DOUBLE CHANGE OF OPINION.
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K wa a minister of tlia Kplsee-
pallau fold-an "Anglican priest,"
as he would have expressed It
atid be believed most ardently In the
Wisdom aud advisability of a celibate
priesthood.
"The church demands and should re
celve absolute sluglouess of devotion
from her priests," was the way bo
tatcd the matter to his friends.
She was aa artist, firm lu the belief
that a real devotlou to art admitted of
no other loves or devotions.
"One cannot serve the gods and at a
family altar," was her uanuor of
stating- the case.
They met upon the transatlantic
ateamer coming over, and the Inevita
ble happened.
lie had Ihhu In Engtaud, studying the
eeml-mouastic orders of the Anglican
chutvh lu that country. She had been
aketehlug In France and Germany,
closing her trip with a flying visit to
London and Liverpool, He was from
New York; she from Chicago, Their
principles were exactly alike, only they
didn't know It. Hut It only took them
ten days to discover this fact.
He was attracted to her because of a
certain high purenes of face aud bear
ing which set her far apart from the
merry, charming, but decidedly flirta
tious other women who sat at her table
and his. She came to the conclusion
lhat he undoubtedly "had something In
him," because of the quiet reserve of
his manner. A long acquaintance with
Art had taught her that It Is the face
as the picture which holds something
In reserve that usually proves worthy
of study and cultivation. Besides, the
high vest and large silver cross, w hich
stamped him as a ritualist among rit
ualists, and, therefore, mostly likely a
0." lilt noflvtO ilKCh
believer iu'cctrrraejY'Hi-iaLC:
fectly, delightfully safe In enjoying his
company. Mlrable Anneston often
found It necessary to be extremely care
ful In her Intercourse with the other
sex. She was a pretty girl and decided
ly charming; since she did not Intend to
marry or thought she did uot, which
amounted to the same thing It be
hooved her to be careful bow she
raised false hopes.
Kupert Hazard Father Hazard, as
he preferred to be called felt corre
spondingly safe In talking with Miss
Anneston, because self-consciousness
eenied to be so entirely lacking In her
make-up. They began by talking about
ar. literature, and the deeper prob
lems of social economics. They didn't
begin to talk of love, even In the ab
stract, until Liverpool had been left
behind for seven days. The young
woman who had made and broken two
engagements In that time led them In
this direction unconsciously.
Neither of them were gossips, but the
thlug seemed Incredible to people who
hadn't crossed the ocean often enough
to become accustomed to this sort of
phenomena that they couldn't help
thinking of It, having been Informed of
the fracture of the second engagement
by their respective stateroom stew
ardsand several other persons.
As the young woman, apparent
ly well on the way toward a
third deep-sea engagement, passed by
the sunny corner where they were com
fortably discussing the condition of the
poor In London, New York and Chi
cago, Mlrable spoke out suddenly.
"Doesn't It seem strange that people
will play and trifle with the most sacred
and holy things of life?" she said, with
musing tone.
The Uev. Kupert Hazard came out of
bis reverie concerning the good work
which the church was destined to ac
complish among the poor of his own
parish neighborhood and sighed.
"It does, It does," he returned, seri
ously. This was the opening wedge. From
love in the abstract to the question of
love of a more ordinary and personal
aspect was but a little step. (It never
Is.) A day later they were telling each
other why love was not for them. Two
days later each knew that the other h.d
decided never to marry. Three days
later the Accomplished Traveler, over
hearing a fragment of their conversa
tion, smiled sympathetically as she
promenaded on.
"Do you know," the young clergyman
was saying, "that, while celibacy has
always seemed almost necessary for
the priesthood to me (It had seemed ab
solutely necessary until a few days be
fore), I fall to see how an unmarried,
and, perhaps, lonely, existence will
cause you to paint better pictures."
"Why!" and the girl's tone was earn
est as It was astonished. "I don't see
how you can think otherwise. Art de
mands all the best of one, and no second-rate
or second-hand devotion, If one
la really to serve and minister to the
beautiful. But It has always seemed to
me," she added, meditatively, "that an
unmarried minister has lost a flue
chance, at least, of getting close to the
hearts of his people. I wonder which
of us Is right or neither, or both?"
Then came the big storm, and after
that all things looked different Mlra
ble was anything but a coward, but she
couldn't help feeling a little nervous
as the great ship trembled and stag
gered and rolled under the force of the
tremendous waves. The young minis
ter, whose faith was of the real and
Msertlve kind, soothed and reassured
II ar w- ... . -u. rw
her aa she sat, trembling but silent, In
the iiiuslti room looking out at the augry
waters. The gtrl was duly comforted
and strengthened, and the pleasaut
finding of half dependence and lullnuf
cy, both of his thoughtful kluduess,
lasted even after the sun had decided
to shine again. And the young minis
ter had also learned something while
the storm was raging. It was with a
really meek and humble heart that he
assisted her to the upper deck, Just as
soon as this was possible, aud stood
by her side as she took mental notes of
the waves aud their form aud color.
"Mlrable," be said presently he had
learned her name some days before"!
have a confession to make to you. I
have found out the Lord has taught
me that uty views upou the question
of celibacy have been mistaken. I now
agretf with you that a clergyman Is bet
ter with a wife, aud I hope-1 hardly
dare hope, but still 1 loug to that you
will be my w ife, some day, by anil by."
They were quite alone ou the rod; lug
deck. The weather was still too rough
for others less Interested lu art-ami
ouo of Its exponent to venture out.
The girl, medttatlug. found that she,
too, had changed her opinions In regard
to several matters,
"If I tell you," she said at last, as
bravely, as shyly, "that I no longer be
lieve that love and marriage lessen
oue's chances of becoming a great art
ist, you must not fancy that It Is be
cause I am ready to say yes to the ques
tion you may want to ask tue, possibly,
some time. Hut It ha seemed to me,
lately "
"ivar one, let me ask that question
aow," the man at her side broke lu, Im
pulsively. "Will you, dear child and
sweetheart, promise to become my
wife?"
Again the girl was slleut, thinking,
thluklug. She no longer believed, at
she had said, that an unmarried exist
ence was necessary for the highest art,
but still she thought of the picture she
was longing to paint, the womlrou
thlug of graces, nymphs, perhaps, even
bacchanals and wondered how It
would do for a minister's wife to paint
and exhibit th!i thing. And yet-with
love In the balance
She turned to him, smiling.
"I will not promise now," she said,
quietly; "It Is far too early and we
know far too little of each other for
rij.t t,l ft' i?tf -"t.k..arUjs4.t)p one
i p! : im I
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a;, i. that question again t-imry-prw-c
about It."
The next day he came, and soon her
studio will lie In New York Instead of
Chlcngn, and there will be a new name
upon the door. Chicago Tribune.
rtugKluN and the ltiwWow
"Never again," growled Mr. Hugglns,
who has no children, "do I take Mrs,
Hugglns walking on Chestnut street ac
companied by her dog. Of course, I'm
quite as fond of the nulinnl as she Is.
but when I am lu public I curb my en
thusiasm. She, on the other hand, Is
more enthusiastic In her terms of en
dearment. We were walking down
Chestnut street, the three of us, when
we came to a toy store, aud In the win
dow were several mechanical toys.
Among them were a number of little
woolly dogs seated In automobiles.
These caught the alert eye of Mrs.
Hugglns, and nothing would do but we
must stop, 'Oh, there's one that looks
Just like HufusP she exclaimed. Unfits,
you know, Is the name of our dog;
'Come on,' I said. Hut she wouldn't
have It that way. 'His papa must lift
him up and see the 'little bow-wows!'
she remarked In Indignant aud unfor
tunately loud tones. There was, of
course, a crowd around the window,
and I got the ha ha all right ciioiikIi.
'Lift him up, papa, and sec the bow
wows!' yelled a crowd of messenger
boys, following me down the street,
Isn't that enough to drive nn exemplary
citizen to drink r-I'liILidolphla Rec
ord. Beared by Indian Yells.
A crowd of United States surveyors
and allotting agents were recently
working In the reservation of the Co
manche Indians, surveying, establish
ing corner stones and gctt'ng every
thing ready to divide the land In quar
ter sections. The Indians Jld not take
very kindly to the division and allot
ment of their land, and, seeing that the
whites were sc'.'ed, they decided to act.
The surveyors were all tenderfoot from
Washington. Suddenly, without warn
ing, their camp was Invaded by a yell
ing, shooting band of 500 Indians In
war paint and feathers. The surveying
parly could not stand the pressure and
started out for the settlements along
the Texas line and kept up their flight,
pursued by the Indians, until tley
crossed the State line. Then they tele
graphed to Fort Sill, and the com
mander there sent out a large cavalry
force to protect the surveyors. The gen
eral supposition Is that a lot of cow
boys and young bucks played a prac
tical Joke San Francisco Argonaut.
Not Her Hlation.
It Is characteristic of the perversity
of human Intelligence to And the most
amusing things In the midst of tho
most serious circumstances such as
railway accidents, for Instance.
It Is related that a solemn-faced
woman was once riding on the train
from Brookfleld to Stamford, gome,
where between the two stations nn ac
cident occurred, and the train rolled
down an embankment I
Tlie solemn-faced lady crawled from
beneath the wreckage, and asked of a
broken-legged man who was near:
"Is this Stamford?" i
"No, ma'am," the man gasped. "This
Is a catastrophe!'
"Oh, dear!" she answered. "Then I
hadn't onghter get off here, had I?"
London Spare Moments. j
Amusement Is to the mind what sua-
shine la to the flower, , t. j
(Science
A sheet of water one Inch thick aud
oue acre lu area weighs lul tout.
Au old Daulsh galley was recently
dug up lu Euglaud, while au excava
tion was being made. Its Umbers
are of oak and el.i. it ml they ate well
preserved. The vensel Is assigned to
the time of Alfred the Ureal, which
would iniike It over one thousand years
old. Au antique sword aud some bones
of aulmnls now extinct lu England
it'll rat ii) it fmiiiil
... , ,,.j ,,, ,J
hhw vi tuv vh i tu una ti -s
Indicated by the recent discovery lu the
small lakes scattered amoug the ex
tiuct volcanoes of Auvergue lu Franco
of the survival of certalu forma of ma
rlue animals. Halt plains exist there
whose deposits were formed before vol
entile forces upheaved the surrounding
rock aud created tuouutnlu peak aud
crater.
It has been asserted that Insects art
particularly attracted by the color of
certain Mow vis, Felix l'lateau, after
Investigating the conduct of Insect tu
their visits to various flowers, cou
elude that whllo they may porcelvt
color aud thus be enabled to ntlu
gulsh, at distance, between flowers
and leaves, yet they show no prefer
ence among the dlffereut color, liiue,
red, yellow, white ar Indifferent to
them. He thinks that the odor of flow
ers affect Insects more than their col
or do,
The experiments of the French grape
growers lu Algeria have shown that
too much auushln Is unfavorable for
the making of good wine. In the more
temperate climate of Frauce grapes
posse a proper proportion of sugar
to acid for wine making, but the hot
Algerian sunshine Induce so active au
assimilation by the vines that the
quantity of acid I reduced and that of
sugar I Increased, In cousequeuce,
the wlue maker of Algeria are driven
to many device for Improving the fla
vor aud lasting quality of their wines.
X ray have been subjected to a
novel purpose In Calcutta. A thief was
suppoiieU to have stoleu a diamond
worth lO.isKi rupee and to have effec
tually secreted It on hi persou by
swallowing It, Kxpert thieves lu ludta
temporarily secrete small valuables of
this description In the throat. It I
called "pouching," and tut thieve un
dergo special tralulug In order to ren
der them proficient In the art. Th
plan Is simple. A small piece of lead
Is attached to s thread, and this the
neophyte swallows, then by the action
of his tongue he guides the lend to
the orltlce of the sac lu the throat. The
pupil I prevented from completely
swallowlug the lead by the piece of
thread which the teacher bold. Wheu
the man has become skillful In this act
of wallowing, the leaden pellet Is coat
ed with lime, which ha the effect of
enlarging the sac so that It becomes
capable of retaining large article. In
the case of Calcutta the Hoentgen rays
rprl(xl the presence of some olmtade
iil.l U',1. i. rat he red.
T H k V WOW KNOW LiCTTLH.
i n Ahont Ulsclal fttovcuiant.
I A f.-w year Ago gi-ologlU coilfl lcTI
,; i l '1 it St OU" Ui'l UmI of t';
moving down f rouTi I7e " toTaT"'rTgTrn
and swept over North America as far
smith as latitude US, carrying with It
great liowider which He about on
sIoim's and hilltops to this day to prove
It-and scratching the record of Its
movomcut upou cliff aud ledges. Then
this Ice cap kindly melted ami disap
peared. Tula was taught lu Hie schools,
and to doubt It was heresy; for science,
when It takes up with a theory, la dog
matic, and all geologists said: "Heboid,
how wonderful Is our knowledge; what
secrets we can wrest from the past!"
After a while science raiher gave up
the polar Ice cap theory aud laid down
n new dogma that of a single conti
nental Ice sheet for North Amerh a.
The recent Investigations of olllcers
of the Canndlan geological survey
prove that the scientist evolved their
glacial theory out of a vivid Imagina
tion. It has been found that In north
ern Alaska there Is no evidence that
that part of the country ever was cov
ered by n glacier In fact, conclusive
evidence exists that It was not. At the
mouth of the McKeuzle River Is plenty
of evidence of glacial action, and also
that the glacier which left Its records
came from the south. On tho western
shores of Hudson Hay are marks of a
glacier widen came from the west, and
on the eastern shores of one which
came from the east. Fast of the Cana
dian Rockies Is a long belt which shows
no evidence of ever having been ex
posed to glacial action.
These and similar discoveries have
put the geologist "all at sea," aud they
now have evolved a new theory regard
ing the glacial period. It Is that one
big glacier did not at one time cover
all tho North American continent, but
that BeveTnl-fftirrleT't. moving at iiifTer
ent times ffun dlfferc t centers of dis
tribution, mule their way In different
directions ai d left gisclui reeo;;'i
which are now found They have evi a
given names to iL"se glaciers, such as
tho "Cordilleiau jai ler," the "Lalira-
dorlnn glncle" and the "KcM-watln Kin
der." Prof. Lnwaon, of the University
of Cnllfoin a, In writing on the subject
In 'the International Monthly, saya that
as yet It cannot be said that the suc
cession of these great glaciers In time
has been established well enough to
warrant au unqualified acceptance, but
he seems to have little hesitation In ac
cepting the theory of different glaciers
moving ft- n different points.
HE FOUND ONE HONEST TOUT.
Man from the Race Track Who Truated
a Btraniceranl Won Out.
Among the passengers on an elevated
train the other night was a party of
men returning from the race track, and
from the unmistakably good humor
they displayed It was clear that they
had succeeded In getting some of the
bookies' money. They were talking of
tho dishonest people met at a race
tiack, and the general opinion seemed
to be that to flud a half-way decent
'sort of tout was a task few cared to-
undertake.
Everybody was pessimistic
till a man who bad refrained from ex-
pressing an opinion said:
"I've been listening to you folks tell
your experiences, and when you say
that there Isn't an honest tout I want
to tell you of a little experience I had
with one of those fellows Inst week,
and I'm sure that when I get through
you will say as I do, that there Is a
good one to be found now and then.
I'd been playing In the hardest kind of
luck all clay, and when It come time for
the fifth race I had no great trouble In
counting my roll, which amount! H
Just mm t picked out a loug Riiit 1
taut hope, and I went aronud lu yuct 0
ii f Die best iidi In. Hniiii I run ....... !
book tlmt was Inj-tutr 10 In 1 t W.n
and 4 to 1 a place, and I was !h,U to
hand up my bet
of 12 to wlu aud ft for
au arm was tlrunt
er auil a voice ex.kim.
tht uud tilaea' ,,! ii,.
a look lu, when
over in should
ed: 'Fiv traiuht U.I i.ln,. ',,! h,.
owuerof the arm uieiit omd thebuie
of the very horse I had luteuid to
play. Th bookmaker look th niuiey.
Tin-il. Iii ful-i) I mill niiiiii in
he put down the odds. I suld I was U
Hue, and lit should have taken my H
first, aud It wa tough to be shut oit
mat way wtien a fellow whs dowu t
hi lust few dollars, but It wam't ait
use,
"Just then the mau who'd gut abcsl
how you feel, and I'll take you oiifor a
place bet, at least.' This struck U a 4
beluga kind proposition, aud we Jttlcd
that he should take my whole fTfor a
place at 4 to 1. Ho hurried awi from
uit as soon a he gut my Ave. all! then
It occurred to me that maybe I
MS up
against It, for I had recognized mi klml
fiieiid aaoneof the beat kiiowu iJitat ver, according- io a resolution or miu
tho big tracks. The horse I had IckeU g'ess of the Nth of January, 1771)." At
won the ntter4i4.witn little hie of
ever swing the fellow 'ggnlw IL- nt
over to ttie frte Held to lind bin
couldu't, iud nid ou my way I H
the grand stand waiting un t,t
T
ii
n
chump, w hen I heard some wi,,vV, j-g
at me and saw one of the mo' J.
beckonHii' I l Is ;td ".vi'f ..vfojW"
lit ws lh' uiafwho had h ' ui'vi,,
on tin uh I a going to r.iit' an imj uiii ami several aampiea or con
"'Ain't you tU4unn tim Md fcb. i ttuodtal cii'Tency of other douoniliM'
with a fellow bertTwIlll-MM i - Huns, but ha no duplicate of Mr.
and so for a p'nccflie said. I iisweVririthoades' treasure. Neither does the
that I waa, aud he told me tlui he had rich library on numismatics lu the col
something that was left by atuaa for loot Ion have anything to sy regarding
me. You can Imagine my surprls' when the history or value of the document,
he handed tut nut 'J3 with the elplann-, The bill bears every evidence of being
tloii that my frleud was In a lurry and genuine, however, and Is undoubtedly
could not wait, so had left the money worth far more than It face value,
for me. A I counted tht Bfuey I Mr. Rhoados value the bit of paper
thought hard, and since then! taU
I. and since theit l taU very iiigniy, notn as a curio ami as a " , - n
vlug discovered tr- first keepsake, and has never made any ef- ,u um wn
ly of us has ever H" . f,,rt wrialit Its commercial worth, j ""r,t1, u 1
ocean ! Otto Flechtl. of the Coeur d'Alene. la , tlw-
credit for havli
honest tout any
Chicago luter
CONCEALED FIRE ESCA'E.
Alw.ij. Ready fur lis and TtVt tp
No Kstra Hpacv.
Here t a lire escape which IsiU-slgn-ed
to take up no extra space In t room,
and yet It I always ready for IMaula
neons use. The dinlgner Is J hsiies
0. Harris of Wllllamsport, f. and
his object la to so utilise a tar or
divan In tht construction of tu Art
escape that the latter will be efectlve
ly hidden from view wheu noLlu use.
The work of adjusting the laoler for
us Is slight and no time need be lost
ed with two grappling hooks, which
are attached to the w indow sill aid the
reel tossed out of the window.) The
weight of the ladder holds the hooks
firmly, aud the ladder Is then realy for
descent, When the appsratw; i In
position In the back of the clnlr It Is
concealed by a covering of clotty which
s provided wltn snap luittonsinrouiid
Its edge, this being the hauAcst to
invest
unfasten In case of a Are,
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Franchise and right of way oinn ele
vate! railroad company, whota road
Is built upon a structure about twenty
feet high, supported by plllnrsestlng
on the street, are held, In Laki Street
Elevated Railway Company '. Chi
cago (111.), 47 L. R. A. (i:'4, ttf wnstl-
tute property subject to nssejimcnt
ror oeneiits ny paving mo strecj
Right of receivers to nmlnt
n an
action for the enforcement of
of
iitiUfl
Ktty
o Hit-
blllty of stockholder In a Im
r Its
debts, under a statute making
nn lla-
ble for the amount of their respective
shares of stock, Is denied In Git on vs.
Mayer (Md.), 47 L. R. A. 017. sce tho
fund arising from such tlabllltyls held
not to be In any sense an asseilof the
corporation. . j
Owner of land on a highway, who
places thereon objects of such char
actor os naturally to frighten horses
that are ordinarily gentle an! well
broken, Is held, lu Lynn vs. Hooper
(Me.), 47 L. It. A. 7fi2, to be lUble for
the damages thereby caused, and a
white cloth cap over hay, tied by the
corncra-at stake In th" g-f tnnl - U
It Is moved by the wind, ivim held to
lie such au object as the Jury 'might
And to b- cnleuhted to fcigMo a
hot-i.g wt u.'dlif.rj. gi-atk'' :'(-::;'
Failure to attach the sealjf'a' In
surance company to a policy' ,itltlg
a;i annuity Is held In Chill i ','ary
land Life Insurance Company ,.td.),
47 L. U. A. 014, not suHlclent to (Meat
a suit for the annuity after the insurer
has received tho purchase minify,! It
Is held that a contract of this kind by
which an Insurer agrees to pay nn an
nuity Is a mere chose In action, which
need not lie made In the form of k deed
or under seal. With this case t ore Is
a note collecting the authorities m the
subject: What form of Industrnl re
quired for the creation of an ntnulty.
No Political Bosses In England.
The British voter knows uothypf
delegates, conventlous or party'inana
gors. He w alks luto tho polling booth
and votes directly for the man of his
choice. It Is true tutit both tlieJCou
sorvatlve (now the Unionist) atd the
Literal parties have a paid olllclal who
Is supposed to undertake general itcr
vision of party Interests lu the eltfclor
ate throughout the. klnj:i1 un. I
generally consuitetf by const itiioitt-lls
In the selection of h candidate.' .What
ho tenders In respoq
e Is advice, t In-
structlon. Nothing
quickly to put up
Hs calculated ajoro
he back of a con-
stltucncy than any
movement having
the appearance of nidation from Lon
don.
Froe Mount ibtt Army Officer!.'' i
A brigadier genen
1 or major gel era!
Is entitled to tne Kiep or three horses
at Uncle Snm's expense; a colonel, lieu
tenant colonel, major or captain to 'two
only.
People are becoming mighty tired of
personal recollections of gnwt mea. (
!
8Pw?ril;'. i'l'-v that their wage, should be 1 0 ill
: .""-:'- ''"I;, . l iu new go on iu.-Knnarusso.it the, iS'f WVrWfet:ii-1 1 '
- In f'-- 'ig tn aptMir-1'u l,, -.air U '...', , t -VM HuaU, im-.-'ngone V. i T. Htw rt iia!' 1 MLA'jrfej I
r v, i . , ,i in wilt now. aiu tun- miii-i i.i, ....( i, ,. a r..f tut . v.'., .." j-.:','i-.i'n-v" "i.-, mJ ,isr :
-I. stripped off, who e mi . nh.su, , ,., ,.,..,!. ...Vn.; v. abuse and t' tiK - '0XX!V itH-
or Itnaa aira-rffe4 .rtiuili'i, ximMUuUMJxhmci'i:: , - .-'S-Wptr- v "A'SSlH
The outer eud, of the ladder Is provld- and cm:; him all the names In the calen- &lrr?3'FVWkm t AtfvNl'
owLT QNi ut it ixtant.
.nana
Mh Greatly I'rlaaa aftlslr.
Dollar Hill Ha Owne.
i u most unique piece 01 n-gsi I'-uurr
I lu c"'' uultl of the Byrou Heed
i i,fu';"u' 'W bill, In the posse.
' Um uf A' K' "BoauVi' ultl,u'
' "H't. say the Omaha le. Mr.
Hhoiide brought tut bill wltu uliu
Itboade brought the bill with hlui
Uiu Mt SJlmi for tU w't ,u
hi early youth and It ha been trees-
ra mou ,n rvu"n ,or
forty-three year. It would probably
,mv remalued far from tht public ryt
m"1 " Uot u,'l'u f,,r ,lm k"""1 of '
lum l'"',,r "",t f'1'1 ,l uf ,llBl C,"J
posaessod tne only gnu bill in existence,
Mr. Hhoades wishes Omaha to have tht
credit of a similar possesion.
Tht bill was Issued during tht first
leaslou of the Continental Congress lu
1770, and la a document of peculiar
appearance. The paper I of a faded
yellow material aud la coarse and
he y. It Is cut almost square, four
Incut s by three. The promise to pay Is
worded as follows: "The bearer Is en-
III leu (0 receive sixty rqinuiRii union
dollar or an equal sum In gold or sit
uue side Is an engraving of the earth,
"lua reguat, Kxultet
Terra '-' ("Tl'i.1 T.H retgli. let tie earth
rejoice"). On" Hir diverse of the bill
ere sketches of tw eaves, resembling
a mint leaf and a jnig of pine, with the
printer' slgnaiine, "HaJI & Boiler,'
J'Ti " . f ..'":; . .,J j
Tne-Myron H-J collection contain
very highly, both a a curio aud a a
said to havt neeu offered l.ss) Tor in
specimen spoken of by the Hpokniie
paper, but preferred not to part with
It. lie submitted the currency to the
Treasury Department and after an
examination It was reported that the
bill was legal; such an Issue Is known
to have been made In the year men
tioned. The oftldfl I signature Inscribed
lu Ink Is that of (leorge Iloiid,
EXTRA PAY FOR THE TARS.
Captain Olvan to Kwcarluii Arraatsd
a llensttl fur Ilia (.raw,
The owner of out of the big sloop
that ha sailed many race lu these
aud contiguous water I said to bt
ruliiluir the cleanest aud must dlgul
fled of all sport by raising the wage
of hi sailors to an uuprecedotiicd
height. There Is to bt a general pro
test all along the Hue. He explain
the sltuatlou lu this way; "I am given
to the moat awful swearing whenever
I get on salt water aud several of my
ls-st men left a year ago ou account of
It. vowliii: ihev never would sl.ln aualu
lu my boat If I Intended to take active
command. Well, as I believe lu salllnir
iuy owu vessel, they kept their word.
Tl,: iH'S'-an J made a new tlesl, which f-
m no than au agreement wiid ,
: my new that their wage sUouki n
doc hM provided they never resented
dar with a certainty thut be
come b'tck at 'you."
This bold yachtsman learned the
trick from au Irascible contractor.
, Among hi olllce employes was a deli
cate, meek, mild, milk-and-water
youth who drew $33 a week for tho
ItrtlHt.in... t.,.l.... . U'linn. '
(""'fcw w ui'iiik null, n "
ever the boss wanted to let off steam,
as he called It, he would ring for this
queer character aud overwhelm him
with abuse of the vilest sort. Finally,
however, he got tired of the arrange
men, sayltig Hint there was no variety
or spice lu cussing a darned fuol who
iii,i.c ......... I....L, mum... ,i.,, I
you say something. you?" he ex-
claimed one day In a towering rage, I
lifting his hand as If to strike. The
mock one said: "Hold on, you
, you; dou't you dare to hit me. It
ain't In the contract and If you touch
me I'll All you full of holes." The boss
was stunned by this exhibition of spir
it, discharged the man then and there,
hired blm over again nt 45 a week
aud made him his confidential clerk.
Aud ho never has cursed him since.
New York Press.
IN UPPER BURMA
Weddlagaand Kuncraia Are "Hunched"
and CelebrateJ Together.
The Karens, of Upper Burma, not
only delay their weddings till they can
celebrate twenty or thirty at once, but
uiuke the same occasion serve for their
funerals as well. Wheu a man dies
his body la cremated aud the ashes are
kept until the time for the foruiul fun
erul. Wheu a bad harvest or a pro
longed rainy season occasions the need
of a HMIo excitement and some en
thudabt arnngej a buiiitl-weddlng, the
tuiims a.u .ir.uL;d along a low, uur
t;ow platform, while the meu stand ou
one side, Uie wo ucn on tho other.
There are no mourners, for tho dead
men lave been forgotten during tho
convenient Interval, and the dresses
suggest only the plcusuuter side of the
double function.
i Proceedings are commnienccd by a
sort of poetic competition between the
Thls bold yachtsman learnwl Hie rJ11Wi vs I
meu aud me ralrest maid. If the hit-1 Forester PInchot says of It: "The
ter Is not satisfied with the compll- lumbering of the big tree la destructive
ments pold her she avoids the embar- to a most unusual degree. In the first
rnssmeut of a direct refusal by bidding place, the Miormous size and weight of
her suitor come for her "before he 1 the trees necessarily entail very con
awake." In this ease he consoles him- tldernble breakage when one' of them
j self with a pipe, and, after a short lu- falls. Such a tree strikes the ground
1 terval, transfers his addresses to some with a force of many hundreds or even
less exacting lady, Aa soon as the thousands of tons, so that even slight
young people are equally pulred off the inequalities are sulllelent to smash the
elder compete for the more valuable brittle trunk at Its upper extremity Into
portion of the dead man's property, almost useless fragments. The loss
Jewels or weapons are set twinging by from this cause Is great, but It Is only
a string, while the claimants pass In one of the sources of waste. The great
single file. The oue who Is nearest diameter of the logs, aud, In spite of the
when the pendulum stops swinging se- lightness of the wood, their enormous
cures whatever Is attached to it. When weight make It Impossible to handle
each has thus secured a memento of them without breaking tnera up. For
the day the rest Is hnnded over to tho this purpose gunpowder Is the most
, children to be smashed up with all the available means. The fragments of
' crockery of the deceased and burled logs blown apart In this way are not
with their ashea on some neighboring only often of wasteful shapes, but un-
hilL ,
Padding for Footmen's Calves.
One of the greatest essential with
regard to the recommendation of a Lon-1
don footman Is not only his height, but n the manufacture of lumber In the
the size and form of-his legs. To suit united States, the big tree makes no
the needs of those who have not been exception. This waste, added as It Is
gifted with a well-formed leg the liv- t0 the other sources of loss already meh-ery-makera
supply artificial calves tloned, makes a total probably ofteti
which pad out the leg to a respectable ..iv,w in 0t-o nf half the total
alze. A pair of these pad coat about
t' , . , ;
DESTROY BIU TREES.
wALiruHniA aiANTa ah num-
LESSCY CUT DOWN.
Niry Wuli of LumbarloaT Mass
moth Uvar lft Par Casts-Forestr
Ih-pirliHanl Itoiaaal That Maria Be
lade to Have Vim Hasaalala Craves.
Clifford Plneuot, United Blatea fores-
ter, ha Issued a pamphlet coucerulug
lUB ul" ln'v ot l,fornl bieu lias
created no llttl comment through Its
euilcavor to state cicany ano eiuimai-
U ally the necessity fur tht presrvstlou
of tht California mammoth. The
writer protest agnlust tbt rat at
which tht big trees ar being destroyed
b prlvatt owners, pointing out clearly
that tht chances of a renewal of the
wonder growths art to bt little consid
ered, "Most of tht sen tiered grovea of big
tree are privately owned aud, there
fore, lu danger of destruction," b
write. "Lumbering Is rapidly sweep
ing them off; forty mill aud logging
couipaule art now at work wholly or
lu part upon big tree timber. Th
southern grovea show some reproduc-
riLLiso a aio tubs.
tloii, through which there I bop of
perpetuating thest grovea. lu the
northern grove the specie hardly
history of th big
coucerulug each of th
groves now existing, the writer says:
"At the present time tht only grove
thoroughly safe from destruction I tb
Mariposa aud this Is far from being the
most Interesting. Most of tht other
groves are cither In process of or In
danger of being logged. The very Quest
of all, the Calaveras grove, with ths
biggest and tallest trees, tht most uu
contaminated surrounding and prac
tically all Hie literary and acleutlflc as-lot-lotions
of the species connected with
It, has been purchased recently by a
lumberman, who came Into full posses
sion on the 1st of April, 1U00.
"The Sequoia and Ucuernl Grant Na
tional parks, which are supposed to em
brace and give security to a lurg part
of the remaining big tree, art eaten
' by a sawmill each aud by private
tlmberlug claims amounting to a total
or I.li2,i0 acres. The rest of the
sea uty patches of big tree are In a fair
way to dlsappear-lu Calaveras, Tuo
lumne, Fresno and Tulnr counties,
iliey are now dlsappearlug-by the ax,
In ,,rl,,f- majority of the big trees
of California, certainly the best of
s- rrrw: , ,, ,l
T
LOGGING ItArLUOAD
them, are owned by people Who have
tcry right and lu tunny cases every
Intention, to cut them luto lumber."
' ciositic Value or IliK Trra.
rurther along these same Hues
the
value ef the big tree Is thus cousldered:
'Jiie big trees are unique lu the world
the grandest, the oldest, the most ma
jestically graceful trees-and If It were
not enough to be all this, they - are
among the scarcest of known tree spe
cies aud have the extreme scientific val
ue of being the best living representa
tives of a former geologic age. They
are trees which have come down to us
through tho vicissitudes of many cen
turies solely because of their superb
qunlltlcatlous. The bark of the big tree
Is often two feet thick and almost non
combustible. The oldest specimens
felled are still sound at the neart aud
fungus Is nn enemy unknown to It. Yet
with all these means of maintenance
the big trees have apparently not In
creased their range sluco the glacial
epoch. They have only just managed
to hold their own ou a little atrip of
country where the climate Is locally fa
vorable." Everyone who Is Interested In the big
trees, as everyouo must be either from
curiosity, a natural love of the forest
or for acleutlflc reasons, must deplore
the destruction of these forests. Every
one who has visited a forest In any part
of the world will regret the destruction
of these Jungles of beauty. Every
thoughtful American Is waking to a
realisation of the criminal carelessness
with which the forests of thla country
have been wiped out. The lumbering
of the big trees, with Its accompanying
waste and devastation, seems a partic
ularly unnecessary and almost Immoral
proceeding.
1,,,, verv nice Judgment Is exercised m
nmnarlnir the blast a great deal of
wood Itself is scattered In useless splln-
ers
At the mill, where waste Is the rule
volume 0f the standing tree, and this Is
(!. one side of the matter.
won't ESSCWrtSailOf
Tbt big trtt stands as a role In
mixed forest, composed of many pe;
eles. Tbt result of sequoia lumbei ldg
upon this forest I almost ruinous. Tht
destruction caused by tbt fall of enor
mous trees I In Itself great, but tbt .
principal aourse of damagt I tbt tin
men amount of debris left on- tht
ground tht certalo sourc of futur
Dree. This mass of broken branches,
trunk and bark, la often flvt or ix or
mora feet In tblcknes and necessarily j
sivM rlsa to Are of treat destructlva
powtr, tveu though tbt big tret wood I
not specially Inflammable. Tbt devas-
latlon which' follow this lumbering I
at complete and deplorabtt aa tht an-
touched forest la unparalleled, beaull-
ful and worthy of preservation. A
rule It ha. not even had the 4'Ut.g
of being profitable. Very much of this
appalling destruction ha been done
without leaving tht owner, of tht big
tret a wen off at they were before- it
began
Parle of Pamphlele to Ii Inaed,
The pamphlet which was published
by the forestry division of the Depart
ment of Agriculture I out of a aerie
which will
i.m 1..1...1 in t,i..ir f i.a
big trees.
The report was prepared for ,nf bem ' D,0" uk "What Is be
atlou of the Senate Commit- 1uk Ureetorr-Cblcago Tlmes-IIcr-
tht Information
tee ou Public Lands, which wa at the
time) considering the preservation of the
Calaveras and Stanislaus big tree
grove. It I the first document on the
subject which baa ever been published
by the government, strange a tht fact
may eem. Prof. W. It. Dudley, of
Stanford University, who aldei? wjtb "I can't Imagine why tutter ii rose
the work, la now preparing a" morejdo- rled Miss Strougmlud." "Nor'f llow-,
tailed account of the big tree and the tver, she's curing him of the siut.eriug
big tree grov, which will bt published habit" "You don't say soT' "Vi s, she
by the government forestry offlc. The
pamphlet now out contains an excellent
It, M rt f f V,U fnM.1. r.9 H,.IH ...
""V ""- v. vaiuuiuia, KVU.
"11 " "
grove.
MISSING OF GREAT THINGS.
People Who Have Mobbed TbelrToes
Aialaat 111 Fortunes linawara
"1 dare say every great Invention, be-
rore It is Dually lilt upou," remarked a
New Orleans lawyer to a Time Demo
crat man, "ha been within a hand's
reach of dozens of men who were un
aware how near they stood to fortune.
There Is nothing more singular In fact
thun the way people can skate around
some nuge mea wnuoui seeing it
"I bad an experience of that kind
once inyseir. it occurred to me mat a
revolving bookcase would be a bandy
thlug for office use, and I bad one built
to order. It proved a success, and on
several occasions I thought vageuly of
having the device patented, but I dis
missed the acbeuie aa 'not worth while.'
Nearly two year afterward a more In
telligent gentleman up In New England
did what 1 wouldn't do, and to-day he
is rolling In riches. I have been obliged
to buy one of bis caws since, and I nev
er bated to give up money so badly In
my life. Several other Instance In the
same Hue have come under my personal
observation.
"I have a friend, for Instance, who ,
stumbled upon the principle of the Bell
telenhon Ions' tiofor th wsr. Ha waa
at college at the time, and be and a
IN A BIG TREE FOREST.
fellow student actually went so far aa
to coustruct an experimental line, over
half a mile loug. They had It In suc
cessful operation for several weeks,
when It was discovered and destroyed
by a cantankerous professor, and thua
vanished what might have been one
of the biggest fortune In the world.
The Incident had almost faded from my
friend's mind when Prof. Bell launched
his Invention on the public.
"Another gentleman, who was for
merly a client of mine, anticipated the
pneumatic tire years before somebody
else patented It. He Is fond of horses,
and away back In the 70's he had a light
road cart made that was almost the
exact counterpart of the modern pneu
matic sulky. The big, clumsy-looking
tires excited great merriment among
bis friends. They dubbed them 'sausage
wheels,' and he has told me more than
ones flint tlmt fnnl lh InL-o n-na
thing that caused him to abandon the
exnerinipnt. PnoiinmHA fi. ,..,
made half a dozen big syndicate rich.
"Still another acquaintance figured
out the exact mechanism of the self
binding reaper nearly ten years before
the machine was covered by patents.
Not being a farmer, he failed to nppre-
elate the Importance of the thing. It
Impressed him as being chimerical, and
he pigeon-holed hi drawings to gather
dust until he awakened to the fact that
he had fortune by the throat only to
let go again. His comments on the Inci
dent wouldn t sound well at a prayer
meeting."
Poison In Growing Pineapples.
Tho Juice of the green aud growing
plnenpple Is accredited In Java, the
PhlllDDlnes and throughout the far
East generally with being a blood iol
son of a most deadly nature. It Is said
to be the substance with which the
Malays poison their kreescs and dag
gers, and also the "fingernail" poison
formerly In use among the aborigine
Japanese women - almost universally.
These women cultivated a nail on each
hand to a long, sharp point and . the
least scratch from one of these was cej--,
tain death. ,
Strength of Canada' Militia.
The Canadian militia consists of
about 40,000 men, and although legisla
tive power exists to enable the Govern
ment to keep up it strength by ballot
If occasion should arise, and to call
upon the entire male population ! be
tween 18 and GO years to serve under
arms In case of emergency, service has
been cheerfully offered and no dlffl
culty experienced in keeping up the
proper strength of the force.
Merciful on Both Sides.
Dolly-Oh, dear! -,-U summer candy
blil !! 'ii tV-i. 4 ,
Polly-Goodness! ,What will your
father say?
Dolly-Well, I'm going to tell It to
mm o ai a uwe. t uca. . ;
Tou can't tell by the site of the bill
what the size of a ton of coal !, ,
....
BUI Wot did 'Arry get for plckln up
tut loldy' purse wheu she dropped ItJ
Jlm-Mli niouibs.-TIt Hits.
Returns: "Doc he get any return
from hi poetry?" " II he does get."
I'hlladelphla Evening Bulletin
"I don't like to have my friends get
D(.re(, ,n
i.v, . . . . .
L'Zn '
Atlanta Constitution.
Miller Logic-: KiiihII Hoy (In flsh mar
ket)Hvt you any dry flsh? Fisher-man-Yes,
sotinle. Small Hoy-Well,
give them a drink. tlien.-Ilarlem Life.
"Tie; be boast that lie has lived
ur,r seveniy year witiiout ever tiav-
,W'
A Reflection: ilrs. Jobnson-Wbat I
M"! to Mrs. Blmpklu was d.-it I didn't
b'k-eb yo' husband ebbah robbed a ben
roes' In bis life. Sir. Illack-Yo' dons
"" to Inslnnlwate be ain't got d
nerve7-ruck.
doesn't give blin a chance to ti Ik' at ail
now'-Cssseir.
k
On ,.b A t,
- - a ti q ii i i a i
bis hag of popcorn. "Stage frlgl.tr re-.
pealed bis father, pointing to a veteran
or the chorus; "why, there (Is one."
Philadelphia Record. ' ' ' "
In Memoriam: "1 presume yon car
ry a memento of some kind In that lock-
et of yours?"
"Precisely; It Is a lock
of my husband's hair." "Hut your hus
band Is still alive." "Yes; but bis hair
I nil gone'-Tlt-IJIts.- , ,
, "What In the world I ' the matter
with the managing editor?" "He's
worried because , he Isn't quite sure
that be ought to cut down foot ball
,,,ace t0 make roon for or rk.,
versa'-CIevtlaod Plain Denier.
A False Idea: Managcr-I would like
to have you make adrauiatlc version 6t
this popular novel. Playwright (weari
ly) But that will necessitate my read
lug It- Manager Not at all. We don't
, want you to spoil the play.-Bazar.
As Usual: Assistant Here are more
dispatches about that battle in the
East. Edltor-Wbat do they say? As
sistant It appears that both sides were
greatly outnumbered, but each defeated
! the enemy with severe loss.-IIarlem
Life.
"Do you see that very ordinary-looking
man over there?" "Yes: what of
itr "He's a man with a history." "A
man a history! What has be ever
doner "Nothing at all. He's selling
the history by subscription." Chicago
Post
Lady-Some weeks ago I bought a
plaster here to help me get rid of
rheumatism. Druggist Weil, ma'am,
I Jule.U.tJJjLlla work. Lady-Yes. but
Oow I want so'tHtii'iig else to help mt
to get fid of the ;ia;or.Iv.t'a
lb-aeon.
WUe'lio hns.-aat r vi:-,.fr,f 'V.
m.r-Wtat time is it, (tear? Hu-siiaud
, three.) W be-Why. !t Just s'nc'i 3,
sir. ilusound UiuicUlous, my bear;
that clock must stutter.-Filcgende
Blaetter.
A.-How did your automobile Journey
turn' out? B. Beautifully! Although -I
ran over two pedestrians and three
bicycles aud knocked two wagons Into
ditch, mv motor was not at all injured
' and I arrived Just on time. Fllegende
Blaetter.
Jack nuggard Miss Tecby's father
made a surprising statement to me last
nicht Dick Danser That so? What
was it? Jack Huggard He sneaked
Into the parlor and cried: "Aha! That'e
the time I caught you kissing my
daughter." Philadelphia Press. '
1 House Owner You didn't pay the
rent last month. Tenant Xo? Well,
I Btippose you'll hold me to your agree
ment. Owner Agreemeut what agree
ment? Tenant Why, when I rented
you said I must pay In advance or not
at all.-Columbus (Ohio) State Journal
A Youug Wife's Sorrow: "Isabella
writes me that life with her Hunga- ,
rlan count Is Just killing her." "You
don't sayl Has he already ceased to
, love her?" "No; but be' talks In his
sleep lu his native language aud she
can't understand a word he says." In
dlauapolls Press.
Wife (who has been struck by a bi
cycle) Never mind, dear. Don't make
a scene of It Husband What! Do
fou tb' ,hl'" f Vv
Ing what I think? Wife But I m not
really hurt. Husband Hint doesn't
master. A little more aud he might
have run Into nie. Tit Bits.
"I suppose you would rather play ''
Hamlet than eat,"..' said the admiring-
ylmS woman, who is given to collo-
Qmamsnis. "Weil, answered Mr.
Stormlngton Barnes, " never put It la
lU8t thRt fny' put rour re,UBi: .
esti tuo alternative , ta,usuall,jr,iWp
ent itself."-WashIngton Star.
Excited iaay ton ,ne oeacuj vny
Isn't something done' for that ship In
distress?'' Why don'f some of you '
Chief Coastguard (hurriedly) We are
Uoiug an we can, mauuiu. aua nave sent
the crew a line to come ashore. Ex-
-'lieQ lu- i-ompuuionr-uooa
gracious, Matilda, just fancy, the silly
fellows were actually waiting for a for
mal ! Invitation. Glasgow, , Evening.
Times. '
, ! Insincerity, ' ' . '
"Our i civilization demands a greater
or less degree of meudaclty," remarked
the abstruse persori. "We are constant
ly encountering jgonie empty phrase,,
jsome conventional' remark which Is ab-
solutely devoid of sincerity." i
"That's right," answered the, book:,,
agent. "That's perfectly true. J am
reminded of It every time I walk up to
a front step where there Is a door mat
with the word 'Welcome' on It." Wash
ington Star. . , .. ... .
A Matter of Taste.
, "Beg pardon," said the postal clerk
who had sold her the stamps, "but you
don't have to' put a 5-ceut stamp on a
letter for Canada."
"I know," said she, "but the shade
Just matches my envelope, you know.
Philadelphia Press. '!
, ,
when people say they will do any.
thing In the world for you, they mean
about aB much aa a candidate when be
ayg nig ambition la to serve bit
country and his countrymen. 1 '
'Why doesn't someone build a monu-
ment to the man who was able to keep-,
hi mouth shut -